Jong Kook Park

Jong Kook Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Science, Hallym University in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea. Upon completion of undergraduate degree, Jong Kook Park received his doctorate of veterinary medicine from Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic Korea. He moved to USA and earned his Ph.D. in 2012 from The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, with a thesis on microRNA’s function in cancer (Supervisor: Prof. Thomas D. Schmittgen). As a post-doctoral fellow in Robert Lavker’s lab at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, he studied the roles of microRNAs in limbal epithelial stem cells.

One of Jong Kook Park’s research focus is in the area of cancer research. His major contributions include the function of noncoding RNAs in tumor invasion and migration that are very important characteristics in metastatic tumor. His work is of central importance to noncoding RNAs research which fuels our understanding of human cancer biology with consequences for the continued improvement of medical practice. In addition to his research endeavors in cancer, he has focused to understand the role that microRNAs and other noncoding RNAs play in the maintenance of epithelial stem cell properties.

Selected Publications

1. MicroRNA-107 Targets IKBKG and Sensitizes A549 Cells to Parthenolide

Anticancer Ressearch. Nov, 2018 │ Pubmed ID: 30396951

2. Combinatorial antitumor activity of oxaliplatin with epgenetic modifying agents, 5-Aza-CdR and FK228, in human gastric cancer cells

Biomolecules & Therapeutics. Nov, 2018 │ Pubmed ID: 30173503

3. MicroRNAs targeting caspase-3 and -7 in panc-1 cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Apr, 2018 │ Pubmed ID: 29659498

4. Eyeing Autophagy and Macropinocytosis in the Corneal/Limbal Epithelia Autophagy. May, 2017 │ Pubmed ID: 28402214

5. Autophagy and Macropinocytosis: Keeping an Eye on the Corneal/limbal Epithelia

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Jan, 2017 │ Pubmed ID: 28118670

6. microRNA-184 exhibits angiostatic properties via regulation of Akt and VEGF signaling pathways

FASEB Journal. Jan, 2017 │ Pubmed ID: 27825105

7. microRNAs-103/107 coordinately regulate macropinocytosis and autophagy

Journal of Cell Biology. Dec, 2016 │ Pubmed ID: 27872138

8. microRNAs enhance keratinocyte proliferative capacity in a stem cell-enriched epithelium

PLoS One. Aug, 2015 │ Pubmed ID: 26248284

9. microRNA-103/107 family regulates multiple epithelial stem cell characteristics

Stem Cells. May, 2015 │ Pubmed ID: 25639731

10. Tumor Suppressive Function of mir-205 in Breast Cancer Is Linked to HMGB3 Regulation

PLoS One. Oct, 2013 │ Pubmed ID: 24098490

11. miR-221 silencing blocks hepatocellular carcinoma and promotes survival

Cancer Research. Dec, 2011 │ Pubmed ID: 22009537