Education & Career :

• 1986 B.S. College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk University, Korea
  
• 1989 M.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  
• 1998 Ph.D. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  
• 1998-2001 Visiting Scientist. National Cancer Institute, NIH
• 2005-2007 Assistant Dean, Collage of Pharmacy

Research Areas

1. Cell Division Cycle, Polo-like kinase
   
2. Cancer Development, Modulation of Cell Proliferation
   
3. Genome Stability, Spindle Checkpoint

Selected Publications

1. Lung tumor growth-promoting function of peroxiredoxin 6, FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 2013
2. Downregulation of Melanocyte-Specific Facultative Melanogenesis by 4-Hydroxy-3-Methoxycinnamaldehyde Acting as a cAMP Antagonist, JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 2014
3. Baccatin III, a precursor for the semisynthesis of paclitaxel, inhibits the accumulation and suppressive activity of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in tumor-bearing mice, INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2014
4. Resiquimod, a TLR7/8 agonist, promotes differentiation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells into macrophages and dendritic cells, ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH, 2014
5. Identification of HLA-A2-restricted immunogenic peptides derived from a xenogenic porcine major histocompatibility complex, XENOTRANSPLANTATION, 2014
6. Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid induces ROS-mediated cleavage of HSP90 in leukemia cells, CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES, 2015
7. Interleukin-32 gamma attenuates ethanol-induced liver injury by the inhibition of cytochrome P450 2E1 e-pression and inflammatory responses, CLINICAL SCIENCE, 2015
8. Decreased severity of collagen antibody and lipopolysaccharide-induced arthritis in human IL-32β overexpressed transgenic mice., Oncotarget, 2015
9. Minocycline promotes the generation of dendritic cells with regulatory properties, ONCOTARGET, 2016
10. Tolerogenic dendritic cells are efficiently generated using minocycline and dexamethasone, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2017