Noah Isakov
Noah Isakov
Professor
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Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics
Ben Gurion University
Israel

Education

B. Sc. 1971-1974 Biology (with distinction), Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
M. Sc 1974-1976 Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Thesis: "The role of Ia antigens in genetic regulation of immune responses"
Ph. D 1976-1981 Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Thesis: "Characterization of a tumor associated immunoregulatory factor as lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) and analysis of the relationship between LDV and the host's immune response".

Biography

Noah Isakov is the Joseph H. Krupp Professor in Cancer Immunobiology at the Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, the Goldman Medical School, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Beer Sheva, Israel. His major interest is in signal transduction mechanisms in normal and transformed cells, predominantly in the immune system. He was involved in the discovery and characterization of new signaling molecules in T lymphocytes and continues studying the intricate signaling pathways that regulate T lymphocyte functions and T lymphocyte-mediated immune responses.

 

Research Interest

 

Professional Activities:

Employment And Academic Appointments

11/77-05/81 Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
06/81-08/81 Visiting Scientist Institute for Immunology and Genetics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
09/81-07/83 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Immunobiology Research Center, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
08/83-04/86 Research Associate Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California
05/86-04/88 Scientific Associate Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, California
10/86-03/88 Lecturer Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ben Gurion University
of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
04/88-09/91 Senior Lecturer Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
08/89-10/89 Visiting Scientist Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, California
10/90-11/90 Visiting Scientist Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, California
09/91-11/91 Visiting Scientist La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California
10/91-03/97 Tenured Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
09/92-10/92 Visiting Scientist La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California
07/93-08/95 Visiting Scientist Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
04/97-Present Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer Research
Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
08/98-10/98 Visiting Scientist La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California
07/03-02/04 Greenberg Scholar Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
08/08-07/12 Chair The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
08/12-07/13 Chair The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
03/15-06/15 Visiting Scientist School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

 

Publications

Books and Editorial Work

  • Lymphocyte Activation and Signal Transduction. 2007. N. Isakov, (Ed), Transworld Research Network, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
  • Regulation of immune system cell functions by protein kinase C. Frontiers in Immunology. 2012. Noah Isakov and Amnon Altman, Guest Editors.
  • Signal Transduction Mechanisms in T lymphocytes, 2012. A Special Issue of Journal of Clinical & Cellular Immunology. N. Isakov, Editor

