Prof. Wun-Jae Kim

Department of Urology

Chungbuk National University Hospital, South Korea

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1988 Ph.D., Graduate School, Seoul National University, South Korea

1980 Ph.D., College of Medicine,  Seoul National University, South Korea

Publications (Selected)

1. Hwangbo, H., Cha, H. J., Park, C., Jeong, H. J., Moon, S. K., Yun, S. J., ... & Choi, Y. H. (2025). Anthocyanins extracted from Vitis coignetiae pulliat fruits induce reactive oxygen species-dependent growth arrest and apoptosis in PC3 human prostate carcinoma cells. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 1-13.
2. Park, C., Choi, E. O., Hwangbo, H., Lee, H., Jeong, J. W., Han, M. H., ... & Choi, Y. H. (2025). Erratum: Induction of apoptotic cell death in human bladder cancer cells by ethanol extract of Zanthoxylum schinifolium leaf, through ROS-dependent inactivation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Nutrition research and practice, 19(2), 328-330.
3. Song, J. H., Hwang, B., Park, S. L., Kim, H., Jung, S., Choi, C., ... & Moon, S. K. (2024). IL-28A/IL-10Rβ axis promotes angiogenesis via eNOS/AKT signaling and AP-1/NF-κB/MMP-2 network by regulating HSP70-1 expression. Journal of advanced research.
4. Park, C., Cha, H. J., Hwangbo, H., Bang, E., Kim, H. S., Yun, S. J., ... & Choi, Y. H. (2024). Activation of heme oxygenase-1 by mangiferin in human retinal pigment epithelial cells contributes to blocking oxidative damage. Biomolecules & therapeutics, 32(3), 329.
5. Kim, S. K., Byun, Y. J., Park, S. H., Piao, X. M., Zheng, C. M., Moon, S., ... & Yun, S. J. (2024). A 23-gene prognostic index predicts progression and bacillus calmette-guerin response in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. European urology, 85(4), 400-402.
6. Song, J. H., Hwang, B., Park, S., Kim, S., Kim, D. H., Choi, Y. H., ... & Moon, S. K. (2024). Bisphenol A regulates bladder cells responses via control of G2/M‐phase cell cycle, apoptotic signaling, MAPK pathway, and transcription factor‐associated MMP modulation. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 38(3), e23662.
7. Kim, H., Hwang, B., Cho, S., Kim, W. J., Myung, S. C., Choi, Y. H., ... & Moon, S. K. (2023). The ethanol extract of Cyperus exaltatus var. iwasakii exhibits cell cycle dysregulation, ERK1/2/p38 MAPK/AKT phosphorylation, and reduced MMP-9-mediated metastatic capacity in prostate cancer models in vitro and in vivo. Phytomedicine, 114, 154794.
8. Yu, J., Shen, T., Li, Y., Hao, T., Yang, L., Li, H., ... & Shang, Z. (2023). CYTOR drives prostate cancer progression via facilitating AR‐V7 generation and its oncogenic signalling. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 13(5), e1230.
9. Kim, H., Park, H., Hwang, B., Kim, S., Choi, Y. H., Kim, W. J., & Moon, S. K. (2023). Bisphenol a exposure inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell responses: involvement of proliferation, migration, and invasion. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 98, 104060.
10. Zheng, C. M., Piao, X. M., Byun, Y. J., Song, S. J., Kim, S. K., Moon, S. K., ... & Yun, S. J. (2022). Study on the use of Nanostring nCounter to analyze RNA extracted from formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded and fresh frozen bladder cancer tissues. Cancer Genetics, 268, 137-143.
11. Park, C., Cha, H. J., Kim, M. Y., Bang, E., Moon, S. K., Yun, S. J., ... & Choi, Y. H. (2022). Phloroglucinol attenuates DNA damage and apoptosis induced by oxidative stress in human retinal pigment epithelium ARPE-19 cells by blocking the production of mitochondrial ROS. Antioxidants, 11(12), 2353.
12. Zheng, C. M., Piao, X. M., Byun, Y. J., Song, S. J., Kim, S. K., Moon, S. K., ... & Yun, S. J. (2022). Study on the use of Nanostring nCounter to analyze RNA extracted from formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded and fresh frozen bladder cancer tissues. Cancer Genetics, 268, 137-143.
13. Lee, E. H., Chung, J. W., Sung, E., Yoon, B. H., Jeon, M., Park, S., ... & Ha, Y. S. (2022). Anti-metastatic effect of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 inhibition in bladder cancer via the ERK, SRC, and JNK pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(21), 13240.
14. Kim, H., Roh, Y., Park, S. Y., Lee, C., Lim, S., Cho, S., ... & Moon, S. K. (2022). In vitro and in vivo anti-tumor efficacy of krill oil against bladder cancer: Involvement of tumor-associated angiogenic vasculature. Food Research International, 156, 111144.
15. Kim, I. Y., Mitrofanova, A., Panja, S., Sterling, J., Srivastava, A., Kim, J., ... & Horie, S. (2022). Genomic analysis and long-term outcomes of a phase 1 clinical trial on cytoreductive radical prostatectomy. Prostate International, 10(2), 75-79.
16. Piao, X. M., Kim, Y. U., Byun, Y. J., Zheng, C. M., Moon, S. M., Kim, K., ... & Yun, S. J. (2022, May). Expression of RPL9 predicts the recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with BCG therapy. In Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations (Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 197-e1). Elsevier.
17. Kang, H. W., Byun, Y. J., Moon, S. M., Kim, K., Piao, X. M., Zheng, C. M., ... & Kim, W. J. (2022). Urinary hsv2-miR-H9 to hsa-miR-3659 ratio is an effective marker for discriminating prostate cancer from benign prostate hyperplasia in patients within the prostate-specific antigen grey zone. Investigative and clinical urology, 63(2), 238.

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