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Overview

F. Susan Wong is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several intersecting fields, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in their extensive publication record and the range of topics addressed in their work.

Their recent publications include studies on diabetes, microbial metabolites, circadian rhythms, and immunotherapy. Notable papers are:

  • Gut microbial metabolites alter IgA immunity in type 1 diabetes (2020, JCI Insight)
  • Environmental Determinants of Type 1 Diabetes: From Association to Proving Causality (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Crosstalk between circadian rhythms and the microbiota (2020, Immunology)
  • Safety of the use of gold nanoparticles conjugated with proinsulin peptide and administered by hollow microneedles as an immunotherapy in type 1 diabetes (2022, Immunotherapy Advances)
  • Circadian rhythms and pancreas physiology: A review (2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Wen Li, James A. Pearson, Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Patrick S. Kamath, and Leroy R. Thacker, reflecting a network of ongoing partnerships across different research areas.

Publications by F. Susan Wong are commonly featured in prominent academic venues, particularly in:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Diabetologia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology

The main fields of study for this researcher are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, their subfields of focus include:

  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Hepatology

Themes frequently covered in their work encompass:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Best Publications

  • Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes

    Li Wen;Ruth E. Ley;Ruth E. Ley;Pavel Yu. Volchkov;Peter B. Stranges

  • The Role of Fas in Autoimmune Diabetes

    Alexander V Chervonsky;Yi Wang;F.Susan Wong;Irene Visintin

  • Identification of an MHC class I-restricted autoantigen in type 1 diabetes by screening an organ-specific cDNA library.

    F. Susan Wong;Jaana Karttunen;Caroline Dumont;Li Wen

  • CD8 T cell clones from young nonobese diabetic (NOD) islets can transfer rapid onset of diabetes in NOD mice in the absence of CD4 cells.

    F. S. Wong;I. Visintin;Li Wen;R. A. Flavell

  • Treatment with CD20-specific antibody prevents and reverses autoimmune diabetes in mice

    Chang-yun Hu;Daniel Rodriguez-Pinto;Wei Du;Anupama Ahuja

  • Designing and Maintaining the Mature TCR Repertoire: the Continuum of Self-Peptide:Self-MHC Complex Recognition

    Christophe Viret;F.Susan Wong;Charles A Janeway

  • The importance of the Non Obese Diabetic (NOD) mouse model in autoimmune diabetes.

    James A. Pearson;F. Susan Wong;Li Wen

  • Isolation and preservation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells for analysis of islet antigen-reactive T cell responses: position statement of the T-Cell Workshop Committee of the Immunology of Diabetes Society

    R. Mallone;S. I. Mannering;B. M. Brooks-Worrell;I. Durinovic-Belló

  • The role of gut microbiota in the development of type 1, type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity

    Ningwen Tai;F. Susan Wong;Li Wen

  • Investigation of the role of B-cells in type 1 diabetes in the NOD mouse.

    F. Susan Wong;Li Wen;Michelle Tang;Murugappan Ramanathan

  • Autoreactive CD8 T Cells in Organ-Specific Autoimmunity: Emerging Targets for Therapeutic Intervention

    Roland S. Liblau;F.Susan Wong;Lennart T. Mars;Pere Santamaria

  • Presentation of Antigen by Endothelial Cells and Chemoattraction Are Required for Homing of Insulin-specific CD8+ T Cells

    Alexei Y. Savinov;F. Susan Wong;Austin C. Stonebraker;Alexander V. Chervonsky

  • Metabolic and immune effects of immunotherapy with proinsulin peptide in human new-onset type 1 diabetes

    Mohammad Alhadj Ali;Yuk-Fun Liu;Yuk-Fun Liu;Sefina Arif;Danijela Tatovic

  • GAD-reactive CD4+ Th1 cells induce diabetes in NOD/SCID mice.

    D Zekzer;F S Wong;O Ayalon;I Millet

  • Immunoglobulin synthesis and generalized autoimmunity in mice congenitally deficient in αβ(+) T cells

    L. Wen;S. J. Roberts;J. L. Viney;F. S. Wong

  • Proinsulin peptide immunotherapy in type 1 diabetes: report of a first-in-man Phase I safety study.

    S. L. Thrower;L. James;W. Hall;K. M. Green

  • Long term effect of gut microbiota transfer on diabetes development.

    Jian Peng;Sukanya Narasimhan;Julian R. Marchesi;Andrew Benson

  • The gut microbiota and Type 1 Diabetes

    Elke Gülden;F. Susan Wong;Li Wen

  • Microbial antigen mimics activate diabetogenic CD8 T cells in NOD mice

    Ningwen Tai;Jian Peng;Fuqiang Liu;Fuqiang Liu;Elke Gulden

  • The Effect of Innate Immunity on Autoimmune Diabetes and the Expression of Toll-Like Receptors on Pancreatic Islets

    Li Wen;Jian Peng;Zhenjun Li;F. Susan Wong

  • Induction and acceleration of insulitis/diabetes in mice with a viral mimic (polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid) and an insulin self-peptide.

    Hiroaki Moriyama;Li Wen;Norio Abiru;Edwin Liu

  • Role of Fas in Autoimmune Diabetes

    Conchi Mora;Li Wen;Ramon Gomis;E. Allison Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Wen
Li Wen Yale University
Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Charles A. Janeway
Charles A. Janeway Yale University
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
Alexander V. Chervonsky
Alexander V. Chervonsky University of Chicago
Robert S. Sherwin
Robert S. Sherwin Yale University
Iqbal S. Grewal
Iqbal S. Grewal Johnson & Johnson
Kristin Ladell
Kristin Ladell Cardiff University
Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University

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