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    Monocytic C-C chemokine receptor 5 expression increases in in vitro intermittent hypoxia condition and in severe obstructive sleep apnea patients

    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients have higher risk of cardiovascular disease. C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5), as an important receptor for monocyte recruitment and the initiation of atherosclerosis, was ...

    Li-Pang Chuang, Ning-Hung Chen, Shih-Wei Lin, Han-Chung Hu in Sleep and Breathing (2019)

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    Home sleep apnea testing: comparison of manual and automated scoring across international sleep centers

    To determine the agreement between the manual scoring of home sleep apnea tests (HSATs) by international sleep technologists and automated scoring systems.

    Ulysses J. Magalang, Jennica N. Johns, Katherine A. Wood in Sleep and Breathing (2019)

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    Reply to “Obstructive sleep apnea patients without hypertension or diabetes and subsequent incidence of chronic kidney disease” by Kawada (letter to the editor)

    Yu-Sheng Lin, Pi-Hua Liu, Ning-Hung Chen in Sleep and Breathing (2018)

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    The gender difference of snore distribution and increased tendency to snore in women with menopausal syndrome: a general population study

    Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a prevalent disorder with a major impact in women, especially postmenopausal women. However, few studies have investigated the prevalence of a specific SDB, snoring, among w...

    Li-Pang Chuang, Shih-Wei Lin, Li-Ang Lee, Hsueh-Yu Li in Sleep and Breathing (2017)

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    Simple obstructive sleep apnea patients without hypertension or diabetes accelerate kidney dysfunction: a population follow-up cohort study from Taiwan

    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients on hemodialysis, but its correlation with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not clear. We aimed to clarify the relationship between OSA without hypertension or...

    Yu-Sheng Lin, Pi-Hua Liu, Shi-Wei Lin, Li-Pang Chuang, Wan-**g Ho in Sleep and Breathing (2017)

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    Increased MCP-1 gene expression in monocytes of severe OSA patients and under intermittent hypoxia

    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is known to be a risk factor of coronary artery disease. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), as a critical factor for monocyte infiltration, is known to play a role in the...

    Li-Pang Chuang, Ning-Hung Chen, Yuling Lin, Wen-Shan Ko in Sleep and Breathing (2016)

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    A two-tier screening model using quality-of-life measures and pulse oximetry to screen adults with sleep-disordered breathing

    Using quality-of-life measures and pulse oximetry, this study developed a two-tiered prediction algorithm with an aim to prioritize sleep-disordered breathing patients for polysomnography.

    Ning-Hung Chen, Min-Chi Chen, Hsueh-Yu Li, Chang-Wei Chen in Sleep and Breathing (2011)