Browsing by Author "Cengiz, Mahir"
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Antibody responses to COVID‐19 vaccines in older adults
Bağ Soytaş, Rabia; Cengiz, Mahir; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; Yavuzer, Hakan (Wiley, 04.2021)AbstractBecause of the senescence of the immune system, antibody response to the COVID‐19 vaccines may differ from older to younger adults. The study aim compares thetiters of SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG antibody of patients≥60 years ... -
The association between SYNTAX Score II and carotid artery disease severity in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting
Ermiş, Emrah; Yıldırım, Erkan; Uçar, Hakan; Allahverdiyev, Samir; Teskin, Önder; Teker, Melike Elif; Ereren, Emrah; Cengiz, Mahir (SAGE Publications, 15-08-2019)The SYNTAX score (SS) and SS II, which include additional clinical parameters, are widely used today for deciding revascularization following coronary angiography. We investigated the association between the presence and ... -
Association of FGF-19 and FGF-21 levels with primary sarcopenia
Bağ Soytaş, Rabia; Suzan, Veysel; Arman, Pınar; Emiroğlu Gedik, Tuğçe; Ünal, Damla; Cengiz, Mahir; Bolayırlı, İbrahim Murat; Erdinçler, Deniz Suna; Döventaş, Alper; Yavuzer, Hakan (Wiley, 10.2021)Aim: Serum fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-19 and FGF-21 levels have been reported to be associated with muscle hemostasis. This study aims to explore the relationship between the levels of these markers and sarcopenia. ... -
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Ermiş, Emrah; Özbay Özyılmaz, Sinem; Salabaş, Emre; Şenol, Cem; Cengiz, Mahir; Allahverdiyev, Samir; Uçar, Hakan (Springer Nature Limited, 09.03.2020)To the Editor. -
Can the reduction of cytokines stop the progression of sepsis?
Koç, Suna; Çelebi, Serdar; Hanikoğlu, Ferhat; Polat, Yaçın; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Dokur, Mehmet; Özer, Türkan; Yavuzer, Serap; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir; Vardar, Gökay; Küpeli, İlke (Cureus, 17.02.2022)Objective: In this study, we aimed to analyze the laboratory and clinical results of cytokine hemadsorption as an immunomodulation therapy in ICU patients diagnosed with sepsis or septic shock. Methods: The levels of ... -
Case report: A COVID-19 patient presenting with mild rhabdomyolysis
Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Yavuzer, Serap; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir (The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 08.2020)The news was reported from the Wuhan region of China about a novel corona virus in the end of 2019. After spreading around the world, a pandemic was declared by the WHO. Depending on the different involvement of the disease, ... -
Circulating miR-21 and eNOS in subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension
Cengiz, Mahir; Yavuzer, Serap; Avcı, Burçak Kılıçkıran; Yürüyen, Mehmet; Yavuzer, Hakan; Dikici, Süleyman Atilla; Karataş, Ömer Faruk; Özen, Mustafa; Uzun, Hafize; Öngen, Zeki (Taylor & Francis Inc., 2015)Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship of miR-21, nitric oxide (NOx) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) with subclinical atherosclerosis in carotid arteries by measuring carotid intima ... -
Circulating miR-21 levels in hypertensive patients with asymptomatic organ damage
Yıldırım, Erkan; Ermiş, Emrah; Allahverdiyev, Samir; Uçar, Hakan; Yavuzer, Serap; Cengiz, Mahir (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2019-08-29)Abstract As a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, presence of hypertension (HT) necessitates the awareness of asymptomatic organ damage (AOD). The aim of this study was to measure plasma micro RNA-21 (miR-21) ... -
COVID 19 seroconversion in the aircrew from Turkey
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir; Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Demirbilek, Mahmut; Dokur, Mehmet; Seyhan, Serhat; Koç, Suna; Yavuzer, Serap (Elsevier, 2021)Background: Pneumonia due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading rapidly all over the world and air travel is the leading transmission route of the virus among countries. The aim of the study is ... -
De-novo development of fragmented QRS during a six-month follow-up period in patients with COVID-19 disease and its cardiac effects
Stavileci, Berna; Özdemir, Emrah; Özdemir, Bahar; Ereren, Emrah; Cengiz, Mahir (Elsevier, 01.05.2022)Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the probability of de-novo fQRS in patients with mild COVID-19 disease, as an indicator of cardiac injury. Methods: Data of 256 patients with normal admission electrocardiography ... -
Determining host factors contributing to disease severity in a family cluster of 29 hospitalized SARS‐CoV‐2 patients: Could genetic factors be relevant in the clinical course of COVID‐19?
