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Mi-Kyung Sung is affiliated with Sookmyung Women's University in South Korea and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work intersects several subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Food Science, and Oncology.

Sung's research topics focus on areas such as gut microbiota and health, adipose tissue and metabolism, nutrition and health in aging, inflammatory bowel disease, probiotics and fermented foods, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, and diet and metabolism studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mi-Kyung Sung include Sung-Eun Kim, Hyun-Wook Baik, Yoo-Ree Kang, Hyeyoon Kim, and Jin-Min Kim. These collaborators have contributed alongside Sung in various projects and publications.

Sung has published papers in several notable venues, with multiple publications appearing in Scientific Reports and Current Developments in Nutrition, as well as contributions to the Journal of Cancer Prevention, The World Journal of Men's Health, and Complementary Therapies in Medicine.

  • Vascular effects of combined enriched Korean Red ginseng (Panax Ginseng) and American ginseng (Panax Quinquefolius) administration in individuals with hypertension and type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial, 2020, Complementary Therapies in Medicine
  • Sex Differences in the Incidence of Obesity-Related Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Lactobacillus acidophilus PIN7 paraprobiotic supplementation ameliorates DSS-induced colitis through anti-inflammatory and immune regulatory effects, 2021, Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4 Paraprobiotic Supplementation Alleviates Experimental Colitis by Maintaining Gut Barrier and Suppressing Nuclear Factor Kappa B Activation Signaling Molecules, 2022, Journal of Medicinal Food
  • The Effect of Omega-3 Enriched Oral Nutrition Supplement on Nutritional Indices and Quality of Life in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2022, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Best Publications

  • Sex- and gender-specific disparities in colorectal cancer risk

    Sung-Eun Kim;Hee Young Paik;Hyuk Yoon;Jung Eun Lee

  • Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng) improves glucose and insulin regulation in well-controlled, type 2 diabetes: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of efficacy and safety

    Vladimir Vuksan;Vladimir Vuksan;Mi-Kyung Sung;John L. Sievenpiper;John L. Sievenpiper;P. Mark Stavro;P. Mark Stavro

  • Supplementation of Lactobacillus Curvatus HY7601 and Lactobacillus Plantarum KY1032 in Diet-Induced Obese Mice Is Associated With Gut Microbial Changes and Reduction in Obesity

    Do-Young Park;Young-Tae Ahn;Se-Hoon Park;Chul-Sung Huh

  • Evaluation of aloin and aloe-emodin as anti-inflammatory agents in aloe by using murine macrophages.

    Mi-Young Park;Hoon-Jeong Kwon;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Genistein and daidzein modulate hepatic glucose and lipid regulating enzyme activities in C57BL/KsJ-db/db mice

    Sun Ae Park;Myung-Sook Choi;Soo-Yeul Cho;Jung-Sook Seo

  • Active spice-derived components can inhibit inflammatory responses of adipose tissue in obesity by suppressing inflammatory actions of macrophages and release of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 from adipocytes.

    Hae-Mi Woo;Ji-Hye Kang;Teruo Kawada;Hoon Yoo

  • Effects of dietary mulberry, Korean red ginseng, and banaba on glucose homeostasis in relation to PPAR-α, PPAR-γ, and LPL mRNA expressions

    Mi-Young Park;Kwang-Seung Lee;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Luteolin exerts anti-tumor activity through the suppression of epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated pathway in MDA-MB-231 ER-negative breast cancer cells.

    Eun-Ju Lee;Seung-Yeon Oh;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Fatty fish and fish omega-3 fatty acid intakes decrease the breast cancer risk: a case-control study

    Jeongseon Kim;Sun-Young Lim;Aesun Shin;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Quercetin Protects against Obesity-Induced Skeletal Muscle Inflammation and Atrophy

    Ngoc Hoan Le;Chu Sook Kim;Taesun Park;Jung Han Yoon Park

  • Dietary Kaempferol Suppresses Inflammation of Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice

    Mi-Young Park;Geun Eog Ji;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Arabidopsis R2R3-MYB transcription factor AtMYB60 functions as a transcriptional repressor of anthocyanin biosynthesis in lettuce (Lactuca sativa).

    Jong-Sug Park;Jung-Bong Kim;Kang-Jin Cho;Choong-Ill Cheon

  • Dietary aloin, aloesin, or aloe-gel exerts anti-inflammatory activity in a rat colitis model

    Mi-Young Park;Hoon-Jeong Kwon;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Soybean saponins suppress the release of proinflammatory mediators by LPS-stimulated peritoneal macrophages.

    Ji-Hye Kang;Mi-Kyung Sung;Teruo Kawada;Hoon Yoo

  • Effects of phenol-depleted and phenol-rich diets on blood markers of oxidative stress, and urinary excretion of quercetin and kaempferol in healthy volunteers.

    Hwa-Young Kim;Ok-Hee Kim;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Effects of Silicon on Osteoblast Activity and Bone Mineralization of MC3T3-E1 Cells

    Eun-Jin Kim;So-Young Bu;Mi-Kyung Sung;Mi-Kyeong Choi

  • Effects of antioxidant supplements intervention on the level of plasma inflammatory molecules and disease severity of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

    Sang-Cheol Bae;Won-Jin Jung;Eun-Ju Lee;Rina Yu

  • Inadequate Antioxidant Nutrient Intake and Altered Plasma Antioxidant Status of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Sang-Cheol Bae;Soo-Jin Kim;Mi-Kyung Sung

  • Effects of black soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seed coats and its anthocyanidins on colonic inflammation and cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo.

    Jung-Mi Kim;Jong-Sang Kim;Hoon Yoo;Myoung-Gun Choung

  • Low molecular proanthocyanidin dietary biofactor Oligonol: Its modulation of oxidative stress, bioefficacy, neuroprotection, food application and chemoprevention potentials.

    Okezie I. Aruoma;Buxiang Sun;Hajime Fujii;Vidushi S. Neergheen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rina Yu
Rina Yu University of Ulsan
Myung-Sook Choi
Myung-Sook Choi Kyungpook National University
Jung Han Yoon Park
Jung Han Yoon Park Hallym University
Ki Won Lee
Ki Won Lee Seoul National University
John L. Sievenpiper
John L. Sievenpiper University of Toronto
Teruo Kawada
Teruo Kawada Kyoto University
Sang-Cheol Bae
Sang-Cheol Bae Hanyang University
Young Yang
Young Yang Sookmyung Women's University
Okezie I. Aruoma
Okezie I. Aruoma Touro College
Robert G. Josse
Robert G. Josse University of Toronto

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