Ahmet ARMAN
Education
and Degrees:
Postdoct:
PhD: Molecular and Cellular Biology,
MSc: Molecular
Genetics,
BSc: Department
of Biology,
Area
and Interests:
Molecular
Mechanism of Growth and Inflammation related diseases
Current
Position:
Associate Professor
ADDRESS:
Molecular Genetics and Cell Culture Lab, #:405
Tel: (0216)
348-0292/608 (Office), 727 (lab)
Fax: (0216) 345-0126
Email:ahmetarman@marmara.edu.tr
teachıng courses
Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Signal Transduction,
Molecular Biology Lab., Medical Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics, Prokaryotic
and Eukaryotic Gene Expresssion, Cell Culture Techniques, Genetic Engineering,
Recombinant DNA Technology, Cell Biology, Yeast Genetics, Drosophila Genetics,
Biotechnology, Microbiology,
Associate
Prof. Department of Engineering,
Assistant
Prof. Department of Engineering, Marmara University,
2002-2008
Postdoct,
Teaching
Assistant,
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, 1996-1999.
Lab
Technician, In the laboratory of Dr. John Kopchick, Edison Biotechnology Institute,
Ohio University, 1995-1996.
Biology
Teacher,
MSc Students and THEIR Thesis:
Coker, A. “Determination of the relationship between Coronary
Artery Disease and IL-1 RN gene
polymorphism at molecular level”,
Becit, K., “Determination of the relationship between IL-1
family gene polymorphisms and Parkinson disease”
Sarioz O., “Determination of
the relationship between IL-6 polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis disease at
molecular level”
PhD student and Thesıs:
Coker, A.,” Cloning of human growth hormone gene,
expression in both mammalian and bacteria and characterization of growth
hormone deficiency disease in Turkish children”,
GRANTS:
·
Determination of Cathepsin k mutations in Pycnodysostosis
patients and the relationship between phenotype and genotypes, MU Scientific Research Fund, Health, Researcher and Project designer, 2009, 40 000 TL.
·
Genetic characterization of children with
isolated growth hormone deficiency, Tubitak Fast Fund program, SBAG-HD-282 (107S442), Principle investigator, 2008, 20 000 TL.
·
The relationship between IL-6 promoter
polymorphisms and Rheumatoid Arthritis at molecular level, MU Scientific Research Fund, HEALTH-067/060904, Principle investigator, 2006, 7.500 YTL.
·
The relationship between Interleukin 1
Family polymorphisms and Rheumatoid Arthritis, MU
Scientific Research Fund, HEALTH
-067/060904, Principle investigator, 2006, 18.955 YTL.
·
Determination of the relationship between
Coronary Artery Disease and IL-1 RN gene
polymorphism at molecular level, MU
Scientific Research Fund, HEALTH- 067/060904, Principle investigator, 2006, 4.378 YTL.
·
Determination
of children with laron syndrome in Turkey,
Goverment Planning Inst.,
K120810, Principle investigator, 2005, 250.000 YTL .
·
The relationship between Interleukin 1
Family polymorphisms and Parkinson Disease, MU Scientific Research Fund, Principle investigator, 2007, 4.750 YTL.
·
Characterization
of molecules involved in IL-1 and IL-18 signaling in Behcet’s diseas, MU Scientific Research Fund, Principle investigator, 2007, 40.000 YTL
·
Determination
of the relationship between IL-1 gene family polymorphisms and MS diseases at
Molecular level, Göztepe Government
Hospital, Principle investigator, 2007, 4000 YTL.
·
Cloning of human growth hormone gene,
expression in both mammalian and bacteria and characterization of growth
hormone deficiency disease in Turkish children, MU Scientific Research Fund, Principle
investigator,
2007, 22. 500
YTL
·
Genetic Characterization of Pycnodysostosis patients
MU Medical School Foundation. Researcher, 2007, 4.500 YTL.
MOLECULAR GENETICS
AND CELL CULTURE LABORATORY
Molecular Genetics and Cell Culture Lab was
set up by Government Planning Inst.
and Marmara University Research Funds.
