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• Lo RC, Kim H. Histopathological evaluation of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis regression. Clin Mol Hepatol. 2017; 23(4):302-307

• Ng KC, Chok KS, Chan AC, Cheung TT, Wong CL, Fung JY, Yuen J, Poon RTP, Fan ST, Lo CM. Randomized clinical trial of hepatic resection versus radiofrequency ablation for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. British Journal of Surgery. 2017; 104(13):1775-1784

• Mak LY, Wong DK, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Hepatitis B core protein as a therapeutic target. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2017; 21(12):1153-1159

• Tey SK, Tse EYT, Mao X, Ko FCF, Wong AST, Lo RC, Ng IO, Yam JWP. Nuclear Met promotes hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and metastasis by upregulation of TAK1 and activation of NF-κB pathway. Cancer Lett. 2017; 411:150-161

• Ma KW, Cheung TT, She WH, Chok KS, Chan AC, Dai WC, Lo CM. Risk prediction model for major complication after hepatectomy for malignant tumour - A validated scoring system from a university center. Surg Oncol. 2017; 26(4):446-452

• Cui CP, Wong CC, Kai AK, Ho DW, Lau EY, Tsui YM, Chan LK, Cheung TT, Chok KS, Chan AC, Lo RC, Lee JM, Lee TK, Ng IO. SENP1 promotes hypoxia-induced cancer stemness by HIF-1α deSUMOylation and SENP1/HIF-1α positive feedback loop. Gut. 2017; 66(12):2149-2159

• Jiang L, Yan Q, Fang S, Liu M., Li Y, Yuan YF, Li Y, Zhu Y, Qi J, Yang X, Kwong DL, Guan XY. Calcium Binding Protein 39 Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth And Metastasis By Activating Erk Signaling Pathway. Hepatology. 2017; 66(5):1529-1545

• Chok KS, Chan AC, Fung JY, Dai WC, Cheung TT, Lo CM. Comparable short- and long-term outcomes in deceased-donor and living-donor liver retransplantation. Hepatol Int. 2017; 11(6):517-522

• Ma KF, Lau EY, Leung DH, Lo J, Ho NP, CHENG YL, Ma SK, Lin C, Copland JA, Ding J, Lo RC, Ng IO, Lee TK. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase regulates sorafenib resistance via modulation of ER stress induced differentiation. Journal of Hepatology. 2017; 67(5):979-990

• Liu AJ, RAO Y, Cheung MP, Hui MN, Wu MH, Chan LK, Ng IO, Niu B, Cheah KS, Sharma R, Hodgson L, Cheung MC. Asymmetric localization of DLC1 defines avian trunk neural crest polarity for directional delamination and migration. Nature Communications. 2017; 8(1):1185

• Lam YF, Seto WK, Wong D, Cheung KS, Fung J, Mak LY, Yuen J, Chong CK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Seven-Year Treatment Outcome of Entecavir in a Real-World Cohort: Effects on Clinical Parameters, HBsAg and HBcrAg Levels. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2017; 8(10):e125

• Liu XB, Lo CM, Cheng Q, Ng KT, Shao Y, Li CX, Chung SK, Ng IO, Yu J, Man K. Oval Cells Contribute to Fibrogenesis of Marginal Liver Grafts under Stepwise Regulation of Aldose Reductase and Notch Signaling. Theranostics. 2017; 7(19):4879-4893

• Lee D, Wong CC. The folate cycle is a new metabolic weakness of cancer. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 2017; 4(6):e1327004

• Fung J, Wong T, Chok KS, Chan AC, Sin SL, Cheung TT, Dai WC, Ng K, Ng KT, Man K, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF, Lo CM. Oral Nucleos(t)ide Analogs Alone After Liver Transplantation in Chronic Hepatitis B With Preexisting rt204 Mutation. Transplantation. 2017; 101(10):2391-2398

• Tong AC, Ng IO, Lo MC. Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing disease involving the mandible. Hong Kong Med J. 2017; 23(5):534-6

• Fung JY, Wong T, Chok KS, Chan AC, Cheung TT, Dai JW, Sin SL, Ma KW, Ng K, Ng KT, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF, Lo CM. Long-term outcomes of entecavir monotherapy for chronic hepatitis B after liver transplantation: Results up to 8 years. Hepatology. 2017; 66(4):1036-1044

