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Overview

Yoel Kloog is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and focuses on research in the fields of immunology, microbiology, neurology, and process chemistry and technology. Their work intersects various topics including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, galectins and cancer biology, T-cell and retrovirus studies, and toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins.

Their recent publications include:

  • Brain Protease Activated Receptor 1 Pathway: A Therapeutic Target in the Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD1) Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2020, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Ras Inhibition Boosts Galectin-7 at the Expense of Galectin-1 to Sensitize Cells to Apoptosis, 2020, published in UNC Libraries

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Yoel Kloog include:

  • Efrat Shavit-Stein
  • Ihab Abu Rahal
  • Doron Bushi
  • Orna Gera
  • Roni Sharon

Their publications appear mainly in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • UNC Libraries

Kloog's research contributions span significant subfields such as immunology, neurology, and process chemistry and technology. The detailed focus of their work concerns molecular pathways and cellular mechanisms involved in neurological disorders, as well as biochemical processes relevant to cancer biology and immunology.

Best Publications

  • Drug-eluting medical devices

    Meital Zilberman;Yoel Kloog;Amir Kraitzer;Jonathan Elsner

  • Galectin-1 binds oncogenic H-Ras to mediate Ras membrane anchorage and cell transformation.

    Ariella Paz;Roni Haklai;Galit Elad-Sfadia;Eyal Ballan

  • Sarafotoxin, a novel vasoconstrictor peptide: phosphoinositide hydrolysis in rat heart and brain.

    Y Kloog;I Ambar;M Sokolovsky;E Kochva

  • Galectin-3 Augments K-Ras Activation and Triggers a Ras Signal That Attenuates ERK but Not Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Activity *

    Galit Elad-Sfadia;Roni Haklai;Eyal Balan;Yoel Kloog

  • Galectin-1 Augments Ras Activation and Diverts Ras Signals to Raf-1 at the Expense of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

    Galit Elad-Sfadia;Ronit Haklai;Eyal Ballan;Hans-Joachim Gabius

  • Selective Inhibition of Ras-dependent Cell Growth by Farnesylthiosalisylic Acid

    M. Marom;R. Haklai;G. Ben-Baruch;D. Marciano

  • Dislodgment and Accelerated Degradation of Ras

    Roni Haklai;Mali Gana Weisz;Galit Elad;Ariella Paz

  • Activated K-Ras and H-Ras display different interactions with saturable nonraft sites at the surface of live cells.

    Hagit Niv;Orit Gutman;Yoel Kloog;Yoav I. Henis

  • Tumor cells secrete galectin-1 to enhance endothelial cell activity.

    Victor L. Thijssen;Batya Barkan;Hiroki Shoji;Ingrid M. Aries

  • Individual palmitoyl residues serve distinct roles in H-ras trafficking, microlocalization, and signaling.

    Sandrine Roy;Sarah Plowman;Barak Rotblat;Ian A. Prior

  • Nonpsychotropic cannabinoid acts as a functional N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blocker

    Jeffery J. Feigenbaum;Felix Bergmann;Saul A. Richmond;Raphael Mechoulam

  • Similarities in mode and sites of action of sarafotoxins and endothelins

    Yoel Kloog;Mordechai Sokolovsky

  • Ras Inhibition in Glioblastoma Down-regulates Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α, Causing Glycolysis Shutdown and Cell Death

    Roy Blum;Jasmine Jacob-Hirsch;Ninette Amariglio;Gideon Rechavi

  • Competitive interaction between endothelin and sarafotoxin: Binding and phosphoinositides hydrolysis in rat atria and brain.

    I. Ambar;Y. Kloog;I. Schvartz;E. Hazum

  • Farnesyl Derivatives of Rigid Carboxylic Acids - Inhibitors of ras-Dependent Cell Growth

    Daniella Marciano;Gilad Ben-Baruch;Michal Marom;Yaakov Egozi

  • Three separable domains regulate GTP-dependent association of H-ras with the plasma membrane.

    Barak Rotblat;Ian A. Prior;Cornelia Muncke;Robert G. Parton

  • Galectin-1(L11A) Predicted from a Computed Galectin-1 Farnesyl-Binding Pocket Selectively Inhibits Ras-GTP

    Barak Rotblat;Hagit Niv;Sabine André;Herbert Kaltner

  • Contribution of Src and Ras pathways in FGF-2 induced endothelial cell differentiation.

    Peter Klint;Shigeru Kanda;Yoel Kloog;Lena Claesson-Welsh

  • TNF Activates a NF-κB–Regulated Cellular Program in Human CD45RA– Regulatory T Cells that Modulates Their Suppressive Function

    Meital Nagar;Jasmine Jacob-Hirsch;Helly Vernitsky;Yackov Berkun

  • Dislodgment and accelerated degradation of ras

    Y. Kloog;M. Gana-Weisz;H. Niv;G. Elad

Frequent Co-Authors

Mordechai Sokolovsky
Mordechai Sokolovsky Tel Aviv University
Gideon Rechavi
Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center
Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski
Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski Tel Aviv University
Yoav I. Henis
Yoav I. Henis Tel Aviv University
Joab Chapman
Joab Chapman Tel Aviv University
Adrienne D. Cox
Adrienne D. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Gurwitz
David Gurwitz Tel Aviv University
Burkhard Jansen
Burkhard Jansen University of British Columbia
Eitan Friedman
Eitan Friedman City University of New York
Peter Gierschik
Peter Gierschik University of Ulm

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