Publications

Park, JS*, Qiu, M.*, Cho, EJ*, Seo, SH*, Moon, J.M., Kim, MJ, Mun, HM, Yun, HJ, Park, HW, Lim, AR, Kang, YS, Oh, J.W., Youk, HJ, Kim, S.H., Seo,YB, Kwon, MS, Sung, KS, Oh, H.J., Cho, KR, Yoon, KT, Kim, N.S.†, Jang, SJ†, Kim, KH†, and Yoon K.J†., Patient-derived organoids predict personalized drug response and reveal alternative therapeutic options in glioblastoma. Cell Rep Med, 7, 102850, July 21, 2026 doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102850 (2026) (*equal contribution, † correspondence)[Elsevier]

Kim, N.S., Chung, W.S., Astrocytes regulate neuronal network activity by mediating synapse remodeling. Neuroscience Research, 187, 3-13 doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.09.007 (2023) [pubmed]

Byun, Y.G.*, Kim, N.S.*, Kim, G.*, Jeon, Y.S., Choi, Y.B., Park, C.W., Kim, K.D., Jang, H.S., Kim, J.K., Kim, E.J., Han, Y.M., Yoon, K.J., Lee, S.H., Chung, W.S. Stress induces behavioral abnormalities by increasing expression of phagocytic receptor MERTK in astrocytes to promote synapse phagocytosis. Immunity, 12;56(9):2105-2120.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.07.005  (2023) (*equal contribution) [pubmed]

Kim, N.S.*, Ringeling, F.R.*, Zhou, Y., Nguyen, H.N., Temme, S.J., Lin, Y.T., Eacker, S., Dawson V.L., Dawson, T.M., Xiao, B., Hsu, K., Canzar, S., Li, W., Worley, P., Christian, K.M., Yoon, K.J., Song, H., Ming, G.L. CYFIP1 dosages exhibit divergent behavioral impact via diametric regulation of NMDAR complex translation in mouse models of psychiatric disorders. Biological Psychiatry, doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.04.023 (2022) (*equal contribution) [pubmed]

Kim, N.S.*, Ringeling, F.R.*, Zhou, Y., Nguyen, H.N., Temme, S.J., Lin, Y.T., Eacker, S., Dawson V.L., Dawson, T.M., Xiao, B., Hsu, K., Canzar, S., Li, W., Worley, P., Christian, K.M., Yoon, K.J., Song, H., Ming, G.L. CYFIP1 dosages exhibit divergent behavioral impact via diametric regulation of NMDAR complex translation in mouse models of psychiatric disorders. Biological Psychiatry, doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.04.023 (2022) (*equal contribution) [pubmed]

Kim, N.S.*, Wen, Z.*, Liu, J.*, Zhou, Y., Guo, Z., Xu, C., Lin, YT, Yoon, KJ, Park, J., Cho, M ., Kim, M., Wang, H., Ming, GL, Pharmacological rescue in patient-iPSC and mouse models with a rare DISC1 mutation. Nature Communications, 30;12(1):2570 (2021) (*equal contribution) [pubmed]

Lee, SH*, Kim, N.S.*, Choi, M., Ko, SY, Jo, HR, Seo, JY, Kim, YS, Kim, JH, and Son, H. LGI1 governs neuritin-mediated resilience to chronic stress. Neurobiology of Stress, doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100373 (2021) (* equal contribution) [pubmed]

Kim, N.S.*, Kim, H.J.*, Koo, B.K., Kwon, M.C., Kim, Y.W., Cho, Y., Yokota, Y., Penninger, J.M., Kong, Y.Y. Receptor activator of NF-kB ligand regulates the proliferation of MECs via Id2. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 26(3), 1002–1013 doi: 10.1128/MCB.26.3.1002-1013.2006 (2006) (* equal contribution) [pubmed]

Dunn, J., Moore, C., Kim, N.S., Gao, T., Cheng, Z., Jin, P., Ming, G.L., Qian, J., Su, Y., Song, H., Zhu, H. Transcription Factor-Wide Association Studies to Identify Functional SNPs in Alzheimer's Disease. J Neurosci, 45;2:e1800242024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1800-24.2024. (2025) [pubmed]

