Professor Kenrie Hui received her Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology in The University of Hong Kong, and her postdoctoral training at Centre of Influenza Research, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong.

Since her Ph.D. study, she works on the innate immunity during influenza A (H5N1) infection, signalling pathways of cytokine induction including the role of innate sensing receptors in cytokine induction and amplification of cytokine production.

Her research interests focus on understanding the pathogenesis of emerging respiratory viruses including highly pathogenic influenza A viruses, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, exploring cellular targets as novel therapeutic options for severe influenza diseases and COVID-19 diseases, and examining the tropism and immune responses of these emerging respiratory viruses in ex vivo cultures and primary cell models derived from human respiratory tract.

Professor Hui was awarded Croucher Foundation Research Studentships and Butterfield-Croucher Studentship during her Ph.D. study. She received the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Grant and Promising Investigator Scholarship in the Options for the Control of Influenza VII in 2010 and Keystone Symposia Scholarship and Travel Award in 2011. She was awarded the Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award in 2019.

1. Hui KPY, Ho JCW, Cheung MC, Ng KC, Ching RHH, Lai KL, Kam TT, Gu H, Sit KY, Hsin MKY, Au TWK, Poon LLM, Peiris M, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human bronchus and lung ex vivo. Nature. 2022 Feb 1. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04479-6. (Impact factor: 49.962, ranked 1 out of 110 under the category of “Multidisciplinary”)
2. Zhou Z*, Hui KPY*, So RTY, Lv H, Perera RAPM, Chu DKW, Gelaye E, Oyas H, Njagi O, Abayneh T, Kuria W, Walelign E, Wanglia R, El Masry I, Von Dobschuetz S, Kalpravidh W, Chevalier V, Miguel E, Fassi-Fihri O, Trarore A, Liang W, Wang Y, Nicholls JM, Zhao J, Chan MCW, Poon LLM, Mok CKP, Peiris M. (2021) Phenotypic and genetic characterization of MERS coronaviruses from Africa to understand their zoonotic potential. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A;118(25):e2103984118. *Co-first author. (Impact factor: 9.41, ranked 8 out of 71 under the category of “Multidisciplinary Sciences”).
3. Hui KPY, Cheung MC, Lai KL, Ng KC, Ho JCW, Peiris JSM, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW (2021) Role of epithelial-endothelial cell interaction in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May; 10.1093/cid/ciab406 (Impact factor: 8.313, ranked 3 out of 92 under the category of “Infectious Diseases”)
4. Lo HS*, Hui KPY*, Lai H-M*, He X, Khan KS, Kaur S, Huang J, Li Z, Chan AKN, Cheung HH-Y, Ng K-C, Ho JCW, Chen YW, Ma B, Cheung PM-H, Shin D, Wang K, Lee M-H, Selisko B, Eydoux C, Guillemot J-C, Canard B, Wu K-P, Liang P-H, Dikic I, Zuo Z, Chan FKL, Hui DSC, Mok VCT, Wong K-B, Mok CKP, Ko H, Aik WS, Chan MCW, Ng W-L (2021) Simeprevir Potently Suppresses SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Synergizes with Remdesivir. ACS Central Science 2021. *Co-first author. (Impact factor: 12.685, ranked 16 out of 177 under the category of “Chemistry, Multidisiplinary”)
5. Chu DKW*, Hui KPY*, Gu H, Ko RLW, Krishnan P, Ng DYM, Liu GYZ, Wan CKC, Cheung MC, Ng KC, Nicholls JM, Tsang DNC, Peiris M, Chan MCW, Poon LLM (2021) Introduction of ORF3a-Q57H SARS-CoV-2 Variant Causing Fourth Epidemic Wave of COVID-19, Hong Kong, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 May; 27(5):1492-1495. *Co-first author. (Impact factor: 6.259, ranked 7 out of 92 under the category of “Infectious Diseases”)
6. Hui KPY, Cheung MC, Perera RAMP, Ng KC, Bui CHT, Ho JCW, Ng MMT, Kuok DIT, Shih KC, Tsao SW, Poon LLM, Peiris JSM, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW (2020) Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Jul ;8(7):687-695 (Impact factor: 25.09, ranked 1 out of 64 under the category of “Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine”)
