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Sai Wah Tsao is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work intersects several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Genetics, and Oncology.

Their research addresses multiple specialized topics such as Fibroblast Growth Factor Research, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Extracellular vesicles in disease, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, and Lung Cancer Research Studies.

Some of the recent papers authored by Sai Wah Tsao include:

  • Dual-Targeting Peptide-Guided Approach for Precision Delivery and Cancer Monitoring by Using a Safe Upconversion Nanoplatform, 2021, Advanced Science
  • Somatostatin receptor 2 expression in nasopharyngeal cancer is induced by Epstein Barr virus infection: impact on prognosis, imaging and therapy, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Exosomes derived from γδ-T cells synergize with radiotherapy and preserve antitumor activities against nasopharyngeal carcinoma in immunosuppressive microenvironment, 2022, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • MiR-34c downregulation leads to SOX4 overexpression and cisplatin resistance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 2020, BMC Cancer
  • Significance of serglycin and its binding partners in autocrine promotion of metastasis in esophageal cancer, 2021, Theranostics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sai Wah Tsao include:

  • Kwok Wai Lo
  • Chi Man Tsang
  • Yim Ling Yip
  • Xin Li
  • Hui Yuan

They have published across several venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research, with notable contributions in:

  • Advanced Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • BMC Cancer
  • Theranostics

Best Publications

  • An Epstein-Barr virus–encoded microRNA targets PUMA to promote host cell survival

    Elizabeth Yee-Wai Choy;Kam-Leung Siu;Kin-Hang Kok;Raymond Wai-Ming Lung

  • The M, E, and N Structural Proteins of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Are Required for Efficient Assembly, Trafficking, and Release of Virus-Like Particles

    Y. L. Siu;K. T. Teoh;J. Lo;C. M. Chan

  • Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures.

    Kenrie P.Y. Hui;Man Chun Cheung;Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera;Ka Chun Ng

  • The polycomb group protein Bmi-1 represses the tumor suppressor PTEN and induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells

    Li Bing Song;Jun Li;Wen Ting Liao;Yan Feng

  • Epstein-Barr virus infection and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Sai Wah Tsao;Chi Man Tsang;Kwok Wai Lo

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

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

  • Berberine induces autophagic cell death and mitochondrial apoptosis in liver cancer cells: The cellular mechanism†

    Ning Wang;Yibin Feng;Meifen Zhu;Chi-Man Tsang

  • Functional epigenetics identifies a protocadherin PCDH10 as a candidate tumor suppressor for nasopharyngeal, esophageal and multiple other carcinomas with frequent methylation

    J Ying;H Li;T J Seng;C Langford

  • Etiological factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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

  • Identification of a novel function of TWIST, a bHLH protein, in the development of acquired taxol resistance in human cancer cells

    Xianghong Wang;Ming Tat Ling;Xin Yuan Guan;Sai Wah Tsao

  • 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

  • Activation of DNA methyltransferase 1 by EBV LMP1 Involves c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase signaling.

    Chia Lung Tsai;Hsin Pai Li;Yen Jung Lu;Chuen Hsueh

  • Characterization of human ovarian surface epithelial cells immortalized by human papilloma viral oncogenes (HPV-E6E7 ORFs)

    Sai Wah Tsao;Samuel C. Mok;Edward G. Fey;Jonathan A. Fletcher

  • The significance of LMP1 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Sai Wah Tsao;Giorgos Tramoutanis;Christopher W Dawson;Angela K.F Lo

  • Epstein-Barr virus infection alters cellular signal cascades in human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells.

    Angela Kwok Fung Lo;Kwok Wai Lo;Sai Wah Tsao;Hing Lok Wong

  • Molecular Cloning of Differentially Expressed Genes in Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

    Samuel C. Mok;Kwong Kwok Wong;Raymond K.W. Chan;Ching C. Lau;Ching C. Lau

  • MicroRNA-144 promotes cell proliferation, migration and invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through repression of PTEN.

    Li Yi Zhang;Victor Ho Fun Lee;Alissa Michelle Go Wong;Dora Lai Wan Kwong

  • Establishment of two immortalized nasopharyngeal epithelial cell lines using SV40 large T and HPV16E6/E7 viral oncogenes

    Sai Wah Tsao;Xianghong Wang;Yu Liu;Yuk Chun Cheung

  • p21-activated kinase 4 regulates ovarian cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion and contributes to poor prognosis in patients

    Michelle K. Y. Siu;Hoi Yan Chan;Daniel S. H. Kong;Esther S. Y. Wong

  • Downregulation and abnormal expression of e-cadherin and β-catenin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Close association with advanced disease stage and lymph node metastasis

    Zhong Zheng;Jie Pan;Bin Chu;Yong-Chuan Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwok Wai Lo
Kwok Wai Lo Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xin Yuan Guan
Xin Yuan Guan University of Hong Kong
Simon Law
Simon Law University of Hong Kong
Eric J. Stanbridge
Eric J. Stanbridge University of California, Irvine
Anthony T.C. Chan
Anthony T.C. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eugene R. Zabarovsky
Eugene R. Zabarovsky Karolinska Institute
Hextan Y.S. Ngan
Hextan Y.S. Ngan University of Hong Kong
Ka-Fai To
Ka-Fai To Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dong-Yan Jin
Dong-Yan Jin University of Hong Kong
Qian Tao
Qian Tao Chinese University of Hong Kong

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