Seonghwan Hwang

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Seonghwan Hwang is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seonghwan Hwang has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Epidemiology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Seonghwan Hwang's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (9 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (8 papers). Seonghwan Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (9 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (8 papers). Seonghwan Hwang collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and China. Seonghwan Hwang's co-authors include Bin Gao, Dechun Feng, Yong He, Wonhyo Seo, Yoon Mee Yang, Tianyi Ren, Jing Ma, Seol Hee Park, Seung‐Jin Kim and Xiaogang Xiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Seonghwan Hwang

49 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Crosstalk between Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Liver Injury in the Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Liver Disease

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seonghwan Hwang South Korea	23	878	595	373	326	321	51	1.7k
Wonhyo Seo South Korea	21	976 1.1×	884 1.5×	339 0.9×	408 1.3×	401 1.2×	35	2.1k
Pierluigi Ramadori Germany	25	656 0.7×	644 1.1×	144 0.4×	332 1.0×	408 1.3×	42	1.8k
Xiaodong Ge United States	17	631 0.7×	425 0.7×	242 0.6×	150 0.5×	432 1.3×	40	1.5k
Yulia A. Nevzorova Germany	25	738 0.8×	576 1.0×	295 0.8×	157 0.5×	494 1.5×	50	1.6k
Natalia Rosso Italy	23	858 1.0×	519 0.9×	143 0.4×	143 0.4×	365 1.1×	51	1.5k
Jérémie Gautheron France	25	795 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	127 0.3×	609 1.9×	313 1.0×	47	2.1k
Desong Kong China	24	582 0.7×	796 1.3×	140 0.4×	417 1.3×	464 1.4×	51	1.8k
Davide Povero United States	24	1.3k 1.5×	1.4k 2.3×	137 0.4×	727 2.2×	740 2.3×	46	2.7k
Oriol Morales‐Ibanez Spain	11	768 0.9×	286 0.5×	513 1.4×	75 0.2×	467 1.5×	14	1.3k
Eagle S.H. Chu Hong Kong	19	571 0.7×	677 1.1×	80 0.2×	252 0.8×	234 0.7×	19	1.3k

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Lee, Ju Ho, Hyunwoo Kim, Muneeb Ullah, et al.. (2025). Elucidating a Tumor‐Selective Nanoparticle Delivery Mechanism at the Colorectal Lumen–Tumor Interface for Precise Local Cancer Therapy. Small. 21(9). e2409994–e2409994. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Xin, Liwen Zhang, Longshan Ji, et al.. (2025). Pien Tze Huang plus entecavir improves hepatic fibrosis in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B. Phytomedicine. 142. 156741–156741. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Jing, Haixia Cao, Robim M. Rodrigues, et al.. (2025). Chronic-plus-binge alcohol intake induces production of proinflammatory mtDNA-enriched extracellular vesicles and steatohepatitis via ASK1/p38MAPKα-dependent mechanisms. JCI Insight. 10(16). 1 indexed citations

Kim, Yeon Soo, et al.. (2025). The SIRT6 Activator MDL-800 Inhibits PPARα and Fatty acid Oxidation-Related Gene Expression in Hepatocytes. Biomolecules & Therapeutics. 33(3). 438–446. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Dechun, Seonghwan Hwang, Adrien Guillot, et al.. (2024). Inflammation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 18(3). 101352–101352. 14 indexed citations

Heo, Jun Young, Seung-Kyoon Kim, Jeongkyu Kim, et al.. (2024). Rocaglamide-A mitigates LPS-induced hepatic inflammation by modulating JNK/AP-1 signaling cascade and ROS production in hepatocytes. Toxicological Research. 41(1). 47–59. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Juho, Shwe Phyu Hlaing, Jihyun Kim, et al.. (2023). Ionically bridged dexamethasone sodium phosphate–zinc–PLGA nanocomplex in alginate microgel for the local treatment of ulcerative colitis. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 46(7). 646–658. 6 indexed citations

Hwang, Seonghwan, et al.. (2023). Novel treatment of acute and acute‐on‐chronic liver failure: Interleukin‐22. Liver International. 45(3). e15619–e15619. 10 indexed citations

Hlaing, Shwe Phyu, Jiafu Cao, Juho Lee, et al.. (2022). Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated PLGA Nanoparticles Alleviate Ulcerative Colitis via CD44-Mediated Dual Targeting to Inflamed Colitis Tissue and Macrophages. Pharmaceutics. 14(10). 2118–2118. 27 indexed citations

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Lee, Juho, Murtada A. Oshi, Hyun‐Woo Kim, et al.. (2022). On-demand reconstitutable hyaluronic acid-doped azathioprine microcrystals effectively ameliorate ulcerative colitis via selective accumulation in inflamed tissues. Biomaterials Science. 10(22). 6500–6509. 1 indexed citations

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Park, Seol Hee, Wonhyo Seo, Mingjiang Xu, et al.. (2022). Ethanol and its Nonoxidative Metabolites Promote Acute Liver Injury by Inducing ER Stress, Adipocyte Death, and Lipolysis. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 15(2). 281–306. 48 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seonghwan, et al.. (2022). Heterogeneous population of macrophages in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Liver Research. 7(1). 16–25. 1 indexed citations

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An, Hongchan, Seonghwan Hwang, Min‐Soo Kim, et al.. (2022). A bioisosteric approach to the discovery of novel N-aryl-N′-[4-(aryloxy)cyclohexyl]squaramide-based activators of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α) phosphorylation. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 239. 114501–114501. 4 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seonghwan & Ki Wung Chung. (2021). Targeting fatty acid metabolism for fibrotic disorders. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 44(9-10). 839–856. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Jing, Haixia Cao, Robim M. Rodrigues, et al.. (2020). Chronic-plus-binge alcohol intake induces production of proinflammatory mtDNA-enriched extracellular vesicles and steatohepatitis via ASK1/p38MAPKα-dependent mechanisms. JCI Insight. 5(14). 50 indexed citations

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He, Yong, Robim M. Rodrigues, Xiaolin Wang, et al.. (2020). Neutrophil-to-hepatocyte communication via LDLR-dependent miR-223–enriched extracellular vesicle transfer ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(3). 135 indexed citations

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Seo, Wonhyo, Yanhang Gao, Yong He, et al.. (2019). ALDH2 deficiency promotes alcohol-associated liver cancer by activating oncogenic pathways via oxidized DNA-enriched extracellular vesicles. Journal of Hepatology. 71(5). 1000–1011. 150 indexed citations

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Xiang, Xiaogang, Dechun Feng, Seonghwan Hwang, et al.. (2019). Interleukin-22 ameliorates acute-on-chronic liver failure by reprogramming impaired regeneration pathways in mice. Journal of Hepatology. 72(4). 736–745. 131 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seonghwan, Andrew D. Nguyen, Youngah Jo, et al.. (2017). Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α activates insulin-induced gene 2 (Insig-2) transcription for degradation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase in the liver. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(22). 9382–9393. 83 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seonghwan, Isamu Z. Hartman, Matthew A. Mitsche, et al.. (2016). Contribution of Accelerated Degradation to Feedback Regulation of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase and Cholesterol Metabolism in the Liver. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(26). 13479–13494. 42 indexed citations

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