Junho Choe

5.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Junho Choe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Junho Choe has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Junho Choe's work include RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). Junho Choe is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). Junho Choe collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and China. Junho Choe's co-authors include Shuibin Lin, Richard I. Gregory, Peng Du, Robinson Triboulet, Yoon Ki Kim, Qi Liu, Ok Hyun Park, Yujin Lee, Hana Cho and Victor S. Lelyveld and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junho Choe

27 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The m 6 A Methyltransferase METTL3 Promotes Translation in Human Cancer Cells

2016 1.2k citations Shuibin Lin, Junho Choe et al. Molecular Cell profile →
mRNA circularization by METTL3–eIF3h enhances translation and promotes oncogenesis

2018 567 citations Junho Choe, Shuibin Lin et al. profile →
Molecular Mechanisms Driving mRNA Degradation by m6A Modification

2020 301 citations Yujin Lee, Junho Choe et al. Trends in Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junho Choe South Korea	21	3.4k	1.5k	393	211	107	28	3.5k
Isaia Barbieri United Kingdom	9	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	196 0.5×	274 1.3×	59 0.6×	12	2.5k
Wanqiang Sheng United States	11	1.3k 0.4×	477 0.3×	113 0.3×	333 1.6×	40 0.4×	13	1.7k
Akihiko Ishimura Japan	19	1.0k 0.3×	459 0.3×	32 0.1×	162 0.8×	58 0.5×	33	1.2k
Serena Fernandez Italy	9	916 0.3×	343 0.2×	30 0.1×	530 2.5×	42 0.4×	9	1.1k
Geoffrey Childs United States	15	1.0k 0.3×	451 0.3×	18 0.0×	142 0.7×	63 0.6×	21	1.3k
Ioannis Assiotis United Kingdom	12	1.0k 0.3×	244 0.2×	61 0.2×	699 3.3×	33 0.3×	14	1.4k
Leizhen Wei United States	17	1.2k 0.4×	205 0.1×	18 0.0×	466 2.2×	51 0.5×	20	1.4k
Beatrice Rondinelli United States	6	1.5k 0.4×	202 0.1×	32 0.1×	585 2.8×	15 0.1×	6	1.6k
Wouter W. Wiegant Netherlands	25	2.0k 0.6×	323 0.2×	21 0.1×	642 3.0×	15 0.1×	31	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junho Choe

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

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Guo, Siyao, Qiang Zhang, Jieyi Ma, et al.. (2025). PABPN1-C5 axis promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via NF-κB activation. Oncogene. 44(37). 3512–3524.

Ma, Jieyi, Siyi Zheng, Chenrui An, et al.. (2024). Pathogenic mechanism and therapeutic intervention of impaired N ⁷ -methylguanosine (m ⁷ G) tRNA modification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(45). e2405886121–e2405886121. 6 indexed citations

Han, Hui, Chunlong Yang, Jieyi Ma, et al.. (2022). N7-methylguanosine tRNA modification promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tumorigenesis via the RPTOR/ULK1/autophagy axis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1478–1478. 125 indexed citations

Lee, Yujin, Junho Choe, Ok Hyun Park, & Yoon Ki Kim. (2020). Molecular Mechanisms Driving mRNA Degradation by m6A Modification. Trends in Genetics. 36(3). 177–188. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

Han, Seung Hun & Junho Choe. (2020). Diverse molecular functions of m6A mRNA modification in cancer. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 52(5). 738–749. 42 indexed citations

Ryu, Incheol, Hongseok Ha, Min Kyung Kim, et al.. (2019). eIF4A3 Phosphorylation by CDKs Affects NMD during the Cell Cycle. Cell Reports. 26(8). 2126–2139.e9. 36 indexed citations

Pirouz, Mehdi, Marzia Munafò, Aref G. Ebrahimi, Junho Choe, & Richard I. Gregory. (2019). Exonuclease requirements for mammalian ribosomal RNA biogenesis and surveillance. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(6). 490–500. 20 indexed citations

Park, Joori, Incheol Ryu, Hyo Jin Lee, et al.. (2017). Misfolded polypeptides are selectively recognized and transported toward aggresomes by a CED complex. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15730–15730. 35 indexed citations

Lin, Shuibin, Junho Choe, Peng Du, Robinson Triboulet, & Richard I. Gregory. (2016). The m 6 A Methyltransferase METTL3 Promotes Translation in Human Cancer Cells. Molecular Cell. 62(3). 335–345. 1177 indexed citations breakdown →

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Choe, Junho, Sang Ho Ahn, & Yoon Ki Kim. (2014). The mRNP remodeling mediated by UPF1 promotes rapid degradation of replication-dependent histone mRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(14). 9334–9349. 32 indexed citations

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Kim, Keunyoung, Yu Jin Hwang, Junho Choe, et al.. (2013). A multifunctional protein EWS regulates the expression of Drosha and microRNAs. Cell Death and Differentiation. 21(1). 136–145. 34 indexed citations

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Cho, Hana, Sisu Han, Junho Choe, et al.. (2012). SMG5–PNRC2 is functionally dominant compared with SMG5–SMG7 in mammalian nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(2). 1319–1328. 71 indexed citations

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Cho, Hana, Kyoung Mi Kim, Sisu Han, et al.. (2012). Staufen1-Mediated mRNA Decay Functions in Adipogenesis. Molecular Cell. 46(4). 495–506. 93 indexed citations

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Choe, Junho, et al.. (2012). Translation Initiation on mRNAs Bound by Nuclear Cap-binding Protein Complex CBP80/20 Requires Interaction between CBP80/20-dependent Translation Initiation Factor and Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3g. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(22). 18500–18509. 44 indexed citations

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Cho, Jun, Hyeshik Chang, S. Chul Kwon, et al.. (2012). LIN28A Is a Suppressor of ER-Associated Translation in Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell. 151(4). 765–777. 180 indexed citations

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Choe, Junho, Kyoung Mi Kim, Sung Jin Park, et al.. (2012). Rapid degradation of replication-dependent histone mRNAs largely occurs on mRNAs bound by nuclear cap-binding proteins 80 and 20. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(2). 1307–1318. 30 indexed citations

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Choe, Junho, Hana Cho, Sung-Gil Chi, & Yoon Ki Kim. (2011). Ago2/miRISC-mediated inhibition of CBP80/20-dependent translation and thereby abrogation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay require the cap-associating activity of Ago2. FEBS Letters. 585(17). 2682–2687. 19 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyung Chul, et al.. (2010). Nonsense‐mediated translational repression involves exon junction complex downstream of premature translation termination codon. FEBS Letters. 584(4). 795–800. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyung Chul, Junho Choe, Sung-Gil Chi, & Yoon Ki Kim. (2009). Exon junction complex enhances translation of spliced mRNAs at multiple steps. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 384(3). 334–340. 29 indexed citations

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Kim, Kyoung Mi, et al.. (2007). Pioneer round of translation mediated by nuclear cap‐binding proteins CBP80/20 occurs during prolonged hypoxia. FEBS Letters. 581(26). 5158–5164. 15 indexed citations

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