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Overview

Kwang-Jin Kim is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several related subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Molecular Medicine.

The main topics of Kwang-Jin Kim's research include Bone Metabolism and Diseases, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, and TGF-β signaling in diseases.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kwang-Jin Kim include:

  • In vitro and ex vivo models in inhalation biopharmaceutical research - advances, challenges and future perspectives, 2021, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • The Phenomenon and Development of K-Pop: The Relationship between Success Factors of K-Pop and the National Image, Social Network Service Citizenship Behavior, and Tourist Behavioral Intention, 2022, Sustainability
  • Austalide K from the Fungus Penicillium rudallense Prevents LPS-Induced Bone Loss in Mice by Inhibiting Osteoclast Differentiation and Promoting Osteoblast Differentiation, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biokinetic modeling of nanoparticle interactions with lung alveolar epithelial cells: uptake, intracellular processing, and egress, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Characteristics of Passive Solute Transport across Primary Rat Alveolar Epithelial Cell Monolayers, 2021, Membranes

Kwang-Jin Kim has published multiple works in the following venues:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Physiology
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Edward D. Crandall
  • Arnold Sipos
  • Young-Jin Son
  • Yongjin Lee
  • David Z. D'Argenio

Best Publications

  • Tight monolayers of rat alveolar epithelial cells: bioelectric properties and active sodium transport

    J. M. Cheek;Kwang-Jin Kim;E. D. Crandall

  • Protein transport across the lung epithelial barrier.

    Kwang Jin Kim;Asrar B. Malik

  • The particle has landed--characterizing the fate of inhaled pharmaceuticals.

    John S. Patton;Joseph D. Brain;Lee A. Davies;Jennifer Fiegel

  • Abnormal glutathione transport in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia

    Lin Gao;Kwang Jin Kim;James R. Yankaskas;Henry Jay Forman

  • Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of alveolar epithelial cells: effects of misfolded surfactant protein.

    Qian Zhong;Beiyun Zhou;David K. Ann;Parviz Minoo

  • Monolayers of human alveolar epithelial cells in primary culture for pulmonary absorption and transport studies.

    Katharina J. Elbert;Ulrich F. Schäfer;Hans-Joachim Schäfers;Kwang-Jin Kim

  • Roles of the conjunctiva in ocular drug delivery: a review of conjunctival transport mechanisms and their regulation.

    Ken-ichi Hosoya;Vincent H.L. Lee;Kwang-Jin Kim

  • Na transport proteins are expressed by rat alveolar epithelial type I cells.

    Zea Borok;Janice M. Liebler;Richard L. Lubman;Martha J. Foster

  • Clathrin and caveolin-1 expression in primary pigmented rabbit conjunctival epithelial cells: role in PLGA nanoparticle endocytosis.

    Mohamed G. Qaddoumi;Hovhannes J. Gukasyan;Jasmine Davda;Vinod D Labhasetwar

  • Influence of apical fluid volume on the development of functional intercellular junctions in the human epithelial cell line 16HBE14o–: implications for the use of this cell line as an in vitro model for bronchial drug absorption studies

    Carsten Ehrhardt;Carsten Kneuer;Jennifer Fiegel;Justin Hanes

  • Age-dependent expression of P-glycoprotein gp170 in Caco-2 cell monolayers.

    Ken-ichi Hosoya;Kwang-Jin Kim;Vincent H. L. Lee

  • Efficiency of Volatile Formaldehyde Removal by Indoor Plants: Contribution of Aerial Plant Parts versus the Root Zone

    Kwang Jin Kim;Mi Jung Kil;Jeong Seob Song;Eun Ha Yoo

  • Size-Dependent Dextran Transport across Rat Alveolar Epithelial Cell Monolayers

    Yasuhisa Matsukawa;Vincent H.L. Lee;Edward D. Crandall;Kwang-Jin Kim

  • Towards an in vitro model of cystic fibrosis small airway epithelium: characterisation of the human bronchial epithelial cell line CFBE41o-

    Carsten Ehrhardt;Eva-Maria Collnot;Christiane Baldes;Ulrich Becker

  • Mechanisms of alveolar epithelial translocation of a defined population of nanoparticles.

    Nazanin R. Yacobi;Noah Malmstadt;Farnoosh Fazlollahi;Lucas DeMaio

  • Contribution of active Na+ and Cl- fluxes to net ion transport by alveolar epithelium.

    Kwang-Jin Kim;Jeffrey M. Creek;Edward D. Crandall

  • Polystyrene nanoparticle trafficking across alveolar epithelium

    Nazanin R. Yacobi;Lucas DeMaio;Jiansong Xie;Sarah F. Hamm-Alvarez

  • Lithospermic acid B isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza ameliorates ischemia/reperfusion-induced renal injury in rats.

    Dae Gill Kang;Hyuncheol Oh;Eun Jin Sohn;Tae Young Hur

  • Structure, Function, and Molecular Modeling Approaches to the Study of the Intestinal Dipeptide Transporter PepT1

    Michael B. Bolger;Ian S. Haworth;Aaron K. Yeung;David Ann

  • Alveolar Epithelial Ion and Fluid Transport Na transport proteins are expressed by rat alveolar epithelial type I cells

    Zea Borok;Janice M. Liebler;Richard L. Lubman;Martha J. Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward D. Crandall
Edward D. Crandall University of Southern California
Zea Borok
Zea Borok University of Southern California
David K. Ann
David K. Ann City Of Hope National Medical Center
Ken-ichi Hosoya
Ken-ichi Hosoya University of Toyama
Wei-Chiang Shen
Wei-Chiang Shen National Taiwan University
Parviz Minoo
Parviz Minoo Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Constantinos Sioutas
Constantinos Sioutas University of Southern California
Noriyuki Kasahara
Noriyuki Kasahara University of California, San Francisco
Henry Jay Forman
Henry Jay Forman University of Southern California
Jae-Seoun Hur
Jae-Seoun Hur Sunchon National University

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