Heekyung Chung

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Heekyung Chung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heekyung Chung has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Heekyung Chung's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). Heekyung Chung is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). Heekyung Chung collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Austria. Heekyung Chung's co-authors include Jerrold M. Olefsky, Da Young Oh, Yun Sok Lee, Anne N. Murphy, John M. Carethers, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Olivia Osborn, Olivia Osborne, Oswald Quehenberger and Roman Šášik and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Heekyung Chung

28 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Increased Adipocyte O2 Consumption Triggers HIF-1α, Causi... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Increased Adipocyte O2 Consumption Triggers HIF-1α, Causing Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Obesity
    2014 468 citations Yun Sok Lee, Jung‐whan Kim et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heekyung Chung United States 18 623 525 499 260 251 28 1.6k
Nomelí P. Núñez United States 23 568 0.9× 715 1.4× 427 0.9× 173 0.7× 448 1.8× 36 1.9k
Manuel Macías‐González Spain 26 684 1.1× 765 1.5× 386 0.8× 312 1.2× 145 0.6× 78 1.9k
Myeong Jin Yoon United States 7 941 1.5× 799 1.5× 680 1.4× 69 0.3× 320 1.3× 8 2.2k
Niels Kloosterhuis Netherlands 19 461 0.7× 713 1.4× 535 1.1× 71 0.3× 140 0.6× 46 1.7k
Rafael Mayoral Spain 24 447 0.7× 734 1.4× 914 1.8× 90 0.3× 125 0.5× 32 2.0k
Archana Vijayakumar United States 20 557 0.9× 980 1.9× 496 1.0× 82 0.3× 260 1.0× 32 2.1k
Brante P. Sampey United States 17 412 0.7× 708 1.3× 320 0.6× 186 0.7× 130 0.5× 19 1.5k
Jackie A. Lavigne United States 23 508 0.8× 706 1.3× 152 0.3× 241 0.9× 465 1.9× 28 1.9k
Vanessa P. Houde Canada 17 399 0.6× 1.0k 1.9× 388 0.8× 89 0.3× 161 0.6× 33 1.8k
Peili Bu China 26 383 0.6× 787 1.5× 273 0.5× 116 0.4× 132 0.5× 64 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heekyung Chung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heekyung Chung

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heekyung Chung. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heekyung Chung 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 Heekyung Chung. Heekyung Chung is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Wen, Heekyung Chung, Hooman Izadi, et al.. (2023). Abstract 2153: Cyclin E1 protein overexpression sensitizes ovarian cancer cells to ZN-c3, a novel, selective and oral bioavailable inhibitor of Wee1. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 2153–2153. 3 indexed citations
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Riopel, Matthew, Jong Bae Seo, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2018). Chronic fractalkine administration improves glucose tolerance and pancreatic endocrine function. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(4). 1458–1470. 30 indexed citations
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Chung, Heekyung, et al.. (2016). Time-restricted feeding improves insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in a mouse model of postmenopausal obesity. Metabolism. 65(12). 1743–1754. 114 indexed citations
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Li, Pingping, Da Young Oh, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2015). LTB4 promotes insulin resistance in obese mice by acting on macrophages, hepatocytes and myocytes. Nature Medicine. 21(3). 239–247. 254 indexed citations
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Mayoral, Rafael, Olivia Osborn, Joanne McNelis, et al.. (2015). Adipocyte SIRT1 knockout promotes PPARγ activity, adipogenesis and insulin sensitivity in chronic-HFD and obesity. Molecular Metabolism. 4(5). 378–391. 133 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Sok, Jung‐whan Kim, Olivia Osborne, et al.. (2014). Increased Adipocyte O2 Consumption Triggers HIF-1α, Causing Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Obesity. Cell. 157(6). 1339–1352. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gray, Jason D., et al.. (2013). LRP6 exerts non-canonical effects on Wnt signaling during neural tube closure. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(21). 4267–4281. 38 indexed citations
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Chung, Heekyung, et al.. (2011). Flanking nucleotide specificity for DNA mismatch repair-deficient frameshifts within Activin Receptor 2 (ACVR2). Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 729(1-2). 73–80. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, Sun‐Young, Hye Seung Han, Dae–Yong Hwang, et al.. (2011). Microsatellite Instability, EMAST, and Morphology Associations with T Cell Infiltration in Colorectal Neoplasia. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 57(1). 72–78. 37 indexed citations
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Chung, Heekyung, et al.. (2010). Both microsatellite length and sequence context determine frameshift mutation rates in defective DNA mismatch repair. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(13). 2638–2647. 17 indexed citations
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Lee, Sun‐Young, Heekyung Chung, Bikash Devaraj, et al.. (2010). Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotide Repeats Are Associated With Morphologies of Colorectal Neoplasias. Gastroenterology. 139(5). 1519–1525. 65 indexed citations
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Chow, Jimmy Y. C., Helen L. Wu, Mei Huang, et al.. (2009). TGF-β downregulates PTEN via activation of NF-κB in pancreatic cancer cells. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 298(2). G275–G282. 45 indexed citations
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Chung, Heekyung, et al.. (2008). Mutation Rates of TGFBR2 and ACVR2 Coding Microsatellites in Human Cells with Defective DNA Mismatch Repair. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3463–e3463. 21 indexed citations
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Marko, Melissa, Tanvir Ahmed, Stephen C. Bunnell, et al.. (2007). Age-Associated Decline in Effective Immune Synapse Formation of CD4+ T Cells Is Reversed by Vitamin E Supplementation. The Journal of Immunology. 178(3). 1443–1449. 84 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyoung-Hee, Hyeon Joo Yim, Heekyung Chung, et al.. (2006). Design and synthesis of oxime ethers of α-acyl-β-phenylpropanoic acids as PPAR dual agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(4). 937–941. 29 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Tanvir, Melissa Marko, Dayong Wu, et al.. (2004). Vitamin E Supplementation Reverses the Age‐Associated Decrease in Effective Immune Synapse Formation in CD4+ T Cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1031(1). 412–414. 7 indexed citations
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Lee, Jae Yeol, et al.. (2001). 1,4-Dioxane-fused 4-anilinoquinazoline as inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor kinase. Archiv der Pharmazie. 334(11). 357–357. 20 indexed citations

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