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Amin Allalou

Researcher at Uppsala Univeristy, Sweden
Verified email at mit.edu
Cited by 713

Fully automated cellular-resolution vertebrate screening platform with parallel animal processing

TY Chang, C Pardo-Martin, A Allalou, C Wählby… - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The zebrafish larva is an optically-transparent vertebrate model with complex organs that is
widely used to study genetics, developmental biology, and to model various human diseases…

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput hyperdimensional vertebrate phenotyping

C Pardo-Martin, A Allalou, J Medina, PM Eimon… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Most gene mutations and biologically active molecules cause complex responses in animals
that cannot be predicted by cell culture models. Yet animal studies remain too slow and …

A predictive metabolic signature for the transition from gestational diabetes mellitus to type 2 diabetes

A Allalou, A Nalla, KJ Prentice, Y Liu, M Zhang… - Diabetes, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects 3–14% of pregnancies, with 20–50% of these
women progressing to type 2 diabetes (T2D) within 5 years. This study sought to develop a …

BlobFinder, a tool for fluorescence microscopy image cytometry

A Allalou, C Wählby - Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Images can be acquired at high rates with modern fluorescence microscopy hardware,
giving rise to a demand for high-speed analysis of image data. Digital image cytometry, ie, …

[HTML][HTML] Brain activity patterns in high-throughput electrophysiology screen predict both drug efficacies and side effects

…, M Ghannad-Rezaie, G De Rienzo, A Allalou… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Neurological drugs are often associated with serious side effects, yet drug screens typically
focus only on efficacy. We demonstrate a novel paradigm utilizing high-throughput in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of puberty, sex determinants and chronic inflammation on cardiovascular risk in young people

A Allalou, J Peng, GA Robinson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Worrying trends of increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in children, adolescents and
young people in the Modern Era have channelled research and public health strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] Intensive lactation among women with recent gestational diabetes significantly alters the early postpartum circulating lipid profile: the SWIFT study

Z Zhang, M Lai, AL Piro, SE Alexeeff, A Allalou… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have a 7-fold higher
risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). It is estimated that 20-50% of women with GDM …

[HTML][HTML] TAF1, associated with intellectual disability in humans, is essential for embryogenesis and regulates neurodevelopmental processes in zebrafish

…, AM Molin, S Ekvall, J Johansson, A Allalou… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The TATA-box binding protein associated factor 1 (TAF1) protein is a key unit of the transcription
factor II D complex that serves a vital function during transcription initiation. Variants of …

[HTML][HTML] Exchangeable femoral neck (dual-modular) THA prostheses have poorer survivorship than other designs: a nationwide cohort of 324,108 patients

S Colas, A Allalou, A Poichotte, P Piriou… - … and Related Research®, 2017 - Springer
Background Exchangeable neck stems, defined as those with a dual taper (that is, a
modular junction between the femoral head and the femoral neck and an additional junction …

Prolactin and maternal metabolism in women with a recent GDM pregnancy and links to future T2D: the SWIFT study

Z Zhang, AL Piro, A Allalou, SE Alexeeff… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context Prolactin is a multifaceted hormone known to regulate lactation. In women with
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) history, intensive lactation has been associated with lower …