Overview
Project title
Phenotyping resistant hypertension: exploring a multi-omic interrelation in the pathophysiology of resistant hypertension (RH)
People involved
Principal investigator : Prof. Ntobeko Ntusi
Co-supervisor: Prof. Adrian Brink
Collaborators: Dr. Fadheela Patel, Dr Liam Bell, Dr Muki Shey
Postgraduate Researcher: Pheletso Letuka
Bioinformatics support team: Ephifania Geza
Short description of project
Using a comprehensive multi-omics approach, the study integrates gut microbiome profiling through 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, inflammation via Luminex cytokine panels, and untargerted proteomics approach using Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS).
Research Group
Ntusi Research Group/Medicine
- Department: Other