İkitimur, Hande; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Cengiz, Mahir; İkitimur, Barış; Uysal, Harun; Özcan, Erkan; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Seyhan, Serhat; Yavuzer, Hakan; Yavuzer, Serap (Wiley Periodicals, 10.2020)In this study, we report a large family cluster consisting of 29 genetically related patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19). We sought to determine the clinical characteristics relevant to the ... -
The diagnostic and predictive roles of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio for severity of disease in COVID 19 patients
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; İkitimur, Hande; Seyhan, Serhat; Koç, Suna; Cengiz, Mahir (Clinical Laboratory, 2021)Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are inflammation markers in inflammatory, cardiovascular, and malignant diseases and are important to assess prognosis. ... -
Differential expression of hypertension-associated microRNAs in the plasma of patients with white coat hypertension
Cengiz, Mahir; Karataş, Ömer Faruk; Koparır, Erkan; Yavuzer, Serap; Ali, Chayar; Yavuzer, Hakan; Kırat, Emre; Karter, Yesari; Özen, Mustafa (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015)White coat hypertension (WCH) is a high cardiovascular risk condition, and a fundamental understanding of the cause and pathophysiology of the disorder is still lacking. Recent studies demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) ... -
Does the COVID-19 seroconversion in older adults resemble the young?
Bağ Soytaş, Rabia; Cengiz, Mahir; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; İkitimur, Hande; Yavuzer, Hakan; Yavuzer, Serap (Wiley, 10.2021)High antibody titers have been found to correlate with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease. Therefore, antibody titers may be higher in older adults, whose disease is known to have a more severe ... -
Does the use of herbal medicine affect adherence to medication - a cross sectional study of outpatients with chronic disease?
İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; Cengiz, Mahir (Elsevier B.V., 26.03.2021)Introduction: The use of herbal medicine is common and is increasing globally but it is unknown whether this affects patients’ use of western medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate whether herbal medicine (HM) ... -
Geriatri kliniğinde yatan hastaların enfeksiyon özellikleri
Özkök, Serdar; Cengiz, Mahir; Bağ Soytaş, Rabia; Avcı, Suna; Yavuzer, Hakan; Döventaş, Alper; Erdinçler, Deniz Suna (Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, 07.2020)Amaç: Çalışmamızda, yatarak tedavi gören yaşlılardaki enfeksiyon sıklığını, özelliklerini, ateş varlığını ve enfeksiyon hastalarında yatış süresini etkileyen parametreleri değerlendirmeyi amaçladık. Yöntemler: Çalışmaya ... -
The importance of thiol / disulfide homeostasisand ischemia-modified albumin levels in acute coronary syndrome and their relationship with angiographic scoring systems
Ermiş, Emrah; Hanikoğlu, Ferhat; Uçar, Hakan; Allahverdiyev, Samir; Yıldırım, Erkan; Neşelioğlu, Salim; Erel, Özcan; Dokur, Mehmet; Cengiz, Mahir (European Journal of Therapeutics, 12.2020)Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the differences in thiol/disulfide homeostasis- and ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels that are known to be associated with oxidative damage in patients with ... -
Inflammatory markers of contrast - induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Yıldırım, Erkan; Ermiş, Emrah; Cengiz, Mahir (Wolters Kluwer Health, 10-09-2019)Objective: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is among the serious complications of invasive cardiovascular procedures that are performed with the administration of contrast agents. We investigated the role of the inflammatory ... -
Measurement of antibody levels in patients with COVID-19 over time by immunofluorescence assay: a longitudinal observational study
Börkü Uysal, Betül; Yavuzer, Serap; İslamoğlu, Mehmet Sami; Cengiz, Mahir (SAGESAGE Publications, 01.2022)Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, antibody screening is a critical tool to assess anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunity. We examined variation in ... -
Predictive clinical factors of chronic peripheral neuropathy induced by oxaliplatin
Yıldırım, Nilgün; Cengiz, Mahir (Springer Nature Switzerland, 17-01-2020)Purpose We aimed to identify potential clinical parameters that can be easily obtained by a pre-treatment clinicopathological evaluation and whole blood test to estimate the development of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral ...
