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13239
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126

Overview

Mike Fainzilber is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where their work spans multiple areas of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily concentrates on molecular biology and cell biology, with additional focuses in cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and rehabilitation.

The scientist's research centers on topics including RNA research and splicing, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, nerve injury and regeneration, cellular transport and secretion, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, RNA modifications and cancer, and RNA regulation and disease.

Recent publications by Mike Fainzilber include the following:

  • Importin α3 regulates chronic pain pathways in peripheral sensory neurons, 2020, Science
  • The glycine arginine-rich domain of the RNA-binding protein nucleolin regulates its subcellular localization, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • A Ca2+-Dependent Switch Activates Axonal Casein Kinase 2α Translation and Drives G3BP1 Granule Disassembly for Axon Regeneration, 2020, Current Biology
  • β-sitosterol reduces anxiety and synergizes with established anxiolytic drugs in mice, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • DYNLRB1 is essential for dynein mediated transport and neuronal survival, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease

The frequent coauthors listed with Fainzilber's work are Ida Rishal, Stefanie Alber, Nataliya Okladnikov, Alma L. Burlingame, and Letizia Marvaldi.

Their publications are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The EMBO Journal, Current Biology, Science, and Cell Reports Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Functional receptor for GDNF encoded by the c-ret proto-oncogene.

    Miles Trupp;Ernest Arenas;Michael Fainzilber;Ann-Sofie Nilsson

  • Vimentin-Dependent Spatial Translocation of an Activated MAP Kinase in Injured Nerve

    Eran Perlson;Shlomit Hanz;Keren Ben-Yaakov;Yael Segal-Ruder

  • Axoplasmic importins enable retrograde injury signaling in lesioned nerve

    Shlomit Hanz;Eran Perlson;Dianna Willis;Jun-Qi Zheng

  • A Systems-Level Analysis of the Peripheral Nerve Intrinsic Axonal Growth Program.

    Vijayendran Chandran;Giovanni Coppola;Giovanni Coppola;Homaira Nawabi;Takao Omura

  • Reactive oxygen species regulate axonal regeneration through the release of exosomal NADPH oxidase 2 complexes into injured axons

    Arnau Hervera;Francesco De Virgiliis;Francesco De Virgiliis;Ilaria Palmisano;Luming Zhou

  • Axonal transcription factors signal retrogradely in lesioned peripheral nerve

    Keren Ben-Yaakov;Shachar Y Dagan;Yael Segal-Ruder;Ophir Shalem

  • Axon-soma communication in neuronal injury

    Ida Rishal;Mike Fainzilber

  • Mechanisms for Evolving Hypervariability: The Case of Conopeptides

    Silvestro G. Conticello;Yoav Gilad;Nili Avidan;Edna Ben-Asher

  • Ceramide Signaling Downstream of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Mediates the Effects of Nerve Growth Factor on Outgrowth of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

    Adi B. Brann;Randolph Scott;Yael Neuberger;Denise Abulafia

  • Localized regulation of axonal RanGTPase controls retrograde injury signaling in peripheral nerve.

    Dmitry Yudin;Shlomit Hanz;Soonmoon Yoo;Elena Iavnilovitch

  • Ligand-induced internalization of the p75 neurotrophin receptor: A slow route to the signaling endosome

    Francisca C. Bronfman;Marianna Tcherpakov;Thomas M. Jovin;Mike Fainzilber

  • Locally translated mTOR controls axonal local translation in nerve injury.

    Marco Terenzio;Sandip Koley;Nitzan Samra;Ida Rishal

  • Signaling to Transcription Networks in the Neuronal Retrograde Injury Response

    Izhak Michaelevski;Yael Segal-Ruder;Meir Rozenbaum;Katalin F. Medzihradszky

  • Vimentin binding to phosphorylated Erk sterically hinders enzymatic dephosphorylation of the kinase.

    Eran Perlson;Izhak Michaelevski;Noga Kowalsman;Keren Ben-Yaakov

  • Retrograde signaling in injured nerve – the axon reaction revisited

    Shlomit Hanz;Mike Fainzilber

  • Subcellular Knockout of Importin β1 Perturbs Axonal Retrograde Signaling

    Rotem Ben-Tov Perry;Ella Doron-Mandel;Elena Iavnilovitch;Ida Rishal

  • Neurotrophin-7: a novel member of the neurotrophin family from the zebrafish

    Ann-Sofie Nilsson;Michael Fainzilber;Pierre Falck;Carlos F Ibáñez

  • O-Sulfonation of Serine and Threonine Mass Spectrometric Detection and Characterization of a New Posttranslational Modification in Diverse Proteins Throughout the Eukaryotes

    K. F. Medzihradszky;Z. Darula;E. Perlson;M. Fainzilber

  • Distinct structural elements in GDNF mediate binding to GFRα1 and activation of the GFRα1–c‐Ret receptor complex

    Susanna Eketjäll;Michael Fainzilber;Michael Fainzilber;Judith Murray‐Rust;Carlos F. Ibáñez

  • A new neurotoxin receptor site on sodium channels is identified by a conotoxin that affects sodium channel inactivation in molluscs and acts as an antagonist in rat brain.

    M Fainzilber;O Kofman;E Zlotkin;D Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffery L. Twiss
Jeffery L. Twiss University of South Carolina
Alma L. Burlingame
Alma L. Burlingame University of California, San Francisco
Eliahu Zlotkin
Eliahu Zlotkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Giovanni Coppola
Giovanni Coppola University of California, Los Angeles
Dalia Gordon
Dalia Gordon Weizmann Institute of Science
Katalin F. Medzihradszky
Katalin F. Medzihradszky University of California, San Francisco
Michael Bader
Michael Bader Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Carlos F. Ibáñez
Carlos F. Ibáñez Karolinska Institute
Giampietro Schiavo
Giampietro Schiavo University College London
Elizabeth M. C. Fisher
Elizabeth M. C. Fisher University College London

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