Motasem Melhem

753 total citations
32 papers, 531 citations indexed

About

Motasem Melhem is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Motasem Melhem has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 531 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Motasem Melhem's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (5 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers). Motasem Melhem is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (5 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers). Motasem Melhem collaborates with scholars based in Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan. Motasem Melhem's co-authors include Fahd Al‐Mulla, Osama Alsmadi, Jehad Abubaker, Kazem Behbehani, Mohamed Abu‐Farha, Fadi Alkayal, Rasheeba Nizam, Naser Elkum, Rasheed Ahmad and Ashraf Al Madhoun and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Motasem Melhem

32 papers receiving 527 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Motasem Melhem Kuwait	14	190	132	113	109	90	32	531
Parvin Amiri Iran	16	190 1.0×	95 0.7×	77 0.7×	99 0.9×	42 0.5×	33	526
Pippa F. Cosper United States	15	286 1.5×	147 1.1×	59 0.5×	173 1.6×	50 0.6×	26	699
Laura Piacente Italy	13	233 1.2×	147 1.1×	105 0.9×	64 0.6×	39 0.4×	25	523
Stergios Katsiougiannis Greece	12	158 0.8×	229 1.7×	35 0.3×	139 1.3×	71 0.8×	15	556
Chiharu Tsutsumi Japan	11	279 1.5×	104 0.8×	197 1.7×	119 1.1×	26 0.3×	27	706
Yuechi Xu United States	7	176 0.9×	58 0.4×	167 1.5×	42 0.4×	51 0.6×	10	554
Danielle M. Greenawalt United States	11	283 1.5×	190 1.4×	226 2.0×	75 0.7×	105 1.2×	19	694
Susan P Moffett United States	16	362 1.9×	104 0.8×	136 1.2×	55 0.5×	27 0.3×	21	568
Marı́a Cristina Morán-Moguel Mexico	14	216 1.1×	40 0.3×	104 0.9×	97 0.9×	40 0.4×	42	567
Kaori Kobayashi Japan	19	99 0.5×	49 0.4×	57 0.5×	81 0.7×	80 0.9×	38	712

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Hammad, Maha M., Mohamed Abu‐Farha, Prashantha Hebbar, et al.. (2023). The miR-668 binding site variant rs1046322 on WFS1 is associated with obesity in Southeast Asians. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1185956–1185956. 1 indexed citations

Rahman, Abdur, Mohamed Abu‐Farha, Arshad Channanath, et al.. (2023). Single nucleotide polymorphisms in vitamin D binding protein and 25-hydroxylase genes affect vitamin D levels in adolescents of Arab ethnicity in Kuwait. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1257051–1257051. 2 indexed citations

Nizam, Rasheeba, Sumi Elsa John, Motasem Melhem, et al.. (2023). ONECUT1 variants beyond type 1 and type 2 diabetes: exploring clinical diversity and epigenetic associations in Arab cohorts. Frontiers in Genetics. 14. 1254833–1254833. 1 indexed citations

Qaddoumi, Mohammad, Prashantha Hebbar, Mohamed Abu‐Farha, et al.. (2022). GALNT2 rs4846914 SNP Is Associated with Obesity, Atherogenic Lipid Traits, and ANGPTL3 Plasma Level. Genes. 13(7). 1201–1201. 1 indexed citations

Madhoun, Ashraf Al, Prashantha Hebbar, Rasheeba Nizam, et al.. (2022). Caveolin-1 rs1997623 variant and adult metabolic syndrome—Assessing the association in three ethnic cohorts of Arabs, South Asians and South East Asians. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 1034892–1034892. 3 indexed citations

Eaaswarkhanth, Muthukrishnan, Sumi Elsa John, Rasheeba Nizam, et al.. (2021). Delineation of Mitochondrial DNA Variants From Exome Sequencing Data and Association of Haplogroups With Obesity in Kuwait. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 626260–626260. 8 indexed citations

Madhoun, Ashraf Al, Dania Haddad, Motasem Melhem, et al.. (2020). Comparative Proteomic Analysis Identifies EphA2 as a Specific Cell Surface Marker for Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(17). 6437–6437. 12 indexed citations

Hammad, Maha M., Mohamed Abu‐Farha, Prashantha Hebbar, et al.. (2020). MC4R Variant rs17782313 Associates With Increased Levels of DNAJC27, Ghrelin, and Visfatin and Correlates With Obesity and Hypertension in a Kuwaiti Cohort. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 437–437. 20 indexed citations

Hebbar, Prashantha, Mohamed Abu‐Farha, Anwar Mohammad, et al.. (2020). FTO Variant rs1421085 Associates With Increased Body Weight, Soft Lean Mass, and Total Body Water Through Interaction With Ghrelin and Apolipoproteins in Arab Population. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 1411–1411. 14 indexed citations

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Al‐Rashed, Fatema, Reeby Thomas, Motasem Melhem, et al.. (2020). Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 regulates inflammatory responses in monocytes/macrophages induced by TNF-α. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16802–16802. 49 indexed citations

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Madhoun, Ashraf Al, et al.. (2019). Ketogenic diet attenuates cerebellar atrophy progression in a subject with a biallelic variant at the ATAD3A locus. The Application of Clinical Genetics. Volume 12. 79–86. 7 indexed citations

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Al‐Khairi, Irina, Preethi Cherian, Mohamed Abu‐Farha, et al.. (2019). Increased Expression of Meteorin-Like Hormone in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity and Its Association with Irisin. Cells. 8(10). 1283–1283. 62 indexed citations

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Eaaswarkhanth, Muthukrishnan, Motasem Melhem, Prem N. Sharma, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequencing reveals obesity variants in an Arab population. The Application of Clinical Genetics. Volume 12. 63–70. 13 indexed citations

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Hebbar, Prashantha, Rasheeba Nizam, Motasem Melhem, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide association study identifies novel recessive genetic variants for high TGs in an Arab population. Journal of Lipid Research. 59(10). 1951–1966. 17 indexed citations

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Antony, Dinu, Narayanan Nampoory, Chiara Bacchelli, et al.. (2017). Exome sequencing for the differential diagnosis of ciliary chondrodysplasias: Example of a WDR35 mutation case and review of the literature. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 60(12). 658–666. 10 indexed citations

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Jaradat, Saied A., et al.. (2016). Hereditary angioedema in a Jordanian family with a novel missense mutation in the C1-inhibitor N-terminal domain. Molecular Immunology. 71. 123–130. 5 indexed citations

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Elkum, Naser, Fadi Alkayal, Motasem Melhem, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D Insufficiency in Arabs and South Asians Positively Associates with Polymorphisms in GC and CYP2R1 Genes. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113102–e113102. 67 indexed citations

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Behbehani, Raed, et al.. (2014). ND4L gene concurrent 10609T>C and 10663T>C mutations are associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in a large pedigree from Kuwait. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 98(6). 826–831. 13 indexed citations

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Alsmadi, Osama, Motasem Melhem, Prashantha Hebbar, et al.. (2014). Leptin in Association With Common Variants of MC3R Mediates Hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension. 27(7). 973–981. 13 indexed citations

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Al–Herz, Waleed, Osama Alsmadi, Motasem Melhem, et al.. (2012). Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Deficiency in Kuwait: Clinical Manifestations, Immunological Findings and Molecular Profile. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 33(3). 513–519. 19 indexed citations

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