• Wei L, Chiu DK, Tsang FH, Law DC, Cheng CL, Au SL, Lee JM, Wong CC, Ng IO#, Wong CM# (# Corresponding author). Histone methyltransferase G9a promotes liver cancer development by epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor gene RARRES3. J Hepatol. 2017; 67(4):758-769

• Chiu DK, Tse AP, Xu IM, Cui D, Lai RK, Li LL, Koh HY, Tsang FH, Wei LL, Wong CM, Ng IO, Wong CC. Hypoxia inducible factor HIF-1 promotes myeloid-derived suppressor cells accumulation through ENTPD2/CD39L1 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat Commun. 2017; 8(1):517
• Ma KW, Chok KS, Chan AC, Tam SC, Dai WC, Cheung TT, Fung JY, Lo CM. A new formula for estimation of standard liver volume using computed tomography-measured body thickness. Liver Transplantation. 2017; 23(9):1113-1122

• Chan KK, Leung CO, Wong CC, Ho DW, Chok KS, Lai CL, Ng IO, Lo RC. Secretory Stanniocalcin 1 promotes metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma through activation of JNK signaling pathway. Cancer Lett. 2017; 403:330-338

• Ng KY, Chan JL, Chai S, Tong M, Guan X, Lee NP, Yuan YF, Xie D, Lee TK, Dusetti NJ, Carrier A, Ma SK. TP53INP1 down-regulation activates a p73-dependent DUSP10/ERK signaling pathway to promote metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Research. 2017; 77(17):4602-4612

• Zhang AY, Lai CL, Huang FY, Seto WK, Fung J, Wong DK, Yuen MF. Deep sequencing analysis of quasispecies in the HBV pre-S region and its association with hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol. 2017; 52(9): 1064-1074

• Li J, Mak LY, Wong DK, Fung J, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. The role of interleukin-27 in predicting spontaneous HBeAg seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B infection. Liver Int. 2017; 37(9):1287-1294

• Cheung KS, Seto WK, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Epidemiology and Natural History of Primary Biliary Cholangitis in the Chinese: A Territory-Based Study in Hong Kong between 2000 and 2015. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2017; 8(8):e116

• Lo RC, Leung CO, Chok KS, Ng IO. Variation of stemness markers expression in tumor nodules from synchronous multi-focal hepatocellular carcinoma - an immunohistochemical study. Diagn Pathol. 2017; 12(1):56

• Wu CX, Xu A, Zhang CC, Olson P, Chen L, Lee TK, Cheung TT, Lo CM, Wang XQ. Notch inhibitor (PF-03084014) inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma growth and metastasis via suppression cancer stemness due to reduced activation of Notch1-Stat3. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2017; 16(8):1531-1543

• Chong CK, Cheng CY, Tsoi SY, Huang FY, Liu F, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF, Wong DK. Role of hepatitis B core protein in HBV transcription and recruitment of histone acetyltransferases to cccDNA minichromosome. Antiviral Res. 2017; 144:1-7

• Cheung KS, Seto WK, Wong DK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Relationship between HBsAg, HBcrAg and hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with undetectable HBV DNA under nucleos(t)ide therapy. J Viral Hepat. 2017; 24(8):654-661

• Ho DW, Chan LK, Chiu YT, Xu IM, Poon RT, Cheung TT, Tang CN, Tang VW, Lo IL, Lam PW, Yau DT, Li MX, Wong CM#, Ng IO# (# Corresponding author). TSC1/2 mutations define a molecular subset of HCC with aggressive behaviour and treatment implication. Gut. 2017; 66(8):1496-1506

• Yang Y, Zhou Y, Hou J, Bai C, Li Z, Fan J, Ng IO, Zhou W, Sun H, Dong Q, Lee JM, Lo CM, Man K, Yang Y, Li N, Ding G, Yu Y, Cao X. Hepatic IFIT3 predicts interferon-α therapeutic response in patients of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 2017; 66(1):152-166

• Wong TL, Che N, Ma S. Reprogramming of Central Carbon Metabolism in Cancer Stem Cells. Biochim Biophys Acata. 2017; 1863(7):1728-1738

• Cheung KS, Seto WK, Wong DK, Mak LY, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive human Mac-2 binding protein predicts liver cancer development in chronic hepatitis B patients under antiviral treatment. Oncotarget. 2017; 8(29):47507-47517 

