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Overview

Tae-Hwan Kwon is affiliated with Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. Key subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Nephrology, Surgery, and Genetics.

The scientist's recent publications cover various topics within these realms. Notable papers include:

  • Obstructive nephropathy and molecular pathophysiology of renal interstitial fibrosis (2023) published in Physiological Reviews
  • Exosomes co-expressing AQP5-targeting miRNAs and IL-4 receptor-binding peptide inhibit the migration of human breast cancer cells (2020) published in The FASEB Journal
  • Aquaporin water channels as regulators of cell-cell adhesion proteins (2021) published in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • Pharmacological inhibition of carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 inhibits and reverses experimental autoimmune encephalitis in rodents (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • Epigenetic therapy reprograms M2-type tumor-associated macrophages into an M1-like phenotype by upregulating miR-7083-5p (2022) published in Frontiers in Immunology

The main topics of Tae-Hwan Kwon's research focus on:

  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Renal and related cancers
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tae-Hwan Kwon include:

  • Hyo-Ju Jang
  • Hyun Jun Jung
  • Euijung Park
  • Hye-Jeong Park
  • Rikke Nørregaard

Scientific work by Tae-Hwan Kwon is regularly published in several key venues such as:

  • Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
  • The FASEB Journal
  • PubMed
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Best Publications

  • Aquaporins in the Kidney: From Molecules to Medicine

    Søren Nielsen;Jørgen Frøkiær;David Marples;Tae Hwan Kwon

  • Rapid gating and anion permeability of an intracellular aquaporin

    Masato Yasui;Akihiro Hazama;Tae-Hwan Kwon;Søren Nielsen

  • Rapid cell corpse clearance by stabilin-2, a membrane phosphatidylserine receptor.

    Park Sy;Jung My;Kim Hj;Lee Sj

  • Immunolocalization of AQP9 in liver, epididymis, testis, spleen, and brain

    M.-L. Elkjær;Z. Vajda;Z. Vajda;L.N. Nejsum;T.-H. Kwon

  • Physiology and Pathophysiology of Renal Aquaporins

    Søren Nielsen;Tae Hwan Kwon;Birgitte Mønster Christensen;Dominique Promeneur

  • Aquaporin-6: An intracellular vesicle water channel protein in renal epithelia

    Masato Yasui;Tae Hwan Kwon;Mark A. Knepper;Søren Nielsen

  • Molecular Physiology of Water Balance

    Mark A. Knepper;Tae-Hwan Kwon;Soren Nielsen

  • Immunolocalization of aquaporin-8 in rat kidney, gastrointestinal tract, testis, and airways.

    Marie-Louise Elkjær;Lene N. Nejsum;Veronika Gresz;Tae-Hwan Kwon;Tae-Hwan Kwon

  • Identification and localization of aquaporin water channels in human salivary glands

    V. Gresz;V. Gresz;V. Gresz;T. H. Kwon;P. T. Hurley;G. Varga

  • Functional requirement of aquaporin-5 in plasma membranes of sweat glands

    Lene N. Nejsum;Tae Hwan Kwon;Uffe B. Jensen;Ornella Fumagalli

  • Proteomic analysis of urinary exosomes from patients of early IgA nephropathy and thin basement membrane nephropathy

    Pyong Gon Moon;Jeong Eun Lee;Sungyong You;Taek Kyun Kim

  • Immunocytochemical localization of pendrin in intercalated cell subtypes in rat and mouse kidney

    Young-Hee Kim;Tae-Hwan Kwon;Tae-Hwan Kwon;Sebastian Frische;Jin Kim

  • Distribution of aquaporin water channels AQP1 and AQP5 in the ductal system of the human pancreas

    B. Burghardt;M. L. Elkjær;T. H. Kwon;G. Z. Rácz

  • Immunocytochemical and immunoelectron microscopic localization of α-, β-, and γ-ENaC in rat kidney

    Henrik Hager;Tae Hwan Kwon;Tae Hwan Kwon;Anna K. Vinnikova;Shyama Masilamani

  • Altered expression of renal AQPs and Na+transporters in rats with Lithium-induced NDI

    Tae-Hwan Kwon;Ulla H. Laursen;David Marples;Arvid B. Maunsbach

  • Aquaporin-5: A Marker Protein for Proliferation and Migration of Human Breast Cancer Cells

    Hyun Jun Jung;Ji Young Park;Hyo Sung Jeon;Tae Hwan Kwon

  • Fluid-shear-stress-induced translocation of aquaporin-2 and reorganization of actin cytoskeleton in renal tubular epithelial cells

    Kyung-Jin Jang;Hye Sung Cho;Do Hyun Kang;Won Gyu Bae

  • Severe urinary concentrating defect in renal collecting duct-selective AQP2 conditional-knockout mice

    Aleksandra Rojek;Ernst-Martin Füchtbauer;Tae-Hwan Kwon;Jørgen Frøkiaer

  • Physiology and pathophysiology of cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E2 in the kidney.

    Rikke Nørregaard;Tae Hwan Kwon;Jørgen Frøkiær

  • Decreased abundance of major Na+ transporters in kidneys of rats with ischemia-induced acute renal failure

    Tae-Hwan Kwon;Jørgen Frøkiær;Jin Suk Han;Mark A. Knepper

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren Nielsen
Søren Nielsen Aalborg University
Jørgen Frøkiær
Jørgen Frøkiær Aarhus University
Mark A. Knepper
Mark A. Knepper National Institutes of Health
In-San Kim
In-San Kim Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Peter Agre
Peter Agre Johns Hopkins University
Uffe Birk Jensen
Uffe Birk Jensen Aarhus University
Ira Kurtz
Ira Kurtz University of California, Los Angeles
Do Hyun Ryu
Do Hyun Ryu Sungkyunkwan University
Christian Aalkjaer
Christian Aalkjaer Aarhus University
Je-Yong Choi
Je-Yong Choi Kyungpook National University

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