King L. Hung

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

King L. Hung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, King L. Hung has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in King L. Hung's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (4 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (2 papers). King L. Hung is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (4 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (2 papers). King L. Hung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. King L. Hung's co-authors include Howard Y. Chang, Gokul N. Ramadoss, Volker Hovestadt, Luke A. Gilbert, J. Zachery Cogan, Angela N. Pogson, Chen Jin, Jonathan S. Weissman, Avi J. Samelson and Martin Kampmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

King L. Hung

12 papers receiving 681 citations

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Genome-wide programmable transcriptional memory by CRISPR-based epigenome editing

2021 433 citations James K. Nuñez, Chen Jin et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
King L. Hung United States	8	588	169	112	78	64	13	692
Florence M. Chardon United States	8	742 1.3×	162 1.0×	123 1.1×	58 0.7×	50 0.8×	12	851
Wei Wen China	13	737 1.3×	198 1.2×	98 0.9×	68 0.9×	37 0.6×	18	803
Julian Boutin France	8	465 0.8×	117 0.7×	106 0.9×	81 1.0×	29 0.5×	16	582
Jordan Pinder Canada	12	597 1.0×	92 0.5×	100 0.9×	59 0.8×	39 0.6×	14	682
Phillip A. Doerfler United States	12	566 1.0×	272 1.6×	103 0.9×	29 0.4×	44 0.7×	20	770
Daniel Capurso United States	9	794 1.4×	172 1.0×	82 0.7×	115 1.5×	41 0.6×	11	918
Sandeep K. Botla Germany	5	912 1.6×	258 1.5×	176 1.6×	95 1.2×	40 0.6×	5	1.0k
Jinzhi Duan China	9	361 0.6×	76 0.4×	100 0.9×	55 0.7×	75 1.2×	13	532
Ngoc Tung Tran United States	11	357 0.6×	110 0.7×	65 0.6×	67 0.9×	62 1.0×	24	442
Emma Haapaniemi Finland	4	829 1.4×	260 1.5×	146 1.3×	34 0.4×	87 1.4×	6	934

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of King L. Hung

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Sankar, Venkat, King L. Hung, Aditi Gnanasekar, et al.. (2025). Genetic elements promote retention of extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells. Nature. 649(8095). 152–160. 1 indexed citations

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Kraft, Katerina, Sedona E. Murphy, Matthew G. Jones, et al.. (2025). Enhancer activation from transposable elements in extrachromosomal DNA. Nature Cell Biology. 27(11). 1914–1924. 2 indexed citations

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Jones, Matthew G., Jens Luebeck, Xinxin Bu, et al.. (2024). CoRAL accurately resolves extrachromosomal DNA genome structures with long-read sequencing. Genome Research. 34(9). 1344–1354. 14 indexed citations

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Rose, John C., Julia A. Belk, Ivy Tsz-Lo Wong, et al.. (2024). Disparate Pathways for Extrachromosomal DNA Biogenesis and Genomic DNA Repair. Cancer Discovery. 15(1). 69–82. 10 indexed citations

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Ashkin, Emily L., Yuning J. Tang, King L. Hung, et al.. (2024). A STAG2-PAXIP1/PAGR1 axis suppresses lung tumorigenesis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(1).

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Gonzalez‐Sandoval, Adriana, Katja Pekrun, Feijie Zhang, et al.. (2023). The AAV capsid can influence the epigenetic marking of rAAV delivered episomal genomes in a species dependent manner. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2448–2448. 31 indexed citations

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Cheng, Rene Yu-Hong, King L. Hung, Tingting Zhang, et al.. (2022). Ex vivo engineered human plasma cells exhibit robust protein secretion and long-term engraftment in vivo. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6110–6110. 28 indexed citations

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Hung, King L., Paul S. Mischel, & Howard Y. Chang. (2022). Gene regulation on extrachromosomal DNA. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 29(8). 736–744. 26 indexed citations

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Nuñez, James K., Chen Jin, J. Zachery Cogan, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide programmable transcriptional memory by CRISPR-based epigenome editing. Cell. 184(9). 2503–2519.e17. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hung, King L., Malika Hale, Chun‐Yu Chen, et al.. (2017). Engineering Protein-Secreting Plasma Cells by Homology-Directed Repair in Primary Human B Cells. Molecular Therapy. 26(2). 456–467. 99 indexed citations

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Clough, Courtnee, Yupeng Wang, Iram Khan, et al.. (2016). 132. Targeting the BTK Locus in Primary Human Hematopoietic Cells with TALENs and AAV Donor Template. Molecular Therapy. 24. S54–S54. 5 indexed citations

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Khan, Iram, Yupeng Wang, Courtnee Clough, et al.. (2016). 569. Precision Editing of the WAS Locus via Homologous Recombination in Primary Human Hematopoietic Cells Mediated by Either TALEN or CRISPR/Cas Nucleases. Molecular Therapy. 24. S227–S227. 1 indexed citations

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Bouldin, Cortney M., et al.. (2015). Wnt signaling andtbx16form a bistable switch to commit bipotential progenitors to mesoderm. Development. 142(14). 2499–507. 42 indexed citations

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