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Overview

Myeong Ok Kim is affiliated with the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, their work spans several subfields, including neurology, physiology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biological psychiatry.

Their research addresses a variety of topics related to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, tryptophan and brain disorders, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, computational drug discovery methods, and biochemical effects in animals.

Myeong Ok Kim has published extensively in scientific venues such as:

  • Cells
  • Antioxidants
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biomedicines
  • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Frequent collaborators in their research include Amjad Khan, Tae Ju Park, Kyonghwan Choe, Muhammad Ikram, and Jun Sung Park.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Citrus Flavonoid Hesperetin: Special Focus on Neurological Disorders, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Antioxidant and Neuroprotective Effects of Caffeine against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease: Insight into the Role of Nrf-2 and A2AR Signaling, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Vanillic Acid, a Bioactive Phenolic Compound, Counteracts LPS-Induced Neurotoxicity by Regulating c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase in Mouse Brain, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Gut Microbiota, Its Role in Induction of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology, and Possible Therapeutic Interventions: Special Focus on Anthocyanins, 2020, Cells
  • Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Discover Curcumin Analogue as a Plausible Dual Inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Natural Dietary Supplementation of Anthocyanins via PI3K/Akt/Nrf2/HO-1 Pathways Mitigate Oxidative Stress, Neurodegeneration, and Memory Impairment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

    Tahir Ali;Taehyun Kim;Shafiq Ur Rehman;Muhammad Sohail Khan

  • Hesperetin, a Citrus Flavonoid, Attenuates LPS-Induced Neuroinflammation, Apoptosis and Memory Impairments by Modulating TLR4/NF-κB Signaling.

    Tahir Muhammad;Muhammad Ikram;Rahat Ullah;Shafiq Ur Rehman

  • Melatonin attenuates D-galactose-induced memory impairment, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration via RAGE/NF-K B/JNK signaling pathway in aging mouse model.

    Tahir Ali;Haroon Badshah;Tae Hyun Kim;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Anthocyanins Reversed D-Galactose-Induced Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation Mediated Cognitive Impairment in Adult Rats

    Shafiq Ur Rehman;Shahid Ali Shah;Tahir Ali;Jong Il Chung

  • Melatonin Stimulates the SIRT1/Nrf2 Signaling Pathway Counteracting Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Induced Oxidative Stress to Rescue Postnatal Rat Brain.

    Shahid Ali Shah;Mehtab Khan;Myeung-Hoon Jo;Min Gi Jo

  • Melatonin ameliorates amyloid beta-induced memory deficits, tau hyperphosphorylation and neurodegeneration via PI3/Akt/GSk3β pathway in the mouse hippocampus.

    Tahir Ali;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Neuroprotective Effect of Quercetin Against the Detrimental Effects of LPS in the Adult Mouse Brain.

    Amjad Khan;Tahir Ali;Shafiq Ur Rehman;Muhammad Sohail Khan

  • Osmotin attenuates LPS-induced neuroinflammation and memory impairments via the TLR4/NFκB signaling pathway.

    Haroon Badshah;Tahir Ali;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Neuroprotective Effect of Fisetin Against Amyloid-Beta-Induced Cognitive/Synaptic Dysfunction, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration in Adult Mice

    Ashfaq Ahmad;Tahir Ali;Hyun Young Park;Haroon Badshah

  • Caffeine prevents d-galactose-induced cognitive deficits, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the adult rat brain.

    Faheem Ullah;Tahir Ali;Najeeb Ullah;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Neuroprotection with metformin and thymoquinone against ethanol-induced apoptotic neurodegeneration in prenatal rat cortical neurons

    Ikram Ullah;Najeeb Ullah;Najeeb Ullah;Muhammad Imran Naseer;Muhammad Imran Naseer;Hae Young Lee

  • Vanillic acid attenuates Aβ 1-42 -induced oxidative stress and cognitive impairment in mice

    Faiz Ul Amin;Shahid Ali Shah;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Machine-Learning-Based Prediction of Cell-Penetrating Peptides and Their Uptake Efficiency with Improved Accuracy.

    Balachandran Manavalan;Sathiyamoorthy Subramaniyam;Tae Hwan Shin;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Novel osmotin inhibits SREBP2 via the AdipoR1/AMPK/SIRT1 pathway to improve Alzheimer's disease neuropathological deficits.

    S A Shah;G H Yoon;S S Chung;M N Abid

  • Melatonin Rescue Oxidative Stress-Mediated Neuroinflammation/ Neurodegeneration and Memory Impairment in Scopolamine-Induced Amnesia Mice Model.

    Tahir Muhammad;Tahir Ali;Muhammad Ikram;Amjad Khan

  • Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Citrus Flavonoid Hesperetin: Special Focus on Neurological Disorders.

    Amjad Khan;Muhammad Ikram;Jong Ryeal Hahm;Myeong Ok Kim

  • AIPpred: Sequence-Based Prediction of Anti-inflammatory Peptides Using Random Forest

    Balachandran Manavalan;Tae H Shin;Myeong O Kim;Gwang Lee

  • Neurological Enhancement Effects of Melatonin against Brain Injury-Induced Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration via AMPK/CREB Signaling

    Shafiq Ur Rehman;Muhammad Ikram;Najeeb Ullah;Najeeb Ullah;Sayed Ibrar Alam

  • iBCE-EL: A New Ensemble Learning Framework for Improved Linear B-Cell Epitope Prediction.

    Balachandran Manavalan;Rajiv Gandhi Govindaraj;Tae Hwan Shin;Myeong Ok Kim

  • Hesperetin Confers Neuroprotection by Regulating Nrf2/TLR4/NF-κB Signaling in an Aβ Mouse Model.

    Muhammad Ikram;Tahir Muhammad;Shafiq Ur Rehman;Amjad Khan

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart P. F. Rutten
Bart P. F. Rutten Maastricht University Medical Centre
Dae-Jin Yun
Dae-Jin Yun Konkuk University
Jin-Hoi Kim
Jin-Hoi Kim Konkuk University
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Sang Yeol Lee
Sang Yeol Lee Gyeongsang National University
Kyungjin Kim
Kyungjin Kim Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
John B. A. G. Haanen
John B. A. G. Haanen Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Arnulf Stenzl
Arnulf Stenzl University of Tübingen
Roberto Passariello
Roberto Passariello Sapienza University of Rome
Kurt Miller
Kurt Miller Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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