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Selected articles (Basic sciences)  

1) Ozturk DG, Kocak M , Akcay A, Kinoglu K, Kara E, Buyuk Y, Kazan H and Gozuacik D^x. MITF/MIR211 axis is a novel autophagy amplifier system during cellular stress. Autophagy, 2018. Oct 5:1-16. doi:10.1080/15548627.2018.1531197. (Impact factor: 11.1. Times cited: 2). Link.

2) Karakas HE*, Kim JY*, Park  J, Oh JM, Choi Y, Gozuacik D^x, Cho YK^x. A microfluidic chip for screening individual cancer cells via eavesdropping on autophagy inducing crosstalk in the stroma niche. Scientific Reports, 2017. 7(1):2050. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02172-7. (Impact factor: 5.2. Times cited: 8). Link

3) Erbil S, Oral O*, Mitou G*, Cenk Kig, Durmaz-Timucin E, Guven-Maiorov E, Gulacti F, Gokce G, Dengjel J, Sezerman OU, Gozuacik D^x. RACK1 is an Interaction Partner of ATG5 and a Novel Regulator of Autophagy. The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), 2016. 291(32):16753-65. (Impact factor: 4.6. Times cited: 12).Link

4) Bayraktar O, Oral O*, Kocaturk NM*, Akkoc Y, Eberhart K, Kosar A, Gozuacik D^x. IBMPFD Disease-Causing Mutant VCP/p97 Proteins Are Targets of Autophagic-Lysosomal Degradation. PLoS One, 2016, 11(10): e0164864. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164864. (Impact factor: 4. Times cited: 7). Link

5) Tekirdag AK*, Korkmaz G*, Ozturk DG, Agami R, Gozuacik D^x. MIR181A regulates starvation- and rapamycin-induced autophagy through targeting of ATG5. Autophagy, 2013 Mar;9(3):374-85. (Impact factor: 12. Times cited: 105). Link

6) Korkmaz G*, Tekirdag KA*, Ozturk DG, Kosar A, Sezerman OU and Gozuacik D^x. MIR376A is a regulator of starvation-induced autophagy. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(12): e82556. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082556. (Impact factor: 4. Times cited: 32). Link

7) Korkmaz G, le Sage C, Tekirdag AK, Agami R, Gozuacik D^x. MIR376B controls starvation and mTOR inhibition-related autophagy by targeting ATG4C and BECN1. Autophagy, 2012 February; 8(2): 165 – 176. (Impact factor: 12. Times cited: 153). Link

8) Oral O*,  Oz-Arslan D*, Itah Z, Naghavi A, Deveci R, Karacali S, Gozuacik D^x. Cleavage of Atg3 protein by caspase-8 regulates autophagy during receptor-activated cell death. Apoptosis, 2012 Aug; 17(8):810-20. (Impact factor: 4. Times cited: 80). Link 

9) Gozuacik D, Bialik S, Raveh T, Mitou G, Shohat G, Sabanay H, Mizushima N, Yoshimori T, Kimchi A^x. DAP-kinase is a mediator of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced caspase activation and autophagic cell death. Cell Death and Differentiation, 2008 15(12): 1875-86.  (Impact factor: 9. Times cited: 171). Link

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Selected review articles

1) Kocaturk N and Gozuacik D^x. Crosstalk between autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2018. doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2018.00128. (Impact factor: 5.2. Times cited: 14). Link

2) Ozturk DG, Kocak M, Gozuacik D^x. Cloning of Autophagy-Related MicroRNAs. Methods Mol Biol. 2017 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/7651_2017_83. Link 

3) Gozuacik D^x, Akkoc Y, Ozturk DG, Kocak M. Autophagy-Regulating MicroRNAs and Cancer. In the special issue: Self-eating on demand: Autophagy in Cancer and Cancer Therapy (Eds. Agostinis P and Lane J). Frontiers in Oncology, 2017. 7:65. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00065. (Impact factor: 4.4. Times cited: 44). Link

4) Ozlem Oral^x, Yunus Akkoc, Gozuacik D. Physiological and Pathological Significance of Molecular Cross-talk Between Autophagy and Apoptosis. Histology and Histopathology, 2015 Dec 18:11714. (Impact factor: 2. Times cited: 41). Link

5) Gozuacik D^x, Yagci-Acar HF, Akkoc Y, Kosar A, Dogan-Ekici AI, Ekici S. Anticancer use of nanoparticles as nucleic acid carriers. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2014, September; 10(9): 1751-1783. (Impact factor: 5. Times cited: 18). Link

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Selected book chapters 

1) Gozuacik D^x and Kig C. Cell death and autophagy: A historical perspective. In the book: Cell Death 1994-2014. Richard Lockshin and Zahra Zakeri (Eds.). An Anniversary Publication of the International Cell Death Society (ICDS). 2015. Link

2) Tekirdag KA, Ozturk DG, Gozuacik D^x. Regulation of autophagy by miRNAs. In the book: Autophagy: Cancer, Other Pathologies, Inflammation, Immunity, and Infection. Hayat MA (Ed.). Elsevier Academic Press. 2015. ISBN: 9780128010327, Book chapter. Link

3) Arachiche A and Gozuacik D^x. Autophagy in health and disease. In the book: Toxicity and autophagy in neurodegenerative disorders. Jose Manuel Fuentes (Ed.). Springer Publishing. 2015. ISBN: 978-3-319-13938-8, Book chapter. Link

4) Eberhart K, Oral O, Gozuacik D^x. Induction of autophagic cell death by anticancer agents. pp 179-202. In the book: Autophagy: Cancer, Other Pathologies, Inflammation, Immunity, and Infection. Hayat MA (Ed.). Elsevier Academic Press. 2013. ISBN: 9780124055308, Book chapter. Link

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Selected articles (Biomedical sciences)

1) Motezakker A, Sadaghiani AK, Akkoc A, Semsari Parapari S, Gozuacik D, Kosar A^x. Surface modifications for phase change cooling applications via crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 biocoatings. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (17891). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18192-2. (Impact factor: 5.2. Times cited: 2). Link

2) Ozbey A, Karimzadehkhouei M, Akgonul S, Gozuacik D and Kosar A^x. Inertial Focusing of Microparticles in Curvilinear Microchannels (Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) isolation biochip model). Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 38809. (Impact factor: 5.2. Times cited: 8). Link

3) Yar Y, Khodadust R, Akkoc Y, Utkur M, Saritas EU, Gozuacik D, Yagci Acar H^x. Development of Tailored SPION-PNIPAM Nanoparticles by ATRP for Dually Responsive Doxorubicin Delivery and MR Imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018, 6, 289 – 300. (Impact factor: 4.54. Times cited: 2). Link

4) Demir F, Hocaoglu I,Ozturk DG, Gozuacik D, Kiraz A, Yagci Acar H^x. Highly Luminescent and Cytocompatible Cationic Ag2S NIR-emitting Quantum Dots for Optical Imaging and Gene Transfection. Nanoscale, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5NR00189G. (Impact factor: 7.36. Times cited: 26). Link

5) Itah Z*, Oral O*, Perk OY, Sesen M, Demir E, Erbil S, Dogan-Ekici AI, Ekici S, Kosar A, Gozuacik D^x. Hydrodynamic cavitation kills prostate cells and ablates benign prostatic hyperplasia tissue. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2013 November; 238(11): 1242-1250. (Impact factor: 3. Times cited: 7). Link

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