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Michelle Wong

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Michelle Wong

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[HTML][HTML] The HIV reservoir in monocytes and macrophages

ME Wong, A Jaworowski, AC Hearps - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In people living with HIV (PLWH) who are failing or unable to access combination
antiretroviral therapy (cART), monocytes and macrophages are important drivers of …

Blood pressure lowering efficacy of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for primary hypertension

BS Heran, MMY Wong, IK Heran… - Cochrane Database of …, 2008 - cochranelibrary.com
Background ACE inhibitors are widely prescribed for hypertension so it is essential to
determine and compare their effects on blood pressure (BP), heart rate and withdrawals due …

Blood pressure lowering efficacy of angiotensin receptor blockers for primary hypertension

BS Heran, MMY Wong, IK Heran… - Cochrane Database of …, 2008 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are widely prescribed for hypertension so
it is essential to determine and compare their effects on blood pressure (BP), heart rate and …

Air, surface environmental, and personal protective equipment contamination by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from a symptomatic …

SWX Ong, YK Tan, PY Chia, TH Lee, OT Ng… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| From January 24 to February 4, 2020, 3 patients at the dedicated SARS-CoV-2
outbreak center in Singapore in airborne infection isolation rooms (12 air exchanges per …

Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers

JL Wilkinson, ABA Boxall, DW Kolpin… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative
effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored …

Targeted capture and massively parallel sequencing of 12 human exomes

SB Ng, EH Turner, PD Robertson, SD Flygare… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies suggest that common genetic variants explain only a
modest fraction of heritable risk for common diseases, raising the question of whether rare …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients

PY Chia, KK Coleman, YK Tan, SWX Ong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the particle size distribution in the air and patterns of environmental
contamination of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for infection prevention policies. Here we screen …

Lack of Toll-like receptor 4 or myeloid differentiation factor 88 reduces atherosclerosis and alters plaque phenotype in mice deficient in apolipoprotein E

KS Michelsen, MH Wong, PK Shah… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and the downstream adaptor molecule myeloid differentiation
factor 88 (MyD88) play an essential role in the innate immune responses. Here, we …

Essential role for oncogenic Ras in tumour maintenance

L Chin, A Tam, J Pomerantz, M Wong, J Holash… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Advanced malignancy in tumours represents the phenotypic end-point of successive genetic
lesions that affect the function and regulation of oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes …

[PDF][PDF] Protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) activity is elevated in glioblastoma cells due to mutation of the tumor suppressor PTEN/MMAC

D Haas-Kogan, N Shalev, M Wong, G Mills, G Yount… - Current Biology, 1998 - cell.com
Glioblastomas are highly malignant tumors of the central nervous system that are resistant to
radiation and chemotherapy [1]. We explored the role of the phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3 …