Takayasu arteritis: a geographically distant but immunologically proximal MHC-I-opathy

Authors: Abacar, Kerem ^{a, b}, Macleod, Tom ^a, Direskeneli, Haner ^b, McGonagle, Dennis ^{a, *}

Source: In The Lancet Rheumatology April 2025 7(4):e290-e302

Influence of gender on Behçet's disease phenotype and irreversible organ damage: Data from the International AIDA Network Behçet's Disease Registry

Authors: Sota, Jurgen ^a, Ragab, Gaafar ^{b, c}, AlMaglouth, Ibrahim ^d, Lopalco, Giuseppe ^e, Tufan, Abdurrahman ^f, Direskeneli, Haner ^g, Hinojosa-Azaola, Andrea ^h, Mayrink Giardini, Henrique Ayres ⁱ, Guerriero, Silvana ^j, Triggianese, Paola ^k, Sfikakis, Petros P. ^l, Piga, Matteo ^m, Ruscitti, Piero ⁿ, Govoni, Marcello ^o, Iagnocco, Annamaria ^p, Carubbi, Francesco ^q, Hernández-Rodríguez, José ^r, Laymouna, Ahmed Hatem ^b, Mahmoud, Ayman Abdel-Monem Ahmed ^b, Ghanema, Mahmoud ^b, Aboabat, Aos A. ^d, Asfina, Kazi Nur ^d, Alanazi, Fehaid ^d, Morrone, Maria ^e, Spedicato, Veronica ^e, Kucuk, Hamit ^f, Kardas, Riza ^f, Alibaz Öner, Fatma ^g, Sevik, Gizem ^g, Torres-Ruiz, Jiram ^h, Kawakami-Campos, Perla Ayumi ^h, Parente de Brito Antonelli, Isabelle ⁱ, Dammacco, Rosanna ^j, Chimenti, Maria Sole ^k, Arida, Katerina ^l, Floris, Alberto ^m, Gentile, Martina ⁿ, Ruffilli, Francesca ^o, Bellis, Elisa ^p, Alunno, Alessia ^q, Espinosa, Gerard ^r, Gentileschi, Stefano ^a, Gaggiano, Carla ^a, Vitale, Antonio ^a, Caggiano, Valeria ^a, Lopez, Roberta ^a, Tarsia, Maria ^a, Monti, Sara ^s, Hatemi, Gülen ^{t, u}, Karakoç, Alican ^t, Frassi, Micol ^v, Giacomelli, Roberto ^w, Tharwat, Samar ^{x, y}, Thabet, Maissa ^z, Ciccia, Francesco ^aa, Emmi, Giacomo ^{ab, ac, ad}, Viapiana, Ombretta ^ae, Şahin, Ali ^af, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico ^ag, Batu, Ezgi Deniz ^ah, Ozen, Seza ^ah, Sener, Seher ^ah, Opris-Belinski, Daniela ^ai, Costi, Stefania ^aj, Conforti, Alessandro ^ak, Cattalini, Marco ^al, Bartoloni, Elena ^am, Akkoç, Nurullah ^an, Gunduz, Ozgul Soysal ^an, Conti, Giovanni ^ao, Maier, Armin ^ap, Giardina, Annarita ^aq, Li Gobbi, Francesca ^ar, Parronchi, Paola ^as, Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^at, Breda, Luciana ^au, De Paulis, Amato ^{av, aw}, Carreño, Ester ^ax, La Torre, Francesco ^ay, Więsik-Scewczyk, Ewa ^az, de-la Torre, Alejandra ^ba, Mejía-Salgado, Germán ^ba, Shahram, Farhad ^bb, Guiducci, Serena ^bc, Maggio, Maria Cristina ^bd, Aragona, Emma ^be, Rigante, Donato ^{bf, bg}, Ciavarro, Alessandro ^bh, Önen, Fatos ^bi, Erten, Şükran ^bj, Insalaco, Antonella ^bk, Del Giudice, Emanuela ^bl, Barone, Patrizia ^bm, Gicchino, Francesca ^bn, Brucato, Antonio ^bo, Lo Gullo, Alberto ^bp, Mauro, Angela ^{bq, br}, Karamanakos, Anastasios ^bs, Balistreri, Alberto ^bt, Mazzei, Maria Antonietta ^bu, Frediani, Bruno ^a, Fabiani, Claudia ^{bv, 1}, Cantarini, Luca ^{a, 1, ⁎}

