Chehyun Nam, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 210 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-1318
Fax: (323) 442-2981
chehyunn@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea
B.S., 2014
Biology

Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea
Ph.D., 2021
Integrated Biological Science

  • 2022 – present – Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2021 – 2022 – Postdoctoral Scientist – Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

  1. Nam C, Li LY, Yang Q, Ziman B, Zhao H, Hu B, Collet C, Jing P, Lei Q, Xu LY, Li EM, Koeffler HP, Sinha UK, Lin DC. A druggable cascade links methionine metabolism to epigenomic reprogramming in squamous cell carcinoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jun 25;121(26):e2320835121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2320835121. Epub 2024 Jun 20. PMID: 38900797.

  2. Ziman B, Yang Q, Zheng Y, Sheth M, Nam C, Zhao H, Zhang L, Hu B, Bhowmick NA, Sinha UK, Lin DC. Epigenomic analyses identify FOXM1 as a key regulator of anti-tumor immune response in esophageal adenocarcinoma. Cell Death Dis. 2024 Feb 19;15(2):152. PMID: 38373993

  3. Kim DY, Nam J, Chung JS, Kim SW, Shin HJ. (2022) Role of Roflumilast Combined with ESHAP Chemotherapy in Relapsed/Refractory Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jan;54(1):301-313. doi: 10.4143/crt.2020.1371. Epub 2021 Apr 27. PMID: 33940789; PMCID: PMC8756117.

  4. Shim H, Nam J, Kim SW. (2020) NF-κB p65 represses microRNA-124 transcription in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Genes Genomics. 2020 May;42(5):543-551. doi:10.1007/s13258-020-00922-y. Epub 2020 Mar 23. PMID: 32207045.

  5. Nam J, Kim DU, Kim E, Kwak B, Ko MJ, Oh AY, Park BJ, Kim YW, Kim A, Sun H, Jung Y, Lee JH, Shin HJ, Park I, Song DK, Jeong JY, Lee YH, Kim SW. (2019) Disruption of the Myc-PDE4B regulatory circuitry impairs B-cell lymphoma survival. Leukemia. 2019 Dec;33(12):2912-2923. doi: 10.1038/s41375-019-0492-y. Epub 2019 May 28. PMID: 31138843.

  6. Kim DU, Nam J, Cha MD, Kim SW. (2019) Inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4D decreases the malignant properties of DLD-1 colorectal cancer cells by repressing the AKT/mTOR/Myc signaling pathway. Oncol Lett. 2019 Mar;17(3):3589-3598. doi:10.3892/ol.2019.9996. Epub 2019 Jan 31. PMID: 30867802; PMCID: PMC6396110.

  7. Kim E, Nam J, Chang W, Zulfugarov IS, Okhlopkova ZM, Olennikov D, Chirikova NK, Kim SW. (2018) Angelica gigas Nakai and Decursin Downregulate Myc Expression to Promote Cell Death in B-cell Lymphoma. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 12;8(1):10590. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28619-z. PMID: 30002430; PMCID: PMC6043616.

  8. Kim EA, Kim SW, Nam J, Sung EG, Song IH, Kim JY, Kwon TK, Lee TJ. (2016) Inhibition of c-FLIPL expression by miRNA-708 increases the sensitivity of renal cancer cells to anti-cancer drugs. Oncotarget. 2016 May 31;7(22):31832-46. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.7149. PMID: 27092874; PMCID: PMC5077980.

  9. Park KU, Seo YS, Lee YH, Park J, Hwang I, Kang KJ, Nam J, Kim SW, Kim JY. (2015) Altered microRNA expression profile in hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Gene. 2015 Dec 1;573(2):278-84. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.07.053. Epub 2015 Jul 17. PMID: 26190160.

  10. Jeong D, Kim J, Nam J, Sun H, Lee YH, Lee TJ, Aguiar RC, Kim SW. (2015) MicroRNA-124 links p53 to the NF-κB pathway in B-cell lymphomas. Leukemia. 2015 Sep;29(9):1868-74. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.101. Epub 2015 Apr 27. PMID: 25915824.

  11. Kim J, Jeong D, Nam J, Aung TN, Gim JA, Park KU, Kim SW. (2015) MicroRNA-124 regulates glucocorticoid sensitivity by targeting phosphodiesterase 4B in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Gene. 2015 Mar 1;558(1):173-80. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 7. PMID: 25576220.