Use of convalescent plasma therapy in SARS patients in Hong Kong

Yi‐Chang Cheng, Raymond Wong, Y.O.Y. Soo, +7

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Sars PatientsHong KongConvalescent Plasma TherapyCovid-19Medicine +1

Retrospective comparison of convalescent plasma with continuing high-dose methylprednisolone treatment in SARS patients

Y.O.Y. Soo, Yi‐Chang Cheng, Raymond Wong, +7

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Retrospective ComparisonSars PatientsPharmacotherapyMedicineHigh-dose Methylprednisolone Treatment +1

IGF-II/mannose-6-phosphate receptor signaling induced cell hypertrophy and atrial natriuretic peptide/BNP expression via Gαq interaction and protein kinase C-α/CaMKII activation in H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells

Chun‐Hsien Chu, Bor‐Show Tzang, Li-Mien Chen, +7

Journal of Endocrinology

The Impact of the SARS Outbreak on an Urban Emergency Department in Taiwan

Wei-Kung Chen, Yi‐Chang Cheng, Yu-Ting Chung, +1

Medical Care

Carthamus tinctorius L. prevents LPS-induced TNFα signaling activation and cell apoptosis through JNK1/2–NFκB pathway inhibition in H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells

Yun-Chen Tien, Jing-Ying Lin, Chao‐Hung Lai, +7

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

InflammationLps-induced TnfαMolecular PhysiologySignal TransductionSignaling Pathway +10

Lipopolysaccharide induces cellular hypertrophy through calcineurin/NFAT-3 signaling pathway in H9c2 myocardiac cells

Chung‐Jung Liu, Yi‐Chang Cheng, Kung-Wei Lee, +8

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Cell PhysiologyCardiac MuscleCardiomyopathyH9c2 Myocardiac CellsSignal Transduction +9

Lipopolysaccharide upregulates uPA, MMP-2 and MMP-9 via ERK1/2 signaling in H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells

Yi‐Chang Cheng, Li-Mien Chen, Mu-Hsin Chang, +7

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

CardiomyopathyMolecular PhysiologySignal TransductionSignaling PathwayCell Regulation +7

Platycodin D Reverses Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy and Fibrosis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Yuan-Chuan Lin, Yu‐Chen Lin, Wei‐Wen Kuo, +7

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine

HypertensionHeart FailureCardiovascular PharmacologyPathologyCardiovascular Function +14

ZAK induces MMP-2 activity via JNK/p38 signals and reduces MMP-9 activity by increasing TIMP-1/2 expression in H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells

Yi‐Chang Cheng, Wei‐Wen Kuo, Hsi‐Chin Wu, +8

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Reduces Mmp-9 ActivityCardiomyopathyCardiac MuscleMolecular PhysiologySignal Transduction +9

Emergency Department Response to SARS, Taiwan

Wei-Kung Chen, Hong-Dar Isaac Wu, Cheng‐Chieh Lin, +1

Emerging infectious diseases