1-2 years
fellowship from
2-2.5 years
stipend from Molecular and Cellular Biology program in Department
of Biological
Sciences,
3- 6 years
scholarship from Ministry of Education of
4- 3 years
scholarship from
A) Genomics and Diseases
(Regarding to Inflammation, Dr. Siyami
Hersek Hospital,
B) Human Growth Hormone
Receptor Studies (
C) Human Growth Hormone
Studies
D) Characterization of
isolated GHD children in
E) Pycnodysostosis studies (
F) Characterization of molecules involved in IL-1 and
IL-18 signaling in neutrophils of behcet’s
patients
Past research interests
a) Characterization of
molecules involved in Interleukin 1 signaling (IL-1) using Hep3B cell lines
b) Elucidation of
domains in intracellular domain of Interleukin 1 Receptor involved in
IL-1R signaling.
c) Characterization of Stat3
molecules induced by IL-1 and the interaction of Stat3 with NF-kb
Ph.D.
a) In vitro isolation and characterization of single stranded derived
aptamers specific for the extracellular
domain of Growth Hormone Receptor (GHR). Also, long term objective, use these
aptamers as therapeutic agents to treat people suffering from advense effects
of excessive Growth hormone (GH), for example in acromegaly, gigantism and
diabetes.
b) In
vitro mutagenesis studies on the
extracellular and intracellular region of Growth
Hormone Receptor (GHR) for aptamer
targeting.
c) Characterization of mutated and deleted
motifs of the intracellular and the
extracellular domain of GHR in cell
culture systems.
Transformation, miniprep and large scale plasmid
isolation, expression of prokaryotic genes in E. coli, GST-pull down assay, in
vitro translation, cloning of cDNA and genomic genes, polymerase chain
reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, southern, northern, western, slot blotting,
receptor binding, restriction digestion, restriction mapping, ligation and in vitro mutagenesis, internalization,
selection of ssDNAs for target protein (in
vitro selection or SELEX), screening library, cell culture, transfection,
isolation of stable clones, EMSA, expression of mammalian genes in the
mammalian cells, luciferase reporter assay.
CONFERECES/SEMINARS ATTENDED
1-
DNA Technology Meeting,
2-
Endocrine Society Meeting,
3-
4-
Biyomut 2002
5-
The 2002 Oncology Meeting in
6-
Biyomut 2004
7-
To day and Tomorrow for Arteriosclerosis
Symposium, Istanbul/TURKEY, 2005
8-
Genetics Diagnostics,
9-
DNA Computing , Turing Days’2005
10- Pharmogenetics
studies in Medical applications for individual medicine Symposium,
11- Biyomut
2006
12- International
Gene Therapy Symposium,
13- Antioxidative
Stress and Antioxidants: Life it is not so simple, Molecular Medicine, 2007.
REVIEWER
International
Cytokine, European Cytokine Network, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Human Immunology
ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS:
Member
of
MEMBERSHIPS:
The Endocrine Society Membership,
International, Cytokine Society Membership, Medical Biology and Genetics
Membership
TALKS:
1. The Functional domains of GHR are involved
in GH-signaling (1999) Pulmonary Biology Division,
2. Characterization of intracellular regions
of the GHR involved in GH-signaling (2000)
3. Growth Hormone Signaling Pathway (2000) Molecular
Biology and Genetics Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul/Turkey.
4. Characterization of molecules involved in
IL-1 signaling (2001)
5. Primer Design and Comparison of DNA (2002) Institute of Pure
and Applied Sciences,
6. MSc and PhD Education in
7. Stat3 is activated by Interleukin 1(IL-1)
and interacts with NF-kB in The IXth International Symposium on Biomedical
Sciences & Technology, 2002,
8. Growth Hormone Signaling, Functional
Studies on Growth Hormone Receptor for GH-JAK-STAT Signaling, Biomed2004,
9. Arman A, Yılmaz B, Coker A, Inanc N,
Direskeneli H, Determination of the relationship between IL-1RN and IL-1 B Gene
Polymorphisms and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatology,
2005, Konya, Turkey.
10. Growth Hormone Signaling (2004)
11. Ahmet Arman, Alev Ozon, Pınar S. Isguven,
Nursen Yordam, Ajda Coker, Ismail Peker.
Mutations of the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene in Turkish patients with
Laron-type dwarfism, FEBS 2006.
12. Ajda Coker, Ahmet Arman, Ozer Soylu, Aydın Yıldırım, Nesrin Ercelen, Hakkı
Aydogan, Tuna Tezel: “Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist 2/2 Genotype
is associated with Single Vessel Coronary Artery Disease in Turkish Population,
FEBS 2006. This study was granted by FEBS
with Young Scientist Grant.
13. Ahmet Arman1, Ajda Coker2, Ergun Çetinkaya3, Bumin Dündar4,
Zeynep Sıklar5, Atilla Büyükgebiz6 “Characterization of function of mutations
found in GH gene of IGHD in mammalian Cell
Culture, XIII Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress.
