Dr Wing M Kong

Publications


Journals

  • Preston-Shoot M; McKimm J; Kong WM; Smith S. (16 May 2011). Readiness for legally literate medical practice? Student perceptions of their undergraduate medico-legal education. Journal of Medical Ethics. DOI.
  • Kong WM; Vernon B; Boyd K; Gillon R; Farsides B; Stirrat G. (19 Jul 2011). Include medical ethics in the Research Excellence Framework. BMJ: British Medical Journal. 343:d3968-d3968. DOI.
  • Smith KL; Gardiner JV; Ward HL; Kong WM; Murphy KG; Martin NM; Ghatei MA; Bloom SR. (Oct 2008). Overexpression of CART in the PVN increases food intake and weight gain in rats. OBESITY. 16:2239-2244. DOI.
  • Bishop CL; Ramalho M; Nadkarni N; Kong WM; Higgins CF; Krauzewicz N. (Apr 2006). Role for centromeric heterochrornatin and PML nuclear bodies in the cellular response to foreign DNA. MOL CELL BIOL. 26:2583-2594. DOI.
  • Kim MS; Small CJ; Stanley SA; Morgan DG; Seal LJ; Kong WM; Edwards CM; Abusnana S; et alSunter D; Ghatei MA; Bloom SR. (Apr 2000). The central melanocortin system affects the hypothalamo-pituitary thyroid axis and may mediate the effect of leptin. J Clin Invest. 105:1005-1011. DOI.
  • Kong WM; Martin NM; Smith KL; Gardiner JV; Connoley IP; Stephens DA; Dhillo WS; Ghatei MA; et alSmall CJ; Bloom SR. (Nov 2004). Triiodothyronine stimulates food intake via the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus independent of changes in energy expenditure. Endocrinology. 145:5252-5258. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Gardiner JV; Kong WM; Ward H; Murphy KG; Dhillo WS; Bloom SR. (25 Feb 2005). AAV mediated expression of anti-sense neuropeptide Y cRNA in the arcuate nucleus of rats results in decreased weight gain and food intake. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 327:1088-1093. DOI.
  • Bewick GA; Dhillo WS; Darch SJ; Murphy KG; Gardiner JV; Jethwa PH; Kong WM; Ghatei MA; et alBloom SR. (Aug 2005). Hypothalamic cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and agouti-related protein (AgRP) neurons coexpress the NOP1 receptor and nociceptin alters CART and AgRP release. Endocrinology. 146:3526-3534. DOI.
  • Martin NM; Small CJ; Lee JL; Ellis S; Dhillo WS; Smith KL; Kong WM; Frost GS; et alBloom SR. (May 2007). Low-dose oral tri-iodothyronine does not directly increase food intake in man. Diabetes Obes Metab. 9:435-437. DOI.
  • Kong WM. (2005). Legitimate requests and indecent proposals: matters of justice in the ethical assessment of phase I trials involving competent patients. Journal of Medical Ethics. 31:205-208.
  • le Roux CW; Sivakumarn J; Alaghband-Zadeh J; Dhillo W; Kong WM; Wheeler MJ. (2002). Free cortisol index as a surrogate marker for serum free cortisol. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 39:406-406.
  • Kong WM; Sheikh M; Lumb P; Naoumova RP; Freedman D; Crook M; Dore C; Finer N. (2002). A Six Month Randomized Trial of Thyroxine Treatment in Mild Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Women. American Journal of Medicine. 112:348-354.
  • Kong WM; Alaghband-Zadeh J; Latham K; Carter G; O'Shea D. (1999). The Midnight to Morning Urinary Cortisol Increment Is an Accurate, Non-invasive Method for Assessment of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 84:3093-3098.
  • Kong WM. (Jul 2004). The Regulation of Gene Therapy Research In Competent Adult Patients, Today And Tomorrow: Implications Of EU Directive 2001/20/EC. Medical Law Review. 2, 12:164-180.
  • Stanley SA; Murphy KG; Bewick GA; Kong WM; Opacka-Juffry J; Gardiner JV; Ghatei M; Small CJ; et alBloom SR. (Sep 2004). Regulation of rat pituitary cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) by CRH and glucocorticoids. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 287:E583-E590. DOI.
  • Kong WM; Stanley S; Gardiner J; Abbott C; Murphy K; Seth A; Connoley I; Ghatei M; et alStephens D; Bloom S. (Sep 2003). A role for arcuate cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript in hyperphagia, thermogenesis, and cold adaptation. FASEB J. 17:1688-1690. DOI.
  • le Roux CW; Chapman GA; Kong WM; Dhillo WS; Jones J; Alaghband-Zadeh J. (May 2003). Free cortisol index is better than serum total cortisol in determining hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal status in patients undergoing surgery. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 88:2045-2048.
  • Ward H; Gardiner J; Kong WM; Murphy K; Bloom S. (Feb 2003). Distribution of fluorescence following injection of recombinant adeno-associated virus encoding green fluorescent protein into the paraventricular nucleus. Neuroendocrinology. 77:100-104. DOI.
  • le Roux CW; Sivakumaran S; Alaghband-Zadeh J; Dhillo W; Kong WM; Wheeler MJ. (Jul 2002). Free cortisol index as a surrogate marker for serum free cortisol. Ann Clin Biochem. 39:406-408.
  • Kong WM; Sheikh MH; Lumb PJ; Naoumova RP; Freedman DB; Crook M; Doré CJ; Finer N. (1 Apr 2002). A 6-month randomized trial of thyroxine treatment in women with mild subclinical hypothyroidism. Am J Med. 112:348-354.
  • Dhillo WS; Kong WM; Le Roux CW; Alaghband-Zadeh J; Jones J; Carter G; Mendoza N; Meeran K; et alO'Shea D. (Feb 2002). Cortisol-binding globulin is important in the interpretation of dynamic tests of the hypothalamic--pituitary--adrenal axis. Eur J Endocrinol. 146:231-235.

Other publications

  • Kong WM; Richardson J. (2010). Confidentiality and Privacy.
  • Kong WM; Richardson J. (2010). Patient Autonomy and Patient Ethics.
  • Kong WM; Richardson J. (2010). Vulnerable Patients and Patient Abuse.
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