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Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Teaching Area: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology
• Research Interests: Cancer biology, Stem cell biology, Technological education

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Liu VWS, Yau WL, Tam CW, Yao KM, Shiu SYW. 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. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 May 31;18(6). pii: E1130. doi: 10.3390/ijms18061130. [Impact Factor: 3.23]
• Lam CS, Ng L, Chow AK, Wan TM, Yau WL, Cheng NS, Wong SK, Man JH, Lo OS, Foo DC, Poon JT, Pang RW, Law WL. Identification of microRNA 885-5p as a novel regulator of tumor metastasis by targeting CPEB2 in colorectal cancer. Oncotarget. 2017 Apr 18;8(16):26858-26870. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15844. [Impact Factor: 5.17]
• Cheng Y, Ho RL, Chan KC, Kan R, Tung E, Lung HL, Yau WL, Cheung AK, Ko JM, Zhang ZF, Luo DZ, Feng ZB, Chen S, Guan XY, Kwong D, Stanbridge EJ, Lung ML. Anti-angiogenic pathway associations of the 3p21.3 mapped BLU gene in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oncogene. 2015 Aug 6;34(32):4219-28. doi: 10.1038/onc.2014.353. Epub 2014 Oct 27. [Impact Factor: 7.52]
• Yau WL, Lam CS, Ng L, Chow AK, Chan ST, Chan JY, Wo JY, Ng KT, Man K, Poon RT, Pang RW. Over-expression of miR-106b promotes cell migration and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma by activating epithelial-mesenchymal transition process. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e57882. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057882. Epub 2013 Mar 6. [Impact Factor: 4.61]
• Ng L, Tung-Ping Poon R, Yau WL, Chow AK, Lam C, Li HS, Chung-Cheung Yau T, Law WL, Pang R. Suppression of actopaxin impairs hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis through modulation of cell migration and invasion. Hepatology. 2013 Aug;58(2):667-79. doi: 10.1002/hep.26396. [Impact Factor: 13.25]
• Geng W, Ng KT, Sun CK, Yau WL, Liu XB, Cheng Q, Poon RT, Lo CM, Man K, Fan ST. The role of proline rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) on cisplatin resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027362. Epub 2011 Nov 9. [Impact Factor: 4.61]
• Cheung AK, Lung HL, Hung SC, Law EWL, Cheng Y, Yau WL, Bangarusamy DK, Miller LD, Liu ETB, Shao J, Kou CW, Chua TT, Zabarovsky ER, Tsao SW, Stanbridge EJ, Lung ML. Functional analysis of a cell cycle-associated tumor suppressive gene, PTPRG, in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2008; 68(19):8137-45. [Impact Factor: 9.12]
• Ko JMY, Chan KC, Chan PL, Yau WL, Yang L, Lo PHY, Liu ETB, Stanbridge EJ, Tang JCO, Srivastava G, Tsao SW, Lung ML. Monochromosome transfer and microarray analysis identify a critical tumor-suppressive region mapping to chromosome 13q14 and THSD1 in esophageal carcinoma. Mol. Cancer Res. 2008; 6(4):592-603. [Impact Factor: 4.97]
• Kost-Alimova M, Darai-Ramqvist E, Yau WL, Sandlund A, Fedorova L, Yang Y, Kholodnyuk I, Cheng Y, Lung ML, Stanbridge EJ, Klein G, Imreh S. Mandatory chromosomal segment balance in aneuploid tumor cells. BMC Cancer 2007; 7:21. [Impact Factor: 3.29]
• Yau WL, Lung HL, Zabarovsky ER, Lerman MI, Sham JS, Chua DT, Tsao SW, Stanbridge EJ, Lung ML. Functional studies of the chromosome 3p21.3 candidate tumor suppressor gene BLU/ZMYND10 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2006 Dec 15;119(12):2821-6. [Impact Factor: 6.51]
• Ko JMY, Yau WL, Chan PL, Lung HL, Yang L, Lo PHY, Tang JCO, Srivastava G, Stanbridge EJ, Lung ML. Functional evidence of decreased tumorigenicity associated with monochromosome transfer of chromosome 14 in esophageal cancer and the mapping of tumor-suppressive regions to 14q32. Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer. 2005 Jul; 43(3):284-93. [Impact Factor: 3.70]
• Lung HL, Cheng Y, Kumaran MK, Liu ETB, Murakami Y, Chan CY, Yau WL, Ko JMY, Stanbridge EJ, Lung ML. Fine mapping of the 11q22-23 tumor suppressive region and involvement of TSLC1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int. J. Cancer. 2004 Nov 20; 112(4):628-35. [Impact Factor: 6.51]

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