Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2024 Nov;65(11):651-660.
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2023.0466
Impact Factor: 2.8
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum Soluble Receptors for Advanced Glycation End-Products May Predict Mortality in Microscopic Polyangiitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2023.0466

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Oct;100(4):660-669.e3.
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2023.0466
Impact Factor: 7.5
Major authorship: First and Correspondence (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Comparative diagnostic performances of rapid urease test with the sweeping method versus tissue sampling method after Helicobacter pylori eradication.
https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(24)03160-2/abstract

Medicina
Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Jul 26;60(8):1212.
DOI: 10.3390/medicina60081212
Impact Factor: 2.4
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
The Clinical Utility of Serum Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein in Reflecting the Cross-Sectional Activity of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.
https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/8/1212

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Sep;42(9):1812-1819.
DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/cccp8o
Impact Factor: 3.4
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and the risk of inflammatory arthritides.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=20667

Scientific Reports
Sci Rep. 2024 Apr 15;14(1):8680.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59484-8
Impact Factor: 3.9
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Chemokine expression in sera of patients with microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59484-8

In vivo
In Vivo. 2024 Jan-Feb;38(1):482-489.
DOI: 10.21873/invivo.13463
Impact Factor: 1.8
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Association Between Decreased Renal Function and Pulmonary Function Decline in Community-dwelling Adults.
https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/38/1/482.long

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Feb:64:152353.
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152353
Impact Factor: 4.6
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Clinical association of health-related quality of life and mortality in an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis cohort.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049017223001956?via%3Dihub

Rheumatology
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Apr 2;63(4):1084-1092.
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead345
Impact Factor: 4.7
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
Presence of periodontal disease and the incidence of inflammatory arthritides in the general population: data from the UK Biobank.
https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/63/4/1084/7223195?login=false

Rheumatology
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Mar 1;63(3):630-638.
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead336
Impact Factor: 4.7
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
New-onset atrial fibrillation in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: association with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs treatment.
https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/63/3/630/7221531?login=false

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Int J Rheum Dis. 2023 Sep;26(9):1704-1713.
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.14795
Impact Factor: 2.4
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Association between computed tomography-assessed sarcopenia and mortality in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1756-185X.14795

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2023 Sep;41(9):1908-1916.
Impact Factor: 3.4
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Cancers and cardiovascular diseases in patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis treated with JAK inhibitors, biologics and conventional synthetic DMARDs.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=19396

Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
Z Rheumatol. 2024 Feb;83(Suppl 1):230-235.
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-023-01320-x
Impact Factor: 1.0
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
Circulating cold-inducible RNA-binding protein levels in microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Correlation with disease activity.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00393-023-01320-x

International Journal of Surgery
Int J Surg. 2023 Sep 1;109(9):2585-2597.
DOI: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000518
Impact Factor: 15.3
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Alteration of the fecal microbiome in patients with cholecystectomy: potential relationship with postcholecystectomy diarrhea - before and after study.
https://journals.lww.com/international-journal-of-surgery/fulltext/2023/09000/alteration_of_the_fecal_microbiome_in_patients.3.aspx

Journal of Clinical Medicine
J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 13;12(22):7059.
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12227059
Impact Factor: 3.9
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
IL-6 Receptor Expression on the Surface of T Cells and Serum Soluble IL-6 Receptor Levels in Patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/22/7059

Heliyon
Heliyon. 2023 Oct 13;9(10):e20881.
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20881
Impact Factor: 3.4
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 reflects the cross-sectional activity of microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(23)08089-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2405844023080891%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2023 Oct;64(10):604-611.
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2023.0226.
Impact Factor: 2.4
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
Vasculitis Activity-Predicting Ability of IL-12 Family Cytokines in Patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2023.0226

Rheumatology
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Aug 1;62(8):2740-2747.
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac721
Impact Factor: 5.5
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
Incidence of septic arthritis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis following TNF-inhibitor therapy.
https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/62/8/2740/6958552?login=false

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2023 Jul;41(7):1491-1499.
DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/qkiorp
Impact Factor: 3.7
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
Risk of cancer, tuberculosis and serious infections in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis treated with IL-17 and TNF-α inhibitors: a nationwide nested case-control analysis.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=19123

