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Giora Z. Feuerstein

Giora Z. Feuerstein

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Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
17918
World Ranking
16835
National Ranking
8440

Overview

Giora Z. Feuerstein is affiliated with Debina Diagnostics in the United States and is an active researcher primarily in the fields of medicine and materials science. Their work focuses significantly on infectious diseases and materials chemistry, intersecting topics such as nanoparticle-based drug delivery and viral infections.

Their recent scholarly contributions include research on respiratory viral infections and the development of novel detection technologies for viral pathogens. Notable publications authored or co-authored by Feuerstein include:

  • The Use of Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Fluorescent Nanodiamond Particles to Detect Ebola Virus Glycoprotein: Technology Development and Proof of Principle (2020), published in International Journal of Nanomedicine
  • A Strategy to Detect Emerging Non-Delta SARS-CoV-2 Variants with a Monoclonal Antibody Specific for the N501 Spike Residue (2021), published in Diagnostics
  • Pharmacodynamic Studies of Fluorescent Diamond Carriers of Doxorubicin in Liver Cancer Cells and Colorectal Cancer Organoids (2021), published in Nanotechnology Science and Applications
  • Effects of Fluorescent Diamond Particles FDP-NV-800nm on Essential Biochemical Functions of Primary Human Umbilical Vein Cells and Human Hepatic Cell Line, HepG-2 in vitro (Part VI): Acute Biocompatibility Studies (2020), published in Nanotechnology Science and Applications

Feuerstein frequently collaborates with several researchers across various publications. The most common co-authors include:

  • Cezary Marcinkiewicz
  • Mark Sternberg
  • Peter I. Lelkes
  • Michael A Mansfield
  • Salvatore Alesci

Their research has appeared primarily in a few recurring scientific venues, namely:

  • Nanotechnology Science and Applications
  • International Journal of Nanomedicine
  • Diagnostics

Key topics covered in their work are:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Diamond and carbon-based materials research
  • Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Their subfields of specialty include infectious diseases, materials chemistry, epidemiology, biomaterials, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Feuerstein's work addresses a broad and interdisciplinary set of challenges in both biomedical and materials science contexts, particularly focusing on the application of advanced materials such as fluorescent diamond particles in disease detection and drug delivery systems.

Best Publications

  • Proteolytic cascade enzymes increase in focal cerebral ischemia in rat.

    Gary A. Rosenberg;Gary A. Rosenberg;Milo Navratil;Frank Barone;Giora Feuerstein

  • The role of inflammation and cytokines in brain injury

    Babak Arvin;Lewis F Neville;Frank C Barone;Giora Z Feuerstein

  • IL-10 reduces rat brain injury following focal stroke

    Patricia A. Spera;Julie A. Ellison;Giora Z. Feuerstein;Frank C. Barone

  • Concomitant cortical expression of TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta mRNAs follows early response gene expression in transient focal ischemia.

    Xinkang Wang;Tian-Li Yue;Frank C. Barone;Raymond F. White

  • Development of tissue damage, inflammation and resolution following stroke: An immunohistochemical and quantitative planimetric study

    R.K. Clark;E.V. Lee;C.J. Fish;R.F. White

  • Caspase-8 and Caspase-3 Are Expressed by Different Populations of Cortical Neurons Undergoing Delayed Cell Death after Focal Stroke in the Rat

    James J. Velier;Julie A. Ellison;Kristine K. Kikly;Patricia A. Spera

  • Brain cooling during transient focal ischemia provides complete neuroprotection.

    Frank C Barone;Giora Z Feuerstein;Raymond F White

  • Neuron-specific enolase increases in cerebral and systemic circulation following focal ischemia.

    Frank C. Barone;Robert K. Clark;William J. Price;Raymond F. White

  • Experimental brain injury induces differential expression of tumor necrosis factor-α mRNA in the CNS

    Lei Fan;Peter R. Young;Frank C. Barone;Giora Z. Feuerstein

  • The role of cytokines in the neuropathology of stroke and neurotrauma.

    Giora Z. Feuerstein;Xinkang Wang;Frank C. Barone

  • Experimental brain injury induces expression of interleukin-1β mRNA in the rat brain

    Lei Fan;Peter R. Young;Frank C. Barone;Giora Z. Feuerstein

  • Inflammatory Gene Expression in Cerebral Ischemia and Trauma

    Giora Z. Feuerstein;Xinkang Wang;Frank C. Barone

  • 2-Methoxyestradiol, an endogenous estrogen metabolite, induces apoptosis in endothelial cells and inhibits angiogenesis: possible role for stress-activated protein kinase signaling pathway and Fas expression

    Tian-Li Yue;Xinkang Wang;Calvert S. Louden;Shalley Gupta

  • Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein–1 Messenger RNA Expression in Rat Ischemic Cortex

    Xinkang Wang;Tian-Li Yue;Frank C. Barone;Giora Z. Feuerstein

  • Discovery of adrenomedullin in rat ischemic cortex and evidence for its role in exacerbating focal brain ischemic damage

    Xinkang Wang;Tian-Li Yue;F. C. Barone;R. F. White

  • Interleukin-1β induces expression of adhesion molecules in human vascular smooth muscle cells and enhances adhesion of leukocytes to smooth muscle cells

    Xinkang Wang;Giora Z Feuerstein;Juan-Li Gu;Paul G Lysko

  • Expression of interleukin-6, c-fos, and zif268 mRNAs in rat ischemic cortex.

    Xinkang Wang;Tian-Li Yue;Peter R. Young;Frank C. Barone

  • Delayed Expression of Osteopontin after Focal Stroke in the Rat

    Xinkang Wang;Calvert Louden;Tian-Li Yue;Julie A. Ellison

  • Reperfusion following focal stroke hastens inflammation and resolution of ischemic injured tissue

    R.K. Clark;E.V. Lee;R.F. White;Z.L. Jonak

  • Osteopontin and its Integrin Receptor αvβ3 Are Upregulated During Formation of the Glial Scar After Focal Stroke

    Julie A. Ellison;James J. Velier;Patricia Spera;Zdenka L. Jonak

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot H. Ohlstein
Eliot H. Ohlstein GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
John M. Hallenbeck
John M. Hallenbeck National Institutes of Health
Menelas N. Pangalos
Menelas N. Pangalos AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
George Poste
George Poste Arizona State University
Tracy K. McIntosh
Tracy K. McIntosh Media NeuroConsultants
Douglas H. Smith
Douglas H. Smith University of Pennsylvania
Ellen Puré
Ellen Puré University of Pennsylvania
Attallah Kappas
Attallah Kappas Rockefeller University
Harvey B. Pollard
Harvey B. Pollard Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Gary A. Rosenberg
Gary A. Rosenberg University of New Mexico

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