• Combined in silico approach and whole genome sequencing: Acinetobacter baumannii ST218 isolate harboring ADC-73 β-lactamase which has a similar C-loop with ADC-56 and ADC-68 β-lactamase 

  Gülbüz, Melike; Saral Sarıyer, Ayşegül (Elsevier Inc., 2022)

  Purpose: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a noteworthy nosocomial-pathogen and these pathogen-borne infections are difficult to treat. It is significant to make strain typing with WGS and to add new genome ...

• Effects of sprouting and fermentation on the formation of Maillard reaction products in different cereals heated as wholemeal 

  Yıltırak, Süleyman; Kocadağlı, Tolgahan; Evrim Çelik, Ecem; Özkaynak Kanmaz, Evrim; Gökmen, Vural (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

  The concentration and composition of reducing sugars and free amino acids as Maillard reaction (MR) precursors change with grain sprouting. The formation of early and advanced glycation products, and α-dicarbonyl compounds ...

• Modulating of food glycemic response by lactic acid bacteria 

  Mutlu, Ceren; Candal Uslu, Cihadiye; Özhanlı, Hazal; Arslan Tontul, Sultan; Erbaş, Mustafa (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

  There are some strategies for modulating the glycemic response of food through synthesized metabolites such as organic acids, fatty acids, sugar alcohols, bioactive peptides, and exopolysaccharides by bacteria, yeast, ...

• Association between cigarette smoking and breast milk levels of nesfatin-1, irisin, and oxidative stress markers 

  Yıldız, Nesibe; Yılmaz, Adnan; İskender, Hatice; Dokumacıoğlu, Eda (Univ Indonesia, 2021)

  Background: Breast milk is a very important functional food in the prevention of metabolic and chronic diseases. This study aimed to investigate the effects of smoking during pregnancy on the concentrations of nesfatin-1, ...

• Determination of the Nutritional Habits and Anxiety Levels in Individuals with COVID-19 in Turkey 

  İskender, Hatice; Dokumacıoğlu, Eda; Yalap, Osman (Univ Indonesia, 2021)

  Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has spread worldwide since December 2019, has infected and claimed the lives of millions of people. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety ...

• Nationwide study of Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases TEM, SHV and CTX-M in Turkey 

  Çiçek, Ayşegül Çopur; Saral, Ayşegül; Düzgün, Azer Özad; Yaşar, Ekrem; Çizmeci, Ekrem; Balcı, Pervin Özlem; Sarı, Fatma; Fırat, Mehmet; Altıntop, Yasemin Ay; Ak, Sibel; Çalışkan, Ahmet; Yıldız, Nazan; Sancaktar, Metin; Budak, Emine Esra; Ertürk, Ayşe; Özgümüş, Osman Birol; Sandallı, Cemal (Springer Nature, 2013)

  Four hundred and forty extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolates were collected from 10 different hospitals in Turkey between 2011 and 2012. Clinical specimens consisted of urine (80.45%), ...

• Hepatoprotective potential of chestnut bee pollen on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic damages in rats 

  Yıldız, Oktay; Can, Zehra; Saral, Özlem; Yuluğ, Esin; Öztürk, Ferhat; Aliyazıcıoğlu, Rezzan; Canpolat, Sinan; Kolaylı, Sevgi (Hindawi LTD, 2013)

  Bee pollen has been used as an apitherapy agent for several centuries to treat burns, wounds, gastrointestinal disorders, and various other diseases. The aim of our study was to investigate the hepatoprotective effects of ...

• Frequency of angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism in Turkish acute stroke patients 

  Kurt, Hülyam; Bayramoğlu, Ayşegül; Güneş, Hasan Veysi; Özbabalık, Demet; Değirmenci, İrfan; Çolak, Ertuğrul; Coşan Turgut, Didem; Bayram, Banu; Dikmen, Miris (Wiley, 2013)

  This study was performed in acute stroke patients in the Turkish population to determine the frequency of the A1166C polymorphism in the AT1 gene and to examine the role of this polymorphism in acute stroke development. ...

• Investigation of class 1 integrons with antibiotic resistance genes in multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii strains and determination of plant extract effects on multidrug-resistant isolates 

  Saral, Ayşegül; Cinemre, Sedanur; Okumuş, Funda; Akar, Zeynep; Çiçek, Ayşegül Çopur; Düzgün, Azer Özad (Soc Stiinte Farmaceutice Romania, 2021)

  This study aimed to investigate the presence of resistance genes in multidrug-resistant A. baumannii isolates as well as to determine the antibacterial activity of selected plant extracts against isolates. 41 strains were ...

• Formation of bioactive tyrosine derivatives during sprouting and fermenting of selected whole grains 

  Canlı, Merve; Çelik, Ecem Evrim; Kocadağlı, Tolgahan; Özkaynak Kanmaz, Evrim; Gökmen, Vural (Amer Chemical Soc, 2021)

  Sprouting is a popular method in cereal processing because sprouted grains are accepted to have high nutritional value. The increased proteolytic activity by sprouting increases the free amino acids in grains. It was ...

