[HTML][HTML] Cross-talk among polymorphonuclear neutrophils, immune, and non-immune cells via released cytokines, granule proteins, microvesicles, and neutrophil …

CY Tsai, SC Hsieh, CW Liu, CS Lu, CH Wu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) are traditionally regarded as professional phagocytic
and acute inflammatory cells that engulf the microbial pathogens. However, accumulating …

The prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

TH Li, YS Chang, CW Liu, CF Su, HC Tsai… - Seminars in Arthritis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Sarcopenia is an ever-increasingly recognized entity in aging or chronically-ill
individuals. A recent surge of researches came out on sarcopenia in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…

The pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus-From the viewpoint of oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction

HT Lee, TH Wu, CS Lin, CS Lee, YH Wei, CY Tsai… - Mitochondrion, 2016 - Elsevier
SLE is characterized by an increased production of detrimental autoantigens, exaggerated
effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines, dysregulated functioning of immunocompetent cells …

Use of HLA-B* 58: 01 genotyping to prevent allopurinol induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions in Taiwan: national prospective cohort study

…, CT Weng, CL Yu, SC Hsieh, JC Tsai, WT Lai, WC Tsai… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the use of prospective screening for the HLA-B*58:01 allele to identify
Taiwanese individuals at risk of severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) induced by …

Increased excretions of β2-microglobulin, IL-6, and IL-8 and decreased excretion of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein in urine of patients with active lupus nephritis

CY Tsai, TH Wu, CL Yu, JY Lu, YY Tsai - Nephron, 2000 - karger.com
Tubulointerstitial nephritis is a less frequently recognized but important complication of systemic
lupus erythematosus. We have investigated the cytokine β 2-microglobulin (β 2 M) and …

The effect of etanercept on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

…, HT Liao, HP Wang, HN Chang, CY Tsai… - Annals of the …, 2006 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To evaluate the changes in anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP)
and rheumatoid factor (RF) following etanercept treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…

[HTML][HTML] Association of serum interleukin-17 and interleukin-23 levels with disease activity in Chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis

…, KH Hsiao, HT Lee, MH Chen, CY Tsai… - Journal of the Chinese …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic arthritis with a pathogenesis which
is not fully understood. A third subset of IL-17-producing T helper cells, called Th17 cells, …

Serum BLC/CXCL13 concentrations and renal expression of CXCL13/CXCR5 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis

…, TH Wu, WS Chen, YH Hsu, SF Tsai, CY Tsai - The Journal of …, 2010 - jrheum.org
Objective. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototype of systemic autoimmune disease
in which cytokines such as B lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC, or CXC motif ligand 13, …

Spontaneous resolution of acute gouty arthritis is associated with rapid induction of the anti-inflammatory factors TGFβ1, IL-10 and soluble TNF receptors and the …

…, WY Chen, KJ Li, CH Wu, PC Wu, CY Tsai… - Annals of the …, 2011 - ard.bmj.com
Objective The molecular basis for spontaneous resolution of acute gouty arthritis (GA)
remains unclear. The hypothesis that extracellular and intracellular mechanisms play roles in …

[HTML][HTML] CD146+ mesenchymal stem cells display greater therapeutic potential than CD146 cells for treating collagen-induced arthritis in mice

CC Wu, FL Liu, HK Sytwu, CY Tsai… - Stem cell research & …, 2016 - Springer
Background The characteristics and therapeutic potential of subtypes of mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) are largely unknown. In this study, CD146 + and CD146 – MSCs were …