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Shaheen N. Khan is affiliated with the University of the Punjab in Pakistan and focuses on research within the field of Neuroscience. Their work specifically relates to sensory systems, immunology and allergy, and neurology as subfields, reflecting a diverse range of study areas within the broader domain of brain and nerve function.

The main topics addressed by Shaheen N. Khan include hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, along with cell adhesion molecules research and vestibular and auditory disorders. This suggests a strong connection between their research and disorders related to hearing and balance, with an emphasis on cellular and molecular mechanisms involved.

Their publication record includes the following papers:

  • "Tricellulin Is a Tight-Junction Protein Necessary for Hearing" (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • "Author Correction: Alterations of the CIB2 calcium- and integrin-binding protein cause Usher syndrome type 1J and nonsyndromic deafness DFNB48" (2025) published in Nature Genetics

These publications indicate work on the molecular basis of hearing and genetic hearing disorders, demonstrating involvement in identifying proteins that are critical for auditory function.

Shaheen N. Khan has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Saima Riazuddin
  • Zubair M. Ahmed
  • Inna A. Belyantseva
  • Sheikh Riazuddin
  • Thomas B. Friedman

Their research has appeared predominantly in the venues UNC Libraries and Nature Genetics, which reflect publication outlets focused on both broad access academic repositories and specialized high-impact journals in genetics and genomics.

Best Publications

  • Usher Syndrome 1D and Nonsyndromic Autosomal Recessive Deafness DFNB12 Are Caused by Allelic Mutations of the Novel Cadherin-Like Gene CDH23

    Julie M. Bork;Linda M. Peters;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein

  • Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1 , required for cochlear hair-cell function

    Kiyoto Kurima;Linda M. Peters;Yandan Yang;Saima Riazuddin

  • Mutations of the protocadherin gene PCDH15 cause Usher syndrome type 1F.

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein;Zahoor Ahmed

  • Origins and frequencies of SLC26A4 (PDS) mutations in east and south Asians: global implications for the epidemiology of deafness

    Park Hj;Shaukat S;Liu Xz;Hahn Sh

  • Tricellulin Is a Tight-Junction Protein Necessary for Hearing

    Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Zubair M. Ahmed;Alan S. Fanning;Ayala Lagziel

  • Null mutations in LTBP2 cause primary congenital glaucoma.

    Manir Ali;Martin McKibbin;Martin McKibbin;Adam Booth;David A. Parry

  • Alterations of the CIB2 calcium- and integrin-binding protein cause Usher syndrome type 1J and nonsyndromic deafness DFNB48

    Saima Riazuddin;Inna A Belyantseva;Arnaud P J Giese;Kwanghyuk Lee

  • CDH23 Mutation and Phenotype Heterogeneity: A Profile of 107 Diverse Families with Usher Syndrome and Nonsyndromic Deafness

    L.M. Astuto;J.M. Bork;M.D. Weston;J.W. Askew

  • Perrault Syndrome Is Caused by Recessive Mutations in CLPP, Encoding a Mitochondrial ATP-Dependent Chambered Protease

    Emma M. Jenkinson;Atteeq U. Rehman;Tom Walsh;Jill Clayton-Smith

  • Targeted Capture and Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies C9orf75, Encoding Taperin, as the Mutated Gene in Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB79

    Atteeq Ur Rehman;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Robert J. Morell;Inna A. Belyantseva;Shahid Y. Khan

  • Mutations of MYO6 Are Associated with Recessive Deafness, DFNB37

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Robert J. Morell;Saima Riazuddin;Andrea Gropman

  • Mutations of ESPN cause autosomal recessive deafness and vestibular dysfunction

    S Naz;A J Griffith;S Riazuddin;L L Hampton

  • Mesenchymal stem cells and Interleukin-6 attenuate liver fibrosis in mice

    Ghazanfar Ali Nasir;Sadia Mohsin;Mohsin Khan;Sulaiman Shams

  • Novel mutations of MYO15A associated with profound deafness in consanguineous families and moderately severe hearing loss in a patient with Smith-Magenis syndrome.

    Nikki Liburd;Manju Ghosh;Saima Riazuddin;Sadaf Naz

  • Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells from aged mice have reduced wound healing, angiogenesis, proliferation and anti-apoptosis capabilities.

    Mahmood Saba Choudhery;Mohsin Khan;Ruhma Mahmood;Azra Mehmood

  • Loss-of-Function Mutations of ILDR1 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Hearing Impairment DFNB42

    Guntram Borck;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Kwanghyuk Lee;Hans Martin Pogoda

  • Functional Null Mutations of MSRB3 Encoding Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase Are Associated with Human Deafness DFNB74

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Rizwan Yousaf;Rizwan Yousaf;Byung Cheon Lee;Shaheen N. Khan

  • Mutations in TRIOBP, which encodes a putative cytoskeletal-organizing protein, are associated with nonsyndromic recessive deafness.

    Saima Riazuddin;Shaheen N. Khan;Zubair M. Ahmed;Manju Ghosh

  • A splice-site mutation in a retina-specific exon of BBS8 causes nonsyndromic retinitis pigmentosa.

    S. Amer Riazuddin;Muhammad Iqbal;Yue Wang;Tomohiro Masuda

  • Mutation spectrum of MYO7A and evaluation of a novel nonsyndromic deafness DFNB2 allele with residual function.

    Saima Riazuddin;Sabiha Nazli;Zubair M. Ahmed;Yi Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Saima Riazuddin
Saima Riazuddin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Zubair M. Ahmed
Zubair M. Ahmed University of Maryland, Baltimore
Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health
J. Fielding Hejtmancik
J. Fielding Hejtmancik National Institutes of Health
Robert J. Morell
Robert J. Morell National Institutes of Health
Paul A. Sieving
Paul A. Sieving University of California, Davis
Wasim Ahmad
Wasim Ahmad Quaid-i-Azam University
Andrew J. Griffith
Andrew J. Griffith National Institutes of Health
Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center

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