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Randy Chi Fai Cheung

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Wong J, Ng T, Wang H, Cheung R, Ng C, Ye X, et al.
Curr Protein Pept Sci . 2018 Jun; 20(3):265-276. PMID: 29895244
A variety of fungi, plants, and their different tissues are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to improve health, and some of them are recommended for dietary therapy. Many of these...
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Cheung R, Wong J, Ng T, Naude R, Rolka K, Tse R, et al.
Curr Med Chem . 2018 May; 25(42):5986-6001. PMID: 29768998
Lectins are a group of proteins or glycoproteins with various potentially exploitable bioactivities and have been capturing more interest recently. They have been isolated and reported from various tissues of...
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Tam C, Wong J, Cheung R, Zuo T, Ng T
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . 2017 Aug; 101(19):7091-7111. PMID: 28791440
Short interfering RNA (siRNA) is one of the members of the family of RNA interference (RNAi). Coupled with the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), siRNA is able to trigger the cleavage...
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Wong J, Sze S, Ng T, Cheung R, Tam C, Zhang K, et al.
Curr Med Chem . 2017 Jul; 25(40):5613-5630. PMID: 28730971
The purpose of this account is to review the compounds capable of eliciting mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells produced by medicinal fungi and plants. The medicinal fungi discussed encompass Cordyceps,...
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Cheung R, Ng T, Wong J
Curr Protein Pept Sci . 2016 Oct; 18(3):262-283. PMID: 27739374
Antifreeze proteins are ice-binding or ice-structuring proteins that prevent water from freezing by adsorbing to the ice surface and stopping the growth of minute ice crystals to large crystals in...
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Singh S, Cheung R, Wong J, Ng T
Curr Med Chem . 2016 Aug; 23(33):3847-3860. PMID: 27538693
The innate immune system plays a modulatory role in producing an inflammatory response during microbial infection and tissue regeneration. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a predominant constituent of the innate immune...
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Ng T, Cheung R, Wong J, Chan Y, Dan X, Pan W, et al.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . 2016 Jun; 100(15):6601-6617. PMID: 27338574
Fungi comprise organisms like molds, yeasts and mushrooms. They have been used as food or medicine for a long time. A large number of fungal proteins or peptides with diverse...
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Chan Y, Cheung R, Xia L, Wong J, Ng T, Chan W
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . 2016 Jun; 100(14):6165-6181. PMID: 27245678
Snake venoms are complex mixtures of small molecules and peptides/proteins, and most of them display certain kinds of bioactivities. They include neurotoxic, cytotoxic, cardiotoxic, myotoxic, and many different enzymatic activities....
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Dan X, Ng T, Wong J, Chan Y, Cheung R, Chan W
Biochim Biophys Acta . 2016 May; 1863(9):2201-11. PMID: 27235832
Incidence of colorectal cancer is closely related with the lifestyle, especially the dietary habits of patients. Epidemiological researches have demonstrated a negative correlation between legume consumption and colorectal cancer incidence....
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Cheung R, Ng T, Wong J, Chen Y, Chan W
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . 2015 Dec; 100(4):1645-1666. PMID: 26711278
Chronic inflammation is believed to play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of various diseases. Several types of drugs are used to treat inflammatory disorders, but they cause adverse side effects....