Engin Deniz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)Cards
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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
PO Box 208064
New Haven, CT 06520-8064
United States
About
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Appointments
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Blue College Affiliates
- Deniz Lab
- Khokha Lab
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Critical Care Transport Program
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatrics
- Program in Translational Biomedicine (PTB)
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Fellowship
- Yale University School of Medicine (2012)
- Residency
- Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York (2009)
- Residency
- Long Island College Hospital Beth Israel Medical Center (2007)
- MD
- University of Istanbul (2002)
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
ORCID
0000-0002-2999-0429- View Lab Website
Deniz Lab
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Emily Kathryn Mis, PhD
Lauren Jeffries, DO
Danielle Miyagishima
Ketu Mishra-Gorur, MSc, MS, PhD
Monica Konstantino, RN
Saquib A. Lakhani, MD
Hydrocephalus
Congenital Abnormalities
Publications
2024
Pathogenic variants in autism gene KATNAL2 cause hydrocephalus and disrupt neuronal connectivity by impairing ciliary microtubule dynamics
DeSpenza T, Singh A, Allington G, Zhao S, Lee J, Kiziltug E, Prina M, Desmet N, Dang H, Fields J, Nelson-Williams C, Zhang J, Mekbib K, Dennis E, Mehta N, Duy P, Shimelis H, Walsh L, Marlier A, Deniz E, Lake E, Constable R, Hoffman E, Lifton R, Gulledge A, Fiering S, Moreno-De-Luca A, Haider S, Alper S, Jin S, Kahle K, Luikart B. Pathogenic variants in autism gene KATNAL2 cause hydrocephalus and disrupt neuronal connectivity by impairing ciliary microtubule dynamics. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2314702121. PMID: 38916997, PMCID: PMC11228466, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2314702121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusCerebral ventriculomegalyPathogenic variantsPrefrontal pyramidal neuronsGenetic subsets of patientsDevelopment of ventriculomegalyRadial gliaSubsets of patientsHigh-frequency firingNeuronal connectivityHeterozygous germline variantsAutism spectrum disorderVentricular-subventricular zoneMicrotubule dynamicsImpaired spermatogenesisCSF shuntingExcitatory driveMicrotubule-severing ATPasePyramidal neuronsDisrupt neuronal connectivityGermline variantsVentriculomegalyCSF homeostasisDisrupt microtubule dynamicsPlanar cell polarityReply to Pisan et al.: Pathogenicity of inherited TRAF7 mutations in 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, Rai D, Viviano S, Prendergast A, Zerillo C, Ozcan K, Baran B, Sencar L, Goc N, Yarman Y, Ercan-encicek A, Bilguvar K, Lifton R, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Yuan S, Deniz E, Brueckner M, Gunel M. Reply to Pisan et al.: Pathogenicity of inherited TRAF7 mutations in congenital heart disease. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2319578121. PMID: 38466853, PMCID: PMC10963000, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2319578121.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2023
CFAP45, a heterotaxy and congenital heart disease gene, affects cilia stability
Deniz E, Pasha M, Guerra M, Viviano S, Ji W, Konstantino M, Jeffries L, Lakhani S, Medne L, Skraban C, Krantz I, Khokha M. CFAP45, a heterotaxy and congenital heart disease gene, affects cilia stability. Developmental Biology 2023, 499: 75-88. PMID: 37172641, PMCID: PMC10373286, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLeft-right organizerCilia stabilityLeft-right patterningCongenital heart disease genesApical surfaceCell apical surfaceLive confocal imagingLeftward fluid flowHeart disease genesRecessive missense mutationLethal birth defectMotile monociliaProtein familyEarly embryogenesisMulticiliated cellsCiliary axonemeDisease genesFrog embryosGenetic underpinningsWhole-exome sequencingMissense mutationsConfocal imagingEmbryosCiliaCongenital heart diseasePleiotropic 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsWild-type proteinInherited mutationsCardiac outflow tractDevelopmental heart defectsProtein functionLack ciliaPleiotropic rolesMechanistic convergenceNeural crestCiliary defectsSomatic variantsForebrain meningesCommon originDominant mannerMutationsTRAF7ZebrafishMutantsDisparate pathologiesHeterodimerizationKnockdownGeneticsProteinCiliaCongenital heart
2022
A retrospective cohort analysis of the Yale pediatric genomics discovery program
Al‐Ali S, Jeffries L, Faustino EVS, Ji W, Mis E, Konstantino M, Zerillo C, Jiang Y, Spencer‐Manzon M, Bale A, Zhang H, McGlynn J, McGrath JM, Tremblay T, Brodsky NN, Lucas CL, Pierce R, Deniz E, Khokha MK, Lakhani SA. A retrospective cohort analysis of the Yale pediatric genomics discovery program. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2022, 188: 2869-2878. PMID: 35899841, PMCID: PMC9474639, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRetrospective cohort analysisNext-generation sequencingCohort analysisSystem abnormalitiesImmune system abnormalitiesCardiovascular system abnormalitiesFunctional molecular analysesNovel genesPrecise molecular diagnosisClinical characteristicsFurther genetic evaluationDiscovery programsComplex patientsMultisystem diseaseDisease genesPediatric providersRare genetic diseaseNew diagnosisPhenotype relationshipsPatientsGenetic diseasesMolecular analysisDiagnosisParticipant demographicsNGS resultsImpaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus
