Publications

A list of select publications (Click here for the full list).

A. Akçaöz-Alasar, Y. Wang, H. Li, D. Ostapenko, C.A.R. Parrado, D. Villalobos, W. Li, P.C. Boddu, A.H. Nguyen, H. Li, M. Perez-Pepe, P. Darnat, B. Akgül, M.M. Pillai, Y. Liu, L. Kabeche, C.R. Alarcón , “ METTL3 promotes cell cycle progression via activation of transcriptional elongation,” Molecular Cell, 86, 1-10, 2026. Please click on this link for a highlight of this article in Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol.

B. Akgül*, G. Güler*, B. Sağlam, O. Akkuş, A. Akçaöz Alasar, “Linking RNA methylation to structure: A biophysical perspective,” The FEBS Journal, 2026.

B. Akgül, A.A.-Alasar, B. Sağlam, “RNA m6A methylation at the juxtaposition of apoptosis and RNA therapeutics,” Trends in Cell Biology, 34(10), 801-804, 2024.

Y.C. Ciftci, I.E. Vatansever, B. Akgül, “Unraveling the intriguing interplay: Exploring the role of lncRNAs in caspase-independent cell ceath,” WIREs RNA, 2024.

B. Sağlam*, O. Akkuş*, Azime Akçaöz Alasar, Çağatay Ceylan, Günnur Güler, B. Akgül, “Investigation of RNA methylations with biophysical approaches in a cervical cancer cell model”, Cells, 13(22), 1832, 2024.

A.A. Alasar, Ö. Tüncel, B. Sağlam, Y. Gazaloğlu, M. Atbinek, U. Cagiral, E. Iscan, G. Ozhan, B. Akgül, “Epitranscriptomics m6A analyses reveal distinct m6A marks under tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced apoptotic conditions in HeLa cells,” J. Cell. Physiol, 1-15, 2024

A.A. Alasar, Ö. Tüncel, A.B. Gelmez, B. Sağlam, İ.E. Vatansever, B. Akgül, “Genomewide m6A mapping uncovers dynamic changes in the m6A epitranscriptome of cisplatin-treated apoptotic HeLa cells”,Cells, 11(23), 3905, 2022. 

D.C. Gurer, İ. Erdoğan, U. Ahmadov, M. Basol, O. Sweef, G. Cakan-Akdogan, B. Akgül, ” Transcriptomics profiling identifies cisplatin-inducible death receptor antisense long noncoding RNA as a modulator of proliferation and metastasis in HeLa cells”, Front. Cell & Dev. Biol., 9:688855, 2021.