Advisor ID: D3140
Fax: 02-579-2081
Education Background
- 1996-2000 Thammasat University, Thailand: Bachelor of Science (Medical Technology)
- 2000-2003 Chulalongkorn University, Thailand: Master of Science (Medical Microbiology)
- 2003-2009 Chulalongkorn University, Thailand: Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Microbiology)
- 2006 Research training at Centre National de Genotypage (CNG), Evry, France (6 months)
Award
2004 – Excellent poster presentation at The Fifth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress: Evolving Genetics and Its Global Impact, Bangkok, Thailand, August 16-20, 2004.
2006 – European Commissions Marie Curie Actions scholarship from ESH EuroConference on Translational Research in Transplantation, Immunogenetics, Phamacogenomics, Proteomics and Immunobiology; July, 4-6, 2006; Paris, France
Research Focus

Publications
- Pimtanothai N, Kimkong I, Inwattana R, Deesomchok U, Charoenwongse P 2002. DRB1*04 subtype in Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Med Assoc Thai, 85(Suppl 1) (June): S366-S370.
- Kimkong I, Pimtanothai N, Mutirangura A 2003. Distribution of Human Leukocyte Antigen-E alleles in Thailand. J Med Assoc Thai, 86(Suppl 2) (June): S230-S236.
- Pimtanothai N, Kimkong I, Mutirangura A 2004. HLA-E polymorphism in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Tissue Antigens. 2004 Nov; 64(5):588-92. (Impact factor 2012 = 2.753)
- Nattiya Hirankarn, Ingorn Kimkong, Pittaya Kummee, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Yong Poovorawan. Interleukin-1β Gene Polymorphism Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis B Virus Infection. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Feb 7; 12(5): 776-779. (Impact factor 2012 = 2.547)
- Ingorn Kimkong, Nattiya Hirankarn. Molecular Genetics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Molecular Genetics. Siriraj Medical Journal. 2008 Sep; 60(5).
- Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon and Nattiya Hirankarn. Expression profile of HIN200 in leukocytes and renal biopsy of SLE patients by real time RT-PCR. LUPUS. 2009 Oct; 18(12):1066-72. (Impact factor 2012 = 2.783)
- Ingorn Kimkong, Yingyos Avihingsanon and Nattiya Hirankarn. Association of IFI200 Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 2010 Jul; 37(7):1544-1547. (Impact factor 2012 = 3.258)
- Ingorn Kimkong. Diversity of immunoglobulin genes. K.U. Science Journal 2011, 29 (1), 26-35 (in Thai).
- I. Kimkong, N. Hirankarn, J. Nakkuntod, N. Kitkumthorm. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to oral lichen planus. Oral Dis. 2011 Mar; 17(2):206-9. (Impact factor 2012 = 2.377)
- Ingorn Kimkong, Jeerawat Nakkuntod, Siriwalee Sae-Ngow, Thiti Snabboon, Yingyos Avihingsanon, Nattiya Hirankarn. Association between CTLA-4 polymorphisms and the susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus and Graves’disease in Thai population. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 2011 Sep; 29:229-35. (Impact factor 2012 = 0.791)
- Ingorn Kimkong, Jeerawat Nakkuntod, Pimpayao Sodsai, Nattiya Hirankarn and Nakarin Kitkumthorn. Association of Interferon-gamma Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Oral Lichen Planus in the Thai Population. Arch Oral Biol. 2012 May; 57(5):491-4. (Impact factor 2012 = 1.549)
- Saethang T, Hirose O, Kimkong I, Tran VA, Dang XT, Nguyen LA, Le TK, Kubo M, Yamada Y, Satou K. EpicCapo: epitope prediction using combined information of amino acid pairwise contact potentials and HLA-peptide contact site information. BMC Bioinformatics. 2012 Nov 24;13:313. (Impact factor 2012 = 3.02)
- Saethang T, Hirose O, Kimkong I, Tran VA, Dang XT, Nguyen LA, Le TK, Kubo M, Yamada Y, Satou K. PAAQD: Predicting immunogenicity of MHC class I binding peptides using amino acid pairwise contact potentials and quantum topological molecular similarity descriptors. J Immunol Methods. 2013 Jan 31;387(1-2):293-302. (Impact factor 2012 = 2.225)
- Sirinadda Romporn, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Nattiya Hirankarn, Ingorn Kimkong. Association of IFNAR2 and IL10RB genes in chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Tissue Antigens. 2013 Jul;82(1):21-5. (Impact factor 2012 = 2.753)
- Ingorn Kimkong, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Nattiya Hirankarn. Association of interferon-alpha gene polymorphisms with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. International Journal of Immunogenetics. 2013 Dec;40(6):476-81. (Impact factor 2012 = 1.355)