Source: In Joint Bone Spine March 2025 92(2)

Prevalence and target attainment of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study including 3401 individuals from 24 countries

Authors: Bellomio, Veronica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Khmelinskii, Nikita, Monticielo, Odirlei Andre, Portela Hernández, Margarita, Saavedra Salinas, Miguel Angel, Scolnik, Marina, Silva Montandon, Ana Carolina, Yilmaz, Esin, Zucchi, Dina, Bolla, Eleana, Semb, Anne Grete, Kerola, Anne M, Ikdahl, Eirik, Petri, Michelle, Pons-Estel, Guillermo J, Karpouzas, George A, Sfikakis, Petros P, Quintana, Rosana, Misra, Durga Prasanna, Borba, Eduardo Ferreira, Garcia-de la Torre, Ignacio, Popkova, Tatiana V, Artim-Esen, Bahar, Troldborg, Anne, Fragoso-Loyo, Hilda, Ajeganova, Sofia, Yazici, Ayten, Aroca-Martinez, Gustavo, Direskeneli, Haner, Ugarte-Gil, Manuel F, Mosca, Marta, Goyal, Mohit, Svenungsson, Elisabet, Macieira, Carla, Hoi, Alberta, Lerang, Karoline, Costedoat-Chalumeau, Nathalie, Tincani, Angela, Mirrakhimov, Erkin, Acosta Colman, Isabel, Danza, Alvaro, Massardo, Loreto, Blagojevic, Jelena, Yılmaz, Neslihan, Tegzová, Dana, Yavuz, Sule, Korkmaz, Cengiz, Hachulla, Eric, Moreno Alvarez, Mario J, Muñoz-Louis, Roberto, Pantazis, Nikos, Tektonidou, Maria G ^*

Source: In The Lancet Rheumatology July 2024 6(7):e447-e459

Comparison of methotrexate and azathioprine as the first-line steroid-sparing immunosuppressive agents in patients with Takayasu's arteritis

Authors: Kaymaz-Tahra, Sema, Bayindir, Ozun, Ince, Burak, Ozdemir İsik, Ozlem, Kutu, Muhammet Emin, Karakas, Ozlem, Yildirim, Tuba Demirci, Ademoglu, Zeliha, Ediboglu, Elif Durak, Uludogan, Burcu Ceren Ekti, Ilgin, Can, Bilge, Nazife Sule Yasar, Kasifoglu, Timucin, Akar, Servet, Emmungil, Hakan, Onen, Fatos, Omma, Ahmet, Kanitez, Nilufer Alpay, Yazici, Ayten, Cefle, Ayse, Inanc, Murat, Aksu, Kenan, Keser, Gokhan, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma

Source: In Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism June 2024 66

Angiographic findings of pulmonary arterial involvement in Behcet's Disease: Do they correlate with symptoms and acute phase response?

Authors: Aksoy, Aysun, Kocakaya, Derya, Demircioglu, Ozlem, Cimsit, Nuri Cagatay, Yildizeli, Bedrettin, Karakurt, Sait, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma

Source: In Respiratory Medicine January 2024 221

The administration of methotrexate in patients with Still's disease, “real-life” findings from AIDA Network Still Disease Registry

