A faculty member published a paper in the South Eastern European Journal of Public Health.

A faculty member at the College of Dentistry, University of Diyala, Assistant Lecturer Rahma Mohammad Abbas, published a research paper in South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, which is indexed in Scopus (Q4). The paper is entitled ” Investigation Role of IL-10 And IL-13 with Some Viral Species in Pathogenesis of Heart Diseases.” The study aims to detective predictive  roles  of IL-10 and IL-13 and positivity of viral infections  in heart diseases. The study has concluded that gender, age and smoking are risk factors for heart diseases. Due to decreased immune state in patients, several viruses were discovered in those patients. IL-10 and IL-13 were raised in patients due to presence inflammation. IL-10 has paradoxical role (pro and anti-inflammatory) in pathogenesis heart diseases . IL-13 is more preferred in diagnosis heart diseases than IL-10 due to has (IL-13) highest sensitivity and specificity. Finally, there is no strong correlation between  IL-10 and IL-13 in pathophysiology of heart diseases