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Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2855-9837
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C_8ayvcAAAAJ&hl=en |
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Research Interests • Coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and
SARS-CoV
Joining our team:
Selected Publications: 2021 1. Chu H*, Hu B*, Huang X*, Chai Y*, Zhou D, Wang Y, Shuai H, Yang D, Hou Y, Zhang X, Yuen TT, Cai JP, Zhang AJ, Zhou J, Yuan S, To KK, Chan IH, Sit KY, Foo DC, Wong IY, Ng AT, Cheung TT, Law S, Au WK, Brindley MA, Chen Z, Kok KH, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Host and viral determinants for efficient SARS-CoV-2 infection of the human lung. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 8;12(1):134.
2020 2. Chu H*, Chan JF*, Wang Y*, Yuen TT*, Chai Y, Shuai H, Yang D, Hu B, Huang X, Zhang X, Hou Y, Cai JP, Zhang AJ, Zhou J, Yuan S, To KK, Hung IF, Cheung TT, Ng AT, Chan IH, Wong IY, Law SY, Foo DC, Leung WK, Yuen KY. SARS-CoV-2 induces a more robust innate immune response and replicates less efficiently than SARS-CoV in the human intestines: an ex vivo study with implications on pathogenesis of COVID-19. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Oct 1;S2352-345X(20)30160-0. 3. Zhang BZ*, Chu H* (co-first, co-corresponding author), Han S*, Shuai H*, Deng J, Hu YF, Gong HR, Lee AC, Zou Z, Yau T, Wu W, Hung IF, Chan JF, Yuen KY, Huang JD. SARS-CoV-2 infects human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids. Cell Res. 2020 Aug 4:1-4. 4. Shuai H*, Chu H* (co-first author), Hou Y*, Yang D, Wang Y, Hu B, Huang X, Zhang X, Chai Y, Cai JP, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Differential immune activati¬on profile of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV infection in human lung and intestinal cells: implications for treatment with IFN-β and IFN inducer. J Infect. 2020 Jul 21:S0163-4453(20)30490-4. 5. Zhang AJ*, Lee AC*, Chu H* (co-first author), Chan JF, Fan Z, Li C, Liu F, Chen Y, Yuan S, Poon VK, Chan CC, Cai JP, Wu KL, Sridhar S, Chan YS, Yuen KY. SARS-CoV-2 infects and damages the mature and immature olfactory sensory neurons of hamsters. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 15:ciaa995. 6. Yang D*, Chu H* (co-first author), Hou Y, Chai Y, Shuai H, Lee AC, Zhang X, Wang Y, Hu B, Huang X, Yuen TT, Cai JP, Zhou J, Yuan S, Zhang AJ, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Attenuated interferon and pro-inflammatory response in SARS-CoV-2-infected human dendritic cells is associated with viral antagonism of STAT1 phosphorylation. J Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 21:jiaa356. 7. Chu H*, Yuen TT*, Chik KK, Yuan S, Shuai H, Zou Z, Wang Y, Zhu Z, Yang D, Poon VK, Chan CC, Zhou J, Yin F, Kok KH, Yuen KY, Chan JF. Targeting the inositol-requiring enzyme-1 pathway efficiently reverts Zika virus-induced neurogenesis and spermatogenesis marker perturbations. ACS Infect Dis. 2020 May 21. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00526. 8. Chu H*, Chan JF*, Yuen TT*, Shuai H*, Yuan S, Wang Y, Hu B, Yip CC, Tsang JO, Huang X, Chai Y, Yang D, Hou Y, Chik KK, Zhang X, Fung AY, Tsoi HW, Cai JP, Chan WM, Ip JD, Chu AW, Zhou J, Lung DC, Kok KH, To KK, Tsang OT, Chan KH, Yuen KY. Comparative tropism, replication kinetics, and cell damage profiling of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV with implications for clinical manifestations, transmissibility, and laboratory studies of COVID-19: an observational study. Lancet Microbe. 2020 April 21. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30004-5. 