경희대학교 의과대학·의학전문대학원

- 척수손상/뇌졸증/ALS: 세포사멸(신경세포/희소돌기아교세포) 메커니즘 연구
- 뇌혈관장벽 (Blood-brain barrier)/척수혈관장벽(blood-spinal cord barrier) 파괴 기전 연구
- 척수손상 후 epigenetic control의 기능 및 기전 연구
- 척수손상/척추관협착증에 따른 신경병증성 통증 (neuropathic pain) 연구
- 척수손상 후 stem cell transplantation을 통한 신경재생 연구

- 1985년 - 1992년 : Sogang University, Korea, B.S. (Biology)
- 1992년 - 1994년 : Sogang University, Korea, M.S. (Virology)
- 1996년 - 2001년 : Sogang University, Korea, Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
- 1994년 - 2006년 : 한국과학기술연구원(KIST), 연구원/선임연구원
- 2006년 – 현재 : 경희대학교 의과대학 교수
- 2011년 – 현재 : 경희대학교 노인성 및 뇌질환 연구소 소장
- 2020년 – 현재 : 경희대학교 의과대학 생화학분자생물학교실 주임교수

- The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences
- The Korea Society of Applied Phamacology
- The Korea Society for Stem Cell Research
- Neuroglia 편집위원
- Asin Journal fo Neuroscience 편집위원
- Neuroimmunoloy and Neuroinflammation 편집위원
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences 편집위원

최근논문(2019년 이후~)
- TRPM7 Mediates BSCB Disruption After Spinal Cord Injury by Regulating the mTOR/JMJD3 Axis in Rats.(2024) Molecular neurobiology 61(2):662-677.
- TRPM7 Mediates Neuropathic Pain by Activating mTOR Signaling in Astrocytes after Spinal Cord Injury in Rats(2024) Molecular neurobiology Online ahead of print.
- IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 axis mediates neuropathic pain by regulating astrocyte and microglia activation after spinal cord injury(2023) Experimental neurology 370:114576.
- GSK-3βand β-Catenin Signaling Pathway is Involved in Myofibroblast Transition of Ligamentum Flavum in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients.(2023) Spine 48(20):1472-1479. - Suppression of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin7 by Carvacrol Protects against Injured Spinal Cord by
Inhibiting Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier Disruption.(2022) Journal of neurotrauma 39(9-10):735-749.
- Ghrelin Represses Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Gene Expression through Activation of Glucocorticoid Receptor and Protein Kinase C Delta in Inflamed Skin Keratinocytes.(2022) International journal of molecular sciences 23(7):3977.
- Jmjd3 Mediates Neuropathic Pain by Inducing Macrophage Infiltration and Activation in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Animal Model.(2021) International journal of molecular sciences 22(24):13426.
- Bee Venom Alleviated Edema and Pain in Monosodium Urate Crystals-Induced Gouty Arthritis in Rat by Inhibiting Inflammation.(2021) Toxins 13(9):661.
- Far UVC light for E. coli disinfection generated by carbon nanotube cold cathode and sapphire anode.(2021) Current Applied Physics 28:93-97.
- Total saponin extract, ginsenoside Rb1, and compound K alleviate peripheral and central neuropathic pain through estrogen receptors on rats.(2021) Phytotherapy research 35(4):2119-2132.
- Gallic acid attenuates blood-spinal cord barrier disruption by inhibitingJmjd3 expression and activation after spinal cord injury.(2020) Neurobiology of Disease 145:105077.
- Calpain-mediated cleavage of Fbxw7 during excitotoxicity.(2020) Neuroscience Letters 736:135265.
- Ginseng Extracts, GS-KG9 and GS-E3D, Prevent Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption and Thereby Inhibit Apoptotic Cell Death of Hippocampal Neurons in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats.(2020) Nutrients 12(8):2383.
- Inhibition of COX-2 alleviates lumbar spinal stenosis-induced chronic mechanical allodynia in rats.(2019) International immunopharmacology 75:105738.
- Protocatechuic acid improves functional recovery after spinal cord injury by attenuating blood-spinal cord barrier disruption and hemorrhage in rats.(2019) Neurochemistry international 124:181-192.
- GS-KG9 ameliorates diabetic neuropathic pain induced by streptozotocin in rats.(2019) Journal of ginseng research 43(1):58-67.