The Felsenstein Medical Research Center
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases Research Groups
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Laboratory of Molecular Hepatology

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    Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Head of Laboratory: Shai Ashkenazi, M.D., M.Sc.

    Head of Research Group: Yael Yuhas Ph.D.

      Tel: 972-3-9376736
    Fax: 972-3-9211478
    E-mail: ashai@post.tau.ac.il

    Research Topics

    1. The immunomodulatory effects of antibiotics

    2. Host response to infection

    3. Inflammation

    Selected Publications

    1. Yuhas Y, Weizman A, Vanichkin A, Ashkenazi S. Involvement of prostaglandins in an animal model of Shigella-related seizures. J Neuroimmunol. 168:34-9, 2005. MEDLINE

    2. Yuhas Y., Berent E, Ovadia H, Azoulay I, Ashkenazi S. Rifampin augments cytokine-induced nitric oxide production in human alveolar epithelial cells. Anti Microbial Agents and Chemotherapy 50:396-398, 2006. MEDLINE

    3. Yuhas Y, Azoulay-Alfaguter I, Berent E, Ashkenazi S. Rifampin inhibits prostaglandin e2 production and arachidonic acid release in human alveolar epithelial cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:4225-4230, 2007. MEDLINE

    4. Yuhas Y, Berent E, Cohen R, Ashkenazi S. Role of NF-kappa B activation and PPAR gamma inhibition in the effect of rifampin on inducible nitric oxide synthase transcription in human lung epithelial cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53: 1539-45, 2009. MEDLINE

    5. Yuhas Y, Berent E, Ashkenazi S. Effect of rifampin on the production of Inflammatory mediators in HepG2 liver epithelial cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 55(12):5541-6, 2011. MEDLINE