
Yiming Zhong, PhD, FACMG
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Laboratory Director, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
716H Abramson Pediatric Research Center
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-0488
Email: zhongy1@chop.edu; yiming.zhong@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Precision and Computational Diagnostics
Expertise
Molecular diagnostics of pediatric cancers
Cytogenetics
Research Expertise
Genomic profiling of pediatric cancers
Education
BS (Biology), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 1999
MS (Genetics), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2004
PhD (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010
Specialty Certification
Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG), 2017
Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics (ABMGG), 2019
Postgraduate Training
Research Assistant, Beijing Genomics Institute, Beijing, China, 2000-2001
Graduate Research Associate, Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 2001-2004
Graduate Research Associate, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, 2004-2010
Post-doctoral Researcher, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 2010-2015
Clinical Molecular Genetics & Genomics Fellow, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 2015-2017
Clinical Cytogenetics & Genomics Fellow, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 2017-2018
Awards and Honors
People’s Scholarship and Student Merit Award, Wuhan University, 1996-1998
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society of Hematology, 2010-2013
Association of Chinese Geneticists of America, 2016-Present
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), 2017-2019
Association for Molecular Pathology, 2017-Present
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2021-Present
Children’s Oncology Group, 2022-Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Novel ATXN1/ATXN1L::NUTM2A fusions identified in aggressive infant sarcomas with gene expression and methylation patterns similar to CIC-rearranged sarcoma
Xu F, Viaene AN, Ruiz J, Schubert J, Wu J, Chen J, Cao K, Fu W, Bagatell R, Fan Z, Long A, Pagliaroli L, Zhong Y, Luo M, Kreiger PA, Surrey LF, Wertheim GB, Cole KA, Li MM, Santi M, and Storm PB. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 10(1): 102, July 2022. doi: 10.1186/s40478-022-01401-z.
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor in a child with neurofibromatosis type 2: A novel dual diagnosis
Kotch C, Fisher M, Zhong Y, Gallo D, Fan E, Lin F, Chen J, Santi M, and Li MM. Cancer Genetics 262–263: 1-4, April 2022.
A Novel TP53 Tandem Duplication in a Child with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
Xu F, Aref-Eshghi E, Wu J, Schubert J, Wertheim G, Bhatti T, Pogoriler J, Patel M, Cao K, Long A, Fan Z, Denenberg EH, Fanning EA, Wilmoth DM, Luo M, Conlin LK, Dain AS, Zelley K, Baldino S, Balamuth N, MacFarland S, Li MM, Zhong Y.* Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies, March 2022.
The oncogenic roles of NTRK fusions and methods of molecular diagnosis
Aref-Eshghi E, Lin F, Li MM, Zhong Y.* Cancer Genetics 258-259: 110-119, Nov 2021.
Application of Next Generation Sequencing in Laboratory Medicine
Zhong Y*, Xu F, Wu J, Schubert J, Li MM. Annals of Laboratory Medicine 41(1): 25-43, Jan 2021.
Genomic characterization of a PPP1CB-ALK fusion with fusion gene amplification in a congenital glioblastoma
Zhong Y#, Lin F#, Xu F, Schubert J, Wu J, Wainwright L, Zhao X, Cao K, Fan Z, Chen J, Lang S, Kennedy BC, Viaene AN, Santi M, Resnick AC, Storm PB, Li MM. Cancer Genetics 252-253: 37-42, Dec 2020.
The spectrum of rare central nervous system (CNS) tumors with EWSR1-non-ETS fusions: Experience from three pediatric institutions with review of the literature
Lopez-Nunez O, Cafferata B, Santi M, Ranganathan S, Pearce TM, Kulich SM, Bailey KM, Broniscer A, Rossi S, Zin A, Nasrallah MP, Li MM, Zhong Y, Miele E, Alaggio R, Surrey LF. Brain Pathology, 31: 70-83, Sep 2020. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12900.
A Germline PALB2 Pathogenic Variant identified in a Pediatric High Grade Glioma
Zhong Y, Schubert J, Wu J, Xu F, Lin F, Cao K, Zelley K, Luo M, Foster J, Cole KA, Macfarland S, Resnick AC, Storm PB, and Li MM. Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies 6(4):a005397, Aug 2020. doi: 10.1101/mcs.a005397.
Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Express Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase and Can Be Depleted in Tumor-Bearing Hosts by Ibrutinib Treatment
Stiff A, Trikha P, Wesolowski R, Kendra K, Hsu V, Uppati S, McMichael E, Duggan M, Campbell A, Keller K, Landi I, Zhong Y, Dubovsky J, Howard JH, Yu L, Harrington B, Old M, Reiff S, Mace T, Tridandapani S, Muthusamy N, Caligiuri MA, Byrd JC, Carson WE 3rd. Cancer Res 76(8): 2125-2136, Apr 2016.
Hypermorphic mutation of phospholipase C, gamma 2 acquired in ibrutinib resistant CLL confers BTK independency upon BCR activation.
Liu TM*, Woyach JA*, Zhong Y*, Lozanski A, Lozanski G, Dong S, Strattan E, Lehman A, Zhang X, Jones JA, Flynn J, Andritsos LA, Maddocks K, Jaglowski SM, Blum KA, Byrd JC, Dubovsky JA, Johnson AJ. Blood 126(1): 61-8, Jul 2015.
