School of Life Sciences
Kwok-Fai Lau is an Associate Professor in the School of Life Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) and Ph.D. degrees from the Hong Kong Baptist University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, respectively.
After finishing his Ph.D., Dr. Lau joined the Department of Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, UK as a Croucher Foundation research fellow where he developed an interest in the molecular and cellular pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. He focused on the roles of Alzheimer’s disease amyloid precursor protein interactors in the disease pathogenesis. In 2007, he returned to his Alma mater as Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and continued his research on dementia.
Dr. Lau is also interested in neurite development as severe neurite degeneration is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders. Hence, strategies that stimulate neurite outgrowth could promote re-establishment of damaged neuro-connections. His research team has identified several molecules that promote neurite outgrowth.
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta-mediated tau phosphorylation in cultured cell lines.
Neuroreport Feb, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12598741
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked SOD1 mutants perturb fast axonal transport to reduce axonal mitochondria content.
Human molecular genetics Nov, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17725983
Dexras1 interacts with FE65 to regulate FE65-amyloid precursor protein-dependent transcription.
The Journal of biological chemistry Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18922798
X11beta rescues memory and long-term potentiation deficits in Alzheimer's disease APPswe Tg2576 mice.
Human molecular genetics Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19744962
Cryptotanshinone, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor from Salvia miltiorrhiza, ameliorates scopolamine-induced amnesia in Morris water maze task.
Planta medica Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19774505
Transcriptional regulation of human FE65, a ligand of Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein, by Sp1.
Journal of cellular biochemistry Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20091743
Expression of the neuronal adaptor protein X11alpha protects against memory dysfunction in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD , 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20378958
An X11alpha/FSBP complex represses transcription of the GSK3beta gene promoter.
Neuroreport Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20531236
Neuronal differentiation of C17.2 neural stem cells induced by a natural flavonoid, baicalin.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21290546
Expanded polyglutamine domain possesses nuclear export activity which modulates subcellular localization and toxicity of polyQ disease protein via exportin-1.
Human molecular genetics May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21300695
GULP1 is a novel APP-interacting protein that alters APP processing.
The Biochemical journal Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21486224
Perturbation of U2AF65/NXF1-mediated RNA nuclear export enhances RNA toxicity in polyQ diseases.
Human molecular genetics Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21725067
Lemur tyrosine kinase-2 signalling regulates kinesin-1 light chain-2 phosphorylation and binding of Smad2 cargo.
Oncogene May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 21996745
VAPB interacts with the mitochondrial protein PTPIP51 to regulate calcium homeostasis.
Human molecular genetics Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22131369
Genomic organization and promoter cloning of the human X11α gene APBA1.
DNA and cell biology May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22136355
Promoter characterization and genomic organization of the human X11β gene APBA2.
Neuroreport Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22222501
Degradation of mutant huntingtin via the ubiquitin/proteasome system is modulated by FE65.
The Biochemical journal May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22352297
DNA microarray expression analysis of baicalin-induced differentiation of C17.2 neural stem cells.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22556041
Influenza polymerase activity correlates with the strength of interaction between nucleoprotein and PB2 through the host-specific residue K/E627.
PloS one , 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22570712
CAG expansion induces nucleolar stress in polyglutamine diseases.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22847428
FE65 interacts with ADP-ribosylation factor 6 to promote neurite outgrowth.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24056087
A novel missense mutation in CCDC88C activates the JNK pathway and causes a dominant form of spinocerebellar ataxia.
Journal of medical genetics Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25062847
The SARS-coronavirus membrane protein induces apoptosis via interfering with PDK1-PKB/Akt signalling.
The Biochemical journal Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25271362
Phosphorylation of FE65 Ser610 by serum- and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 modulates Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein processing.
The Biochemical journal Sep, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26188042
Assessing a peptidylic inhibitor-based therapeutic approach that simultaneously suppresses polyglutamine RNA- and protein-mediated toxicities in patient cells and Drosophila.
Disease models & mechanisms Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26839389
Nucleophosmin Interacts with PIN2/TERF1-interacting Telomerase Inhibitor 1 (PinX1) and Attenuates the PinX1 Inhibition on Telomerase Activity.
Scientific reports 03, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28255170
The lysosomal protein cathepsin L is a progranulin protease.
Molecular neurodegeneration 07, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28743268
Phosphorylation of FE65 at threonine 579 by GSK3β stimulates amyloid precursor protein processing.
Scientific reports 09, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28963516
GULP1/CED-6 ameliorates amyloid-β toxicity in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer's disease.
Oncotarget Nov, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29245900
A peptidylic inhibitor for neutralizing expanded RNA-induced nucleolar stress in polyglutamine diseases.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 04, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29295891
Neuronal adaptor FE65 stimulates Rac1-mediated neurite outgrowth by recruiting and activating ELMO1.
The Journal of biological chemistry 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29615491
Three SpoA-domain proteins interact in the creation of the flagellar type III secretion system in .
The Journal of biological chemistry 09, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29991595
Planar cell polarity gene triggers apoptosis in neurodegenerative disease models.
EMBO reports 09, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30026307
Amyloid Precursor Protein Is Associated with Aggressive Behavior in Nonluminal Breast Cancers.
The oncologist 11, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30108157
Exo70 Is Essential for Neurite Extension and Survival under Thermal Stress.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 09, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30209205
Familial ataxia, tremor, and dementia in a polish family with a novel mutation in the CCDC88C gene.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 01, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30398676
Proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by ADAM10 mediates proliferation and migration in breast cancer.
EBioMedicine Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30470613
A Peptidylic Inhibitor for Neutralizing (GGGGCC)-Associated Neurodegeneration in C9ALS-FTD.
Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids Jun, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30889483
Attenuation of amyloid-β generation by atypical protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of engulfment adaptor PTB domain containing 1 threonine 35.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 11, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31373844
The roles of atypical protein kinase Cs (aPKCs) in the nervous system: targets for neuroregeneration?
Neural regeneration research Aug, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31997808
Micro-RNA Clusters Integrate Evolutionary Constraints on Expression and Target Affinities: The miR-6/5/4/286/3/309 Cluster in Drosophila.
Molecular biology and evolution 10, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32521021
ARF6-Rac1 signaling-mediated neurite outgrowth is potentiated by the neuronal adaptor FE65 through orchestrating ARF6 and ELMO1.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 12, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33047393
Proximity Ligation Assay for the Investigation of the Intramolecular Interaction of ELMO1.
Bio-protocol Dec, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 33654944
CAG RNAs induce DNA damage and apoptosis by silencing expression in polyglutamine degeneration.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America May, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33947817