14. Ajda Coker1, Ahmet Arman2, Bilgin Yüksel3, Fatih Temiz3, Ali Kemal Topaloglu3
Screening of
mutations in GHR gene of patients with Laron syndrome and Determination of
biological acivity of a novel W104R mutation in Cell Culture System, XIII Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress.
15. Ahmet Arman, Cloning, Expression of hGH gene
and Genetic characterization of children with IGHD, 1th Biotechnology
Congress, 2010,
PUBLICATIONS:
Science-index
A1.
A. Arman2, A. Coker3,
O. Sarioz1, N. Inanc4,
H. Direskeneli4, Lack of association between IL-6 gene polymorphisms
and Rheumatoid Arthritis (Revision)
A2. Ahmet Arman1, Bilgin Yüksel2, Ajda Coker3, Ozlem Sarioz4, Fatih Temiz2,
Ali Kemal Topaloglu2 , Novel
Growth Hormone Receptor gene mutation in a patient with Laron Syndrome Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology &
Metabolism, Volume 23; 407-414, 2010.
A3. Ahmet Arman, Nihal Isik, Ajda Coker, Fatma Candan, Kezban Serap Becit, and Edward O. List, The association between
Sporadic Parkinson Disease and Interleukin-1B -511 gene polymorphism in Turkish
population, European Cytokine Network, Jun 1;21(2):116-121. 2010.
A4. Ajda Coker, Ergun
Cetinkaya, Bumin Dundar, Zeynep Siklar, Atilla Buyukgebiz, Ahmet Arman, Characterization of GH-N mutations in
children with isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency in Turkish Population, Journal
of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, November 22; 1937-946, 2009.
A5. Ahmet Arman, Ergun Cetinkaya, Bumin Dundar,
Zeynep Siklar, Ajda Coker, Atilla Buyukgebiz Characterization of GH-N mutations
in children with isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency in Turkish Population, Hormone Resarch (Abstract, 2009).
A6.
Arman A, Ozon A, Isguven PI, Coker A, Peker I, Yordam N. “Novel Splice Site
Mutation in the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene in Turkish patients with
Laron-type dwarfism”, (Journal of
Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, Jan 21;47-58 2008.
A7.
Arman A, Yılmaz B, Coker A, Inanc N, Direskeneli, H. “Interleukin-1 Receptor
Antagonist (IL-1RN) and Interleukin-1B
gene Polymorphisms in Turkish patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis”, Clin Exp Rheumatol.,
Nov-Dec;24(6):643-8, 2006.
A8.
Yoshida Y, Kumar
A, Koyama Y, Peng H, Arman A, Boch JA, Auron PE. “Interleukin 1
activates STAT3/nuclear factor-kappaB cross-talk via a unique TRAF6- and p65-dependent
mechanism“. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jan
16;279(3):1768-76.
A9.
Geckil H, Arman A,
Gencer S, Ates B, Yilmaz HR. “Vitreoscilla hemoglobin renders
Enterobacter aerogenes highly susceptible to heavy metals”
Biometals. 2004 Dec;17(6):715-23.
A10.
Arman A, Auron PE.
“Interleukin 1 (IL-1) induces the activation of Stat3”.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003;534:297-307.
A11. Soylu O, Yıldırım A, Coker A, Tezel T, Arman A. “Interleukin-1 B
(-511) gene polymorphism is associated with acute coronary syndrome in turkish
population” Eur Cytokine Netw. 2008 Mar;19(1):42-8.
A12. Arman A, Soylu O, Yıldırım A, Ercelen N, Aydogan H, Coker A,
Tezel T. “Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene vntr polymorphism is
associated with coronary artery disease Arq
Bras Cardiol 2008, 91 (5):268:273.
A13. Arman A, Ozon A, Isguven PS, Yordam N, Coker A, Peker
I. “Mutations of the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene in Turkish patients with
Laron-type dwarfism”, FEBS JOURNAL
273: 45-45 Suppl. 1 JUN 2006 (Abstract).
A14. Coker A, Arman A, Soylu O, Yıldırım A, Ercelen N,
Aydogan H, Tezel T. “Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist 2/2 Genotype is
associated with Single Vessel Coronary Artery Disease in Turkish Population”, FEBS JOURNAL 273: 211-211 Suppl. 1 JUN
2006 (Abstract).
