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Last published 2025
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Seongkyun Lim

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Research Assistant

Also affiliated: University of California, Los Angeles (2023); East Carolina University (2018); Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (2023)

13 h-index 41 pubs 494 cited

  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Cachexia
  • Muscular Atrophy
  • Female
  • Male
  • Carcinoma, Lewis Lung
  • Neoplasms
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
  • Mitochondria
  • Hindlimb Suspension
  • Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
  • MicroRNAs

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Seongkyun Lim's research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle adaptation and disease, particularly in the context of aging, exercise, and cancer cachexia.

Lim has investigated gene expression patterns and regulatory networks associated with acute skeletal muscle growth and exercise adaptation in aging. This work includes analyzing global and MYC-regulated networks and identifying molecular signatures that define exercise adaptation. Research also delves into the development and progression of cancer cachexia, a complex metabolic syndrome associated with cancer. Studies have examined the differences in catabolic signaling and transcriptional disruptions between male and female mice during cachexia and disuse atrophy, highlighting potential sex-based variations in disease progression. Further investigations explore mitochondrial aberrations and their differential effects on male and female mice during disuse atrophy.

Lim's work is supported by two NSF grants totaling $775,000, focused on the dynamic modeling of river ecosystem stability. Collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Francielly Morena da Silva, Tyrone A. Washington, Nicholas P. Greene, and Eleanor R. Schrems, have resulted in numerous shared publications. Lim's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, with 42 total publications and 491 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 41
  • Citations: 494

Positions

  • Postdoc 2022–present
    University of California Los Angeles Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research ORCID
  • Research Assistant 2018–present
    University of Arkansas Human Health, Performance, and Recreation ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Promoting mitochondrial fusion is protective against cancer-induced muscle detriments in males and females (2025)
    BMC Cancer 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Global mitophagy inhibition via BNIP3 ablation is not sufficient to alleviate skeletal muscle impairments in male and female tumor-bearing mice (2025)
    Journal of Applied Physiology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice (2024)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Females display relatively preserved muscle quality compared with males during the onset and early stages of C26-induced cancer cachexia (2023)
    Journal of Applied Physiology 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The time-course of cancer cachexia onset reveals biphasic transcriptional disruptions in female skeletal muscle distinct from males (2023)
    BMC Genomics 31 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of skeletal muscle fibrosis in a rodent model of cancer cachexia (2023)
    Cell Biochemistry and Function 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • MicroRNA control of the myogenic cell transcriptome and proteome: the role of miR-16 (2023)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Biological Sex Differences of Fibrosis During the Development of Cancer Cachexia (2023)
  • A molecular signature defining exercise adaptation with ageing and in vivo partial reprogramming in skeletal muscle (2022)
    The Journal of Physiology 48 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Time-Course of Cancer Cachexia Onset Reveals Biphasic Transcriptional Disruptions in Female Skeletal Muscle Distinct from Males (2022)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Multi-transcriptome analysis following an acute skeletal muscle growth stimulus yields tools for discerning global and MYC regulatory networks (2022)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 62 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Differential Induction Of Regulators Of Protein Turnover During C26-induced Cancer Cachexia Between Biological Sexes (2022)
    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise DOI OpenAlex
  • Males, But Not Females, Demonstrate Mitochondrial Dysfunction In The C26 Model Of Cancer Cachexia (2022)
    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • PGC-1α overexpression is not sufficient to mitigate cancer cachexia in either male or female mice (2022)
    Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Muscle miR-16 deletion results in impaired insulin sensitivity and contractile function in a sex-dependent manner (2022)
    American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 17 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $775,000 total

NSF Co-PI Oct 2025 - Aug 2027

SCC-CIVIC-FA Track A: Dynamic Modeling of River Ecosystem Stability

S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun $700,000

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