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Overview

Ho Keung Ng is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on genetics and molecular biology subfields.

Their work concentrates on topics related to glioma diagnosis and treatment, meningioma and schwannoma management, neuroblastoma research and treatments, brain metastases and treatment, cancer genomics and diagnostics, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, and ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Brain Pathology
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Glioma
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The recent papers associated with Ho Keung Ng cover diverse aspects of central nervous system tumor classification, cancer biology, and epigenetic regulation, including:

  • The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary (2021, Neuro-Oncology)
  • cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading (2020, Brain Pathology)
  • Infant High-Grade Gliomas Comprise Multiple Subgroups Characterized by Novel Targetable Gene Fusions and Favorable Outcomes (2020, Cancer Discovery)
  • Oncogenic extrachromosomal DNA functions as mobile enhancers to globally amplify chromosomal transcription (2021, Cancer Cell)
  • Chromatin interaction analyses elucidate the roles of PRC2-bound silencers in mouse development (2020, Nature Genetics)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Ho Keung Ng include:

  • Kay Ka-Wai Li
  • Zhifeng Shi
  • Felix Sahm
  • Danny Chan
  • Ying Mao

Their publications reflect an interdisciplinary approach integrating genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research to address diagnostic and treatment challenges in neuro-oncology and related areas.

Best Publications

  • The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.

    David N Louis;Arie Perry;Pieter Wesseling;Daniel J Brat

  • Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups

    Florence M.G. Cavalli;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;Ladislav Rampasek;John Peacock

  • Integrated Molecular Meta-Analysis of 1,000 Pediatric High-Grade and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

    Alan Mackay;Anna Burford;Diana Carvalho;Elisa Izquierdo

  • International Society of Neuropathology-Haarlem Consensus Guidelines for Nervous System Tumor Classification and Grading

    David N. Louis;Arie Perry;Peter Burger;David W. Ellison

  • cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading.

    David N. Louis;Pieter Wesseling;Kenneth Aldape;Daniel J. Brat

  • Longitudinal molecular trajectories of diffuse glioma in adults

    Floris P. Barthel;Kevin C. Johnson;Frederick S. Varn;Anzhela D. Moskalik

  • Spectrum and prevalence of genetic predisposition in medulloblastoma: a retrospective genetic study and prospective validation in a clinical trial cohort

    Sebastian M. Waszak;Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Giles W. Robinson

  • Prognostic value of medulloblastoma extent of resection after accounting for molecular subgroup: a retrospective integrated clinical and molecular analysis

    Eric M. Thompson;Eric M. Thompson;Thomas Hielscher;Eric Bouffet;Marc Remke

  • Therapeutic and Prognostic Implications of BRAF V600E in Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas

    Alvaro Lassaletta;Michal Zapotocky;Matthew Mistry;Vijay Ramaswamy

  • Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2α (eIF2α) is associated with neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's disease

    Raymond C.C. Chang;Ada K.Y. Wong;Ho Keung Ng;Jacques Hugon

  • Heterogeneous responses of aquaporin-4 in oedema formation in a replicated severe traumatic brain injury model in rats

    Changshu Ke;Wai Sang Poon;Ho Keung Ng;Jesse Chung Sean Pang

  • Pulmonary pathological features in coronavirus associated severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

    G. M.K. Tse;K. F. To;P. K.S. Chan;A. W.I. Lo

  • Activation of GPR30 inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells through sustained activation of Erk1/2, c-jun/c-fos-dependent upregulation of p21, and induction of G 2 cell-cycle arrest

    Queeny K.Y. Chan;Hung-Ming Lam;Chi-Fai Ng;Amy Y.Y. Lee

  • Detection of multiple gene amplifications in glioblastoma multiforme using array-based comparative genomic hybridization.

    Angela Bik Yu Hui;Kwok Wai Lo;Xiao Lu Yin;Wai Sang Poon

  • A frequent activated smoothened mutation in sporadic basal cell carcinomas.

    Ching Wan Lam;Jingwu Xie;Ka Fai To;Ho Keung Ng

  • Integrated (epi)-Genomic Analyses Identify Subgroup-Specific Therapeutic Targets in CNS Rhabdoid Tumors

    Jonathon Torchia;Brian Golbourn;Shengrui Feng;Shengrui Feng;King Ching Ho

  • miR-124 is frequently down-regulated in medulloblastoma and is a negative regulator of SLC16A1.

    Kay Ka Wai Li;Jesse Chung sean Pang;Arthur Ka keung Ching;Chun Kwok Wong

  • Middle cerebral artery atherosclerosis: histological comparison between plaques associated with and not associated with infarct in a postmortem study.

    Xiang Yan Chen;Ka Sing Wong;Wynnie Wai Man Lam;Hai Lu Zhao

  • Novel somatic and germline mutations in intracranial germ cell tumours

    Linghua Wang;Shigeru Yamaguchi;Matthew D. Burstein;Keita Terashima

  • DNA methylation profiling to predict recurrence risk in meningioma: Development and validation of a nomogram to optimize clinical management

    Farshad Nassiri;Farshad Nassiri;Yasin Mamatjan;Suganth Suppiah;Suganth Suppiah;Jetan H. Badhiwala

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Cynthia Hawkins
Cynthia Hawkins University of Toronto
Ka-Fai To
Ka-Fai To Chinese University of Hong Kong
Paul K.S. Chan
Paul K.S. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eric Bouffet
Eric Bouffet University of Toronto
Kwok Wai Lo
Kwok Wai Lo Chinese University of Hong Kong
Michael D. Taylor
Michael D. Taylor University of Toronto
Chris Jones
Chris Jones Institute of Cancer Research
Vijay Ramaswamy
Vijay Ramaswamy University of Toronto
Houtan Noushmehr
Houtan Noushmehr Henry Ford Health System

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