Summary
Tenured Professor
Academic Background
PhD
(Human Molecular Genetics) Quaid-i-Azam University
September 01, 2004 - April 14, 2007
Honours and Awards
Productive Scientist Research Award for the year 2016 (PCST)
February 17, 2016
NUST Travel grant
NUST Travel grant to attend European Congress 2018
April 20, 2018
Publications
Clinical correlation of serum zinc and chromium levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with complications in Pakistan: A Retrospective Study
June 03, 2026
PeerJ - Accepted
Integrated Network Pharmacology and Molecular Modeling Approach for Potential PTGS2 Inhibitors against Rheumatoid Arthritis
June 03, 2026
Current Pharmaceutical Design - Accepted
Decoding pathogenic MMP9 variants in rheumatoid arthritis using computational and molecular dynamics approaches
September 30, 2025
Scientific Reports - Volume:15, Issue:1, Article Number: 33743
Biosynthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles from Asplenium dalhousiae and their potential biological properties
June 30, 2025
Plos one - Volume:20, Issue:6, Article Number e0325533
Networking Salt Inducible Kinase 1 Regulatory Perturbations on Type 2 Diabetes- Breast Cancer Co-Morbidity Associated Molecular Bridge
January 22, 2025
The Euro Biotech Journal - Volume:9, Issue:1, Page:90-106
Phytochemical, Cytoprotective Profiling, and Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Colchicum luteum in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Experimental and Simulation Study
November 24, 2024
Nutrients - Volume 16(23), Article Number 4020
Evaluation of Inhibitory mechanism of Pennisetum glaucum (Pearl Millet) Bioactive Compounds for Rheumatoid Arthritis: An In Vitro and Computational Approach
November 21, 2024
Frontiers in Pharmacology - Volume 15, Article Number 1488790
Study of Therapeutic Potential of Dodonaea viscosa against Rheumatoid Arthritis in Collagen Induced Arthritic Mouse Model
October 17, 2024
The Euro Biotech Journal - Volume:8, Issue:4, Pages 230-242
Computational Insights into the Inhibitory Mechanism of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Bioactive Components of Oryza sativa L. indica (Black rice)
September 23, 2024
Frontiers in Pharmacology - Volume 15
Network medicine based approach for identifying the type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis and triple negative breast cancer interactome: Finding the hub of hub genes
August 22, 2024
Heliyon - Volume 10, Issue 17, Article Number e36650
Biocompatible gelatin-coated ferrite nanoparticles: A magnetic approach to advanced drug delivery
June 01, 2024
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal - Volume 32, Issue 6, Article Number:102066
Transcriptomic Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathways in a Pakistani Population
March 19, 2024
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports - Volume 8, No. 1, Pages 479-493
Association analysis of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis using computational approaches
December 01, 2023
Scientific Reports - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number 21957
Dual inhibition of glycolysis and glutaminolysis for synergistic therapy of rheumatoid arthritis
September 20, 2023
Arthritis Research and Therapy - Volume 25, Issue 1, Article Number 176
Molecular Link between Glo-1 Expression and Markers of Hyperglycemia and Oxidative Stress in Vascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
August 23, 2023
Antioxidants - Volume 12(9), Article Number 1663
Integrated bioinformatics analyses identifying potential biomarkers for type 2 diabetes mellitus and breast cancer: In SIK1-ness and health
August 09, 2023
PLOS ONE - Volume 18, Issue 8, Article Number e0289839
Similarities in Pathobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Proof of Concept by a Case Study
June 30, 2023
Alzheimer and Dementia - Volume19, Issue: S1, Article Number: e062039
Molecular dynamics simulations and bioinformatics’ analysis of deleterious missense single nucleotide polymorphisms in Glyoxalase-1 gene
February 22, 2023
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics - Pages 1-11
Computational analysis to investigate the anti-rheumatic potential of plant-based small molecule inhibitor targeting tumor necrosis factor α
February 07, 2023
Frontiers in Pharmacology - Volume 14, Article Number 1127201
Insilico prediction and functional analysis of nonsynonymous SNPs in human CTLA4 gene
November 28, 2022
Scientific Reports - Volume 12, Issue 1, Article Number 20441
Thymus serpyllum Exhibits Anti-Diabetic Potential in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Mice: A Combined Biochemical and In Vivo Study
August 29, 2022
