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Junko Okahara

Central Institute for Experimental Animals

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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MECP2-mutant marmosets exhibit primate-specific phenotypes of Rett syndrome

Noriyuki Kishi, Junko Okahara, Kenya Sato, Daisuke Yoshimaru, Yoko Kurotaki, Kohei Onishi, Tsukasa Sanosaka, Rachel Henry, Taeko Ito, Misako Okuno, Edward J. Weinstein, Jill R. Crittenden, Hirotaka James Okano, Jun-ichi Hata, Jun Kohyama, , Hideyuki Okano

This study generates MECP2-knockout marmosets to model Rett syndrome, revealing cortical structural and gene expression changes linked to the disease.

bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

The polymicrogyria-associated GPR56 promoter preferentially drives gene expression in developing GABAergic neurons in common marmosets

Ayako Y. Murayama, Ken-ichiro Kuwako, Junko Okahara, Byoung-Il Bae, Misako Okuno, Hiromi Mashiko, Tomomi Shimogori, Christopher A. Walsh, Erika Sasaki, Hideyuki Okano

The study shows that the GPR56 promoter e1m preferentially drives gene expression in developing GABAergic neurons in marmosets, suggesting a role in GPR56-related cerebral cortex disorders.

Scientific Reports · Dec 9, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience