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Overview

Chang H. Kim is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the interface of immunology, microbiology, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on the roles of gut microbiota and immune cell regulation.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to immune cell function and interaction, gut microbiota and health, IL-33, ST2, and innate lymphoid cell (ILC) pathways, as well as research on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens. Additional areas of work include liver disease diagnosis and treatment, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, and eosinophilic esophagitis.

They have contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Control of lymphocyte functions by gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Complex regulatory effects of gut microbial short-chain fatty acids on immune tolerance and autoimmunity, 2023, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Dietary fiber metabolites regulate innate lymphoid cell responses, 2020, Mucosal Immunology
  • Regulation of common neurological disorders by gut microbial metabolites, 2021, Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • The Butyrate-Producing Bacterium Clostridium butyricum Suppresses Clostridioides difficile Infection via Neutrophil- and Antimicrobial Cytokine-Dependent but GPR43/109a-Independent Mechanisms, 2021, The Journal of Immunology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Leon Friesen
  • Seth S. Martin
  • Qingyang Liu
  • Nino Isakadze

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in several journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Circulation
  • Mucosal Immunology
  • Endocrine Research

Chang H. Kim's research contributions lie mainly within the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Subfields of emphasis include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

Best Publications

  • Short-chain fatty acids induce both effector and regulatory T cells by suppression of histone deacetylases and regulation of the mTOR-S6K pathway.

    Jeongho Park;Myunghoo Kim;Seung G. Kang;Amber Hopf Jannasch

  • Short-chain fatty acids activate GPR41 and GPR43 on intestinal epithelial cells to promote inflammatory responses in mice.

    Myung H. Kim;Seung G. Kang;Jeong H. Park;Masashi Yanagisawa

  • Cutting Edge: Direct Suppression of B Cells by CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells

    Hyung W. Lim;Peter Hillsamer;Allison H. Banham;Chang H. Kim

  • Gut Microbial Metabolites Fuel Host Antibody Responses

    Myunghoo Kim;Yaqing Qie;Jeongho Park;Chang H. Kim

  • Subspecialization of Cxcr5+ T Cells: B Helper Activity Is Focused in a Germinal Center–Localized Subset of Cxcr5+ T Cells

    Chang H. Kim;Chang H. Kim;Lusijah S. Rott;Lusijah S. Rott;Ian Clark-Lewis;Daniel J. Campbell;Daniel J. Campbell

  • Gut Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids, T Cells, and Inflammation

    Chang H. Kim;Jeongho Park;Myunghoo Kim

  • Rules of chemokine receptor association with T cell polarization in vivo

    Chang H. Kim;Lusijah Rott;Eric J. Kunkel;Mark C. Genovese

  • In Vitro Behavior of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Under the Influence of Chemoattractants: Stromal Cell–Derived Factor-1, Steel Factor, and the Bone Marrow Environment

    Chang H. Kim;Hal E. Broxmeyer

  • Chemokines: signal lamps for trafficking of T and B cells for development and effector function.

    Chang H. Kim;Hal E. Broxmeyer

  • Bonzo/CXCR6 expression defines type 1–polarized T-cell subsets with extralymphoid tissue homing potential

    Chang H. Kim;Eric J. Kunkel;Judie Boisvert;Brent Johnston

  • Chemokines in the systemic organization of immunity.

    Daniel J. Campbell;Chang H. Kim;Eugene C. Butcher;Eugene C. Butcher

  • CCR10 expression is a common feature of circulating and mucosal epithelial tissue IgA Ab-secreting cells

    Eric J. Kunkel;Chang H. Kim;Nicole H. Lazarus;Mark A. Vierra

  • Immune regulation by microbiome metabolites.

    Chang H. Kim

  • Vitamin A Metabolites Induce Gut-Homing FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cells

    Seung G. Kang;Hyung W. Lim;Ourania M. Andrisani;Hal E. Broxmeyer

  • Regulatory T cells can migrate to follicles upon T cell activation and suppress GC-Th cells and GC-Th cell-driven B cell responses

    Hyung W. Lim;Peter Hillsamer;Chang H. Kim

  • Trafficking machinery of NKT cells: shared and differential chemokine receptor expression among Vα24+Vβ11+ NKT cell subsets with distinct cytokine-producing capacity

    Chang H. Kim;Brent Johnston;Eugene C. Butcher

  • The roles of CCR6 in migration of Th17 cells and regulation of effector T-cell balance in the gut.

    Chuanwu Wang;Seung G. Kang;Jeeho Lee;Zuoming Sun

  • Control of lymphocyte functions by gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids.

    Chang H. Kim

  • Human Th17 Cells Share Major Trafficking Receptors with Both Polarized Effector T Cells and FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells

    Hyung W. Lim;Jeeho Lee;Peter Hillsamer;Chang H. Kim

  • Unique gene expression program of human germinal center T helper cells.

    Chang H. Kim;Hyung W. Lim;Jong R. Kim;Lusijah Rott

  • Codon optimization for high-level expression of human erythropoietin (EPO) in mammalian cells

    Chang H Kim;Younghoon Oh;Tae H Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Hal E. Broxmeyer
Hal E. Broxmeyer Indiana University
Eugene C. Butcher
Eugene C. Butcher Stanford University
Giao Hangoc
Giao Hangoc Indiana University
Robert Hromas
Robert Hromas The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Louis M. Pelus
Louis M. Pelus Indiana University
Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper Indiana University
Elizabeth J. Taparowsky
Elizabeth J. Taparowsky Purdue University West Lafayette
Mark H. Kaplan
Mark H. Kaplan Indiana University
Harm HogenEsch
Harm HogenEsch Purdue University West Lafayette
Euisik Yoon
Euisik Yoon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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