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Suet Yi Leung is a researcher affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their work spans primarily across the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

Leung's research topics cover various aspects of cancer biology and related health areas. Central topics include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Among the recent papers associated with or connected to their scientific community are:

  • Organoid cultures of early-onset colorectal cancers reveal distinct and rare genetic profiles, 2020, Gut
  • Organoid cultures for cancer modeling, 2023, Cell Stem Cell
  • ADAR1-mediated RNA editing of SCD1 drives drug resistance and self-renewal in gastric cancer, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Sex Differences in Association Between Gut Microbiome and Essential Hypertension Based on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, 2023, Hypertension
  • Tumor-specific cholinergic CD4+ T lymphocytes guide immunosurveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2023, Nature Cancer

Leung frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Helen H.N. Yan
  • Hoi Cheong Siu
  • Joshua W. K. Ho
  • April Chan
  • Dessy Chan

Publication venues where they or their close collaborators have contributed multiple papers include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Gut
  • Hypertension

Best Publications

  • Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer

    Helen Davies;Graham R. Bignell;Charles Cox;Philip Stephens

  • Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes

    Christopher Greenman;Philip Stephens;Raffaella Smith;Gillian L. Dalgliesh

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats

    Susanna K. P. Lau;Patrick C. Y. Woo;Kenneth S. M. Li;Yi Huang

  • MicroRNA expression profiles associated with prognosis and therapeutic outcome in colon adenocarcinoma

    Aaron J. Schetter;Suet Yi Leung;Jane J. Sohn;Krista A. Zanetti

  • Helicobacter pylori eradication to prevent gastric cancer in a high-risk region of China: a randomized controlled trial.

    Benjamin Chun-Yu Wong;Shiu Kum Lam;Wai Man Wong;Jian Shun Chen

  • Whole-genome sequencing and comprehensive molecular profiling identify new driver mutations in gastric cancer

    Kai Wang;Siu Tsan Yuen;Jiangchun Xu;Siu Po Lee

  • Somatic mutations of the histone H3K27 demethylase gene UTX in human cancer

    Gijs Van Haaften;Gillian L Dalgliesh;Helen Davies;Lina Chen

  • Heritable somatic methylation and inactivation of MSH2 in families with Lynch syndrome due to deletion of the 3′ exons of TACSTD1

    Marjolijn J L Ligtenberg;Roland P Kuiper;Tsun Leung Chan;Tsun Leung Chan;Monique Goossens

  • Exome sequencing identifies frequent mutation of ARID1A in molecular subtypes of gastric cancer

    Kai Wang;Junsuo Kan;Siu Tsan Yuen;Stephanie T Shi

  • Lung cancer: intragenic ERBB2 kinase mutations in tumours.

    Philip Stephens;Chris Hunter;Graham Bignell;Sarah Edkins

  • Gene expression patterns of human colon tops and basal crypts and BMP antagonists as intestinal stem cell niche factors.

    Cynthia Kosinski;Vivian S. W. Li;Annie S. Y. Chan;Ji Zhang

  • Somatic Mutations of the Protein Kinase Gene Family in Human Lung Cancer

    Helen Davies;Chris Hunter;Raffaella Smith;Philip Stephens

  • A Comprehensive Human Gastric Cancer Organoid Biobank Captures Tumor Subtype Heterogeneity and Enables Therapeutic Screening.

    Helen H.N. Yan;Hoi Cheong Siu;Simon Law;Siu Lun Ho

  • Similarity of the phenotypic patterns associated with BRAF and KRAS mutations in colorectal neoplasia.

    Siu T. Yuen;Helen Davies;Tsun L. Chan;Judy W. Ho

  • hMLH1 promoter methylation and lack of hMLH1 expression in sporadic gastric carcinomas with high-frequency microsatellite instability.

    Suet Yi Leung;Siu Tsan Yuen;Lap Ping Chung;Kent Man Chu

  • Application of a 5-tiered scheme for standardized classification of 2,360 unique mismatch repair gene variants in the InSiGHT locus-specific database

    Bryony A Thompson;Bryony A Thompson;Amanda B Spurdle;John-Paul Plazzer;Marc S Greenblatt

  • BRAF and KRAS mutations in colorectal hyperplastic polyps and serrated adenomas.

    Tsun L. Chan;Wei Zhao;Suet Y. Leung;Siu T. Yuen

  • Asia Pacific consensus recommendations for colorectal cancer screening

    J J Y Sung;J Y W Lau;G P Young;Y Sano

  • Human intestinal tract serves as an alternative infection route for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

    Jie Zhou;Cun Li;Guangyu Zhao;Hin Chu

  • A screen of the complete protein kinase gene family identifies diverse patterns of somatic mutations in human breast cancer

    Philip Stephens;Sarah Edkins;Helen Davies;Christopher Greenman

Frequent Co-Authors

Siu Tsan Yuen
Siu Tsan Yuen University of Hong Kong
Wai Keung Wong
Wai Keung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael R. Stratton
Michael R. Stratton Wellcome Sanger Institute
Benjamin C.Y. Wong
Benjamin C.Y. Wong University of Hong Kong
Simon Law
Simon Law University of Hong Kong
Jintu Fan
Jintu Fan Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Helen Davies
Helen Davies University of Cambridge
P. Andrew Futreal
P. Andrew Futreal The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Graham R. Bignell
Graham R. Bignell Wellcome Sanger Institute

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