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D-Index
65
Citations
13529
World Ranking
9254
National Ranking
95

Yun-Sil Lee publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yun-Sil Lee sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 269 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Yun-Sil Lee D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yun-Sil Lee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yun-Sil Lee is affiliated with Ewha Womans University in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these areas, their work emphasizes Molecular Biology, Physiology, Rheumatology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Surgery. The scientist's research addresses key topics including Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, GDF15 and Related Biomarkers, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Yun-Sil Lee has contributed to a range of scientific publications, with notable papers including:

  • Mitochondrial fragmentation and donut formation enhance mitochondrial secretion to promote osteogenesis (2023), published in Cell Metabolism
  • GDF11 promotes osteogenesis as opposed to MSTN, and follistatin, a MSTN/GDF11 inhibitor, increases muscle mass but weakens bone (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Myostatin Inhibitors: Panacea or Predicament for Musculoskeletal Disorders? (2020), published in Journal of Bone Metabolism
  • Recommendations for mitochondria transfer and transplantation nomenclature and characterization (2025), published in Nature Metabolism
  • Similar sequences but dissimilar biological functions of GDF11 and myostatin (2020), published in Experimental & Molecular Medicine

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Joonho Suh
  • Na-Kyung Kim
  • Wonn Shim
  • Jung-Eun Kim
  • Je-Hyun Eom

Yun-Sil Lee's work has been published in several scientific venues with multiple contributions in:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Bone Metabolism
  • Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Nature Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis.

    Tsung Cheng Chang;Duonan Yu;Yun Sil Lee;Erik A. Wentzel

  • Induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human breast cancer cells by quercetin.

    Jung-A Choi;Ja-Young Kim;Jeong-Yim Lee;Chang-Mo Kang

  • Regulation of Muscle Mass by Follistatin and Activins

    Se Jin Lee;Yun Sil Lee;Teresa A. Zimmers;Arshia Soleimani

  • Anticarcinogenic effect of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer and identification of active compounds.

    Taik Koo Yun;Yun Sil Lee;You Hui Lee;Shin Il Kim

  • Caspase-independent cell death by arsenic trioxide in human cervical cancer cells: reactive oxygen species-mediated poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 activation signals apoptosis-inducing factor release from mitochondria.

    Young Hee Kang;Min Jung Yi;Min Jung Kim;Moon Taek Park

  • Opposing Role of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Subtypes, Erk-1/2 and p38, in the Regulation of Chondrogenesis of Mesenchymes

    Chun Do Oh;Sung Hee Chang;Young Mee Yoon;Su Jae Lee

  • Role of satellite cells versus myofibers in muscle hypertrophy induced by inhibition of the myostatin/activin signaling pathway.

    Se Jin Lee;Thanh V. Huynh;Yun Sil Lee;Suzanne M. Sebald

  • CD44-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Interaction Mediates Hyaluronic Acid-promoted Cell Motility by Activating Protein Kinase C Signaling Involving Akt, Rac1, Phox, Reactive Oxygen Species, Focal Adhesion Kinase, and MMP-2

    Youngmi Kim;Yun Sil Lee;Jongseon Choe;Hansoo Lee

  • Promoter hypomethylation of a novel cancer/testis antigen gene CAGE is correlated with its aberrant expression and is seen in premalignant stage of gastric carcinoma.

    Bomsoo Cho;Hansoo Lee;Shin Wu Jeong;Yung Jue Bang

  • Genetically mediated interindividual variation in analgesic responses to cyclooxygenase inhibitory drugs

    Y.-S. Lee;H. Kim;T.-X. Wu;X.-M. Wang

  • Hyaluronic acid promotes angiogenesis by inducing RHAMM-TGFβ receptor interaction via CD44-PKCδ.

    Deokbum Park;Youngmi Kim;Hyunah Kim;Kyungjong Kim

  • Suppression of Extracellular Signal-related Kinase and Activation of p38 MAPK Are Two Critical Events Leading to Caspase-8- and Mitochondria-mediated Cell Death in Phytosphingosine-treated Human Cancer Cells *

    Moon Taek Park;Jung A. Choi;Min Jeong Kim;Hong Duck Um

  • Effect of Compound K, a Metabolite of Ginseng Saponin, Combined with γ-Ray Radiation in Human Lung Cancer Cells in Vitro and in Vivo

    Sungwook Chae;Kyoung Ah Kang;Weon Young Chang;Min Jung Kim

  • Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis is mediated by ERK1/2 phosphorylation.

    Yoon-Jin Lee;Hae-Nyun Cho;Jae-Won Soh;Gil Ja Jhon

  • Inducible Heat-Shock Protein 70 Is Involved in the Radioadaptive Response

    Sang-Hee Park;Su-Jae Lee;Hee-Yong Chung;Tae-Hwan Kim

  • Role of small heat shock protein HSP25 in radioresistance and glutathione-redox cycle.

    Sun Hee Baek;Jin Na Min;Eun Mi Park;Mi Young Han

  • Definition by specific antisense oligonucleotides of a role for protein kinase Cα in expression of differentiation markers in normal and neoplastic mouse epidermal keratinocytes

    Yun Sil Lee;Andrzej A. Dlugosz;Robert McKay;Nicholas M. Dean

  • Differentiation of Cultured Human Epidermal Keratinocytes at High Cell Densities is Mediated by Endogenous Activation of the Protein Kinase C Signaling Pathway

    Yun-Sil Lee;Stuart H. Yuspa;Andrzej A. Dlugosz

  • Identification of radiation-specific responses from gene expression profile

    Woong Yang Park;Chang Il Hwang;Chang Nim Im;Min Ji Kang

  • Abstract #LB-186: c-Myc suppression of miR-23 enhances mitochondrial glutaminase and glutamine metabolism

    Ping Gao;Irina Tchernyshyov;Tsung-Cheng Chang;Yun-Sil Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Su Jae Lee
Su Jae Lee Hanyang University
Nam Kim
Nam Kim Chungbuk National University
Hansoo Lee
Hansoo Lee InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico
Jin Won Hyun
Jin Won Hyun Jeju National University
Yong J. Lee
Yong J. Lee University of Pittsburgh
Ki Hun Park
Ki Hun Park Gyeongsang National University
Yung-Jue Bang
Yung-Jue Bang Seoul National University
Young-Myeong Kim
Young-Myeong Kim Kangwon National University
Stuart H. Yuspa
Stuart H. Yuspa National Institutes of Health
Jeong-Sun Seo
Jeong-Sun Seo Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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