Manuscripts

  1. Isakov, N., Segal, S., Hollander, N. and Feldman, M. 1978. An immuno-regulatory factor associated with spleen cells from tumor-bearing animals. I. Effect on tumor growth and antibody production. Int. J. Cancer 22: 465-470.
  2. Hollander, N., Isakov, N., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1978. An immuno-regulatory factor associated with spleen cells from tumor-bearing animals. II. Characterization of the cell population involved in its production and release. Int. J. Cancer 22: 471-478.
  3. Isakov, N., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1978. Immune surveillance and fetomaternal relationships: Suppression of immune functions by mouse amniotic fluid. In: 'Cell Biology and Immunology of Leukocyte Function', M.R. Quastel (ed), Academic Press, N.Y. pp 441-449.
  4. Isakov, N., Hollander, N., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1979. An immuno-regulatory factor associated with spleen cells from tumor-bearing animals. III. Characterization of the factor's target cells. Int. J. Cancer 23: 410-414.
  5. Isakov, N., Yankelevich, B., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1979. Differential immunogenic expression of an H-2 linked histocompatibility antigen on different tissues: Differences in survival between heart, thyroid and skin allografts. Transplantation 28: 31-35.
  6. Isakov, N., Gorelik, E., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1980. Immunobiology of metastases. In: 'International Symposium on New Trends in Human Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy', B. Serrous and C. Rosenfeld (eds), Doin Editeurs, Paris. pp. 671-681.
  7. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1982. Effect of an acute viral infection by a silent virus on the humoral immune responses. In: 'In vivo Immunology', Nieuwenhuis, Van den Broek and Hanna (eds), Plenum Publishing Corp., N.Y. pp. 455-460.
  8. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1981. Genetic regulation of metastasis progression:   The development of pulmonary metastases of the 3LL lung carcinoma is controlled by both a non-H-2 gene(s) and a gene(s) linked to the H-2D region of the mouse MHC. Transplant. Proc. 13: 778-782.
  9. Isakov, N. and Segal, S. 1981. The role of H-2 region encoded transplantation antigens in thyroid graft rejection: Possible tissue-associated polymorphysm of MHC-determined transplantation antigens. Transplant. Proc. 13: 963-968.
  10. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1981. Effect of lactic dehydrogenase virus infection on tumor induction and tumor growth. Cancer Res. 41: 667-672.
  11. Isakov, N., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1981. H-2K region controlled products of the murine major histocompatibility complex differ in their immunogenic capacity when expressed on different tissues. Transplantation 32: 291-295.
  12. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1981. Control of progression of local tumor and pulmonary metastasis of the 3LL lung carcinoma by different histocompatibility requirements in mice. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 66:919-926.
  13. Isakov, N., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1981. The immunoregulatory characteristics of the lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV), a common contaminant of tumors. Cell. Mol. Biol. 27:83-96.
  14. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1981. An immune response against the alloantigens of the 3LL Lewis lung carcinoma prevents the growth of lung metastases, but not of local allografts. Invas. Metas. 2: 12-32.
  15. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1982. Acute infection of mice with lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) impairs the antigen presenting capacity of their macrophages. Cell. Immunol. 66:317-332.
  16. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1982. The mechanism of modulation of humoral immune responses after infection of mice with lactic dehydrogenase virus. J. Immunol. 128: 969-975.
