Seon Ah Lim

3.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Seon Ah Lim is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Seon Ah Lim has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Seon Ah Lim's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (7 papers). Seon Ah Lim is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (7 papers). Seon Ah Lim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Seon Ah Lim's co-authors include Hongbo Chi, Nicole M. Chapman, Jordy Saravia, Wei Su, Yogesh Dhungana, Jun Wei, Hao Shi, Lingyun Long, Kyung‐Mi Lee and Gustavo Palacios and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Seon Ah Lim

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours
    2021 286 citations Seon Ah Lim, Jun Wei et al. Nature profile →
  2. Lipid metabolism in T cell signaling and function
    2022 172 citations Seon Ah Lim, Wei Su et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →
  3. SLC38A2 and glutamine signalling in cDC1s dictate anti-tumour immunity
    2023 154 citations Chuansheng Guo, Zhiyuan You et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Seon Ah Lim
Junlong Zhao China
Yang Xiao United States
Theerawut Chanmee Thailand
Qingang Hu China
Lisha Ai China
Hongling Huang China
Neha N. Parayath United States
James Monslow United States
Qi Cai United States
Pingwei Xu China
Junlong Zhao China
Seon Ah Lim
Citations per year, relative to Seon Ah Lim Seon Ah Lim (= 1×) peers Junlong Zhao

Countries citing papers authored by Seon Ah Lim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seon Ah Lim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seon Ah Lim

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yoon, Jeong Ho, Ho-Jae Lee, Seok Jin Kang, et al.. (2025). Tumor-targeted delivery of CXCL10 by mesenchymal stromal cells potentiates adoptive T cell therapy to treat solid tumors. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 192. 118579–118579. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Jun, et al.. (2025). Regulatory T Cell Metabolism: A Promising Therapeutic Target for Cancer Treatment?. Immune Network. 25(1). e13–e13. 15 indexed citations
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Guo, Chuansheng, Zhiyuan You, Hao Shi, et al.. (2023). SLC38A2 and glutamine signalling in cDC1s dictate anti-tumour immunity. Nature. 620(7972). 200–208. 154 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Peipei, Hao Shi, Hongling Huang, et al.. (2023). Single-cell CRISPR screens in vivo map T cell fate regulomes in cancer. Nature. 624(7990). 154–163. 76 indexed citations
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Lim, Seon Ah, Wei Su, Nicole M. Chapman, & Hongbo Chi. (2022). Lipid metabolism in T cell signaling and function. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(5). 470–481. 172 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blanco, Daniel Bastardo, Nicole M. Chapman, Jana Raynor, et al.. (2022). PTEN directs developmental and metabolic signaling for innate-like T cell fate and tissue homeostasis. Nature Cell Biology. 24(11). 1642–1654. 8 indexed citations
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Lim, Seon Ah, Jun Wei, Thanh-Long M. Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours. Nature. 591(7849). 306–311. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lim, Seon Ah, Min Hwa Shin, Tae-Jin Kim, et al.. (2021). Hypoxia-Driven HIF-1α Activation Reprograms Pre-Activated NK Cells towards Highly Potent Effector Phenotypes via ERK/STAT3 Pathways. Cancers. 13(8). 1904–1904. 27 indexed citations
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Saravia, Jordy, Jana Raynor, Nicole M. Chapman, Seon Ah Lim, & Hongbo Chi. (2020). Signaling networks in immunometabolism. Cell Research. 30(4). 328–342. 158 indexed citations
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Park, Gayoung, Jeongmin Kim, Seon Ah Lim, et al.. (2019). CD160 serves as a negative regulator of NKT cells in acute hepatic injury. Nature Communications. 10(1). 25 indexed citations
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Lim, Seon Ah, Seunghyun Jeon, Min Hwa Shin, et al.. (2019). Defective Localization With Impaired Tumor Cytotoxicity Contributes to the Immune Escape of NK Cells in Pancreatic Cancer Patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 496–496. 79 indexed citations
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Wei, Jun, Lingyun Long, Wenting Zheng, et al.. (2019). Targeting REGNASE-1 programs long-lived effector T cells for cancer therapy. Nature. 576(7787). 471–476. 281 indexed citations
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Karmaus, Peer W. F., Xiang Chen, Seon Ah Lim, et al.. (2018). Metabolic heterogeneity underlies reciprocal fates of TH17 cell stemness and plasticity. Nature. 565(7737). 101–105. 146 indexed citations
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Lee, Seungae, Jahyun Koo, Seung‐Kyun Kang, et al.. (2018). Metal microparticle – Polymer composites as printable, bio/ecoresorbable conductive inks. Materials Today. 21(3). 207–215. 70 indexed citations
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Park, Jungsun, Amjad H. Talukder, Seon Ah Lim, et al.. (2017). SLC45A2: A Melanoma Antigen with High Tumor Selectivity and Reduced Potential for Autoimmune Toxicity. Cancer Immunology Research. 5(8). 618–629. 24 indexed citations
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Park, Gayoung, et al.. (2017). Innate immunity against Legionella pneumophila during pulmonary infections in mice. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 40(2). 131–145. 11 indexed citations
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Kim, Tae-Jin, Mi‐Ju Kim, Seon Ah Lim, et al.. (2014). Homotypic NK cell-to-cell communication controls cytokine responsiveness of innate immune NK cells. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7157–7157. 27 indexed citations
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Lim, Seon Ah, Tae-Jin Kim, Jung Eun Lee, et al.. (2013). Ex Vivo Expansion of Highly Cytotoxic Human NK Cells by Cocultivation with Irradiated Tumor Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy. Cancer Research. 73(8). 2598–2607. 52 indexed citations
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Kim, Kwanghee, Seon Ah Lim, Tae‐Jin Kim, & Kyung-Mi Lee. (2013). Activation and proliferation of innate immune NK cells by adaptive immune B cells (P1082). The Journal of Immunology. 190(Supplement_1). 185.15–185.15. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Kyung‐Mi, Yu Mi Kang, Kwanghee Kim, et al.. (2011). Differential expression of immune-associated cancer regulatory genes in low- versus high-dose-rate irradiated AKR/J mice. Genomics. 97(6). 358–363. 24 indexed citations

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