Publication

2025

• Y Kim, N Kim, WJ Lee, Y Kim, D Kim, J Park, YK Jung (2025) More 26S and 30S proteasomes are beneficial in proteinopathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 122(38):e2422570122 PMID: 40953274 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422570122 (IF: 9.1)

• H Akasaka*, WJ Lee*, H Naora (2025) The trap becomes the target: molecular basis for targeted inhibition of neutrophil extracellular traps in the pre-metastatic niche. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 29(7):405-408 (*co-first author) PMID: 40632026 DOI:10.1080/14728222.2025.2532387 (IF: 4.4)

• WJ Lee, H Akasaka, H Naora* (2025) Protocol for assessing mobilization of peritoneal B cells to the pre-metastatic omentum. STAR Protocols. 6(2):103806 (IF: 1.3) PMID: 40327511 DOI:10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103806 (IF:1.4)

• WJ Lee, SY Ko, H Akasaka, M Weigert, E Lengyel, H Naora  (2025) Neutrophil extracellular traps promote pre-metastatic niche formation in the omentum by expanding innate-like B cells that express IL-10. Cancer Cell. 43(1):69-85.e11. PMID: 39753138. DOI:10.1016/j.ccell.2024.12.004 (IF:48.8)

2024

• SY Ko*, WJ Lee*, Naora H (2024). Harnessing microRNA-enriched extracellular vesicles for liquid biopsy. Front Mol Biosci 11:1356780. (*co-first author) PMID: 38449696. DOI:10.3389/fmolb.2024.1356780 (IF:3.9)

2023

• Akasaka H, Lee W, Ko SY, Lengyel E, Naora H (2023) Normal saline remodels the omentum and stimulates its receptivity for transcoelomic metastasis. JCI insight 8(12):e167336. PMID: 37345662. DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.167336 (IF:8.0)

• Ko SY, Lee W, Weigert M, Jonasch E, Lengyel E, Naora H (2023) The glycoprotein CD147 defines miRNA-enriched extracellular vesicles that derive from cancer cells. J. Extracell. Vesicles 12(4):e12318 PMID: 36973758 DOI:10.1002/jev2.12318 (IF:16.0)

Before 2020

• Ko SY, Lee W, Kenny HA, Dang LH, Ellis LM, Jonasch E, Lengyel E, Naora H (2019). Cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles promote angiogenesis by heparin-bound, bevacizumab-insensitive VEGF, independent of vesicle uptake. Commun Biol 2:386. PMID: 31646189. DOI:10.1038/s42003-019-0609-x (IF:4.165)

• Lee W, Naora H (2019). Neutrophils fertilize the pre-metastatic niche. Aging (Albany NY) 11(17):6624-6625.PMID: 31509520. DOI:10.18632/aging.102258 (IF:4.831)

• Lee W, Ko SY, Mohamed MS, Kenny HA, Lengyel E, Naora H (2019). Neutrophils facilitate ovarian cancer pre-metastatic niche formation in the omentum. J Exp Med 216 (1):176–194 (Feature on cover and in a special editorial Jan 2019) PMID: 30567719. DOI:10.1084/jem.20181170 (IF:11.743)

• Kim YD, Jeong EI, Nah J, Yoo SM, Lee WJ, Kim Y, Moon S, Hong SH, Jung YK (2017). Pimozide reduces toxic forms of tau in TauC3 mice via 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase-mediated autophagy. J Neurochem 142(5):734-746 PMID: 28632947. DOI:10.1111/jnc.14109 (IF:4.609)

• Jeong EI, Chung HW, Lee WJ, Kim SH, Kim H, Choi SG, Jung YK (2016). E2-25K SUMOylationinhibits proteasome for cell death during cerebral ischemia/reperfusion. Cell Death Dis 7(12):e2573. PMID:28032866. DOI:10.1038/cddis.2016.428 (IF:5.965)

• Lee H, Ahn HH, Lee W, Oh Y, Choi H, Shim SM, Shin J, Jung YK (2016). ENC1 modulates the aggregation and neurotoxicity of mutant huntingtin through p62 under ER stress. Mol Neurobiol 53:(10):6620-6634 PMID: 26637326. DOI:10.1007/s12035-015-9557-8 (IF:6.190)

• Hong SH*, Lee W*, Kim Y, Kim H, JeonYJ, Lim B, Cho DH, Heo W, Yang DH, Kim CY, Yang HK, Yan JK Jung YK (2016). Amplification of HRG-β1/ERBB3 signal for tumorigenesis in gastric cancers with oncogenic addiction to APIP. Oncotarget 7(16):21601-17. (*co-first author) PMID: 26942872. DOI:10.18632/oncotarget.7802 (IF:5.168)

• Kim Y*, Choi H*, Lee W, Park H, Kam TI, Hong SH, Nah JH, Jung SM, Shin B, Lee H, Choi TY, Choo H, Kim KK, Choi SY, Kayed R, Jung YK (2016). Caspase-cleaved tau exhibits rapid memory impairment associated with tau oligomers in a transgenic mouse mode. Neurobiol Dis 87:19-28. PMID:26704708. DOI:10.1016/j.nbd.2015.12.006 (IF:5.020)

• Ahn HH, Oh Y, Lee H, Lee W, Chang JW, Pyo HK, Nah DH, Jung YK (2015). Identification of glucose-6-phosphate transporter as a key regulator functioning at the autophagy initiation step.FEBS Letters 589(16):2100-2109. PMID: 25982172. DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2015.05.018 (IF:3.519)

• Lee W, Kim YD, Park J, Shim SM, Lee J, Hong SH, Ahn HH, Lee H, Jung YK (2015). iRhom1 regulates proteasome activity via PAC1/2 under ER stress. Scientific Reports 5:11559. PMID:26109405. DOI:10.1038/srep11559 (IF:5.228)

• Kim Y, Park H, Nah J, Moon S, Lee W, Hong SH, Jung YK (2015). Essential role of POLDIP2 in Tau aggregation and neurotoxicity via autophagy/proteasome inhibition. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 462(2):112-118. PMID: 25930997. DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.04.084 (IF:2.371)

• Shim SM, Lee WJ, Kim Y, Chang JW, Song S, Jung YK (2012). Role of S5b/PSMD5 in proteasome inhibition caused by TNF-α/NFκB in higher eukaryotes. Cell Rep 2(3):603-615. PMID: 22921402. DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2012.07.013 (IF:7.5)

• Shim S, Lee W, Chung H, Jung YK (2011). Amyloid β-induced FOXRED2 mediates neuronal cell death via inhibition of proteasome activity. Cell Mol Life Sci 68(12):2115-2127 PMID: 20972601.DOI:10.1007/s00018-010-0561-x (IF:6.570)