2022
Clinical, 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 Research
2021
Genetic alterations and pathways in patients with Hereditary Angioedema of Unknown Cause (U-HAE)
KAYMAKCALAN H, Hande A, CAGLAYAN A, GULBAHAR O, GOKMEN E, NIKEREL E. Genetic alterations and pathways in patients with Hereditary Angioedema of Unknown Cause (U-HAE). Marmara Medical Journal 2021, 34: 274-278. DOI: 10.5472/marumj.1009115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingExome sequencingHereditary angioedemaU-HAEGenetic alterationsDownstream functional analysisMyoF geneNormal C1 inhibitorControl groupBlood coagulation pathwayGenesFunctional analysisNo significant differenceRare diseasePathwayC1 inhibitorMutationsPatientsUnknown causeCoagulation pathwaySequenceSignificant differenceAngioedemaVariantsC1QBP
2018
Biallelic loss of human CTNNA2, encoding αN-catenin, leads to ARP2/3 complex overactivity and disordered cortical neuronal migration
Schaffer AE, Breuss MW, Caglayan AO, Al-Sanaa N, Al-Abdulwahed HY, Kaymakçalan H, Yılmaz C, Zaki MS, Rosti RO, Copeland B, Baek ST, Musaev D, Scott EC, Ben-Omran T, Kariminejad A, Kayserili H, Mojahedi F, Kara M, Cai N, Silhavy JL, Elsharif S, Fenercioglu E, Barshop BA, Kara B, Wang R, Stanley V, James KN, Nachnani R, Kalur A, Megahed H, Incecik F, Danda S, Alanay Y, Faqeih E, Melikishvili G, Mansour L, Miller I, Sukhudyan B, Chelly J, Dobyns WB, Bilguvar K, Jamra RA, Gunel M, Gleeson JG. Biallelic loss of human CTNNA2, encoding αN-catenin, leads to ARP2/3 complex overactivity and disordered cortical neuronal migration. Nature Genetics 2018, 50: 1093-1101. PMID: 30013181, PMCID: PMC6072555, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0166-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal migrationHuman cerebral cortexCortical neuronal migrationΒ-catenin signalingCerebral cortexPotential disease mechanismsDevelopmental brain defectsBiallelic truncating mutationsNeuronal phenotypeBiallelic lossBrain defectsBiallelic mutationsTruncating mutationsDisease mechanismsΒ-cateninPachygyriaRecessive formNeurite stabilityNeuronsFamily membersCTNNA2OveractivityPatients
2014
Brain Malformations Associated With Knobloch Syndrome—Review of Literature, Expanding Clinical Spectrum, and Identification of Novel Mutations
Caglayan AO, Baranoski JF, Aktar F, Han W, Tuysuz B, Guzel A, Guclu B, Kaymakcalan H, Aktekin B, Akgumus GT, Murray PB, Erson-Omay EZ, Caglar C, Bakircioglu M, Sakalar YB, Guzel E, Demir N, Tuncer O, Senturk S, Ekici B, Minja FJ, Šestan N, Yasuno K, Bilguvar K, Caksen H, Gunel M. Brain Malformations Associated With Knobloch Syndrome—Review of Literature, Expanding Clinical Spectrum, and Identification of Novel Mutations. Pediatric Neurology 2014, 51: 806-813.e8. PMID: 25456301, PMCID: PMC5056964, DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain malformationsKnobloch syndromeCentral nervous system malformationsExpanding Clinical SpectrumStructural brain abnormalitiesStructural brain malformationsNervous system malformationsHuman cerebral cortexHuman cortical developmentWhole-exome sequencingConfirmatory Sanger sequencingCase seriesClinical presentationCerebral cortexClinical spectrumBrain abnormalitiesOcular abnormalitiesSystem malformationsClinical utilityCortical developmentImmunohistochemical analysisRare diseaseCOL18A1 mutationsBrain developmentPatients
2009
Clinical and genomic characterization of distal duplications and deletions of chromosome 4q: Study of two cases and review of the literature
Rossi MR, DiMaio MS, Xiang B, Lu K, Kaymakcalan H, Seashore M, Mahoney MJ, Li P. Clinical and genomic characterization of distal duplications and deletions of chromosome 4q: Study of two cases and review of the literature. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2009, 149A: 2788-2794. PMID: 19921640, PMCID: PMC2788106, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPierre Robin sequenceRobin sequenceVariable clinical presentationFurther genotype-phenotype correlationsMb deletionGenotype-phenotype correlationSecond patientClinical presentationCardiac anomaliesNewborn periodArray comparative genomic hybridization analysisComparative genomic hybridization analysisCardiac abnormalitiesPaternal genetic factorsGenomic hybridization analysisFamilial variantPatientsPregnant femalesGenetic factorsDistal duplicationVariable expressionVariable expressivityDistal long armGenomic findingsDisability