Rasheeda Imran

Dr. Rasheeda Imran


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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 October 2022 in Symmetry
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FSFaisal Shahzad
Faisal Shahzad
Wasim JamshedWasim Jamshed
Wasim Jamshed
FAFarheen Aslam
Farheen Aslam
RIRasheeda Imran
Rasheeda Imran
EDEl Sayed M. Tag El Din
El Sayed M. Tag El Din
AAAgaeb Alanzi
Agaeb Alanzi
Pulsatory movements appear in a variety of fascinating applications involving periodic flow propagation and control. Pulsing encourages mixing and, as a result, mass and heat exchange with the boundaries. Pulsing also helps to decrease surface fouling by allowing solid particles to migrate. An exact solution of the Navier–Stokes equations for the transport of an incompressible viscous fluid in a channel with arbitrary pressure distribution is described in this study. The flow is defined by two primary parameters: the pulsation parameter, which is determined by the periodic pressure gradient, and the kinetic Reynolds number, which is determined by the pulsation frequency. The purpose of employing hybrid nanofluid (HNF) is to increase the base fluid’s thermal conductivity. We regard Ag and Au as nanoparticles (NPs) and blood as a base fluid for this phenomenon. Broadening this reveals that the consideration of nanoparticles has impressively extended the warm movement at the parcels of both turbulent and laminar frameworks. Attention is paid to the slope of speed, temperature, and voltage. The geometric model is therefore described using a symmetry technique. We developed the governing equation for this problem’s analytical solutions. The velocity and temperature fields solution is given in the form of the Bessel and modified Bessel functions. Graph results show the mathematical benefits of the current limits: for instance, Hartmann number M, solid volume part of nanoparticles ϕ, Reynolds number Reβ, Prandtl number Pr, intermittent slob limit, etc. The strain angles introduced in the stress contrast, frictional force, velocity profile, and temperature profile were obtained, and the characteristics of the vortex were investigated. Resources at various boundaries of the perceptual flow are examined. As with the final essence, the smoothest results are analyzed and recorded. It has also been discovered that the velocity may be regulated by the external magnetic field, which affects the temperature profiles and hence the heat transfer, which can be enhanced or lowered by mastering the magnetic field.


25 January 2023 in Genes
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KYKhazeema Yousaf
Khazeema Yousaf
SNSadaf Naz
Sadaf Naz
AMAsma Mushtaq
Asma Mushtaq
EWElizabeth Wohler
Elizabeth Wohler
NSNara Sobreira
Nara Sobreira
RIRasheeda Imran
Rasheeda Imran
Autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED2) may be misdiagnosed as primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) due to similar clinical phenotypes during early infancy. In this study, we identified a family with CHED2, which was previously misdiagnosed as having PCG, and followed up for 9 years. Linkage analysis was first completed in eight PCG-affected families, followed by whole-exome sequencing (WES) in family PKGM3. The following in silico tools were used to predict the pathogenic effects of identified variants: I-Mutant 2.0, SIFT, Polyphen-2, PROVEAN, mutation taster and PhD-SNP. After detecting an SLC4A11 variant in one family, detailed ophthalmic examinations were performed again to confirm the diagnosis. Six out of eight families had CYP1B1 gene variants responsible for PCG. However, in family PKGM3, no variants in the known PCG genes were identified. WES identified a homozygous missense variant c.2024A>C, p.(Glu675Ala) in SLC4A11. Based on the WES findings, the affected individuals underwent detailed ophthalmic examinations and were re-diagnosed with CHED2 leading to secondary glaucoma. Our results expand the genetic spectrum of CHED2. This is the first report from Pakistan of a Glu675Ala variant with CHED2 leading to secondary glaucoma. The p.Glu675Ala variant is likely a founder mutation in the Pakistani population. Our findings suggest that genome-wide neonatal screening is worthwhile to avoid the misdiagnosis of phenotypically similar diseases such as CHED2 and PCG.

1 August 2021 in Human Mutation
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MRMemoona Ramzan
Memoona Ramzan
CPChristophe Philippe
Christophe Philippe
IBInna A. Belyantseva
Inna A. Belyantseva
YNYoko Nakano
Yoko Nakano
CFCristina Fenollar‐Ferrer
Cristina Fenollar‐Ferrer
SNSadaf Naz
Sadaf Naz
Hereditary deafness is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. We investigated deafness segregating as a recessive trait in two families. Audiological examinations revealed an asymmetric mild to profound hearing loss with childhood or adolescent onset. Exome sequencing of probands identified a homozygous c.475G>A;p.(Glu159Lys) variant of CLDN9 (NM_020982.4) in one family and a homozygous c.370_372dupATC;p.(Ile124dup) CLDN9 variant in an affected individual of a second family. Claudin 9 (CLDN9) is an integral membrane protein and constituent of epithelial bicellular tight junctions (TJs) that form semipermeable, paracellular barriers between inner ear perilymphatic and endolymphatic compartments. Computational structural modeling predicts that substitution of a lysine for glutamic acid p.(Glu159Lys) alters one of two cis-interactions between CLDN9 protomers. The p.(Ile124dup) variant is predicted to locally misfold CLDN9 and mCherry tagged p.(Ile124dup) CLDN9 is not targeted to the HeLa cell membrane. In situ hybridization shows that mouse Cldn9 expression increases from embryonic to postnatal development and persists in adult inner ears coinciding with prominent CLDN9 immunoreactivity in TJs of epithelia outlining the scala media. Together with the Cldn9 deaf mouse and a homozygous frameshift of CLDN9 previously associated with deafness, the two bi-allelic variants of CLDN9 described here point to CLDN9 as a bona fide human deafness gene.

10 September 2014 in Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
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RIRasheeda Imran
Rasheeda Imran
MSMahrukh Sanai
Mahrukh Sanai
AAAdnan Azeem
Adnan Azeem
IAImran Altaf
Imran Altaf
FSFaiza Saleem
Faiza Saleem
SNSadaf Naz
Sadaf Naz
Objectives: To check the contribution of GLC3A locus to primary congenital glaucoma in the Pakistani population.Methods: We enrolled twenty-nine sporadic cases and three families with multiple individuals affected with recessive primary congenital glaucoma in the year 2013. It was a genetic linkage study accomplished jointly in Department of Biotechnology of Lahore College for Women University and School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Samples from all affected individuals were checked for homozygosity for alleles of microsatellite markers spanning CYP1B1 at GLC3A locus. Genotyping was performed with fluorescently labeled primers by capillary electrophoresis. For familial cases, linkage was evaluated by checking the co-segregation of the phenotype with the genotypes. Two-point LOD score was calculated for each microsatellite marker with MLINK.Results: Our study revealed that GLCA3 may contribute to glaucoma in 17% of the sporadic cases and patients in 2 of the 3 families.Conclusions: This data suggests that the GLC3A may make an important contribution to autosomal recessive primary congenital glaucoma in the Pakistani population. Genotyping and Sequencing of more families will be helpful to identify the common mutations in CYP1B1 in future.

1 August 2018
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RIRasheeda Imran
Rasheeda Imran
KYKhazeema Yousaf
Khazeema Yousaf
HTHafsa Tahir
Hafsa Tahir
MSMarukh Sanai
Marukh Sanai
SQSeema Qayyum
Seema Qayyum
SNSadaf Naz
Sadaf Naz