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Asst Prof Foo Jia Nee
Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
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Chew EG, Liu Z, Li Z, Chung SJ, Lian MM, Tandiono M, Heng YJ, Ng EY, Tan LC, Chng WL, Tan TJ, Peh EK, Ho YS, Chen XY, Lim EY, Chang CH, Leong JJ, Peh TX, Chan LL, Chao Y, Au WL, Prakash KM, Lim JL, Tay YW, Mok V, Chan AY, Lin JJ, Jeon BS, Song K, Tham CC, Pang CP, Ahn J, Park KH, Wiggs JL, Aung T, Tan AH, Ahmad Annuar A, Makarious MB, Blauwendraat C, Nalls MA, Robak LA, Alcalay RN, Gan-Or Z, Reynolds R, Lim SY, Xia Y, Khor CC*, Tan EK*, Wang Z*, Foo JN*. Exome sequencing in Asian populations identifies low-frequency and rare coding variation influencing Parkinson’s disease risk Nat Aging. 2024 Nov 21. doi: 10.1038/s43587-024-00760-7. Online ahead of print. *indicates joint senior and corresponding authorship
Kim JJ, Vitale D, Otani DV, Lian MM, Heilbron K; 23andMe Research Team; Iwaki H, Lake J, Solsberg CW, Leonard H, Makarious MB, Tan EK, Singleton AB, Bandres-Ciga S, Noyce AJ; Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2); Blauwendraat C*, Nalls MA*, Foo JN*, Mata I*. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease. Nat Genet. 2024 Jan;56(1):27-36. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01584-8. Epub 2023 Dec 28. *indicates joint senior and corresponding authorship
Liu M, Zhang C, Gong X, Zhang T, Lian MM, Chew EGY, Cardilla A, Suzuki K, Wang H, Yuan Y, Li Y, Naik MY, Wang Y, Zhou B, Soon WZ, Aizawa E, Li P, Low JH, Tandiono M, Montagud E, Moya-Rull D, Rodriguez Esteban C, Luque Y, Fang M, Khor CC, Montserrat N, Campistol JM, Izpisua Belmonte JC*, Foo JN*, Xia Y*. Kidney organoid models reveal cilium-autophagy metabolic axis as a therapeutic target for PKD both in vitro and in vivo. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 Jan 4;31(1):52-70.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.12.003. *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Sia MW, Foo JN, Saffari SE, Wong AS, Khor CC, Yuan JM, Tan EK, Koh WP, Tan LC. Polygenic Risk Scores in a Prospective Parkinson's Disease Cohort. Mov Disord. 2021 Dec;36(12):2936-2940. doi: 10.1002/mds.28761. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
Chao YX, Lee B, Ng EY, Lian MM, Chew EGY, Tandiono M, Li Z, Khor CC, Kumar P, Tan LCS, Foo JN*, Tan EK*. Association analysis of PSAP variants in Parkinson's disease patients. Brain. 2020 Nov 22:awaa358. *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Foo JN*, Chew EG, Chung J, Peng R, Blauwendraat C, Nalls MA, Mok JY, IPDGC, Satake W, Toda T, Chao YX, Tan LC, Tandiono M, Lian MM, Ng EY, Prakash KM, Au WL, Meah WY, Mok SQ, Ahmad-Annuar A, Chan AY, Chen L, Chen Y, Jeon BS, Jiang L, Lim JL, Lin JJ, Liu C, Mao C, Mok V, Pei Z, Shang HF, Shi CH, Song K, Tan AH, Wu YR, Xu YM, Xu R, Yan Y, Yang J, Zhang BR, Koh WP, Lim SY, Khor CC, Liu J, Tan EK. Identification of Risk Loci for Parkinson Disease in Asians and Comparison of Risk Between Asians and Europeans: A Genome-Wide Association Study. JAMA Neurol 2020 Apr 20 online *corresponding author
Foo JN*, Xia Y* Polycystic kidney disease: new knowledge and future promises. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2019. 56:69-75 Review *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Low JH, Li P, Chew EGY, Zhou B, Suzuki K, Zhang T, Lian MM, Liu M, Aizawa E, Rodriguez Esteban C, Yong KSM, Chen Q, Campistol JM, Fang M, Khor CC, Foo JN*, Izpisua Belmonte JC*, Xia Y*. Generation of human PSC-derived kidney organoids with patterned nephron segments and a de novo vascular network. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 Jul 11, Epub ahead of print. *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Chew EGY, Tan LCS, Au WL, Prakash KM, Liu J, Foo JN*, Tan EK*. ITPKB and ZNF184 are associated with Parkinson's disease risk in East Asians. Neurobiol Aging. 2019 Feb 2. pii: S0197-4580(19)30040-5. Epub ahead of print *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Chew EGY, Liany H, Tan LCS, Au WL, Prakash KM, Annuar AA, Chan AYY, Lim SY, Mok V, Chung SJ, Song K, Liu J, Foo JN*, Tan EK* Evaluation of novel Parkinson's disease candidate genes in the Chinese population. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 Sep 21 Epub ahead of print *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Foo JN*, Tan LC, Au WL, Prakash KM, Liu J, Tan EK*. No association of DNM3 with age of onset in Asian Parkinson's disease. Eur J Neurol. 2018 Aug 22. Epub ahead of print *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Chew EG, Foo JN, Tan EK. Identifying genes in Parkinson disease: state of the art. Med J Aust 2018.208 (9):381-382. Review
