Yun‐Hee Youm

8.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
39 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Yun‐Hee Youm is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun‐Hee Youm has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yun‐Hee Youm's work include Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (17 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (8 papers). Yun‐Hee Youm is often cited by papers focused on Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (17 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (8 papers). Yun‐Hee Youm collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. Yun‐Hee Youm's co-authors include Vishwa Deep Dixit, Anthony Ravussin, Bolormaa Vandanmagsar, Randall L. Mynatt, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Éric Ravussin, Krisztián Stadler, José E. Galgani, Kim Nguyen and Hyunwon Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yun‐Hee Youm

38 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

The NLRP3 inflammasome instigates obesity-induced inflamm... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2015 2013 2022 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. The NLRP3 inflammasome instigates obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance
    2011 2.1k citations Bolormaa Vandanmagsar, Yun‐Hee Youm et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  2. The ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate blocks NLRP3 inflammasome–mediated inflammatory disease
    2015 1.6k citations Yun‐Hee Youm, Kim Nguyen et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  3. Canonical Nlrp3 Inflammasome Links Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation to Functional Decline in Aging
    2013 511 citations Yun‐Hee Youm, Ryan W. Grant et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  4. Caloric restriction in humans reveals immunometabolic regulators of health span
    2022 178 citations Olga Spadaro, Yun‐Hee Youm et al. Science 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‐Hee Youm United States 26 2.9k 2.5k 2.1k 1.9k 804 39 7.0k
Karen Inouye United States 24 2.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 744 0.9× 39 6.2k
Hang Shi United States 44 3.2k 1.1× 3.6k 1.5× 3.1k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 863 1.1× 103 9.4k
Laura Herrero Spain 33 2.0k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 734 0.9× 80 6.6k
Feng Liu China 41 2.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 380 0.5× 149 6.3k
Da Young Oh United States 31 2.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 721 0.9× 43 5.8k
Yasuhiko Yamamoto Japan 48 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 2.3× 194 9.3k
José María Moreno‐Navarrete Spain 49 3.2k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 2.3k 1.1× 666 0.4× 918 1.1× 179 8.4k
Maximilian Zeyda Austria 40 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 377 0.5× 98 6.3k
James C. Lo United States 24 1.9k 0.7× 4.7k 1.9× 2.3k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 339 0.4× 41 7.3k
Qiong Wang China 44 2.6k 0.9× 3.7k 1.5× 2.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.6× 357 0.4× 141 7.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Orliaguet, Lucie, Yun‐Hee Youm, Yuanjiu Lei, et al.. (2025). Cysteine depletion triggers adipose tissue thermogenesis and weight loss. Nature Metabolism. 7(6). 1204–1222. 9 indexed citations
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Gliniak, Christy, Ruth Gordillo, Yun‐Hee Youm, et al.. (2025). FGF21 promotes longevity in diet-induced obesity through metabolic benefits independent of growth suppression. Cell Metabolism. 37(7). 1547–1567.e6. 6 indexed citations
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Ryu, Seungjin, Olga Spadaro, Sviatoslav Sidorov, et al.. (2023). Reduction of SPARC protects mice against NLRP3 inflammasome activation and obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(19). 16 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Olga, Yun‐Hee Youm, Irina Shchukina, et al.. (2022). Caloric restriction in humans reveals immunometabolic regulators of health span. Science. 375(6581). 671–677. 178 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goldberg, Emily L., Irina Shchukina, Yun‐Hee Youm, et al.. (2021). IL-33 causes thermogenic failure in aging by expanding dysfunctional adipose ILC2. Cell Metabolism. 33(11). 2277–2287.e5. 60 indexed citations
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Ravussin, Anthony, Yun‐Hee Youm, Jil Sander, et al.. (2018). Loss of Nucleobindin-2 Causes Insulin Resistance in Obesity without Impacting Satiety or Adiposity. Cell Reports. 24(5). 1085–1092.e6. 25 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Olga, Christina D. Camell, Lidia Bosurgi, et al.. (2017). IGF1 Shapes Macrophage Activation in Response to Immunometabolic Challenge. Cell Reports. 19(2). 225–234. 149 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Olga, Emily L. Goldberg, Christina D. Camell, et al.. (2016). Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency Protects against Age-Related NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Immune Senescence. Cell Reports. 14(7). 1571–1580. 79 indexed citations
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Youm, Yun‐Hee, Kim Nguyen, Ryan W. Grant, et al.. (2015). The ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate blocks NLRP3 inflammasome–mediated inflammatory disease. Nature Medicine. 21(3). 263–269. 1566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grant, Ryan W., Yun‐Hee Youm, Anthony Ravussin, & Vishwa Deep Dixit. (2013). Quantification of Adipose Tissue Leukocytosis in Obesity. Methods in molecular biology. 1040. 195–209. 35 indexed citations
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Youm, Yun‐Hee, Ryan W. Grant, Laura R. McCabe, et al.. (2013). Canonical Nlrp3 Inflammasome Links Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation to Functional Decline in Aging. Cell Metabolism. 18(4). 519–532. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Youm, Yun‐Hee, Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti, Bolormaa Vandanmagsar, et al.. (2012). The NLRP3 Inflammasome Promotes Age-Related Thymic Demise and Immunosenescence. Cell Reports. 1(1). 56–68. 132 indexed citations
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Vandanmagsar, Bolormaa, Yun‐Hee Youm, Anthony Ravussin, et al.. (2011). NLRP3 inflammasome regulates obesity induced systemic inflammation and insulin signaling (117.4). The Journal of Immunology. 186(1_Supplement). 117.4–117.4. 1 indexed citations
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Vandanmagsar, Bolormaa, Yun‐Hee Youm, Anthony Ravussin, et al.. (2011). The NLRP3 inflammasome instigates obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance. Nature Medicine. 17(2). 179–188. 2116 indexed citations breakdown →
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Youm, Yun‐Hee, Hyunwon Yang, Raj M. Amin, et al.. (2010). Thiazolidinedione treatment and constitutive‐PPARγ activation induces ectopic adipogenesis and promotes age‐related thymic involution. Aging Cell. 9(4). 478–489. 28 indexed citations
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Yang, Hyunwon, Yun‐Hee Youm, & Vishwa Deep Dixit. (2009). Inhibition of Thymic Adipogenesis by Caloric Restriction Is Coupled with Reduction in Age-Related Thymic Involution. The Journal of Immunology. 183(5). 3040–3052. 144 indexed citations
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Dixit, Vishwa Deep, Hyunwon Yang, Yuxiang Sun, et al.. (2007). Ghrelin promotes thymopoiesis during aging. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117(10). 2778–2790. 164 indexed citations
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Yang, Hyunwon, et al.. (2007). Chronic caloric restriction induces forestomach hypertrophy with enhanced ghrelin levels during aging. Peptides. 28(10). 1931–1936. 47 indexed citations
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