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Sieun Lee, PhD

  • Postdoc

  • Research project: cancer-associated fibroblasts & tumor microenvironment

  • Publications:

  1. Cheon I, Lee S, Oh S, Ahn YH. miR-200-mediated inactivation of cancer-associated fibroblasts via targeting of NRP2-VEGFR signaling attenuates lung cancer invasion and metastasis. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 35(2):102194, 2024. [PubMed] [pdf]

  2. Hong SA*, Lee S*, Park J, Hong M, Yoon JS, Lee H, Lee JH, Kim S, Won HS, Kang K, Ko YH, Ahn YH. miR-199a and miR-199b facilitate diffuse gastric cancer progression by targeting Frizzled-6. Sci Rep. 13(1):17480, 2023. (* equal contribution) [PubMed] [pdf]

  3. Kim HJ, Yang K, Kim K, Lee YJ, Lee S, Ahn SY, Ahn YH, Kang JL. Reprogramming of cancer-associated fibroblasts by apoptotic cancer cells inhibits lung metastasis via Notch1-WISP-1 signaling. Cell Mol Immunol. 19(12):1373-1391, 2022. [PubMed] [pdf]

  4. Lee S, Hong JH, Kim JS, Yoon JS, Chun SH, Hong SA, Kim EJ, Kang K, Lee Kang J, Ko YH, Ahn YH. Cancer-associated fibroblasts activated by miR-196a promote the migration and invasion of lung cancer cells. Cancer Lett. 508:92-103, 2021. [PubMed] [pdf]

  5. Lee H, Chun SH, Moon SY, Yoon JS, Won HS, Hong SA, Kim SR, Cho KJ, Kang K, Lee S, Ahn YH, Hong JH, Ko YH. MicroRNA-769-3p Acts as a Prognostic Factor in Oral Squamous Cell Cancer by Modulating Stromal Genes. Cancers. 14(18):4373, 2022. [PubMed] [pdf]

  6. Kim D, Kim JS, Cheon I, Kim SR, Chun SH, Kim JJ, Lee S, Yoon JS, Hong SA, Won HS, Kang K, Ahn YH,* Ko YH.* Identification and Characterization of Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Subpopulations in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Cancers. 14(14):3486, 2022. (* equal contribution) [PubMed] [pdf]

  7. Kim EJ, Kim JS, Lee S, Cheon I, Kim SR, Ko YH, Kang K, Tan X, Kurie JM, Ahn YH. ZEB1-regulated lnc-Nr2f1 promotes the migration and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells. Cancer Lett. 533:215601, 2022. [PubMed] [pdf]

  8. Tan X, Banerjee P, Liu X, Yu J, Lee S, Ahn YH, Creighton CJ, Kurie JM. Transcriptional control of a collagen deposition and adhesion process that promotes lung adenocarcinoma growth and metastasis. JCI Insight. 7(1):e153948, 2022. [PubMed] [pdf]

  9. Bota-Rabassedas N, Banerjee P, Niu Y, Cao W, Luo J, Xi Y, Tan X, Sheng K, Ahn YH, Lee S, Parra ER, Rodriguez-Canales J, Albritton J, Weiger M, Liu X, Guo HF, Yu J, Rodriguez BL, Firestone JJA, Mino B, Creighton CJ, Solis LM, Villalobos P, Raso MG, Sazer DW, Gibbons DL, Russell WK, Longmore GD, Wistuba II, Wang J, Chapman HA, Miller JS, Zong C, Kurie JM. Contextual cues from cancer cells govern cancer-associated fibroblast heterogeneity. Cell Rep. 35(3):109009, 2021. [PubMed] [pdf]

  10. Kim JS, Chun SH, Park S, Lee S, Kim SE, Hong JH, Kang K, Ko YH, Ahn YH. Identification of Novel microRNA Prognostic Markers Using Cascaded Wx, a Neural Network-Based Framework, in Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients. Cancers. 12(7):1890, 2020. [PubMed] [pdf]

  11. Kim EJ, Kim JS, Lee S, Lee H, Yoon JS, Hong JH, Chun SH, Sun S, Won HS, Hong SA, Kang K, Jo JY, Choi M, Shin DH, Ahn YH,* Ko YH.* QKI, a miR-200 target gene, suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and tumor growth. Int J Cancer. 145(6):1585-1595, 2019. (* equal contribution) [PubMed] [pdf]

  12. Kim JS, Kim EJ, Lee S, Tan X, Liu X, Park S, Kang K, Yoon JS, Ko YH, Kurie JM, Ahn YH. MiR-34a and miR-34b/c have distinct effects on the suppression of lung adenocarcinomas. Exp Mol Med. 51(1):9, 2019. [PubMed] [pdf]

  

Inyoung Cheon, BS

  • Graduate student (combined Master/PhD program)

  • Research project: cancer-associated fibroblasts & microRNAs

  • Publications:

  1. Cheon I, Lee S, Oh S, Ahn YH. miR-200-mediated inactivation of cancer-associated fibroblasts via targeting of NRP2-VEGFR signaling attenuates lung cancer invasion and metastasis. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 35(2):102194, 2024. [PubMed] [pdf]

  2. Kim D,* Kim JS,* Cheon I,* Kim SR, Chun SH, Kim JJ, Lee S, Yoon JS, Hong SA, Won HS, Kang K, Ahn YH, Ko YH. Identification and Characterization of Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Subpopulations in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Cancers. 14(14):3486, 2022. (* equal contribution) [PubMed] [pdf]

 

Jihye Park, BS

  • Graduate student (combined Master/PhD program)

  • Research project: cancer-associated fibroblasts & tumor microenvironment

  • Publications:

  1. Lee JE*, Park J*, Kim EJ, Ko YH, Hong SA, Yang SH, Ahn YH. Noggin contributes to brain metastatic colonization of lung cancer cells. Cancer Cell Int. 23(1):299, 2023. (* equal contribution) [PubMed] [pdf]

  2. Hong SA, Lee S, Park J, Hong M, Yoon JS, Lee H, Lee JH, Kim S, Won HS, Kang K, Ko YH, Ahn YH. miR-199a and miR-199b facilitate diffuse gastric cancer progression by targeting Frizzled-6. Sci Rep. 13(1):17480, 2023.  [PubMed] [pdf]

  

Seongran Cho, BS

  • Graduate student (combined Master/PhD program)

  • Research project: circular RNAs in lung cancer cells

  • Publications:

  

Gyungmin Cho, BS

  • Graduate student (combined Master/PhD program)

  • Research project: lung cancer progression & metastasis

  • Publications:

  

Old members

  • Jeong Seon Kim, PhD: Univ. of Kentucky (postdoc)

  • Eun Ju Kim, PhD: MD Anderson Cancer Center (postdoc)

  • Seon Yeong Oh, MS

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