Yong Kong, PhD
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Biostatistics
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Associate Director, Bioinformatics Resource at W.M. Keck Foundation Biotechnology Laboratory
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Biostatistics
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Associate Director, Bioinformatics Resource at W.M. Keck Foundation Biotechnology Laboratory
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Biostatistics
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Associate Director, Bioinformatics Resource at W.M. Keck Foundation Biotechnology Laboratory
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Senior Research Scientist
Associate Director, Bioinformatics Resource at W.M. Keck Foundation Biotechnology Laboratory
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Biostatistics
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Education & Training
- PhD
- Washington University School of Medicine (1997)
- BA
- Tsinghua University, Biomedical Engineering / Computer Science
- MS
- Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Neurobiology
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Medical Research Interests
Information Science; Mathematical Computing
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Infectious Diseases
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0000-0002-2881-5274
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Frequent collaborators of Yong Kong's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Yong Kong's research output by year.
Melinda Pettigrew, PhD
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Alexej Abyzov, PhD
Jeffrey R Gruen, MD
Jiye Kwon, MPH
Martina Wade
80Publications
6,003Citations
Publications
2025
Prospective comparison of the digestive tract resistome and microbiota in cattle raised in grass-fed versus grain-fed production systems
Kwon J, Tanner W, Kong Y, Wade M, Bitler C, Chiavegato M, Pettigrew M. Prospective comparison of the digestive tract resistome and microbiota in cattle raised in grass-fed versus grain-fed production systems. MSphere 2025, 10: e00738-24. PMID: 39950811, PMCID: PMC11934311, DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00738-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFarm management strategiesPost-weaningGrain dietGrass-fedFeed additivesPre-harvestProduction systemsResistance genesCattle production systemsPre-weaning periodFarm management practicesAbundance of antibiotic resistance genesBacterial communitiesFecal swab samplesPasture-raisedDiversity of ARGsGrain-fedBeef cattlePre-weaningMonths of ageGrowth promotionCattleBacterial community changesFood animalsFecal swabs
2024
Recurrence solution of monomer-polymer models on two-dimensional rectangular lattices
Kong Y. Recurrence solution of monomer-polymer models on two-dimensional rectangular lattices. Physical Review E 2024, 110: 054135. PMID: 39690661, DOI: 10.1103/physreve.110.054135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsTwo-dimensional rectangular latticeRecurrence relationsRectangular latticeMonomer-dimer problemPlanar latticesRecurrent solutionsLong standing problemLattice sitesAdjacent lattice sitesLatticeProblemComputational complexitySolutionRelationsEnumerationPolymer coverUnoccupied lattice sitesRigid polymersMonomer-polymerSolution of long-standing problemsPolymerPolymer lengthThe amalgam of naive CD4+ T cell transcriptional states is reconfigured by helminth infection to dampen the amplitude of the immune response
Even Z, Meli A, Tyagi A, Vidyarthi A, Briggs N, de Kouchkovsky D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Waizman D, Rice T, De Kumar B, Wang X, Palm N, Craft J, Basu M, Ghosh S, Rothlin C. The amalgam of naive CD4+ T cell transcriptional states is reconfigured by helminth infection to dampen the amplitude of the immune response. Immunity 2024, 57: 1893-1907.e6. PMID: 39096910, PMCID: PMC11421571, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsT cell receptorImmune responseNaive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cellsCD4<sup>+</sup> T cellsIFN-IHelminth infectionsNippostrongylus brasiliensis infectionDecreased immune responseType I interferonNaive TT cellsMemory-likeUnrelated antigensTranscriptional changesExtracellular matrixSPF miceCell receptorsI interferonGerm-freeResponse to certain environmental cuesInfectionMiceFunctional changesCell transcriptional statesTranscriptional heterogeneitySARS-CoV-2-related bat viruses evade human intrinsic immunity but lack efficient transmission capacity
Peña-Hernández M, Alfajaro M, Filler R, Moriyama M, Keeler E, Ranglin Z, Kong Y, Mao T, Menasche B, Mankowski M, Zhao Z, Vogels C, Hahn A, Kalinich C, Zhang S, Huston N, Wan H, Araujo-Tavares R, Lindenbach B, Homer R, Pyle A, Martinez D, Grubaugh N, Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Wilen C. SARS-CoV-2-related bat viruses evade human intrinsic immunity but lack efficient transmission capacity. Nature Microbiology 2024, 9: 2038-2050. PMID: 39075235, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01765-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsBat coronavirusesRelatives of SARS-CoV-2Upper airwayUpper airways of miceEpithelial cellsHuman nasal epithelial cellsAirways of miceMajor histocompatibility complex class I.SARS-CoV-2Nasal epithelial cellsHistocompatibility complex class I.Human bronchial epithelial cellsGenetic similarityBronchial epithelial cellsInnate immune restrictionCoronavirus replicationFunctional characterizationMolecular cloningReduced pathogenesisImpaired replicationBat virusCoronavirus pathogenesisPandemic potentialHigh-risk familiesImmune restriction
