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13453
World Ranking
13692
National Ranking
160

Overview

Young Yang is affiliated with Sookmyung Women's University in South Korea. Their research primarily centers around the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these areas, Yang's work focuses notably on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research topics include RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Nuclear Structure and Function, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

Yang has contributed articles to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancers, BMC Biology, Cell Communication and Signaling, and The Journal of Immunology.

  • Molecular Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutics for Osteoporosis (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Deubiquitinase USP47-stabilized splicing factor IK regulates the splicing of ATM pre-mRNA (2020, Cell Death Discovery)
  • hsa-miR-CHA2, a novel microRNA, exhibits anticancer effects by suppressing cyclin E1 in human non-small cell lung cancer cells (2024, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease)
  • Loss of splicing factor IK impairs normal skeletal muscle development (2021, BMC Biology)
  • Epigenetic Upregulation of MAGE-A Isoforms Promotes Breast Cancer Cell Aggressiveness (2021, Cancers)

Frequent collaborators in Yang's work include Hye In Ka, Sora Han, Sujung Soh, Doyeon Park, and Gyu Seok Cho. These coauthors have contributed across multiple projects and publications, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The roles of iron in health and disease

    Pauline T. Lieu;Marja Heiskala;Per A. Peterson;Young Yang

  • A viral inhibitor of peptide transporters for antigen presentation

    Klaus Früh;Kwangseog Ahn;Hakim Djaballah;Pascal Sempé

  • Vitamin D3 Up-Regulated Protein 1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Via Suppressing the Thioredoxin Function

    Eun Sung Junn;Seung Hyun Han;Joo Young Im;Young Yang

  • TCR-mediated internalization of peptide-MHC complexes acquired by T cells

    Jing-Feng Huang;Young Yang;Homero Sepulveda;Weixing Shi

  • Molecular mechanism and species specificity of TAP inhibition by herpes simplex virus ICP47.

    Kwaangseog Ahn;Thomas H. Meyer;Stephan Uebel;Pascal Sempé

  • The roles of claudin superfamily proteins in paracellular transport.

    Marja Heiskala;Per A. Peterson;Young Yang

  • VDUP1 upregulated by TGF-β1 and 1,25-dihydorxyvitamin D3 inhibits tumor cell growth by blocking cell-cycle progression

    Seung Hyun Han;Jun Ho Jeon;Hyang Ran Ju;Uhee Jung

  • Displacement of housekeeping proteasome subunits by MHC-encoded LMPs: a newly discovered mechanism for modulating the multicatalytic proteinase complex.

    Klaus Früh;Manfred Gossen;Kena Wang;Hermann Bujard

  • In Vivo Assembly of the Proteasomal Complexes, Implications for Antigen Processing

    Young Yang;Klaus Früh;Kwangseog Ahn;Per A. Peterson

  • Proteasomes are regulated by interferon gamma: implications for antigen processing

    Young Yang;James B. Waters;Klaus Fruh;Per A. Peterson

  • Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine-1 Induces the Invasiveness of Gastric Cancer Cells by Up-Regulating the Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator System

    Dong Hoon Lee;Young Yang;Soon Jung Lee;Kun Yong Kim

  • Empty and peptide-containing conformers of class I major histocompatibility complex molecules expressed in Drosophila melanogaster cells

    Michael R. Jackson;Elizabeth S. Song;Young Yang;Per A. Peterson

  • Transferrin receptor is negatively modulated by the hemochromatosis protein HFE: Implications for cellular iron homeostasis

    Luisa Salter-Cid;Anders Brunmark;Yuanhao Li;Didier Leturcq

  • A novel adipokine CTRP1 stimulates aldosterone production

    Jun Ho Jeon;Kun-yong Kim;Jae Hyeong Kim;Ahmi Baek

  • Berberine-induced AMPK activation inhibits the metastatic potential of melanoma cells via reduction of ERK activity and COX-2 protein expression

    Hak-Su Kim;Myung-Jin Kim;Eun Ju Kim;Young Yang

  • Big mitogen-activated kinase regulates multiple members of the MEF2 protein family

    Yutaka Kato;Ming Zhao;Akiko Morikawa;Tsuyoshi Sugiyama

  • Molecular Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutics for Osteoporosis.

    Ji-Yoon Noh;Young Yang;Haiyoung Jung;Haiyoung Jung

  • The anti-aging gene KLOTHO is a novel target for epigenetic silencing in human cervical carcinoma.

    Jaehyouk Lee;Dong-Jun Jeong;Jinsun Kim;Soonduck Lee

  • Adiponectin-Activated AMPK Stimulates Dephosphorylation of AKT through Protein Phosphatase 2A Activation

    Kun Yong Kim;Ahmi Baek;Ji Eun Hwang;Yeon A. Choi

  • Alternative exon usage and processing of the major histocompatibility complex-encoded proteasome subunits.

    K Früh;Y Yang;D Arnold;J Chambers

Frequent Co-Authors

Per A. Peterson
Per A. Peterson Scripps Research Institute
Seung Hyun Han
Seung Hyun Han Seoul National University
Inpyo Choi
Inpyo Choi Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Klaus Früh
Klaus Früh Oregon Health & Science University
Goo Taeg Oh
Goo Taeg Oh Ewha Womans University
Jin Tae Hong
Jin Tae Hong Chungbuk National University
Soo-Hyun Kim
Soo-Hyun Kim Konkuk University
Mi-Kyung Sung
Mi-Kyung Sung Sookmyung Women's University
Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim Korea University
Tae-Sook Jeong
Tae-Sook Jeong Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

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