• Wong DK, Seto WK, Cheung KS, Chong CK, Huang FY, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Hepatitis B virus core-related antigen as a surrogate marker for covalently closed circular DNA. Liver Int. 2017; 37(7):995-1001

• Cheung KS, Seto WK, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Prognostic Factors for Transplant-Free Survival and Validation of Prognostic Models in Chinese Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis Receiving Ursodeoxycholic Acid. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2017; 8(6):e100

• Li WS, Chok KS. Acute hepatitis E virus infection causing acute liver failure requiring living-donor liver transplantation in a non-pregnant immunocompetent woman. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2017; 19(3): e12699

• Tsui YM, Sze KM, Tung EK, Ho DW, Lee TK, Ng IO. Dishevelled-3 phosphorylation is governed by HIPK2/PP1Cα/ITCH axis and the non-phosphorylated form promotes cancer stemness via LGR5 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2017; 8(24):39430-39442

• Xia W, Lo CM, Poon RYC, Cheung TT, Chen L, Yang S, Tsao SW, Wang XQ. Smad inhibitor induces CSC differentiation for effective chemosensitization in cyclin D1- and TGF-β/Smad-regulated liver cancer stem cell-like cells. Oncotarget. 2017; 8(24):38811-38824

• Yang S, Wang XQ. XLF-mediated NHEJ activity in hepatocellular carcinoma therapy resistance. BMC Cancer. 2017; 17(1):344

• Lee D, Xu IM, Chiu DK, Lai RK, Tse AP, Lan Li L, Law CT, Tsang FH, Wei LL, Chan CY, Wong CM, Ng IO, Wong CC. Folate cycle enzyme MTHFD1L confers metabolic advantages in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Clin Invest. 2017; 127(5):1856-1872

• Seto WK, Chan TS, Hwang YY, Wong DK, Fung J, Liu KS, Gill H, Lam YF, Lau EHY, Cheung KS, Lie AKW, Lai CL, Kwong YL, Yuen MF. Hepatitis B reactivation in occult viral carriers undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A prospective study. Hepatology. 2017; 65(5):1451-1461

• Chu KK, Chan SC, Sin SL, Chan AC, Chok KS, Cheng IK, Lo CM. Lipid profiles of donors and recipients of liver transplant: like father like son. Hepatology International. 2017; 11(3):300-305

• Kotewall CN, Cheung TT, She WH, Ma KW, Tsang HY, Dai WC, Chan AC, Chok KS, Lo CM. The role of radiofrequency ablation to liver transection surface in patients with close tumor margin of HCC during hepatectomy - a case matched study. Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2017; 2:33

• Deng JJ, Kong KE, Gao WW, Tang HV, Chaudhary V, Cheng Y, Zhou J, Chan CP, Wong DK, Yuen MF, Jin DY. Interplay between SIRT1 and hepatitis B virus X protein in the activation of viral transcription. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017; 1860(4):491-501

• Ching RH, Sze KM, Lau EY, Chiu YT, Lee JM, Ng IO, Lee TK. C-terminal truncated hepatitis B virus X protein regulates tumorigenicity, self-renewal and drug resistance via STAT3/Nanog signaling pathway. Oncotarget. 2017; '8(14):23507-23516

• Chok KS, Chan MM, Dai WC, Chan AC, Cheung TT, Wong CL, She WH, Lo CM. Survival outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma resection with postoperative complications - a propensity-score-matched analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017; 96(12):e6430

• Leong KW, Cheng CW, Wong CM, Ng IO, Kwong YL, Tse E. miR-874-3p is down-regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and negatively regulates PIN1 expression. Oncotarget. 2017; 8(7):11343-11355

• Seto WK, Lau EH, Wu JT, Hung IF, Leung WK, Cheung KS, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Effects of nucleoside analogue prescription for hepatitis B on the incidence of liver cancer in Hong Kong: a territory-wide ecological study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017; 45(4):501-509

• Seto WK, Yuen MF. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Asia: emerging perspectives. J Gastroenterol. 2017; 52(2):164-174

• Lai CL, Wong D, Ip P, Kopaniszen M, Seto WK, Fung J, Huang FY, Lee B, Cullaro G, Chong CK, Wu R, Cheng C, Yuen J, Ngai V, Yuen MF. Reduction of covalently closed circular DNA with long-term nucleos(t)ide analogue treatment in chronic hepatitis B. Journal of Hepatology. 2017; 66(2):275-281

