Assoc. Prof. Dr. NAHİT RIZANER

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

• Beyaz, H., D. Kavaz, and N. Rizaner. "Chitosan Nanoparticle Encapsulation of Thymus capitatus Essential Oil: In Vitro Release, Antioxidant, Antibacterial Activity and Cytotoxicity in MDA-MB-231 Cells." Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 2025, pp. 385–399. https://doi.org/10.1080/10837450.202 - 2025
• Rizaner, N., S. P. Fraser, I. B. Gul, E. Purut, M. B. A. Djamgoz, and S. Altun. "Lidocaine Inhibits Rat Prostate Cancer Cell Invasiveness and Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Expression in Plasma Membrane." Journal of Membrane Biology, 2024, pp. 17–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-023-00302-z - 2024
• Umar, H., N. Rizaner, A. G. Usman, M. R. Aliyu, H. Adun, U. M. Ghali, D. U. Ozsahin, and S. I. Abba. "Prediction of Cell Migration in MDA-MB 231 and MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Treated with Albizia Lebbeck Methanolic Extract Using Multilinear Regression and Artificial Intelligence-Based Models - 2023
• Alici, Y. H., H. Öztoprak, N. Rizaner, B. Baskak, and H. D. Özgüven. "Deep neural network to differentiate brain activity between patients with euthymic bipolar disorders and healthy controls during verbal fluency performance: A multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study." Psy Res, 2022, art. 115 - 2022
• Kavaz, D., A. L. Abubakar, N. Rizaner, and H. Umar. "Biosynthesized ZnO Nanoparticles Using Albizia lebbeck Extract Induced Biochemical and Morphological Alterations in Wistar Rats." Molecules, 2021, art. 3864. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26133864 - 2021
• Rizaner, N., S. Uzun, S. P. Fraser, M. B. A. Djamgoz, and S. Altun. "Riluzole: Anti-invasive effects on rat prostate cancer cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions." Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 2020, pp. 254–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.13417 - 2020
• Umar, H., D. Kavaz, and N. Rizaner. "Biosynthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Albizia lebbeck stem bark, and evaluation of its antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities on human breast cancer cell lines." International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2019, pp. 87–100. https://doi.org/10. - 2019
• Isbilen, O., N. Rizaner, and E. Volkan. "Anti-proliferative and cytotoxic activities of Allium autumnale P. H. Davis (Amaryllidaceae) on human breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231." BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018, art. 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-018-2105-0 - 2018
• Rizaner, N., R. Onkal, S. P. Fraser, A. Pristerá, K. Okuse, and M. B. A. Djamgoz. "Intracellular calcium oscillations in strongly metastatic human breast and prostate cancer cells: control by voltage-gated sodium channel activity." European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 2016, pp. 735 - 2016
• Tetik, S., A. Kiliç, H. Aksoy, N. Rizaner, S. Ahmad, and K. T. Yardimci. "Oxidative stress causes plasma protein modification." Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 2015, pp. 25–30. - 2015
• Mazurek, M. P., P. D. Prasad, E. Gopal, S. P. Fraser, L. Bolt, N. Rizaner, C. P. Palmer, C. S. Foster, F. Palmieri, V. Ganapathy, W. Stühmer, M. B. A. Djamgoz, and M. E. Mycielska. "Molecular origin of plasma membrane citrate transporter in human prostate epithelial cells." EMBO Reports, 2010, pp. - 2010
• Mycielska, M. E., A. Patel, N. Rizaner, M. P. Mazurek, H. Keun, A. Patel, V. Ganapathy, and M. B. A. Djamgoz. "Citrate transport and metabolism in mammalian cells Prostate epithelial cells and prostate cancer." Bioessays, 2009, pp. 10–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.080137 - 2009

Books and books chapters published internationally

• Beyaz, H., H. Uludag, D. Kavaz, and N. Rizaner. "Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Use of Nanoparticle Delivery to Overcome Resistance in Breast Cancers." Cell Biology and Translational Medicine, Vol 14: Stem Cells in Lineage Specific Differentiation and Disease, edited by K. Turksen, 2021, pp. 16 - 2021

Papers presented in National conferences and printed as proceedings

• Rizaner, N., R. Onkal, S. P. Fraser, and M. B. A. Djamgoz. "Involvement of Intracellular Ca2+Stores in Spontaneous Ca2+Oscillations in a Human Strongly Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cell." Acta Physiologica, 2018, p. 52. - 2018

Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals

• Djamgoz, M. B. A., E. Akun, B. Arslan, R. Onbasi, Ö. Isbilen, D. Kavaz, E. Volkan, and N. Rizaner. "Cancer in North Cyprus: 2. Biomedical Research Activities." Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017, pp. 13–18. https://doi.org/10.5152/cjms.2017.192 - 2017
• Djamgoz, M. B. A., E. Akun, B. Arslan, S. Nazif, H. T. Besler, and N. Rizaner. "Cancer in North Cyprus: 1. Current Status, An Overview." Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017, pp. 9–12. https://doi.org/10.5152/cjms.2017.144 - 2017