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2004
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Overview

Kun Zhang is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, Hepatology, and Surgery.

The scientist's main research topics encompass molecular mechanisms related to cancer, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, circular RNAs in diseases, microRNA regulation in disease, RNA modifications with a focus on cancer, RNA research and splicing, and studies related to inflammasomes and immune disorders.

Kun Zhang has contributed to several recent peer-reviewed publications, including:

  • Advances in Hyaluronic Acid for Biomedical Applications, 2022, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Silencing lncRNA Lfar1 alleviates the classical activation and pyoptosis of macrophage in hepatic fibrosis, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • Long non-coding RNA in cervical cancer: From biology to therapeutic opportunity, 2020, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Antidepressant Effect of Paeoniflorin Is Through Inhibiting Pyroptosis CASP-11/GSDMD Pathway, 2020, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Sodium alginate/collagen hydrogel loaded with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells promotes wound healing and skin remodeling, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Frequent collaborators include the researchers:

  • Hong Wei
  • Lina Zheng
  • Zhemin Shi
  • Tao Han
  • Jingshun Gu

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues.

    Carly G.K. Ziegler;Samuel J. Allon;Sarah K. Nyquist;Ian M. Mbano

  • Accurate Multiplex Polony Sequencing of an Evolved Bacterial Genome

    Jay Shendure;Gregory J. Porreca;Nikos B. Reppas;Xiaoxia Lin

  • Somatic coding mutations in human induced pluripotent stem cells

    Athurva Gore;Zhe Li;Ho Lim Fung;Jessica E. Young

  • In vivo genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 mediated homology-independent targeted integration

    Keiichiro Suzuki;Yuji Tsunekawa;Reyna Hernández-Benítez;Reyna Hernández-Benítez;Jun Wu;Jun Wu

  • Increased methylation variation in epigenetic domains across cancer types

    Kasper Daniel Hansen;Winston Timp;Winston Timp;Héctor Corrada Bravo;Héctor Corrada Bravo;Sarven Sabunciyan

  • Interrogating a High-Density SNP Map for Signatures of Natural Selection

    Joshua M. Akey;Ge Zhang;Kun Zhang;Kun Zhang;Li Jin

  • Integrative single-cell analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic states in the human adult brain.

    Blue B Lake;Song Chen;Brandon C Sos;Jean Fan

  • Neuronal subtypes and diversity revealed by single-nucleus RNA sequencing of the human brain.

    Blue B. Lake;Rizi Ai;Gwendolyn E. Kaeser;Gwendolyn E. Kaeser;Neeraj S. Salathia

  • Neuronal activity modifies the DNA methylation landscape in the adult brain

    Junjie U. Guo;Dengke K. Ma;Huan Mo;Madeleine P. Ball

  • Genome-wide Regulation of 5hmC, 5mC, and Gene Expression by Tet1 Hydroxylase in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Yufei Xu;Feizhen Wu;Li Tan;Lingchun Kong

  • Whole-Genome Sequencing in Autism Identifies Hot Spots for De Novo Germline Mutation

    Jacob J. Michaelson;Yujian Shi;Madhusudan Gujral;Hancheng Zheng

  • Recapitulation of premature ageing with iPSCs from Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome

    Guang Hui Liu;Basam Z. Barkho;Sergio Ruiz;Dinh Diep

  • Multiplex amplification of large sets of human exons

    Gregory J Porreca;Kun Zhang;Kun Zhang;Jin Billy Li;Bin Xie

  • Genome-Wide Identification of Human RNA Editing Sites by Parallel DNA Capturing and Sequencing

    Jin Billy Li;Erez Y. Levanon;Jung-Ki Yoon;John Aach

  • High-throughput sequencing of the transcriptome and chromatin accessibility in the same cell.

    Song Chen;Blue B Lake;Kun Zhang

  • Fluorescent in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) of RNA for gene expression profiling in intact cells and tissues

    Je Hyuk Lee;Evan R Daugharthy;Jonathan Scheiman;Reza Kalhor

  • Targeted bisulfite sequencing reveals changes in DNA methylation associated with nuclear reprogramming

    Jie Deng;Robert Shoemaker;Bin Xie;Athurva Gore

  • The metabolome of induced pluripotent stem cells reveals metabolic changes occurring in somatic cell reprogramming.

    Athanasia D Panopoulos;Oscar Yanes;Sergio Ruiz;Yasuyuki S Kida

  • Distribution of Recombination Crossovers and the Origin of Haplotype Blocks: The Interplay of Population History, Recombination, and Mutation

    Ning Wang;Joshua M. Akey;Kun Zhang;Ranajit Chakraborty

  • Genome-wide Analysis Reveals TET- and TDG-Dependent 5-Methylcytosine Oxidation Dynamics

    Li Shen;Hao Wu;Dinh Diep;Shinpei Yamaguchi;Shinpei Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

George M. Church
George M. Church Harvard University
Jerold Chun
Jerold Chun Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Li Jin
Li Jin Fudan University
Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter V. Kharchenko
Peter V. Kharchenko Harvard University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Guang-Hui Liu
Guang-Hui Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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