Ng AS#, Tan YJ, Yi Z, Tandiono M, Chew E, Dominguez J, Macas M, Ng E, Hameed S, Ting S, Tan EK, Foo JN*#, Kandiah N*. Targeted exome sequencing reveals homozygous TREM2 R47C mutation presenting with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia without bone involvement. Neurobiol Aging 2018 Apr 16. Epub ahead of print *indicates joint senior authorship and #corresponding authorship
Foo JN, Tan LC, Irwan ID, Au WL, Low HQ, Prakash KM, Ahmad-Annuar A, Bei J, Chan AY, Chen CM, Chen YC, Chung SJ, Deng H, Lim SY, Mok V, Pang H, Pei Z, Peng R, Shang HF, Song K, Tan AH, Wu YR, Aung T, Cheng CY, Chew FT, Chew SH, Chong SA, Ebstein RP, Lee J, Saw SM, Seow A, Subramaniam M, Tai ES, Vithana EN, Wong TY, Heng KK, Meah WY, Khor CC, Liu H, Zhang F, Liu J, Tan EK. Genome-wide association study of Parkinson's disease in East Asians. Hum Mol Genet 2016 26(1):226-232
Tan DE*, Foo JN*, Bei JX*, Chang J*, Peng R, Zheng X, Wei L, Huang Y, Lim WY, Li J, Cui Q, Chew SH, Ebstein RP, Kuperan P, Lim ST, Tao M, Tan SH, Wong A, Wong GC, Tan SY, Ng SB, Zeng YX, Khor CC, Lin D, Seow AL, Jia WH, Liu J. Genome-wide association study of B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma identifies 3q27 as a susceptibility locus in the Chinese population. Nat Genet. 2013 Jul;45(7):804-7. doi: 10.1038/ng.2666. Epub 2013 Jun 9. *indicates co-first authorship
Foo JN, Liu J, Tan EK. Next-generation sequencing diagnostics for neurological diseases/disorders: from a clinical perspective. Hum Genet. 2013 Jul;132(7):721-34. doi: 10.1007/s00439-013-1287-2. Epub 2013 Mar 23. Review
Foo JN, Liu JJ, Tan EK. Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing in neurological diseases. Nat Rev Neurol. 2012 Sep;8(9):508-17. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.148. Epub 2012 Jul 31. Review
Ji W*, Foo JN*, O'Roak BJ, Zhao H, Larson MG, Simon DB, Newton-Cheh C, State MW, Levy D, Lifton RP. Rare independent mutations in renal salt handling genes contribute to blood pressure variation. Nat Genet. 2008 May;40(5):592-599. doi: 10.1038/ng.118. Epub 2008 Apr 6. *indicates co-first authorship
Kim JJ, Vitale D, Otani DV, Lian MM, Heilbron K; 23andMe Research Team; Iwaki H, Lake J, Solsberg CW, Leonard H, Makarious MB, Tan EK, Singleton AB, Bandres-Ciga S, Noyce AJ; Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2); Blauwendraat C*, Nalls MA*, Foo JN*, Mata I*. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease. Nat Genet. 2024 Jan;56(1):27-36. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01584-8. Epub 2023 Dec 28. *indicates joint senior and corresponding authorship
Liu M, Zhang C, Gong X, Zhang T, Lian MM, Chew EGY, Cardilla A, Suzuki K, Wang H, Yuan Y, Li Y, Naik MY, Wang Y, Zhou B, Soon WZ, Aizawa E, Li P, Low JH, Tandiono M, Montagud E, Moya-Rull D, Rodriguez Esteban C, Luque Y, Fang M, Khor CC, Montserrat N, Campistol JM, Izpisua Belmonte JC*, Foo JN*, Xia Y*. Kidney organoid models reveal cilium-autophagy metabolic axis as a therapeutic target for PKD both in vitro and in vivo. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 Jan 4;31(1):52-70.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.12.003. *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Sia MW, Foo JN, Saffari SE, Wong AS, Khor CC, Yuan JM, Tan EK, Koh WP, Tan LC. Polygenic Risk Scores in a Prospective Parkinson's Disease Cohort. Mov Disord. 2021 Dec;36(12):2936-2940. doi: 10.1002/mds.28761. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