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2023 Jul 29;15:1759720X231188818.
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X231188818
Impact Factor: 4.2
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
A prognostic immune nutritional index can predict all-cause mortality in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1759720X231188818?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Frontiers in Immunology
Front Immunol. 2023 Feb 13:14:1128736.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1128736
Impact Factor: 7.3
Major authorship: Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn and Choong-Kyun Noh)
Positive Faecal Immunochemical Test Predicts the Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide, Propensity Score-Matched Study.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1128736/full

Journal of Clinical Medicine
J Clin Med. 2023 Feb 14;12(4):1512.
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12041512.
Impact Factor: 3.9
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment on metachronous gastric neoplasm prevention following endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric adenoma.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/4/1512

In vivo.
In Vivo. 2022 Nov-Dec;36(6):2884-2889.
DOI: 10.21873/invivo.13029.
Impact Factor: 2.406
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Interferon-gamma Release Assay Results Are Reliable for Screening for Latent Tuberculosis in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis.
https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/36/6/2884.long

Clinical Rheumatology
Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Nov;41(11):3429-3437
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-022-06267-z.
Impact Factor: 3.625
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
BVAS version 3 and BVAS/GPA: standing on the same line?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10067-022-06267-z

American Journal of Gastroenterology
Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Oct 1;117(10):1554
DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001830.
Impact Factor: 12.045
Major authorship: Correspondence (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Ileocolonic intussusception due to hematoma after snare polypectomy.
https://journals.lww.com/ajg/citation/2022/10000/ileocolonic_intussusception_due_to_hematoma_after.3.aspx

Frontiers in Immunology
Front Immunol. 2022 Aug 18;13:901555
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.901555
Impact Factor: 8.787
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Assessment of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using plasma tumour M2-pyruvate kinase test.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.901555/full

Gut
Gut. 2022 Jul;71(7):1276-1425.
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324315.
Impact Factor: 31.795
Major authorship: Correspondence (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Unusual stomach and duodenum mucosal changes in a kidney transplant patient after long-term peritoneal dialysis.
https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/7/1276.long

Frontiers in Medicine
Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jul 7;9:902423.
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.902423
Impact Factor: 5.058
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Secular Trends of Incidence, Prevalence, and Healthcare Economic Burden in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: An Analysis of the 2002-2018 South Korea National Health Insurance Database.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.902423/full

PLoS One
PLoS One. 2022 Jul 7;17(7):e0271055.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271055
Impact Factor: 3.752
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum albumin, prealbumin, and ischemia-modified albumin levels in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis: A prospective cohort study.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0271055

BMC Medicine
BMC Med. 2022 Jul 4;20(1):226.
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02416-y.
Impact Factor: 11.806
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh) and Correspondence (Sung Soo Ahn)
A positive faecal immunochemical test result and its association with the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and psoriatic arthritis: an analysis of one-million national colorectal cancer screening programme results.
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-022-02416-y

Journal Of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
J Clin Lab Anal. 2022 Jun;36(6):e24474.
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.24474.
Impact Factor: 3.124
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Association of serum hepatoma-derived growth factor levels with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcla.24474

Medicina
Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Apr 18;58(4):558.
DOI: 10.3390/medicina58040558.
Impact Factor: 2.948
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Expression and Its Association with Clinical Features and Outcomes in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.
https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/4/558

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Korean J Intern Med. 2022 Nov;37(6):1241-1249
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2021.043.
Impact Factor: 3.165
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Clinical impact of proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
https://kjim.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.3904/kjim.2021.043

Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2021 Nov;62(11):1016-1022.
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2021.62.11.1016.
Impact Factor: 2.759
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum Clusterin Level Could Reflect the Current Activity of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2021.62.11.1016

Journal of Clinical Medicine
J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 24;10(19):4357.
DOI: 10.3390/jcm10194357.
Impact Factor: 4.242
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Frequency and Factors of Indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold PLUS Test Results in Rheumatic Diseases.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/19/4357

Mediators of Inflammation
Mediators Inflamm. 2021 Jul 19;2021:6668884.
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6668884
Impact Factor: 4.711
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Predictive Ability of Serum IL-27 Level for Assessing Activity of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2021/6668884

