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Genomes and Genes
Species | Ui Soon KhooSummaryAffiliation: The University of Hong Kong Country: China Publications
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Localization of hRad9 in breast cancerVivian Chan
University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
BMC Cancer 8:196. 2008..We have previously shown that the mRNA up-regulation correlated with tumor size and local recurrence. Immunohistochemical studies were made to better define the role of hRad9 in breast carcinogenesis...
Role of polymorphisms of the inflammatory response genes and DC-SIGNR in genetic susceptibility to SARS and other infectionsU S Khoo
Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Med J 14:31-5. 2008....
DC-SIGN and L-SIGN: the SIGNs for infectionUi Soon Khoo
Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, University Pathology Building, Hong Kong, SAR, China
J Mol Med (Berl) 86:861-74. 2008..These findings support the neck region as an excellent candidate acting as a functional target for selective pressures exerted by pathogens...
Homozygous L-SIGN (CLEC4M) plays a protective role in SARS coronavirus infectionVera S F Chan
Department of Surgery, Hong Kong Jockey Club Clinical Research Center, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Nat Genet 38:38-46. 2006..Thus, homozygosity for L-SIGN plays a protective role during SARS infection...
CD209 (DC-SIGN) -336A>G promoter polymorphism and severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong ChineseKelvin Yuen Kwong Chan
Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Hum Immunol 71:702-7. 2010..This association is in keeping with the role of CD209 in modulating immune response to viral infection. The relevance of these findings for other infectious diseases and inflammatory conditions would be worth investigating...
Association of ICAM3 genetic variant with severe acute respiratory syndromeKelvin Y K Chan
Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong
J Infect Dis 196:271-80. 2007..31 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.37-13.56]) and lower total white blood cell counts (P=.022; OR, 0.30 [95% CI, 0.10-0.89]) on admission. These findings support the role of ICAM3 in the immunopathogenesis of SARS...
Liquid-based cytology and conventional cervical smears: a comparison study in an Asian screening populationAnnie N Y Cheung
Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Cancer 99:331-5. 2003....
Single nucleotide polymorphism of pi-class glutathione s-transferase and susceptibility to endometrial carcinomaQueeny K Y Chan
Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Clin Cancer Res 11:2981-5. 2005..In this study, we aimed at determining the association between the GSTP1 polymorphism and the risk of endometrial carcinoma in a Chinese population...
Proliferation to apoptosis ratio as a prognostic marker in adenocarcinoma of uterine cervixTsin Wah Leung
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Gynecol Oncol 92:866-72. 2004....
SpliceArray profiling of breast cancer reveals a novel variant of NCOR2/SMRT that is associated with tamoxifen resistance and control of ERα transcriptional activityLuduo Zhang
Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Cancer Res 73:246-55. 2013..Our findings highlight a novel splice variant of the ERα corepressor NCOR2 as a candidate biomarker in breast cancer that not only predicts tamoxifen response but may be targeted to overcome tamoxifen resistance...
Significance of the myxovirus resistance A (MxA) gene -123C>a single-nucleotide polymorphism in suppressed interferon beta induction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infectionJohannes Chi Yun Ching
Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
J Infect Dis 201:1899-908. 2010....
Recurrent BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in ovarian cancer: a founder mutation of BRCA1 identified in the Chinese populationUi Soon Khoo
Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hum Mutat 19:307-8. 2002....
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cervical smears: follow-up study of an Asian screening populationAnnie N Y Cheung
Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Cancer 102:74-80. 2004..The current study reports on the significance of cervical smears identified as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) in the largest Asian screening population to date...
A novel subset of putative stem/progenitor CD34+Oct-4+ cells is the major target for SARS coronavirus in human lungYongxiong Chen
Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Exp Med 204:2529-36. 2007..Infection of these cells may contribute to the loss of lung repair capacity that leads to respiratory failure as clinically observed...
