Hong Y. Luo, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Biography
Expertise includes: Molecular hematology; Hemoglobin gene regulation.
Other Positions
- Member, Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, Boston University
- Boston Medical Center
Websites
Education
- Zhongshan Medical University, MD
- McMaster University, PhD
- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), MSc
Publications
- Published on 11/29/2017
Morrison TA, Wilcox I, Luo HY, Farrell JJ, Kurita R, Nakamura Y, Murphy GJ, Cui S, Steinberg MH, Chui DHK. A long noncoding RNA from the HBS1L-MYB intergenic region on chr6q23 regulates human fetal hemoglobin expression. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2018 03; 69:1-9. PMID: 29227829.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/27/2017
Jiang Z, Luo HY, Farrell JJ, Zhang Z, Schulz VP, Albarawi D, Steinberg MH, Al-Allawi NAS, Gallagher PG, Forget BG, Chui DHK. A variant Sp1 (R218Q) transcription factor might enhance HbF expression in ß0 -thalassaemia homozygotes. Br J Haematol. 2018 03; 180(5):755-757. PMID: 28240767.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/19/2017
Park S, Gianotti-Sommer A, Molina-Estevez FJ, Vanuytsel K, Skvir N, Leung A, Rozelle SS, Shaikho EM, Weir I, Jiang Z, Luo HY, Chui DHK, Figueiredo MS, Alsultan A, Al-Ali A, Sebastiani P, Steinberg MH, Mostoslavsky G, Murphy GJ. A Comprehensive, Ethnically Diverse Library of Sickle Cell Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Apr 11; 8(4):1076-1085. PMID: 28111279.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/22/2016
Vathipadiekal V, Farrell JJ, Wang S, Edward HL, Shappell H, Al-Rubaish AM, Al-Muhanna F, Naserullah Z, Alsuliman A, Qutub HO, Simkin I, Farrer LA, Jiang Z, Luo HY, Huang S, Mostoslavsky G, Murphy GJ, Patra PK, Chui DH, Alsultan A, Al-Ali AK, Sebastiani P, Steinberg MH. A candidate transacting modulator of fetal hemoglobin gene expression in the Arab-Indian haplotype of sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2016 Nov; 91(11):1118-1122. PMID: 27501013.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/28/2016
Luo HY, Chui DH. Diverse hematological phenotypes of ß-thalassemia carriers. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 Mar; 1368(1):49-55. PMID: 27123947.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/13/2016
Shaikho EM, Habara AH, Alsultan A, Al-Rubaish AM, Al-Muhanna F, Naserullah Z, Alsuliman A, Qutub HO, Patra PK, Sebastiani P, Baltrusaitis K, Farrell JJ, Jiang Z, Luo HY, Chui DH, Al-Ali AK, Steinberg MH. Variants of ZBTB7A (LRF) and its ß-globin gene cluster binding motifs in sickle cell anemia. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2016 07; 59:49-51. PMID: 27282567.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/13/2016
Jiang Z, Luo HY, Huang S, Farrell JJ, Davis L, Théberge R, Benson KA, Riolueang S, Viprakasit V, Al-Allawi NA, Ünal S, Gümrük F, Akar N, Basak AN, Osorio L, Badens C, Pissard S, Joly P, Campbell AD, Gallagher PG, Steinberg MH, Forget BG, Chui DH. The genetic basis of asymptomatic codon 8 frame-shift (HBB:c25_26delAA) ß(0) -thalassaemia homozygotes. Br J Haematol. 2016 Mar; 172(6):958-65. PMID: 26771086.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/27/2015
Dai Y, Sangerman J, Luo HY, Fucharoen S, Chui DH, Faller DV, Perrine SP. Therapeutic fetal-globin inducers reduce transcriptional repression in hemoglobinopathy erythroid progenitors through distinct mechanisms. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2016 Jan; 56(1):62-9. PMID: 26603726.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/15/2015
Akinbami AO, Campbell AD, Han ZJ, Luo HY, Chui DH, Steinberg MH. Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin Caused by Single Nucleotide Promoter Mutations in Sickle Cell Trait and Hb SC Disease. Hemoglobin. 2016; 40(1):64-5. PMID: 26372199.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/27/2014
Edward HL, Pisani LA, Rodriguez-Romero WE, Chaves-Villalobos J, Garcia-Quesada J, Harris NS, Luo HY, Steinberg MH, Forget BG, Chui DH. Hb Youngstown [ß101(G3)Glu???Ala; HBB: c.305A > C]: An unstable hemoglobin variant causing severe hemolytic anemia. Hemoglobin. 2014; 38(6):381-4. PMID: 25347256.
Read at: PubMed
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