"A systematic structure-function characterization of a human mutation in Neurexin-3α reveals an extracellular modulatory sequence that stabilizes neuro…"

Stokes EG, Kim H, Ko J and Aoto J (2024), J Neurosci, 44(41):e1847232024

"MDGAs perform activity-dependent synapse type-specific suppression via distinct extracellular mechanisms"

Kim S, Jang G, Kim H, Lim D, Han KH, Um JW and Ko J (2024), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 121(26): e2322978121

"Multifarious astrocyte–neuron dialog in shaping neural circuit architecture"

Ngoc KH, Jeon Y, Ko J* and Um JW* (2024), Trends in Cell Biology, S0962-8924(24)00098-9 (*Corresponding authors)

"Thermodynamic modulation of gephyrin condensation by inhibitory synapse components"

Lee G, Kim S, Hwang DE, Eom YG, Jang G, Park HY, Choi JM*, Ko J* and Shin Y* (2024), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 121(12): e2313236121 (*Corresponding authors)

"Specification of neural circuit architecture shaped by context-dependent patterned LAR-RPTP microexons"

Han KA, Yoon TH, Kim J, Lee J, Lee JY, Jang G, Um JW, Kim JK and Ko J (2024), Nature Communications, 15:1624

"Intracellular signaling mechanisms that shape postsynaptic GABAergic synapses"

Jung H, Kim S, Ko J and Um JW (2023), Curr Opin Neurobiol, 81: 102728 (an invited mini-review)

"Molecular decrowding by tissue expansion allows precise determination of the spatial distribution of synaptic proteins at a nanometer scale by exTEM"

Kim KH, Yoon J, Macks CP, Park HE, Youn J, Lee JU, An M, Park J, Ko J and Sohn CH (2023), ACS Nano, 17(11):9919-9937

"Orchestration of synaptic functions by WAVE regulatory complex-mediated actin reorganization"

Han KA and Ko J (2023), Exp Mol Med, 55, 1065-1075 (an invited review)

"Trans-synaptic mechanisms orchestrated by mammalian synaptic cell adhesion molecules"

Kim J, Wulschner LEG, Oh WC and Ko J (2022), Bioessays, 44(11): e2200134 (an invited "Prospects & Overviews")

"Editorial: Synaptic Failure and Circuits Impairment - Cognitive and Neurological Disorders - Moving a Step Forward"

Touqueer A and Ko J (2022), Front Mol Neurosci, 15: 979511. (Editorial article)

"SLITRK2 variants associated with neurodevelopmental disorders impair excitatory synaptic function and cognition in mice"

Chehadeh SE, Han KA, Kim D, Jang G, Bakhtiari S, Lim D, Kim HY, Kim J, Kim H, Wynn J, Chung WK, Vitiello G, Cutcutache I, Page M, Gecz J, Harper K, Han AR, Kim HM, Wessels M, Bayat A, Jaen AF, Selicorni A, Maitz S, Brouwer AD, Silfhout AV, Armstrong M, Symonds J, Kury S, Insidor B, Cogne B, Nizon M, Feber C, Muller J, Torti E, Grange DK, Willems M, Kruer MC, Ko J*, Piton A* and Um JW*, Nat Commun, 13(1): 4112

"Reassessing Synaptic Adhesion Pathways"

Lim D, Kim D, Um JW and Ko J (2022), Trends Neurosci, 45(7): 517-528 (an invited "Opinion")

"Deletion of Calsyntenin-3, an atypical cadherin, suppresses inhibitory synapses but increases excitatory parallel-fiber synapses in cerebellum"

Liu Z, Jiang M, Liakath-Ali K, Ko J, Zhang RS and Südhof TC (2022), Elife, 11: e70664

"IQSEC3 deletion impairs fear memory through upregulation of ribosomal S6 kinase 1 signaling in the hippocampus"

Kim D, Jung H, Shirai Y, Kim H, Kim J, Lim D, Mori T, Lee H, Park D, Kim HY, Guo Q, Pang B, Qiu W, Cao X, Kouyama-Suzuki E, Uemura T, Kasem E, Fu Y, Kim S, Tokunaga AK, Yoshizawa T, Suzuki T, Sakagami H, Lee KJ, Ko J, Tabuchi K and Um JW (2022), Biol Psychiatry, 91(9): 821-831

"MDGA1 negatively regulates amyloid precursor protein-mediated synaptic inhibition in the hippocampus"

Kim J, Kim S, Kim H, Hwang IW, Bae S, Karki S, Kim D, Ogelman R, Bang G, Kim JY, Kajander T, Um JW, Oh WC* and Ko J* (2022), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 119(4): e2115326119