• Wang XQ, Lo CM, Chen L, Ngan ESW, Xu A, Poon RYC. CDK1-PDK1-PI3K/Akt signaling pathway regulates embryonic and induced pluripotency. Cell Death & Differentiation. 2017; 24(1):38-48

• Chok KS, Fung JY, Chan AC, Dai WC, Sharr WW, Cheung TT, Chan SC, Lo CM. Comparable Short- and Long-term Outcomes in Living Donor and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantations for Patients With Model for End-stage Liver Disease Scores ≥35 in a Hepatitis-B Endemic Area. Ann Surg. 2017; 265(1):173-177
 
• Ching RH, Lau EY, Ling PM, Lee JM, Ma MK, Cheng BY, Lo RC, Ng IO, Lee TK. Phosphorylation of Nucleophosmin at Threonine 234/237 is associated with HCC metastasis. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(41):43483-95

• Fung J, Lo R, Chan SC, Chok KS, Wong T, Sharr W, Cheung TT, Chan AC, Dai WC, Sin SL, Ng IO, Lai CL, Yuen MF, Lo CM. Outcomes including liver histology after liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B using oral antiviral therapy alone. Liver Transpl. 2015; 21(12):1504-1510

• She WH, Chan AC, Poon RT, Cheung TT, Chok KS, Chan SC, Lo CM. Defining an optimal surgical strategy for synchronous colorectal liver metastases: staged versus simultaneous resection. ANZ J Surg. 2015; 85(11):829-33

• Jiang L, Kwong DL, Li Y, Liu M, Yuan YF, Li Y, Fu L, Guan XY. HBP21, a chaperone of heat shock protein 70, functions as a tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma. Carcinogenesis. 2015; 36(10):1111-20

• Song Y, Pan G, Chen L, Ma S, Zeng T, Chan TH, Li L, Lian Q, Chow R, Cai X, Li Y, Li Y, Liu M, Li Y, Zhu Y, Wong N, Yuan YF, Pei D, Guan XY. Loss of ATOH8 Increases Stem Cell Features of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells. Gastroenterology. 2015; 149(4):1068-1081

• Huang FY, Wong DK, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Estradiol induces apoptosis via activation of miRNA-23a and p53: implication for gender difference in liver cancer development. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(33):34941-52

• Tsang FH, Au SL, Wei L, Fan DN, Lee JM, Wong CC, Ng IO, Wong CM. MicroRNA-142-3p and microRNA-142-5p are downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and exhibit synergistic effects on cell motility. Front Med. 2015; 9(3):331-43 

• Ho DW, Kai AK, Ng IO. TCGA whole-transcriptome sequencing data reveals significantly dysregulated genes and signaling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma. Front Med. 2015; 9(3):322-30

• Zhang AY, Lai CL, Huang FY, Seto WK, Fung J, Wong DK, Yuen MF. Evolutionary Changes of Hepatitis B Virus Pre-S Mutations Prior to Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9):e0139478

• Lo J, Lau EY, Ching RH, Cheng BY, Ma MK, Ng IO, Lee TK. NF-κB mediated CD47 upregulation promotes sorafenib resistance and its blockade synergizes the effect of sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 2015; 62(2):534-45

• Ho DW, Sze KM, Ng IO. Virus-Clip: a fast and memory-efficient viral integration site detection tool at single-base resolution with annotation capability. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(25):20959-63

• Chan LK, Chiu YT, Sze KM, Ng IO. Tensin4 is up-regulated by EGF-induced ERK1/2 activity and promotes cell proliferation and migration in hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(25):20964-76

• Tong M, Fung TM, Luk ST, Ng KY, Lee TK, Lin CH, Yam JW, Chan KW, Ng F, Zheng BJ, Yuan YF, Xie D, Lo CM, Man K, Guan XY, Ma S. ANXA3/JNK Signaling Promotes Self-Renewal and Tumor Growth, and Its Blockade Provides a Therapeutic Target for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Stem Cell Reports. 2015; 5(1):45-59

• Ng IO, Sze KM, Chu KY. Role of hepatitis B virus X protein in liver cancer. Hong Kong Med J. 2015; 21 Supppl 4:27-30

