Publications

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1. SooYoung Kim*, Christine H Park, Bo-Hyun Moon, Gail K. Seabold (2024) Murine retina outer plexiform layer development and transcriptome analyses for the synapse genes in photoreceptors. Life, 14(9), 1103, https://doi.org/10.3390/life14091103
2. Bo-Hyun Moon, Younghwa Kim*, SooYoung Kim* (2023) Twenty years of anti- vascular endothelial growth factor therapeutics in neovascular age-related macular degeneration treatment, International Journal of Molecular Science, 24, 13004, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241613004.
3. Soo-Young Kim*, Haohua Qian (2022) Comparison between sodium iodate and lipid peroxide murine models of age-related macular degeneration for drug evaluation- a Narrative Review, Annals of Eye Science, 7(22), 1-19, https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aes-21-25.
4. Soo-Young Kim*, Yang Zhao, Hong-Lim Kim, Youngman Oh, Qingguo Xu (2022) Sodium iodate-induced retina degeneration observed in non-separate sclerochoroid/retina pigment epithelium/retina whole mounts, Annals of Eye Science, 7 (19), 1-14, https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aes-21-27.
5. Soo-Young Kim*, Younghwa Kim, Youngman Oh (2021) Inflammatory pathways in pathological neovascularization in retina and choroid: a narrative review on the inflammatory drug target molecules in retinal and choroidal neovascularization, Annals of Eye Science, 6(23), 1-17, https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aes-21-4.
6. Sung-Jin Lee, Soo-Young Kim* (2021) Mouse Sclerochoroid/RPE/Retina staining and whole mount, Bio-protocol, 11. 1. 3872, BioProtoc.3872.
7. Soo-Young Kim, Siva Kambhampati, Imran Bhutto, Scott McLeod, Gerard Lutty*, Rangaramanujam Kannan* (2020) Evolution of oxidative stress, inflammation and neovascularization in the choroid and retina in a subretinal lipid induced age-related macular degeneration model, Experimental Eye Research, Experimental Eye Research, 203, 108391.
8. Zhi Zhang^#, Yi-An Lin^#, Soo-Young Kim, Lily Su, Jinhuan Liu, Rangaramanujam Kannan*, Sujatha Kannan* (2020) Systemic dendrimer-drug nanomedicines for long-term treatment of mild-moderate cerebral palsy in a rabbit model, Journal of Neuroinflammation, 17 (1):1-15
9. D.Thad Whitaker, Anupam K. Mondal, Hannah Fann, Passley Hargorve, Matthew J Brooks, Vijender Chaitankar, Wenhan Yu, Zhijian Wu, Soo-Young Kim, Anand Swaroop* (2019) NRL-and CRX-guided gene network modulates photoreceptor presynapse size and position during retinal development, BioRxiv, doi.org/10/1101/753012.
10. Juthaporn Assawachananont, Soo-Young Kim, Koray D. Kaya, Robert Fariss, Jerome E Roger, Anand Swaroop* (2018) Cone-rod homeobox CRX controls presynaptic active zone formation in photoreceptors of mammalian retina, Human Molecular Genetics, 27(20): 3555-3567.
11. Rishi Sharma, Soo-Young Kim, Anjali Sharma, Sujatha Kannan, Rangaramanujam M. Kannan* (2017) Activated microglia targeting dendrimer-minocycline conjugate as therapeutics for neuroinflammation, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 28(11): 2874-2886.
12. Soo-Young Kim*, Juthaporn Assawachananont (2016) A new method to visualize the intact subretina from retinal pigment epithelium to retinal tissue in whole mount of pigmented mouse eyes, Translational Vision Science and Technology, 5(1): 6. 
13. Soo-Young Kim* (2015) Retinal phagocytes in age-related macular degeneration, Macrophage 2: e698. Doi:10.14800/ Macrophage.698.
14. Soo-Young Kim*, Hyun-Jin Yang, Yi-Sheng Chang, Jung-Woong Kim, Matthew Brooks, Emily Chew, Wai T. Wong, Robert N. Fariss, Rivka A. Rachel, Tiziana Cogliati, Haohua Qian, Anand Swaroop* (2014) Deletion of aryl hydrocarbon receptor AHR in mice leads to subretinal accumulation of microglia and RPE atrophy, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 55: 6031-6040. 
