Changyoun Kim

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Changyoun Kim is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Changyoun Kim has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Neurology, 22 papers in Neurology and 13 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Changyoun Kim's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (21 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (19 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (8 papers). Changyoun Kim is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (21 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (19 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (8 papers). Changyoun Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Puerto Rico. Changyoun Kim's co-authors include Seung‐Jae Lee, Eliezer Masliah, He-Jin Lee, Sungyong You, Daehee Hwang, Dong Hwan Ho, Sung Joong Lee, Sarah Michael, JungHee Kang and Anthony Adame and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Changyoun Kim

34 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Neuron-released oligomeric α-synuclein is an endogenous agonist of TLR2 for paracrine activation of microglia

2013 650 citations Changyoun Kim, Sungyong You et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Changyoun Kim United States	26	1.4k	1.0k	767	760	630	35	2.5k
Rebecca Banerjee India	21	1.6k 1.2×	934 0.9×	709 0.9×	666 0.9×	704 1.1×	45	2.7k
Kathleen A. Maguire‐Zeiss United States	26	1.6k 1.2×	957 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	634 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	60	3.0k
Ashley S. Harms United States	24	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	764 1.0×	657 0.9×	857 1.4×	36	2.8k
Melissa K. McCoy United States	15	852 0.6×	958 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	483 0.6×	731 1.2×	22	2.7k
Nicoletta Plotegher Italy	22	982 0.7×	428 0.4×	844 1.1×	635 0.8×	451 0.7×	38	2.0k
Tae‐In Kam United States	24	1.1k 0.8×	788 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	657 1.0×	38	3.4k
Isabelle St‐Amour Canada	24	456 0.3×	554 0.5×	732 1.0×	695 0.9×	581 0.9×	43	2.0k
Saurav Brahmachari United States	20	628 0.5×	402 0.4×	669 0.9×	349 0.5×	463 0.7×	23	1.8k
Jinghong Wang United States	15	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	990 1.3×	552 0.7×	397 0.6×	32	3.1k
Tiina Tikka Finland	6	503 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	522 0.7×	469 0.6×	786 1.2×	7	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Changyoun Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Changyoun Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Changyoun Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Changyoun Kim based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Changyoun Kim. Changyoun Kim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kim, Jina, Michiyo Iba, Jae Hyeon Park, et al.. (2025). Differential microglial responses to structurally distinct alpha-synuclein polymorphs. Molecular Brain. 19(1). 3–3.

Iba, Michiyo, Yeon‐Joo Lee, Marcell Szabo, et al.. (2024). Microglial and neuronal fates following inhibition of CSF-1R in synucleinopathy mouse model. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 123. 254–269. 2 indexed citations

Iba, Michiyo, Somin Kwon, Changyoun Kim, et al.. (2024). Immunotherapy with an antibody against CD1d modulates neuroinflammation in an α-synuclein transgenic model of Lewy body like disease. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21(1). 93–93. 1 indexed citations

Bae, Eun-Jin, Min-Sun Choi, Jeong Tae Kim, et al.. (2022). TNF-α promotes α-synuclein propagation through stimulation of senescence-associated lysosomal exocytosis. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 54(6). 788–800. 56 indexed citations

Mamais, Adamantios, Jillian H. Kluss, Luis Bonet‐Ponce, et al.. (2021). Mutations in LRRK2 linked to Parkinson disease sequester Rab8a to damaged lysosomes and regulate transferrin-mediated iron uptake in microglia. PLoS Biology. 19(12). e3001480–e3001480. 57 indexed citations

Iba, Michiyo, Changyoun Kim, Michelle A. Sallin, et al.. (2020). Neuroinflammation is associated with infiltration of T cells in Lewy body disease and α-synuclein transgenic models. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 17(1). 214–214. 70 indexed citations

Kwon, Somin, Michiyo Iba, Changyoun Kim, & Eliezer Masliah. (2020). Immunotherapies for Aging-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases—Emerging Perspectives and New Targets. Neurotherapeutics. 17(3). 935–954. 54 indexed citations

Kwon, Somin, Alexandra Beilina, Bradley Smith, et al.. (2020). LRRK2-mediated microglial activation via NFATc2: a novel mechanism of neurotoxic inflammation in synucleinopathies. The Journal of Immunology. 204(1_Supplement). 64.7–64.7. 1 indexed citations

Jung, Inkyung, Anthony D. Schmitt, Yarui Diao, et al.. (2019). A compendium of promoter-centered long-range chromatin interactions in the human genome. Nature Genetics. 51(10). 1442–1449. 203 indexed citations

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Spencer, Brian, Ivy Trinh, Edward Rockenstein, et al.. (2019). Systemic peptide mediated delivery of an siRNA targeting α-syn in the CNS ameliorates the neurodegenerative process in a transgenic model of Lewy body disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 127. 163–177. 35 indexed citations

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Kwon, Somin, Michiyo Iba, Eliezer Masliah, & Changyoun Kim. (2019). Targeting Microglial and Neuronal Toll-like Receptor 2 in Synucleinopathies. Experimental Neurobiology. 28(5). 547–553. 24 indexed citations

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Kim, Changyoun, Brian Spencer, Edward Rockenstein, et al.. (2018). Immunotherapy targeting toll-like receptor 2 alleviates neurodegeneration in models of synucleinopathy by modulating α-synuclein transmission and neuroinflammation. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 13(1). 43–43. 121 indexed citations

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Bae, Eun-Jin, Dong‐Kyu Kim, Changyoun Kim, et al.. (2018). LRRK2 kinase regulates α-synuclein propagation via RAB35 phosphorylation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3465–3465. 115 indexed citations

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Rockenstein, Edward, Gary R. Ostroff, Florentina Rus, et al.. (2017). Combined Active Humoral and Cellular Immunization Approaches for the Treatment of Synucleinopathies. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(4). 1000–1014. 41 indexed citations

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Spencer, Brian, Changyoun Kim, Tania Gonzalez, et al.. (2016). α-Synuclein interferes with the ESCRT-III complex contributing to the pathogenesis of Lewy body disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(6). 1100–1115. 50 indexed citations

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Kim, Changyoun, Edward Rockenstein, Brian Spencer, et al.. (2015). Antagonizing Neuronal Toll-like Receptor 2 Prevents Synucleinopathy by Activating Autophagy. Cell Reports. 13(4). 771–782. 107 indexed citations

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Kim, Changyoun, Emmanuel A. Ojo-Amaize, Brian Spencer, et al.. (2015). Hypoestoxide reduces neuroinflammation and α-synuclein accumulation in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 12(1). 236–236. 31 indexed citations

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Kim, Changyoun, et al.. (2014). β1-integrin-dependent migration of microglia in response to neuron-released α-synuclein. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 46(4). e91–e91. 49 indexed citations

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Shin, Gu‐Choul, et al.. (2009). Apigenin-induced apoptosis is mediated by reactive oxygen species and activation of ERK1/2 in rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 182(1). 29–36. 61 indexed citations

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Kim, Changyoun, et al.. (2009). An Adaptive Feedback Method with Channel Change Indication for Band AMC in a Femto Cell. 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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