• Wong CM, Wei L, Au SL, Fan DN, Zhou Y, Tsang FH, Law CT, Lee JM, He X, Shi J, Wong CC, Ng IO. MiR-200b/200c/429 subfamily negatively regulates Rho/ROCK signaling pathway to suppress hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(15):13658-70

• Leung CO, Wong CC, Fan DN, Kai AK, Tung EK, Xu IM, Ng IO, Lo RC. PIM1 regulates glycolysis and promotes tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(13):10880-92

• Tsang FH, Au SL, Wei L, Fan DN, Lee JM, Wong CC, Ng IO, Wong CM. Long non-coding RNA HOTTIP is frequently up-regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and is targeted by tumor suppressive miR-125b. Liver Intl. 2015; 35(5):1597-606

• Seto WK. Hepatitis B virus reactivation during immunosuppressive therapy: Appropriate risk stratification. World J Hepatol. 2015; 7(6):825-30

• Yung MK, Lo KW, Yip CW, Chung GT, Tong CY, Cheung PF, Cheung TT, Poon RT, So S, Fan ST, Cheung ST. Copy number gain of granulin-epithelin precursor (GEP) at chromosome 17q21 associates with overexpression in human liver cancer. BMC Cancer. 2015; 15:264

• Yau TC, Cheng PN, Chan P, Chan L, Yuen J, Pang R, Fan ST, Wheatley DN, Poon RT. Preliminary efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and quality of life study of pegylated recombinant human arginase 1 in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Invest New Drugs. 2015; 33(2):496-504

• Dai WC, Sharr WW, Chok KS, Cheung TT, Fung JY, Chan AC, Chan SC, Lo CM. Transplantation of a 2-year-old deceased-donor liver to a 61-year-old male recipient. Asian J Surg. 2015; 38(2):113-6

• Chan LH, Luk ST, Ma S. Turning hepatic cancer stem cells inside out--a deeper understanding through multiple perspectives. Mol Cells. 2015; 38(3):202-9

• Fung J, Seto WK, Wong DK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Hepatitis B surface antigen levels after hepatitis B e-antigen seroclearance: A longitudinal follow-up study. Liver Intl. 2015; 35(3):854-9

• Zhao H, Davies TJ, Ning J, Chang Y, Sachaitr P, Sattler S, Fairchild PJ, Huang FP. A highly optimized protocol for reprogramming cancer cells to pluripotency using nonviral plasmid vectors. Cell Reprogram. 2015; 17(1):7-18

• Ho DW, Ng IO. uGPA: unified Gene Pathway Analyser package for high-throughput genome-wide screening data provides mechanistic overview on human diseases. Clin Chim Acta. 2015; 441:105-8

• Fung J, Lee CK, Chan M, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF, The Hong Kong Liver Health Census Study Group. High Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Chinese - Results from the Hong Kong Liver Health Census. Liver Intl. 2015; 35(2):542-9

• Tang HM, Pan K, Kong KY, Hu L, Chan LC, Siu KL, Sun H, Wong CM, Jin DY. Loss of APD1 in yeast confers hydroxyurea sensitivity suppressed by Yap1p transcription factor. Sci Rep. 2015; 5:7987

• Wang J, Liu M, Chen L, Chan TH, Jiang L, Yuan YF, Guan XY. Overexpression of N-terminal kinase like gene promotes tumorigenicity of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating cell cycle progression and cell motility. Oncotarget. 2015; 6(3):1619-1630
• Wong CC, Au SL, Tse AP, Xu IM, Lai RK, Chiu DK, Wei LL, Fan DN, Tsang FH, Lo RC, Wong CM, Ng IO. Switching of pyruvate kinase isoform L to m2 promotes metabolic reprogramming in hepatocarcinogenesis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(12):e115036

• Cheung  PF, Yip CW, Wong NC, Fong DY, Ng LW, Wan AM, Wong CK, Cheung TT, Ng IO, Poon RT, Fan ST, Cheung ST. Granulin-epithelin precursor renders hepatocellular carcinoma cells resistant to natural killer cytotoxicity. Cancer Immnuol Res. 2014; 2(12):1209-19

• Wong NC, Cheung PF, Yip CW, Chan KF, Ng IO, Fan ST, Cheung ST. Antibody Against Granulin-Epithelin Precursor Sensitizes Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Chemotherapeutic Agents. Mol Cancer Ther. 2014; 13(12):3001-12

