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  1. Article ; Online: "It'll never end, I'll never go": Representation of Caregiving in Samuel Beckett's Endgame and Footfalls.

    Chiang, Hui Ling Michelle

    The Journal of medical humanities

    2023  Volume 45, Issue 1, Page(s) 79–93

    Abstract: Research on the unrepresentability of death in Samuel Beckett's oeuvre abound in Beckett scholarship, but little attention has been given to the artist's representation of caregiving to the dying in his plays. With reference to Martin Heidegger's concept ...

    Abstract Research on the unrepresentability of death in Samuel Beckett's oeuvre abound in Beckett scholarship, but little attention has been given to the artist's representation of caregiving to the dying in his plays. With reference to Martin Heidegger's concept of care and Albert Camus's idea of the absurd, this article analyzes Endgame (1957) and Footfalls (1976) by attending to Beckett's dramatic representation of caregiving as undergirded by a sense of its absurdity. The almost 20-year gap between the writing of both plays highlights the development of an understanding that this sense of absurdity is never about the caregiver's questioning of one's obligation to the dependent but about how one chooses to respond to caregiving as an absurd predicament. The pertinence of such a representation of caregiving by Beckett lies in its poignant articulation of a complex experience that is often left unexpressed by caregivers who prioritize their dependent loved ones over themselves.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Drama ; Writing ; Caregivers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2017000-2
    ISSN 1573-3645 ; 1041-3545
    ISSN (online) 1573-3645
    ISSN 1041-3545
    DOI 10.1007/s10912-023-09805-1
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  2. Article ; Online: Predictors of Response to Oral Medications and Low-Histamine Diet in Patients with Chronic Urticaria.

    Chiang, Hui-Ling / Chen, Chen-Hung / Koo, Malcolm / Tsai, Tzung-Yi / Wu, Cheng-Han

    Journal of immunology research

    2022  Volume 2022, Page(s) 5243825

    Abstract: Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is comprised of diverse phenotypes, and thus, a shift towards a precision medical approach is warranted in its management.: Methods: This study enrolled 78 patients with CU. Serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ... ...

    Abstract Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is comprised of diverse phenotypes, and thus, a shift towards a precision medical approach is warranted in its management.
    Methods: This study enrolled 78 patients with CU. Serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hemoglobin, hematocrit, eosinophil count, IgE, antinuclear antibody (ANA), and serum diamine oxidase (DAO) levels of the patients were measured and were compared according to the patient's response to second-generation antihistamines (sgAH), corticosteroids, leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA), H
    Results: Age- and sex-adjusted logistic regression analysis showed that patients with duration of CU > 3 years (adjusted odd ratio [aOR] = 4.39) and a DAO level < 10 U/mL (aOR = 3.90) were significantly associated with a good sgAH response. Age > 50 years (aOR = 0.02), duration of chronic urticaria > 3 years (aOR =0.06), and an ANA titer ≥ 1 : 80 (aOR = 0.03) were significantly and inversely associated with corticosteroid response. A low-histamine diet response was significantly associated with LTRA response (aOR = 67.29). In addition, a DAO level < 5.4 U/mL (aOR = 71.95) was significantly associated with H
    Conclusions: Several promising biomarkers were identified in this study to predict the efficacy of chronic urticaria treatment. DAO could be a novel biomarker for predicting the efficacy not only of dietary intervention but also for antagonists of H
    MeSH term(s) Chronic Disease ; Chronic Urticaria/drug therapy ; Diet ; Histamine ; Humans ; Urticaria/diagnosis ; Urticaria/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances Histamine (820484N8I3)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-22
    Publishing country Egypt
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2817541-4
    ISSN 2314-7156 ; 2314-7156
    ISSN (online) 2314-7156
    ISSN 2314-7156
    DOI 10.1155/2022/5243825
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  3. Article ; Online: The Critical Role of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter-2 in Modulating Cerebral Damage and Vascular Dysfunction in Mice with Brain Ischemia-Reperfusion.

    Chiang, Hui-Ling / Wu, Kuo-Chen / Chen, You-Yin / Ho, Chin-Jui / Wang, Han-Lin / Fu, Yu-Hua / Chen, Wen-Yu / Lin, Chun-Jung

    Pharmaceutical research

    2023  Volume 40, Issue 11, Page(s) 2541–2554

    Abstract: Background: Cerebral vascular protection is critical for stroke treatment. Adenosine modulates vascular flow and exhibits neuroprotective effects, in which brain extracellular concentration of adenosine is dramatically increased during ischemic events ... ...

