Local umbilical cord blood renin-angiotensin systemHakan Goker
Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey
Ann Hematol 84:277-81. 2005
..Further studies should focus on the interactions between possible autocrine, paracrine, endocrine, and intracrine actions of the local UCB RAS and growth, engraftment, differentiation, and plasticity functions of HSC of UCB origin...
- Abnormal circadian blood pressure regulation in liver transplanted children
Umut Selda Bayrakci
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Transplant 16:160-4. 2012
..Alteration of the "normal" circadian rhythm is very frequent in liver transplant recipients. Thus, it is recommended to perform ABPM on all liver transplanted children not to underdiagnose HT...
- Renal Fanconi syndrome and myopathy after liver transplantation: drug-related mitochondrial cytopathy?
Umut Selda Bayrakci
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
Pediatr Transplant 12:109-12. 2008
..We suggest that our patient's tubular dysfunction and myopathy may have resulted from mitochondrial dysfunction which is triggered by tacrolimus and augmented by lamivudine...
- Abnormal circadian blood pressure regulation in children born preterm
Umut Selda Bayrakci
Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
J Pediatr 151:399-403. 2007
..To assess a possible relationship between prematurity and casual blood pressure (BP) by means of 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM)...
- Effect of early corticosteroid therapy on development of Henoch-Schönlein nephritis
Umut S Bayrakci
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
J Nephrol 20:406-9. 2007
..The aim of this study was to determine whether corticosteroid therapy was effective in preventing Henoch-Schönlein nephritis...
- Direct adsorption of lipoproteins from whole blood by direct adsorption of lipoprotein apheresis: first experience in two hypercholesterolemic children
Umut Selda Bayrakci
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Ther Apher Dial 9:469-72. 2005
..Based on this short-term evaluation we think that DALI might be safe and effective in children with homozygote familial hypercholesterolemia, however further evaluation of long-term effects is needed...
- Cutoff level to detect heterozygous alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency in Turkish population
Halis Simsek
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatology, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
J Clin Lab Anal 25:296-9. 2011
..The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of AT deficiency in Turkish population and to define the cutoff value of AT level in serum to detect heterozygous AT deficient subjects...
- Assessment of the role of thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor in retinal vein occlusion
Koray Gumus
Department of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey TR 06100
Retina 27:578-83. 2007
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- Piebaldism associated with congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II (HEMPAS)
Seyfettin Koklu
Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Am J Hematol 69:210-3. 2002
..Our case was the first that shows the features of both piebaldism and CDA in the same patient. This association may suggest a stem cell defect to cause both hematopoietic and cutaneous manifestations...
- Endogenous thrombopoietin levels during the clinical management of acute myeloid leukaemia
Can Gonen
Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Platelets 16:31-7. 2005
..TPO levels in distinct AML disease states may explain the unsuccessful recombinant TPO trials and could help to design better strategies for 'pharmacological stimulation of thrombopoiesis' in AML...
- Unchanged global fibrinolytic capacity despite increased factor VIIa activity in Behçet's disease: evidence of a prethrombotic state
Duzgun Ozatli
SSK Dişkapi, Egitim Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ilk Yerleşim Mahallesi, Batikent, Ankara, Turkey
Rheumatol Int 21:137-40. 2002
..These findings suggest a relative hypofibrinolytic state in BD...
- Mutations of the HFE gene among Turkish hereditary hemochromatosis patients
Halis Simsek
Unit of Gasroenterology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Hematol 84:646-9. 2005
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- Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor activity, thrombin-antithrombin complex and D-dimer levels in preterm neonates with early respiratory distress syndrome
Tugba Gursoy
Neonatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Am J Hematol 83:50-3. 2008
..TAFIa is not responsible for the hypofibrinolytic state reported in RDS. However, asphyxia influences TAFIa levels and increased TAFIa levels depress fibrinolysis...
- Is elevated level of soluble endothelial protein C receptor a new risk factor for retinal vein occlusion?
Koray Gumus
Department of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 34:305-11. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Besides known classical risk factors, elevated levels of sEPCR seem to be an important candidate risk factor for especially CRVO...
- Statin potentiates human platelet eNOS activity without enhancing eNOS mRNA and protein levels
Muge Yemisci
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Cerebrovasc Dis 26:190-8. 2008
..Hence, we investigated changes in eNOS activity, mRNA and protein levels after statin treatment in human platelets, which are readily accessible unlike arteries...
- Short and long term effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor during induction therapy in acute myeloid leukemia patients younger than 65: results of a randomized multicenter phase III trial
Meral Beksac
Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Leuk Res 35:340-5. 2011
..001) in multivariate analysis. Female patients performed better than male patients. Better survival obtained among female AML patients needs to be validated within the context of cytogenetic analysis...
- Two unusual cases with Wilson's disease: hepatoma and fulminant hepatitis treated with plasma exchange
Musa Aydinli
Gastroenterology Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
J Natl Med Assoc 98:1989-91. 2006
..Removal of copper and toxic metabolites with plasma exchange therapy may be a way of treatment for fulminant hepatitis associated with Wilson's disease...
- Thrombocytopenia associated with antithrombotic therapy in patients with cardiovascular diseases: diagnosis and treatment
Burcak Kilickiran Avci
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Istanbul, Turkey
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 8:327-39. 2008
..This review highlights the pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory manifestation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of antithrombotic drug-induced thrombocytopenia in cardiovascular diseases...
- Chemotherapy and imatinib-induced molecular remission in lymphoid blast crisis after 20 years of "untreated" chronic myeloid leukemia
Ebru Koca
Am J Hematol 82:333. 2007
