Janjua, Qasim M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7896-8802
Khanam, Roohia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6826-7471
Saeed, Sadia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3144-7772
Manzoor, Jaida
Haseeb, Attiya
Hanook, Sharoon
Bonnefond, Amelie
Arslan, Muhammad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3227-0024
Froguel, Philippe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-0784
Article History
Received: 5 May 2025
Revised: 27 January 2026
Accepted: 26 February 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Competing interests
: This work was supported by funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/S026193/1 (PF) and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (MA). Further support was provided by the National Center for Precision Diabetic Medicine, PreciDIAB, which is jointly supported by the French National Agency for Research (ANR-18-IBHU-0001), European Union (FEDER), Hauts-de-France Regional Council, and European Metropolis of Lille (MEL).