Kim H, Kim D, Kim J, Lee HY, Park D, Kang H, Matsuda K, Sterky FH, Yuzaki M, Kim JY, Choi SY, Ko J* and Um JW* (2020). Calsyntenin-3 interacts with both alpha- and beta-neurexins in the regulation of excitatory synaptic innervation in specific Schaffer collateral pathways. J Biol. Chem. 295(27), 9244-9262.

Kim S, Kim H, Park D, Kim J, Hong J, Kim J, Jung H, Kim D, Cheong E, Ko J* and Um JW*. (2020) Loss of IQSEC3 Disrupts GABAergic Synapse Maintenance and Decreases Somatostatin Expression in the Hippocampus. Cell Rep. 30(6), 1995-2005. (* Corresponding author) 

Kim H, Jung H, Jung H, Kwon SK, Ko J and Um JW. (2020) The Small GTPase ARF6 Regulates GABAergic Synapse Development. Mol. Brain 13(1), 2

Han KA, Kim J, Kim H, Kim D, Lim D, Ko J and Um JW. (2019) Slitrk2 controls excitatory synapse development via PDZ-mediated protein interactions. Sci. Rep. 9(1), 17094

Gunther EC, Smith LM, Kostylev MA, Cox TO, Kaufman AC, Lee S, Folta-Stogniew E, Maynard GD, Um JW, Stagi M, Heiss JK, Stoner A, Noble GP, Takahashi H, Haas LT, Schneekloth JS, Merkel J, Teran C, Naderi ZK, Supattapone S, Strittmatter SM. (2019) Rescue of Transgenic Alzheimer’s Pathophysiology by Polymeric Cellular Prion Protein Antagonists. Cell Rep. 26(5), 1368

Han KA, Um JW and Ko J. (2019) Intracellular Protein Complexes Involved in Synapse Assembly in Presynaptic Neurons. Adv. Protein Chem. Struct. Biol. 116, 347-373 (an invited book chapter) 

Han KA, Ko JS, Pramanik G, Kim JY, Tabuchi K, Um JW and Ko J. (2018) PTPσ drives excitatory presynaptic assembly via various extracellular and intracellular mechanisms. J. Neurosci. 38(30), 6700-6721.

Kim S*, Kim H*, and Um JW. (2018) Synapse development organized by neuronal activity-regulated immediate-early genes. Exp. Mol. Med. 50, 11. doi:10.1038/s12276-018-0025-1

Um JW. (2017) Roles of glial cells in sculpting inhibitory synapses and neural circuits. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 10, 381. doi:10.3389/fnmol.2017.00381

Won SY, Kim CY, Kim D, Ko J, Um JW, Lee SB, Buck M, Kim E, Heo WD, Lee JO and Kim HM. (2017) LAR-RPTP Clustering Is Modulated by Competitive Binding Between Synaptic Adhesion Partners and Heparan Sulfate. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 10, 327. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00327