The Felsenstein Medical Research Center
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Cellular Endocrinology
  • Diabetes and Obesity Research
  • Neuroendocrine
  • Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Diabetes Research
  • Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism Research

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    Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Diabetes Research

    Head of Laboratory: Moshe Phillip M.D.

    Head of Research Group: Galia Gat-Yablonski Ph.D.

      Tel: 972-3-9253282
    Fax: 972-3-9253836
    E-mail: mosheph@post.tau.ac.il

    Research Topics

      Analysis of growth and differentiation processes in the growth plate and the liver: the role of epigenetic mechanism. Genetic analysis of:

      • 1.1 Multiple Pituitary Hormone Deficiency (MPHD) and Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency (IGHD)

      • 1.2 Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY)

      • 1.3 Familial precocious puberty and pubertal abnormalities.

    Selected Publications:

    1. Pando R, Even-Zohar N, Shtaif B, Edry L, Shomron N, Phillip M., Gat-Yablonski G. MicroRNAs in the growth plate are responsive to nutritional cues: association between miR-140 and SIRT1. J Nutr Biochem 2012. MEDLINE

    2. Gat-Yablonski G. Brain development is a multi-level regulated process- the case of the OTX2 gene. Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews 9 (1): 422-430, 2011. MEDLINE

    3. Gat-Yablonski G., Yackobovitch-Gavan M., Phillip M. Nutrition and bone growth in pediatrics. Pediatric Clinics of North America 58:1117-1140, 2011. MEDLINE

    4. Yackobovitch-Gavan M., Gat-Yablonski G. Phillip M. Nutritional biomarkers for growth outcomes: perspective of the endocrinologist. World Rev Nutr Diet Basel, Karger, 106: 19-25, 2013

    5. Gat-Yablonski G., Pando R., Phillip M. Nutritional catch up growth. World Rev Nutr Diet. Basel, Karger, 106: 83-89, 2013.