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2. Maternal separation increased memory function and anxiety without effects of environmental enrichment in male rats
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Cevik, Ozge Selin, Cevik, Kenan, Temel, Gulhan Orekici, and Sahin, Leyla
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- 2023
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3. Hyperthyroidism leads learning and memory impairment possibly via GRIN2B expression alterations
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Sahin, Leyla, Keloglan Müsüroglu, Seval, Selin Cevik, Ozge, Cevik, Kenan, and Orekici Temel, Gulhan
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- 2023
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4. Mild regular treadmill exercise ameliorated the detrimental effects of acute sleep deprivation on spatial memory
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Sahin, Leyla, Cevik, Ozge Selin, Cevik, Kenan, Guven, Celal, Taskin, Eylem, and Kocahan, Sayad
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- 2021
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5. PdRuO2/PVP nanomaterial as a highly selective, stable, and applicable potentiometric sensor for the detection of Cr3+.
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Çevik, Kenan, Yildiz, İlyas, Yildiz, Adnan, Nas, Mehmet Salih, Alma, Mehmet Hakki, and Calimli, Mehmet Harbi
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X-ray diffraction ,NANOSTRUCTURED materials ,DETECTION limit ,POTENTIOMETRY ,STIMULUS & response (Psychology) - Abstract
PdRuO
2 /PVP nanomaterial was synthesized using a straightforward method and characterized using advanced analytical methods such as TEM, XRD, XPS, elemental mapping and SEM. The synthesized PdRuO2 /PVP nanomaterial was used as an ionophore in potentiometric sensor electrodes and successfully adapted to Cr3+ ion detection in a large number of aqueous samples. Several experimental parameters of the PdRuO2 /PVP sensor such as potentiometric behavior, selectivity, repeatability, response time, pH, titration, and recovery in real samples were investigated. Potentiometric behavioral characteristics were performed in the concentration range 1 × 10−6 –1.0 × 10−1 M. The repeated experiments performed six times showed that there was no deviation in the measurements. The limit of detection of the PdRuO2 /PVP potentiometric sensor was very low with a value of 8.6 × 10−8 M. The potentiometric measurements showed that the synthesized PdRuO2 /PVP ionophore was highly effective in detecting Cr3+ in a wide pH range of 2.0–8.0 and was found to have a shelf life of over 1 year. As a result, the synthesized PdRuO2 /PVP electrode material was found to be highly selective, stable, and applicable for Cr3+ detection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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6. Expression levels and clinical significances of hsa-miR-29 family and their target genes in the bone marrow of patients with multiple myeloma.
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Çevik, Kenan, Ay, Mustafa Ertan, Ay, Özlem İzci, Tombak, Anil, Yildirim, Didem Derici, Kabasakal, Tuba, and Erdal, Mehmet Emin
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MICRORNA , *GENE expression , *MULTIPLE myeloma , *BONE marrow , *HEMATOLOGIC malignancies - Abstract
The microRNA (miR)-29 family has been deregulated in several types of hematologic malignancies. However, role of this family and their target genes DNMT3A (DNA methyltransferase 3A) and TET2 (Ten-Eleven Translocation 2) remains unclear. Here, we have made an attempt to determine the relative expression levels of three miRNAs and target genes in patients with newly diagnosed Multiple myeloma (MM) using quantitative real-time PCR. Moreover, the expression levels of selected miRNAs and genes and their correlations with clinical parameters were compared and analyzed. The ROC curve was used to analyze their diagnostic efficacy for MM. The expression level of hsa-miR-29b-3p was significantly higher in patients with newly diagnosed MM compared with the control group. ROC analysis showed that hsa-miR-29b-3p demonstrated a moderate diagnostic power in MM. The relative expression level of hsa-miR-29b-3p in patients with high LDH levels was markedly reduced compared to that in patients with normal and low LDH levels. DNMT3A expression level was significantly increased in patients with high LDH levels and patients with lambda light chain. Our results indicate that hsa-miR-29b-3p may be used as a potential biomarker in the diagnosis of MM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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7. Majör depresyon hastalarında BDNF gen polimorfizmi (rs6265) ile BDNF gen ekspresyon düzeylerinin araştırılması.
