Rahat MA. Targeting angiogenesis with peptide vaccines. Frontiers in Immunology 10: article 1924, 11 pages, 2019.
Hoffman E*, Rahat MA*, Feld J, Elias M, Rosner I, Kaly L, Lavie I, Gazitt T, and Zisman D. Effects of tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, on serum lipid and adipokine levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019; 20(18): 4633-4644.
Feld J, Nissan S, Eder L, Rahat MA, Elias E, Rimar D, Laor A, Bitterman H, Zisman D. Increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome and adipocytokine levels in a psoriatic arthritis cohort. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 2018; 24(6):302-307
Simanovich E, Brod V, Rahat MM, and Rahat MA. Function of miR-146a-5p in tumor cells as a regulatory switch between death and angiogenesis: macrophage therapy revisited. Frontiers in Immunology, 2018; 8:1931. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01931
Ben-Shaanan TL, Schiller M, Azulay-Debby H, Korin B, Boshnak N, Koren T, Krot M, Shakya J, Rahat MA, Hakim F, Rolls A. Modulation of anti-tumor immunity by the brain's reward system. Nature Communications 2018, 9(1):2723.
Simanovich E, Brod V, Rahat MA. Targeting EMMPRIN by vaccinating with a multiple antigenic peptide (161-MAP) reduces angiogenesis in a dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis model. Frontiers in Immunology, 2018; 9: 2919,13 pages. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02919.
Simanovich E, Brod V, Rahat MM, Drazdov E, Walter M, Shakya J, and Rahat MA. Inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis by EMMPRIN multiple antigenic peptide (MAP) vaccination is mediated by immune modulation. Oncoimmunology 2017; 6(1), e1261778. DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2016.1261778.
Walter M, Simanovich E, Brod V, Lahat N, Bitterman H, and Rahat MA. An epitope-specific novel anti-EMMPRIN polyclonal antibody inhibits tumor progression. Oncoimmunology 2016; 5(2), e1078056. DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2015.1078056.
Rahat MA, Brod V, Amit-Cohen BC, Henig O, Younis S, Bitterman H. Oxygen mitigates the inflammatory response in a model of hemorrhage and zymosan induced inflammation. Shock. 2016; Feb;45(2):198-208.
Rahat MA and Shakya J. Parallel aspects of the microenvironment in cancer and autoimmune diseases. Mediators of Inflammation, vol. 2016; Article ID 4375120, 2016
Rahat MA and Hemmerlein B. Macrophage-tumor cell interactions regulate the function of nitric oxide. Frontiers in Vascular Physiology 2013; 4:144 (Review)
Amit-Cohen BC, Rahat MM, Rahat MA. Tumor cell-macrophage interactions increase angiogenesis through secretion of EMMPRIN. Frontiers in Vascular Physiology 2013; 4:178
Amir O, Spyvak I, Lavi I, Rahat MA. Changes in the monocytic subsets CD14dimCD16+ and CD14++CD16– in chronic systolic heart failure patients. Mediators of Inflammation 2012; 89(3): 201-209
Rahat MA, Bitterman H, Lahat N. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Macrophage Response to Hypoxia. Frontiers in Immunology 2011; 2:45 (Review)
Lahat N, Bitterman H, Weiss-Cerem L, Rahat MA. Hypoxia increases the membranal and secreted forms of HLA-DR in endothelial cells and renders them capable of activating T cells. Transplat. Int. 2011; 24(10):1018-26
Lahat N, Bitterman H, Engelmayer-Goren M, Rosenzweig D, Weiss-Cerem L, Rahat MA. Reduced TIMP-2 in hypoxia enhances angiogenesis. Am. J. Physiol. Cell physiol. 2011; 300(3): C557-C566
Perske C, Lahat N, Sheffy Levine S, Bitterman H, Hemmerlein B, Rahat MA. Loss of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in the mouse renal cell carcinoma cell line RENCA is mediated by microRNA miR-146a. Am. J. Pathol. 2010; 177(4): 2046-54
Lahat N, Rahat MA, Kinarty A, Weiss-Cerem L, Pinchevski, S, Bitterman H. Hypoxia enhances lysosomal TNFα degradation in peritoneal mouse macrophages. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 2008; 295(1): C2-C12
Marom B, Rahat MA, Lahat N, Bitterman H. Native and fragmented fibronectin oppositely modulate monocyte expression of MMP-9. J. Leukocyte. Biol. 2007; 81(6):1466-1476
Rahat MA, Marom B, Bitterman H, Lahat N. Hypoxia reduces the output of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in monocyte by inhibiting its secretion and elevating membranal association. J. Leukocyte. Biol. 2006; 79(4): 706-718
Daniliuc S, Bitterman H, Rahat MA, Kinarty A, Rosenzweig D, and Lahat N. Hypoxia inactivates inducible nitric oxide synthase in mouse macrophages by disrupting its interaction with α-actinin 4. J. Immunol. 2003; 171(6): 3225-3232
Lahat N, Rahat MA, Ballan M, Weiss-Cerem L, Engelmayer M, and Bitterman H. Hypoxia reduces CD80 expression on monocytes, but enhances their LPS-stimulated TNFα secretion. J. Leukocyte. Biol. 2003; 74(2): 197-205
