Browsing by Keywords "Aged"

Aging alters the molecular dynamics of synapses in a sexually dimorphic pattern in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Karoglu, Elif Tugce; Halim, Dilara Ozge; Erkaya, Bahriye; Altaytas, Ferda; Arslan-Ergul, Ayca; Konu, Ozlen; Adams, Michelle M. (Elsevier, 2017-06)

The zebrafish has become a popular model for studying normal brain aging due to its large fecundity, conserved genome, and available genetic tools; but little data exists about neurobiological age-related alterations. The ...

Application of the RIMARC algorithm to a large data set of action potentials and clinical parameters for risk prediction of atrial fibrillation

Ravens, U.; Katircioglu-Öztürk, D.; Wettwer, E.; Christ, T.; Dobrev, D.; Voigt, N.; Poulet, C.; Loose, S.; Simon, J.; Stein, A.; Matschke, K.; Knaut, M.; Oto, E.; Oto, A.; Güvenir, H. A. (Springer, 2015)

Ex vivo recorded action potentials (APs) in human right atrial tissue from patients in sinus rhythm (SR) or atrial fibrillation (AF) display a characteristic spike-and-dome or triangular shape, respectively, but variability ...

BRAPH: A graph theory software for the analysis of brain connectivity

Mijalkov, M.; Kakaei, E.; Pereira, J. B.; Westman, E.; Volpe, G. (Public Library of Science, 2017)

The brain is a large-scale complex network whose workings rely on the interaction between its various regions. In the past few years, the organization of the human brain network has been studied extensively using concepts ...

Colon cancer associated transcript-1 (CCAT1) expression in adenocarcinoma of the stomach

Mizrahi, I.; Mazeh, H.; Grinbaum, R.; Beglaibter, N.; Wilschanski, M.; Pavlov, V.; Adileh, M.; Stojadinovic, A.; Avital, I.; Gure, A. O.; Halle, D.; Nissan, A. (Ivyspring International Publisher, 2015)

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to have functional roles in cancer biology and are dys-regulated in many tumors. Colon Cancer Associated Transcript -1 (CCAT1) is a lncRNA, previously shown to be ...

A combined ULBP2 and SEMA5A expression signature as a prognostic and predictive biomarker for colon cancer

Demirkol, S.; Gomceli, I.; Isbilen, M.; Dayanc, B. E.; Tez, M.; Bostanci, E. B.; Turhan, N.; Akoglu, M.; Ozyerli, E.; Durdu, S.; Konu, O.; Nissan, A.; Gonen, M.; Gure, A. O. (Ivyspring International Publisher, 2017)

Background: Prognostic biomarkers for cancer have the power to change the course of disease if they add value beyond known prognostic factors, if they can help shape treatment protocols, and if they are reliable. The aim ...

Comparison of original EuroSCORE, EuroSCORE II and STS risk models in a Turkish cardiac surgical cohort

Kunt, A.G.; Kurtcephe, M.; Hidiroglu, M.; Cetin L.; Kucuker, A.; Bakuy V.; Ruchan Akar, A.; Sener, E. (2013)

OBJECTIVESThe aim of this study was to compare additive and logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE), EuroSCORE II and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) models in calculating mortality ...

A comprehensive methodology for determining the most informative mammographic features

Wu, Y.; Alagoz O.; Ayvaci, M.U.S.; Munoz Del Rio, A.; Vanness, D.J.; Woods, R.; Burnside, E.S. (2013)

This study aims to determine the most informative mammographic features for breast cancer diagnosis using mutual information (MI) analysis. Our Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-approved database consists ...

Data mining experiments on the Angiotensin II-Antagonist in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (ANTIPAF-AFNET 2) trial: ‘exposing the invisible’

Okutucu, S.; Katircioglu-Öztürk, D.; Oto, E.; Güvenir, H. A.; Karaagaoglu, E.; Oto, A.; Meinertz, T.; Goette, A. (Oxford University Press, 2016)

Aims: The aims of this study include (i) pursuing data-mining experiments on the Angiotensin II-Antagonist in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (ANTIPAF-AFNET 2) trial dataset containing atrial fibrillation (AF) burden scores ...

Determining the origin of synchronous multifocal bladder cancer by exome sequencing

Acar, Ö.; Özkurt, E.; Demir, G.; Saraç, H.; Alkan C.; Esen, T.; Somel, M.; Lack, N. A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

Background: Synchronous multifocal tumours are commonly observed in urothelial carcinomas of the bladder. The origin of these physically independent tumours has been proposed to occur by either intraluminal migration ...

Diagnosis of gastric carcinoma by classification on feature projections

Güvenir, H. A.; Emeksiz, N.; İkizler, N.; Örmeci, N. (Elsevier, 2004)

A new classification algorithm, called benefit maximizing classifier on feature projections (BCFP), is developed and applied to the problem of diagnosis of gastric carcinoma. The domain contains records of patients with ...

