There are various of research at Koç University related to the sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals. This is inevitably incomplete. If you have any additions to the list, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Çiler Çelik Özenci

E-Mail: cozenci@ku.edu.tr

Sustainability Related Research Interests: Reproductive Medicine, Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Sustainability Related Research & Publications:

Adiguzel D, Celik-Ozenci C. FoxO1 is a cell-specific core transcription factor for endometrial remodelling during menstrual cycle and early pregnancy. Hum Reprod Update. 2021 21;27(3):570-583. doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa060. PMID: 33434267

Adiguzel D, Sahin P, Kuscu N, Ozkavukcu S, Bektas NI, Celik-Ozenci C. Spatiotemporal expression and regulation of FoxO1 in mouse uterus during peri-implantation period. PLoS ONE, 2019 May 23;14(5):e0216814. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216814. eCollection 2019.

Ongoing Project: “Assessment of underlying mechanisms of intrauterine growth restriction in pregnant mice due to circadian rhythm disruption”

Ongoing project: “Evaluation of effect of rapamycin treatment on decidual cell subpopulation and endometrial receptivity in pathological decidualization due to abnormal senescence”

Celik-Ozenci C. The flip side of the coin: is the endometrium ready for IVM-derived embryo implantation? J Assist Reprod Genet. 2021. 38(6):1289-1291. doi: 10.1007/s10815-021-02239-5. PMID: 34152512

Ozkavukcu S, Kuscu N, Adiguzel D, Cengiz-Seval G, Celik-Ozenci C. Deleterious Reproductive Effects of Nilotinib in Mouse Model. Reproduction. 2021 161(3):295-306. doi: 10.1530/REP-20- 0548. PMID: 33428589

Celik-Ozenci C, Sircan-Kucuksayan A, Sahin P, Gungor-Ordueri NE, Canpolat M. A non-invasive spectroscopy method predicts the extent of germ cell loss in a testicular damage model. Andrologia. 2021 Jun;53(5):e14010. doi: 10.1111/and.14010. PMID: 33591612

Kuscu N, Gungor-Ordueri NE, Sozen B, Adiguzel D, Celik-Ozenci C. FoxO transcription factors regulate mouse preimplantation embryo development. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 36(10):2121-2133. doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01555-1.

Celik S, Ozkavukcu S, Celik-Ozenci C. Altered expression of activator proteins that control follicle reserve after ovarian tissue cryopreservation/transplantation and prevention of primordial follicle loss by rapamycin. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2020 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s10815-020-01875-7.

Ebru Çelik

E-Mail: ecelik@ku.edu.tr

Sustainability Related Research Interests: Preterm fetus cerviks, microbiota and preterm birt, progesterone in, the short cervical lenght, amnioinfusion in pprom, first trimester screening for ptb, fetal medicine foundation

Evren Şentürk

E-mail: esenturk@ku.edu.tr

Sustainability Related Research Interests: Mechanical ventilation, sepsis, intensive care unit

Sustainability Related Research & Publications:

Uğur Aksu, Halim Ulugöl, Mukadder Orhan Sungur, Evren Şenturk, Kübra Vardar, Mert Senturk, Fevzi Toraman. Effects of short term hyperoxic ventilation on lung, kidney, heart and liver in a rat model: A biochemical evaluation. Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 2020. Doi: 10.14744/TJTES.2020.85529.

S. Neto, C. S. V. Barbas, F. D. Simonis, A. Artigas-Raventós, J. Canet, R. M. Determann, J. Anstey, G. Hedenstierna, S. N. T. Hemmes, G. Hermans, M. Hiesmayr, M. W. Hollmann, S. Jaber, I. Martin-Loeches, G. H. Mills, R. M. Pearse, C. Putensen, W. Schmid, P. Severgnini, R. Smith, T. A. Treschan,E. M. Tschernko, M. F. V. Melo, H. Wrigge, M. G. de Abreu, P. Pelosi, M. J. Schultz; PRoVENT; PROVE Network investigators. Epidemiological characteristics, practice of ventilation, and clinical outcome in patients at risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care units from 16 countries (PRoVENT): an international, multicentre, prospective study. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Nov;4(11):882-893.

Ergin Ozcan P, Akinci OI, Edipoglu I, Senturk E, Baylan S, Cagatay AA, Turkoz KH, Esen F, Telci L, Cakar N. The effects of different recruitment maneuvers on bacterial translocation and ventilatory induced lung injury.  Ulusal Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg DOI 10.5505/tjtes.2015.05406

Esen, G. Orhun, P. E. Ozcan, E. Senturk, M. Kucukerden, M. Giris, U. Akcan, C. U. Yilmaz, N. Orhan, N. Arican, M. Kaya, S. B. Gazioglu, E. Tuzun. Neuroprotective effects of intravenous immunoglobulin are mediated through inhibition of complement activation and apoptosis in a rat model of sepsis. Intensive Care Med Exp. 2017 Dec;5(1):1.

Şiran Keske, Süda Tekin, Bilgin sait, Pelin İrkören, Mahir Kapmaz, Cansu Çimen, Semra Uğur, İrfan Çelebi, Veli Oğuzalpbakır, Erhan Palaoğlu, Evren Şentürk, Benan Çağlayan, Nahit Çakar, Levent Tabak, Önder Ergönül, Number: THEIJID-D-20-02968, Article Title: Appropriate use of Tocilizumab in COVID-19 Infection, International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020

Baykara, H. Akalın, M. K. Arslantaş, V. Hancı, Ç. Çağlayan, F. Kahveci, K. Demirağ, C. Baydemir, N. Ünal; Sepsis Study Group. Epidemiology of sepsis in intensive care units in Turkey: a multicenter, point-prevalence study.  Crit Care. 2018 Apr 16;22(1):93.

G. Atasever, P. E. Ozcan, K. Kasali, T. Abdullah, G. Orhun, E. Senturk. The frequency, risk factors, and complications of gastrointestinal dysfunction during enteral nutrition ina critically ill patients. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2018 Feb 23; 14: 385-391.

Jean-Louis Vincent, Andrew Ferguson, Peter Pickkers, Stephan M. Jakob, Ulrich Jaschinski, Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, Marc Leone, Majid Mokhtari, Luis E. Fontes, Philippe R. Bauer, Yasser Sakr for the ICON Investigators. The clinical relevance of oliguria in the critically ill patient: analysis of a large observational database. Critical Care (2020) 24:171 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02858-x

Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study.

Labeau SO, Afonso E, Benbenishty J, Blackwood B, Boulanger C, Brett SJ, Calvino-Gunther S, Chaboyer W, Coyer F, Deschepper M, François G, Honore PM, Jankovic R, Khanna AK, Llaurado-Serra M, Lin F, Rose L, Rubulotta F, Saager L, Williams G, Blot SI; DecubICUs Study Team, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) Trials Group Collaborators.

Intensive Care Med. 2021 Feb;47(2):160-169. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06234-9. Epub 2020 Oct 9. PMID: 33034686 Free PMC article.