Sook Hee Ku

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sook Hee Ku is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sook Hee Ku has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Biomaterials and 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sook Hee Ku's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (8 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Sook Hee Ku is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (13 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (8 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers). Sook Hee Ku collaborates with scholars based in South Korea and United States. Sook Hee Ku's co-authors include Chan Beum Park, Jungki Ryu, Haeshin Lee, Sun Hwa Kim, Minah Lee, Joonseok Lee, Ick Chan Kwon, Sahng Ha Lee, Sung Duk Jo and Jae Hong Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Biomaterials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Sook Hee Ku

37 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Mussel‐Inspired Polydopamine Coating as a Universal Route to Hydroxyapatite Crystallization

2010 715 citations Jungki Ryu, Sook Hee Ku et al. profile →
General functionalization route for cell adhesion on non-wetting surfaces

2010 629 citations Sook Hee Ku, Jungki Ryu et al. Biomaterials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sook Hee Ku South Korea	23	2.0k	1.5k	1.1k	831	720	37	3.9k
Soong Ho Um South Korea	33	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	591 0.5×	2.2k 2.6×	827 1.1×	132	5.6k
Pascale Chevallier Canada	35	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	645 0.6×	395 0.5×	837 1.2×	171	3.4k
Julien E. Gautrot United Kingdom	36	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	589 0.8×	115	5.6k
Mitsuhiro Ebara Japan	38	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	682 0.6×	702 0.8×	724 1.0×	174	4.8k
Megan S. Lord Australia	37	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	527 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	798 1.1×	114	4.7k
Doris Klee Germany	36	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	804 0.7×	827 1.0×	265 0.4×	130	4.4k
Seongbong Jo United States	33	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	515 0.5×	757 0.9×	437 0.6×	68	4.6k
Bogdan V. Parakhonskiy Belgium	37	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	688 0.6×	437 0.5×	746 1.0×	113	3.7k
Ki Dong Park South Korea	40	1.9k 1.0×	2.7k 1.8×	877 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	418 0.6×	108	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sook Hee Ku

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Ku, Sook Hee, Hong Yeol Yoon, Kwangmeyung Kim, et al.. (2019). Enhancing Systemic Delivery of Enzymatically Generated RNAi Nanocomplexes for Cancer Therapy. Advanced Therapeutics. 2(6). 6 indexed citations

Ku, Sook Hee, Min Ju Kim, Sang Jin Lee, et al.. (2017). Rolling circle transcription-based polymeric siRNA nanoparticles for tumor-targeted delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 263. 29–38. 52 indexed citations

Kim, Hyo‐Suk, Dongkyu Kim, Sook Hee Ku, et al.. (2017). MicroRNA-mediated non-viral direct conversion of embryonic fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes: comparison of commercial and synthetic non-viral vectors. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 28(10-12). 1070–1085. 9 indexed citations

Kuang, Huihui, Sook Hee Ku, & Efrosini Kokkoli. (2016). The design of peptide-amphiphiles as functional ligands for liposomal anticancer drug and gene delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 110-111. 80–101. 47 indexed citations

Kim, Dongkyu, Sook Hee Ku, Hyo‐Suk Kim, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous regulation of apoptotic gene silencing and angiogenic gene expression for myocardial infarction therapy: Single-carrier delivery of SHP-1 siRNA and VEGF-expressing pDNA. Journal of Controlled Release. 243. 182–194. 22 indexed citations

Yang, Min, Sook Hee Ku, Dongkyu Kim, et al.. (2015). Enhanced Cytoplasmic Delivery of RAGE siRNA Using Bioreducible Polyethylenimine‐based Nanocarriers for Myocardial Gene Therapy. Macromolecular Bioscience. 15(12). 1755–1763. 10 indexed citations

Ku, Sook Hee, Ju-Eun Hong, Ji Hoon Jeong, et al.. (2015). Deoxycholic acid-modified polyethylenimine based nanocarriers for RAGE siRNA therapy in acute myocardial infarction. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 38(7). 1317–1324. 17 indexed citations

Lee, Sang Jin, Simmyung Yook, Ji Young Yhee, et al.. (2015). Co-delivery of VEGF and Bcl-2 dual-targeted siRNA polymer using a single nanoparticle for synergistic anti-cancer effects in vivo. Journal of Controlled Release. 220(Pt B). 631–641. 75 indexed citations

Ku, Sook Hee, Sung Duk Jo, Yeon Kyung Lee, Kwangmeyung Kim, & Sun Hwa Kim. (2015). Chemical and structural modifications of RNAi therapeutics. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 104. 16–28. 121 indexed citations

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Park, Hyelim, Sook Hee Ku, Hyewon Park, et al.. (2015). RAGE siRNA-mediated gene silencing provides cardioprotection against ventricular arrhythmias in acute ischemia and reperfusion. Journal of Controlled Release. 217. 315–326. 19 indexed citations

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Hong, Ju-Eun, Sook Hee Ku, Min Sang Lee, et al.. (2014). Cardiac RNAi therapy using RAGE siRNA/deoxycholic acid-modified polyethylenimine complexes for myocardial infarction. Biomaterials. 35(26). 7562–7573. 37 indexed citations

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Ku, Sook Hee & Chan Beum Park. (2013). Combined Effect of Mussel‐Inspired Surface Modification and Topographical Cues on the Behavior of Skeletal Myoblasts. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2(11). 1445–1450. 25 indexed citations

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Ku, Sook Hee, Minah Lee, & Chan Beum Park. (2012). Carbon‐Based Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2(2). 244–260. 204 indexed citations

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Ku, Sook Hee, Sahng Ha Lee, & Chan Beum Park. (2012). Synergic effects of nanofiber alignment and electroactivity on myoblast differentiation. Biomaterials. 33(26). 6098–6104. 181 indexed citations

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Ku, Sook Hee & Chan Beum Park. (2010). Human endothelial cell growth on mussel-inspired nanofiber scaffold for vascular tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 31(36). 9431–9437. 343 indexed citations

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Ku, Sook Hee, et al.. (2010). General functionalization route for cell adhesion on non-wetting surfaces. Biomaterials. 31(9). 2535–2541. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Jae Hong, Seong Yoon Lim, Dong Heon Nam, et al.. (2010). Self-assembled, photoluminescent peptide hydrogel as a versatile platform for enzyme-based optical biosensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26(5). 1860–1865. 119 indexed citations

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Lee, Minah, Sook Hee Ku, Jungki Ryu, & Chan Beum Park. (2010). Mussel-inspired functionalization of carbon nanotubes for hydroxyapatite mineralization. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20(40). 8848–8848. 88 indexed citations

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Girigoswami, Koyeli, Sook Hee Ku, Jungki Ryu, & Chan Beum Park. (2008). A synthetic amyloid lawn system for high-throughput analysis of amyloid toxicity and drug screening. Biomaterials. 29(18). 2813–2819. 17 indexed citations

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Kanapathipillai, Mathumai, Sook Hee Ku, Koyeli Girigoswami, & Chan Beum Park. (2007). Small stress molecules inhibit aggregation and neurotoxicity of prion peptide 106–126. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 365(4). 808–813. 52 indexed citations

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