9. Chu H*, Chan JF*, Wang Y*, Yuen TT*, Chai Y, Hou Y, Shuai H, Yang D, Hu B, Huang X, Zhang X, Cai JP, Zhou J, Yuan S, Kok KH, To KK, Chan IH, Zhang AJ, Sit KY, Au WK, Yuen KY. Comparative replication and immune activation profiles of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV in human lungs: an ex vivo study with implications for the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 9. pii: ciaa410. 10. Zhang X*, Chu H* (co-first author), Wen L, Shuai H, Yang D, Wang Y, Hou Y, Zhu Z, Yuan S, Yin F, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Competing endogenous RNA network profiling reveals novel host dependency factors required for MERS-CoV propagation. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec;9(1):733-746. 11. Chan JF*, Kok KH*, Zhu Z*, Chu H* (co-first author), To KK, Yuan S, Yuen KY. Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):221-236. 12. Chan JF*, Yuan S*, Kok KH*, To KK*,
Chu H* (co-first author), Yang J, Xing F, Liu J, Yip CC, Poon RW,
Tsoi HW, Lo SK, Chan KH, Poon VK, Chan WM, Ip JD, Cai JP, Cheng VC, Chen H, Hui
CK, Yuen KY. A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel
coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family
cluster. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):514-523. 2019 13. Yan B*, Zou Z*, Chu H* (co-first author), Chan G, Tsang JO, Lai PM, Yuan S, Yip CC, Yin F, Kao RY, Sze KH, Lau SK, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Lipidomic profiling reveals significant perturbations of intracellular lipid homeostasis in enterovirus-infected cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Nov 26;20(23). pii: E5952. 14. Zhao X*, Chu H* (co-first author), Wong BH*, Chiu MC, Wang D, Li C, Liu X, Yang D, Poon VK, Cai J, Chan JF, To KK, Zhou J, Yuen KY. Activation of C-type lectin receptor and (RIG)-I-like receptors contributes to proinflammatory response in MERS coronavirus infected macrophages. J Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 28. pii: jiz483. 15. Lee ACY*, Zhang AJX*, Chu H* (co-first author), Li C, Zhu H, Mak WWN, Chen Y, Kok KH, To KKW, Yuen KY. H7N9 influenza A virus activation of necroptosis in human monocytes links innate and adaptive immune responses. Cell Death Dis. 2019 Jun 5;10(6):442. 16. Zhu Z*, Chu H* (co-first author), Wen L, Yuan S, Chik KK, Yuen TT, Yip CC, Wang D, Zhou J, Yin F, Jin DY, Kok, KH, Yuen KY, Chan JF. SUMO modification of the non-structural protein 5 of Zika virus via binding with a conserved N-terminal SUMO-interacting motif supports virus replication and suppresses type I interferon signaling. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jan 17;20(2). 17. Yan B*, Chu H* (co-first author), Yang D*, Sze KH*, Lai PM, Yuan S, Shuai H, Wang Y, Kao RY, Chan JF, Yuen KY. Characterization of the lipidomic profile of human coronavirus-infected cells: implications on lipid metabolism remodeling upon coronavirus replication. Viruses. 2019 Jan 16;11(1). 18. Yuan S*, Chu H* (co-first
author), Chan JF*, Ye ZW, Wen L, Yan B, Lai PM, Huang J, Tee KM, Chen D,
Li C, Zhao X, Yang D, Chiu MC, Yip CC, Poon VK, Chan CC, Sze KH, Zhou J, Chan IH,
To KK, Kao RY, Lau JY, Perlman S, Yuen KY. Targeting the SREBP-dependent
lipidomic reprogramming by virus infection for broad-spectrum therapeutic
intervention. Nature Commun. 2019 Jan 10;10(1):120. 2018 19. Zhang K, Li C, Luo Y, Wen L, Wang D, Wong BH, Zhao X, Chiu MC, Yuan S, Ye Z, Zhao H, Zhang XM, He J, Bose M, Henrickson KJ, Huang JD, Zheng B, Chu H# (co-corresponding author), Zhou J#. Establishment and characterization of a lethal aged mouse model of human respiratory syncytial virus. Antiviral Res. 2018 Nov 29;161:125-133. 20. Chan JF*, Zhu Z*, Chu H* (co-first author), Yuan S, Chik KK, Chan CC, Poon VK, Yip CC, Zhang X, Tsang JO, Zou Z, Tee KM, Shuai H, Lu G, Yuen KY. The celecoxib derivative kinase inhibitor AR-12 (OSU-03012) inhibits Zika virus via down-regulation of the PI3K/Akt pathway and protects Zika =irus-infected A129 mice: a host targeting treatment strategy. Antiviral Res. 2018 Dec;160:38-47. 21. Chu H*, Chan CM*, X