7. Hui KPY, Peiris JSM, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW (2020) SARS-CoV-2 infection in conjunctival tissue. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Jul; 8(7) e58 (Impact factor: 25.09, ranked 1 out of 64 under the category of “Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine”)
8. Bui CHT, Kuok DIT, Yeung HW, Ng KC, Chu DKW, Webby RJ, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM, Hui KPY, Chan MCW (2021) Risk Assessment for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6/H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4 Viruses. Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Oct;27(10):2619-2627. doi: 10.3201/eid2710.210297. (Impact factor: 6.259, ranked 7 out of 92 under the category of “Infectious Diseases”)
9. Bui CHT, Yeung HW, Ho JCW, Leung CYH, Hui KPY, Perera RAPM, Webby RJ, Schultz-Cherry SL, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM, Chan MCW (2021) Tropism of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and influenza virus in canine tissue explants. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 Jan (Impact factor: 5.02, ranked 11 out of 92 under the category of “Infectious Diseases”)
10. Chu DKW, Pan Y, Cheng SMS, Hui KPY, Krishnan P, Liu Y, Ng DYM, Wan CKC, Yang P, Wang Q, Peiris M, Poon LLM. Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia. Clin Chem. 2020 Apr 1;66(4):549-555. (Impact factor: 7.29, ranked 1 out of 29 under the category of “Medical Laboratory Technology”)
11. Chin AWH, Chu JTS, Perera MRA, Hui KPY, Yen HL, Chan MCW, Peiris M, Poon LLM (2020) Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions. The Lancet Microbe. 2020 May 1; 1(1) E10
12. Choy KT, Wong AY, Kaewpreedee P, Sia SF, Chen D, Hui KPY, Chu DKW, Chan MCW, Cheung PP, Huang X, Peiris M, Yen HL. Remdesivir, lopinavir, emetine, and homoharringtonine inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro. Antiviral research 2020: 178: 104786. (Impact factor: 4.1, ranked 56 out of 270 under the category of “Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Virology”).
13. Chan LLY*, Hui KPY*, Kuok DIT, Bui CHT, Ng KC, Mok CKP, Yang ZF,, Guan W, Poon LLM, Zhong N, Peiris JSM, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW (2019) Risk Assessment of the Tropism and Pathogenesis of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A/H7N9 Virus Using Ex Vivo and In Vitro Cultures of Human Respiratory Tract. J Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 18. pii: jiz165. (Impact factor: 5.02, ranked 11 out of 93 under the category of “Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology”) *Co-first author. 
14. Loy H, Kuok DIT, Hui KPY, Choi MHL, Yuen W, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM, Chan MCW (2019) Therapeutic Implications of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Attenuating Influenza A(H5N1) Virus-Associated Acute Lung Injury. J Infect Dis. 2019. Jan 7;219(2):186-196 (Impact factor: 5.02, ranked 11 out of 93 under the category of “Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology”)
15. Hui KPY, Ching RHH, Chan SKH, Nicholls JM, Sachs N, Clevers H, Peiris JSM, Chan MCW (2018) Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of influenza virus: an analysis of human airway organoids and ex-vivo bronchus cultures. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2018 Nov;6(11):846-854 (Impact factor: 25.09, ranked 1 out of 64 under the category of “Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine”).
16. Li HS, Kuok DIT, Cheung MC, Ng MMT, Ng KC, Hui KPY, Peiris JSM, Chan MCW, Nicholls JM (2018) Effect of interferon alpha and cyclosporine treatment separately and in combination on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) replication in a human in-vitro and ex-vivo culture model. Antiviral Res. 2018 Jul; 155:89-96 (Impact factor: 4.1, ranked 56 out of 270 under the category of “Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Virology”).
