Publications
30
Citations
188
Est. group size
~9
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
20
Publishing since 2007
Kyungchan Kim studies how hormones produced in the brain—particularly insulin made in the hypothalamus—affect functions like learning, memory, growth, and body weight. The work also explores related metabolic signaling molecules (such as FGF21 and FGF11) that influence obesity and diabetes, using mouse models and protein-based approaches. Overall, the research connects brain biology with whole-body metabolism.
Publication activity has been growing over the last several years, rising from about one paper per year around 2019 to a peak of seven in 2024, averaging roughly four per year over the last five years.
Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026
- Loss of brain insulin production impairs learning and memory in female mice
Metabologia · 2025
- Loss of brain insulin production impairs learning and memory in female mice
Research Square · 2025
- Heating-mediated purification of active FGF21 and structure-based design of its variant with enhanced potency
Scientific Reports · 2023
- Silencing of hypothalamic FGF11 prevents diet-induced obesity
Molecular Brain · 2022
- Temperature-responsive structural reversibility of FGF21 and structure-based design of its variant with enhanced potency
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2021
- Insulin synthesized in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus regulates pituitary growth hormone production
JCI Insight · 2020
- SUN-240 Female Mice Lacking Brain Insulin Production Exhibit Learning Deficits, Anxiety, and Reduced Hippocampal Cyclin D1 Expression
Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2020
- Insulin synthesized in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus regulates body length by modulating pituitary growth hormone production
IBRO Reports · 2019
- Valosin-containing protein is a key mediator between autophagic cell death and apoptosis in adult hippocampal neural stem cells following insulin withdrawal
Molecular Brain · 2016
- Wnt3a upregulates brain-derived insulin by increasing NeuroD1 via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in the hypothalamus
Molecular Brain · 2016
- eLife×4
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
- Molecular Brain×3
- Molecular Metabolism×2
- JCI Insight×1
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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.
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