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Ghazala Kaukab Raja
Country of origin: Pakistan Currently in: Pakistan, Rawalpindi General field of specialization: Other-
Degrees
1998 Doctorate Other1991 Master Other -
Current Research Activities
Other
Human genetic disorders including rare hereditary genetic disorders and polygenic, multifactorial diseases.
Publications resulting from Research:
Farah Bibi, Stephanie Efthymiou, Thomas Bourinaris, Ambreen Tariq;,Faisal Zafar, Nuzhat Rana, Vincenzo Salpietro Damiano, Sadia Saeed, Nasir M Minhas, Ghazala Kaukab Raja. (2020). Rare novel CYP2U1 and ZFYVE26 variants identified in two Pakistani families with spastic paraplegia. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Accepted for Publication 411 (2020) 116669
Muhammad Saqlain, Zainab Akhtar, Raheela Karamat, Samra Munawar, Maria Iqbal, Muhammad Fiaz, Sadia Saeed, Muhammad Farooq Nasir, Syed Muhammad Saqlan Naqvi, Ghazala Kaukab Raja (2019). Body Mass Index versus Other Adiposity Traits: Best Predictor of Cardiometabolic Risk. Iranian Journal of Public Health. 48(12): 2224-2231
M. Abdullah SaidYordi J. van de Vegte, Muhammad Mobeen Zafar, M. Yldau van der Ende, Ghazala Kaukab Raja, N. Verweij, Pim van der Harst (2019). Contributions of Interactions between Lifestyle and Genetics on Coronary Artery Disease Risk. Current Cardiology Reports. 21(89): 2-8
Shagufta Jabeen, Julia Pinsonneault, Wolfgang Sadee, Sung-Ha Lee, Mobeen Zafar, Saqlain M Raja, Ghazala Kaukab Raja (2019). Significant Association of DRD2 Enhancer Variant rs12364283 with Heroin Addiction in a Pakistani Population. Annals of Human Genetics. 83(5): 367-372
Marie Pigeyre, Muhammad Saqlain, Michelle Turcotte, Ghazala K. Raja, David Meyre (2018). Obesity genetics: Insights from the Pakistani population. Obesity Reviews. 19(3):364-380
Ghazala K. Raja, Mark A. Sarzynski, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, William D. Johnson, Yourka Tchoukalova, Steven R. Smith, Claude Bouchard. (2014) Commonality versus specificity among adiposity traits in normal-weight adults. Int J Obes (Lond). 38(5):719-23. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.153. Epub 2013 Aug 16.
P.A. Shaiq, P.E. Stuart, A. Latif, C. Schmotzer, A.H. Kazmi, M.S. Khan, M. Azam, T. Tejasvi, J.J. Voorhees, G.K. Raja, J.T. Elder, R. Qamar, R.P. Nair. (2013) Genetic Associations of Psoriasis in a Pakistani Population. British J. Dermatol. 169(2):406-11. doi: 10.1111/bjd.12313
Pakeeza A. Shaiq, Alfred Klausegger, Fawad Muzaffar, Johann W. Bauer, Muhammad I. Khan, Azra Khanum, Raheel Qamar and Ghazala K. Raja. (2012). Founder mutation c.676insC in three unrelated kindler syndrome families belonging to a particular clan from Pakistan. J. Dermatol. 39: 1-2
Shaiq, P. A., Klausegger, A., Bauer, J. W., Azam, M., G. K. Raja and Qamar, R. (2011). Compound heterozygous mutations p.Q1530X and 6103delG in COL7A1 causing recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa in a Pakistani family. J. Dermatol. 38: 1-3
Fournier, P. A., Brau, L., Ferreira, L. D. M. C. B., Raja, G., Fairchild, T., James, A. and Palmer, T. N. (2002). Glycogen resynthesis in the absence of food ingestion during recovery from moderate or high physical activity. Novel insights from rat and human studies. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol Integr Physiol. 133 (3): 755-763 Review article
