Prof. Ken Kin Lam Yung

Hong Kong Baptist University, China

Email: kklyung@hkbu.edu.hk

Qualifications

1995 Doctor of Philosophy,University of Oxford, Anatomical Neuropharmacology

1992 Master of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong, Neuroanatomy and physiology

1989 Bachelor of Science, Hong Kong Baptist College (University), Applied Biology

Publications (selected)

1. Fu, P., Zhao, Y., Dong, C., Cai, Z., Li, R., & Yung, K. K. L. (2022). An integrative analysis of miRNA and mRNA expression in the brains of Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice after real-world PM2. 5 exposure. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 122, 25-40.
2. Meng, X., Zhong, J., Zeng, C., Yung, K. K. L., Zhang, X., Wu, X., & Qu, S. (2021). MiR-30a-5p regulates GLT-1 function via a PKCα-mediated ubiquitin degradation pathway in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12(9), 1578-1592.
3. Jia, B., Wang, Y., Wang, C., Zhang, Q., Gao, M., & Yung, K. K. L. (2021). Sensitivity of PM2. 5 to NOx emissions and meteorology in North China based on observations. Science of the Total Environment, 766, 142275.
4. Zhang, S., Jiang, X., Wang, Y., Lin, K., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Z., ... & Yung, K. K. L. (2021). Protective effect of an-gong-niu-huang wan pre-treatment against experimental cerebral ischemia injury via regulating GSK-3β/HO-1 pathway. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, 640297.
5. Jia, B., Gao, M., Zhang, X., Xiao, X., Zhang, S., & Yung, K. K. L. (2021). Rapid increase in mortality attributable to PM2. 5 exposure in India over 1998–2015. Chemosphere, 269, 128715.
6. Bai, L., Zhao, Y., Zhao, L., Zhang, M., Cai, Z., Yung, K. K. L., ... & Li, R. (2021). Ambient air PM2. 5 exposure induces heart injury and cardiac hypertrophy in rats through regulation of miR-208a/b, α/β-MHC, and GATA4. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 85, 103653.
7. He, S., Wang, F., Yung, K. K. L., Zhang, S., & Qu, S. (2021). Effects of α-synuclein-associated post-translational modifications in Parkinson’s disease. ACS chemical neuroscience, 12(7), 1061-1071.
8. Gao, M., Zhou, Q., Yang, X., Li, Q., Zhang, S., Yung, K. K. L., & Guo, Y. (2021). Nonlinear modulation of COVID‐19 transmission by climate conditions. Meteorological Applications, 28(2), e1985.
9. Leung, H. M., Cheung, K. C., Au, C. K., Yung, K. K. L., & Li, W. C. (2021). An assessment of heavy metal contamination in the marine soil/sediment of Coles Bay Area, Svalbard, and Greater Bay Area, China: a baseline survey from a rapidly developing bay. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 22170-22178.
10. Fu, P., & Yung, K. K. L. (2021). Response to Comment on “Association of Intestinal Disorders with Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12(4), 811-812.
11. Zhang, J., Tan, Z., Leng, W., Chen, Y. C., Zhang, S., Lo, B. T., ... & Peng, Y. K. (2020). Chemical state tuning of surface Ce species on pristine CeO 2 with 2400% boosting in peroxidase-like activity for glucose detection. Chemical Communications, 56(57), 7897-7900.
12. Lin, K., Sze, S. C. W., Liu, B., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Z., Zhu, P., ... & Zhang, S. (2021). 20 (S)-protopanaxadiol and oleanolic acid ameliorate cognitive deficits in APP/PS1 transgenic mice by enhancing hippocampal neurogenesis. Journal of ginseng research, 45(2), 325-333.
13. Gao, Q., Dai, Z., Zhang, S., Fang, Y., Yung, K. K. L., Lo, P. K., & Lai, K. W. C. (2020). Interaction of Sp1 and APP promoter elucidates a mechanism for Pb2+ caused neurodegeneration. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 681, 108265.
14. Gao, M., Liu, Z., Zheng, B., Ji, D., Sherman, P., Song, S., ... & McElroy, M. B. (2020). China's emission control strategies have suppressed unfavorable influences of climate on wintertime PM 2.5 concentrations in Beijing since 2002. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(3), 1497-1505.
15. Fu, P., Gao, M., & Yung, K. K. L. (2019). Association of intestinal disorders with Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ACS chemical neuroscience, 11(3), 395-405.
16. Leung, H. M., Yue, P. Y. K., Sze, S. C. W., Au, C. K., Cheung, K. C., Chan, K. L., ... & Yung, K. K. L. (2020). Behavioural toxicity studies of Cyclope neritea and Nassarius mutabilis exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 6695-6700.
17. Zhang, Z., Auyeung, K. K. W., Sze, S. C. W., Zhang, S., Yung, K. K. L., & Ko, J. K. S. (2020). The dual roles of calycosin in growth inhibition and metastatic progression during pancreatic cancer development: A “TGF-β paradox”. Phytomedicine, 68, 153177.
18. Gao, M., Zhou, Q., Yang, X., Li, Q., Zhang, S., Yung, K. K. L., & Guo, Y. (2021). Nonlinear modulation of COVID‐19 transmission by climate conditions. Meteorological Applications, 28(2), e1985.
19. Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., Auyeung, K. K. W., Cho, C. H., Yung, K. K. L., & Ko, J. K. S. (2020). Cryptotanshinone-induced p53-dependent sensitization of colon cancer cells to apoptotic drive by regulation of calpain and calcium homeostasis. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 48(05), 1179-1202.
20. Zhong, L. L. D., Lam, W. C., Yang, W., Chan, K. W., Sze, S. C. W., Miao, J., ... & Wong, V. T. (2020). Potential targets for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a review of Qing-Fei-Pai-Du-Tang and its major herbs. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 48(05), 1051-1071.
21. Zhang, S., Sun, P., Lin, K., Chan, F. H. L., Gao, Q., Lau, W. F., ... & Yung, K. K. L. (2019). Parkinson's Disease: Extracellular Nanomatrix‐Induced Self‐Organization of Neural Stem Cells into Miniature Substantia Nigra‐Like Structures with Therapeutic Effects on Parkinsonian Rats (Adv. Sci. 24/2019). Advanced Science, 6(24), 1970144.
22. Zhang, Z., Zhang, S., Lui, C. N. P., Zhu, P., Zhang, Z., Lin, K., ... & Yung, K. K. L. (2019). Traditional Chinese medicine-based neurorestorative therapy for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurorestoratology, 7(4), 207-222.
23. Zhang, S., Sun, P., Lin, K., Chan, F. H. L., Gao, Q., Lau, W. F., ... & Yung, K. K. L. (2019). Extracellular nanomatrix‐induced self‐organization of neural stem cells into miniature substantia nigra‐like structures with therapeutic effects on Parkinsonian rats. Advanced Science, 6(24), 1901822.
24. Zhang, Z., Zhang, S., Fu, P., Zhang, Z., Lin, K., Ko, J. K. S., & Yung, K. K. L. (2019). Roles of glutamate receptors in Parkinson’s disease. International journal of molecular sciences, 20(18), 4391.
25. Lv, J., Liang, Y., Zhang, S., Lan, Q., Xu, Z., Wu, X., ... & Zhou, P. (2019). DCPIB, an inhibitor of volume-regulated anion channels, distinctly modulates K2P channels. ACS chemical neuroscience, 10(6), 2786-2793.

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