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  1. Article ; Online: Staphylococcus aureus exacerbates dermal IL-33/ILC2 axis activation through evoking RIPK3/MLKL-mediated necroptosis of dry skin.

    Luo, Chia-Hui / Lai, Alan Chuan-Ying / Tsai, Chun-Chou / Chen, Wei-Yu / Chang, Yu-Shan / Chung, Ethan Ja-Chen / Chang, Ya-Jen

    JCI insight

    2024  Volume 9, Issue 6

    Abstract: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a persistent skin disease typified by symptoms of dry skin and recurrent eczema. Patients with AD are at heightened risk for Staphylococcus aureus infection. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are mainly activated by ... ...

    Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a persistent skin disease typified by symptoms of dry skin and recurrent eczema. Patients with AD are at heightened risk for Staphylococcus aureus infection. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are mainly activated by epithelial cell-derived cytokines IL-33 and involved in the pathogenesis of AD. However, little is known about the effect of skin delipidization on the epithelial cell-derived cytokines and dermal ILC2s in AD. In our study, we investigated the mechanism by which S. aureus infection modulates and exacerbates the pathogenesis of dry skin, leading to type 2 inflammation in the context of innate immunity. In vivo, we found that S. aureus infection aggravated delipidization-induced dermal IL-33 release and dermal ILC2 accumulation, which exacerbated skin inflammation. We also noticed that Il33fl/fl K14cre mice and Tlr2-/- mice exhibited attenuated skin inflammation. In vitro, treatment with necroptosis inhibitors reduced IL-33 release from S. aureus-infected keratinocytes. Mechanistically, we observed an increase in the necroptosis-associated kinases, MLKL and RIPK3, in S. aureus-infected mice, indicating that IL-33 release was associated with necroptotic cell death responses. Our results reveal that S. aureus infection-elicited keratinocyte necroptosis contributes to IL-33-mediated type 2 inflammation, which exacerbates the pathogenesis of dry skin.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mice ; Animals ; Immunity, Innate ; Staphylococcus aureus ; Interleukin-33/metabolism ; Necroptosis ; Lymphocytes ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Inflammation/pathology ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Staphylococcal Infections ; Ichthyosis ; Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Interleukin-33 ; Cytokines ; RIPK3 protein, human (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1) ; MLKL protein, human (EC 2.7.-) ; Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.-) ; MLKL protein, mouse (EC 2.7.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2379-3708
    ISSN (online) 2379-3708
    DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.166821
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  2. Article: Assessing the Effectiveness of Fermented Banana Peel Extracts for the Biosorption and Removal of Cadmium to Mitigate Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.

    Chou, Lan-Chun / Tsai, Cheng-Chih

    Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 12, Issue 13

    Abstract: This study identified 11 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains that exhibited tolerance to heavy metal cadmium concentrations above 50 ppm for 48 h. Among these strains, T126-1 and T40-1 displayed the highest tolerance, enduring cadmium concentrations up to ...

    Abstract This study identified 11 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains that exhibited tolerance to heavy metal cadmium concentrations above 50 ppm for 48 h. Among these strains, T126-1 and T40-1 displayed the highest tolerance, enduring cadmium concentrations up to 500 ppm while still inhibiting bacterial growth by 50%. Moreover, the fermentation of banana peel using LAB significantly enhanced the clearance rate of cadmium (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-07
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2704223-6
    ISSN 2304-8158
    ISSN 2304-8158
    DOI 10.3390/foods12132632
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  3. Article: Phthisis bulbi in a man with HIV and syphilis co-infection.

    Lin, Hong-Han / Tsai, Chun-Chou / Wang, Ning-Chi / Wang, Yung-Chih

    Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi

    2020  Volume 119, Issue 10, Page(s) 1558–1559

    MeSH term(s) Administration, Intravenous ; Adult ; Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use ; Blindness/diagnosis ; Coinfection ; HIV Infections/complications ; HIV Infections/drug therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Neurologic Examination ; Ophthalmoscopy ; Paresis/etiology ; Penicillin G/administration & dosage ; Penicillin G/therapeutic use ; Syphilis/complications ; Syphilis/diagnosis ; Syphilis/drug therapy ; Syphilis Serodiagnosis ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Anti-HIV Agents ; Penicillin G (Q42T66VG0C)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-30
    Publishing country Singapore
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2096659-3
    ISSN 1876-0821 ; 0929-6646
    ISSN (online) 1876-0821
    ISSN 0929-6646
    DOI 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.05.021
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  4. Article ; Online: Synergistic Palladium/Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution via Stereoselective Intramolecular Substitution of Unactivated Allylic Alcohols.

