"The neurexin ligands, neuroligins and LRRTMs, perform convergent and divergent synaptic functions in vivo"

Soler-Llavina G, Fuccillo MV, Ko J, Südhof TC and Malenka RC (2011), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108(40): 16502-16509

"The X-linked mental retardation protein IL1RAPL1 regulates excitatory synapse formation by binding PTPδ and RhoGAP2"

Valnegri P, Montrasio C, Brambilla D, Ko J, Passafaro M and Sala C (2011), Hum Mol Genet, 20(24): 4797-4809

"Neuroligin/LRRTM prevent Ca2+- and activity-dependent synapse elimination in cultured neurons"

Ko J**, Soler-Llavina G, Fuccillo MV, Malenka RC and Südhof TC** (2011), J Cell Biol, 194: 323-334

"An autism-associated point mutation in the neuroligin cytoplasmic tail selectively impairs AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in hippocampus"

Etherton MR, Tabuchi K, Sharma M, Ko J and Südhof TC (2011), EMBO J, 30: 2908-2919