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Publications

2025

Kaur, Daljeet ; Avitan, Tal Talya ; Piran, Ron. / Under pressure : Stress and autoimmune diabetes in war. In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2025 ; Vol. 127. pp. 1-3.
Khoon, Lynn ; Piran, Ron. / A New Strategy in Modulating the Protease-Activated Receptor 2 (Par2) in Autoimmune Diseases. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025 ; Vol. 26, No. 1.

2024

Reches, Gal ; Khoon, Lynn ; Ghanayiem, Narmeen et al. / Controlling autoimmune diabetes onset by targeting Protease-Activated Receptor 2. In: Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy. 2024 ; Vol. 175.
Reches, Gal ; Piran, Ron. / Par2-mediated responses in inflammation and regeneration : choosing between repair and damage. In: Inflammation and Regeneration. 2024 ; Vol. 44, No. 1.

2023

Riahi, Yael ; Kogot-Levin, Aviram ; Kadosh, Liat et al. / Hyperglucagonaemia in diabetes : altered amino acid metabolism triggers mTORC1 activation, which drives glucagon production. In: Diabetologia. 2023 ; Vol. 66, No. 10. pp. 1925-1942.

2022

Reches, Gal ; Blondheim Shraga, Netta R. ; Carrette, Florent et al. / Resolving the conflicts around Par2 opposing roles in regeneration by comparing immune-mediated and toxic-induced injuries. In: Inflammation and Regeneration. 2022 ; Vol. 42, No. 1.
Sirhan, Worood ; Piran, Ron. / Therapeutic peptidomimetics in metabolic diseases. Peptide and Peptidomimetic Therapeutics: From Bench to Bedside. Elsevier, 2022. pp. 521-550
Hamshawi, Yara ; Bîlbîe, Florin Daniel ; Păun, Andrei et al. / P systems with protein rules. In: Journal of the Franklin Institute. 2022 ; Vol. 359, No. 8. pp. 3779-3807.

2020

Sirhan, Worood ; Piran, Ron. / Current approaches in diabetes treatment and other strategies to reach normoglycemia. In: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 2020 ; Vol. 20, No. 32. pp. 2922-2944.
Aviel-Shekler, Keren ; Hamshawi, Yara ; Sirhan, Worood et al. / Gestational diabetes induces behavioral and brain gene transcription dysregulation in adult offspring. In: Translational Psychiatry. 2020 ; Vol. 10, No. 1.

2017

Piran, R. / A Passe-par2 for Tissue Regeneration and Inflammation. In: Mechanisms of Development. 2017 ; Vol. 145, No. Supplements. pp. S51-S52.
Piran, R. ; Levine, F. / A Passe-par2 for [Beta]-Cell Regeneration and Protection. Paper presented at 19th European Congress of Endocrinology, Lisbon.

2016

Piran, R. / PAR2: a Passe-partout for Regeneration, Transdifferentiation, and Death in Diabetes and Much More. Paper presented at The Israeli Endocrine Society, Jerusalem, Israel.
Piran, Ron ; Lee, Seung Hee ; Kuss, Pia et al. / PAR2 regulates regeneration, transdifferentiation, and death. In: Cell Death and Disease. 2016 ; Vol. 7, No. 11.

2014

Piran, R. ; Lee, S. H. ; Li, C. R. et al. / Pharmacological induction of pancreatic islet cell transdifferentiation : Relevance to type i diabetes. In: Cell Death and Disease. 2014 ; Vol. 5, No. 7.
Piran, R. / Islet cell transdifferentiation in a pharmacologically induced model and type I diabetes. Paper presented at Israel Islet Biology Forum: 2014 Researchers Meeting, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Piran, R. / -cell regeneration. A pharmacologically induced process. Paper presented at CIRM retreat, San Diego, CA, United States.
Piran, R. / Islet Cell Induced Transdifferentiation and its Relevance to Type I diabetes. Paper presented at PDRC Symposium, UC San Diego, CA, United States.

2013

Piran, R. / Transdifferentiation in Pancreatic Islets during Type I Diabetes. Paper presented at CIRM Grantee Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Ratner, Tamar ; Piran, Ron ; Jonoska, Natasha et al. / Biologically relevant molecular transducer with increased computing power and iterative abilities. In: Chemistry and Biology. 2013 ; Vol. 20, No. 5. pp. 726-733.
Lee, Seung Hee ; Piran, Ron ; Keinan, Ehud et al. / Induction of β-Cell Replication by a Synthetic HNF4α Antagonist. In: Stem Cells. 2013 ; Vol. 31, No. 11. pp. 2396-2407.
Piran, Ron. / Islet Cell Transdifferentiation in a pharmacological induced Model and Type I Diabetes. 2013. DARe Postdoctoral, San Diego, CA; Faculty of Medicine.
Lee, Seung Hee ; Athavankar, Sonalee ; Cohen, Tom et al. / Identification of alverine and benfluorex as HNF4α activators. In: ACS Chemical Biology. 2013 ; Vol. 8, No. 8. pp. 1730-1736.

2012

Ratner, Tamar ; Shoshani, Sivan ; Piran, Ron et al. / Biomolecular Finite Automata. Biomolecular Information Processing: From Logic Systems to Smart Sensors and Actuators. Wiley-VCH, 2012. pp. 145-179
Piran, R. / Beta-cells from alpha-cells. Paper presented at CIRM retreat, La Jolla, CA, Israel.
Shoshani, Sivan ; Piran, Ron ; Arava, Yoav et al. / A molecular cryptosystem for images by DNA computing. In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2012 ; Vol. 51, No. 12. pp. 2883-2887.
Piran, R. / Transdifferentiation of beta cells from alpha-cells. Paper presented at Beta Cell Society Meeting, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States.

2011

Piran, R. / Molecular Encryption of Images. Paper presented at DNA 17 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States.
Piran, R. / Transdifferentiation of beta cells from alpha-cells. Paper presented at CIRM 2011 Grantee Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Piran, R. / Current Advances in DNA Automata. Paper presented at DNA 17 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States.
Piran, R. / DNA-Based Transducer with Biological Output. Paper presented at DNA 17 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States.
Shoshani, Sivan ; Ratner, Tamar ; Piran, Ron et al. / Biologically relevant molecular finite automata. In: Israel Journal of Chemistry. 2011 ; Vol. 51, No. 1. pp. 67-86.
Piran, R. / A new source for beta-cells: Transdifferentiation from alpha-cells. Paper presented at CIRM retreat, San Diego, CA, United States.

2010

Piran, R. / Transdifferentiation of alpha to beta-cells as a new source of cells for beta-cell Regeneration. Paper presented at CIRM retreat, San Diego, CA, United States.
Piran, R. / Signal Gradients depiction during Myogenic Differentiation in the Chick Somite. Paper presented at Keystone symposium on Integration of Developmental Signalling Pathways, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Chung, Cheng Ho ; Hao, Ergeng ; Piran, Ron et al. / Pancreatic β-cell neogenesis by direct conversion from mature α-cells. In: Stem Cells. 2010 ; Vol. 28, No. 9. pp. 1630-1638.
Piran, R. / Mathematical depiction of signal gradients unravels a new biochemical pathway in Myogenesis. Paper presented at Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting 2010, Santa Cruz, CA, United States.
Piran, R. / Formal logic unravels a new biochemical pathway in cell fate determination process. Paper presented at Systems Biology of Stem Cells, Irvine, CA, United States.
Chung, C-H ; Hao, E ; Piran, R et al. / Adult alpha Cells Can Function as beta Cell Progenitors in a Novel Pancreatic Injury Model. Paper presented at N/A.

2009

Piran, Ron ; Halperin, Einat ; Guttmann-Raviv, Noga et al. / Algorithm of myogenic differentiation in higher-order organisms. In: Development (Cambridge). 2009 ; Vol. 136, No. 22. pp. 3831-3840.

2008

Piran, R. / Mathematical modeling for developmental differentiation in higher order organisms. Paper presented at Batsheva Seminar on Information Processing in Living Cells, Dead Sea, Israel.
Piran, R. / From Sea to Land: the Developmental Basis of Evolutionary Change or Algorithm of Myogenic Differentiation. Paper presented at Batsheva Seminar on the Development of the Musculoskeletal System, Dead Sea, Israel.

2007

Piran, R. / Toward Decoding Arrays Using Parallel Bio-Molecular Computation Monitored by SPR. Paper presented at International Symposium on Bio-Inspired engineering, Dead Sea, Israel.
Piran, R. / Boolean mathematical modeling for developmental differentiation in higher order organism. Paper presented at International Symposium on Bio-Inspired engineering, Dead Sea, Israel.

2006

Piran, R. / Parallel Biomolecular Computing on 36-point DNA Chips. Paper presented at The Israeli Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Piran, R. / Image Encryption with Bio-Molecular Computing Devices. Paper presented at The Israeli Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Piran, R. ; Keinan, E. / Catalytic antibodies,. John Wiley \& Sons, 2006.

2005

Piran, R. / Biologically relevant Bio-molecular computing devices and image encryption via parallel molecular computation. Paper presented at The Center for Complexity science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Cavaliere, Matteo ; Jonoska, Nataša ; Yogev, Sivan et al. / Biomolecular implementation of computing devices with unbounded memory. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2005 ; Vol. 3384. pp. 35-49.
Piran, R. / Optimization of Catalytic Activity in Antibody Aldolases. Paper presented at The Israeli Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Piran, Ron ; Keinan, Ehud. / In vitro Evolution of Catalytic Antibodies and Other Proteins via Combinatorial Libraries. Catalytic Antibodies. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2005. pp. 243-283
Saphier, Sigal ; Piran, Ron ; Keinan, Ehud. / Photoenzymes and Photoabzymes. Catalytic Antibodies. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2005. pp. 350-369

2004

Piran, R. ; Ferretti, C. ; Mauri, G. / DNA computing,. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg., 2004.
Piran, R. / Towards improved aldolase catalytic antibodies by directed evolution. Paper presented at D.I.P. symposium, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

2003

Maytal-Kivity, Vered ; Piran, Ron ; Pick, Elah et al. / Erratum : COP9 signalosome components play a role in the mating pheromone responses of S. cerevisiae (EMBO Reports (2002)). In: EMBO Reports. 2003 ; Vol. 4, No. 5. pp. 534.
Maytal-Kivity, Vered ; Pick, Elah ; Piran, Ron et al. / The COP9 signalosome-like complex in S. cerevisiae and links to other PCI complexes. In: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 2003 ; Vol. 35, No. 5. pp. 706-715.

2002

Piran, R. / Behavior of COP9 signalosome-like subunits in budding yeast. Paper presented at The COP9 Signalosome, Proteasome and eIF3 at the Crossroads of Signaling, Kemer, Turkey.
Piran, R. / Western transfer. Paper presented at A seminar in the Shimon Peres institute for peace – Challenges of the human genome, The Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Piran, R. / Does the COP9 signalosome affect the pheromone response pathway in yeasts?. Paper presented at Faculty conference, The Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Maytal-Kivity, Vered ; Piran, Ron ; Pick, Elah et al. / COP9 signalosome components play a role in the mating pheromone response of S. cerevisiae. In: EMBO Reports. 2002 ; Vol. 3, No. 12. pp. 1215-1221.