2016

Gene-Targeted Mice with the Human Troponin T R141W Mutation Develop Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Calcium Desensitization.
Ramratnam M, Salama G, Sharma RK, Wang DW, Smith SH, Banerjee SK, Huang XN, Gifford LM, Pruce ML, Gabris BE, Saba S, Shroff SG, Ahmad F.
PloS one. 2016; 11(12):e0167681.
PMID: 27936050 

2014

Malignant effects of multiple rare variants in sarcomere genes on the prognosis of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Wang J, Wang Y, Zou Y, Sun K, Wang Z, Ding H, Yuan J, Wei W, Hou Q, Wang H, Liu X, Zhang H, Ji Y, Zhou X, Sharma RK, Wang D, Ahmad F, Hui R, Song L.
Eur J Heart Fail.  2014; 16(9):950-7.
PMID: 25132132

Transgenic knockdown of cardiac sodium/glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) attenuates PRKAG2 cardiomyopathy, whereas transgenic overexpression of cardiac SGLT1 causes pathologic hypertrophy and dysfunction in mice.
Ramratnam M, Sharma RK, D'Auria S, Lee SJ, Wang D, Huang XY, Ahmad F.
JAHA. 2014; 3(4).
PMID: 25092788 

Rare variants in genes encoding MuRF1 and MuRF2 are modifiers of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Su M, Wang J, Kang L, Wang Y, Zou Y, Feng X, Wang D, Ahmad F, Zhou X, Hui R, Song L.
Int J Mol Sci. . 2014; 15(6):9302-13.
PMID: 24865491 

The genomic complexity underlying pulmonary arterial hypertension: from mendel to networks.
Rajkumar R, Ahmad F.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014; 189(10):1152-4.
PMID: 24832737 

Female sex is associated with worse prognosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in China.
Wang Y, Wang J, Zou Y, Bao J, Sun K, Zhu L, Tian T, Shen H, Zhou X, Ahmad F, Hui R, Song L.
PloS one. 2014; 9(7):e102969.
PMID: 25047602 

2013

Cellular, pharmacological, and biophysical evaluation of explanted lungs from a patient with sickle cell disease and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Rogers NM, Yao M, Sembrat J, George MP, Knupp H, Ross M, Sharifi-Sanjani M, Milosevic J, St Croix C, Rajkumar R, Frid MG, Hunter KS, Mazzaro L, Novelli EM, Stenmark KR, Gladwin MT, Ahmad F, Champion HC, Isenberg JS.
Pulm Circ. 2013; 3(4):936-51.
PMID: 25006410

High mobility group box 1 contributes to the pathogenesis of experimental pulmonary hypertension via activation of Toll-like receptor 4.
Bauer EM, Shapiro R, Zheng H, Ahmad F, Ishizawar D, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Billiar TR, Bauer PM.
Mol Med. 2013; 18:1509-18.
PMID: 23269975

Autosomal recessive transmission of MYBPC3 mutation results in malignant phenotype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Wang Y, Wang Z, Yang Q, Zou Y, Zhang H, Yan C, Feng X, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Wang J, Zhou X, Ahmad F, Hui R, Song L.
PloS one. 2013; 8(6):e67087.
PMID: 23840593