Yun Kyung Lee

9.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
59 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Yun Kyung Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Kyung Lee has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yun Kyung Lee's work include Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (8 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Yun Kyung Lee is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (8 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Yun Kyung Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Yun Kyung Lee's co-authors include Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Casey T. Weaver, Yoshinori Umesaki, Juscilene S. Menezes, Craig L. Maynard, Panida Sittipo, Hyog Young Kwon, James R. Oliver, Dongquan Chen and Charles O. Elson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yun Kyung Lee

56 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

  1. Proinflammatory T-cell responses to gut microbiota promote experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
    2010 1.0k citations Yun Kyung Lee, Juscilene S. Menezes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Has the Microbiota Played a Critical Role in the Evolution of the Adaptive Immune System?
    2010 832 citations Yun Kyung Lee, Sarkis K. Mazmanian Science profile →
  3. Late Developmental Plasticity in the T Helper 17 Lineage
    2009 818 citations Yun Kyung Lee, Henrietta Turner et al. Immunity profile →
  4. Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) in Drug Resistance and their Therapeutic Implications in Cancer Treatment
    2018 732 citations Lan Thi Phi, Ita Novita Sari et al. profile →
  5. Gut bacteria from multiple sclerosis patients modulate human T cells and exacerbate symptoms in mouse models
    2017 730 citations Egle Cekanaviciute, Bryan B. Yoo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yun Kyung Lee South Korea 27 3.4k 2.4k 951 799 794 59 7.1k
Hao Li China 43 3.2k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 512 0.6× 745 0.9× 228 7.5k
Nagendra Singh United States 36 4.2k 1.2× 2.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 649 0.8× 86 8.3k
Marcela A. Hermoso Chile 34 3.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.9× 607 0.8× 91 7.8k
Philip P. Ahern United States 21 3.0k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 352 0.4× 895 1.1× 849 1.1× 31 6.4k
Amedeo Amedei Italy 46 2.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 823 1.0× 993 1.3× 230 6.7k
Christos Tsatsanis Greece 47 3.0k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 801 0.8× 682 0.9× 308 0.4× 131 8.0k
Eunyoung Chun South Korea 31 4.5k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.8× 761 1.0× 60 7.5k
Roberta Caruso Italy 38 2.5k 0.7× 2.9k 1.2× 856 0.9× 546 0.7× 657 0.8× 104 6.9k
Santhakumar Manicassamy United States 32 3.1k 0.9× 2.9k 1.2× 858 0.9× 676 0.8× 545 0.7× 55 6.3k
Keiji Hirota Japan 34 1.9k 0.5× 6.8k 2.9× 1.4k 1.5× 650 0.8× 516 0.6× 55 9.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yun Kyung Lee

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gu, Gyo‐Jeong, Sung Sik Hur, Yun Kyung Lee, et al.. (2025). Cell surface engineering for inhibition of breast cancer cell motility through modulation of mechanotransduction and focal adhesion dynamics. Journal of Tissue Engineering. 16. 1798884430–1798884430.
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Lee, Hyo Jin, Minhan Ka, Yun Kyung Lee, et al.. (2025). Akkermansia muciniphila reverses neuronal atrophy in Negr1 knockout mice with depression-like phenotypes. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2508424–2508424.
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Sittipo, Panida, Hyunbum Kim, Chanyoung Lee, et al.. (2024). Cell Surface Modification-Mediated Primary Intestinal Epithelial Cell Culture Platforms for Assessing Host–Microbiota Interactions. Biomaterials Research. 28. 4–4. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Kyung, et al.. (2024). Obese visceral adipose dendritic cells downregulate regulatory T cell development through IL-33. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1335651–1335651. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Ji‐Young, Jung‐Sook Lee, Myung Hee Nam, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide multi-omics analysis reveals the nutrient-dependent metabolic features of mucin-degrading gut bacteria. Gut Microbes. 15(1). 2221811–2221811. 10 indexed citations
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Jeong, Ji Hoon, et al.. (2022). Heparin-mimicking polymer-based hydrogel matrix regulates macrophage polarization by controlling cell adhesion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 642. 154–161. 9 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Kyung, Jong Ho Moon, Hyun Jong Choi, et al.. (2018). Tissue acquisition for diagnosis of biliary strictures using peroral cholangioscopy or endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Endoscopy. 51(1). 50–59. 24 indexed citations
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Phi, Lan Thi, Yoseph Toni Wijaya, Ita Novita Sari, et al.. (2018). The anti‐metastatic effect of ginsenoside Rb2 in colorectal cancer in an EGFR/SOX2‐dependent manner. Cancer Medicine. 7(11). 5621–5631. 31 indexed citations
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Sittipo, Panida, et al.. (2018). Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Suppression of Colorectal Cancer Pathogenesis by Polysaccharide A From Bacteroides fragilis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1588–1588. 41 indexed citations
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Cekanaviciute, Egle, Bryan B. Yoo, Tessel F. Runia, et al.. (2017). Gut bacteria from multiple sclerosis patients modulate human T cells and exacerbate symptoms in mouse models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(40). 10713–10718. 730 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Yun Kyung, et al.. (2017). TCR-independent functions of Th17 cells mediated by the synergistic actions of cytokines of the IL-12 and IL-1 families. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0186351–e0186351. 15 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Kyung, Yu‐Ri Lee, Chan‐Sik Kim, et al.. (2015). Effect of Guibi-Tang, a Traditional Herbal Formula, on Retinal Neovascularization in a Mouse Model of Proliferative Retinopathy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 16(12). 29900–29910. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Kyung, Jong Ho Moon, Hee Jung Kim, et al.. (2014). Core biopsy needle versus standard aspiration needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling of solid pancreatic masses: a randomized parallel-group study. Endoscopy. 46(12). 1056–1062. 123 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Kyung, Juscilene S. Menezes, Yoshinori Umesaki, & Sarkis K. Mazmanian. (2010). Proinflammatory T-cell responses to gut microbiota promote experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(supplement_1). 4615–4622. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Yun Kyung & Sarkis K. Mazmanian. (2010). Has the Microbiota Played a Critical Role in the Evolution of the Adaptive Immune System?. Science. 330(6012). 1768–1773. 832 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mukasa, Ryuta, Anand Balasubramani, Yun Kyung Lee, et al.. (2010). Epigenetic Instability of Cytokine and Transcription Factor Gene Loci Underlies Plasticity of the T Helper 17 Cell Lineage. Immunity. 32(5). 616–627. 223 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun Kyung, Henrietta Turner, Craig L. Maynard, et al.. (2009). Late Developmental Plasticity in the T Helper 17 Lineage. Immunity. 30(1). 92–107. 818 indexed citations breakdown →

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