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55
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Sung Yun Jung publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sung Yun Jung sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 160 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Sung Yun Jung D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sung Yun Jung sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sung Yun Jung is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their primary research areas span biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on molecular biology, physiology, oncology, cell biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist has a substantial record of publications in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 14 publications, Cancer Research with 11, Nature Communications with 5, Communications Biology with 4, and Cell Reports with 4.

Their research covers various specialized topics such as:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sung Yun Jung include:

  • Jong Min Choi
  • Antrix Jain
  • Ruhee Dere
  • Cristian Coarfa
  • Ismail M. Meraz

Several recent papers represent the scope and impact of their work, including:

  • "Tipping the immunostimulatory and inhibitory DAMP balance to harness immunogenic cell death," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "Enhancer RNA m6A methylation facilitates transcriptional condensate formation and gene activation," published in 2021 in Molecular Cell
  • "Comprehensive Molecular Profiles of Functionally Effective MSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Immunomodulation," published in 2020 in Molecular Therapy
  • "Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset for 30 consecutive days is associated with anticancer proteomic signature and upregulates key regulatory proteins of glucose and lipid metabolism, circadian clock, DNA repair, cytoskeleton remodeling, immune system and cognitive function in healthy subjects," published in 2020 in Journal of Proteomics
  • "Intranasally administered human MSC-derived extracellular vesicles inhibit NLRP3-p38/MAPK signaling after TBI and prevent chronic brain dysfunction," published in 2022 in Brain Behavior and Immunity

The scientist's body of work integrates a multidisciplinary approach, merging molecular and cellular biology techniques with clinical and biochemical insights to address mechanisms related to cancer, immunomodulation, metabolism, and gene regulation.

Best Publications

  • MeCP2, a key contributor to neurological disease, activates and represses transcription.

    Maria Chahrour;Sung Yun Jung;Chad Shaw;Xiaobo Zhou

  • SIN1/MIP1 Maintains rictor-mTOR Complex Integrity and Regulates Akt Phosphorylation and Substrate Specificity

    Estela Jacinto;Valeria Facchinetti;Dou Liu;Nelyn Soto

  • Negative regulation of the deacetylase SIRT1 by DBC1

    Wenhui Zhao;Jan-Philipp Kruse;Yi Tang;Sung Yun Jung

  • Nanog and Oct4 associate with unique transcriptional repression complexes in embryonic stem cells

    Jiancong Liang;Ma Wan;Yi Zhang;Peili Gu;Peili Gu

  • Acetylation of Smc3 by Eco1 Is Required for S Phase Sister Chromatid Cohesion in Both Human and Yeast

    Jinglan Zhang;Xiaomin Shi;Yehua Li;Beom-Jun Kim

  • Analysis of the Human Endogenous Coregulator Complexome

    Anna Malovannaya;Rainer B. Lanz;Sung Yun Jung;Yaroslava Bulynko

  • The spliceosome is a therapeutic vulnerability in MYC-driven cancer

    Tiffany Y.T. Hsu;Lukas M. Simon;Nicholas J. Neill;Richard Marcotte

  • ATR phosphorylates SMARCAL1 to prevent replication fork collapse

    Frank B. Couch;Carol E. Bansbach;Robert Driscoll;Jessica W. Luzwick

  • DDX1, DDX21, and DHX36 helicases form a complex with the adaptor molecule TRIF to sense dsRNA in dendritic cells.

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Taeil Kim;Musheng Bao;Valeria Facchinetti

  • Estrogen Receptor β Modulates Apoptosis Complexes and the Inflammasome to Drive the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis.

    Sang Jun Han;Sung Yun Jung;San Pin Wu;Shannon M. Hawkins

  • The SRC-3/AIB1 Coactivator Is Degraded in a Ubiquitin- and ATP-Independent Manner by the REGγ Proteasome

    Xiaotao Li;David M. Lonard;Sung Yun Jung;Anna Malovannaya

  • Trim24 targets endogenous p53 for degradation

    Kendra Allton;Abhinav K. Jain;Hans-Martin Herz;Wen-Wei Tsai;Wen-Wei Tsai

  • A proteomic landscape of diffuse-type gastric cancer

    Sai Ge;Xia Xia;Chen Ding;Chen Ding;Bei Zhen

  • Acetylation on histone H3 lysine 9 mediates a switch from transcription initiation to elongation.

    Leah A. Gates;Jiejun Shi;Aarti D. Rohira;Qin Feng

  • A Proteomic Analysis of Ataxia Telangiectasia-mutated (ATM)/ATM-Rad3-related (ATR) Substrates Identifies the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System as a Regulator for DNA Damage Checkpoints

    Jung-Jung Mu;Yi Wang;Hao Luo;Mei Leng

  • Metabolic enzyme PFKFB4 activates transcriptional coactivator SRC-3 to drive breast cancer

    Subhamoy Dasgupta;Kimal Rajapakshe;Bokai Zhu;Bryan C. Nikolai

  • Enhancer RNA m6A methylation facilitates transcriptional condensate formation and gene activation.

    Joo-Hyung Lee;Ruoyu Wang;Ruoyu Wang;Feng Xiong;Joanna Krakowiak

  • Tipping the immunostimulatory and inhibitory DAMP balance to harness immunogenic cell death.

    K. Hayashi;K. Hayashi;F. Nikolos;Y. C. Lee;A. Jain

  • Acetylation Disfavors Tau Phase Separation.

    Josephine C Ferreon;Antrix Jain;Kyoung-Jae Choi;Phoebe S Tsoi

  • Hepatitis B virus regulatory HBx protein binds to adaptor protein IPS-1 and inhibits the activation of beta interferon.

    Manish Kumar;Sung Yun Jung;Amanda J. Hodgson;Charles R. Madden

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Qin
Jun Qin Baylor College of Medicine
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Rui Chen
Rui Chen Capital Medical University
Cristian Coarfa
Cristian Coarfa Baylor College of Medicine
Huda Y. Zoghbi
Huda Y. Zoghbi Baylor College of Medicine
Ming-Jer Tsai
Ming-Jer Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Cheryl L. Walker
Cheryl L. Walker Baylor College of Medicine
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Sophia Y. Tsai
Sophia Y. Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Fuchu He
Fuchu He Beijing Proteome Research Center

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