Byeongjun Lee

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Byeongjun Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Byeongjun Lee has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Sensory Systems and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Byeongjun Lee's work include Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (6 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (3 papers). Byeongjun Lee is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (6 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (3 papers). Byeongjun Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and United Kingdom. Byeongjun Lee's co-authors include Uhtaek Oh, Hawon Cho, Young Yang, Young Kee Shin, Jesun Lee, Won‐Sik Shim, Byung Moon Kim, Seung Pyo Park, Ramin Raouf and Jooyoung Jung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Byeongjun Lee

16 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

TMEM16A confers receptor-activated calcium-dependent chloride conductance

2008 1.1k citations Young Yang, Hawon Cho et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Byeongjun Lee South Korea	12	1.1k	423	388	349	214	16	1.5k
Jesun Lee South Korea	7	1.1k 1.0×	472 1.1×	447 1.2×	326 0.9×	225 1.1×	8	1.4k
Ramin Raouf United Kingdom	16	1.3k 1.3×	740 1.7×	556 1.4×	543 1.6×	222 1.0×	20	2.1k
Ulrike Sausbier Germany	20	1.1k 1.0×	534 1.3×	192 0.5×	213 0.6×	285 1.3×	23	1.5k
Iskander I. Ismailov United States	27	1.8k 1.7×	409 1.0×	254 0.7×	249 0.7×	249 1.2×	50	2.4k
Patrick Delmas France	16	775 0.7×	489 1.2×	371 1.0×	224 0.6×	82 0.4×	21	1.3k
Timothy Strassmaier United States	8	466 0.4×	258 0.6×	254 0.7×	139 0.4×	79 0.4×	10	814
Andrea M. Bell United States	7	562 0.5×	270 0.6×	943 2.4×	283 0.8×	43 0.2×	7	1.5k
Thomas M. Bennett United States	19	1.1k 1.0×	256 0.6×	71 0.2×	170 0.5×	96 0.4×	47	1.5k
Akira Futatsugi Japan	17	903 0.9×	540 1.3×	186 0.5×	221 0.6×	81 0.4×	22	1.4k
Tania E. Webb United Kingdom	24	989 0.9×	394 0.9×	41 0.1×	311 0.9×	280 1.3×	39	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Byeongjun Lee

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16 of 16 papers shown

Ishikawa, Tomoe, Hyeseung Lee, Byeongjun Lee, et al.. (2025). Brain-wide mapping of immune receptors uncovers a neuromodulatory role of IL-17E and the receptor IL-17RB. Cell. 188(8). 2203–2217.e17. 10 indexed citations

Kim, Hodam, Ju Hyeon Kim, Yoon Jae Lee, et al.. (2025). Motion artifact–controlled micro–brain sensors between hair follicles for persistent augmented reality brain–computer interfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(15). e2419304122–e2419304122. 4 indexed citations

Kim, Hyungsup, Hawon Cho, Byeongjun Lee, et al.. (2022). Anoctamin 1/TMEM16A in pruritoceptors is essential for Mas-related G protein receptor–dependent itch. Pain. 163(11). 2172–2184. 9 indexed citations

Lee, Byeongjun, Sung Hoon Lee, Hyungsup Kim, et al.. (2019). Anoctamin 1/TMEM16A controls intestinal Cl− secretion induced by carbachol and cholera toxin. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 51(8). 1–14. 20 indexed citations

Lee, Sang-Joon, Oleg Yarishkin, Kanghyun Ryoo, et al.. (2019). TMEM16A expression in cholinergic neurons of the medial habenula mediates anxiety‐related behaviors. EMBO Reports. 21(2). e48097–e48097. 30 indexed citations

Lee, Sung Hoon, Byeongjun Lee, Soo‐Jin Oh, et al.. (2019). ANO1/TMEM16A regulates process maturation in radial glial cells in the developing brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(25). 12494–12499. 21 indexed citations

Jang, Yongwoo, Byeongjun Lee, Hyungsup Kim, et al.. (2018). Trpm2 Ablation Accelerates Protein Aggregation by Impaired ADPR and Autophagic Clearance in the Brain. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(5). 3819–3832. 15 indexed citations

Jang, Yongwoo, Byeongjun Lee, Eun‐Kyung Kim, et al.. (2017). Involuntary swimming exercise in pregnant rats disturbs ERK1/2 signaling in embryonic neurons through increased cortisol in the amniotic fluid. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 495(1). 1208–1213. 8 indexed citations

Kim, Hyungsup, Jesun Lee, Byeongjun Lee, et al.. (2017). Anoctamin 9/TMEM16J is a cation channel activated by cAMP/PKA signal. Cell Calcium. 71. 75–85. 25 indexed citations

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Hong, Gyu‐Sang, Byeongjun Lee, & Uhtaek Oh. (2017). Evidence for Mechanosensitive Channel Activity of Tentonin 3/TMEM150C. Neuron. 94(2). 271–273.e2. 17 indexed citations

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Hong, Gyu‐Sang, Byeongjun Lee, Hyungsup Kim, et al.. (2016). Tentonin 3/TMEM150c Confers Distinct Mechanosensitive Currents in Dorsal-Root Ganglion Neurons with Proprioceptive Function. Neuron. 91(1). 107–118. 63 indexed citations

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Jung, Jooyoung, Yongwoo Jang, Byeongjun Lee, et al.. (2015). Anoctamin 1 (TMEM16A) is essential for testosterone-induced prostate hyperplasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(31). 9722–9727. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, Byeongjun, Hawon Cho, Jooyoung Jung, et al.. (2014). Anoctamin 1 Contributes to Inflammatory and Nerve-Injury Induced Hypersensitivity. Molecular Pain. 10. 5–5. 88 indexed citations

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Cho, Hawon, Yongwoo Jang, Byeongjun Lee, et al.. (2013). Voluntary Movements as a Possible Non-Reflexive Pain Assay. Molecular Pain. 9. 25–25. 33 indexed citations

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Shim, Won‐Sik, JunWoo Kim, Yongwoo Jang, et al.. (2010). An aqueous extract of Poncirus fructus activates the prokinetic activity of 5-HT receptor subtype 4 without hERG interaction. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 132(1). 328–333. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Young, Hawon Cho, Won‐Sik Shim, et al.. (2008). TMEM16A confers receptor-activated calcium-dependent chloride conductance. Nature. 455(7217). 1210–1215. 1051 indexed citations breakdown →

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