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94

Overview

Zvi Naor is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and specializes in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology and Genetics. Their research primarily focuses on receptor mechanisms and signaling pathways, with significant attention to PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer. Other topics addressed in their work include protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, phosphodiesterase function and regulation, and estrogen and related hormone effects.

Their recent scholarly output includes multiple papers published in recognized scientific journals. Key publications are:

  • Phosphorylation of PP2Ac by PKC is a key regulatory step in the PP2A-switch-dependent AKT dephosphorylation that leads to apoptosis, 2024, Cell Communication and Signaling
  • GqPCR-stimulated dephosphorylation of AKT is induced by an IGBP1-mediated PP2A switch, 2022, Cell Communication and Signaling
  • C-Src Is Activated by the EGF Receptor in a Pathway that Mediates JNK and ERK Activation by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in COS7 Cells, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Zvi Naor has frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Rony Seger
  • Guy Nadel
  • Zhong Yao
  • Ehud Wainstein
  • Galia Maik-Rachline

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in specific venues, highlighting their contributions there:

  • Cell Communication and Signaling (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Activation of MAPK cascades by G-protein-coupled receptors: the case of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor

    Zvi Naor;Outhiriaradjou Benard;Rony Seger

  • Signaling by G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR): Studies on the GnRH receptor

    Zvi Naor

  • Signal Transduction Mechanisms of Ca2+ Mobilizing Hormones: The Case of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

    Zvi Naor

  • Selective activation of the γ-subspecies of protein kinase C from bovine cerebellum by arachidonic acid and its lipoxygenase metabolites

    Mark S. Shearman;Zvi Naor;Kazuo Sekiguchi;Akira Kishimoto

  • Intracellular Signaling Pathways Mediated by the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptor

    Sarah Kraus;Zvi Naor;Rony Seger

  • Mechanism of mitogen-activated protein kinase activation by gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the pituitary of alphaT3-1 cell line: differential roles of calcium and protein kinase C.

    Nachum Reiss;Linet N. Llevi;Sharon Shacham;Dagan Harris

  • Activation of MAPK Cascades by GnRH: ERK and Jun N-Terminal Kinase Are Involved in Basal and GnRH-Stimulated Activity of the Glycoprotein Hormone LHβ-Subunit Promoter

    Dagan Harris;David Bonfil;Dana CHuderland;Sarah Kraus

  • Differential expression of multiple protein kinase C subspecies in rat central nervous tissue.

    Mark S. Shearman;Zvi Naor;Ushio Kikkawa;Yasutomi Nishizuka

  • Stimulation of Jun N-Terminal Kinase (JNK) by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Pituitary αT3–1 Cell Line Is Mediated by Protein Kinase C, c-Src, and CDC42

    Nurel L. Levi;Tamar Hanoch;Outhiriaradjou Benard;Meirav Rozenblat;Meirav Rozenblat

  • PREPARATION OF GONADOTROPH-ENRICHED CELL POPULATIONS FROM ADULT RAT ANTERIOR PITUITARY CELLS BY CENTRIFUGAL ELUTRIATION

    Camille L. Hyde;Gwen Childs Moriarty;Larry M. Wahl;Zvi Naor

  • Mechanism of GnRH Receptor Signaling: Combinatorial Cross-Talk of Ca2+and Protein Kinase C

    Zvi Naor;Dagan Harris;Sharon Shacham

  • Protein kinases in mammalian sperm capacitation and the acrosome reaction.

    Haim Breitbart;Zvi Naor

  • Hypothalamic and Thyroidal Regulation of Growth Hormone in Tilapia

    Philippa Melamed;Noa Eliahu;Berta Levavi-Sivan;Michal Ofir

  • Identification of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and p38 MAPK as regulators of human sperm motility and acrosome reaction and as predictors of poor spermatozoan quality

    Tal Almog;Shlomi Lazar;Nachum Reiss;Nir Etkovitz

  • Role of dynamin, Src, and Ras in the protein kinase C-mediated activation of ERK by gonadotropin-releasing hormone.

    Outhiriaradjou Benard;Zvi Naor;Rony Seger

  • Acute Effect of ▵1–Tetrahydrocannabinol on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis in the Rat

    D. Ayalon;I. Nir;T. Cordova;S. Bauminger

  • Protein kinase C is present in human sperm: possible role in flagellar motility.

    Ronit Rotem;Gedalia F. Paz;Zvi T. Homonnai;Moshe Kalina

  • PREDICT modeling and in‐silico screening for G‐protein coupled receptors

    Sharon Shacham;Yael Marantz;Shay Bar-Haim;Ori Kalid

  • Role of protein kinase C in the acrosome reaction of mammalian spermatozoa.

    H Breitbart;J Lax;R Rotem;Z Naor

  • Is arachidonic acid a second messenger in signal transduction

    Zvi Naor

Frequent Co-Authors

Rony Seger
Rony Seger Weizmann Institute of Science
Robert P. Millar
Robert P. Millar University of Pretoria
Haim Breitbart
Haim Breitbart Bar-Ilan University
Stanko S. Stojilkovic
Stanko S. Stojilkovic National Institutes of Health
Kevin Morgan
Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham
Kevin J. Catt
Kevin J. Catt National Institutes of Health
Chaya Brodie
Chaya Brodie Henry Ford Health System
Mordechai Sokolovsky
Mordechai Sokolovsky Tel Aviv University
Joseph Yanai
Joseph Yanai Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michael Millar
Michael Millar Barts Health NHS Trust

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