Liang KH

Liang, Kung-Hao ,Ph.D.
Intitution:Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan
Position:Assistant research fellow
Department: Liver Research Center, Department of Medical Research and Development.
Address:Building 6J, No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel:+886-3-3281200 (ext) 8129
kunghao@gmail.com

Focus of Interest:

• Bioinformatics
• Systems biomedical science
• Human Genomics
• Liver diseases and complications

Employment Records :
 ◎ Adjunct assistant professor, department of life science, national Taiwan normal university

Selected Publications:

1. Kung-Hao Liang, Chau-Ting Yeh* (2013) A gene expression restriction network mediated by sense and antisense Alu sequences located on protein-coding messenger RNAs. BMC Genomics 2013, 14:325
2. Kung-Hao Liang, Chen-Chun Lin, Chau-Ting Yeh* (2011) GALNT14 SNP as a potential predictor of response to combination chemotherapy using 5-FU, cisplatin, and mitoxantrone in advanced HCC. Pharmacogenomics, 12(7)
3. Kung-Hao Liang*, Yi-Cheng Chen, Chao-Wei Hsu, Ming-Ling Chang, Chau-Ting Yeh*. Decrease of serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels upon telbivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus infection and negative correlations between the enzyme levels and estimated glumerular filtration rates. Hepatitis Monthly, 2014, Jan.
4. Chau-Ting Yeh*, Kung-Hao Liang, Chen-Chun Lin, Chang ML, Hsu CL, Hung CF (2013) A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism on the GALNT14 Gene as a Predictor of Response to Chemotherapy in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2014, 134(5):1214-24.
5. Lai MW, Lin TY, Tsao KC, Huang CG, Hsiao MJ, Liang KH, Yeh CT*. Increased seroprevalence of HBV DNA with mutations in the S gene among individuals > 18 years of age after complete vaccination. Gastroenterology 2012 Aug;143(2):400-7.

Ongoing projects:
Investigating novel oncogenetic roles of Alu-carrying RNAs dysregulation in hepatits B virus related hepatocellular carcinoma (Sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan)