Song J, Kim D, Jung J, Choi E, Lee Y, Jeong Y, Lee B, Lee S, Shim Y, Won Y, Cho H, Jang DK, Kang HW, Joo JWJ, Jang W*. Elucidating immunological characteristics of the adenoma-carcinoma sequence in colorectal cancer patients in South Korea using a bioinformatics approach. Sci Rep. 2024 May 2;14(1):10105. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56078-2. PMID: 38698020; PMCID: PMC11066069.

Choi E, Song J, Lee Y, Jeong Y, Jang W*. Prioritizing susceptibility genes for the prognosis of male-pattern baldness with transcriptome-wide association study. Hum Genomics. 2024 Apr 2;18(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s40246-024-00591-y. PMID: 38566255; PMCID: PMC10985920.

Kim D, Song J, Mancuso N, Mangul S, Jung J, Jang W*. Large-scale integrative analysis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis for new insight into its pathogenesis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2024 Feb 10;26(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s13075-024-03280-2. PMID: 38336809; PMCID: PMC10858498.

Lee Y, Song J, Jeong Y, Choi E, Ahn C, Jang W*. Meta-analysis of single-cell RNA-sequencing data for depicting the transcriptomic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Comput Biol Med. 2023 Dec;167:107685. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107685. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37976829.

Jeong Y, Song J, Lee Y, Choi E, Won Y, Kim B, Jang W*. A Transcriptome-Wide Analysis of Psoriasis: Identifying the Potential Causal Genes and Drug Candidates. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 20;24(14):11717. doi: 10.3390/ijms241411717. PMID: 37511476; PMCID: PMC10380797.

Kim G, Jang G, Song J, Kim D, Lee S, Joo JWJ, Jang W*. A transcriptome-wide association study of uterine fibroids to identify potential genetic markers and toxic chemicals. PLoS One. 2022 Sep 29;17(9):e0274879. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274879. PMID: 36174000; PMCID: PMC9521910. 

Shim YJ, Shin MK, Jung J, Koo BS, Jang W*. An in-silico aproach to studying a very rare neurodegenerative disease using a disease with higher prevalence with shared pahtways and genes: Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy and Alzheimer's disease. Front.Mol.Neurosci., 2022 Sep 27; . doi:  10.3389/fnmol.2022.996698 

Lee B, Shin MK, Kim T, Shim YJ, Joo JWJ, Sung JS, Jang W*. Prediction models for identifying ion channel-modulating peptides via knowledge transfer approaches. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2022 Sep 7;PP. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3204776. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36070258. 

Lee B, Shin MK, Yoo JS, Jang W*, Sung JS. Identifying novel antimicrobial peptides from venom gland of spider Pardosa astrigera by deep multi-task learning. Front Microbiol. 2022 Aug 24;13:971503. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.971503. PMID: 36090084; PMCID: PMC9449525. 

Song J, Kim D, Lee S, Jung J, Joo JWJ, Jang W*. Integrative transcriptome-wide analysis of atopic dermatitis for drug repositioning. Commun Biol. 2022 Jun 22;5(1):615. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03564-w. PMID: 35729261; PMCID: PMC9213508. 

Kim J, Lee B, Chhetri G, Kim I, So Y, Jang W, Seo T. Identification of Mucilaginibacter conchicola sp. nov., Mucilaginibacter achroorhodeus sp. nov. and Mucilaginibacter pallidiroseus sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Mucilaginibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2022 Jun;72(6). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005431. PMID: 35699986. 

Zhang Q, Hu Y, Masterson CM, Jang W, Xiao Z, Bohloul A, Garcia-Rojas D, Puppala HL, Bennett G, Colvin VL. When function is biological: Discerning how silver nanoparticle structure dictates antimicrobial activity. iScience. 2022 May 30;25(7):104475. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104475. PMID: 35789852; PMCID: PMC9249613. 

So Y, Chhetri G, Kim I, Kang M, Kim J, Lee B, Jang W, Seo T. Halomonas antri sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing bacterium isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2022 Mar;72(3). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005272. PMID: 35238736. 

Kim I, Chhetri G, Kim J, Kang M, So Y, Lee B, Jang W, Seo T. Nocardioides donggukensis sp. nov. and Hyunsoonleella aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from Jeongbang Waterfall on Jeju Island. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2021 Dec;71(12). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005176. PMID: 34928203. 

Lee B, Shin MK, Hwang IW, Jung J, Shim YJ, Kim GW, Kim ST, Jang W*, Sung JS. A Deep Learning Approach with Data Augmentation to Predict Novel Spider Neurotoxic Peptides. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 13;22(22):12291. doi: 10.3390/ijms222212291. PMID: 34830173; PMCID: PMC8619404. 

