Mohammad Yahya Vahidi Mehrjardi

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Medical Genetics Reaserch center
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd

Mohammad Yahya Vahidi Mehrjardi


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Mohammad Yahya Vahidi Mehrjardi has completed his PhD in molecular genetics at the age of 29 years from Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University in Iran. He is the Head of Genetics Unit, Yazd Diabetes Research Center and Manager of the Medical Genetics Research Center Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. He has also published more than 30 papers in reputed peer reviewed journals, and he has written 3 books about diabetes and genetic factors. Totally, Dr. Vahidi has been involved in several PhD student’s thesis. He has been awarded a science prize of 7thYazd International Student Award in Reproductive Medicine in 2017. Since 2017 Dr. Vahidi has been serving as the member of several Research Center.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

human genetic
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Scholar Citations

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Loss of function of retinol dehydrogenase 11 causes a recessive syndrome characterized by myopathy, retinal dystrophy, juvenile cataracts, and microcephaly
    FC Radio, G Tasca, S Coppens, G Chillemi, S Whalen, I Marey, C Leoni, ...
    Genetics in Medicine, 102558 , 2026
    2026
  • Genetic Characterization of MODY in Iranian Families Using Multigenerational-Based Whole-Exome Sequencing Approach
    MYVM Fateme Sefid, Masoud Dehghan Tezerjani, Samira Asadollahi, Seyed Ali ...
    Journal of Diabetes Research, 13 , 2025
    2025
  • Understanding local population genetics improves variant interpretation in rare genetic disorders
    S Alavi, Z Firoozfar, SM Seyedhassani, P Moshtaghian, MYV Mehrjardi, ...
    2025
  • Prenatal diagnosis using next-generation sequencing in genetic counseling: Novel mutations in three large Iranian families: A case series
    HA Candidate, F Tafvizi, N Ghasemi, MYV Mehrjardi, V Naseh
    International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine 23 (6), 517 , 2025
    2025
  • A programmed decline in ribosome levels governs human early neurodevelopment
    C Ni, Y Wei, B Vona, D Park, Y Wei, DA Schmitz, Y Ding, M Sakurai, ...
    Nature cell biology 27 (8), 1240-1255 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 12
  • Predicting Diabetes Risk Using Machine Learning: A Comparative Study on the Yazd Health Study (YaHS)
    F Sefid, N Norouzi-Ghahjavarestani, M Soleymani-Tabasi, ...
    Iranian journal of diabetes and obesity , 2025
    2025
  • Microenvironment‐Dependent MSC Immunoregulation in Type 1 Diabetes: Insights From IFNγ Preconditioning
    SM Hoseini, F Moghimi, ES Hosseini, SM Miresmaeili, MYV Mehrjardi, ...
    Genes to Cells 30 (4), e70032 , 2025
    2025
  • ELFN1 deficiency: The mechanistic basis and phenotypic spectrum of a neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy
    R Dore, CT Chang, A Declève, G Brunori, WG Ludlam, A Huang, ...
    Genetics in medicine, 101506 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • The role of the rs3210714 and rs7719521 polymorphisms of the SPARC gene in type 2 diabetes among the Iranian population
    M Karbalaee-Hashemiayn, S Ahmadi Asouri, V Chavoshi, A Aminianfar, ...
    Basic and Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition 1 (2), 101-107 , 2025
    2025
  • Investigation of rs328 polymorphism of lipoprotein lipase and rs1260326 polymorphism of glucokinase regulatory genes in individuals with type 2 diabetes in Yazd, Iran.
    MJ Rezazadeh Khabaz, S Dastghaib, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, MH Sheikhha
    Egyptian journal of medical human genetics 26 (52), 1-8 , 2025
    2025
  • From Clinical Presentation to Genetic Confirmation: A Case of L2HGDH-Related Leukodystrophy in an 11-Year-Old
    N Poursalehi, M Movahedinia, MH Mohammadi, ME Ghanei, ...
    Neurology Letters 4 (1), 53-57 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Uncovering the genetic architecture of inherited retinal disease in a consanguineous Iranian cohort
