Publications by authors named "Chen-Yu Wu"

Background/purpose: This multi-institutional study was aimed to analyze prognostic factors of completely resected early stage thymoma.

Methods: Patients with surgically treated early stage thymoma between 1988 and 2019 were enrolled. Statistical associations were evaluated using the χ test, Fisher's exact test, and Student's t-test.

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Objectives: Chest computed tomography (CT) can diagnose and assess the severity of pulmonary contusions. However, in cases of severe lung contusion, the total lung volume ratio may not accurately predict severity. This study investigated the association between life-threatening hemoptysis and chest CT imaging data on arrival at the emergency department in patients with pulmonary contusions or lacerations due to blunt chest injury.

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The treatment of complex or chronic skin wounds caused by burns, trauma, surgery, and genetic disorders has been a worldwide challenge. Small intestinal submucosa (SIS) is a biological material that is widely used in wound healing. How to further expand the wound healing application of SIS, especially in repairing infected wounds, remains a hot research topic for many tissue engineering and biomaterial scholars focusing on skin regeneration.

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Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is an acute inflammatory injury disease with significant mortality rate and currently without effective strategy being available. Inflammation and oxidative stress play central roles in the etiology of SAP. Micheliolide (MCL), an active monomeric component isolated from Michelia champaca, has been proved its multiple therapeutic properties including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-cancer.

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This study focused on the bioactive secondary metabolites of an endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. CCH-1E from Catharanthus roseus. The secondary metabolites from Aspergillus sp.

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This study aims to characterize and identify the chemical constituents in 11 parts of Forsythia suspensa by using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) combined with a self-established chemical constituent database, including leaves, flowers, fruits, green F. suspensa, old F. suspensa, and seeds.

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Background: Owing to the early suffering age and the rising incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D), the resulting male reproductive dysfunction and fertility decline have become a disturbing reality worldwide, with no effective strategy being available. Icariin (ICA), a flavonoid extracted from Herba Epimedium, has been proved its promising application in improving diabetes-related complications including diabetic nephropathy, endothelial dysfunction and erectile dysfunction. Ensuring the future reproductive health of children and adolescents with T1D is crucial to improve global fertility.

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Background: Suturing is a crucial clinical skill for nurse practitioners (NPs), but the effectiveness of traditional training methods (e.g., physical suture kits combined with video content) is low.

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Objective: To examine the extent to which the urologist performing biopsy contributes to variation in prostate cancer detection during fusion-guided prostate biopsy.

Methods: All men in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC) clinical registry who underwent fusion biopsy at Michigan Medicine from August 2017 to March 2019 were included. The primary outcomes were clinically significant cancer detection rate (defined as Gleason Grade ≥2) in targeted cores and clinically significant cancer detection on targeted cores stratified by PI-RADS score.

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Introduction: Cystic periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is the most common white matter injury and a common cause of cerebral palsy in preterm infants. Postnatal epilepsy may occur after cystic PVL, but their causal relationship remains uncertain. Our aim was to validate the contribution of cystic PVL to postnatal epilepsy in very preterm infants and demonstrate their seizure characteristics.

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To reconstruct and restore the functions of the male urethra is a challenging task for urologists. The acellular matrix graft currently used in the clinics is mono-functional and may cause a series of complications including stricture, fibrosis, and stone formation. As a result, such graft materials cannot meet the increasing demand for multifunctionality in the field of urethral tissue engineering.

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Background: As the survival rates of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) continue to increase, noncancer causes of death cannot be ignored. The cause-specific mortality in patients with RCC is not well understood.

Objective: Our study aimed to explore the mortality patterns of contemporary RCC survivors.

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  • Enzalutamide is a treatment for castration-resistant or metastatic prostate cancer, but many patients eventually become resistant to it; this study focuses on the role of N-cadherin (CDH2) in this resistance.
  • The research investigated how upregulating and downregulating CDH2 expression affected the LNCaP prostate cancer cell line, particularly in terms of cell viability and migratory ability.
  • Results indicated that increased CDH2 expression in enzalutamide-resistant LNCaP cells enhanced their viability and migration, suggesting that targeting CDH2 could be a promising therapeutic approach for treating resistant prostate cancer.
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  • This study investigates the experiences of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and their caregivers regarding medication use and its impact on their quality of life.
  • Conducted through interviews in Taiwan, five key themes were identified, including the emotional and practical challenges faced by patients and caregivers before and after diagnosis, and their interactions with healthcare providers.
  • The findings suggest a need for better communication, medication information, and mental support to enhance the well-being of both patients and caregivers dealing with the effects of PD.
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Background And Objectives: To investigate the pathogenicity of 2 novel variations, report the clinical and neuroimaging findings, and review the available literature.

Methods: Physical examinations, structural neuroimaging studies, and exome sequence analysis were performed. KDM5C constructs were used to study the effect of the variations in transfected cells.

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Emerging data indicate that acute kidney injury (AKI) may contribute to a worse prognosis in the infant population. Kidney replacement therapy (KRT) can be used to treat patients with AKI; however, this technique is challenging in patients in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) due to the low body weights and blood volumes in this population. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a potential modality since it is technically less challenging.

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The number of young people living in the margins of society reflects one of the most pressing social inequities of our time. Opportunity youth often face many complex challenges perpetrated by a range of systemic issues. These trajectories can be positively disrupted by surrounding youth with a cohesive web of relational and instrumental supports and spaces where their strengths and potential are seen.

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  • Tensile tests on electroplated copper (Cu) films revealed that the strength of these films is closely linked to the density of their nano-twin grain structures, with higher densities resulting in greater fracture strength.
  • The density of the nano-twin structure can be controlled by adjusting the concentration of gelatin in the Cu-sulfate electrolyte solution.
  • Analysis showed that plastic deformation in these nano-twinned films is primarily caused by a de-twinning mechanism activated during necking, involving the formation and collapse of ledges due to dislocation interactions with twin boundaries.
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Psoriasis is a chronic, recurrent, immune-mediated disease involving the skin and joints. Epidermal hyperproliferation, abnormal keratinocyte differentiation, angiogenesis with blood vessel dilatation, and excess T helper type-1 (Th-1) and Th-17 cell infiltration are the main histopathological features of psoriasis. Magnolol is a polyphenolic compound that exerts its biological properties through a variety of mechanisms such as the NF-κB/MAPK, Nrf2/HO-1 and PI3K/Akt pathways.

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Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus are prone to develop osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Furthermore, the presence of these complications in those with diabetes may lead to higher mortality. The aim of our study was to assess characteristics and mortality of osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, or rheumatoid arthritis in individuals with diabetes.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by destruction of articular cartilage. The inflammatory response is the most important factor affecting the disease process. As interleukin-1β (IL-1β) stimulates several key mediators in the inflammatory response, it plays a major role in the pathogenesis of OA.

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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder with a pathogenesis involving the interleukin-23/interleukin-17 axis. Salvianolic acid B exerts several pharmacological effects, such as antioxidation, anti-inflammation, and antitumor effects. The anti-psoriatic effects of salvianolic acid B have not been reported.

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Background: For psoriatic patients receiving biologics, the concern of tuberculosis (TB) infection exists. Although the TB risk of anti-interleukin (IL)-17A agents is generally considered very low, more real-world data are needed to support the safety.

Objectives: This study aims to provide the real-world experience of using serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) test among patients treated with secukinumab or ixekizumab in Taiwan, an intermediate TB burden country, for the detection of latent TB infection (LTBI) reactivation or newly acquired TB infection.

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