Mona Abdi, Elbay Aliyev, Brett Trost, Muhammad Kohailan, Waleed Aamer, Najeeb Syed, Rulan Shaath, Geethanjali Devadoss Gandhi, Worrawat Engchuan, Jennifer Howe, Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram, Melissa Geng, Joe Whitney, Amira Syed, Jyothi Lakshmi, Sura Hussein, Najwa Albashir, Amal Hussein, Ilaria Poggiolini, Saba F Elhag, Sasirekha Palaniswamy, Marios Kambouris, Maria de Fatima Janjua, Mohamed O El Tahir, Ahsan Nazeer, Durre Shahwar, Muhammad Waqar Azeem, Younes Mokrab, Nazim Abdel Aati, Ammira Akil, Stephen W Scherer, Madeeha Kamal, Khalid A Fakhro
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by impaired social and communication skills, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviors. The prevalence of ASD among children in Qatar was recently estimated to be 1.1%, though the genetic architecture underlying ASD both in Qatar and the greater Middle East has been largely unexplored. Here, we describe the first genomic data release from the BARAKA-Qatar Study-a nationwide program building a broadly consented biorepository of individuals with ASD and their families available for sample and data sharing and multi-omics research...
October 7, 2023: Genome Medicine