Authors: Ruscitti, Piero, Sota, Jurgen, Vitale, Antonio, Lopalco, Giuseppe, Iannone, Florenzo, Morrone, Maria, Giardini, Henrique Ayres Mayrink, D'Agostin, Marília Ambuel, Antonelli, Isabelle Parente de Brito, Almaghlouth, Ibrahim, Asfina, Kazi Nur, Khalil, Najma, Sfikakis, Petros P., Laskari, Katerina, Tektonidou, Maria, Ciccia, Francesco, Iacono, Daniela, Riccio, Flavia, Ragab, Gaafar, Hussein, Mohamed A., Govoni, Marcello, Ruffilli, Francesca, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma, Giacomelli, Roberto, Navarini, Luca, Bartoloni, Elena, Riccucci, Ilenia, Martín-Nares, Eduardo, Torres-Ruiz, Jiram, Cipriani, Paola, Di Cola, Ilenia, Hernández-Rodríguez, José, Gómez-Caverzaschi, Verónica, Dagna, Lorenzo, Tomelleri, Alessandro, Makowska, Joanna, Brzezinska, Olga, Iagnocco, Annamaria, Bellis, Elisa, Caggiano, Valeria, Gaggiano, Carla, Tarsia, Maria, Mormile, Ilaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Sfriso, Paolo, Monti, Sara, Erten, Şükran, Del Giudice, Emanuela, Lubrano, Riccardo, Conti, Giovanni, Olivieri, Alma Nunzia, Lo Gullo, Alberto, Tharwat, Samar, Karamanakos, Anastasios, Gidaro, Antonio, Maggio, Maria Cristina, La Torre, Francesco, Cardinale, Fabio, Ogunjimi, Benson, Maier, Armin, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Opris-Belinski, Daniela, Frassi, Micol, Viapiana, Ombretta, Bizzi, Emanuele, Carubbi, Francesco, Fotis, Lampros, Tufan, Abdurrahman, Kardas, Riza Can, Więsik-Szewczyk, Ewa, Jahnz-Różyk, Karina, Fabiani, Claudia, Frediani, Bruno, Balistreri, Alberto, Rigante, Donato, Cantarini, Luca

Source: In Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism October 2023 62

Clinical trait-specific genetic analysis in Behçet's disease identifies novel loci associated with ocular and neurological involvement

Authors: Casares-Marfil, Desiré, Esencan, Deren, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma, Çefle, Ayşe, Yazıcı, Ayten, Duzgun, Nursen, Aşık, Mehmet Ali, Özbek, Süleyman, Cinar, Muhammet, Alpsoy, Erkan, Bilge, Sule Yasar, Kasifoglu, Timucin, Saruhan-Direskeneli, Guher, Direskeneli, Haner, Sawalha, Amr H.

Source: In Clinical Immunology August 2023 253

Intima-media thickness of common femoral vein is increased in Behçet's disease

Authors: Sevik, Gizem, Ergelen, Rabia, Ağaçkıran, Seda Kutluğ, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma

Source: In Clinical Immunology May 2023 250

Earlier and more aggressive treatment with biologics may prevent relapses and further new organ involvement in Behçet's disease

Authors: Bozkurt, Tugce, Karabacak, Murat, Karatas, Hakan, Kutluğ Ağaçkıran, Seda, Ergun, Tulin, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma

Source: In Clinical Immunology March 2023 248

Sex-specific analysis in Behçet's disease reveals higher genetic risk in male patients

Authors: Jo, Yun Gun, Ortiz-Fernández, Lourdes, Coit, Patrick, Yilmaz, Vuslat, Yentür, Sibel P., Alibaz-Oner, Fatma, Aksu, Kenan, Erken, Eren, Düzgün, Nursen, Keser, Gokhan, Cefle, Ayse, Yazici, Ayten, Ergen, Andac, Alpsoy, Erkan, Salvarani, Carlo, Kısacık, Bünyamin, Kötter, Ina, Henes, Jörg, Çınar, Muhammet, Schaefer, Arne, Nohutcu, Rahime M., Takeuchi, Fujio, Harihara, Shinji, Kaburaki, Toshikatsu, Messedi, Meriam, Song, Yeong-Wook, Kaşifoğlu, Timuçin, Martin, Javier, González Escribano, María Francisca, Saruhan-Direskeneli, Güher, Direskeneli, Haner, Sawalha, Amr H.

