"Somatostatin-induced modulation of microglial activity contributes to mitigating Alzheimer's disease pathology"

Jung H, Hyun G, Kim S, Jeon Y, Han KA, Lee KJ, Ko J, Um JW (2026), Brain Behav Immun, 136, 106563

"Bazedoxifene reverses sexually dimorphic autistic-like abnormalities in biallelic MDGA1-mutant mice"

Kim S, Kim H, Pelayo JP, Alverez S, Jang G, Kim B, Hoelscher VM, Calleja-Pérez B, Jung H, Yang Y, Lee HJ, Lee J, Kim S, de la Peña MJ, Lee Y, Kim S, Han AR, Lee DS, Ji S, Yu W, Kim HM, An JY, Oh WC, Kwon SK, Kim JY, Um JW, Fernández-Jaén A*, Ko J* (2026), EMBO Mol Med, 18(4), 1358-1398 (*Corresponding authors)

"A decade of discovery: Deciphering the synaptic adhesion code"

Ko J (2026), Mol Cells, 49(3), 100341 (Editorial article)

"Juvenile-to-adult refinement of thalamic reticular circuits via LRRTM3 enables high-resolution sensory encoding"

Lee D, Han KA, Jeong H, Ha GE, Lee H, Kim BS, Park C, Piao Y, Lee H, Kim J, Yoon TH, Kim S, Kim B, Shin J, Cho Y, Kang S, Park HE, Um JW, Sohn CH, Huguenard JR, Ko J*, Cheong E* (2026), Neuron, 114 (7), 1219-1233 (*Corresponding authors)

"A decade of progress in understanding LRRTM and Slitrk synaptic cell-adhesion molecules"

Kim D, Kim B, Um JW, Ko J (2026), Mol Cells, 49(3), 100323

"MDGA2 homozygous loss-of-function variants cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathy"

Morsy H*, Kim H, Jang G, Zaki MS, Severino M, Abdelrazek IM, Hussien H, Self E, Albaradie RS, Bakur K, Firoozfar Z, Efthymiou S, Noureldeen MM, Nabil A, Alvi JR, Molavi F, Alavi S, Alibakhshi R, Topcu V, Mancilar H, Uctepe E, Yesilyurt A, Aldhalaan H, Showki Tous ES, Alhaddad B, Elbendary HM, Scardamaglia A, Murphy D, Yepez VA, Gagneur J, Omar TI, Abd Elmaksoud M, Vandrovocova J, Abdalla E, Reilly MM, Sultan T, Alkuraya FS, Gleeson JG, Um JW, Houlden H, Ko J*, Maarofian R (2026), Am J Hum Genet, 113(2), 380-391 (*Corresponding authors)

"Development of new IL-1R antagonists with improved anti-inflammatory efficacy"

Kang M, Lee AR, Jung H, Jang G, Kim B, Yoon SH, Yu JW, Ko J, Um JW, Chang I (2026), Theranostics, 16(5), 2561-2575

"Neuronal mitochondrial disaggregase CLPB ameliorates Huntington's disease pathology in mice"

Kim H, Hyun G, Kim S, Yu C, Hong YG, Yu J, Bae S, Rhee HW, Ko J* and Um JW* (2026), Theranostics, 16(5), 2388-2404 (*Corresponding authors)

"Paralogs of Slitrk cell adhesion molecules configure excitatory synapse specificity via distinct cellular mechanisms"

Kim D, Kim B, Kim J, Seo NY, Kim H, Han KA, Yoon J, Macks CP, de Wit J, Sohn CH, Lee KJ, Um JW, Ko J (2025), PLoS Biol, 23(12): e3003576

"CASKIN2 mediates PTPσ-orchestrated transsynaptic mechanisms at excitatory synapses"

Han KA*, Jang G, Lee HY, Kim B, Kanato T, Vas V, Buday L, Liu X, Choi SY, Um JW and Ko J* (2025), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 122 (46), e2509116122 (*Corresponding authors)

"Autism-associated ARHGEF9 variants impair GABAergic synapses and ultrasonic communication by reducing gephyrin phosphorylation"

Jung H, Kim B, Jang G, Lee H, Kim Y, Kim H, Lee HJ, Kim D, Yang Y, Jeong WC, Kim S, Han AR, Kim HM, Papadopoulos T, Durand B, Francannet C, Piton A, Kim JY*, Ko J* and Um JW* (2026), Mol Psychiatry, 31(3), 1757-1773 (*Corresponding authors)

"MDGAs as synaptic suppressors with implications in neurodevelopmental disorders"

Ko J (2025), Curr Opin Neurobiol, 95, 103130

"The NLRP3 inflammasome in microglia regulates repetitive behavior by modulating NMDA glutamate receptor functions"

Jung H, Kim B, Jang G, Kim H, Lee AR, Yoon SH, Lee KS, Hyun G, Kim Y, Ko J, Yu JW, Um JW (2025), Cell Rep, 44(5): 115656

"EphB2 receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated excitatory synaptic functions are negatively modulated by MDGA2"

Kim H, Jeon Y, Kim S, Guo Y, Kim D, Jang G, Brasch J, Um JW* and Ko J* (2025), Prog Neurobiol, 250:102772 (*Corresponding authors)

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

Ngoc KH, Jeon Y, Ko J* and Um JW* (2025), Trends Cell Biol, 35(1), 74-87 (*Corresponding authors)