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Overview

Dror Harats is affiliated with Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Oncology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetics, and Cancer Research as key subfields.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes

Among Dror Harats' recent papers are:

  • Dietary β-Carotene Rescues Vitamin A Deficiency and Inhibits Atherogenesis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice, 2020, published in Nutrients
  • Ofranergene obadenovec (VB-111) in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer; favorable response rates in a phase I/II study are associated with an immunotherapeutic effect, 2020, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Dietary alpha linolenic acid in pregnant mice and during weaning increases brain docosahexaenoic acid and improves recognition memory in the offspring, 2021, The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Ofranergene Obadenovec (Ofra-Vec, VB-111) With Weekly Paclitaxel for Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer: Randomized Controlled Phase III Trial (OVAL Study/GOG 3018), 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • β-Carotene from the Alga Dunaliella bardawil Decreases Gene Expression of Adipose Tissue Macrophage Recruitment Markers and Plasma Lipid Concentrations in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet, 2022, Marine Drugs

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Dror Harats include:

  • Aviv Shaish
  • Tamar Rachmilewitz Minei
  • Yehuda Kamari
  • Rebecca C. Arend
  • Richard T. Penson

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
  • Nutrients
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Hyperimmunization of apo-E-deficient mice with homologous malondialdehyde low-density lipoprotein suppresses early atherogenesis

    Jacob George;Arnon Afek;Boris Gilburd;Hana Levkovitz;Hana Levkovitz

  • Immunolocalization of β2-Glycoprotein I (Apolipoprotein H) to Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Potential Implications for Lesion Progression

    Jacob George;Dror Harats;Boris Gilburd;Arnon Afek

  • Lack of Interleukin-1α or Interleukin-1β Inhibits Transformation of Steatosis to Steatohepatitis and Liver Fibrosis in Hypercholesterolemic Mice

    Yehuda Kamari;Aviv Shaish;Einav Vax;Einav Vax;Shay Shemesh;Shay Shemesh

  • The low-density lipoprotein receptor plays a role in the infection of primary human hepatocytes by hepatitis C virus.

    Sonia Molina;Valérie Castet;Valérie Castet;Chantal Fournier-Wirth;Chantal Fournier-Wirth;Lydiane Pichard-Garcia;Lydiane Pichard-Garcia

  • Interindividual variability in sensitivity to warfarin-Nature or nurture?

    Ronen Loebstein;Hagith Yonath;Daria Peleg;Shlomo Almog

  • Overexpression of 15-Lipoxygenase in Vascular Endothelium Accelerates Early Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor–Deficient Mice

    Dror Harats;Aviv Shaish;Jacob George;Mary Mulkins

  • Induction of Early Atherosclerosis in LDL-Receptor–Deficient Mice Immunized With β2-Glycoprotein I

    Jacob George;Arnon Afek;Boris Gilburd;Miri Blank

  • Enhanced Fatty Streak Formation in C57BL/6J Mice by Immunization With Heat Shock Protein-65

    Jacob George;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Arnon Afek;Boris Gilburd

  • 12/15-Lipoxygenase Gene Disruption Attenuates Atherogenesis in LDL Receptor–Deficient Mice

    Jacob George;Arnon Afek;Aviv Shaish;Hana Levkovitz

  • Effect of vitamin C and E supplementation on susceptibility of plasma lipoproteins to peroxidation induced by acute smoking

    D. Harats;M. Ben-Naim;Y. Dabach;G. Hollander

  • Cigarette smoking renders LDL susceptible to peroxidative modification and enhanced metabolism by macrophages.

    D. Harats;M. Ben-Naim;Y. Dabach;G. Hollander

  • Oral tolerance with heat shock protein 65 attenuates Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced and high-fat-diet-driven atherosclerotic lesions

    Dror Harats;Niva Yacov;Boris Gilburd;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Adoptive Transfer of β2-Glycoprotein I–Reactive Lymphocytes Enhances Early Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor–Deficient Mice

    Jacob George;Dror Harats;Boris Gilburd;Arnon Afek

  • Targeting gene expression to the vascular wall in transgenic mice using the murine preproendothelin-1 promoter.

    Dror Harats;Hiroki Kurihara;Paula Belloni;Heather Oakley

  • Effects of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Overexpression in Pregnant Mice: Possible Implications for Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction

    Reshef Tal;Aviv Shaish;Iris Barshack;Silvia Polak-Charcon

  • Atherosclerosis as an infectious, inflammatory and autoimmune disease

    Yehuda Shoenfeld;Yaniv Sherer;Dror Harats

  • The Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway Mediates the Regulated Degradation of Mammalian 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A Reductase

    Tommer Ravid;Tommer Ravid;Ram Doolman;Rachel Avner;Dror Harats

  • Fish oil ingestion in smokers and nonsmokers enhances peroxidation of plasma lipoproteins

    D. Harats;Y. Dabach;G. Hollander;M. Ben-Naim

  • Apolipoprotein A-V Deficiency Results in Marked Hypertriglyceridemia Attributable to Decreased Lipolysis of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins and Removal of Their Remnants

    Itamar Grosskopf;Nadine Baroukh;Nadine Baroukh;Sung Joon Lee;Yehuda Kamari

  • Thrombophilic factors are not the leading cause of thrombosis in Behçet’s disease

    M Leiba;U Seligsohn;Y Sidi;D Harats

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld Sheba Medical Center
Iris Barshack
Iris Barshack Sheba Medical Center
Boris Gilburd
Boris Gilburd Sheba Medical Center
Yaniv Sherer
Yaniv Sherer Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Iris Goldberg
Iris Goldberg Sheba Medical Center
Michael Belkin
Michael Belkin Tel Aviv University
Patrick Y. Wen
Patrick Y. Wen Harvard University
Ron N. Apte
Ron N. Apte Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Miri Blank
Miri Blank Tel Aviv University
Uri Goldbourt
Uri Goldbourt Tel Aviv University

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