Nutrients - Volume 14, Issue 17, Article Number 3561
Basic biotechnology applications in viral diseases
August 19, 2022
Biotechnology in Healthcare: Applications and Initiatives - Chapter 7, Pages 105-113
Challenges and opportunities in healthcare biotechnology
August 19, 2022
Book on Biotechnology in Healthcare: Applications and Initiatives - Chapter 18, Pages 321-342
Evaluation of Antidiabetic Activity of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Using Thymus serpyllum on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic BALB/c Mice
August 01, 2022
Polymers - Volume 14, Issue 15, Article Number 3138
Docking and Molecular Dynamics Study to Identify Novel Phytobiologics from Dracaena trifasciata against Metabolic Reprogramming in Rheumatoid Arthritis
July 29, 2022
Life - Volume 12, Issue 8, Article Number 1148
LC-MS/MS-Based Serum Protein Profiling for Identification of Candidate Biomarkers in Pakistani Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
March 21, 2022
Life - Volume 12, Issue 3, Article Number 464
Biogenic Selenium Nanoparticles: Potential Solution to Oxidative Stress Mediated Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Associated Complications
August 05, 2021
Nanomaterials - Volume 11, Article Number 2005
The prognostic outcome of ‘type 2 diabetes mellitus and breast cancer’ association pivots on hypoxia-hyperglycemia axis
July 05, 2021
Cancer Cell International - Volume 21, Article Number: 351
Emerging role of selenium in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: An insight on its antioxidant properties
July 01, 2021
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology - Volume 66, Article Number 126737
In silico analysis of non-synonymous missense SNPs (nsSNPs) in CPE, GNAS genes and experimental validation in type II diabetes mellitus through Next Generation Sequencing
July 01, 2021
Genomics - Volume 113, Issue 4, Pages 2426-2440
Assessment of genetic risk of type 2 diabetes among Pakistanis based on GWAS-implicated loci
May 30, 2021
Gene - Volume 783, Article Number 145563
Regulatory MicroRNAs in T2DM and Breast Cancer
May 08, 2021
Processes - Volume 9(5), Article Number 819
Molecular docking and pharmacophore models to probe binding hypothesis of inhibitors of hypoxia inducible factor-1
April 24, 2021
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics - Pages 1-12
Association of VPREB1 Gene Copy Number Variation and Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility
October 08, 2020
Disease Markers - Volume 2020, Article ID 7189626, 5 pages
A sequencing study of CTLA4in Pakistani rheumatoid arthritis cases
September 18, 2020
PLoS ONE - Volume 15(9), Article Number e0239426
Transcriptional Profiling and Biological Pathway(s) Analysis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Pakistani Population
August 13, 2020
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Volume 17, Article Number 5866
Investigating the GWAS-Implicated Loci for Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Pakistani Population
August 03, 2020
Disease Markers - Volume 2020, Article ID 1910215, 9 pages
Association Study of Coronary Artery Disease-Associated Genome-Wide Significant SNPs with Coronary Stenosis in Pakistani Population
June 27, 2020
Disease Markers - Volume 2020, Article ID 9738567, 7 pages
Toxicological and Anti-Rheumatic Potential of Trachyspermum ammi Derived Biogenic Selenium Nanoparticles in Arthritic Balb/c Mice
May 15, 2020
International Journal of Nanomedicine - Volume 15, Pages 3497-3509
Pan-transcriptomics and its applications
March 13, 2020
Book on Pan-genomics: Applications, Challenges, and Future Prospects - Chapter 18, Pages 343-356
Impact of HPV E5 on viral life cycle via EGFR signaling
February 01, 2020
Microbial Pathogenesis - Volume 139, Article Number 103923
Tomorou Attenuates Progression of Rheumatoid Arthritis through Alteration in ULK-1 Independent Autophagy Pathway in Collagen Induced Arthritis Mice Model
November 07, 2019
Cell Death Discovery - Volume 5, Article Number: 142, Pages 1-13
Therapeutic Potential Of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Derived Selenium Nanoparticles In Arthritic Balb/c Mice
October 31, 2019
International Journal of Nanomedicine - Volume 14, Pages 8561-8572
Nanomedicine: an emerging era of theranostics and therapeutics for rheumatoid arthritis
October 01, 2019
Rheumatology - Volume 58, Issue 10, Pages 1715–1721
Exploration of shared genetic susceptibility loci between type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis in the Pakistani population
August 27, 2019
BMC Research note - Volume 12, Article Number: 544
Single-Cell Omics in Autoimmune Disorders
August 16, 2019
