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Editor Name: Meliha Merve Hiz

Designation: Associate Professor

Country: Turkey

University: Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Email: mervemeliha@comu.edu.tr

BIOGRAPHY

Meliha Merve Hiz was born in 1985 in Turkey. She is currently working as Associate Professor of Medical Biology in Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, School of Medicine, Dept of Medical Biology, �anakkale, Turkey. She is a member of European Society for Investigative Dermatology. She has received many awards including Best Poster Presentation Award in National Congress of Nanotechnology Nanokon 2015, Y?ld?z Technical University, Istanbul, in 2015, Oral Presentation Award in 4th Dermatoimmunology Autumn Association of Tumor Necrosis factor-alpha G308A ve G238A gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to hypertension among patient with psoriasis in 2012.

RESEARCH INTEREST: Epigenetic and Genetic studies on Skin diseases

PUBLICATION:

1. KILI� S.,RE?ORLU H, I?IK S.,AKBAL A, CEV?ZC? S,HIZ MM,�?RETMEN Z Association between mean platelet volume and disease severity in patient with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii, Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 2017 Apr;34(2):126-130. doi: 10.5114/ada.2017.67076

2. I?IK S.,HIZ MM, KILI� S.,�?RETMEN Z,SILAN F Is there any increased risk of hypertension, diabetes and cardiac diseases in psoriatic patients with TNF? G238A and G308A polymorphism. Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 5, Doi: 10.5114/pdia.2016.58384

3. KILI� S.,I?IK S.,�?RETMEN Z,�AKIR D�,T�RK�N H,CEV?ZC? S,HIZ MM The correlation between the psoriasis area severity index and ischemia-modified albumin, mean platelet volume levels in patients with psoriasis. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, 33(4):290-3. doi: 10.5114/ada.2016.61606.

4. KILI� S.,I?IK S.,HIZ MM,�AKIR D?LEK �LKER,T�RK�N H, CEV?ZC? S,�?RETMEN Z. The ischemia modified albumin and mean platelet volume levels in patients with Beh�et�s disease. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, 5, 345-348., Doi: 10.5114/ada.2016.62840

5. I?IK S.,SILAN FATMA,KILI� S.,HIZ MM,�?RETMEN Z, �ZDEM?R �ZT�RK (2016). 308G/A and 238G/A polymorphisms in the TNF-? gene may not contribute to the risk of arthritis among Turkish psoriatic patients. The Egyptian Rheumatologist, Doi: 10.1016/j.ejr.2016.02.005

6. I?IK S.,HIZ MM,KILI� S.,�AKIR G�NG�R AY?E NUR A Review on the Link between Psoriasis Vulgaris and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. International journal of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatal Care, 3(1), 9-14.

7. HIZ MM,KILI� S.,I?IK S.,�AKIR G�NG�R AY?E NUR A Review of the Role of Vitamins in Psoriasis in Pregnancy. International Journal of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatal Care, 3(1), 1-8.

8. KILI� S.,SILAN FATMA,HIZ MM,I?IK S.,�?RETMEN Z,�ZDEM?R �ZT�RK (2016). Vitamin D Receptor Gene BSMI, FOKI, APAI, and TAQI Polymorphisms and the Risk of Atopic Dermatitis. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol, 26(2), 106-110., Doi: 10.18176/jiaci.0020

9. ARSLAN YAVUZ EMRE,HIZ MM,SEZG?N ARSLAN TUGBA The Use of Decellularized Animal Tissues in Regenerative Therapies. Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, 21(1), 139-145., Doi: 10.9775/kvfd.2014.11663

10. HIZ MM,KILI� S.,I?IK S.,�?RETMEN Z,SILAN FATMA Contribution of the STAT4 rs7574865 gene polymorphism to the susceptibility to autoimmune thyroiditis in healthy Turk population and psoriatic subgroups. Central European Journal of Immunology, 40(4), 437-441., Doi: 10.5114/ceji.2015.57146