Dr. WANG Pui

PhD

Scientific Officer

Email: puiwang@hku.hk

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-1130

research focus

  1. Development of bivalent live attenuated influenza vaccines.
  2. Pathogenecity of emerging viruses in human and animal model.
  3. Molecular mechanism for host restriction of virus replication and cross species transmission of emerging viruses.

selected publications

  1. Zhang R, Chan KH, Wang P, Zhou R, Yau HK, Wong CK, Au MW, Tam AR, Ng CT, Lou MK, Liu N, Huang H, Deng S, Tam RC, Liu Y, Long T, Tsoi HW, Ng MKW, Cai JP, To KK, Yuen MF, Chen Z, Chen H, Yuen KY, Hung IF. A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled and Dose-Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of the Intranasal DelNS1-nCoV-RBD LAIV for COVID-19 in Healthy Adults. Vaccines (Basel). 2023;11(4).
  2. Deng S, Liu Y, Tam RC, Chen P, Zhang AJ, Mok BW, Long T, Kukic A, Zhou R, Xu H, Song W, Chan JF, To KK, Chen Z, Yuen KY, Wang P*, Chen H*. An intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine prevents SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory tissues of mice and hamsters. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):2081.
  3. Zhou R*, Wang P*, Wong YC*, Xu H, Lau SY, Liu L, Mok BW, Peng Q, Liu N, Woo KF, Deng S, Tam RC, Huang H, Zhang AJ, Zhou D, Zhou B, Chan CY, Du Z, Yang D, Au KK, Yuen KY, Chen H, Chen Z. Nasal prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection by intranasal influenza-based boost vaccination in mouse models. EBioMedicine. 2022;75:103762.
  4. Chen J*, Wang P*, Yuan L, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhao H, Chen C, Wang X, Han J, Chen Y, Jia J, Lu Z, Hong J, Lu Z, Wang Q, Chen R, Qi R, Ma J, Zhou M, Yu H, Zhuang C, Liu X, Han Q, Wang G, Su Y, Yuan Q, Cheng T, Wu T, Ye X, Zhang T, Li C, Zhang J, Zhu H, Chen Y, Chen H, Xia N. A live attenuated virus-based intranasal COVID-19 vaccine provides rapid, prolonged, and broad protection against SARS-CoV-2. Sci Bull (Beijing). 2022;67(13):1372-87.
  5. Wang P, Lau SY, Deng S, Chen P, Mok BW, Zhang AJ, Lee AC, Chan KH, Tam RC, Xu H, Zhou R, Song W, Liu L, To KK, Chan JF, Chen Z, Yuen KY, Chen H. Characterization of an attenuated SARS-CoV-2 variant with a deletion at the S1/S2 junction of the spike protein. Nat Commun. 2021;12(1):2790.
  6. Lau SY*, Wang P*, Mok BW*, Zhang AJ, Chu H, Lee AC, Deng S, Chen P, Chan KH, Song W, Chen Z, To KK, Chan JF, Yuen KY, Chen H. Attenuated SARS-CoV-2 variants with deletions at the S1/S2 junction. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020;9(1):837-42.
  7. Wang P*, Zheng M*, Lau SY, Chen P, Mok BW, Liu S, Liu H, Huang X, Cremin CJ, Song W, Chen Y, Wong YC, Huang H, To KK, Chen Z, Xia N, Yuen KY, Chen H. Generation of DelNS1 Influenza Viruses: a Strategy for Optimizing Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines. mBio. 2019;10(5).
  8. Wang P, Song W, Mok BW, Zheng M, Lau SY, Liu S, Chen P, Huang X, Liu H, Cremin CJ, Chen H. The PB2 Polymerase Host Adaptation Substitutions Prime Avian Indonesia Sub Clade 2.1 H5N1 Viruses for Infecting Humans. Viruses. 2019;11(3).
  9. Huang X, Zheng M, Wang P, Mok BW, Liu S, Lau SY, Chen P, Liu YC, Liu H, Chen Y, Song W, Yuen KY, Chen H. An NS-segment exonic splicing enhancer regulates influenza A virus replication in mammalian cells. Nat Commun. 2017;8:14751.
  10. Zheng M, Wang P, Song W, Lau SY, Liu S, Huang X, Mok BW, Liu YC, Chen Y, Yuen KY, Chen H. An A14U Substitution in the 3′ Noncoding Region of the M Segment of Viral RNA Supports Replication of Influenza Virus with an NS1 Deletion by Modulating Alternative Splicing of M Segment mRNAs. J Virol. 2015;89(20):10273-85.
  11. Lee AC, Zhu H, Zhang AJ, Li C, Wang P, Li C, Chen H, Hung IF, To KK, Yuen KY. Suboptimal Humoral Immune Response against Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Is Related to Its Internal Genes. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015;22(12):1235-43.
  12. Song W*, Wang P*, Mok BW, Lau SY, Huang X, Wu WL, Zheng M, Wen X, Yang S, Chen Y, Li L, Yuen KY, Chen H. The K526R substitution in viral protein PB2 enhances the effects of E627K on influenza virus replication. Nat Commun. 2014;5:5509.
  13. Chen Y, Liang W, Yang S, Wu N, Gao H, Sheng J, Yao H, Wo J, Fang Q, Cui D, Li Y, Yao X, Zhang Y, Wu H, Zheng S, Diao H, Xia S, Zhang Y, Chan KH, Tsoi HW, Teng JL, Song W, Wang P, Lau SY, Zheng M, Chan JF, To KK, Chen H, Li L, Yuen KY. Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome. Lancet. 2013;381(9881):1916-25.
  14. Mok BW, Song W, Wang P, Tai H, Chen Y, Zheng M, Wen X, Lau SY, Wu WL, Matsumoto K, Yuen KY, Chen H. The NS1 protein of influenza A virus interacts with cellular processing bodies and stress granules through RNA-associated protein 55 (RAP55) during virus infection. J Virol. 2012;86(23):12695-707.
  15. Kao RY, Yang D, Lau LS, Tsui WH, Hu L, Dai J, Chan MP, Chan CM, Wang P, Zheng BJ, Sun J, Huang JD, Madar J, Chen G, Chen H, Guan Y, Yuen KY. Identification of influenza A nucleoprotein as an antiviral target. Nat Biotechnol. 2010;28(6):600-5.
  16. Wang P, Song W, Mok BW, Zhao P, Qin K, Lai A, Smith GJ, Zhang J, Lin T, Guan Y, Chen H. Nuclear factor 90 negatively regulates influenza virus replication by interacting with viral nucleoprotein. J Virol. 2009;83(16):7850-61.