Single-Cell Omics - Chapter 9, Volume 2 (Application in Biomedicine and Agriculture) 2019, Pages 165-174
Single-Cell Omics in Metabolic Disorders
August 10, 2019
Single-Cell Omics - Volume 2: Advances in Applications, Pages 153-164
Comprehensive Computational Analysis of Protein Phenotype Changes Due to Plausible Deleterious Variants of Human SPTLC1 Gene
May 13, 2019
International Journal of Molecular and Cellular Medicine - Volume 8, No 1
Vitamin D as a Principal Factor in Mediating Rheumatoid Arthritis-Derived Immune Response
May 07, 2019
BioMed Research International - Article Number 3494937
Lack of association of –863C/A (rs1800630) polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor-a gene with rheumatoid arthritis
March 01, 2019
Archives of Medical Science - Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages 531-536
Co-expression of HIF-1α, MDR1 and LAPTM4B in peripheral blood of solid tumors
February 07, 2019
PeerJ - Volume 7, Article Number e6309
Ethical Issues in Genomics
December 01, 2018
NUST Journal of Natural Sciences - Volume 4, Issue: 1, Pages 20-29
Epidemiological Investigation of Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease in a Pakistani Population
August 01, 2018
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Volume: 15 Issue: 8 Article Number: 1582
Interlace between Chromatin Structure, DNA Repair and Ubiquitination
August 01, 2018
Ubiquitination Governing DNA Repair - Implications in Health and Disease - Chapter 7
T cell activation Rho GTPase activating protein (TAGAP) is upregulated in clinical and experimental arthritis
April 01, 2018
Cytokine - Volume 104, Pages 130-135
Therapeutic Potential of Selenium Nanoparticles
February 23, 2018
Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology - Volume 9, Issue 1, 1000487, online published on 21 Feb 2018
Immunomodulatory and therapeutic role of Cinnamomum verum extracts in collagen-induced arthritic BALB/c mice
February 01, 2018
Inflammopharmacology - Volume 26(1), Pages 157-170
Identification and in silico analysis of functional SNPs of human TAGAP protein: A comprehensive study
January 12, 2018
PLoS ONE - Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Article Number: e0188143
Case-control study of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in Pakistani rheumatoid arthritis patients
December 01, 2017
Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition) - Volume 57, Issue 6, Pages 633-636
Reverse Engineering and Its Applications
December 01, 2017
Omics Technologies and Bio-engineering : Towards Improving Quality of Life - Volume 1, Chapter 5, Pages 95-110
Association of rs182429 variant in TAGAP with rheumatoid arthritis in Pakistani population
December 01, 2017
Meta Gene - Volume 14, Pages 59-63
Progression pattern of rheumatoid arthritis: A study of 500 Pakistani patients
July 01, 2017
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Vol. 30, Issue 4, Pages 1219-1223
The Mantle of Advanced Glycation end Products in Micro-and Macrovascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
June 30, 2017
Current Research in Diabetes and Obesity Journal - Volume 2, Issue 5, Article Number 555596
A replication study of 49 Type 2 diabetes risk variants in a Punjabi Pakistani population
August 01, 2016
Diabetic Medicine - Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages 1112-1117
Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes XRCC1 and OGG1 lead to the progression of rheumatoid arthritis in Pakistani patients
July 01, 2016
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Volume 29, No.4, Pages 1189-1195
Association of Non-Genetic Risk Factors with Coronary Artery Disease in Pakistani Population
June 01, 2016
Annals of PIMS - Volume 12(2), Pages 98-102
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes-associated complications in Pakistan
June 01, 2016
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries - Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 179-188
The microRNA regulatory network: a far-reaching approach to the regulate the Wnt signaling pathway in number of diseases
June 01, 2016
Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction - Volume 36(3), Pages 310-318
Lack of tumor necrosis factor alpha gene polymorphism -857c/t (rs1799724) association in Pakistani rheumatoid arthritis patients
April 28, 2016
International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases - 4 pages
Identification of a homozygous missense mutation in LRP2 and a hemizygous missense mutation in TSPYL2 in a family with mild intellectual disability
April 01, 2016
Psychiatric Genetics - Volume 26(2), Pages 66-73
Rheumatoid arthritis: What have we learned about the causing factors?
