• Analytic comparison between three high-throughput commercial SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays reveals minor discrepancies in a high-incidence population 

      Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Dargham, Soha R; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Performance of three automated commercial serological IgG-based assays was investigated for assessing SARS-CoV-2 "ever" (past or current) infection in a population-based sample in a high exposure setting. PCR and serological ...
    • Author Correction: Mosaic nanoparticle display of diverse influenza virus hemagglutinins elicits broad B cell responses. 

      Kanekiyo, Masaru; Joyce, M Gordon; Gillespie, Rebecca A; Gallagher, John R; Andrews, Sarah F; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      In the version of this article initially published, the labels (50 Å) above the scale bars in Fig. 1b were incorrect. The correct size is 50 nm. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.
    • Combined chemo-magnetic field-photothermal breast cancer therapy based on porous magnetite nanospheres 

      Sharifi, Majid; Hasan, Anwarul; Nanakali, Nadir Mustafa Qadir; Salihi, Abbas; Qadir, Fikry Ali; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      The efficacy of different modalities of treating breast cancer is inhibited by several limitations such as off-targeted drug distribution, rapid drug clearance, and drug resistance. To overcome these limitations, we developed ...
    • Duration of mRNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants in Qatar. 

      Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H; AlMukdad, Sawsan; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants are genetically divergent. We conducted a matched, test-negative, case-control study to estimate duration of protection of the second and third/booster doses of mRNA COVID-19 ...
    • Evaluation of commercially available fully automated and ELISA-based assays for detecting anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies 

      Zedan, Hadeel T.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Liu, Na; Qotba, Hamda; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      Rapid and accurate measurement of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2)-specific neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) is paramount for monitoring immunity in infected and vaccinated subjects. The current ...
    • Glycan repositioning of influenza hemagglutinin stem facilitates the elicitation of protective cross-group antibody responses. 

      Boyoglu-Barnum, Seyhan; Hutchinson, Geoffrey B; Boyington, Jeffrey C; Moin, Syed M; Gillespie, Rebecca A; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      The conserved hemagglutinin (HA) stem has been a focus of universal influenza vaccine efforts. Influenza A group 1 HA stem-nanoparticles have been demonstrated to confer heterosubtypic protection in animals; however, the ...
    • Metabolic consequences of obesity on the hypercoagulable state of polycystic ovary syndrome. 

      Moin, Abu Saleh Md; Sathyapalan, Thozhukat; Diboun, Ilhame; Elrayess, Mohamed A; Butler, Alexandra E; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) women have a hypercoagulable state; however, whether this is intrinsically due to PCOS or, alternatively, a consequence of its metabolic complications is unclear. We determined plasma ...
    • Metabolic GWAS of elite athletes reveals novel genetically-influenced metabolites associated with athletic performance. 

      Al-Khelaifi, Fatima; Diboun, Ilhame; Donati, Francesco; Botre, Francesco; Abraham, David; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      Genetic research of elite athletic performance has been hindered by the complex phenotype and the relatively small effect size of the identified genetic variants. The aims of this study were to identify genetic predisposition ...
    • Mixed Viral-Bacterial Infections and Their Effects on Gut Microbiota and Clinical Illnesses in Children. 

      Mathew, Shilu; Smatti, Maria K; Al Ansari, Khalid; Nasrallah, Gheyath K; Al Thani, Asmaa A; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      Acute gastroenteritis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among young children worldwide. It accounts for approximately 1.34 million deaths annually in children younger than five years. Infection can be caused ...
    • Mosaic nanoparticle display of diverse influenza virus hemagglutinins elicits broad B cell responses. 

      Kanekiyo, Masaru; Joyce, M Gordon; Gillespie, Rebecca A; Gallagher, John R; Andrews, Sarah F; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      The present vaccine against influenza virus has the inevitable risk of antigenic discordance between the vaccine and the circulating strains, which diminishes vaccine efficacy. This necessitates new approaches that provide ...
    • Prognostic tools and candidate drugs based on plasma proteomics of patients with severe COVID-19 complications 

      Al-Nesf, Maryam A. Y.; Abdesselem, Houari B.; Bensmail, Ilham; Ibrahim, Shahd; Saeed, Walaa A. H.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      COVID-19 complications still present a huge burden on healthcare systems and warrant predictive risk models to triage patients and inform early intervention. Here, we profile 893 plasma proteins from 50 severe and 50 ...
    • Protection of Omicron sub-lineage infection against reinfection with another Omicron sub-lineage 

      Chemaitelly, Hiam; Ayoub, Houssein H.; Coyle, Peter; Tang, Patrick; Yassine, Hadi M.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      There is significant genetic distance between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant BA.1 and BA.2 sub-lineages. This study investigates immune protection of infection with one sub-lineage against reinfection with the other ...
    • SIRT1 promotes lipid metabolism and mitochondrial biogenesis in adipocytes and coordinates adipogenesis by targeting key enzymatic pathways. 

      Majeed, Yasser; Halabi, Najeeb; Madani, Aisha Y; Engelke, Rudolf; Bhagwat, Aditya M; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      The NAD-dependent deacetylase SIRT1 controls key metabolic functions by deacetylating target proteins and strategies that promote SIRT1 function such as SIRT1 overexpression or NAD boosters alleviate metabolic complications. ...
    • The QChip1 knowledgebase and microarray for precision medicine in Qatar 

      Rodriguez-Flores, Juan L.; Messai-Badji, Radja; Robay, Amal; Temanni, Ramzi; Syed, Najeeb; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      Risk genes for Mendelian (single-gene) disorders (SGDs) are consistent across populations, but pathogenic risk variants that cause SGDs are typically population-private. The goal was to develop "QChip1," an inexpensive ...