Moran Benhar

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Moran Benhar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Moran Benhar has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Moran Benhar's work include Redox biology and oxidative stress (22 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (17 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (14 papers). Moran Benhar is often cited by papers focused on Redox biology and oxidative stress (22 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (17 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (14 papers). Moran Benhar collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Sweden. Moran Benhar's co-authors include Jonathan S. Stamler, Michael T. Forrester, Alexander Levitzki, David Engelberg, Douglas T. Hess, Matthew W. Foster, Pnina Weisman-Shomer, Tamar Ziv, Iart Luca Shytaj and Andrea Savarino and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Moran Benhar

38 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

ROS, stress‐activated kinases and stress signaling in cancer

2002 512 citations Moran Benhar, David Engelberg et al. EMBO Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moran Benhar Israel	25	2.4k	1.1k	649	372	317	38	3.5k
Michael T. Forrester United States	17	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	621 1.0×	335 0.9×	244 0.8×	25	3.2k
Alexander Y. Andreyev United States	28	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	337 0.5×	287 0.8×	138 0.4×	50	4.5k
Detcho A. Stoyanovsky United States	31	2.0k 0.8×	777 0.7×	441 0.7×	213 0.6×	172 0.5×	75	3.4k
Harvey E. Marshall United States	16	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	656 1.0×	636 1.7×	144 0.5×	19	3.6k
Maddalena Fratelli Italy	33	2.7k 1.1×	526 0.5×	567 0.9×	422 1.1×	584 1.8×	89	4.8k
Heonjoong Kang South Korea	29	3.6k 1.5×	2.2k 2.0×	508 0.8×	206 0.6×	263 0.8×	93	5.9k
Mark Abramovitz Canada	41	2.7k 1.1×	866 0.8×	677 1.0×	412 1.1×	696 2.2×	73	5.5k
Valerie G. Montana United States	17	3.5k 1.5×	787 0.7×	465 0.7×	330 0.9×	449 1.4×	18	4.9k
Christopher M. Jenkins United States	35	2.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	154 0.4×	201 0.6×	65	4.0k
Barbara P. Atshaves United States	40	3.2k 1.3×	623 0.6×	873 1.3×	232 0.6×	676 2.1×	85	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moran Benhar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Braunstein, Ilana, Hozumi Motohashi, Tobias Dallenga, Ulrich E. Schaible, & Moran Benhar. (2025). Redox signaling in innate immunity and inflammation: focus on macrophages and neutrophils. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 237. 427–454. 8 indexed citations

Trebicz‐Geffen, Meirav, et al.. (2024). Impact of Reactive Sulfur Species on Entamoeba histolytica: Modulating Viability, Motility, and Biofilm Degradation Capacity. Antioxidants. 13(2). 245–245. 2 indexed citations

Braunstein, Ilana, Fabian Glaser, Tal Gefen, et al.. (2022). Global Thiol Proteome Analysis Provides Novel Insights into the Macrophage Inflammatory Response and Its Regulation by the Thioredoxin System. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 38(4-6). 388–402. 9 indexed citations

Schuster, Ronen, Peleg Rider, David Greenberg, et al.. (2019). S-Nitrosylation of α1-Antitrypsin Triggers Macrophages Toward Inflammatory Phenotype and Enhances Intra-Cellular Bacteria Elimination. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 590–590. 14 indexed citations

Benhar, Moran. (2018). Roles of mammalian glutathione peroxidase and thioredoxin reductase enzymes in the cellular response to nitrosative stress. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 127. 160–164. 85 indexed citations

Ziv, Tamar, et al.. (2017). Nitrosothiol-Trapping-Based Proteomic Analysis of S-Nitrosylation in Human Lung Carcinoma Cells. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169862–e0169862. 21 indexed citations

Benhar, Moran. (2016). Emerging Roles of Protein S-Nitrosylation in Macrophages and Cancer Cells. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 23(24). 2602–2617. 19 indexed citations

Ziv, Tamar, et al.. (2016). Inhibitory nitrosylation of mammalian thioredoxin reductase 1: Molecular characterization and evidence for its functional role in cellular nitroso-redox imbalance. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 97. 375–385. 27 indexed citations

Voloshin, Tali, Dror Alishekevitz, Limor Kaneti, et al.. (2015). Blocking IL1β Pathway Following Paclitaxel Chemotherapy Slightly Inhibits Primary Tumor Growth but Promotes Spontaneous Metastasis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(6). 1385–1394. 60 indexed citations

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Benhar, Moran. (2015). Nitric oxide and the thioredoxin system: a complex interplay in redox regulation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1850(12). 2476–2484. 57 indexed citations

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Ziv, Tamar, et al.. (2014). A Substrate Trapping Approach Identifies Proteins Regulated by Reversible S-nitrosylation. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 13(10). 2573–2583. 33 indexed citations

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Weisman-Shomer, Pnina, et al.. (2014). Suppression of the pro-inflammatory NLRP3/interleukin-1β pathway in macrophages by the thioredoxin reductase inhibitor auranofin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1840(10). 3153–3161. 42 indexed citations

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Weisman-Shomer, Pnina, et al.. (2014). Thioredoxin-mimetic peptides as catalysts of S-denitrosylation and anti-nitrosative stress agents. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 79. 138–146. 30 indexed citations

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Weisman-Shomer, Pnina, et al.. (2013). Multilevel Regulation of 2-Cys Peroxiredoxin Reaction Cycle by S-Nitrosylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(16). 11312–11324. 54 indexed citations

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Haim, Yulia, Ori Nov, Orna Almog, et al.. (2011). Increased Adipocyte S-Nitrosylation Targets Anti-lipolytic Action of Insulin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(35). 30433–30443. 41 indexed citations

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Benhar, Moran, Michael T. Forrester, & Jonathan S. Stamler. (2009). Protein denitrosylation: enzymatic mechanisms and cellular functions. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 10(10). 721–732. 411 indexed citations

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Benhar, Moran, Michael T. Forrester, Douglas T. Hess, & Jonathan S. Stamler. (2008). Regulated Protein Denitrosylation by Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Thioredoxins. Science. 320(5879). 1050–1054. 447 indexed citations

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Forrester, Michael T., Matthew W. Foster, Moran Benhar, & Jonathan S. Stamler. (2008). Detection of protein S-nitrosylation with the biotin-switch technique. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 46(2). 119–126. 256 indexed citations

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Whalen, Erin J., Matthew W. Foster, Akio Matsumoto, et al.. (2007). Regulation of β-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling by S-Nitrosylation of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2. Cell. 129(3). 511–522. 237 indexed citations

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Benhar, Moran, David Engelberg, & Alexander Levitzki. (2002). ROS, stress‐activated kinases and stress signaling in cancer. EMBO Reports. 3(5). 420–425. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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