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Benjamin Tsang
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Latest papers
Neuropeptide Y directly reduced apoptosis of granulosa cells, and the expression of NPY and its receptors in PCOS subjects.
Journal of ovarian research · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $1,055,700
Ethnic and racial disparity in endometriosis pathobiology, diagnosis, and treatment
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $6,000
Combination of plasma gelsolin with radiological imaging for prognostication of ovarian cancer
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
- $105,000
The relationship between disease progression and chemoresistance mediated by plasma gelsolin in epithelial ovarian cancer
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
1 publications.
Neuropeptide Y directly reduced apoptosis of granulosa cells, and the expression of NPY and its receptors in PCOS subjects.
Urata Y, Salehi R, Wyse BA, Jahangiri S, Librach CL, Tzeng CR, Osuga Y, Tsang B
Ethnic and racial disparity in endometriosis pathobiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Principal investigators: Singh, Sukhbir S; Tsang, Benjamin K
Keywords: Diagnostics; Endometriosis; Endometriotic Lesions; Ethnicity; Immunology; Machine Learning; Personalized Medicine; Proteomics; Race; Whole Genome Sequencing
Combination of plasma gelsolin with radiological imaging for prognostication of ovarian cancer
Principal investigators: Gerber, Emma
Keywords: Biomarker; Computed Tomography (Ct); Ovarian Cancer; Plasma Gelsolin (Pgsn); Prognostication; Survival Rate
The relationship between disease progression and chemoresistance mediated by plasma gelsolin in epithelial ovarian cancer
Principal investigators: Gerber, Emma
Keywords: Biomarkers; Cell Signaling; Chemoresistance; Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition; Epithelial Ovarian Cancer; Patient Survival; Plasma Gelsolin; Small Extracellular Vesicles; Tumour Microenvironment
The exosome-mediated role of plasma gelsolin in tumour cell -immune cell communication in the regulation of chemosensitivity in ovarian cancer
Principal investigators: Tsang, Benjamin K
Keywords: Apoptosis; Cell Signaling; Cell-Cell Communication; Chemoresistance; Exosomes; Gelsolin; Mouse Models; Ovarian Cancer; T-Lymphocytes; Tumour Microenvironment
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.
Principal investigators: Tsang, Benjamin K
Keywords: Akt; Gelsolin; Human Ovarian Tumour; Mitochondrial Fission And Fusion; Mitochondrial P53 Import; P53 Phosphorylation And Activation; Ppm1d; Xenograft
Regulation of Ovarian Follicular Development: Mechanisms of Dysregulation in PCOS.
Principal investigators: Tsang, Benjamin K
Keywords: Apoptosis; Chemerin; Differentiation; Follicular Cell Fate; Follicular Development And Atresia; Fsh; Gdf9; Gene And Mirna Array; Igf-1; Intracellular Signalling; Mirna; Ovary; Pcos; Proliferation; Sirna
Thyroid Hormone and Ovarian Follicle Growth and Steroidogenesis.
Principal investigators: Tsang, Benjamin K; Xia, Guoliang
Keywords: Cell Biology; Cell Cultures; Follicle Cultures; Gonadotripin Action; Hypothyroidism; Infertility; Molecular Biology; Oocyte-Derived Factors; Ovarian Follicular Growth; Thyroid Hormone
CIHR Training Program in Reproduction, Early Development, and the Impact on Health (REDIH)
Principal investigators: Baltz, Jay M; Clarke, Hugh J; Dufort, Daniel; Foster, Warren G; Gibb, William; Gruslin, Andree M; Hales, Barbara F; Kidder, Gerald M; Leader, Arthur; Leveille, Marie-Claude; Liu, Johne X; Macdonald, Colla J; Mann, Mellissa; McDonald, Sarah D; Murphy, Bruce D; Nisker, Jeffrey A; Richard, François; Robaire, Bernard; Sirard, Marc-André; Smith, Lawrence C; Tanphaichitr, Nongnuj; Trasler, Jacquetta M; Tsang, Benjamin K; Vanderhyden, Barbara C; Wade, Michael G; Walker, Mark C; Watson, Andrew J; Wen, Shi Wu; Yang, Kaiping; Yang, Qiuying
Keywords: Development; Ethics; Maternal Fetal Health; Origins Of Disease; Reproduction; Training
The healthy embryo research network
Principal investigators: Sirard, MarcAndré
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