University of Peshawar

Dr. Muhammad Khisroon

Ph.D , The University of Sheffield, UK (2007) in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Research Interest: Cancer Biology/Genotoxicity

Telephone: +92919216754

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I have joined department of Zoology as lecturer in 2001. After successfully qualified the international GRE in biology, I have been awarded foreign Ph. D scholarship from ministry of science and technology and completed Ph. D from university of Sheffield, England in 2007. I have also successful completed one year HEC Post-doctoral studies from University of California Davis USA in 2013.

My Ph.D. research is based on how the DNA damage is repaired during meiosis cell division. My research here is focused on the genotoxicology, a study of DNA damage both in human and animals by various agents (chemical, radiation, environmental pollution, heavy metal accumulation etc.). We are using the comet assay, micro nucleus assay to visualize the DNA in side the cell. We have also designed a novel protocol involoving Western blotting to quantify extent of DNA damage inside cell. We are also working on the DNA repair, metabolite genes and their association with DNA damage and cancer. I have supervised 30 MSc, BS thesis, 28 MPhil thesis and 4 Ph.D. thesis. We have published our research work in the impact factor journals of UK, USA, Japan etc.

Research Publications:

1.Yaroslav Terentyev, Rebecca Johnson, Matthew J. Neale, Muhammad Khisroon, Anna Bishop-Bailey and Alastair S. H. Goldman.(2010). Evidence that MEK1 positively promotes interhomologue double-strand break repair , Nucl. Acids Res. 38 (13): 4349-4360.

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2.Zakiullah, Saeed M, Ali S, Javed N, Khisroon M, Muhammad B, Khuda F, Ahmad S, Ismail M (2014). Genetic susceptibility to esophageal cancer due to CYP1A1 gene variant rs4646903 in tobacco addicted patients of Pashtun ethnicity: a case control study in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(16):6715-20.

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3.Zakiullah, Ahmadullah, Khisroon M, Saeed M, Khan A, Khuda F, Ali S, Javed N, Ovais M, Masood N, Khalil NK, Ismail M( 2015). Genetic susceptibility to oral cancer due to combined effects of GSTT1, GSTM1 and CYP1A1 gene variants in tobacco addicted patients of Pashtun ethnicity of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(3):1145-50.

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4. Khisroon M, Khan A, Naseem M, Ali N, Khan S, Rasheed SB (2015).

Evaluation of DNA damage in lymphocytes of radiology personnel by comet assay. J Occup Health. 2015;57(3).

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5. Khisroon M, Gul A, Khan A, Ali N, Zaidi F, Rasheed SB, Ahmadullah, Akbar H (2015). Comet assay based DNA evaluation of fuel filling stations and automobile workshops workers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. J Occup Med Toxicol.

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6. Ali RH, Mahmood S, Raza SI, Aziz A, Irfanullah, Naqvi SK, Wasif N, Ansar M, Ahmad W, Shah SH, Khan BT, Zaman Q, Gul A, Wali A, Ali G, Khan S, Khisroon M, Basit S.(2015). Genetic analysis of Xp22.3 micro-deletions in seventeen families segregating isolated form of X-linked ichthyosis. J Dermatol Sci. 2015 (3):214-7

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7. Ali N, Ullah A, Wahid S, Khisroon M, Rasheed SB( 2015). Distribution, species composition and relative abundances of sandflies in North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan. Med Vet Entomol; 2015 30(1):89-94

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8. Siraj M, Khisroon M, Khan A ( 2015). Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Different Organs of Wallago attu from River Kabul Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2016 ,172(1):242-50.

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9. Zaidi F, Fatima SH, Khisroon M, Gul A (2016). Distribution Modeling of three screwworm species in the ecologically diverse landscape of North West Pakistan. Acta Trop.

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10. Zaidi F, Ali N, Khisroon M. Urinogenital Myiasis From Blow Fly in a Pakistani Child. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 26: 535-536 .

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11. Muhammad Khisroon, Ajmal Khan, Muhammad Imran, Farrah Zaidi, Ahmadullah & Syeda Hira Fatim(2017). Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health,162:56-56.

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12. Akbar H, Khan A, Mohammadzai I, Khisroon M, Begum I.(2017). The genotoxic effect of oxcarbazepine on mice blood lymphocytes. Drug Chem Toxicol. 15:1-6.

