Publications

MSc Thesis:

• THE EFFECT OF GLIBENCLAMIDE ON SOME LIVER FUNCTION TESTS AND SERUM MALONDIALDEHYDE  

PhD Thesis:

• CHANGES IN HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN FUNCTIONALITY, LIPOPROTEINS METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE BIOMARKERS FOLLOWING PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS AND BARIATRIC SURGERY-INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS

Journal Papers 

Hypercholesterolaemia–practical information for non-specialists

H Soran, S Adam, JB Mohammad, JH Ho, JD Schofield, T Siahmansur, ...

Archives of medical science 14 (1), 1-21

Effect of Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery on lipoproteins, insulin resistance, and systemic and vascular inflammation in obesity and diabetes

R Yadav, S Hama, Y Liu, M France, M Jeziorska, H Soran

Frontiers in immunology 8, 312752017

Improvements in diabetic neuropathy and nephropathy after bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study

S Adam, S Azmi, JH Ho, Y Liu, M Ferdousi, T Siahmansur, A Kalteniece, ...

Obesity surgery 31, 554-563

Bariatric surgery leads to an improvement in small nerve fibre damage in subjects with obesity

S Azmi, M Ferdousi, Y Liu, S Adam, Z Iqbal, S Dhage, G Ponirakis, ...

International Journal of Obesity 45 (3), 631-638

Effect of extended‐release niacin on high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) functionality, lipoprotein metabolism, and mediators of vascular inflammation in statin‐treated patients

R Yadav, Y Liu, S Kwok, S Hama, M France, R Eatough, P Pemberton, ...

Journal of the American Heart Association 4 (9), e001508

Bariatric surgery as a model to explore the basis and consequences of the Reaven hypothesis: Small, dense low-density lipoprotein and interleukin-6

S Adam, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, JH Ho, SS Dhage, R Yadav, JP New, ...

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 16 (2), 144-152

Lipoprotein (a): gene genie

PN Durrington, JD Schofield, T Siahmansur, H Soran

Current opinion in lipidology 25 (4), 289-296

A comparison of the effects of low-and high-dose atorvastatin on lipoprotein metabolism and inflammatory cytokines in type 2 diabetes: results from the Protection Against …

H Soran, Y Liu, S Adam, T Siahmansur, JH Ho, JD Schofield, M Gittins, ...

Journal of Clinical Lipidology 12 (1), 44-55

The role of abnormalities of lipoproteins and HDL functionality in small fibre dysfunction in people with severe obesity

S Azmi, M Ferdousi, Y Liu, S Adam, T Siahmansur, G Ponirakis, ...

Scientific Reports 11 (1), 12573

Bariatric surgery-induced high-density lipoprotein functionality enhancement is associated with reduced inflammation

S Adam, JH Ho, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, K Siddals, Z Iqbal, S Azmi, ...

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 107 (8), 2182-2194

Unintended positive and negative effects of drugs on lipoproteins

TJ Siahmansur, JD Schofield, S Azmi, Y Liu, PN Durrington, H Soran

Current opinion in lipidology 26 (4), 325-337

Improvement in small fibre neuropathy and inflammatory biomarkers after bariatric surgery

TJ Siahmansur, Y Liu, S Azmi, M Ferdousi, P Pemberton, S Adam, ...

Atherosclerosis 255, 8-9

Bariatric surgery leads to a reduction in antibodies to apolipoprotein A-1: a prospective cohort study

S Adam, JH Ho, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, Z Iqbal, S Pagano, S Azmi, ...

Obesity Surgery, 1-10

Changes in serum triglycerides are associated with improvements in small fibre neuropathy in obese persons following bariatric surgery

S Adam, S Azmi, Y Liu, M Ferdousi, T Siahmansur, A Kalteniece, ...

Atherosclerosis Supplements 38, e3

Effect of bariatric surgery on HDL quantity and quality

Y Liu, T Siahmansur, S Hama, JD Schofield, R Yadav, M France, S Kwok, ...

Atherosclerosis 245, e245

PON1 increases cellular DNA damage by lactone substrates

S Shangula, M Noori, I Ahmad, GP Margison, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, ...

Archives of Toxicology 93, 2035-2043

Bariatric surgery enhances reverse cholesterol transport and high density lipoprotein functionality

J Ho, S Adam, T Siahmansur, Y Liu, S Azmi, R Aghamohammadzadeh, ...

