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Rintaro Amano

The University of Tokyo

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Coupled transcriptomic divergence establishes a human-specific synaptic glial precursor state

Xuanhao D. Zhou, Y. Yamauchi, Rintaro Amano, Yoseku Nakano, Jiro Yoshino, Ikuo Suzuki

The paper identifies a human-specific synaptic glial precursor state by analyzing single-cell differentiation trajectories across multiple species and shows its role in human cortical evolution.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Human-specific NOTCH2NL promotes astrogenesis by expanding proliferative glial progenitor states

Riina Ishiwatari, Xuanhao D. Zhou, Rintaro Amano, Yuki Y. Yamauchi, Pauline Rouillard, Takuma Kumamoto, Yusuke Kishi, Kazuo Emoto, Ikuo Suzuki

This study identifies NOTCH2NL as a human-specific gene promoting astrocyte proliferation and gliogenesis through expansion of glial progenitor states.

bioRxiv · Dec 17, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology