Publications

Selected Publications

The septin cytoskeleton is a novel regulator of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity and mucosal inflammation
Gaizun Hu, Nayden G. Naydenov, Atif Zafar, Dominik Robak, Khosiyat Makhmudova, Susana Lechuga, Yuta Ohno, Naseer Sagwan, Saikat Bandyopadhyay, Ryan Musich, Andrei Ivanov#, Seham Ebrahim#.
JCI Insight, 2025.

(Cover article!)

Hemifusomes and Interacting Proteolipid Nanodroplets Mediate Multi-Vesicular Body Formation.

Amirrasoul Tavakoli, Shiqiong Hu, Seham Ebrahim#, Bechara Kachar#.
Nature Communications, 2025.

Transmembrane channel-like 4 and 5 proteins at microvillar tips are potential ion channels and lipid scramblases.
Seham Ebrahim#, Angela Ballesteros, W. Sharon Zheng, Shounak Mukherjee, Gaizun Hu... Marcos Sotomayor, Bechara Kachar#.
bioRxiv, 2024.

Tear secretion via a paracellular pathway in lacrimal gland is regulated by myosin-mediated modulation of tight junction permeability.
Yuta Ohno, Gaizun Hu, Dominik Robak, W. Sharon Zheng, Seham Ebrahim#.
bioRxiv, 2024.

Nanoarchitecture and dynamics of the mouse enteric glycocalyx examined by freeze-etching electron tomography and intravital microscopy.
Willy W. Sun, Evan S. Krystofiak, Alejandra Leo-Macias, Runjia Cui, Antonio Sesso, Roberto Weigert, Seham Ebrahim, Bechara Kachar.
Communications Biology, 2020.

Dynamic polyhedral actomyosin lattices remodel micron-scale curved membranes during exocytosis in live mice.

Seham Ebrahim, Desu Chen, Max Weiss, Lenka Malec, Yeap Ng, Ivan Rebustini, Evan Krystofiak, Longhua Hu, Jian Liu, Andrius Masedunskas, Edna Hardeman, Peter Gunning, Bechara Kachar, Roberto Weigert.
Nature Cell Biology, 2019.

For complete list of publications visit: Seham's Google Scholar Page