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Kyung-No Son
Postdoctoral Research Associate
COMRB Room 7080
tel. (312) 355-3597
fax. (312) 355-3581
kson@uic.edu
Postdoctoral Training
2006-present Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.
2005-2006 Research Fellow. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Education
2000-2005 Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
1998-2000 M.S. in Biochemistry. Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
1992-1998 B.S. in Biochemistry. School of Natural Science, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Thesis
Son K.N., Roles of ICAM-1, Lactoferrin and CC-Chemokine CKβ8 in Angiogenesis. Ph.D. Thesis, Kyung Hee University, 2005. Advisor: Dr. Jiyoung Kim.
Publications
Hwang, J., Son, K. N., Rho, H. M., and Kim, J. Functional analysis of the heptasequence, SPTSPTY in the transcriptional activation domain of rat nuclear 1-A. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 1999, 32, 468-473
Son, K. N., Park, J., Chung, C. K., Chung, D. K., Yu, D. Y., Lee, K. K., and Kim, J. Human lactoferrin activates transcription of IL-1beta gene in mammalian cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2002, 290, 236-241.
Hwang, J., Kim, C. W., Son, K. N., Han, K. Y., Lee, K. H., Kleinman, H. K., Ko, J., Na, D. S., Kwon, B. S., Gho, Y. S., and Kim, J. Angiogenic activity of human CC chemokine CCL15 in vitro and in vivo. FEBS Lett., 2004, 570, 47-51.
Lee, S. M., Shin, H., Jang, S. W., Shim, J. J., Song, I.S., Son, K. N., Hwang, J., Shin, Y.H., Kim, H. H., Lee, C. K., Ko, J., Na, D. S., Kwon, B. S., and Kim, J. PLP2/A4 interacts with CCR1 and stimulates migration of CCR1-expressing HOS cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.. 2004, 324, 768-772.
Hwang, J., Son, K. N., Kim, C. W., Ko, J. Na, D. s., Kwon, B. S., Gho, Y. S., and Kim, J. Human CC chemokine CCL23, a ligand for CCR1, induces endothelial cell migration and promotes angiogenesis , Cytokine, 2005, 30, 254-263.
Son, K. N., Song, I. S., Shin Y. H., Pai, D. K., Chung, D. K., Baek, N. I., Lee, J. J., and Kim, J. Inhibition of NF-IL6 activity by manassantin B, a dilignan isolated from Saururus chinensis in phorbol myristate acetate-stimulated U937 promonocytic cells. Mol. Cells, 2005, 20, 105-111.
Shin Y. H., Son, K. N., Lee Guy W., Kwon B. S., and Kim J., Transcriptional regulation of Human CC chemokine CCL15 Gene by NF-κB and AP-1 elements in PMA-stimulated U937 Monocytoid Cells. Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 2005, 1732, 38-42.
Son, K. N., Hwang, J., Kwon B. S., and Kim J., Human CC chemokine CCL23 enhances invasion and Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 expression in vascular endothelial cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2006, 340, 498-504.
Kim C. W., Son K. N, Choi S. Y., Kim J. Human lactoferrin upregulates expression of KDR/Flk-1 and stimulates VEGF-A-mediated endothelial cell proliferation and migration. FEBS Lett. 2006.