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Wu Y, Hurley J, Ji Q, Kwan J, Leung K
Rev Sci Instrum . 2010 Mar; 81(2):02B908. PMID: 20192474
We present the recent development of a prototype compact neutron generator to be used in conjunction with the method of associated particle imaging for the purpose of active neutron interrogation....
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Hogart A, Leung K, Wang N, Wu D, Driscoll J, Vallero R, et al.
J Med Genet . 2008 Oct; 46(2):86-93. PMID: 18835857
Background: Chromosome 15q11-13 contains a cluster of imprinted genes essential for normal mammalian neurodevelopment. Deficiencies in paternal or maternal 15q11-13 alleles result in Prader-Willi or Angelman syndromes, respectively, and maternal...
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Lo F, Mak N, Leung K
Biomed Pharmacother . 2007 Oct; 61(9):591-5. PMID: 17905565
Daidzein (4',7-dihydroxyisoflavone) and genistein (4',5,7-trihydroxyisoflavone) are two major isoflavones found predominantly in soy beans, as well as in certain traditional Chinese medicinal herbs and tea leaves. In the past decade,...
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Leung K, Mak N, Fung M
Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci . 2006 Jan; 42(5-6):473-514. PMID: 16390682
Differentiation therapy of leukemia is the treatment of leukemia cells with biological or chemical agents that induce the terminal differentiation of the cancer cells. It is regarded as a novel...
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Ho C, Lau C, Kim C, Leung K, Fung K, Tse T, et al.
Int Immunopharmacol . 2004 Sep; 4(12):1549-57. PMID: 15351324
Being one of the commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs, Coriolus versicolor (CV), also named as Yunzhi, was known to possess both anti-tumor and immunopotentiating activities. The present study aimed to...
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Lau C, Ho C, Kim C, Leung K, Fung K, Tse T, et al.
Life Sci . 2004 Jun; 75(7):797-808. PMID: 15183073
Coriolus versicolor (CV), also known as Yunzhi, is one of the commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs. Although recent studies have demonstrated its antitumour activities on cancer cells in vitro and...
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Fung M, Sia S, Leung K, Mak N
J Immunol Methods . 2004 Jan; 284(1-2):177-86. PMID: 14736428
Specific primers for nine mouse interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) subtypes, namely, IFN-alpha1, IFN-alpha1-9, IFN-alpha2, IFN-alpha4, IFN-alpha5, IFN-alpha7, IFN-alpha6/8, IFN-alpha11, and IFN-alphaB, were designed and evaluated on Poly(I).Poly(C)-induced and influenza virus-infected L929 cells....
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Lung H, Ip W, Wong C, Mak N, Chen Z, Leung K
Life Sci . 2002 Nov; 72(3):257-68. PMID: 12427485
A novel approach for the treatment of leukemia is the differentiation therapy in which immature leukemia cells are induced to attain a mature phenotype when exposed to differentiation inducers, either...
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Mak N, Wong R, Leung K, Fung M
Toxicol Lett . 2002 Sep; 135(1-2):79-87. PMID: 12243866
Arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) has recently been shown to be effective to inhibit the growth and to induce apoptosis in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) but not in acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...
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Mak N, Lung H, Wong R, Leung H, Tsang H, Leung K
Planta Med . 2001 Aug; 67(5):400-5. PMID: 11488451
Euxanthone, a potent neuritogenic compound isolated from the roots of the medicinal herb Polygala caudata, has recently been shown to induce the differentiation of murine neuroblastoma Neuro 2A (BU-1) cells....