Source: In Journal of Autoimmunity October 2022 132

Multimodal Approach of Isolated Pulmonary Vasculitis: A Single-Institution Experience

Authors: Yanartaş, Mehmed, Karakoç, Ayşe Zehra, Zengin, Ahmet, Taş, Serpil, Olgun-Yildizeli, Şehnaz, Mutlu, Bülent, Ataş, Halil, Alibaz-Öner, Fatma, İnanç, Nevsun, Direskeneli, Haner, Bozkurtlar, Emine, Erkilinç, Atakan, Çimşit, Çagatay, Bekiroğlu, G. Nural, Yildizeli, Bedrettin

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery October 2022 114(4):1253-1261

Screening for familial disease presence in first-degree relatives of Behçet's disease patients: Is measurement of common femoral vein wall thickness valuable for the diagnosis?

Authors: Boncukcuoğlu, Ayşe Elif, Topal, Erhan, Ergelen, Rabia, Kaş, Dilara, Alkan, Elifnur, Kaya, Gamzenur, Girgin, Şevket, Ergun, Tülin, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma

Source: Modern Rheumatology; Mar2025, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p371-377, 7p

Subject Terms: BEHCET'S disease, FEMORAL vein, ERYTHEMA nodosum, DOPPLER ultrasonography, GENETIC disorders

Vitamin D levels in patients with small and medium vessel vasculitis

Alternate Title: Niveles de vitamina D en pacientes con vasculitis de pequeños y vasos medianos (Spanish; Castilian)

Authors: Korkmaz, Fatma Nur, Ozen, Gulsen, Unal, Ali Ugur, Odabasi, Asli, Can, Meryem, Asıcıoglu, Ebru, Tuglular, Serhan, Direskeneli, Haner

Source: In Reumatología clínica (English Edition) March 2022 18(3):141-146

Biologic treatments in Takayasu's Arteritis: A comparative study of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and tocilizumab

Authors: Alibaz-Oner, Fatma, Kaymaz-Tahra, Sema, Bayındır, Özün, Yazici, Ayten, Ince, Burak, Kalkan, Kübra, Kanıtez, Nilüfer Alpay, Kocaer, Sinem Burcu, Yasar Bilge, Nazife Sule, Omma, Ahmet, Durak, Elif, Ilgın, Can, Akar, Servet, Kaşifoğlu, Timuçin, Önen, Fatoş, Emmungil, Hakan, İnanç, Murat, Cefle, Ayşe, Aksu, Kenan, Keser, Gökhan, Direskeneli, Haner

Source: In Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism December 2021 51(6):1224-1229

Predictors for the risk and severity of post-thrombotic syndrome in vascular Behçet's disease

Authors: Aksoy, Aysun, Colak, Seda, Yagiz, Burcu, Coskun, Belkıs Nihan, Omma, Ahmet, Yildiz, Yasin, Sari, Alper, Atas, Nuh, Ilgin, Can, Karadag, Ömer, Erden, Abdülsamet, Dalkilic, Ediz, Bolca, Naile, Ergelen, Rabia, Onur, Mehmet Ruhi, Direskeneli, Haner, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma

Source: In Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders November 2021 9(6):1451-1459

Childhood-onset versus adult-onset Takayasu arteritis: A study of 141 patients from Turkey

Authors: Karabacak, Murat, Kaymaz-Tahra, Sema, Şahin, Sezgin, Yıldız, Mehmet, Adroviç, Amra, Barut, Kenan, Direskeneli, Haner, Kasapçopur, Özgür, Alibaz-Öner, Fatma

Source: In Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism February 2021 51(1):192-197

Identification of susceptibility loci for Takayasu arteritis through a large multi-ancestral genome-wide association study

