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Dow Institute of Medical Technology

Medical Technology is a vital part of the entire Health Care System. This professional field comprises the challenges and rewards of medicine and surgery and deals with the technical aspects of the same. Our program provides undergraduate and postgraduate training programs in these fields for students pursuing their careers in Allied Health Sciences. Medical technologists are vital members of the Health Care System. They are an eminent professional resource of the health care team, who play an active role in medical institutions, hospitals, physicians' offices, diagnostic centers, and other health care facilities in public and private sectors.

Faculty Profile

  • Asif Iqbal Khan
  • Designation
  • Medical technologist/Assistant Professor
  • Department
  • Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • Qualification

  • PhD Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dalian Medical University,China.

  • Email
  • asif.iqbal@duhs.edu.pk
  • Office Location
  • Dow Institute of Medical Technology, Nursing Building ,3rd Floor ,KDA Scheme-33, Gulzar-e-Hijri Near SUPARCO off Main University Road Karachi

Research Interest

Bioactive compounds, Gut Microbiome, Animal modeling and Cancer Microenvironment Specifically, extraction, and purification of bioactive compounds (prebiotics) from natural sources and microorganisms (Probiotic). Induction of diseases in animals like mice, rats, guineapigs, and investigate the Effect of bioactive compound in-VIVO and in-VITRO.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0564-2884 

Research Publications

  1. Asif Iqbal Khan a,b,1, Ata Ur Rehman a,1, Qamar Ayub d, Yining Sun a, Waleed Yousuf c, Shizhu Zang a, Nimra Zafar Siddiqui a, Yi Xin a, Liang Wang e,The composition of the blood microbiota and its relationship to osteoporosis-related clinical parameters. Medicine in Microecology 19 (2024) 100097.
  2. Asif Iqbal Khan1, *, Saeed Khan2, *, Muhammad Asif Qureshi2, Bilal Ahmed Khan2, Maria Zahid3, Ikram Din Ujjan4, Amanullah Lail5, Mohammad Rafiq Khanani6, Iqra Iqbal Akbar7, Abdul Sami Khatri7          Genotype Variation of HIV/HCV Co-infections in Karachi, Pakistan. Mol. Med. Com. 03 (02) 2023, 107-123.
  3. Duaa M. Alsholi, Ghazi Suleiman Yacoub, Ata Ur Rehman, Hidayat Ullah, Asif Iqbal Khan, Ting Deng, Nimra Zafar Siddiqui, Yamina Alioui *, Nabeel Ahmad Farooqi, Maroua Elkharti *, Yi Xin *, Liang Wang * Lactobacillus rhamnosus Attenuates Cisplatin-Induced Intestinal Mucositis in Mice via Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Improving Intestinal Inflammation November 2023 Pathogens 12(11)
  4. Erum Afaq, Muhammad Kashif Nisar, Asif Iqbal Khan, Mamoona Shafiq, Muhammad Irfan ul Akbar Yousufzai, Hira Waseem                the Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism and Dyslipidemia In Elderly Patients Of Calcific Aortic Stenosis: A Case Control study      JRMC [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 26 [cited 2023 Sep. 28];27(3).
  5. Asif Iqbal Khan*, Yi Xin    The Role of Dietary Peptides and the Gut Bacteria in Maintaining Intestinal and Homeostatic Balance Microbiological & Immunological Communications 2(01), 41–63.
  6. Zhiying Tian , Asif Iqbal Khan , Ata Ur Rehman , Ting Deng , Chao Ma , Liang Wang  Virulence factors and mechanisms of pediatric pneumonia caused by Enterococcus faecalis Gut Pathogens 2023 Jan 9;15(1):2.
  7. Ata Ur Rehman, Nimra Zafar Siddiqui, Nabeel Ahmed Farooqui, Gulzar Alam, Aneesa Gul, Bashir Ahmad, Muhammad Asim, Asif Iqbal Khan, Yi Xin, Wang Zexu, Hyo Song Ju, Wang Xin, Sun Lei and Liang Wang Morchella esculenta mushroom polysaccharide (MEP) attenuates diabetes, modulate intestinal permeability and gut microbiota in type 2 diabetic mice model                Frontiers in Nutrition 9 (2022).
  8. Ata Ur Rehman, Asif Iqbal khan, Yi Xin , Waleed Yousuf , Ahmad , Wang Liang Lactobacillus acidophilus CGMCC 878 impacts colorectal cancer in Sprague-Dawley rats through changing the gut microbiota. Medicine in Microecology. 2022; 14:100062.          
  9. Nimra Zafar Siddiqui , Ata Ur Rehman , Waleed Yousuf , Asif Iqbal Khan , Nabeel Ahmed Farooqui , Shizhu Zang , Yi Xin , Liang Wang  Effect of crude polysaccharide from seaweed, Dictyopteris divaricata (CDDP) on gut microbiota restoration and anti-diabetic activity in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced T1DM mice              Gut Pathogens  2022 Sep 17;14(1):39.
  10. Ata Ur Rehman, Asif Iqbal Khan, Yi Xin & Wang Liang Morchella esculenta polysaccharide attenuate obesity, inflammation and modulate gut microbiota AMB Express 12, 114 (2022).
  11. Asif Iqbal Khan , Ata Ur Rehman , Nabeel Ahmed Farooqui , Nimra Zafar Siddiqui , Qamar Ayub , Muhammad Noman Ramzan , Wang Zexu , Xiaoxiao Zhang , Yingshuo Yu , Yi Xin , Liang Wang Shrimp peptide hydrolysate modulates the immune response in cyclophosphamide immunosuppressed mice model.Journal of Food Biochemistry 2022 Sep;46(9):e14251
  12. Asif Iqbal Khan ,Ata Ur Rehman ,Nabeel Ahmed Farooqui ,Nimra Zafar Siddiqui ,Qamar Ayub ,Muhammad Noman Ramzan ,Liang Wang and Yi Xin Effects of Shrimp Peptide Hydrolysate on Intestinal Microbiota Restoration and Immune Modulation in Cyclophosphamide-Treated Mice Molecules 2022 Mar 6;27(5):1720.
  13. Rehman AU, Khan AI, Zhiying T, Zhang X, Yuqi W, Bilal H, Abdallah Alsholi DM, Xin Y, Wang L. Morchella esculenta Polysaccharide Attenuates Obesity through Ameliorating Adipose and Liver Tissue Inflammation in Obese Mouse Model                J Biomed Res Environ Sci 2022 May 05; 3(5): 488-500.
  14. Khokhar, A. M.., Khan, S.., Zahid, M., Lail, A., Khan, B. A., Khan, A. I., Baig, S., Hanif, S. N., Khan, H., Ullah, A., & Khan, A                Analysis of the HBV small S gene partial sequences and its implications for detection, prevention and treatment in Pakistani patients Molecular Medicine Communications 1(1), 11–23.
  15. Ejaz S, Ali A, Azim K, Mahmood A, Khan AI, Almazyad TA, Bilal B Association between preeclampsia and prostasin polymorphism in Pakistani females  Saudi Med J 2020 Nov;41(11):1234-1240.
  16. Raza Y, Khan A, Khan AI, Khan S, Akhter S, Mubarak M, Ahmed A, Kazmi SU.   Combination of Interleukin 1 Polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori Infection: An Increased Risk of Gastric Cancer in Pakistani Population Pathology & Oncology Research 2017 Jan 21:1-8.  2.874/X
  17. Khan AI, Khan S. Hepatitis Delta Virus: A Curious Virus JMLS 2014;2(2):8-12.
  18. Khanum T, Rasool SA, Ajaz M, Khan AI. Isolation-drug resistance profile and molecular characterization of indigenous typical and atypical mycobacteria Pak J Pharm Sci 2011 Oct;24(4):527-32         0.863/X
  19. Fatima B, Khan AI, Khokhar A, Imtiaz DF      Frequency and sensitivity pattern of Escherichia Coli causing urinary tract infection in pregnant women of GADAP, Karachi,             International journal of biology and biotechnology 2007;4(4):379-81.

