Kunhong Zhong

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kunhong Zhong is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunhong Zhong has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Oncology, 11 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kunhong Zhong's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (12 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Kunhong Zhong is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (12 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Kunhong Zhong collaborates with scholars based in China. Kunhong Zhong's co-authors include Aiping Tong, Lin Zhao, Da Jia, Jia Zhao, Zongliang Zhang, Liangxue Zhou, Xin Tang, Guoqing Wang, Zeng Wang and Gang Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kunhong Zhong

31 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Targeted protein degradation: mechanisms, strategies and application

2022 499 citations Kunhong Zhong, Aiping Tong et al. profile →
CXCL11-armed oncolytic adenoviruses enhance CAR-T cell therapeutic efficacy and reprogram tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma

2022 140 citations Guoqing Wang, Zongliang Zhang et al. Molecular Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kunhong Zhong China	15	672	638	338	179	170	32	1.4k
Zongliang Zhang China	16	350 0.5×	748 1.2×	468 1.4×	255 1.4×	225 1.3×	53	1.2k
Blake T. Aftab United States	18	839 1.2×	676 1.1×	369 1.1×	140 0.8×	64 0.4×	38	1.6k
Amer Najjar United States	18	517 0.8×	1000 1.6×	413 1.2×	276 1.5×	377 2.2×	29	1.6k
Shilpee Dutt India	21	902 1.3×	295 0.5×	269 0.8×	111 0.6×	75 0.4×	48	1.5k
Kristina V. Kitaeva Russia	14	476 0.7×	311 0.5×	257 0.8×	103 0.6×	168 1.0×	30	992
Mercedes Gallardo Spain	13	1.1k 1.6×	500 0.8×	248 0.7×	253 1.4×	169 1.0×	14	1.7k
Jianhong Chu China	18	405 0.6×	723 1.1×	830 2.5×	190 1.1×	185 1.1×	26	1.4k
Vitali Alexeev United States	26	957 1.4×	376 0.6×	411 1.2×	287 1.6×	73 0.4×	49	1.8k
Kristen Fousek United States	11	298 0.4×	703 1.1×	431 1.3×	122 0.7×	198 1.2×	21	1.1k
Hélène Bœuf France	25	1.2k 1.9×	521 0.8×	264 0.8×	327 1.8×	89 0.5×	39	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kunhong Zhong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kunhong Zhong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kunhong Zhong

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ge, Haiyan, et al.. (2025). Tumor immunotherapy: past, present, and future. International Journal of Surgery. 111(11). 8236–8269.

Wang, Haoxiang, et al.. (2025). The Role of Choroid Plexus in Hydrocephalus from the Perspective of Structure and Function: a Therapeutic Target. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(7). 9133–9150. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Jun, Shuai Li, Jìng Guo, et al.. (2024). Associations between prenatal metal exposure and growth rate in children: Based on Hangzhou Birth Cohort Study. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170164–170164. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zongliang, Yongdong Chen, Long Xu, et al.. (2024). Improved antitumor effects elicited by an oncolytic HSV-1 expressing a novel B7H3nb/CD3 BsAb. Cancer Letters. 588. 216760–216760. 11 indexed citations

Mu, Min, Zongliang Zhang, Yang Nian, et al.. (2024). Systemic delivery of tannic acid-ferric-masked oncolytic adenovirus reprograms tumor microenvironment for improved therapeutic efficacy in glioblastoma. Cancer Gene Therapy. 31(12). 1804–1817. 6 indexed citations

Zhong, Kunhong, Qi Zhang, Jun Tang, et al.. (2024). Associations of multiple metals exposure with immunoglobulin levels in pregnant women: Hangzhou Birth Cohort Study. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 151. 560–572. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zongliang, Guoqing Wang, Kunhong Zhong, et al.. (2023). A drug screening to identify novel combinatorial strategies for boosting cancer immunotherapy efficacy. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 23–23. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Guoqing, Kunhong Zhong, Zeng Wang, et al.. (2022). Tumor-associated microglia and macrophages in glioblastoma: From basic insights to therapeutic opportunities. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 964898–964898. 86 indexed citations

Zhao, Shasha, Yuelong Wang, Min Mu, et al.. (2022). Genome-scale CRISPR–Cas9 screen reveals novel regulators of B7-H3 in tumor cells. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 10(6). e004875–e004875. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Guoqing, Zongliang Zhang, Kunhong Zhong, et al.. (2022). CXCL11-armed oncolytic adenoviruses enhance CAR-T cell therapeutic efficacy and reprogram tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma. Molecular Therapy. 31(1). 134–153. 140 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Zeng, Kunhong Zhong, Guoqing Wang, et al.. (2022). Loss of furin site enhances SARS-CoV-2 spike protein pseudovirus infection. Gene. 856. 147144–147144. 8 indexed citations

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Tong, Aiping, Liangxue Zhou, Chang Liu, et al.. (2022). Necrostatin-1 decreases necroptosis and inflammatory markers after intraventricular hemorrhage in mice. Neural Regeneration Research. 17(12). 2710–2710. 11 indexed citations

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Tang, Mei, Caili Chen, Guoqing Wang, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of B7-H3 Targeted Immunotherapy in a 3D Organoid Model of Craniopharyngioma. Biomolecules. 12(12). 1744–1744. 14 indexed citations

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Zhong, Kunhong, Yuelong Wang, Zeng Wang, et al.. (2021). AP-64, Encoded by C5orf46, Exhibits Antimicrobial Activity against Gram-Negative Bacteria. Biomolecules. 11(4). 485–485. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Cheng, Zongliang Zhang, Zeng Wang, et al.. (2020). MEK Inhibitor Augments Antitumor Activity of B7-H3-Redirected Bispecific Antibody. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 1527–1527. 19 indexed citations

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Zheng, Meijun, Juanjuan Hu, Zongliang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Efficacy of B7-H3-Redirected BiTE and CAR-T Immunotherapies Against Extranodal Nasal Natural Killer/T Cell Lymphoma. Translational Oncology. 13(5). 100770–100770. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Caili, Yuelong Wang, Kunhong Zhong, et al.. (2019). Frequent B7-H3 overexpression in craniopharyngioma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 514(2). 379–385. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Jianhan, Zongliang Zhang, Kunhong Zhong, et al.. (2019). Zika virus NS5 protein inhibits cell growth and invasion of glioma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 516(2). 515–520. 13 indexed citations

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Ye, Ding, Danjie Jiang, Simeng Gu, et al.. (2019). Evaluating the predictive value of genetic risk score in colorectal cancer among Chinese Han population. Journal of Human Genetics. 65(3). 271–279. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Wenhao, Kunhong Zhong, Wei Heng, Chunlai Nie, & Zhu Yuan. (2018). Long non-coding RNA SPRY4-IT1 promotes cell proliferation and invasion by regulation of Cdc20 in pancreatic cancer cells. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0193483–e0193483. 20 indexed citations

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