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D-Index
105
Citations
52637
World Ranking
621
National Ranking
314

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Keji Zhao is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the life sciences, with primary fields of study in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Immunology and Microbiology. This work extends into specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Genetics, and Surgery.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics primarily focused on genomics, chromatin dynamics, and immune cell function. Key topics explored in their research include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, RNA modifications related to cancer, and mechanisms of RNA and protein synthesis.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Keji Zhao include:

  • The epigenetic basis of cellular heterogeneity (2020, Nature Reviews Genetics)
  • Chromatin accessibility profiling methods (2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers)
  • Nested epistasis enhancer networks for robust genome regulation (2022, Science)
  • Crosstalk between ILC2s and Th2 cells varies among mouse models (2023, Cell Reports)
  • TGF-β induces ST2 and programs ILC2 development (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Kairong Cui, Yaqiang Cao, Wai Lim Ku, Gangqing Hu, and Jinfang Zhu.

Keji Zhao has contributed research articles to several publication venues with notable frequency. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, and The Journal of Immunology.

Their body of work incorporates investigations into the regulation of gene expression at the chromatin level, as well as the cellular pathways governing immune cell development and interaction. This interdisciplinary approach connects molecular biology techniques to immunological function and genomic regulation.

Keji Zhao received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

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

  • Control of Cell Identity Genes Occurs in Insulated Neighborhoods in Mammalian Chromosomes

    Jill M. Dowen;Zi Peng Fan;Denes Hnisz;Gang Ren;Gang Ren

  • 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

  • Rapid and Phosphoinositol-Dependent Binding of the SWI/SNF-like BAF Complex to Chromatin after T Lymphocyte Receptor Signaling

    Keji Zhao;Weidong Wang;Oliver J Rando;Yutong Xue

  • 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

  • GATA3 controls Foxp3+ regulatory T cell fate during inflammation in mice

    Elizabeth A. Wohlfert;John R. Grainger;Nicolas Bouladoux;Joanne E. Konkel

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

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

  • Active chromatin domains are defined by acetylation islands revealed by genome-wide mapping

    Tae-Young Roh;Suresh Cuddapah;Keji Zhao

  • Control of Cell Identity Genes Occurs in Insulated Neighborhoods in Mammalian Chromosomes

    Jill M. Dowen;Zi Peng Fan;Denes Hnisz;Gang Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Kairong Cui
Kairong Cui National Institutes of Health
Jinfang Zhu
Jinfang Zhu National Institutes of Health
Gerald R. Crabtree
Gerald R. Crabtree Stanford University
David Levens
David Levens National Institutes of Health
William E. Paul
William E. Paul National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Kai Ge
Kai Ge National Institutes of Health
Michael Q. Zhang
Michael Q. Zhang The University of Texas at Dallas
Kevin G. Becker
Kevin G. Becker National Institutes of Health
Oliver J. Rando
Oliver J. Rando University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health

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