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Lak Shin Jeong is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Organic Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics of Lak Shin Jeong's research include:

  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Frequent collaborators in their work include Dnyandev B. Jarhad, Gibae Kim, Hongseok Choi, Vikas R. Aswar, and Minjae Kim, indicating a network of co-author relationships across multiple publications.

Lak Shin Jeong has published frequently in journals such as:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Bioorganic Chemistry

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Lak Shin Jeong include:

  • "<scp>UBC12</scp>-mediated <scp>SREBP</scp>-1 neddylation worsens metastatic tumor prognosis," 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • "6'-β-Fluoro-Homoaristeromycin and 6'-Fluoro-Homoneplanocin A Are Potent Inhibitors of Chikungunya Virus Replication through Their Direct Effect on Viral Nonstructural Protein 1," 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "A Novel cytarabine analog evokes synthetic lethality by targeting MK2 in p53-deficient cancer cells," 2020, Cancer Letters
  • "GPCR Agonist-to-Antagonist Conversion: Enabling the Design of Nucleoside Functional Switches for the A2A Adenosine Receptor," 2022, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationships of Novel Template, Truncated 1'-Homologated Adenosine Derivatives as Pure Dual PPARγ/δ Modulators," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Activities of the four optical isomers of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (BCH-189) against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in human lymphocytes.

    R F Schinazi;C K Chu;A Peck;A McMillan

  • Deoxycytidine deaminase-resistant stereoisomer is the active form of (+/-)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine in the inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication.

    C.N. Chang;S.L. Doong;J.H. Zhou;J.W. Beach

  • Synthesis of enantiomerically pure (2'R,5'S)-(-)-1-(2-hydroxymethyloxathiolan-5-yl)cytosine as a potent antiviral agent against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

    J. Warren Beach;Lak S. Jeong;Antonio J. Alves;Douglas Pohl

  • Asymmetric synthesis and biological evaluation of beta-L-(2R,5S)- and alpha-L-(2R,5R)-1,3-oxathiolane-pyrimidine and -purine nucleosides as potential anti-HIV agents.

    L. S. Jeong;R. F. Schinazi;J. W. Beach;H. O. Kim

  • Overactivated Neddylation Pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Lung Cancer

    Lihui Li;Mingsong Wang;Guangyang Yu;Ping Chen;Ping Chen

  • c-Cbl-Mediated Neddylation Antagonizes Ubiquitination and Degradation of the TGF-β Type II Receptor

    Wei Zuo;Fei Huang;Y. Jeffrey Chiang;Meng Li

  • L-.beta.-(2S,4S)- and L-.alpha.-(2S,4R)-dioxolanyl nucleosides as potential anti-HIV agents: asymmetric synthesis and structure-activity relationships

    H. O. Kim;R. F. Schinazi;Kirupathevy Shanmuganathan;L. S. Jeong

  • Improved and alternative synthesis of d- and l-cyclopentenone derivatives, the versatile intermediates for the synthesis of carbocyclic nucleosides

    Hyung Ryong Moon;Won Jun Choi;Hea Ok Kim;Lak Shin Jeong

  • Potent anti-HIV and anti-HBV activities of (−)-L-β-dioxolane-C and (+)-L-β-dioxolane-T and their asymmetric syntheses.

    Hea O. Kim;Kirupathevy Shanmuganathan;Antonio J. Alves;Lak S. Jeong

  • Discovery of a new nucleoside template for human A3 adenosine receptor ligands: D-4'-thioadenosine derivatives without 4'-hydroxymethyl group as highly potent and selective antagonists.

    Lak Shin Jeong;Seung Ah Choe;Prashantha Gunaga;Hea Ok Kim

  • Dual-Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation-Regulated Kinase 1A (DYRK1A) Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutics

    Dnyandev B Jarhad;Karishma K Mashelkar;Hong-Rae Kim;Minsoo Noh

  • A highly stereoselective synthesis of anti-HIV 2',3'-dideoxy- and 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxynucleosides

    J. Warren Beach;Hea O. Kim;Lak S. Jeong;Satyanarayana Nampalli

  • Enantiomeric synthesis of (+)-BCH-189 [(+)-(2S,5R)-1-[2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-oxathiolan-5-yl]cytosine] from D-mannose and its anti-HIV activity

    Chung K. Chu;J. Warren Beach;Lak S. Jeong;Bo G. Choi

  • N6-substituted D-4'-thioadenosine-5'-methyluronamides: potent and selective agonists at the human A3 adenosine receptor.

    Lak Shin Jeong;Dong Zhe Jin;Hea Ok Kim;Dae Hong Shin

  • Structure-activity relationships of .beta.-D-(2S,5R)- and .alpha.-D-(2S,5S)-1,3-oxathiolanyl nucleosides as potential anti-HIV agents

    L. S. Jeong;R. F. Schinazi;J. W. Beach;H. O. Kim

  • Preparative and stereoselective synthesis of the versatile intermediate for carbocyclic nucleosides: effects of the bulky protecting groups to enforce facial selectivity.

    Won Jun Choi;Hyung Ryong Moon;Hea Ok Kim;Byul Nae Yoo

  • Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Fluoroneplanocin A as the Novel Mechanism-Based Inhibitor of S-Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase

    Lak Shin Jeong;Su Jeong Yoo;Kang Man Lee;Mi Jeong Koo

  • Recent Advances in the Synthesis of the Carbocyclic Nucleosides as Potential Antiviral Agents

    Lak Shin Jeong;Jeong A Lee

  • Structure-activity relationships of 2-chloro-N6-substituted-4'-thioadenosine-5'-uronamides as highly potent and selective agonists at the human A3 adenosine receptor.

    Lak Shin Jeong;Hyuk Woo Lee;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Hea Ok Kim

  • Syntheses of D- and L-cyclopentenone derivatives using ring-closing metathesis: versatile intermediates for the synthesis of D- and L-carbocyclic nucleosides.

    Won Jun Choi;Jae Gyu Park;Su Jeong Yoo;Hea Ok Kim

  • Asymmetric synthesis of enantiomerically pure (−)-(1′R,4′R)-dioxolane-thymine and its anti-HIV activity.

    Chung K. Chu;Soon K. Ahn;H.O. Kim;J.Warren Beach

  • A highly stereoselective glycosylation of 2-(phenylselenenyl)-2,3-dideoxyribose derivative with thymine: synthesis of 3'-deoxy-2',3'-didehydrothymidine and 3'-deoxythymidine

    Chung K. Chu;J. Ramesh Babu;J. Warren Beach;Soon K. Ahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Jacobson
Kenneth A. Jacobson National Institutes of Health
Sang Kook Lee
Sang Kook Lee Seoul National University
Zhan-Guo Gao
Zhan-Guo Gao National Institutes of Health
Yong Chul Kim
Yong Chul Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Chung K. Chu
Chung K. Chu University of Georgia
Robert M. Hoffman
Robert M. Hoffman AntiCancer (United States)
Yoongho Lim
Yoongho Lim Konkuk University
Yiwei Chu
Yiwei Chu Fudan University
Sanghee Kim
Sanghee Kim Seoul National University
Eric J. Snijder
Eric J. Snijder Leiden University Medical Center

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