Kfir Baruch Umansky

1.8k citations

11 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 10

Molecular Biology top 10%
Surgery top 10%
Cell Biology top 5%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 10%
Physiology

Co-authors: Eldad Tzahor David Kain James F. Martin Oren Yifa Elad Bassat Nenad Bursac Irit Sagi Ilya Y. Shadrin
Topics: Muscle Physiology and Disorders (4 papers)Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (3 papers)Congenital heart defects research (3 papers)
Cited by: Cell Biology Aging Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Circulation
Partner nations: Israel United States Germany

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Kfir Baruch Umansky

11 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

2017 478 citations Elad Bassat, Ilya Y. Shadrin et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ERK1/2 inhibition promotes robust myotube growth via CaMKII activation resulting in myoblast-to-myotube fusion 2021 ·Developmental Cell ·Tamar Eigler,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Assaf Zaritsky,Avraham Shakked,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Eyal D. Schejter,Douglas P. Millay,Eldad Tzahor,Ori Avinoam	56
2	Agrin Promotes Coordinated Therapeutic Processes Leading to Improved Cardiac Repair in Pigs 2020 ·Circulation ·Andrea Baehr,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Elad Bassat,Victoria Jurisch,Katharina Klett,Tarik Bozoglu,(unknown),(unknown),David Kain,Bartolo Ferraro,(unknown),Markus Krane,Clemens C. Cyran,Oliver Soehnlein,Karl‐Ludwig Laugwitz,Rabea Hinkel,Christian Kupatt,Eldad Tzahor	65
3	ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration 2020 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Alla Aharonov,Avraham Shakked,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Alon Savidor,(unknown),David Kain,Daria Lendengolts,(unknown),Yuka Morikawa,Jixin Dong,Yishai Levin,Benjamin Geiger,James F. Martin,Eldad Tzahor	154
4	The small molecule Chicago Sky Blue promotes heart repair following myocardial infarction in mice 2019 ·JCI Insight ·Oren Yifa,Karen Weisinger,Elad Bassat,Hanjun Li,David Kain,Haim Barr,Noga Kozer,(unknown),(unknown),Tamar Eigler,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Daria Lendengolts,(unknown),Nenad Bursac,Eldad Tzahor	14
5	Vitamin D Stimulates Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Controls Organ Size and Regeneration in Zebrafish 2019 ·Developmental Cell ·Yanchao Han,(unknown),Kfir Baruch Umansky,(unknown),Wen-Yee Choi,Amy L. Dickson,Jianhong Ou,Valentina Cigliola,Oren Yifa,Jingli Cao,Valerie A. Tornini,Ben D. Cox,Eldad Tzahor,Kenneth D. Poss	84
6	The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in micebreakdown → 2017 ·Nature ·Elad Bassat,(unknown),(unknown),Ilya Y. Shadrin,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Oren Yifa,David Kain,(unknown),John P. Leach,(unknown),Yael Udi,Rachel Sarig,Irit Sagi,James F. Martin,Nenad Bursac,Shenhav Cohen,Eldad Tzahor	478
7	Genomic-wide transcriptional profiling in primary myoblasts reveals Runx1-regulated genes in muscle regeneration 2015 ·Genomics Data ·Kfir Baruch Umansky,Ester Feldmesser,Yoram Groner	8
8	Runx1 Transcription Factor Is Required for Myoblasts Proliferation during Muscle Regeneration 2015 ·PLoS Genetics ·Kfir Baruch Umansky,Yael Gruenbaum‐Cohen,Michael Tsoory,Ester Feldmesser,Dalia Goldenberg,Ori Brenner,Yoram Groner	66
9	The Protein Level of PGC-1α, a Key Metabolic Regulator, Is Controlled by NADH-NQO1 2013 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Yaarit Adamovich,Amir Shlomai,Peter Tsvetkov,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Nina Reuven,Jennifer L. Estall,Bruce M. Spiegelman,Yosef Shaul	75
10	The actin regulator N-WASp is required for muscle-cell fusion in mice 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yael Gruenbaum‐Cohen,Itamar Harel,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Eldad Tzahor,Scott B. Snapper,Ben‐Zion Shilo,Eyal D. Schejter	80
11	A template-proximal RNA paired element contributes to Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase activity 2003 ·RNA ·Anita G. Seto,Kfir Baruch Umansky,Yehuda Tzfati,Arthur J. Zaug,Elizabeth H. Blackburn,Thomas R. Cech	39

About Kfir Baruch Umansky

Kfir Baruch Umansky is a scholar working on Aging, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Molecular Biology, having authored 11 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (4 papers), Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (3 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (254 citations), Aging (24 citations) and Molecular Biology (825 citations). Kfir Baruch Umansky has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Eldad Tzahor, David Kain, James F. Martin, Oren Yifa, Elad Bassat, Nenad Bursac, Irit Sagi, Ilya Y. Shadrin, Rachel Sarig and John P. Leach. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

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