Hwang, IW., Shin, M.K., Lee, YJ., Kim, S.T., Lee, S.Y., Lee, B., Jang, W*., Yeo, JH., Lee, S., Sung, JS. N-type Cav channel inhibition by spider venom peptide of Argiope bruennichi. Mol. Cell. Toxicol. 17, 59–67 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13273-020-00109-2     

Chhetri G, Kim J, Kim I, Kang M, Lee B, Jang W, Seo T. Flavobacterium baculatum sp. nov., a carotenoid and flexirubin-type pigment producing species isolated from flooded paddy field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019 Jun;71(3). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004736. Epub 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33709901. 

Kim D, Song J, Lee S, Jung J, Jang W*. An Integrative Transcriptomic Analysis of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis for Identifying Potential Genetic Markers and Drug Candidates. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 12;22(2):712. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020712. PMID: 33445803; PMCID: PMC7828236. 

Kim MA, Kim TH, Lee S, Nam BH, Lee JS, Jang W, Sohn YC. Ovarian transcriptome profiles associated with sexual maturation in Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai). Genes Genomics. 2020 Oct;42(10):1179-1188. doi: 10.1007/s13258-020-00983-z. Epub 2020 Aug 17. PMID: 32804357.

Chhetri G, Kim J, Kim I, Lee B, Jang W, Seo T. Adhaeribacter rhizoryzae sp. nov., a fibrillar matrix-producing bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of rice plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Oct;70(10):5382-5388. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004422. Epub 2020 Sep 2. PMID: 32877325. 

Shin MK, Hwang IW, Kim Y, Kim ST, Jang W, Lee S, Bang WY, Bae CH, Sung JS. Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Novel Peptide Toxin from the Spider Pardosa astrigera. Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Jul 19;9(7):422. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070422. PMID: 32707636; PMCID: PMC7400607.

Kim J, Chhetri G, Kim I, Lee B, Jang W, Kim MK, Seo T. Methylobacterium terricola sp. nov., a gamma radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from gamma ray-irradiated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Apr;70(4):2449-2456. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004054. Epub 2020 Feb 25. PMID: 32100693.

Song J, Kim D, Hong J, Kim GW, Jung J, Park S, Park HJ, Joo JWJ, Jang W*. Meta-Analysis of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Microarray Data Reveals Novel Genetic Biomarkers. Genes (Basel). 2019 Oct 30;10(11):864. doi: 10.3390/genes10110864. PMID: 31671645; PMCID: PMC6895911.

Ryu J, Kim S, Song J, Kim D, Keum N, Jang W*, Bae H, Kwon Y. Fabrication of Microarrays for the Analysis of Serological Antibody Isotypes against Food Antigens. Sensors (Basel). 2019 Sep 10;19(18):3893. doi: 10.3390/s19183893. PMID: 31509969; PMCID: PMC6766807.

Jung J, Kim GW, Lee B, Joo JWJ, Jang W*. Integrative genomic and transcriptomic analysis of genetic markers in Dupuytren's disease. BMC Med Genomics. 2019 Jul 11;12(Suppl 5):98. doi: 10.1186/s12920-019-0518-3. PMID: 31296227; PMCID: PMC6624179.

Chhetri G, Kim J, Kim I, Kang M, Lee B, Jang W, Seo T. Flavobacterium baculatum sp. nov., a carotenoid and flexirubin-type pigment producing species isolated from flooded paddy field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019 Jun;71(3). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004736. Epub 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33709901. 

Lee YJ, Seo TH, Lee S, Jang W, Kim MJ, Sung JS. Neuronal differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in response to the domain size of graphene substrates. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2018 Jan;106(1):43-51. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.36215. Epub 2017 Sep 23. PMID: 28877412.

Jung J, Kim GW, Lee W, Mok C, Chung SH, Jang W*. Meta- and cross-species analyses of insulin resistance based on gene expression datasets in human white adipose tissues. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 27;8(1):3747. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18082-7. PMID: 29487289; PMCID: PMC5829071.

Yoo J, Lee E, Kim HY, Youn DH, Jung J, Kim H, Chang Y, Lee W, Shin J, Baek S, Jang W, Jun W, Kim S, Hong J, Park HJ, Lengner CJ, Moh SH, Kwon Y, Kim J. Electromagnetized gold nanoparticles mediate direct lineage reprogramming into induced dopamine neurons in vivo for Parkinson's disease therapy. Nat Nanotechnol. 2017 Oct;12(10):1006-1014. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2017.133. Epub 2017 Jul 17. PMID: 28737745.

Lee YJ, Seo TH, Lee S, Jang W, Kim MJ, Sung JS. Neuronal differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in response to the domain size of graphene substrates. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2018 Jan;106(1):43-51. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.36215. Epub 2017 Sep 23. PMID: 28877412. 

