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LEUNG Yu Hung, Anskar

Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Professor Medicine
Biography

Professor Anskar Leung Yu-hung is currently a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is also the Associate Dean (Human Capital) of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU. He graduated in 1996 with MBChB (Hons) and PhD from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and joined The University of Hong Kong as Clinical Assistant Professor in 1999. He obtained his specialist qualification in Haematology and Haematological Oncology in 2003 and was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor and Clinical Professor in 2007 and 2012 respectively. He has published more than 160 peer review articles and book chapters.

Research Intrest

Haematology and Haematological Oncology 

List of Publications
Ma AC, Chung MI, Liang R, Leung AY*. A DEAB-sensitive aldehyde dehydrogenase regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells development during primitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish embryos. Leukemia.
Ma AC, Chung MI, Liang R, Leung AY*. A DEAB-sensitive aldehyde dehydrogenase regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells development during primitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish embryos. Leukemia.
Ma AC, Fung TK, Lin RH, Chung MI, Yang D, Ekker SC, Leung AY*. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 is required for hematopoietic stem cell initiation and proliferation. Blood
Man CH, Fung TK, Ho C, Han HH, Chow HC, Ma AC, Choi WW, Cheung AM, Eaves CJ, Kwong YL, Leung AY*. Sorafenib treatment of FLT3-ITD+ acute myeloid leukemia: favorable initial outcome and mechanisms of subsequent non-responsiveness with the emergence of a D835 mutation. Blood 2012;
Man CH, Lam SS, Sun MK, Chow HC, Gill H, Kwong YL, Leung AY*. A novel tescalcin-sodium/hydrogen exchange axis underlying sorafenib resistance in FLT3-ITD+ AML. Blood.
He BL, Shi X, Man CH, Ma AC, Ekker SC, Chow HC, So CW, Choi WW, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Leung AY*. Functions of flt3 in zebrafish hematopoiesis and its relevance to human acute myeloid leukemia. Blood.
Shi X, He BL, Ma AC, Guo Y, Chi Y, Man CH, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Wen Z, Cheng T, Leung AY. Functions of idh1 and its mutation in the regulation of developmental hematopoiesis in zebrafish. Blood.
Man CH, Fung TK, Wan H, Cher CY, Fan A, Ng N, Ho C, Wan TS, Tanaka T, So EC, Kwong YL, Leung AY. Suppression of SOX7 by DNA methylation and its tumor suppressor function in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood.
Lam SY, Ho ES, He BL, Wong WW, Cher CY, Ng NK, Man CH, Gill H, Cheung AM, Ip HW, So CC, Temburini J, So CW, Ho DN, Au CH, Chan TL, Ma ES, Liang R, Kwong YL, Leung AY*. Homoharringtonine (omacetaxine mepessucinate) as an adjunct for FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia. Sci Transl Med
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