Amir Ben-Shmuel
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Sittner A, Bar-David E, Glinert I, Ben-Shmuel A, Schlomovitz J, Levy H, et al.
Pathogens
. 2024 Nov;
13(11).
PMID: 39599489
Anthrax is a fatal zoonotic disease caused by exposure to spores. The CDC's guidelines divide anthrax treatment into three categories according to disease progression: post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), systemic, and systemic...
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Yahalom-Ronen Y, Melamed S, Politi B, Erez N, Tamir H, Bar-On L, et al.
Vaccines (Basel)
. 2024 May;
12(5).
PMID: 38793742
The emergence of rapidly spreading variants of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a major challenge to vaccines' protective efficacy. Intramuscular (IM) vaccine administration induces short-lived immunity but...
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Sapoznikov A, Evgy Y, Ben-Shmuel A, Schwartz A, Alcalay R, Aftalion M, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2024 May;
14(1):11637.
PMID: 38773158
Ricin, an extremely potent toxin produced from the seeds of castor plant, Ricinus communis, is ribosome-inactivating protein that blocks cell-protein synthesis. It is considered a biological threat due to worldwide...
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Ben-Shmuel A, Glinert I, Sittner A, Bar-David E, Schlomovitz J, Levy H, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
. 2024 Apr;
68(6):e0161023.
PMID: 38687017
Efficient treatment of anthrax-related meningitis in patients poses a significant therapeutic challenge. Previously, we demonstrated in our anthrax meningitis rabbit model that ciprofloxacin treatment is ineffective with most of the...
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Boby M, Fearon D, Ferla M, Filep M, Koekemoer L, Robinson M, et al.
Science
. 2023 Nov;
382(6671):eabo7201.
PMID: 37943932
We report the results of the COVID Moonshot, a fully open-science, crowdsourced, and structure-enabled drug discovery campaign targeting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease. We discovered...
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Weiss S, Waidha K, Rajendran S, Benharroch D, Khalilia J, Levy H, et al.
Int J Mol Sci
. 2023 May;
24(9).
PMID: 37176034
We have previously published research on the anti-viral properties of an alkaloid mixture extracted from , the major components of the partially purified mixture found by NMR analysis. These are...
7.
Saar K, McCorkindale W, Fearon D, Boby M, Barr H, Ben-Shmuel A, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2023 Mar;
120(11):e2214168120.
PMID: 36877844
A common challenge in drug design pertains to finding chemical modifications to a ligand that increases its affinity to the target protein. An underutilized advance is the increase in structural...
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Glinert I, Bar-David E, Ben-Shmuel A, Sittner A, Puni R, Laredo S, et al.
PLoS One
. 2023 Feb;
18(2):e0281879.
PMID: 36795682
Bacillus anthracis overcomes host immune responses by producing capsule and secreting toxins. Production of these virulence factors in response to entering the host environment was shown to be regulated by...
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Ludwig K, Schmithausen R, Li D, Jacobs M, Hollstein R, Blumenstock K, et al.
Nat Biotechnol
. 2022 Jul;
40(8):1295.
PMID: 35851378
No abstract available.
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Slobodin B, Sehrawat U, Lev A, Hayat D, Zuckerman B, Fraticelli D, et al.
Nucleic Acids Res
. 2022 Jul;
50(14):8080-8092.
PMID: 35849342
Translation of SARS-CoV-2-encoded mRNAs by the host ribosomes is essential for its propagation. Following infection, the early expressed viral protein NSP1 binds the ribosome, represses translation, and induces mRNA degradation,...