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Yael Efraim

University of California, San Francisco

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Rebuilding the autoimmune-damaged corneal stroma through topical lubrication

Yael Efraim, Yu Ting Chen, Luye An, Seyyed Vahid Niknezhad, Dylan Pham, Ka Neng Cheong, Mario A. Robledo, Hanan Sinada, Nancy A. McNamara, Sarah M. Knox

This study shows that topical lubrication can regenerate the damaged corneal stroma in a mouse model by converting inflammatory keratocytes into reparative cells.

iScience · May 28, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Rescue of non-healing, degenerative salivary glands by cholinergic-calcium signaling

Jianlong Li, Bo Sun, Li Xuan Tan, Nathan Griffin, Seyyed Vahid Niknezhad, Chieh Yu, Lionel Berthoin, Noel Cruz‐Pacheco, Seayar Mohabbat, Hanan Sinada, Yael Efraim, Feeling Yu Ting Chen, Luye An, Eliza A. Gaylord, Chelsea S. Bahney, , Sarah M. Knox

This study shows that muscarinic agonists can restore non-healing salivary glands by reactivating endogenous regeneration and mitochondrial function through cholinergic-calcium signaling.

bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2024 · PreprintCell Biology