Research/Publication
1: Koo BS, Park KY, Lee HJ, Kim HJ, Ahn HS, Yim SY, Jun JB. Effect of combined
pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema on patients with connective tissue diseases and
systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arthritis Res Ther.
2021 Apr 6;23(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02494-y. PMID: 33823923; PMCID:
PMC8022385.
2: Nam B, Koo BS, Nam SW, Shin JH, Song Y, Cho SK, Sung YK, Kim TH. Gender
differences in factors associated with low quality of life and depression in
Korean patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Qual Life Res. 2021 Mar 10. doi:
10.1007/s11136-021-02800-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33689133.
3: Nam B, Koo BS, Lee TH, Shin JH, Kim JJ, Lee S, Joo KB, Kim TH. Low BASDAI
score alone is not a good predictor of anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment
efficacy in ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective cohort study. BMC
Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Feb 4;22(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03941-8.
PMID: 33541326; PMCID: PMC7860220.
4: Ha SY, Shim YB, Lee MY, Koo BS, Kim JH, Jeon JY, Yoo HJ, Kim YJ, Shin JY,
Park MH. Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of Tofacitinib With Continuing
Conventional Synthetic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs for Active
Rheumatoid Arthritis in South Korea. Rheumatol Ther. 2021 Mar;8(1):395-409. doi:
10.1007/s40744-021-00278-z. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33496958; PMCID: PMC7991041.
5: Koo BS, Lim YC, Lee MY, Jeon JY, Yoo HJ, Oh IS, Shin JY, Kim TH. The risk
factors and incidence of major infectious diseases in patients with ankylosing
spondylitis receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors. Mod Rheumatol. 2021 Feb
15:1-14. doi: 10.1080/14397595.2021.1878985. Epub ahead of print. PMID:
33494621.
6: Koo BS, Lim YC, Lee MY, Jeon JY, Yoo HJ, Oh IS, Shin JY, Kim TH. Dose
Reduction of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor and its Effect on Medical Costs for
Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Rheumatol Ther. 2021 Mar;8(1):347-359.
doi: 10.1007/s40744-020-00274-9. Epub 2021 Jan 9. PMID: 33420967; PMCID:
PMC7991020.
7: Lee TH, Koo BS, Nam B, Oh JS, Park SY, Lee S, Joo KB, Kim TH. Conventional
disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs therapy may not slow spinal radiographic
progression in ankylosing spondylitis: results from an 18-year longitudinal
dataset. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2020 Nov 28;12:1759720X20975912. doi:
10.1177/1759720X20975912. PMID: 33294039; PMCID: PMC7705797.
8: Koo BS, Jeong HJ, Son CN, Kim SH, Kim HJ, Kim GH, Jun JB. Distribution of
serum uric acid levels and prence of hyper- and hypouricemia in a Korean
general population of 172,970. Korean J Intern Med. 2021 Mar;36(Suppl
1):S264-S272. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2020.116. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PMID: 33227843;
PMCID: PMC8009145.
9: Koo BS, Oh JS, Park SY, Shin JH, Ahn GY, Lee S, Joo KB, Kim TH. Response to
'Correspondence on "Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors slow radiographic
progression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: 18-year real-world
evidence" by Zhang et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Oct
1:annrheumdis-2020-218944. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218944. Epub ahead of
print. PMID: 33004327.
10: Koo BS, Oh JS, Park SY, Shin JH, Ahn GY, Lee S, Joo KB, Kim TH. Tumour
necrosis factor inhibitors slow radiographic progression in patients with
ankylosing spondylitis: 18-year real-world evidence. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020
Oct;79(10):1327-1332. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216741. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
PMID: 32660979.
11: Koo BS, Yoon BH. Characteristics of Appendicular Tissue Components in
Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Bone Metab. 2020 Feb;27(1):35-42. doi:
10.11005/jbm.2020.27.1.35. Epub 2020 Feb 29. PMID: 32190607; PMCID: PMC7064364.
12: Koo BS, Jo S, Kwon E, Shin JH, Hur JW, Kim TH. Effect of biologics in the
level of cytokines in the synovial fluid of patients with ankylosing
spondylitis. Korean J Intern Med. 2020 Mar;35(2):465-473. doi:
10.3904/kjim.2018.364. Epub 2019 Dec 16. PMID: 31830775; PMCID: PMC7060997.
13: Koo BS, Song Y, Shin JH, Lee S, Kim TH. Evaluation of disease chronicity by
bone marrow fat fraction using sacroiliac joint magnetic resonance imaging in
patients with spondyloarthritis: A retrospective study. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019
Apr;22(4):734-741. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13485. Epub 2019 Feb 10. PMID:
30740910.
14: Koo BS, Song Y, Lee S, Sung YK, Shin KJ, Cho NH, Jun JB. Association of
Asian mitochondrial DNA haplogroup B with new development of knee osteoarthritis
in Koreans. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Mar;22(3):411-416. doi:
10.1111/1756-185X.13453. Epub 2018 Dec 13. PMID: 30549233.
15: Jo S, Koo BS, Lee B, Kwon E, Lee YL, Chung H, Sung IH, Park YS, Kim TH. A
novel role for bone-derived cells in ankylosing spondylitis: Focus on IL-23.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 Sep 23;491(3):787-793. doi:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.079. Epub 2017 Jul 18. PMID: 28728847.
