A common molecular signature of patients with sickle cell disease revealed by microarray meta-analysis and a genome-wide association study

• Cherif Ben Hamda ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kais.ghedira@pasteur.rns.tn (KG); cherifbenhamda@gmail.com (CBH)

  Affiliations Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Biomathematics and Biostatistics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculty of Science of Bizerte, Jarzouna, University of Carthage, Tunisia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-4881

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• Raphael Sangeda,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Liberata Mwita,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Ayton Meintjes,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Siana Nkya,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Sumir Panji,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Nicola Mulder,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Lamia Guizani-Tabbane,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnology and Biomolecules, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Alia Benkahla,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Biomathematics and Biostatistics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Julie Makani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science of Bizerte, Jarzouna, University of Carthage, Tunisia

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• Kais Ghedira ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kais.ghedira@pasteur.rns.tn (KG); cherifbenhamda@gmail.com (CBH)

  Affiliations Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Biomathematics and Biostatistics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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• H3ABioNet Consortium

  ¶The complete membership of the H3ABioNet Consortium can be found in the Acknowledgments.

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