Leading vascular research through ground-breaking discoveries and innovative challenges










Center for Vascular Research

Institute for Basic Science at the KAIST Campus

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Our vision is to make ground-breaking discoveries, conceptual advances and paradigm shifts in vascular biology through basic and fundamental research


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Congratulations! 

An article identifying the "Three-dimensional morphologic and molecular atlases of nasal vasculature" is accepted for publication by Nature Cardiovascular Research

"Three-dimensional morphologic and molecular atlases of nasal vasculature".  Seon Pyo Hong, Myung Jin Yang, Jung Hyun Bae, Du Ri Choi, Young-Chan Kim, Myeon-Sik Yang, Byungkwan Oh, Kyung Won Kang, Sang-Myeong Lee, Bumseok Kim, Yong-Dae Kim, Ji Hoon Ahn, Gou Young KohFebruary 15, 2023

Congratulations! An original article identifying the pathogenesis of  diabetic nephropathy is accepted for publication by JASN 

(Journal of the American Society of Nephrology)

"Hyperactivation of YAP/TAZ drives alterations in mesangial cells through stabilization of N-MYC in diabetic nephropathy". Seunghyeok Choi, Seon Pyo Hong,  Jung Hyun Bae, Sang Heon Suh, Hosung Bae, Kyung Pyo Kang, Hyuek Jong Lee, Gou Young KohDecember 20, 2022

Nasal ciliated cells are primary targets for SARS-CoV-2 replication in early stage of COVID 19

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