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Last published 2026
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Sung W. Rhee

Professor

Also affiliated: University of Vermont (2010); National Institutes of Health (2012); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2019); University of Kansas (2014); Heidelberg University (2012); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2008–2015); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (2012); The University of Kansas Cancer Center (2014); University of Kansas Medical Center (2014); Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (2022–2024); The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (2019); Saarland University (2012)

16 h-index 74 pubs 945 cited

  • Animals
  • Rats
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hypertension
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Vasodilation
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Students, Medical
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
  • Calcium Channels, L-Type
  • Cerebral Arteries
  • Membrane Potentials

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Sung W. Rhee's research has focused on the mechanisms of hypertension and platelet function in hemostasis. His work investigates the role of the IFNγ-PDL1 pathway in promoting hypertension through CD8T-DCT interaction. Additionally, Rhee studies the structural evolution of thrombi in venous puncture wounds, examining how platelet capture and activation at the wound site contribute to hemostasis. His publications detail the use of advanced electron microscopy techniques to characterize platelet activation states and thrombus formation. Rhee has a history of collaboration with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Irina D. Pokrovskaya, Brian Storrie, and Kelly K. Ball. His scholarly output includes 90 publications with 997 citations and an h-index of 17.

Metrics

  • h-index: 16
  • Publications: 74
  • Citations: 945

Positions

  • Professor publications 2005–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

  • Murine thrombus organization limits access to high platelet activation states while supporting platelet recruitment (2026)
    Blood Vessels Thrombosis & Hemostasis DOI OpenAlex
  • The Syk inhibitor BI 1002494 impairs thrombus infill in a murine femoral artery occlusion without affecting hemostasis (2025)
    Blood Vessels Thrombosis & Hemostasis DOI OpenAlex
  • Contrasting Effects of Platelet GPVI Deletion Versus Syk Inhibition on Mouse Jugular Vein Puncture Wound Structure (2025)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Contrasting Effects of Platelet GPVI Deletion versus Syk Inhibition on Mouse Jugular Vein Puncture Wound Structure (2025)
    Preprints.org DOI OpenAlex
  • Rhythmic Contractions of Lymph Vessels and Lymph Flow Are Disrupted in Hypertensive Rats (2024)
    Hypertension DOI OpenAlex
  • Single-Platelet Mapping of Jugular, Puncture-Wound Thrombi Reveals the Spatial Evolution of Platelet Activation (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Tethered platelet capture provides a mechanism for restricting circulating platelet activation to the wound site (2023)
    Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparison of Ultrastructure Determined by Serial Block Face SEM and Focused Ion Beam SEM from Blood Platelets and Thrombi (2022)
    Microscopy and Microanalysis 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Hypertension Induces Contractile Dysfunction in Rat Mesenteric Lymph Vessels (2022)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • The IFNγ-PDL1 Pathway Enhances CD8T-DCT Interaction to Promote Hypertension (2022)
    Circulation Research 45 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Combined use of serial block face SEM and focused ion beam SEM elucidates the 3D ultrastructure of blood platelets and thrombi (2022)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Electron Microscope Characterization of Platelet Activation State Reveals That Wound Closure and P2Y 12 Receptors Are Major Early Determinants of Thrombus Structure in a Venous Puncture Model (2021)
    Blood 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Interactive retrieval practice in renal physiology improves performance on customized National Board of Medical Examiners examination of medical students (2021)
    AJP Advances in Physiology Education 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Venous puncture wound hemostasis results in a vaulted thrombus structured by locally nucleated platelet aggregates (2021)
    Communications Biology 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mechanisms of Increased Infarct Volume in a Rat Model of Ischemic Stroke: Implications for Leptomeningeal Collateral Artery Function and Beta Blocker Therapy (2021)
    The FASEB Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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