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Overview

Jae U. Jung is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on infectious diseases. Their research spans molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology, and public health, with a primary emphasis on viral infections and immune responses.

The scientist's work frequently appears in prominent publication venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Nature Communications, Cell Reports, and the Journal of Medical Virology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers such as:

  • Infection and Rapid Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ferrets, 2020, published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • Antiviral Efficacies of FDA-Approved Drugs against SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Ferrets, 2020, published in mBio
  • A network medicine approach to investigation and population-based validation of disease manifestations and drug repurposing for COVID-19, 2020, published in PLoS Biology
  • Structure-Based Optimization of ML300-Derived, Noncovalent Inhibitors Targeting the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 3CL Protease (SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro), 2021, published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • IL-6/STAT3 axis dictates the PNPLA3-mediated susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, 2022, published in Journal of Hepatology

The primary fields of study covered in their research are medicine and its subfields, including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The key research topics they have focused on include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Jae U. Jung has collaborated extensively with other researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include Young Ki Choi, Suan-Sin Foo, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Weiqiang Chen, and Do-Kyun Kim, with repeated joint publications indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • TRIM25 RING-finger E3 ubiquitin ligase is essential for RIG-I-mediated antiviral activity

    Michaela U. Gack;Young C. Shin;Chul Hyun Joo;Chul Hyun Joo;Tomohiko Urano;Tomohiko Urano

  • Autophagic and tumour suppressor activity of a novel Beclin1-binding protein UVRAG

    Chengyu Liang;Pinghui Feng;Bonsu Ku;Iris Dotan

  • Bif-1 interacts with Beclin 1 through UVRAG and regulates autophagy and tumorigenesis.

    Yoshinori Takahashi;Domenico Coppola;Norimasa Matsushita;Hernani D. Cualing

  • Influenza A Virus NS1 Targets the Ubiquitin Ligase TRIM25 to Evade Recognition by the Host Viral RNA Sensor RIG-I

    Michaela Ulrike Gack;Randy Allen Albrecht;Tomohiko Urano;Tomohiko Urano;Kyung-Soo Inn;Kyung-Soo Inn

  • Infection and Rapid Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ferrets.

    Young Il Kim;Seong Gyu Kim;Se Mi Kim;Eun Ha Kim

  • Beclin1-binding UVRAG targets the class C Vps complex to coordinate autophagosome maturation and endocytic trafficking

    Chengyu Liang;Chengyu Liang;Jong-soo Lee;Jong-soo Lee;Kyung-Soo Inn;Kyung-Soo Inn;Michaela U. Gack;Michaela U. Gack

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

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

  • Autophagy during viral infection - a double-edged sword

    Younho Choi;James W. Bowman;Jae U. Jung

  • Zika Virus NS4A and NS4B Proteins Deregulate Akt-mTOR Signaling in Human Fetal Neural Stem Cells to Inhibit Neurogenesis and Induce Autophagy.

    Qiming Liang;Qiming Liang;Zhifei Luo;Jianxiong Zeng;Weiqiang Chen

  • The Mex67p-mediated nuclear mRNA export pathway is conserved from yeast to human.

    Jun Katahira;Katja Sträßer;Alexandre Podtelejnikov;Matthias Mann

  • Downregulation of major histocompatibility complex class I molecules by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus K3 and K5 proteins

    Satoshi Ishido;Chunyang Wang;Bok-Soo Lee;George B. Cohen

  • FLIP-mediated autophagy regulation in cell death control

    Jong-Soo Lee;Qinglin Li;June-Yong Lee;Sun-Hwa Lee

  • Cytosolic Viral Sensor RIG-I Is a 5′-Triphosphate-Dependent Translocase on Double-Stranded RNA

    Su-A Myong;Sheng Cui;Peter V. Cornish;Peter V. Cornish;Axel Kirchhofer

  • The antiviral effector IFITM3 disrupts intracellular cholesterol homeostasis to block viral entry

    Samad Amini-Bavil-Olyaee;Youn Jung Choi;Jun Han Lee;Mude Shi

  • Arginine Deiminase as a Novel Therapy for Prostate Cancer Induces Autophagy and Caspase-Independent Apoptosis

    Randie H. Kim;Jodi M. Coates;Tawnya L. Bowles;Gregory P. McNerney

  • Construction and Manipulation of a New Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Clone

    Kevin F. Brulois;Heesoon Chang;Heesoon Chang;Amy Si Ying Lee;Armin Ensser

  • Crosstalk between the cGAS DNA sensor and Beclin-1 autophagy protein shapes innate antimicrobial immune responses.

    Qiming Liang;Gil Ju Seo;Youn Jung Choi;Mi Jeong Kwak

  • Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus encodes a functional cyclin.

    M Li;H Lee;D W Yoon;J C Albrecht

  • Deregulation of cell growth by the K1 gene of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.

    Heuiran Lee;Ronald Veazey;Kenneth Williams;Mengtao Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Shou-Jiang Gao
Shou-Jiang Gao University of Pittsburgh
Ronald C. Desrosiers
Ronald C. Desrosiers University of Miami
Byung-Ha Oh
Byung-Ha Oh Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Michaela U. Gack
Michaela U. Gack Cleveland Clinic
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Young Ki Choi
Young Ki Choi Institute for Basic Science
Markus Müschen
Markus Müschen Yale University
Genhong Cheng
Genhong Cheng University of California, Los Angeles
Blossom Damania
Blossom Damania University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrícia Brasil
Patrícia Brasil Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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