Staff Profile

School of Nursing and Health Studies People Key Staff Staff Profile
Dr. Tam Chun Wai 談振偉博士
BSc HKU, MPhil HKU, PhD HKU
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Health Studies

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

  • Teaching area: Anatomy and Physiology
  • Teaching area: Biomedical Sciences
  • Research interest: Ethnobotanical drug discovery research
  • Research interest: Prostate cancer cell biology

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  • 談振偉 (2017)。<藥物研發的未來路向>。何建宗、李德成編,«創新科技與可持續發展研究在公大–生活科普與科研» (頁70–71)。香港:香港公開大學。

Journal Articles

  • Liu, V. W. S., Yau, W. L., Tam, C. W., Yao, K. M., & Shiu, S. Y. W. (2017). Melatonin Inhibits Androgen Receptor Splice Variant-7 (AR-V7)-Induced Nuclear Factor-Kappa B (NF-κB) Activation and NF-κB Activator-Induced AR-V7 Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells: Potential Implications for the Use of Melatonin in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(6), 1130.
  • Wong, W.C., Tam, C.W. & Tiu, M.M.H. (2015). The influences of extra-curricular activities on the development of competence among undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong. Journal of Nursing and Care,4, 5.
  • Shiu, S.Y.W., Leung, W.Y., Tam, C.W., Liu, V.W., & Yao, K.M. (2013). Melatonin MT(1) receptor-induced transcriptional up-regulation of p27(Kip1) in prostate cancer antiproliferation is mediated via inhibition of constitutively active nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB): potential implications on prostate cancer chemoprevention and therapy. J Pineal Res, 54, 69-79.
  • Tam, C.W., & Shiu, S.Y.W. (2011). Functional interplay between melatonin receptor-mediated antiproliferative signaling and androgen receptor signaling in human prostate epithelial cells: potential implications for therapeutic strategies against prostate cancer. J Pineal Res, 51, 297-312.
  • Shiu, S.Y.W., Pang, B., Tam, C.W., & Yao, K.M. (2010). Signal transduction of receptor-mediated antiproliferative action of melatonin on human prostate epithelial cells involves dual activation of Gαs and Gαq proteins. J Pineal Res, 49, 301-311.
  • Tam, C.W., Chan, K.W., Liu, V.W., Pang, B., Yao, K.M., & Shiu, S.Y.W. (2008). Melatonin as a negative mitogenic hormonal regulator of human prostate epithelial cell growth: potential mechanisms and clinical significance. J Pineal Res, 45, 403-412.

Modified Date: 02 Sep, 2023
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