Suppression of Natural Killer Cell Activity and Promotion of Tumor Metastasis by Ketamine, Thiopental, and Halothane, but Not by Propofol: Mediating Mechanisms and Prophylactic Measures

Rivka Melamed, Shahar Bar-Yosef, Guy Shakhar, +2

Anesthesia & Analgesia

Attenuation of the Tumor-promoting Effect of Surgery by Spinal Blockade in Rats

Shahar Bar-Yosef, Rivka Melamed, Gayle G. Page, +3

Anesthesiology

Improving Postoperative Immune Status and Resistance to Cancer Metastasis

Yael Goldfarb, Liat Sorski, Marganit Benish, +3

Annals of Surgery

Marginating pulmonary-NK activity and resistance to experimental tumor metastasis: suppression by surgery and the prophylactic use of a β-adrenergic antagonist and a prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor

Rivka Melamed, Ella Rosenne, Keren Shakhar, +3

Brain Behavior and Immunity

Prostaglandin E2 Suppresses NK Activity In Vivo and Promotes Postoperative Tumor Metastasis in Rats

Ilan Yakar, Rivka Melamed, Guy Shakhar, +5

Annals of Surgical Oncology

OncologyChemoprevention StrategyMedicineImmunologyCell Death +6

Immune perturbations in patients along the perioperative period: Alterations in cell surface markers and leukocyte subtypes before and after surgery

Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Rivka Melamed, Keren Greenfeld, +6

Brain Behavior and Immunity

InflammationPerioperative PeriodGranulocyteImmune PerturbationsHematology +10

Reducing liver metastases of colon cancer in the context of extensive and minor surgeries through β-adrenoceptors blockade and COX2 inhibition

Liat Sorski, Rivka Melamed, Pini Matzner, +4

Brain Behavior and Immunity

Surgical OncologyOncologyHepatologyCox2 InhibitionGastrointestinal Oncology +10

Choline Acetyltransferase for Differentiation between Human Motor and Sensory Nerve Fibers

J. Engel, A Ganel, Rivka Melamed, +2

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Choline AcetyltransferasePeripheral Nerve InjuryHuman MotorNeurotransmissionPeripheral Nerve +20

Perioperative treatment with the new synthetic <scp>TLR</scp>‐4 agonist <scp>GLA‐SE</scp> reduces cancer metastasis without adverse effects

Pini Matzner, Liat Sorski, Lee Shaashua, +8

International Journal of Cancer

Surgical OncologyCancer ManagementImmunologyImmune RegulationImmunoediting +21

False aneurysm of the left ventricle. Surgical treatment.

V. Yakierevitch, B Vidne, Rivka Melamed, +1

PubMed

Left VentricleMedicineIntractable Heart FailureVascular SurgerySurgery +6