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2025

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Immunology

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77
Citations
16064
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Citations
16064
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Miri Blank is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel. Their primary research contributions are in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant focus on several subfields including Immunology, Neurology, Genetics, Rheumatology, and Physiology.

Their research centers on topics such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, Diabetes and associated disorders, Platelet Disorders and Treatments, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders.

Miri Blank's notable recent publications include:

  • Autoimmune dysautonomia in women with silicone breast implants, 2021, Journal of Autoimmunity
  • The pathogenic role of circulating Hashimoto's Thyroiditis-derived TPO-positive IgG on fetal loss in naïve mice, 2020, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Functional IgG Autoantibodies against Autonomic Nervous System Receptors in Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants, 2023, Cells
  • Infusion of anti-DFS70 antibodies prolonged survival of lupus-prone mice, 2020, Lupus
  • Shared Pathogenicity Features and Sequences between EBV, SARS-CoV-2, and HLA Class I Molecule-binding Motifs with a Potential Role in Autoimmunity, 2023, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Autoimmunity
  • Clinical & Experimental Immunology
  • Cells
  • American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Lupus

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Miri Blank include Gilad Halpert, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Howard Amital, Leonid P. Churilov, and Abdulla Watad. These partnerships reflect ongoing research connections particularly in autoimmune and immunological studies.

Best Publications

  • Induction of anti-phospholipid syndrome in naive mice with mouse lupus monoclonal and human polyclonal anti-cardiolipin antibodies.

    M Blank;J Cohen;V Toder;Y Shoenfeld

  • Infections and autoimmunity--friends or foes?

    Shaye Kivity;Nancy Agmon-Levin;Miri Blank;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Bacterial induction of autoantibodies to β2-glycoprotein-I accounts for the infectious etiology of antiphospholipid syndrome

    Miri Blank;Ilan Krause;Mati Fridkin;Nathan Keller

  • Induction of primary antiphospholipid syndrome in mice by immunization with a human monoclonal anticardiolipin antibody (H-3).

    R Bakimer;P Fishman;M Blank;B Sredni

  • Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy Affects T Regulatory Cells by Increasing Their Suppressive Function

    Aharon Kessel;Hana Ammuri;Regina Peri;Elsa R. Pavlotzky

  • Induction of Early Atherosclerosis in LDL-Receptor–Deficient Mice Immunized With β2-Glycoprotein I

    Jacob George;Arnon Afek;Boris Gilburd;Miri Blank

  • Infectious origin of the antiphospholipid syndrome.

    Shoenfeld Y;Blank M;Cervera R;Font J

  • Differential Effects of Anti–β2-Glycoprotein I Antibodies on Endothelial Cells and on the Manifestations of Experimental Antiphospholipid Syndrome

    Jacob George;Miri Blank;Yair Levy;Pierluigi Meroni

  • Prevention of experimental antiphospholipid syndrome and endothelial cell activation by synthetic peptides

    Miri Blank;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Shmuel Cabilly;Yehudit Heldman

  • The mosaic of autoimmunity: hormonal and environmental factors involved in autoimmune diseases--2008.

    Yehuda Shoenfeld;Gisele Zandman-Goddard;Ljudmila Stojanovich;Maurizio Cutolo

  • Induction of autoimmune depression in mice by anti-ribosomal P antibodies via the limbic system.

    Aviva Katzav;Inna Solodeev;Ori Brodsky;Joab Chapman

  • Immunization with anticardiolipin cofactor (beta-2-glycoprotein I) induces experimental antiphospholipid syndrome in naive mice

    Miri Blank;David Faden;Angela Tincani;Juri Kopolovic

  • Antiphospholipid syndrome infectious origin.

    M. Blank;R. A. Asherson;R. Cervera;Y. Shoenfeld

  • The mosaic of autoimmunity: prediction, autoantibodies, and therapy in autoimmune diseases--2008.

    Yehuda Shoenfeld;Miri Blank;Mahmoud Abu-Shakra;Mahmoud Abu-Shakra;Howard Amital

  • Unraveling the Hygiene Hypothesis of helminthes and autoimmunity: origins, pathophysiology, and clinical applications

    Mathilde Versini;Mathilde Versini;Pierre-Yves Jeandel;Tomer Bashi;Giorgia Bizzaro

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in Autoimmune Diseases

    JozÉlio Freire Carvalho;Miri Blank;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Classification of anti–endothelial cell antibodies into antibodies against microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells: The pathogenic and diagnostic implications

    Sonja Praprotnik;Miri Blank;Pier Luigi Meroni;Blaz Rozman

  • Molecular mimicry and auto-immunity.

    Miri Blank;Ori Barzilai;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Anti-platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies from patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia provoke direct activation of microvascular endothelial cells

    Miri Blank;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Sigal Tavor;Sonja Praprotnik

  • Anti-vitamin D, vitamin D in SLE: preliminary results.

    Jozélio Freire Carvalho;Jozélio Freire Carvalho;Miri Blank;Emese Kiss;Tunde Tarr

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld Sheba Medical Center
Boris Gilburd
Boris Gilburd Sheba Medical Center
Joab Chapman
Joab Chapman Tel Aviv University
Gisele Zandman-Goddard
Gisele Zandman-Goddard Wolfson Medical Center
Yaniv Sherer
Yaniv Sherer Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Howard Amital
Howard Amital Sheba Medical Center
Nancy Agmon-Levin
Nancy Agmon-Levin Sheba Medical Center
Juan-Manuel Anaya
Juan-Manuel Anaya Universidad del Rosario
Mati Fridkin
Mati Fridkin Weizmann Institute of Science
Angela Tincani
Angela Tincani University of Brescia

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