Les membres de l’Unité de Recherche sur les Biomarqueurs dans la Population Mauritanienne développent une activité scientifique soutenue, illustrée par de nombreuses publications dans des revues internationales à comité de lecture. Ces travaux portent sur la génétique humaine, la biologie moléculaire, l’immunogénétique et la santé des populations, avec un intérêt particulier pour les problématiques biomédicales spécifiques à la Mauritanie.
Les publications ci-dessous témoignent de l’engagement de l’unité dans la production de connaissances scientifiques de qualité et dans le rayonnement académique aux niveaux national et international.
Publications scientifiques (classées par année)
🔹 2026
• Ennahoui S.M., Sid M’Hamed A., Veten F., Cheikh Bouna S.M., Barakat A., Soumbara T., Houmeida A.
Impact of TNF-α (−308G>A and −857C>T) promoter variants on susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection in a cohort of Mauritanian patients: Pilot study.
BMC Microbiology, sous presse, 2026.
🔹 2025
• Riahi Z. et al., Houmeida A.
Genetics of prelingual isolated deafness and Usher syndrome in the Maghreb and Jordan: Harnessing the potential of homozygosity.
PNAS, 2025;122(50):e2518445122.
doi:10.1073/pnas.2518445122
• Elwafi M., Abdi A., Akhouayri O., Zein A., Houmeida A.
Prevalence and genetic etiology of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in Mauritania.
Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2025;7:1461405.
doi:10.3389/frph.2025.1461405
🔹 2024
• Salame M. et al., Houmeida A.
Splice-altering variant of PJVK gene in a Mauritanian family with non-syndromic hearing impairment.
Journal of Applied Genetics, 2024.
doi:10.1007/s13353-024-00903-x
• Soumbara T. et al., Houmeida A.
Genetic variation of TLR3 gene is associated with the outcome of hepatitis B infection in Mauritanian patients.
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2024;24:616.
doi:10.1186/s12879-024-09503-w
• Soumbara T. et al., Houmeida A.
Implication of isolated anti-HBc antibodies among Mauritanian blood donors.
Teikyo Medical Journal, 2024;47(2).
🔹 2023
• Abdelmalick A. et al., Houmeida A. & Ghazal H.
Genomic evidence of multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 in Mauritania.
Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 2023.
doi:10.1177/11779322231167927
• Salame M. et al., Houmeida A.
Identification of a novel pathogenic LRTOMT mutation in Mauritanian families with nonsyndromic deafness.
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2023.
doi:10.1007/s00405-023-07907-z
• Brahim S.M. et al., Houmeida A.
Epidemiological and clinicopathological features of breast cancer in Mauritania.
Academic Journal of Health Sciences, 2023;38(1):120-127.
🔹 2022
• Brahim S.M. et al., Houmeida A.
Screening of BRCA1/2 variants in Mauritanian breast cancer patients.
BMC Cancer, 2022;22:802.
doi:10.1186/s12885-022-09903-8
• Brahim S.M., Zin E., Houmeida A., Tolba A.
General Oncology Care in Mauritania.
Springer, 2022. ISBN: 978-981-16-7947-6.
🔹 2020
• Khiddi F. et al., Houmeida A.
Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from Mauritanian patients.
Helicobacter, 2020;25:e12726.
doi:10.1111/hel.12726
🔹 2019
• Hadrami M. et al., Houmeida A.
Mutation profile of glaucoma candidate genes in Mauritanian families with primary congenital glaucoma.
Molecular Vision, 2019;25:373-381.
🔹 2018
• Hadrami M. et al., Houmeida A.
A novel missense mutation of GJA8 causes congenital cataract in a large Mauritanian family.
European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018.
doi:10.1177/1120672118804757
• Hamed C.T. et al., Houmeida A.
HLA class I and II polymorphism in the Mauritanian population.
BMC Medical Genetics, 2018;19:2.
doi:10.1186/s12881-017-0514-4
🔹 2016
• Delmaghani S. et al., Houmeida A.
Mutations in CDC14A cause autosomal-recessive severe deafness.
American Journal of Human Genetics, 2016.
doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.04.015
• Moctar E.C. et al., Houmeida A.
Etiology and GJB2 mutations in Mauritanian children with hearing loss.
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2016.
🔹 2015
• Veten F. et al., Houmeida A.
Occurrence of the Codon 24 mutation in the Mauritanian population.
Hemoglobin, 2015.
doi:10.3109/03630269.2015.1043060
🔹 2014
• Abdelhamid I. et al., Houmeida A.
E23K variant in KCNJ11 associated with type 2 diabetes in Mauritania.
Primary Care Diabetes, 2014.
doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2013.10.006
🔹 2013
• Meiloud G. et al., Houmeida A.
Type 2 diabetes in Mauritania: prevalence and maternal effect.
Primary Care Diabetes, 2013.
doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2012.12.002
• Hamed C.T. et al., Houmeida A.
Distribution of Rhesus and Kell blood groups in Mauritania.
Blood Transfusion, 2013.
🔹 2012
• Veten F.M. et al., Houmeida A.
HbS and β-globin haplotypes in Mauritania.
Hemoglobin, 2012.
• Hamed C.T. et al., Houmeida A.
ABO and Rh blood group frequencies in Mauritania.
International Journal of Immunogenetics, 2012.
🔹 2010
• Houmeida A. et al.
Mechanism of regulation of cardiac muscle thin filaments.
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010.
🔹 2008
• Houmeida A. et al.
Evidence for the oligomeric state of elastic titin.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 2008.