2023
Nearest Neighbors of Multivariate Runs
Kong Y. Nearest Neighbors of Multivariate Runs. 2023, 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8414-1_63-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic evidence of sex chromosome aneuploidy and infection-associated genotypes in the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes, the major vector of African trypanosomiasis in Uganda
Saarman N, Son J, Zhao H, Cosme L, Kong Y, Li M, Wang S, Weiss B, Echodu R, Opiro R, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Genomic evidence of sex chromosome aneuploidy and infection-associated genotypes in the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes, the major vector of African trypanosomiasis in Uganda. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2023, 114: 105501. PMID: 37709241, PMCID: PMC10593118, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsGenome-wide association analysisNovel vector control strategiesAnimal African trypanosomiasisSex chromosome aneuploidyNatural populationsGenome assemblySex chromosomesGenomic regionsGenomic evidenceGenetic variationBp upstreamAutosomal SNPsSeq dataTrypanosome infectionTrypanosome parasitesAssociation analysisMolecular pathwaysAssembly metricsLinkage disequilibriumLecithin-cholesterol acyltransferaseAfrican trypanosomiasisMajor vectorGenomeSNPsPrimary vectorQuantitative DNA Repair Biomarkers and Immune Profiling for Temozolomide and Olaparib in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Cecchini M, Zhang J, Wei W, Sklar J, Lacy J, Zhong M, Kong Y, Zhao H, DiPalermo J, Devine L, Stein S, Kortmansky J, Johung K, Bindra R, LoRusso P, Schalper K. Quantitative DNA Repair Biomarkers and Immune Profiling for Temozolomide and Olaparib in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 1132-1139. PMID: 37387791, PMCID: PMC10305782, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsWhole-exome sequencingMGMT protein expressionColorectal cancerStable diseaseQuantitative immunofluorescenceT cellsProtein expressionPromoter hypermethylationLow MGMT protein expressionPARP inhibitorsRadiographic tumor regressionMetastatic colorectal cancerAdvanced colorectal cancerPretreatment tumor biopsiesEffector T cellsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesMGMT proteinDNA repair biomarkersBaseline CD8Eligible patientsIncreased CD8Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferaseObjective responseProgressive diseaseImmune markersResponse to: Elevated L1 expression in ataxia telangiectasia likely explained by an RNA-seq batch effect
Takahashi T, Stoiljkovic M, Song E, Gao X, Yasumoto Y, Kudo E, Carvalho F, Kong Y, Park A, Shanabrough M, Szigeti-Buck K, Liu Z, Kristant A, Zhang Y, Sulkowski P, Glazer P, Kaczmarek L, Horvath T, Iwasaki A. Response to: Elevated L1 expression in ataxia telangiectasia likely explained by an RNA-seq batch effect. Neuron 2023, 111: 612-613. PMID: 36863323, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsInflammation of the retinal pigment epithelium drives early-onset photoreceptor degeneration in Mertk-associated retinitis pigmentosa
Mercau M, Akalu Y, Mazzoni F, Gyimesi G, Alberto E, Kong Y, Hafler B, Finnemann S, Rothlin C, Ghosh S. Inflammation of the retinal pigment epithelium drives early-onset photoreceptor degeneration in Mertk-associated retinitis pigmentosa. Science Advances 2023, 9: eade9459. PMID: 36662852, PMCID: PMC9858494, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade9459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumEarly-onset photoreceptor degenerationPR degenerationPigment epitheliumPhotoreceptor degenerationMERTK-associated retinitis pigmentosaJAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinibMicroglia activationMonocyte infiltrationInhibitor ruxolitinibMouse modelInflammationLoss of functionDefective phagocytosisInflammation drivesRetinitis pigmentosaDegenerationHypomorphic expressionMiceEpitheliumPhagocytosisRuxolitinibPigmentosaSeverity
2022
Gastrointestinal Microbiome Disruption and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Children Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Kwon J, Kong Y, Wade M, Williams DJ, Creech CB, Evans S, Walter EB, Martin JM, Gerber JS, Newland JG, Hofto ME, Staat MA, Chambers HF, Fowler VG, Huskins WC, Pettigrew M. Gastrointestinal Microbiome Disruption and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Children Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 226: 1109-1119. PMID: 35249113, PMCID: PMC9492313, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAAD groupAntibiotic-Associated DiarrheaCommunity-Acquired PneumoniaCommon side effectsStudy days 1Days of diarrheaPatient characteristicsAntibiotic therapyNineteen childrenStool samplesSide effectsDay 1Microbiome disruptionMicrobiota profilesGastrointestinal microbiotaMicrobiota characteristicsDiarrheaBacteroides speciesPneumoniaChildrenAntibioticsΒ-lactamsAADBaseline abundanceDysbiosis
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Immune response to Zika virus contributes to fetal harm
- December 11, 2017
Aging impairs innate immune response to flu
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