Md. Rafikul Islam

Postdoctoral Fellow

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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15 h-index 83 pubs 881 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Md. Rafikul Islam is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, investigating the role of Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in cancer progression. His current research focuses on how mutations in RNA sequences and splicing factors influence cancer development through NMD. This work involves collecting tumor samples from cancer patients to examine the functions of NMD in both healthy and diseased states. The ultimate goal is to gain new insights into NMD regulation by mutations and to 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 models. These studies involved techniques such as manual tumor growth evaluation, in vivo imaging systems (IVIS), hematological analysis, and immunohistochemical analysis in mouse melanoma and other tumor models.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 83
  • Citations: 881

Selected Publications

  • Loss of FAM60A disrupts Sin3/HDAC control of the Hippo signaling and promotes oncogenic YAP1 activation (2026)
  • Mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme (SOD2) at the crossroads of redox signaling and cancer progression (2026)
  • SUMOylation Protects Endothelial Cell-Expressed Leukocyte-Specific Protein 1 from Ubiquitination-Mediated Proteasomal Degradation and Facilitates Its Nuclear Export (2026)
  • Targeting <i>EZH2</i> Oncogenic Splicing: Decoding the Regulatory Network and Antisense Correction (2026)
  • SRSF6 and SRSF1 coordinately enhance the inclusion of human <i>MUSK</i> exon 10 to generate a Wnt-sensitive MuSK isoform (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Alternative magnetic field exposure suppresses tumor growth via metabolic reprogramming (2024)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 395: An alternating magnetic field suppresses tumor growth (2024)
  • Beyond the Sin3/HDAC Complex: FAM60A emerges as a regulator of RNA Splicing (2024)
  • RNA Splicing in Cancer and Targeted Therapies (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay as a Mediator of Tumorigenesis (2023)
    27 citations DOI OpenAlex

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