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Taiwan
2026

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Immunology

D-Index
75
Citations
15379
World Ranking
2018
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Kuender D. Yang is affiliated with Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taiwan and has published extensively in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and public health. Their research contributions concentrate on various medical topics, including Kawasaki disease and coronary complications, coronary artery anomalies, extracellular vesicles in disease, spinal cord injury research, mosquito-borne diseases and control, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and viral infections and vectors.

Yang's frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Preprints.org
  • Scientific Reports

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yang are:

  • "Bio-Scaffolds as Cell or Exosome Carriers for Nerve Injury Repair," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Phenotype, Susceptibility, Autoimmunity, and Immunotherapy Between Kawasaki Disease and Coronavirus Disease-19 Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Locally Applied Stem Cell Exosome-Scaffold Attenuates Nerve Injury-Induced Pain in Rats," 2020, Journal of Pain Research
  • "Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Exosomes Rescue the Loss of Outer Hair Cells and Repair Cochlear Damage in Cisplatin-Injected Mice," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Perspective of Immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapies for Kawasaki Disease," 2021, Frontiers in Pediatrics

Frequent collaborators of Kuender D. Yang include:

  • Ho-Chang Kuo
  • Yi-Giien Tsai
  • Raju Poongodi
  • Jen-Kun Cheng
  • Hsin Chi

The main fields of study represented in Yang's work are medicine, with subfields as follows:

  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The principal research topics Yang has explored include:

  • Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Best Publications

  • Revisiting Human IL-12Rβ1 Deficiency: A Survey of 141 Patients From 30 Countries

    Ludovic de Beaucoudrey;Arina Samarina;Arina Samarina;Arina Samarina;Jacinta Bustamante;Jacinta Bustamante;Aurélie Cobat;Aurélie Cobat

  • Recruitment of mesenchymal stem cells and expression of TGF‐β1 and VEGF in the early stage of shock wave‐promoted bone regeneration of segmental defect in rats

    Yeung-Jen Chen;Tilmann Wurtz;Ching-Jen Wang;Yur-Ren Kuo

  • Kawasaki Disease: Infection, Immunity and Genetics

    Chih-Lu Wang;Yu-Tsun Wu;Chieh-An Liu;Ho-Chang Kuo

  • Physical shock wave mediates membrane hyperpolarization and Ras activation for osteogenesis in human bone marrow stromal cells.

    Feng-Sheng Wang;Ching-Jen Wang;Huei-Jen Huang;Hou Chung

  • Glutamine protects activated human T cells from apoptosis by up-regulating glutathione and Bcl-2 levels.

    Wei-Kuo Chang;Kuender D. Yang;Hau Chuang;Jia-Tsong Jan

  • Prenatal prediction of infant atopy by maternal but not paternal total IgE levels.

    Chieh-An Liu;Chih-Lu Wang;Hau Chuang;Chia-Yu Ou

  • Different proinflammatory reactions in fatal and non-fatal enterovirus 71 infections: implications for early recognition and therapy

    T. Y. Lin;Luan Yin Chang;Y. C. Huang;K. H. Hsu

  • Kawasaki Disease: An Update on Diagnosis and Treatment

    Ho Chang Kuo;Kuender D. Yang;Wei Chiao Chang;Luo Ping Ger

  • Oral Tolerance to Food-Induced Systemic Anaphylaxis Mediated by the C-type Lectin SIGNR1

    Yufeng Zhou;Hirokazu Kawasaki;Shih Chang Hsu;Reiko T. Lee

  • Clinical characteristics and risk factors for concurrent bacteremia in adults with dengue hemorrhagic fever.

    Ing-Kit Lee;Jien-Wei Liu;Kuender D. Yang

  • Serum albumin level predicts initial intravenous immunoglobulin treatment failure in Kawasaki disease

    Ho-Chang Kuo;Chi-Di Liang;Chih-Lu Wang;Hong-Ren Yu;Hong-Ren Yu

  • The relationship of eosinophilia to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment failure in Kawasaki disease.

    Ho-Chang Kuo;Kuender D. Yang;Chi-Di Liang;Chin-Nam Bong

  • Correlation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Viral Load with Disease Severity and Prolonged Viral Shedding in Children

    Chung-Chen Li;Lin Wang;Hock-Liew Eng;Huey-Ling You

  • Association of lower eosinophil-related T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines with coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease.

    Ho-Chang Kuo;Chih-Lu Wang;Chi Di Liang;Hong-Ren Yu;Hong-Ren Yu

  • DC-SIGN (CD209) Promoter −336 A/G Polymorphism Is Associated with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and Correlated to DC-SIGN Expression and Immune Augmentation

    Lin Wang;Rong Fu Chen;Jien Wei Liu;Ing Kit Lee

  • Altered Cellular but Not Humoral Reactions in Children with Complicated Enterovirus 71 Infections in Taiwan

    Kuender D. Yang;Ming Yu Yang;Chung Chen Li;Shu Fang Lin

  • Prenatal and postnatal probiotics reduces maternal but not childhood allergic diseases: a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial

    C.‐Y. Ou;H.‐C. Kuo;L. Wang;T.‐Y. Hsu

  • Increased IL-17A secreting CD4+ T cells, serum IL-17 levels and exhaled nitric oxide are correlated with childhood asthma severity.

    J.-W. Chien;C.-Y. Lin;K. D. Yang;K. D. Yang;C.-H. Lin;C.-H. Lin

  • Acute myocarditis in dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case report and review of cardiac complications in dengue-affected patients

    Ing Kit Lee;Wen Huei Lee;Jien Wei Liu;Kuender D. Yang

  • Flashlamp pulsed dye laser (PDL) suppression of keloid proliferation through down‐regulation of TGF‐β1 expression and extracellular matrix expression

    Yur-Ren Kuo;Seng-Feng Jeng;Feng-Sheng Wang;Tien-Hsing Chen

  • Fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever in adults: emphasizing the evolutionary pre-fatal clinical and laboratory manifestations.

    Ing-Kit Lee;Jien-Wei Liu;Jien-Wei Liu;Kuender D. Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry R. Hill
Harry R. Hill University of Sheffield
John F. Bohnsack
John F. Bohnsack University of Utah
Tzou Yien Lin
Tzou Yien Lin Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Fu-Chan Wei
Fu-Chan Wei Chang Gung University
Richard Stone
Richard Stone Harvard University
Shau Ku Huang
Shau Ku Huang Shenzhen University
Yhu Chering Huang
Yhu Chering Huang Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Donald Kufe
Donald Kufe Harvard University

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