  17. Isakov, N., Segal, S. and Feldman, M. 1982. Lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) impairs the antigen presentation capacity of macrophages but fails to affect their phagocytic activity. Immunobiology 162: 15-27.
  18. Isakov, N., Katzav, S., De Baetselier, P., Tartakovsky, B., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1983. The immunogenetics of MHC controlled antigenic determinants on Lewis lung carcinoma (3LL) cells. In: 'Biochemical and Biological Markers of Neoplastic Transformation', P. Chandra (ed), Plenum Publishing Corp., N.Y. pp. 147-158.
  19. Bach, F.H., Roopenian, D.C., Wee, S.L., Biel, L.W., Isakov, N. and Widmer, M.B. 1983. T cell responses to MHC and non-MHC antigens: Reexamining the LD-SD concept. In: 'Progress in Immunology', Y. Yamamura and T. Tada (eds), Academic Press, Inc., Japan. pp. 1449-1460.
  20. Katzav, S., Tartakovsky, B., De Baetselier, P., Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1983. Role of MHC-encoded glycoproteins in tumor dissemination. Transplant. Proc. 15: 162-170.
  21. Tartakovsky, B., De Baetselier, P., Isakov, N., Katzav, S., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1983. Class I MHC antigens of different subregions induce different IgG subclasses. J. Immunol. 130: 1017-1018.
  22. Isakov, N. and Segal, S. 1983. A tumor-associated lactic dehydrogenase virus suppresses the host resistance to infection with Listeria monocytogenes, Immunobiology 164: 402-416.
  23. Isakov, N., Katzav, S., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1983. Characterization of H-2 antigens on Lewis lung carcinoma relevant to its metastatic properties. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 71: 139-145.
  24. Isakov, N. and Bach, F.H. 1983 Thyroid graft rejection between C57BL/6 and H-2Kb mutant mice. Differences in the immunogenic expression of the mutated molecule on thyroids of six different mutants. Transplantation 36: 571-577.
  25. Isakov, N. and Segal, S. 1983. Immunogenicity of the mutated H-2Kbm1 antigen(s). Test of thyroid graft rejection between B6-H-2Kbm1 and C57BL/6 mice following reciprocal immunization with normal versus malignant cells. Immunobiology 165: 485-499.
  26. Isakov, N. and Bach, F.H. 1984. High frequency of splenic anti-class I cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors correlates with in vivo rejection of K/D region disparate thyroid and islet grafts in mice. J. Immunol. 132: 50-56.
  27. Isakov, N. and Bach, F.H. 1984. Unidirectional thyroid graft rejection between B10.S and B10.S(7R) mouse strains. Transplantation 37: 269-276.
  28. Isakov, N., Feldman, M. and Segal, S. 1984. Loss of the H-2.33 private specificity by 3LL tumor cells correlates with the tumor potential to metastasize across H-2K region genetic barriers. Exp. Clin. Immunogenet. 1:170-174.
  29. Isakov, N. and Bach, F.H. 1985. Genetic control of variability in responses to class I disparate thyroid grafts. Transplantation 39: 303-309.
  30. Isakov, N. and Bach, F.H. 1985. Participation of class II alloantigens in in vitro regulation of K/D region disparate thyroid graft rejection in mice. J. Immunol. 134: 3580-3585.
  31. Isakov, N., Fox, R.I., Dixon, F.J., Theofilopoulos, A.N. and Altman, A. 1985. Staining and fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis of human lymphocytes using antibodies to a short, chemically-synthesized human IL-2 peptide. Cell. Immunol. 94: 491-499.
  32. Isakov, N., Bleackley, R.C., Shaw, J. and Altman, A. 1985. The tumor promoter teleocidin induces IL-2 receptor expression and IL-2-independent proliferation of human peripheral blood T cells. J. Immunol. 135: 2343-2350.
  33. Isakov, N., Bleackley, R.C., Shaw, J. and Altman, A. 1985. Teleocidin and phorbol ester tumor promoters exert similar mitogenic effects on human lymphocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 130: 724-731.
