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Sunhee C. Lee is a researcher affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with particular attention to the study and modulation of the vagus nerve. Lee's research spans subfields including neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Lee's research topics include:

  • Vagus nerve stimulation research
  • Heart rate variability and autonomic control
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Organ- and function-specific anatomical organization of vagal fibers supports fascicular vagus nerve stimulation," 2023, Brain Stimulation
  • "Development and characterization of a chronic implant mouse model for vagus nerve stimulation," 2021, eLife
  • "Organ- and Function-Specific Anatomical Organization and Bioelectronic Modulation of the Vagus Nerve," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Organ- and function-specific anatomical organization of the vagus nerve supports fascicular vagus nerve stimulation," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Functionally distinct pericyte subsets differently regulate amyloid-β deposition in patients with Alzheimer's disease," 2024, Brain Pathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee include:

  • Naveen Jayaprakash
  • Ibrahim T. Mughrabi
  • Yao-Chuan Chang
  • Adam Abbas
  • Kevin J. Tracey

Lee's publications appear across several venues, with multiple works in the SSRN Electronic Journal, Brain Stimulation, eLife, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Brain Pathology.

Best Publications

  • Microglia and cytokines in neurological disease, with special reference to AIDS and Alzheimer's disease

    Dennis W. Dickson;Sunhee C. Lee;Linda A. Mattiace;Shu‐Hui C. Yen

  • A subset of lupus anti-DNA antibodies cross-reacts with the NR2 glutamate receptor in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Lorraine A. DeGiorgio;Konstantin N. Konstantinov;Sunhee C. Lee;John A. Hardin

  • Multiple sclerosis: Re-expression of a developmental pathway that restricts oligodendrocyte maturation

    Gareth R. John;Sai Latha Shankar;Bridget Shafit-Zagardo;Aldo Massimi

  • Induction of nitric oxide synthase activity in human astrocytes by interleukin-1β and interferon-γ

    Sunhee C. Lee;Dennis W. Dickson;Wei Liu;Celia F. Brosnan

  • Expression of the translocator protein of 18 kDa by microglia, macrophages and astrocytes based on immunohistochemical localization in abnormal human brain.

    Melissa Cosenza-Nashat;Meng-Liang Zhao;Hyeon-Sook Suh;Janet Morgan

  • IL-1β Regulates Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability via Reactivation of the Hypoxia-Angiogenesis Program

    Azeb Tadesse Argaw;Yueting Zhang;Brian J. Snyder;Meng Liang Zhao

  • Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Nitrotyrosine in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions

    Judy S.-H. Liu;Meng-Liang Zhao;Celia F. Brosnan;Sunhee C. Lee

  • Cytokines: Powerful Regulators of Glial Cell Activation:

    Gareth R. John;Sunhee C. Lee;Celia F. Brosnan

  • Human brain parenchymal microglia express CD14 and CD45 and are productively infected by HIV-1 in HIV-1 encephalitis.

    Melissa A. Cosenza;Meng Liang Zhao;Qiusheng Si;Sunhee C. Lee

  • GM-CSF PROMOTES PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN FETAL AND ADULT MICROGLIA IN PRIMARY CULTURES

    Sunhee C. Lee;Wei Liu;Celia F. Brosnan;Dennis W. Dickson

  • Pathology of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis: Analysis of 27 patients with pathogenetic implications

    Sunhee C Lee;Dennis W Dickson;Arturo Casadevall

  • Insulin-like growth factor 1 and 2 (IGF1, IGF2) expression in human microglia: differential regulation by inflammatory mediators

    Hyeon Sook Suh;Meng Liang Zhao;Leandra Derico;Namjong Choi

  • IL‐1‐regulated responses in astrocytes: Relevance to injury and recovery

    Gareth R. John;Sunhee C. Lee;Xianyuan Song;Mark Rivieccio

  • Deletion of astrocyte connexins 43 and 30 leads to a dysmyelinating phenotype and hippocampal CA1 vacuolation

    Sarah E. Lutz;Yongmei Zhao;Maria Gulinello;Sunhee C. Lee

  • The cytokine IL-1β transiently enhances P2X7 receptor expression and function in human astrocytes

    Leontine Narcisse;Eliana Scemes;Yongmei Zhao;Sunhee C. Lee

  • Neuronal death in cytokine-activated primary human brain cell culture: role of tumor necrosis factor-α†

    Martha Downen;Terry D. Amaral;Liwei L. Hua;Meng‐Liang Zhao

  • Pathological CNS Autoimmune Disease Triggered by Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Implications for Autoimmune Vaccine Therapy

    T. Bucky Jones;D. Michele Basso;Ajeet Sodhi;Jonathan Z. Pan

  • LPS and IL-1 differentially activate mouse and human astrocytes: Role of CD14

    Leonid Tarassishin;Hyeon Sook Suh;Sunhee C. Lee

  • IL-1β differentially regulates calcium wave propagation between primary human fetal astrocytes via pathways involving P2 receptors and gap junction channels

    Gareth R. John;Eliana Scemes;Sylvia O. Suadicani;Judy S. H. Liu

  • Persistent Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection in the Rat Is Associated with Intracellular Parasitism, Decreased Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression, and Altered Antibody Responsiveness to Cryptococcal Polysaccharide

    David L. Goldman;Sunhee C. Lee;Aron J. Mednick;Lya Montella

Frequent Co-Authors

Celia F. Brosnan
Celia F. Brosnan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Eliana Scemes
Eliana Scemes New York Medical College
Cedric S. Raine
Cedric S. Raine Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Susan Morgello
Susan Morgello Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David C. Spray
David C. Spray Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Peter Davies
Peter Davies University of Queensland
Scott Letendre
Scott Letendre University of California, San Diego
Anne H. Cross
Anne H. Cross Washington University in St. Louis

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