 Kweon, S.H., Ryu, H.G., Kwon, S.H., Park, H., Lee, S., Kim, N.S., Ma, S.X., Jee, H.J., Kim, S., Ko, H.S. Gba1 E326K renders motor and non-motor symptoms with pathological α-synuclein, tau and glial activation. Brain, 147;12:4072–4083. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae222. (2024) [pubmed]

Zhang, F., Yoon, K.J., Zhang, D.J., Kim, N.S., Ming, G.L., Song, H. Epitranscriptomic regulation of cortical neurogenesis via Mettl8-dependent mitochondrial tRNA m3C modification. Cell Stem Cell, 30 (3), 300-311. e11 doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.01.007 (2023) [pubmed]

Zhang, F., Yoon, K.J., Kim, N.S., Ming, G.L., Song, H. Cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous roles of NKCC1 in regulating neural stem cell quiescence in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Stem Cell Reports, 18 (7), 1468-1481 doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.05.021  (2023) [pubmed]

Mastwal, S., Li, X., Stowell, R., Manion, M., Zhang, W., Kim, N.S., Yoon, K.J., Song, H., Ming, G.L., Wang, K.H. Adolescent neurostimulation of dopamine circuit reverses genetic deficits in frontal cortex function. Elife, 12:RP87414. doi: 10.7554/eLife.87414. doi: 10.1101/2023.02.03.526987 (2023) [pubmed]

Habela, C.W., Yoon, K.J., Kim N.S., Taga, A., Bell, K., Bergles, D.E., Maragakis, N.J., Ming, G.L., Song, H. Persistent Cyfip1 expression is required to maintain the adult subventricular zone. neurogenic niche. J Neuroscience, 40(10) 2015-2024 doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2249-19.2020 (2020) [pubmed]

Seong, J., Kim, N.S., Kim, J.A., Lee, W., Seo, J.Y., Yum, M.K., Kim, J.H., Park, I., Kang, J.S., Bae, S.H., Yun, C.H., Kong. , Y.Y. Side branching and luminal lineage commitment by ID2 in developing mammary glands. Development, 145(14) pii: dev165258 doi: 10.1242/dev.165258 (2018) [pubmed]

Wen, Z., Guo, Z., Wang, X., Kim, N.S., Ross, C., Margolis, R., Christian, K., Chen, G., Zheng, W., Xia, M., Song, H., Ming, G. Using human iPSCs for psychiatric disorder disease modeling and mechanism-based drug discovery. Biological Psychiatry, 81;10(Suppl):S290–S291. doi: 10.1016/J.BIOPSYCH.2017.02.784  (2017)

Yoon, K.J., Song, G., Qian, X., Pan, J., Xu, D., Rho, H.S., Kim, N.S., Habela, C., Zheng, L., Jacob, F., Zhang, F., Lee, E.M., Huang, W.K., Ringeling, F.R., Vissers, C., Li, C., Yuan, L., Kang, K., Kim, S., Yeo, J., Cheng, Y., Liu, S., Wen, Z., Qin, C.F., Wu, Q., Christian, K.M., Tang, H., Jin, P., Xu, Z., Qian, J., Zhu, H., Song, H., Ming, G.L.  Zika-Virus-Encoded NS2A disrupts mammalian cortical neurogenesis by degrading adherens junction proteins. Cell Stem Cell, 21;3:349–358.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.07.014. (2017) [pubmed]

Yoon, K.J.*, Ringeling, F.R.*, Vissers, C.*, Jacob, F., Pokrass, M., Jimenez-Cyrus, D., Su, Y., Kim, N.S., Zhu, Y., Zheng. , L., Kim, S., Wang, X., Dore, L.C., Jin, P., Regot, S., Zhuang, X., Canzar, S., He, C., Ming, G.L., Song, H. Temporal control of mammalian cortical neurogenesis by m6A methylation. Cell, 171(4), 877-889 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.003 (2017) [pubmed]

