Daniel Offen

Prof. Daniel Offen

Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Academic Career Length

31Years (1996-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2004 in Journal of Neurology
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Daniel Offen
YGYossi Gilgun-Sherki
Yossi Gilgun-Sherki
EMEldad Melamed
Eldad Melamed

30 June 2017 in Stem Cells
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RVRotem Volkman
Rotem Volkman
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Daniel Offen

21 November 2018 in Molecular Autism
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NPNisim Perets
Nisim Perets
SHStav Hertz
Stav Hertz
MLMichael London
Michael London
Daniel OffenDaniel Offen
Daniel Offen
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by three core symptoms that include social interaction deficits, cognitive inflexibility, and communication disorders. They have been steadily increasing in children over the past several years, with no effective treatment. BTBR T+tf/J (BTBR) mice are an accepted model of evaluating autistic-like behaviors as they present all core symptoms of ASD. We have previously shown that transplantation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) to the lateral ventricles of BTBR mice results in long lasting improvement in their autistic behavioral phenotypes. Recent studies point exosomes as the main mediators of the therapeutic effect of MSC. Here, we tested whether treatment with the exosomes secreted from MSC (MSC-exo) will show similar beneficial effects. We found that intranasal administration of MSC-exo increased male to male social interaction and reduced repetitive behaviors. Moreover, the treatment led to increases of male to female ultrasonic vocalizations and significant improvement in maternal behaviors of pup retrieval. No negative symptoms were detected following MSC-exo intranasal treatments in BTBR or healthy C57BL mice. The marked beneficial effects of the exosomes in BTBR mice may translate to a novel, non-invasive, and therapeutic strategy to reduce the symptoms of ASD.

1 January 2003 in Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
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YGYossi Gilgun-Sherki
Yossi Gilgun-Sherki
EMEldad Melamed
Eldad Melamed
Daniel OffenDaniel Offen
Daniel Offen

1 December 2001 in Neuroscience Letters
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Daniel OffenDaniel Offen
Daniel Offen
BSBiana Shtaif
Biana Shtaif
DHDaphna Hadad
Daphna Hadad
Abraham WeizmanAbraham Weizman
Abraham Weizman
EMEldad Melamed
Eldad Melamed
IGIrit Gil-Ad
Irit Gil-Ad

9 July 2009 in Stem Cells
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RBRan Barzilay
Ran Barzilay
EMEldad Melamed
Eldad Melamed
Daniel OffenDaniel Offen
Daniel Offen