Publications

* Co-first authors
§ Co-corresponding authors

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November 15, 2025

Experimental & Molecular Medicine

RNA-associated glycoconjugates highlight potential ambiguities in glycoRNA analysis

Sungchul Kim*^§, Zeshi Li*^§, Yong-geun Choi, Kirsten Janssen, Jan-Willem H. Langenbach, Daan J. van den Brink, Christian Büll, Bhagyashree S. Joshi, Adam Pomorski, Vered Raz, Marvin E. Tanenbaum, Pascal Miesen^§ & Chirlmin Joo^§

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August 08, 2025

Nature Microbiology

Human cytomegalovirus long non-coding RNA counteracts nuclear cGAS to facilitate immune evasion

Sungwon Lee, Sungchul Kim, Hyejun Kim, Dohoon Lee, Dongjoon Jeong, Hyewon Kim, Junhyun Park, Kiwon Park, Jin Hur, Sun Kim, V. Narry Kim & Kwangseog Ahn^§

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Mar 12, 2024

bioRxiv

N-glycosylated molecules act as a co-precipitant in RNA purification

Sungchul Kim*^§, Yong-geun Choi, Kirsten Janssen, Christian Büll, Bhagyashree S. Joshi, Adam Pomorski, Vered Raz, Marvin E. Tanenbaum, Pascal Miesen^§, Zeshi Li^§, Chirlmin Joo^§

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Jan 3, 2024

BMB Reports

Harnessing CRISPR-Cas adaptation for RNA recording and beyond

Gyeong-Seok Oh, Seongjin An, and Sungchul Kim^§

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Oct 10, 2023

Frontiers in Physiology

LncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks in skin aging and therapeutic potentials

Sungchul Kim

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Dec 08, 2022

Scientific Reports

Differential microRNA profiles in elderly males with seborrheic dermatitis

Hyejun Kim, Jae Won Yun, Gayun Baek, Sungchul Kim* & Mihn-Sook Jue*

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Feb 2, 2021

ACS Sensors

Fluorometric Viral miRNA Nanosensor for Diagnosis of Productive (Lytic) Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in Living Cells

Ji-Seon Lee, Seongchan Kim, Sungchul Kim, Kwangseog Ahn, and Dal-Hee Min^§

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Jun 1, 2020

Nature Communications

Tetrameric architecture of an active phenol-bound form of the AAA+ transcriptional regulator DmpR

Kwang-Hyun Park*, Sungchul Kim*, Su-Jin Lee, Jee-Eun Cho, Vinod Vikas Patil, Hyung-Nam Song, Woo-Chan Ahn, Chirlmin Joo§, Seung-Goo Lee, Victoria Shingler and Eui-Jeon Woo^§

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Jun 1, 2020

Nature

Selective prespacer loading and processing for precise CRISPR adaptation

Sungchul Kim*^§, Luuk Loeff*, Sabina Colombo, Slobodan Jergic, Stan J.J. Brouns, and Chirlmin Joo^§

• Selected as one of featured articles for Nobel Prize 2020 Chemistry by Nature [Click]
• Related to Kim et al, BioRxiv, 2019
• Summerized animation in YouTube

• Highlighted in CORDIS
• Highlighted in The CRISPR Journal
• News in TU Delft

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Jun 10, 2015

Cell Host & Microbe

Temporal Landscape of MicroRNA-Mediated Host-Virus Crosstalk during Productive Human Cytomegalovirus Infection

Sungchul Kim*, Daekwan Seo*, Dongwoo Kim, Yujin Hong, Hyeshik Chang, Daehyun Baek, V. Narry Kim, Sungwook Lee, and Kwangseog Ahn

• Featured article
• Related to Kim & Ahn, 2016, Bio-protocol

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Jul 20, 2014

Nature Medicine

The ribonuclease activity of SAMHD1 is required for HIV-1 restriction

Jeongmin Ryoo, Jongsu Choi, Changhoon Oh, Sungchul Kim, Minji Seo, Seok-Young Kim, Daekwan Seo, Jongkyu Kim, Tommy E White, Alberto Brandariz-Nuñez, Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Cheol-Heui Yun, Joseph A Hollenbaugh, Baek Kim, Daehyun Baek & Kwangseog Ahn

– Cover featured article

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Jun 12, 2013

Cell Host & Microbe

Selective Degradation of Host MicroRNAs by an Intergenic HCMV Noncoding RNA Accelerates Virus Production

Sanghyun Lee, Jaewon Song, Sungchul Kim, Jongkyu Kim, Yujin Hong, Youngkyun Kim, Donghyun Kim, Daehyun Baek, Kwangseog Ahn

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Mar 8, 2012

PLoS Pathogens

Human Cytomegalovirus Clinical Strain-Specific microRNA miR-UL148D Targets the Human Chemokine RANTES during Infection

Youngkyun Kim, Sanghyun Lee, Sungchul Kim, Donghyun Kim, Jin-Hyun Ahn, Kwangseog Ahn

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Sep 4, 2011

Nature Immunology

Human cytomegalovirus microRNA miR-US4-1 inhibits CD8+ T cell responses by targeting the aminopeptidase ERAP1

Sungchul Kim, Sanghyun Lee, Jinwook Shin, Youngkyun Kim, Irini Evnouchidou, Donghyun Kim, Young-Kook Kim, Young-Eui Kim, Jin-Hyun Ahn, Stanley R Riddell, Efstratios Stratikos, V Narry Kim, Kwangseog Ahn