Seungwon Yang

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Seungwon Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seungwon Yang has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Seungwon Yang's work include RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers), Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (6 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (6 papers). Seungwon Yang is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers), Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (6 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (6 papers). Seungwon Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Seungwon Yang's co-authors include Yu‐Ying He, Yan‐Hong Cui, Palak Shah, Jiangbo Wei, Lei Qiang, Chuan He, Gayoung Park, Yu Deng, Zhike Lu and Seungmin Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Seungwon Yang

28 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade

2019 565 citations Seungwon Yang, Jiangbo Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seungwon Yang United States	14	1.1k	526	192	186	119	31	1.4k
Palak Shah United States	15	1.1k 1.0×	450 0.9×	208 1.1×	164 0.9×	89 0.7×	26	1.5k
N. ODA Japan	16	763 0.7×	288 0.5×	183 1.0×	37 0.2×	64 0.5×	34	1.3k
Ya Gao China	20	491 0.5×	200 0.4×	160 0.8×	95 0.5×	17 0.1×	75	1.1k
Xiaoming Dai China	19	830 0.8×	252 0.5×	320 1.7×	94 0.5×	25 0.2×	38	1.5k
Heeyoung Seok South Korea	15	2.0k 1.9×	1.5k 2.8×	56 0.3×	101 0.5×	71 0.6×	27	2.4k
Elaine P. Lunsford United States	10	485 0.5×	105 0.2×	277 1.4×	266 1.4×	22 0.2×	11	1.2k
Chia‐Yi Su Taiwan	23	830 0.8×	471 0.9×	263 1.4×	66 0.4×	18 0.2×	61	1.3k
Jia Liang China	22	1.0k 0.9×	777 1.5×	102 0.5×	114 0.6×	10 0.1×	63	1.5k
Byoung-San Moon South Korea	17	782 0.7×	349 0.7×	158 0.8×	123 0.7×	9 0.1×	31	1.2k
Bret B. Friday United States	14	1.5k 1.4×	196 0.4×	374 1.9×	66 0.4×	12 0.1×	19	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seungwon Yang

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Yang, Seungwon, Yan‐Hong Cui, Haixia Li, et al.. (2025). YTHDF2 regulates self non-coding RNA metabolism to control inflammation and tumorigenesis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9946–9946.

Wilkinson, Emma, Yan‐Hong Cui, Michelle Verghese, et al.. (2025). Arsenic regulates ALKBH1 abundance and substrate specificity to promote translation and tumorigenicity. Cell Reports. 44(10). 116311–116311.

Li, Haixia, Emma Wilkinson, Yan‐Hong Cui, et al.. (2025). SSB cooperates with METTL16-mediated m6A RNA methylation to promote chemoresistance in colorectal cancer cells. Cell Reports. 44(7). 115926–115926. 1 indexed citations

Cui, Yan‐Hong, Jiangbo Wei, Hao Fan, et al.. (2024). Targeting DTX2/UFD1-mediated FTO degradation to regulate antitumor immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(51). e2407910121–e2407910121. 2 indexed citations

Verghese, Michelle, et al.. (2023). A prospective cohort study evaluating m6A RNA methylation in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 89(5). 1083–1084. 1 indexed citations

Cui, Yan‐Hong, Seungwon Yang, Jiangbo Wei, et al.. (2021). Autophagy of the m6A mRNA demethylase FTO is impaired by low-level arsenic exposure to promote tumorigenesis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2183–2183. 105 indexed citations

Qiang, Lei, Seungwon Yang, Yan‐Hong Cui, & Yu‐Ying He. (2020). Keratinocyte autophagy enables the activation of keratinocytes and fibroblastsand facilitates wound healing. Autophagy. 17(9). 2128–2143. 161 indexed citations

Yang, Seungwon, Jiangbo Wei, Yan‐Hong Cui, et al.. (2019). m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2782–2782. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Seungwon, Jiangbo Wei, Yan‐Hong Cui, et al.. (2019). 820 m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(5). S141–S141. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Mijung, Jae-Jun Ban, Seungwon Yang, Wooseok Im, & Manho Kim. (2018). The exosome of adipose-derived stem cells reduces β-amyloid pathology and apoptosis of neuronal cells derived from the transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Research. 1691. 87–93. 119 indexed citations

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Yang, Seungwon, Lei Qiang, Ashley Sample, Palak Shah, & Yu‐Ying He. (2017). NF-κB Signaling Activation Induced by Chloroquine Requires Autophagosome, p62 Protein, and c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) Signaling and Promotes Tumor Cell Resistance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(8). 3379–3388. 53 indexed citations

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Yang, Seungwon, Jae-Won Park, Kyung‐Tae Kim, et al.. (2016). Crystal Structure of Human Myotubularin-Related Protein 1 Provides Insight into the Structural Basis of Substrate Specificity. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152611–e0152611. 9 indexed citations

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Ban, Jae-Jun, Seungwon Yang, Wooseok Im, & Manho Kim. (2016). Neurogenic Effects of Cell-Free Extracts of Adipose Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0148691–e0148691. 5 indexed citations

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Qiang, Lei, Baozhong Zhao, Palak Shah, et al.. (2015). Autophagy positively regulates DNA damage recognition by nucleotide excision repair. Autophagy. 12(2). 357–368. 87 indexed citations

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Yang, Seungwon & Hyun‐Man Kim. (2014). ROCK Inhibition Activates MCF-7 Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88489–e88489. 36 indexed citations

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Yang, Seungwon & Hyun‐Man Kim. (2012). The RhoA-ROCK-PTEN pathway as a molecular switch for anchorage dependent cell behavior. Biomaterials. 33(10). 2902–2915. 54 indexed citations

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Yang, Seungwon, Yushun Tian, Yun‐Jung Lee, Frank H. Yu, & Hyun‐Man Kim. (2011). Mechanisms by which the inhibition of specific intracellular signaling pathways increase osteoblast proliferation on apatite surfaces. Biomaterials. 32(11). 2851–2861. 26 indexed citations

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Shin, Dong Hoon, et al.. (2009). Inhibitor of nuclear factor‐kappaB alpha derepresses hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1 during moderate hypoxia by sequestering factor inhibiting hypoxia‐inducible factor from hypoxia‐inducible factor 1α. FEBS Journal. 276(13). 3470–3480. 30 indexed citations

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Son, Younghwan, Seungwon Yang, Jinho Kim, et al.. (2009). Extraction of Interface-States Energy Distribution in Nitrided and Pure Gate Dielectrics for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor Applications. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 48(5R). 54502–54502. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyun–Tai, et al.. (2002). Pseudoguaianolides isolated from inula britannica var. chinenis as inhibitory constituents against inducible nitric oxide synthase. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 25(2). 151–153. 23 indexed citations

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