PUBLICATIONS

PAPERS

HJ Kim, SE Cho, AR Hong, KY Jung, OH Ryu, J Cho, EY Ha, HC Cho, J Ha, EJ Ku, KW Kim, S Chon, JH Park, IS Nam-goong, JH Park, S Lee, MH Choi, CG Kim, CH Chung (2026) Reference intervals for basal and ACTH-stimulated serum cortisol in healthy Korean adults: A multicenter study. Endocrinol. Metab, under review.​

AK Chaurasia, S Kang, CS Oh, N Batool, M Razzaq, SH Park, S Park, T Nguyen, A Shamim, ST Oh, J Song, JY Moon, MH Choi, T Bae, I Shim, KK Kim (2026) Inhibition of aldo/keto reductase by flufenamic acid induces metabolic reprogramming to suppress staphylococcal virulence and antimicrobial resistance​. Nat. Commun. in revision.​​

EY Ha, HC Cho, AR Hong, CG Kim, EJ Ku, IS Nam-Goong, I Chung, J HA, JH PArk, J Cho, JH Park, KY Jung, KW Kim, , MH Choi, S Lee, S Chon, SE Cho, HJ Kim, CH Chung, OH Ryu (2026) Reference intervals for serum aldosterone in healthy Korean adults: A multicenter study. Endocrinol. Metab, under review.​​

JH Kim, S Park, YS Lee, HJ Cho, SS Park, K Kim, , MH Choi*, SH Lee* (2026) Integrating plasma proteomic and steroidomic profiling for the discrimination of adrenocortical carcinoma from non-functioning adrenal adenomas: a proof-of-concept case–control study​. Ther. Adv. Endocrinol. Metab., under review.​​

J Choi, J Noh, MJ Jang, S Lee, E Kim, B Lee, U Park, H Ryu, MH Choi*, MS Kim* (2026) Hypothalamic GnRH pulse dynamics are associated with depression-like behaviors and testicular corticosterone modulation​. submitted.​

SS Park, J Noh, S Jung, SJ Kim, KE Lee, KC Jung, MH Choi*, JH Kim* (2026) Peripheral serum steroid profiling for subtype classification in primary aldosteronism: insights into lateralization and coexisting mild autonomous cortisol secretion​. J. Clin. Endocrine. Metab. in revision.​

W Effah, S Ponnusamy, DJ Hwang, Y Khosrosereshki, S Kregel, D Jonshon, HJ Seo, MH Choi, B Santhanam, HY CHoi, S Jayaraman, D Miller, R Narayanan (2026) Prostate cancer androgen metabolism is a pre-requisite for the success of canonical androgen receptor antagonists. submitted.

JH Kim, S Park, J Noh, SS Park, Sh Lee, Y Lee, YG Kim, MH Choi (2026) Unsupervised serum steroid subtyping unmasks biologically and clinically distinct phenotypes within mild autonomous cortisol secretion. Clin. Chem., under review.

SJ Moon, SJ Kim, M Kho, N Hong, Y Park, H Mahbub, G Yim, MG Lee, D Kim, S Jeong, JH Moon, MH Choi, J Jeong, SW Park, Y Shin, CH Kim, JT Seo, S Lee​ (2026) Human genetic and experimental evidence implicates steroid sulfatase in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease​. submitted.​

S Park, M Park, HW Yang, J Park, SJ Yu, SS Park, MH Choi, EJ Cho, JH Kim (2026) Cortisol metabolic reprogramming in liver cirrhosis reveals coordinated axis-specific alterations. J. Intern. Med., 300, ​513-527.

K Miyabayashi, K Ono, T. Sato, A Yahagi, M Iseki, K Ishihara, M Inoue, T Mori, R Shimada, KI Ishiguro, T Ishii, JS Noh, MH Choi, T Baba, Y Ohkawa, K Toida, Y Shima (2026) The Nkx2.3-Nr5a1 gene cascade plays a crucial role in spleen-specific vascular architecture and marginal zone formation. Cell Reports, in revision.​

SS Park, S Park, MH Choi*, JH Kim* (2026) Salivary 18-hydroxycortisol as a non-Invasive marker for lateralization in primary aldosteronism. Endocrinol. Metab, On-Line First (https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2026.3092​).

S Asemota, HY Choi, W Effah, K Young, L Cripe, K McNamara, DJ Byun, HJ Seo, S Ponnusamy ..., H Sasano, MH Choi, R Narayanan (2026) Intratumoral androstene-3,17-dione defines breast cancer subtype and prognosis. EMBO Mol. Med., On-Line First (https://doi.org/10.1038/s44321-026-00530-5​).

SS Park, JS Lee, Y Lee, TM Kim, YG Kim, SJ Kim, KE Lee, J Noh, MH Choi, MW Seong, JH Kim (2026) Genetics and clinical characteristics of Korean patients with bilateral macronodular adrenocortical disease. Eur. J. Endocrinol., 194, 114-122.

HJ Seo, J Noh, JY Moon, HH Son, HB Oh, HS Seo, MH Choi (2026) Statin-induced cholesterol lowering and impaired testosterone biosynthesis in diabetic men. World J. Mens Health, in revision.

KY Jung, S Park, C Lee, EJ Ku, S Lee, KA Kim, SW Kim, Y Rhee, JS Lim, CH Chung, SW Chun, SJ Yoo, OH Ryu, H Cho, AR Hong, HJ Kim, MH Choi*, JH Kim* (2026) Clinical utility of salivary steroid profiling for the differential diagnosis of adrenal diseases. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 111, e827-e836.