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An, S., Oh, J., Shon, H. J., Song, J., Choi, Y. S., & Kim, D. (2024). Co-adjuvanting Nod2-stimulating bacteria with a TLR7 agonist elicits potent protective immunity against respiratory virus infection. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 64(6), 107369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2024.107369
Wi, T., Choi, Y., Kim, J., Choi, Y. S., Pipkin, M. E., & Choi, J. (2024). Efficient gene deletion of Integrin alpha 4 in primary mouse CD4 T cells using CRISPR RNA pair-mediated fragmentation. Frontiers in immunology, 15, 1445341. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1445341
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Oh, J., Park, U., Kim, J., Jeon, K., Kim, C., Cho, N. H., & Choi, Y. S. (2023). Enhancing immune protection against MERS-CoV: the synergistic effect of proteolytic cleavage sites and the fusion peptide and RBD domain targeting VLP immunization. Frontiers in immunology, 14, 1201136. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1201136
Choi, Y. J., Lee, J., Ha, S. H., Lee, H. K., Lim, H. M., Yu, S. H., Lee, C. M., Nam, M. J., Yang, Y. H., Park, K., Choi, Y. S., Jang, K. Y., & Park, S. H. (2021). 6,8-Diprenylorobol induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells via activation of intracellular reactive oxygen species and p53. Environmental toxicology, 36(5), 914–925. https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.23093
Jung, M., Han, D. J., Ahn, C. H., Hong, K. O., Choi, Y. S., Kim, J. S., Yoon, H. J., Hong, S. D., Shin, J. A., & Cho, S. D. (2021). In vitro induction of mitotic catastrophe as a therapeutic approach for oral cancer using the ethanolic extract of Juniperus squamata. Oncology reports, 45(6), 103. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2021.8054
Baek, S. H., Kim, B., Shin, J. Y., Choi, S. J., Ahn, S. H., Choi, Y. S., Kim, S. M., & Sung, J. J. (2021). EBI2-expressing B cells in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with AQP4-IgG: Association with acute attacks and serum cytokines. Journal of neuroimmunology, 358, 577637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577637
Seo, S. U., Jeong, J. H., Baek, B. S., Choi, J. M., Choi, Y. S., Ko, H. J., & Kweon, M. N. (2021). Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury Increases Resistance to Influenza Virus Infection in a Type I Interferon-Dependent Manner. Frontiers in immunology, 12, 697162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.697162
Kim, J., Oh, J., Kang, C. S., & Choi, Y. S. (2020). Virus-like Particle (VLP) Mediated Antigen Delivery as a Sensitization Tool of Experimental Allergy Mouse Models. Immune network, 20(4), e35. https://doi.org/10.4110/in.2020.20.e35
Kwon, Y. N., Kim, B., Ahn, S., Seo, J., Kim, S. B., Yoon, S. S., Sung, J. J., Choi, Y. S., & Kim, S. M. (2020). Serum level of IL-1β in patients with inflammatory demyelinating disease: Marked upregulation in the early acute phase of MOG antibody associated disease (MOGAD). Journal of neuroimmunology, 348, 577361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577361
Lee, C. M., Lee, J., Nam, M. J., Choi, Y. S., & Park, S. H. (2019). Tomentosin Displays Anti-Carcinogenic Effect in Human Osteosarcoma MG-63 Cells via the Induction of Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species. International journal of molecular sciences, 20(6), 1508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20061508
Kwon, Y. N., Waters, P. J., Kim, M., Choi, Y. S., Kim, J. W., Sung, J. J., Park, S. H., & Kim, S. M. (2019). Peripherally derived macrophages as major phagocytes in MOG encephalomyelitis. Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 6(5), e600. https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000600
Lee, Y. J., Park, J. A., Kwon, H., Choi, Y. S., Jung, K. C., Park, S. H., & Lee, E. B. (2018). Role of Stem Cell-Like Memory T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis & rheumatology, 70(9), 1459–1469. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40524
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Pedros, C., Zhang, Y., Hu, J. K., Choi, Y. S., Canonigo-Balancio, A. J., Yates, J. R., 3rd, Altman, A., Crotty, S., & Kong, K. F. (2016). A TRAF-like motif of the inducible costimulator ICOS controls development of germinal center TFH cells via the kinase TBK1. Nature immunology, 17(7), 825–833. https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3463
Jeon, Y. H., & Choi, Y. S. (2016). Follicular Helper T (Tfh) Cells in Autoimmune Diseases and Allograft Rejection. Immune network, 16(4), 219–232. https://doi.org/10.4110/in.2016.16.4.219
Choi, Y. S., & Crotty, S. (2015). Retroviral vector expression in TCR transgenic CD4⁺ T cells. Methods in molecular biology, 1291, 49–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2498-1_5
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Waffarn, E. E., Hastey, C. J., Dixit, N., Choi, Y. S., Cherry, S., Kalinke, U., Simon, S. I., & Baumgarth, N. (2015). Infection-induced type I interferons activate CD11b on B-1 cells for subsequent lymph node accumulation. Nature communications, 6, 8991. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9991
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Johnston, R. J., Choi, Y. S., Diamond, J. A., Yang, J. A., & Crotty, S. (2012). STAT5 is a potent negative regulator of TFH cell differentiation. The Journal of experimental medicine, 209(2), 243–250. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20111174
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