A15. Yoshida Y, Arman
A, Bach J, et al. Cross-talk between
Stat3 and NF kappa B (p65) results in inhibition of APRE-like GAS sites and
cooperativity on unique composite GAS/kappa B site, FASEB J 16 (4):
A172-A173 Part 1 MAR 20 2002 (Abstract).
A16. Yoshida A, Boch J, Koyama Y, et al. Interleukin 1
activates Stat3 via the TRAF domain of TRAF6, FASEB J 15 (5): A905-A905 Part 2 MAR 8 2001 (Abstract).
POSTER PRESENTATION (INTERNATIONAL)
B1. Arman A, Kelder B Xu B, Wang X, and
Kopchick JJ, “Repositioning of a growth hormone receptor intracellular domain
which is required for STAT5 activation”. The
Endocrine Society Program and Abstracts P2-353, 1996.
B2. Arman A, Kelder B, Okada S and Kopchcik JJ. “The
effect of deletion and repositioning of intracellular regions of the GHR on GH
mediated signal transduction”. The
Endocrine Society Program and Abstracts P2-228, 1997.
B3. Arman A, and Kopchcik JJ. “The porcine growth
hormone receptor
B4. Arman A, Billestrup N, Kelder B, Bellush LL and
Kopchick JJ. “Positive and negative regulatory elements may be involved in
regulation of GH signaling”. The
Endocrine Society Program and Abstracts P2-242, 1999.
B5. Arman A, and Auron P E. “IL-1 induces tyrosine and
serine phosphorylation of Stat3”. FASEB
meeting and Abstracts LB157, 2000.
B6. Arman A, Ergene A and Kopchick JJ. “Amino acid residues in the extracellular
domain of GHR affect on GHR signaling”. FASEB
Meeting and Abstracts LB158, 2000.
B7. Arman A, and KopchickJJ. “STAT5 phosphorylation
depends on JAK2 activation” FASEB meeting
and Abstracts LB159, 2000.
B8. Yoshida Y, Jason, Boch, AJ, Koyama Y and Arman A.
“TRAF domain of TRAF6 activates Stat3”.
B9. Arman A. “GTP-binding domain exchange between
Elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and EF-G”.
B10. Arman A. “Serine and Tyrosine and PI3 kinases are
involved in the regulation of Interleukin –1 (IL-1) induced-Stat3 activation”. The IXth International Symposium on
Biomedical Sciences & Technology,
B11. Arman A, and Kopchick JJ. “Isolation of
Single-stranded aptamers for growth hormone receptor”. 1st International Meeting on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
IMMPC-1,
B12. Arman A. (2003) “The Box 3 region of Growth Hormone
Receptor may act dual functions: Stat5 activation and Phosphatase binding”.
2003.
B13. Arman A, and Coker A. “Growth Hormone
Antagonist, G120K treated-Cell Line Expressing W122A mutation of GHR did not
reverse STAT5 phosphorylation”, Advances
in Molecular Medicine Symposium, P153, 2005.
B14. Arman A. “Applications of Aptamers in Medicine”, Advances in Molecular Medicine Symposium,
P155, 2005.
B15. Arman A, and Coker A. “Applications of Ribozymes in
Medicine”, Advances in Molecular Medicine
Symposium, P156, 2005.
B16. Arman A and Coker A. “JAK2 is not involved in the
regulation the activation of Stat3-induced by IL-1”, 11 th
International Biomedical Science and Technology Days, Biomed 2004,
B17. Arman A. “Negative-Dominant IkB Kinase
inhibits NF-kB and APRE Reporter Plasmids”, 11 th
International Biomedical Science and Technology Days, Biomed 2004,
B18. Arman A. and Coker A. “The Effect of Sodium Arsenite
and 15-deoxyD12, 14-PGJ2 on IL-1 induced hSIE, StatBE, NF-kB and APRE
Reporter Plasmids”, 11 th International
Biomedical Science and Technology Days, Biomed 2004, Ankara, Turkey, 2004.
B19. Arman A.
“Growth Hormone Signaling, Functional Studies on Growth Hormone Receptor
for GH-JAK-STAT Signaling”, 11 th
International Biomedical Science and Technology Days, Biomed2004,
B20. Arman A and
Coker A. “The prevalence of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist gene
(IL-1RN) VNTR polymorphism in Turkish Population”, Advances in Molecular Medicine, 2007.
B21. Coker A and Arman A.
“No association between IL-1 Alpha (A) polymorphism and Coronary Artery
Disease (CAD) in Turkish Population”, Advances
in Molecular Medicine, 2007.
