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Po Sing Leung is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China, focusing on research that intersects biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scientific contributions cover multiple subfields including molecular biology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and clinical biochemistry.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to pancreatic function and diabetes, ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, epigenetics and DNA methylation, fibroblast growth factor research, as well as cancer-related molecular mechanisms, RNA modifications, and microRNA in disease regulation.

Among the scientific publications authored or coauthored by Po Sing Leung are:

  • Irisin Is a Positive Regulator for Ferroptosis in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics
  • Erastin-induced ferroptosis is a regulator for the growth and function of human pancreatic islet-like cell clusters, 2020, Cell Regeneration
  • Alcohol ingestion induces pancreatic islet dysfunction and apoptosis via mediation of FGF21 resistance, 2020, Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Protocatechualdehyde restores endothelial dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, 2021, Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Revisiting the Use of Biological Fluids for Noninvasive Glucose Detection, 2020, Future Medicinal Chemistry

Their frequent coauthors include Bao Chen Yang, Xing Yu Li, Shang Ying Wu, Bin Ji, and Kaiming Yuan. This collaborative network reflects interdisciplinary approaches across molecular biology and medical sciences.

Po Sing Leung has published in venues such as:

  • Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics
  • Cell Regeneration
  • Future Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Pancreatology

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: The challenge ahead

    William H Goodson;Leroy Lowe;David O Carpenter;Michael Gilbertson

  • Role of oxidative stress in pancreatic inflammation.

    Po Sing Leung;Yuk Cheung Chan

  • Evidence for a local angiotensin-generating system and dose-dependent inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin release by angiotensin II in isolated pancreatic islets

    T Lau;Per-Ola Carlsson;PS Leung

  • Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade improves beta-cell function and glucose tolerance in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes.

    Kwan Yi Chu;Tung Lau;Per-Ola Carlsson;Po Sing Leung

  • Acute pancreatitis: animal models and recent advances in basic research.

    Yuk Cheung Chan;Po Sing Leung

  • The physiology of a local renin-angiotensin system in the pancreas.

    Po Sing Leung

  • Tissue renin-angiotensin system: its expression, localization, regulation and potential role in the pancreas

    PS Leung;Per-Ola Carlsson

  • Expression and localization of the renin-angiotensin system in the rat pancreas

    PS Leung;WP Chan;TP Wong;C Sernia

  • The renin-angiotensin system and male reproduction: new functions for old hormones.

    P S Leung;C Sernia

  • A local pancreatic renin-angiotensin system: endocrine and exocrine roles.

    Po Sing Leung;Mark C Chappell

  • The Potential Protective Action of Vitamin D in Hepatic Insulin Resistance and Pancreatic Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Po Sing Leung

  • Inhibition of intestinal and renal Na+-glucose cotransporter by naringenin.

    Jian Mei Li;Chun Tao Che;Clara B.S. Lau;Po Sing Leung

  • High Glucose Represses β-Klotho Expression and Impairs Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Action in Mouse Pancreatic Islets: Involvement of Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor γ Signaling

    Wing Yan So;Qianni Cheng;Lihua Chen;Carmella Evans-Molina

  • Secretin facilitates GABA transmission in the cerebellum

    Wing Ho Yung;Po Sing Leung;Samuel S M Ng;Jie Zhang

  • The peptide hormone angiotensin II: its new functions in tissues and organs.

    Po Sing Leung

  • Chronic hypoxia upregulates the expression and function of AT(1) receptor in rat carotid body

    Leung Ps;Lam Sy;Fung Ml

  • Fibroblast growth factor 21: a regulator of metabolic disease and health span

    Ting Xie;Po Sing Leung

  • Regulated expression of pancreatic renin-angiotensin system in experimental pancreatitis.

    Po Sing Leung;Wai Pong Chan;Rainer Nobiling

  • Prophylactic and therapeutic treatments with AT1 and AT2 receptor antagonists and their effects on changes in the severity of pancreatitis

    Siu Wai Tsang;Siu Po Ip;Po Sing Leung

Frequent Co-Authors

Hsiao Chang Chan
Hsiao Chang Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Christopher H. K. Cheng
Christopher H. K. Cheng Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chun-Tao Che
Chun-Tao Che University of Illinois at Chicago
Kwok-Pui Fung
Kwok-Pui Fung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Quan-Bin Han
Quan-Bin Han Hong Kong Baptist University
Ping-Chung Leung
Ping-Chung Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Karen S.L. Lam
Karen S.L. Lam University of Hong Kong
Juliana C.N. Chan
Juliana C.N. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Fahd Al-Mulla
Fahd Al-Mulla Kuwait University

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