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Karakaş, Ümit, Çevik, Kenan, Ay, Mustafa Ertan, Özdemir, Gurbet Doğru, Zıblak, Alper, Kenar, Ayşe Nur İnci, Yıldırım, Didem Derici, and Erdal, Mehmet Emin
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- 2023
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8. C626G Polymorphism in the Apoptotic Death Receptor-4 TRAIL Binding Domain Associated with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Case-Control Research
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SÜRER TEKİN, Sevinç, primary, AY, Mustafa Ertan, additional, DURUKAN, Hüseyin, additional, ÇEVİK, Kenan, additional, İZCİ AY, Özlem, additional, DOĞRU ÖZDEMİR, Gurbet, additional, KARAKAŞ, Ümit, additional, and ERDAL, Mehmet Emin, additional
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- 2021
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9. CCAAT Enhancer-binding Protein Alpha (CEBPA) Gene Expression in a Cohort of Turkish Patients with Multiple Myeloma.
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KABASAKAL, Tuba, AY, Mustafa Ertan, ÇEVİK, Kenan, TOMBAK, Anıl, İZCİ AY, Özlem, and ERDAL, Mehmet Emin
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STATISTICAL significance ,QUANTITATIVE research ,GENE expression ,CANCER patients ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,MULTIPLE myeloma ,TRANSCRIPTION factors ,POLYMERASE chain reaction ,BONE marrow ,DATA analysis software ,CARRIER proteins ,LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Hematopoiesis is regulated and maintained by the function of the particular transcription factors. CCAAT enhancer-binding protein alpha (CEBPA), an important transcription factor, has a part in the regulation of cell cycle, granulocytic differentiation, and more. The possible role of CEBPA in multiple myeloma (MM) development has not been clarified so far. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the relationship between the expression levels of the CEBPA gene in Turkish patients diagnosed with MM. METHODS: Using quantitative real-time PCR, the expression level of the CEBPA gene was examined in the bone marrow samples of 44 MM patients and 13 healthy controls. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS, 13.3.1, and p<0.05 was evaluated as statistical significance level. RESULTS: Although there was a decrease CEBPA expression levels in the patient group compared to the control group, no statistically significant relationship was found in terms of CEBPA gene expression level and MM compared with the controls (p=0.436). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that the change in the expression level of CEBPA transcript itself has probably no effect in the pathogenesis of MM patients, although it is an important problem that needs further researches with large-scale samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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10. Tekrarlayan Gebelik Kaybı ile İlişkili Apoptotik Ölüm Reseptörü-4 TRAIL Bağlanma Bölgesindeki C626G Polimorfizmi: Vaka-Kontrol Araştırması.
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SÜRER TEKİN, Sevinç, AY, Mustafa Ertan, DURUKAN, Hüseyin, ÇEVİK, Kenan, AY, Özlem İZCİ, DOĞRU ÖZDEMİR, Gurbet, KARAKAŞ, Ümit, and ERDAL, Mehmet Emin
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- 2021
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11. Tekrarlayan gebelik kayıplarında FAS ve FASLG polimorfizmlerinin TaqMan SNP genotiplendirme yöntemi ile belirlenmesi
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AY, Mustafa Ertan, İZCİ AY, Özlem, ÇEVİK, Kenan, DOĞRU, Gurbet, SÖYLEMEZ, Fatma, ÇAYAN, Filiz Evşen, and ERDAL, Mehmet Emin