Kim H, Yoo J, Shin J, Chang Y, Jung J, Jo DG, Kim J, Jang W, Lengner CJ, Kim BS, Kim J. Modelling APOE ɛ3/4 allele-associated sporadic Alzheimer's disease in an induced neuron. Brain. 2017 Aug 1;140(8):2193-2209. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx144. PMID: 28899010.

Jung, J., Hah, K., Lee, W. Jang, W*. Meta-analysis of microarray datasets for the risk assessment of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl 77 (PCB77) on human health. Toxicol. Environ. Health Sci. 9, 161–168 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13530-017-0317-1 

Jung, J., Mok, C., Lee, W.  Lee, W. Jang W*. Meta-analysis of microarray and RNA-Seq gene expression datasets for carcinogenic risk: An assessment of Bisphenol A. Mol. Cell. Toxicol. 13, 239–249 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13273-017-0026-5

Kim, H.S., Lee, S.M., Kim, Y.J. Jang, W.H, Seo, Y.R. Integrative toxicogenomic analysis for elucidating molecular interference on DNA integrity and repair system with underlying signaling networks in response to low-level lead acetate in rat liver model. Mol. Cell. Toxicol. 13, 179–188 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13273-017-0019-4 

Kim, H.J., Yang, J.H., Kim, H.S., Kim, Y.J., Jang, W.H*., Seo, Y.R. Exploring potential biomarker responses to lithium in Daphnia magna from the perspectives of function and signaling networks. Mol. Cell. Toxicol. 13, 83–94 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13273-017-0009-6 

Lee E, Jung J, Jung D, Mok CS, Jeon H, Park CS, Jang W*, Kwon Y. Inhibitory Effects of Novel SphK2 Inhibitors on Migration of Cancer Cells. Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2017;17(12):1689-1697. doi: 10.2174/1871520617666170213124856. PMID: 28270071.

Go G, Sung JS, Jee SC, Kim M, Jang WH, Kang KY, Kim DY, Lee S, Shin HS. In vitro anti-obesity effects of sesamol mediated by adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in 3T3-L1 cells. Food Sci Biotechnol. 2017 Feb 28;26(1):195-200. doi: 10.1007/s10068-017-0026-1. PMID: 30263528; PMCID: PMC6049478.

Jeon, H., Lee, M., Jang, W., Kwon, Y. Intein-mediated protein engineering for biosensor fabrication. BioChip J 10, 277–287 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13206-016-0404-4 

Kang HG, Kim DH, Kim SJ, Cho Y, Jung J, Jang W, Chun KH. Galectin-3 supports stemness in ovarian cancer stem cells by activation of the Notch1 intracellular domain. Oncotarget. 2016 Oct 18;7(42):68229-68241. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.11920. PMID: 27626163; PMCID: PMC5356551. 

Kim HJ, Kim SY, Kwon JY, Kim YJ, Hun Kang S, Jang WH, Lee JH, Seo MW, Song JJ, Seo YR, Park MK. Identification of Potential Novel Biomarkers and Signaling Pathways Related to Otitis Media Induced by Diesel Exhaust Particles Using Transcriptomic Analysis in an In Vivo System. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 10;11(11):e0166044. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166044. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2017 Mar 20;12 (3):e0174460. PMID: 27832168; PMCID: PMC5104406. 

Park, Y.W., Kim, S.M., Lee, J.Y., Jang, W.H*. Application of biosensors in smart packaging. Mol. Cell. Toxicol. 11, 277–285 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13273-015-0027-1 

Lee, Y.J., Jang, W.H., Im, H.S., Sung, J.S. Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields enhance neuronal differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on graphene-based substrates. Current Applied Physics. Vol. 15(Suppl. 2), S95-S102 (2015). doi: 10.1016/j.cap.2015.04.017

Cho, M.; Contreras, E. Q.; Lee, S. S.; Jones, C. J.; Jang, W.; Colvin, V. L. Characterization and Optimization of the Fluorescence of Nanoscale Iron Oxide/Quantum Dot Complexes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 14606– 14616,  DOI: 10.1021/jp502194z 

Jung D, Min K, Jung J, Jang W, Kwon Y. Chemical biology-based approaches on fluorescent labeling of proteins in live cells. Mol Biosyst. 2013 May;9(5):862-72. doi: 10.1039/c2mb25422k. PMID: 23318293. 

Jung, DH., Min, K., Jeon, Y., Jang, W. and Kwon Y. Optimized magnetic bead-based immunoassay for automated detection of protein toxins. BioChip J 6, 293–298 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13206-012-6312-3 

C. W. Jang, Y. Arai, J. A. An, H. Jung, W. Jang and Y. M. Jhon, Plasmonic photothermal therapy of thyroid cancer cells with gold nanorods using thermal image monitoring, 2012 17th Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2012, pp. 586-587, doi: 10.1109/OECC.2012.6276584.

