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Tariq Ahmad is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, with a notable focus on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Subfields of particular interest include Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Surgery.

The main topics covered by Tariq Ahmad's work include:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Tariq Ahmad has contributed significantly to multiple scientific publications. Recent notable papers include:

  • "Infliximab is associated with attenuated immunogenicity to BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with IBD" (2021), published in Gut
  • "A biomarker-stratified comparison of top-down versus accelerated step-up treatment strategies for patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (PROFILE): a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial" (2024), published in The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Large-scale sequencing identifies multiple genes and rare variants associated with Crohn's disease susceptibility" (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses are attenuated in patients with IBD treated with infliximab" (2021), published in Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh)
  • "COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibody responses in immunosuppressed patients with inflammatory bowel disease (VIP): a multicentre, prospective, case-control study" (2022), published in The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Tariq Ahmad include:

  • Nicholas A. Kennedy
  • James Goodhand
  • Claire Bewshea
  • Simeng Lin
  • Neil Chanchlani

Regular publication venues for Tariq Ahmad feature:

  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Gastroenterology
  • Poster presentations
  • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • Toward an Integrated Clinical, Molecular and Serological Classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report of a Working Party of the 2005 Montreal World Congress of Gastroenterology

    Mark S. Silverberg;Jack Satsangi;Tariq Ahmad;Ian D. R. Arnott

  • Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

    Jeffrey C. Barrett;Sarah Hansoul;Dan L. Nicolae;Judy H. Cho

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci

    Andre Franke;Dermot P B McGovern;Jeffrey C. Barrett;Kai Wang

  • Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.

    Carl A. Anderson;Gabrielle Boucher;Charlie W. Lees;Andre Franke

  • Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults

    Craig Mowat;Andrew Cole;Al Windsor;Tariq Ahmad

  • Genome-wide association study implicates immune activation of multiple integrin genes in inflammatory bowel disease

    Katrina M de Lange;Loukas Moutsianas;James C Lee;Christopher A Lamb

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility.

    Miles Parkes;Jeffrey C Barrett;Natalie J Prescott;Mark Tremelling

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Inherited determinants of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis phenotypes: a genetic association study

    Isabelle Cleynen;Isabelle Cleynen;Gabrielle Boucher;Luke Jostins;Luke Jostins;Luke Jostins;L Philip Schumm

  • The molecular classification of the clinical manifestations of Crohn's disease.

    Tariq Ahmad;Alessandro Armuzzi;Mike Bunce;Kim Mulcahy–Hawes

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: A meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

    Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen;Lu Qi;Soren Brage;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Genome-wide association study of ulcerative colitis identifies three new susceptibility loci, including the HNF4A region

    Jeffrey C Barrett;James C Lee;Charles W Lees;Natalie J Prescott

  • Predictors of anti-TNF treatment failure in anti-TNF-naive patients with active luminal Crohn's disease: a prospective, multicentre, cohort study

    Nicholas A Kennedy;Nicholas A Kennedy;Nicholas A Kennedy;Graham A Heap;Harry D Green;Benjamin Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek P. Jewell
Derek P. Jewell University of Oxford
Miles Parkes
Miles Parkes University of Cambridge
G. Michael Felker
G. Michael Felker Duke University
Dermot P.B. McGovern
Dermot P.B. McGovern Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jack Satsangi
Jack Satsangi University of Oxford
Carl A. Anderson
Carl A. Anderson Wellcome Sanger Institute
James Lee
James Lee The Francis Crick Institute
Christopher G. Mathew
Christopher G. Mathew King's College London
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital

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