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Apoptosis,Recurrent miscarriage,FAS,FASLG,Polymorphisms ,Apoptoz,Tekrarlayan gebelik kaybı,FAS,FASLG ,Medicine ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum ,Tıp - Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Fas cell surface death receptor (FAS) and FAS ligand genes (FASLG) polymorphisms in the etiology of recurrent miscarriage. Materials and Methods: In a case–control study, genomic DNA was obtained from 70 patients and 70 healthy controls. Detected with real time PCR, genotype distributions and allelic frequencies of polymorphisms of FAS -670 A>G, FAS-1377 G>A, FASLG -124 A>G genes were compared between the groups.Results: In this study, FASLG -124 A>G polymorphisms were associated with an increased risk of recurrent miscarriage whereas FAS −670 A>G and -1377 G>A genotypes conferred no risk. For the FASLG −124 A>G polymorphisms, the likelihood of disease in patients with A allele was 3.94 times higher than those without A allele. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the -124 A>G polymorphism in the FASLG gene related with apoptosis may contribute to susceptibility to recurrent miscarriage in the Turkish women., Amaç: Bu çalışmada apoptotik uyarıcı Fas hücre yüzey ölüm reseptörü (FAS) ve FAS ligandı genleri (FASLG) polimorfizmlerinin tekrarlayan gebelik kaybı (TGK) etiyolojisindeki yeri araştırıldı.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu vaka-kontrol çalışmasında, TGK tanısı almış 70 kadın ve kontrol grubu olarak 70 kadından genomik DNA izole edildi. Her iki gruptaki FAS -670 A>G, FAS -1377 G>A ile FASLG -124 A>G polimorfizmlerinin genomik dağılımı ve allel frekansları real-time PCR yöntemi ile belirlenerek karşılaştırıldı.Bulgular: Çalışmamızda, FASLG -124 A>G polimorfizmi için TGK ve kontrol gruplarının genotip frekans farkının istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu saptandı. Ancak FAS −670 A>G ve FAS-1377 G>A genotipleri ile TGK arasında istatistiksel düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmadı. FASLG −124 A>G polimorfizmi için A allelini taşıyanlarda hastalığın görülme olasılığı A allelini taşımayanlara göre 3,94 kat daha yüksek bulundu.Sonuç: Bulgularımız, apoptozla ilişkili FASLG -124 A>G polimorfizminin TGK oluşumuna katkısı olabileceğini düşündürmektedir.
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12. Detection of FAS and FASLG polymorphisms with TaqMan SNP genotyping assays in recurrent miscarriage
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AY, Mustafa Ertan, primary, İZCİ AY, Özlem, additional, ÇEVİK, Kenan, additional, DOĞRU, Gurbet, additional, SÖYLEMEZ, Fatma, additional, ÇAYAN, Filiz Evşen, additional, and ERDAL, Mehmet Emin, additional
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- 2019
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13. The investigation of expression levels of miRNA biogenesis genes in myeloid hematological malignancies
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Çevik, Kenan, Ay, Mustafa Ertan, and Tıbbi Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı
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Myeloproliferative disorders ,Micro RNA ,Leukemia ,Lymphoma ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Neoplasms ,Myelodysplastic syndromes ,Gene expression ,Medical Biology ,Tıbbi Biyoloji ,Hematopoiesis - Abstract
Hematolojik malignensiler, kan, kemik iliği, lenfoid nod ve lenfatik sistemin diğer kısımlarını etkileyen malignant neoplazmlardır. Miyeloid hematolojik malignensiler, yüksek morbidite ve mortaliteye yol açtığından erken tanı ve etkili tedavi oldukça önemlidir. Hematolojik malignensilerin gelişiminde çalışmalar, çoğunlukla miRNA'lar üzerine yoğunlaşmıştır. miRNA'lar hematopoezin potansiyel düzenleyicileridir. Bu çalışmada, miyeloid hematolojik malignensilerde miRNA biyogenezindeki yolağında rol alan Drosha, DGCR8, Dicer, XPO5, AGO1, AGO2 ve TARBP2 genlerinin ekspresyon düzeyleri araştırıldı.