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Chong Jai Kim

Chong Jai Kim

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
24070
World Ranking
17513
National Ranking
66

Overview

Chong Jai Kim is affiliated with the Asan Medical Center in South Korea and has made contributions mainly in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research covers significant subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans diverse topics, focusing notably on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Neonatal and Maternal Infections, and Maternal and fetal healthcare.

Chong Jai Kim has coauthored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators, including Eun Na Kim, Joon Seo Lim, Jae Sung Choi, Se Jin Oh, and Eunjung Jung.

The scientist has published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals and platforms:

  • Journal of Perinatal Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Hepatology

Selected recent publications include:

  • The fetal inflammatory response syndrome: the origins of a concept, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and obstetrical implications, 2020, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  • Toward a new taxonomy of obstetrical disease: improved performance of maternal blood biomarkers for the great obstetrical syndromes when classified according to placental pathology, 2022, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Disorders of placental villous maturation in fetal death, 2020, Journal of Perinatal Medicine
  • Clinical chorioamnionitis at term X: microbiology, clinical signs, placental pathology, and neonatal bacteremia - implications for clinical care, 2021, Journal of Perinatal Medicine
  • Disorders of placental villous maturation are present in one-third of cases with spontaneous preterm labor, 2021, Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Best Publications

  • A novel signaling pathway impact analysis

    Adi Laurentiu Tarca;Sorin Draghici;Purvesh Khatri;Sonia S. Hassan

  • Acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis: definition, pathologic features, and clinical significance.

    Chong Jai Kim;Chong Jai Kim;Roberto Romero;Piya Chaemsaithong;Piya Chaemsaithong;Noppadol Chaiyasit;Noppadol Chaiyasit

  • Microbial Prevalence, Diversity and Abundance in Amniotic Fluid During Preterm Labor: A Molecular and Culture-Based Investigation

    Daniel B. DiGiulio;Daniel B. DiGiulio;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Harold P. Amogan;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic

  • Fetal exposure to an intra-amniotic inflammation and the development of cerebral palsy at the age of three years

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Joong Shin Park;Chong Jai Kim

  • Distinct subsets of microRNAs are expressed differentially in the human placentas of patients with preeclampsia.

    Beth L. Pineles;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Daniel Montenegro;Adi L. Tarca;Adi L. Tarca

  • Amniotic fluid interleukin-6: A sensitive test for antenatal diagnosis of acute inflammatory lesions of preterm placenta and prediction of perinatal morbidity

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Chong Jai Kim;Jong Kwan Jun

  • Prevalence and Diversity of Microbes in the Amniotic Fluid, the Fetal Inflammatory Response, and Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Preterm Pre-Labor Rupture of Membranes

    Daniel B. DiGiulio;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Ricardo Gómez

  • The relationship among inflammatory lesions of the umbilical cord (funisitis), umbilical cord plasma interleukin 6 concentration, amniotic fluid infection, and neonatal sepsis.

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Joong Shin Park;Miha Kim

  • Chronic inflammation of the placenta: definition, classification, pathogenesis, and clinical significance

    Chong Jai Kim;Roberto Romero;Piya Chaemsaithong;Jung Sun Kim

  • Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Sterile Intra‐amniotic Inflammation in Patients with Preterm Labor and Intact Membranes

    Roberto Romero;Jezid Miranda;Jezid Miranda;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Steven J. Korzeniewski;Steven J. Korzeniewski

  • High expression of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in periventricular leukomalacia ☆ ☆☆ ★ ★★ ♢

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Roberto Romero;Chong Jai Kim;Ja Nam Koo

  • Sterile and microbial-associated intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes.

    Roberto Romero;Jezid Miranda;Piya Chaemsaithong;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa

  • Placental lesions associated with maternal underperfusion are more frequent in early-onset than in late-onset preeclampsia.

    Giovanna Ogge;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Roberto Romero;Youssef Hussein

  • Experimentally induced intrauterine infection causes fetal brain white matter lesions in rabbits

    Bo Hyun Yoon;Chong Jai Kim;Roberto Romero;Jong Kwan Jun

  • MS-27-275, an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, has marked in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity against pediatric solid tumors.

    Jerry Jaboin;Jason Wild;Jason Wild;Habib Hamidi;Chand Khanna

  • Placenta-on-a-chip: a novel platform to study the biology of the human placenta

    Ji Soo Lee;Roberto Romero;Yu Mi Han;Hee Chan Kim

  • Detection of a microbial biofilm in intraamniotic infection.

    Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Christoph Schaudinn;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Amita Gorur

  • Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in preterm labor with intact membranes and preterm PROM: a study of the alarmin HMGB1.

    Roberto Romero;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Zeynep Alpay Savasan;Yi Xu

  • The frequency, clinical significance, and pathological features of chronic chorioamnionitis: a lesion associated with spontaneous preterm birth

    Chong Jai Kim;Chong Jai Kim;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Juan Pedro Kusanovic;Wonsuk Yoo

  • Placental Lesions Associated With Maternal Underperfusion Are More Frequent in Early-Onset Than in Late-Onset Preeclampsia

    Giovanna Ogg;Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa;Roberto Romero;Youssef Hussein

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Romero
Roberto Romero National Institutes of Health
Sonia S. Hassan
Sonia S. Hassan Wayne State University
Juan Pedro Kusanovic
Juan Pedro Kusanovic Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa
Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa Wayne State University
Offer Erez
Offer Erez Soroka Medical Center
Adi L. Tarca
Adi L. Tarca National Institutes of Health
Jimmy Espinoza
Jimmy Espinoza Baylor College of Medicine
Lami Yeo
Lami Yeo National Institutes of Health
Ricardo Gomez
Ricardo Gomez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Sorin Draghici
Sorin Draghici Wayne State University

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