Duy PQ, Weise SC, Marini C, Li XJ, Liang D, Dahl PJ, Ma S, Spajic A, Dong W, Juusola J, Kiziltug E, Kundishora AJ, Koundal S, Pedram MZ, Torres-Fernández LA, Händler K, De Domenico E, Becker M, Ulas T, Juranek SA, Cuevas E, Hao LT, Jux B, Sousa AMM, Liu F, Kim SK, Li M, Yang Y, Takeo Y, Duque A, Nelson-Williams C, Ha Y, Selvaganesan K, Robert SM, Singh AK, Allington G, Furey CG, Timberlake AT, Reeves BC, Smith H, Dunbar A, DeSpenza T, Goto J, Marlier A, Moreno-De-Luca A, Yu X, Butler WE, Carter BS, Lake EMR, Constable RT, Rakic P, Lin H, Deniz E, Benveniste H, Malvankar NS, Estrada-Veras JI, Walsh CA, Alper SL, Schultze JL, Paeschke K, Doetzlhofer A, Wulczyn FG, Jin SC, Lifton RP, Sestan N, Kolanus W, Kahle KT. Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Neuroscience 2022, 25: 458-473. PMID: 35379995, PMCID: PMC9664907, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01043-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusCerebral ventricular dilatationPrimary defectNeuroepithelial cell differentiationRisk genesCerebrospinal fluid homeostasisWhole-exome sequencingNeuroepithelial stem cellsCortical hypoplasiaReduced neurogenesisVentricular dilatationVentricular enlargementCH mutationsPrenatal hydrocephalusDisease heterogeneityBrain surgeryCSF circulationHydrocephalusGenetic subtypesFluid homeostasisNeuroepithelial cellsNovo mutationsBrain transcriptomicsStem cellsCell differentiation
2021
PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans
Barak T, Ristori E, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Miyagishima DF, Nelson-Williams C, Dong W, Jin SC, Prendergast A, Armero W, Henegariu O, Erson-Omay EZ, Harmancı AS, Guy M, Gültekin B, Kilic D, Rai DK, Goc N, Aguilera SM, Gülez B, Altinok S, Ozcan K, Yarman Y, Coskun S, Sempou E, Deniz E, Hintzen J, Cox A, Fomchenko E, Jung SW, Ozturk AK, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Connolly ES, Khokha MK, Kahle KT, Yasuno K, Lifton RP, Mishra-Gorur K, Nicoli S, Günel M. PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans. Nature Medicine 2021, 27: 2165-2175. PMID: 34887573, PMCID: PMC8768030, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01572-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsGenome-wide association studiesPeptidyl-prolyl cis-transPathogenesis of IAContribution of variantsCommon genetic variantsVertebrate modelDeleterious mutationsWnt activatorAssociation studiesWhole-exome sequencingSignificant enrichmentGenetic variantsWntAngiogenesis regulatorsMutationsGene mutationsBrain angiogenesisIntracranial aneurysm ruptureJMJD6AngiogenesisCerebrovascular morphologyCerebrovascular integrityIntracerebral hemorrhageAneurysm ruptureVariantsXenopus Tadpole Craniocardiac Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography.
Deniz E, Mis EK, Lane M, Khokha MK. Xenopus Tadpole Craniocardiac Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2021, 2022: pdb.prot105676. PMID: 34031211, DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot105676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2020
In Xenopus ependymal cilia drive embryonic CSF circulation and brain development independently of cardiac pulsatile forces
Dur AH, Tang T, Viviano S, Sekuri A, Willsey HR, Tagare HD, Kahle KT, Deniz E. In Xenopus ependymal cilia drive embryonic CSF circulation and brain development independently of cardiac pulsatile forces. Fluids And Barriers Of The CNS 2020, 17: 72. PMID: 33308296, PMCID: PMC7731788, DOI: 10.1186/s12987-020-00234-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCSF circulationOptical coherence tomographyCSF flowVentricular systemEpendymal ciliaCoherence tomographyBrain developmentCross-sectional imaging modalitiesBrain ventricular systemEarly time pointsVentricular morphologyCerebral ventricleRespiratory forceConclusionsOur dataCerebrospinal fluidChoroid plexusVentricular spaceCardiac forceEmbryonic brainPulsatile forcesDeadly diseaseTime pointsImaging modalitiesOCT imagingPathological expansionMutations in SMARCC1 Define a Novel Human Syndrome of Congenital Hydrocephalus
Allocco A, Kundishora A, Viviano S, Deniz E, Kahle K. Mutations in SMARCC1 Define a Novel Human Syndrome of Congenital Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 2020, 67 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa447_578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program (PGDP)
HIC ID1411014977RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2023Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBoth
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor Innovator Award
National AwardHydrocephalus AssociationDetails07/01/2019United States
Clinical Care
Overview
Engin Deniz, MD, is a pediatric critical care specialist who says he thrives on taking care of children—and families—during some of their most trying times.
“In the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, we care for patients who are sickest,” Dr. Deniz says. “When a child is struggling because of a birth defect or because of a severe infection or something else that can be life-threatening, just to be next to them and help them is the most appealing aspect of my job.”
When a child comes into the ICU, the entire family becomes part of the medical team and is actively involved in making decisions, Dr. Deniz says. “Here at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, parents ‘round’ [when various specialists discuss a patient’s medical care] with us,” he says. “Sometimes, care is adjusted and modified based on a parent’s wishes. A child’s well-being goes hand in hand with a parent’s. This is the tradition here, and it works great.”
Dr. Deniz’s research focuses on understanding the genetics of hydrocephalus, a birth defect in which fluid builds up deep inside the cavities, or ventricles, of the brain. He is also an assistant professor of pediatric critical care at Yale School of Medicine.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Original Certification Date
- 2014
Pediatrics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Latest Certification Date
- 2017
- Original Certification Date
- 2009
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