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Avraham Ben-Nun is a researcher affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their scientific work primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on the subfields of Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

Their research topics include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Their recent publication record includes a paper entitled "The Median Eminence, A New Oligodendrogenic Niche in the Adult Mouse Brain", published in 2020 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. This paper has been cited 19 times.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Rina Zilkha-Falb
  • Nathali Kaushansky

Avraham Ben-Nun has contributed to research disseminated mainly through the venue:

  • Stem Cell Reports

Their areas of study show a cross-disciplinary approach, reflecting involvement in both the molecular underpinnings and broader neurological contexts of brain function and development.

Best Publications

  • The rapid isolation of clonable antigen‐specific T lymphocyte lines capable of mediating autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Avraham Ben-Nun;Hartmut Wekerle;Irun R. Cohen

  • A myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein peptide induces typical chronic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in H-2b mice: fine specificity and T cell receptor V beta expression of encephalitogenic T cells.

    Mendel I;Kerlero de Rosbo N;Ben-Nun A

  • Vaccination against autoimmune encephalomyelitis with T-lymphocite line cells reactive against myelin basic protein

    Avraham Ben-Nun;Hartmut Wekerle;Irun R. Cohen

  • Anti-idiotypic network induced by T cell vaccination against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Ofer Lider;Tamara Reshef;Evelyne Beraud;Avraham Ben-Nun

  • Lines of T lymphocytes induce or vaccinate against autoimmune arthritis

    Joseph Holoshitz;Yaakov Naparstek;Avraham Ben-Nun;Irun R. Cohen

  • Reactivity to myelin antigens in multiple sclerosis. Peripheral blood lymphocytes respond predominantly to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein.

    N Kerlero de Rosbo;R Milo;M B Lees;D Burger

  • Predominance of the autoimmune response to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in multiple sclerosis: reactivity to the extracellular domain of MOG is directed against three main regions.

    N Kerlero de Rosbo;M Hoffman;I Mendel;I Yust

  • Interleukin-6 functions in autoimmune encephalomyelitis: a study in gene-targeted mice

    Itzhack Mendel;Anne Katz;Natacha Kozak;Avraham Ben-Nun

  • Chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with a delayed onset and an atypical clinical course, induced in PL/J mice by myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-derived peptide: Preliminary analysis of MOG T cell epitopes

    Kerlero de Rosbo N;Mendel I;Ben-Nun A

  • Restricted T-cell receptor V beta gene usage by myelin basic protein-specific T-cell clones in multiple sclerosis: predominant genes vary in individuals.

    A Ben-Nun;R S Liblau;L Cohen;D Lehmann

  • Vaccination for neuroprotection in the mouse optic nerve: implications for optic neuropathies.

    Jasmin Fisher;Hanna Levkovitch-Verbin;Hadas Schori;Eti Yoles

  • Cannabidiol inhibits pathogenic T cells, decreases spinal microglial activation and ameliorates multiple sclerosis-like disease in C57BL/6 mice

    Ewa Kozela;Nirit Lev;Nathali Kaushansky;Raya Eilam

  • Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mediated by T cell lines: process of selection of lines and characterization of the cells.

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  • Effector T lymphocyte line cells migrate to the thymus and persist there

    Yaakov Naparstek;Joseph Holoshitz;Steven Eisenstein;Tamara Reshef

  • T lymphocyte lines producing or vaccinating against autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Functional activation induces peanut agglutinin receptors and accumulation in the brain and thymus of line cells.

    Yaakov Naparstek;Avraham Ben-Nun;Joseph Holoshitz;Tamara Reshef

  • Myelin-specific T cells also recognize neuronal autoantigen in a transgenic mouse model of multiple sclerosis

    Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy;Amit Saxena;Lennart T Mars;Helena S Domingues;Helena S Domingues

  • From classic to spontaneous and humanized models of multiple sclerosis: impact on understanding pathogenesis and drug development.

    Avraham Ben-Nun;Nathali Kaushansky;Naoto Kawakami;Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy

  • Myelin/Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein-Induced Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Common Marmosets: The Encephalitogenic T Cell Epitope pMOG24–36 Is Presented by a Monomorphic MHC Class II Molecule

    Herbert P.M. Brok;Antonio Uccelli;Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo;Ronald E. Bontrop

  • Prevention and reversal of adoptively transferred, chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with a single high dose cytoreductive treatment followed by syngeneic bone marrow transplantation.

    D M Karussis;U Vourka-Karussis;D Lehmann;H Ovadia

  • Spontaneous remission and acquired resistance to autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) are associated with suppression of T cell reactivity: suppressed EAE effector T cells recovered as T cell lines.

    Avraham Ben-Nun;Irun R. Cohen

  • Regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by CD4 + , CD25 + and CD8 + T cells: analysis using depleting antibodies

    Enrique Montero;Enrique Montero;Gabriel Nussbaum;Joel F Kaye;Rolando Perez

  • Vaccination against autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE): attenuated autoimmune T lymphocytes confer resistance to induction of active EAE but not to EAE mediated by the intact T lymphocyte line.

    Avraham Ben‐Nun;Irun R. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Irun R. Cohen
Irun R. Cohen Weizmann Institute of Science
Miriam Eisenstein
Miriam Eisenstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Hartmut Wekerle
Hartmut Wekerle Max Planck Society
Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Bert A. 't Hart
Bert A. 't Hart University of Amsterdam
Terry F. Davies
Terry F. Davies Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Roland S. Liblau
Roland S. Liblau Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Charles Guéry
Jean-Charles Guéry Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Yechiel Shai
Yechiel Shai Weizmann Institute of Science
Jonathan G. Seidman
Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University

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