Steve Seung-Young Lee

Dr. Steve Seung-Young Lee

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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2014 in Cell Metabolism
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SYShuhua Yue
Shuhua Yue
JLJunjie Li
Junjie Li
SLSteve Seung-Young Lee
Steve Seung-Young Lee
HLHyeon Jeong Lee
Hyeon Jeong Lee
TSTian Shao
Tian Shao
JCJi-Xin Cheng
Ji-Xin Cheng

1 May 2009 in Journal of Controlled Release
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HNHae Yun Nam
Hae Yun Nam
SKSeok Min Kwon
Seok Min Kwon
HCHyunjin Chung
Hyunjin Chung
SLSteve Seung-Young Lee
Steve Seung-Young Lee
SKSeung-Hae Kwon
Seung-Hae Kwon
SJSeo Young Jeong
Seo Young Jeong

20 March 2008 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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SLSeulki Lee
Seulki Lee
ECEui‐Joon Cha
Eui‐Joon Cha
Kyeongsoon ParkKyeongsoon Park
Kyeongsoon Park
SLSteve Seung-Young Lee
Steve Seung-Young Lee
JHJin‐Ki Hong
Jin‐Ki Hong
CACheol-Hee Ahn
Cheol-Hee Ahn

10 April 2019 in Science Translational Medicine
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JIJun Ishihara
Jun Ishihara
AIAko Ishihara
Ako Ishihara
KSKoichi Sasaki
Koichi Sasaki
SLSteve Seung-Young Lee
Steve Seung-Young Lee
JWJohn-Michael Williford
John-Michael Williford
JHJeffrey A. Hubbell
Jeffrey A. Hubbell
Cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) has demonstrated clinical efficacy but is frequently accompanied with severe adverse events caused by excessive and systemic immune system activation. Here, we addressed this need by targeting both the CPI antibodies anti–cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 antibody (αCTLA4) + anti–programmed death ligand 1 antibody (αPD-L1) and the cytokine IL-2 to tumors via conjugation (for the antibodies) or recombinant fusion (for the cytokine) to a collagen-binding domain (CBD) derived from the blood protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) A3 domain, harnessing the exposure of tumor stroma collagen to blood components due to the leakiness of the tumor vasculature. We show that intravenously administered CBD protein accumulated mainly in tumors. CBD conjugation or fusion decreases the systemic toxicity of both αCTLA4 + αPD-L1 combination therapy and IL-2, for example, eliminating hepatotoxicity with the CPI molecules and ameliorating pulmonary edema with IL-2. Both CBD-CPI and CBD–IL-2 suppressed tumor growth compared to their unmodified forms in multiple murine cancer models, and both CBD-CPI and CBD–IL-2 increased tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells. In an orthotopic breast cancer model, combination treatment with CPI and IL-2 eradicated tumors in 9 of 13 animals with the CBD-modified drugs, whereas it did so in only 1 of 13 animals with the unmodified drugs. Thus, the A3 domain of VWF can be used to improve safety and efficacy of systemically administered tumor drugs with high translational promise.

1 August 2007 in Journal of Controlled Release
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YCYong-Il Chung
Yong-Il Chung
KAKang-Min Ahn
Kang-Min Ahn
SJSeung-Ho Jeon
Seung-Ho Jeon
SLSteve Seung-Young Lee
Steve Seung-Young Lee
JLJong-Ho Lee
Jong-Ho Lee
GTGiyoong Tae
Giyoong Tae

15 February 2010 in Journal of Controlled Release
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SLSteve Seung-Young Lee
Steve Seung-Young Lee
MHMyung Sook Huh
Myung Sook Huh
SLSeulki Lee
Seulki Lee
SLSo Jin Lee
So Jin Lee
HCHyunjin Chung
Hyunjin Chung
IKIck Chan Kwon
Ick Chan Kwon