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Li Fang NG

Head of Laboratories, Head of Research and Compliance,Yale-NUS College
Verified email at nus.edu.sg
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[HTML][HTML] WNT signaling in disease

LF Ng, P Kaur, N Bunnag, J Suresh, ICH Sung, QH Tan… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Developmental signaling pathways control a vast array of biological processes during
embryogenesis and in adult life. The WNT pathway was discovered simultaneously in cancer and …

[HTML][HTML] The mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ extends lifespan and improves healthspan of a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans model of Alzheimer disease

LF Ng, J Gruber, IK Cheah, CK Goo, WF Cheong… - Free Radical Biology …, 2014 - Elsevier
β-Amyloid (Aβ)-induced toxicity and oxidative stress have been postulated to play critical
roles in the pathogenic mechanism of Alzheimer disease (AD). We investigated the in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Deceptively simple but simply deceptive–Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan studies: considerations for aging and antioxidant effects

J Gruber, LF Ng, SK Poovathingal, B Halliwell - FEBS letters, 2009 - Elsevier
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is increasingly popular as a
model organism for aging studies as well as for testing antioxidants and other compounds for …

Conductance and amantadine binding of a pore formed by a lysine‐flanked transmembrane domain of SARS coronavirus envelope protein

J Torres, U Maheswari, K Parthasarathy, L Ng… - Protein …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The coronavirus responsible for the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS‐CoV) contains
a small envelope protein, E, with putative involvement in host cell apoptosis and virus …

Hydrogen Sulfide Is an Endogenous Regulator of Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

B Qabazard, L Li, J Gruber, MT Peh, LF Ng… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Aims: To investigate the role of endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) in the control of aging
and healthspan of Caenorhabditis elegans. Results: We show that the model organism, C. …

[HTML][HTML] Energy crisis precedes global metabolic failure in a novel Caenorhabditis elegans Alzheimer Disease model

S Fong, E Teo, LF Ng, CB Chen, LN Lakshmanan… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Alzheimer Disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by the
deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ), predominantly the Aβ 1–42 form, in the brain. Mitochondrial …

[PDF][PDF] Drug synergy slows aging and improves healthspan through IGF and SREBP lipid signaling

TD Admasu, KC Batchu, D Barardo, LF Ng, VYM Lam… - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
There is growing interest in pharmacological interventions directly targeting the aging process.
Pharmacological interventions against aging should be efficacious when started in adults …

Ageing in nematodes: do antioxidants extend lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans?

…, SY Tang, S Schaffer, RLS Ong, S Fong, LF Ng… - Biogerontology, 2010 - Springer
Antioxidants are often investigated as a promising strategy for extending lifespan. Accordingly,
there is significant interest in novel antioxidant compounds derived from natural sources …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial Changes in Ageing Caenorhabditis elegans – What Do We Learn from Superoxide Dismutase Knockouts?

J Gruber, LF Ng, S Fong, YT Wong, SA Koh, CB Chen… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
One of the most popular damage accumulation theories of ageing is the mitochondrial free
radical theory of ageing (mFRTA). The mFRTA proposes that ageing is due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural flexibility of the pentameric SARS coronavirus envelope protein ion channel

K Parthasarathy, L Ng, X Lin, DX Liu, K Pervushin… - Biophysical journal, 2008 - cell.com
Coronaviruses contain a small envelope membrane protein with cation-selective ion
channel activity mediated by its transmembrane domain (ETM). In a computational study, we …