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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Sheikh Riazuddin was affiliated with the University of Health Sciences Lahore in Pakistan. Their research spanned multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist contributed to a range of subfields including molecular biology, genetics, rehabilitation, biomaterials, and cell biology.

Their research topics covered various specialized areas, notably:

  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Wound healing and treatments
  • Electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Retinal diseases and treatments

Among the recent papers published were the following:

  • "CIB2 regulates mTORC1 signaling and is essential for autophagy and visual function" (2021) in Nature Communications
  • "New insights into Perrault syndrome, a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder" (2021) in Human Genetics
  • "Zinc oxide loaded chitosan-elastin-sodium alginate nanocomposite gel using freeze gelation for enhanced adipose stem cell proliferation and antibacterial properties" (2023) in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Biallelic MFSD2A variants associated with congenital microcephaly, developmental delay, and recognizable neuroimaging features" (2020) in European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Curcumin preconditioning enhances the efficacy of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to accelerate healing of burn wounds" (2021) in Burns & Trauma

Publication venues where the scientist contributed multiple works included:

  • Genes
  • Research Square
  • Human Genetics
  • Clinical Genetics
  • European Journal of Human Genetics

Frequent co-authors in the scientist's research were:

  • Azra Mehmood
  • Saima Riazuddin
  • Zubair M. Ahmed
  • Hafiz Ghufran
  • Maryam Azam

The scientist received the following awards during their career:

  • Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1997
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 1989

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

  • Mutations in the gene encoding tight junction claudin-14 cause autosomal recessive deafness DFNB29.

    Edward R Wilcox;Quianna L Burton;Sadaf Naz;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin

  • 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

  • PCDH15 is expressed in the neurosensory epithelium of the eye and ear and mutant alleles are responsible for both USH1F and DFNB23

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Jamil Ahmad;Steve L. Bernstein

  • The Tip-Link Antigen, a Protein Associated with the Transduction Complex of Sensory Hair Cells, Is Protocadherin-15

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Richard Goodyear;Saima Riazuddin;Ayala Lagziel

  • Frequency distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in different geographical regions of Pakistan and their possible routes of transmission.

    Muhammad Idrees;Sheikh Riazuddin

  • Expression of multiple insecticidal genes confers broad resistance against a range of different rice pests

    Shahina Bano Maqbool;Sheikh Riazuddin;Nguyen Thi Loc;Angharad M.R. Gatehouse

  • An overview of HCV molecular biology, replication and immune responses

    Usman A Ashfaq;Tariq Javed;Sidra Rehman;Zafar Nawaz

  • Mutations in the lysosomal enzyme-targeting pathway and persistent stuttering.

    Changsoo Kang;Sheikh Riazuddin;Jennifer Mundorff;Donna Krasnewich

  • 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

  • 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

  • Properties of 3-methyladenine-DNA glycosylase from Escherichia coli.

    Sheikh Riazuddin;Tomas Lindahl

  • 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

  • Genomewide Significant Linkage to Stuttering on Chromosome 12

    Naveeda Riaz;Stacy Steinberg;Jamil Ahmad;Anna Pluzhnikov

  • Glycyrrhizin as antiviral agent against Hepatitis C Virus

    Usman A Ashfaq;Muhammad S Masoud;Zafar Nawaz;Sheikh Riazuddin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaheen N. Khan
Shaheen N. Khan University of the Punjab
Saima Riazuddin
Saima Riazuddin University of Maryland, Baltimore
J. Fielding Hejtmancik
J. Fielding Hejtmancik National Institutes of Health
Zubair M. Ahmed
Zubair M. Ahmed University of Maryland, Baltimore
Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health
Paul A. Sieving
Paul A. Sieving University of California, Davis
Robert J. Morell
Robert J. Morell National Institutes of Health
Andrew J. Griffith
Andrew J. Griffith National Institutes of Health
Inna A. Belyantseva
Inna A. Belyantseva National Institutes of Health
Qingjiong Zhang
Qingjiong Zhang Sun Yat-sen University

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