Kar Neng Lai

Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, China

Kar-Neng Lai

Academic positions:
- Professor and Head of Department of Medicine

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
- IgA Nephropathy
- Proteinuria and Renal Tubural Epithelial Cell Function
- Aquaporins
- Peritoneal Dialysis

Any other information:

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Nephrology > Renal Immunology & Pathology (inc. Glomerular Diseases) (since 14 November 2005)

Links

http://www.hku.hk/medicine/home.htm

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  GMP-17-positive T-lymphocytes in renal tubules predict progression in early stages of IgA nephropathy.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 6.0
  IgA1-secreting cell lines from patients with IgA nephropathy produce aberrantly glycosylated IgA1.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.0
  Aberrantly glycosylated IgA1 in glomerular immune deposits of IgA nephropathy.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 4.8
  Human T and natural killer cells possess a functional renin-angiotensin system: further mechanisms of angiotensin II-induced inflammation.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai, Giuseppe Remuzzi
  
• 3.2
  Severity of tubulointerstitial inflammation and prognosis in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai, Frank Strutz
  
• 3.0
  A possible anti-inflammatory role of angiotensin II type 2 receptor in immune-mediated glomerulonephritis during type 1 receptor blockade.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.0
  O-glycosylation of serum IgA1 antibodies against mucosal and systemic antigens in IgA nephropathy.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.0
  Histological differences in new-onset IgA nephropathy between children and adults.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.0
  Effects of different cryoprotectants on the viability and biological characteristics of porcine preadipocyte.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 6.0
  Glomerular activation of the lectin pathway of complement in IgA nephropathy is associated with more severe renal disease.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.2
  The relationship between albuminuria, MCP-1/CCL2, and interstitial macrophages in chronic kidney disease.
  Recommended by Mauro Abbate, Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.0
  Downregulation of connexin 43 expression by high glucose induces senescence in glomerular mesangial cells.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai
  
• 3.0
  Analysis of a uteroglobin gene polymorphism in childhood Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
  Recommended by Kar Neng Lai