Young-Ah Moon

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Young-Ah Moon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Young-Ah Moon has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Young-Ah Moon's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (16 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (9 papers). Young-Ah Moon is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (16 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (9 papers). Young-Ah Moon collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Germany. Young-Ah Moon's co-authors include Jay D. Horton, Sahng Wook Park, Robert E. Hammer, Joseph L. Goldstein, Michael S. Brown, Shirya Rashid, Norma N. Anderson, Yuriy K. Bashmakov, Rita Garuti and David E. Curtis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Young-Ah Moon

42 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Decreased plasma cholesterol and hypersensitivity to stat... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Decreased plasma cholesterol and hypersensitivity to statins in mice lacking Pcsk9
    2005 571 citations Shirya Rashid, Norma N. Anderson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Young-Ah Moon South Korea 22 1.5k 1.5k 669 426 419 42 3.1k
Pascale Bossard France 17 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 503 0.8× 291 0.7× 446 1.1× 31 2.9k
Bo-Liang Li China 31 1.6k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 732 1.1× 358 0.8× 398 0.9× 74 3.8k
Sahng Wook Park South Korea 24 2.5k 1.7× 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 406 1.0× 396 0.9× 53 4.4k
Laura J. Sharpe Australia 27 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 635 0.9× 193 0.5× 221 0.5× 60 2.4k
Lita A. Freeman United States 35 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 439 0.7× 783 1.8× 370 0.9× 73 3.2k
Michael S. Brown United States 11 1.9k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 657 1.0× 377 0.9× 439 1.0× 23 3.7k
Nassrin Dashti United States 30 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 519 0.8× 800 1.9× 311 0.7× 51 2.7k
Shangzhe Xu United States 9 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 508 0.8× 669 1.6× 321 0.8× 10 2.8k
Gregory S. Shelness United States 39 1.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.3× 464 0.7× 774 1.8× 503 1.2× 72 3.8k
Hiroaki Yagyu Japan 27 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 332 0.5× 499 1.2× 341 0.8× 73 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Young-Ah Moon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Young-Ah Moon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Choi, Wonsuk, et al.. (2025). Serotonin Regulates Lipogenesis and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Alcoholic Liver Disease. Diabetes & Metabolism Journal. 49(4). 798–811. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Seung Woo, et al.. (2024). Reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages by metabolites generated from tumor microenvironment. Animal Cells and Systems. 28(1). 123–136. 11 indexed citations
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Choi, Won‐Il, Won Suk Choi, Won Hee Lee, et al.. (2024). A male mouse model for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6506–6506. 25 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah. (2023). Emerging roles of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis pathway in colorectal cancer. Animal Cells and Systems. 27(1). 61–71. 8 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah, et al.. (2023). Deletion of Elovl5 leads to dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis in LDLR-deficient mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 690. 149292–149292. 2 indexed citations
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Berger, J & Young-Ah Moon. (2021). Increased Hepatic Lipogenesis Elevates Liver Cholesterol Content. Molecules and Cells. 44(2). 116–125. 22 indexed citations
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Lee, Junghoon, et al.. (2020). Deletion of KLF10 Leads to Stress-Induced Liver Fibrosis upon High Sucrose Feeding. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(1). 331–331. 47 indexed citations
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Kim, Minkyoung, et al.. (2018). Tumor-suppressing miR-141 gene complex-loaded tissue-adhesive glue for the locoregional treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Theranostics. 8(14). 3891–3901. 18 indexed citations
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Im, Seung‐Soon, et al.. (2017). Liver receptor homolog-1 regulates mouse superoxide dismutase 2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 489(3). 299–304. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, Jae‐Ho, Hye Suk Kang, Young-Ah Moon, et al.. (2017). PPARα-dependent Insig2a overexpression inhibits SREBP-1c processing during fasting. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9958–9958. 33 indexed citations
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Rong, Shunxing, Vı́ctor Cortés, Shirya Rashid, et al.. (2017). Expression of SREBP-1c Requires SREBP-2-mediated Generation of a Sterol Ligand for LXR in Livers of Mice. eLife. 6. 107 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah, et al.. (2014). Deletion of ELOVL6 blocks the synthesis of oleic acid but does not prevent the development of fatty liver or insulin resistance. Journal of Lipid Research. 55(12). 2597–2605. 65 indexed citations
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Xu, Min, Jian Xie, Jiwen Li, et al.. (2014). An acetate switch regulates stress erythropoiesis. Nature Medicine. 20(9). 1018–1026. 70 indexed citations
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Jeon, Tae-Il, Ryan M. Esquejo, Manuel Roqueta‐Rivera, et al.. (2013). An SREBP-Responsive microRNA Operon Contributes to a Regulatory Loop for Intracellular Lipid Homeostasis. Cell Metabolism. 18(1). 51–61. 103 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah, Guosheng Liang, Xuefen Xie, et al.. (2012). The Scap/SREBP Pathway Is Essential for Developing Diabetic Fatty Liver and Carbohydrate-Induced Hypertriglyceridemia in Animals. Cell Metabolism. 15(2). 240–246. 264 indexed citations
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John, Matthias, Rainer Constien, Akin Akinc, et al.. (2007). Effective RNAi-mediated gene silencing without interruption of the endogenous microRNA pathway. Nature. 449(7163). 745–747. 111 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah & Jay D. Horton. (2003). Identification of Two Mammalian Reductases Involved in the Two-carbon Fatty Acyl Elongation Cascade. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(9). 7335–7343. 184 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah, Sahng Wook Park, & Kyung‐Sup Kim. (2002). Characterization of cis-acting elements in the rat ATP citrate-lyase gene promoter. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 34(1). 60–68. 15 indexed citations
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Matsuda, Morihiro, Audrey C. Ko, Robert E. Hammer, et al.. (2001). SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) is required for increased lipid synthesis in liver induced by cholesterol deprivation and insulin elevation. Genes & Development. 15(10). 1206–1216. 282 indexed citations
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Moon, Young-Ah, et al.. (1996). Cloning and identification of exon-intron organization of the rat ATP-citrate lyase gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1307(3). 280–284. 4 indexed citations

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