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  1. Lee SHT, Kim JY, Kim P, Dong Z, Su C-Y, Ahn EH. Changes of mutations and copy-number and enhanced cell migration during breast tumorigenesis. Advanced Biology. 2022; doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202200072 (Impact factor 4.053) Article

  2. Su C-Y, Burchett A, Dunworth M, Choi JS, Ewald AJ, Ahn EH, Kim DH. Engineering a 3D collective cancer invasion model with control over collagen fiber alignment. Biomaterials. 2021;275:120922 doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120922 (Impact factor 15.3) Article

  3. Tsui JH, Leonard A, Camp ND, Long JT, Nawas ZY, Chavanachat R, Smith AST, Choi JS, Dong Z, Ahn EH, Wolf-Yadlin A, Murry CE, Sniadecki NJ, Kim DH. Tunable electroconductive decellularized extracellular matrix hydrogels for engineering human cardiac microphysiological systems. Biomaterials. 2021;272:120764 (Impact factor 15.3) Article

  4. Miller CP, Shin W, Ahn EH, Kim HJ, Kim DH. Engineering Microphysiological Immune System Responses on Chips. Trends Biotechnol. 2020;38(8):857-872.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.01.003 (Impact factor 13.747). Article 

  5. Smith AST, Choi E, Gray K, Macadangdang J, Ahn EH, Clark EC, Tyler P, Laflamme MA, Tung L, Wu JC, Murry CE, Kim DH. NanoMEA: a tool for high-throughput, electrophysiological phenotyping of patterned excitable cells. Nano Letters. 2020; 20 (3): 1561-1570 (Impact factor 12.279). Article

  6. Loeb LA, Kohrn BF, Loubet-Senear KJ, Dunn YJ, Ahn EH, O’Sullivan N, Salk JJ, Bronner MP, Beckman RA (2019) Extensive subclonal mutational diversity in human colorectal cancer and its significance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116: 26863-26872 (Impact factor 11.2) Article

  7. Kim HN, Habbit NL, Su CY, Choi N, Ahn EH, Lipke EA, Kim DH (2019) Microphysiological systems as enabling tools for modeling complexity in the tumor microenvironment and accelerating cancer drug development. Advanced Functional Materials 29: 1807553. doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201807553 (Impact factor 15.621). Article

  8. Kwon S, Kim SS, Nebeck HE, Ahn EH* (2019) Immortalization of different breast epithelial cell types results in distinct mitochondrial mutagenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20 (11): 2813. doi:10.3390/ijms20112813 (Impact factor 5.923) Article

  9. Ahn EH*, Lee SH (2019) Detection of low-frequency mutations and identification of heat-induced artifactual mutations using Duplex Sequencing. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20(1): 199. doi:10.3390/ijms20010199 (Impact factor 5.923) Article

  10. Ahn EH*, Yang H, Hsieh C-Y, Sun W, Chang CC, Schroeder JJ (2019) Evaluation of chemotherapeutic and cancer-protective properties of sphingosine and C2-ceramide in a human breast stem cell derived carcinogenesis model. International Journal of Oncology 54: 655-664. (Impact factor 5.65) Article

  11. Ahn EH*, Lee MB, Seo DJ, Lee J, Kim Y, Gupta K (2018) Sphingosine induces apoptosis and down-regulation of MYCN in PAX3-FOXO1-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma cells irrespective of TP53 mutation. Anticancer Research 38: 71-76. Article

    • Selected for Exceptional Quality Paper by the journal editors

  12. Smith AST, Yoo H, Yi H, Ahn EH, Lee JH, Shao G, Nagornyak E, Laflamme MA, Murry CE, Kim DH (2017) Micro- and nano-patterned conductive graphene-PEG hybrid scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering. Chemical Communications 53: 7412-7415 (Impact factor 6.567) Article

    • ​ Emerging Investigator Special Issue

  13. Chaterji S, Ahn EH, Kim DH (2017) CRISPR genome engineering for human pluripotent stem cell research. Theranostics 7(18):4445-4469 (Impact factor 8.712) Article

  14. Ahn EH, Lee SH, Kim JY, Chang C-C, Loeb LA (2016) Decreased mitochondrial mutagenesis during transformation of breast stem cells to tumorigenic cells. Cancer Research 76 (15): 4569-4578 (Impact factor 12.7) Article

  15. Kshitiz, Afzal J, Suhail Y, Ahn EH, Goyal R, Hubbi ME, Hussaini Q, Ellison D, Goyal J, Nacev B, Kim DH, Lee JH, Frankel S, Gray K, Bankoti R, Chien AJ, Levchenko A (2015) Control of the interface between heterotypic cell populations reveals the mechanism of intercellular transfer of signaling proteins. Integrative Biology 7 (3): 364-372 (Impact factor 4.321) Article

  16. Ahn EH*, Hirohata KT, Kohrn BF, Fox EF, Chang C-C, Loeb LA (2015) Detection of ultra-rare mitochondrial mutations in breast stem cells by Duplex Sequencing. PLoS One 10 (8): e0136216 (Impact factor 4.015) Article

