{"id":42910,"date":"2026-08-24T09:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/?p=42910"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:55:31","slug":"a-masters-thesis-presented-by-raghad-waad-taher-al-omari-comparative-molecular-analysis-of-canine-sdhb-gene-expression-and-immunohistochemical-profiles-of-adrenal-and-renal-tissues-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/2026\/08\/24\/a-masters-thesis-presented-by-raghad-waad-taher-al-omari-comparative-molecular-analysis-of-canine-sdhb-gene-expression-and-immunohistochemical-profiles-of-adrenal-and-renal-tissues-f\/","title":{"rendered":"A master\u2019s thesis presented by Raghad Waad Taher Al Omari \u201cComparative Molecular Analysis of Canine SDHB Gene Expression and Immunohistochemical Profiles of Adrenal and Renal Tissues from Clinically Normal Dogs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A master\u2019s thesis was defended in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology and Poultry Diseases, entitled:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Comparative Molecular Analysis of Canine SDHB Gene Expression and Immunohistochemical Profiles of Adrenal and Renal Tissues from Clinically Normal Dogs<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>by the student \u201c<strong>Raghad Waad Taher Al Omari<\/strong> \u201c under the supervision of<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asst. Prof. Dr. Firas Mohammed Abed<\/strong> \u2013 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, and Prof. <strong>Dr. Michael James Dark<\/strong> \u2013 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, on Sunday, 23 August 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Examination Committee Consisted of The Following Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. <strong>Dr. Karam Hashim Yahya Al\u2011Mallah<\/strong> (College of Veterinary Medicine \u2013 University of Mosul) \u2013 Chair.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. <strong>Dr. Mohammed Ghassan Saeed<\/strong> (College of Veterinary Medicine \u2013 University of Mosul) \u2013 Member.<\/p>\n<p>Asst. Prof. <strong>Dr. Senaria Hanna Matti<\/strong> (College of Veterinary Medicine \u2013 University of Mosul) \u2013 Member.<\/p>\n<p>Asst. Prof. <strong>Dr. Firas Mohammed Abed<\/strong> (College of Veterinary Medicine \u2013 University of Mosul) \u2013 Member and Supervisor<\/p>\n<p>Prof. <strong>Dr. Michael James Dark<\/strong> (College of Veterinary Medicine \u2013 University of Florida) \u2013 Member and Co\u2011supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This study evaluated the association between non\u2011neoplastic histopathological lesions in the kidney and adrenal gland and the immunohistochemical expression of SDHA and SDHB subunits, in addition to assessing the concordance between SDHB gene expression data and its immunohistochemical profile in clinically healthy dogs.<\/p>\n<p>The results revealed multifactorial lesions accompanied by clear alterations in SDH subunits, particularly SDHB, suggesting a potential role for mitochondrial dysfunction (\u201cthe cell\u2019s powerhouses\u201d) in either contributing to or reflecting the severity of tissue injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A master\u2019s thesis was defended in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology and Poultry Diseases, entitled: \u201cComparative Molecular Analysis of Canine SDHB Gene Expression and Immunohistochemical Profiles of Adrenal and Renal Tissues from Clinically Normal Dogs\u201d by the student \u201cRaghad Waad Taher Al Omari \u201c under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Dr. Firas Mohammed Abed \u2013 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, and Prof. Dr. Michael James Dark \u2013 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, on Sunday, 23 August 2026. &nbsp; The Examination Committee Consisted of The Following Members: \u00a0 Prof. Dr. Karam Hashim Yahya Al\u2011Mallah (College <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/2026\/08\/24\/a-masters-thesis-presented-by-raghad-waad-taher-al-omari-comparative-molecular-analysis-of-canine-sdhb-gene-expression-and-immunohistochemical-profiles-of-adrenal-and-renal-tissues-f\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":42911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-viva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42919,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42910\/revisions\/42919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}