Others

Participation Outside Country:

  1. 52nd Miami Winter Symposium 2019 on 27-30 January 2019, Miami, USA.
  2. 114th General Meeting, American Society of Microbiology, held on 17 to 20 May 2014 Boston, Massachusetts
  3. Asia Pacific AIDS & Co-infection Conference 17th to 19th May 2016 Hongkong.

Grants:

  1. Travel Grant Award Asia Pacific AIDS & Co-infection Conference 2017.
  2. Travel Grant Award Workshop on Management Aspects of Biosafety and Creating Culture 2017.
  3. Full Travel Grant Award 114th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2014.
  4. Partial Student Travel Grant Award 112th General Meeting, American Society of Microbiology, San Francisco, California 2012.

Teaching (M.Phil./MDS Thesis Supervised):

HEC Approved Supervisor

M.Phil.(Biosciences): Determination of Gut Microbiome in colorectal cancer patients of Karachi Pakistan (Co Supervisor)

PhD(Microbiology):  Determining Drug Resistance Tuberculosis and its association with the makeup of gut microbiota (Co Supervisor)

Honors & Achievements:

  1. Earned the award of Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) at Ph.D. level for the academic session 2019-2022.
  2. Poster Winner in 1st DUHS-DICE Health “Distinguished Innovation, Collaboration and Entrepreneurship” 2015.
  3. 6th Annual Research Day 2015 of Dow University of Health Sciences “Certificate of Appreciation”
  4. 1st prize winner in poster competition 1st Joint PAP/RCPath/AMP Conference on Molecular Pathology Lahore from 24th To 26th November 2014.
  5. Quality manager QMS and sectional representative during the process of Laboratory, ISO 15189 accreditation of DDRRL, DUHS 19th November 2014.
  6. 1st prize winner in poster competition IADSR International Conference 2012.
  7. 1st prize winner in poster competition 35th Annual & 5th International Conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists 2011.