פרופ' מקורי פרסם עד היום כ 180 פרסומים מדעיים שפורסמו בכתבי עת מובילים בתחומי האלרגיה והאימונולוגיה. השתתף באורח פעיל בכ 90 כנסים מקצועיים וזכה בשורה ארוכה של מענקי מחקר תחרותיים.
פרופ' מקורי זכה ב 20 פרסי הצטיינות והערכה מקצועית מטעם איגודים ישראליים ובינ"ל בתחומי האלרגיה והאימונולוגיה-קלינית.
Selected Recent Publications (out of 170)
1. Metcalfe DD, Baram D, Mekori YA. Mast cells. Physiol. Rev. 1997; 77:1033
2. Inamura N, Mekori YA, Metcalfe DD. Induction and enhancement of FcRI-dependent mast cell degranulation following coculture with activated T cells: Dependency on ICAM-1- and LFA-1-mediated heterotypic aggregation. J. Immunol. 1998; 160:4026.
3. Bhattacharyya SP, Drucker I, Reshef T, Kirshenbaum AS, Metcalfe3 Mekori YA. Activated T lymphocytes induce degranulation and cytokine production by human mast cells following cell-to-cell contact. J. Leukoc. Biol. 1998; 63:337.
4. Baram D, Linial M, Mekori YA, Sagi-Eisenberg R. Cutting edge: Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in mast cells is stimulated by the Ca2+ sensor, synaptotagmin I1. J. Immunol. 1998; 161:5120
5. Baram D, Adachi R, Medalia O, Tuvim M, Dickey BF, Mekori YA, Sagi-Eisenberg R. Synaptotagmin II negatively regulates Ca2+-triggeredexocytosis of lysosomes in mast cells. J. Exp. Med. 1999; 189:1649.
6. Mekori YA and Metcalfe DD. Mast cell – T cell interactions. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 104:517 1999;
7. Mekori YA and Metcalfe DD. Mast cells in innate immunity. Immunol. Rev. 2000; 173:131.
8. Baram D, Vaday G, Salamon P, Drucker I, Mekori YA. Human mast cell release MMP-9 upon contact with activated T cells: juxtacrine regulation
by TNF-a. J. Immunol. 2001; 167:4008.
9. Mekori YA, Gilfillan AM, Akin C, Hartmann K, Metcalfe DD
Human mast cell apoptosis is regulated through Bcl-2 and Bcl-x.
J. Clin. Immunol. 2001; 21:171
10. Haim M, Tanne D, Boyko V, Reshef T, Goldbourt U, Mekori YA Behar S. Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and subsequent coronary events in patients with chronic coronary heart disease.Data from the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) study J. Amer. Coll. Cardiol. 2002; 39:1133.
11. Tanne D, Haim M, Boyko V, Goldbourt U, Reshef T, Adler Y, Mekori YA, Behar S. Soluble ICAM-1 and risk of future ischemic stroke: A nested case-control study from the bezafibrate infarction study cohort. Stroke. 2002; 33:2182
12. Hartmann K, Artuc M, Baldus SE, Zibes TK, Hermes B, Thiele J, Mekori Y.A
and Henz BM. Expression of Bcl- 2 and Bcl-X in cutaneous and bone
marrow lesions of mastocytosis. Am. J. Pathol. 163:819, 2003
13. Mekori A The mastocyte: the “other” inflammatory cell in
immunopathogenesis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:52, 2004
14. Salamon P, Shoham NG, Gavrieli R, Wolach B, Mekori YA. Human mast cells
release Interleukin-8 and induce neutrophil chemotaxis on contact with activated
T cells. Allergy 60:1316, 2005 .
15. Kulka M, Fukuishi N, Rottem M, Mekori YA, and Metcalfe DD. Mast cells which interact with Escherichia coli upregulate genes associated with innate immunity and become less responsive to FcRI-mediated activation. J Leuk Biol 79:339, 2006
16. Bachelet I, Levi-Schaffer F, Mekori YA. Mast cells: not only in allergy. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 26(3):407, 2006
17. Salamon P, Shoham NG, Puxeddu H, Levi-Schaffer F, Mekori YA. Human mast cells release oncostatin M on contact with activated T cells: possible biologic relevance. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 121:448, 2008
18. Shefler I, Mekori YA, Mor A. Stimulation of human mast cells by activated T
cells leads to N-Ras activation via RasGRP1. J Allergy & Clin Immunol 122:1222, 2008.
19. Mor A, Shefler I, Salamon P, Mekori YA. Characterization of ERK activation in human mast cells stimulated by contact with T cells. Inflammation 33(2):119, 2010
20. Baram D, Dekel O, Mekori YA, and Sagi-Eisenberg R. Activation of mast cells by trimeric G protein Gi3; Coupling to A3 adenosine receptor directly and upon T cell contact. J Immunol 184(7):3677-88, 2010
21. Maamoun B, Schwalb H, Nesher M, Gilon D, Shefler I, Mekori YA, Shapira
OM and Gorodetsky R. Mast cell activation by fibrinogen related homologous c-terminal peptides (haptides) modulate systemic blood pressure. J Allergy&Clin Immunol 126:1041, 2010
22. Shefler I, Salamon P, Reshef T, Mor A, Mekori YA. T cell-induced mast cell activation: a role for microparticles released from activated T cells. J Immunol. 185:4206, 2010.
23. Mor A, Haklai R, Ben-Moshe O, Mekori YA*, and Kloog Y*. Inhibition of Contact Sensitivity by Farnesylthiosalicylic Acid-Amide, a Potential Rap1 Inhibitor. J Invest. Derm, 131:2040, 2011.
24. MekoriYA and Hershko AY. T cell-mediated modulation of mast cell function: heterotypic adhesion-induced stimulatory or inhibitory effects. Front Immunol 3:6, 2012.
