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Zain Ali

Lund UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5579-1127Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1

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Aitzkoa Lopez de Lapuente PortillaiD· 3 shared Antton Lamarca ArrizabalagaiD· 3 shared Björn NilssoniD· 3 shared Caterina CafaroiD· 3 shared Kāri StefánssoniD· 3 shared Ludvig EkdahliD· 3 shared Unnur ÞorsteinsdóttiriD· 3 shared Daniel Fannar GudbjartssoniD· 2 shared

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintApr 1, 2026

Population-scale immunoglobulin genetics resolves the human B-cell system

Zain Ali, Aitzkoa Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Guðmar Þorleifsson…·Björn Nilsson

The paper uses population-scale Ig genetics to identify genetic associations and map their effects on the human B-cell system, revealing new genes and regulatory mechanisms in humoral immunity.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.30.715216

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintApr 1, 2026

BloodVariome: a high-resolution atlas of inherited genetic effects in human immune cells

Aitzkoa Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Ludvig Ekdahl, Guðmar Þorleifsson…·Björn Nilsson

BloodVariome identifies 259 genetic associations across 127 immune cell populations in 11,983 individuals, revealing fine-grained genetic compartmentalization of the immune system.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.30.715213

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GenomicsBloodPeer-reviewedJan 10, 2022

Genome-wide association study on 13,167 individuals identifies regulators of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell levels in human blood

Aitzkoa Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Ludvig Ekdahl, Caterina Cafaro…·Björn Nilsson

A genome-wide association study identifies DNA variants influencing HSPC levels in human blood, with PPM1H as a novel regulator affecting stem cell subpopulations.

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