16: Koo BS, Song Y, Lee S, Sung YK, Sung IH, Jun JB. Prence and distribution
of sesamoid bones and accessory ossicles of the foot as determined by digital
tomosynthesis. Clin Anat. 2017 Nov;30(8):1072-1076. doi: 10.1002/ca.22952. Epub
2017 Jul 27. PMID: 28714106.
17: Koo BS, Song Y, Sung YK, Lee S, Jun JB. Prence and distribution of
sesamoid bones in the hand determined using digital tomosynthesis. Clin Anat.
2017 Jul;30(5):608-613. doi: 10.1002/ca.22881. Epub 2017 Apr 19. PMID: 28340518.
18: Koo BS, Song Y, Joo KB, Lee S, Kim TH. Radiologic Changes in the Symphysis
Pubis of Male Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. J Rheumatol. 2016
Feb;43(2):330-4. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.150711. Epub 2015 Dec 15. PMID: 26669926.
19: Lee DH, Melles RB, Joe SG, Lee JY, Kim JG, Lee CK, Yoo B, Koo BS, Kim JT,
Marmor MF, Yoon YH. Pericentral hydroxychloroquine retinopathy in Korean
patients. Ophthalmology. 2015 Jun;122(6):1252-6. doi:
10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.01.014. Epub 2015 Feb 21. PMID: 25712474.
20: Koo BS, Hong S, Kim YJ, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Mortality in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease treated with an anti-
tumor necrosis factor agent. Korean J Intern Med. 2015 Jan;30(1):104-9. doi:
10.3904/kjim.2015.30.1.104. Epub 2014 Dec 30. PMID: 25589842; PMCID: PMC4293548.
21: Koo BS, Hong S, Kim YJ, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Lupus enteritis: clinical
characteristics and predictive factors for recurrence. Lupus. 2015
May;24(6):628-32. doi: 10.1177/0961203314558858. Epub 2014 Nov 12. PMID:
25391541.
22: Koo BS, Koh YW, Hong S, Kim YJ, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Clinicopathologic
characteristics of IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis among patients
initially diagnosed as having idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. Mod
Rheumatol. 2015 Mar;25(2):194-8. doi: 10.3109/14397595.2014.931908. Epub 2014
Jul 18. PMID: 25036229.
23: Kim YJ, Kim YG, Shim TS, Koo BS, Hong S, Lee CK, Yoo B. Safety of resuming
tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in patients who developed tuberculosis as a
complication of previous TNF inhibitors. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014
Aug;53(8):1477-81. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu041. Epub 2014 Mar 27. PMID:
24681840.
24: So MW, Koo BS, Kim YJ, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Successful rituximab treatment
of refractory hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia
associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Mod Rheumatol. 2014
Sep;24(5):855-7. doi: 10.3109/14397595.2013.874740. Epub 2014 Feb 11. PMID:
24517558.
25: Yoon DL, Kim YJ, Koo BS, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Neuro-behcet's disease in
South Korea: clinical characteristics and treatment response. Int J Rheum Dis.
2014 May;17(4):453-8. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12265. Epub 2014 Feb 8. PMID:
24506839.
26: Koo BS, Koh YW, Hong S, Kim YJ, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Frequency of
immunoglobulin G4-related aortitis in cases with aortic resection and their
clinical characteristics compared to other aortitises. Int J Rheum Dis. 2014
May;17(4):420-4. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12279. Epub 2014 Jan 22. PMID: 24447903.
27: Kim YJ, Koo BS, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Clinical features and prognosis in 82
patients with adult- Still's disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014 Jan-
Feb;32(1):28-33. Epub 2013 Sep 18. PMID: 24050706.
28: So MW, Heo HM, Koo BS, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Efficacy of incentive
spirometer exercise on pulmonary functions of patients with ankylosing
spondylitis stabilized by tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy. J Rheumatol.
2012 Sep;39(9):1854-8. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.120137. Epub 2012 Aug 1. PMID:
22859343.
29: So MW, Lee EJ, Lee HS, Koo BS, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Protective effects of
ginsenoside Rg3 on human osteoarthritic chondrocytes. Mod Rheumatol. 2013
Jan;23(1):104-11. doi: 10.1007/s10165-012-0635-8. Epub 2012 Mar 28. PMID:
22454193.
30: Kim YG, So MW, Koo BS, Chang EJ, Song SJ, Lee CK, Yoo B. The influence of
interleukin-32γ on osteoclastogenesis with a focus on fusion-related genes. J
Clin Immunol. 2012 Feb;32(1):201-6. doi: 10.1007/s10875-011-9611-x. Epub 2011
Nov 9. PMID: 22068911.
31: So MW, Koo BS, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
associated with malignancy: a retrospective cohort of 151 Korean patients with
dermatomyositis and polymyositis. J Rheumatol. 2011 Nov;38(11):2432-5. doi:
10.3899/jrheum.110320. Epub 2011 Aug 15. PMID: 21844145.
32: So MW, Koo BS, Kim YG, Lee CK, Yoo B. Predictive value of remission status
after 6?months induction therapy in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis:
a retrospective analysis. Clin Rheumatol. 2011 Nov;30(11):1399-405. doi:
10.1007/s10067-011-1778-2. Epub 2011 May 20. PMID: 21594768.
33: Cho CJ, Kim YG, Lee SG, Lee CK, Kim JH, Koo BS, Yoo B. Inflammatory and
noninflammatory vascular disease causing hemobilia. J Clin Rheumatol. 2011
Apr;17(3):138-41. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318214ef95. PMID: 21441818.