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Overview

Shalom Avraham is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their recent research contributions have appeared in the journal Oncogene, focusing on molecular and cellular aspects related to cancer biology.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Retraction Note: Genetic alterations of the NRP/B gene are associated with human brain tumors" (2023), published in Oncogene
  • "Editorial Expression of Concern: RAFTK/PYK2-dependent and -independent apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells" (2024), published in Oncogene

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shalom Avraham include:

  • Xing-Qun Liang
  • Hava Avraham
  • Shuxian Jiang
  • Dharminder Chauhan
  • Teru Hideshima

Their research has predominantly been published in the venue Oncogene, where they have contributed to two publications.

Best Publications

  • RAFTK/Pyk2-mediated cellular signalling.

    Hava Avraham;Shin-Young Park;Karin Schinkmann;Shalom Avraham

  • Identification and Characterization of a Novel Related Adhesion Focal Tyrosine Kinase (RAFTK) from Megakaryocytes and Brain

    Shalom Avraham;Roanna London;Yigong Fu;Setsuo Ota

  • Involvement of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its ligand stromal cell-derived factor 1alpha in breast cancer cell migration through human brain microvascular endothelial cells.

    Byeong-Chel Lee;Tae-Hee Lee;Shalom Avraham;Hava Karsenty Avraham

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Mediates Intracrine Survival in Human Breast Carcinoma Cells through Internally Expressed VEGFR1/FLT1

    Tae-Hee Lee;Seyha Seng;Masayuki Sekine;Cimona Hinton

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Up-regulates ICAM-1 Expression via the Phosphatidylinositol 3 OH-kinase/AKT/Nitric Oxide Pathway and Modulates Migration of Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells

    Zivotije Radisavljevic;Hava Avraham;Shalom Avraham

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor modulates the transendothelial migration of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells through regulation of brain microvascular endothelial cell permeability.

    Tae-Hee Lee;Hava Karsenty Avraham;Shuxian Jiang;Shalom Avraham

  • Overexpression of histone deacetylase HDAC1 modulates breast cancer progression by negative regulation of estrogen receptor alpha.

    Hideki Kawai;Huchun Li;Shalom Avraham;Shuxian Jiang

  • The related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase is tyrosine-phosphorylated after beta1-integrin stimulation in B cells and binds to p130cas.

    Anne Astier;Hava Avraham;Serge N. Manie;Jerome Groopman

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Modulates Neutrophil Transendothelial Migration via Up-regulation of Interleukin-8 in Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells

    Tae-Hee Lee;Hava Avraham;Seung-Hoon Lee;Shalom Avraham

  • SHP2 Mediates the Protective Effect of Interleukin-6 against Dexamethasone-induced Apoptosis in Multiple Myeloma Cells *

    Dharminder Chauhan;Pramod Pandey;Teru Hideshima;Steven Treon

  • Activation of P2Y2 Receptors by UTP and ATP Stimulates Mitogen-activated Kinase Activity through a Pathway That Involves Related Adhesion Focal Tyrosine Kinase and Protein Kinase C

    Stephen P. Soltoff;Hava Avraham;Shalom Avraham;Lewis C. Cantley

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Regulates Focal Adhesion Assembly in Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells through Activation of the Focal Adhesion Kinase and Related Adhesion Focal Tyrosine Kinase

    Hava Karsenty Avraham;Tae-Hee Lee;Youngho Koh;Tae-Aug Kim

  • Direct interaction between BRCA1 and the estrogen receptor regulates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) transcription and secretion in breast cancer cells.

    Hideki Kawai;Huchun Li;Philip Chun;Shalom Avraham

  • RAFTK/Pyk2 activation is mediated by trans-acting autophosphorylation in a Src-independent manner.

    Shin-Young Park;Hava Karsenty Avraham;Shalom Avraham

  • Characterization of RAFTK, a novel focal adhesion kinase, and its integrin-dependent phosphorylation and activation in megakaryocytes.

    Junzhi Li;Hava Avraham;Rick A. Rogers;Sandhya Raja

  • The Related Adhesion Focal Tyrosine Kinase Forms a Complex with Paxillin in Hematopoietic Cells

    Ravi Salgia;Shalom Avraham;Evan Pisick;Jian-Liang Li

  • RAFTK/PYK2-dependent and -independent apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells.

    Dharminder Chauhan;Teru Hideshima;Pramod Pandey;Steve Treon

  • Activation of p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase by PYK2/Related Adhesion Focal Tyrosine Kinase-dependent Mechanism

    Pramod Pandey;Shalom Avraham;Shailender Kumar;Atsuko Nakazawa

  • Characterization of Human and Murine PMP20 Peroxisomal Proteins That Exhibit Antioxidant Activity in Vitro

    Hiroshi Yamashita;Shalom Avraham;Shuxian Jiang;Roanna London

  • β-Chemokine Receptor CCR5 Signals Via the Novel Tyrosine Kinase RAFTK

    Ramesh K. Ganju;Parmesh Dutt;Lijun Wu;Walter Newman

Frequent Co-Authors

Hava Avraham
Hava Avraham Northeastern University
Jerome E. Groopman
Jerome E. Groopman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard L. Stevens
Richard L. Stevens Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ramesh K. Ganju
Ramesh K. Ganju The Ohio State University
Alexandros Makriyannis
Alexandros Makriyannis Northeastern University
Rick A. Rogers
Rick A. Rogers Harvard University
Surender Kharbanda
Surender Kharbanda Harvard University
Bing Lim
Bing Lim Thymmune Therapeutics
Pramod K. Pandey
Pramod K. Pandey University of California, Davis
Edward Rockenstein
Edward Rockenstein University of California, San Diego

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