Authors: Ortiz-Fernández, Lourdes, Saruhan-Direskeneli, Güher, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma, Kaymaz-Tahra, Sema, Coit, Patrick, Kong, Xiufang, Kiprianos, Allan P., Maughan, Robert T., Aydin, Sibel Z., Aksu, Kenan, Keser, Gokhan, Kamali, Sevil, Inanc, Murat, Springer, Jason, Akar, Servet, Onen, Fatos, Akkoc, Nurullah, Khalidi, Nader A., Koening, Curry, Karadag, Omer, Kiraz, Sedat, Forbess, Lindsy, Langford, Carol A., McAlear, Carol A., Ozbalkan, Zeynep, Yavuz, Sule, Çetin, Gozde Yildirim, Alpay-Kanitez, Nilufer, Chung, Sharon, Ates, Askin, Karaaslan, Yasar, McKinnon-Maksimowicz, Kathleen, Monach, Paul A., Ozer, Hüseyin T.E., Seyahi, Emire, Fresko, Izzet, Cefle, Ayse, Seo, Philip, Warrington, Kenneth J., Ozturk, Mehmet A., Ytterberg, Steven R., Cobankara, Veli, Onat, Ahmet Mesut, Duzgun, Nurşen, Bıcakcıgil, Muge, Yentür, Sibel P., Lally, Lindsay, Manfredi, Angelo A., Baldissera, Elena, Erken, Eren, Yazici, Ayten, Kısacık, Bünyamin, Kaşifoğlu, Timuçin, Dalkilic, Ediz, Cuthbertson, David, Pagnoux, Christian, Sreih, Antoine, Reales, Guillermo, Wallace, Chris, Wren, Jonathan D., Cunninghame-Graham, Deborah S., Vyse, Timothy J., Sun, Ying, Chen, Huiyong, Grayson, Peter C., Tombetti, Enrico, Jiang, Lindi, Mason, Justin C., Merkel, Peter A., Direskeneli, Haner, Sawalha, Amr H.

Source: In The American Journal of Human Genetics 7 January 2021 108(1):84-99

Does Extended Vascular Screening Be Performed in All Asymptomatic Behçet's Disease Patients With Previously Diagnosed Vascular Involvement or Unexplained Inflammatory Response?

Authors: Direskeneli, Haner¹ (AUTHOR) hanerdireskeneli@gmail.com, Abacar, Kerem Yiğit¹ (AUTHOR), Alibaz‐Oner, Fatma¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. Dec2024, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p1-4. 4p.

Subject Terms: *BEHCET'S disease, *VENOUS thrombosis, *ASYMPTOMATIC patients, *BUDD-Chiari syndrome, *CEREBRAL embolism & thrombosis

Analysis of proinflammatory cytokine responses in Takayasu arteritis.

Authors: Deniz, Rabia, Tulunay-Virlan, Aysın, Ozdemir, Filiz Ture, Unal, Ali Ugur, Ozen, Gulsen, Alibaz-Oner, Fatma, Aydin-Tatli, Imren, Direskeneli, Haner

Source: Archives of Rheumatology; Dec2024, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p598-606, 9p

Subject Terms: VASCULITIS, CROSS-sectional method, FLOW cytometry, T cells, DATA analysis, ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay, KRUSKAL-Wallis Test, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, CELL culture, MONOCLONAL antibodies, INTERFERONS, STATISTICS, CYTOKINES, TAKAYASU arteritis, INFLAMMATION, STAINS & staining (Microscopy), DATA analysis software, INTERLEUKINS, NONPARAMETRIC statistics

Efficacy and Safety of CT-P13 as First- and Second-Line Treatment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Authors: Uslu, Sadettin, Gülle, Semih, Sen, Gercek, Capar, Sedat, Senel, Soner, Dalkılıc, Ediz, Akar, Servet, Koca, Süleyman Serdar, Tufan, Abdurrahman, Yazici, Ayten, Yilmaz, Sema, Inanc, Nevsun, Birlik, Merih, Solmaz, Dilek, Cefle, Ayse, Goker, Berna, Direskeneli, Haner, Yolbas, Servet, Steen Krogh, Niels, Yilmaz, Neslihan

Source: Journal of Clinical Medicine; Dec2024, Vol. 13 Issue 23, p7266, 11p

Subject Terms: TERMINATION of treatment, ANKYLOSING spondylitis, BIOLOGICAL databases, MONOCLONAL antibodies, DATA analysis