Lina Kwong, PhD
Position title: Molecular and Cell Biologist, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Phone: Advisor: Dr. Patricia Keely
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Graduation: 07/2005
Research Interest: Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway. A hedgehog is a protein that is important during early development and involved in disease when not properly regulated. When inhibited, it can cause cyclopia.
Publications
- Fitzpatrick AL, Fried LP, Williamson J, Crowley P, Posey D, Kwong L, Bonk J, Moyer R, Chabot J, Kidoguchi L, Furberg CD, and DeKosky ST (2006).Recruitment of the elderly into a pharmacologic prevention trial: the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study experience. GEM Study Investigators. Contemp Clin Trials. 27:541-553. 4. PMID:16949348 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
- Sullivan SD, Kwong L, and Nutescu E (2006). Cost-effectiveness of fondaparinux compared with enoxaparin as prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. Value Health. 9:68-76. PMID:16626410 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
- Wozniak MA, Kwong L, Chodniewicz D, Klemke RL, and Keely PJ (2005). R-Ras controls membrane protrusion and cell migration through the spatial regulation of Ra and Rho. Mole Biol Cell. 16:84-06. PDF PMCID: PMC539154
- Wozniak MA, Modzelewska K, Kwong L, and Keely PJ (2004). Focal adhesion regulation of cell behavior. Biochem Biophys Acta. 1692:103-119. PDFPMID:15246682
- Kwong L, Wozniak M, Collins AS, Wilson SD, and Keely PJ (2003). R-Ras promotes focal adhesion formation through focal adhesion kinase and p130cas by a novel mechanism that differs from integrins. Mol Cell Biol. 23:933-949. PDFPMID:12529399