    Chou, Chun-Ting / Lu, Chun-Wei / Wu, Bing-Syuan / Tsai, Cheng-Che

    The Journal of organic chemistry

    2023  Volume 88, Issue 9, Page(s) 5813–5826

    Abstract: This paper reports the kinetic resolution of racemic secondary alcohols ( ...

    Abstract This paper reports the kinetic resolution of racemic secondary alcohols (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 123490-0
    ISSN 1520-6904 ; 0022-3263
    ISSN (online) 1520-6904
    ISSN 0022-3263
    DOI 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00236
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  5. Article ; Online: Hospital-acquired infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: First report from Taiwan.

    Huang, Ruei-Chang / Chiu, Chun-Hsiang / Chiang, Tsung-Ta / Tsai, Chun-Chou / Wang, Yung-Chih / Chang, Feng-Yee / Yang, Ya-Sung / Wang, Ching-Hsun

    Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA

    2022  Volume 85, Issue 9, Page(s) 922–927

    Abstract: Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inpatients may acquire infections from other pathogens during hospital admission. This is the first research on this subject to be reported from Taiwan.: Methods: Confirmed COVID-19 inpatients were ... ...

    Abstract Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inpatients may acquire infections from other pathogens during hospital admission. This is the first research on this subject to be reported from Taiwan.
    Methods: Confirmed COVID-19 inpatients were enrolled in this study from January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. Various types of pathogens in COVID-19 inpatients, with hospital-acquired infections, were identified and analyzed. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with and without hospital-acquired infections were reviewed and compared.
    Results: Of the 204 patients included in the study, 32 (15.7%) patients experienced at least one infectious episode. Of 113 recorded episodes of infection, the predominant type was bacterial (88 of 113 infections, 77.9%); the most frequently isolated bacteria were Acinetobacter spp., followed by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia . With regard to viral infections (19 of 113, 16.8%), the Epstein-Barr virus ranked first place among the identified viruses. Four (3.5%) and 2 (1.8%) of 113 infectious episodes were caused by fungi and atypical pathogens. A multivariate analysis revealed that steroid use was an independent factor in hospital-acquired infections (odds ratio [OR], 6.97; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15-42.43; p = 0.035). Patients with hospital-acquired infections were associated with increased 28-day and in-hospital mortality (18.8% vs 5.8% and 31.3% and 5.8%; p = 0.023 and <0.01, respectively), and a longer hospital stay (34 vs 19 days; p < 0.001), compared to those without hospital-acquired infections.
    Conclusion: Our study revealed the unique local epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections among COVID-19 inpatients in Taiwan. These patients were associated with increased mortality and prolonged hospital admissions.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Cross Infection/epidemiology ; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections ; Herpesvirus 4, Human ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Retrospective Studies ; Steroids ; Taiwan/epidemiology
    Chemical Substances Steroids
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-20
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2107283-8
    ISSN 1728-7731 ; 1726-4901
    ISSN (online) 1728-7731
    ISSN 1726-4901
    DOI 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000764
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  6. Article ; Online: Clinical characteristics analysis of COVID-19 patients from the first significant community outbreak by SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in Taiwan as experienced from a single northern medical center.

    Huang, Ruei-Chang / Chiu, Chun-Hsiang / Shang, Hung-Sheng / Perng, Cherng-Lih / Chiang, Tsung-Ta / Tsai, Chun-Chou / Wang, Ching-Hsun

    Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi

    2022  

    Abstract: Background/purpose: Clinical characteristics of patients in the first community outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant B.1.1.7 in Taiwan have not been characterized.: ... ...

