• A population study of clinically actionable genetic variation affecting drug response from the Middle East 

      Jithesh, Puthen Veettil; Abuhaliqa, Mohammed; Syed, Najeeb; Ahmed, Ikhlak; El Anbari, Mohammed; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      Clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics will help in personalizing drug prescriptions and alleviate the personal and financial burden due to inefficacy and adverse reactions to drugs. However, such implementation is ...
    • Immunomodulatory effects of vitamin d supplementation in a deficient population 

      Garand, Mathieu; Toufiq, Mohammed; Singh, Parul; Huang, Susie Shih Yin; Tomei, Sara; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)
      In addition to its canonical functions, vitamin D has been proposed to be an important mediator of the immune system. Despite ample sunshine, vitamin D deficiency is prevalent (>80%) in the Middle East, resulting in a high ...
    • The potential role of vitamin D supplementation as a gut microbiota modifier in healthy individuals 

      Singh, Parul; Rawat, Arun; Alwakeel, Mariam; Sharif, Elham; Al Khodor, Souhaila ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      Vitamin D deficiency affects approximately 80% of individuals in some countries and has been linked with gut dysbiosis and inflammation. While the benefits of vitamin D supplementation on the gut microbiota have been studied ...