School Members’ Recent Research Publications in International Journals with High Impact Factor

The following members of the School of Biomedical Sciences published research papers in various international journals with High Impact Factor between November 2019 and June 2020:

School members	Article Title	Journal Name	Publication Date
Prof. Chan Hon-fai	Modulation of macrophages by bioactive glass/sodium alginate hydrogel is crucial in skin regeneration enhancement (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	Biomaterials	June 2020
Prof. Sun-on Chan	Signaling mechanisms of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor in LPS-induced acute ocular inflammation (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States of America	March 2020
Prof. Chen Yangchao	CircFOXK2 Promotes Growth and Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Complexing with RNA-Binding Proteins and Sponging MiR-942 (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	Cancer Research	June 2020
Prof. Vincent C.K. Cheung	Plasticity of muscle synergies through fractionation and merging during development and training of human runners (Full paper can be viewed HERE; the related coverage by Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK can be viewed HERE)	Nature Communications	August 2020
Prof. Ke Ya and Prof. Yung Wing-ho	A limbic circuitry involved in emotional stress-induced grooming (Full paper can be viewed HERE; the related coverage by Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK can be viewed HERE)	Nature Communications	May 2020
Prof. Vivian W.Y. Lui	Erlotinib sensitivity of MAPK1p.D321N mutation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	npj Genomic Medicine	April 2020
	MAPK pathway mutations in head and neck cancer affect immune microenvironments and ErbB3 signaling (Full paper can be viewed HERE; the related coverage by Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK can be viewed HERE)	Life Science Alliance	May 2020
	Omics-wide quantitative B-cell infiltration analyses identify GPR18 for human cancer prognosis with superiority over CD20 (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	Communications Biology	May 2020
Prof. Eugene Ponomarev	Platelets promote epileptic seizures by modulating brain serotonin level, enhancing neuronal electric activity, and contributing to neuroinflammation and oxidative stress (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	Progress in Neurobiology	May 2020
Prof. Tian Xiaoyu	Intrapulmonary Cellular-Level Distribution of Inhaled Nanoparticles with Defined Functional Groups and Its Correlations with Protein Corona and Inflammatory Response (Full paper can be viewed HERE)	ACS Nano	November 2019