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Dr CHU, Jessica Yan Shuen 朱恩璿

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Dicer function is required in the metanephric mesenchyme for early kidney development.
J.Y.S. Chu, S. Sims-Lucas, D.S. Bushnell, A.J. Bodnar, J.A. Kreidberg, J. Ho
Am J Physiol Ren Physiol, 2014, 306(7): F764-772
Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus – The Novelly Potential Therapeutic
J.Y.S. Chu, B.K.C. Chow
Chapter 4, Diabetes Insipidus (ISBN 978-953-307-367-5)
Editor: Kyuzi Kamoi
Published: Nov, 2011
Secretin and body fluid homeostasis
J.Y.S. Chu, C.Y.Y. Cheng, V.H.Y. Lee, Y.S. Chan, B.K.C. Chow
Kidney International, 2010, 79(3):280-287.
Central and peripheral administration of secretin inhibits food intake in mice through the activation of the melanocortin system
J.Y.S. Chu, C.C.Y. Cheng, B.K.C. Chow
Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010, 36(2):459-471.
Secretin as a neurohypophysial factor regulating body water homeostasis
J.Y.S. Chu, L.T.O. Lee, C.H. Lai, H. Vaudry, Y.S. Chan, W.H. Yung, B.K.C. Chow
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009, 106(37): 15961-15966.

Jan 2011 – Dec 2011: Project code: 201007176078; Central osmoregulatory pathways mediating secretin's effect in body fluid homeostasis
Jan 2009 – Dec 2009: Project code: 200811159048; The overexpression of secretin and polycystic kidney disease
Sept 2008 – Feb 2010: Project code: 200807176088; Identification of the first non-mammalian secretin and secretin receptor: functional evolution of this ligand-receptor pair in the transition process from aquatic to terrestrial life

2010 - Research Output Prize by The University of Hong Kong
2006 - Dr. Lo Kwee Seong Education Foundation Travel and Conference Grants by The University of Hong Kong
2006 - Anthony R. Means Basic Science Award by The Endocrine Society U.S.