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Overview

Kairong Cui is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research focus spans immunology and microbiology as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, Cui has contributed to several subfields, including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, oncology, and surgery.

The scientist's research covers a variety of key topics, notably immune cell function and interaction, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, genomics and chromatin dynamics, digestive system and related health, T-cell and B-cell immunology, chromatin remodeling and cancer, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Notable publication venues where Cui's work frequently appears include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Immunity
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cui are:

  • Keji Zhao
  • Jinfang Zhu
  • Yaqiang Cao
  • Gangqing Hu
  • Mingzhu Zheng

Among recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Cui are:

  • "Crosstalk between ILC2s and Th2 cells varies among mouse models" (2023) published in Cell Reports
  • "TGF-β induces ST2 and programs ILC2 development" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Gut-liver axis calibrates intestinal stem cell fitness" (2024) published in Cell
  • "Hi-TrAC reveals division of labor of transcription factors in organizing chromatin loops" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Differential regulation of transcription factor T-bet induction during NK cell development and T helper-1 cell differentiation" (2022) published in Immunity

Best Publications

  • High-resolution profiling of histone methylations in the human genome.

    Artem Barski;Suresh Cuddapah;Kairong Cui;Tae Young Roh

  • Combinatorial patterns of histone acetylations and methylations in the human genome

    Zhibin Wang;Chongzhi Zang;Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld;Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld;Dustin E. Schones

  • Dynamic Regulation of Nucleosome Positioning in the Human Genome

    Dustin E. Schones;Kairong Cui;Suresh Cuddapah;Tae Young Roh

  • Genome-wide Mapping of HATs and HDACs Reveals Distinct Functions in Active and Inactive Genes

    Zhibin Wang;Chongzhi Zang;Kairong Cui;Dustin E. Schones

  • Global Mapping of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 Reveals Specificity and Plasticity in Lineage Fate Determination of Differentiating CD4+ T Cells

    Gang Wei;Lai Wei;Jinfang Zhu;Chongzhi Zang

  • c-Myc Is a Universal Amplifier of Expressed Genes in Lymphocytes and Embryonic Stem Cells

    Zuqin Nie;Gangqing Hu;Gang Wei;Kairong Cui

  • A clustering approach for identification of enriched domains from histone modification ChIP-Seq data

    Chongzhi Zang;Dustin E. Schones;Chen Zeng;Kairong Cui

  • H3.3/H2A.Z double variant-containing nucleosomes mark 'nucleosome-free regions' of active promoters and other regulatory regions.

    Chunyuan Jin;Chongzhi Zang;Gang Wei;Kairong Cui

  • Global analysis of the insulator binding protein CTCF in chromatin barrier regions reveals demarcation of active and repressive domains

    Suresh Cuddapah;Raja Jothi;Dustin E. Schones;Tae-Young Roh

  • Dual functions of Tet1 in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells

    Hao Wu;Ana C. D’Alessio;Shinsuke Ito;Kai Xia

  • Genome-wide identification of in vivo protein-DNA binding sites from ChIP-Seq data.

    Raja Jothi;Suresh Cuddapah;Artem Barski;Kairong Cui

  • Chromatin Signatures in Multipotent Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Indicate the Fate of Bivalent Genes during Differentiation

    Kairong Cui;Chongzhi Zang;Tae-Young Roh;Dustin E. Schones

  • Genome-wide analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine distribution reveals its dual function in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells

    Hao Wu;Ana C. D'Alessio;Shinsuke Ito;Zhibin Wang

  • Intragenic DNA methylation modulates alternative splicing by recruiting MeCP2 to promote exon recognition.

    Alika K Maunakea;Iouri Chepelev;Kairong Cui;Keji Zhao

  • The genomic landscape of histone modifications in human T cells.

    Tae-Young Roh;Suresh Cuddapah;Kairong Cui;Keji Zhao

  • An embryonic stem cell chromatin remodeling complex, esBAF, is an essential component of the core pluripotency transcriptional network

    Lena Ho;Raja Jothi;Jehnna L. Ronan;Kairong Cui

  • Directional gene expression and antisense transcripts in sexual and asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum

    María J López-Barragán;Jacob Lemieux;Mariam Quiñones;Kim C Williamson;Kim C Williamson

  • Genome-wide Analyses of Transcription Factor GATA3-Mediated Gene Regulation in Distinct T Cell Types

    Gang Wei;Brian J. Abraham;Ryoji Yagi;Raja Jothi

  • H2A.Z Facilitates Access of Active and Repressive Complexes to Chromatin in Embryonic Stem Cell Self-renewal and Differentiation

    Gangqing Hu;Kairong Cui;Daniel Northrup;Chengyu Liu

  • Priming for T helper type 2 differentiation by interleukin 2-mediated induction of IL-4 receptor α chain expression

    Wei Liao;Dustin E Schones;Jangsuk Oh;Yongzhi Cui

Frequent Co-Authors

Keji Zhao
Keji Zhao National Institutes of Health
Jinfang Zhu
Jinfang Zhu National Institutes of Health
David Levens
David Levens National Institutes of Health
Gerald R. Crabtree
Gerald R. Crabtree Stanford University
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Paul E. Love
Paul E. Love National Institutes of Health
Teresa M. Przytycka
Teresa M. Przytycka National Institutes of Health
Wanjun Chen
Wanjun Chen National Institutes of Health
Kai Ge
Kai Ge National Institutes of Health
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang Harvard University

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