Md. Rafikul Islam

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

postdoc

15 h-index 80 pubs 858 cited

Research Areas

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research RNA Research and Splicing Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Health and Medical Research Impacts Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Protein Structure and Dynamics

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Md. Rafikul Islam is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where his research focuses on the role of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in cancer progression. He investigates how mutations in RNA sequences and splicing factors influence cancer development through NMD, and he collects tumor samples from cancer patients to examine NMD's function in both normal and pathological states. This work aims to provide new insights into NMD regulation by mutations and identify potential therapeutic targets for NMD-mediated cancers.

During his doctoral studies at Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Islam evaluated the anticancer effects and mechanisms of novel therapeutic agents using in vitro and in vivo techniques. His Ph.D. research involved inducing tumors in mouse models, such as melanoma in C57BL wild mice, and assessing tumor growth through manual measurement, in vivo imaging, hematological analysis, and immunohistochemical analysis. He also utilized nude mice and rabbit tumor models in his Ph.D. work.

Islam has published 80 papers, with an h-index of 15 and 858 citations. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Preeti Nagar and Mohammad Alinoor Rahman, with whom he shares four co-authored publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 80
  • Citations: 858

Selected Publications

  • SRSF6 and SRSF1 coordinately enhance the inclusion of human <i>MUSK</i> exon 10 to generate a Wnt-sensitive MuSK isoform (2025) DOI
  • Alternative magnetic field exposure suppresses tumor growth via metabolic reprogramming (2024) DOI
  • Abstract 395: An alternating magnetic field suppresses tumor growth (2024) DOI
  • Beyond the Sin3/HDAC Complex: FAM60A emerges as a regulator of RNA Splicing (2024) DOI
  • RNA Splicing in Cancer and Targeted Therapies (2023) DOI
  • Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay as a Mediator of Tumorigenesis (2023) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Preeti Nagar University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Mohammad Alinoor Rahman University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Sayem Miah University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Jahangir Alam University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Allen Gies University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Farhana Nasrin University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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