    L Vincke, K Van Schil, H Ahmadieh, A Moghaddasi, H Sabbaghi, ...
    NPJ Genomic Medicine 10 (1), 19 , 2025
    2025
  • Repurposing doxycycline for a case of CONDSIAS Syndrome with a novel ADPRHL2 missense mutation
    H Eslamiyeh, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, N Poursalehi, M Dehghan Tezerjani
    Acta Neurologica Belgica 125 (1), 241-242 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Characterizing Homozygous Variants in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome-Associated Genes Within Iranian Families: Unveiling a Founder Variant in BBS2 , c.471G>A
    MH Feizabadi, M Alerasool, A Eslahi, E Esmaeilzadeh, MYV Mehrjardi, ...
    Biochemical Genetics 63 (1), 22-42 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • The impact of Polymorphisms of rs689 and rs757110 in Familial Type 2 Diabetes: A Case -Control Study in the Iranian Population
    A Haghighi, A Javid, A Khodadadian, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi
    Iranian journal of diabetes and obesity 17 (1), 19-27 , 2025
    2025
  • Biallelic NDUFA13 variants lead to a neurodevelopmental phenotype with gradual neurological impairment
    R Kaiyrzhanov, K Thompson, S Efthymiou, A Mukushev, A Zharylkassyn, ...
    Brain Communications 7 (1), fcae453 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Germline ESR1 variants may be causative of juvenile papillomatosis of the breast
    Z Firoozfar, S Alavi, M Dehghani, MYV Mehrjardi
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS 32, 1238-1238 , 2024
    2024
  • Familial severe skeletal Class II malocclusion with gingival hyperplasia caused by a complex structural rearrangement at the KCNJ2-KCNJ16 locus
    R Maroofian, AT Pagnamenta, A Navabazam, R Schwessinger, ...
    Human Genetics and Genomics Advances 5 (4) , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Impact of SLC22A1 rs12208357 on therapeutic response to metformin in type 2 diabetes patients
    R Moazzami, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, A Miri
    journal of diabetes & metabolic disorders 23 (1) , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • MiR-194-5p might be a potential biomarker for type 2 diabetes Mellitus
    A Dadbinpour, M Dehghanian, MYV Mehrjardi
    Iranian journal of diabetes and obesity , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Circulating microRNA-122, microRNA-126-3p and microRNA-146a are associated with inflammation in patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A case control study
    F Zeinali, SM Aghaei Zarch, A Jahan-Mihan, SM Kalantar, ...
    PloS one 16 (6), e0251697 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 89
  • Loss of UGP2 in brain leads to a severe epileptic encephalopathy, emphasizing that bi-allelic isoform-specific start-loss mutations of essential genes can cause genetic diseases
    E Perenthaler, A Nikoncuk, S Yousefi, WM Berdowski, M Alsagob, I Capo, ...
    Acta neuropathologica 139 (3), 415-442 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 77
  • Molecular biomarkers in diabetes mellitus (DM)
    SMA Zarch, MD Tezerjani, M Talebi, MYV Mehrjardi
    Medical journal of the Islamic republic of Iran 34, 28 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 67
  • Biallelic SQSTM1 mutations in early-onset, variably progressive neurodegeneration
    V Muto, E Flex, Z Kupchinsky, G Primiano, H Galehdari, M Dehghani, ...
    Neurology 91 (4), e319-e330 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 61
  • The clinical spectrum of the congenital myasthenic syndrome resulting from COL13A1 mutations
    PM Rodríguez Cruz, J Cossins, E de Paula Estephan, F Munell, K Selby, ...
    Brain 142 (6), 1547-1560 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 57
  • Homozygous missense variants in NTNG2, encoding a presynaptic netrin-G2 adhesion protein, lead to a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder
    CM Dias, J Punetha, C Zheng, N Mazaheri, A Rad, S Efthymiou, ...
    The American Journal of Human Genetics 105 (5), 1048-1056 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 55
  • Recessive mutations in ATP8A2 cause severe hypotonia, cognitive impairment, hyperkinetic movement disorders and progressive optic atrophy
