Prof. Daniel Landau

Prof. Daniel Landau Profile

Associate Professor
MD, 1986

Head of Department

Department : Pediatrics
Pediatrics A
Pediatric Nephrology
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Email : ldaniel@bgu.ac.il
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pediatrics, kidney, growth retardation

Research Topics

  • GH-IGF action in renal diseases
  • Genetic renal diseases in Southern Israel
  • Characterization of transient febrile proteinuria

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

  • Animal experimentation
  • Whole animal assessment of signal transduction molecules

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Landau D , Oved T, Geiger D, Abizov L, Shalev H, Parvari R. Familial Steroid Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome in Southern Israel: Clinical and Genetic Observations. Pediatr Nephrol , 22:661-9; 2007. Landau D , Eshet R, Troib A, Gurman Y, Yu Chen, Rabkin R, Segev Y. Increased renal Akt / mTOR and MAPK signaling in type I diabetes in the absence of IGF type 1 receptor activation. Endocrine 36:126-34;2009. Grants: US-Israel Binational Science foundation (BSF) (X2).

Existing collaborations

  • Yael Segev , PhD (BGU) and Ralph Rabkin , MD (Stanford Univ.) : the local bone GHR signaling in CKD related growth retardation and its modulation by diet and exercise
  • Ralph Rabkind, M.D., Dept. of Medicine, Stanford University

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Bone architecture and signaling function in chronic kidney disease
  • In vitro characterization of novel genes associated with renal diseases

Looking for expertise / project

  • Animal Bone imaging
  • Urinary proteomics