Lee JY, Reyes N, Woo SH, Goel S, Stratton F, Kuang C, Mansfield AS, LaFave LM, Peng T. Senolytic-sensitive p16Ink4a+ fibroblasts in the tumor stroma rewire lung cancer metabolism and plasticity (2025 Nov). Cell Stem Cell
Lee JY, Peng T. Convergent evolution of senescent fibroblasts in fibrosis and cancer with aging (2024 Nov). Seminars in Cancer Biology
Lee JY, Reyes NS, Ravishankar S, Zhou M, Krasilnikov M, Ringler C, Pohan G, Wilson C, Ang KK, Wolters PJ, Tsukui T. An in vivo screening platform identifies senolytic compounds that target p16INK4a+ fibroblasts in lung fibrosis (2024 Mar). The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Lee BC*, Lee JY*, Kim J*, Shin N, Yoo JM, Kang I, Kim JJ, Lee SE, Kim D, Choi SW, Hong BH, Kang KS. Oral administration of microbiome-friendly graphene quantum dots as therapy for colitis (2021 Mar). 2D Materials (*co-first authors)
Lee BC*, Lee JY*, Kim J, Yoo JM, Kang I, Kim JJ, Shin N, Kim DJ, Choi SW, Kim D, Hong BH, Kang KS. Graphene quantum dots as anti-inflammatory therapy for colitis (2020 May). Science Advances (*co-first authors)
Lee JY, Yu KR, Lee BC, Kang I, Kim JJ, Jung EJ, Kim HS, Seo Y, Choi SW, Kang KS. GATA4-dependent regulation of the secretory phenotype via MCP-1 underlies lamin A-mediated human mesenchymal stem cell aging (2018 May). Experimental & molecular medicine
Choi SW*, Lee JY*, Kang KS. miRNAs in stem cell aging and age-related disease (2017 Dec). Mechanisms of ageing and development (*co-first authors)
Lee JY*, Yu KR*, Kim HS, Kang I, Kim JJ, Lee BC, Choi SW, Shin JH, Seo Y, Kang KS. BMI1 inhibits senescence and enhances the immunomodulatory properties of human mesenchymal stem cells via the direct suppression of MKP-1/DUSP1 (2016 Aug). Aging(Albany NY) (*co-first authors)
Yu KR*, Lee JY*, Kim HS*, Hong IS, Choi SW, Seo Y, Kang IS, Kim JJ, Lee BC, Lee SH, Kurtz A, Seo KW, Kang KS. A p38 MAPK-mediated alteration of COX-2/PGE2 regulates immunomodulatory properties in human mesenchymal stem cell aging (2014 Aug). PLoS One (*co-first authors)
Reyes NS, Krasilnikov M, Allen NC, Lee JY, Hyams B, Zhou M, Ravishankar S, Cassandras M, Wang C, Khan I, Matatia P. Sentinel p16 INK4a+ cells in the basement membrane form a reparative niche in the lung (2022 Oct). Science
Allen NC, Reyes NS, Lee JY, Peng T. Intersection of inflammation and senescence in the aging lung stem cell niche (2022 Jul). Frontiers in cell and developmental biology
Kang HK, Kim DJ, Kim MS, Kim DH, Lee JY, Sung EA, Sarsenova M, Park SC, Hong BH, Kang KS. Improved hepatoblast differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells by coffee bean derived graphene quantum dots (2022 May). 2D Materials
Kang I, Lee BC, Lee JY, Kim JJ, Sung EA, Lee SE, Shin N, Choi SW, Seo Y, Kim HS, Kang KS. Stem cell-secreted 14,15- epoxyeicosatrienoic acid rescues cholesterol homeostasis and autophagic flux in Niemann-Pick-type C disease (2018 Nov). Experimental & molecular medicine
Lee BC, Shin N, Lee JY, Kang I, Kim JJ, Lee SE, Choi SW, Webster GA, Kang KS. MIS416 Enhances Therapeutic Functions of Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Against Experimental Colitis by Modulating Systemic Immune Milieu (2018 May). Frontiers in immunology
Kang I, Lee BC, Choi SW, Lee JY, Kim JJ, Kim BE, Kim DH, Lee SE, Shin N, Seo Y, Kim HS, Kim DI, Kang KS. Donor-dependent variation of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells in response to hypoxic preconditioning and amelioration of limb ischemia (2018 Apr). Experimental & molecular medicine
Kim JJ, Shin JH, Yu KR, Lee BC, Kang I, Lee JY, Kim DH, Seo Y, Kim HS, Choi SW, Kang KS. Direct Conversion of Human Umbilical Cord Blood into Induced Neural Stem Cells with SOX2 and HMGA2 (2017 Nov). International journal of stem cells
Shin WJ, Shin SW, Yuk JS, Amornkitbamrung L, Jang MS, Song IH, Choi SW, Kang I, Lee JY, Bae H, Kang KS, Um SH. Cell Surface Nano-modulation for Non-invasive in vivo Near-IR Stem Cell Monitoring (2017 Jan). ChemMedChem
Seo Y*, Kim HS*, Kang I*, Choi SW, Shin TH, Shin JH, Lee BC, Lee JY, Kim JJ, Kook MG, Kang KS. Cathepsin S contributes to microglia-mediated olfactory dysfunction through the regulation of Cx3cl1-Cx3cr1 axis in a Niemann-Pick disease type C1 model (2016 Dec). Glia
Lee BC*, Kim HS*, Shin TH, Kang I, Lee JY, Kim JJ, Kang HK, Seo Y, Lee S, Yu KR, Choi SW, Kang KS. PGE2 maintains self-renewal of human adult stem cells via EP2-mediated autocrine signaling and its production is regulated by cell-to-cell contact (2016 May). Scientific reports
Yu KR*, Shin JH*, Kim JJ*, Koog MG, Lee JY, Choi SW, Kim HS, Seo Y, Lee S, Shin TH, Jee MK, Kim DW, Jung SJ, Shin S, Han DW, Kang KS. Rapid and Efficient Direct Conversion of Human Adult Somatic Cellsinto Neural Stem Cells by HMGA2/let-7b (2015 Jan). Cell Reports
Lee S*, Yu KR*, Ryu YS, Oh YS, Hong IS, Kim HS, Lee JY, Kim S, Seo KW, Kang KS. miR-543 and miR-590-3p regulate human mesenchymal stem cell aging via direct targeting of AIMP3/p18 (2014 Dec). Age (Dordr)
Choi SW*, Kim JJ*, Seo MS, Park SB, Kang TW, Lee JY, Lee BC, Kang I, Shin TH, Kim HS, Yu KR, Kang KS. miR-410 Inhibition Induces RPE Differentiation of Amniotic Epithelial Stem Cells via Overexpression of OTX2 and RPE65 (2015 Jan). Stem cell reviews and reports
Yu KR*, Park SB*, Jung JW, Seo MS, Hong IS, Kim HS, Seo Y, Kang TW, Lee JY, Kurtz A, Kang KS. HMGA2 regulates the in vitro aging and proliferation of human umbilical cord blood-derived stromal cells through the mTOR/p70S6K signaling pathway (2013 Mar). Stem cell research