Zeng, Y.*, Yao, B.*, Shin, J., Lin, L., Kim, N.S., Song, Q., Liu, S., Su, Y., Guo, J.U., Huang, L., Wan, J., Wu, H., Qian, J., Cheng, X., Zhu, H., Ming, G.L., Jin, P., and Song, H. Lin28A binds active promoters and recruits Tet1 to regulate gene expression. Mol. Cell, 61(1),153-60 doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.11.020 (2016) [pubmed]

Berg, D.A.*, Yoon, K.J.*, Will, B., Xiao, A.Y., Kim, N.S., Christian, K.M., Song, H., Ming, G.L. Tbr2-expressing intermediate progenitor cells in the adult mouse hippocampus are unipotent neuronal precursors with limited amplification capacity under homeostasis. Frontiers in Biology, 10(3), 262-271 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-015-1364-0 (2015)

Yoon, K.J., Nguyen, H.N., Ursini, G., Zhang, F., Kim, N.S., Wen, Z., Makri, G., Nauen, D., Shin, J.H., Park, Y., Chung, R., Pekle, E., Zhang, C., Towe, M., Lee, Y., Rujescu, D., St. Clair, D., Kleinman, J.E., Hyde, T.M., Christian, K.M., Rapoport, J.L., Weinberger, D.R., Song, H., Ming, G.L. Modeling a genetic risk for schizophrenia in iPSCs and mice reveals neural stem cell deficits associated with adherens junctions and polarity. Cell Stem Cell, 15(1), 79-91 doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2014.05.003. (2014) [pubmed]

Wen, Z., Nguyen, H.N., Guo, Z., Lalli, M.A., Wang, X., Su, Y., Kim, N.S., Yoon, K.J., Shin, J., Zhang, C., Makri, G., Nauen, D., Yu, H., Guzman, E., Chiang, C.H., Yoritomo, N., Kaibuchi, K., Zou, J., Christian, K.M., Cheng, L., Ross, C.A., Margolis, R.L., Chen, G., Kosik, K.S., Song, H., Ming, G.L. Synaptic dysregulation in a human iPS cell model of mental disorders. Nature, 515;7527:414–418. doi: 10.1038/nature13716. (2014) [pubmed]

Yoon, K.J.*, Lee, H.R.*, Jo, Y.S., An, K., Jung, S.Y., Jeong, M.W., Kwon, S.K., Kim, N.S., Jeong, H.W., An, H.S., Kim, K.T., Lee , K., Kim, E., Kim, J.H., Choi, J.S., Kaang, B.K., Kong, Y.Y. Mind bomb-1 is an essential modulator of long-term memory and synaptic plasticity via the Notch signaling pathway. Mol Brain, 5(1), 40 doi: 10.1186/1756-6606-5-40 (2012) [pubmed]

Kim, N.S., Kim, H.T., Choi, S.W., Kim, Y.Y., Yoon, K.J., Koo, B.K., Kong, M.P., Shin, J., Cho, Y., Kong, Y.Y. Survival and differentiation of mammary epithelial cells in mammary gland development requires nuclear retention of Id2 due to RANK signaling. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 31(23), 4775-4788 doi: 10.1128/MCB.05646-11 (2011) [pubmed]

Kwon, M.C., Koo, B.K., Kim, Y.Y., Lee, S.H., Kim, N.S., Kim, J.H., Kong, Y.Y. Essential role of CR6-interacting factor 1 (Crif1) in E74-like factor 3 (ELF3)- mediated intestinal development. J Biol Chem., 284(48), 33634-33641 doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.059840 (2009) [pubmed]

Kwon, M.C., Koo, B.K., Moon, J.S., Kim, Y.Y., Park, K.C., Kim, N.S., Kwon, M.Y., Kong, M.P., Yoon, K.J., Im, S.K., Ghim, J., Han, Y.M. , Jang, S., Shong, M., Kong, Y.Y. Crif1 is a novel transcriptional coactivator of STAT3. EMBO J., 27, 642-653 doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601986 (2008) [pubmed]

 Jang, H., Moon, J., Kim, NS† and Yoon, KJ† CRISPR/Cas9 technologies to manipulate human induced pluripotent stem cells. Methods in iPSC Technology, Volume 9., 249-287 (2021) († correspondence) https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85766-6.00012-7

Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 16th Edition. Korean translation contributor. By Bioscience Publishing.