Expertise at Chang Gung System

Ku, Cheng-Lung ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang gung university
Position: Assistant Professor
Department: Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences
Address: No.259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-2218800 #3483
E-mail: CLKU@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Rheumatology

Education:
  • Ph. D., Université Paris V René Descartes

Selected Main Publications:
(*: first, co-first or corresponding author)
  1. Chi CY, Chu CC, Liu JP, Lin CH, Ho MW, Lo WJ, Lin PC, Chen HJ, Chou CH, Feng JY, Fung CP, Sher YP, Li CY, Wang JH & *Ku CL. Anti-IFN-gamma autoantibodies in adults with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are associated with HLA-DRB1*16:02 and HLA-DQB1*05:02 and the reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus infection. Blood. 2013, 121: 1357-1366.
  2. von Bernuth H, Picard C, Jin Z, Pankla R, Xiao H, Ku CL, Chrabieh M, Mustapha IB, Ghandil P, Camcioglu Y, Vasconcelos J, Sirvent N, Guedes M, Vitor AB, Herrero-Mata MJ, Arostegui JI, Rodrigo C, Alsina L, Ruiz-Ortiz E, Juan M, Fortuny C, Yague J, Anton J, Pascal M, Chang HH, Janniere L, Rose Y, Garty BZ, Chapel H, Issekutz A, Marodi L, Rodriguez-Gallego C, Banchereau J, Abel L, Li X, Chaussabel D, Puel A & Casanova JL. Pyogenic bacterial infections in humans with MyD88 deficiency. Science. 2008, 321: 691-696.
  3. Ku CL, von Bernuth H, Picard C, Zhang SY, Chang HH, Yang K, Chrabieh M, Issekutz AC, Cunningham CK, Gallin J, Holland SM, Roifman C, Ehl S, Smart J, Tang M, Barrat FJ, Levy O, McDonald D, Day-Good NK, Miller R, Takada H, Hara T, Al-Hajjar S, Al-Ghonaium A, Speert D, Sanlaville D, Li X, Geissmann F, Vivier E, Marodi L, Garty BZ, Chapel H, Rodriguez-Gallego C, Bossuyt X, Abel L, Puel A & Casanova JL. Selective predisposition to bacterial infections in IRAK-4-deficient children: IRAK-4-dependent TLRs are otherwise redundant in protective immunity. J. Exp. Med. 2007, 204: 2407-2422.
  4. von Bernuth H, Ku CL*, Rodriguez-Gallego C, Zhang S, Garty BZ, Marodi L, Chapel H, Chrabieh M, Miller RL, Picard C, Puel A & Casanova JL. A fast procedure for the detection of defects in Toll-like receptor signaling. Pediatrics. 2006, 118: 2498-2503. (co-first author and corresponding author)
  5. Ku CL, Yang K, Bustamante J, Puel A, von Bernuth H, Santos OF, Lawrence T, Chang HH, Al-Mousa H, Picard C & Casanova JL. Inherited disorders of human Toll-like receptor signaling: immunological implications. Immunol. Rev. 2005, 203: 10-20.


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