Chao YX, Lee B, Ng EY, Lian MM, Chew EGY, Tandiono M, Li Z, Khor CC, Kumar P, Tan LCS, Foo JN*, Tan EK*. Association analysis of PSAP variants in Parkinson's disease patients. Brain. 2020 Nov 22:awaa358. *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Foo JN*, Chew EG, Chung J, Peng R, Blauwendraat C, Nalls MA, Mok JY, IPDGC, Satake W, Toda T, Chao YX, Tan LC, Tandiono M, Lian MM, Ng EY, Prakash KM, Au WL, Meah WY, Mok SQ, Ahmad-Annuar A, Chan AY, Chen L, Chen Y, Jeon BS, Jiang L, Lim JL, Lin JJ, Liu C, Mao C, Mok V, Pei Z, Shang HF, Shi CH, Song K, Tan AH, Wu YR, Xu YM, Xu R, Yan Y, Yang J, Zhang BR, Koh WP, Lim SY, Khor CC, Liu J, Tan EK. Identification of Risk Loci for Parkinson Disease in Asians and Comparison of Risk Between Asians and Europeans: A Genome-Wide Association Study. JAMA Neurol 2020 Apr 20 online *corresponding author
Foo JN*, Xia Y* Polycystic kidney disease: new knowledge and future promises. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2019. 56:69-75 Review *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Low JH, Li P, Chew EGY, Zhou B, Suzuki K, Zhang T, Lian MM, Liu M, Aizawa E, Rodriguez Esteban C, Yong KSM, Chen Q, Campistol JM, Fang M, Khor CC, Foo JN*, Izpisua Belmonte JC*, Xia Y*. Generation of human PSC-derived kidney organoids with patterned nephron segments and a de novo vascular network. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 Jul 11, Epub ahead of print. *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Chew EGY, Tan LCS, Au WL, Prakash KM, Liu J, Foo JN*, Tan EK*. ITPKB and ZNF184 are associated with Parkinson's disease risk in East Asians. Neurobiol Aging. 2019 Feb 2. pii: S0197-4580(19)30040-5. Epub ahead of print *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Chew EGY, Liany H, Tan LCS, Au WL, Prakash KM, Annuar AA, Chan AYY, Lim SY, Mok V, Chung SJ, Song K, Liu J, Foo JN*, Tan EK* Evaluation of novel Parkinson's disease candidate genes in the Chinese population. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 Sep 21 Epub ahead of print *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Foo JN*, Tan LC, Au WL, Prakash KM, Liu J, Tan EK*. No association of DNM3 with age of onset in Asian Parkinson's disease. Eur J Neurol. 2018 Aug 22. Epub ahead of print *indicates joint corresponding authorship
Chew EG, Foo JN, Tan EK. Identifying genes in Parkinson disease: state of the art. Med J Aust 2018.208 (9):381-382. Review
Ng AS#, Tan YJ, Yi Z, Tandiono M, Chew E, Dominguez J, Macas M, Ng E, Hameed S, Ting S, Tan EK, Foo JN*#, Kandiah N*. Targeted exome sequencing reveals homozygous TREM2 R47C mutation presenting with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia without bone involvement. Neurobiol Aging 2018 Apr 16. Epub ahead of print *indicates joint senior authorship and #corresponding authorship
Foo JN, Tan LC, Irwan ID, Au WL, Low HQ, Prakash KM, Ahmad-Annuar A, Bei J, Chan AY, Chen CM, Chen YC, Chung SJ, Deng H, Lim SY, Mok V, Pang H, Pei Z, Peng R, Shang HF, Song K, Tan AH, Wu YR, Aung T, Cheng CY, Chew FT, Chew SH, Chong SA, Ebstein RP, Lee J, Saw SM, Seow A, Subramaniam M, Tai ES, Vithana EN, Wong TY, Heng KK, Meah WY, Khor CC, Liu H, Zhang F, Liu J, Tan EK. Genome-wide association study of Parkinson's disease in East Asians. Hum Mol Genet 2016 26(1):226-232
Tan DE*, Foo JN*, Bei JX*, Chang J*, Peng R, Zheng X, Wei L, Huang Y, Lim WY, Li J, Cui Q, Chew SH, Ebstein RP, Kuperan P, Lim ST, Tao M, Tan SH, Wong A, Wong GC, Tan SY, Ng SB, Zeng YX, Khor CC, Lin D, Seow AL, Jia WH, Liu J. Genome-wide association study of B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma identifies 3q27 as a susceptibility locus in the Chinese population. Nat Genet. 2013 Jul;45(7):804-7. doi: 10.1038/ng.2666. Epub 2013 Jun 9. *indicates co-first authorship
Foo JN, Liu J, Tan EK. Next-generation sequencing diagnostics for neurological diseases/disorders: from a clinical perspective. Hum Genet. 2013 Jul;132(7):721-34. doi: 10.1007/s00439-013-1287-2. Epub 2013 Mar 23. Review
Foo JN, Liu JJ, Tan EK. Whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing in neurological diseases. Nat Rev Neurol. 2012 Sep;8(9):508-17. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.148. Epub 2012 Jul 31. Review
Ji W*, Foo JN*, O'Roak BJ, Zhao H, Larson MG, Simon DB, Newton-Cheh C, State MW, Levy D, Lifton RP. Rare independent mutations in renal salt handling genes contribute to blood pressure variation. Nat Genet. 2008 May;40(5):592-599. doi: 10.1038/ng.118. Epub 2008 Apr 6. *indicates co-first authorship
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