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Yehuda G. Assaraf is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. They have contributed extensively to molecular biology with 80 publications, alongside oncology and cancer research with 24 and 21 publications, respectively. Other subfields of study include pulmonary and respiratory medicine and epidemiology.

Their work covers a range of significant topics such as:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Drug transport and resistance mechanisms
  • Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
  • RNA interference and gene delivery
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

Yehuda G. Assaraf has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • Taxanes in cancer treatment: Activity, chemoresistance and its overcoming, 2021, Drug Resistance Updates
  • The role of alternative splicing in cancer: From oncogenesis to drug resistance, 2020, Drug Resistance Updates
  • Chemical molecular-based approach to overcome multidrug resistance in cancer by targeting P-glycoprotein (P-gp), 2020, Medicinal Research Reviews
  • Exploring Phytochemicals for Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Microbial Pathogens, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Surmounting cancer drug resistance: New insights from the perspective of N6-methyladenosine RNA modification, 2020, Drug Resistance Updates

These publications reflect a focus on cancer drug resistance, alternative splicing mechanisms in cancer, and novel approaches to overcome multidrug resistance with chemical and phytochemical strategies.

The researcher has frequently published in journals such as:

  • Drug Resistance Updates with 25 publications
  • International Journal of Biological Sciences with 4 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 4 publications
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology with 2 publications
  • Cancer Cell International with 2 publications

Yehuda G. Assaraf collaborates regularly with researchers including Zhe-Sheng Chen, Elisa Giovannetti, Gerrit Jansen, Jacqueline Cloos, and Michal Stark, with each serving as co-authors on multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Overcoming ABC transporter-mediated multidrug resistance: Molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic drug strategies

    Wen Li;Han Zhang;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Kun Zhao

  • Antifolate resistance mediated by the multidrug resistance proteins MRP1 and MRP2.

    Jan Hendrik Hooijberg;Henk J. Broxterman;Marcel Kool;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Molecular basis of bortezomib resistance: proteasome subunit beta5 (PSMB5) gene mutation and overexpression of PSMB5 protein

    Ruud Oerlemans;Niels E. Franke;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Jacqueline Cloos

  • Nanomedicine for targeted cancer therapy: Towards the overcoming of drug resistance

    Alina Shapira;Yoav D. Livney;Henk J. Broxterman;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Modulating ROS to overcome multidrug resistance in cancer.

    Qingbin Cui;Jing-Quan Wang;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Liang Ren

  • Antifolates in cancer therapy: structure, activity and mechanisms of drug resistance.

    Nitzan Gonen;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Molecular basis of antifolate resistance.

    Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • The multi-factorial nature of clinical multidrug resistance in cancer.

    Yehuda G. Assaraf;Anamaria Brozovic;Ana Cristina Gonçalves;Dana Jurkovicova

  • Lysosomes as mediators of drug resistance in cancer.

    Benny Zhitomirsky;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • The folate receptor as a rational therapeutic target for personalized cancer treatment

    Yehuda G. Assaraf;Christopher P. Leamon;Joseph A. Reddy

  • Lysosomal sequestration of sunitinib: a novel mechanism of drug resistance

    Kristy J. Gotink;Henk J. Broxterman;Mariette Labots;Richard R. de Haas

  • Targeted nanomedicine for cancer therapeutics: Towards precision medicine overcoming drug resistance.

    Maya Bar-Zeev;Yoav D. Livney;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • The role of multidrug resistance efflux transporters in antifolate resistance and folate homeostasis.

    Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • The role of passive transbilayer drug movement in multidrug resistance and its modulation

    Gera D. Eytan;Ronit Regev;Galit Oren;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Targeting the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to overcome anti-cancer drug resistance.

    Silpa Narayanan;Chao-Yun Cai;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Hui-Qin Guo

  • Microenvironment acidity as a major determinant of tumor chemoresistance: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) as a novel therapeutic approach.

    Sophie Taylor;Enrico Pierluigi Spugnini;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Tommaso Azzarito

  • Potentiation of Anticancer-Drug Cytotoxicity by Multidrug-Resistance Chemosensitizers Involves Alterationsin Membrane Fluidity Leading to Increased Membrane Permeability

    Stavit Drori;Gera D. Eytan;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Membrane fluidization by ether, other anesthetics, and certain agents abolishes P‐glycoprotein ATPase activity and modulates efflux from multidrug‐resistant cells

    Ronit Regev;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Gera D. Eytan

  • Lysosomal sequestration of hydrophobic weak base chemotherapeutics triggers lysosomal biogenesis and lysosome-dependent cancer multidrug resistance

    Benny Zhitomirsky;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Impaired bortezomib binding to mutant beta 5 subunit of the proteasome is the underlying basis for bortezomib resistance in leukemia cells.

    N E Franke;D Niewerth;Y G Assaraf;J van Meerloo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerrit Jansen
Gerrit Jansen Amsterdam UMC
Godefridus J. Peters
Godefridus J. Peters Gdańsk Medical University
George L. Scheffer
George L. Scheffer VU University Medical Center
Sonja Zweegman
Sonja Zweegman Amsterdam UMC
Willem F. Lems
Willem F. Lems Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christopher J. Kirk
Christopher J. Kirk Kezar Life Sciences
Rik J. Scheper
Rik J. Scheper Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Zhe-Sheng Chen
Zhe-Sheng Chen St. John's University
Ben A. C. Dijkmans
Ben A. C. Dijkmans Amsterdam UMC

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