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13. Zaidi F, Fatima SH, Jan T, Fatima M, Ali A, Khisroon M, Adnan M, Rasheed SB (2017). Trop Med Int Health. 2017, 22(9):1130-1140

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14. Siraj M, Khisroon M, Khan A, Zaidi F, Ullah A, Rahman G. (2018). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2018 73(3):115-120-

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15. Muhammad Iftikhar Khan, Muhammad Khisroon, Ajmal Khan, Naila Gulfam, Muhammad Siraj, Farrah Zaidi, Ahmad ullah, Abid ullah, Syeda Hira Fatma, Shumaila Noreen, Hamid ullah, Zafar Ali Shah and Fazli Qadir (2018).Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, Tissues and their Histopathological Effects on the Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in River Kabul, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan Biomed Research International.

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16. Fatima SH, Zaidi F, Adnan M, Ali A, Jamal Q, Khisroon M ( 2018). Environ Monit Assess. 2018 Mar 19;190(4):233 6605-7.

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17. Naila Gulfam, Muhammad Khisroon, Muhammad Zahoor, Farhat Ali Khan (2018). Development of highly porous carbon nanocomposites derived from coconut shell and its in vitro efficacy of ochratoxin A detoxification , 105, 216-225.

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18. Hira FS, Asad A, Farrah Z, Basit RS, Mehreen F, Muhammad Khisroon (2018). Patterns of occurrence of dengue and chikungunya, and spatial distribution of mosquito vector Aedes albopictus in Swabi district, Pakistan. Trop Med Int Health.13125.

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19. Muhammad Khisroon, Ajmal Khan, Ubaidullah, Farrah Zaidi, Ahmadullah (2018). Bio-monitoring of DNA damage in matchstick industry workers from Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. International Journal of occupational and Environmental health 2018 v1.

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20. Khan MI, Zahoor M, Khan A, Gulfam N, Khisroon M. (2018) Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metalsand their Genotoxic Effect on Freshwater Mussel. Bull Environ ContamToxicol. 2(1):52-58

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21. Naila Gulfam, Muhammad Khisroon, Muhammad Zahoor, and Farhat Ali Khan( 2018) In vivo detoxification of ochratoxin A by highly porous magnetic nanocomposites prepared from coconut Shell.RevistaBrasileira de CiênciaAvícola 20(4):675-698.

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22. 23 Saleha Gul, Muhammad Khisroon , Ajmal Khan, Attaullah, Saira Gul and Gul Nabi Khan(2019). Assessment of Genotoxicity in Lymphocytes of Active and Passive Cigarette Smokers Attenuated with Green Tea. Pakistan J. Zool.51(3): 1131-1136

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23. Muhammad Zahoor , NailaGulfam, Muhammad Khisroon, and Farhat Ali Khan (2019). Removal of Ochratoxin A from water by novel adsorbent; magnetic carbon nanocomposites prepared from sugar beet wastes. Desalination and Water Treatment 152 (1): 234–241.

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24. 25. Muhammad Zahoor, Naila Gulfam, Muhammad Khisroon, Farhat Ali Khan.( 2019). The in vivo efficacy of highly porous carbon nanocomposites prepared from sugar beet waste for the Ochratoxin A detoxification22(6):

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25. Nazish Shah, Ahsan Khan, Riaz Ali, Kasi Marimuthu, Khaliq Ur Rahman, Mukhtar Alam, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad., Shahibzada Muhammad Jawad, Muhammad Khisroon, Muhammad Nazir Uddin, Muhammad Rizwan, and Saddam Hussain (2019).

Bioaccumulation and Alteration in Hematological Indices, Red Blood Cell and Nucleus Morphology and Gills and Muscles Tissues of Grass Carp Against Heavy Metals: An Experimental Approach. Biomed research international

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26. Nazish shah, Muhammad khisroon, Nazma Habib Khan (2020)

Genotoxic Consequences in Common Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, 1844) Exposed to Selected Toxic Metals. Biological Trace Element Research 199:305–314

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27. Suileman, Muhammad zahoor, Ajmal khan, Naila gulfam, Muhammad khisroon (2020)

Toxicity evaluation of pesticide chlorpyrifos in male Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica).

Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 27 :25353–25362

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28. Rafaqat Masroor, Muhammad khisroon, Daniel Jablonski (2020)

A case study on illegal reptile poaching from Balochistan, Pakistan. Herpetozoa, 33:67-75.

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29. Rafaqat Masroor, Muhammad khisroon , Muazzam Ali Khan Daniel Jablonski (2020). A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan

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30. Rafaqat Masroor, Muhammad khisroon , , Muazzam Ali Khan Daniel Jablonski (2020)

A new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the arid mountains of Pakistan,.Zootaxa

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31. Hammad Ahmad , Asad Ali1, Syeda Hira Fatima, Farrah Zaidi4, Muhammad Khisroon, Syed Basit Rasheed4 • Ihsan Ullah, aleem Ullah, Muhammad Shakir .( 2020)

Spatial modeling of Dengue prevalence and kriging prediction of Dengue outbreak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) using presence only data. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 34:1023–1036

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32. Nazish shah, Muhammad Khisroon , Syed Sajjad ali Shah.

Assessment of copper, chromium, and lead toxicity in fish (Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, 1844) through hematological biomarkers Environmental Science and Pollution

Research. 27:33259–33269.

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33. Muhammad Khisroon Ajmal Khana, Asma Ayuba, Ihsan Ullah Javeed Farooqia , Abid Ullaha. DNA damage analysis concerning GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphism in gold jewelry workers from Peshawar Pakistan. Biomarkers, 25(6): 483–489

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35. Muhammad Khisroon, Ajmal Khan , Ashraf Ali Shah, Ihsan Ullah, Javeed Farooqi, Abid Ullah( 2020) .Scalp Hair Metal Analysis Concerning DNA Damage in Welders of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Biological Trace Element Research. 199(5):1649-1656.

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36. Muhammad Khisroon, Maleeha humayun, Ajmal khan, Humayun, Jamal khan (2020)

Polymorphism in GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes influence DNA damage in personnel occupationally exposed to volatile anaesthetics (VA), from Peshawar, Pakistan. Occupational and Environmental medicine. 62(9):527-530.

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37. Muhammad Khisroon, Ajmal Khan, Nazia Hassan, Farrah Zaidi Javeed Farooqi(2020)

Biomonitoring of DNA Damage in Photocopiers Workers from Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 62(9):527-530.

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38. Nazish Shah, Muhammad Khisroon, Syed Sajjad Ali Shah.(2020)

Metals distribution, histopathological alterations and health risk assessment in muscle and gill tissues of fish (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Biological Trace Element Research.

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39. Muhammad khisroon, Nazia hassan , Ajmal Khan , Javed Farooq i.(2021)

Assessment of DNA damage induced by endosulfan in Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, 1844).Environmental science and pollution research. 28(12):15551-15555

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40. R Masroor, M Idrees, M Khisroon, Q Jamal, D Jablonsk (2021). Out of the blue: The first record of the genus Heremites Gray, 1845 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Pakistan, Zookeys

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41. R Masroor, MA Khan, MS Nadeem, SA Amir, M Khisroon, D Jab (2022). Appearances often deceive in racerunners: integrative approach reveals two new species of Eremias (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 5175 (1), 55-87

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42. A Khan, F Jahan, M Zahoor, R Ullah, GM Albadrani, HRH Mohamed, M Khisroon (2022). Association of genetic polymorphism of glutathione S-transferases with colorectal cancer susceptibility in snuff (Naswar) addicts. Brazilian Journal of Biology.

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43.Sardar Khan, Zahir Qamar, Ajmal Khan ^, Muhammad Waqas Javed Nawab, Muhmmmad Khisroon ^,Ajmal Khan (2023). Genotoxic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in vehicle-wash wastewater on grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and freshwater mussels (Anodonta cygnea). Pollution research , 327, 21513

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44. Ajmal khan, Maghfoor Khan, Nazish Shah, Mansoor Khan, Abidullah Dawar, Ashraf Ali Shah, Farmanullah Dawar, Muhammad Khisroon 2023). Genotoxicity of Copper, Silver and Green Synthetic Gold Nanoparticles in fish (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Biological trace element research.

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