Leor Lab

Uri Amit, Clinical Fellow

 

E-mail: uri.amit.mail@gmail.com  

Phone: +972-3-530-8409

 

Uri's research aims to explore the mechanisms underlying age-related deterioration of vascular and cardiac function and identify novel therapeutic targets. Toward this aim he studies the role of the longevity gene Sirtuin 6 in the development of cardiovascular disease, regeneration and heart failure by using genetically engineered mice models in collaboration with Prof. Haim Cohen lab (BIU). Furthermore, he studies the role of IL-13 receptor α1 in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiac fibrosis, in collaboration with Dr. Ariel Munitz (TAU) lab.

Publications

 

1. Klempfner R, Goldenberg I, Fisman EZ, Matetzky S, Amit U, Shemesh J, Tenenbaum A. Comparison of statin alone versus bezafibrate and statin combination in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndrome. American Journal of Cardiology 2014; 113:12-16.

 

2. Klempfner R, Goldenberg I, Fisman EZ, Amit U, Haitovich A, Matetzky S, Medvedofsky D, Shemesh J, Tenenbaum A. Bezafibrate treatment is associated with a reduced rate of re-hospitalization in smokers after acute coronary syndrome. Cardiology Journal 2013 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2013.0127. [Epub ahead of print].

 

3. Yagupsky P, Slonim A, Amit U, Porat N, Dagan R. Beta-lactamase production by Kingella kingae in Israel is clonal and common in carriage organisms but rare among invasive strains. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2013; 32:1049-1053.

 

4. Amit U, Dagan R, Yagupsky P. Prevalence of pharyngeal carriage of Kingella kingae in young children and risk factors for colonization. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 2013; 32:191-193.

 

5. Amit U, Porat N, Basmaci R, Bidet P, Bonacorsi S, Dagan R, Yagupsky P. Genotyping of invasive Kingella kingae isolates reveals predominant clones and association with specific clinical syndromes. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012; 55:1074-1079.

 

6. Amit U, Porat N, Trefler R, Dagan R, Yagupsky P. Epidemiology of invasive Kingella kingae infections in two distinct pediatric populations cohabiting in one geographic area. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 2012; 31:415-417. 

 

7. Porat N, Amit U, Givon-Lavi N, Leibovitz E, Dagan R. Increasing importance of multidrug-resistant serotype 6A Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in acute otitis media in southern Israel. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 2010; 29:126-130.