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Xiaojun Xing

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Xiaojun Xing1 paper · Yale Genome Editing Center, Yale School of Medicine , New Haven, CT ,

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1

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A Retinoic Acid Autoregulatory Loop Governing Prefrontal-Motor Arealization

Lin Yang, Mikihito Shibata, Saejeong Park, Yuting Liu, Iva Salamon, Jia Liu, Suel–Kee Kim, Akemi Shibata, Ashley Deveau-French, Xoel Mato-Blanco, Suxia Bai, Timothy Nottoli, Xiaojun Xing, Narjes Rohani, Stephan Sanders, , Nenad Šestan

The paper identifies an RA-autoregulatory loop in the developing PFC that maintains RA signaling and defines cortical areal identities.

Nature · Sep 16, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Adaptive Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks in Mammalian Neocortical Neurons

Zhuo Li, Navjot Kaur, Gabriel Santpere, Sydney Keaton Muchnik, Suvimal Kumar Sindhu, Cai Qi, Mikihito Shibata, Olivier Clément, Thomas Klarić, Xabier de Martin, Victor A Luria, Hyesun Cho, Mingfeng Li, Akemi Shibata, Andrew T.N. Tebbenkamp, , Nenad Šestan

The paper identifies mammalian-specific gene regulatory elements and their role in neocortical neuron subtype diversity and connectivity, linking them to neurodevelopmental disorders.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Regulation of Prefrontal Patterning, Connectivity and Synaptogenesis by Retinoic Acid

Mikihito Shibata, Kartik Pattabiraman, Belén Lorente-Galdós, David Andrijević, Xiaojun Xing, André M. M. Sousa, Gabriel Santpere, Nenad Šestan

This study identifies retinoic acid signaling as critical for prefrontal cortex development and connectivity in primates, showing its role in molecular patterning, synaptogenesis, and evolutionary expansion.

bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience