Zeynel Mungan
| Zeynel Mungan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 21, 1952 Diyarbakir, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Known for | Mungan Syndrome |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, Gastroenterology |
| Institutions |
Istanbul University Tulane University The American Hospital of Istanbul |
Zeynel Mungan is a Turkish citizen and Professor of Medicine, recognized for his academic achievements in the field of gastroenterelogy.
Zeynel Mungan, born in Diyarbakir, Turkey in 1952, received his medical degree at the Medical Faculty of Istanbul University in 1977. He was appointed to Associate Professor in 1988 and Professorship in 1995 in the same university. Between the years 1990-1992, Dr. Mungan worked as a Research Associate Professor at New Orleans, Tulane University and has been awarded the Kemal Akdamar GI Research Fellowship.
He was Head of Gastroenterohepatology in Istanbul University between 2005 and 2010 and President of the Istanbul Branch of Turkish Gastroenterology Association between 1999 and 2007.
Dr. Mungan is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow of the European Board of Gastroenterology and a member of the Turkish Gastroenterology Association. He is the author of more than 100 papers published in international and Turkish journals and gastroenterelogy textbooks, mostly in the fields of endoscopy, GI peptides, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP), Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), acid-peptic diseases and gastrointestinal motility. Dr. Mungan is also in the editorial board of "Gastroenterology Research and Practice", "Best Research and Practice Clinical Gastroenterology" and "The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology".
He is married with two children and lives in Istanbul.
Major Publications:
1. Mungan Z, Ertan A, Hammer RA, Arimura A: Effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide on rat pancreatic exocrine secretion. Peptides, 12:559-562, (1991).
2. Mungan Z, Ozmen V, Ertan A, Arimura A: Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide-27 (PACAP-27) inhibits pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion in conscious rats. Regulatory Peptides, 38:199-206, (1992).
3. Mungan Z, Ozmen V, Ertan A, Coy DH, Baylor LM, Rice JC, Rossowski WJ: Structural requirements for galanin inhibition of pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion in conscious rats: Effect of potent novel rat galanin agonist. Eur J Pharmacol, 214:53-57, (1992).
4. Rossowski WJ, Zacharia S, Mungan Z, Ozmen V, Ertan A, Baylor LM, Jiang NY, Coy DH:Reduced gastric acid inhibitory effect of a pGIP(1-30) NH2 fragment with potent pancreatic amylase inhibitory activity. Regulatory Peptides, 39:9-17, (1992).
5. Mungan Z, Arimura A, Ertan A, Rossowski WJ, Coy DH: Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide relaxes rat gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Scan J Gastroenterol, 27:375-380, (1992).
6. Coy DH, Mungan Z, Rossowski WJ, Cheng BL, Lin JT, Mrozinski JE, Jensen RT: Development of a potent bombesin receptor antagonist with prolonged in vivo inhibitory activity on bombesin-stimulated amylase and protein release in the rat. Peptides, 13:775-781, (1992).
7. Sotaniemi EA, Mungan Z, Risteli L, Stenback FG, Ökten A, Yalcın S, Risteli J: Serum type III procollagen and basal membrane antigens in hepatitis B virus liver disease. Eur J Intern Med, 3:131-139, (1992).
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