"Central synapse, neural circuit, and brain function"

Takahashi H, Matsuda K, Tabuchi K and Ko J (2017), Neurosci Res, 116, 1-2 (Editorial article)

"Increased excitatory synaptic transmission of dentate granule neurons in mice lacking PSD-95-interacting adhesion molecule Neph2/Kirrel3 during the ea…"

Roh JD, Choi SY, Cho YS, Choi TY, Park JS, Curtforth T, Chung W, Park H, Lee D, Kim MH, Lee Y, Lee D, Rhee JS, Kim H, Ko J, Choi SY, Bae YC, Shen K, Kim E and Han K (2017), Front Mol Neurosci, 10:81

"Slitrk Missense Mutations Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Distinctively Impair Slitrk Trafficking and Synapse Formation"

Kang H, Han KA, Won SY, Kim HM, Lee YH, Ko J and Um JW (2016), Front Mol Neurosci, 9:104

"SALM4 suppresses excitatory synapse development by cis-inhibiting trans-synaptic SALM3-LAR adhesion"

Lie E, Ko JS, Choi SY, Roh JD, Cho YS, Noh R, Kim D, Li Y, Kang H, Choi TY, Nam J, Mah W, Lee D, Lee SG, Kim HM, Kim H, Choi SY, Um JW, Kang MG, Bae YC, Ko J and Kim E (2016), Nat Commun, 7:12328

"SALM5 trans-synaptically interacts with LAR-RPTPs in a splicing-dependent manner to regulate synapse development"

Choi Y, Nam J, Whitcomb DJ, Song YS, Kim D, Jeon S, Um JW, Lee SG, Woo J, Kwon SK, Li Y, Mah W, Kim HM, Ko J, Cho K and Kim E (2016), Sci Rep, 6: 26676

"IQ Motif and SEC7 Domain-containing Protein 3 (IQSEC3) interacts with gephyrin to promote inhibitory synapse formation"

Um JW, Choii G, Park D, Kim D, Jeon S, Kang H, Mori T, Papadopoulos T, Yoo T, Lee Y, Kim E, Tabuchi K and Ko J (2016), J Biol Chem, 291: 10119-10130

"Neurotrophin-3 regulates synapse development by modulating TrkC-PTPσ synaptic adhesion and intracellular signaling pathways"

Han KA, Woo D, Kim S, Choii G, Jeon S, Won SY, Kim HM, Heo WD, Um JW* and Ko J* (2016), J Neurosci, 36(17): 4816-4831 (*Corresponding authors)

"Mutations in Synaptic Adhesion Molecules"

Ko J, Montani C, Kim E and Sala C (2016), Neuronal and Synaptic Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability (an invited book chapter),

"Emergent Synapse Organizers: LAR-RPTPs and Their Companions"

Han KA, Jeon S, Um JW and Ko J (2016), Int Rev Cell Mol Biol, 324: 39-65 (an invited chapter)

"LRRTM3 Regulates Excitatory Synapse Development through Alternative Splicing and Neurexin Binding"

Um JW, Choi TY, Kang H, Cho YS, Choii G, Uvarov P, Park D, Jeong D, Jeon S, Lee D, Kim H, Lee SH, Bae YC, Choi SY, Airaksinen MS and Ko J (2016), Cell Rep, 14(4): 808-822

"The balancing act of GABAergic synapse organizers"

Ko J*, Choii G and Um JW* (2015), Trends Mol Med, 21(4): 256-268 (an invited review) (*Corresponding authors)

"PTPσ functions as a presynaptic receptor for the glypican-4/LRRTM4 complex and is essential for excitatory synaptic transmission"

Ko JS, Pramanik G, Um JW, Shim JS, Lee D, Kim KH, Chung GY, Condomitti G, Kim HM, Kim H, de Wit J, Park KS, Tabuchi K and Ko J (2015), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112(6): 1874-1879

"Gephyrin: a central GABAergic synapse organizer"

Choii G and Ko J (2015), Exp Mol Med, 47(3):e158 (an invited review)

"Structural basis for LAR-RPTP/Slitrk complex-mediated synaptic adhesion"

Um JW, Kim KH, Park BS, Choi Y, Kim D, Kim CY, Kim SJ, Kim M, Ko JS, Lee SG, Choii G, Nam J, Heo WD, Kim E, Lee JO, Ko J* and Kim HM* (2014), Nat Commun, 5: 5423 (*Corresponding authors)

"Elfn1 recruits presynaptic mGluR7 in trans and its loss results in seizures"

Tomioka NH, Yasuda H, Miyamoto H, Hatayama M, Morimura N, Matsumoto Y, Suzuki T, Odagawa M, Odaka YS, Iwayama Y, Um JW, Ko J, Inoue Y, Kaneko S, Hirose S, Yamada K, Yoshikawa T, Yamakawa K and Aruga J (2014), Nat Commun, 5, 4501