Hyokjoon Kwon

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Hyokjoon Kwon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hyokjoon Kwon has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Physiology and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hyokjoon Kwon's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (5 papers). Hyokjoon Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (5 papers). Hyokjoon Kwon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Hyokjoon Kwon's co-authors include Jeffrey E. Pessin, Hee‐Sook Jun, Ji-Won Yoon, Warren J. Leonard, Jangsuk Oh, Haihong Zong, Yan Tang, Prafullakumar Tailor, Sebastian Carotta and Keiko Ozato and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Hyokjoon Kwon

35 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Adipokines Mediate Inflammation and Insulin Resistance

2013 513 citations Hyokjoon Kwon, Jeffrey E. Pessin Frontiers in Endocrinology profile →

Peers

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Randall H. Friedline United States

Kae Won Cho United States

Bounleut Phanavanh United States

Juan Carlos Calvo Argentina

Geneviève Marcelin France

Shaolong Yang United States

Tamara L. Allen Australia

Alex J. Freemerman United States

Shengyi Sun United States

Kiyoshi Teshigawara Japan

Randall H. Friedline United States

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556 ×1.2

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169 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Hyokjoon Kwon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hyokjoon Kwon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hyokjoon Kwon

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kwon, Huiyoung, Hyokjoon Kwon, Kyoung Ja Kwon, et al.. (2025). Chronic stress-related behavioral and synaptic changes require caspase-3 activation in the ventral hippocampus of male mice. Neuropharmacology. 272. 110431–110431. 1 indexed citations

Kwon, Hyokjoon, et al.. (2024). Metabolic and behavioral alterations associated with viral vector-mediated toxicity in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. Bioscience Reports. 44(1). 3 indexed citations

Inoue, Ryota, Le Wang, Hyokjoon Kwon, et al.. (2024). Vagal sensory neuron-derived FGF3 controls insulin secretion. Developmental Cell. 60(1). 51–61.e4. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Yan, Haihong Zong, Hyokjoon Kwon, et al.. (2022). TIGAR deficiency enhances skeletal muscle thermogenesis by increasing neuromuscular junction cholinergic signaling. eLife. 11. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yujue, Hyokjoon Kwon, Ankit Shah, et al.. (2022). Glucagon changes substrate preference in gluconeogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(12). 102708–102708. 4 indexed citations

Chiles, Eric, et al.. (2019). Fast LC-MS quantitation of glucose and glycerol via enzymatic derivatization. Analytical Biochemistry. 575. 40–43. 15 indexed citations

Youn, Dou Yeon, Alus M. Xiaoli, Hyokjoon Kwon, Fajun Yang, & Jeffrey E. Pessin. (2019). The subunit assembly state of the Mediator complex is nutrient-regulated and is dysregulated in a genetic model of insulin resistance and obesity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(23). 9076–9083. 12 indexed citations

Tang, Yan, et al.. (2018). The fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase TIGAR suppresses NF-κB signaling by directly inhibiting the linear ubiquitin assembly complex LUBAC. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(20). 7578–7591. 19 indexed citations

Kwon, Hyokjoon, Young Bae Ryu, Hoibin Jeong, et al.. (2014). Purification and functional characterization of the first stilbene glucoside-specific β-glucosidase isolated from Lactobacillus kimchi. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 67. 59–66. 17 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyokjoon, et al.. (2014). Adipocyte-Specific IKKβ Signaling Suppresses Adipose Tissue Inflammation through an IL-13-Dependent Paracrine Feedback Pathway. Cell Reports. 9(5). 1574–1583. 48 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyokjoon & Jeffrey E. Pessin. (2013). Adipokines Mediate Inflammation and Insulin Resistance. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 4. 71–71. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pessin, Jeffrey E. & Hyokjoon Kwon. (2012). How Does High-Fat Diet Induce Adipose Tissue Fibrosis?. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 60(8). 1147–1150. 26 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyokjoon, Danielle Thierry‐Mieg, Jean Thierry‐Mieg, et al.. (2009). Analysis of Interleukin-21-Induced Prdm1 Gene Regulation Reveals Functional Cooperation of STAT3 and IRF4 Transcription Factors. Immunity. 31(6). 941–952. 288 indexed citations

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Han, Jaeseok, et al.. (2007). Engineered Enteroendocrine Cells Secrete Insulin in Response to Glucose and Reverse Hyperglycemia in Diabetic Mice. Molecular Therapy. 15(6). 1195–1202. 23 indexed citations

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Khil, Lee‐Yong, et al.. (2007). Human chorionic gonadotropin is an immune modulator and can prevent autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice. Diabetologia. 50(10). 2147–2155. 38 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyokjoon, et al.. (2005). IL-18 Induces Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Production in Macrophages through the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt and MEK/ERK1/2 Pathways. The Journal of Immunology. 175(12). 8280–8286. 81 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyokjoon, Hee‐Sook Jun, Yang Yang, et al.. (2004). Development of autoreactive diabetogenic T cells in the thymus of NOD mice. Journal of Autoimmunity. 24(1). 11–23. 13 indexed citations

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Choi, Kyeong Sook, et al.. (2001). Role of Hck in the Pathogenesis of Encephalomyocarditis Virus-Induced Diabetes in Mice. Journal of Virology. 75(4). 1949–1957. 16 indexed citations

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Yoon, Ji-Won, Robert S. Sherwin, Hyokjoon Kwon, & Hee‐Sook Jun. (2000). Has GAD a Central Role in Type 1 Diabetes?. Journal of Autoimmunity. 15(3). 273–278. 11 indexed citations

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Schröder, Maria, Takeshi Nakano, Hyokjoon Kwon, et al.. (1989). Isolation of a cDNA encoding the human G_M2 activator protein. FEBS Letters. 251(1-2). 197–200. 44 indexed citations

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