Research Interests:
The role of inflammatory cytokines in the development of autoimmunity.
Role of anti-inflammatory compounds in experimental inflammatory models.
Academic Background:
Ph.D. (Immunology), University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 1998
B.Sc. (Immunology), University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 1993
Selected Publications:
Lai, W-Q., A.W. Irwan, H.H. Goh, H.S. Howe, D.T. Yu, R. Valle-Onate, I.B. McInnes, A.J. Melendez, and B.P. Leung. 2008. Anti-inflammatory effects of sphingosine kinase modulation in inflammatory arthritis. J. Immunol, 181:8010-8017.
Lai, W-Q., H.H. Goh, Z. Bao, W.S. Wong, A.J. Melendez, and B.P. Leung. 2008. The role of sphingosine kinase in a murine model of allergic asthma. J. Immunol. 180:4323-4329.
Leung, B.P., D. Xu, S. Culshaw, I.B. McInnes, and F.Y. Liew. 2004. A novel therapy of murine collagen-induced arthritis with soluble T1/ST2. J. Immunol. 173:145-150.
Leung, B.P., N. Sattar, A. Crilly, M. Prach, D.W. McCarey, H. Payne, R. Madhok, C. Campbell, J.A. Gracie, F.Y. Liew, and I.B. McInnes. 2003. A novel anti-inflammatory role for simvastatin in inflammatory arthritis. J. Immunol. 170:1524-1530.
Leung, B.P., M. Conacher, D. Hunter, I.B. McInnes, F.Y. Liew, and J.M. Brewer. 2002. A novel dendritic cell-induced model of erosive inflammatory arthritis: distinct roles for dendritic cells in T cell activation and induction of local inflammation. J. Immunol. 169:7071-7077.
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