Education

M.S. and Ph.D. (integrated course) in Molecular and Life Sciences, Department of Life Science, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea, 2008

Current position

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea

Publications (since 2005)

1. Joh, H. M., Choi, J. Y., Kim, S. J., Chung, T. H. and Kang, T. H. (2014). Effect of additive oxygen gas on cellular response of lung cancer cells induced by atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet. Sci Rep 4: 6638.
   
2. Bae, K. S., Kim, S. Y., Park, S. Y., Jeong, A. J., Lee, H. H., Lee, J., Cho, Y. S., Leem, S. H., Kang, T. H., Bae, K. H., Kim, J. H., Jung, Y. W., Jun, W., Yoon, S. R., Lee, S. C. and Chung, J. W. (2014). Identification of lactoferrin as a human dedifferentiation factor through the studies of reptile tissue regeneration mechanisms. J Microbiol Biotechnol 24(6): 869-878.
   
3. Kim, S. K., Roh, Y. G., Park, K., Kang, T. H., Kim, W. J., Lee, J. S., Leem, S. H. and Chu, I. S. (2014). Expression signature defined by FOXM1-CCNB1 activation predicts disease recurrence in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Clin Cancer Res 20(12): 3233-3243.
   
4. Yoon, S.-L., Jeong, Y., Kim, H.-S., Ahn, E.-K., Seol, S.-Y., Lee, S.-Y., Roh, Y.-G., Gim, J.-A., Hwang, S. Y. and Kang, T.-H. (2014). Conservation of intronic minisatellite polymorphisms in the SCK1/SHC2 gene of Hominidae. Genes & Genomics 36(3): 375-385.
   
5. Kang, T. H. and Leem, S. H. (2014). Modulation of ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoint response by cryptochrome 1. Nucleic Acids Res 42(7): 4427-4434.
   
6. Lee, T. H., Park, J. M., Leem, S. H. and Kang, T. H. (2014). Coordinated regulation of XPA stability by ATR and HERC2 during nucleotide excision repair. Oncogene 33(1): 19-25
   
7. Lee, H. H., Kim, W. T., Kim, D. H., Park, J. W., Kang, T. H., Chung, J. W. and Leem, S. H. (2013). Tristetraprolin suppresses AHRR expression through mRNA destabilization. FEBS Lett 587(10): 1518-1523.
   
8. Jeong, M. W., Kang, T. H., Kim, W., Choi, Y. H. and Kim, K. T. (2013). Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 2 regulates histone H3 phosphorylation via interaction with vaccinia-related kinase 1. Mol Biol Cell 24(3): 373-384.
   
9. Ahn, M. H., Bae, K. B., Kwon, J. A., Choi, H. J., Lee, S. R., Kim, S. H., Jung, T. D., Kim, S. H., An, M. S., Hong, K. H., Heo, J., Kang, T. H., Chung, J. W. and Leem, S. H. (2013). Association of MUC6-minisatellite variants with susceptibility to rectal carcinoma. Mol Biol Rep 40(1): 303-308.
   
10. Lee, S.-Y., Yoon, Y.-H., Kim, S.-H., Lee, S.-R., Chu, J.-M., Kim, S. I., Kang, T.-H., Chung, J. W., Larionov, V. and Leem, S.-H. (2012). Characterization of the hamster genomic fragment cloned by TAR cloning technology with interspecific sequence information. Genes & Genomics 34(6): 647-652.
    
11. Jeong, A. J., Chung, C. N., Kim, H. J., Bae, K. S., Choi, S., Jun, W. J., Shim, S. I., Kang, T. H., Leem, S. H. and Chung, J. W. (2012). Gecko proteins exert anti-tumor effect against cervical cancer cells via PI3-Kinase/Akt pathway. Korean J Physiol Pharmacol 16(5): 361-365.
    
12. Kang, T. H., Reardon, J. T. and Sancar, A. (2011). Regulation of nucleotide excision repair activity by transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of the XPA protein. Nucleic Acids Res 39(8): 3176-3187.
    
13. Sancar, A., Lindsey-Boltz, L. A., Kang, T. H., Reardon, J. T., Lee, J. H. and Ozturk, N. (2010). Circadian clock control of the cellular response to DNA damage. FEBS Lett 584(12): 2618-2625.
    
14. Kemp, M. G., Akan, Z., Yilmaz, S., Grillo, M., Smith-Roe, S. L., Kang, T. H., Cordeiro-Stone, M., Kaufmann, W. K., Abraham, R. T., Sancar, A. and Unsal-Kacmaz, K. (2010). Tipin-replication protein A interaction mediates Chk1 phosphorylation by ATR in response to genotoxic stress. J Biol Chem 285(22): 16562-16571.
    
15. Kang, T. H., Lindsey-Boltz, L. A., Reardon, J. T. and Sancar, A. (2010). Circadian control of XPA and excision repair of cisplatin-DNA damage by cryptochrome and HERC2 ubiquitin ligase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(11): 4890-4895.
    
16. Kang, T. H. and Sancar, A. (2009). Circadian regulation of DNA excision repair: implications for chrono-chemotherapy. Cell Cycle 8(11): 1665-1667.
    
17. Kang, T. H., Reardon, J. T., Kemp, M. and Sancar, A. (2009). Circadian oscillation of nucleotide excision repair in mammalian brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(8): 2864-2867.
    
18. Kang, T. H., Park, D. Y., Kim, W. and Kim, K. T. (2008). VRK1 phosphorylates CREB and mediates CCND1 expression. J Cell Sci 121(Pt 18): 3035-3041.
    
19. Kang, T. H. and Kim, K. T. (2008). VRK3-mediated inactivation of ERK signaling in adult and embryonic rodent tissues. Biochim Biophys Acta 1783(1): 49-58.
    
20. Kang, T. H., Park, D. Y., Choi, Y. H., Kim, K. J., Yoon, H. S. and Kim, K. T. (2007). Mitotic histone H3 phosphorylation by vaccinia-related kinase 1 in mammalian cells. Mol Cell Biol 27(24): 8533-8546.
    
21. Kang, T. H. and Kim, K. T. (2006). Negative regulation of ERK activity by VRK3-mediated activation of VHR phosphatase. Nat Cell Biol 8(8): 863-869.
    
22. Kwon, S. Y., Choi, Y. J., Kang, T. H., Lee, K. H., Cha, S. S., Kim, G. H., Lee, H. S., Kim, K. T. and Kim, K. J. (2005). Highly efficient protein expression and purification using bacterial hemoglobin fusion vector. Plasmid 53(3): 274-282.