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**ao-Yu Lu
Medicine & Public Health
Internal Medicine
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Expression of the integrinα 5 subunit and its mediated cell adhesion in hepatocellular carcinoma
Tumor invasion and metastasis are complex processes, requiring the ability of tumor cells to interact with proteins of the extracellular matrix through cell-adhesion molecules on the cell surface. Integrins ar...
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A soluble truncated cadherin induces breast cancer cell apoptosis and growth inhibition
Purpose To identify the characteristics and function of the truncated cadherin cDNA which encodes a soluble molecule containing the sequence of VE-cadherin extracellular domain repeats fr...
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Open AccessDisease burden and related medical costs of rotavirus infections in Taiwan
The disease burden and associated medical costs of rotavirus infections in inpatient and outpatient sectors in Taiwan were examined in anticipation of the availability of new rotavirus vaccines.
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates FSH-induced expression of tissue-type plasminogen activator through an activator protein 1 response element
We have analyzed a possible role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) in the regulation of FSH-induced tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA) production in granulosa cells...
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Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for complex cystic focal liver lesions: blinded reader study
The study was aimed at evaluating the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in characterizing complex cystic focal liver lesions (FLLs). Sixty-seven complex cystic FLLs in 65 patients w...
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Does the echogenicity of focal liver lesions on baseline gray-scale ultrasound interfere with the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound?
The objective was to evaluate whether the echogenicity of focal liver lesions (FLLs) on baseline gray-scale ultrasound (US) interferes with the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) for small F...
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Differential diagnosis between benign and malignant gallbladder diseases with real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound
The value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differential diagnosis between benign and malignant gallbladder diseases was investigated. Thirty-three patients with gallbladder carcinomas and 47 with beni...
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Long-term interferon-α treatment suppresses tumor growth but promotes metastasis capacity in hepatocellular carcinoma
To elucidate the effect of IFN-α treatment on tumor growth and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Preoperative serum retinol-binding protein 4 is associated with the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection
Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance have been linked to increased risk of occurrence and mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) was clarified as a specifi...
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Functional polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and survival in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy
To investigate the prognostic role of major matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene polymorphisms in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with chemoradiotherapy. Four hundre...
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Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation following myeloablative conditioning regimens in hematologic diseases with G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood stem cells grafts without T cell depletion: a single center report of 38 cases
Many Chinese patients with hematologic diseases, who need allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), lack a human leukocyte antigen-matched donor. To save these patients and to avoid collectin...
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Open AccessPredictors of failure of conservative treatment among patients with emphysematous pyelonephritis
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma and perirenal tissues that is caused by gas-producing bacterial pathogens. Percutaneous drainage is now the gold sta...
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Wave reflections, arterial stiffness, heart rate variability and orthostatic hypotension
Increased arterial stiffness and wave reflections are independently associated with orthostatic hypotension (OH). This study investigated whether heart rate variability (HRV) is also involved in the modulation...
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Assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B using acoustic structure quantification: quantitative morphological ultrasound
To prospectively investigate the usefulness of acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
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Open AccessWorld Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017: part two
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Open AccessEpidemiology and outcomes of Endophthalmitis in chronic dialysis patients: a 13-year experience in a tertiary referral center in Taiwan
Endophthalmitis is a severe eye infection leading to disabling outcome. Because there were only a few case report illustrating endophthalmitis in chronic dialysis patient, we would like to investigate the epid...
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Open AccessHomocysteine is a bystander for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case-control study
Homocysteine has been long considered a risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, cardiovascular events cannot be reduced through homocysteine lowering by B vitamin supplements. Although several association st...
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Open AccessAntrodia cinnamomea extract inhibits the proliferation of tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells through apoptosis and skp2/microRNAs pathway
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and affects 1.38 million women worldwide per year. Antiestrogens such as tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulator, are widely used in clinics to ...
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Open AccessMultiparametric ultrasomics of significant liver fibrosis: A machine learning-based analysis
To assess significant liver fibrosis by multiparametric ultrasomics data using machine learning.
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Open AccessProbiotics may not prevent the deterioration of necrotizing enterocolitis from stage I to II/III
Probiotic therapy can reduce the incidence of NEC. Therapeutic use of probiotics after NEC diagnosis reduces the severity of NEC in preterm infants or full-term infants is unclear. To evaluate the effect of pr...
