UMDNJ-Rutgers University
CounterACT Research
Center of Excellence

Designing therapies to counteract chemical terrorism.

Hong Duck Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health Science
New York Medical College School of Public Health

Email: HongDuck_Kim@nymc.edu
40 Hospital Oval, Vosburgh Pavilion Room 110
Phone: 914-594-4259
Fax: 914-594-4576

B.S. Yeung Nam University, South Korea
Ph.D. Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Tokyo University, Japan
Postdoctoral, Infection and Immunity, Alzheimer's Disease and Vaccinology

Collaborator, UMDNJ-Rutgers University CounterACT Center of Excellence

Research Interests:

Intranasal vaccination by adeno-associated virus vectors.

Alzheimer's disease vaccine development.

Recent Publications:

Jin JJ, Kim HD, Maxwell JA, Ling Li, Fukuchi KI. Toll-like receptor 4-dependent upregulation of cytokines in a Transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2008 May 5(23);1-10

Kim HD, Jin JJ, Maxwell JA, Fukuchi KI. Enhancing Th2 immune responses against amyloid   protein  by a DNA prime-adenovirus boost regimen for Alzheimer’s Disease.  Immunology Letters 112(2007), 30-38.

Kim HD, Tahara K, Maxwell JA, Lalonde R, Fukuiwa T, Fujihashi K, Van Kampen KR, Kong. FK, Tang DC, Fukuchi KI.  Nasal inoculation of an adenovirus vector encoding 11 tandem repeats of Abeta1-6 upregulates IL-10 expression and reduces amyloid load in a Mo/Hu APPswe PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. J Gene Med. 2007 Feb 9(2);88-98

Tahara K, Kim HD, Jin JJ, Maxwell JA, LI L, Fukuchi K. Role of toll-like receptor signaling in  Aß uptake and clearance.  Brain 2006 Nov;129 (Pt 11):3006-19. Epub 2006 Sep 19.

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