  17. Ahn EH, Kim YH, Kshitz, An SS, Afzal J, Lee S, Kwak M, Suh K-Y, Kim DH, Levchenko A (2014) Spatial control of adult stem cell fate using nanotopographic cues. Biomaterials 35 (8): 2401-2410. (Impact factor 15.3)  Article

  18. Kim ES, Ahn EH, Dvir T, Kim DH (2014) Emerging nanotechnology approaches in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. International Journal of Nanomedicine 9 (Suppl I) 1-5. (Impact factor 4.483) 

  19. Shen J-C, Fox EJ, Ahn EH, Loeb LA (2014) A rapid assay for measuring nucleotide excision repair by oligonucleotide retrieval. Scientific Reports 4:4894 (Impact factor 4.122) Article

  20. Kennedy SR, Schmitt MW, FOX EJ, Kohrn BF, Salk JJ, Ahn EH, Prindle MJ, Kuong KJ, Shen JC, Risque RA, Loeb LA (2014) Detecting ultralow-frequency mutations by duplex sequencing. Nature Protocols 9: 2586-2607. (Impact factor 13.491) Citations 351 Article

  21. Ahn EH* (2013) Regulation of target genes of PAX3-FOXO1 in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.  Anticancer Research 33 (5): 2029-2035. Featured in May 13, 2013 issue of MDLinx.com Article

  22. Ahn EH*, Mercado GE, Laé M, Ladanyi M (2013a) Identification of target genes of PAX3-FOXO1 in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Oncology Reports 30 (2): 968-978. (Impact factor 3.906) Article

  23. Ahn EH, Kim E-S, Chung E, Kim DH (2013b) Recent advances in nanobiotechnology and high-throughput molecular techniques for biomedicine. Molecules and Cells 36 (6): 477-484. (Co-first author) Article

  24. Kshitiz, Hubbi ME, Ahn EH, Downey J, Kim DH, Rey S, Afzal J, Kundo A, Semenza GL, Abraham RM, Levchenko A (2012) Matrix rigidity controls endothelial differentiation and morphogenesis of cardiac precursors. Science Signaling 5 (227): ra41 (Impact factor 8.192) Cover Article. Article

    • Highlighted in Science. The matter of the heart. Science (2012) 336: 1483-1484. (Impact factor 47.73) Article

  25. Kim DH, Kshitiz, Smith RR, Kim P, Ahn EH, Kim HN, Marban E, Suh KY, Levchenko A (2012) Nanopatterned cardiac cell patches promote stem cell niche formation and myocardial regeneration. Integrative Biology 4 (9): 1019-1033. (Impact factor 4.321) Cover Article. Article

  26. Ahn EH*, Schroeder JJ (2010) Induction of apoptosis by sphingosine, sphinganine, and C2-ceramide in human colon cancer cells, but not by C2-dihydroceramide. Anticancer Research 30 (7): 2881-2884. Article

  27. Ahn EH, Chang CC, Talmage DA (2009) Loss of anti-proliferative effect of all-trans retinoic acid in advanced stage of breast carcinogenesis. Anticancer Research 29 (8): 2899-2904. Article

  28. Lee YB, Yoon H, Kim DJ, Ahn EH, Gellert GC, Shay JW, Ahn CH, (2009) Antitumor activity of a novel antisense oligonulceotide against Akt1. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 108 (4): 832-838. (Impact factor 4.429) Article

  29. Mercado GE, Xia SJ, Zhang C, Ahn EH, Strzelecki DM, Laé M, Ladanyi M, Barr FG (2008) Identification of PAX3-FKHR-regulated genes differentially expressed between alveolar and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: Focus on MYCN as a biologically relevant target. Genes Chromosomes & Cancer 47 (6): 510-520. (Impact factor 5.006) Article

  30. Laé M, Ahn EH, Mercado GE, Chuai S, Edgar M, Pawel BR, Olshen A, Barr FG, Ladanyi M (2007) Global gene expression profiling of PAX-FKHR fusion-positive alveolar and PAX-FKHR fusion-negative embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas. Journal of Pathology 212 (2): 143-151 (Impact factor 7.996) Citations 127 Article

  31. Ahn EH*, Schroeder JJ (2006) Sphinganine causes early activation of JNK and p38 and inhibition of AKT in HT-29 human colon cancer cells. Anticancer Research 26 (1A): 121-128. Article

  32. Ahn EH*, Chang CC, Schroeder JJ (2006) Evaluation of sphinganine and sphingosine as breast cancer chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents. Experimental Biology and Medicine 231 (10): 1664-1672. Recognized by BreastCancer.Net News in its Dec.15, 2006 issue. Article

  33. Ahn EH, Barr FG (2006) PAX3 (paired box gene 3 (Waardenburg syndrome 1)). Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology. 10 (4): 536-548.  https://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/70/pax3-(paired-box-gene-3-(waardenburg-syndrome-1))

  34. Ahn EH, Schroeder JJ (2002b) Sphingoid bases and ceramide induce apoptosis in HT-29 and HCT-116 human colon cancer cells. Experimental Biology and Medicine 227 (5): 345-353. Article

  35. Ahn EH, Schroeder JJ (2002a) Bioactive sphingolipids are significant constituents of soy and dairy products. Journal of Food Science 67 (2): 522-524. Article

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