Publications and Fundings

Tung W.L, Du S.Y...et. al. Hor C.H.H.* (2026) RAB23 regulates endocytic uptake of ACE2 to govern SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry. FasebJ (under review) 

Mo, S.T., Cheng, I.C., Chan, H.H., Tong, K.Y., Li, Z., Liu, Y., Leung, K.S., Ren, K. and Hor, C.H.H.*, (2026). Formulation and Delivery Systems of Cocaine and Methamphetamine Scent Mimics. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2026(1), p.2222059.

Alexander, C., Cheung, T. L., Kumar, C. A., Hor, C. H.H., Li, H., Zou, X., & Parker, D. (2026). Synthesis and preliminary assessment of fluorescent probes based on the competitive GPCR antagonists vismodegib and masupirdine. RSC Advances, 16(20), 17745-17752.

Du Y.H., Tung W.L., Wu H.H. et al.,... Tan C.W. & Hor C.H.H.* (2025) Primary cilium and TULP3-dependent ciliary targeting of ACE2 in SARS-CoV-2 tropism. Cell Communication and Signaling  23, 515. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-025-02519-y

Huang A.S., Li A.S.M., & Hor C.H.H.* (2025) Primary cilia in the Mature Brain: Emerging Roles in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 13:1650884. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2025.1650884

Leong WY, Tung WL, Wilkie AOM, Hor C.H.H.* (2025) RAB23 loss-of-function mutation causes context-dependent ciliopathy in Carpenter syndrome. PLoS Genetics 21(8): e1011611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011611  *Cover Article

Chau, Y. Y., Liang, H., Tung, W. L., Hor, C. H. H.*, & Aik, W. S.* (2025). Structural basis for Rab23 activation and a loss-of-function mutation in Carpenter Syndrome. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 301(1).

Ho, W. K., Lum, J. T. S., Lam, T. K., Yip, T. N., Hor, C. H. H., & Leung, K. S. Y*. (2024). Quantifying the effects of chlorine disinfection on microplastics by time-resolved inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Science of The Total Environment, 954, 176132.

Ho, W., Law, J. C., Lo, J. C., Chng, I. K., Hor, C. H. H., Leung, K. S. Y.* (2022) Sorption Behavior, Speciation, and Toxicity of Microplastic-Bound Chromium in Multisolute Systems. Environmental Science and Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00689

Yang Q. J., Wang Z.h., Hor C.H.H., Xiao H. T., Bian Z. X., & Wang J. (2022). Asymmetric synthesis of flavanols via Cu-catalyzed kinetic resolution of chromenes and their anti-inflammatory activity. Science Advances, 8 (22), eabm9603.

M Ye, WQ Huang, ZX Li, CX Wang, T Liu, YZ Chen, CHH Hor, WL Man, WX Ni (2022) An Osmium(VI) Nitride Triggers Mitochondria-induced Oncosis and Apoptosis. Chem. Commun. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05148B

Lo, J. C. W., Wong, W. L., Hor, C. H. H.* (2021) Efficient and Cost Effective Electroporation Method to Study Primary Cilium-dependent Signaling Pathways in the Granule Cell Precursor. J. Vis. Exp. (177), e63283, doi:10.3791/63283.

CHH Hor*, JCW LO, ALS Cham, WY Leong and EL Goh* (2021) Multifaceted functions of Rab23 on primary cilium- and Hedgehog signaling-mediated cerebellar granule cell proliferation. Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (32) 6850-6863 *Co-corresponding author * Cover article. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/41/32/6850

Zhu, Y., Huang, A., Panczuk, T., Hor, C. H. H.*, Wong, K. L.*, & Li, L*. (2021). Persistent luminescence induced by the introduction of multi-valent Mn ions in K2LiBF6 (B= Al, Ga and In) fluoride phosphors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 132421.

CHH Hor and EL Goh (2019) Small GTPases in Hedgehog signaling: emerging insights into the disease mechanism of ciliopathies. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 56, 61-68 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959437X18301072

CW Tan, CHH Hor, SS Kwek, IC Sam, YF Chan, EL Goh, EE Ooi, LF Wang. (2019) Cell surface α2,3-linked sialic acid facilitates Zika virus internalization. Emerging Microbes and Infections. 8 (1), 426-437

CHH Hor and BL Tang. (2019) Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) as a genetically simple model of multifaceted neuropathology resulting from defects in autophagy. Reviews in the neurosciences. 30(3), 261-277

CHH Hor and EL Goh (2018) Rab23 regulates radial migration of projection neurons via N-cadherin. Cerebral Cortex, 28(4), 1516-1531. *Cover article. https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/28/4/1516/4840630?login=false

CHH Hor*, BL Tang and EL Goh* (2018) Rab23 and developmental disorders. Reviews in the neurosciences. 29 (8) 849-860 *Co-corresponding author https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/revneuro-2017-0110/html

W Pan, HH Hor, CC Hui, MH Sham (2017) Regulation of mammalian hindbrain neural progenitor proliferation and differentiation by Suppressor of fused and β-catenin. Mechanisms of Dev 145, S123

CHH Hor, H Liou and EL Goh (2017) Rab23 Regulates Radial Migration of Projection Neurons via PDGFRα-Mediated Expression of N-cadherin. Mechanisms of Dev 145, S118.

T Ng, CHH Hor, B Chew, J Zhao, Z Zhong, JR Ryu, and EL Goh (2016) Neuropilin 2 signaling is involved in cell positioning of adult-born neurons through GSK3b. J Biol. Chem., 291(48): 25088-25095.

Y Chen, HH Hor and BL Tang (2012) AMIGO is expressed in multiple brain cell types and may regulate dendritic growth and neuronal survival. J Cell Physiol. 227(5), 2217-2229.