March 01, 2016
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Volume 29, No.2, Pages 629-645
RANKL Signating Pathway: A potential Target for Antiresorptive Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
December 01, 2015
NUST Journal of Natural Sciences - Volume 3, No. 1, Pages 35-52
Pharmacogenomics of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Step Toward Personalized Medicine
December 01, 2015
NUST Journal of Natural Sciences - Volume 3, No. 1, Pages 19-26
Signating Pathways Involved in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Targets for New Therapeutic Interventions
December 01, 2015
NUST Journal of Natural Sciences - Volume 3, No. 1, Pages 53-64
Data interpretation: deciphering the biological function of Type 2 diabetes associated risk loci
August 01, 2015
Acta Diabetologica - Volume 52, Pages789-800
Genetic link of type 1 diabetes susceptibility loci with rheumatoid arthritis in Pakistani patients
June 01, 2015
Immunogenetics - Volume 67, Issue 5-6, Pages 277-282
Feeding of organic plant extracts to animals during vivisection, extract dosage feeding formula (exdff): a novel technique
June 01, 2015
Basic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Review - Volume 4(6), Pages 172-175
Mutations in DCPS and EDC3 in autosomal recessive intellectual disability indicate a crucial role for mRNA decapping in neurodevelopment
June 01, 2015
Human Molecular Genetics - Volume 24(11), Pages 3172-3180
Association of 32 type 1 diabetes risk loci in Pakistani patients
April 01, 2015
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - Volume 108, Issue 1, Pages 137-142
APOE gene polymorphism and risk of coronary Stenosis in Pakistani population
March 26, 2015
BioMed Research International - Volume 2015, Article Number 587465
Homozygosity mapping of autosomal recessive intellectual disability loci in 11 consanguineous Pakistani families
February 01, 2015
Acta Neuropsychiatrica - Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 38-47
Identification of a homozygous splice site mutation in the dynein axonemal light chain 4 gene on 22q13.1 in a large consanguineous family from Pakistan with congenital mirror movement disorder
November 01, 2014
Human Genetics - Volume 133, Issue 11, Pages 1419-1429
Association of Pro12Ala (rs1801282) variant of PPAR gamma with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Pakistan population
May 01, 2014
Rheumatology International Clinical and Experimental Investigations - Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 699-703
Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies: role in pathogenesis of RA and potential as a diagnostic tool
July 01, 2013
Rheumatology International - Volume:33, Issue:7, Pages: 1669-1673
A Study of Interleukin-15 (IL 15) Gene Polymorphism in Pakistani Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
June 04, 2013
International Journal of Genetics - Volume 05, Issue 02, Pages 139-141
Replication of European Rheumatoid Arthritis Loci in a Pakistani Population
April 01, 2013
Journal of Rheumatology - Volume 40(4), Pages 401-407
MicroRNA-155 as a therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases
March 01, 2013
Rheumatology International - Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 557-560
RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase of HCV: A potential target for the development of antiviral drugs
March 01, 2013
Infection, Genetics and Evolution - Volume 14, Pages 247-257
Genetic Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes and Implications for Therapy
January 01, 2013
Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism - Volume 4, Issue 3, Article No. 1000248, 2013
Conferences
Zingiber officinale Roscoe Attenuates Metabolic Dysregulation in Streptozotocin-Induced Type 2 Diabetic Mice: An Integrated Biochemical and In Vivo Analysis
September 11, 2025 - September 13, 2025
Peter John, Attya Bhatti,
European Biotechnology Congress 2025
Association of TCF7L2 Genetic Polymorphism with Type 2 Diabetes in Pakistani Patients
February 17, 2023 - February 18, 2023
Prof Attya Bhatti, Prof Peter John, Hadiqa Mubashir,
EUROASIA Congress on Scientific Researches and Recent Trends-X
Pro-Inflammatory, Anti-Oxidative, Therapeutic Potential of Moringa Oleifera in Rheumatoid Arthritis
February 16, 2023 - February 17, 2023
Peter John, Attya Bhatti, Safa Bajwa,
Euroasia International Congress on Scientific Research and Recent Trends-X
Data Integration for Big Data analytics to identify the gaps in Rheumatoid Arthritis Genomics in a Post-GWAS era
April 28, 2022 - April 29, 2022
Prof. Dr Attya Bhatti, Sidrah Jahangir, Peter John, Muhammad Muaaz Aslam,
2022 2nd International Conference on Advance Computing and Innovative Technologies in Engineering, ICACITE 2022
Study of Molecular Signature Overlap between T2DM and ER Status Specific Breast Cancer
September 23, 2021 - September 25, 2021
Prof. Dr Attya Bhatti, Ilhaam Ayaz Durrani,
European Biotechnology Congress 2021
Therapeutic Potential of Thymus serpyllum in Collagen Induced Arthritic Mice
July 05, 2021 - July 06, 2021
Peter John, Arooma Janat, Attya Bhatti,
4th HEALTH SCIENCES AND INNOVATION CONGRESS
Anti-rheumatic Potential of Trachyspermum ammi derived Selenium Nanoparticles
November 29, 2019 - November 30, 2019
Attya Bhatti, Maryam Wahab, Peter John,
6th International Conference on “Current Approaches and Emerging Trends for the Development and Discovery of Drugs
Association of Genetic Polymorphism of CLU in risk prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer?s disease
April 26, 2018 - April 28, 2018
ATTYA BHATTI,
European Biotechnology Congress 2018
Researcher Officer
PHRC
October 09, 2004 - January 01, 2008