Publications

• Iita M. Virtanen, You-Qiang Song, Kenneth M.C. (the first three authors contributed equally) Cheung, Leena Ala-Kokko, Jaro Karppinen, Daniel W.H. Ho, Keith D.K. Luk, Shea-Ping Yip, John C.Y. Leong, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, Pak Sham, Danny Chan (2007) Phenotypic and Population Differences in the Association between CILP and Lumbar Disc Disease. J Med Genet  44(4):285-8.
  
  
• MingYiu Yeun, D. K. Smith, Matthew SY Chan, Cheuk B Wong, B. C. W. Wong, Kenneth M.C. Cheung, , Kathryn S.E.Cheah, Pak Sham , Danny Chan, You-Qiang Song. (2007) iCartiGD: Integrated Cartilage Gene Database for genetic study of cartilage. BMC Genetics 8:4.
  
  
• Kenneth M.C, Cheung, Yiquin Chen, Jaro Karppinen, Danny Chan, Jeffrey J.T. Jim, Keith D.K. Luk, Leena Ala-Kokko, John C.Y. Leong, Jurg Ott, Pak Sham, Kathryn S.E.Cheah  Song YQ. (2006) Association of the Taq I allele in vitamin D receptor with degenerative disc disease and disc bulge in Chinese Spine 31(10):1143-8.
  
  
• Chan D, Song Y, Sham P, Cheung KM. (2006) Genetics of disc degeneration.
  Eur Spine J. Suppl 15:317-25.
  
  
• Jeffrey J.T. Jim, N. Noponen-Hietal, Kenneth M.C, Cheung, J. Ott, Jaro Karppinen, Keith D.K. Luk, S.Y. Yip, Y.Q. Song, John C.Y. Leong, Pak Sham, Kathryn S.E.Cheah, Leena Ala-Kokko (2005) Age-dependent association of the COL9A2 Trp2 allele with intervertebral disc degeneration, annular tears and end-plate herniations. Spine 30(24):2735-42.
  
  
• Kenneth M.C. Cheung, Jeffrey J.T. Jim, Jurg Ott, Jaro Karppinen, Keith D.K. Luk, Shea-Ping Yip, Pak C. Sham, You-Qiang Song, John C.Y. Leong, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, Leena Ala-Kokko, and Danny Chan (2005) The Genetics of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. European Cells and Materials Vol. 10 Suppl. 3, 2005 p.28.
  
  
• Jim J.J.T., Noponen-Hietala N., Cheung K.M.C, Ott J. Karppinen J., Sahraravand A., Luk K.D.K. Yip S.P., Song Y.Q., Leong J.C.Y., Sham P., Cheah K.S.E., Ala-kokko L. and Chan D (2005). The Trp2 allele of collagen IX is an age-dependent risk factor for the development and severity of intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine (in press)
  
  
• Cheung KMC, Chan D, Karppinen J, Chen YQ, Jim JJ, Yip SP, Ott J, Wong KK , Sham PC, Luk KDK, Cheah KSE, Leong JCY and SongYQ (2005). Association of the Taq I allele in vitamin D receptor with degenerative disc disease and disc bulge in Chinese. Spine (in press)