Atherosclerosis 275, e35-e36

Bariatric surgery leads to a reduction in anti-apolipoprotein-A-1 IgG antibodies

S Adam, T Siahmansur, Y Liu, JH Ho, S Pagano, S Azmi, AA Syed, ...

Atherosclerosis 275, e207

Reductions in glycated apolipoprotein B after bariatric surgery are more closely associated with decreases in glycaemic parameters than changes in LDL-C or total apolipoprotein B

Y Liu, S Adam, JH Ho, T Siahmansur, S Azmi, SS Dhage, RA Malik, ...

Atherosclerosis 275, e30-e31

Bariatric surgery improves neuropathic symptoms, deficits and corneal nerve morphology in obese patients with diabetes

M Ferdousi, S Azmi, G Ponirakis, I Petropoulos, T SiahMansur, U Alam, ...

Diabetologia 60, S449-S449

Sphingolipids and deoxysphingolipids in diabetes

JD Schofield, R Steiner, Y Liu, J Hobkirk, T Siahmansur, P Pemberton, ...

Atherosclerosis 255, 4

Effects of obesity and bariatric surgery on HDL functionality and microvascular complications of obesity

Y Liu, T Siahmansur, JD Schofield, S Hama, R Yadav, S Adam, M France, ...

Atherosclerosis 252, e221-e222

A comparison of low and high dose atorvastatin on lipoproteins and inflammatory cytokines: The protection against nephropathy in diabetes with atorvastatin (panda) trial

H Soran, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, J Schofield, S Kwok, V Charlton-Menys, ...

Atherosclerosis 241 (1), e202

Obesity related neuropathy and the effects of bariatric surgery

S Azmi, M Ferdousi, G Ponirakis, IN Petropoulos, U Alam, M Tavakoli, ...

51st EASD annual meeting. Diabetologia 58, 1-607

Evaluation Of Neuroprotective Activity In Scopolamine Induced Dementia In Wistar Rats By Using Various Pharmacological Equipment And Its Histopathology

HK Cheedella, K Silakabattini, TJ Siahmansur, BM Ishaq

Journal of Survey in Fisheries Sciences, 1299-1307

Assessment of Upper Respiratory Tract Diseases Empiric Management in community pharmacies of Sulaymaniyah City, Kurdistan, Iraq

BM Tigabu, DS Omer, MIM Gubari, TJT Siahmansur, NV Thomas

Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology 15 (8), 3407-3411

Obesity related neuropathy is associated with HDL functionality

SS Dhage, S Azmi, S Adam, M Ferdousi, Y Liu, TJ Siahmansur, ...

Atherosclerosis 275, e172

Novel insights into potential mechanisms by which bariatric surgery reduces cardiovascular disease risk

S Adam, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, JH Ho, S Azmi, K Siddals, SS Dhage, ...

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY 105, 6-7

Reverse cholesterol transport and other functions of high density lipoprotein are enhanced after bariatric surgery

S Adam, T Siahmansur, Y Liu, S Azmi, K Siddals, J ong Ho, S Dhage, ...

Endocrine Abstracts 50

Effect of Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery on lipoproteins, insulin resistance, and systemic and vascular inflammation in obese patients with and without diabetes

SS Dhage, S Adam, J ong Ho, R Yadav, S Hama, J Schofield, M France, ...

Endocrine Abstracts 50

Assessing cardiovascular risk in Type 1 diabetes

JD Schofield, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, P Pemberton, J Hobkirk, A Stevens, ...

Diabetic Medicine 34, 51-51

Glycation as an atherogenic modification of lipoproteins, and the contribution of copper

JD Schofield, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, MW France, PN Durrington, ...

Diabetologia 58 (1 Supplement), S558-S558

Modification of lipoprotein and glucose metabolism, vascular inflammatory biomarkers and neuropathy after weight loss following bariatric surgery

S Hama, Y Liu, T Siahmansur, J Schofield, S Azmi, R Yadav, B Ammori, ...

Atherosclerosis 241 (1), e66

214 Glycated LDL (glyc-LDL) Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

R Weston, F Wilkinson, Y Liu, J Schofield, T Siahmansur, H Soran, ...

Heart 101 (Suppl 4), A117-A117

Changes in Glycaemia, Lipoprotein Metabolism and Biomarkers of Vascular Inflammation following Bariatric Surgery

Y Liu, J Schofield, S Hama, T Siahmansur, S Azmi, R Yadav, B Ammori, ...