• Ma MK, Ng IO, Lee TK. Roles of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Liver Dis Transplant. 2014; 3:2

• Tang HM, Gao WW, Chan CP, Cheng Y, Chaudhary V, Deng JJ, Yuen KS, Wong CM, Ng IO, Kok KH, Zhou J, Jin DY. Requirement of CRTC1 coactivator for hepatitis B virus transcription. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014; 42(20):12455-68

• Wong CC, Tse AP, Huang YP, Zhu YT, Chiu DK, Lai RK, Au SL, Kai AK, Lee JM, Wei LL, Tsang FH, Lo RC, Shi J, Zheng YP, Wong CM, Ng IO. Lysyl oxidase-like 2 is critical to tumor microenvironment and metastatic niche formation in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 2014; 60(5):1645-58

• Fung J, Wong DK, Seto WK, Kopaniszen M, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seroclearance: Relationship to Hepatitis B e-Antigen Seroclearance and Hepatitis B e-Antigen-Negative Hepatitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2014; 109(11):1764-70

• Yip CW, Cheung PF, Leung IC, Wong NC, Cheng CK, Fan ST, Cheung ST. Granulin-epithelin precursor interacts with heparan sulfate on liver cancer cells. Carcinogenesis. 2014; 35(11):2485-94

• Seto WK, Wong DK, Fung J, Huang FY, Liu KS, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Linearized hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis B core-related antigen in the natural history of chronic hepatitis B. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014; 20(11):1173-80

• Lai WL, Hung WY, Ching YP. The tumor suppressor, TAX1BP2, is a novel substrate of ATM kinase. Oncogene. 2014; 33(45):5303-9

• Cheung PF, Yip CW, Ng LW, Lo KW, Wong N, Choy KW, Chow C, Chan KF, Cheung TT, Poon RT, Fan ST, Cheung ST. Establishment and characterization of a novel primary hepatocellular carcinoma cell line with metastatic ability in vivo. Cancer Cell Int. 2014; 14(1):103

• Wong DK, Tsoi O, Huang FY, Seto WK, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Application of coamplification at lower denaturation temperature-PCR sequencing for early detection of antiviral drug resistance mutations of hepatitis B virus. J Clin Microbiol. 2014; 52(9): 3209-15

• Kido T, Lo RC, Li Y, Lee J, Tabatabai ZL, Ng IO, Lau YF. The potential contributions of a Y-located protooncogene and its X homologue in sexual dimorphisms in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hum Pathol. 2014; 45(9):1847-58

• Wong DK, Kopaniszen M, Omagari K, Tanaka Y, Fong DY, Seto WK, Fung J, Huang FY, Zhang AY, Hung IF, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Effect of hepatitis B virus reverse transcriptase variations on entecavir treatment response. J Infect Dis. 2014; 210(5):701-7

• Chok KS, Cheung TT, Lo RC, Chu FS, Tsang SH, Chan AC, Sharr WW, Fung JY, Dai WC, Chan SC, Fan ST, Lo CM. Pilot study of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation as a bridging therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma patients wait-listed for liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2014; 20(8):912-21

• Tse EY, Ching YP. The role of p21-activated kinases in hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis. J Mol Signal. 2014; 9:7

• Chan AC, Poon RT. Portal Venous Gas and Pneumatosis Intestinalis in Necrotizing Pancreatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014; 12(7):e57-8

• Ko FC, Yam JW. Regulation of deleted in liver cancer 1 tumor suppressor by protein-protein interactions and phosphorylation. Int J Cancer. 2014; 135(2):264-9

• Chai S, Tong M, Ng KY, Kwan PS, Chan YP, Fung TM, Lee TK, Wong N, Xie D, Yuan YF, Guan XY, Ma S. Regulatory role of miR-142-3p on the functional hepatic cancer stem cell marker CD133. Oncotarget. 2014; 5(14):5725-35

• Shi KQ, Wu FL, Liu WY, Zhao CC, Chen CX, Xie YY, Wu SJ, Lin XF, Chen YP, Wong DK, Yuen MF, Zheng MH. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of in-stent restenosis after bare metal stenting in native coronary arteries. Mol Biol Rep. 2014; 41(7):4713-20