Çalışma grubuna, Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı Hematoloji Bilim Dalı'na başvuran 34 Miyelodisplastik Sendrom (MDS) ve 20 Akut Miyeloid Lösemi (AML) tanısı almış toplam 54 hasta ve 7 sağlıklı birey dahil edildi. Hasta ve sağlıklı bireylerden alınan kemik iliği örneklerinden total RNA izolasyonu ve cDNA isentezi gerçekleştirildi, Seçilen genler, qPCR yöntemiyle analiz edildi. Bu genlerin ekspresyon düzeyleri; Toplam hasta (AML ve MDS)- kontrol, MDS-kontrol, AML-kontrol ve AML-MDS grupları arasında Ki-kare testi, Shapiro–Wilk testi, Student t-testi, Mann-Whitney U testi kullanılarak istatistiksel olarak değerlendirildi. Her iki grupta da XPO5 ve AGO2 genlerinin ekspresyon düzeyleri Real-time'da saptanamadığı için istatistiksel olarak değerlendirilemedi.Drosha, DGCR8, Dicer, AGO1 ve TARBP2 genlerinin ekspresyon düzeyleri açısından toplam hasta-kontrol ve MDS-kontrol arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu gözlendi (p0,05), TARBP2 ekspresyon düzeyinde ise anlamlı bir farklılık saptandı. Sonuç olarak, miRNA biyogenezinde görevli Drosha, DGCR8, Dicer, AGO1 ve TARBP2 genlerindeki ekspresyon değişimleri, AML ve MDS gibi miyeloid hematolojik malignensilerin oluşumuna katkı sağlayabilir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Hematolojik malignensiler, miRNA, Drosha, DGCR8, hematopoez,ekspresyon Hematological malignancies are malignant neoplasms that affect blood, bone marrow, lymphoid nodes and other parts of lymphatic system. Since myeloid hematological malignancies cause high morbidity and mortality, early diagnosis and effective treatment is very important. Studies about hematological malignancies have been mostly focus on miRNAs. miRNAs are potential regulators of hematopoiesis. In this study, the expression levels of miRNA biogenesis genes Drosha, DGCR8, Dicer, XPO5, AGO1, AGO2 and TARBP2 were investigated in myeloid hematological malignancies.In total, 54 patients with diagnosed AML (n=20) and MDS (n=34) and a control group of 7 healthy participants were recruited from Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Department. After total RNA isolation and cDNA synthesis, miRNA biogenesis genes were analyzed with qPCR method. Expression levels of these genes were evaluated between the total patient (AML and MDS) and control, MDS patients and control, AML patients and control and AML-MDS groups statistically by using the Chi-square test, Shapiro-Wilk test, Studendt's t-test, Mann-Whitney U test. We could not detect the expression level of XPO5 and AGO2 genes in control and healthy groups in Real time PCR so they could not be calculated by statistically.While the expression levels of Dicer, Drosha, AGO1 and TARBP2 were lower, the level of DGCR8 was higher in total patients compared to healthy group. Similar results were seen between MDS and healty group. While there was a significant difference in the expression levels of Drosha, DGCR8, Dicer, AGO1 genes between AML and healthy group (p
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14. Regulating the Regulators in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Genetic Association Study of microRNA Biogenesis Pathways
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Karakas, Umit, primary, Ay, Ozlem Izci, additional, Ay, Mustafa Ertan, additional, Wang, Wei, additional, Sungur, Mehmet Ali, additional, Çevik, Kenan, additional, Dogru, Gurbet, additional, and Erdal, Mehmet Emin, additional
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- 2017
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15. İrritabl barsak sendromlu hastalarda leptin ve leptin reseptör gen polimorfizmlerinin araştırılması
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Çevik, Kenan, Ay, Mustafa Ertan, and Tıbbi Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı
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Intestines ,Leptin ,Receptors ,Intestinal diseases ,Polymorphism-genetic ,Medical Biology ,Tıbbi Biyoloji - Abstract
Fonksiyonel barsak hastalıklarının bir grubunu oluşturan irritabl barsak sendromu (IBS), karın ağrısı ile beraber barsak hareketliliğindeki değişikliklerle karakterize bir hastalıktır. Hastalığın tanı ve tedavisine yönelik biyokimyasal ya da moleküler parametre henüz belirlenememiştir. Leptin ve leptin reseptörleri, JAK/STAT, MAP kinaz, AMP kinaz, ve PI3 kinaz yolaklarında çeşitli hücrelerin proliferasyonunu, yağ asit oksidasyonunu, besin alınımını, vücut ağırlığını, düzenlemektedir. Bu farklı biyolojik işlevleri dikkate alındığında IBS hastalığının moleküler patolojik etiyogenezinde rol alabileceği düşünülmüş, bu nedenle leptin ve leptin reseptörlerindeki fonksiyon kaybına yol açabilecek gen polimorfizmlerinin saptanması ve hastalığın klinik uygulamalarına yön vermesi amaçlanmaktadır.