Seher Yuksel, Ph.D.

 Featured Publications

Biosynthesis of fatty aldehydes and alcohols in the eye and their role in meibogenesis.

Yuksel S, Butovich IA, J Biol Chem 2025 Jun 110330

Dysregulation of Lipid Metabolism in Aging Meibomian Glands and Its Molecular Markers.

Butovich IA, Wilkerson A, Yuksel S, Int J Mol Sci 2023 Aug 24 17

Sdr16c5 and Sdr16c6 control a dormant pathway at a bifurcation point between meibogenesis and sebogenesis.

Butovich IA, Wilkerson A, Goggans KR, Belyaeva OV, Kedishvili NY, Yuksel S, J Biol Chem 2023 Jun 299 6 104725

Forward genetic screening using fundus spot scale identifies an essential role for Lipe in murine retinal homeostasis.

Yuksel S, Aredo B, Zegeye Y, Zhao CX, Tang M, Li X, Hulleman JD, Gautron L, Ludwig S, Moresco EMY, Butovich IA, Beutler BA, Ufret-Vincenty RL, Commun Biol 2023 May 6 1 533

Probing dietary triacylglycerol metabolism and meibogenesis in mice: A stable isotope-labeled tracer liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry study.

Butovich IA, Yuksel S, Wilkerson A, J Biol Chem 2023 Apr 299 4 103046

Lipid composition determines thermotropic properties of meibum of animals and humans with Meibomian gland disorders.

Butovich IA, Wojtowicz JC, Wilkerson A, Yuksel S, bioRxiv 2025 Aug

Comparative Analysis of Age-Associated Changes in Meibum Composition, Distribution, and Function in Mice With Altered Hyaluronan Expression.

Verma S, Montoya PAG, Sun M, Puri S, Yuksel S, Wilkerson A, Gesteira TF, Butovich IA, Coulson-Thomas VJ, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2025 Jul 66 9 72

Meibomian gland lipid alterations and ocular surface sequela in Awat2 knockout murine model of meibomian gland dysfunction and evaporative dry eye disease.

Hisey EA, Wong S, Park S, Gamarra KA, Adelman SA, Knickelbein KE, Quan M, Ferneding MH, McCorkell M, Daley N, Ureno V, Le S, Ardon M, Williams L, Puentes B, Bowman M, Motta MJ, Pham HQH, Wilkerson A, Yuksel S, Jester JV, Thomasy SM, Morgan JT, Butovich IA, Leonard BC, Ocul Surf 2024 Oct 34 489-503

Non-redundant role of leishmanolysin-like (Lmln) zinc-metallopeptidase in retinal homeostasis.

Ufret-Vincenty RL, Kirman DC, Ulker-Yilmazer G, Aredo B, Shrestha S, Turpin E, Yuksel S, Zegeye Y, Ludwig S, Moresco EMY, He YG, Beutler B, Am J Ophthalmol 2024 Aug

Physiological Effects of Soat1 Inactivation on Homeostasis of the Mouse Ocular Surface.

Wilkerson A, Yuksel S, Acharya R, Butovich IA, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2024 Jul 65 8 2

• ARVO Retina Research Foundation/Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Travel Award
  (2022)
• UT Southwestern Medical Center / The PDA Travel Award
  (2020)
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye TUBITAK-2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  (2018-2019)

• American Association for The Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2022)
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) (2024)
• National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) (2021)
• The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) (2018)
• Turkish Biochemical Society (The Constituent Society of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)) (2011)