  34. Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1985. Tumor promoters in conjunction with calcium ionophores mimic antigenic stimulation by reactivation of alloantigen-primed T lymphocytes. J. Immunol. 135: 3674-3680.
  35. Altman, A., Cardenas, J.M., Houghten, R.A., Isakov, N., Dixon, F.J. and Theofilopoulos, A.N. 1985. Antibodies to human interleukin 2 induced by synthetic peptides. Cancer Treat. Symp. 1: 45-51.
  36. Altman, A., Cardenas, J., Isakov, N., Balderas, R., Dixon, F.J. and Theofilopoulos A.N. 1985. Antibodies of predetermined specificity against chemically-synthesized peptides of human interleukin 2. In: 'Cellular and Molecular Biology of Lymphokines', G. Sorg and A. Schimpl (eds), Academic Press, N.Y. pp. 127-132.
  37. Isakov, N., Biel, L.W. and Bach, F.H. 1985. Induction of class I antigen-disparate pancreatic islet graft rejection by in vivo administration of helper cell-independent cytolytic T lymphocytes. Transplant. Proc. 17: 727-728.
  38. Biel, L.W., Morrow, C.E., Zhu, X.Y., Sutherland, D.E.R., Widmer, M.B., Isakov, N. and Bach, F.H. 1985. Ability of donor-sensitized bulk or cloned T lymphocytes to induce rejection of established pancreatic islet allografts. Transplant. Proc. 17: 826-827.
  39. Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1986. Lymphocyte activation and immune regulation. Immunol. Today 7: 155-157.
  40. Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1986. Interleukin 2, an immunoregulatory hormone: Biology and clinical implications. Clin. Immunol. Newslett. 7: 1-4.
  41. Isakov, N., Scholz, W. and Altman, A. 1986. Signal transduction and intracellular events in T lymphocyte activation. Immunol. Today 7: 271-277.
  42. Noonan, D.J., Isakov, N., Theofilopoulos, A.N., Dixon, F.J. and Altman, A. 1987. Protein kinase C activating phorbol esters augment expression of T cell receptor genes. Eur. J. Immunol. 17: 803-807.
  43. Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1987. Human T lymphocyte activation by tumor promoters: Role of protein kinase C. J. Immunol. 138: 3100-3107.
  44. Ron, Y., Isakov, N. and Sprent, J. 1987. Unresponsiveness of MRL/MP-lpr/lpr mice to antigen given subcutaneously in adjuvant: Partial restoration of responses after local injection of B cells. J. Immunol. 139: 400-405.
  45. Isakov, N., Scholz, W. and Altman, A. 1987. Effect of cyclosporin A on early stages of T cell activation. Transplant. Proc. 19: 1186-1190.
  46. Isakov, N., Scholz, W., Mally, M. and Altman, A. 1987. T lymphocyte activation: The role of protein kinase C and the bifurcating signal transduction pathway. Immunol. Rev. 95: 89-111.
  47. Isakov, N. 1988. Cell activation and signal initiation. Immunol. Today. 9: 251-252.
  48. Scholz, W., Isakov, N., Mally, M.I., Theofilopoulos, A.N. and Altman, A. 1988. lpr-T cell hyporesponsiveness to mitogens linked to a defect in receptor-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis. J. Biol. Chem. 263: 3626-3631.
  49. Isakov, N. 1988. Regulation of protein kinase C activity by vitamin A derivatives. Cell. Immunol. 115: 288-298.
  50. Isakov, N. and Morrow, P.R. 1989. Interleukin 2 regulates antigen-specific immunoglobulin response of naive B cells. Cell. Immunol. 120: 366-374.
  51. Isakov, N., McMahon, P. and Altman, A. 1990. Selective post-translational down-regulation of protein kinase C isoenzymes in leukemic T cells chronically treated with phorbol ester. J. Biol. Chem. 265: 2091-2097.
  52. Mustelin. T., Coggeshall, K.M., Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1990. T cell antigen receptor-mediated activation of phospholipase C requires tyrosine phosphorylation. Science 247: 1584-1587.
  53. Isakov, N., Gopas, J., Priel, E., Segal, S. and Altman, A. 1991. Effect of PKC-activating tumor promoters on metastases formation by fibrosarcoma cells. Invas. Metas. 11: 14-24.
  54. Tamir, A. and Isakov, N. 1991. Increased intracellular cyclic AMP levels block PKC-mediated T cell activation by inhibition of c-jun transcription. Immunol. Letters 27: 95-100.
