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Tae-Hwan Kwon

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Tae-Hwan Kwon

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1561-6508
1996 …2025

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In Korean

권태환 교수(의과대학 의학과)

Education

(1988) MD, Kyungpook National University
(1992) MSc, Kyungpook National University
(2001) PhD, Kyungpook National University
(2005) dr.med., Aarhus University, Denmark

Professional Experience

o (2004 – Present) Professor, Kyungpook National University (KNU)
o (2022 – 2024) Dean, School of Medicine
o (2020 – 2021) Director, Office of International Affairs, KNU
o (2013 – 2020) Director, BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program 
o (2001 – 2011) Visiting Professor, The Water and Salt Research Centre,
                          Aarhus University, Denmark
o (2000 – 2003) Assistant Professor, Dongguk University
o (1997 - 2000) Research Associate, Aarhus University, Denmark


Review Boards and Other Scientific Activities:
• Abstract Reviewer, American Society of Nephrology annual meeting
• Abstract Reviewer, ERA-EDTA (European Nephrology annual meeting)
• Abstract Reviewer, Korean Society of Nephrology Meeting
• Editorial Board, Kidney Blood Pressure Research (Associate Editor)
• Editorial Board, Kidney Research Clinical Practice (Associate Editor)
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Guest Referee:
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology, American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, FASEB Journal, PLoS ONE, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Kidney Practice Clinical Research, Scientific Reports, etc.

Research Interests

- Molecular Physiology on Kidney Function
- Regulation of Renal Aquaporins
- Acid-base metabolism
- Renal Fibrosis
- Aquaporin-mediated cancer cell migration
- Mesenchymal stem cell therapy
- Muti-omics, siRNA/miRNA delivery, genome editing
- Systems Biology 

Major Research Achievements

o Regulation of aquaporin-2 expression and the action of vasopressin
o Dysregulation of aquaporin-2 in water balance disorders
o Sodium transporters in hypertension
o Therapeutic effects of EPO on miRNAs on renal fibrosis
o The effects of angiotensin II on renal water and sodium handling
o The effects of aldosterone on the cell morphology in the collecting duct
o miRNAs in the regulation of aquaporin-2 
o Aquaporin 5-mediated cancer cell migration

url

https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?hl=ko&user=e2JgDbkAAAAJ

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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