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Wook Chung

  • Department of Pediatrics
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 727-3520
  • w.joon.chung@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • PhD from University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research

Publications

  • Analysis of cystic fibrosis-associated P67L CFTR illustrates barriers to personalized therapeutics for orphan diseases.
    JCI Insight Volume: 1
    09/08/2016 Authors: Sabusap CM; Wang W; McNicholas CM; Chung WJ; Fu L; Wen H; Mazur M; Kirk KL; Collawn JF; Hong JS
  • Channel Gating Regulation by the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) First Cytosolic Loop.
    J Biol Chem Volume: 291 Page(s): 1854 - 1865
    01/22/2016 Authors: Ehrhardt A; Chung WJ; Pyle LC; Wang W; Nowotarski K; Mulvihill CM; Ramjeesingh M; Hong J; Velu SE; Lewis HA
  • Increasing the Endoplasmic Reticulum Pool of the F508del Allele of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Leads to Greater Folding Correction by Small Molecule Therapeutics.
    PLoS One Volume: 11 Page(s): e0163615
    01/01/2016 Authors: Chung WJ; Goeckeler-Fried JL; Havasi V; Chiang A; Rowe SM; Plyler ZE; Hong JS; Mazur M; Piazza GA; Keeton AB
  • Targeted Correction and Restored Function of CFTR Gene in Cystic Fibrosis Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
    Volume: 23 Page(s): S74 - S74
    05/01/2015 Authors: Davis BR; Crane AM; Kramer P; Bui JH; Chung WJ; Li XS; Gonzalez-Garay ML; Hawkins F; Liao W; Mora D
  • Targeted correction and restored function of the CFTR gene in cystic fibrosis induced pluripotent stem cells.
    Stem Cell Reports Volume: 4 Page(s): 569 - 577
    04/14/2015 Authors: Crane AM; Kramer P; Bui JH; Chung WJ; Li XS; Gonzalez-Garay ML; Hawkins F; Liao W; Mora D; Choi S
  • SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC GENETIC CORRECTION AND RESTORED FUNCTION OF CFTR GENE IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS
    PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY Volume: 49 Page(s): 274 - 274
    09/01/2014 Authors: Crane AM; Kramer P; Bui JH; Chung WJ; Li XS; Gonzalez-Garay ML; Hawkins F; Liao W; Mora D; Wang J
  • Osteoblast CFTR Regulates Bone Formation and Osteoprotegerin Expression in Cystic Fibrosis-Related Bone Disease
    Volume: 28
    02/01/2013 Authors: Stalvey M; Clines K; Havasi V; Chung WJ; Clines G
  • Osteoblast CFTR inactivation reduces differentiation and osteoprotegerin expression in a mouse model of cystic fibrosis-related bone disease.
    PLoS One Volume: 8 Page(s): e80098
    01/01/2013 Authors: Stalvey MS; Clines KL; Havasi V; McKibbin CR; Dunn LK; Chung WJ; Clines GA
  • CYSTIC FIBROSIS BONE DISEASE: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OSTEOBLASTS AND OSTEOCLASTS MAY BE THE KEY TO INCREASED BONE LOSS
    PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY Volume: 47 Page(s): 422 - 422
    09/01/2012 Authors: Stalvey MS; Clines KL; Chung WJ; Clines GA
  • CYSTIC FIBROSIS BONE DISEASE: MECHANISMS OF REDUCED PROLIFERATION AND DELAYED OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF CFTR DEFICIENT MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS
    PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY Page(s): 275 - 275
    01/01/2011 Authors: Stalvey MS; Cass S; Gaur T; Flotte TR; Lian JB; Stein GS; Clines KL; Chung WJ; Clines GA
  • Sulfasalazine inhibits the growth of primary brain tumors independent of nuclear factor-kappaB.
    J Neurochem Volume: 110 Page(s): 182 - 193
    07/01/2009 Authors: Chung WJ; Sontheimer H
  • Autocrine glutamate signaling promotes glioma cell invasion.
    Cancer Res Volume: 67 Page(s): 9463 - 9471
    10/01/2007 Authors: Lyons SA; Chung WJ; Weaver AK; Ogunrinu T; Sontheimer H
  • Inhibition of cystine uptake disrupts the growth of primary brain tumors.
    J Neurosci Volume: 25 Page(s): 7101 - 7110
    08/03/2005 Authors: Chung WJ; Lyons SA; Nelson GM; Hamza H; Gladson CL; Gillespie GY; Sontheimer H
  • Temporal appearance of the presynaptic cytomatrix protein bassoon during synaptogenesis.
    Mol Cell Neurosci Volume: 15 Page(s): 417 - 428
    05/01/2000 Authors: Zhai R; Olias G; Chung WJ; Lester RA; tom Dieck S; Langnaese K; Kreutz MR; Kindler S; Gundelfinger ED; Garner CC
  • Subcellular targeting and cytoskeletal attachment of SAP97 to the epithelial lateral membrane.
    J Cell Sci Volume: 111 ( Pt 16) Page(s): 2365 - 2376
    08/01/1998 Authors: Wu H; Reuver SM; Kuhlendahl S; Chung WJ; Garner CC
  • Interaction of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex with a novel synapse-associated protein, SAP102.
    J Biol Chem Volume: 271 Page(s): 21622 - 21628
    08/30/1996 Authors: Lau LF; Mammen A; Ehlers MD; Kindler S; Chung WJ; Garner CC; Huganir RL
  • SAP102, a novel postsynaptic protein that interacts with NMDA receptor complexes in vivo.
    Neuron Volume: 17 Page(s): 255 - 265
    08/01/1996 Authors: Mller BM; Kistner U; Kindler S; Chung WJ; Kuhlendahl S; Fenster SD; Lau LF; Veh RW; Huganir RL; Gundelfinger ED
  • MAP2a, an alternatively spliced variant of microtubule-associated protein 2.
    J Neurochem Volume: 66 Page(s): 1273 - 1281
    03/01/1996 Authors: Chung WJ; Kindler S; Seidenbecher C; Garner CC
  • Molecular characterization of dendritically localized transcripts encoding MAP2.
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res Volume: 36 Page(s): 63 - 69
    02/01/1996 Authors: Kindler S; Mller R; Chung WJ; Garner CC
  • Differential modulation of astrocyte cytokine gene expression by TGF-beta.
    J Immunol Volume: 153 Page(s): 5210 - 5221
    12/01/1994 Authors: Benveniste EN; Kwon J; Chung WJ; Sampson J; Pandya K; Tang LP
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