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Prof Lee Kok Onn

URL:

https://www.nuh.com.sg/medicine

Designations:

Senior Consultant, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital

Qualifications:

BSc, MBBCh, MD (Belfast), FRCP(Ed), FRCP(Ire), FRCP, FRACP, FAMS (Singapore)

Specialties:

Medicine

Sub-Specialties:

Endocrinology

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Biosketch

Prof Lee sees primarily non-diabetes endocrinology patients with pituitary, adrenal, bone or gonadal disorders. His research has been mainly in the scientific areas of thyrotrophin (TSH), thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP), and the growth hormone (GH)/ insulin-like growth factor(IGF)/ and IGF-binding protein (IGFBP) axis. Prof Lee's present research interests include the relationship between the GH/IGF/IGFBP axis and cancer.

Journals & Publications

Loke KY, Yap HK, Zhou X, Tan SP, Chao SM, Lee KO (1997). Efficacy and safety of one year growth hormone therapy in steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome. J Pediatrics 130: 793.
Ng EH, Ji CY, Tan PH, Lin V, Soo KC, Lee KO (1998) Altered serum levels of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in breast cancer patients. Ann Surgical Oncology (New York) 5: 194
Miao Z-R, Lin TK, Bongso A, Zhou X, Cohen P, Lee KO (1998) Effect of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF binding proteins on in vitro sperm function. Clinical Endocrinol 49: 235.
Kaulsay KK, Ng EH, Ji CY, Ho GH, Aw TC, Lee KO (1999). Serum insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-6 and prostate specific antigen (PSA) in breast cancer. European J Endocrinol 140: 164.
How HK, Yeoh A, Quah TC, Oh Y, Rosenfeld RG, Lee KO (1999). Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) and IGFBP-related protein 1(IGFBP-rP1) in cerebrospinal fluid of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. JCE&M 84:1283
Kaulsay KK, Mertani HC, Lee KO, Lobie PE (2000) Autocrine growth hormone enhancement of mammary carcinoma cell spreading is JAK2 dependent. Endocrinology 141:1571
Zhou X, Loke KY, Pillai CC, How HK, Yap HK, Lee KO (2001). Insulin-Like Growth Factors (IGFs) and IGF-Binding Proteins in Short Children with Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome on Chronic Glucocorticoids. European J Endocrinol 144: 237.
(Li T, Vu TH), Lee KO, Yang YW, Nguyen CV, Bui HQ, Zeng ZL, Nguyen BT, Hu JF, Murphy SK, Jirtle RL, Hoffman AR. (2002) An imprinted PEG1/MEST antisense expressed predominantly in testis and in mature spermatozoa. JBC 277: 13518.