Won Dong Lee

817 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 277 citations indexed

About

Won Dong Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Won Dong Lee has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 277 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Won Dong Lee's work include Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (4 papers). Won Dong Lee is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (4 papers). Won Dong Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Israel. Won Dong Lee's co-authors include Tomer Shlomi, É. M. Aizenshtein, Dzmitry Mukha, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, A. A. Stern, Xianfeng Zeng, Shachar Raz, Jonathan J. Fong, Keren Nevo‐Dinur and Emily T. Mirek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Won Dong Lee

19 papers receiving 276 citations

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Lactate homeostasis is maintained through regulation of glycolysis and lipolysis

2025 19 citations Won Dong Lee, Daniel Weilandt et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Won Dong Lee United States	11	190	69	50	22	17	20	277
Jan‐Jaap Wesselink Spain	9	318 1.7×	32 0.5×	35 0.7×	18 0.8×	18 1.1×	12	407
Maud Heuillet France	9	309 1.6×	72 1.0×	36 0.7×	26 1.2×	13 0.8×	11	429
R. Magesh India	10	200 1.1×	31 0.4×	29 0.6×	16 0.7×	28 1.6×	19	315
Adam F Kebede Germany	4	238 1.3×	21 0.3×	24 0.5×	16 0.7×	14 0.8×	4	258
Natividad R. Fuentes United States	9	148 0.8×	91 1.3×	42 0.8×	19 0.9×	30 1.8×	13	266
Mihail Anton Sweden	8	666 3.5×	41 0.6×	47 0.9×	17 0.8×	26 1.5×	10	735
Homa Majd United Kingdom	4	206 1.1×	23 0.3×	26 0.5×	22 1.0×	8 0.5×	6	266
Rebecca A. Johnson United States	6	183 1.0×	30 0.4×	40 0.8×	22 1.0×	9 0.5×	10	271
Mariana Lopes United States	8	322 1.7×	85 1.2×	80 1.6×	101 4.6×	51 3.0×	13	499
Pınar Kocabaş Türkiye	6	306 1.6×	36 0.5×	34 0.7×	15 0.7×	21 1.2×	9	361

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Won Dong Lee

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20 of 20 papers shown

Samarah, Laith Z., Chuntian Zheng, Xi Xing, et al.. (2025). Spatial metabolic gradients in the liver and small intestine. Nature. 648(8092). 182–190.

Lee, Won Dong, Daniel Weilandt, Michael R. MacArthur, et al.. (2025). Lactate homeostasis is maintained through regulation of glycolysis and lipolysis. Cell Metabolism. 37(3). 758–771.e8. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Wenyun, Matthew J. McBride, Won Dong Lee, et al.. (2024). Selected Ion Monitoring for Orbitrap-Based Metabolomics. Metabolites. 14(4). 184–184. 1 indexed citations

Uehara, Kahealani, Won Dong Lee, Dipsikha Biswas, et al.. (2024). mTORC1 controls murine postprandial hepatic glycogen synthesis via Ppp1r3b. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(7). 6 indexed citations

TeSlaa, Tara, Won Dong Lee, Qingwei Chu, et al.. (2024). Quantification of nutrient fluxes during acute exercise in mice. Cell Metabolism. 36(12). 2560–2579.e5. 7 indexed citations

Song, Fangfang, Won Dong Lee, Chao Song, et al.. (2023). Osteoblast-intrinsic defect in glucose metabolism impairs bone formation in type II diabetic male mice. eLife. 12. 23 indexed citations

Lee, Won Dong, et al.. (2023). Impact of acute stress on murine metabolomics and metabolic flux. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(21). e2301215120–e2301215120. 13 indexed citations

Leitner, Brooks P., Won Dong Lee, Wanling Zhu, et al.. (2023). Tissue-specific reprogramming of glutamine metabolism maintains tolerance to sepsis. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0286525–e0286525. 10 indexed citations

Stern, A. A., et al.. (2023). Inferring mitochondrial and cytosolic metabolism by coupling isotope tracing and deconvolution. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7525–7525. 9 indexed citations

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Hui, Sheng, Emily T. Mirek, Tracy G. Anthony, et al.. (2022). Circulating metabolite homeostasis achieved through mass action. Nature Metabolism. 4(1). 141–152. 29 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, et al.. (2021). Cannulation of the Portal Vein during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in a Patient with Choledocholithiasis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 77(5). 253–257. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, A. A. Stern, Keren Nevo‐Dinur, et al.. (2020). Tumor Reliance on Cytosolic versus Mitochondrial One-Carbon Flux Depends on Folate Availability. Cell Metabolism. 33(1). 190–198.e6. 40 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, Dzmitry Mukha, É. M. Aizenshtein, & Tomer Shlomi. (2019). Spatial-fluxomics provides a subcellular-compartmentalized view of reductive glutamine metabolism in cancer cells. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1351–1351. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, et al.. (2019). Inferring cancer dependencies on metabolic genes from large-scale genetic screens. BMC Biology. 17(1). 37–37. 12 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, et al.. (2019). Studying metabolic flux adaptations in cancer through integrated experimental-computational approaches. BMC Biology. 17(1). 51–51. 22 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, Beom Kyung Kim, Jun Yong Park, et al.. (2019). Combined use of rosuvastatin and ezetimibe improves hepatic steatosis in patients with dyslipidemia. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 32(12). 1538–1544. 2 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, Jonathan J. Fong, John A. Eimes, & Young Woon Lim. (2017). Diversity and abundance of human‐pathogenic fungi associated with pigeon faeces in urban environments. Molecular Ecology. 26(17). 4574–4585. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, Hyun Lee, Jonathan J. Fong, et al.. (2014). A Checklist of the Basidiomycetous Macrofungi and a Record of Five New Species from Mt. Oseo in Korea. Mycobiology. 42(2). 132–139. 11 indexed citations

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Jo, Cheorun, et al.. (2004). Studies on the development of low-salted, fermented, and seasoned Changran Jeotkal using the intestines of Therage chalcogramma. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 71(1-2). 123–126. 10 indexed citations

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Lee, Won Dong, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Ho Lee, et al.. (2003). A Clinical Review of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Sunhwan'gi. 33(6). 507–507. 4 indexed citations

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