Publications
- Jiseok Jeong, Dongjoon Jeong, Sungwon Lee, Junhyun Park, Hyewon Kim, Kwangseog Ahn (2026). Human cytomegalovirus exploits host chromatin remodeler MORC2 to promote the DNA damage response on viral genomes. PLOS Pathogens, 22(10), e1014693.
- Lee, S., Kim, S., Kim, H., Lee, D., Jeong, D., Kim, H., Park, J., Park, K., Hur, J., Kim, S., Kim, VN., & Ahn, K. (2025). Human cytomegalovirus long non-coding RNA counteracts nuclear cGAS to facilitate immune evasion. Nature Microbiology, 10(9), 2275-2290.
- Sungwon Lee, Hyewon Kim, Ari Hong, Jaewon Song, Sungyul Lee, Myeonghwan Kim, Sung-yeon Hwang, Dongjoon Jeong, Jeesoo Kim, Ahyeon Son, Young-suk Lee, V. Narry Kim, Jong-seo Kim, Hyeshik Chang & Kwangseog Ahn (2022). Functional and molecular dissection of HCMV long non-coding RNAs. Scientific Reports, (), .
- Kiwon Park* ,Jeongmin Ryoo* ,Heena Jeong,Minsu Kim,Sungwon Lee,Sung-Yeon Hwang,Jiyoung Ahn,Doyeon Kim,Hyungseok C. Moon,Daehyun Baek,Kwangsoo Kim,Hye Yoon Park,Kwangseog Ahn (*equal contribution) (2021). Aicardi-Goutières syndrome-associated gene SAMHD1 preserves genome integrity by preventing R-loop formation at transcription–replication conflict regions. PLOS Genetics, 17(4), .
- Sung-Yeon Hwang, Hyunchul Jung, Seyoung Mun, Sungwon Lee, Kiwon Park, S. Chan Baek, Hyungseok C. Moon, Hyewon Kim, Baekgyu Kim, Yongkuk Choi, Young-Hyun Go, Wanxiangfu Tang, Jongsu Choi, Jung Kyoon Choi, Hyuk-Jin Cha, Hye Yoon Park, Ping Liang, V. Narry Kim, Kyudong Han & Kwangseog Ahn (2021). L1 retrotransposons exploit RNA m 6 A modification as an evolutionary driving force. Nature Communications, 12(1), .
- Song, J., Lee, S-H., Cho, D., Lee, S-W., Kim, H., Yu, N., Lee, S-H. and Ahn, K. (2019). Human cytomegalovirus induces and exploits Roquin to counteract the IRF1-mediated antiviral state. PNAS, 116(37), 18619-18628.