Gabi Shefer

Summary

Affiliation: Tel Aviv University
Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Primary myogenic cells see the light: improved survival of transplanted myogenic cells following low energy laser irradiation
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Development Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Lasers Surg Med 40:38-45. 2008
  2. ncbi Reduced satellite cell numbers and myogenic capacity in aging can be alleviated by endurance exercise
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    PLoS ONE 5:e13307. 2010
  3. ncbi SVEP1 is a novel marker of activated pre-determined skeletal muscle satellite cells
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
    Stem Cell Rev 6:42-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Insights into chromatin remodelers in mesenchymal stem cells and differentiation
    Dafna Benayahu
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Front Biosci 14:398-409. 2009
  5. ncbi Insights into the transcriptional and chromatin regulation of mesenchymal stem cells in musculo-skeletal tissues
    Dafna Benayahu
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Ann Anat 191:2-12. 2009
  6. ncbi The effect of exercise on IGF-I on muscle fibers and satellite cells
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 4:230-9. 2012
  7. ncbi Reflections on lineage potential of skeletal muscle satellite cells: do they sometimes go MAD?
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
    Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr 17:13-29. 2007
  8. ncbi Reconstruction of cell lineage trees in mice
    Adam Wasserstrom
    Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
    PLoS ONE 3:e1939. 2008
  9. ncbi Nestin-GFP reporter expression defines the quiescent state of skeletal muscle satellite cells
    Kenneth Day
    Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Dev Biol 304:246-59. 2007
  10. ncbi Satellite-cell pool size does matter: defining the myogenic potency of aging skeletal muscle
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Biological Structure, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Magnuson Health Sciences Center, Room G514, Box 357420, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Dev Biol 294:50-66. 2006

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Primary myogenic cells see the light: improved survival of transplanted myogenic cells following low energy laser irradiation
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Development Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Lasers Surg Med 40:38-45. 2008
    ..This study aims at following the effects of low-energy-laser irradiation on the fate of implanted myoblasts...
  2. ncbi Reduced satellite cell numbers and myogenic capacity in aging can be alleviated by endurance exercise
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    PLoS ONE 5:e13307. 2010
    ..The significance of these data is that they suggest that the endurance exercise-mediated boost in both satellite numbers and myogenic properties may improve myofiber maintenance in aging...
  3. ncbi SVEP1 is a novel marker of activated pre-determined skeletal muscle satellite cells
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
    Stem Cell Rev 6:42-9. 2010
    ..The impact of this finding is that it may allow scrutinizing signals that affect differentiation commitment. Thus, holds a therapeutic potential for maladies that involve deregulated stem cell fate-decision...
  4. ncbi Insights into chromatin remodelers in mesenchymal stem cells and differentiation
    Dafna Benayahu
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Front Biosci 14:398-409. 2009
    ..Elucidating the nature of cross talk between chromatin remodelers and master genes is important for identifying pathways that govern stem cell fate and lineage decision...
  5. ncbi Insights into the transcriptional and chromatin regulation of mesenchymal stem cells in musculo-skeletal tissues
    Dafna Benayahu
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Ann Anat 191:2-12. 2009
    ..Revealing the mechanisms of action of such factors will provide understanding of how transcription and chromatin regulatory factors function together to regulate stem cell lineage fate decision...
  6. ncbi The effect of exercise on IGF-I on muscle fibers and satellite cells
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 4:230-9. 2012
    ..We first summarize in brief the basic biology of skeletal satellite cells; the types of exercise and the basic biology of IGF-I. We then discuss the interplay between IGF skeletal muscle and satellite cells...
  7. ncbi Reflections on lineage potential of skeletal muscle satellite cells: do they sometimes go MAD?
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
    Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr 17:13-29. 2007
    ..Last, we highlight evidence in favor of satellite cell plasticity and emerging hurdles restraining this hypothesis...
  8. ncbi Reconstruction of cell lineage trees in mice
    Adam Wasserstrom
    Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
    PLoS ONE 3:e1939. 2008
    ..Lineage analysis based on somatic mutations enables performing high resolution reconstruction of lineage trees in mice and humans, which can provide fundamental insights to many aspects of their development and tissue maintenance...
  9. ncbi Nestin-GFP reporter expression defines the quiescent state of skeletal muscle satellite cells
    Kenneth Day
    Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Dev Biol 304:246-59. 2007
    ..The NES-GFP model reveals unique transcriptional activity within quiescent satellite cells and permits novel insight into the heterogeneity of their molecular signatures...
  10. ncbi Satellite-cell pool size does matter: defining the myogenic potency of aging skeletal muscle
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Biological Structure, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Magnuson Health Sciences Center, Room G514, Box 357420, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Dev Biol 294:50-66. 2006
    ..This study suggests that the population of satellite cells that participate in myofiber maintenance during routine muscle utilization is not fully replenished throughout life...
  11. ncbi Skeletal muscle satellite cells can spontaneously enter an alternative mesenchymal pathway
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Biological Structure, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    J Cell Sci 117:5393-404. 2004
    ..We conclude that satellite cells possess mesenchymal plasticity, being able to commit either to myogenesis or to a mesenchymal alternative differentiation (MAD) program...
  12. ncbi Isolation and culture of skeletal muscle myofibers as a means to analyze satellite cells
    Gabi Shefer
    Department of Biological Structure, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 290:281-304. 2005
    ..These protocols allow studies on the interplay between the myofiber and its associated satellite cells...