Differential expression patterns of metastasis suppressor proteins in basal cell carcinoma

Bozdogan, O.; Yulug, I. G.; Vargel, I.; Cavusoglu, T.; Karabulut, A. A.; Karahan, G.; Sayar, N. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2015)

Background: Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are common malignant skin tumors. Despite having a significant invasion capacity, they metastasize only rarely. Our aim in this study was to detect the expression patterns of the ...

Disrupted network topology in patients with stable and progressive mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease

Pereira, J. B.; Mijalkov, M.; Kakaei, E.; Mecocci, P.; Vellas, B.; Tsolaki, M.; Kłoszewska, I.; Soininen, H.; Spenger, C.; Lovestone, S.; Simmons, A.; Wahlund, L.-O.; Volpe, G.; Westman, E. (Oxford University Press, 2016)

Recent findings suggest that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a disconnection syndrome characterized by abnormalities in large-scale networks. However, the alterations that occur in network topology during the prodromal stages ...

DNA repair gene polymorphisms and bladder cancer susceptibility in a Turkish population

Karahalil, B.; Kocabas, N. A.; Özçelik, T. (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 2006)

Background: Occupational exposure and life style preferences, such as smoking are the main known environmental susceptibility factors for bladder cancer. A growing list of chemicals has been shown to induce oxidative DNA ...

Early outcomes after transoral CO2 laser resection of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: One centre's experience

Leong, S. C.; Kathan, C.; Mortimore, S. (Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Objectives: To review early oncological outcomes following transoral CO2 laser resection of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Design: Retrospective review of hospital electronic database. Setting: Large ...

Endothelial progenitor cells display clonal restriction in multiple myeloma

Braunstein, M.; Özçelik, T.; Baǧişlar, S.; Vakil, V.; Smith, E. L. P.; Dai, K.; Akyerli, C. B.; Batuman O. A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2006)

Background: In multiple myeloma (MM), increased neoangiogenesis contributes to tumor growth and disease progression. Increased levels of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) contribute to neoangiogenesis in MM, and, ...

Expression of CK-19 and CEA mRNA in peripheral blood of gastric cancer patients

Kutun, S.; Celik, A.; Cem Kockar, M.; Erkorkmaz, U.; Eroǧlu, A.; Cetin, A.; Erkosar, B.; Yakicier, C. (2010)

Aim: To investigate the clinical and pathological relevance of detection of circulating tumor cells (CTC) in the peripheral blood of gastric carcinoma patients before operation. Patients and Methods: Fifty patients with ...

Expression of IFITM1 in chronic myeloid leukemia patients

Akyerli, C. B.; Beksac, M.; Holko, M.; Frevel, M.; Dalva, K.; Özbek, U.; Soydan, E.; Özcan, M.; Özet, G.; İlhan, O.; Gürman, G.; Akan, H.; Williams, B. R. G.; Özçelik, T. (Elsevier, 2005)

We investigated the peripheral blood gene expression profile of interferon induced transmembrane protein 1 (IFITM1) in sixty chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients classified according to new prognostic score (NPS). IFITM1 ...

High-resolution magic anglespinning ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolomics of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands

Battini, S.; Imperiale, A.; Taïeb, D.; Elbayed, K.; Cicek, A. E.; Sebag, F.; Brunaud, L.; Namer, Izzie-Jacques (Mosby, Inc., 2016)

Background Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) may be related to a single gland disease or multiglandular disease, which requires specific treatments. At present, an operation is the only curative treatment for PHPT. ...

Ischemic stroke phenotype in patients with nonsustained atrial fibrillation

Arsava, E. M.; Bas, D. F.; Atalar, Ergin; Has, A. C.; Oguz, K. K.; Topcuoglu, M. A. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015)

Background and Purpose: The widespread use of ambulatory cardiac monitoring has not only increased the detection of high-risk arrhythmias like persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), but also made it possible ...

Lack of association between RNASEL Arg462Gln variant and the risk of breast cancer

Sevinç, A.; Yannoukakos, D.; Konstantopoulou, I.; Manguoglu, E.; Lüleci, G.; Çolak, T.; Akyerli, C.; Çolakoglu, G.; Tez, M.; Sayek, I.; Gerassimos, V.; Nasioulas, G.; Papadopoulou, E.; Florentin, L.; Kontogianni, E.; Bozkurt, B.; Kocabas, N. A.; Karakaya, A. E.; Yulug, I. G.; Özçelik, T. (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 2004)

Background: The RNASEL G1385A variant was recently found to be implicated in the development of prostate cancer. Considering the function of RNase L and the pleiotropic effects of mutations associated with cancer, we sought ...