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Avraham Raz publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Avraham Raz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 301 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Avraham Raz D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Avraham Raz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Avraham Raz is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States and has an active research profile spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. Their work frequently addresses topics in molecular biology, immunology, and oncology, alongside contributions to electrical and electronic engineering and cancer research.

The scientist's research themes include galectins and cancer biology, integrated circuits and semiconductor failure analysis, protein tyrosine phosphatases, peptidase inhibition and analysis, ion-surface interactions and analysis, signaling pathways in disease, and microbial metabolites in food biotechnology.

Recent publications by Avraham Raz feature several papers in diverse venues. These include:

  • Galectin-3 N-terminal tail prolines modulate cell activity and glycan-mediated oligomerization/phase separation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Complex Biological Effects of Pectin: Galectin-3 Targeting as Potential Human Health Improvement?, 2022, Biomolecules
  • Chimeric galectin-3 and collagens: Biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in fibroproliferative diseases, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Autocrine motility factor and its receptor expression in musculoskeletal tumors, 2020, Journal of bone oncology
  • MYH9 binds to dNTPs via deoxyribose moiety and plays an important role in DNA synthesis, 2022, Oncotarget

Coauthorship collaborations have been established most frequently with several researchers, including Vitaly Balan, Kosei Nakajima, Pratima Nangia-Makker, Victor Hogan, and Zvika Sapir. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications highlighting intersections of cancer biology and molecular processes.

Avraham Raz's research has appeared regularly in journals such as Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, Proceedings - International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, Journal of bone oncology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Biomolecules.

Best Publications

  • Galectins: a family of animal beta-galactoside-binding lectins.

    Samuel H. Barondes;Vincent Castronovo;Douglas N W Cooper;Richard D. Cummings

  • Galectin-3: A novel antiapoptotic molecule with a functional BH1 (NWGR) domain of Bcl-2 family

    Shiro Akahani;Pratima Nangia-Makker;Hidenori Inohara;Hyeong Reh Choi Kim

  • Galectin-3 Induces Endothelial Cell Morphogenesis and Angiogenesis

    Pratima Nangia-Makker;Yuichiro Honjo;Rebecca Sarvis;Shiro Akahani

  • Murine models to evaluate novel and conventional therapeutic strategies for cancer.

    James E. Talmadge;Rakesh K. Singh;Isaiah J. Fidler;Avraham Raz

  • Inhibition of Human Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis in Nude Mice by Oral Intake of Modified Citrus Pectin

    Pratima Nangia-Makker;Victor Hogan;Yuichiro Honjo;Yuichiro Honjo;Sara Baccarini

  • CD29 and CD7 Mediate Galectin-3-Induced Type II T-Cell Apoptosis

    Tomoharu Fukumori;Yukinori Takenaka;Tadashi Yoshii;Hyeong Reh Choi Kim

  • Endogenous galactoside-binding lectins: a new class of functional tumor cell surface molecules related to metastasis

    Avraham Raz;Rcuben Lotan

  • Galectin-3 and metastasis

    Yukinori Takenaka;Tomoharu Fukumori;Avraham Raz

  • Galectin-3 translocates to the perinuclear membranes and inhibits cytochrome c release from the mitochondria. A role for synexin in galectin-3 translocation.

    Fei Yu;Russell L. Finley;Avraham Raz;Hyeong Reh Choi Kim

  • Inhibition of Spontaneous Metastasis in a Rat Prostate Cancer Model by Oral Administration of Modified Citrus Pectin

    Kenneth J. Pienta;Harmesh Nailk;Adil Akhtar;Kosuke Yamazaki

  • On the role of cell surface carbohydrates and their binding proteins (lectins) in tumor metastasis.

    Elieser Gorelik;Uri Galili;Avraham Raz

  • Cell Cycle Arrest and Inhibition of Anoikis by Galectin-3 in Human Breast Epithelial Cells

    Hyeong Reh Choi Kim;Huei Min Lin;Hector Biliran;Avraham Raz

  • On the role of galectin-3 in cancer apoptosis.

    S. Nakahara;N. Oka;A. Raz

  • Interactions between Galectin-3 and Mac-2-Binding Protein Mediate Cell-Cell Adhesion

    Hidenori Inohara;Shiro Akahani;Kirston Koths;Avraham Raz

  • Modified citrus pectin anti-metastatic properties: one bullet, multiple targets.

    Vladislav V. Glinsky;Avraham Raz

  • Galectin-3 Phosphorylation Is Required for Its Anti-apoptotic Function and Cell Cycle Arrest

    Tadashi Yoshii;Tomoharu Fukumori;Yuichiro Honjo;Yuichiro Honjo;Hidenori Inohara

  • Galectin-3 is a novel substrate for human matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9.

    Josiah Ochieng;Rafael Fridman;Pratima Nangia-Makker;David E. Kleiner

  • Proteases, extracellular matrix, and cancer: a workshop of the path B study section.

    Yves A. DeClerck;Arthur M. Mercurio;M. Sharon Stack;Harold A. Chapman

  • Galectin-3, a Novel Binding Partner of β-Catenin

    Tatsuo Shimura;Yukinori Takenaka;Souichi Tsutsumi;Victor Hogan

  • Nuclear Export of Phosphorylated Galectin-3 Regulates Its Antiapoptotic Activity in Response to Chemotherapeutic Drugs

    Yukinori Takenaka;Tomoharu Fukumori;Tadashi Yoshii;Natsuo Oka

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth V. Honn
Kenneth V. Honn Wayne State University
Kenneth J. Pienta
Kenneth J. Pienta Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hiroyuki Kuwano
Hiroyuki Kuwano Gunma University
Reuben Lotan
Reuben Lotan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ivan R. Nabi
Ivan R. Nabi University of British Columbia
Rafael Fridman
Rafael Fridman Wayne State University
Zhiwei Wang
Zhiwei Wang Soochow University
Yoel Kloog
Yoel Kloog Tel Aviv University
Wael Sakr
Wael Sakr Wayne State University
Ricardo V. Lloyd
Ricardo V. Lloyd University of Wisconsin–Madison

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