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54
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2333
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Bon-chu Chung is affiliated with China Medical University in Taiwan and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their body of work includes studies in genetics, molecular biology, physiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, reproductive biology and its impacts on aquatic species, hormonal regulation and hypertension, animal genetics and reproduction, epigenetics and DNA methylation, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and sexual differentiation and disorders.

Key publication venues where Bon-chu Chung has contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cell Death and Differentiation

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Bon-chu Chung include:

  • "Revisiting Classical 3β-hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 2 Deficiency: Lessons from 31 Pediatric Cases" (2020), published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "Zebrafish Establish Female Germ Cell Identity by Advancing Cell Proliferation and Meiosis" (2022), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Evolution, Expression, and Function of Gonadal Somatic Cell-Derived Factor" (2021), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "The A'-helix of CYP11A1 remodels mitochondrial cristae" (2022), published in Journal of Biomedical Science
  • "Zebrafish Foxl2l functions in proliferating germ cells for female meiotic entry" (2024), published in Developmental Biology

Frequent collaborators in Bon-chu Chung's research include Chen-wei Hsu, Ching-Hsin Yang, Yanwei Wang, You-Jiun Pan, and I-Hsuan Lin. Their varied collaborative efforts have resulted in multiple joint publications.

In 2020, Bon-chu Chung was awarded the title of Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, reflecting recognition within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Cytochrome P450c17 (steroid 17 alpha-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase): cloning of human adrenal and testis cDNAs indicates the same gene is expressed in both tissues.

    Bon-Chu Chung;James Picado-Leonard;Mitsuru Haniu;Michael Bienkowski

  • Human cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, P450scc: cDNA cloning, assignment of the gene to chromosome 15, and expression in the placenta

    Bon-Chu Chung;Karla J. Matteson;Raimo Voutilainen;T. K. Mohandas

  • Two sox9 genes on duplicated zebrafish chromosomes: Expression of similar transcription activators in distinct sites

    Evelyn F.L. Chiang;Chin I. Pai;Mary Wyatt;Yi Lin Yan

  • Aromatase in the brain of teleost fish: expression, regulation and putative functions.

    Nicolas Diotel;Yann Le Page;Karen Mouriec;Sok-Keng Tong

  • Developmental expression of cytochrome P450 aromatase genes (CYP19a and CYP19b) in zebrafish fry (Danio rerio)

    John M. Trant;Sonja Gavasso;Jared Ackers;Bon Chu Chung

  • A zebrafish sox9 gene required for cartilage morphogenesis

    Yi Lin Yan;Craig T. Miller;Robert Nissen;Amy Singer

  • Hormonal Regulation of P450scc (20,22-desmolase) and P450cl7 (17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase) in Cultured Human Granulosa Cells

    Raimo Voutilainen;Juha Tapanainen;Bon Chu Chung;Karla J. Matteson

  • Two Cyp19 (P450 Aromatase) Genes on Duplicated Zebrafish Chromosomes Are Expressed in Ovary or Brain

    Evelyn Feng-Lin Chiang;Yi-Lin Yan;Yann Guiguen;John Postlethwait

  • Screening estrogenic activities of chemicals or mixtures in vivo using transgenic (cyp19a1b-GFP) zebrafish embryos.

    François Brion;Yann Le Page;Benjamin Piccini;Olivier Cardoso

  • ASSIGNMENT OF THE GENE FOR ADRENAL P450cl7 (STEROID 17α-HYDR0XYLASE⁄17,20 LYASE) TO HUMAN CHROMOSOME 10.

    Karla J. Matteson;James Picado-Leonard;Bon Chu Chung;T. K. Mohandas;T. K. Mohandas

  • Steroid deficiency syndromes in mice with targeted disruption of Cyp11a1.

    Meng Chun Hu;Nai Chi Hsu;Noomen Ben El Hadj;Chin I. Pai

  • A missense mutation at Ile172----Asn or Arg356----Trp causes steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

    Shiow-Her Chiou;Meng-Chun Hu;Bon-Chu Chung

  • A cyp19a1b-gfp (aromatase B) transgenic zebrafish line that expresses GFP in radial glial cells.

    Sok Keng Tong;Karen Mouriec;Ming Wei Kuo;Elisabeth Pellegrini

  • Human adrenodoxin: cloning of three cDNAs and cycloheximide enhancement in JEG-3 cells.

    J. Picado-Leonard;R. Voutilainen;Lee-Chuan Kao;Bon-Chu Chung

  • Analysis of zebrafish cyp19 promoters.

    Sok Keng Tong;Bon Chu Chung

  • Pregnenolone stabilizes microtubules and promotes zebrafish embryonic cell movement

    Hwei Jan Hsu;Ming Ren Liang;Chao Tsen Chen;Bon Chu Chung

  • Parallel early development of zebrafish interrenal glands and pronephros: differential control by wt1 and ff1b.

    H. J. Hsu;G. Lin;B. C. Chung

  • Functions of the upstream and proximal steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1)-binding sites in the CYP11A1 promoter in basal transcription and hormonal response.

    Meng-Chun Hu;Nai-Chi Hsu;Chin-I Pai;Chi-Kuang Leo Wang

  • SUMO modification of repression domains modulates function of nuclear receptor 5A1 (steroidogenic factor-1)

    Wei Yi Chen;Wei Yi Chen;Wen Chih Lee;Nai Chi Hsu;Fu Huang;Fu Huang

  • Structure of a bovine gene for P-450c21 (steroid 21-hydroxylase) defines a novel cytochrome P-450 gene family.

    Bon-Chu Chung;Karla J. Matteson;Walter L. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter L. Miller
Walter L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
Olivier Kah
Olivier Kah University of Rennes
François Brion
François Brion French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Yi-Lin Yan
Yi-Lin Yan University of Oregon
Suguru Kawato
Suguru Kawato University of Tokyo
Farzad Pakdel
Farzad Pakdel University of Rennes
Yann Guiguen
Yann Guiguen INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Keith L. Parker
Keith L. Parker The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sumio Sugano
Sumio Sugano University of Tokyo

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