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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Natural Science
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology

Publications

  1. “Systematic analysis of immune cell motility leveraging the open intravital microscopy database Immunemap”, The EMBO Journal, 45(1), 334-348, 2026
    Diego Ulisse Pizzagalli, Pau Carrillo-Barberà, Elisa Palladino, Kevin Ceni, Benedikt Thelen, Alain Pulfer, Johannes Textor, Inge Wortel, The IMMUNEMAP project consortium, Rolf Krause, Santiago Fernandez Gonzalez. (Kibaek Choe is one of the IMMUNEMAP project consortium)

 

  1. “Adaptive Cell Tracking for Intravital Imaging of Real-Time Cell Migration in Mouse Lymph Nodes”, Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2025, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2025), paper PD103_1
    Xiaoran Sui*, Shitong Zhao*, Kibaek Choe, Alejandro Simon, and Chris Xu (*co-first)

 

  1. “Data-driven simulations elucidate how lymphocyte motility behaviors drive cell-cell interactions within germinal centers”, bioRxiv, 2025
    Nikita Sivakumar, Chanhong Min, Kibaek Choe, Wendy Béguelin, Jude M. Phillip, Feilim Mac Gabhann

 

  1. “A sub-nanolitre tetherless optoelectronic microsystem for chronic neural recording in awake mice”, Nature Electronics, 1-13, 2025
    Sunwoo Lee, Shahaboddin Ghajari, Sanaz Sadeghi, Yumin Zheng, Hind Zahr, Alejandro J. Cortese, Wenchao Gu, Kibaek Choe, Aaron Mok, Melanie Wallace, Rui Jiao, Chunyan Wu, Jesse C. Werth, Tianyu Wang, Praneeth Mogalipuvvu, Ju Uhn Park, Shitong Zhao, Conrad Smart, Thomas A. Cleland, Melissa R. Warden, Jan Lammerding, Jesse H. Goldberg, Paul L. McEuen, Chris Xu, and Alyosha C. Molnar

 

  1. “Intravital three-photon microscopy allows visualization over the entire depth of mouse lymph nodes”, Nature Immunology 23 (2), 330-340, 2022.
    Kibaek Choe#, Yusaku Hontani, Tianyu Wang, Eric Hebert, Dimitre Ouzounov, Kristine Lai, Ankur Singh, Wendy Béguelin, Ari M. Melnick and Chris Xu# (# Corresponding authors)
    [Recommended on ‘Faculty Opinions’, 2022] [News in Photonics]

 

  1. “Deep-tissue Three-photon Fluorescence Microscopy in Intact Mouse and Zebrafish Brain”, Journal of Visualized Experiments (179), e63213, 2022
    Yusaku Hontani, Najva Akbari, Kristine E. Kolkman, Chunyan Wu, Fei Xia, Kibaek Choe, Joseph R. Fetcho, Chris Xu

 

  1. “Stepwise transmigration cascade of T and B cells through the perivascular channel in lymph node high endothelial venules”, Life Science Alliance 4 (8), 2021
    Kibaek Choe, Jieun Moon, Soo Yun Lee, Eunjoo Song, Ju Hee Back, Joo-Hye Song, Young-Min Hyun, Kenji Uchimura, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “Distinct fibroblast subsets regulate lacteal integrity through YAP/TAZ-induced VEGF-C in intestinal villi”, Nature communications 11 (1), 4102, 2020
    Seon Pyo Hong, Myung Jin Yang, Hyunsoo Cho, Intae Park, Hosung Bae, Kibaek Choe, Sang Heon Suh, Ralf H Adams, Kari Alitalo, Daesik Lim, Gou Young Koh

 

  1. “Angiopoietin-2–integrin α5β1 signaling enhances vascular fatty acid transport and prevents ectopic lipid-induced insulin resistance“, Nature communications 11 (1), 2980, 2020
    Hosung Bae, Ki Yong Hong, Choong-kun Lee, Cholsoon Jang, Seung-Jun Lee, Kibaek Choe, Stefan Offermanns, Yulong He, Hyuek Jong Lee, Gou Young Koh

 

  1. “In vivo longitudinal depth-wise visualization of tumorigenesis by needle-shaped side-view confocal endomicroscopy“, Biomedical Optics Express 10 (6), 2719-2729, 2019
    Jinhyo Ahn, Eunji Kong, Kibaek Choe, Eunjoo Song, Yoonha Hwang, Howon Seo, Inwon Park, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “Gut microbiota regulates lacteal integrity by inducing VEGF‐C in intestinal villus macrophages“, EMBO reports 20 (4), e46927, 2019
    Sang Heon Suh, Kibaek Choe, Seon Pyo Hong, Seung‐hwan Jeong, Taija Mäkinen, Kwang Soon Kim, Kari Alitalo, Charles D Surh, Gou Young Koh, Joo‐Hye Song

 

