Staff Profile

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Teaching area: Anatomy and Physiology
• Teaching area: Biomedical Sciences
• Research interest: Ethnobotanical drug discovery research
• Research interest: Prostate cancer cell biology

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

• 談振偉 (2017)。<藥物研發的未來路向>。何建宗、李德成編，«創新科技與可持續發展研究在公大–生活科普與科研» (頁70–71)。香港：香港公開大學。

Journal Articles

• Liu, V. W. S., Yau, W. L., Tam, C. W., Yao, K. M., & Shiu, S. Y. W. (2017). Melatonin Inhibits Androgen Receptor Splice Variant-7 (AR-V7)-Induced Nuclear Factor-Kappa B (NF-κB) Activation and NF-κB Activator-Induced AR-V7 Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells: Potential Implications for the Use of Melatonin in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(6), 1130.
• Wong, W.C., Tam, C.W. & Tiu, M.M.H. (2015). The influences of extra-curricular activities on the development of competence among undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong. Journal of Nursing and Care,4, 5.
• Shiu, S.Y.W., Leung, W.Y., Tam, C.W., Liu, V.W., & Yao, K.M. (2013). Melatonin MT(1) receptor-induced transcriptional up-regulation of p27(Kip1) in prostate cancer antiproliferation is mediated via inhibition of constitutively active nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB): potential implications on prostate cancer chemoprevention and therapy. J Pineal Res, 54, 69-79.
• Tam, C.W., & Shiu, S.Y.W. (2011). Functional interplay between melatonin receptor-mediated antiproliferative signaling and androgen receptor signaling in human prostate epithelial cells: potential implications for therapeutic strategies against prostate cancer. J Pineal Res, 51, 297-312.
• Shiu, S.Y.W., Pang, B., Tam, C.W., & Yao, K.M. (2010). Signal transduction of receptor-mediated antiproliferative action of melatonin on human prostate epithelial cells involves dual activation of Gαs and Gαq proteins. J Pineal Res, 49, 301-311.
• Tam, C.W., Chan, K.W., Liu, V.W., Pang, B., Yao, K.M., & Shiu, S.Y.W. (2008). Melatonin as a negative mitogenic hormonal regulator of human prostate epithelial cell growth: potential mechanisms and clinical significance. J Pineal Res, 45, 403-412.

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