{"id":382,"date":"2015-11-16T12:24:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:05:53","slug":"kenneth-s-k-tung-m-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/contact\/kenneth-s-k-tung-m-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth S. K. Tung, M.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Portrait Portrait alignnone wp-image-881 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2016\/03\/TungKenneth-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kenneth S. K. Tung, M.D.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2016\/03\/TungKenneth-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2016\/03\/TungKenneth-e1528209356203-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2016\/03\/TungKenneth-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus of Pathology and Microbiology<\/p>\n<h3>Member, Carter Immunology Center.<\/h3>\n<h4>EDUCATION:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Medical School:<\/strong> Melbourne University, 1959, M.B.B.S.<br \/>\n<strong>Internship:<\/strong> Cleveland Clinic, Intern, 1962<br \/>\n<strong>Residency:<\/strong> Cleveland Clinic, Anatomical and Clinical Pathology 1963 &#8211; 1967<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship:<\/strong> Fellowship in Immunology. Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1968 &#8211;\u00a01970<\/p>\n<h4>CLINICAL:<\/h4>\n<p>Renal immunopathology<\/p>\n<h4>RESEARCH:<\/h4>\n<p>Mechanism of autoimmune disease prevention and pathogenesis and biology of regulatory T cell.<\/p>\n<h4>REFERENCES:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Coquery CM, Wade NS, Loo WM, Kinchen JM, Cox KM, Jiang C, <strong>Tung KS<\/strong>, Erickson LD: Neutrophils contribute to excess serum BAFF levels and promote CD4+ T cell and B cell responses in lupus-prone mice. PLoS One 2014, 9:e102284. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25010693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25010693<\/a>. DOI: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0102284.<\/li>\n<li>Rival C, Setiady Y, Samy ET, Harakal J, <strong>Tung KS<\/strong>: The unique neonatal NK cells: a critical component required for neonatal autoimmune disease induction by maternal autoantibody. Front Immunol 2014, 5:242.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24904590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24904590<\/a>. DOI: 10.3389\/fimmu.2014.00242.<\/li>\n<li>Lesher AM, Zhou L, Kimura Y, Sato S, Gullipalli D, Herbert AP, Barlow PN, Eberhardt HU, Skerka C, Zipfel PF, Hamano T, Miwa T, <strong>Tung KS<\/strong>, Song WC: Combination of factor H mutation and properdin deficiency causes severe C3 glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013, 24:53-65.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23204401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23204401<\/a>. DOI: 10.1681\/ASN.2012060570.<\/li>\n<li>Richardson CL, Delehanty LL, Bullock GC, Rival CM, <strong>Tung KS<\/strong>, Kimpel DL, Gardenghi S, Rivella S, Goldfarb AN: Isocitrate ameliorates anemia by suppressing the erythroid iron restriction response. J Clin Invest 2013, 123:3614-3623. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23863711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23863711<\/a>. DOI: 10.1172\/JCI68487.<\/li>\n<li>Lustig L, Rival C, <strong>Tung KSK<\/strong>.\u00a0 Autoimmune orchitis and Autoimmune ovarian disease. In Rose NR, Mackay IR eds.\u00a0 The Autoimmune diseases (5<sup>th<\/sup> Ed), Elsevier, 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Rival C,\u00a0 Wheeler K, Jeffrey S, Qiao H, Luu B, Tewalt EF<strong>,<\/strong> Engelhard VH, Tardif S, Hardy D, del Rio R, Teuscher C,<strong>Tung KS<\/strong>. (2013) Regulatory T cells in vasectomy. J Reprod Immunol.<\/li>\n<li>Rival C, Samy EM, Setiady Y, <strong>Tung KSK<\/strong>. (2013) Cutting edge: Ly49C\/I- NK neonatal NK cells predispose newborns to autoimmune ovarian disease induced by maternal autoantibody. J Immunol. 191: 2865-9.<\/li>\n<li>del Rio R, McAllister RD, Meeker ND, Wall EH, Bond JP, Kyttaris VC, Tsokos GC, <strong>Tung KS<\/strong>, Teuscher C: Identification of Orch3, a locus controlling dominant resistance to autoimmune orchitis, as kinesin family member 1C. PLoS Genet 2012, 8:e1003140. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23300462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23300462<\/a>. DOI: 10.1371\/journal.pgen.1003140.<\/li>\n<li>Taurog JD, Rival C, van Duivenvoorde LM, Satumtira N, Dorris ML, Sun M, Shelton JM, Richardson JA, Hamra FK, Hammer RE, <strong>Tung KSK<\/strong>. (2012) Autoimmune epididymo-orchitis is essential to the pathogenesis of male-specific spondyoarthritis in HLA-B27-transgenic rats. <em>Arthritis Rheum<\/em> 64: 2518-2528.<\/li>\n<li>Tewalt EF, Cohen JN, Rouhani SJ, Guidi CJ, Qiao H, Fahl SP, Conaway MR, Bender TP, <strong>Tung KS<\/strong>, Vella AT, Adler AJ, Chen L,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span> Engelhard VH. (2012) Lymphatic endothelial cells induce tolerance via PD-L1 and lack of costimulation leading to high-level PD-1 expression on CD8 T cells. Blood 120:4772-82,2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A complete list of Dr. Tung&#8217;s peer-reviewed publications can be obtained from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?orig_db=PubMed&amp;db=PubMed&amp;cmd=Search&amp;term=Tung+KS%5Bauthor%5D\">PubMed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Microbiology Member, Carter Immunology Center. 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