B22. Becit S, Arman A, Coker A, Isık N, and Candan F.
“The lack association between Interleukin 1 A gene and Parkinson Disease in
Turkish Population”, Advances in
Molecular Medicine , 2007.
B23.
Arman A, and Kopchick JJ. Growth Hormone Receptor
B24. Arman A, and Kopchick JJ.
W122A mutation on Growth Hormone receptor did not reverse STAT5
phosphorylation. Proceedings of International
Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, 121-125, 2005.
B25.
Arman A, Billestrup N, List E, and
Kopchick JJ.
B26. Arman A and Auron PP. “Stat3 is activated by
Interleukin 1(IL-1) and interacts with NF-kB” in the IXth International Symposium on
Biomedical Sciences & Technology, 19-22 Eylül, 2002,
B27. Ahmet
Arman, Ajda Coker, Ozer Soylu, Aydin Yildirim, Tuna Tezel. “A genetic
association between Myocardial Infarction (MI) and Interleukin-1 B (+ 3953)
gene polymorphism in turkish population”15.BCLF
Symposium,
B28. Serap Turan,
Ahmet Arman, Tulay Guran, Teoman Akcay, Ajda Coker, Abdullah Bereket. Novel
Mutations in cathepsin K gene in Turkish patients with pycnodysostosis Hormone
Research, European Society for Paedatric Endocrinology (ESPE2007).
B29. Pinar Isguven,
Ahmet Arman, Metin Yildiz, Ilknur Arslanoglu, Ajda Coker, Muferred Erguven.
Novel Splice site mutation of growth hormone receptor gene in Turkish boy with
Laron syndrome, European Society for
Paedatric Endocrinology (ESPE2007).
B30. Ahmet Arman,
Ergun Cetinkaya, Bumin Dundar, Zeynep Sıklar, Ajda Coker, Atilla Buyukgebiz
Characterization of GH-N mutations in children with isolated Growth Hormone
Deficiency in Turkish Population, European
Society for Paedatric Endocrinology (ESPE2008).
B31. Ahmet Arman1,
Ajda Coker2, Ergun
Cetinkaya3, Bumin Dundar4, Zeynep Sıklar5
Ozlem Sarıoz6, Atilla Buyukgebiz7 , Genetic
characterization of children with isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency in Turkish
Population, (ECE2009).
B32. Ajda Coker1,
Ahmet Arman2, Ozlem
Sarıoz3, Alev Ozon4 , Splice site
mutation on the growth hormone receptor (GHR) causes Laron type- Dwarfism (ECE2009).
D.
Papers published in National journals
D1. Arman A. “Biochips: New
method in DNA Technolgy”, Healthy Journal,
May, No: 135, Page:18-20 (2003).
D2. Arman A. “The use of
Ribozymes in Medicine”, Healthy Journal,
May, No: 140, Page: 50-54 (2003).
D3. Arman A. “DNA-Based DNA Technology”, Healthy Journa
(2003).
POSTERS (National)
E1. Arman A. “The eefcet of Early Growth
Response Transcription Factor-1 on Acute
Phase Response and NF-KB reporteri, VI National
Prenatal Diagnıstics and Medical Genetics Symposium, 2004, Antalya, TURKEY.
E2. Arman A, Yılmaz B, Çoker A, Inanc N,
Direskeneli H, Determination of the relationship between RA disease and IL-1 RN
and IL-1 B polymorphisms in Turkish Population Rheumatology, 2005, Konya, TURKEY.
E3. Coker A, Arman A, Soylu O, Yildirim A, and
Tezel T. “Interleukin-1 B (-511) gene polymorphism is associated with acute
coronary syndrome in Turkish population” (National
Medical Biology and genetics Symposium, P34, 2007,
E4. Becit S, Arman A, Coker A, Isık N, Candan F. “Interleukin-1 Receptor
Antagonist (IL-1RN) and Interleukin-1B gene Polymorphisms with Parkinson Disease
in Turkish population” National Medical
Biology and Genetics Symposium, P36, 2007, Antalya, TURKEY.
E5. Sarioz O, Arman A, Coker A, Becit
S, Direskeneli H. Lack of association between Interleukin-1 Alpha (-889) gene
polymorphisms and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Turkish population. X. National Medical Biology and Genetics
Symposium, P92, 2007,
E6. Sarıoz O, Arman A, Çoker A, Inanc N,
Direskeneli H, Determination of the relationship between IL-6 promoter polymorphisms and Rheumatoid Arthritis in
Turkish Population
Rheumatology, 2008,