Heehyoung Lee

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Heehyoung Lee is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heehyoung Lee has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oncology, 17 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heehyoung Lee's work include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (15 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers). Heehyoung Lee is often cited by papers focused on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (15 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers). Heehyoung Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Heehyoung Lee's co-authors include Hua Yu, Andreas Herrmann, Richard Jove, Ralf Buettner, Maciej Kujawski, Marcin Kortylewski, Jiehui Deng, Stephen J. Forman, Drew M. Pardoll and H. David Kay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Heehyoung Lee

26 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Revisiting STAT3 signalling in cancer: new and unexpected biological functions

2014 1.7k citations Hua Yu, Heehyoung Lee et al. profile →
JAK/STAT3-Regulated Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Is Critical for Breast Cancer Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Chemoresistance

2017 636 citations Tianyi Wang, Johannes F. Fahrmann et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
Persistently Activated Stat3 Maintains Constitutive NF-κB Activity in Tumors

2009 558 citations Heehyoung Lee, Andreas Herrmann et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heehyoung Lee United States	24	3.0k	3.0k	2.1k	1.6k	717	26	6.2k
Friedemann Horn Germany	40	3.2k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	464 0.6×	82	6.4k
Ralf Buettner United States	24	2.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	834 1.2×	63	5.6k
James G. Karras United States	33	2.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	945 0.6×	953 1.3×	57	5.6k
Lindsey D. Mayo United States	28	4.6k 1.5×	2.4k 0.8×	934 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	437 0.6×	61	6.3k
Guilian Niu United States	16	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	878 1.2×	19	5.7k
Jung-Mao Hsu Taiwan	35	3.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	249 0.3×	56	6.1k
Wolfgang Mikulits Austria	44	4.1k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	822 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	463 0.6×	116	6.9k
Gen Sheng Wu United States	47	5.0k 1.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	422 0.6×	87	6.6k
Xiujuan Qu China	40	3.2k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	860 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	349 0.5×	262	5.3k
Kaoru Kiguchi United States	36	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	832 0.5×	548 0.8×	77	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heehyoung Lee

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Herrmann, Andreas, Christoph Lahtz, Jieun Song, et al.. (2019). Integrin α6 signaling induces STAT3-TET3-mediated hydroxymethylation of genes critical for maintenance of glioma stem cells. Oncogene. 39(10). 2156–2169. 32 indexed citations

Wang, Tianyi, Johannes F. Fahrmann, Heehyoung Lee, et al.. (2018). JAK/STAT3-Regulated Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Is Critical for Breast Cancer Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Chemoresistance. Cell Metabolism. 27(6). 1357–1357. 150 indexed citations

Herrmann, Andreas, Christoph Lahtz, Toshikage Nagao, et al.. (2017). CTLA4 Promotes Tyk2-STAT3–Dependent B-cell Oncogenicity. Cancer Research. 77(18). 5118–5128. 38 indexed citations

Lifshitz, Veronica, Saul J. Priceman, Wenzhao Li, et al.. (2017). Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor-1 Promotes Environment-Mediated and Acquired Chemoresistance. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 16(11). 2516–2527. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Tianyi, Johannes F. Fahrmann, Heehyoung Lee, et al.. (2017). JAK/STAT3-Regulated Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Is Critical for Breast Cancer Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Chemoresistance. Cell Metabolism. 27(1). 136–150.e5. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Chunyan, Xin Hong, Wang Zhang, et al.. (2016). CD5 Binds to Interleukin-6 and Induces a Feed-Forward Loop with the Transcription Factor STAT3 in B Cells to Promote Cancer. Immunity. 44(4). 913–923. 114 indexed citations

Herrmann, Andreas, Gregory Cherryholmes, Anne Schroeder, et al.. (2014). TLR9 Is Critical for Glioma Stem Cell Maintenance and Targeting. Cancer Research. 74(18). 5218–5228. 60 indexed citations

Warden, Charles, Heehyoung Lee, Joshua D. Tompkins, et al.. (2013). COHCAP: an integrative genomic pipeline for single-nucleotide resolution DNA methylation analysis. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(11). e117–e117. 87 indexed citations

Hong, Xin, Rongze Lu, Heehyoung Lee, et al.. (2013). G-protein-coupled Receptor Agonist BV8/Prokineticin-2 and STAT3 Protein Form a Feed-forward Loop in Both Normal and Malignant Myeloid Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(19). 13842–13849. 48 indexed citations

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Yang, Chunmei, Heehyoung Lee, Veronica Jové, et al.. (2013). Prognostic Significance of B-Cells and pSTAT3 in Patients with Ovarian Cancer. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54029–e54029. 51 indexed citations

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Yang, Chunmei, Heehyoung Lee, Sumanta K. Pal, et al.. (2013). B Cells Promote Tumor Progression via STAT3 Regulated-Angiogenesis. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64159–e64159. 128 indexed citations

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Deng, Jiehui, Heehyoung Lee, Andreas Herrmann, et al.. (2012). S1PR1-STAT3 Signaling Is Crucial for Myeloid Cell Colonization at Future Metastatic Sites. Cancer Cell. 21(5). 642–654. 201 indexed citations

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Kortylewski, Marcin, Maciej Kujawski, Heehyoung Lee, et al.. (2010). Regulation of the IL-23 and IL-12 Balance by Stat3 Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Cell. 18(5). 536–536. 17 indexed citations

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Lee, Heehyoung, Sumanta K. Pal, Karen L. Reckamp, Robert A. Figlin, & Hua Yu. (2010). STAT3: A Target to Enhance Antitumor Immune Response. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 344. 41–59. 110 indexed citations

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Lee, Heehyoung, Jiehui Deng, Maciej Kujawski, et al.. (2010). STAT3-induced S1PR1 expression is crucial for persistent STAT3 activation in tumors. Nature Medicine. 16(12). 1421–1428. 319 indexed citations

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Lee, Heehyoung, Andreas Herrmann, Jiehui Deng, et al.. (2009). Persistently Activated Stat3 Maintains Constitutive NF-κB Activity in Tumors. Cancer Cell. 15(4). 283–293. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kortylewski, Marcin, Piotr Swiderski, Andreas Herrmann, et al.. (2009). In vivo delivery of siRNA to immune cells by conjugation to a TLR9 agonist enhances antitumor immune responses. Nature Biotechnology. 27(10). 925–932. 302 indexed citations

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Kortylewski, Marcin, Xin Hong, Maciej Kujawski, et al.. (2009). Regulation of the IL-23 and IL-12 Balance by Stat3 Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Cell. 15(2). 114–123. 382 indexed citations

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Niu, Guilian, Jiehui Deng, Yihong Ma, et al.. (2008). Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Is Required for Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α RNA Expression in Both Tumor Cells and Tumor-Associated Myeloid Cells. Molecular Cancer Research. 6(7). 1099–1105. 151 indexed citations

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Kujawski, Maciej, Marcin Kortylewski, Heehyoung Lee, et al.. (2008). Stat3 mediates myeloid cell–dependent tumor angiogenesis in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(10). 3367–3377. 470 indexed citations

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