Ahmed, H., Cappello, F., Rodolico, V., and Vasta, G.R. 2009. Evidence of heavy methylation in the galectin-3 promoter in early stages of prostate adenocarcinoma: Development and validation of a methylated marker for early diagnosis of prostate cancer. Translational Oncology (Accepted)

Ahmed, H., Du, S.J., and Vasta, G.R. 2008. Knockdown of a galectin-1-like protein in zebrafish (Danio rerio) causes defects in skeletal muscle development. Glycoconjugate J. Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print]

Ahmed, H., Banerjee, P.B., and Vasta, G.R. 2007. Differential expression of galectins in normal, benign and malignant prostate epithelial cells: Silencing of galectin-3 expression in prostate cancer by its promoter methylation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 358, 241-246.

Vasta, G.R. and Ahmed, H. (Editors). 2008. Animal lectins: a functional view, Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL, 592 pages.

Ahmed, H., Rabinovich, G., Jackson, S. and Vasta, G.R. 2008. Animal models for assessing biological roles of animal lectins. In: Animal lectins: a functional view, (Eds. G.R. Vasta and H. Ahmed), Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL, 85-114.

Ahmed, H. and Vasta, G.R. 2008. Unlike mammalian GRIFIN, the zebrafish homologue (DrGRIFIN) represents a functional carbohydrate-binding galectin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 371, 350-355.

Mercer, N., Ahmed, H., Etcheverry, S., Vasta, G.R., and Cortizo, A.M. 2007. Regulation of advanced glycation end product (AGE) receptors and apoptosis by AGEs in osteoblast-like cells. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 306, 87-94.

Ahmed, H. 2004. Principles and reactions of protein extraction, purification, and characterization, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 408 pages.

Ahmed, H., Du, S.J., O'Leary, N., and Vasta, G.R. 2004. Biochemical and molecular characterization of galectins from zebrafish (Danio rerio): notochord-specific expression of a prototype galectin during early embryogenesis. Glycobiology 14, 219-232.

Ahmed, H., Bianchet, M.A., Amzel, L.M., Hirabayashi, J., Kasai, K., Giga-Hama, Y., Tohda, H., and Vasta, G.R. 2002. Novel carbohydrate specificity of the 16 kDa galectin from Caenorhabditis elegans: Binding to blood group precursor oligosaccharides (type 1, type 2, Ta, and Tß) and gangliosides. Glycobiology 12, 451-461.

Bianchet, M.A., Ahmed, H., Vasta, G.R., and Amzel, L.M. 2000. A soluble ß-galactosyl-binding lectin (galectin) from toad (Bufo arenarum Hensel) ovary: Crystallographic studies of two protein-sugar complexes. Proteins 40, 378-88.

Schwarz, F.P., Ahmed, H., Bianchet, M.A., Amzel, L.M., and Vasta, G.R. 1998. Thermodynamics of bovine spleen galectin-1 binding to disaccharides: correlation with structure and its effects on oligomerization at the denaturation temperature. Biochemistry 37, 5867-5877.

Ahmed, H., Fink, N.E., Pohl, J., and Vasta, G.R. 1996. Galectin-1 from bovine spleen: Biochemical characterization, carbohydrate specificity and tissue-specific isoform profiles. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 120, 1007-1019.

Ahmed, H., Pohl, J., Fink, N.E., Strobel, F., and Vasta, G.R. 1996. The primary structure and carbohydrate specificity of a ß-galactosyl-binding lectin from toad (Bufo arenarum Hensel) ovary reveal closer similarities to the mammalian galectin-1 than to the galectin from the clawed frog Xenopus laevis. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 33083-33094.