Prof. Tzi Bun Ng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Email: b021770@mailserv.cuhk.edu.hk

Qualifications
Postdoc, School of Medicine, University of California, USA
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
B.Sc., University of Hong Kong, China

Publications

1. Zhao YC, Zhang GQ, Ng TB, Wang HX. A novel ribonuclease with potent HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity from cultured mushroom Schizophyllum commune. J Microbiol. 2011 Oct;49(5):803-8.
2. Sze SC, Cheung HP, Ng TB, Zhang ZJ, Wong KL, Wong HK, Hu YM, Yow CM, Tong Y.Effects of Erxian decoction, a Chinese medicinal formulation, on serum lipid profile in a rat model of menopause. Chin Med. 2011 Nov 2;6(1):40.
3. Fang EF, Bah CS, Wong JH, Pan WL, Chan YS, Ye XJ, Ng TB. A potential human hepatocellular carcinoma inhibitor from Bauhinia purpurea L. seeds: from purification to mechanism exploration. Arch Toxicol. 2011 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21969071.
4. Wu Y, Wang H, Ng TB. Purification and characterization of a lectin withantiproliferative activity toward cancer cells from the dried fruit bodies of Lactarius flavidulus. Carbohydr Res. 2011 Nov 9;346(16):2576-81.
5. Fang EF, Zhang CZ, Ng TB, Wong JH, Pan WL, Ye XJ, Chan YS, Fong WP. Momordica Charantia Lectin, a Type II Ribosome Inactivating Protein, Exhibits Antitumor Activity toward Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells In Vitro and In Vivo. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21933914.
6. Wong JH, Ng TB, Legowska A, Rolka K, Hui M, Cho CH. Antifungal action of human cathelicidin fragment (LL13-37) on Candida albicans. Peptides. 2011 Oct;32(10):1996-2002.
7. Lin X, Song JX, Shaw PC, Ng TB, Sze SC, Tong Y, Lee KF, Zhang KY. Anautoimmunized mouse model recapitulates key features in the pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome. Int Immunol. 2011 Oct;23(10):613-24.
8. Ye XJ, Ng TB, Wu ZJ, Xie LH, Fang EF, Wong JH, Pan WL, Wing SS, Zhang YB. Protein from red cabbage (Brassica oleracea) seeds with antifungal, antibacterial, and anticancer activities. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Sep28;59(18):10232-8.
9. Chen P, Fu X, Ng TB, Ye XY. Expression of a secretory β-glucosidase from Trichoderma reesei in Pichia pastoris and its characterization. Biotechnol Lett. 2011 Dec;33(12):2475-9.
10. Li N, Li L, Fang JC, Wong JH, Ng TB, Jiang Y, Wang CR, Wen TY, Qu LY, Lv PY, Liu F. Isolation and identification of a novel polysaccharide-peptide complex with antioxidant, antiproliferative, and hypoglycemic activities from the abalone mushroom. Biosci Rep. 2011 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21810081.
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12. Sun J, Wang H, Ng TB. Isolation of a laccase with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity from fresh fruiting bodies of the Lentinus edodes (Shiitake mushroom). Indian J Biochem Biophys. 2011 Apr;48(2):88-94.
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14. Liu Z, Tam EM, Sun GQ, Lam TP, Zhu ZZ, Sun X, Lee KM, Ng TB, Qiu Y, Cheng JC, Yeung HY. Abnormal Leptin Bioavailability in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis – an Important New Finding. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21681139.
15. Chu ES, Sze SC, Cheung HP, Wong KL, Liu Q, Ng TB, Tong Y. Differential effects of anti-metastatic mechanism of Tian-Xian liquid (TXL) and its bioactive fractions on human colorectal cancer models. J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 Sep 1;137(1):403-13. Epub 2011 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 21669277
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17. Wang CR, Ng TB, Li L, Fang JC, Jiang Y, Wen TY, Qiao WT, Li N, Liu F. Isolation of a polysaccharide with antiproliferative, hypoglycemic, antioxidant and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activities from the fruiting bodies of the abalone mushroom Pleurotus abalonus. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2011 Jun;63(6):825-32.
18. Fang EF, Ng TB. Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a cornucopia of health:a review of its credited antidiabetic, anti-HIV, and antitumor properties. CurrMol Med. 2011 Jul 1;11(5):417-36.
19. Wong JH, Legowska A, Rolka K, Ng TB, Hui M, Cho CH, Lam WW, Au SW, Gu OW, Wan DC. Effects of cathelicidin and its fragments on three key enzymes of HIV-1. Peptides. 2011 Jun;32(6):1117-22
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21. Ye XJ, Ng TB. Antitumor and HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitory Activities of a Hemagglutinin and a Protease Inhibitor from Mini-Black Soybean. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:851396. Epub 2011 Mar 6. PubMed PMID 21527979; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3057713.
22. Man GC, Wong JH, Wang WW, Sun GQ, Yeung BH, Ng TB, Lee SK, Ng BK, Qiu Y, Cheng JC. Abnormal melatonin receptor 1B expression in osteoblasts from girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. J Pineal Res. 2011 May;50(4):395-402.
23. Zhu MJ, Zhang GQ, Wang HX, Ng TB. Isolation and characterization of a Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitor with antiproliferative activity from Gymnocladus chinensis (Yunnan bean) seeds. Protein J. 2011 pr;30(4):240-6.
24. Wu YY, Wang HX, Ng TB. A novel metalloprotease from the wild basidiomycete mushroom Lepista nuda. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2011 Mar;21(3):256-62.
25. Bah CS, Fang EF, Ng TB, Mros S, McConnell M, Bekhit Ael-D. Purification and characterization of a rhamnose-binding chinook salmon roe lectin with antiproliferative activity toward tumor cells and nitric oxide-inducing activity toward murine macrophages. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 May 25;59(10):5720-8.
26. Fang EF, Pan WL, Wong JH, Chan YS, Ye XJ, Ng TB. A new Phaseolus vulgaris lectin induces selective toxicity on human liver carcinoma Hep G2 cells. Arch Toxicol. 2011 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21445585.
27. Guan GP, Zhang GQ, Wu YY, Wang HX, Ng TB. Purification and characterization of a novel serine protease from the mushroom Pholiota nameko. J Biosci Bioeng. 2011 Jun;111(6):641-5.