Rheumatology
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Apr 11;61(4):1366-1375
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab595
Impact Factor: 7.046
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Rheumatoid factor positivity in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a distinct clinical entity or innocent bystander?
https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/61/4/1366/6329840?login=false

Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2022 Apr;7(2):149-157
DOI: 10.1136/svn-2020-000809
Impact Factor: 9.893
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Incidence, prevalence and risk of stroke in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a nationwide population-based study in South Korea.
https://svn.bmj.com/content/7/2/149

Journal of Clinical Medicine
J Clin Med. 2022 Apr 6;11(7):2052
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11072052
Impact Factor: 4.964
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Clinical Features of Anti-Synthetase Syndrome Associated with Prognosis in Patients with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/7/2052

Lupus
Lupus. 2022 Apr;31(5):588-595.
DOI: 10.1177/09612033221088437
Impact Factor: 2.858
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes in patients with mixed Class III/IV + V and pure proliferative lupus nephritis: A single-center experience.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09612033221088437?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
Z Rheumatol. 2022 Feb;81(1):77-84.
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-020-00949-2
Impact Factor: 1.530
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum vitamin D level correlates with disease activity and health-related quality of life in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00393-020-00949-2

World Journal of Gastroenterology
World J Gastroenterol. 2022 Feb 28;28(8):840-852.
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i8.840.
Impact Factor: 5.374
Major authorship: Correspondence (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Long-term outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection and surgery for undifferentiated intramucosal gastric cancer regardless of size.
https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v28/i8/840.htm

Journal of Clinical Medicine
J Clin Med. 2021 Dec 31;11(1):230.
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11010230
Impact Factor: 4.964
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Association of regular endoscopic screening with interval gastric cancer incidence in the national cancer screening program.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/1/230

Scientific Reports
Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 1;11(1):21408.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00969-1.
Impact Factor: 4.996
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Risk factor-based optimal endoscopic surveillance intervals after endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric adenoma.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-00969-1

Clinical Rheumatology
Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Sep;40(9):3703-3710
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-021-05701-y.
Impact Factor: 2.980
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Correlation between serum cysteine-rich protein 61 and disease activity of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10067-021-05701-y

Frontiers in Oncology
Front Oncol. 2021 Aug 27:11:634219.
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.634219.
Impact Factor: 6.244
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
A diagnostic method for gastric cancer using two-photon microscopy with enzyme-selective fluorescent probes: a pilot study.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.634219/full

PLoS One
PLoS One. 2021 Jul 9;16(7):e0254226
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254226
Impact Factor: 3.240
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum adipokine profiles in patients with microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis: An exploratory analysis.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254226

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 May;40(4):779-786
DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/xfqnx6.
Impact Factor: 4.862
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum galectin-9 could be a potential biomarker in assessing the disease activity of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=16684

In vivo
In Vivo. 2021 May-Jun;35(3):1761-1768
DOI: 10.21873/invivo.12435
Impact Factor: 2.155
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Association Between Serum Alarmin Levels and Disease-specific Indices in Patients With Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis.
https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/3/1761.long

Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2021 Apr;62(4):279-287
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2021.62.4.279
Impact Factor: 2.759
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serological Biomarkers and Indices for the Current Activity and Prognosis of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Experience in a Single Centre in Korea.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2021.62.4.279

Chinese Medical Journal
Chin Med J (Engl). 2021 Apr 14;134(10):1168-1174
DOI: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000001454.
Impact Factor: 2.628
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Association between follistatin-related protein 1 and the functional status of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://journals.lww.com/cmj/fulltext/2021/05200/association_between_follistatin_related_protein_1.6.aspx

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 Mar;40(3):568-574
DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/q7z8v5.
Impact Factor: 4.862
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Aortic valve surgery in patients with Takayasu's arteritis: a nationwide analysis of 1,197 patients during a 9-year period.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=16969

Frontiers in Immunology
Front Immunol. 2021 Mar 31;12:629902
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.629902.
Impat Factor: 7.561
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Risk of Stroke in Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitis: A Nationwide Study Using the National Claims Database.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.629902/full

