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Neuroscience

D-Index
98
Citations
31027
World Ranking
807
National Ranking
38

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
30941
World Ranking
1692
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Seung U. Kim was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their academic contributions centered predominantly on the field of medicine, with a total of 729 publications noted. Their research subfields included epidemiology, hepatology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, and physiology.

Their work addressed several main topics within medical science, including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Seung U. Kim were:

  • Sang Hoon Ahn
  • Beom Kyung Kim
  • Hye Won Lee
  • Jun Yong Park
  • Do Young Kim

The scientist published regularly in several peer-reviewed journals. The most frequent venues included:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Gut and Liver

Their recent published papers were:

  • A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature, 2023, Hepatology
  • A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature, 2023, Journal of Hepatology
  • A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature, 2023, Annals of Hepatology
  • Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Nationwide Cohort Study, 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • KASL clinical practice guidelines: Management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 2021, Clinical and Molecular Hepatology

Seung U. Kim was recognized by professional organizations, including an award as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Engraftable human neural stem cells respond to development cues, replaceneurons, and express foreign genes

    Jonathan D. Flax;Sanjay Aurora;Chunhua Yang;Clemence Simonin

  • Microglia in health and disease.

    Seung U. Kim;Seung U. Kim;Jean de Vellis

  • Stem cell-based cell therapy in neurological diseases: a review.

    Seung U. Kim;Jean de Vellis

  • Human Neural Stem Cell Transplantation Promotes Functional Recovery in Rats With Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage

    Sang Wuk Jeong;Kon Chu;Keun Hwa Jung;Seung U. Kim;Seung U. Kim

  • Human astrocytes: secretome profiles of cytokines and chemokines.

    Sung S. Choi;Hong J. Lee;Inja Lim;Jun-ichi Satoh

  • Cytokines, chemokines, and cytokine receptors in human microglia.

    Yong B. Lee;Atsushi Nagai;Seung U. Kim;Seung U. Kim

  • Behavioral improvement in a primate Parkinson's model is associated with multiple homeostatic effects of human neural stem cells

    D. Eugene Redmond;Kimberly B. Bjugstad;Yang D. Teng;Vaclav Ourednik

  • Erythropoietin and Erythropoietin Receptors in Human CNS Neurons, Astrocytes, Microglia, and Oligodendrocytes Grown in Culture

    Atsushi Nagai;Eiji Nakagawa;Hyun B. Choi;Kozo Hatori

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, celecoxib, inhibits the altered hippocampal neurogenesis with attenuation of spontaneous recurrent seizures following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus

    Keun Hwa Jung;Kon Chu;Soon Tae Lee;Juhyun Kim

  • Transplantation of human neural stem cells exerts neuroprotection in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

    Takao Yasuhara;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Koichi Hara;Guolong Yu

  • Transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells promotes functional improvement and increased expression of neurotrophic factors in a rat focal cerebral ischemia model

    Kiryo Wakabayashi;Atsushi Nagai;Abdullah Md. Sheikh;Yuri Shiota

  • Human Neural Stem Cells Over-Expressing VEGF Provide Neuroprotection, Angiogenesis and Functional Recovery in Mouse Stroke Model

    Hong J. Lee;Kwang S. Kim;Kwang S. Kim;In H. Park;Seung U. Kim;Seung U. Kim

  • Fractalkine and fractalkine receptors in human neurons and glial cells

    Kozo Hatori;Atsushi Nagai;Rochelle Heisel;Jae K. Ryu

  • Segregation of Human Neural Stem Cells in the Developing Primate Forebrain

    Václav Ourednik;Jitka Ourednik;Jonathan D. Flax;W. Michael Zawada

  • Brain Transplantation of Immortalized Human Neural Stem Cells Promotes Functional Recovery in Mouse Intracerebral Hemorrhage Stroke Model

    Hong J. Lee;Hong J. Lee;Hong J. Lee;Kwang S. Kim;Kwang S. Kim;Eun J. Kim;Eun J. Kim;Hyun B. Choi

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): a phylogenetic disease of the corticomotoneuron?

    Andrew Eisen;Seung Kim Md;DM Bhanu Pant Md

  • Neural stem cell-mediated enzyme/prodrug therapy for glioma: preclinical studies.

    Karen S. Aboody;Joseph Najbauer;Marianne Z. Metz;Massimo D’Apuzzo

  • Human neural stem cells can migrate, differentiate, and integrate after intravenous transplantation in adult rats with transient forebrain ischemia.

    Kon Chu;Manho Kim;Sang-Wuk Jeong;Seung U Kim;Seung U Kim

  • Brain tumor tropism of transplanted human neural stem cells is induced by vascular endothelial growth factor.

    Nils Ole Schmidt;Wojciech Przylecki;Wendy Yang;Mateo Ziu

  • Internalization of lectins in neuronal GERL.

    N K Gonatas;S U Kim;A Stieber;S Avrameas

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. McLarnon
James G. McLarnon University of British Columbia
Manho Kim
Manho Kim Seoul National University Hospital
Kon Chu
Kon Chu Seoul National University Hospital
Soon-Tae Lee
Soon-Tae Lee Seoul National University Hospital
Jae K. Ryu
Jae K. Ryu Gladstone Institutes
Keun-Hwa Jung
Keun-Hwa Jung Seoul National University Hospital
Shuhei Yamaguchi
Shuhei Yamaguchi Shimane University
Evan Y. Snyder
Evan Y. Snyder Discovery Institute
Makoto Michikawa
Makoto Michikawa Nagoya City University
Jun-ichi Satoh
Jun-ichi Satoh Meiji Pharmaceutical University

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