Nurgul Aytan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications

  • 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 May 30; 13872877261452676. 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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  • Published 11/20/2025

    Hartman S, Aytan N, Nicks R, Hawkins S, Cherry J, Alvarez VE, Meng G, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Crary JF, Alosco M, Xia W, McKee AC, Mez J, Stein TD. Genetic variation in TMEM106B alters microglial activation and cytokine responses in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol. 2025 Nov 20; 150(1):54. PMID: 41264095.

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  • Published 9/22/2025

    Subramanian ML, Sampani K, Ness S, Tuz-Zahra F, Alluri S, Chen X, Siegel NH, Aytan N, Xia W, Tripodis Y, Alosco ML, Stein TD. Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease are upregulated in patients with diabetic retinopathy. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Nov; 108(2):586-596. PMID: 40982223.

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Education

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