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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Michael Aviram is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on epidemiology, molecular biology, genetics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and physiology.

The main topics addressed in Aviram's body of work include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology

Notable recent publications by Michael Aviram include:

  • Glycine-based treatment ameliorates NAFLD by modulating fatty acid oxidation, glutathione synthesis, and the gut microbiome, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Dysregulated oxalate metabolism is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Induction of glutathione biosynthesis by glycine-based treatment mitigates atherosclerosis, 2022, Redox Biology
  • Soybean Oil Modulates the Gut Microbiota Associated with Atherogenic Biomarkers, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Editorial: Nitro-fatty acids: novel drug candidates for the co-treatment of atherosclerosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 2020, Current Opinion in Lipidology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Aviram are:

  • Oren Rom
  • Yuhao Liu
  • Tony Hayek
  • Bo Wen
  • Duxin Sun

The scientist's work has been published in several recurring venues, including:

  • Current Opinion in Lipidology
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Cell Reports
  • Redox Biology
  • Microorganisms

Best Publications

  • Paraoxonase inhibits high-density lipoprotein oxidation and preserves its functions. A possible peroxidative role for paraoxonase.

    M Aviram;M Rosenblat;C L Bisgaier;R S Newton

  • Pomegranate juice consumption reduces oxidative stress, atherogenic modifications to LDL, and platelet aggregation: studies in humans and in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E–deficient mice

    Michael Aviram;Leslie Dornfeld;Mira Rosenblat;Nina Volkova

  • Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation

    Michael Aviram;Mira Rosenblat;Diana Gaitini;Samy Nitecki

  • Consumption of red wine with meals reduces the susceptibility of human plasma and low-density lipoprotein to lipid peroxidation

    B Fuhrman;A Lavy;M Aviram

  • Human serum paraoxonase (PON 1) is inactivated by oxidized low density lipoprotein and preserved by antioxidants.

    Michael Aviram;Mira Rosenblat;Scott Billecke;John Erogul

  • Antioxidant constituents from licorice roots: isolation, structure elucidation and antioxidative capacity toward LDL oxidation.

    Jacob Vaya;Paula A. Belinky;Michael Aviram

  • Reduced Progression of Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice Following Consumption of Red Wine, or Its Polyphenols Quercetin or Catechin, Is Associated With Reduced Susceptibility of LDL to Oxidation and Aggregation

    Tony Hayek;Bianca Fuhrman;Jacob Vaya;Mira Rosenblat

  • Pomegranate juice consumption inhibits serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity and reduces systolic blood pressure.

    Michael Aviram;Leslie Dornfeld

  • Human Serum Paraoxonases (PON1) Q and R Selectively Decrease Lipid Peroxides in Human Coronary and Carotid Atherosclerotic Lesions PON1 Esterase and Peroxidase-Like Activities

    Michael Aviram;Emiliya Hardak;Jacob Vaya;Saeed Mahmood

  • Phase II Study of Pomegranate Juice for Men with Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen following Surgery or Radiation for Prostate Cancer

    Allan J. Pantuck;John T. Leppert;Nazy Zomorodian;William Aronson

  • Paraoxonases 1, 2, and 3, oxidative stress, and macrophage foam cell formation during atherosclerosis development.

    Michael Aviram;Mira Rosenblat

  • Ginger Extract Consumption Reduces Plasma Cholesterol, Inhibits LDL Oxidation and Attenuates Development of Atherosclerosis in Atherosclerotic, Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

    Bianca Fuhrman;Mira Rosenblat;Tony Hayek;Raymond Coleman

  • Anti-oxidative effects of pomegranate juice (PJ) consumption by diabetic patients on serum and on macrophages.

    Mira Rosenblat;Tony Hayek;Michael Aviram

  • Modified forms of low density lipoprotein and atherosclerosis

    Michael Aviram

  • Hypocholesterolemic effect of lycopene and beta-carotene is related to suppression of cholesterol synthesis and augmentation of LDL receptor activity in macrophages.

    Bianca Fuhrman;Avishay Elis;Michael Aviram

  • Pomegranate Juice Supplementation to Atherosclerotic Mice Reduces Macrophage Lipid Peroxidation, Cellular Cholesterol Accumulation and Development of Atherosclerosis

    Marielle Kaplan;Tony Hayek;Ayelet Raz;Raymond Coleman

  • Atorvastatin and gemfibrozil metabolites, but not the parent drugs, are potent antioxidants against lipoprotein oxidation

    Michael Aviram;Mira Rosenblat;Charles L Bisgaier;Roger S Newton

  • Human Serum Paraoxonase/Arylesterase’s Retained Hydrophobic N-Terminal Leader Sequence Associates With HDLs by Binding Phospholipids Apolipoprotein A-I Stabilizes Activity

    R C Sorenson;C L Bisgaier;M Aviram;C Hsu

  • Polyphenols and Human Health: A Prospectus

    Francesco Visioli;Catalina Alarcón De La Lastra;Cristina Andres-Lacueva;Michael Aviram

  • Paraoxonase (PON1) deficiency is associated with increased macrophage oxidative stress: studies in PON1-knockout mice

    Orit Rozenberg;Mira Rosenblat;Raymond Coleman;Diana M Shih

Frequent Co-Authors

Mira Rosenblat
Mira Rosenblat Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Abraham Marmur
Abraham Marmur Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Zeev Gross
Zeev Gross Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Kevin Jon Williams
Kevin Jon Williams Temple University
Dan S. Tawfik
Dan S. Tawfik Weizmann Institute of Science
Y. Eugene Chen
Y. Eugene Chen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Raz Jelinek
Raz Jelinek Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Richard J. Deckelbaum
Richard J. Deckelbaum Columbia University
Hanna Mandel
Hanna Mandel Rambam Health Care Campus
Edwin L. Bierman
Edwin L. Bierman University of Washington

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