• Genomic architecture of autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: The BARAKA-Qatar Study 

      Abdi, Mona; Aliyev, Elbay; Trost, Brett; Kohailan, Muhammad; Aamer, Waleed; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by impaired social and communication skills, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviors. The prevalence of ASD among children ...
    • Thousands of Qatari genomes inform human migration history and improve imputation of Arab haplotypes 

      Razali, Rozaimi Mohamad; Rodriguez-Flores, Juan; Ghorbani, Mohammadmersad; Naeem, Haroon; Aamer, Waleed; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Arab populations are largely understudied, notably their genetic structure and history. Here we present an in-depth analysis of 6,218 whole genomes from Qatar, revealing extensive diversity as well as genetic ancestries ...
    • Transcriptome Profile Identifies Actin as an Essential Regulator of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C3 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Zebrafish Model 

      Da’as, Sahar Isa; Hasan, Waseem; Salem, Rola; Younes, Nadine; Abdelrahman, Doua; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      Variants in cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyBP-C) are the leading cause of inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), demonstrating the key role that cMyBP-C plays in the heart’s contractile machinery. To investigate ...