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Overview

Jeong-Sun Seo is affiliated with Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea. The research work spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 36 publications, alongside Medicine, with 23 publications.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

Key research topics covered by Jeong-Sun Seo involve:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jong-Yeon Shin (8 collaborations)
  • Changhoon Kim (6 collaborations)
  • Sungjae Kim (5 collaborations)
  • Yukihide Momozawa (3 collaborations)
  • Michiaki Kubo (3 collaborations)

Jeong-Sun Seo has published extensively in various scientific venues. Prominent publication outlets include:

  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Genes (2 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (1 publication)
  • Nature Neuroscience (1 publication)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jeong-Sun Seo encompass:

  • Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease via H2O2− production, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Virus Isolation from the First Patient with SARS-CoV-2 in Korea, 2020, Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Chromosome Xq23 is associated with lower atherogenic lipid concentrations and favorable cardiometabolic indices, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Recent Improvements in Genomic and Transcriptomic Understanding of Anaplastic and Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancers, 2020, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Birth of parthenogenetic mice that can develop to adulthood

    Tomohiro Kono;Yayoi Obata;Quiong Wu;Katsutoshi Niwa

  • The transcriptional landscape and mutational profile of lung adenocarcinoma

    Jeong Sun Seo;Young Seok Ju;Won Chul Lee;Jong Yeon Shin

  • Heat Shock Protein 70 Inhibits Apoptosis Downstream of Cytochrome c Release and Upstream of Caspase-3 Activation

    Chun-Ying Li;Jae-Seon Lee;Young-Gyu Ko;Jong-Il Kim

  • A transforming KIF5B and RET gene fusion in lung adenocarcinoma revealed from whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing

    Young Seok Ju;Won Chul Lee;Jong Yeon Shin;Seungbok Lee

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • The genome sequence of Xanthomonas oryzae pathovar oryzae KACC10331, the bacterial blight pathogen of rice

    Byoung Moo Lee;Young Jin Park;Dong Suk Park;Hee Wan Kang

  • The fine-scale and complex architecture of human copy-number variation.

    George H. Perry;Amir Ben-Dor;Anya Tsalenko;Nick Sampas

  • The GenomeAsia 100K Project enables genetic discoveries across Asia

    Jeffrey D. Wall;Eric W. Stawiski;Aakrosh Ratan;Hie Lim Kim

  • Hsp72 functions as a natural inhibitory protein of c-Jun N-terminal kinase

    Hee Sae Park;Jae Seon Lee;Sung Ho Huh;Jeong Sun Seo

  • A highly annotated whole-genome sequence of a Korean individual

    Jong-Il Kim;Young Seok Ju;Hansoo Park;Sheehyun Kim

  • The genome sequence of the ethanologenic bacterium Zymomonas mobilis ZM4

    Jeong Sun Seo;Hyonyong Chong;Hyun Seok Park;Kyoung Oh Yoon

  • De novo assembly and phasing of a Korean human genome

    Jeong-Sun Seo;Arang Rhie;Arang Rhie;Junsoo Kim;Sangjin Lee

  • Comprehensive Analysis of the Transcriptional and Mutational Landscape of Follicular and Papillary Thyroid Cancers.

    Seong Keun Yoo;Seungbok Lee;Su Jin Kim;Hyeon Gun Jee

  • Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease.

    Satoshi Koyama;Kaoru Ito;Chikashi Terao;Masato Akiyama

  • Up-regulation of Caveolin Attenuates Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Senescent Cells *

    Woong Yang Park;Jeong Soo Park;Kyung A. Cho;Deok In Kim

  • Virus Isolation from the First Patient with SARS-CoV-2 in Korea.

    Wan Beom Park;Wan Beom Park;Nak Jung Kwon;Su Jin Choi;Chang Kyung Kang

  • Exome and genome sequencing of nasopharynx cancer identifies NF-κB pathway activating mutations.

    Yvonne Y Li;Grace T. Y. Chung;Vivian W. Y. Lui;Vivian W. Y. Lui;Ka-Fai To

  • A public resource facilitating clinical use of genomes

    Madeleine P. Ball;Joseph V. Thakuria;Alexander Wait Zaranek;Tom Clegg

  • Discovery of common Asian copy number variants using integrated high-resolution array CGH and massively parallel DNA sequencing

    Hansoo Park;Jong Il Kim;Jong Il Kim;Young Seok Ju;Omer Gokcumen

Frequent Co-Authors

Young Seok Ju
Young Seok Ju Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Woong-Yang Park
Woong-Yang Park Samsung Medical Center
Young Tae Kim
Young Tae Kim Seoul National University Hospital
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Christine A. Wells
Christine A. Wells University of Melbourne
Hoon Ryu
Hoon Ryu Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fumihiko Matsuda
Fumihiko Matsuda Kyoto University
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington

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