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D-Index
64
Citations
19669
World Ranking
2898
National Ranking
1366

Yingzi Cong publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yingzi Cong sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 231 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Yingzi Cong D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yingzi Cong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yingzi Cong is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research broadly spans medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology, with a focus on the immune system and digestive health.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields of specialization involve:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Oncology

Key topics addressed by their research include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Their work has been published in several venues, often appearing repeatedly in leading journals such as:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Gut Microbes

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Intestinal microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids regulation of immune cell IL-22 production and gut immunity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Gut microbiota-derived metabolites in the regulation of host immune responses and immune-related inflammatory diseases," 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • "COVID-19 and the Digestive System," 2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • "Secreted stromal protein ISLR promotes intestinal regeneration by suppressing epithelial Hippo signaling," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Th17 Cell-Derived Amphiregulin Promotes Colitis-Associated Intestinal Fibrosis Through Activation of mTOR and MEK in Intestinal Myofibroblasts," 2022, Gastroenterology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Suxia Yao
  • Wenjing Yang
  • Zhanju Liu
  • Tianming Yu
  • Anthony J. Bilotta

Best Publications

  • Microbiota metabolite short chain fatty acids, GPCR, and inflammatory bowel diseases.

    Mingming Sun;Mingming Sun;Wei Wu;Wei Wu;Zhanju Liu;Yingzi Cong

  • Intestinal microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids regulation of immune cell IL-22 production and gut immunity.

    Wenjing Yang;Tianming Yu;Xiangsheng Huang;Anthony J. Bilotta

  • Bacterial flagellin is a dominant antigen in Crohn disease

    Michael J. Lodes;Yingzi Cong;Charles O. Elson;Raodoh Mohamath

  • Bacterial flagellin is a dominant antigen in Crohn disease

    Unknown

  • Experimental Models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Reveal Innate, Adaptive, and Regulatory Mechanisms of Host Dialogue With the Microbiota

    Charles O. Elson;Yingzi Cong;Vance J. McCracken;Reed A. Dimmitt

  • Microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids promote Th1 cell IL-10 production to maintain intestinal homeostasis

    Mingming Sun;Mingming Sun;Wei Wu;Wei Wu;Liang Chen;Liang Chen;Wenjing Yang;Wenjing Yang

  • Monoclonal anti-interleukin 23 reverses active colitis in a T cell-mediated model in mice.

    Charles O. Elson;Yingzi Cong;Casey T. Weaver;Trenton R. Schoeb

  • Antibodies to CBir1 flagellin define a unique response that is associated independently with complicated Crohn's disease.

    Stephan R. Targan;Carol J. Landers;Huiying Yang;Michael J. Lodes;Michael J. Lodes

  • Gut microbiota-derived metabolites in the regulation of host immune responses and immune-related inflammatory diseases.

    Wenjing Yang;Yingzi Cong

  • CD4+ T Cells Reactive to Enteric Bacterial Antigens in Spontaneously Colitic C3H/HeJBir Mice: Increased T Helper Cell Type 1 Response and Ability to Transfer Disease

    Yingzi Cong;Steven L. Brandwein;Robert P. McCabe;A. Lazenby

  • Tumor Exosomes Inhibit Differentiation of Bone Marrow Dendritic Cells

    Shaohua Yu;Cunren Liu;Kaihong Su;Jianhua Wang

  • A dominant, coordinated T regulatory cell-IgA response to the intestinal microbiota

    Yingzi Cong;Ting Feng;Kohtaro Fujihashi;Trenton R. Schoeb

  • GPR43 mediates microbiota metabolite SCFA regulation of antimicrobial peptide expression in intestinal epithelial cells via activation of mTOR and STAT3

    Ye Zhao;Feidi Chen;Wei Wu;Mingming Sun

  • Microbiota metabolite short-chain fatty acid acetate promotes intestinal IgA response to microbiota which is mediated by GPR43.

    W. Wu;M. Sun;M. Sun;F. Chen;A. T. Cao

  • Hapten-induced model of murine inflammatory bowel disease: mucosa immune responses and protection by tolerance.

    C O Elson;K W Beagley;A T Sharmanov;K Fujihashi

  • TGF-β Promotes Th17 Cell Development through Inhibition of SOCS3

    Hongwei Qin;Lanfang Wang;Ting Feng;Charles O. Elson

  • Treatment of murine CD5- B cells with anti-Ig, but not LPS, induces surface CD5: two B-cell activation pathways

    Yingzi Cong;Evelyn Rabin;Henry H. Wortis

  • Regulatory immune cells in regulation of intestinal inflammatory response to microbiota

    Mingming Sun;Chong He;Chong He;Yingzi Cong;Zhanju Liu

  • CD177+ neutrophils as functionally activated neutrophils negatively regulate IBD.

    Guangxi Zhou;Lin Yu;Leilei Fang;Wenjing Yang

  • Bacterial-Reactive T Regulatory Cells Inhibit Pathogenic Immune Responses to the Enteric Flora

    Yingzi Cong;Casey T. Weaver;Audrey J Lazenby;Charles O. Elson

  • Th17 Cells Upregulate Polymeric Ig Receptor and Intestinal IgA and Contribute to Intestinal Homeostasis

    Anthony T. Cao;Suxia Yao;Bin Gong;Charles O. Elson

  • Microbiota: dual-faceted player in experimental colitis.

    Ting Feng;Charles O. Elson;Yingzi Cong

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles O. Elson
Charles O. Elson University of Alabama at Birmingham
Casey T. Weaver
Casey T. Weaver University of Alabama at Birmingham
John P. Sundberg
John P. Sundberg Vanderbilt University
Etty N. Benveniste
Etty N. Benveniste University of Alabama at Birmingham
Maksim V. Plikus
Maksim V. Plikus University of California, Irvine
Lynn Soong
Lynn Soong The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Tor C. Savidge
Tor C. Savidge Baylor College of Medicine
Jia Zhou
Jia Zhou The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Ashok K. Chopra
Ashok K. Chopra The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Edward H. Leiter
Edward H. Leiter The Jackson Laboratory

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