Publications

Klionsky DJ, ...., Bel S, et. al. Autophagy. 2021 Jan;17(1):1-382. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280. Epub 2021 Feb 8.
Mehazri L, Shpungin S, Bel S, Nir U. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Mar 25;22(7):3387. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073387.


Zigdon M, Bel S. Trends Immunol. 2020 Dec;41(12):1054-1056. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2020.10.010. Epub 2020 Nov 3.
Harris T.A., Bel S. 2020. In: Teperino R. (eds) Beyond Our Genes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35213-4_8

Resistin-like Molecule α Provides Vitamin-A-Dependent Antimicrobial Protection in the Skin
Harris TA, Gattu S, Propheter DC, Kuang Z, Bel S, Ruhn KA, Chara AL, Edwards M, Zhang C, Jo JH, Raj P, Zouboulis CC, Kong HH, Segre JA, Hooper LV. Cell Host Microbe. 2019 Jun 12;25(6):777-788.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.04.004.
Secretory autophagy of lysozyme in Paneth cells
Bel S, Hooper LV. Autophagy. 2018 Feb 1:1-6. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1430462. Epub 2018 Mar 8.


Paneth cells secrete lysozyme via secretory autophagy during bacterial infection of the intestine
Bel S, Pendse M, Wang Y, Li Y, Ruhn KA, Hassell B, Leal T, Winter SE, Xavier RJ, Hooper LV. Science. 2017 Jul 27. Sep 8;357(6355):1047-1052.
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TMF/ARA160 Governs the Dynamic Spatial Orientation of the Golgi Apparatus during Sperm Development
Elkis Y, Bel S, Rahimi R, Lerer-Goldstein T, Levin-Zaidman S, Babushkin T, Shpungin S, Nir U. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 23;10(12):e0145277


Immunology: A bacterial nudge to T-cell function
Bel S, Hooper LV. Nature.
2015 Oct 15;526(7573):328-30.
Reprogrammed and transmissible intestinal microbiota confer diminished susceptibility to induced colitis in TMF−/− mice
Bel S, Elkis Y, Elifantz H, Koren O, Ben-Hamo R, Lerer-Goldshtein T, Rahimi R, Ben Horin S, Nyska A, Shpungin S, Nir U. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 2014 Apr 1;111(13):4964-9.

Testosterone deficiency accompanied by testicular and epididymal abnormalities in TMF(-/-) mice
Elkis Y, Bel S, Lerer-Goldstein T, Nyska A, Creasy DM, Shpungin S, Nir U. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 2013 Jan 5;365(1):52-63.

TMF/ARA160: A key regulator of sperm development
Lerer-Goldshtein T, Bel S, Shpungin S, Pery E, Motro B, Goldstein RS, Bar-Sheshet SI, Breitbart H, Nir U. Developmental Biology. 2010 Dec 1;348(1):12-21.