Arthritis Research & Therapy
Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Mar 8;23(1):77
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-021-02467-1.
Impact Factor: 5.156
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum chitinase-3-like 1 protein is a useful biomarker to assess disease activity in ANCA-associated vasculitis: an observational study.
https://arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13075-021-02467-1

JAMA Network Open
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2032542.
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32542.
Impact Factor: 13.366
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Association of Intensive Endoscopic Screening Burden with Gastric Cancer Detection.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774705

Anticancer Research
Anticancer Res. 2021 Jan;41(1):459-466
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.14796.
Impact Factor: 2.480
Major authorship: Correspondence (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Association between waiting time from diagnosis to endoscopic submucosal dissection and non-curative resection in gastric neoplasm.
https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/1/459.long

Disease Markers
Dis Markers. 2020 Dec 16;2020:8847306
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8847306.
Impact Factor: 2.738
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum Amyloid A Is a Biomarker of Disease Activity and Health-Related Quality-of-Life in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2020/8847306

Frontiers in Medicine
Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Oct 22;7:550004
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.550004
Impact Factor: 3.900
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Incidence of Tuberculosis in Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitides: A Population-Based Study From an Intermediate-Burden Country.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.550004/full

Scientific Reports
Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 28;10(1):18483
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75528-1
Impact Factor: 4.379
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Diagnostic accuracy of “sweeping” method compared to conventional sampling in rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylori detection in atrophic mucosa.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75528-1

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 2023 Sep;41(3):244-252.
DOI: 10.12932/AP-080420-0805
Impact Factor: 5.0
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
A new index for distinguishing hypereosinophilic syndrome and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-negative eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
https://apjai-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/14_AP-080420-0805.pdf

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Korean J Intern Med. 2021 Sep;36(5):1221-1232
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2020.064
Impact Factor: 2.884
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Evaluation of body composition using computed tomography in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://kjim.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.3904/kjim.2020.064

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
J Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2020 Sep 30;26(4):539-549
DOI: 10.5056/jnm20080
Impact Factor: 4.924
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Fecal Microbiota Alterations in Functional Abdominal Bloating/Distention and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
https://www.jnmjournal.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5056/jnm20080

Lipids in Health and Disease
Lipids Health Dis. 2020 Aug 14;19(1):184
DOI: 10.1186/s12944-020-01360-1
Impact Factor: 2.906
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Atherogenic index of plasma predicts cerebrovascular accident occurrence in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
https://lipidworld.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12944-020-01360-1

Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2020 Aug;61(8):720-725
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2020.61.8.720
Impact Factor: 1.914
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Soluble Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor 1 Is Inversely Correlated with the Activity of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2020.61.8.720

BMC Nephrology
BMC Nephrol. 2020 Jul 7;21(1):258
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-01915-5.
Impact Factor: 1.913
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Comparison of clinical features and outcomes between patients with early and delayed lupus nephritis.
https://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12882-020-01915-5

Gut and Liver
Gut Liver. 2020 Jul 15;14(4):468-476
DOI: 10.5009/gnl19999.
Impact Factor: 4.519
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Comparison of effectiveness between abdominal vibration stimulation and walking exercise for bowel cleansing before therapeutic colonoscopy.
https://www.gutnliver.org/journal/view.html?pn=search&uid=1632&vmd=Full

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
Tohoku J Exp Med. 2020 Jun;251(2):117-123
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.251.117
Impact Factor: 1.441
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum Mannose-Binding Lectin Levels Are Correlated with the Disease Activity of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Single-Center Study.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tjem/251/2/251_117/_article

Rheumatology International
Rheumatol Int. 2020 Jul;40(7):1089-1099
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-020-04579-4
Impact Factor: 1.984
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Hyperuricemia is associated with decreased renal function and occurrence of end-stage renal disease in patients with microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a retrospective study.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00296-020-04579-4

Annals of Translational Medicine
Ann Transl Med. 2020 Feb;8(4):65
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.12.52
Impact Factor: 3.932
Major authorship: Correspondence (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Histopathologic discrepancy between endoscopic forceps biopsy and final pathology and the role of transrectal ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy.
https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/37083/html

Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2019 Dec;60(12):1164-1173
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2019.60.12.1164
Impact Factor: 1.759
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Controlling Nutritional Status Score is Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2019.60.12.1164

Journal of Clinical Medicine
J Clin Med. 2019 Nov 5;8(11):1871.
DOI: 10.3390/jcm8111871.
Impact Factor: 5.688
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Risk of Cancers in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: Results from the Korea National Health Insurance Claims Database 2010-2018.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/11/1871

Rheumatology International
Rheumatol Int. 2019 Nov;39(11):1937-1944
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-019-04445-y
Impact Factor: 2.200
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Anti-Smith antibody is associated with disease activity in patients with new-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00296-019-04445-y

Rheumatology International
Rheumatol Int. 2019 Nov;39(11):1859-1866
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-019-04435-0
Impact Factor: 2.200
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Clinical characteristics of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus showing a false-positive result of syphilis screening.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00296-019-04435-0

PLoS One
PLoS One. 2019 Jul 18;14(7):e0219970
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219970
Impact Factor: 2.776
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Evaluation of macrophage activation syndrome in hospitalised patients with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease based on the 2016 EULAR/ACR/PRINTO classification criteria.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0219970

Nutrients
Nutrients. 2019 Jun 27;11(7):1456
DOI: 10.3390/nu11071456.
Impact Factor: 4.171
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Comparison of the Clinical Implications among Five Different Nutritional Indices in Patients with Lupus Nephritis.
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/7/1456

BioMed Research International
Biomed Res Int. 2019 May 20;2019:7508240
DOI: 10.1155/2019/7508240
Impact Factor: 2.197
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase-Interacting Multifunctional Protein-1 Can Predict Severe Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Pilot Monocentric Study.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2019/7508240

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Mar-Apr;37 Suppl 117(2):116-121
DOI: NA
Impact Factor: 3.238
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum soluble programmed cell death protein 1 could predict the current activity and severity of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a monocentric prospective study.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=13748

Clinical Rheumatology
Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Jun;38(6):1685-1690
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-019-04506-4
Impact Factor: 2.293
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum interleukin-21 positivity could indicate the current activity of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a monocentric prospective study.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10067-019-04506-4

Clinical Lung Cancer
Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 May;20(3):e299-e308
DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.01.002
Impact Factor: 4.117
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Ex Vivo Interferon Gamma Production by Peripheral Immune Cells Predicts Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma.
https://www.clinical-lung-cancer.com/article/S1525-7304(19)30003-8/abstract

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 May;22(5):797-804
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.13507
Impact Factor: 1.938
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Prognostic nutritional index is associated with disease severity and relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1756-185X.13507

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Apr;89(4):891-892
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.12.009.
Impact Factor: 7.229
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma presenting in web-like feature.
https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(18)33360-1/abstract

Clinical Rheumatology
Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Feb;38(2):487-494
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-018-4292-y
Impact Factor: 2.293
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Clinical role of albumin to globulin ratio in microscopic polyangiitis: a retrospective monocentric study.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10067-018-4292-y

Digestive and Liver Disease
Dig Liver Dis. 2019 Jan;51(1):79-85
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2018.08.027.
Impact Factor: 3.570
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Analysis of endoscopic features for histologic discrepancies between biopsy and endoscopic submucosal dissection in gastric neoplasms: 10-year results.
https://www.dldjournalonline.com/article/S1590-8658(18)30915-0/abstract

Clinica Chimica Acta
Clin Chim Acta. 2018 Nov;486:253-258
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.08.020
Impact Factor: 2.926
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein is elevated in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and correlates with disease activity.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009898118304145?via%3Dihub

Lupus
Lupus. 2018 Sep;27(10):1697-1705
DOI: 10.1177/0961203318787058
Impact Factor: 2.969
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Prognostic nutritional index is correlated with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961203318787058?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

BMC Nephrology
BMC Nephrol. 2018 Jul 31;19(1):187
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-0992-4
Impact Factor: 2.395
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio at diagnosis can estimate vasculitis activity and poor prognosis in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis: a retrospective study.
https://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12882-018-0992-4