  55. Altman, A., Mally, M. and Isakov, N. 1992. Phorbol ester synergizes with Ca2+ ionophore in activation of protein kinase C (PKC)a and PKCb isoenzymes in human T cells and in induction of related cellular functions. Immunology 76: 465-471.
  56. Isakov, N., Mally, M. and Altman, A. 1992. Mitogen-induced human T cell proliferation is associated with increased expression of selected PKC genes. Mol. Immunol. 29: 927-933.
  57. Gopas, J., Itzhaky, D., Segev, Y., Salzberg, S., Trink, B., Isakov, N. and Rager-Zisman, B. 1992. Persistent measles virus infection enhances major histocompatibility complex class I expression and immunogenicity of murine neuroblastoma cells. Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 34: 313-320.
  58. Gopas, J., Ehrlich, T., Cohen, O., Wishniak, O., Rager-Zisman, B., Tainsky, M.A., Segal, S. and Isakov, N. 1992. H-ras oncogene regulates expression of 70- and 45-kDa cell surface molecules whose expression correlates with tumor cell immunogenicity. Int. J. Cancer 52: 329-335.
  59. Isakov, N. 1992. T cell anergy and apoptosis in AIDS: Mechanisms of impairment of signal transduction processes by the human immunodeficiency virus. Adv. Allergy Immunol. 1:99-111.
  60. Baier, G., Telford, D., Giampa, L., Coggeshall, K.M., Baier-Bitterlich, G., Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1993. Molecular cloning and characterization of PKCq, a novel member of the protein kinase C (PKC) gene family expressed predominantly in hematopoietic cells. J. Biol. Chem. 268: 4997-5004.
  61. Isakov, N. 1993. Tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation in T cell activation. Mol. Immunol. 30: 197-210.
  62. Isakov, N., Galron, D., Mustelin, T., Pettit G.R. and Altman, A. 1993. Inhibition of phorbol ester-induced T cell proliferation by bryostatins is associated with rapid degradation of protein kinase C. J. Immunol. 150: 1195-1204.
  63. Gueron, E., Isakov, N. and El-On, J. 1993. Leishmania major: Respiratory burst response of infected murine macrophages treated with paromomycin. Exp. Parazitol. 76: 371-376.
  64. Isakov, N. 1993. Activation of murine lymphocytes by exogenous phosphatidylethanol-amine- and phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C. Cell. Immunol. 152: 72-81.
  65. Ehrlich, T., Wishniak, O., Cohen, O., Segal, S., Isakov, N., Rager-Zisman, B. and Gopas, J. 1994. The effect of H-ras expression on tumorigenicity and immunogenicity of Balb/c 3T3 fibroblasts. Immunol. Lett. 39: 3-8.
  66. Segev, Y., Rager-Zisman, B., Isakov, N., Schneider-Schaulies, S., ter-Meulen, V., Segal, S., Udem, S. and Wolfson, M. 1994. Reversal of measles virus mediated increase of phosphorylating activity in persistently infected mouse neuroblastoma cells by anti-measles antibodies. J. Gen. Virol. 75: 819-827.
  67. Galron, D., Tamir, A., Gelkop, S., Meller, N., Grossman, N. and Isakov, N. 1994. The effect of bryostatin on PKC regulated functions in human T lymphocytes and epidermal cells. Immunol. Lett. 39: 17-22.
  68. Isakov, N., Tamir, A. and El-On, J. 1994. Supperssion of antigen-specific responses by leishmania major excreted factor: Inhibition of activation signals linked to the T cell antigen receptor and interleukin 2 receptor. Israel J. Med. Sci. 30: 673-679.
  69. Tamir, A. and Isakov, N. 1994. Cyclic AMP inhibits phosphatidylinositol-coupled and -uncoupled mitogenic signals in T lymphocytes. Evidence that cAMP alters PKC-induced transcription regulation of members of the jun and fos family of genes. J. Immunol. 152: 3391-3399.
  70. Galron, D., Tamir, A., Altman, A. and Isakov, N. 1994. Inhibition of PMA-induced human T cell proliferation by bryostatin is associated with enhanced degradation of conventional protein kinase C (cPKC): Ca2+ signals restore mitogenic activity without abrogating enhanced cPKC degradation. Cell. Immunol. 158: 195-207.
  71. Baier, G., Baier-Bitterlich, G., Meller, N., Coggeshall, K.M., Giampa, L., Telford, D., Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1994. Expression and biochemical characterization of human protein kinase C q. Eur. J. Biochem. 225: 195-203.
