Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)

Yilmaz,V. (2026). Comparative Transcriptomic Profiling Identifies IL-1β as a Non-Canonical Driver of Human Dendritic Cell Maturation. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, 24(1), 86-96. doi: 10.30498/ijb.2025.532915.4185 - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). CIITA-Linked Antigen Presentation Is Differentially Associated with Interferon and Inflammatory Programs in Stimulated Human Dendritic Cells. Biology, 15(8), 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15080636 - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). In Silico Profiling of Cytokine Signatures in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Reveals Elevated CXCL9/10 and Reduced IL-10 Expression. The Open Bioinformatics Journal, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.2174/0118750362429411251207210328 - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). Cancer Vaccines: Mobilizing Immunity for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 27(4), 1171-1178. https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcp.2026.27.4.1171 - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). Transcriptomic Insights into the Association of IL-1 Signaling with the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype in Human Fibroblasts. Genes, 17(5), 527. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes17050527 - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). In Silico Analysis of Age-Associated Immune Gene Expression Alterations in Human Dermal Fibroblasts. Current Aging Science, 19. https://doi.org/10.2174/0118746098427082251222112700 - 2026

Caglas, R., & Yilmaz, V. (2026). The rise of nutrigenomic retreats: Integrating culinary education, wellness, and personalized nutrition in the era of genomic health. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 35(3), 389–397. https://doi.org/10.6133/APJCN.202606_35(3).0002 - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Shared Interferon-Associated Transcriptional Programs and Subset-Associated Immune Variation in Human cDC1 and cDC2 Cells Following TLR7 Activation. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-026-02116-x - 2026

Yilmaz, V. (2026). Acute H7N9 Infection Induces Coordinated Antiviral, Inflammatory, and NETosis-Associated Transcriptional Programs in Human Neutrophils. Biomedical Research and Therapy, 13(07), 8781-8793. https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v13i7.1085 - 2026

Yilmaz, V., & Avci, İbrahim. (2026). Qualitative Analysis and Numerical Simulation of a Nonlinear Dynamical Model for IL-1β-Mediated Inflammation. Boletim Da Sociedade Paranaense De Matemática, 44(7), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5269/bspm.82157 - 2026

Constantina Neophytou, Savvas Teloni, Maria Koumouri, Marine Stefanutti, Panagiota Gianni, Vural Yilmaz, Katerina Strati, Yiorgos Apidianakis (2025). Aberrant enterocyte progenitor clustering as an early life biomarker of Drosophila aging. iScience, Volume 28, Issue 3, 111967. - 2025

Yılmaz, V. . (2025). Functional Divergence of Human Lung BDCA1⁺ and BDCA3⁺ Dendritic Cells at Rest and in Response to Viral Stimuli. Biomedical Research and Therapy, 12(10), 7781-7790. https://doi.org/10.15419/j6ymbt60 - 2025

Yilmaz, V. ., & Caglas, R. . (2025). Transcriptomic Evidence for EGCG-Induced Immune Activation in Microglia. Biomedical Research and Therapy, 12(12), 8050-8061. https://doi.org/10.15419/ack89v85 - 2025

V. Yilmaz & K Strati (2023). Protocol for in vivo lineage tracing of the mouse-papillomavirus-type 1-infected cells in mice. STAR protocols 4 (1), 101994. - 2023

Y. Gregoriou, G. Gregoriou, V. Yilmaz, et al. (2023) Photophysical and biological assessment of coumarin-6 loaded polymeric nanoparticles as a cancer imaging agent. Sensors & Diagnostics, Volume 2, Issue 5, Pages 1277-1285 - 2023

V. Yilmaz, P. Louca, L. Potamiti, M. Panayiotidis, K. Strati (2022). A novel lineage-tracing mouse model for studying early MmuPV1 infections. Elife 11, e72638. - 2022

E. Charidemou, M.A. Tsiarli, A. Theophanous, V. Yilmaz, C. Pitsouli, K. Strati, J.L. Griffin, A. Kirmizis (2022). Histone acetyltransferase NAA40 modulates acetyl-CoA levels and lipid synthesis. BMC biology 20 (1), 1-18. - 2022

Y. Gregoriou, G. Gregoriou, V. Yilmaz, K. Kapnisis, M. Prokopi, A. Anayiotos, K. Strati, N. Dietis, A.I. Constantinou, C. Andreou (2021). Resveratrol loaded polymeric micelles for theranostic targeting of breast cancer cells. Nanotheranostics 5 (1), 113. - 2021

S.P.M. Welten, J. Oderbolz, V. Yilmaz, S.R. Bidgood, V. Gould, J. Mercer, R. Spörri, A. Oxenius. (2021) Influenza-and MCMV-induced memory CD8 T cells control respiratory vaccinia virus infection despite residence in distinct anatomical niches. Mucosal immunology 14 (3), 728-742. - 2021

V Yilmaz & K Strati (2019). Regulating cellular plasticity to persist: a way for tumor viruses to triumph. Current Opinion in Virology 39, 1-7. - 2019

Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals

Vural Yilmaz. Interleukin-1 beta signaling in cancer: A double-edged sword in inflammation and tumorigenesis. Cancer Plus 025310046. https://doi.org/10.36922/CP025310046 - 2025

Articles published in National journals

V. Yilmaz (2025) Analysis of SATB1 and SATB2 Expression in the Mouse Model of Chemically Induced Skin Carcinogenesis. International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology 8(1): p. 10-23. - 2025

Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings

V. Yilmaz (2025). Crystallization of the peptide loading complex (PLC) with viral inhibitors. Global Summit on Structural Biology and Protein Science. April 03-04. Amsterdam, Netherlands. - 2025

V. Yilmaz (2025). TRANSCRIPTOMIC PROFILING REVEALS SUSTAINED INFLAMMATORY SIGNATURES IN AGED LUNGS POST-IAV INFECTION. International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Computational Biology, 19th Jun - 20th Jun 2025 at Louisville, USA. - 2025

V. Yilmaz. (2025). In Silico Analysis of CXCL8 (IL-8) Expression and Prognostic Value Across Multiple Human Cancers. Conference: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ONCOLOGY AND CANCER BIOLOGY (ICOCB) At: Science Guru I Hong Kong I 29th September 2025 - 2025

Gregoriou, Y., Vangeli, D., Gregoriou, G., McColman, S., Yilmaz, V., Athanasiou, E., Strati, K., Constantinou, A.I., Cramb, D., Dietis, N., Andreou, C. (2023). Coumarin-6 loaded polymeric nanoparticles: physicochemical characterisation, cancer cellular uptake and in vivo toxicokinetic assessment. - 2023

V. Yilmaz, P. Louka, K. Strati (2021). A Novel Lineage-Tracing Mouse Model for Mmupv1 Infection Enables In Vivo Studies in The Absence of Cytopathic Effects. Basic Science Oral: Virus-Host 2 11-19-2021 12:00 Pm - 1:30 Pm. - 2021

Master Thesis Supervised

Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Adult ICU Patients at Near East University Hospital: A Retrospective Study - 2025

Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Signatures in Infectious Diseases - 2026