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  • 2013 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

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Narinder K. Mehra is affiliated with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in India. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a specialization that spans various subfields including immunology, hematology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and transplantation.

The main areas of scientific inquiry in their work include:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Their publication record includes articles in several specialized journals, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
  • Lipids in Health and Disease
  • Journal of Diabetes Research
  • Meta Gene
  • International Journal of Immunogenetics

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Narinder K. Mehra include:

  • "APOC3 genetic variation, serum triglycerides, and risk of coronary artery disease in Asian Indians, Europeans, and other ethnic groups," published in 2021 in Lipids in Health and Disease
  • "The most frequent HLA alleles around the world: A fundamental synopsis," published in 2024 in Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
  • "Differential HLA Association of GAD65 and IA2 Autoantibodies in North Indian Type 1 Diabetes Patients," published in 2021 in Journal of Diabetes Research
  • "Analysis of HLA association among North Indian HIV positive individuals with and without tuberculosis," published in 2020 in Meta Gene
  • "Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor three domains long cytoplasmic tail 1 gene *007 may modulate disease progression of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in the Japanese population," published in 2023 in International Journal of Immunogenetics

Mehra collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors including Gurvinder Kaur, Paras Singh, Madhu Vajpayee, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, and José Manuel Nunes. These collaborations contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of their research outputs.

Throughout their career, Narinder K. Mehra has received recognition in the form of an award as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Impact of nine common type 2 diabetes risk polymorphisms in Asian Indian Sikhs: PPARG2 (Pro12Ala), IGF2BP2, TCF7L2 and FTO variants confer a significant risk.

    Dharambir K Sanghera;Lyda Ortega;Shizhong Han;Jairup Singh

  • HLA-B27 subtypes in Asian patients with ankylosing spondylitis Evidence for new associations

    C. López-Larrea;K. Sujirachato;N. K. Mehra;P. Chiewsilp

  • Identification of new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes and shared etiological pathways with coronary heart disease

    Wei Zhao;Asif Rasheed;Emmi Tikkanen;Jung-Jin Lee

  • Distinctive KIR and HLA diversity in a panel of north Indian Hindus

    Raja Rajalingam;Peter Krausa;Heather G. Shilling;Jason B. Stein

  • Stepwise replication identifies a low-producing lymphotoxin-alpha allele as a major risk factor for early-onset leprosy.

    Alexandre Alcaïs;Alexandre Alcaïs;Andrea Alter;Guillemette Antoni;Marianna Orlova

  • Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-Linked Control of Susceptibility to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Association with HLA-DR Types

    S. P. N. Singh;N. K. Mehra;H. B. Dingley;J. N. Pande

  • Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies a Novel Locus Contributing to Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility in Sikhs of Punjabi Origin From India

    Richa Saxena;Danish Saleheen;Danish Saleheen;Latonya F. Been;Martha L. Garavito

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Sequence-Specific Oligonucleotide Hybridization Analysis of HLA Class II Antigens in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Relevance to Chemotherapy and Disease Severity

    R. Rajalingam;N. K. Mehra;R. C. Jain;V. P. Myneedu

  • Post transplant development of MICA and anti-HLA antibodies is associated with acute rejection episodes and renal allograft loss.

    Arundhati Panigrahi;Nivedita Gupta;Jamshaid A. Siddiqui;Ahmad Margoob

  • HLA Segregation of Tuberculoid Leprosy: Confirmation of the DR2 Marker

    W. van Eden;R. R. P. de Vries;N. K. Mehra;M. C. Vaidya

  • HLA-linked Control of Susceptibility to Tuberculoid Leprosy and Association with HLA–DR types*

    R. R. P. De Vries;N. K. Mehra;M. C. Vaidya;M. D. Gupte

  • HLA-B27 alone rather than B27-related class I haplotypes contributes to ankylosing spondylitis susceptibility.

    J Martinez-Borra;Segundo Gonzalez;A López-Vazquez;M.A Gelaz

  • Pediatric celiac disease in India is associated with multiple DR3-DQ2 haplotypes.

    Gurvinder Kaur;N Sarkar;S Bhatnagar;S Kumar

  • Transporter associated with antigen-processing (TAP) genes and susceptibility to tuberculoid leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis.

    R. Rajalingam;D. P. Singal;N. K. Mehra

  • Variants of HLA-DR2/DR51 group haplotypes and susceptibility to tuberculoid leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis in Asian Indians.

    N. K. Mehra;Raja Rajalingam;D. K. Mitra;V. Taneja

  • Phenotype frequencies of autosomal minor histocompatibility antigens display significant differences among populations

    Eric Spierings;Matthijs Hendriks;Léna Absi;Angelica Canossi

  • Clinical and genetic risk factors for the development of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in non-HIV infected patients at a tertiary care center in India: a case-control study.

    S.K. Sharma;K.K. Turaga;A. Balamurugan;P.K. Saha

  • PPARG and ADIPOQ gene polymorphisms increase type 2 diabetes mellitus risk in Asian Indian Sikhs: Pro12Ala still remains as the strongest predictor

    Dharambir Kaur Sanghera;Fatma Yesim Demirci;Latonya Been;Lyda Ortega

Frequent Co-Authors

Raja Rajalingam
Raja Rajalingam University of California, San Francisco
Nikhil Tandon
Nikhil Tandon All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Danish Saleheen
Danish Saleheen Columbia University
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
Erwin Schurr
Erwin Schurr McGill University Health Centre
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Christopher E. Aston
Christopher E. Aston University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Panos Deloukas
Panos Deloukas Queen Mary University of London
Samuli Ripatti
Samuli Ripatti University of Helsinki

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