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  • 黃欣鋒Yan-Fung Wong 黃欣鋒老師 ORCID
    助研究員Assistant Research Fellow
    • 專長:Stem Cell and Organoid Biology, Chromatin Regulation
    • 信箱:wong@as.edu.tw
    • 電話:02-2789-9524
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    • 位置:R301/ICOB
經歷簡介展開收合
2025-present
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2014-2024
Senior Researcher, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2009-2013
Research Scientist, Lab. for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Japan.
2008
Ph.D. in Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
研究方向展開收合
細胞增殖在胚胎發育過程中扮演著至關重要的角色。內胚層(endoderm)的前驅幹細胞(Stem Cell Progenitor)在增殖階段會逐漸形成各類消化器官的雛形結構。人類多能幹細胞(hPSCs)具備分化為所有胚層的潛力,然而快速分化後常停留在未成熟狀態,這種現象限制了它們在研究人類早期器官形成中的應用,同時也削弱了其實際價值。若能在分化過程中融入前驅細胞的增殖階段,則有望提升細胞穩定性並加速其成熟。
 
本實驗室在該領域取得了一些重要進展。我們成功從分化過程中的人類多能幹細胞中提取並增殖出多種前驅幹細胞,例如腹側前腸(Ventral Foregut)前驅幹細胞。我們的研究顯示,這些前驅幹細胞在增殖階段通過激活特定器官的增強子,可以顯著提升分化效能。由這些前驅幹細胞生成的分化細胞不僅提高了產量,還顯著改善了品質。
 
這項創新方法模擬了人類胚胎發育過程,不僅加深了我們對早期胚胎發育機制的理解,也為再生醫學提供了巨大潛力。該方法能生產符合治療需求及疾病模型研究所需的高品質細胞。目前,我們正集中研究前驅細胞增殖的表觀遺傳調控機制,並開發肝、胰、膽系統的類器官模型,以深入探索消化器官內代謝與表觀遺傳之間的密切關係。
代表著作展開收合
  1. Wong YF*, Kumar Y*, Proks M, Herrera JAR, Rothová MM, Monteiro RS, Pozzi S, Jennings RE, Hanley NA, Bickmore WA, Brickman JM. Expansion of ventral foregut is linked to changes in the enhancer landscape for organ-specific differentiation. Nature Cell Biology. 2023 Mar;25(3):481-492 (*: Equal contribution)
  2. Rothová MM, Nielsen AV, Proks M, Wong YF, Riveiro AR, Linneberg-Agerholm M, David E, Amit I, Trusina A, Brickman JM. Identification of the central intermediate in the extra-embryonic to embryonic endoderm transition through single-cell transcriptomics. Nature Cell Biology. 2022 Jun;24(6):833-844. 
  3. Nakamura A*, Wong YF*, Venturato A, Michaut M, Venkateswaran S, Santra M, Gonçalves C, Larsen M, Leuschner M, Kim YH, Brickman J, Bradley M, Grapin-Botton A. Long-term feeder-free culture of human pancreatic progenitors on fibronectin or matrix-free polymer potentiates β cell differentiation. Stem Cell Reports. 2022 May 10;17(5):1215-1228. (*: Equal contribution)
  4. Linneberg-Agerholm M*, Wong YF*, Romero Herrera JA, Monteiro RS, Anderson KGV, Brickman JM. Naïve human pluripotent stem cells respond to Wnt, Nodal and LIF signalling to produce expandable naïve extra-embryonic endoderm. Development. 2019 Dec 16;146(24). (*: Equal contribution)
  5. Wong YF**, Micklem CN, Taguchi M, Itonaga H, Sawayama Y, Imanishi D, Nishikawa S, Miyazaki Y, Jakt LM**. Longitudinal Analysis of DNA Methylation in CD34+ Hematopoietic Progenitors in Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2014 Oct;3(10):1188-98.  (**: Correspondence)
  6. Itonaga H, Imanishi D, Wong YF, Sato S, Ando K, Sawayama Y, Sasaki D, Tsuruda K, Hasegawa H, Imaizumi Y, Taguchi J, Tsushima H, Yoshida S, Fukushima T, Hata T, Moriuchi Y, Yanagihara K, Miyazaki Y. Expression of myeloperoxidase in acute myeloid leukemia blasts mirrors the distinct DNA methylation pattern involving the downregulation of DNA methyltransferase DNMT3B. Leukemia. 2014 Jul;28(7):1459-66.