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Kwok Wai Lo is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their publication record includes over 100 works across these disciplines, with a focus on molecular biology and oncology.

Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology. Major themes in their work center on viral-associated cancers and disorders, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, head and neck cancer studies, lung cancer research, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, and peptidase inhibition and analysis.

Frequent publication venues where Kwok Wai Lo's work appears include:

  • Cancer Research
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Oncogene

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kwok Wai Lo are:

  • Ka-Fai To
  • Wei Kang
  • Chi Man Tsang
  • Brigette Ma
  • Bonan Chen

Notable recent publications by Kwok Wai Lo include:

  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an evolving paradigm, 2021, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Cellular zinc metabolism and zinc signaling: from biological functions to diseases and therapeutic targets, 2024, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Targeting Epstein-Barr Virus in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Whole-genome profiling of nasopharyngeal carcinoma reveals viral-host co-operation in inflammatory NF-κB activation and immune escape, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Intersection between Oral Microbiota, Host Gene Methylation and Patient Outcomes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, 2020, Cancers

Best Publications

  • Quantitative Analysis of Cell-free Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Plasma of Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Y. M.Dennis Lo;Lisa Y.S. Chan;Kwok Wai Lo;Sing Fai Leung

  • Size Distributions of Maternal and Fetal DNA in Maternal Plasma

    K. C.Allen Chan;Jun Zhang;Angela B.Y. Hui;Nathalie Wong

  • Focus on nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Kwok Wai Lo;Ka Fai To;Dolly P Huang

  • Quantitative and Temporal Correlation between Circulating Cell-Free Epstein-Barr Virus DNA and Tumor Recurrence in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Y. M. D. Lo;L. Y. S. Chan;A. T. C. Chan;S.-F. Leung

  • Epstein-Barr virus infection and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Sai Wah Tsao;Chi Man Tsang;Kwok Wai Lo

  • Modulation of LMP1 protein expression by EBV-encoded microRNAs

    Angela Kwok Fung Lo;Ka Fai To;Kwok Wai Lo;Raymond Wai Ming Lung

  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line (C666‐1) consistently harbouring Epstein‐Barr virus

    Siu Tim Cheung;Dolly P. Huang;Angela B.Y. Hui;Kwok Wai Lo

  • High Frequency of Promoter Hypermethylation of RASSF1A in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Kwok-Wai Lo;Joseph Kwong;Angela Bik-Yu Hui;Sylvia Yat-Yee Chan

  • Antitumor Activity of Nivolumab in Recurrent and Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: An International, Multicenter Study of the Mayo Clinic Phase 2 Consortium (NCI-9742).

    Brigette B.Y. Ma;Wan Teck Lim;Boon Cher Goh;Edwin P. Hui

  • The role of Epstein-Barr virus in epithelial malignancies.

    Sai-Wah Tsao;Chi Man Tsang;Ka-Fai To;Kwok-Wai Lo

  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an evolving paradigm.

    Kenneth C. W. Wong;Edwin P. Hui;Kwok-Wai Lo;Wai Kei Jacky Lam

  • Genetic and epigenetic changes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Kwok-Wai Lo;Dolly P Huang

  • Promoter hypermethylation of multiple genes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Joseph Kwong;Kwok Wai Lo;Ka Fai To;Peter M.L. Teo

  • Etiological factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    Sai Wah Tsao;Yim Ling Yip;Chi Man Tsang;Pei Shin Pang

  • Kinetics of Plasma Epstein-Barr Virus DNA during Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Y. M. D. Lo;S.-F. Leung;L. Y. S. Chan;A. T. C. Chan

  • Hypermethylation of the p16 Gene in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    K.-W. Lo;S.-T. Cheung;S.-F. Leung;A. Van Hasselt

  • Detection of gene promoter hypermethylation in the tumor and serum of patients with gastric carcinoma.

    Tin-Lap Lee;Wai K Leung;Michael W Y Chan;Enders K W Ng

  • 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

  • Exome and genome sequencing of nasopharynx cancer identifies NF-κB pathway activating mutations.

    Yvonne Y Li;Grace T. Y. Chung;Vivian W. Y. Lui;Vivian W. Y. Lui;Ka-Fai To

  • Frequent hypermethylation of p16 and p15 genes in multiple myeloma.

    M.H.L. Ng;Y.F. Chung;K.W. Lo;N.W.R. Wickham

Frequent Co-Authors

Ka-Fai To
Ka-Fai To Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sai Wah Tsao
Sai Wah Tsao University of Hong Kong
Anthony T.C. Chan
Anthony T.C. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kevin Y. Yip
Kevin Y. Yip Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ho Keung Ng
Ho Keung Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kwong Wai Choy
Kwong Wai Choy Chinese University of Hong Kong
Anthony W.H. Chan
Anthony W.H. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Philip J. Johnson
Philip J. Johnson University of Liverpool
Fei-Fei Liu
Fei-Fei Liu Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Jun Yu
Jun Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong

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