Ong Wei Yi
B.D.S., Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Chair, LSI Neurobiology Programme Steering Committee, NUS
Centre for Life Sciences
National University of Singapore
28 Medical Drive, #05-01, Singapore 117456
Tel: 6516 3662
Email: antongwy@nus.edu.sg

Major Research Interests

Recent Publications

1: Kamarudin JBM, Sun B, Foo ASC, Lim XY, Judd H, Tan X, Tan XH, Razar RBBA, Liu M, Zhong J, Chua JJE, Ng CWQ, Goh JCH, Tan TZ, Parikh BH, Su X, Kumar AP, Ong WY, Yamaguchi N, Set SY, Yip GW, Zhang Y, Teh DBL. SIRIUS, Ultra-Scintillating Upconversion Breast Implant for Remote Orthotopic Photodynamic Therapy. ACS Nano. 2023 Jun 27;17(12):11593-11606. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01916. Epub 2023 Jun 12. PMID: 37306553.
2: Farooqui AA, Farooqui T, Sun GY, Lin TN, Teh DBL, Ong WY. COVID-19, Blood Lipid Changes, and Thrombosis. Biomedicines. 2023 Apr 15;11(4):1181. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11041181. PMID: 37189799; PMCID: PMC10135929.
3: Leow DM, Cheah IK, Fong ZW, Halliwell B, Ong WY. Protective Effect of Ergothioneine against 7-Ketocholesterol-Induced Mitochondrial Damage in hCMEC/D3 Human Brain Endothelial Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 13;24(6):5498. doi: 10.3390/ijms24065498. PMID: 36982572; PMCID: PMC10056831.
4: Ong WY, Kao MH, Cheung WM, Leow DM, Cheah IK, Lin TN. Protective Effect of Ergothioneine Against Stroke in Rodent Models. Neuromolecular Med. 2023 Jun;25(2):205-216. doi: 10.1007/s12017-022 08727-w. Epub 2022 Oct 19. PMID: 36261765.
5: Ong WY, Leow DM, Herr DR, Yeo CJ. What Do Randomized Controlled Trials Inform Us About Potential Disease-Modifying Strategies for Parkinson’s Disease? Neuromolecular Med. 2023 Mar;25(1):1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12017-022-08718-x. Epub 2022 Jul 1. PMID: 35776238.
6: Ong WY, Herr DR, Sun GY, Lin TN. Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Phytochemical Components of Clinacanthus nutans. Molecules. 2022 Jun 4;27(11):3607. doi: 10.3390/molecules27113607. PMID: 35684542; PMCID: PMC9182488.
7: Ong WY, Satish RL, Herr DR. ACE2, Circumventricular Organs and the Hypothalamus, and COVID-19. Neuromolecular Med. 2022 Dec;24(4):363-373. doi: 10.1007/s12017-022-08706-1. Epub 2022 Apr 22. PMID: 35451691; PMCID: PMC9023728.
8: Soh S, Ong WY. Effect of Withanolide A on 7-Ketocholesterol Induced Cytotoxicity in hCMEC/D3 Brain Endothelial Cells. Cells. 2022 Jan 28;11(3):457. doi: 10.3390/cells11030457. PMID: 35159267; PMCID: PMC8834337.
9: Jo J, Yang L, Tran HD, Yu W, Sun AX, Chang YY, Jung BC, Lee SJ, Saw TY, Xiao B, Khoo ATT, Yaw LP, Xie JJ, Lokman H, Ong WY, Lim GGY, Lim KL, Tan EK, Ng HH, Je HS. Lewy Body-like Inclusions in Human Midbrain Organoids Carrying Glucocerebrosidase and α-Synuclein Mutations. Ann Neurol. 2021 Sep;90(3):490-505. doi: 10.1002/ana.26166. Epub 2021 Aug 10. PMID: 34288055; PMCID: PMC9543721.
10: Chandrakanthan M, Nguyen TQ, Hasan Z, Muralidharan S, Vu TM, Li AWL, Le UTN, Thi Thuy Ha H, Baik SH, Tan SH, Foo JC, Wenk MR, Cazenave-Gassiot A, Torta F, Ong WY, Chan MYY, Nguyen LN. Deletion of Mfsd2b impairs thrombotic functions of platelets. Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 16;12(1):2286. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22642-x. PMID: 33863882; PMCID: PMC8052357.
11: Xiang P, Chew WS, Seow WL, Lam BWS, Ong WY, Herr DR. The S1P2 receptor regulates blood-brain barrier integrity and leukocyte extravasation with implications for neurodegenerative disease. Neurochem Int. 2021 Jun;146:105018. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2021.105018. Epub 2021 Mar 13. PMID: 33727061.
12: Gunaseelan S, Wang Z, Tong VKJ, Ming SWS, Razar RBBA, Srimasorn S, Ong WY, Lim KL, Chua JJE. Loss of FEZ1, a gene deleted in Jacobsen syndrome, causes locomotion defects and early mortality by impairing motor neuron development. Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Mar 25;30(1):5-20. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa281. PMID: 33395696.
13: Lam BWS, Yam TYA, Chen CP, Lai MKP, Ong WY, Herr DR. The noncanonical chronicles: Emerging roles of sphingolipid structural variants. Cell Signal. 2021 Mar;79:109890. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109890. Epub 2020 Dec 28. PMID: 33359087.
14: Chua XY, Ho LTY, Xiang P, Chew WS, Lam BWS, Chen CP, Ong WY, Lai MKP, Herr DR. Preclinical and Clinical Evidence for the Involvement of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Signaling in the Pathophysiology of Vascular Cognitive Impairment. Neuromolecular Med. 2021 Mar;23(1):47-67. doi: 10.1007/s12017-020-08632-0. Epub 2020 Nov 12. PMID: 33180310.
15: Kuo X, Herr DR, Ong WY. Anti-inflammatory and Cytoprotective Effect of Clinacanthus nutans Leaf But Not Stem Extracts on 7-Ketocholesterol Induced Brain Endothelial Cell Injury. Neuromolecular Med. 2021 Mar;23(1):176-183. doi: 10.1007/s12017-020-08621-3. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33085066.
16: Koh SS, Ooi SC, Lui NM, Qiong C, Ho LT, Cheah IK, Halliwell B, Herr DR, Ong WY. Effect of Ergothioneine on 7-Ketocholesterol-Induced Endothelial Injury. Neuromolecular Med. 2021 Mar;23(1):184-198. doi: 10.1007/s12017-020-08620-4. Epub 2020 Oct 16. PMID: 33067719; PMCID: PMC7567423.
17: Kao MH, Wu JS, Cheung WM, Chen JJ, Sun GY, Ong WY, Herr DR, Lin TN. Clinacanthus nutans Mitigates Neuronal Death and Reduces Ischemic Brain Injury: Role of NF-κB-driven IL-1β Transcription. Neuromolecular Med. 2021 Mar;23(1):199-210. doi: 10.1007/s12017-020-08618-y. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33025396.
18: Ong WY, Go ML, Wang DY, Cheah IK, Halliwell B. Effects of Antimalarial Drugs on Neuroinflammation-Potential Use for Treatment of COVID-19-Related Neurologic Complications. Mol Neurobiol. 2021 Jan;58(1):106-117. doi: 10.1007/s12035-020-02093-z. Epub 2020 Sep 8. PMID: 32897518; PMCID: PMC7477069.