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    Efficacy and safety of rituximab in autoimmune and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    The efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) on hemolytic anemia (HA) is unknown. Therefore we retrospectively analyze the efficacy and safety of RTX in autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and microangiopathic he...

    Shih-Hsuan Chao, Yuh-Lih Chang, Jiin-Cherng Yen in Experimental Hematology & Oncology (2020)

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    Anti-CENP-B and anti-TOPO-1-containing sera from systemic sclerosis-related diseases with Raynaud’s phenomenon induce vascular endothelial cell senescence not via classical p53-p21 pathway

    Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is the earliest and most common clinical manifestation in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and its related diseases containing anti-TOPO-1 and/or anti-CENP-B autoantibodies in t...

    Chieh-Yu Shen, Ko-Jen Li, Pei-Hsuan Lai, Chia-Li Yu in Clinical Rheumatology (2018)

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    Altered IL-10 and TNF-α production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of systemic lupus erythematosus patients after Toll-like receptor 2, 4, or 9 activation

    Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation and cytokines have been linked to the disease flare of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), yet the expression profiles of TLRs and cytokines in response to TLR activation in...

    Jeng-Ting Tsao, Song-Chou Hsieh, Bor-Luen Chiang in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (2012)

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    Better short-term clinical response to etanercept in Chinese than Caucasian patients with active ankylosing spondylitis

    Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors including etanercept have been demonstrated to be very effective in severe ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Caucasian patients. However, clinical efficacy of etaner...

    Chung-Tei Chou, Chang-Youh Tsai, Tung-Hua Liang, Te-Ming Chang in Modern Rheumatology (2010)

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    Anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody in ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis

    Anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody (anti-Gal(0) IgG) has been regarded as a useful serological marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether it is also elevated in serum and implicated in the pathogen...

    Chen-Liang Chou, Min-Jung Wu, Chia-Li Yu, Ming-Chi Lu in Clinical Rheumatology (2010)

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    Hypernatremic myopathy caused by a hypothalamic mixed germ cell tumor mimicking polymyositis

    Hypernatremic myopathy was rarely reported in the literature and its clinical features have never been well-described. We present a 22-year-old man who had adipsic hypernatremia manifested with progressive pro...

    Min-Nung Huang, Jien-Jiun Chen, Kuang-Lun Lee, Fen-Yu Tseng in Clinical Rheumatology (2007)

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    The effects of UVB and arsenic and their interaction on β2-adrenergic receptors in cultured keratinocytes

    Huoy-Rou Chang, Ying-Hsien Kao, Chia-Li Yu, H.-S. Yu in Archives of Dermatological Research (2001)

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    Defective IL-2 receptor expression in lymphocytes of patients with arsenic-induced Bowen’s disease

    H.-S. Yu, Kee-Lung Chang, Chia-Li Yu in Archives of Dermatological Research (1998)

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    Arsenic induces decreased expression of β2-adrenergic receptors in cultured keratinocytes

    Huoy-Rou Chang, Hsin-Su Yu, Chee-Yin Chai in Archives of Dermatological Research (1998)

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    UVB irradiation induces decreased expression of β2-adrenergic receptors in cultured keratinocytes

    Chee-Yin Chai, H.-S. Yu, Huoy-Rou Chang in Archives of Dermatological Research (1996)

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    Arsenic induces interleukin-8 expression in cultured keratinocytes

    Huai-Tzu Yen, Lien-Chai Chiang, Kou-Houng Wen in Archives of Dermatological Research (1996)

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    The expression of cytokines by an established basal cell carcinoma cell line (BCC-1/KMC) compared with cultured normal keratinocytes

    A basal cell carcinoma (BCC) cell line (BCC-1/KMC) has recently been successfully established from a patient. The production of interleukin-1α (IL-1α), IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 was assessed in comparison with that...

    Huai-Tzu Yen, Lien-Chai Chiang, Kou-Houng Wen in Archives of Dermatological Research (1996)