Nurgul Aytan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications

  • Published 8/14/2026

    Pennington HE, Shapiro D, Empawi J, Aytan N, Alvarez VE, Mez J, Alosco ML, Zhang X, McKee AC, Stein TD, Cherry JD, Labadorf A. Proteomic analysis of human chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain implicates proteasome and ribosome dysfunction in disease severity. Mol Neurodegener Adv. 2026; 2(1):36. PMID: 42603909.

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  • Published 6/23/2026

    Tuz-Zahra F, Hallowell E, Tilton C, Alvarez VE, Aytan N, Hawkins S, Mez J, Alosco M, McKee AC, Tripodis Y, Stein TD, Cherry JD. CTE has multiple pathologic variants that might relate to different clinical symptom presentation. Acta Neuropathol. 2026 Jun 23; 151(1). PMID: 42334639.

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  • Published 5/30/2026

    Prasad M, Pulukuri S, Sampani K, Yarala R, Mittal R, Xia W, Stein TD, Aytan N, Chen X, Ness S, Siegel NH, Subramanian ML. Association of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein and neurofilament light chain with retinal cell layer thickness: A cross-sectional study of ophthalmic surgical patients. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Jul; 112(2):768-779. PMID: 42216665.

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  • Published 2/14/2026

    Pennington HE, Shapiro D, Empawi J, Aytan N, Alvarez V, Mez J, Alosco ML, Zhang X, McKee AC, Stein TD, Cherry JD, Labadorf A. Proteomic Analysis of Human Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Brain Implicates Proteasome and Ribosome Dysfunction in Disease Progression. bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 14. PMID: 41726919.

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  • Published 12/1/2025

    Stein T, Breen K, Aytan N, Hawkins S, Nicks R, Alvarez V, Mez J, Blusztajn J, Cherry J, McKee A, Lin H. Duration of contact sports play associated with aberrant DNA methylation in human frontal cortex. Res Sq. 2025 Dec 01. PMID: 41377989.

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Education

  • Marmara University, PhD
  • Marmara University, MSc
  • Hacettepe University, BSc