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Yoon Yeo is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable engagement in molecular biology, immunology, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, and pharmaceutical science as subfields.

The research interests of Yoon Yeo focus on topics such as nanoparticle-based drug delivery, RNA interference and gene delivery, immunotherapy and immune responses, microRNA in disease regulation, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, advanced drug delivery systems, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Their recent publications include:

  • Protein corona: Friend or foe? Co-opting serum proteins for nanoparticle delivery (2022), published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Bioresorbable, Miniaturized Porous Silicon Needles on a Flexible Water-Soluble Backing for Unobtrusive, Sustained Delivery of Chemotherapy (2020), published in ACS Nano
  • Local drug delivery systems for inflammatory diseases: Status quo, challenges, and opportunities (2020), published in Journal of Controlled Release
  • Nanosac, a Noncationic and Soft Polyphenol Nanocapsule, Enables Systemic Delivery of siRNA to Solid Tumors (2021), published in ACS Nano
  • Nanocapsules modify membrane interaction of polymyxin B to enable safe systemic therapy of Gram-negative sepsis (2021), published in Science Advances

Yoon Yeo frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Small

Collaborations have been established with several researchers, including Fanfei Meng, Jianping Wang, Soonbum Kwon, Yu-Kyoung Oh, and Hyungjun Kim, with whom Yeo has coauthored multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Control of encapsulation efficiency and initial burst in polymeric microparticle systems

    Yoon Yeo;Kinam Park

  • Controlled Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers.

    Jinhyun Hannah Lee;Yoon Yeo

  • Recent advances in stealth coating of nanoparticle drug delivery systems

    Zohreh Amoozgar;Yoon Yeo

  • Extracellularly activated nanocarriers: a new paradigm of tumor targeted drug delivery.

    Emily Gullotti;Yoon Yeo

  • Nanoparticle Characterization: State of the Art, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies

    Eun Jung Cho;Hillary Holback;Karen C. Liu;Sara A. Abouelmagd;Sara A. Abouelmagd

  • Polydopamine-based simple and versatile surface modification of polymeric nano drug carriers.

    Joonyoung Park;Tarsis F. Brust;Hong Jae Lee;Sang Cheon Lee

  • Micromolding of photocrosslinkable chitosan hydrogel for spheroid microarray and co-cultures

    Junji Fukuda;Ali Khademhosseini;Ali Khademhosseini;Yoon Yeo;Xiaoyu Yang

  • Development of highly porous large PLGA microparticles for pulmonary drug delivery.

    Yan Yang;Nimisha Bajaj;Peisheng Xu;Kimberly Ohn

  • The prevention of peritoneal adhesions by in situ cross-linking hydrogels of hyaluronic acid and cellulose derivatives

    Taichi Ito;Yoon Yeo;Christopher B Highley;Evangelia Bellas

  • Hyaluronic Acid-Based Microgels and Microgel Networks for Vocal Fold Regeneration

    Xinqiao Jia;Yoon Yeo;Rodney J Clifton;Tong Jiao

  • In situ cross-linkable hyaluronic acid hydrogels prevent post-operative abdominal adhesions in a rabbit model.

    Yoon Yeo;Christopher B. Highley;Evangelia Bellas;Taichi Ito

  • Intracellular drug delivery by poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles, revisited.

    Peisheng Xu;Emily Gullotti;Ling Tong;Christopher B. Highley

  • Biodegradable polymeric microspheres and nanospheres for drug delivery in the peritoneum

    Daniel S. Kohane;Julie Y. Tse;Yoon Yeo;Robert Padera;Robert Padera

  • Release Kinetics Study of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs from Nanoparticles: Are We Doing It Right?

    Sara A. Abouelmagd;Bo Sun;Alice C. Chang;Youn Jin Ku

  • Complex coacervates for thermally sensitive controlled release of flavor compounds.

    Yoon Yeo;Evangelia Bellas;William Firestone;Robert Langer

  • Intratumoral drug delivery with nanoparticulate carriers.

    Hillary Holback;Yoon Yeo

  • Quantitative Assessment of Nanoparticle Biodistribution by Fluorescence Imaging, Revisited

    Fanfei Meng;Jianping Wang;Jianping Wang;Qineng Ping;Yoon Yeo

  • Microencapsulation of drugs by solvent exchange

    Yoon Yeo;Alvin Un-Teh Chen;Osman A. Basaran;Kinam Park

  • A photolithographic method to create cellular micropatterns.

    Jeffrey M. Karp;Yoon Yeo;Wenlinag Geng;Christopher Cannizarro

  • Low molecular-weight chitosan as a pH-sensitive stealth coating for tumor-specific drug delivery.

    Zohreh Amoozgar;Joonyoung Park;Qingnuo Lin;Yoon Yeo

  • Dextran-based in situ cross-linked injectable hydrogels to prevent peritoneal adhesions

    Taichi Ito;Yoon Yeo;Christopher B Highley;Evangelia Bellas

  • Polymers in the prevention of peritoneal adhesions.

    Yoon Yeo;Daniel S Kohane

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel S. Kohane
Daniel S. Kohane Harvard Medical School
Kinam Park
Kinam Park Purdue University West Lafayette
Ick Chan Kwon
Ick Chan Kwon Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Mohamed N. Seleem
Mohamed N. Seleem Virginia Tech
Osman A. Basaran
Osman A. Basaran Purdue University West Lafayette
Riyi Shi
Riyi Shi Purdue University West Lafayette
Milica Radisic
Milica Radisic University of Toronto
Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini Terasaki Foundation
Todd Hoare
Todd Hoare McMaster University

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