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Abril Escamilla‐Ayala

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease ResearchORCID 0000-0002-5761-0999Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Ana Cristina Nogueira FreitasiD· 1 shared Ayse KiliciD· 1 shared Ben VerpoortiD· 1 shared Carles CalatayudiD· 1 shared Dan DascencoiD· 1 shared Dirk Vandekerkhove· 1 shared Eliana NachmaniD· 1 shared Elke LeyseniD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceThe EMBO JournalPeer-reviewedAug 21, 2025

Soma-centered control of synaptic autophagy by Rab39-regulated anterograde trafficking of Atg9

Ayse Kilic, Gökhan Özturan, Dirk Vandekerkhove…·Patrik Verstreken

This study identifies Rab39 as a regulator of autophagy at presynaptic terminals in Drosophila, showing its role in trafficking Atg9 vesicles and its link to neurodegeneration.

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Drosophilaexperimental assay

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NeuroscienceDevelopmental CellPeer-reviewedMay 19, 2025

Cell-surface receptor-mediated regulation of synaptic organelle distribution controls dendritic spine maturation

Ben Verpoort, Luísa Amado, Jeroen Vandensteen…·Joris de Wit

This study identifies a postsynaptic signaling complex involving GPR158 and PLCXD2 that regulates synaptic organelle distribution and dendritic spine maturation through modulation of the lipid microenvironment.

8 citations

mouseexperimental assay

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