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  5. An implantable system for long-term assessment of atrial fibrillation substrate in unanesthetized rats exposed to underlying pathological conditions. Klapper-Goldstein H, Murninkas M, Gillis R, Mulla W, Levanon E, Elyagon S, Schuster R, Danan D, Cohen H, Etzion Y. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 17;10(1):553. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57528-3. PMID: 31953473 Free PMC article.

  6. MiR-499 Responsive Lethal Construct for Removal of Human Embryonic Stem Cells after Cardiac Differentiation. Elovic E, Etzion S, Cohen S. Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 10;9(1):14490. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50899-2. PMID: 31601830 Free PMC article.

  7. Corrigendum to: A new cis-acting regulatory element driving gene expression in the zebrafish pineal gland. Alon S, Eisenberg E, Jacob-Hirsch J, Rechavi G, Vatine G, Toyama R, Coon SL, Klein DC, Gothilf Y. Bioinformatics. 2019 Oct 15;35(20):4206. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz410. PMID: 31102508 Free PMC article

  8. Rapid Atrial Pacing Promotes Atrial Fibrillation Substrate in Unanesthetized Instrumented Rats. Mulla W, Hajaj B, Elyagon S, Mor M, Gillis R, Murninkas M, Klapper-Goldstein H, Plaschkes I, Chalifa-Caspi V, Etzion S, Etzion Y. Front Physiol. 2019 Sep 20;10:1218. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01218. eCollection 2019.

  9. Letter by Mulla and Etzion Regarding Article, "Chronic Atrial and Ventricular Pacing in the Mouse: Application to Model Cardiac Dyssynchrony and Resynchronization in Heart Failure".Mulla W, Etzion Y. Circ Heart Fail. 2019 May;12(5):e006083. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006083. PMID: 31079490

  10. CAP2 mutation leads to impaired actin dynamics and associates with supraventricular tachycardia and dilated cardiomyopathy. Aspit L, Levitas A, Etzion S, Krymko H, Slanovic L, Zarivach R, Etzion Y, Parvari R. J Med Genet. 2019 Apr;56(4):228-235. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2018-105498. Epub 2018 Dec 5. PMID: 30518548

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  12. Reconstruction of the ovary microenvironment utilizing macroporous scaffold with affinity-bound growth factors. Felder S, Masasa H, Orenbuch A, Levaot N, Shachar Goldenberg M, Cohen S. Biomaterials. 2019 Jun;205:11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.03.013. Epub 2019 Mar 14. PMID: 30901634

  13. Human iPSC-Derived Blood-Brain Barrier Chips Enable Disease Modeling and Personalized Medicine Applications. Vatine GD, Barrile R, Workman MJ, Sances S, Barriga BK, Rahnama M, Barthakur S, Kasendra M, Lucchesi C, Kerns J, Wen N, Spivia WR, Chen Z, Van Eyk J, Svendsen CN. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 Jun 6;24(6):995-1005.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.05.011. PMID: 31173718

  14. Nanoparticle Delivery of miRNA-21 Mimic to Cardiac Macrophages Improves Myocardial Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction. Bejerano T, Etzion S, Elyagon S, Etzion Y, Cohen S. Nano Lett. 2018 Sep 12;18(9):5885-5891. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02578. Epub 2018 Aug 29. PMID: 30141949

  15. Articular cartilage regeneration using acellular bioactive affinity-binding alginate hydrogel: A 6-month study in a mini-pig model of osteochondral defects. Ruvinov E, Tavor Re'em T, Witte F, Cohen S. J Orthop Translat. 2018 Sep 9;16:40-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jot.2018.08.003. eCollection 2019 Jan. PMID: 30723680

  16. Nocturnal Atrial Fibrillation Caused by Mutation in KCND2, Encoding Pore-Forming (α) Subunit of the Cardiac Kv4.2 Potassium Channel. Drabkin M, Zilberberg N, Menahem S, Mulla W, Halperin D, Yogev Y, Wormser O, Perez Y, Kadir R, Etzion Y, Katz A, Birk OS. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018 Nov;11(11):e002293. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.118.002293. PMID: 30571183 Clinical Trial.

  17. Magnetic Induction of Multiscale Anisotropy in Macroporous Alginate Scaffolds. Margolis G, Polyak B, Cohen S. Nano Lett. 2018 Nov 14;18(11):7314-7322. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03514. Epub 2018 Nov 5. PMID: 30380888

  18. Live imaging flow bioreactor for the simulation of articular cartilage regeneration after treatment with bioactive hydrogel. Bar A, Ruvinov E, Cohen S. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2018 Sep;115(9):2205-2216. doi: 10.1002/bit.26736. Epub 2018 Jun 25. PMID: 29873069

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