• The effective parameters for subcritical water extraction of SDG lignan from flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) using accelerated solvent extractor 

  Özkaynak Kanmaz, Evrim; Ova, Gülden (Springer, 2013)

  The aim of this study was to investigate the effective parameters for subcritical water extraction of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) lignan from flaxseed using accelerated solvent extractor. For this aim, the ...

• OXA- and GES-type beta-lactamases predominate in extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a Turkish University Hospital 

  Çiçek, Ayşegül Çopur; Saral, Ayşegül; Iraz, Meryem; Ceylan, Ayşenur; Düzgün, Azer Özad; Peleg, Anton Y.; Sandallı, Cemal (Elsevier SCI LTD, 2014)

  We determined the antibiotic susceptibility and genetic mechanisms of resistance in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii from Istanbul, Turkey. A total of 101 clinical strains were collected between November 2011 ...

• Cloning, expression, and characterization of a novel CTP synthase gene from Anoxybacillus gonensis G2 

  Sandallı, Cemal; Saral, Ayşegül; Ülker, Serdar; Karaoğlu, Hakan; Belduz, Ali Osman; Çopur Çiçek, Ayşegül (TUBITAK Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2014)

  The cytidine-5'-triphosphate (CTP) synthase (EC 6.4.3.2) gene (pyrG) was cloned and sequenced from the thermophilic bacterium Anoxybacillus gonensis G2 (Ago). The gene is 1590 bp in length and encodes a protein of 530 amino ...

• Effects of Apelin-13 administration on food and water intake in different photoperiod in male rats 

  Canpolat, Sinan; Saral, Sinan; Özçelik, Eda; Alkanat, Mehmet; Saral, Özlem Bayraktar (Wiley, 2014)

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• Subcritical water extraction of phenolic compounds from flaxseed meal sticks using accelerated solvent extractor (ASE) 

  Özkaynak Kanmaz, Evrim (Springer, 2014)

  Subcritical water extraction (SWE) is a technique based on the use of water as an extractant, at temperatures between 100 and 374 degrees C and at a pressure high enough to maintain the liquid state. SWE provides higher ...

• Determination of a novel integron-located variant (bla(OXA-320)) of Class D beta-lactamase in Proteus mirabilis 

  Çiçek, Ayşegül Çopur; Düzgün, Azer Özad; Saral, Ayşegül; Sandallı, Cemal (Wiley, 2014)

  Proteus mirabilis (P. mirabilis) is one of Gram-negative pathogens encountered in clinical specimens. A clinical isolate (TRP41) of P. mirabilis was isolated from a Turkish patient in Turkey. The isolate was identified ...

• Histopathological findings and apoptosis caused by E. coli in layer birds 

  Kapakin, Kübra Asena Terim; Kapakin, Samet; Kurt, Ali; İskender, Hatice; Altun, Serdar; Çelebi, Demet (Univ Agriculture, 2015)

  In this study, our aim was to evaluate lesions seen in the tissues in terms of histopathology and to investigate the apoptotic cells seen in the tissues when E. coli outbreak occurred in a poultry farm. A total of 48 Lohmann ...

• Distribution of beta-lactamase genes among carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from patients in Turkey 

  Iraz, Meryem; Düzgün, Azer Özad; Sandallı, Cemal; Doymaz, Mehmet Ziya; Akkoyunlu, Yasemin; Saral, Ayşegül; Peleg, Anton Y.; Özgümüş, Osman Birol; Beris, Osman Birol; Beris, Fatih Şaban; Karaoglu, Hakan; Çiçek, Ayşegül Çopur (Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, 2015)

  Background: The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae poses a serious problem to antibiotic management. We investigated the beta-lactamases in a group of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clinical isolates ...

• Thermus anatoliensis sp nov., a thermophilic bacterium from geothermal waters of Buharkent, Turkey 

  Kaçagan, Murat; İnan, Kadriye; Çanakçı, Sabriye; Güler, Halil İbrahim; Belduz, Ali Osman (Wiley, 2015)

  A Gram-stain-negative, lack of motility, catalase- and oxidase- positive bacterium (strain MT1(T)) was isolated from Buharkent hot spring in Aydin, Turkey. Its taxonomy was investigated using a polyphasic approach. The ...

• Biochemical characterization of wild-type and mutant (Q9F and S21Y/V22D) iron oxidases isolated from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans M1 

  Çolak, Dilsat Nigar; Güler, Halil İbrahim; Çanakçı, Sabriye; Belduz, Ali Osman (TUBITAK Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2016)

  Iron oxidase, a member of the high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) family within the iron-sulfur cluster, was thought to be involved in the iron respiratory electron transport chain in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. ...

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