  72. Isakov, N., Wange, R.L. and Samelson, L.E. 1994. The role of tyrosine kinases and phosphotyrosine-containing recognition motifs in regulation of the T cell-antigen receptor-mediated signal transduction pathway. J. Leuk. Biol. 55: 265-271.
  73. Isakov, N., Wange, R.L., Burgess, W.H., Watts, J.D., Aebersold, R. and Samelson, L.E. 1995. ZAP-70 binding specificity to T cell receptor tyrosine-based activation motifs: the tandem SH2 domains of ZAP-70 bind distinct tyrosine-based activation motifs with varying affinities. J. Exp. Med. 181: 375-380.
  74. Wange, R.L., Isakov, N., Burke, T.R., Otaka, A., Roller, P.P., Watts, J.D., Aebersold, R. and Samelson, L.E. 1995. F2 (Pmp)2-TAMz3, a novel competitive inhibitor of the binding of ZAP-70 to the T cell antigen receptor, blocks early T cell signaling. J. Biol. Chem. 270: 944-948.
  75. Segev, Y., Ofir, R., Salzberg, S., Heller A., Weinstein, Y., Isakov, N., Udem, S., Wolfson, M. and Rager-Zisman, B. 1995. Tyrosine phosphorylation of measles virus nucleocapsid protein in persistently infected neuroblastoma cells. J. Virol. 69: 2480-2485.
  76. Madrenas, J., Wange, R.L., Wang, J.L., Isakov, N., Samelson, L.E. and Germain, R.N. 1995. z phosphorylation without ZAP-70 activation induced by T cell receptor antagonists or partial antagonists. Science 267: 515-518.
  77. Douvdevani, A., Abramson, O., Tamir, A., Konforty, A., Isakov, N. and Chaimovitz, C. 1995. Commercial peritoneal dialysis solution inhibits TNFa mRNA expression and NF-kB DNA-binding activity in LPS stimulated macrophages. Kidney Int. 47: 1537-1545.
  78. Gelkop, S., Priel, E. and Isakov, N. 1995. T cell mitogens induce increased DNA topoisomerase I protein levels and its translocation to the nucleus where activation of the enzyme occurs. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 211: 872-877.
  79. Wange, R.L., Guitian, R., Isakov, N., Watts, J.D., Aebersold, R. and Samelson, L.E. 1995. Activating and inhibitory mutations in adjacent tyrosines in the kinase domain of ZAP-70. J. Biol. Chem. 270: 18730-18733.
  80. Erdel, M., Baier-Bitterlich, G., Duba, C., Isakov, N. Altman, A., Utermann, G. and Baier, G. 1995. Mapping of the human protein kinase C q gene locus to the short arm of chromosome 10 (10p15) by FISH. Genomics 25: 595-597.
  81. Samelson, L.E., Donovan, J.A., Isakov, N., Ota, Y. and Wange, R.L. 1995. Signal transduction mediated by the T cell antigen receptor. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 766: 157-172.
  82. Isakov, N., Wange, R.L., Watts, J.D., Aebersold, R. and Samelson, L.E. 1996. Purification and characterization of human ZAP-70 from a baculovirus expression system. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 15753-15761.
  83. Tamir, A., Granot, Y. and Isakov, N. 1996. Inhibition of T lymphocyte activation by cAMP is associated with downregulation of two parallel mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways, the extracellular signal-regulated kinase and c-Jun N-terminal kinase. J. Immunol. 157: 1514-1522.
  84. Meller, N., Liu, Y.-C., Collins, T.L., Bonnefoy-Berard, N., Baier, G., Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 1996. Direct interaction between PKCq and 14.3.3t results in inhibition of PKCq translocation and function in T cells. Mol. Cell Biol. 16: 5782-5791.
  85. Isakov, N. 1996. Nobel awards to immunology pioneers who unraveled the mechanism of recognition of virus infected cells by killer T lymphocytes. Israel J. Obstet. Gynecol. 7: 211-214.
  86. Isakov, N. 1997. Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM), a unique module linking antigen and Fc receptors to their signaling cascades J. Leuk. Biol. 61: 6-16.
  87. Isakov, N. 1997. ITIMs and ITAMs: The Yin and Yang of antigen and Fc receptor-linked signaling machinery. Immunol. Res. 16: 85-100.
  88. Isakov, N. 1997. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine - 1996. Harefua 132: 36-38. (in Hebrew)
