Publications by authors named "M E Sozen"
Species in Small Mammals in Turkey: sp. nov. Isolated from a Ural Field Mouse ().
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
January 2025
The genus is composed of Gram-negative, fastidious, facultative intracellular bacteria that can cause bacteremia in mammals and various disorders in humans. Rodents have been reported as reservoirs of more than 30 species, seven of which cause zoonotic infections. In the present study, the isolation of sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTotally Robotic Donor Nephrectomy for Living Donors Using a Novel Technique: Single-Center Experience.
Exp Clin Transplant
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for living kidney transplants has become widely used since its introduction in 2000, prompting a study of its implementation and a modified surgical technique from 2015 to 2023.
- The study analyzed data from 55 donors, noting demographics like age and body mass index, with most procedures performed on the left kidney and no instances of graft loss among recipients.
- While the new technique shows promise as a safe and effective option, its high cost is a significant concern that calls for future efforts to reduce expenses through innovative methods.
Recent spine studies focused on identifying whether intradiscal vacuum phenomenon (VP) was associated with spinal instability. However, none of them reported a direct association between VP and spinal instability following fusion for degenerative lumbar spine disorders (DSDs), namely junctional disorders. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate whether the VP was predictive for junctional disorders in patients who underwent short-segment lumbar decompression and fusion for DSDs at a tertiary spine center.
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- Orthohantaviruses are significant public health threats, causing various diseases like hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, so monitoring wild rodents for these viruses is crucial for outbreak preparedness.
- Researchers conducted a study from 2015 to 2017 in Southern Anatolia but found no evidence of orthohantavirus infections among the trapped rodents.
- The study suggests that orthohantavirus presence may be influenced by climatic conditions, particularly precipitation and temperature, and emphasizes the need for further research on rodent surveillance in different regions.
Background: The triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype, characterized by loss of HER2, estrogen, and progesterone receptors, displays aggressive phenotype and poor prognosis compared to other BC subtypes. Since the TNBC cells are devoid of receptors, endocrine therapy is an ineffective option for TNBC patients, necessitating canonical chemotherapy strategies to treat TNBC. It is crucial to use alternative and natural agents to support chemotherapy in TNBC.
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