Song Yi Ko

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 948 citations indexed

About

Song Yi Ko is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Song Yi Ko has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 948 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Song Yi Ko's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (4 papers) and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (3 papers). Song Yi Ko is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (4 papers) and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (3 papers). Song Yi Ko collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Ukraine. Song Yi Ko's co-authors include Honami Naora, Ernst Lengyel, Hilary A. Kenny, Nicolas Barengo, András Ladányi, Frank C. Marini, Ju‐Seog Lee, Eric Jonasch, Huifang Guo and Won‐Jae Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Cell.

In The Last Decade

Song Yi Ko

20 papers receiving 944 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.

Neutrophils facilitate ovarian cancer premetastatic niche formation in the omentum

2018 345 citations Song Yi Ko, Hilary A. Kenny et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Song Yi Ko United States	15	516	358	283	255	109	20	948
Jan Dominik Kuhlmann Germany	18	510 1.0×	185 0.5×	446 1.6×	486 1.9×	191 1.8×	62	1.1k
Lizhou Jia China	19	468 0.9×	224 0.6×	433 1.5×	265 1.0×	66 0.6×	45	968
Manu P. Kumar United States	9	434 0.8×	258 0.7×	206 0.7×	139 0.5×	99 0.9×	10	797
Ece Kadioglu Switzerland	7	430 0.8×	355 1.0×	462 1.6×	255 1.0×	21 0.2×	8	883
María Villalba Spain	20	407 0.8×	341 1.0×	366 1.3×	232 0.9×	14 0.1×	35	959
Ileana Bortolomai Italy	17	283 0.5×	122 0.3×	246 0.9×	84 0.3×	67 0.6×	20	586
Yuan Mao China	20	497 1.0×	266 0.7×	445 1.6×	152 0.6×	25 0.2×	58	946
Anna Passarelli Italy	14	400 0.8×	365 1.0×	426 1.5×	183 0.7×	12 0.1×	34	880
Hillary J. Millar United States	9	483 0.9×	246 0.7×	356 1.3×	150 0.6×	14 0.1×	14	773
Tsutomu Imai Japan	8	595 1.2×	75 0.2×	330 1.2×	316 1.2×	117 1.1×	15	900

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Song Yi Ko

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2025). Neutrophil extracellular traps promote pre-metastatic niche formation in the omentum by expanding innate-like B cells that express IL-10. Cancer Cell. 43(1). 69–85.e11. 12 indexed citations

Lee, Sieun, Jihye Park, Eun Ju Kim, et al.. (2025). Hyaluronan network remodeling by ZEB1 and ITIH2 enhances the motility and invasiveness of cancer cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(11). 1 indexed citations

Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2024). Harnessing microRNA-enriched extracellular vesicles for liquid biopsy. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 11. 1356780–1356780. 6 indexed citations

Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2023). Normal saline remodels the omentum and stimulates its receptivity for transcoelomic metastasis. JCI Insight. 8(12). 4 indexed citations

Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2023). The glycoprotein CD147 defines miRNA‐enriched extracellular vesicles that derive from cancer cells. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(4). e12318–e12318. 22 indexed citations

Ko, Song Yi & Honami Naora. (2020). Extracellular Vesicle Membrane-Associated Proteins: Emerging Roles in Tumor Angiogenesis and Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy Resistance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(15). 5418–5418. 34 indexed citations

Ko, Song Yi, Won‐Jae Lee, Hilary A. Kenny, et al.. (2019). Cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles promote angiogenesis by heparin-bound, bevacizumab-insensitive VEGF, independent of vesicle uptake. Communications Biology. 2(1). 386–386. 102 indexed citations

Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2018). Neutrophils facilitate ovarian cancer premetastatic niche formation in the omentum. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 216(1). 176–194. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2015). The homeoprotein DLX4 controls inducible nitric oxide synthase-mediated angiogenesis in ovarian cancer. Molecular Cancer. 14(1). 97–97. 16 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2015). The Homeoprotein DLX4 Stimulates NF-κB Activation and CD44-Mediated Tumor–Mesothelial Cell Interactions in Ovarian Cancer. American Journal Of Pathology. 185(8). 2298–2308. 19 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi & Honami Naora. (2015). Adaptation of ovarian cancer cells to the peritoneal environment: Multiple mechanisms of the developmental patterning gene HOXA9. PubMed. 1(6). e379–e379. 10 indexed citations

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Usui, Akihiro, Song Yi Ko, Nicolas Barengo, & Honami Naora. (2014). P-Cadherin Promotes Ovarian Cancer Dissemination Through Tumor Cell Aggregation and Tumor–Peritoneum Interactions. Molecular Cancer Research. 12(4). 504–513. 38 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi & Honami Naora. (2014). HOXA9 promotes homotypic and heterotypic cell interactions that facilitate ovarian cancer dissemination via its induction of P-cadherin. Molecular Cancer. 13(1). 170–170. 30 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi & Honami Naora. (2014). Therapeutic strategies for targeting the ovarian tumor stroma. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 2(6). 194–194. 18 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, András Ladányi, Ernst Lengyel, & Honami Naora. (2013). Expression of the Homeobox Gene HOXA9 in Ovarian Cancer Induces Peritoneal Macrophages to Acquire an M2 Tumor-Promoting Phenotype. American Journal Of Pathology. 184(1). 271–281. 59 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2012). Dual Functions of the Homeoprotein DLX4 in Modulating Responsiveness of Tumor Cells to Topoisomerase II-Targeting Drugs. Cancer Research. 73(2). 1000–1010. 20 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, Nicolas Barengo, András Ladányi, et al.. (2012). HOXA9 promotes ovarian cancer growth by stimulating cancer-associated fibroblasts. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(10). 3603–3617. 116 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, Huifang Guo, Nicolas Barengo, & Honami Naora. (2009). Inhibition of Ovarian Cancer Growth by a Tumor-Targeting Peptide That Binds Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4E. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(13). 4336–4347. 60 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, Ernst Lengyel, & Honami Naora. (2009). The Müllerian HOXA10 gene promotes growth of ovarian surface epithelial cells by stimulating epithelial–stromal interactions. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 317(1-2). 112–119. 19 indexed citations

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Ko, Song Yi, et al.. (2006). Identification of Jmjd1a as a STAT3 Downstream Gene in mES Cells. Cell Structure and Function. 31(2). 53–62. 17 indexed citations

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