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Youkyeong Gloria Byun

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteORCID 0000-0003-4669-0855Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Anna C. GeraghtyiD· 2 shared Avishai GavishiD· 2 shared Kathryn R. TayloriD· 2 shared Kiarash ShamardaniiD· 2 shared Michelle MonjeiD· 2 shared Neeraj SoniiD· 2 shared Pamelyn J. WooiD· 2 shared Rebecca A. MancusiiD· 2 shared

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Dysregulated Microglial Synaptic Engulfment in Diffuse Midline Glioma

Rebecca A. Mancusi, Eva U. Tatlock, Kiarash Shamardani, Lehi Acosta-Alvarez, Richard Drexler, Vrunda S. Trivedi, Avishai Gavish, Kouta Niizuma, Neeraj Soni, Pamelyn J. Woo, Sara B. Mulinyawe, Samin Maleki Jahan, Natalie A. Logan, Karen E. Malacon, Youkyeong Gloria Byun, , Michelle Monje

This study investigates how microglial synaptic engulfment is dysregulated in diffuse midline glioma, leading to imbalanced excitatory-inhibitory synapse ratios and increased neuronal hyperexcitability.

bioRxiv · Dec 25, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas

Tara Barron, Belgin Yalçın, Minhui Su, Youkyeong Gloria Byun, Avishai Gavish, Kiarash Shamardani, Haojun Xu, Lijun Ni, Neeraj Soni, Vilina Mehta, Samin Maleki Jahan, Yoon Seok Kim, Kathryn R. Taylor, Michael B. Keough, Michael A. Quezada, , Michelle Monje

This study identifies functional GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas that promote tumor proliferation and shows that drugs modulating GABAergic signaling affect glioma growth.

Nature · Feb 19, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience