Yunus Ozekin, PhD, MS

Publications

• Ozekin YH, O'Rourke R, Bates EA. Kcnj2 regulates electrical activity-induced gene networks in embryonic mouse palate shelves. Dev Biol. 2025 Nov;527:260-274. PubMed PMID: 40783019
• Hernández-García A, Kim BJ, Chitayat D, Shannon P, Hedges S, Al Bandari M, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Bates EA, Ozekin YH, Faundes V, Luna PN, Shaw CA, Rasmussen TL, Hsu CW, Scott DA. WNT4 Deficiency Impacts Heart, Diaphragm, and Palate Development: Insights from Human Genetics, Machine Learning, and Mouse Models. Dev Biol. 2025 Sep 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40992710
• Renner B, Laskowski J, Poppelaars F, Whelan R, Milliron K, Petr V, Blaine J, Ozekin Y, Ferreira VP, Pickering MC, Schmidt CQ, Hajjar K, Davidson A, Thurman JM. Annexin A2 interferes with complement regulation within the glomerulus. J Biol Chem. 2025 Aug 30;301(10):110657. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40889685
• Follmer ML*, Isner TJ*, Ozekin YH*, Levitt CH, Burek CL, Benninger RKP, Bates EA. Depolarization induces calcium-dependent BMP4 release from mouse embryonic palate mesenchymal cells. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 12;15(1):9806. PubMed PMID: 39532850
• Ozekin YH, Saal ML, Pineda RH, Moehn K, Ordonez-Erives MA, Delgado Figueroa MF, Frazier C, Korth KM, Königshoff M, Bates EA, Vladar EK. Intrauterine exposure to nicotine through maternal vaping disrupts embryonic lung and skeletal development via the Kcnj2 potassium channel. Dev Biol. 2023 Sep;501:111-123. PubMed PMID: 37353105
• Ozekin YH, O'Rourke R, Bates EA. Single cell sequencing of the mouse anterior palate reveals mesenchymal heterogeneity. Dev Dyn. 2023 Jun;252(6):713-727. PubMed PMID: 36734036
• George LF, Follmer ML, Fontenoy E, Moran HR, Brown JR, Ozekin YH, Bates EA. Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Mediates Drosophila Wing Development. Bioelectricity. 2023 Dec 1;5(4):290-306. PubMed PMID: 38143873
• Ozekin YH, Isner T, Bates EA. Ion Channel Contributions to Morphological Development: Insights From the Role of Kir2.1 in Bone Development. Front Mol Neurosci. 2020 Jun 9;13:99. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00099. PMID: 32581710; PMCID: PMC7296152.

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000