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Citations
40390
World Ranking
1479
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Eun-Kyeong Jo is affiliated with Chungnam National University in South Korea. Their research focuses on various aspects of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in epidemiology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, immunology, and physiology.

Their work frequently addresses topics related to autophagy in disease and therapy, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, inflammasome and immune disorders, calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, as well as quinazolinone synthesis and applications.

Jo has published in numerous scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
  • Immune Network
  • Cells
  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Recent papers authored include:

  • "An update on the regulatory mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome activation" (2021), published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • "COVID-19 Patients Upregulate Toll-like Receptor 4-mediated Inflammatory Signaling That Mimics Bacterial Sepsis" (2020), published in Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • "Crosstalks between inflammasome and autophagy in cancer" (2020), published in Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • "Vitamin D-Cathelicidin Axis: at the Crossroads between Protective Immunity and Pathological Inflammation during Infection" (2020), published in Immune Network
  • "Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species: Double-Edged Weapon in Host Defense and Pathological Inflammation During Infection" (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Jo has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Prashanta Silwal (29 collaborations)
  • Young Jae Kim (27 collaborations)
  • Jin Kyung Kim (23 collaborations)
  • In Soo Kim (18 collaborations)
  • Seungwha Paik (17 collaborations)

The main fields of study in Jo's body of work are medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on the following subfields:

  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Physiology

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms regulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

    Eun-Kyeong Jo;Jin Kyung Kim;Dong-Min Shin;Chihiro Sasakawa

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Upregulated NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Hye-Mi Lee;Jwa-Jin Kim;Hyun Jin Kim;Minho Shong

  • An update on the regulatory mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

    Seungwha Paik;Jin Kyung Kim;Prashanta Silwal;Chihiro Sasakawa

  • Vitamin D Is Required for IFN-γ–Mediated Antimicrobial Activity of Human Macrophages

    Mario Fabri;Steffen Stenger;Dong Min Shin;Jae Min Yuk

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis eis regulates autophagy, inflammation, and cell death through redox-dependent signaling.

    Dong Min Shin;Bo Young Jeon;Hye Mi Lee;Hyo Sun Jin

  • A Critical Role of Toll-like Receptor 2 in Nerve Injury-induced Spinal Cord Glial Cell Activation and Pain Hypersensitivity

    Donghoon Kim;Myung Ah Kim;Ik-Hyun Cho;Mi Sun Kim

  • Intracellular signalling cascades regulating innate immune responses to Mycobacteria: branching out from Toll-like receptors

    Eun Kyeong Jo;Chul Su Yang;Chul Hee Choi;Clifford V. Harding

  • A functional promoter polymorphism in monocyte chemoattractant protein–1 is associated with increased susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis

    Pedro O. Flores-Villanueva;Jorge A. Ruiz-Morales;Chang-Hwa Song;Ludmila M. Flores

  • Mycobacterial lipoprotein activates autophagy via TLR2/1/CD14 and a functional vitamin D receptor signalling

    Dong Min Shin;Jae Min Yuk;Hye Mi Lee;Sang Hee Lee

  • NADPH oxidase 2-derived reactive oxygen species in spinal cord microglia contribute to peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain

    Donghoon Kim;Byunghyun You;Eun-Kyeong Jo;Sang-Kyou Han

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy Negatively Regulates Keratinocyte Inflammatory Responses via Scaffolding Protein p62/SQSTM1

    Hye-Mi Lee;Dong-Min Shin;Jae-Min Yuk;Ge Shi

  • Mycobacterial interaction with innate receptors: TLRs, C-type lectins, and NLRs.

    Eun-Kyeong Jo

  • The orphan nuclear receptor SHP acts as a negative regulator in inflammatory signaling triggered by Toll-like receptors

    Jae Min Yuk;Dong Min Shin;Hye Mi Lee;Jwa Jin Kim

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Eis protein initiates suppression of host immune responses by acetylation of DUSP16/MKP-7

    Kyoung Hoon Kim;Doo Ri An;Jinsu Song;Ji Young Yoon

  • GABAergic signaling linked to autophagy enhances host protection against intracellular bacterial infections.

    Jin Kyung Kim;Yi Sak Kim;Hye-Mi Lee;Hyo Sun Jin

  • NADPH Oxidase 2 Interaction with TLR2 Is Required for Efficient Innate Immune Responses to Mycobacteria via Cathelicidin Expression

    Chul Su Yang;Dong Min Shin;Ki Hye Kim;Zee Won Lee

  • The Mycobacterial 38-Kilodalton Glycolipoprotein Antigen Activates the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway and Release of Proinflammatory Cytokines through Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Human Monocytes

    Saet-Byel Jung;Chul-Su Yang;Ji-Sook Lee;A-Rum Shin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Man Kim
Jin-Man Kim Seoul National University
Sung Joong Lee
Sung Joong Lee Seoul National University
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Tamotsu Yoshimori Osaka University
Myung-Shik Lee
Myung-Shik Lee Yonsei University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Seog Bae Oh
Seog Bae Oh Seoul National University
Chihiro Sasakawa
Chihiro Sasakawa Chiba University
Vojo Deretic
Vojo Deretic University of New Mexico
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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