He-Jin Lee

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
36 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

He-Jin Lee is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, He-Jin Lee has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Neurology, 18 papers in Physiology and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in He-Jin Lee's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (30 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (8 papers). He-Jin Lee is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (30 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (8 papers). He-Jin Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Puerto Rico. He-Jin Lee's co-authors include Seung‐Jae Lee, Eun-Jin Bae, Eliezer Masliah, Smita S. Patel, Christina Patrick, Brian Spencer, Edward Rockenstein, Daehee Hwang, Paula Desplats and Leslie Crews and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

He-Jin Lee

36 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Inclusion formation and neuronal cell death through neuron-to-neuron transmission of α-synuclein

2009 1.2k citations Paula Desplats, He-Jin Lee et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Direct Transfer of α-Synuclein from Neuron to Astroglia Causes Inflammatory Responses in Synucleinopathies

2010 680 citations He-Jin Lee, Christina Patrick et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Intravesicular Localization and Exocytosis of α-Synuclein and its Aggregates

2005 653 citations He-Jin Lee, Smita S. Patel et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Neuron-released oligomeric α-synuclein is an endogenous agonist of TLR2 for paracrine activation of microglia

2013 650 citations Changyoun Kim, Dong Hwan Ho 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
He-Jin Lee South Korea	27	4.4k	2.6k	2.1k	2.1k	1.7k	36	6.4k
Laura A. Volpicelli‐Daley United States	42	4.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	71	6.9k
Kelvin C. Luk United States	42	7.6k 1.7×	3.5k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	4.0k 2.0×	2.8k 1.7×	102	10.5k
Céline Perier Spain	33	3.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	950 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.6×	41	6.7k
Giuseppe Di Iorio Italy	19	6.1k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	68	8.2k
Elisa Greggio Italy	41	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.4×	89	5.2k
Aglaia Athanassiadou Greece	21	5.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	3.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	52	7.4k
Kostas Vekrellis Greece	30	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	836 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	58	4.8k
Susan Ide United States	13	5.6k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	23	7.6k
Benjamin Dehay France	36	2.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	785 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	90	5.2k
Edward S. Stenroos United States	15	5.7k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.6×	2.2k 1.3×	24	7.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lee, He-Jin, et al.. (2019). Models of multiple system atrophy. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 51(11). 1–10. 22 indexed citations

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

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

Lee, Kyungwon, et al.. (2017). Is trehalose an autophagic inducer? Unraveling the roles of non-reducing disaccharides on autophagic flux and alpha-synuclein aggregation. Cell Death and Disease. 8(10). e3091–e3091. 52 indexed citations

Jung, Byung Chul, Eun-Jin Bae, Jun Sung Lee, et al.. (2017). Amplification of distinct α-synuclein fibril conformers through protein misfolding cyclic amplification. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 49(4). e314–e314. 47 indexed citations

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

Bae, Eun-Jin, He-Jin Lee, & Seung‐Jae Lee. (2015). Cell Models to Study Cell-to-Cell Transmission of α-Synuclein. Methods in molecular biology. 1345. 291–298. 8 indexed citations

Bae, Eun-Jin, Na Yang, Cheol-Soon Lee, et al.. (2015). Loss of glucocerebrosidase 1 activity causes lysosomal dysfunction and α-synuclein aggregation. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 47(3). e153–e153. 95 indexed citations

Bae, Eun-Jin, Mi‐Young Song, Cheol-Soon Lee, et al.. (2014). Glucocerebrosidase depletion enhances cell-to-cell transmission of α-synuclein. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4755–4755. 150 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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Bae, Eun-Jin, Dong Hwan Ho, Jin Woo Jung, et al.. (2012). Lipid Peroxidation Product 4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal Promotes Seeding-Capable Oligomer Formation and Cell-to-Cell Transfer of α-Synuclein. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 18(7). 770–783. 98 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Jae, Paula Desplats, He-Jin Lee, Brian Spencer, & Eliezer Masliah. (2012). Cell-to-Cell Transmission of α-Synuclein Aggregates. Methods in molecular biology. 849. 347–359. 45 indexed citations

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Lee, He-Jin, et al.. (2011). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for alpha-synuclein with species and multimeric state specificities. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 199(2). 249–257. 23 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Jae, et al.. (2011). Protein aggregate spreading in neurodegenerative diseases: Problems and perspectives. Neuroscience Research. 70(4). 339–348. 140 indexed citations

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Desplats, Paula, He-Jin Lee, Eun-Jin Bae, et al.. (2009). Inclusion formation and neuronal cell death through neuron-to-neuron transmission of α-synuclein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(31). 13010–13015. 1156 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, He-Jin, et al.. (2008). Assembly-dependent endocytosis and clearance of extracellular a-synuclein. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 40(9). 1835–1849. 395 indexed citations

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Lee, He-Jin, Smita S. Patel, & Seung‐Jae Lee. (2005). Intravesicular Localization and Exocytosis of α-Synuclein and its Aggregates. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(25). 6016–6024. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, He-Jin, Soon Young Shin, Chan Choi, Young Han Lee, & Seung‐Jae Lee. (2002). Formation and Removal of α-Synuclein Aggregates in Cells Exposed to Mitochondrial Inhibitors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(7). 5411–5417. 248 indexed citations

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Lee, He-Jin & Seung‐Jae Lee. (2002). Characterization of Cytoplasmic α-Synuclein Aggregates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(50). 48976–48983. 158 indexed citations

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Uversky, Vladimir N., He-Jin Lee, Jie Li, Anthony L. Fink, & Seung‐Jae Lee. (2001). Stabilization of Partially Folded Conformation during α-Synuclein Oligomerization in Both Purified and Cytosolic Preparations. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(47). 43495–43498. 153 indexed citations

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