Çalışmamız, Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Gastroenteroloji Bilim Dalı'nda IBS tanısı konmuş yaş ortalaması 44,3063 olan 159 IBS'li birey ve yaş ortalaması 50,1905 olan 104 sağlıklı birey olmak üzere toplam 263 kişiden oluşturuldu. Hasta ve kontrol grubuna ait bireylerden alınan kan örneklerinin moleküler analizi, Real-Time PCR (Applied Biosystems) yöntemi kullanılarak gerçekleştirildi.Genotiplendirme sonucu elde edilen veriler, SPSS v.11.5 paket programı ile istatistiksel olarak değerlendirildi. LEP (G>A rs17151919) ve LEPR(G>A, rs3790434) polimorfizmlerinin hasta ve kontrol gruplarına ait genotip sıklıkları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olmadığı saptandı (p>0,05). Hasta ve kontrol grupları arasındaki allel sıklıkları karşılaştırıldığında ise, allel frekansları açısından kontrol ve hasta grubunu oluşturan bireyler arasında doğrudan bir ilişki görülmedi.Sonuç olarak; JAK/STAT, MAP kinaz, AMP kinaz ve PI3 kinaz gibi hücre içi yolaklarda görev alan leptin ve leptin reseptör polimorfizmleri ile IBS patogenezi arasında bir ilişki saptanmadı. Leptin ve leptin reseptörüne ait çalışmaya konu olan gen polimorfizmlerinin, irritabl barsak sendromlu bireylerde daha önce çalışılmamış olması nedeniyle, bu çalışmanın literatüre katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Leptin, Leptin Reseptör, Real-Time PCR ABSTRACTThe Investigation of Leptin and Leptin Receptor Gene Polimorphisms in Patients with Irritable Bowel SyndromeIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) which is a group of functional gastrointestinal diseases, is characterized by chronic or recurrent abdominal pain with disturbed bowel habits. There is stil not a biochemical or molecular parameter in diagnosis and treatment of IBS. Leptin and leptin receptors regulate the proliferation of various cells, oxidation of fat acid, food intake, body weight via JAK/STAT, MAP kinase, AMP kinase, PI3 kinase patways. Leptin can act on the molecular patologic aetiopathogenesis of IBS. Thus, in our study, detection of polimorphisms in leptin and leptin receptor which cause function lost in gene and associated with IBS is aimed.Our study?s sample volume is including the average age 44,3063 of 159 individuals have taken IBS diagnosis as experimental group and 104 healty individuals with the average age is 50,1905, for a total of about 263 people at Mersin University Medical Faculty Gastroenterology Department. the molecular analysis of the blood samples which have taken from both experimantal and healty group, was performed by using Real-Time PCR (Applied Biosystems)method.Data from genotyping, was evaluated statistically by SPSS v.11.5 packet program. It has detected not to be meaningful difference in genotype frequency between healty and patient people of LEP (G>A rs17151919) ve LEPR(G>A, rs3790434) polymorphisms (p>0,05). When it is compared allel frequency between healty and patient group, there was not an direct association between healty people and patients.As a result, there was not an association between leptin and leptin receptor which act intracellular signal patways like MAP kinase, JAK/STAT, AMP kinase, PI3 kinase, polymorphisms and IBS. This study is thought to be a guide for other studies about this subject because this is the first study inspects polimorphism genes in IBS patients.Key words: Leptin, Leptin Receptors, Real-Time, IBS, 74
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16. Possible Association of FAS and FASLG Polymorphisms with the Risk of Idiopathic Azoospermia in Southeast Turkey
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Balkan, Mahmut, primary, Atar, Murat, additional, Erdal, Mehmet Emin, additional, Rustemoğlu, Aydin, additional, Yildiz, Ismail, additional, Gunesacar, Ramazan, additional, Hatipoğlu, Namık Kemal, additional, Bodakçi, Mehmet Nuri, additional, Ay, Ozlem Izci, additional, and Çevik, Kenan, additional
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17. MİYELOPROLİFERATİF NEOPLAZMLARA MOLEKÜLER GENETİK YAKLAŞIM.
