Iskander Ismailov, Ph.D., M.D.
- Friedlander Lab
Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Iskander Ismailov studies the mechanisms physiological and pathophysiological calcium ions in neurons, as well as the mechanisms of neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission.
Lee, Chang & Dagnino-Acosta, Adan & Yarotskyy, Viktor & Hanna, Amy & Lyfenko, Alla & Knoblauch, Mark & Georgiou, Dimitra & Poche, Ross & Swank, Michael & Long, Cheng & Ismailov, Iskander & Lanner, Johanna & Tran, Ted & Dong, Keke & Rodney, George & Dickinson, Mary & Beeton, Christine & Zhang, Pumin & Dirksen, Robert & Hamilton, Susan. (2015). Ca 2+ permeation and/or binding to Ca V 1.1 fine-tunes skeletal muscle Ca 2+ signaling to sustain muscle function. Skeletal Muscle. 5. 10.1186/s13395-014-0027-1.
Lee, Chang & Dagnino-Acosta, Adan & Yarotskyy, Viktor & Hanna, Amy & Lyfenko, Alla & Knoblauch, Mark & Georgiou, Dimitra & Poche, Ross & Swank, Michael & Long, Cheng & Ismailov, Iskander & Lanner, Johanna & Tran, Ted & Dong, Keke & Rodney, George & Dickinson, Mary & Beeton, Christine & Zhang, Pumin & Dirksen, Robert & Hamilton, Susan. (2015). Ca 2+ permeation and/or binding to Ca V 1.1 fine-tunes skeletal muscle Ca 2+ signaling to sustain muscle function. Skeletal Muscle. 5. 10.1186/s13395-014-0027-1.
Lee, Chang & Georgiou, Dimitra & Dagnino-Acosta, Adan & Xu, Jianjun & Ismailov, Iskander & Knoblauch, Mark & Monroe, Tanner & Ji, RuiRui & Hanna, Amy & Joshi, Aditya & Long, Cheng & Oakes, Joshua & Tran, Ted & Corona, Benjamin & Lorca, Sabina & Ingalls, Christopher & Narkar, Vihang & Lanner, Johanna & Bayle, J & Hamilton, Susan. (2014). Ligands for FKBP12 Increase Ca2+ Influx and Protein Synthesis to Improve Skeletal Muscle Function. The Journal of biological chemistry. 289. 10.1074/jbc.M114.586289.
Lanner, Johanna & Georgiou, Dimitra & Dagnino-Acosta, Adan & Ainbinder, Alina & Cheng, Qing & Joshi, Aditya & Chen, Zanwen & Yarotskyy, Viktor & Oakes, Joshua & Lee, Chang & Monroe, Tanner & Santillan, Arturo & Dong, Keke & Goodyear, Laurie & Ismailov, Iskander & Rodney, George & Dirksen, Robert & Hamilton, Susan. (2012). AICAR prevents heat-induced sudden death in RyR1 mutant mice independent of AMPK activation. Nature medicine. 18. 244-51. 10.1038/nm.2598.
Hu, Xueyou & Laragione, Teresina & Sun, Liang & Koshy, Shyny & Jones, Karlie & Ismailov, Iskander & Yotnda, Patricia & Horrigan, Frank & Gulko, Pércio & Beeton, Christine. (2011). KCa1.1 Potassium Channels Regulate Key Proinflammatory and Invasive Properties of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Journal of biological chemistry. 287. 4014-22. 10.1074/jbc.M111.312264.
Lanner, Johanna & Georgiou, Dimitra & Dagnino-Acosta, Adan & Ainbinder, Alina & Cheng, Qing & Joshi, Aditya & Chen, Zanwen & Yarotskyy, Viktor & Oakes, Joshua & Lee, Chang & Monroe, Tanner & Santillan, Arturo & Dong, Keke & Goodyear, Laurie & Ismailov, Iskander & Rodney, George & Dirksen, Robert & Hamilton, Susan. (2011). Supplementary Material.
- Institute of Physiology Uzbek Academy of Sciences: Ph.D.
- Central Asia Medical Pediatric Institute: M.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Instructor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Research Associate, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Research Associate, Institute of Physiology Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, USSR (currently Uzbekistan)