Browsing by Author "Gungor, Burcu Bakir"

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Enhancing Gene Expression Data Analysis Through SVM-Based Recursive Cluster Elimination and Weighted Center Approaches
(Avestia Publishing, 2024) Yousef, Malik; Bulut, Nurten; Gungor, Burcu Bakir; Qaqish, Bahjat F.; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. 04. Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
The complexity and high dimensionality of gene expression data pose significant challenges for effective feature selection and accurate classification in bioinformatics. This study introduces two novel algorithms, Support Vector Machine-Recursive Cluster Elimination (SVM-RCE) and its advanced version, SVM-RCE with Center Weights (SVM-RCE-CW), designed to optimize feature selection by leveraging clustering techniques and machine learning models. Both algorithms aim to reduce the feature space, thereby enhancing the interpretability and performance of classification models. We present a comprehensive comparison of these methods against traditional feature selection techniques, demonstrating their efficacy in achieving significant dimensionality reduction while maintaining or improving classification accuracy in several gene expression datasets. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Identification of Shared Pathways Among Immune Related Diseases Utilizing Active Subnetworks
(IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA, 2020) Eryilmaz, Mahmut Kaan; Kuzudisli, Cihan; Gungor, Burcu Bakir; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. 04. Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Different, but related diseases often contain shared symptoms indicating the presence of possible overlaps in underlying pathogenic mechanisms. The identification of the shared pathways and related factors across these diseases helps to better understand the causes of these diseases, to prevent and treat these diseases. In this study, using immune-related diseases, we proposed a new method on how to compare the development mechanisms of related diseases based on biological pathways. Following the developments in genomic technologies, the genotyping gets cheaper and easier, and hence genome-wide association studies (GWAS) emerged. By this means, via studying big-sized case-control groups for a specific disease, potential genetic variations, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) could he identified. With the help of these studies, in which around a million of SNPs are scanned, the variations and genes that could have a role in specific disease development could be detected. In this study, via using available GWAS datasets and human protein-protein interaction network, and via detecting active subnetworks and affected pathways, seven immune related diseases are analyzed. Via investigating the similarities among the identified pathways for related diseases, we aim to define the underlying pathogenic mechanisms, and hence to contribute to the elucidation of disease development mechanisms and to the drug repositioning studies.
İmmün Bağlantılı Hastalıklarda Aktif Alt Ağ Araması ile Ortak Hastalık Oluşum Mekanizmalarının Tespiti
(IEEE, 2020) Eryilmaz, Mahmut Kaan; Kuzudisli, Cihan; Gungor, Burcu Bakir; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. 04. Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Different, but related diseases often contain shared symptoms indicating the presence of possible overlaps in underlying pathogenic mechanisms. The identification of the shared pathways and related factors across these diseases helps to better understand the causes of these diseases, to prevent and treat these diseases. In this study, using immune-related diseases, we proposed a new method on how to compare the development mechanisms of related diseases based on biological pathways. Following the developments in genomic technologies, the genotyping gets cheaper and easier, and hence genome-wide association studies (GWAS) emerged. By this means, via studying big-sized case-control groups for a specific disease, potential genetic variations, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) could he identified. With the help of these studies, in which around a million of SNPs are scanned, the variations and genes that could have a role in specific disease development could be detected. In this study, via using available GWAS datasets and human protein-protein interaction network, and via detecting active subnetworks and affected pathways, seven immune related diseases are analyzed. Via investigating the similarities among the identified pathways for related diseases, we aim to define the underlying pathogenic mechanisms, and hence to contribute to the elucidation of disease development mechanisms and to the drug repositioning studies.
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In Silico Analyses and Global Transcriptional Profiling Reveal Novel Putative Targets for Pea3 Transcription Factor Related to Its Function in Neurons
(Public Library Science, 2017) Kandemir, Basak; Dag, Ugur; Gungor, Burcu Bakir; Durasi, Ilknur Melis; Erdogan, Burcu; Sahin, Eray; Kurnaz, Isil Aksan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. 04. Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Pea3 transcription factor belongs to the PEA3 subfamily within the ETS domain transcription factor superfamily, and has been largely studied in relation to its role in breast cancer metastasis. Nonetheless, Pea3 plays a role not only in breast tumor, but also in other tissues with branching morphogenesis, including kidneys, blood vasculature, bronchi and the developing nervous system. Identification of Pea3 target promoters in these systems are important for a thorough understanding of how Pea3 functions. Present study particularly focuses on the identification of novel neuronal targets of Pea3 in a combinatorial approach, through curation, computational analysis and microarray studies in a neuronal model system, SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. We not only show that quite a number of genes in cancer, immune system and cell cycle pathways, among many others, are either up- or down-regulated by Pea3, but also identify novel targets including ephrins and ephrin receptors, semaphorins, cell adhesion molecules, as well as metalloproteases such as kallikreins, to be among potential target promoters in neuronal systems. Our overall results indicate that rather than early stages of neurite extension and axonal guidance, Pea3 is more involved in target identification and synaptic maturation.
Investigation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Molecular Mechanisms via in Silico Analyses
(IEEE, 2020) Dogan, Refika Sultan; Saka, Samed; Gungor, Burcu Bakir; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 04. Yaşam ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi; 04.01. Biyomühendislik; 02. 04. Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. The molecular changes in the organism during the development of HCC are not fully understood. The aim of the present study is to contribute to the identification of critical genes and pathways associated with HCC via integrating various bioinformatics methods. In this study, experiments were conducted on gene expression data of 14 HCC tissues and non-cancerous control tissues. A total of 1229 genes, which show a statistically significant change between the groups, were identified. Among these, 681 genes were upregulated and 548 genes were downregulated. Via mapping the detected genes into protein protein interaction networks, active subnetwork search, subnetwork topological analysis and functional enrichment analyses were carried out. The interactions between the molecular pathways affected by HCC were also presented.