Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OF THE TEAM

  • Yorgun Altunbas, Melek, Hubert Kogler, Hassan Abolhassani, Erkan Akkus, Ahmet Basturk, Emre Akkelle, Ersin Sayar, et al. 2025. “Clinical and Immunological Prognostic Factors with Novel Variants in a Large Cohort of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 1 Deficiency.” The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, March. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2025.03.026
  • Park, Ann Y., Michael Leney-Greene, Matthew Lynberg, Justin Q. Gabrielski, Xijin Xu, Benjamin Schwarz, Lixin Zheng, et al. 2024. “GIMAP5 Deficiency Reveals a Mammalian Ceramide Driven Longevity Assurance Pathway.” Nature Immunology 25 (2): 282–93. DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01691-y
  • Baris, Safa, Mehdi Benamar, Qian Chen, Mehmet Cihangir Catak, Mónica Martínez- Blanco, Muyun Wang, Jason Fong, et al. 2023. “Severe Allergic Dysregulation Due to a Gain of Function Mutation in the Transcription Factor STAT6.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 152 (1): 182–194.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.01.023
  • Kasap, Nurhan, Altan Kara, Velat Celik, Sevgi Bilgic Eltan, Idil Akay Haci, Hulya Kose, Ayse Aygun, et al. 2023. “Atypical Localization of Eczema Discriminates DOCK8 or STAT3 Deficiencies from Atopic Dermatitis.” Journal of Clinical Immunology 43 (8): 1882–90. DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01554-z
  • Taghizade, Nigar, Royala Babayeva, Altan Kara, Ibrahim Serhat Karakus, Mehmet Cihangir Catak, Alper Bulutoglu, Zehra Sule Haskologlu, et al. 2023. “Therapeutic Modalities and Clinical Outcomes in a Large Cohort with LRBA Deficiency and CTLA4 Insufficiency.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 152 (6): 1634–45. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.08.004
  • Yakici, Nalan, Alexandra Y. Kreins, Mehmet Cihangir Catak, Royala Babayeva, Baran Erman, Heather Kenney, Hatice Eke Gungor, et al. 2023. “Expanding the Clinical and Immunological Phenotypes of PAX1-Deficient SCID and CID Patients.” Clinical Immunology 255 (October): 109757. DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2023.109757
  • Sefer, Asena Pinar, Hassan Abolhassani, Franziska Ober, Basak Kayaoglu, Sevgi Bilgic Eltan, Altan Kara, Baran Erman, et al. 2022. “Expanding the Clinical and Immunological Phenotypes and Natural History of MALT1 Deficiency.” Journal of Clinical Immunology 42 (3): 634–52. DOI:
  • Kul Köprülü, Tuğba, Burçin Erkal, Altan Kara, and Şaban Tekin. 2022. “Investigation of the Effects of the Royal Jelly on Genomic Demethylation and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Human Cancer Cells.” Medical Oncology 40 (1). DOI: 10.1007/s12032-022- 01927-1
  • Özgür, Aykut, Altan Kara, Nazan Gökşen Tosun, Şaban Tekin, and İsa Gökçe. 2021. “Debio-0932, a Second Generation Oral Hsp90 Inhibitor, Induces Apoptosis in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 Cell Lines.” Molecular Biology Reports 48 (4): 3439–49. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06392-z
  • Kara, Altan, Aykut Özgür, Sinem Nalbantoğlu, and Abdullah Karadağ. 2021. “DNA Repair Pathways and Their Roles in Drug Resistance for Lung Adenocarcinoma.” Molecular Biology Reports 48 (4): 3813–25. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06314-z
  • Akinci, Aysehan, Altan Kara, Aykut Özgür, Doga Turkkahraman, and Soner Aksu. 2021. “Genomic Analysis to Screen Potential Genes and Mutations in Children with Non-Syndromic Early Onset Severe Obesity: A Multicentre Study in Turkey.” Molecular Biology Reports 49 (3): 1883–93. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06999-2
  • Kara, Altan, Martin Vickers, Martin Swain, David E. Whitworth, and Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes. 2016. “MetaPred2CS: A Sequence-Based Meta-Predictor for Protein–Protein Interactions of Prokaryotic Two-Component System Proteins.” Bioinformatics 32 (21): 3339–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btw403
  • Kara, Altan, Martin Vickers, Martin Swain, David E. Whitworth, and Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes. 2015. “Genome-Wide Prediction of Prokaryotic Two-Component System Networks Using a Sequence-Based Meta-Predictor.” BMC Bioinformatics 16 (1). DOI: 10.1186/s12859-015-0741-7
  • Riva, Antonella*, Eray Sahin*, Greta Volpedo*, Noemi Teresa Catania, Isabel Venara, Valentina Biagioli, Ganna Balagura, Elisabetta Amadori, Carmen De Caro, Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Carlo Di Bonaventura, Federico Zara, Osman Ugur Sezerman, Emilio Russo, and Pasquale Striano. 2025. “Medication-Resistant Epilepsy Is Associated with a Unique Gut Microbiota Signature.” Epilepsia (advance online publication, March 22). https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.18367.
  • Panicucci, Chiara, Eray Sahin, Martina Bartolucci, Noemi Brolatti, Marina Pedemonte, Sara Casalini, Serena Baratto, Sara Pintus, Adele D’Amico, Marika Pane, Marina Sframeli, Sonia Messina, Emilio Albamonte, Valeria A. Sansone, Eugenio Mercuri, Enrico Bertini, Ugur Sezerman, Andrea Petretto, and Claudio Bruno. 2024. “Proteomics Profiling and Machine Learning in Nusinersen-Treated Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.” Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 81 (1): 393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-024-05426-6.
  • Riva, Antonella*, Eray Sahin*, Greta Volpedo, Andrea Petretto, Chiara Lavarello, Rossella Di Sapia, Davide Barbarossa, Nasibeh Riahi Zaniani, Ilaria Craparotta, Maria Chiara Barbera, Uğur Sezerman, Annamaria Vezzani, Pasquale Striano§, and Teresa Ravizza§. 2024. “Identification of an Epilepsy-Linked Gut Microbiota Signature in a Pediatric Rat Model of Acquired Epilepsy.” Neurobiology of Disease 194: 106469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106469.
  • Saglam, Duygu, Gozde Aritici Colak, Eray Sahin, Berkay Yekta Ekren, Ugur Sezerman, and Murat Bas. 2023. “Effects of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on Gut Microbiome: Is the Diet Key?” Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1203205. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1203205.
  • Yılmaz Çolak, Çiğdem. 2024. “Bacterial Membrane Vesicles as a Novel Vaccine Platform against SARS-CoV-2.” Current Microbiology 81 (10): 317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-024-03846-y.
  • Yılmaz Çolak, Çiğdem. 2024. “In Silico Analysis of Virulence Factors of Streptococcus uberis for a Chimeric Vaccine Design.” In Silico Pharmacology 12 (1): 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40203-023-00181-1.
  • Delik, Eda, Berfin Eroğlu, Çiğdem Yılmaz Çolak, Aysun Türkanoğlu-Özçelik, and Burcu Emine Tefon-Öztürk. 2023. “Alterations of Growth, Biofilm-Forming, and Gene Expression of Bordetella pertussis by Antibiotics at Sub-Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations.” Research in Microbiology 174 (5): 104058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104058.
  • Yılmaz Çolak, Çiğdem. 2021. “Computational Design of a Multi-Epitope Vaccine against Clostridium chauvoei: An Immunoinformatics Approach.” International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 27 (4): 2639–2649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-021-10279-9.