O.C. Begentas, D. Koc, N. Kayali Sendur, P. Besarat, S. Ezgin, M. Temel, H.A. Tokcaer Bora, and E. Kiris (2023). 'Generation and characterization of human induced pluripotent stem cell line METUi002-A from a patient with primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) carrying a heterozygous mutation (c.687dupT (p.Val230CysfsTer28)) in the SLC20A2 gene'. Stem Cell Res. 2023 Oct 18:72:103226. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2023.103226.

S. Yanpallewar, F. Tomassoni-Ardori, M. E. Palko, Z. Hong, E. Kiris, J. Becker, G. Fulgenzi and L. Tessarollo (2022). “TrkA-cholinergic signaling modulates fear encoding and extinction learning in PTSD-like behavior. Translational Psychiatry 12, 111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01869-2

O.C. Begentas, D. Koc, and E. Kiris (2022). "Establishment of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Multiple Sclerosis Patients". Methods in Molecular Biology. doi: 10.1007/7651_2021_453

E. Kiris (2021). 'Human induced pluripotent stem cell-based models for studying sex-specific differences in neurodegenerative diseases'. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2021_683.

E. Sen, K.P. Kota, R.G. Panchal, S. Bavari, and E. Kiris (2021). "Screening of a Focused Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway Inhibitor Library Identifies Small Molecules as Novel Modulators of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Toxicity". Frontiers in Pharmacology, Volume 12, 2659, DOI=10.3389/fphar.2021.763950.

O.C. Begentas, D. Koc, S. Yurtogullari, M. Temel, K.C. Akcali, S. Demirkaya, and E. Kiris (2021). "Generation and characterization of human induced pluripotent stem cell line METUi001-A from a 25-year-old male patient with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis". Stem Cell Research, Volume 53, 102370, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2021.102370.

J. Konstantinovic, E. Kiris, K. Kota, J. Kugelman-Tonos, M. Videnovic, L. H. Cazares, N. Terzic, T. Z. Verbic, M. Zlatovic, B. Andjelkovic, A. J. Duplantier, S. Bavari and B. A. Solaja (2018). New Steroidal 4-Aminoquinolines Antagonize BoNT/A in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Motor Neurons in Post-intoxication Model. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61(4):1595-1608. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01710.

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Y.C. Tsai, A. Kotiya, E. Kiris, M. Yang, S. Bavari, L. Tessarollo, G.A. Oyler, A.M. Weissman (2017). "The deubiquitinating enzyme VCIP135 dictates the duration of botulinum neurotoxin type A intoxication". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(26):E5158-E5166.

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M.C. Choi, P. J. Chung, C. Song, H. P. Miller, E. Kiris, Y. Li, L. Wilson, S.C. Feinstein, and C. R. Safinya (2017). "Paclitaxel Suppresses Tau-Mediated Microtubule Bundling". Biochimica et Biophsica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 1861(1 Pt A):3456-3463. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.09.011.

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S. Puverel*, E. Kiris*, S. Singh, K.D. Klarmann, V. Coppola, J. Keller and L. Tessarollo (2016). "RanBPM (RanBP9) regulates mouse c-Kit receptor level and is essential for normal development of bone marrow progenitor cells". Oncotarget, 2016 Dec 20;7(51):85109-85123. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13198. * Equal Contribution.

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E. Kiris, J. C. Burnett, J. E. Nuss, L. M. Wanner, B. D. Peyser, H. T. Du, G. Y. Gomba, K. P. Kota, R. Panchal, R. Gussio, C.D. Kane, L. Tessarollo, and S. Bavari (2015). "Src family kinase inhibitors antagonize the toxicity of multiple serotypes of Botulinum neurotoxin in human embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons". Neurotoxicity Research, 27:384–398, DOI 10.1007/s12640-015-9526-z. *Selected as the cover illustration for the May 2015 edition of the journal.

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E. Kiris, J. E. Nuss, S. M. Stanford, L. M. Wanner, L. Cazares, M. F. Maestre, H.T. Du, G. Y. Gomba, J. C. Burnett, R. Gussio, N. Bottini, R. Panchal, C. D. Kane, L. Tessarollo, and S. Bavari (2015). "Phosphatase inhibitors function as novel, broad spectrum Botulinum neurotoxin antagonists in mouse and human embryonic stem cell-derived motor neuron-based assays". PLoS One. 2015 Jun 10;10(6):e0129264. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129264.

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E. Kiris, J. C. Burnett, C. D. Kane, and S. Bavari (2014). "Recent advances in Botulinum neurotoxin inhibitor development". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry;14(18):2044-61.

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K. P. Kota, V. Soloveva, L. M. Wanner, G. Y. Gomba, E. Kiris, R. Panchal, C.D. Kane, and S. Bavari (2014). "A High Content Imaging Assay for Identification of Botulinum Neurotoxin Inhibitors". Journal of Visualized Experiments (93), e51915, doi:10.3791/51915.

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E. Kiris*, T. Wang*, S. Yanpallewar, S. Dorsey, J. Becker, S. Bavari, M.E. Palko, V. Coppola, and L. Tessarollo (2014). "TrkA in vivo function is negatively regulated by ubiquitination". The Journal of Neuroscience, Mar 12;34(11):4090-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4294-13.2014. *Equal Contribution. *Highlighted as a featured article by the journal.

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E. Kiris, K.P. Kota, J. C. Burnett, V. Soloveva, C.D. Kane, and S. Bavari (2014). "Recent developments in cell-based assays and stem cell technologies for Botulinum neurotoxin research and drug discovery". Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 2014 Mar;14(2):153-68. doi: 10.1586/14737159.2014.867808.

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E. Kiris, J. E. Nuss, J. C. Burnett, K. P. Kota, D. C. Koh, L. M. Wanner, E. Torres-Melendez, R. Gussio, L. Tessarollo, and S. Bavari (2011). "Embryonic stem cell derived motoneurons provide a highly sensitive cell culture model for botulinum neurotoxin studies, with implications for high-throughput drug discovery". Stem Cell Research, 6, pp 195-205, doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2011.01.002.

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E. Kiris, D. Ventimiglia, M. R. Gaylord, M.E. Sargin, A. Altinok, K. Rose, B.S. Manjunath, M. A. Jordan, L. Wilson and S. C. Feinstein (2011). "Combinatorial Tau Pseudophosphorylation: Markedly different regulatory effects on microtubule assembly and dynamic instability than the sum of the individual parts". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286, 14257-14270, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.219311.

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E.Kiris, D. Ventimiglia, S.C. Feinstein (2010). "Quantitative analysis of MAP-mediated regulation of microtubule dynamic instability in vitro-Focus on tau". Methods in Cell Biology 95:481-503. 

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M.C.Choi, U. Raviv, H. Miller, M. Gaylord, E. Kiris, D. Ventimiglia, L. Wilson, M.W. Kim, S. Feinstein, C.R. Safinya (2009). "Human microtubule-associated-protein tau regulates the number of protofilaments in microtubules: A synchrotron X-ray scattering study". Biophysical Journal.; 97(2):519-27. *Selected as the journal's cover page image; * Highlighted in Faculty of 1000

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A. Altinok, E. Kiris, A.J. Peck, S. C. Feinstein, L. Wilson, B.S. Manjunath, and K. Rose (2007). "Model based dynamics analysis in live cell microtubule images". BMC Cell Biol. 8 (Suppl 1): S4.

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M.E. Sargin, A. Altinok, E. Kiris, L. Wilson, S. Feinstein, K. Rose and B.S. Manjunath (2007). "Tracing microtubules in live cell images". Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI'07), p296-299.