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Overview

Issar Smith is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research contributions span several interdisciplinary fields, with a focus on topics related to eating behaviors, obesity, and appetite regulation.

The scientist has published work in notable academic venues including:

  • Food Quality and Preference
  • Ecology Letters

Smith's recent publications include:

  • Increasing the spiciness of a lunch meal influences oral processing behaviors and decreases food and energy intake, 2025, Food Quality and Preference
  • Carryover Effects on Reproduction Can Buffer Against Mortality-Driven Population Declines at Elevated Developmental Temperatures, 2025, Ecology Letters

Research collaborations have involved multiple co-authors, such as:

  • Paige M. Cunningham
  • John E. Hayes
  • Anthony Macchiano
  • Jospeh Woods
  • Kasey D. Fowler-Finn

The main subfields of study include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Smith's work primarily addresses topics within:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity

Best Publications

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis and Molecular Determinants of Virulence

    Issar Smith

  • ideR, an Essential Gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Role of IdeR in Iron-Dependent Gene Expression, Iron Metabolism, and Oxidative Stress Response

    G. Marcela Rodriguez;Martin I. Voskuil;Benjamin Gold;Benjamin Gold;Gary K. Schoolnik

  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis ECF sigma factor σE: role in global gene expression and survival in macrophages†

    Riccardo Manganelli;Martin I. Voskuil;Gary K. Schoolnik;Issar Smith

  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoPR two‐component system regulates genes essential for virulence and complex lipid biosynthesis

    Shaun B. Walters;Eugenie Dubnau;Irina Kolesnikova;Francoise Laval

  • Differential expression of 10 sigma factor genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Riccardo Manganelli;Eugenie Dubnau;Sanjay Tyagi;Fred Russell Kramer

  • Oxygenated mycolic acids are necessary for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice.

    Eugenie Dubnau;John Chan;Catherine Raynaud;Vellore P. Mohan

  • Role of the extracytoplasmic‐function σ Factor σH in Mycobacterium tuberculosis global gene expression

    Riccardo Manganelli;Martin I. Voskuil;Gary K. Schoolnik;Eugenie Dubnau

  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis IdeR is a dual functional regulator that controls transcription of genes involved in iron acquisition, iron storage and survival in macrophages

    B Gold;G M Rodriguez;S A Marras;M Pentecost

  • Global Analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Zur (FurB) Regulon

    Anna Maciag;Elisa Dainese;G. Marcela Rodriguez;Anna Milano

  • Identification of an ABC Transporter Required for Iron Acquisition and Virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    G. Marcela Rodriguez;Issar Smith

  • Differential expression of iron-, carbon-, and oxygen-responsive mycobacterial genes in the lungs of chronically infected mice and tuberculosis patients

    Juliano Timm;Frank A. Post;Linda-Gail Bekker;Gabriele B. Walther

  • Genetic mapping in Bacillus subtilis.

    David Dubnau;Claire Goldthwaite;Issar Smith;Julius Marmur

  • σ Factors and Global Gene Regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Riccardo Manganelli;Roberta Proveddi;Sebastien Rodrigue;Jocelyn Beaucher

  • Gene conservation in Bacillus species. I. Conserved genetic and nucleic acid base sequence homologies

    David Dubnau;Issar Smith;Pierre Morell;Julius Marmur

  • A Bacillus subtilis regulatory gene product for genetic competence and sporulation resembles sensor protein members of the bacterial two-component signal-transduction systems.

    Y Weinrauch;R Penchev;E Dubnau;I Smith

  • SinI modulates the activity of SinR, a developmental switch protein of Bacillus subtilis, by protein-protein interaction.

    U Bai;Ines Mandic-Mulec;I Smith

  • Phospholipases C are involved in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Catherine Raynaud;Christophe Guilhot;Jean Rauzier;Yann Bordat

  • A thiolase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for virulence and production of androstenedione and androstadienedione from cholesterol.

    Natasha M. Nesbitt;Xinxin Yang;Patricia Fontán;Patricia Fontán;Irina Kolesnikova

  • Global Transcriptional Profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during THP-1 Human Macrophage Infection

    Patricia Fontán;Virginie Aris;Saleena Ghanny;Patricia Soteropoulos

  • Bacillus sporulation gene spo0H codes for sigma 30 (sigma H).

    Dubnau E;Weir J;Nair G;Carter L rd

Frequent Co-Authors

Riccardo Manganelli
Riccardo Manganelli University of Padua
David Dubnau
David Dubnau Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Olivier Dussurget
Olivier Dussurget Université Paris Cité
Gary K. Schoolnik
Gary K. Schoolnik Stanford University
Julius Marmur
Julius Marmur Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Mamadou Daffé
Mamadou Daffé Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sanjay Tyagi
Sanjay Tyagi Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Carl Nathan
Carl Nathan Cornell University
Giorgio Palù
Giorgio Palù University of Padua
Richard P. Novick
Richard P. Novick New York University

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