Under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Professor Dr. Sarmed H. Kathem Alkhateeb, the Continuing Education Unit at the University of Baghdad/ College of Pharmacy, held an in-person workshop entitled “Impact of gene expression of NFE2L2 on serum superoxide dismutase and hemeoxygenase‑1 levels in patients with type 2 diabetes and retinopathy” delivered by Lecturer Dr. Sarah Hashim Mhaibes, a faculty member at the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department.
The workshop aimed to determine the gene expression level of nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor-2 (NFE2L2) and its association with SOD and HO‑1 serum levels among patients with type 2 diabetes and retinopathy.
The workshop included several topics like: describing the pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy and determine its pathological characteristics, in addition to studying the role and importance of NFE2L2 in the development of diabetic retinopathy.
The workshop concluded that the expression of the NFE2L2 gene was increased by 3‑fold in diabetic patients with retinopathy. Also, a negative correlation was found between the fold change and serum SOD and HO‑1 levels in the diabetic retinopathy groups
