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Veronica A. Clementel

University of Southern California

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Organism:human· 3 Assay:proteomics· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Vascular and synaptic proteomes reveal blood-brain barrier disruption and postsynaptic remodeling in human temporal lobe epilepsy

Gavin Spillard, Mingzi Zhang, Nadia A. Atai, Allison Bosworth, Veronica A. Clementel, Jonathan Joseph Russin, Charles Yu Liu, Marcelo P. Coba, Ruslan Rust

This study identifies molecular changes in vascular and synaptic proteomes of human temporal lobe epilepsy, revealing BBB disruption and synaptic remodeling.

bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Multiomic profiling reveals pericyte and smooth muscle cell contributions to CADASIL pathology in cell-specific Notch3 mutant mice

Yazi Huang, Veronica A. Clementel, Mingzi Zhang, Kate Martinez, Karen Martinez, Gavin Spillard, Carina Torres-Sepulveda, Kassandra Kisler, Marcelo P. Coba, Ruslan Rust

This study uses mouse models to show that Notch3 mutations in pericytes and smooth muscle cells cause distinct vascular and neuroinflammatory changes in CADASIL.

Cell Reports · Apr 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Disruption of the SYNGAP1 PDZ ligand motif accelerates differentiation of human iPSC-derived GABAergic neurons

J. P. Jiang, Ruslan Rust, Ilse Flores, Yaowen Feng, Peyman Nouri, Veronica A. Clementel, Amir Arya, Ali Basirattalab, Ivy Y. Yang, Antigoni Manousopoulou, Spiros D. Garbis, Nicholas Alexander Graham, Marcelo P. Coba

This study shows that disrupting the SYNGAP1 PDZ ligand motif speeds up differentiation of human iPSC-derived GABAergic neurons, revealing its role in neuronal maturation.

bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Molecular signature and functional properties of human pluripotent stem cell-derived brain pericytes

Ruslan Rust, Abhay P. Sagare, Kassandra Kisler, Youbin Kim, Mingzi Zhang, Casey Griffin, Yaoming Wang, Veronica A. Clementel, Arkadi Shwartz, Scott E Fraser, Carina Torres-Sepulveda, Gavin Spillard, Julia TCW, Berislav V. Zloković, Marcelo P. Coba

The paper characterizes human iPSC-derived brain pericytes, showing they closely resemble primary pericytes in protein composition and function, and demonstrate therapeutic potential in neurological disorders.

bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience