Jihoon Nah

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Jihoon Nah is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jihoon Nah has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Epidemiology, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jihoon Nah's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (29 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (8 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Jihoon Nah is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (29 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (8 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Jihoon Nah collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Jihoon Nah's co-authors include Yong‐Keun Jung, Junichi Sadoshima, Sunmin Jung, Tae‐In Kam, Seung-Min Yoo, Hye-Hyun Ahn, Junying Yuan, Peiyong Zhai, Daniela Zablocki and Álvaro F. Fernández and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jihoon Nah

39 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Overexpression of Atg5 in mice activates autophagy and ex... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. Overexpression of Atg5 in mice activates autophagy and extends lifespan
    2013 545 citations Seung-Min Yoo, Jihoon Nah et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jihoon Nah South Korea 23 1.2k 1.0k 398 348 169 41 2.1k
Álvaro F. Fernández Spain 18 1.1k 0.9× 897 0.9× 236 0.6× 242 0.7× 137 0.8× 29 1.8k
Sebastian Alers Germany 10 1.2k 1.0× 995 1.0× 193 0.5× 302 0.9× 222 1.3× 10 1.9k
Aashish Joshi United States 11 1.7k 1.4× 1.7k 1.6× 368 0.9× 513 1.5× 266 1.6× 13 2.8k
Toshiro Saito Japan 19 895 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 295 0.7× 233 0.7× 134 0.8× 37 2.0k
Antje S Löffler Germany 9 1.2k 1.0× 924 0.9× 169 0.4× 281 0.8× 197 1.2× 9 1.8k
Wei‐Chung Chiang United States 11 810 0.7× 940 0.9× 259 0.7× 207 0.6× 85 0.5× 13 1.7k
Xiucui Ma United States 23 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 842 2.1× 337 1.0× 220 1.3× 34 3.2k
Allen M. Andres United States 24 854 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 383 1.0× 234 0.7× 86 0.5× 43 2.2k
Urmi Bandyopadhyay United States 13 1.3k 1.1× 830 0.8× 653 1.6× 682 2.0× 204 1.2× 18 2.2k
Elaine A. Dunlop United Kingdom 18 629 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 296 0.7× 310 0.9× 141 0.8× 28 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jihoon Nah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jihoon Nah

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All Works

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Kim, Dong‐Kyu, Jong-Uk Park, Hyo Je Cho, et al.. (2025). CRL4 mediates autoubiquitination of DDB1 upon deneddylation inhibition. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 786. 152772–152772.
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Maejima, Yasuhiro, Jihoon Nah, Peiyong Zhai, et al.. (2024). Mst1-mediated phosphorylation of FoxO1 and C/EBP-β stimulates cell-protective mechanisms in cardiomyocytes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6279–6279. 7 indexed citations
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Chang, Jae-Woong, et al.. (2024). TMEM9 activates Rab9-dependent alternative autophagy through interaction with Beclin1. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 322–322. 5 indexed citations
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Nah, Jihoon, Daniela Zablocki, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2022). The role of autophagic cell death in cardiac disease. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 173. 16–24. 20 indexed citations
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Nagarajan, Narayani, Shinichi Oka, Jihoon Nah, et al.. (2022). Thioredoxin 1 promotes autophagy through transnitrosylation of Atg7 during myocardial ischemia. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(3). 13 indexed citations
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Nah, Jihoon, Daniela Zablocki, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2021). The roles of the inhibitory autophagy regulator Rubicon in the heart: A new therapeutic target to prevent cardiac cell death. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 53(4). 528–536. 16 indexed citations
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Nah, Jihoon, Peiyong Zhai, Chun-Yang Huang, et al.. (2020). Upregulation of Rubicon promotes autosis during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(6). 2978–2991. 114 indexed citations
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Fernández, Álvaro F., Yang Liu, Vanessa Ginet, et al.. (2020). Interaction between the autophagy protein Beclin 1 and Na+,K+-ATPase during starvation, exercise, and ischemia. JCI Insight. 5(1). 45 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Shohei, Jihoon Nah, Akihiro Shirakabe, et al.. (2020). YAP plays a crucial role in the development of cardiomyopathy in lysosomal storage diseases. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(5). 40 indexed citations
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Oka, Shinichi, Shohei Ikeda, Wataru Mizushima, et al.. (2019). Thioredoxin-1 maintains mitochondrial function via mechanistic target of rapamycin signalling in the heart. Cardiovascular Research. 116(10). 1742–1755. 26 indexed citations
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Kaludercic, Nina, Maria Chiara Maiuri, Susmita Kaushik, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive autophagy evaluation in cardiac disease models. Cardiovascular Research. 116(3). 483–504. 48 indexed citations
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Nah, Jihoon, Shigeki Miyamoto, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2017). Mitophagy as a Protective Mechanism against Myocardial Stress. Comprehensive physiology. 7(4). 1407–1424. 48 indexed citations
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Nah, Jihoon, Shigeki Miyamoto, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2017). Mitophagy as a Protective Mechanism against Myocardial Stress. Comprehensive physiology. 7(4). 1407–1424. 2 indexed citations
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Jung, Sunmin, et al.. (2016). Dual‐specificity phosphatase 26 (DUSP26) stimulates Aβ42 generation by promoting amyloid precursor protein axonal transport during hypoxia. Journal of Neurochemistry. 137(5). 770–781. 22 indexed citations
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Park, Hyejin, et al.. (2015). Essential role of POLDIP2 in Tau aggregation and neurotoxicity via autophagy/proteasome inhibition. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 462(2). 112–118. 21 indexed citations
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Choi, Hyunwoo, Won‐Jae Lee, Hyejin Park, et al.. (2015). Caspase-cleaved tau exhibits rapid memory impairment associated with tau oligomers in a transgenic mouse model. Neurobiology of Disease. 87. 19–28. 52 indexed citations
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Han, Jonghee, Sunmin Jung, Jiyeon Jang, et al.. (2013). OCIAD2 activates γ-secretase to enhance amyloid β production by interacting with nicastrin. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 71(13). 2561–2576. 19 indexed citations
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Nah, Jihoon, Hyojin Kim, Dong‐Gyu Jo, et al.. (2008). Protection of Cardiomyocytes from Ischemic/Hypoxic Cell Death via Drbp1 and pMe2GlyDH in Cardio-specific ARC Transgenic Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(45). 30707–30714. 27 indexed citations
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