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    Dose-Responsive Impacts of Social Frailty on Intrinsic Capacity and Healthy Aging among Community-Dwelling Middle-aged and Older Adults: Stronger Roles of Social Determinants over Biomarkers

    The intricate relationship between social determinants, e.g., social frailty, biomarkers and healthy aging remains largely unexplored, despite the potential for social frailty to impact both intrinsic capacity...

    S.-T. Huang, W.-H. Lu, W.-J. Lee, L.-N. Peng in The Journal of Frailty & Aging (2024)

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    Foxp3 is a key downstream regulator of p53-mediated cellular senescence

    The downstream events and target genes of p53 in the process of senescence are not fully understood. Here, we report a novel function of the forkhead transcription factor Foxp3, which is a key player in mediat...

    J-E Kim, J-S Shin, J-H Moon, S-W Hong, D-J Jung, J H Kim, I-Y Hwang, Y J Shin in Oncogene (2017)

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    Generic piperacillin/tazobactam is not associated with galactomannan false-positivity in adult patients with cancer: a case–control study

    Recent products of piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ) from the original manufacturer, previously considered a major cause of galactomannan (GM) false-positivity, are reported not to be related to it. However, data ...

    J.-H. Ko, K. R. Peck, W. J. Lee, J. Y. Lee in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2015)

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    Risk factors for cytomegalovirus gastrointestinal diseases in adult patients with cancer

    Cytomegalovirus (CMV) gastrointestinal (GI) disease has been noticed frequently in cancer patients, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, and GI bleeding. However, little is known about its actual incidence, clini...

    J.-H. Ko, K. R. Peck, W. J. Lee, K. Huh in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2014)

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    SVCT-2 in breast cancer acts as an indicator for L-ascorbate treatment

    L-ascorbate (L-ascorbic acid, vitamin C) clearly has an inhibitory effect on cancer cells. However, the mechanism underlying differential sensitivity of cancer cells from same tissue to L-ascorbate is yet to be c...

    S-W Hong, S-H Lee, J-H Moon, J J Hwang, D E Kim, E Ko, H-S Kim, I J Cho in Oncogene (2013)

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    Visfatin-induced expression of inflammatory mediators in human endothelial cells through the NF-κB pathway

    Visfatin is an adipokine that is highly expressed in visceral fat. Plasma levels of visfatin have been reported to be higher in subjects with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the role of visfa...

    W-J Lee, C-S Wu, H Lin, I-T Lee, C-M Wu, J-J Tseng in International Journal of Obesity (2009)

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    Cell cycle and immune-related processes are significantly altered in chronic GVHD

    Currently, the pathogenesis of chronic GVHD is unclear. To elucidate the molecular characteristics underlying chronic GVHD, we analyzed the gene expression profiles of 21 mononuclear cell samples from allogene...

    S J Oh, S B Cho, S-H Park, C Z Piao, S M Kwon, I Kim in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2008)

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    Serum testosterone level and related metabolic factors in men over 70 years old

    Background: Sex hormone decline remarkably decreases metabolic function in elderly men. Many degenerative diseases may relate to testosterone deficiency. Objective: To evaluate the serum ...

    Y. J. Tang, W. J. Lee, Y. T. Chen, P. H. Liu in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2007)

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    Adiponectin mRNA levels in the abdominal adipose depots of nondiabetic women

    BACKGROUND: The human adiponectin gene has been implicated in the pathophysiology of obesity, type II diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis. Investigation of the physiological functions of the adipo...

    W-S Yang, M-H Chen, W-J Lee, K-C Lee, C-L Chao in International Journal of Obesity (2003)

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    Islet cell autoimmunity and mitochondrial DNA mutation in Korean subjects with typical and atypical Type I diabetes

    The 1997 American Diabetes Association classification of diabetes mellitus included a subset of Type I diabetic patients who do not need insulin for several years but eventually progress to complete insulin d...

    W. J. Lee, H. W. Lee, J. P. Palmer, K. S. Park, H. K. Lee, J. Y. Park in Diabetologia (2001)

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    35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes

    A. Melander, J. Olsson, G. Lindberg, A. Salzman, T. Howard, P. Stang in Diabetologia (1999)