  89. Galron, D., Ansotegui, I.J. and Isakov, N. 1997. Posttranslational regulation of Lck and a p36-38 protein by activators of protein kinase C: Differential effects of the tumor promoter, PMA, and the non-tumor-promoter, bryostatin. Cell. Immunol. 178: 141-151.
  90. Bazarsky, E., Galron, D., Wolfson, M., Granot, Y., Isakov, N. and Rager-Zisman, B. 1997. Persistent measles virus infection of murine neuroblastoma cells differentially affects the expression of PKC individual isoenzymes. Virus Genes 15: 227-234.
  91. Isakov, N. 1998. The role of immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) in signal transduction from antigen and Fc receptors. Adv. Immunol. 69: 183-247.
  92. Isakov, N. 1998. ITAMs: Immunoregulatory scaffolds that link immunoreceptors to their intracellular signaling pathways. Receptors & Channels 5: 243-253.
  93. Meller, N., Altman, A. and Isakov, N. 1998 New perspectives on PKCq, a member of the novel subfamily of protein kinase C. Stem Cells 16: 178-192.
  94. Gelkop, S. and Isakov, N. Identification and characterization of Crk-binding proteins in activated T lymphocytes. 1999 In: Proceedings of the10th International Conference of Immunology, Talwar, G.P., Nath, I., Ganguly, N.K. and Rao, K.V.S. (Eds), Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, p. 1537-1543.
  95. Meller, N., Elitzur, Y. and Isakov, N. 1999 Protein kinase C-q (PKCq) distribution analysis in hematopoietic cells. Proliferating T cells exhibit high proportions of PKCq in the particulate fraction. Cell. Immunol. 193:185-193.
  96. Gelkop, S. and Isakov, N. 1999. T cell activation stimulates the association of tyrosine phosphorylated and enzymatically active ZAP-70 with the Crk adapter proteins. J. Biol. Chem. 274:21519-21527.
  97. Isakov, N. 1999. Biotoon: ITAM sequences link activating immunoreceptors on the surface of various lymphoid cells to their corresponding intracellular signaling machinery. Graft 2:216-217.
  98. Witte, S., Villalba, M., Bi, K., Liu, Y., Isakov, N. and Altman, A. 2000. Inhibition of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase/AP-1 and NF-B pathways by PICOT, a novel protein kinase C-interacting protein with a thioredoxin-homology domain. J. Biol. Chem. 275:1902-1909.
  99. Babichev, Y., Gelkop, S., Witte, S., Altman, A. and Isakov, N. 2000. The protein kinase C (PKC) q-interacting protein, PICOT, undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation in response to hydrogen peroxide. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Congress of the Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania (FIMSA 2000), Sirisinha, S., Chaiyaroj, S.C. and Tapchaisri, P. (Eds), Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, pp. 11-16.
  100. Gelkop, S. and Isakov, N. 2000. Crk adaptor proteins interact with the ZAP-70 protein tyrosine kinase in a T cell activation dependent manner. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Congress of the Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania (FIMSA 2000), Sirisinha, S., Chaiyaroj, S.C. and Tapchaisri, P. (Eds), Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, Italy, pp. 33-38.
  101. Isakov, N. and Biesinger, B. 2000. Lck protein tyrosine kinase is a key regulator of T-cell activation and a target for signal intervention by Herpesvirus saimiri and other viral gene products. Eur. J. Biochem. 267:3413-3421.
  102. Altman, A. Isakov, N. and Baier, G. 2000. Protein kinase C-q: a new essential superstar on the T cell stage. Immunol. Today. 21:567-573.
  103. Isakov, N., Witte, S. and Altman, A. 2000. PICOT-HD: a highly conserved protein domain that is often associated with thioredoxin and glutaredoxin modules. Trends Biochem. Sci. 25:537-539.
  104. Babichev, Y., Meller, N., Gelkop, S., Yiflah-Vishkerman, V., Witte, S., Altman, A. and Isakov, N. 2000. Identification and characterization of PKC-q interacting proteins. Curr. Top. Biochem. Res. 3:243-250.
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