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Kun Leng

University of California, San Francisco · US
Area of research
Neurology · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.
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17
citations
2,012
works
46
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

CRISPRi-based screen of autism spectrum disorder risk genes in microglia uncovers roles of ADNP in microglia endocytosis and synaptic pruning
Molecular Psychiatry 2025cited by 19position: middledoi
Granulin loss of function in human mature brain organoids implicates astrocytes in TDP-43 pathology
Stem Cell Reports 2023cited by 40position: middledoi
A CRISPRi/a platform in human iPSC-derived microglia uncovers regulators of disease states
Nature Neuroscience 2022cited by 247position: middledoi
Reactive astrocytes transduce inflammation in a blood-brain barrier model through a TNF-STAT3 signaling axis and secretion of alpha 1-antichymotrypsin
Nature Communications 2022cited by 171position: middledoi
CRISPRi screens in human iPSC-derived astrocytes elucidate regulators of distinct inflammatory reactive states
Nature Neuroscience 2022cited by 155position: firstdoi
Maximizing CRISPRi efficacy and accessibility with dual-sgRNA libraries and optimal effectors
eLife 2022cited by 148position: middledoi
Molecular characterization of selectively vulnerable neurons in Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Neuroscience 2021cited by 467position: firstdoi
Genome-wide CRISPRi/a screens in human neurons link lysosomal failure to ferroptosis
Nature Neuroscience 2021cited by 405position: middledoi
Rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing: The CLIAHUB
PLoS Pathogens 2020cited by 21position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Martin Kampmann · University Memory and Aging Center8 papers (2021–2025)Nina M. Dräger · University of California, San Francisco4 papers (2021–2025)Michael E. Ward · Prisma Health3 papers (2022–2023)Ethan S. Lippmann · Vanderbilt University2 papers (2022–2022)Olivia M. Teter · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2022–2025)Erik M. Ullian · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2022–2023)Faraz Faghri · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2 papers (2021–2022)Sydney M. Sattler · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2022–2025)Shinong Wang · University of California, Los Angeles2 papers (2022–2022)Matthew Schrag · Allen Institute for Brain Science2 papers (2022–2022)Mark Koontz · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2022–2023)Andrew Singleton · University of Birmingham2 papers (2021–2022)Sayed Hadi Hashemi · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2 papers (2021–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2022)Jason Hong · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2021–2022)Yan Ao · Beijing Forestry University2 papers (2022–2022)Mike A. Nalls · Alzheimer's Association2 papers (2021–2022)Emmy Li · Shanghai University2 papers (2021–2022)Indigo V.L. Rose · Johns Hopkins University2 papers (2022–2022)Michael V. Sofroniew · University of California, Los Angeles2 papers (2022–2022)