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Elior Peles is a researcher affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience, with specific focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The main topics of Peles' work include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Recent publications by Peles include:

  • "Mechanisms of node of Ranvier assembly," 2020, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • "Neuronal deletion of Wwox, associated with WOREE syndrome, causes epilepsy and myelin defects," 2021, Brain
  • "N-Wasp Regulates Oligodendrocyte Myelination," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Antibody-directed extracellular proximity biotinylation reveals that Contactin-1 regulates axo-axonic innervation of axon initial segments," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Differential Contribution of Cadm1-Cadm3 Cell Adhesion Molecules to Peripheral Myelinated Axons," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience

Peles frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Brain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Yael Eshed-Eisenbach
  • Matthew N. Rasband
  • Anna Vainshtein
  • Yael Eshed Eisenbach
  • Anya Vainshtein

Best Publications

  • Antibodies to Kv1 potassium channel-complex proteins leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1 protein and contactin-associated protein-2 in limbic encephalitis, Morvan's syndrome and acquired neuromyotonia.

    Sarosh R. Irani;Sian Alexander;Patrick Waters;Kleopas A. Kleopa

  • Protein tyrosine kinase PYK2 involved in Ca 2+ -induced regulation of ion channel and MAP kinase functions

    S. Lev;H. Moreno;R. Martinez;P. Canoll

  • Absence of CNTNAP2 Leads to Epilepsy, Neuronal Migration Abnormalities, and Core Autism-Related Deficits

    Olga Peñagarikano;Brett S. Abrahams;Brett S. Abrahams;Edward I. Herman;Kellen D. Winden

  • Isolation of the Neu HER-2 stimulatory ligand: A 44 kd glycoprotein that induces differentiation of mammary tumor cells

    Elior Peles;Sarah S. Bacus;Raymond A. Koski;Hsieng S. Lu

  • The local differentiation of myelinated axons at nodes of Ranvier.

    Sebastian Poliak;Elior Peles

  • Sodium channel Na(v)1.6 is localized at nodes of ranvier, dendrites, and synapses.

    John H. Caldwell;Kristin L. Schaller;Robert S. Lasher;Elior Peles

  • Neu differentiation factor: a transmembrane glycoprotein containing an EGF domain and an immunoglobulin homology unit.

    Duanzhi Wen;Elior Peles;Rod Cupples;Sidney V. Suggs

  • Caspr2, a New Member of the Neurexin Superfamily, Is Localized at the Juxtaparanodes of Myelinated Axons and Associates with K+ Channels

    Sebastian Poliak;Leora Gollan;Ricardo Martinez;Andrew Custer

  • Contactin Orchestrates Assembly of the Septate-like Junctions at the Paranode in Myelinated Peripheral Nerve

    Mary E.T. Boyle;Erik O. Berglund;Keith K. Murai;Keith K. Murai;Lynne Weber;Lynne Weber

  • Juxtaparanodal clustering of Shaker-like K+ channels in myelinated axons depends on Caspr2 and TAG-1

    Sebastian Poliak;Daniela Salomon;Hadas Elhanany;Helena Sabanay

  • Investigations of caspr2, an autoantigen of encephalitis and neuromyotonia.

    Eric Lancaster;Maartje G. M. Huijbers;Vered Bar;Anna Boronat

  • The carbonic anhydrase domain of receptor tyrosine phosphatase β is a functional ligand for the axonal cell recognition molecule contactin

    Elior Peles;Moshe Nativ;Phillip L Campbell;Takeshi Sakurai

  • Identification of a novel contactin-associated transmembrane receptor with multiple domains implicated in protein–protein interactions

    Elior Peles;Moshe Nativ;Marc Lustig;Martin Grumet

  • The Axonal Membrane Protein Caspr, a Homologue of Neurexin IV, Is a Component of the Septate-like Paranodal Junctions That Assemble during Myelination

    Steven Einheber;George Zanazzi;William Ching;Steven Scherer

  • Neu and its ligands: from an oncogene to neural factors.

    Elior Peles;Yosef Yarden

  • Exogenous and evoked oxytocin restores social behavior in the Cntnap2 mouse model of autism

    Olga Peñagarikano;Olga Peñagarikano;María T. Lázaro;Xiao-Hong Lu;Aaron Gordon

  • ErbB-3 and ErbB-4 function as the respective low and high affinity receptors of all Neu differentiation factor/heregulin isoforms.

    E Tzahar;G Levkowitz;D Karunagaran;L Yi

  • Heterodimerization of the erbB-1 and erbB-2 receptors in human breast carcinoma cells: a mechanism for receptor transregulation.

    Rina Goldman;Rachel Ben Levy;Elior Peles;Yosef Yarden

  • Dependence of Nodal Sodium Channel Clustering on Paranodal Axoglial Contact in the Developing CNS

    Matthew N. Rasband;Elior Peles;James S. Trimmer;S. Rock Levinson

  • Cell-type specific interaction of Neu differentiation factor (NDF/heregulin) with Neu/HER-2 suggests complex ligand-receptor relationships.

    E. Peles;R. Ben-Levy;Eldad Tzahar;Naili Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew N. Rasband
Matthew N. Rasband Baylor College of Medicine
Yosef Yarden
Yosef Yarden Weizmann Institute of Science
Steven S. Scherer
Steven S. Scherer University of Pennsylvania
Peter J. Brophy
Peter J. Brophy University of Edinburgh
James S. Trimmer
James S. Trimmer University of California, Davis
Martin Grumet
Martin Grumet Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James L. Salzer
James L. Salzer New York University
Joseph Schlessinger
Joseph Schlessinger Yale University
Peter Shrager
Peter Shrager University of Rochester Medical Center
Jack Rosenbluth
Jack Rosenbluth New York University

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