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Heon Yung Gee

Heon Yung Gee

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
53
Citations
10533
World Ranking
2388
National Ranking
9

Heon Yung Gee publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heon Yung Gee sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 121 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Heon Yung Gee D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heon Yung Gee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heon Yung Gee is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has a significant body of work spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, genetics, and sensory systems, with additional attention to epidemiology and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's publications cover a diverse range of topics including hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics; RNA regulation and disease; liver disease diagnosis and treatment; vestibular and auditory disorders; diet, metabolism, and disease; renal and related cancers; and coenzyme Q10 studies and effects.

Heon Yung Gee has published multiple papers, notable among these are:

  • SGLT2 inhibition modulates NLRP3 inflammasome activity via ketones and insulin in diabetes with cardiovascular disease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) syndrome: A systematic review, 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
  • ADCK4 Deficiency Destabilizes the Coenzyme Q Complex, Which Is Rescued by 2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Treatment, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • In vivo outer hair cell gene editing ameliorates progressive hearing loss in dominant-negative Kcnq4 murine model, 2022, Theranostics
  • A database of 5305 healthy Korean individuals reveals genetic and clinical implications for an East Asian population, 2022, Experimental & Molecular Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include Jinsei Jung, Jae Young Choi, Jung Ah Kim, Seyoung Yu, and John Hoon Rim. Collaboration with these researchers reflects sustained partnerships primarily within related biomedical research fields.

Heon Yung Gee's work has been published often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 113 publications and Medicine with 97 publications. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology with 69 publications, Genetics with 25, Sensory Systems with 24, Epidemiology with 15, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine with 12 publications.

Best Publications

  • Autistic-like social behaviour in Shank2 -mutant mice improved by restoring NMDA receptor function

    Hyejung Won;Hye Ryeon Lee;Heon Yung Gee;Won Mah

  • A Single-Gene Cause in 29.5% of Cases of Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

    Carolin E. Sadowski;Svjetlana Lovric;Shazia Ashraf;Werner L. Pabst

  • Exome Capture Reveals ZNF423 and CEP164 Mutations, Linking Renal Ciliopathies to DNA Damage Response Signaling

    Moumita Chaki;Rannar Airik;Amiya K. Ghosh;Rachel H. Giles

  • ADCK4 mutations promote steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome through CoQ10 biosynthesis disruption

    Shazia Ashraf;Heon Yung Gee;Stephanie Woerner;Stephanie Woerner;Letian X. Xie

  • SGLT2 Inhibition Modulates NLRP3 Inflammasome Activity via Ketones and Insulin in Diabetes With Cardiovascular Disease

    So Ra Kim;Sang Guk Lee;Soo Hyun Kim;Jin Hee Kim

  • Rescue of ΔF508-CFTR Trafficking via a GRASP-Dependent Unconventional Secretion Pathway

    Heon Yung Gee;Shin Hye Noh;Bor Luen Tang;Kyung Hwan Kim

  • Defects in the IFT-B Component IFT172 Cause Jeune and Mainzer-Saldino Syndromes in Humans

    Jan Halbritter;Albane A. Bizet;Miriam Schmidts;Jonathan D. Porath

  • FAN1 mutations cause karyomegalic interstitial nephritis, linking chronic kidney failure to defective DNA damage repair

    Weibin Zhou;Edgar A Otto;Andrew Cluckey;Rannar Airik

  • ARHGDIA mutations cause nephrotic syndrome via defective RHO GTPase signaling

    Heon Yung Gee;Pawaree Saisawat;Shazia Ashraf;Toby W. Hurd

  • Mutations in RSPH1 Cause Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia With a Unique Clinical and Ciliary Phenotype

    Michael R. Knowles;Lawrence E. Ostrowski;Margaret W. Leigh;Patrick R. Sears

  • Whole Exome Sequencing of Patients with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

    Jillian K. Warejko;Weizhen Tan;Ankana Daga;David Schapiro

  • Zebrafish Ciliopathy Screen Plus Human Mutational Analysis Identifies C21orf59 and CCDC65 Defects as Causing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

    Christina Austin-Tse;Jan Halbritter;Maimoona B Zariwala;Renée M. Gilberti

  • ZMYND10 Is Mutated in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Interacts with LRRC6

    Maimoona A. Zariwala;Heon Yung Gee;Małgorzata Kurkowiak;Małgorzata Kurkowiak;Małgorzata Kurkowiak;Dalal A. Al-Mutairi;Dalal A. Al-Mutairi

  • KANK deficiency leads to podocyte dysfunction and nephrotic syndrome

    Heon Yung Gee;Fujian Zhang;Fujian Zhang;Shazia Ashraf;Stefan Kohl

  • Mutations in sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase cause nephrosis with ichthyosis and adrenal insufficiency

    Svjetlana Lovric;Sara Goncalves;Sara Goncalves;Heon Yung Gee;Babak Oskouian

  • Mutations in KEOPS-complex genes cause nephrotic syndrome with primary microcephaly.

    Daniela A. Braun;Jia Rao;Geraldine Mollet;Geraldine Mollet;David Schapiro

  • Mutations in nuclear pore genes NUP93 , NUP205 and XPO5 cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

    Daniela A. Braun;Carolin E. Sadowski;Stefan Kohl;Svjetlana Lovric

  • Mutations in DZIP1L, which encodes a ciliary-transition-zone protein, cause autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

    Hao Lu;Maria C Rondón Galeano;Elisabeth Ott;Geraldine Kaeslin

  • Whole exome sequencing frequently detects a monogenic cause in early onset nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis

    Ankana Daga;Amar J. Majmundar;Daniela A. Braun;Heon Yung Gee

  • Cholesterol Modulates Cell Signaling and Protein Networking by Specifically Interacting with PDZ Domain-Containing Scaffold Proteins

    Ren Sheng;Yong Chen;Heon Yung Gee;Ewa Stec

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Min Goo Lee
Min Goo Lee Yonsei University
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Edgar A. Otto
Edgar A. Otto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine
Sophie Saunier
Sophie Saunier Université Paris Cité
Shrikant Mane
Shrikant Mane Yale University
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy Vanderbilt University
Moin A. Saleem
Moin A. Saleem University of Bristol
Martin Zenker
Martin Zenker Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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