Jaekyoung Son

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jaekyoung Son is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jaekyoung Son has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jaekyoung Son's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (11 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (8 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). Jaekyoung Son is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (11 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (8 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). Jaekyoung Son collaborates with scholars based in South Korea and United States. Jaekyoung Son's co-authors include Lewis C. Cantley, Costas A. Lyssiotis, John M. Asara, Matteo Ligorio, Xiaoxu Wang, Cristina R. Ferrone, Alec C. Kimmelman, Rushika M. Perera, Edouard Mullarky and Ya’an Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Jaekyoung Son

30 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a KRAS-regulated metabolic pathway

2013 1.5k citations Jaekyoung Son, Costas A. Lyssiotis et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jaekyoung Son South Korea	20	1.6k	1.3k	643	249	208	31	2.4k
Edouard Mullarky United States	12	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	659 1.0×	226 0.9×	409 2.0×	13	3.4k
Hubert Lincet France	24	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	461 0.7×	133 0.5×	170 0.8×	35	2.3k
Alba Luengo United States	11	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	396 0.6×	146 0.6×	189 0.9×	15	2.5k
Krushna C. Patra United States	14	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	527 0.8×	218 0.9×	84 0.4×	18	2.8k
Ferdinando Chiaradonna Italy	29	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	446 0.7×	161 0.6×	130 0.6×	47	2.2k
Jennifer B. Dennison United States	21	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	583 0.9×	118 0.5×	169 0.8×	52	2.1k
Mariia Yuneva United Kingdom	18	2.6k 1.6×	2.2k 1.7×	701 1.1×	217 0.9×	347 1.7×	26	3.4k
Timothy J. Humpton United Kingdom	9	1.8k 1.2×	734 0.5×	454 0.7×	251 1.0×	116 0.6×	14	2.4k
Zhao Lin China	26	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	636 1.0×	325 1.3×	95 0.5×	43	3.0k
Lianxin Liu China	27	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	533 0.8×	251 1.0×	83 0.4×	59	2.5k

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Im, Sang‐Choul, Jeong Kon Seo, YongHwan Kim, et al.. (2025). BIX01294 suppresses PDAC growth through inhibition of glutaminase-mediated glutathione dynamics. Molecular Metabolism. 94. 102113–102113.

Kim, Ji Hye, Jin‐Young Lee, Boyun Kim, et al.. (2024). Glutamine-mediated epigenetic regulation of cFLIP underlies resistance to TRAIL in pancreatic cancer. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 56(4). 1013–1026. 4 indexed citations

Kang, Kwonyoon, et al.. (2023). ATF4 Responds to Metabolic Stress in Drosophila. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 28(12). 344–344. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Byung-Joo, Sunsook Hwang, Seungmin Shin, et al.. (2023). Suppression of fatty acid oxidation supports pancreatic cancer growth and survival under hypoxic conditions through autophagy induction. Cancer Gene Therapy. 30(6). 878–889. 9 indexed citations

Heo, Jinbeom, Jin‐Young Lee, YongHwan Kim, et al.. (2022). The CDK1/TFCP2L1/ID2 cascade offers a novel combination therapy strategy in a preclinical model of bladder cancer. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 54(6). 801–811. 19 indexed citations

Kim, Ji Hye, Ji Hyeon Lee, Eun‐Ju Chang, et al.. (2021). BIX01294 inhibits EGFR signaling in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma cells through a BCKDHA-mediated reduction in the EGFR level. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 53(12). 1877–1887. 9 indexed citations

Min, Hye‐Young, Kwan Hee Park, Seung Yeob Hyun, et al.. (2019). The natural compound gracillin exerts potent antitumor activity by targeting mitochondrial complex II. Cell Death and Disease. 10(11). 810–810. 55 indexed citations

Lee, Ji Hyeon, et al.. (2019). Branched-chain amino acids sustain pancreatic cancer growth by regulating lipid metabolism. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 51(11). 1–11. 87 indexed citations

Kim, Ji Hye, Yun Jung Choi, Seon Ye Kim, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Glycolysis Supports Cell Survival in EGFR-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma by Inhibiting Autophagy-Mediated EGFR Degradation. Cancer Research. 78(16). 4482–4496. 60 indexed citations

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Roh, Jin, et al.. (2018). Human Plasmablast Migration Toward CXCL12 Requires Glucose Oxidation by Enhanced Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Activity via AKT. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1742–1742. 7 indexed citations

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Lim, Jisun, Seungun Lee, Hyein Ju, et al.. (2017). Valproic acid enforces the priming effect of sphingosine-1 phosphate on human mesenchymal stem cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 40(3). 739–747. 23 indexed citations

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Choi, Yun Jung, Ji Hye Kim, Jin Kyung Rho, et al.. (2017). AXL and MET receptor tyrosine kinases are essential for lung cancer metastasis. Oncology Reports. 37(4). 2201–2208. 11 indexed citations

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Kim, Ji Hye, Min Joo Kim, Kyung‐Chul Choi, & Jaekyoung Son. (2016). Quercetin sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through JNK-mediated cFLIP turnover. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 78. 327–334. 36 indexed citations

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Rho, Jin Kyung, et al.. (2016). Gallic acid induces apoptosis in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancers by accelerating EGFR turnover. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(19). 4571–4575. 26 indexed citations

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Choi, Jung‐Won, et al.. (2016). Autophagy is required for PDAC glutamine metabolism. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37594–37594. 64 indexed citations

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Lee, Gibok, Jaekyoung Son, Byeong Mo Kim, et al.. (2016). Small-molecule inhibitors of USP7 induce apoptosis through oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress in cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 470(1). 181–186. 31 indexed citations

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Kang, Joon Hee, Seon-Hyeong Lee, Dongwan Hong, et al.. (2016). Dual targeting of glutaminase 1 and thymidylate synthase elicits death synergistically in NSCLC. Cell Death and Disease. 7(12). e2511–e2511. 41 indexed citations

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Lee, Jae‐Seon, Joon Hee Kang, Seon-Hyeong Lee, et al.. (2016). Glutaminase 1 inhibition reduces thymidine synthesis in NSCLC. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 477(3). 374–382. 19 indexed citations

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Kang, Hyun-Sook, Kang-Hyun Kim, Jisun Lim, et al.. (2015). The Therapeutic Effects of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Primed with Sphingosine-1 Phosphate on Pulmonary Artery Hypertension. Stem Cells and Development. 24(14). 1658–1671. 40 indexed citations

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Son, Jaekyoung, Costas A. Lyssiotis, Haoqiang Ying, et al.. (2013). Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a KRAS-regulated metabolic pathway. Nature. 496(7443). 101–105. 1491 indexed citations breakdown →

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