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Doğru, Gurbet, Ay, Mustafa Ertan, Çevik, Kenan, and Ay, Özlem İzci
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MPN (Myeloproliferative Neoplasms) is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder which is characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of one or more than one cell type in myeloid cell lineages (erythroid, granulocytic, megakaryocytic, monocyte/macrophages and mast cells). This uncontrolled proliferation situation is considered as a result of genetic abnormalities which occurs at stem/ancestral cell level. These diseases can not dissociate and are capable to transforme each other. Molecular pathogenesis of MPN is not fully understood until the identification of JAK2 gene which was the first genetic evidence is associated with the pathogenesis of myeloproliferative disease in 2005. The mutation in JH2 domain of JAK2 gene occurs at 617 position and causes hypersensitivity againts to cytokines by mediating tyrosine phosphorylation activity. JAK2V617F mutation which was detected in 95% of patients with PV and 50-60% of patients with ET was accepted as a definitive diagnosis for MPN in 2005 by World Health Organization (WHO). This finding which plays important role in pathogenesis of MPN has shown that the molecular genetic and biologic characteristics of the diseases can be associated with clinical phenotype and another candidate gene mutations such as TET2, ASXL1, MPL, LNK, EZH2, IDH1-2, CALR assert that there might be mutations in other candidate genes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Regulating the Regulators in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Genetic Association Study of microRNA Biogenesis Pathways.
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Karakas U, Ay OI, Ay ME, Wang W, Sungur MA, Çevik K, Dogru G, and Erdal ME
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- Adolescent, Adult, Argonaute Proteins genetics, Child, DEAD Box Protein 20 genetics, DEAD-box RNA Helicases genetics, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors genetics, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Genotype, Humans, Karyopherins genetics, Male, Mediterranean Region, Minor Histocompatibility Antigens genetics, Phenotype, RNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Ribonuclease III genetics, Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear genetics, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity genetics, MicroRNAs genetics
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent complex psychiatric disorders in children as well as adults. ADHD impacts not only the affected individuals but also their families and social and professional networks. The clinical and diagnostic criteria for ADHD remain imprecise, in part, due to lack of robust biomarkers. ADHD comprises multiple subsets of diseases that present a shared set of downstream clinical findings, while displaying extensive molecular heterogeneity. This calls for innovation in diagnostic strategies that can help establish an ADHD diagnosis unequivocally as well as guiding precision medicine in this common mental health disorder. No study has examined, to the best of our knowledge, the upstream regulation of miRNAs that impact the downstream final ADHD phenotype. The latter focus on putative genetic biomarkers that regulate the regulators and can be tested empirically, for example, through genetic association analyses of the biogenesis pathways for miRNAs that impact the ADHD phenotype. Hence, we report here polymorphic variation in 10 miRNA biogenesis pathway candidate genes, including RNASEN, DGCR8, XPO5, RAN, DICER1, TARBP2, AGO1, AGO2, GEMIN3, and GEMIN4, in a large sample from the Eastern Mediterranean region (N = 355; 191 cases and 164 controls). We found that AGO1 rs595961 was significantly associated with ADHD susceptibility (p < 0.05). While polymorphic variation in other miRNA biogenesis pathway genes did not display a significant association in the present sample, the observations reported herein on miRNA biogenesis variation offer a new avenue of research for innovation in biomarker discovery concerning ADHD and other complex psychiatric diseases with major global health burden.
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