Aggarwal Priyanka*, Lifan Wei*, Yuping Cao, Qin Liu, Julian A. Guttman**, Qiyao Wang, Ka Yin Leung**. 2019. Edwardsiella induces microtubule-severing in host epithelial cells. Microbiological Research 229:126325.
Ahmed Sayed, Smarajit Chakraborty, Ka Yin Leung, Shigeki Sugii, Yu Keung Mok. 2020. Trxlp, a thioredoxin-like effector from Edwardsiella piscicida inhibits cellular redox signaling and nuclear translocation of NF-κB. International J Biological Macromolecules 148:89-101.
Yuping Cao, Yigal Achmon, Sima Yaron**, Bupe A. Siame, Ka Yin Leung**. Burkholderiaceae and multidrug resistance genes are key players in resistome development in a germfree soil model. 2021. mSystems. 6(6):e0098821. **co-corresponding authors.
Ka Yin Leung**, Qiyao Wang**, Zhiyun Yang, Anthony B. Siame. Edwardsiella piscicida, a versatile emerging pathogen of fish. Virulence. 2019, 10(1):555-567. **co-corresponding authors.
Mei Zhuang*, Yigal Achmon*, Yuping Cao, Xiaomin Liang, Liang Chen, Hui Wang, Bupe Anthony Siame, Ka Yin Leung. Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment. *co-first authors. Environmental Pollution. 2021, 285:117402. (ESI highly sited paper)
Ka Yin Leung**, Qiyao Wang, Xiaochang Zheng, Mei Zhuang, Zhiyun Yang, Shuai Shao, Yigal Achmon, Bupe A. Siame**. Versatile lifestyles of Edwardsiella: free-living, pathogen, and core bacterium of the aquatic resistome. Virulence. 2021. **co-corresponding authors.
Mei Zhuang, Waner Yan, Yifei Xiong, Zhilin Wu, Yuping Cao, Liang Chen**, Edmond Sanganyado, Bupe A. Siame, Kashi Yechezkel, Ka Yin Leung**. Horizontal plasmid transfer drives antibiotic resistance in intensive bullfrog farms as emerging aquatic resistome hospsots. (in preparation)
Yuping Cao, Huihong Li, Anthony B. Siame, Sima Yaron**, and Ka Yin Leung**. Unraveling the Hidden World of Caves Reveals the Key Role of Multidrug Efflux Pumps in Formation of Resistomes. (in preparation)
