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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 ...

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 ...

Identification of endogenous reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis in normal matched breast tumor tissues

Gur-Dedeoglu, B.; Konu, O.; Bozkurt, B.; Ergul, G.; Seckin, S.; Yulug, I. G. (Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2009)

Quantitative gene expression measurements from tumor tissue are frequently compared with matched normal and/or adjacent tumor tissue expression for diagnostic marker gene selection as well as assessment of the degree of ...

Lack of association between the MDM2-SNP309 polymorphism and breast cancer risk

Petenkaya, A.; Bozkurt, B.; Akilli-Ozturk, O.; Kaya, H. S.; Gur-Dedeoglu, B.; Yulug, I. G. (Delinasios GJ & CO, 2006)

Background: A T-to-G polymorphism (SNP309) at the promoter region of MDM2 has been recently reported to extend the Sp1 binding site that positively regulates the MDM2 transcription level and consequently, its expression ...

Mutations in the very low-density lipoprotein receptor VLDLR cause cerebellar hypoplasia and quadrupedal locomotion in humans

Ozcelik, T.; Akarsu, N.; Uz, E.; Caglayan, S.; Gulsuner, S.; Onat, O. E.; Tan, M.; Tan, U. (National Academy of Sciences, 2008)

Quadrupedal gait in humans, also known as Unertan syndrome, is a rare phenotype associated with dysarthric speech, mental retardation, and varying degrees of cerebrocerebellar hypoplasia. Four large consanguineous kindreds ...

SIP1 is downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma by promoter hypermethylation

Acun, T.; Oztas, E.; Yagci, T.; Yakicier, M.C. (2011)

Background: Smad interacting protein-1 is a transcription factor that is implicated in transforming growth factor-β/bone morphogenetic protein signaling and a repressor of E-cadherin and human telomerase reverse transcriptase. ...