Publications
Lau Q, Igawa T, Ogino H, Katsura Y, Ikemura T, Satta Y, (2020) Heterogeneity of synonymous substitution rates in the Xenopus frog genome. PLoS ONE 15(8): e023651
Lau Q, Igawa T, Komaki S, Satta Y. (2020) Expression Changes of MHC and Other Immune Genes in Frog Skin during Ontogeny. Animals (Basel). 2020 Jan 6;10(1):91
Lo YH, Cheng HC, Hsiung CN, Yang SL, Wang HY, Peng CW, Chen CY, Lin KP, Kang ML, Chen CH, Chu HW, LIn CF, Lee MH, Lau Q, Satta Y, Lin CJ, Lin M, Chaw SM, Loo JH, Shen CY, Ko WY, (2020) Detecting genetic ancestry and adaptation in the Taiwanese Han people. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa276.
Lau Q, Igawa T, Kosch, TA., Satta Y. (2018) Selective constraint acting on TLR2 and TLR4 genes of Japanese Rana frogs. PeerJ 6:e4842
Kosch, T.A., Silva, C.N.S., Brannelly, L.A., Roberts, A.A., Lau, Q., Marantelli, G., Berger, L., Skerratt, L.F. (2018) Genetic potential for disease resistance in critically endangered amphibians decimated by chytridiomycosis. Animal Conservation doi:10.1111/acv.12459
Lau Q, Igawa T, Minei, R., Kosch, TA., Satta Y. (2017) Transcriptome analyses of immune tissues from three Japanese frogs (genus Rana) reveals their utility in characterizing major histocompatibility complex class II. BMC Genomics 18(1)
Lau Q, Igawa T, Komaki S, Satta Y. (2016) "Characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in Japanese Ranidae frogs." Immunogenetics 68(10):797-806
Komaki S, Lau Q, Igawa T (2016) "Living in a Japanese onsen: field observations and physiological measurements of hot spring amphibian tadpoles, Buergeria japonica" Amphibia-Reptilia 37(3):311-314
Lau Q, Yasukochi Y, Satta Y. (2015) "A limit to the divergent allele advantage model supported by variable pathogen recognition across HLA-DRB1 allele lineages." Tissue Antigens
Lau, Q., Chow, N., Gray, R., Gongora, J., Higgins, D.P. (2015) “Diversity of MHC DQB and DRB Genes in the Endangered Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea).”. J Hered esv022
Lau, Q., Griffith, J.E., Higgins, D.P. (2014) “Identification of MHCII variants associated with chlamydial disease in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).” PeerJ DOI:10.7717/peerj.443.
Lau, Q., Wilkin, T., Payne, E., Gray, R., Gongora, J., Higgins, D.P. (2014) “Primers for amplifying major histocompatibility complex class II DQB and DRB exon 2 in the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea).” Conserv Genet Resour DOI: 10.1007/s12686-014-0244-2.
Maher, I., Griffith, J.E., Lau, Q., Reeves, T., Higgins, D.P. (2014) "Expression profiles of CD4, CD8, Interferon gamma and Interleukins 4, 6 and 10, in mitogen-stimulated koala lymphocytes (Phascolarctos cinereus), using qRT-PCR" PeerJ DOI: 10.7717/peerj.280.
Higgins, D.P., Lau, Q., Maher, I. (2014) “Koala immunology and the koala retrovirus (KoRV).” In The Koala and its Retroviruses: Implications for Sustainability and Survival", ed. Pye, G.W., Johnson, R.N., Greenwood, A.D. Tech Rep Aust Mus, Online 24: 35–38.
Lau, Q., Jaratlerdsiri, W., Griffith, J.E., Gongora, J., Higgins, D.P. (2014) “MHC class II diversity of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations across their range.” Heredity DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.30.
Lau, Q., Jobbins, S.E., Belov, K., Higgins, D.P. (2013) “Characterisation of four major histocompatibility complex class II genes of the koala.” Immunogenetics 65(1):37-46.
Lau, Q., Canfield, P.J., Higgins, D.P. (2012) “Expression and in vitro upregulation of MHCII in koala lymphocytes.” Vet Immunol Immunopathol 147 (1–2):35-43.
Polkinghorne, E., Lau, Q., Cooney, G.J.,Kraegen, E.W., Cleasby, M.E. (2008) “Local activation of the IkappaK-NF-kappaB pathway in muscle does not cause insulin resistance.” Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 294(2): E316-E325.
Cleasby, M.E., Lau, Q., Polkinghorne, E., Patel, S.A., Leslie, S.J., Turner, N., Cooney, G.J., Xu, A., Kraegen, E.W. (2011) “The adaptor protein APPL1 increases glycogen accumulation in rat skeletal muscle through activation of the PI3-kinase signalling pathway.” J Endocrinol. 210(1):81-92.