Author

Wai Kit Chan

Observed name: Wai‐Kit Chan

Institutions: Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh

Observed institutions: Macau University of Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh

ORCID: 0000-0002-8097-0802

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-8097-0802

OpenAlex ID: A5070061513

Natural small-molecule enhancers of autophagy induce autophagic cell death in apoptosis-defective cells

2014 · Betty Yuen Kwan Law, Wai Kit Chan, et al. · Scientific Reports · 152

Hernandezine, a novel AMPK activator induces autophagic cell death in drug-resistant cancers

2016 · Betty Yuen Kwan Law, Simon Wing Fai Mok, et al. · Oncotarget · 85

Frontal cortical α7 and α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in working and reference memory

2007 · Wai Kit Chan, Peter Tsun-Hon Wong, et al. · Neuropharmacology · 73

Cerebral organoids as tools to identify the developmental roots of autism

2020 · Wai Kit Chan, Rosie Griffiths, et al. · Molecular Autism · 59

Thalidezine, a novel AMPK activator, eliminates apoptosis-resistant cancer cells through energy-mediated autophagic cell death

2017 · Betty Yuen Kwan Law, Flora Gordillo-Martínez, et al. · Oncotarget · 40

Cerebral Organoids with Integrated Endothelial Networks Emulate the Neurovascular Unit and Mitigate Core Necrosis

2025 · Josep Fumadó Navarro, Siobhan Crilly, et al. · Advanced Science · 27

Pax6 limits the competence of developing cerebral cortical cells to respond to inductive intercellular signals

2022 · Martine Manuel, Kai Boon Tan, et al. · PLoS Biology · 20

2-O Heparan Sulfate Sulfation by Hs2st Is Required for Erk/Mapk Signalling Activation at the Mid-Gestational Mouse Telencephalic Midline

2015 · Wai Kit Chan, Katherine Howe, et al. · PLoS ONE · 20

The Drosophila orthologue of the primary ciliary dyskinesia-associated gene, DNAAF3 , is required for axonemal dynein assembly

2021 · Petra zur Lage, Zhiyan Xi, et al. · Biology Open · 14

Using organoids to study human brain development and evolution

2021 · Wai‐Kit Chan, Rana Fetit, et al. · Developmental Neurobiology · 8

Loss of PAX6 alters the excitatory to inhibitory neuronal ratio in human cerebral organoids

2026 · Wai Kit Chan, Shibla Abdulla, et al. · Development · 2

Role of differential heparan sulphate sulphation in Fgf/Erk signalling during mouse telencephalic development

2016 · Wai Kit Chan · ERA

Works count: 12

Citation count: 500

H-index: 9

I10-index: 9