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85
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3193
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1613

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Physiological Society, Cardiovascular Section (APS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA)

Overview

Hanjoong Jo is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, immunology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cancer research, and surgery.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, cell adhesion molecules research, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, microRNA in disease regulation, and immune cells in cancer.

Recent publications by Hanjoong Jo include:

  • Endothelial Reprogramming by Disturbed Flow Revealed by Single-Cell RNA and Chromatin Accessibility Study, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Flow-induced reprogramming of endothelial cells in atherosclerosis, 2023, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Recent advances in nanomaterials for therapy and diagnosis for atherosclerosis, 2021, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Affinity-Driven Design of Cargo-Switching Nanoparticles to Leverage a Cholesterol-Rich Microenvironment for Atherosclerosis Therapy, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Mechanical forces regulate endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and atherosclerosis via an Alk5-Shc mechanotransduction pathway, 2021, Science Advances

Hanjoong Jo frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Circulation, Nature Cardiovascular Research, and Atherosclerosis.

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  • Dong Won Kang
  • Nicolas Villa-Roel
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The scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Biological aspects of reactive nitrogen species.

    Rakesh P. Patel;Joanne McAndrew;Hassan Sellak;C.Roger White

  • ROLE OF P47(PHOX) IN VASCULAR OXIDATIVE STRESS AND HYPERTENSION CAUSED BY ANGIOTENSIN II

    Ulf Landmesser;Hua Cai;Sergey Dikalov;Louise McCann

  • Shear Stress Stimulates Phosphorylation of Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase at Ser1179 by Akt-independent Mechanisms ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE A

    Yong Chool Boo;George Sorescu;Nolan Boyd;Ichiro Shiojima

  • Role of xanthine oxidoreductase and NAD(P)H oxidase in endothelial superoxide production in response to oscillatory shear stress.

    J. Scott McNally;Michael E. Davis;Don P. Giddens;Aniket Saha

  • Bone Morphogenic Protein 4 Produced in Endothelial Cells by Oscillatory Shear Stress Induces Monocyte Adhesion by Stimulating Reactive Oxygen Species Production From a Nox1-Based NADPH Oxidase

    George P. Sorescu;Hannah Song;Sarah L. Tressel;Jinah Hwang

  • Flow-dependent regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase: role of protein kinases

    Yong Chool Boo;Hanjoong Jo

  • Partial carotid ligation is a model of acutely induced disturbed flow, leading to rapid endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis.

    Douglas Nam;Chih Wen Ni;Amir Rezvan;Jin Suo

  • Caveolin-mediated regulation of signaling along the p42/44 MAP kinase cascade in vivo. A role for the caveolin-scaffolding domain.

    Jeffrey A. Engelman;Caryn Chu;Anning Lin;Hanjoong Jo

  • Biomechanical factors in atherosclerosis: mechanisms and clinical implications.

    Brenda R. Kwak;Magnus Bäck;Marie-Luce Bochaton-Piallat;Giuseppina Caligiuri

  • Differential effect of shear stress on extracellular signal-regulated kinase and N-terminal Jun kinase in endothelial cells. Gi2- and Gbeta/gamma-dependent signaling pathways.

    Hanjoong Jo;Katalin Sipos;Young-Mi Go;Robert Law

  • Oscillatory shear stress stimulates endothelial production of O2- from p47phox-dependent NAD(P)H oxidases, leading to monocyte adhesion.

    Jinah Hwang;Aniket Saha;Yong Chool Boo;George P. Sorescu

  • Bone morphogenic protein 4-produced in endothelial cells by oscillatory shear stress stimulates an inflammatory response

    George P. Sorescu;Michelle Sykes;Daiana Weiss;Manu O. Platt

  • Compensatory Phosphorylation and Protein-Protein Interactions Revealed by Loss of Function and Gain of Function Mutants of Multiple Serine Phosphorylation Sites in Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase

    Philip M. Bauer;David Fulton;Yong Chool Boo;George P. Sorescu

  • Role of G proteins in shear stress-mediated nitric oxide production by endothelial cells.

    M. J. Kuchan;Hanjoong Jo;J. A. Frangos

  • Cell signaling by reactive nitrogen and oxygen species in atherosclerosis

    Rakesh P Patel;Douglas Moellering;Joanne Murphy-Ullrich;Hanjoong Jo

  • Shear stress stimulates phosphorylation of eNOS at Ser(635) by a protein kinase A-dependent mechanism.

    Yong Chool Boo;Jinah Hwang;Michelle Sykes;Belinda J. Michell

  • Altered Shear Stress Stimulates Upregulation of Endothelial VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 in a BMP-4– and TGF-β1–Dependent Pathway

    Philippe Sucosky;Kartik Balachandran;Adnan Elhammali;Hanjoong Jo

  • Flow-dependent epigenetic DNA methylation regulates endothelial gene expression and atherosclerosis

    Jessilyn Dunn;Haiwei Qiu;Soyeon Kim;Daudi Jjingo

  • Endothelial albumin permeability is shear dependent, time dependent, and reversible

    Hanjoong Jo;R. O. Dull;T. M. Hollis;J. M. Tarbell

  • Role of xanthine oxidoreductase and NAD(P)H oxidase in endothelial superoxide production in response to oscillatory shear stress : Vascular signaling by free radicals

    J. Scott Mcnally;Michael E. Davis;Don P. Giddens;Aniket Saha

Frequent Co-Authors

Ajit P. Yoganathan
Ajit P. Yoganathan Georgia Institute of Technology
David G. Harrison
David G. Harrison Vanderbilt University
Young-Mi Go
Young-Mi Go Emory University
Victor M. Darley-Usmar
Victor M. Darley-Usmar University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sang Won Kang
Sang Won Kang Ewha Womans University
Sergey Dikalov
Sergey Dikalov Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Don P. Giddens
Don P. Giddens Emory University
Kathy K. Griendling
Kathy K. Griendling Emory University
Samuel C. Dudley
Samuel C. Dudley University of Minnesota
Ralf P. Brandes
Ralf P. Brandes Goethe University Frankfurt

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