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Yoon Kyung Jeon is affiliated with Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with a substantial number of publications in oncology, immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pathology and forensic medicine, and molecular biology. The breadth of their work covers multiple intersecting subfields that contribute to a broad understanding of disease mechanisms and treatments.

The scientist's recent contributions include papers addressing immune landscapes and tumor microenvironments, particularly in the context of lung cancer and related immune responses. Examples of their recent publications include:

  • Comparative analysis of the tumor immune-microenvironment of primary and brain metastases of non-small-cell lung cancer reveals organ-specific and EGFR mutation-dependent unique immune landscape (2021, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy)
  • Effects of B7-H3 expression on tumour-infiltrating immune cells and clinicopathological characteristics in non-small-cell lung cancer (2020, European Journal of Cancer)
  • Inhibition of Pendrin by a small molecule reduces Lipopolysaccharide-induced acute Lung Injury (2020, Theranostics)
  • Enhanced eosinophil-mediated inflammation associated with antibody and complement-dependent pneumonic insults in critical COVID-19 (2021, Cell Reports)
  • TCF1+PD-1+ tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes predict a favorable response and prolonged survival after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (2022, European Journal of Cancer)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yoon Kyung Jeon include:

  • Jaemoon Koh
  • Sehui Kim
  • Doo Hyun Chung
  • Jiwon Koh
  • Tae Min Kim

Their research appears regularly in notable publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine
  • Cancer Research and Treatment
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Research Square

Main topics of their research work center around:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies

Yoon Kyung Jeon's substantial publication record, with 194 papers in medicine, reflects an extensive focus on clinically relevant topics, especially concerning cancer biology and immunology. Their contributions help illuminate complex interactions within tumor microenvironments and immune responses relevant to lung cancer and other diseases.

Best Publications

  • Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells suppress angiogenesis by down-regulating VEGF expression in breast cancer cells.

    Jong Kuen Lee;Sae Ra Park;Bong Kwang Jung;Yoon Kyung Jeon

  • Clonal History and Genetic Predictors of Transformation Into Small-Cell Carcinomas From Lung Adenocarcinomas.

    June Koo Lee;Junehawk Lee;Sehui Kim;Soyeon Kim

  • EGFR in gastric carcinomas: prognostic significance of protein overexpression and high gene copy number.

    M A Kim;H S Lee;H E Lee;Y K Jeon

  • Optimization of Patient Selection for Gefitinib in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer by Combined Analysis of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation, K-ras Mutation, and Akt Phosphorylation

    Sae-Won Han;Tae-You Kim;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Pil Gyu Hwang

  • Tumor-associated macrophages enhance tumor hypoxia and aerobic glycolysis

    Hoibin Jeong;Sehui Kim;Beom-Ju Hong;Chan-Ju Lee

  • Pan-Cancer Immunogenomic Perspective on the Tumor Microenvironment Based on PD-L1 and CD8 T-Cell Infiltration

    Chan Young Ock;Bhumsuk Keam;Sehui Kim;Ju Seog Lee

  • High MET gene copy number leads to shorter survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

    Heounjeong Go;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Hyo Jin Park;Sook-Whan Sung

  • Exosome derived from epigallocatechin gallate treated breast cancer cells suppresses tumor growth by inhibiting tumor-associated macrophage infiltration and M2 polarization

    Ji Young Jang;Jong Kuen Lee;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Chul Woo Kim

  • Vandetanib in pretreated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer-harboring RET rearrangement: a phase II clinical trial

    Se Hoon Lee;J. K. Lee;M. J. Ahn;D. W. Kim

  • Clinicopathological analysis of PD-L1 and PD-L2 expression in pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma: Comparison with tumor-infiltrating T cells and the status of oncogenic drivers.

    Moon Young Kim;Jaemoon Koh;Sehui Kim;Sehui Kim;Heounjeong Go

  • Frequent detection of BRAFV600E mutations in histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasms

    Heounjeong Go;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Jooryung Huh;Suk Jin Choi

  • Tracing Oncogene Rearrangements in the Mutational History of Lung Adenocarcinoma

    Jake June-Koo Lee;Seongyeol Park;Hansol Park;Sehui Kim

  • Clinicopathologic Analysis of PD-L1 and PD-L2 Expression in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Association with Oncogenic Proteins Status.

    Su Jin Shin;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Pil Jong Kim;Yong Mee Cho

  • Mechanisms of Acquired Resistance to AZD9291: A Mutation-Selective, Irreversible EGFR Inhibitor.

    Tae Min Kim;Tae Min Kim;Ahnah Song;Dong-Wan Kim;Dong-Wan Kim;Soyeon Kim

  • Programmed death-1 ligand 1 and 2 are highly expressed in pleomorphic carcinomas of the lung: Comparison of sarcomatous and carcinomatous areas.

    Sehui Kim;Moon Young Kim;Jaemoon Koh;Jaemoon Koh;Heounjeong Go

  • MicroRNA-146a Downregulates NFκB Activity via Targeting TRAF6 and Functions as a Tumor Suppressor Having Strong Prognostic Implications in NK/T Cell Lymphoma

    Jin Ho Paik;Ji-Young Jang Jang;Yoon Kyung Jeon;Wook Youn Kim

  • Clinicopathologic analysis of programmed cell death-1 and programmed cell death-ligand 1 and 2 expressions in pulmonary adenocarcinoma: comparison with histology and driver oncogenic alteration status.

    Jaemoon Koh;Heounjeong Go;Bhumsuk Keam;Moon Young Kim

  • Epidermal growth factor receptor mutation in lung adenocarcinomas: relationship with CT characteristics and histologic subtypes.

    Hyun Ju Lee;Young Tae Kim;Chang Hyun Kang;Binsheng Zhao

  • Anaplastic lymphoma kinase translocation: a predictive biomarker of pemetrexed in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

    Jeong Ok Lee;Tae Min Kim;Tae Min Kim;Se Hoon Lee;Se Hoon Lee;Dong Wan Kim;Dong Wan Kim

  • BRAF V600E mutation is associated with tumor aggressiveness in papillary thyroid cancer.

    Su-jin Kim;Kyu Eun Lee;Jun Pyo Myong;Jeong-hwan Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Dae Seog Heo
Dae Seog Heo Seoul National University Hospital
Doo Hyun Chung
Doo Hyun Chung Seoul National University
Dong-Wan Kim
Dong-Wan Kim Seoul National University Hospital
Se-Hoon Lee
Se-Hoon Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Young Tae Kim
Young Tae Kim Seoul National University Hospital
Yung-Jue Bang
Yung-Jue Bang Seoul National University
Seock-Ah Im
Seock-Ah Im Seoul National University Hospital
Sung Hee Baek
Sung Hee Baek Seoul National University
Dong-Young Noh
Dong-Young Noh Seoul National University
Woo Ho Kim
Woo Ho Kim Seoul National University

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