    Abstract Background/purpose: Clinical characteristics of patients in the first community outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant B.1.1.7 in Taiwan have not been characterized.
    Methods: SARS-CoV-2 positive specimens from inpatients between May 7 and June 15 in 2021were screen for SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage by VirSNiP assay. Clinical characteristics were reviewed and compared with those from Feb 1 to April 30, 2020 and from Jan 1 to March 31, 2022.
    Results: One hundred forty-one inpatients from May 7 to June 15, 2021 infected with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage were included. The major presenting symptoms were fever (88.7%) and cough (59.6%). Incidence of relevant complications including pulmonary embolism, simultaneous infections with bacteria, virus, and fungi were 0.7%, 12.8%, 13.5%, and 2.1%, respectively. Old age, high Charlson comorbidity index, short of breath, and initial critical illness were independently associated with 28-day mortality (all p < 0.05). In comparison to COVID-19 inpatients from Feb 1 to April 30, 2020, patients from the outbreak by SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage were older, more severe in disease condition, higher mortality but less obvious initial presenting symptoms. After implementation of nationwide vaccination campaign in the next half year of 2021, COVID-19 inpatients from Jan 1 to March 31 in 2022 indicated less severe diseases than those infected with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage.
    Conclusion: COVID-19 inpatients by SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 with old age, multiple comorbidities, and more severe disease conditions were associated with increased mortality. Vaccination for this vulnerable populations may be helpful.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1497590-7
    ISSN 1995-9133 ; 1684-1182 ; 0253-2662
    ISSN (online) 1995-9133
    ISSN 1684-1182 ; 0253-2662
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmii.2022.08.007
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  7. Article ; Online: Phthisis bulbi in a man with HIV and syphilis co-infection

    Hong-Han Lin / Chun-Chou Tsai / Ning-Chi Wang / Yung-Chih Wang

    Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol 119, Iss 10, Pp 1558-

    2020  Volume 1559

    Keywords Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Effect of Lattice Disorder on Exciton Dynamics in Copper-Doped InP/ZnSe

    Chou, Kai-Chun / Li, Le-Chun / Tsai, Kai-An / Zeitz, David C / Pu, Ying-Chih / Zhang, Jin Z

    The journal of physical chemistry letters

    2024  Volume 15, Issue 16, Page(s) 4311–4318

    Abstract: ... InP/ ... ...

    Abstract InP/ZnSe
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1948-7185
    ISSN (online) 1948-7185
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00689
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  9. Article ; Online: Woman With a Painful Knee.

    Lin, Po-Hsun / Tsai, Tou-Yuan / Wong, Chun-Hing / Chou, Li-Chan

    Annals of emergency medicine

    2023  Volume 81, Issue 2, Page(s) 241–247

    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Knee Joint/diagnostic imaging ; Pain ; Knee
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 603080-4
    ISSN 1097-6760 ; 0196-0644
    ISSN (online) 1097-6760
    ISSN 0196-0644
    DOI 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.08.002
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  10. Article ; Online: A 20-Year Study of Capsular Polysaccharide Seroepidemiology, Susceptibility Profiles, and Virulence Determinants of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Bacteremia Patients in Taiwan.

    Tsai, Chun-Chou / Lin, Jung-Chung / Chen, Pei-Chen / Liu, Esther Yip-Mei / Tsai, Yu-Kuo / Yu, Chia-Peng / Li, Jia-Je / Wang, Ching-Hsun / Fung, Chang-Phone / Lin, Fu-Mei / Chang, Feng-Yee / Siu, L Kristopher

    Microbiology spectrum

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 3, Page(s) e0035923

    Abstract: In this study, we selected bacteremic Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance program. A total of 521 isolates were collected over a period of 2 decades, including 121 from 1998, 197 from 2008, and 203 from ...

    Abstract In this study, we selected bacteremic Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance program. A total of 521 isolates were collected over a period of 2 decades, including 121 from 1998, 197 from 2008, and 203 from 2018. Seroepidemiology showed that the top five capsular polysaccharide types were serotypes K1, K2, K20, K54, and K62, constituting 48.5% of the total isolates, and the respective ratios at each time point have remained similar over the past 2 decades. The antibacterial susceptibility tests showed that K1, K2, K20, and K54 were susceptible to most antibiotics, while K62 was relatively resistant compared to other typeable and nontypeable strains. In addition, six virulence-associated genes,
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Virulence/genetics ; Klebsiella pneumoniae ; Taiwan/epidemiology ; Seroepidemiologic Studies ; Virulence Factors/genetics ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Polysaccharides ; Bacteremia/epidemiology ; Bacteremia/drug therapy ; Klebsiella Infections/microbiology
    Chemical Substances Virulence Factors ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Polysaccharides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2807133-5
    ISSN 2165-0497 ; 2165-0497
    ISSN (online) 2165-0497
    ISSN 2165-0497
    DOI 10.1128/spectrum.00359-23
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