Yechiel Shai

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yechiel Shai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yechiel Shai has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Microbiology and 22 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yechiel Shai's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (30 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers). Yechiel Shai is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (30 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers). Yechiel Shai collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Germany and United States. Yechiel Shai's co-authors include Niv Papo, Oren Ziv, Yosef Rosenfeld, Amram Mor, Pierre Nicolas, Doron Rapaport, Avner Fink, Jimut Kanti Ghosh, Ehud Gazit and Doron Gerber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Yechiel Shai

55 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Interaction of antimicrobial dermaseptin and its fluorescently labeled analogs with phospholipid membranes

1992 562 citations Amram Mor, Pierre Nicolas et al. Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yechiel Shai Israel	29	2.5k	2.3k	1.0k	322	235	55	3.7k
Sónia Troeira Henriques Australia	40	3.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	766 0.8×	324 1.0×	108 0.5×	98	4.3k
Fanny Guzmán Chile	33	1.9k 0.7×	837 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	261 0.8×	175 0.7×	215	4.5k
Song Yub Shin South Korea	42	3.5k 1.4×	3.3k 1.5×	962 1.0×	509 1.6×	224 1.0×	168	4.9k
M Zasloff United States	8	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	780 0.8×	381 1.2×	151 0.6×	8	3.2k
Margitta Dathe Germany	38	3.8k 1.5×	3.3k 1.5×	835 0.8×	767 2.4×	213 0.9×	92	5.4k
Sung‐Tae Yang South Korea	25	1.6k 0.6×	927 0.4×	360 0.4×	164 0.5×	91 0.4×	64	2.3k
Jimut Kanti Ghosh India	25	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	379 0.4×	153 0.5×	127 0.5×	73	1.7k
Ester Boix Spain	38	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	766 0.8×	284 0.9×	60 0.3×	89	3.4k
Jörg Andrä Germany	37	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	311 1.0×	83 0.4×	86	3.2k
Amram Mor Israel	43	4.2k 1.7×	4.4k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	894 2.8×	214 0.9×	110	6.2k

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Casciaro, Bruno, et al.. (2025). Modulating Antimicrobial Activity and Structure of the Peptide Esc(1‐21) via Site‐Specific Isopeptide Bond Formation. Journal of Peptide Science. 31(9). e70048–e70048. 1 indexed citations

Klug, Yoel A., et al.. (2017). Intramembrane attenuation of the TLR4-TLR6 dimer impairs receptor assembly and reduces microglia-mediated neurodegeneration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(32). 13415–13427. 34 indexed citations

Aychek, Tegest, Avner Fink, Ziv Porat, et al.. (2016). Neutralization of pro‐inflammatory monocytes by targeting TLR2 dimerization ameliorates colitis. The EMBO Journal. 35(6). 685–698. 34 indexed citations

Reuven, Eliran Moshe, Avner Fink, & Yechiel Shai. (2014). Regulation of innate immune responses by transmembrane interactions: Lessons from the TLR family. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1838(6). 1586–1593. 86 indexed citations

Kaminker, Ilia, et al.. (2013). Topology of the Trans-Membrane Peptide WALP23 in Model Membranes under Negative Mismatch Conditions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 117(8). 2280–2293. 15 indexed citations

Epand, Richard M., Richard M. Epand, Richard M. Epand, et al.. (2010). Lipid clustering by three homologous arginine-rich antimicrobial peptides is insensitive to amino acid arrangement and induced secondary structure. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1798(6). 1272–1280. 61 indexed citations

Schubert, Cornelius, et al.. (2010). 148B: KILLING MECHANISM OF ONCOLYTIC DESIGNER HOST DEFENSE PEPTIDE - NECROSIS OR APOPTOSIS?. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 125(Supplement). 99–99. 1 indexed citations

Makovitzki, Arik, Avner Fink, & Yechiel Shai. (2009). Suppression of Human Solid Tumor Growth in Mice by Intratumor and Systemic Inoculation of Histidine-Rich and pH-Dependent Host Defense–like Lytic Peptides. Cancer Research. 69(8). 3458–3463. 90 indexed citations

Vallon-Eberhard, Alexandra, Arik Makovitzki, Anne Beauvais, et al.. (2008). Efficient Clearance of Aspergillus fumigatus in Murine Lungs by an Ultrashort Antimicrobial Lipopeptide, Palmitoyl-Lys-Ala- d Ala-Lys. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 52(9). 3118–3126. 27 indexed citations

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Papo, Niv & Yechiel Shai. (2005). A Molecular Mechanism for Lipopolysaccharide Protection of Gram-negative Bacteria from Antimicrobial Peptides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(11). 10378–10387. 223 indexed citations

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Papo, Niv, Michal Shahar, Lea Eisenbach, & Yechiel Shai. (2003). A Novel Lytic Peptide Composed of dl-Amino Acids Selectively Kills Cancer Cells in Culture and in Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(23). 21018–21023. 135 indexed citations

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Ziv, Oren, Jagannathan Ramesh, Dorit Avrahami, et al.. (2002). Structures and mode of membrane interaction of a short α helical lytic peptide and its diastereomer determined by NMR, FTIR, and fluorescence spectroscopy. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(16). 3869–3880. 71 indexed citations

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Avrahami, Dorit, Oren Ziv, & Yechiel Shai. (2001). Effect of Multiple Aliphatic Amino Acids Substitutions on the Structure, Function, and Mode of Action of Diastereomeric Membrane Active Peptides. Biochemistry. 40(42). 12591–12603. 68 indexed citations

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Shai, Yechiel & Oren Ziv. (2001). From “carpet” mechanism to de-novo designed diastereomeric cell-selective antimicrobial peptides. Peptides. 22(10). 1629–1641. 314 indexed citations

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Kliger, Yossef & Yechiel Shai. (2000). Inhibition of HIV-1 entry before gp41 folds into its fusion-active conformation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 295(2). 163–168. 76 indexed citations

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Gazit, Ehud, Paolo La Rocca, Mark S.P. Sansom, & Yechiel Shai. (1998). The structure and organization within the membrane of the helices composing the pore-forming domain of Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin are consistent with an “umbrella-like” structure of the pore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(21). 12289–12294. 139 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Jimut Kanti, Sergio G. Peisajovich, Michael Ovadia, & Yechiel Shai. (1998). Structure-Function Study of a Heptad Repeat Positioned Near the Transmembrane Domain of Sendai Virus Fusion Protein Which Blocks Virus-Cell Fusion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(42). 27182–27190. 39 indexed citations

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Gazit, Ehud, et al.. (1997). Bacillus thuringiensisCytolytic Toxin Associates Specifically with Its Synthetic Helices A and C in the Membrane Bound State. Implications for the Assembly of Oligomeric Transmembrane Pores. Biochemistry. 36(49). 15546–15554. 24 indexed citations

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Shai, Yechiel, et al.. (1996). Broad spectrum antibiotic activity of skin‐PYY. FEBS Letters. 380(3). 237–240. 67 indexed citations

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Strahilevitz, Jacob, Amram Mor, Pierre Nicolas, & Yechiel Shai. (1994). Spectrum of Antimicrobial Activity and Assembly of Dermaseptin-b and Its Precursor Form in Phospholipid Membranes. Biochemistry. 33(36). 10951–10960. 111 indexed citations

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