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Iman Egab

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Organism:human· 4 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1

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Unveiling the Hidden Rules: Enhancing NMD Prediction for Protein-Truncating Variants

Iman Egab, Jacob Schmidt, Michael A. Cortázar, Jiaoyang Xu, Peter Orchard, Moez Dawood, Tugce Bozkurt‐Yozgatli, Jasmine Koh, Luisa Mestroni, M Taylor, S. Stephen Yi, Daniel G. Calame, Jennifer Ellen Posey, Richard A. Gibbs, Eric Boerwinkle, , Zeynep Coban‐Akdemir

The paper develops a model to predict NMD outcomes for protein-truncating variants using RNA-seq data, achieving ~78% ROC-AUC and identifying non-canonical determinants.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Genomic stop codon scanning reveals quantitative principles of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

Michael A. Cortázar, Jacob Schmidt, Iman Egab, Zeynep Coban‐Akdemir, Sujatha Jagannathan

The paper quantitatively analyzes NMD activity for various PTCs in the LMNA gene, revealing new positional and sequence context dependencies beyond existing binary rules.

bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

Phase Separation Contributes to Pathogenicity for Nonsense Mediated Decay-Escaping Variant Alleles

Jiaoyang Xu, Jacob Schmidt, Amy Campbell, Tugce Bozkurt‐Yozgatli, Iman Egab, Luisa Mestroni, Matthew Taylor, Jennifer Ellen Posey, Richard A. Gibbs, Eric Boerwinkle, Paul De Vries, Alanna Morrison, S. Stephen Yi, Chad A. Shaw, Claudia M. B. Carvalho, , Zeynep Coban‐Akdemir

This study identifies NMD-escape variants as a distinct class of disease-causing mutations, showing that altered C-terminal regions drive pathogenicity through phase separation.

medRxiv · Dec 2, 2025 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Genomic rare variant mechanisms for congenital cardiac laterality defect: A digenic model approach

Archana Rai, Jonathan Klonowski, Bo Yuan, Karen J. Coveler, Zain Dardas, Iman Egab, Jiaoyang Xu, Philip J. Lupo, A. J. Agopian, Dennis Kostka, Cecilia W. Y. Lo, S. Stephen Yi, Bruce D. Gelb, Christine E. Seidman, Eric Boerwinkle, , Zeynep Coban‐Akdemir

The paper identifies trans-heterozygous digenic variants in laterality defect genes using exome/genome sequencing data from CHD cohorts, finding significant enrichment in laterality cases compared to controls.

The American Journal of Human Genetics · Jun 20, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine