Address: 3310C PBDB
Phone (319) 335-7660
Email: iltan-aklan@uiowa.edu
Mentor: Matthew Potthoff, PhD
PhD Institution: University of Iowa, 2023
Research Description
Awards
- American Diabetes Association Award, 2023-2026
Publications
- Flippo KH, Trammell SAJ, Gillum MP, Aklan I, Perez MB, Yavuz Y, Smith NK, Jensen-Cody SO, Zhou B, Claflin KE, Beierschmitt A, Fink-Jensen A, Knop FK, Palmour RM, Grueter BA, Atasoy D, Potthoff MJ. FGF21 suppresses alcohol consumption through an amygdalo-striatal circuit. Cell Metab. 2022 Feb 1;34(2):317-328.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.12.024.
- Chanaday NL, Nosyreva E, Shin OH, Zhang H, Aklan I, Atasoy D, Bezprozvanny I, Kavalali ET. Presynaptic store-operated Ca2+ entry drives excitatory spontaneous neurotransmission and augments endoplasmic reticulum stress. Neuron. 2021 Apr 21;109(8):1314-1332.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.023. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
- Aklan I, Sayar-Atasoy N, Deng F, Kim H, Yavuz Y, Rysted J, Laule C, Davis D, Li Y, Atasoy D. Dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons suppress feeding through redundant forebrain circuits. Mol Metab. 2023 Mar;69:101676. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101676. Epub 2023 Jan 20.
- Natali L. Chanaday, Elena Nosyreva, Ok-Ho Shin, Hua Zhang, Iltan Aklan, Deniz Atasoy, Ilya Bezprozvanny and Ege T. Kavalali. Presynaptic store-operated Ca2+ entry drives excitatory spontaneous neurotransmission and augments endoplasmic reticulum stress. Neuron 2021 Mar 4;S0896-6273(21)00123-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.023.
- Aklan I*, Sayar Atasoy N*, Yavuz Y*, Ates T*, Coban I, Koksalar F…, Atasoy D. (2020). NTS Catecholamine Neurons Mediate Hypoglycemic Hunger via Medial Hypothalamic Feeding Pathways. Cell Metabolism, 31(2). doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.11.016.
- Dilsiz P*, Aklan I*, Sayar Atasoy N*, Yavuz Y, Filiz G, Koksalar F, Ates T, Oncul M, Coban I, Ates Oz E, Cebecioglu U, Alp M, Yilmaz B, Atasoy D. MCH neuron activity is sufficient for reard and reinforces feeding. Neuroendocrinology. 2019 Jun 3. doi: 10.1159/000501234.
- Ates T*, Oncul M*, Dilsiz P, Topcu IC, Civas CC, Alp MI, Aklan I, Ates Oz E, Yavuz Y, Yilmaz B, Sayar Atasoy N, Atasoy D. Inactivation of Magel2 suppresses oxytocin neurons through synaptic excitation-inhibition imbalance. Neurobiol Dis. 2019 Jan;121:58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.09.017.
- Öncül M*, Dilsiz P*, Ateş E, Ateş T, Aklan I, Çelik E, Sayar-Atasoy N, Atasoy D, Impaired melanocortin pathway function in Prader-Willi Syndrome gene-Magel2 deficient mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 Sep 15;27(18):31293136. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy216.