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Hong Sun, PhD

Title(s)Postdoctoral Scholar, Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW, #1033
San Francisco CA 94143
Phone415-514-7420
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    1. Unexpected heterogeneity and tissue-specific properties of the thymic hematopoietic antigen-presenting cell network. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Oct 14; 122(41):e2508184122. Wang Y, Liu X, Bond AC, Oh S, Ochiai S, Larson AR, Qualls AE, Sun IH, Chopin M, Gardner JM, Nutt SL, Ronchese F, Pellicci DG, Chong MMW. PMID: 41071655; PMCID: PMC12541397.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    2. RORγt eTACs mediate oral tolerance and Treg induction. J Exp Med. 2025 Aug 04; 222(8). Sun IH, Qualls AE, Yin HS, Wang J, Arvedson MP, Germino J, Horner NK, Zhong S, Du J, Valdearcos M, Ntranos V, Locksley RM, Ricardo-Gonzalez RR, Gardner JM. PMID: 40298935; PMCID: PMC12039581.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Synthetic Notch-receptor-driven suppressor cells deliver targeted immune modulation and protect transplanted human islets. Am J Transplant. 2025 Apr; 25(4):640-641. Yin HS, Sun IH, Gardner JM. PMID: 40023253.
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    4. uLIPSTIC: A universal tool for in vivo tracking of cellular interaction networks. Am J Transplant. 2024 Jul; 24(7):1098-1099. Sun IH, Gardner JM. PMID: 38762188.
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    5. mTORC1 Signaling Regulates Proinflammatory Macrophage Function and Metabolism. J Immunol. 2021 08 01; 207(3):913-922. Collins SL, Oh MH, Sun IH, Chan-Li Y, Zhao L, Powell JD, Horton MR. PMID: 34290107.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 38     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Metabolic programs define dysfunctional immune responses in severe COVID-19 patients. Cell Rep. 2021 03 16; 34(11):108863. Thompson EA, Cascino K, Ordonez AA, Zhou W, Vaghasia A, Hamacher-Brady A, Brady NR, Sun IH, Wang R, Rosenberg AZ, Delannoy M, Rothman R, Fenstermacher K, Sauer L, Shaw-Saliba K, Bloch EM, Redd AD, Tobian AAR, Horton M, Smith K, Pekosz A, D'Alessio FR, Yegnasubramanian S, Ji H, Cox AL, Powell JD. PMID: 33691089; PMCID: PMC7908880.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 86     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    7. Targeting glutamine metabolism enhances tumor-specific immunity by modulating suppressive myeloid cells. J Clin Invest. 2020 07 01; 130(7):3865-3884. Oh MH, Sun IH, Zhao L, Leone RD, Sun IM, Xu W, Collins SL, Tam AJ, Blosser RL, Patel CH, Englert JM, Arwood ML, Wen J, Chan-Li Y, Tenora L, Majer P, Rais R, Slusher BS, Horton MR, Powell JD. PMID: 32324593; PMCID: PMC7324212.
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    8. Glutamine blockade induces divergent metabolic programs to overcome tumor immune evasion. Science. 2019 11 22; 366(6468):1013-1021. Leone RD, Zhao L, Englert JM, Sun IM, Oh MH, Sun IH, Arwood ML, Bettencourt IA, Patel CH, Wen J, Tam A, Blosser RL, Prchalova E, Alt J, Rais R, Slusher BS, Powell JD. PMID: 31699883; PMCID: PMC7023461.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 627     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Inhibition of the adenosine A2a receptor modulates expression of T cell coinhibitory receptors and improves effector function for enhanced checkpoint blockade and ACT in murine cancer models. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2018 Aug; 67(8):1271-1284. Leone RD, Sun IM, Oh MH, Sun IH, Wen J, Englert J, Powell JD. PMID: 29923026; PMCID: PMC11028354.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 114     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. mTOR Complex 1 Signaling Regulates the Generation and Function of Central and Effector Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells. J Immunol. 2018 07 15; 201(2):481-492. Sun IH, Oh MH, Zhao L, Patel CH, Arwood ML, Xu W, Tam AJ, Blosser RL, Wen J, Powell JD. PMID: 29884702; PMCID: PMC6089237.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 82     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. mTORC2 Signaling Selectively Regulates the Generation and Function of Tissue-Resident Peritoneal Macrophages. Cell Rep. 2017 Sep 05; 20(10):2439-2454. Oh MH, Collins SL, Sun IH, Tam AJ, Patel CH, Arwood ML, Chan-Li Y, Powell JD, Horton MR. PMID: 28877476; PMCID: PMC5659290.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 35     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. An Fc-Small Molecule Conjugate for Targeted Inhibition of the Adenosine 2A Receptor. Chembiochem. 2016 10 17; 17(20):1951-1960. Hsiao PY, Kalin JH, Sun IH, Amin MN, Lo YC, Chiang MJ, Giddens J, Sysa-Shah P, Gabrielson K, Wang LX, Powell JD, Cole PA. PMID: 27432157; PMCID: PMC5292873.
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    13. Asymmetric inheritance of mTORC1 kinase activity during division dictates CD8(+) T cell differentiation. Nat Immunol. 2016 06; 17(6):704-11. Pollizzi KN, Sun IH, Patel CH, Lo YC, Oh MH, Waickman AT, Tam AJ, Blosser RL, Wen J, Delgoffe GM, Powell JD. PMID: 27064374; PMCID: PMC4873361.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 139     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. mTORC1 and mTORC2 selectively regulate CD8⁺ T cell differentiation. J Clin Invest. 2015 May; 125(5):2090-108. Pollizzi KN, Patel CH, Sun IH, Oh MH, Waickman AT, Wen J, Delgoffe GM, Powell JD. PMID: 25893604; PMCID: PMC4463194.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 241     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Cellular size as a means of tracking mTOR activity and cell fate of CD4+ T cells upon antigen recognition. PLoS One. 2015; 10(4):e0121710. Pollizzi KN, Waickman AT, Patel CH, Sun IH, Powell JD. PMID: 25849206; PMCID: PMC4388710.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 31     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    16. The AGC kinase SGK1 regulates TH1 and TH2 differentiation downstream of the mTORC2 complex. Nat Immunol. 2014 May; 15(5):457-64. Heikamp EB, Patel CH, Collins S, Waickman A, Oh MH, Sun IH, Illei P, Sharma A, Naray-Fejes-Toth A, Fejes-Toth G, Misra-Sen J, Horton MR, Powell JD. PMID: 24705297; PMCID: PMC4267697.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 127     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Flagella stator homologs function as motors for myxobacterial gliding motility by moving in helical trajectories. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 16; 110(16):E1508-13. Nan B, Bandaria JN, Moghtaderi A, Sun IH, Yildiz A, Zusman DR. PMID: 23576734; PMCID: PMC3631661.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 56     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    18. A multi-protein complex from Myxococcus xanthus required for bacterial gliding motility. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Jun; 76(6):1539-54. Nan B, Mauriello EM, Sun IH, Wong A, Zusman DR. PMID: 20487265; PMCID: PMC2908308.
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