Sazaly AbuBakar

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Affiliation: University of Malaya
Country: Malaysia

Publications

  1. ncbi Emergence of dengue virus type 4 genotype IIA in Malaysia
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Gen Virol 83:2437-42. 2002
  2. ncbi Novel antiviral activity of baicalein against dengue virus
    Keivan Zandi
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    BMC Complement Altern Med 12:214. 2012
  3. ncbi Human neuronal cell protein responses to Nipah virus infection
    Li Yen Chang
    Center for Proteomics Research, Department of Forest Biotechnology, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
    Virol J 4:54. 2007
  4. ncbi Quantitative estimation of Nipah virus replication kinetics in vitro
    Li Yen Chang
    Center for Proteomics Research, Department of Forest Biotechnology, Forest Research Institute, 52109, Selangor, Malaysia
    Virol J 3:47. 2006
  5. ncbi Human enterovirus 71 subgenotype B3 lacks coxsackievirus A16-like neurovirulence in mice infection
    Yoke Fun Chan
    Sime Darby Technology Centre, 2, Jalan Tandang, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
    Virol J 2:74. 2005
  6. ncbi Outlook of dengue in Malaysia: a century later
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Malays J Pathol 24:23-7. 2002
  7. ncbi Enterovirus 71 outbreak, Brunei
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Emerg Infect Dis 15:79-82. 2009
  8. ncbi Isolation and molecular identification of Nipah virus from pigs
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Emerg Infect Dis 10:2228-30. 2004
  9. ncbi Chikungunya virus of Asian and Central/East African genotypes in Malaysia
    I Ching Sam
    Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Clin Virol 46:180-3. 2009
  10. ncbi Antiviral activity of four types of bioflavonoid against dengue virus type-2
    Keivan Zandi
    Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Virol J 8:560. 2011

