Insup Choi

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Insup Choi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Insup Choi has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Neurology and 9 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Insup Choi's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (7 papers). Insup Choi is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (7 papers). Insup Choi collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Insup Choi's co-authors include Zhenyu Yue, Bin Zhang, Yuanxi Zhang, Qian Wang, Kerry Purtell, Mathilde Pruvost, Ilo Jou, Beomsue Kim, Eun-Hye Joe and Hey‐Kyeong Jeong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Insup Choi

21 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Microglia clear neuron-released α-synuclein via selective autophagy and prevent neurodegeneration

2020 381 citations Insup Choi, Yuanxi Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence

2023 106 citations Insup Choi, Minghui Wang et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Insup Choi United States	18	515	455	409	325	301	21	1.2k
Kerry Purtell United States	16	358 0.7×	239 0.5×	654 1.6×	193 0.6×	333 1.1×	17	1.3k
Sara Sáez-Atiénzar United States	16	503 1.0×	190 0.4×	482 1.2×	356 1.1×	174 0.6×	24	1.2k
Hervé Rhinn United States	15	485 0.9×	510 1.1×	512 1.3×	527 1.6×	197 0.7×	25	1.5k
Mark S. Moehle United States	17	1.1k 2.1×	492 1.1×	610 1.5×	399 1.2×	568 1.9×	27	1.7k
Irene Fernández‐Carasa Spain	9	560 1.1×	193 0.4×	380 0.9×	290 0.9×	321 1.1×	13	1.1k
Adamantios Mamais United States	22	1.0k 2.0×	316 0.7×	552 1.3×	610 1.9×	300 1.0×	33	1.6k
Kateřina Venderová United States	13	574 1.1×	172 0.4×	438 1.1×	227 0.7×	436 1.4×	17	1.2k
Isabella Russo Italy	22	692 1.3×	509 1.1×	583 1.4×	514 1.6×	438 1.5×	39	1.5k
Amanda M. Gysbers Australia	11	818 1.6×	243 0.5×	260 0.6×	520 1.6×	282 0.9×	11	1.2k
Roberta Marongiu United States	14	609 1.2×	184 0.4×	438 1.1×	203 0.6×	387 1.3×	25	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Insup Choi

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Qian, Minghui Wang, Insup Choi, et al.. (2024). Molecular profiling of human substantia nigra identifies diverse neuron types associated with vulnerability in Parkinson’s disease. Science Advances. 10(2). eadi8287–eadi8287. 28 indexed citations

Zhu, Hanwen, Xianting Li, Hee‐Soo Kim, et al.. (2024). RAB12-LRRK2 complex suppresses primary ciliogenesis and regulates centrosome homeostasis in astrocytes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8434–8434. 6 indexed citations

Choi, Insup, Minghui Wang, Seungyeul Yoo, et al.. (2023). Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence. Nature Cell Biology. 25(7). 963–974. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

Choi, Insup, et al.. (2022). Regulation of α-synuclein homeostasis and inflammasome activation by microglial autophagy. Science Advances. 8(43). eabn1298–eabn1298. 27 indexed citations

Deng, Zhiqiang, Xianting Li, Marian Blanca Ramírez, et al.. (2021). Selective autophagy of AKAP11 activates cAMP/PKA to fuel mitochondrial metabolism and tumor cell growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 34 indexed citations

Choi, Insup, Yuanxi Zhang, Mathilde Pruvost, et al.. (2020). Microglia clear neuron-released α-synuclein via selective autophagy and prevent neurodegeneration. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1386–1386. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Hai‐Jie, et al.. (2020). Region-specific astrogliosis: differential vessel formation contributes to different patterns of astrogliosis in the cortex and striatum. Molecular Brain. 13(1). 103–103. 9 indexed citations

Heaton, George R., Dongxiao Liang, Insup Choi, et al.. (2020). Progress in LRRK2-Associated Parkinson’s Disease Animal Models. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14. 674–674. 40 indexed citations

Choi, Insup, et al.. (2020). Synucleinphagy: a microglial “community cleanup program” for neuroprotection. Autophagy. 16(9). 1718–1720. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Qian, Yuanxi Zhang, Minghui Wang, et al.. (2019). The landscape of multiscale transcriptomic networks and key regulators in Parkinson’s disease. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5234–5234. 68 indexed citations

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Lachance, Véronik, Qian Wang, Eric S. Sweet, et al.. (2019). Autophagy protein NRBF2 has reduced expression in Alzheimer’s brains and modulates memory and amyloid-beta homeostasis in mice. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 14(1). 43–43. 62 indexed citations

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Choi, Insup, Dong‐Joo Choi, Hai‐Jie Yang, et al.. (2016). PINK1 expression increases during brain development and stem cell differentiation, and affects the development of GFAP-positive astrocytes. Molecular Brain. 9(1). 18–18. 49 indexed citations

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Choi, Insup, et al.. (2016). Interplay between Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) and p62/SQSTM-1 in Selective Autophagy. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0163029–e0163029. 37 indexed citations

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Choi, Insup, et al.. (2016). LRRK2 Inhibits FAK Activity by Promoting FERM-mediated Autoinhibition of FAK and Recruiting the Tyrosine Phosphatase, SHP-2. Experimental Neurobiology. 25(5). 269–276. 4 indexed citations

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Choi, Insup, Joo Hong Woo, Ilo Jou, & Eun-Hye Joe. (2016). PINK1 Deficiency Decreases Expression Levels of mir-326, mir-330, and mir-3099 during Brain Development and Neural Stem Cell Differentiation. Experimental Neurobiology. 25(1). 14–23. 32 indexed citations

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Choi, Insup, Beomsue Kim, Sung-Hoon Baik, et al.. (2015). LRRK2 G2019S mutation attenuates microglial motility by inhibiting focal adhesion kinase. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8255–8255. 86 indexed citations

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Jeong, Hey‐Kyeong, Kyungmin Ji, Kyoung‐jin Min, et al.. (2014). Astrogliosis Is a Possible Player in Preventing Delayed Neuronal Death. Molecules and Cells. 37(4). 345–355. 20 indexed citations

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Choi, Hyo‐Kyoung, Youngsok Choi, Hee‐Bum Kang, et al.. (2014). PINK1 positively regulates HDAC3 to suppress dopaminergic neuronal cell death. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(4). 1127–1141. 40 indexed citations

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Choi, Insup, Jun Kim, Hey‐Kyeong Jeong, et al.. (2013). Pink1 deficiency attenuates astrocyte proliferation through mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced akt and increased p38 mapk activation, and downregulation of egfr. Glia. 61(5). 800–812. 74 indexed citations

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Kim, Jun, Insup Choi, Beomsue Kim, et al.. (2013). PINK1 Deficiency Enhances Inflammatory Cytokine Release from Acutely Prepared Brain Slices. Experimental Neurobiology. 22(1). 38–44. 56 indexed citations

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