HKU ResearcherPage: Xu, A
Supervision of Research Postgraduate Students
| Admission | Field of Study | Thesis Title |
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2012 Phd Li Jin |
Obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease | |
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2012 Phd Chen Yingxian |
Neuroscience | |
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2012 MPhil Wang Baile |
Metabolic diseases and Obesity | |
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2012 MPhil Shu Lingling |
Obesity, diabetes and adipocyte fatty acid binding protein | |
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2012 MPhil Huang Zhe |
Obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease | |
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2011 Phd Zhong Ling |
Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism | |
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2011 Phd Li Ang |
Neuroscience | |
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2011 Phd Fan Pengcheng |
Aging-related Diseases | |
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2011 Phd Cai Yu |
Biomarker Discovery in Obesity-related Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases | |
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2011 Phd Baretella Oliver Marc |
The role of Endothelial Endothelin-1 in Obesity-Driven Vasculometabolic Disorder | |
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2011 MPhil Lee Pui Chi |
Obesity, Diabetes and Fatty Liver Disease | |
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2010 Phd Wang Yudong |
Endocrinology and Metabolism | |
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2010 Phd Liang Qingning |
Obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease | |
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2010 Phd Cai Yin |
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Research | |
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2010 MPhil Chen Yingxian |
Neuroscience | |
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2009 Phd Zhao Yingzi |
Vascular Biology | |
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2009 Phd Liang Chaofan |
Vascular Biology | Toll-like Receptor 4 Plays a Key Role in Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Dysfunction |
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2009 Phd Geng Wei |
Liver Transplantation | The role of Interferon-gamma Inducible Protein 10 (IP10) in early-phase graft injury induced late-phase cisplatin resistance after liver transplantation |
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2009 MPhil Fan Pengcheng |
Aging-related Diseases | |
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2008 Phd Ge Xuan |
Fibroblast Growth Factor 21: A Novel Metabolic Regulator with Potential Therapeutic Properties in Obesity/Type 2 Diabetes | Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 as a key modulator of glucose uptake and lipolysis in adipocytes: molecular mechanisms and physiological implications |
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2008 MPhil Wong Yue Ling |
Diabetes and Endocrinology | The Role of Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
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2008 MPhil Liu Tsz Chiu |
Aging-related Diseases | Lipocalin-2 is a proinflammatory adipokine causally involved in obesity-associated endothelial dysfunction |
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2008 MPhil Guo Yawei |
Diabetes and Endocrinology | Adiponectin Limits Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Suppressing the Differentiation of CD4+ Cells into Th17 Cells |
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2008 MPhil Chen Bin |
Diabetes and Endocrinology | Structural and Functional Characterization of Human APPL2, a Novel Adaptor Protein Involved in Insulin Signaling |
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2007 Phd Zhu Weidong |
Obesity; Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome | APPL1 and APPL2: a pair of adaptor proteins as "Yin-and-Yang" regulators of insulin signaling in skeletal muscle |
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2007 Phd Ye Dewei |
Novel mediators involved in linking Obesity and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Toll-Like Receptor-4 Mediates Obesity-induced Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis through Activation of X-box Binding Protein-1 in Mice |
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2007 Phd Chow Hei Man |
Adipokine and Obesity-Related Diseases | Hormonal, chemical, and transcriptional regulations of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in mammary carcinogenesis |
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2007 Phd Chang Junlei |
Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome | Regulation of vascular integrity by eNOS and adiponectin: a novel role of endothelial progenitor cells |
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2007 MPhil Zu Yi |
Adipokines and Metabolic Syndrome | SIRT1 promotes cell proliferation and prevents cellular senescence through targeting LKB1 in primary porcine aortic endothelial cells |
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2007 MPhil Li Huiying |
Endocrinology and Metabolism | Adipocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein: A Link between Inflammation and Vascular Dysfunction |
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2007 MPhil Liang Chaofan |
Vascular Biology | |
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2006 Phd Yeung Chun Yu |
Endocrinology | Adipocyte- and epidermal-fatty acid-binding proteins in relation to obesity and its medical complications |
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2006 Phd Liu Ling |
Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome | Regulation of post-translational modifications of the protein kinase LKB1: molecular mechanisms and physiological implications |
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2006 Phd Liu Jing |
Hormones and Metabolic Syndrome | Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Anti-Breast Cancer Activity of an Adipocyte-Derived Hormone, Adiponectin |
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2006 Phd Law Ka Man |
Proteomics and Obesity-related Diseases | Characterization of lipocalin-2, the pro-inflammatory adipokine, in the development of insulin resistance associated with aging and obesity |
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2006 Phd Cheng King Yip |
Endocrinology | APPL1 as a novel signaling mediator of adiponectin and insulin: molecular mechanisms and physiological implications |
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2006 MPhil Zhu Weidong |
Obesity; Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome | |
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2006 MPhil Lau Tik Yan Ivy |
Endocrinology | Macrophage-adipocyte cross-talk in the initiation of obesity-related insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: role of adiponectin |
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2005 Phd Wang Yiqun |
Obesity; Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome | Berberine as a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Treating Vascular Dysfunction in Diabetes: Targeting AMP-activated Protein Kinase |
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2005 MPhil Yeung Chun Yu |
Endocrinology | |
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2004 MPhil Cheng King Yip |
Endocrinology | |
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2003 MPhil Chan Kok Weng |
Molecular and Functional Study of Genes Related to Type II Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Diseases | Sexual dimorphism of the fat-derived anti-diabetic hormone adiponectin |

