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Dr. LEE Cherie Yin Lau

BSc ; M Phil ; Ph D (HK)
Research Officer

Research Interest:

Embryotrophic factors secreted from human oviduct

Selected publications

1. Lee YL, Xu JS, Chan STH, Ho PC, Yeung WSB (2001) Vero Cells, but not oviductal cells, increase the hatching frequency and total cell count of mouse blastocysts partly by changing energy substrate concentrations in culture medium. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 18, 566-574.
2. Lee YL, Lee KF, Xu JS, Wang YL, Tsao SW and Yeung WSB (2001) Establishment and characterization of an immortalized human oviductal cell line. Molecular Reproduction and Development 59, 400-409.
3. Lee YL, Lee KF, Xu JS, Kwok KL, Luk JM, Lee WM, Yeung WSB (2003) Embryotrophic factor-3 from human oviductal cells affects the messenger ribonucleic expression of mouse blastocyst. Biology of Reproduction 68, 375-382.
4. Lee YL, Lee KF, Xu JS, He QY, Chiu JF, Lee WM, Luk JM, Yeung WSB (2003). The embryotrophic activity of oviductal cell derived complement C3b and iC3b – a novel function of complement protein in reproduction Journal of Biological Chemistry 279(13):12763-8.
5. Xu JS, Lee YL, Lee KF, Kwok KL, Luk JM, Lee WM, Yeung WSB (2003) Embryotrophic factor-3 from human oviductal cell enhances proliferation, suppresses apoptosis and stimulates the expression of b1 subunit of sodium-potassium ATPase of mouse embryos. Human Reproduction 19, 2919-2926.
6. Lee KF, Kwok KL, Chung MK, Lee YL, Chow JFC, Yeung WSB (2005) Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) mRNA expression is stimulated by developing embryos in the oviduct. J. Cell. Biochem. 95, 740-749.
7. Ling L, Lee YL, Lee KF, Tsao SW, Yeung WSB, Kan FWK (2004) Human oviductin mRNA is expressed in an immortalized human oviductal cell line. Fertility and Sterility (accepted).