Dr Yau Chi Chan, Alex

MPhil (2003-2005) Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Currently Scientific Officer (Accreditation), Hong Kong Accreditation Service, Innovation and Technology Commission, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

• Chan YC, Leung FP, Tian XY, Yung LM, Lau CW, Chen ZY, Yao X, Laher I & Huang Y (2012) Raloxifene improves vascular reactivity in pressurized septal coronary arteries of ovariectomized hamsters fed cholesterol diet. Pharmacological Research 65(20):182-188.

• Chan YC, Leung FP, Wong WT, Tian TY, Yung LM, Lau CW, Tsang SY, Yao Y, Chen ZY, Huang Y (2010) Therapeutically relevant concentrations of raloxifene dilate pressurized rat resistance arteries via calcium-dependent eNOS activation. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 30(5):992-999.

• Leung FP, Tsang SY, Yung LM, Wong CM, Chan YC, Leung HS, Yao X & Huang Y (2007) Raloxifene, tamoxifen and vascular tone. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology (invited article to A Special Issue on Steroid Hormones and Vascular Function) 34:809-813.

• Chan YC, Leung FP, Yao X, Lau CW, Vanhoutte PM & Huang Y. (2007) Raloxifene modulates pulmonary vascular reactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 49(6):355-361.

• Chan YC, Leung FP, Yao X, Lau CW, Vanhoutte PM & Huang Y (2005) Raloxifene relaxes rat pulmonary arteries and veins: roles of gender, endothelium and antagonism of Ca2+ influx. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 312(3): 1266-1271.

• Chan YC, Yao X, Lau CW, Chan FL, He GW, Bourreau JP & Huang Y (2004) The relaxant effect of urocortin in the rat pulmonary resistance artery. Regulatory Peptides 121(1-3):11-18.

• Lau CW, Chan YC, Yao XQ, Chan FL, Chen ZY & Huang Y (2004) Nickel inhibits urocortin-induced relaxation in the rat pulmonary artery. European Journal of Pharmacology 488(1-3):169-172.

• Huang Y, Yao X, Lau CW, Chan YC, Tsang SY & Chan FL (2004) Urocortin and cardiovascular protection. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 25(3):257-265.