中大職務
- 醫學院助理院長 (研究)
- 生物醫學學院教授
- 生物醫學學院腫瘤生物學及實驗藥物治療學主題研究組主管
專業範疇
- 表觀遺傳學
- 腫瘤生物學
教育及資歷
B.Sc. (CUHK), M.Phil. (CUHK), Ph.D. (CUHK)
專注研究
- 腫瘤表觀遺傳學
- 癌症免疫學及免疫治療
- 增強子的調控
- 肝癌的分子機制
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獎項及榮譽
西南醫科大學訪問教授, 2018
薩塞克斯大學「 阿薩‧布里格斯訪問學人獎」2017
香港中文大學青年學者研究成就獎, 2015
香港特別行政區政府食物及衞生局 Most Promising Young Investigator Award, 2014
香港中文大學High-impact Scholarship, 2012
香港中文大學傑出研究獎, 2012
歐洲消化系醫學年會Travel Grant Award for Basic Scientists, 2011, 2012, 2013
消化疾病周最佳摘要獎, 2008
美國癌症研究學會Eli Lilly Scholar-In-Training Award, 2006
美國癌症研究學會AFLAC Scholar-in-Training Award, 2004
美國癌症研究學會ITO EN, LTD. Scholar-in-Training Award, 2004
尢德爵士紀念基金獎學金, 2001
香港骨科醫學會第36屆週年會議獎項Arthur Yau Award, 1997
香港中文大學嗇色園獎學金, 1995
專業服務
- 中華人民共和國國務院國家科學技術部專家小組
- 日港台腫瘤表觀遺傳學工作小組創會主席及委員會成員
- 香港癌症研究所執行委員會成員
- Cancers 副編輯
- Frontiers in Genetics 副編輯
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 副編輯
- 香港免疫學會委員會成員
- 香港學者協會會員
- 美國癌症研究學會會員
中大教學職務
- 生物醫學理學士課程Course Coordinator
- 內外全科醫學士課程Course Coordinator
- 內外全科醫學士課程Distinction Viva in Biochemistry 主席
- 生物醫學碩士/博士課程研究生指導導師
- 內外全科醫學士課程環球醫學領袖培訓專修組別 (MBChB-GPS) 導師
- 生物醫學理學士課程遴選委員會成員
- 內外全科醫學士課程臨床前醫學教育委員會成員
- 新亞書院通識教育委員會委員
- 新亞書院環境保護委員會委員
- 新亞書院教職員聯誼會副主席
部分論文 (只有英文版本)
- Yuan T, Yang B, Qiu W, Hao Y, Zhang Z, Yang B, Li N, Cheng S, Lin Z, Rui YC, Cheung OK, Wu WK, Yang W, Cheung Y, Lai PB, Luo J, Sung JJ, Chen R, Wang H, Cheng AS*, Yang P*. (2019). ER-residential Nogo-B accelerates NAFLD-associated HCC mediated by metabolic reprogramming of oxLDL lipophagy. Nature Communications, 10(1):339
- Liu M, Zhou J, Liu X, Feng Y, Yang W, Wu F, Cheung OK, Sun H, Zeng X, Tang W, Mok MT, Wong J, Yeung PC, Lai PB, Jin H, Chen J, Chan SL, Chan AW, To KF, Chen Z, Sung JJ, Chen M, Cheng AS*. (2019). Targeting Monocyte-intrinsic Enhancer Reprogramming Improves Immunotherapy Efficacy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gut, doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317257. [Epub ahead of print]
- Xiong L, Wu F, Wu Q, Xu L, Cheung OK, Kang W, Mok MT, Szeto LLM, Lun CY, Lung RW, Zhang J, Yu KH, Lee SD, Huang G, Wang CM, Liu J, Yu Z, Yu DY, Chou JL, Huang WH, Feng B, Cheung YS, Lai PB, Tan P, Wong N, Chan MW, Huang TH, Yip KY*, Cheng AS*, To KF*. (2019). Aberrant enhancer hypomethylation contributes to hepatic carcinogenesis through global transcriptional reprogramming. Nature Communications, 10(1):335.
- Sun H, Yang W, Tian Y, Zeng X, Zhou J, Mok MTS, Tang W, Feng Y, Xu L, Chan AWH, Tong JH, Cheung YS, Lai PBS, Wang HKS, Tsang SW, Chow KL, Hu M, Liu R, Huang L, Yang B, Yang P, To KF, Sung JJY, Wong GLH*, Wong VWS*, Cheng AS*. (2018). An inflammatory-CCRK circuitry drives mTORC1-dependent metabolic and immunosuppressive reprogramming in obesity-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. Nature Communications, 9(1):5214.
- Zhou J, Liu M, Sun H, Feng Y, Xu L, Chan AWH, Tong JH, Wong J, Chong CCN, Lai PBS, Wang HK, Tsang SW, Goodwin T, Liu R, Huang L, Chen Z, Sung JJ, Chow KL, To KF, Cheng AS*. (2018). Hepatoma-intrinsic CCRK inhibition diminishes myeloid-derived suppressor cell immunosuppression and enhances immune-checkpoint blockade efficacy. Gut, 67, 931-944.
- Feng H, Yu Z, Tian Y, Lee YY, Li MS, Go MY, Cheung YS, Lai PB, Chan AM, To KF, Chan HL, Sung JJ, Cheng AS*. (2015). A CCRK-EZH2 epigenetic circuitry drives hepatocarcinogenesis and associates with tumor recurrence and poor survival of patients. Journal of Hepatology, 62(5), 1100-11
- Yu Z, Gao YQ, Feng H, Lee YY, Li MS, Tian Y, Go MY, Yu DY, Cheung YS, Lai PB, Yu J, Wong VW, Sung JJ, Chan HL, Cheng AS*. (2014). Cell cycle-related kinase mediates viral-host signalling to promote hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocarcinogenesis. Gut, 63(11), 1793-1804.
- Cheng AS*, Li MS, Kang W, Cheng VY, Chou JL, Lau SS, Go MY, Lee CC, Ling TK, Ng EK, Yu J, Huang TH, To KF, Chan MW, Sung JJ, Chan FK*. (2013). Helicobacter pylori causes epigenetic dysregulation of FOXD3 to promote gastric carcinogenesis. Gastroenterology, 144(1), 122-133.e9.
- Feng H, Cheng AS*, Tsang DP, Li MS, Go MY, Cheung YS, Zhao GJ, Ng SS, Lin MC, Yu J, Lai PB, To KF, Sung JJ*. (2011). Cell cycle–related kinase is a direct androgen receptor-regulated gene driving ß-catenin/T-cell factor-dependent hepatocarcinogenesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 121(8), 3159-3175.
- Cheng AS, Jin VX, Fan M, Smith LT, Liyanarachchi S, Yan PS, Leu YW, Chan MW, Plass C, Nephew KP, Davuluri RV, Huang TH. (2006). Combinatorial analysis of transcription factor partners reveals recruitment of c-MYC to estrogen receptor α-responsive promoters. Molecular Cell, 21(3), 393-404.
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