17. Chu DKW*, Hui KPY*, Perera RAPM, Miguel E, Niemeyer D, Zhao J, Channappanavar R, Dudas G, Oladipo JO, Traoré A, Fassi-Fihri O, Ali A, Demissié GF, Muth D, Chan MCW, Nicholls JM, Meyerholz DK, Kuranga SA, Mamo G, Zhou Z, So RTY, Hemida MG, Webby RJ, Roger F, Rambaut A, Poon LLM, Perlman S, Drosten C, Chevalier V, Peiris M. MERS coronaviruses from camels in Africa exhibit region-dependent genetic diversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Mar 20;115(12):3144-3149. (Impact factor: 9.41, ranked 8 out of 71 under the category of “Multidisciplinary Sciences”). *Co-first author. 
18. Hui KP, Chan LLY, Kuok DIT, Mok CKP, Yang ZF, Li RF, Luk GSM, Lee EF, Lai JCC, Yen HL, Zhu HC, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM, Chan MCW. Tropism and innate host responses of influenza A/H5N6 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract. European Respiratory Journal, 2017 Mar 8;49(3). (Impact factor: 12.34, ranked 4 out of 64 under the category of “Respiratory System”).
19. Hui KP, Li HS, Cheung MC, Chan RW, Yuen KM, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM, Chan MC. Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3. Sci Rep, 2016 Jun 27;6:28593.  (Impact factor: 4.00, ranked 17 out of 71 under the category of “Multidisciplinary Sciences”).
20. Hui KP, Kuok DI, Kang SS, Li HS, Ng MM, Bui CH, Peiris JS, Chan RW, Chan MC (2015) Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research, 2015 Jul;119, 1-7. (Impact factor: 4.1, ranked 56 out of 270 under the category of “Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Virology”)
21. MCW Chan, DIT Kuok, CYH Leung, KPY Hui, Valkenburg SA, Lau EH, Nicholls JM, Fang X, Guan Y, Lee JW, Chan RW, Webster RG, Matthay MA, Peiris JS. Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, PNAS, 2016 Mar;113(13):3621-6. (Impact factor: 9.41, ranked 8 out of 71 under the category of “Multidisciplinary Sciences”).
22. Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JS. Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract. Lancet Respir Med. 2013 Sep;1(7), 534-42. (Impact factor: 25.09, ranked 1 out of 64 under the category of “Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine”).
23. Cheung CY, Chan EY, Krasnoselsky A, Purdy D, Navare AT, Bryan JT, Leung CK, Hui KP, Peiris JS, Katze MG. H5N1 virus causes significant perturbations in host proteome very early in influenza virus-infected primary human monocyte-derived macrophages. J Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 1;206(5), 640-5. (Impact factor: 5.02, ranked 11 out of 93 under the category of “Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology”).
24. Hui K.P.Y., Lee M.Y., Cheung C.Y., Mao H., Lai A.K.W., Chan R.W.Y., Chan M.C.W., Tu W., Guan Y., Lau Y.L. and Peiris J.S.M. H5N1 Influenza Virus-induced Mediators Up-regulate RIG-I in Uninfected Cells by Paracrine Effects Contributing to Amplified Cytokine Cascades, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011, 204, 1866-78. (Impact factor: 5.02, ranked 11 out of 93 under the category of “Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology”).
25. Peiris J.S.M., Hui K.P.Y. and Yen H. Host response to influenza virus: protection versus immunopathology, Current Opinion in Immunology, 2010, 22, 475-481. (Impact factor: 7.29, ,ranked 20 out of 158 under the category of “Immunology").
26. Hui K.P.Y., Lee M.Y., Cheung C.Y., Ng I.H.Y., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Ip N.Y.Y., Lau A.S.Y. and Peiris J.S.M. Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in primary human macrophages by influenza A virus (H5N1) is selectively regulated by IFN regulatory factor 3 and p38 MAPK, The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 182, 1088-1098. ((Impact factor: 4.89, ranked 44 out of 158 under the category of “Immunology").