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    Iatrogenic Kaposi sarcoma of the small bowel in Crohn’s disease following short-term use of immunomodulators: a case report and review of the literature

    Kaposi sarcoma is a vascular tumor highly related to human herpesvirus-8 and Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus. Kaposi sarcoma usually manifests as skin or mucosal lesions; involvement in visceral organs s...

    Pei-Jui Wu, Chi-Shu Sun, Hsing-Tao Kuo, Ming-Jen Sheu in Journal of Medical Case Reports (2022)

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    Anti-sense morpholino oligonucleotide assay shows critical involvement for NF-κB activation in the production of Wnt-1 protein by HepG2 cells: oncology implications

    The link of proto-oncogenic protein Wnt-1 production with NF-κB activation has been functionally demonstrated in PC12 cells, a rat pheochromocytoma cell line of neural crest lineage, while it is not yet verified ...

    Chi-Shu Sun, Kuan-Ta Wu, Hao-Hsien Lee, Yih-Huei Uen in Journal of Biomedical Science (2008)

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    HBcAg-specific CD4+CD25+regulatory T cells modulate immune tolerance and acute exacerbation on the natural history of chronic hepatitis B virus infection

    Acute exacerbations (AEs) of chronic hepatitis B (CH-B) are accompanied by increased T cell responses to hepatitis B core and e antigens (HBcAg/HBeAg). Why patients are immunotolerant (IT) to the virus and why...

    I-Che Feng, Lok-Beng Koay, Ming-Jen Sheu, Hsing-Tao Kuo in Journal of Biomedical Science (2007)

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    Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis in Taiwan: Diagnosis Using the Revised Criteria of the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group

    Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is rare in Asian countries compared to the West, and an exceptionally low prevalence was noted previously in Taiwan. Using the revised criteria of the IAIHG, 48 cases of AIH patients...

    Lok-Beng Koay, Ching-Yih Lin, Sun-Lung Tsai, Chuan Lee in Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2006)

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    Enhanced nuclear factor-kappa B-associated Wnt-1 expression in hepatitis B- and C-related hepatocarcinogenesis: identification by functional proteomics

    Chronic infections with hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) are etiologically linked to hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Both viruses may induce activation of nuclear factor-...

    Tzong-Hsien Lee, Dar-In Tai, Cha-Ju Cheng, Chi-Shu Sun in Journal of Biomedical Science (2006)