Sung-E Choi

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sung-E Choi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung-E Choi has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sung-E Choi's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Sung-E Choi is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Sung-E Choi collaborates with scholars based in South Korea and United States. Sung-E Choi's co-authors include Jongsook Kim Kemper, Yup Kang, Sunmi Seok, Ting Fu, Gyesoon Yoon, Hee‐Sook Jun, Jian Ma, Subodh Kumar, Xiaoxiao Sun and Li Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sung-E Choi

14 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Transcriptional regulation of autophagy by an FXR–CREB axis

2014 344 citations Sunmi Seok, Ting Fu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sung-E Choi South Korea	13	475	470	247	155	153	14	1.0k
Monowarul Mobin Siddique Singapore	12	704 1.5×	426 0.9×	121 0.5×	139 0.9×	216 1.4×	19	1.3k
Rui Xiao United States	14	375 0.8×	324 0.7×	170 0.7×	62 0.4×	164 1.1×	20	904
Eijiro Yamada Japan	20	601 1.3×	235 0.5×	318 1.3×	88 0.6×	172 1.1×	100	1.2k
Panjamaporn Sangwung United States	18	750 1.6×	234 0.5×	143 0.6×	164 1.1×	258 1.7×	23	1.3k
Marc L. Goalstone United States	22	1.0k 2.2×	273 0.6×	315 1.3×	177 1.1×	454 3.0×	44	1.9k
Narayani Nagarajan United States	15	577 1.2×	334 0.7×	110 0.4×	66 0.4×	159 1.0×	19	1.1k
Nicolas Coant United States	20	785 1.7×	154 0.3×	166 0.7×	144 0.9×	214 1.4×	30	1.2k
Pili Zhang United States	18	637 1.3×	371 0.8×	626 2.5×	97 0.6×	195 1.3×	22	1.5k
Lalit P. Singh United States	23	1.1k 2.2×	178 0.4×	176 0.7×	107 0.7×	191 1.2×	42	1.7k
Matthew T. O’Brien United States	9	755 1.6×	272 0.6×	344 1.4×	116 0.7×	218 1.4×	14	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung-E Choi

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14 of 14 papers shown

Heo, Yu Jung, Nami Lee, Sung-E Choi, et al.. (2025). Empagliflozin Alleviates Hepatic Steatosis and Oxidative Stress via the NRF1 Pathway in High-Fat Diet-Induced Mouse Model of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(9). 4054–4054. 1 indexed citations

Seok, Sunmi, Ting Fu, Sung-E Choi, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional regulation of autophagy by an FXR–CREB axis. Nature. 516(7529). 108–111. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

Choi, Sung-E & Jongsook Kim Kemper. (2013). Regulation of SIRT1 by MicroRNAs. Molecules and Cells. 36(5). 385–392. 70 indexed citations

Fu, Ting, Sung-E Choi, Dong-Hyun Kim, et al.. (2012). Aberrantly elevated microRNA-34a in obesity attenuates hepatic responses to FGF19 by targeting a membrane coreceptor β-Klotho. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16137–16142. 129 indexed citations

Kim, Hak Yong, Young-Sil Yoon, Wei Xu, et al.. (2011). Involvement of mitophagy in oncogenic K-Ras-induced transformation. Autophagy. 7(10). 1187–1198. 83 indexed citations

Miao, Ji, Sung-E Choi, Linda Yang, et al.. (2011). Ligand-Dependent Regulation of the Activity of the Orphan Nuclear Receptor, Small Heterodimer Partner (SHP), in the Repression of Bile Acid BiosyntheticCYP7A1andCYP8B1Genes. Molecular Endocrinology. 25(7). 1159–1169. 39 indexed citations

Xiao, Zhen, Sungsoon Fang, Sung-E Choi, et al.. (2011). Arginine Methylation by PRMT5 at a Naturally Occurring Mutation Site Is Critical for Liver Metabolic Regulation by Small Heterodimer Partner. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 31(7). 1540–1550. 30 indexed citations

Choi, Sung-E, Soojin Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, et al.. (2011). Stimulation of Lipogenesis as Well as Fatty Acid Oxidation Protects against Palmitate-Induced INS-1 β-Cell Death. Endocrinology. 152(3). 816–827. 48 indexed citations

Choi, Sung-E, Geum‐Sook Hwang, Joo Hee Chung, et al.. (2010). Supplement of TCA cycle intermediates protects against high glucose/palmitate-induced INS-1 beta cell death. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 505(2). 231–241. 17 indexed citations

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Han, Dohyun, Hyunsoo Kim, Sung-E Choi, et al.. (2010). Detection of Differential Proteomes Associated with the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in the Zucker Rat Model Using the iTRAQ Technique. Journal of Proteome Research. 10(2). 564–577. 28 indexed citations

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Choi, Sung-E, Soo‐Jin Lee, Ji‐Hyun Lee, et al.. (2008). Protective Role of Autophagy in Palmitate-Induced INS-1 β-Cell Death. Endocrinology. 150(1). 126–134. 170 indexed citations

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Choi, Sung-E, Yup Kang, Hyo‐Soo Kim, et al.. (2007). Involvement of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β in Palmitate-Induced Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell Apoptosis. Journal of Vascular Research. 44(5). 365–374. 15 indexed citations

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Choi, Sung-E, et al.. (1999). Involvement of Protein Kinase C and Rho GTPase in the Nuclear Signalling Pathway by Transforming Growth Factor-β1 in Rat-2 Fibroblast Cells. Cellular Signalling. 11(1). 71–76. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, Jae‐Hong, Sung-E Choi, Byung-Chul Kim, et al.. (1997). Essential role of Rac GTPase in hydrogen peroxide‐induced activation of c‐fos serum response element. FEBS Letters. 406(1-2). 93–96. 17 indexed citations

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