MinKyung Yi

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

MinKyung Yi is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, MinKyung Yi has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Hepatology, 35 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in MinKyung Yi's work include Hepatitis C virus research (42 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (30 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers). MinKyung Yi is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (42 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (30 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers). MinKyung Yi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. MinKyung Yi's co-authors include Stanley M. Lemon, Catherine L. Jopling, Peter Sarnow, Alissa M. Lancaster, Kui Li, Yinghong Ma, Rohit K. Jangra, Masanori Ikeda, Yuqiong Liang and Rodrigo A. Villanueva and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

MinKyung Yi

53 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Modulation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Abundance by a Liver-Specific MicroRNA

2005 2.0k citations MinKyung Yi, Stanley M. Lemon et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
MinKyung Yi United States	31	3.1k	2.5k	2.3k	1.6k	694	53	5.8k
Troels K. H. Scheel Denmark	32	2.6k 0.8×	945 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	581 0.4×	653 0.9×	54	3.9k
Seishi Murakami Japan	38	1.9k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	705 0.4×	361 0.5×	96	5.5k
Timothy L. Tellinghuisen United States	21	3.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	2.7k 1.1×	224 0.1×	687 1.0×	29	4.5k
Nicola La Monica Italy	41	1.4k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	236 0.1×	1.1k 1.6×	103	5.6k
Jinhong Chang United States	44	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	739 0.5×	1.5k 2.1×	103	5.5k
Makoto Hijikata Japan	47	8.2k 2.6×	2.6k 1.0×	6.2k 2.6×	232 0.1×	1.1k 1.6×	111	10.6k
Marlène Dreux France	32	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	145 0.1×	694 1.0×	51	4.8k
Eileen Foy United States	8	2.1k 0.7×	995 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	235 0.1×	695 1.0×	9	4.6k
Michael M. C. Lai United States	48	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	120 0.1×	1.9k 2.8×	104	6.5k
Toru Okamoto Japan	37	711 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	324 0.2×	706 1.0×	123	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of MinKyung Yi

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Bianchi, Nicoletta, MinKyung Yi, Samuel Chung, et al.. (2025). Legumain-Cleavable Top1i Antibody-Drug Conjugates without Self-Immolative Spacers Demonstrate Potent Antitumor Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(23). 25505–25522. 1 indexed citations

Yi, MinKyung, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the fungal frontier: mycological insights into inflammatory bowel disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1551289–1551289. 3 indexed citations

Kalinina, Olga V., et al.. (2022). SPCS1-Dependent E2-p7 processing determines HCV Assembly efficiency. PLoS Pathogens. 18(2). e1010310–e1010310. 2 indexed citations

Saldarriaga, Ómar A., Arvind Rao, Jared K. Burks, et al.. (2020). Multispectral Imaging Enables Characterization of Intrahepatic Macrophages in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease. Hepatology Communications. 4(5). 708–723. 14 indexed citations

Akil, Abdellah, Mark Endsley, Ómar A. Saldarriaga, et al.. (2019). Fibrogenic Gene Expression in Hepatic Stellate Cells Induced by HCV and HIV Replication in a Three Cell Co-Culture Model System. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 568–568. 18 indexed citations

Welsch, Christoph, et al.. (2018). HCV NS5A dimer interface residues regulate HCV replication by controlling its self-interaction, hyperphosphorylation, subcellular localization and interaction with cyclophilin A. PLoS Pathogens. 14(7). e1007177–e1007177. 23 indexed citations

Shirasaki, Takayoshi, Masao Honda, Kazunori Kawaguchi, et al.. (2010). HCV-INFECTION-SPECIFIC MIRNAS CAPABLE OF REGULATING HCV REPLICATION. Hepatology. 52(4). 821–822. 1 indexed citations

Wozniak, Ann L., Stephen Griffin, David J. Rowlands, et al.. (2010). Intracellular Proton Conductance of the Hepatitis C Virus p7 Protein and Its Contribution to Infectious Virus Production. PLoS Pathogens. 6(9). e1001087–e1001087. 145 indexed citations

Gal-Tanamy, Meital, Romy Zemel, Rohit K. Jangra, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of protease-inhibitor-resistant hepatitis C virus replicons and infectious virus by intracellular intrabodies. Antiviral Research. 88(1). 95–106. 14 indexed citations

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Villanueva, Rodrigo A., et al.. (2010). miR-122 does not modulate the elongation phase of hepatitis C virus RNA synthesis in isolated replicase complexes. Antiviral Research. 88(1). 119–123. 41 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung & Stanley M. Lemon. (2009). Genotype 1a HCV (H77S) Infection System. Methods in molecular biology. 510. 337–346. 8 indexed citations

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Liang, Yuqiong, Hisashi Ishida, Oliver Lenz, et al.. (2008). Antiviral Suppression vs Restoration of RIG-I Signaling by Hepatitis C Protease and Polymerase Inhibitors. Gastroenterology. 135(5). 1710–1718.e2. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, Yuqiong Liang, Lin Qu, et al.. (2007). Disruption of innate immunity due to mitochondrial targeting of a picornaviral protease precursor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(17). 7253–7258. 256 indexed citations

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Ishida, Hisashi, Kui Li, MinKyung Yi, & Stanley M. Lemon. (2007). p21-activated Kinase 1 Is Activated through the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin/p70 S6 Kinase Pathway and Regulates the Replication of Hepatitis C Virus in Human Hepatoma Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(16). 11836–11848. 55 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung, Rodrigo A. Villanueva, David L. Thomas, Takaji Wakita, & Stanley M. Lemon. (2006). Production of infectious genotype 1a hepatitis C virus (Hutchinson strain) in cultured human hepatoma cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(7). 2310–2315. 294 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung, et al.. (2006). Compensatory Mutations in E1, p7, NS2, and NS3 Enhance Yields of Cell Culture-Infectious Intergenotypic Chimeric Hepatitis C Virus. Journal of Virology. 81(2). 629–638. 242 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung, Xiao Tong, Angela Skelton, et al.. (2005). Mutations Conferring Resistance to SCH6, a Novel Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease Inhibitor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(12). 8205–8215. 86 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung & Stanley M. Lemon. (2004). Adaptive Mutations Producing Efficient Replication of Genotype 1a Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Normal Huh7 Cells. Journal of Virology. 78(15). 7904–7915. 109 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung, Francis Bodola, & Stanley M. Lemon. (2002). Subgenomic Hepatitis C Virus Replicons Inducing Expression of a Secreted Enzymatic Reporter Protein. Virology. 304(2). 197–210. 91 indexed citations

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Yi, MinKyung, Yasunari Nakamoto, Shuichi Kaneko, Tatsuya Yamashita, & Seishi Murakami. (1997). Delineation of Regions Important for Heteromeric Association of Hepatitis C Virus E1 and E2. Virology. 231(1). 119–129. 42 indexed citations

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