15. Hong Liu, Soo-Young Kim, Yulong Fu, Xuefeng Wu, Lily Ng, Anand Swaroop, Douglas Forrest* (2013) An isoform of retinoid-related orphan receptor β directs differentiation of retinal amacrine and horizontal interneurons, Nature Commun., 4: 1813-1823.
16. Soo-Young Kim, Shin Yasuda, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kanato Yamagata*, Hyun Kim* (2011) Non-clustered protocadherin. Cell Adhesion and Migration, 5:2, 97-105.
17. Bokkee Eun, Hyun Jung Kim, Soo Young Kim, Tae Woo Kim, Soon Taek Hong, Kyung Mi Choi, Jae Kwang Shim, Younghye Moon, Gi Hoon Son, Kyungjin Kim, Hyun Kim*^, and Woong Sun* (2011) Induction of Per1 expression following an experimentally induced epilepsy in the mouse hippocampus, Neurosci Lett.  8: 498110-3.
18. Soo-Young Kim, Ji Won Mo, Seungrie Han, So Yoen Choi, Seung Baek Han, Bo-Hyun Moon, Im Joo Rhyu, Woong Sun*, Hyun Kim* (2010) Expression of non-clustered protocadherins in adult rat hippocampal formation and the connecting brain region. Neuroscience 170:189-99.
19. Jung S, Park YK, Shin JH, Lee H, Kim SY, Lee GR, Park SH* (2010) The requirement of NKT cells in tolerogenic APCs-mediated suppression of collagen-induced arthritis. Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 42:547-54.
20. Seok-Kyu Kwon, Jooyeon Woo, Soo-Young Kim, Hyun Kim, and Eunjoon Kim* (2010) Trans-synaptic adhesions between NGL-3 and receptor tyrosine phosphatases LAR, PTPd, and PTPs via specific domains regulate excitatory synapse formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285:13966-13978.
21. Bokkee Eun, Bongki Cho, Younghye Moon, Soo Young Kim, Kyungjin Kim, Hyun Kim*, Woong Sun* Induction of neuronal apoptosis by expression of Hes6 via p53-dependent pathway (2010) Brain Res 1313:1-8.
22. Soo Young Kim, Hyun Kim, Woong Sun* (2008) Selective suppression of a subset of Bax-dependent neuronal death by a cell permeable peptide inhibitor of Bax, BIP. Animal Cells and Systems. 4:211-217.
23. Moon, Bo-Hyun; Hong, Chang Gwun; Kim, Soo Young; Kim, Hyun-Ju; Shin, Seung Keon; Kang, Seungwoo; Lee, Kuem-Ju; Kim, Yong-Ku; Lee, Min-Soo; Shin, Kyung-Ho* (2008) A single administration of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin that produces reduced food and water intake induces long-lasting expression of corticotropinreleasing factor, arginine vasopressin, and propiomelanocortin in rat brain. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 233:314-322.
24. Soo-Young Kim, Hye Sun Chung, Woong Sun*, Hyun Kim* (2007) Spatiotemporal expression patterns of non-clustered protocadherin family members in the developing rat brain. Neuroscience, 147:996-1021.
25. Mi-Yoon Chang, Woong Sun, Wataru Ochiai, Kinichi Nakashima, Soo-Young Kim, Chang Hwan Park, Jin Sun Kang, Jae-Won Shim, Chun-Sik Kang, Yong-Sung Lee, Jae-Sang Kim, and Sang-Hun Lee* (2007) Bcl-X_L/Bax proteins direct the fate of embryonic cortical precursor cells. Mol Cell Biol, 27:4293-4305.
26. Younghwa Kim, Soontake Hong, Mi Ra Noh, Soo Young Kim, Pil Woo Huh, Sun-Hwa Park, Woong Sun*, and Hyun Kim* (2006) Induction of neuron-derived orphan receptor-1 in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation following transient global ischemia in the rat. Molecules and Cells 22:8-12.

1.  Retinal Diseases: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutics in Life: ISBN 978-3-7258-5785-2 (Hardback); ISBN 978-3-7258-5786-9 (PDF), edited by Soo-Young Kim, November 2025, 176 pages