    HJ McMillan, A Telegrafi, A Singleton, MT Cho, D Lelli, FC Lynn, J Griffin, ...
    Orphanet journal of rare diseases 13 (1), 86 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 51
  • Evaluation of miR-181b and miR-126-5p expression levels in T2DM patients compared to healthy individuals: relationship with NF-κB gene expression
    M Dehghani, SMA Zarch, MYV Mehrjardi, M Nazari, E Babakhanzadeh, ...
    Endocrinologia, diabetes y nutricion 67 (7), 454-460 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 37
  • Plasma miR-21 as a potential predictor in prediabetic individuals with a positive family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus
    Z Yazdanpanah, N Kazemipour, SM Kalantar, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi
    Physiological Reports , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 34
  • Circulating MiR-15a and MiR-222 as potential biomarkers of type 2 diabetes
    S Sadeghzadeh, M Dehghani Ashkezari, SM Seifati, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, ...
    Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 3461-3469 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 33
  • Testicular expression of TDRD1 , TDRD5 , TDRD9 and TDRD12 in azoospermia
    E Babakhanzadeh, A Khodadadian, S Rostami, I Alipourfard, M Aghaei, ...
    BMC medical genetics 21 (1), 33 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 33
  • Effects of synbiotic supplementation on gut microbiome, serum level of TNF-α, and expression of microRNA-126 and microRNA-146a in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: study …
    F Zeinali, SM Aghaei Zarch, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, SM Kalantar, ...
    Trials, 1-9 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 32
  • Pontocerebellar hypoplasia due to bi-allelic variants in MINPP1
    B Appelhof, M Wagner, J Hoefele, A Heinze, T Roser, M Koch-Hogrebe, ...
    European Journal of Human Genetics 29 (3), 411-421 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 31
  • Clinical presentation and natural history of infantile-onset ascending spastic paralysis from three families with an ALS2 founder variant
    M Helal, N Mazaheri, B Shalbafan, RA Malamiri, N Dilaver, R Buchert, ...
    Neurological Sciences 39 (11), 1917-1925 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 27
  • Genetic screening of congenital short bowel syndrome patients confirms CLMP as the major gene involved in the recessive form of this disorder
    MM Alves, D Halim, R Maroofian, BM De Graaf, R Rooman, ...
    European Journal of Human Genetics 24 (11), 1627-1629 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 27
  • Defective phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis leads to a broad ataxia-spasticity spectrum
    R Kaiyrzhanov, S Wortmann, T Reid, M Dehghani, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, ...
    Brain 144 (3), e30-e30 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 25
  • Potential role of gender specific effect of leptin receptor deficiency in an extended consanguineous family with severe early-onset obesity
    MR Dehghani, MY Vahidi Mehrjardi, N Dilaver, M Tajamolian, S Enayati, ...
    European Journal of Medical Genetics , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 22
  • Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in BCAS3 cause a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder
    H Hengel, SB Hannan, S Dyack, SB MacKay, U Schatz, M Fleger, ...
    The American Journal of Human Genetics 108 (6), 1069-1082 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 21
  • B3GALNT2 mutations associated with non-syndromic autosomal recessive intellectual disability reveal a lack of genotype–phenotype associations in the muscular …
    R Maroofian, M Riemersma, LT Jae, N Zhianabed, MH Willemsen, ...
    Genome medicine 9 (1), 118 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 19
  • Biallelic variants in ZNF142 lead to a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder
    MB Christensen, AM Levy, NA Mohammadi, M Niceta, R Kaiyrzhanov, ...
    Clinical Genetics 102 (2), 98-109 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17