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Overview

Ira Tabas is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a substantial body of work centered on medicine, immunology, and biochemistry. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields of their research include Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Hepatology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics related to immune system regulation and disease mechanisms. Key research themes include:

  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Among the notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Ira Tabas are:

  • "Mechanisms of Fibrosis Development in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis" (2020), published in Gastroenterology
  • "Macrophage-targeted nanomedicine for the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Macrophage Metabolism of Apoptotic Cell-Derived Arginine Promotes Continual Efferocytosis and Resolution of Injury" (2020), published in Cell Metabolism
  • "The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and incident atherosclerotic events: analyses from five contemporary randomized trials" (2020), published in European Heart Journal
  • "Efferocytosis induces macrophage proliferation to help resolve tissue injury" (2021), published in Cell Metabolism

Ira Tabas frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Xiaobo Wang
  • Hongxue Shi
  • Arif Yurdagul
  • George Kuriakose
  • Hanrui Zhang

Publishing venues where Ira Tabas has regularly contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Circulation
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Their contributions have been recognized with membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Macrophages in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

    Kathryn J. Moore;Ira Tabas

  • Integrating the mechanisms of apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress.

    Ira Tabas;David Ron

  • The Response-to-Retention Hypothesis of Early Atherogenesis

    Kevin Jon Williams;Ira Tabas

  • Subendothelial Lipoprotein Retention as the Initiating Process in Atherosclerosis: Update and Therapeutic Implications

    Ira Tabas;Kevin Jon Williams;Jan Borén

  • Role of cholesterol and lipid organization in disease.

    Frederick R. Maxfield;Ira Tabas

  • Macrophage death and defective inflammation resolution in atherosclerosis.

    Ira Tabas

  • Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Chronic Disease: Challenges and Opportunities

    Ira Tabas;Christopher K. Glass

  • Recent insights into the cellular biology of atherosclerosis

    Ira Tabas;Guillermo García-Cardeña;Guillermo García-Cardeña;Gary K. Owens

  • Inflammation and its resolution in atherosclerosis: mediators and therapeutic opportunities

    Magnus Bäck;Arif Yurdagul;Ira Tabas;Katariina Öörni

  • The endoplasmic reticulum is the site of cholesterol-induced cytotoxicity in macrophages

    Bo Feng;Pin Mei Yao;Yankun Li;Cecilia M. Devlin

  • Macrophage Phenotype and Function in Different Stages of Atherosclerosis

    Ira Tabas;Karin E. Bornfeldt

  • Insulin Resistance, Hyperglycemia, and Atherosclerosis

    Karin E. Bornfeldt;Ira Tabas

  • Inflammation and plaque vulnerability

    Goran Hansson;Peter Libby;Ira Tabas

  • Consequences of cellular cholesterol accumulation: basic concepts and physiological implications

    Ira Tabas

  • Consequences and Therapeutic Implications of Macrophage Apoptosis in Atherosclerosis The Importance of Lesion Stage and Phagocytic Efficiency

    Ira Tabas

  • Autophagy Regulates Cholesterol Efflux from Macrophage Foam Cells via Lysosomal Acid Lipase

    Mireille Ouimet;Vivian Franklin;Esther Mak;Xianghai Liao

  • Macrophage Autophagy Plays a Protective Role in Advanced Atherosclerosis

    Xianghai Liao;Judith C. Sluimer;Ying-Jan Wang;Manikandan Subramanian

  • Role of ERO1-α–mediated stimulation of inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor activity in endoplasmic reticulum stress–induced apoptosis

    Gang Li;Marco Mongillo;Kingtung Chin;Heather P. Harding

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Tall
Alan R. Tall Columbia University
Kevin Jon Williams
Kevin Jon Williams Temple University
Frederick R. Maxfield
Frederick R. Maxfield Cornell University
Robert F. Schwabe
Robert F. Schwabe Columbia University
Domenico Accili
Domenico Accili Columbia University
Edward A. Fisher
Edward A. Fisher New York University
Omid C. Farokhzad
Omid C. Farokhzad Harvard Medical School
Kathryn J. Moore
Kathryn J. Moore New York University Langone Medical Center
Edward H. Schuchman
Edward H. Schuchman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David Ron
David Ron University of Cambridge

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