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Kayla Stepanian

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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Jinlun Bai

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Allele-specific correction of dominant Best vitelliform macular dystrophy in patient-derived retinal pigment epithelium

Sushma Kalmodia, Jennifer G. Aparicio, Kayla Stepanian, Assaf Beck, ANDREW SALAS, Narine Harutyunyan, Patricia Galvan, Jinlun Bai, Maya Hayun, Meng Li, G. Esteban Fernandez, Mark W. Reid, Ryan J. Schmidt, Catherine Argyriou, David E. Cobrinik, Aaron Nagiel

This study corrects a dominant BEST1 mutation in patient-derived RPE cells using base editing, showing improved cellular function and transcriptome normalization.

bioRxiv · Jul 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

mGluR6 coordinates cone terminal targeting and synaptic layer assembly during human retinal development

Leila Bahmani, Patricia Galvan, Hirad Hosseini, Jinlun Bai, Sumitha Prameela Bharathan, Michael Chen, Kayla Stepanian, Matthew Edward Thornton, Brendan H. Grubbs, Aaron Nagiel

This study identifies mGluR6's role in human retinal development by showing its transient expression in cone photoreceptors and its requirement for proper synaptic layer assembly.

bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Episodic live imaging of cone photoreceptor maturation in GNAT2-EGFP retinal organoids

Jinlun Bai, David S. Koos, Kayla Stepanian, Zachary Fouladian, Dominic WH Shayler, Jennifer G. Aparicio, Scott E. Fraser, Rex A. Moats, David E. Cobrinik

The paper describes the generation of a human cone photoreceptor reporter line using CRISPR/Cas9 and demonstrates its use for live imaging of cone maturation in retinal organoids.

Disease Models & Mechanisms · Oct 30, 2023Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology