Kening Wang

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kening Wang is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kening Wang has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kening Wang's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (23 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (11 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (8 papers). Kening Wang is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (23 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (11 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (8 papers). Kening Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Kening Wang's co-authors include Jeffrey I. Cohen, Robert A. Seder, Changyou Wu, Erik K. Mont, Stephen E. Straus, Philip R. Krause, John F. McDyer, Shuang Tang, Lesley Pesnicak and Mariana J. Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Kening Wang

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

VDAC oligomers form mitochondrial pores to release mtDNA fragments and promote lupus-like disease

2019 511 citations Jeonghan Kim, Luz P. Blanco et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kening Wang United States	20	775	682	596	168	168	38	1.8k
Bryan M. Gebhardt United States	31	1.0k 1.3×	688 1.0×	525 0.9×	120 0.7×	150 0.9×	103	2.6k
Patrick Caplazi United States	23	332 0.4×	872 1.3×	638 1.1×	91 0.5×	169 1.0×	47	2.2k
Audrey Esclatine France	22	1.4k 1.8×	355 0.5×	675 1.1×	80 0.5×	84 0.5×	33	2.0k
Martine Aubert United States	27	853 1.1×	418 0.6×	776 1.3×	163 1.0×	103 0.6×	62	1.9k
Stefanie Czub Canada	25	486 0.6×	430 0.6×	947 1.6×	347 2.1×	79 0.5×	73	2.4k
Susmit Suvas United States	24	604 0.8×	1.6k 2.4×	304 0.5×	147 0.9×	98 0.6×	51	2.5k
Rebecca S. Tirabassi United States	23	888 1.1×	356 0.5×	484 0.8×	77 0.5×	49 0.3×	26	1.5k
David N. Irani United States	29	328 0.4×	647 0.9×	549 0.9×	262 1.6×	185 1.1×	59	2.3k
David F. Boyd United States	15	325 0.4×	717 1.1×	903 1.5×	149 0.9×	72 0.4×	30	1.7k
Marianne Nain Germany	19	577 0.7×	956 1.4×	386 0.6×	46 0.3×	202 1.2×	28	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kening Wang

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Wang, Kening, Tristan X. Jordan, Kennichi Dowdell, et al.. (2024). A nonhuman primate model for genital herpes simplex virus 2 infection that results in vaginal vesicular lesions, virus shedding, and seroconversion. PLoS Pathogens. 20(9). e1012477–e1012477. 3 indexed citations

Cheung, Foo, Richard Apps, Lesia Dropulic, et al.. (2022). Sex and prior exposure jointly shape innate immune responses to a live herpesvirus vaccine. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Kim, Jeonghan, Luz P. Blanco, Shutong Yang, et al.. (2019). VDAC oligomers form mitochondrial pores to release mtDNA fragments and promote lupus-like disease. Science. 366(6472). 1531–1536. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

Dropulic, Lesia, Makinna Oestreich, Kerry J. Laing, et al.. (2019). A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 1 Study of a Replication-Defective Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Type 2 Vaccine, HSV529, in Adults With or Without HSV Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 220(6). 990–1000. 51 indexed citations

Wang, Kening, Yo Hoshino, Kennichi Dowdell, et al.. (2017). Glutamine supplementation suppresses herpes simplex virus reactivation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(7). 2626–2630. 33 indexed citations

Dropulic, Lesia, Kening Wang, Makinna Oestreich, et al.. (2017). A Replication-Defective Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-2 Vaccine, HSV529, is Safe and Well-Tolerated in Adults with or without HSV Infection and Induces Significant HSV-2-Specific Antibody Responses in HSV Seronegative Individuals. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4(suppl_1). S415–S416. 9 indexed citations

Odegard, Jared, Patrick Flynn, D. J. Campbell, et al.. (2015). A novel HSV-2 subunit vaccine induces GLA-dependent CD4 and CD8 T cell responses and protective immunity in mice and guinea pigs. Vaccine. 34(1). 101–109. 46 indexed citations

Bertke, Andrea S., Kathleen Apakupakul, Yumi Imai, et al.. (2012). LAT Region Factors Mediating Differential Neuronal Tropism of HSV-1 and HSV-2 Do Not Act in Trans. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e53281–e53281. 15 indexed citations

Cohen, Jeffrey I., Mir A. Ali, Siu-Ping Turk, et al.. (2012). Detection of Molluscum Contagiosum Virus (MCV) DNA in the Plasma of an Immunocompromised Patient and Possible Reduction of MCV DNA With CMX-001. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205(5). 794–797. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Qingxue, Mir A. Ali, Kening Wang, et al.. (2010). Insulin Degrading Enzyme Induces a Conformational Change in Varicella-Zoster Virus gE, and Enhances Virus Infectivity and Stability. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e11327–e11327. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Kening, et al.. (2009). Cell type specific accumulation of the major latency-associated transcript (LAT) of herpes simplex virus type 2 in LAT transgenic mice. Virology. 386(1). 79–87. 5 indexed citations

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Tang, Shuang, Andrea S. Bertke, Amita Patel, et al.. (2008). An acutely and latently expressed herpes simplex virus 2 viral microRNA inhibits expression of ICP34.5, a viral neurovirulence factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(31). 10931–10936. 142 indexed citations

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Wang, Kening, Susan E. Hoover, Erik K. Mont, et al.. (2007). Diverse Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Mutants in Individual Human Neurons and Ganglia. Journal of Virology. 81(13). 6817–6826. 32 indexed citations

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Mulvenon, Sean W., et al.. (2007). Application of a New Procedure for Power Analysis and Comparison of the Adjusted Univariate and Multivariate Tests in Repeated Measures Designs. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 6(1). 36–52. 2 indexed citations

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Mulvenon, Sean W., et al.. (2006). Case Study: Using Geographic Information Systems for Education Policy Analysis.. Educational research quarterly. 30(2). 45–56. 4 indexed citations

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Hoshino, Yo, Sarat K. Dalai, Kening Wang, et al.. (2005). Comparative Efficacy and Immunogenicity of Replication-Defective, Recombinant Glycoprotein, and DNA Vaccines for Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Infections in Mice and Guinea Pigs. Journal of Virology. 79(7). 4554–4554. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Kening, et al.. (2005). Isolation, Selection, and Efficacy of Pochonia chlamydosporia for Control of Rotylenchulus reniformis on Cotton. Phytopathology. 95(8). 890–893. 24 indexed citations

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Wu, Changyou, Massimo Gadina, Kening Wang, John J. O’Shea, & Robert A. Seder. (2000). Cytokine regulation of IL-12 receptor β2 expression: differential effects on human T and NK cells. European Journal of Immunology. 30(5). 1364–1374. 53 indexed citations

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Wu, Changyou, Kening Wang, John F. McDyer, & Robert A. Seder. (1998). Prostaglandin E2 and Dexamethasone Inhibit IL-12 Receptor Expression and IL-12 Responsiveness. The Journal of Immunology. 161(6). 2723–2730. 167 indexed citations

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Lekstrom-Himes, Julie, Kening Wang, Lesley Pesnicak, Philip R. Krause, & Stephen E. Straus. (1998). The Comparative Biology of Latent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Type 2 Infections: Latency-Associated Transcript Promoter Activity and Expressionin Vitroand in Infected Mice. Journal of NeuroVirology. 4(1). 27–37. 9 indexed citations

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