Tatfong Ng, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Biography
Dr. Tat Fong Ng is a Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Ng received his PhD in Anatomy from the University of Hong Kong. He is passionate about translational research that improves the concepts or the products that can help improve human health. He has a long track record of managing a state of the art laboratory with focus on both in vitro and in vivo research including histopathology, development of biomaterials and medical devices, biomarker and in vivo model development. He has a very collaborative and sharing nature, and always interested and flexible to learn new technologies and methods, and adapts fast to new environments and projects.
Keywords:
Immunology, ophthalmology, immunoassays, micro-surgeries, surgeries, dissections, retinal transplantation, transplantation into the kidney capsule, cells injection, immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging, fluorescent imaging, histomorphometry, histopathology, histology including paraffin sectioning, frozen sectioning, plastic sectioning, cell culture, PCR, western blot, electrophoresis.
Education
- University of Hong Kong, PhD
- University of Hong Kong, MPhil
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, BS
Publications
- Published on 12/20/2024
Sanjiv N, Ng TF, Taylor AW. Induction of Retinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Mouse Eye Model. J Vis Exp. 2024 Dec 20; (214). PMID: 39760354.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/27/2024
Ng TF, Cho JY, Zhao JL, Gardiner JR, Wang ES, Leung E, Xu Z, Fineman SL, Lituchy M, Lo AC, Taylor AW. Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Maintains Retinal Homeostasis after Ischemia/Reperfusion. Biomolecules. 2024 Apr 27; 14(5). PMID: 38785932.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/8/2023
Ng TF, Taylor AW. Stimulating the Melanocortin System in Uveitis and Diabetes Preserves the Structure and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Retina. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 08; 24(8). PMID: 37108092.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/20/2022
Ng TF, Dawit K, Taylor AW. Melanocortin receptor agonists suppress experimental autoimmune uveitis. Exp Eye Res. 2022 May; 218:108986. PMID: 35196505.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/13/2021
Taylor AW, Hsu S, Ng TF. The Role of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Regulation of Macrophages/Microglial Cells in Retinal Immunobiology. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:724601. PMID: 34484232.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/13/2021
Sanjiv N, Osathanugrah P, Fraser E, Ng TF, Taylor AW. Extracellular Soluble Membranes from Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Mediate Apoptosis in Macrophages. Cells. 2021 05 13; 10(5). PMID: 34068205.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/22/2021
Ng TF, Manhapra A, Cluckey D, Choe Y, Vajram S, Taylor AW. Melanocortin 5 Receptor Expression and Recovery of Ocular Immune Privilege after Uveitis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2022 May 19; 30(4):876-886. PMID: 33617397.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2018
Benque IJ, Xia P, Shannon R, Ng TF, Taylor AW. The Neuropeptides of Ocular Immune Privilege, a-MSH and NPY, Suppress Phagosome Maturation in Macrophages. Immunohorizons. 2018 Nov; 2(10):314-323. PMID: 30613828.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/12/2018
Taylor AW, Ng TF. Negative regulators that mediate ocular immune privilege. J Leukoc Biol. 2018 Feb 12. PMID: 29431864.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2017
Wang E, Choe Y, Ng TF, Taylor AW. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Suppress Phagolysosome Activation in Macrophages. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 Feb 01; 58(2):1266-1273. PMID: 28241314.
Read at: PubMed
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