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Umar Jafar

Hamad bin Khalifa University

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Cancer Biology· 1 Immunology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:flow cytometry· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Adviti NaikiD· 2 shared Julie V. DecockiD· 2 shared Remy Thomas· 2 shared Abdelilah ArredouaniiD· 1 shared Abdi Adam· 1 shared Abdullah AldushainiD· 1 shared Ahmed ZaqoutiD· 1 shared Ali Senosi OmraniiD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 2/yr

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Longitudinal cellular and humoral immune responses following Covid-19 BNT162b2-mRNA-based booster vaccination of craft and manual workers in Qatar.

Remy Thomas, Ahmed Zaqout, Bakhita Meqbel, Umar Jafar, Nishant N. Vaikath, Abdullah Aldushain, Adviti Naik, Hibah Shaath, Neyla S. Al-Akl, Abdi Adam, Houda Yasmine Ali Moussa, Kyung Chul Shin, Rowaida Ziad Taha, Mohammed Abukhattab, Muna A. Rahman S. AlMaslamani, , Julie V. Decock

This study examines immune responses in craft and manual workers after a BNT162b2 booster, showing enhanced Th1 and cytotoxic T cell responses, and durable humoral immunity, with prior infection boosting B cell counts.

Frontiers in Immunology · Mar 27, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Anti-tumor effects of a novel cell penetrating peptide-based therapeutic approach to target Lactate Dehydrogenase C (LDHC) in triple negative breast cancer.

Hanan Qasem, Adviti Naik, Tricia Gomez, Janarthanan Ponraj, Umar Jafar, Martin Sikhondze, Remy Thomas, Khaled A Mahmoud, Julie V. Decock

This paper evaluates four cell-penetrating peptides for delivering LDHC siRNA to TNBC cells, finding that two show effective LDHC knockdown and tumor reduction in zebrafish models.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology