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Wadha Al‐Muftah

Qatar FoundationORCID 0000-0003-2549-082XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 4 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Organism:human· 4 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 2

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineNature GeneticsPeer-reviewedMar 1, 2023

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study improves resolution of genes, pathways and pleiotropy for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nick R. G. Shrine, Abril G. Izquierdo, Jing Chen…·Data Management and Computing Infrastructure group

This study performs a multi-ancestry GWAS on lung function and COPD, identifying 559 genes and 29 pathways, and showing genetic risk scores are associated with COPD across ancestries.

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humanGWAS summary statistics

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineHuman MutationPeer-reviewedFeb 2, 2022

Qatar Genome: Insights on Genomics from the Middle East

Hamdi Mbarek, Geethanjali Devadoss Gandhi, Senthil Selvaraj…·Asma Al-Thani

The Qatar Genome Program sequenced 6,045 individuals, identifying 88 million variants, including novel ones, and revealed genetic structure and disease-related markers in the Qatari population.

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humanwhole-genome sequencing

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineGenesPeer-reviewedNov 22, 2021

Poking COVID-19: insights on genomic constraints among immune-related genes between Qatari and Italian populations

Hamdi Mbarek, Massimiliano Cocca, Yasser A. Al-Sarraj…·Said I. Ismail

This study compares genomic variations in immune-related genes between Qatari and Italian populations to identify differences in selective pressures.

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humanwhole-genome sequencing

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineJournal of Clinical InvestigationPeer-reviewedMay 27, 2021

Failure to replicate the association of rare loss-of-function variants in type I IFN immunity genes with severe COVID-19

Gundula Povysil, Guillaume Butler‐Laporte, Ning Shang…·Krzysztof Kiryluk

The paper investigates the association of rare loss-of-function variants in type I IFN immunity genes with severe COVID-19 and finds no significant association.

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humanwhole-exome sequencing

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BioinformaticsBMC GenomicsPeer-reviewedFeb 10, 2017

PopPAnTe: population and pedigree association testing for quantitative data

Alessia Visconti, Mashael Nedham Al-Shafai, Wadha Al‐Muftah…·Mario Falchi

PopPAnTe is a Java program for association testing in related samples, handling both family data and genetic similarity-based analyses for quantitative omics data.

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GWAS summary statisticsstatistical model

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