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Hoon-Ki Sung

ResearcherTranslational MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Hoon-Ki Sung

Researcher

Translational Medicine

Natural Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 NSERC), most recently in 2016.

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Latest papers

Loss of Angptl4 Protects Mice from Intestinal Colitis and Tumorigenesis with Alternative Activation of Macrophages.
The American journal of pathology · 2026
Large-scale mapping of the MCH network in ALS mice reveals the vulnerability of dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in zona incerta.
Acta neuropathologica communications · 2026
Intermittent fasting promotes remodeling of neural and vascular networks in visceral white adipose tissue.
iScience · 2026 · senior author

All 57 publications

Latest funding

Metabolic Analyzer for the study of live cells and tissue explants
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$148,419
Identification of adipose NG2+ cells as a novel bipotent precursor of pericytes and adipocytes
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$217,000

All 2 grants and awards

57 publications.

Loss of Angptl4 Protects Mice from Intestinal Colitis and Tumorigenesis with Alternative Activation of Macrophages.

Yoo JA, Kim YH, Choe MS, Sghayare H, Zhang Q, Kwon G, Kim Y, Lee S, Lee C, Sung HK, Son JE

The American journal of pathology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2025.11.003 PMID: 41391750

Large-scale mapping of the MCH network in ALS mice reveals the vulnerability of dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in zona incerta.

Scekic-Zahirovic J, Antonucci S, Wiesner D, Ebner C, El Hajj H, Aousji O, Halablab K, Fan Y, Zelaya A, Yartas G, Baskar K, Çakmak EA, Bayer D, Sung HK, Dupuis L, Park J, Roselli F

Acta neuropathologica communications2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40478-026-02231-z PMID: 41652471

Intermittent fasting promotes remodeling of neural and vascular networks in visceral white adipose tissue.

Vo N, Yew A, Zhang Q, Jeong S, Togo J, Park JG, Sung HK

iScience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117028 PMID: 42603000

Homoharringtonine exhibits senotherapeutic activity that mitigates diet- and age-associated obesity and insulin resistance and extends lifespan in mice.

Kim EC, Jung HB, Park YK, Son Y, Cha HN, Patel Y, Lee JH, Choi M, Park S, Kim IK, Pickel L, Lee S, Ha Y, Shin MG, Zhang Q, Yang J, de Oliveira BR, Vo N, Yew A, Togo J, Ealey KN, Jung SR, Moon S, Yoon HJ, Lee JY, Sung HK, Kim JR, Park SY

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70475-3 PMID: 41916993

Characterization of Adipocyte Precursor Cells (APCs) by Lineage Tracing, Flow Cytometry, and Cytometry Time of Flight (CyTOF).

Zhang Q, Vo N, Lee JH, Yeganeh A, Ealey K, Sung HK

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5126-1_15 PMID: 42162553

PTEN regulates vagal-insulin signaling to optimize autonomic output determining peripheral inflammatory and metabolic homeostasis.

Li YZ, Son JE, Vo N, Bellisimo C, Lee JH, Rapps J, Pollock-Tahiri E, Ghebreselassie M, Chen CT, Bazinet RP, Billia F, Suzuki A, Hui CC, Mak TW, Sung HK, Yoo P, Woo M

Nature communications2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67192-8 PMID: 41372197

Subcutaneous white adipose tissue independently regulates burn-induced hypermetabolism via immune-adipose crosstalk

Knuth CM, Barayan D, Lee JH, Auger C, de Brito Monteiro L, Ricciuti Z, Metko D, Wells L, Sung H-K, Screaton RA

Cell reports202415 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113584 PMID: W4389976253

Intermittent fasting-a double edged sword for atherosclerosis.

Togo J, Sung HK

Life metabolism2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/lifemeta/loae015 PMID: 38736615

Intermittent fasting promotes rejuvenation of immunosenescent phenotypes in aged adipose tissue.

Ealey KN, Togo J, Lee JH, Patel Y, Kim JR, Park SY, Sung HK

GeroScience2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-024-01093-4 PMID: 38379117

Immune-privileged tissues formed from immunologically cloaked mouse embryonic stem cells survive long term in allogeneic hosts.

Harding J, Vintersten-Nagy K, Yang H, Tang JK, Shutova M, Jong ED, Lee JH, Massumi M, Oussenko T, Izadifar Z, Zhang P, Rogers IM, Wheeler MB, Lye SJ, Sung HK, Li C, Izadifar M, Nagy A

Nature biomedical engineering2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01133-y PMID: 37996616

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Hoon-Ki Sung

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Loss of Angptl4 Protects Mice from Intestinal Colitis and Tumorigenesis with Alternative Activation of Macrophages.

Large-scale mapping of the MCH network in ALS mice reveals the vulnerability of dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in zona incerta.

Intermittent fasting promotes remodeling of neural and vascular networks in visceral white adipose tissue.

Homoharringtonine exhibits senotherapeutic activity that mitigates diet- and age-associated obesity and insulin resistance and extends lifespan in mice.

Characterization of Adipocyte Precursor Cells (APCs) by Lineage Tracing, Flow Cytometry, and Cytometry Time of Flight (CyTOF).

PTEN regulates vagal-insulin signaling to optimize autonomic output determining peripheral inflammatory and metabolic homeostasis.

Subcutaneous white adipose tissue independently regulates burn-induced hypermetabolism via immune-adipose crosstalk

Intermittent fasting-a double edged sword for atherosclerosis.

Intermittent fasting promotes rejuvenation of immunosenescent phenotypes in aged adipose tissue.

Immune-privileged tissues formed from immunologically cloaked mouse embryonic stem cells survive long term in allogeneic hosts.

Metabolic Analyzer for the study of live cells and tissue explants

Identification of adipose NG2+ cells as a novel bipotent precursor of pericytes and adipocytes

Frequent collaborators

Andras Nagy

Chi-Chung Hui

York Pei

Kyoung-Han Kim

James Scholey

Wendy Lou

Zdenka Pausova

Andrea Jurisicova

Minna Woo

Jeehye Park

Marc Jeschke

Maria Febbraio

Bryan Heit

Christine Bear

James Ellis

Jim Hu

Laura Donaldson

Gregory Fairn

Filio Billia

Amira Klip