• Zheng MH, Seto WK, Shi KQ, Wong DK, Fung J, Hung IF, Fong DY, Yuen JC, Tong T, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Artificial Neural Network Accurately Predicts Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seroclearance. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99422

• Huang FY, Wong DK, Seto WK, Zhang AY, Lee CK, Lin CK, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Sequence Variations of Full-Length Hepatitis B Virus Genomes in Chinese Patients with HBsAg-Negative Hepatitis B Infection. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99028

• Lee TK, Cheung VC, Lu P, Lau EY, Ma S, Tang KH, Tong M, Lo J, Ng IO. Blockade of CD47 mediated CTSS-PAR2 signaling provides a therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 2014; 60(1):179-91

• Yau T, Tang VY, Yao TJ, Fan ST, Lo CM, Poon RT. Development of Hong Kong Liver Cancer Staging System With Treatment Stratification for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology. 2014; 146(7):1691-700

• Chan AC, Poon RT, Cheung TT, Chok KS, Chiu DW, Chan SC, Lo CM. Laparoscopic versus open liver resection for elderly patients with malignant liver tumors: a single center experience. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014; 29(6):1279-83

• Wang XQ, Chan KK, Ming X, Lui VCh, Poon RY, Lo CM, Norbury C, Poon RT. G1 checkpoint establishment in vivo during embryonic liver development. BMC Dev Biol. 2014; 14:23

• Ng KT, Lo CM, Guo DY, Qi X, Li CX, Geng W, Liu XB, Ling CC, Ma YY, Yeung WH, Shao, Y, Poon RT, Fan ST, Man K. Identification of transmembrane protein 98 as a novel chemoresistance-conferring gene in hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2014; 13(5):1285-97

• Sze KM, Chu GK, Mak QH, Lee JM, Ng IO. Proline-rich acidic protein 1 (PRAP1) is a novel interacting partner of MAD1 and has a suppressive role in mitotic checkpoint signalling in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Pathol. 2014; 233(1):51-60

• Lin XF, Shi KQ, You J, Liu WY, Luo YW, Wu FL, Chen YP, Wong DK, Yuen MF, Zheng MH. Increased risk of colorectal malignant neoplasm in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a large study. Mol Biol Rep. 2014; 41(5):2989-97

• Seto WK, Lam YF, Fung J, Wong DK, Huang FY, Hung IF, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Changes of HBsAg and HBV DNA levels in Chinese chronic hepatitis B patients after 5 years of entecavir treatment. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014; 29(5):1028-34

• Chan AC, Poon RT, Chok KS, Cheung TT, Chan SC, Lo CM. Feasibility of laparoscopic re-resection for patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Surg. 2014; 38(5):1141-6

• Chan TH, Lin CH, Qi L, Fei J, Li Y, Yong KJ, Liu M, Song Y, Chow RK, Ng VH, Yuan YF, Tenen DG, Guan XY, Chen L. A disrupted RNA editing balance mediated by ADARs (Adenosine DeAminases that act on RNA) in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Gut. 2014; 63(5):832-43

• Cheung TT, Yuen WK, Poon RT, Chan SC, Fan ST, Lo CM. Improved anterior hepatic transection for isolated hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2014; 13(2):219-22

• Chan SC, Chan AC, Sharr WW, Chok KS, Cheung TT, Fan ST, Lo CM. Perpetuating proficiency in donor right hepatectomy for living donor liver transplantation. Asian J Surg. 2014; 37(2):65-72

• Chok KS, Chan SC, Cheung TT, Sharr WW, Chan AC, Fan ST, Lo CM. A Retrospective Study on Risk Factors Associated With Failed Endoscopic Treatment of Biliary Anastomotic Stricture After Right-Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation With Duct-to-Duct Anastomosis. Ann Surg. 2014; 259(4):767-72

• Chan SC. Section 2. Small-for-size liver graft and hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence. Transplantation. 2014; 97 Suppl 8:S7-S10

• Lam YF, Wong DK, Seto WK, To KK, Hung IF, Fung J, Lai CL, Yuen MF. HLA-DP and γ-interferon receptor-2 gene variants and their association with viral hepatitis activity in chronic hepatitis B infection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014; 29(3):533-9

• Fung J, Seto WK, Lai CL, Yuen MF. Extrahepatic effects of nucleoside and nucleotide analogues in chronic hepatitis B treatment. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014; 29(3):428-34

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