Grant: Liver Transplantation Research Centre: A Multidisciplinary Study for Liver Graft Injury

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Project Title
Liver Transplantation Research Centre: A Multidisciplinary Study for Liver Graft Injury
 
Principal Investigator Lo, Chung Mau (Principal investigator)
Co-Investigator(s) Man, Kwan (Co-Investigator)
Guan, Xin-Yuan (Co-Investigator)
Xu, Aimin (Co-Investigator)
Professor Wong Nathalie (Co-Investigator)
Project Code
HKU5/CRF/08
 
Funding Year
2008/2009
 
Amount
5500000
 
Panel Biology and Medicine (M)
Start Date
01-06-2009
 
Expected Completion
31-05-2012
 
Status
Completed
 
Keywords Liver transplantation, Marginal graft injury, Surgical stress, Tumor microenvironment, Recurrence and Metastasis
Discipline Surgical Research, Transplantation
Sponsor RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)
Grant Type/Funding Scheme Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Duration
36
 
Publication CHD1L promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression and metastasis in mice and is associated with these processes in human patients
Publication Suppression of liver tumor growth and metastasis by adiponectin in nude mice through inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and downregulation of rho kinase/IFN-inducible protein 10/matrix metalloproteinase 9 signaling
Publication Reduced CRYL1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma confers cell growth advantages and correlates with adverse patient prognosis
Publication Distinct mechanism of small-for-size fatty liver graft injury - Wnt4 signaling activates hepatic stellate cells
Publication Molecular signature linked to acute phase injury and tumor invasiveness in small-for-size liver grafts
Publication Occult hepatitis B virus infection of donor and recipient origin after liver transplantation despite nucleoside analogue prophylaxis
Publication Activation of interleukin-6-induced glycoprotein 130/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pathway in mesenchymal stem cells enhances hepatic differentiation, proliferation, and liver regeneration
Publication Clinical significance of CHD1L in hepatocellular carcinoma and therapeutic potentials of virus-mediated CHD1L depletion
Publication Overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12) correlates with poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Publication Proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) promotes cell motility of hepatocellular carcinoma through induction of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Publication Brain-derived neurotrophic factor promotes tumorigenesis via induction of neovascularization: Implication in hepatocellular carcinoma
Publication Interleukin 17a promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis via NF-kB induced matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 expression
Publication Biology of hepatic cancer stem cells
Publication MiR-130b promotes CD133 + liver tumor-initiating cell growth and self-renewal via tumor protein 53-induced nuclear protein 1
Publication Overexpression of cathepsin Z contributes to tumor metastasis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma
Publication The role of proline rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) on cisplatin resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma
Publication Toll-like receptor-4 mediates obesity-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis through activation of X-box binding protein-1 in mice
Publication Translationally controlled tumor protein induces mitotic defects and chromosome missegregation in hepatocellular carcinoma development
Publication Serum and glucocorticoid kinase 3 at 8q13.1 promotes cell proliferation and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma
Publication FTY720 suppresses liver tumor metastasis by reducing the population of circulating endothelial progenitor cells
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