Adife Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek, MSc, MS, PhD
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About
Titles
Research Scientist
Appointments
Education & Training
- MS
- University of New Haven, Cellular & Molecular Biology (2004)
- PhD
- The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Akdeniz University (2000)
- MSc
- The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Akdeniz University (1996)
Research
Publications
2026
Acquired genetic and cell-state changes in IDH-mutant glioma progression
Johnson K, Spitzer A, Varn F, Nomura M, Garofano L, Chowdhury T, Lipsa A, Zhang L, Fernández E, Barak T, Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek A, Peksen A, Anderson K, Tesileanu C, Amin S, Kocakavuk E, Zhao D, D’Angelo F, Migliozzi S, Bussema L, Gritsch S, Moon H, Paek S, Bielle F, Laurenge A, Di Stefano A, Mathon B, Picca A, Sanson M, Hau A, Hertel F, Grzyb K, Zhao Z, Wang Q, Jiang T, Miller J, Wakimoto H, Cahill D, Moliterno J, Günel M, Hermes B, Sanai N, Golebiewska A, Niclou S, Huse J, Alfred Yung W, Lasorella A, Suvà M, Iavarone A, Tirosh I, Verhaak R. Acquired genetic and cell-state changes in IDH-mutant glioma progression. Nature 2026, 1-12. PMID: 42236943, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10612-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Subgroup of meningiomas involving FOS and FOSB gene fusions
Yalcin K, Alanya H, Gultekin B, Samper Figuera D, Barak T, Miyagishima D, Youngblood M, Hjerthen M, Brooks A, Samuel Lopez N, O’Brien J, Chavez M, Dincer A, Wu H, Omay S, Yasuno K, Bilguvar K, Ercan-Sencicek A, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Moliterno J, Gunel M, Erson-Omay E. Subgroup of meningiomas involving FOS and FOSB gene fusions. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 10532. PMID: 41298363, PMCID: PMC12657970, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65549-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDysregulation of mTOR signalling is a converging mechanism in lissencephaly
Zhang C, Liang D, Ercan-Sencicek A, Bulut A, Cortes J, Cheng I, Henegariu O, Nishimura S, Wang X, Peksen A, Takeo Y, Caglar C, Lam T, Koroglu M, Narayanan A, Lopez-Giraldez F, Miyagishima D, Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Yasuno K, Erson-Omay E, Yalcinkaya C, Wang G, Mane S, Kaymakcalan H, Guzel A, Caglayan A, Tuysuz B, Sestan N, Gunel M, Louvi A, Bilguvar K. Dysregulation of mTOR signalling is a converging mechanism in lissencephaly. Nature 2025, 638: 172-181. PMID: 39743596, PMCID: PMC11798849, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08341-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Exploring Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of NAGLU Arg234Gly and Asp312Asn Variants
Celebiler H, Barak T, K. D, Kaya I, Erbilgin S, Uytun M, Oztop D, Gumus H, Per H, Ceylaner S, Bozkurt I, Kontaridis M, Bilguvar K, Akhun N, Kilincaslan A, Caglayan A, Erson-Omay E, Gunel M, Ercan-Sencicek A. Exploring Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of NAGLU Arg234Gly and Asp312Asn Variants. Molecular Syndromology 2024, 16: 342-353. PMID: 40771184, PMCID: PMC12324730, DOI: 10.1159/000542367.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Pleiotropic role of TRAF7 in skull-base meningiomas and congenital heart disease
Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Kaulen L, Henegariu O, Jin S, Aguilera S, Yalbir E, Goles G, Nishimura S, Miyagishima D, Djenoune L, Altinok S, K. D, Viviano S, Prendergast A, Zerillo C, Ozcan K, Baran B, Sencar L, Goc N, Yarman Y, Ercan-Sencicek A, Bilguvar K, Lifton R, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Yuan S, Deniz E, Brueckner M, Gunel M. Pleiotropic role of TRAF7 in skull-base meningiomas and congenital heart disease. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2214997120. PMID: 37043537, PMCID: PMC10120005, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214997120.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Biallelic PRMT7 pathogenic variants are associated with a recognizable syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder with short stature, obesity, and craniofacial and digital abnormalities
Cali E, Suri M, Scala M, Ferla M, Alavi S, Faqeih E, Bijlsma E, Wigby K, Baralle D, Mehrjardi M, Schwab J, Platzer K, Steindl K, Hashem M, Jones M, Niyazov D, Jacober J, Littlejohn R, Weis D, Zadeh N, Rodan L, Goldenberg A, Lecoquierre F, Dutra-Clarke M, Horvath G, Young D, Orenstein N, Bawazeer S, Silfhout A, Herenger Y, Dehghani M, Seyedhassani S, Bahreini A, Nasab M, Ercan-Sencicek A, Firoozfar Z, Movahedinia M, Efthymiou S, Striano P, Karimiani E, Salpietro V, Taylor J, Redman M, Stegmann A, Laner A, Abdel-Salam G, Li M, Bengala M, Müller A, Digilio M, Rauch A, Gunel M, Titheradge H, Schweitzer D, Kraus A, Valenzuela I, McLean S, Phornphutkul C, Salih M, Begtrup A, Schnur R, Torti E, Haack T, Prada C, Alkuraya F, Houlden H, Maroofian R. Biallelic PRMT7 pathogenic variants are associated with a recognizable syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder with short stature, obesity, and craniofacial and digital abnormalities. Genetics In Medicine 2022, 25: 135-142. PMID: 36399134, PMCID: PMC10620944, DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere Phenotype in Patients with X-linked Hydrocephalus Caused by a Missense Mutation in L1CAM
Tuysuz B, Department of Pediatric Genetics I, Sencicek A, Ozer E, Goc N, Yalcinkaya C, Bilguvar K, Department of Neurosurgery P, Department of Neurology I. Severe Phenotype in Patients with X-linked Hydrocephalus Caused by a Missense Mutation in L1CAM. Turkish Archives Of Pediatrics 2022, 57: 521-525. PMID: 35950747, PMCID: PMC9524456, DOI: 10.5152/turkarchpediatr.2022.22070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildhood-Onset Neurodegeneration with Cerebellar Atrophy Syndrome: Severe Neuronal Degeneration and Cardiomyopathy with Loss of Tubulin Deglutamylase Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase 1
Samur B, Ercan-Sencicek G, Caglayan A, Per H, Gumus H, Gumus G, Baykan A. Childhood-Onset Neurodegeneration with Cerebellar Atrophy Syndrome: Severe Neuronal Degeneration and Cardiomyopathy with Loss of Tubulin Deglutamylase Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase 1. Journal Of Pediatric Neurology 2022, 21: 371-376. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical, demographic and genetic features of patients with congenital heart disease : A single center experience
KAYMAKCALAN H, YALCINKAYA L, NIKEREL E, YALCIN Y, DONG W, Sencıcek A. Clinical, demographic and genetic features of patients with congenital heart disease : A single center experience. Marmara Medical Journal 2022, 35: 159-163. DOI: 10.5472/marumj.1120570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMutation spectrum of congenital heart disease in a consanguineous Turkish population
Dong W, Kaymakcalan H, Jin SC, Diab NS, Tanıdır C, Yalcin ASY, Ercan‐Sencicek A, Mane S, Gunel M, Lifton RP, Bilguvar K, Brueckner M. Mutation spectrum of congenital heart disease in a consanguineous Turkish population. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2022, 10: e1944. PMID: 35481623, PMCID: PMC9184665, DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1944.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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