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Overview

Ting Fan Leung is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and has an extensive publication record in the field of medicine, particularly in areas related to immunology and allergy.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Leung's work spans multiple subfields of study such as immunology and allergy, dermatology, physiology, molecular biology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Throughout their career, they have frequently published in the following venues:

  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Allergy
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Asia Pacific Allergy

Some of the recent papers that include their contribution are:

  • Asia Pacific Association of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology White Paper 2020 on climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity in Asia-Pacific and impact on allergic diseases (2020), Asia Pacific Allergy
  • Overcoming Shellfish Allergy: How Far Have We Come? (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Seafood Allergy in Asia: Geographical Specificity and Beyond (2021), Frontiers in Allergy
  • Meteorin-β/Meteorin like/IL-41 attenuates airway inflammation in house dust mite-induced allergic asthma (2021), Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Comprehending the allergen repertoire of shrimp for precision molecular diagnosis of shrimp allergy (2022), Allergy

Frequent collaborators in their work include Agnes Sze Yin Leung, Gary Wong, Christine Wai, Man Tang, and Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui, with collaboration counts ranging from 16 to 36 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between {beta}2-adrenoceptor polymorphisms and asthma: a HuGE review.

    Ammarin Thakkinstian;Mark McEvoy;Cosetta Minelli;Peter Gibson

  • Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series

    Nienke M Scheltema;Angela Gentile;Florencia Lucion;D James Nokes;D James Nokes

  • Effects of air pollution on asthma hospitalization rates in different age groups in Hong Kong

    F. W. S. Ko;W. Tam;T. W. Wong;C. K. W. Lai

  • Willingness of Hong Kong healthcare workers to accept pre-pandemic influenza vaccination at different WHO alert levels: two questionnaire surveys

    Josette S Y Chor;Karry L K Ngai;William B Goggins;Martin C S Wong

  • Rapid emergence and predominance of a broadly recognizing and fast-evolving norovirus GII.17 variant in late 2014.

    Martin C. W. Chan;Nelson Lee;Tin-Nok Hung;Kirsty Kwok

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three novel loci for type 2 diabetes

    Kazuo Hara;Hayato Fujita;Todd A. Johnson;Toshimasa Yamauchi

  • Efficacy and tolerability of a Chinese herbal medicine concoction for treatment of atopic dermatitis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

    K. L.E. Hon;T. F. Leung;P. C. Ng;M. C.A. Lam

  • Vitamin D deficiency is associated with diagnosis and severity of childhood atopic dermatitis.

    Susan Shuxin Wang;Kam Lun Hon;Alice Pik-shan Kong;Henry Nga-hin Pong

  • Parent‐reported adverse food reactions in Hong Kong Chinese pre‐schoolers: epidemiology, clinical spectrum and risk factors

    Ting Fan Leung;Edmund Yung;Yun Sze Wong;Christopher W. K. Lam

  • Changing Prevalence of Allergic Diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Gary W.K. Wong;Ting Fan Leung;Fanny W.S. Ko

  • Asthma and atopy are associated with chromosome 17q21 markers in Chinese children

    T. F. Leung;H. Y. Sy;M. C. Y. Ng;I. H. S. Chan

  • IP-10 Is an Early Diagnostic Marker for Identification of Late-Onset Bacterial Infection in Preterm Infants

    Pak C Ng;Karen Li;Kit M Chui;Ting F Leung

  • Early Prediction of Sepsis-Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Interleukin-10, Interleukin-6, and RANTES in Preterm Infants

    Pak C Ng;Karen Li;Ting F Leung;Raymond P O Wong

  • Viral clearance and inflammatory response patterns in adults hospitalized for pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus pneumonia.

    Nelson Lee;Paul K S Chan;Chun Kwok Wong;Ka-Tak Wong

  • Plasma concentration of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine is elevated in childhood asthma

    Ting-fan Leung;Chun-kwok Wong;Iris H.S. Chan;Wai-ki Ip

  • Incidence, risk factors and outcome of varicella-zoster virus infection in children after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    T. F. Leung;K. W. Chik;C. K. Li;H. Lai

  • The C-159T polymorphism in the CD14 promoter is associated with serum total IgE concentration in atopic Chinese children.

    Ting Fan Leung;Nelson L. S. Tang;Ying Man Sung;Albert M. Li

  • Declining asthma prevalence in Hong Kong Chinese schoolchildren.

    G. W. K. Wong;T. F. Leung;F. W. S. Ko;K. K. M. Lee

  • Does age or gender influence quality of life in children with atopic dermatitis

    K. L. E. Hon;T. F. Leung;K. Y. Wong;C. M. Chow

  • Genome-wide association study in a Chinese population identifies a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes at 7q32 near PAX4.

    R. C.W. Ma;C. Hu;C. H. Tam;R. Zhang

  • Steroid fears in children with eczema.

    Kam Lun Ellis Hon;Wai Yan Christy Kam;Ting Fan Leung;Man Ching Adrian Lam

  • A polymorphism in the coding region of interleukin-13 gene is associated with atopy but not asthma in Chinese children.

    T. F. Leung;N. L. S. Tang;I. H. S. Chan;A. M. Li

  • Serum concentration of macrophage-derived chemokine may be a useful inflammatory marker for assessing severity of atopic dermatitis in infants and young children.

    Ting Fan Leung;Kwok Chiu Ma;Kam Lun Hon;Christopher W. K. Lam

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary W.K. Wong
Gary W.K. Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Christopher W.K. Lam
Christopher W.K. Lam Macau University of Science and Technology
Paul K.S. Chan
Paul K.S. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
David S.C. Hui
David S.C. Hui Chinese University of Hong Kong
Juliana C.N. Chan
Juliana C.N. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Nelson Lee
Nelson Lee University of Alberta
Ping-Chung Leung
Ping-Chung Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Margaret Ip
Margaret Ip Chinese University of Hong Kong
Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui
Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tak H. Lee
Tak H. Lee King's College London

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