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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Kenneth S. K. Tung is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research centers primarily on immunology and microbiology, with a particular focus on immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and immunotherapy and immune responses.

Their recent publications include:

  • Pannexin 1 channels facilitate communication between T cells to restrict the severity of airway inflammation, 2021, Immunity
  • Altered selection on a single self-ligand promotes susceptibility to organ-specific T cell infiltration, 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Exposed and Sequestered Antigens in Testes and Their Protection by Regulatory T Cell-Dependent Systemic Tolerance, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Treg-specific deletion of the phosphatase SHP-1 impairs control of inflammation in vivo, 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Autoimmune experimental orchitis and chronic glomerulonephritis with end stage renal disease are controlled by Cgnz1 for susceptibility to end organ damage, 2021, Clinical Immunology

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include Ulrike Lorenz, Hui Qiao, Christopher B. Medina, Yu-Hsin Chiu, and Marta E. Stremska.

Their publications have appeared in journals such as

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Immunity
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Clinical Immunology

Their research topics cover:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Subfields of study in their work involve immunology, rheumatology, nephrology, and surgery. Their medical focus includes studies in immunology, with additional contributions to rheumatology and nephrology as related to immune mechanisms.

Kenneth S. K. Tung was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Bax-deficient mice with lymphoid hyperplasia and male germ cell death

    C. Michael Knudson;Kenneth S. K. Tung;Warren G. Tourtellotte;Gary A. J. Brown

  • Hemolytic-uremic syndrome after shigellosis. Relation to endotoxemia and circulating immune complexes.

    Frederick Koster;Jack Levin;Lesley Walker;Kenneth S. K. Tung

  • Lymph node–resident lymphatic endothelial cells mediate peripheral tolerance via Aire-independent direct antigen presentation

    Jarish N. Cohen;Cynthia J. Guidi;Eric F. Tewalt;Hui Qiao

  • Acute Testicular Ischemia Results in Germ Cell-Specific Apoptosis in the Rat

    T.T. Turner;K.S.K. Tung;H. Tomomasa;L.W. Wilson

  • Sphingosine Kinase 2 Is Required for Modulation of Lymphocyte Traffic by FTY720

    Yugesh Kharel;Sangderk Lee;Ashley H. Snyder;Stacey L. Sheasley-O'Neill

  • Role of the integrin-associated protein CD9 in binding between sperm ADAM 2 and the egg integrin alpha6beta1: implications for murine fertilization.

    Michellee S. Chen;Kenneth S. K. Tung;Scott A. Coonrod;Yuji Takahashi

  • Lymphatic endothelial cells induce tolerance via PD-L1 and lack of costimulation leading to high-level PD-1 expression on CD8 T cells.

    Eric F. Tewalt;Jarish N. Cohen;Sherin J. Rouhani;Cynthia J. Guidi

  • Autoimmune disease of the ovary induced by a ZP3 peptide from the mouse zona pellucida

    Sung Hee Rhim;Sarah E. Millar;Frank Robey;An Ming Luo

  • Infectious, inflammatory and ‘autoimmune’ male factor infertility: how do rodent models inform clinical practice?

    Monika Fijak;Adrian Pilatz;Mark P. Hedger;Nour Nicolas

  • Continuous control of autoimmune disease by antigen-dependent polyclonal CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in the regional lymph node.

    Eileen T. Samy;Lucy A. Parker;Colin P. Sharp;Kenneth S.K. Tung

  • Breaking Tolerance to Double Stranded DNA, Nucleosome, and Other Nuclear Antigens Is Not Required for the Pathogenesis of Lupus Glomerulonephritis

    Samuel T. Waters;Marcia McDuffie;Harini Bagavant;Umesh S. Deshmukh

  • Macrophages redirect phagocytosis by non-professional phagocytes and influence inflammation

    Claudia Z. Han;Ignacio J. Juncadella;Jason M. Kinchen;Monica W. Buckley

  • Phosphorylated ERM Is Responsible for Increased T Cell Polarization, Adhesion, and Migration in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Yansong Li;Tatsuhiro Harada;Yuang-Taung Juang;Yuang-Taung Juang;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Vasileios C. Kyttaris

  • NZM2328: a new mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus with unique genetic susceptibility loci.

    Samuel T. Waters;Shu Man Fu;Felicia Gaskin;Umesh S. Deshmukh

  • Preexisting Commensal Dysbiosis Is a Host-Intrinsic Regulator of Tissue Inflammation and Tumor Cell Dissemination in Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer

    Claire Buchta Rosean;Raegan R. Bostic;Joshua C.M. Ferey;Tzu Yu Feng

  • ePAD, an oocyte and early embryo-abundant peptidylarginine deiminase-like protein that localizes to egg cytoplasmic sheets.

    Paul W Wright;Laura C Bolling;Meredith E Calvert;Olga F Sarmento

  • Identification of Bphs, an autoimmune disease locus, as histamine receptor H1.

    Runlin Z. Ma;Jianfeng Gao;Nathan D. Meeker;Parley D. Fillmore

  • The relative contribution of the CD28 and gp39 costimulatory pathways in the clonal expansion and pathogenic acquisition of self-reactive T cells.

    Nathan D. Griggs;Sally S. Agersborg;Randolf J. Noelle;Jeffrey A. Ledbetter

  • A zona pellucida 3 peptide vaccine induces antibodies and reversible infertility without ovarian pathology.

    Yahuan Lou;J. Ang;Huong Thai;F. Mcelveen

  • Murine autoimmune oophoritis, epididymoorchitis, and gastritis induced by day 3 thymectomy. Immunopathology.

    K. S. K. Tung;S. Smith;C. Teuscher;C. Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Cory Teuscher
Cory Teuscher University of Vermont
Victor H. Engelhard
Victor H. Engelhard University of Virginia
Shu Man Fu
Shu Man Fu University of Virginia
Vasileios C. Kyttaris
Vasileios C. Kyttaris Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jurrien Dean
Jurrien Dean National Institutes of Health
John C. Herr
John C. Herr University of Virginia
Emil R. Unanue
Emil R. Unanue Washington University in St. Louis
Scott A. Coonrod
Scott A. Coonrod Cornell University
Ryuzo Yanagimachi
Ryuzo Yanagimachi University of Hawaii at Manoa
George C. Tsokos
George C. Tsokos Harvard Medical School

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