A clinical guide to autoinflammatory diseases: familial Mediterranean fever and next-of-kin

S Ozen, Y Bilginer - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2014 - nature.com
Autoinflammatory diseases are associated with abnormal activation of the innate immune
system, leading to clinical inflammation and high levels of acute-phase reactants. The first …

[HTML][HTML] Kawasaki-like disease in children with COVID-19

…, E Sag, D Vuralli, B Bayrakci, Y Bilginer… - Rheumatology …, 2020 - Springer
Children with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are being reported to have manifestations
of hyperinflammatory states and/or Kawasaki-like disease. In this study, we investigated …

Anakinra treatment in macrophage activation syndrome: a single center experience and systemic review of literature

HE Sönmez, S Demir, Y Bilginer, S Özen - Clinical Rheumatology, 2018 - Springer
Our aim was to report our experiences of pediatric macrophage activation syndrome (MAS)
patients treated with anakinra and to review previous studies reporting anakinra treatment in …

[HTML][HTML] EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever

…, PN Hawkins, S Yuce, T Kallinich, Y Bilginer… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease,
but many rheumatologists are not well acquainted with its management. The objective of …

[HTML][HTML] The MEST score provides earlier risk prediction in lgA nephropathy

…, R Magistroni, R Topaloglu, Y Bilginer… - Kidney international, 2016 - Elsevier
The Oxford Classification of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) includes the following four histologic
components: mesangial (M) and endocapillary (E) hypercellularity, segmental sclerosis (S) and …

DGKE variants cause a glomerular microangiopathy that mimics membranoproliferative GN

…, T Ibsirlioglu, E Korkmaz, Y Bilginer… - Journal of the …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Renal microangiopathies and membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) can manifest similar
clinical presentations and histology, suggesting the possibility of a common underlying …

HLA-DRB1*11 and variants of the MHC class II locus are strong risk factors for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

…, T Schwarz, A Hinks, Y Bilginer… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an often severe, potentially life-threatening
childhood inflammatory disease, the pathophysiology of which is poorly understood. To …

Anti-interleukin 1 treatment for patients with familial Mediterranean fever resistant to colchicine

S Özen, Y Bilginer, NA Ayaz, M Calguneri - The Journal of rheumatology, 2011 - jrheum.org
Objective. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a recessively inherited autoinflammatory
disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and serositis. Although colchicine is the …

Risk factors in community-acquired urinary tract infections caused by ESBL-producing bacteria in children

R Topaloglu, I Er, BG Dogan, Y Bilginer, F Ozaltin… - Pediatric …, 2010 - Springer
In this study, risk factors were investigated in children with community-acquired urinary tract
infections (UTI) caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL)-producing E. coli or …

[HTML][HTML] Application of the International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool one or two years post-biopsy

…, R Magistroni, R Topaloglu, Y Bilginer… - Kidney international, 2022 - Elsevier
The International IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) Prediction Tool is the preferred method in the
2021 KDIGO guidelines to predict, at the time of kidney biopsy, the risk of a 50% drop in …