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Melissa Yao

University of California, San Francisco

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Afadin Sorts Different Retinal Neuron Types into Accurate Cellular Layers

Matthew R Lum, Sachin H Patel, Hannah K. Graham, Mengya Zhao, Yujuan Yi, Liang Li, Melissa Yao, Anna La Torre, Luca Della Santina, Ying Han, Yang Hu, Derek S. Welsbie, Xin Duan

This study shows that Afadin is essential for sorting retinal neuron types into correct cellular layers, but not for their survival or synaptic partner selection.

eLife · Jan 5, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience