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Moshe Gavish is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research spans multiple areas related to medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, neurology, physiology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and immunology.

The primary topics covered in their work include RNA interference and gene delivery, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, ATP synthase and ATPases research, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, boron compounds in chemistry, and radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications.

Recent publications by Moshe Gavish include:

  • Liposome-based targeting of dopamine to the brain: a novel approach for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Liposomal Carrier Conjugated to APP-Derived Peptide for Brain Cancer Treatment, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Sunitinib-Containing Carborane Pharmacophore with the Ability to Inhibit Tyrosine Kinases Receptors FLT3, KIT and PDGFR-β, Exhibits Powerful In Vivo Anti-Glioblastoma Activity, 2020, Cancers
  • A Potential Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Agent Selectively Suppresses High-Grade Glioma: In Vitro and in Vivo Exploration, 2023, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • The protective effect of the TSPO ligands 2,4-Di-Cl-MGV-1, CB86, and CB204 against LPS-induced M1 pro-inflammatory activation of microglia, 2020, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health

Moshe Gavish frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Abraham Weizman, Nidal Zeineh, Sheelu Monga, Meygal Kahana, and Martín Gabay.

Their work has been published in multiple venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Cancers

Best Publications

  • Translocator protein (18kDa): new nomenclature for the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor based on its structure and molecular function.

    Vassilios Papadopoulos;Mario Baraldi;Tomás R. Guilarte;Thomas B. Knudsen

  • Enigma of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor.

    Moshe Gavish;Idit Bachman;Rami Shoukrun;Yeshayahu Katz

  • Channel-like functions of the 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO) : Regulation of apoptosis and steroidogenesis as part of the host-defense response

    Leo Veenman;Vassilios Papadopoulos;Moshe Gavish

  • The peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor and the cardiovascular system. Implications for drug development.

    Leo Veenman;Moshe Gavish

  • Guanine nucleotide and cation regulation of the binding of [3H]cyclohexyladenosine and [3H]diethylphenylxanthine to adenosine A1 receptors in brain membranes.

    R. R. Goodman;M. J. Cooper;M. Gavish;Solomon H Snyder

  • Biochemical, physiological, and pathological aspects of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor

    Moshe Gavish;Yeshayahu Katz;Shalom Bar-Ami;Ronit Weizman

  • VDAC activation by the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), implications for apoptosis

    Leo Veenman;Yulia Shandalov;Moshe Gavish

  • Salivary analysis of oral cancer biomarkers

    T Shpitzer;Y Hamzany;G Bahar;R Feinmesser

  • Binding of [3H]Ro 5-4864 and [3H]PK 11195 to cerebral cortex and peripheral tissues of various species: Species differences and heterogeneity in peripheral benzodiazepine binding sites

    M. Awad;M. Gavish

  • Prenatal stress impairs maternal behavior in a conflict situation and reduces hippocampal benzodiazepine receptors.

    E. Fride;Y. Dan;M. Gavish;M. Weinstock

  • Specific ligands of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor induce apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in human colorectal cancer cells.

    K Maaser;M Höpfner;A Jansen;G Weisinger

  • The role of crystal polarity in alpha-amino acid crystals for induced nucleation of ice

    M Gavish;JL Wang;M Eisenstein;M Lahav

  • Increased density of peripheral benzodiazepine-binding sites in ovarian carcinomas as compared with benign ovarian tumours and normal ovaries.

    Yeshayahu Katz;Gilad Ben-Baruch;Yoel Kloog;Joseph Menczer

  • Overexpression of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor is a relevant prognostic factor in stage III colorectal cancer.

    Kerstin Maaser;Patricia Grabowski;Andreas P Sutter;Michael Höpfner

  • Peripheral benzodiazepine binding sites on platelet membranes are increased during diazepam treatment of anxious patients.

    Ronit Weizman;Zehava Tanne;Michel Granek;Leon Karp

  • Benzodiazepine recognition sites on GABA receptors.

    Moshe Gavish;Solomon H. Snyder

  • gamma-Aminobutyric acid and benzodiazepine receptors: copurification and characterization

    Moshe Gavish;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Solubilization of histamine H-1, GABA and benzodiazepine receptors.

    Moshe Gavish;Raymond S.L. Chang;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor density and in vitro tumorigenicity of glioma cell lines.

    Leo Veenman;Evgeny Levin;Gary Weisinger;Svetlana Leschiner

  • Solubilized adenosine receptors in the brain: regulation of guanine nucleotides.

    Moshe Gavish;Robert R. Goodman;Solomon H. Snyder

Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham Weizman
Abraham Weizman Tel Aviv University
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chaim G. Pick
Chaim G. Pick Tel Aviv University
David Givol
David Givol Weizmann Institute of Science
Ilan Marek
Ilan Marek Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Moussa B.H. Youdim
Moussa B.H. Youdim Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Joseph Yanai
Joseph Yanai Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joram Feldon
Joram Feldon ETH Zurich
Raymond A. Dwek
Raymond A. Dwek University of Oxford
Tamar Amit
Tamar Amit Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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