Targeting Interleukin-2-inducible T-cell Kinase (ITK) and Resting Lymphocyte Kinase (RLK) Using a Novel Covalent Inhibitor PRN694
Zhong Y, Dong S, Strattan E, Ren L, Butchar JP, Thornton K, Mishra A, Porcu P, Bradshaw JM, Bisconte A, Owens TD, Verner E, Brameld KA, Funk JO, Hill RJ, Johnson AJ, Dubovsky JA. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 290(10): 5960-78, Mar 2015.
IPI-145 antagonizes intrinsic and extrinsic survival signals in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells
Dong S, Guinn D, Dubovsky JA, Zhong Y, Lehman A, Kutok J, Woyach JA, Byrd JC, and Johnson AJ. Blood 124(24): 3583-6, Dec 2014.
Ibrutinib Treatment Ameliorates Murine Chronic Graftversus-Host Disease
Dubovsky JA, Flynn R, Du J, Harrington BK, Zhong Y, Yang C, Towns W, Lehman A, Johnson AJ, Muthusamy N, Devine S, Jaglowski S, Serody JS, Murphy WJ, Munn DH, Luznik L, Hill GR, MacDonald KKP, Maillard I, Koreth J, Cutler C, Soiffer RJ, Antin JH, Ritz J, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Byrd JC, Blazar BR. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 124(11): 4867-76, Nov 2014.
PKC-β as a therapeutic target in CLL: PKC Inhibitor AEB071 Demonstrates Pre-clinical Activity in CLL
El-Gamal D, Williams K, LaFollette T, Cannon M, Blachly J, Zhong Y, Woyach J, Williams E, Awan F, Jones J, Andritsos L, Maddocks K, Wu CH, Chen CS, Lehman A, Zhang X, Lapalombella R, and Byrd JC. Blood 124(9): 1481-91, Aug 2014.
The B-cell Receptor Pathway: A Critical Component of Healthy and Malignant Immune Biology
Zhong Y, Byrd JC, Dubovsky JA. Seminars in Hematology 51(3): 206-18, Jul 2014.
Targeting Interleukin-2-Inducible T-cell Kinase (ITK) in T-Cell Related Diseases
Zhong Y*, Johnson AJ, Byrd JC, Dubovsky JA*. Journal of Postdoctoral Research 2(6): 1-11, Jun 2014.
Selinexor suppresses Downstream Effectors of B-cell activation, proliferation and migration in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells
Zhong Y, El-Gamal D, Dubovsky J, Beckwith K, Harrington B, Williams K, Goettl V, Jha S, Mo X, Jones J, Flynn J, Maddocks K, Andritsos L, McCauley D, Shacham S, Kauffman M, Byrd JC, and Lapalombella R. Leukemia 28(5): 1158-63, May 2014.
Prolonged Lymphocytosis During Ibrutinib Therapy Is Associated With Distinct Molecular Characteristics and Does Not Indicate A Suboptimal Response To Therapy
Woyach JA, Smucker K, Smith LL, Lozanski A, Zhong Y, Ruppert AS, Lucas D, Williams K, Zhao W, Rassenti L, Ghia E, Kipps TJ, Mantel R, Jones J, Flynn J, Maddocks J, O'Brien S, Furman RR, James DF, Clow F, Lozanski G, Johnson AJ, Byrd JC. Blood 123(12): 1810-7, Mar 2014.
Ibrutinib is an irreversible molecular inhibitor of ITK driving a Th1-selective pressure in T lymphocytes
Dubovsky JA, Beckwith KA, Natarajan G, Woyach JA, Jaglowski S, Zhong Y, Hessler JD, Liu TM, Chang BY, Larkin KM, Stefanovski MR, Chappell DL, Frissora FW, Smith LL, Smucker KA, Flynn JM, Jones JA, Andritsos LA, Maddocks K, Lehman AM, Furman R, Sharman J, Mishra A, Caligiuri MA, Satoskar AR, Buggy JJ, Muthusamy N, Johnson AJ, Byrd JC. Blood 122(15): 2539-49, Oct 2013.
Selective Inhibitors of Nuclear Export (SINE) show that CRM1/XPO1 is a target in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Lapalombella R, Sun Q, Williams Katie, Jha S, Zhong Y, Goettl V, Mahoney E,Berglund C, Alicia F, Rajes M, Johnson AJ, Lucas DM, Mo X, Dirk D, Vincent S, Sharon S, Dilara M, Sharon S, Michael K, Yuh MC, Byrd JC. Blood 120(23): 4621-34, Nov 2012.
AP-1 elements and TCL1 protein regulate expression of the gene encoding protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPROt in leukemia
Motiwala T, Zanesi N, Datta J, Roy S, Kutay H, Checovich AM, Kaou M, Zhong Y, Johnson AJ, Lucas DM, Heerema NA, Hagan J, Mo X, Jarjoura D, Byrd JC, Croce CM, Jacob ST. Blood 118(23): 6132-40, Dec 2011.
Effect of increased HoxB4 on human megakaryocytic development
Zhong Y, Sullenbarger B, Lasky LC. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 398(3): 377-382, Jul 2010.