About Mehmet Akif KILIC

MSc in Bacterial Physiology and PhD in Protein Biochemistry
Professor (Associate) at Akdeniz University

Structural and functional analysis of rat prolactin receptor gene. Rat prolactin receptor and isoforms in liver and kidney. Non-genotoxic toxicity and tumorigenesis mechanisms of ochratoxin A (OTA) in vivo and in vitro. The role of testosterone and estrogen in OTA toxicity. The receptor mediated OTA toxicity and tumorigenesis in rat kidney.

Ochratoxins
Prolactin Receptors
Estrogen Antagonists
Estrogen Receptor
Testosterone
Androgen Receptors
Nonsteroidal Anti-Androgens
Ovariectomy
Castration
mRNA Expression
Renal Pathology
Renal Cancer
Targeted Drug Delivery
Toxicity
Endocrine Disruption
Reproductive Toxicology
Estrogens
Cancer Biology
Androgens
Steroids
Toxicity Studies
Native PAGE
Endocrine Disruptors
Environmental Toxicology
Animal Physiology
Encapsulation
Cancer Research
Nanoparticles
Microbiology
Biotechnology
Proteins
Protein Stability
Ions
Mycotoxins
Cancer Cell Biology
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Wistar Rats
Protein Folding
Circular Dichroism
Protein Conformation
Cell Culture
Molecular Endocrinology
Neuroendocrinology
Biomarkers
PCR
Protein Purification
Reproductive Endocrinology
Protein Structure
Protein-Protein Interaction

Research Interest

Apoptosis Autophagy Biophysics Biotechnology Cancer Cell Cycle Cell Signalling Chemical Biology Computational Biology Developmental Biology Drug Design Evolution Gene Therapy Genome Organization and Stability Glycobiology Host–Pathogen Interaction Immunology Infectious Disease Membranes and Membrane Proteins Membrane Trafficking Metabolomics Microbiology Molecular Medicine Peptide Chemistry and Modelling Protein Chemistry Protein Engineering Protein Expression Protein Structure/Modifications Proteomics Receptors Regulation of Gene Expression RNA RNAi