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Overview

Ayelet Erez is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, focusing extensively on cancer biology and related molecular mechanisms.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad areas, their subfields of study cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Biotechnology

Their work concentrates on research topics such as:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

Ayelet Erez has authored and co-authored several research papers of note. Recent publications include:

  • Embracing cancer complexity: Hallmarks of systemic disease, 2024, Cell
  • Targeting Metabolic Plasticity and Flexibility Dynamics for Cancer Therapy, 2020, Cancer Discovery
  • Targeting nucleotide metabolism as the nexus of viral infections, cancer, and the immune response, 2021, Science Advances
  • Targeting purine synthesis in ASS1-expressing tumors enhances the response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, 2020, Nature Cancer
  • The context-specific roles of urea cycle enzymes in tumorigenesis, 2021, Molecular Cell

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Eytan Ruppin
  • Alexander Brandis
  • Lital N. Adler
  • Sergey Malitsky
  • Naama Darzi

Publication venues where their work is commonly featured include:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Cancer Discovery
  • Nature Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Chromosome catastrophes involve replication mechanisms generating complex genomic rearrangements

    Pengfei Liu;Ayelet Erez;Sandesh C.Sreenath Nagamani;Shweta U. Dhar

  • BCAT1 restricts αKG levels in AML stem cells leading to IDHmut-like DNA hypermethylation

    Simon Raffel;Mattia Falcone;Niclas Kneisel;Jenny Hansson

  • Diversion of aspartate in ASS1-deficient tumours fosters de novo pyrimidine synthesis

    Shiran Rabinovich;Lital Adler;Keren Yizhak;Alona Sarver

  • Parental Somatic Mosaicism Is Underrecognized and Influences Recurrence Risk of Genomic Disorders

    Ian M. Campbell;Bo Yuan;Caroline Robberecht;Rolph P. Pfundt

  • Urea Cycle Dysregulation Generates Clinically Relevant Genomic and Biochemical Signatures

    Joo Sang Lee;Joo Sang Lee;Lital Adler;Hiren Karathia;Narin Carmel

  • Proteoglycan 4 expression protects against the development of osteoarthritis

    M.Z. Ruan;A. Erez;K. Guse;B. Dawson

  • Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 1

    D. Gareth R. Evans;D. Gareth R. Evans;Hector Salvador;Vivian Y. Chang;Ayelet Erez

  • Clinical spectrum associated with recurrent genomic rearrangements in chromosome 17q12

    Sandesh Chakravarthy Sreenath Nagamani;Ayelet Erez;Joseph Shen;Chumei Li

  • DUF1220-domain copy number implicated in human brain-size pathology and evolution.

    Laura J. Dumas;Majesta S. O’Bleness;Jonathan M. Davis;Jonathan M. Davis;C. Michael Dickens

  • PAR1 signaling regulates the retention and recruitment of EPCR-expressing bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells.

    Shiri Gur-Cohen;Tomer Itkin;Sagarika Chakrabarty;Claudine Graf

  • Arginine and the metabolic regulation of nitric oxide synthesis in cancer.

    Rom Keshet;Ayelet Erez

  • Phenotypic manifestations of copy number variation in chromosome 16p13.11.

    Sandesh C.Sreenath Nagamani;Ayelet Erez;Patricia Bader;Seema R. Lalani

  • PHENYLBUTYRATE THERAPY FOR MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE

    Nicola Brunetti-Pierri;Brendan Lanpher;Ayelet Erez;Elitsa A. Ananieva

  • Recommendations for Surveillance for Children with Leukemia-Predisposing Conditions.

    Christopher C. Porter;Todd E. Druley;Ayelet Erez;Roland P. Kuiper

  • Copy number gain at Xp22.31 includes complex duplication rearrangements and recurrent triplications

    Pengfei Liu;Ayelet Erez;Sandesh C. Sreenath Nagamani;Weimin Bi

  • Alu-mediated diverse and complex pathogenic copy-number variants within human chromosome 17 at p13.3

    Shen Gu;Bo Yuan;Ian M. Campbell;Christine R. Beck

  • Metabolic dysregulation in monogenic disorders and cancer — finding method in madness

    Ayelet Erez;Ralph J. DeBerardinis

  • Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 2 and Related Disorders

    D. Gareth R. Evans;D. Gareth R. Evans;Hector Salvador;Vivian Y. Chang;Ayelet Erez

  • Sil overexpression in lung cancer characterizes tumors with increased mitotic activity

    Ayelet Erez;Ayelet Erez;Marina Perelman;Stephen M Hewitt;Gadi Cojacaru;Gadi Cojacaru

  • Author Correction: BCAT1 restricts αKG levels in AML stem cells leading to IDHmut-like DNA hypermethylation.

    Simon Raffel;Simon Raffel;Mattia Falcone;Niclas Kneisel;Jenny Hansson

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan Lee
Brendan Lee Baylor College of Medicine
Pawel Stankiewicz
Pawel Stankiewicz Baylor College of Medicine
Sau Wai Cheung
Sau Wai Cheung Baylor College of Medicine
Ankita Patel
Ankita Patel Baylor College of Medicine
Eytan Ruppin
Eytan Ruppin National Institutes of Health
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Seema R. Lalani
Seema R. Lalani Baylor College of Medicine
Wolfram Ruf
Wolfram Ruf Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Sharon E. Plon
Sharon E. Plon Baylor College of Medicine
Hamish S. Scott
Hamish S. Scott University of Adelaide

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