Publications by authors named "Chung-Ping Hou"
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- The study examines T cell immune responses in pregnant women who had SARS-CoV-2 and received three vaccine doses.
- It found weak to moderate correlations between T cell responses and neutralizing antibodies, with T cell reactivity declining over time post-infection.
- Over half of the participants showed detectable T cell memory responses more than a year after infection, indicating potential long-term immunity, which is crucial for understanding COVID-19 in pregnant women.
Curcumin is a common food ingredient derived from the plant Curcuma longa and is a potent drug against tumorigenesis. Both insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha) are suppressors of head and neck carcinogenesis. We identified curcumin as an inducer of IGFBP-5 expression in multiple types of oral keratinocytes; furthermore, curcumin induces IGFBP-5 promoter activity in SAS oral cancer cells.
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