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Heung-Chin Cheng

Honorary
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Biochemistry and cell signaling
Signal Transduction
Enzymology
Parkinson's disease
Cancer
Protein Kinases
Phosphatases
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
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A/Prof

Heung-Chin Cheng

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Enzymology of protein kinases and phosphatases involved in cancer and neurodegeneration
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Heung-Chin Cheng.

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Decoding the rogue cellular signals of Zika virus in infected neurons and neural progenitor cells by quantitative proteomics and FDA-approved drugs

2019 - 2021
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A new function for an old enzyme: Src Protein Kinase directs excitotoxic neuronal death in stroke

In our previous investigation of how brain cells die in patients suffering from stroke, we found that stroke causes aberrant activation of a..

2013 - 2016
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SELF-REPORTING FLUORESCENT CHEMONSENSOR PEPTIDE SUBSTRATES AS MOLECULAR SENSORS OF SRC KINASE ACTIVITY IN PLATELETS - DEVELOPMETN OF A SENSITIVE AND RELIABLE ASSAY OF PLATELET FUNCTION

2012 - 2012
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How active LRRK2 causes Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease afflicts 100,000 Australians. Mutations in the recently identified enzyme Leucine-rich Repeat Kinase-2 are a common caus..

2009 - 2012
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How does inactivation of PINK1 cause Parkinson's disease?

Parkinson's disease is caused by premature death of nerve cells that control body movements. The enzyme PINK1 protects against nerve cell de..

2009 - 2011
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Testing a new HIV/AIDS inhibitor

HIV hijacks infected blood cells to produce its own proteins. Nef is one of these proteins and Nef alone is sufficient to cause an AIDS-like..

2008 - 2011
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DECIPHERING THE BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PARKINSONS DISEASE-ASSOCIATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT KINASE 2

2008 - 2008
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Role of PTEN in neuronal cell death

In stroke patients, oxygen deprivation indirectly induces massive nerve cell death by activating a cell death-promoting enzyme called PTEN. ..

2008 - 2011
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TARGET IDENTIFICATION OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL PARKINSON'S DISEASE PTEN-INDUCED KINASE 1

2007 - 2008
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Novel upstream regulatory and down-stream signaling mechanisms of the Src-family protein kinases

Normal cell growth and division are governed by the balanced action of two groups of enzymes - the enzymes encoded by the proto-oncogenes (p..

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Project Types

14

Research Grant

2

Internal Research Grant

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Heung-Chin Cheng.

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The structure of the extracellular domains of human interleukin 11? receptor reveals mechanisms of cytokine engagement

Riley D Metcalfe, Kaheina Aizel, Courtney O Zlatic, Paul M Nguyen, Craig J Morton, Daisy Sio-Seng Lio, Heung-Chin Cheng, Renwick CJ Dobson, Michael W Parker, Paul R Gooley, Tracy L Putoczki, Michael DW Griffin

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Biological Chemistry

Interleukin (IL) 11 activates multiple intracellular signaling pathways by forming a complex with its cell surface α-receptor, IL-..

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Modulating inflammation after stroke to support brain rescue and functional recovery: emerging targets include Rho Kinase

Carli Roulston, Mohammed Iqbal Hossain, Ching-Seng Ang, Ellie Phillips, Laita Bokhari, Heung Chin Cheng, Philip Beart

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE

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Hemopoietic Cell Kinase amplification with Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor T depletion leads to polycythemia, aberrant marrow erythoid maturation, and splenomegaly

Matthew Ku, Ruth N MacKinnon, Meaghan Wall, Nisha Narayan, Carl Walkley, Heung-Chin Cheng, Lynda J Campbell, Louise E Purton, Harshal Nandurkar

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

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Quantitative proteomic analyses of dynamic signalling events in cortical neurons undergoing excitotoxic cell death

Ashfaqul Hoque, Nicholas A Williamson, S Sadia Ameen, Giuseppe D Ciccotosto, M Iqbal Hossain, Jonathan S Oakhill, Dominic CH Ng, Ching-Seng Ang, Heung-Chin Cheng

Journal article  |  2019  |  CELL DEATH & DISEASE

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The Roc-COR tandem domain of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 forms dimers and exhibits conventional Ras-like GTPase properties

Ryan D Mills, Lung-Yu Liang, Daisy Sio-Seng Lio, Yee-Foong Mok, Terrence D Mulhern, George Cao, Michael Griffin, Vijaya B Kenche, Janetta G Culvenor, Heung-Chin Cheng

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Neurochemistry

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Csk-homologous kinase (Chk) is an efficient inhibitor of Src-family kinases but a poor catalyst of phosphorylation of their C-terminal regulatory tyrosine

Gahana Advani, Ya Chee Lim, Bruno Catimel, Daisy Sio Seng Lio, Nadia LY Ng, Anderly C Chueh, Mai Tran, Mohd Ishtiaq Anasir, Heather Verkade, Hong-Jian Zhu, Benjamin E Turk, Thomas E Smithgall, Ching-Seng Ang, Michael Griffin, Heung-Chin Cheng

Journal article  |  2017  |  Cell Communication and Signaling

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A beacon of hope in stroke therapy Blockade of pathologically activated cellular events in excitotoxic neuronal death as potential neuroprotective strategies

Ashfaqul Hoque, M Iqbal Hossain, S Sadia Ameen, Ching-Seng Ang, Nicholas Williamson, Dominic CH Ng, Anderly C Chueh, Carli Roulston, Heung-Chin Cheng

Journal article  |  2016  |  Pharmacology & Therapeutics

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Modulating Astrocyte Transition after Stroke to Promote Brain Rescue and Functional Recovery: Emerging Targets Include Rho Kinase

Hima Charika S Abeysinghe, Ellie L Phillips, Heung Chin-Cheng, Philip M Beart, Carli L Roulston

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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The C-terminal tail inhibitory phosphorylation sites of PTEN regulate its intrinsic catalytic activity and the kinetics of its binding to phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate

Yeong-Chit Joel Chia, Bruno Catimel, Daisy Sio Seng Lio, Ching-Seng Ang, Benjamin Peng, Hong Wu, Hong-Jian Zhu, Heung-Chin Cheng

Journal article  |  2015  |  Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

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Csk-homologous kinase (Chk/Matk): a molecular policeman suppressing cancer formation and progression

G Advani, AC Chueh, YC Lim, A Dhillon, HC Cheng

Journal article  |  2015  |  Frontiers in Biology

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Neurosciences
Non-Oriented Research
Expanding Knowledge
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics
Clinical Sciences
Other Health

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1999

Union of International Cancer Council Visiting fellowship
1989

Postdoctoral fellowship

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
1989

Postdoctoral fellowship

Medical Research Council of Canada

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

IT Access

Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Honorary

Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Member

Australian Neuorscience Society

Member

Internaional Neurochemistry Society

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of California - Davis

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