  1. “Neutrophils disturb pulmonary microcirculation in sepsis-induced acute lung injury”, European Respiratory Journal 53 (3), 1800786, 2019
    Inwon Park, Mingyo Kim, Kibaek Choe, Eunjoo Song, Howon Seo, Yoonha Hwang, Jinhyo Ahn, Seung-Hyo Lee, Jae Hyuk Lee, You Hwan Jo, Kyuseok Kim, Gou Young Koh, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “Nanoparticle-assisted transcutaneous delivery of a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3-inhibiting peptide ameliorates psoriasis-like skin inflammation”, ACS nano 12 (7), 6904-6916, 2018
    Jin Yong Kim, Jinhyo Ahn, Jinjoo Kim, Minsuk Choi, Hyungsu Jeon, Kibaek Choe, Dong Yun Lee, Pilhan Kim, Sangyong Jon

 

  1. “Intravital imaging of a pulmonary endothelial surface layer in a murine sepsis model”, Biomedical optics express, 9 (5), 2383-2393, 2018
    Inwon Park, Kibaek Choe, Howon Seo, Yoonha Hwang, Eunjoo Song, Jinhyo Ahn, You Hwan Jo, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “Intravital Longitudinal Wide-area Imaging of Dynamic Bone Marrow Engraftment and Multilineage Differentiation through Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Labeling”, Plos One, 12(11), e0187660, 2017.
    Soyeon Ahn, Kibaek Choe, Seunghun Lee, Kangsan Kim, Eunjoo Song, Howon Seo, Injune Kim, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “In Vivo Cellular-level Real-time Pharmacokinetic Imaging of Free-form and Liposomal Indocyanine Green in Liver”, Biomedical Optics Express, 8(10), 4706-4716, 2017.
    Yoonha Hwang, Hwanjun Yoon, Kibaek Choe, Jinhyo Ahn, Jik Han Jung, Ji-Ho Park, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “VEGFR2 but not VEGFR3 governs integrity and remodeling of thyroid angiofollicular unit in normal state and during goitrogenesis”, EMBO Molecular Medicine, e201607341, 2017.
    Jeon Yeob Jang, Sung Yong Choi, Intae Park, Do Young Park, Kibaek Choe, Pilhan Kim, Young Keum Kim, Byung‐Joo Lee, Masanori Hirashima, Yoshiaki Kubota, Jeong‐Won Park, Sheue‐Yann Cheng, Andras Nagy, Young Joo Park, Kari Alitalo, Minho Shong, Gou Young Koh

 

  1. “Polypeptide-based polyelectrolyte complexes overcoming the biological barriers of oral insulin delivery”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 48, 79-87, 2017
    YongJun Jeong, DaeYong Lee, Kibaek Choe, Hyeji Ahn, Pilhan Kim, Ji-Ho Park, Yeu-Chun Kim

 

  1. “Holographic intravital microscopy for 2-D and 3-D imaging intact circulating blood cells in microcapillaries of live mice”, Scientific Reports, 6, 33084, 2016.
    Kyoohyun Kim*, Kibaek Choe*, Inwon Park, Pilhan Kim, YongKeun Park (*Co-first authors)

 

  1. “Intravital imaging of intestinal lacteals unveils lipid drainage through contractility”, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 125(11), 4042-4052, 2015.
    Kibaek Choe*, Jeon Yeob Jang*, Intae Park*, Yeseul Kim, Soyeon Ahn, Dae-Young Park, Young-Kwon Hong, Kari Alitalo, Gou Young Koh, Pilhan Kim (* Co-first authors)
    [Highlight in ‘JCI This Month, 2015, p7], [Highlight in JCI Posts]

 

  1. “Optical clearing based cellular-level 3D visualization of intact lymph node cortex”, Biomedical Optics Express, 6(10), 4154, 2015.
    Eunjoo Song, Howon Seo, Kibaek Choe, Yoonha Hwang, Jinhyo Ahn, Soyeon Ahn, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “In vivo longitudinal cellular imaging of small intestine by side-view endomicroscopy”, Biomedical Optics Express, 6(10), 3963, 2015.
    Jinhyo Ahn, Kibaek Choe, Taejun Wang, Yoonha Hwang, Eunjoo Song, Ki Hean Kim, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “In vivo Quantitation of Circulating Tumor Cells from Great Saphenous Vein Based on Video-rate Confocal Microscopy”, Biomedical Optics Express, 6(6), 2158-67, 2015.
    Howon Seo, Yoonha Hwang, Kibaek Choe, Pilhan Kim

 

  1. “Establishment of a controlled insulin delivery system using a glucose-responsive double-layered nanogel”, RSC Adv., 5(19), 14482–14491. 2015.
    DaeYong Lee, Kibaek Choe, YongJun Jeong, Jisang Yoo, Sung Mun Lee, Ji-Ho Park, Pilhan Kim, Yeu-Chun Kim

 

  1. “In vivo high spatiotemporal resolution visualization of circulating T lymphocytes in high endothelial venules of lymph nodes”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(3):036005, Mar. 2013.
    Kibaek Choe, Yoonha Hwang, Howon Seo, Pilhan Kim