The Obesity Update Conference

Conference Papers 

1. Siahmansur T, Liu Y, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Pemberton P, Adam S, Schofield JD, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Malik R, Durrington PN, Soran H. Improvement in small fibre neuropathy and inflammatory biomarkers after bariatric surgery. HEART UK 30th Annual Conference. Edinburgh, UK. July, 2016. (Oral presentation) Awarded travel grant.

2. Schofield JD, Steiner R, Liu Y, Hobkirk J, Siahmansur T, Pemberton P, Azmi S, Alecu I, Whitelaw D, Carroll S, von Eckardstein A, Hornemann T, Soran H.

Sphingolipids and Deoxysphingolipids in Diabetes. HEART UK 30th Annual Conference, Edinburgh. UK. July, 2016. (Poster presentation) Prize Winner of

2016 HEART UK Free Communication.

3. Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Schofield JD, Hama S, Yadav R, Adam S, France M, Kwok S, Donn R, Stevens A, Ho J, Ammori BJ, Syed A, Durrington PN, Soran H. Effect of obesity and bariatric surgery on HDL functionality and micro vascular complications of obesity. The 84th European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)

Congress, Innsbruck, Austria. June, 2016. (Poster presentation) Awarded travel and accommodation grant.

4. Tarza Siahmansur, Salam Hama, Yifen Liu, Jonathan D Schofield, Shazli Azmi, Rahul Yadav, Basil Ammori, Rayaz Malik, Paul N Durrington, Handrean Soran. Changes in Glycaemia, lipoprotein metabolism and biomarkers of vascular inflammation following Bariatric surgery. The First International Conference of the Iraqi-Kurdistan of Diabetes. Sulaimani, Iraq. October, 2015. (Oral presentation) Prize winner of The First International Conference of the Iraqi-Kurdistan of Diabetes, and awarded travel and accommodation grant.

5. Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Hama S, Schofield JD, Yadav R, France M, Kwok S, Donn R, Stevens A, Ammori BJ, Syed A, Durrington PN, Soran H. Effect of bariatric surgery on HDL quantity and quality. HEART UK Annual 29th Conference, Hatfield. UK. September, 2015. (Oral presentation) Prize winner of 2015 HEART UK Free Communication.

6. H. Soran, Y. Liu, T. Siahmansur, J. Schofield, S. Kwok, V. CharltonMenys, M. Gittins, M. Gibson, N. Younis, M. France, P.N. Durrington, M.K. Rutter. A comparison of low and high dose atorvastatin on lipoproteins quality, high-density lipoprotein functionality and inflammatory cytokines over one year in type 2 diabetes: The Protection against Nephropathy in Diabetes with Atorvastatin (PANDA) trial. HEART UK 29th Annual Conference. Hatfield, UK. September, 2015. (Poster presentation) Awarded travel grant.

7. Liu Y, Hama S, Schofield JD, Yadav R, France M, Ammori BJ, Siahmansur T, Kwok S, Syed A, Durrington PN, Soran H. Hidden Abnormalities in Lipoproteins and HDL Functionality in obese patients compared to age and sex-matched controls. HEART UK 29th Annual Conference. Hatfield, UK. September, 2015. (Poster presentation).

8. Schofield JD, Liu Y, Siahmansur T, France MW, Durrington PN, Cooper GJ, Soran H. Glycation as an atherogenic modification of lipoproteins, and the contribution of copper. EASD Annual Meeting. Stockholm, Sweden. September, 2015. (Poster presentation).

9. Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Ponirakis G, Petropoulos I, Marshall A, Alam U, Tavakoli M, Fadavi H, Schofield J, Siahmansur T, Ammori B, Soran H, Malik RA. Corneal confocal microscopy detects early small nerve fibre repair after bariatric surgery. Neurodiab 2015 annual meeting. Elsinore, Denmark. September, 2015. (Oral presentation).

10. Hama S, Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Schofield J, Azmi S, Yadav R, Ammori B, Malik R, Soran H. Modification of lipoprotein and glucose metabolism, vascular inflammatory biomarkers and neuropathy after weight loss following bariatric surgery. Oral presentation, The 83rd European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) Congress. Glasgow, UK. March, 2015. Awarded Young investigator fellowship.

11. Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Ponirakis G, Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Siahmansur T, Schofield J, Marshall A, Ammori B, Soran H, Malik RA. Obesity related neuropathy and the effects of bariatric surgery. American Diabetes Association conference. Boston, USA. June, 2015. (Poster presentation)