Wang, CU., Arai, Y., Kim, I., Jang, W.*, Lee, S., Jason, H.H., Jeoung, E., Jung, D. and Kwon, Y. Surface-modified gold nanorods for specific cell targeting. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 60, 1700–1707 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.60.1700 

Arai, Y., Jee, S.Y., Kim, S.M., Kwon, Y. and Jang, W.*, Biomedical applications and safety issues of gold nanoparticles. Toxicol. Environ. Health Sci. 4, 1–8 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13530-012-0111-z 

Gomer RH, Jang W, Brazill D. Cell density sensing and size determination. Dev Growth Differ. 2011 May;53(4):482-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01248.x. Epub 2011 Apr 27. PMID: 21521184; PMCID: PMC3097309. 

Jang W*, Gomer RH. Initial cell type choice in Dictyostelium. Eukaryot Cell. 2011 Feb;10(2):150-5. doi: 10.1128/EC.00219-10. Epub 2010 Dec 10. PMID: 21148754; PMCID: PMC3067408. 

Jung, H., Wang, CU. & Jang, W*. Nano-C60 and hydroxylated C60: Their impacts on the environment. Toxicol. Environ. Health. Sci. 1, 132–139 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216475 

Jang W*, Schwartz OG, Gomer RH. A cell number counting factor alters cell metabolism. Commun Integr Biol. 2009 Jul;2(4):293-7. doi: 10.4161/cib.2.4.8470. PMID: 19721869; PMCID: PMC2734026. 

Jang W*, Gomer RH. Combining experiments and modelling to understand size regulation in Dictyostelium discoideum. J R Soc Interface. 2008 Aug 6;5 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S49-58. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0067.focus. PMID: 18426773; PMCID: PMC2504339. 

Gao T, Roisin-Bouffay C, Hatton RD, Tang L, Brock DA, DeShazo T, Olson L, Hong WP, Jang W, Canseco E, Bakthavatsalam D, Gomer RH. A cell number-counting factor regulates levels of a novel protein, SslA, as part of a group size regulation mechanism in Dictyostelium. Eukaryot Cell. 2007 Sep;6(9):1538-51. doi: 10.1128/EC.00169-07. Epub 2007 Jul 27. PMID: 17660362; PMCID: PMC2043358.

Jang W*, Gomer RH. A protein in crude cytosol regulates glucose-6-phosphatase activity in crude microsomes to regulate group size in Dictyostelium. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 16;281(24):16377-83. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M509995200. Epub 2006 Apr 10. PMID: 16606621; PMCID: PMC4486306. 

 Dallon J, Jang W, Gomer RH. Mathematically modelling the effects of counting factor in Dictyostelium discoideum. Math Med Biol. 2006 Mar;23(1):45-62. doi: 10.1093/imammb/dqi016. Epub 2005 Dec 21. PMID: 16371424; PMCID: PMC4469269. 

Jang W*, Gomer RH. Exposure of cells to a cell number-counting factor decreases the activity of glucose-6-phosphatase to decrease intracellular glucose levels in Dictyostelium discoideum. Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Jan;4(1):72-81. doi: 10.1128/EC.4.1.72-81.2005. PMID: 15643062; PMCID: PMC544156. 

Ehrenman K, Yang G, Hong WP, Gao T, Jang W, Brock DA, Hatton RD, Shoemaker JD, Gomer RH. Disruption of aldehyde reductase increases group size in dictyostelium. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jan 9;279(2):837-47. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M310539200. Epub 2003 Oct 9. PMID: 14551196. 

Brock DA, Hatton RD, Giurgiutiu DV, Scott B, Jang W, Ammann R, Gomer RH. CF45-1, a secreted protein which participates in Dictyostelium group size regulation. Eukaryot Cell. 2003 Aug;2(4):788-97. doi: 10.1128/EC.2.4.788-797.2003. PMID: 12912898; PMCID: PMC178340. 

Jang W, Chiem B, Gomer RH. A secreted cell number counting factor represses intracellular glucose levels to regulate group size in dictyostelium. J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 18;277(42):39202-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M205635200. Epub 2002 Aug 2. PMID: 12161440.

Tang L, Gao T, McCollum C, Jang W, Vicker MG, Ammann RR, Gomer RH. A cell number-counting factor regulates the cytoskeleton and cell motility in Dictyostelium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Feb 5;99(3):1371-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.022516099. Epub 2002 Jan 29. PMID: 11818526; PMCID: PMC122197.  

Roisin-Bouffay C, Jang W, Caprette DR, Gomer RH. A precise group size in Dictyostelium is generated by a cell-counting factor modulating cell-cell adhesion. Mol Cell. 2000 Oct;6(4):953-9. PMID: 11090633.