Selected Publications (*denotes the corresponding author, #indicates the equal contribution to the work and shared the first authorship)
Yu AP, Chin EC, Yu DJ, Fong DY, Cheng CP, Hu X, Wei GX, Siu PM*. Tai Chi versus conventional exercise for improving cognitive function in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):8868. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12526-5
Siu PM#*, Yu AP#, Chin EC, Yu DS, Hui SS, Woo J, Fong DY, Wei GX, Irwin MR. Effects of Tai Chi or Conventional Exercise on Central Obesity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults : A Three-Group Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2021;174(8):1050-7. doi: 10.7326/m20-7014
Siu PM#*, Yu AP#, Tam BT, Chin EC, Yu DS, Chung KF, Hui SS, Woo J, Fong DY, Lee PH, Wei GX, Irwin MR. Effects of Tai Chi or Exercise on Sleep in Older Adults With Insomnia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(2):e2037199. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37199
Yu AP, Ugwu FN, Tam BT, Lee PH, Ma V, Pang S, Chow AS, Cheng KK, Lai CW, Wong CS, Siu PM*. Obestatin and growth hormone reveal the interaction of central obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors of metabolic syndrome. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):5495. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62271-w
Yu AP, Ugwu FN, Tam BT, Lee PH, Lai CW, Wong CSC, Lam WW, Sheridan S, Siu PM*. One Year of Yoga Training Alters Ghrelin Axis in Centrally Obese Adults With Metabolic Syndrome. Front Physiol. 2018;9:1321. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01321
Yu AP, Ugwu FN, Tam BT, Lee PH, Lai CW, Wong CSC, Siu PM*. Ghrelin Axis Reveals the Interacting Influence of Central Obesity and Hypertension. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018;9:534. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00534
Yu AP#, Tam BT#, Lai CW, Yu DS, Woo J, Chung KF, Hui SS, Liu JY, Wei GX, Siu PM*. Revealing the Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Beneficial Effects of Tai Chi: A Neuroimaging Perspective. Am J Chin Med. 2018;46(2):231-59. doi: 10.1142/s0192415x18500131
Tam BT#, Yu AP#, Tam EW, Monks DA, Wang XP, Pei XM, Koh SP, Sin TK, Law HKW, Ugwu FN, Supriya R, Yung BY, Yip SP, Wong SC, Chan LW, Lai CW, Ouyang P, Siu PM*. Ablation of Bax and Bak protects skeletal muscle against pressure-induced injury. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):3689. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21853-5
Yu AP, Pei XM, Sin TK, Yip SP, Yung BY, Chan LW, Wong CS, Siu PM*. [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6 exhibits pro-autophagic effects on skeletal muscle. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015;401:155-64. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.09.031
Yu AP, Pei XM, Sin TK, Yip SP, Yung BY, Chan LW, Wong CS, Siu PM*. Acylated and unacylated ghrelin inhibit doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in skeletal muscle. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2014;211(1):201-13. doi: 10.1111/apha.12263