The interaction of TIGIT with PVR and PVRL2 inhibits human NK cell cytotoxicity

N Stanietsky, H Simic, J Arapovic… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
NK cell cytotoxicity is controlled by numerous NK inhibitory and activating receptors. Most of
the inhibitory receptors bind MHC class I proteins and are expressed in a variegated …

[HTML][HTML] The coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2

Y Finkel, O Mizrahi, A Nachshon… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the ongoing
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 1. To understand the pathogenicity and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids

J Jansen, KC Reimer, JS Nagai, FS Varghese… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Kidney failure is frequently observed during and after COVID-19, but it remains elusive
whether this is a direct effect of the virus. Here, we report that SARS-CoV-2 directly infects …

Lethal influenza infection in the absence of the natural killer cell receptor gene Ncr1

R Gazit, R Gruda, M Elboim, TI Arnon, G Katz… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
The elimination of viruses and tumors by natural killer cells is mediated by specific natural
killer cell receptors. To study the in vivo function of a principal activating natural killer cell …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of imported monkeypox, Israel, 2018

N Erez, H Achdout, E Milrot, Y Schwartz… - Emerging infectious …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report a case of monkeypox in a man who returned from Nigeria to Israel in 2018. Virus
was detected in pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR and confirmed …

Inhibition of the NKp30 activating receptor by pp65 of human cytomegalovirus

TI Arnon, H Achdout, O Levi, G Markel, N Saleh… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Human cytomegalovirus, a chief pathogen in immunocompromised people, can persist in a
healthy immunocompetent host throughout life without being eliminated by the immune …

A single dose of recombinant VSV-∆ G-spike vaccine provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge

Y Yahalom-Ronen, H Tamir, S Melamed, B Politi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 imposes an urgent need for rapid
development of an efficient and cost-effective vaccine, suitable for mass immunization. Here …

The mechanisms controlling the recognition of tumor-and virus-infected cells by NKp46

TI Arnon, H Achdout, N Lieberman, R Gazit… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
The destruction of viral-infected and tumor cells is mediated in part via the lysis receptor of
natural killer (NK) cells, NKp46. The nature, however, of its lysis ligands expressed on target …

The activating receptor NKp46 is essential for the development of type 1 diabetes

C Gur, A Porgador, M Elboim, R Gazit, S Mizrahi… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
The mechanism of action of natural killer (NK) cells in type 1 diabetes is still unknown. Here
we show that the activating receptor NKp46 recognizes mouse and human ligands on …

A panel of human neutralizing mAbs targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike at multiple epitopes

T Noy-Porat, E Makdasi, R Alcalay, A Mechaly… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The novel highly transmissible human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of
the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus far, there is no approved therapeutic drug specifically …