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  1. ncbi Emergence of dengue virus type 4 genotype IIA in Malaysia
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Gen Virol 83:2437-42. 2002
    ..These results suggest that intra-serotypic recombination amongst DENV-4 from independent ancestral lineages may have contributed to the emergence of DENV-4 subgenotype IIA in Malaysia...
  2. ncbi Novel antiviral activity of baicalein against dengue virus
    Keivan Zandi
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    BMC Complement Altern Med 12:214. 2012
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  3. ncbi Human neuronal cell protein responses to Nipah virus infection
    Li Yen Chang
    Center for Proteomics Research, Department of Forest Biotechnology, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
    Virol J 4:54. 2007
    ..In the present study, the SK-N-MC human neuronal cell protein response to NiV infection is examined using proteomic approaches...
  4. ncbi Quantitative estimation of Nipah virus replication kinetics in vitro
    Li Yen Chang
    Center for Proteomics Research, Department of Forest Biotechnology, Forest Research Institute, 52109, Selangor, Malaysia
    Virol J 3:47. 2006
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  5. ncbi Human enterovirus 71 subgenotype B3 lacks coxsackievirus A16-like neurovirulence in mice infection
    Yoke Fun Chan
    Sime Darby Technology Centre, 2, Jalan Tandang, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
    Virol J 2:74. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi Outlook of dengue in Malaysia: a century later
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Malays J Pathol 24:23-7. 2002
    ....
  7. ncbi Enterovirus 71 outbreak, Brunei
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Emerg Infect Dis 15:79-82. 2009
    ..Isolated EV71 strains formed a distinct lineage with low diversity within subgenogroup B5, suggesting recent introduction and rapid spread within Brunei...
  8. ncbi Isolation and molecular identification of Nipah virus from pigs
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Emerg Infect Dis 10:2228-30. 2004
    ..At least two different Nipah virus strains, including a previously unreported strain, were identified. The findings highlight the possibility that the Malaysia outbreaks had two origins of Nipah virus infections...
  9. ncbi Chikungunya virus of Asian and Central/East African genotypes in Malaysia
    I Ching Sam
    Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Clin Virol 46:180-3. 2009
    ..In Malaysia, limited CHIKV outbreaks of the endemic Asian and imported Central/East African genotypes were reported in 1998 and 2006. Since April 2008, an unprecedented nationwide outbreak has affected Malaysia...
  10. ncbi Antiviral activity of four types of bioflavonoid against dengue virus type-2
    Keivan Zandi
    Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Virol J 8:560. 2011
    ..Selectivity Index value (SI) was determined as the ratio of cytotoxic concentration 50 (CC50) to inhibitory concentration 50 (IC50) for each compound...
  11. ncbi Phylogenetic designation of enterovirus 71 genotypes and subgenotypes using complete genome sequences
    Yoke Fun Chan
    Department of Medical Microbiology, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Infect Genet Evol 10:404-12. 2010
    ..Hence, in the absence of full genome sequences, it is proposed here that a combination of VP1 and 3D RNA polymerase gene sequences be used for initial genotyping of EV-71 isolates...
  12. ncbi Flavone enhances dengue virus type-2 (NGC strain) infectivity and replication in vero cells
    Keivan Zandi
    Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
    Molecules 17:2437-45. 2012
    ..The CC₅₀ value of flavone against Vero cells was 446 µg/mL. These results suggest that flavone might enhance dengue virus replication by acting antagonistically towards flavonoids known to inhibit dengue virus replication...
  13. ncbi Molecular identification of adenovirus causing respiratory tract infection in pediatric patients at the University of Malaya Medical Center
    Juraina Abd-Jamil
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    BMC Pediatr 10:46. 2010
    ..Presently, there are no reports of the prevalent HAdV types found in Malaysia. The present study was undertaken to identify the HAdV types associated primarily with respiratory tract infections (RTI) of young children in Malaysia...
  14. ncbi Reemergence of endemic Chikungunya, Malaysia
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Emerg Infect Dis 13:147-9. 2007
    ..The reemergence of the infection is not part of the epidemics in other Indian Ocean countries but raises the possibility that chikungunya virus is endemic in Malaysia...
  15. ncbi Isolation of ancestral sylvatic dengue virus type 1, Malaysia
    Boon Teong Teoh
    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Emerg Infect Dis 16:1783-5. 2010
    ..The virus is neutralized by serum of patients with endemic DENV-1 infection. Rare isolation of this virus suggests a limited spillover infection from an otherwise restricted sylvatic cycle...
  16. ncbi Antigenic cell associated dengue 2 virus proteins detected in vitro using dengue fever patients sera
    Sazaly AbuBakar
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Malays J Pathol 24:29-36. 2002
    ..Detection of dengue 2 virus C antibody in some patients further suggested that C could be antigenic if presented in vivo...
  17. ncbi Enterovirus 71 infection induces apoptosis in Vero cells
    Yoke Fun Chan
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Malays J Pathol 25:29-35. 2003
    ..The induction, however, requires high level of HEV71 infectivity and the presence of live virus particles, suggesting the need for the presence of specific viral proteins for apoptosis to occur...
  18. ncbi Virus-specific read-through codon preference affects infectivity of chimeric cucumber green mottle mosaic viruses displaying a dengue virus epitope
    Pak Guan Teoh
    Center for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture CEBAR and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
    J Biomed Biotechnol 2009:781712. 2009
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  19. ncbi Dengue virus type 2 envelope protein displayed as recombinant phage attachment protein reveals potential cell binding sites
    Juraina Abd-Jamil
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Protein Eng Des Sel 21:605-11. 2008
    ..The phage displayed truncated DENV-2 E is a powerful and useful method for the direct determination of DENV-2 E cell binding sites...
  20. ncbi Phylogenetic evidence for inter-typic recombination in the emergence of human enterovirus 71 subgenotypes
    Chan Yoke-Fun
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    BMC Microbiol 6:74. 2006
    ..Several new EV-71 subgenotypes were identified from these outbreaks. The mechanisms that contributed to the emergence of these subgenotypes are unknown...
  21. ncbi Dengue virus type 2 NS3 protease and NS2B-NS3 protease precursor induce apoptosis
    Norazizah Shafee
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
    J Gen Virol 84:2191-5. 2003
    ..These findings suggest the importance of NS2B as a cofactor to NS3 protease-induced apoptosis...
  22. ncbi Nipah virus RNA synthesis in cultured pig and human cells
    Li-Yen Chang
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Med Virol 78:1105-12. 2006
    ..However, there are differences between these cells and human neuronal cells and monocytes in the ability to support Nipah virus replication and virus release...
  23. ncbi Comparative transcriptional study of the effects of high intracellular zinc on prostate carcinoma cells
    Pooi Fong Wong
    Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Oncol Rep 23:1501-16. 2010
    ..This could be the antagonistic mechanism used to overcome the initial cell growth inhibitory effects of high Zn2+. These findings support a potential detrimental role of Zn2+ in prostate cancer...
  24. ncbi High intracellular Zn2+ ions modulate the VHR, ZAP-70 and ERK activities of LNCaP prostate cancer cells
    Pooi Fong Wong
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Cell Mol Biol Lett 13:375-90. 2008
    ..These results highlight the importance of a high intracellular Zn(2+) content and the VHR/ZAP-70-associated pathways in the modulation of LNCaP prostate cancer cell growth...
  25. ncbi Antiviral Activity of Baicalein and Quercetin against the Japanese Encephalitis Virus
    Jefree Johari
    Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Int J Mol Sci 13:16785-95. 2012
    ....
  26. ncbi Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of chikungunya virus of different genotypes from malaysia
    I Ching Sam
    Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    PLoS ONE 7:e50476. 2012
    ..To gain insight into these observed epidemiological differences, we compared genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of CHIKV of Asian and ECSA genotypes isolated in Malaysia...
  27. ncbi Zinc accelerates dengue virus type 2-induced apoptosis in Vero cells
    Norazizah Shafee
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    FEBS Lett 524:20-4. 2002
    ..These results suggest that (i) apoptosis is induced in African green monkey kidney cells infected with live DENV-2 and (ii) the addition of high extracellular Zn(2+) accelerates detection of apoptosis in the DENV-2-infected cells...
  28. ncbi Eurycomanone suppresses expression of lung cancer cell tumor markers, prohibitin, annexin 1 and endoplasmic reticulum protein 28
    Pooi Fong Wong
    Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Phytomedicine 19:138-44. 2012
    ..The treatment also resulted in suppression of the lung cancer cell tumor markers and several known cancer cell growth-associated genes...
  29. ncbi LNCaP prostate cancer cells are insensitive to zinc-induced senescence
    Pooi Fong Wong
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Trace Elem Med Biol 22:242-7. 2008
    ..These findings suggest that prostate cancer cells are insensitive to the senescence-inducing effects of zinc but the cancer cells retain the capacity to undergo senescence through other pathways...
  30. ncbi Identification of a 48kDa tubulin or tubulin-like C6/36 mosquito cells protein that binds dengue virus 2 using mass spectrometry
    Hui-Yee Chee
    Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 320:11-7. 2004
    ..These findings suggest that DENV-2 through DENV-2 E binds directly to a 48 kDa tubulin or tubulin-like protein of C6/36 mosquito cells...
  31. ncbi Antibody neutralization and viral virulence in recurring dengue virus type 2 outbreaks
    Sook San Wong
    Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Limited, Melbourne, Australia
    Viral Immunol 20:359-68. 2007
    ..This could be an important contributing factor in the recurring homogenotypic dengue virus outbreaks seen in dengue-endemic regions...