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018 Jul-Aug;36(4):533-539
DOI: NA
Impact Factor: 3.201
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-interacting multifunctional protein-1 (AIMP1), a novel disease activity predictive biomarker of systemic lupus erythematosus.
https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=12053

Anticancer Research
Anticancer Res. 2018 Jul;38(7):4101-4109
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.12700
Impact Factor: 1.935
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
EpCAM as a Predictive Marker of Tumor Recurrence and Survival in Patients Who Underwent Surgical Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/38/7/4101.long

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
J Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2018 Jul 30;24(3):452-459
DOI: 10.5056/jnm17140
Impact Factor: 3.179
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Effects of the Administration of Probiotics on Fecal Microbiota Diversity and Composition in Healthy Individuals.
https://www.jnmjournal.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5056/jnm17140

Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei Med J. 2018 May;59(3):452-456.
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.3.452.
Impact Factor: 1.564
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Safety of Tocilizumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Resolved Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Data from Real-World Experience.
https://www.eymj.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3349/ymj.2018.59.3.452

Intestinal Research
Intest Res. 2018 Apr;16(2):166-167
DOI: 10.5217/ir.2018.16.2.166
Impact Factor: NA
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Can water insufflation and carbon dioxide overcome the difficulties of colonoscope insertion?
https://irjournal.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.5217/ir.2018.16.2.166

Lupus
Lupus. 2018 Apr;27(5):771-779
DOI: 10.1177/0961203317747719.
Impact Factor: 2.969
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Serum Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2-binding protein can reflect systemic lupus erythematosus activity.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961203317747719?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Clinical Rheumatology
Clin Rheumatol. 2017 Dec;36(12):2751-2759
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-017-3868-2
Impact Factor: 2.365
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Echocardiographic features in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis within 3 months before and after diagnosis.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10067-017-3868-2

Arthritis Research & Therapy
Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Aug 25;19(1):193
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-017-1404-z
Impact Factor: 4.121
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Decreased ex vivo production of interferon-gamma is associated with severity and poor prognosis in patients with lupus.
https://arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13075-017-1404-z

Medicine
Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Aug;96(34):e7901
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000007901.
Impact Factor: 1.804
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
The clinical utility of splenic fluorodeoxyglucose uptake for diagnosis and prognosis in patients with macrophage activation syndrome.
https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/fulltext/2017/08250/the_clinical_utility_of_splenic_fluorodeoxyglucose.48.aspx

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Int J Rheum Dis. 2017 Aug;20(8):1028-1035
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.13093
Impact Factor: 2.624
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Malignancies in Korean patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1756-185X.13093

The Journal of Rheumatology
J Rheumatol. 2017 Jul;44(7):996-1003
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.161286
Impact Factor: 3.150
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Application of the 2016 EULAR/ACR/PRINTO Classification Criteria for Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Patients with Adult-onset Still Disease.
https://www.jrheum.org/content/44/7/996.long

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2017 Oct;47(2):216-221
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.02.002.
Impact Factor: 4.498
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
In-hospital mortality in febrile lupus patients based on 2016 EULAR/ACR/PRINTO classification criteria for macrophage activation syndrome.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049017216303730?via%3Dihub

Journal of Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med. 2017 Mar;58(3):507-513
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.116.180729.
Impact Factor: 6.646
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Evaluation of Spleen Glucose Metabolism Using 18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients with Febrile Autoimmune Disease.
https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/58/3/507.long

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Int J Rheum Dis. 2016 Sep;19(9):897-902
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.12880.
Impact Factor: 1.914
Major authorship: First (Sung Soo Ahn)
Anti-Sm is associated with the early poor outcome of lupus nephritis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1756-185X.12880

Clinical Biochemistry
Clin Biochem. 2014 Sep;47(13-14):1257-61
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.05.002
Impact Factor: 2.275
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H4 as a diagnostic and prognostic indicator in patients with hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009912014002227?via%3Dihub

Journal of Bone Metabolism
J Bone Metab. 2013 May;20(1):51-5
DOI: 10.11005/jbm.2013.20.1.51.
Impact Factor: NA
Major authorship: First (Choong-Kyun Noh)
A case of nutritional osteomalacia in young adult male. Journal of bone metabolism.
https://e-jbm.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.11005/jbm.2013.20.1.51