Zhang*, Wang Y, Yuan S, Zhou J, Au-Yueng RK, Sze KH, Yang D, Shuai H, Hou Y, Li
C, Zhao X, Poon VK, Leung SP, Yeung ML, Yan J, Lu G, Jin DY, Gao GF, Chan JF,
Yuen KY. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and bat coronavirus HKU9
both can utilize GRP78 for attachment onto host cells. J Biol Chem. 2018
Jul 27;293(30):11709-11726. 2017 22. Ye ZW, Yuan S, Poon KM, Wen L, Yang D, Sun Z, Li C, Hu M, Shuai H, Zhou J, Zhang MY, Zheng BJ, Chu H# (co-corresponding author) and Yuen KY#. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity epitopes on the hemagglutinin head-region of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus play detrimental roles in H1N1-infected mice. Front Immunol. 2017 Mar 21;8:317. 23. Hu M, Yuan S, Ye ZW, Singh K, Li C,
Shuai H, Fai N, Chow BK, Chu H# (co-corresponding author), Zheng
BJ#. PAN substitutions A37S, A37S/I61T and A37S/V63I attenuate the replication
of H7N7 influenza A virus by impairing the polymerase and endonuclease
activities. J Gen Virol. 2017 Mar;98(3):364-373. 2016 24. Hu M, Yuan S, Zhang K, Singh K, Ma Q, Zhou J, Chu H# (co-corresponding author), Zheng BJ#. PB2 substitutions V598T/I increase the virulence of H7N9 influenza A virus in mammals. Virology. 2016 Nov 24;501:92-101. 25. Chan CM*, Chu H* (co-first author), Wang Y, Wong BH, Zhao X, Zhou J, Yang D, Leung SP, Chan JF, Yeung ML, Yan J, Lu G, Gao GF, Yuen KY. Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5 (CEACAM5) is an important surface attachment factor facilitating the entry of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). J Virol. 2016 Sep 29;90(20):9114-27. 26. Chu H, Zhou J, Wong
BH, Li C, Chan JF, Cheng ZS, Yang D, Wang D, Lee AC, Li C, Yeung ML, Cai J, Chan
IH, Ho WK, To KK, Zheng BJ, Yao Y, Qin C, Yuen KY. Middle East respiratory
syndrome coronavirus efficiently infects human primary T lymphocytes and
activates both the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis pathways. J Infect Dis.
2016 Mar 15;213(6):904-14. 2014 27. Chu H*, Zhou J*, Wong BH, Li C, Cheng ZS, Lin X, Poon VK, Sun T, Lau CC, Chan JF, To KK, Chan KH, Lu L, Zheng BJ, Yuen KY. Productive replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in monocyte-derived dendritic cells modulates innate immune response. Virology. 2014 Apr;454-455:197-205. 28. Zhou J*, Chu H* (co-first
author), Li C, Wong BH, Cheng ZS, Poon VK, Sun T, Lau CC, Wong KK, Chan
JY, Chan JF, To KK, Chan KH, Zheng BJ, Yuen KY. Active replication of Middle
East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and aberrant induction of inflammatory
cytokines and chemokines in human macrophages: implications for pathogenesis.
J Infect Dis. 2014 May;209(9):1331-42. 2012 29. Chu H, Wang JJ, Qi M, Yoon JJ, Chen X, Wen X, Hammonds J, Ding L, Spearman P. Tetherin/BST-2 is essential for the formation of the intracellular virus-containing compartment in HIV-infected macrophages. Cell Host Microbe. 2012 Sep 13;12(3):360-72. 30. Chu H, Wang JJ, Qi M,
Yoon JJ, Wen X, Chen X, Ding L, Spearman P. The intracellular virus-containing
compartments in primary human macrophages are largely inaccessible to antibodies
and small molecules. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e35297. 2009 31. Chu H, Wang JJ, Spearman P. Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 gag and host vesicular trafficking pathways. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2009;339:67-84. Review. |
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