    Abstract Background: Cerebral vascular protection is critical for stroke treatment. Adenosine modulates vascular flow and exhibits neuroprotective effects, in which brain extracellular concentration of adenosine is dramatically increased during ischemic events and ischemia-reperfusion. Since the equilibrative nucleoside transporter-2 (Ent2) is important in regulating brain adenosine homeostasis, the present study aimed to investigate the role of Ent2 in mice with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion.
    Methods: Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury was examined in mice with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) for 90 minutes, followed by 24-hour reperfusion. Infarct volume, brain edema, neuroinflammation, microvascular structure, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO
    Results: Ent2 deletion reduced the infarct volume, brain edema, and neuroinflammation in mice with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. tMCAO-induced disruption of brain microvessels was ameliorated in Ent2
    Conclusions: Ent2 plays a critical role in modulating cerebral collateral circulation and ameliorating pathological events of brain ischemia and reperfusion injury.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Adenosine ; Brain Edema/drug therapy ; Brain Edema/pathology ; Brain Ischemia/drug therapy ; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/drug therapy ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases ; Nucleoside Transport Proteins ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Reperfusion ; Reperfusion Injury/drug therapy ; Reperfusion Injury/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Adenosine (K72T3FS567) ; Nucleoside Transport Proteins ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; Slc29a2 protein, mouse
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 843063-9
    ISSN 1573-904X ; 0724-8741 ; 0739-0742
    ISSN (online) 1573-904X
    ISSN 0724-8741 ; 0739-0742
    DOI 10.1007/s11095-023-03565-2
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  4. Article ; Online: Intracellular vesicle clusters are organelles that synthesize extracellular vesicle-associated cargo proteins in yeast.

    Winters, Chelsea M / Hong-Brown, Ly Q / Chiang, Hui-Ling

    The Journal of biological chemistry

    2020  Volume 295, Issue 9, Page(s) 2650–2663

    Abstract: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play important roles in cell-cell communication. In budding yeast ( ...

    Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play important roles in cell-cell communication. In budding yeast (
    MeSH term(s) Extracellular Vesicles/chemistry ; Fungal Proteins/metabolism ; Intracellular Space/metabolism ; Periplasm/metabolism ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein Transport ; Proteomics/methods ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism ; Vesicular Transport Proteins/biosynthesis ; Vesicular Transport Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Fungal Proteins ; Vesicular Transport Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
    DOI 10.1074/jbc.RA119.008612
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  5. Article ; Online: Yeast as a Model System to Study Trafficking of Small Vesicles Carrying Signal-less Proteins In and Out of the Cell.

    Winters, Chelsea M / Chiang, Hui-Ling

    Current protein & peptide science

    2015  Volume 17, Issue 8, Page(s) 808–820

    Abstract: Exosomes are small vesicles that are released from a variety of cells and are involved in cell-to-cell communication. In humans, exosomes are detected in the plasma, urine, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid. These vesicles carry multiple cargo proteins, as ...

    Abstract Exosomes are small vesicles that are released from a variety of cells and are involved in cell-to-cell communication. In humans, exosomes are detected in the plasma, urine, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid. These vesicles carry multiple cargo proteins, as well as microRNA that affect the transcription of target genes. During cancer progression, secretion of exosomes increases. As such, proteins and microRNAs released from exosomes in cancer patients can be used as biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and progression. Yeast is an excellent model system to study trafficking of small vesicles in and out of the cells. When yeast cells are grown in low glucose, small vesicles transport gluconeogenic enzymes to different locations. In the cytoplasm, they exist as free vesicles and aggregated clusters. They are also secreted and account for more than 90% of total organelles in the extracellular fraction. When glucose is added to prolongedstarved cells, extracellular vesicles are endocytosed resulting in a dramatic decrease in vesicles in the extracellular fraction and the appearance of vesicle clusters in the cytoplasm. Internalization also leads to a rapid decline in protein levels for vesicle-associated proteins in the extracellular fraction. Using large-scale proteomics/secretomics, more than 300 proteins that were secreted into the extracellular fraction/periplasm were identified. They showed distribution patterns similar to gluconeogenic enzymes. They were secreted during glucose starvation and their levels in the extracellular fraction decreased following glucose re-feeding. Multiple techniques have been used to study the biogenesis, clustering, secretion, and internalization of vesicles in yeast.
    MeSH term(s) Exosomes/metabolism ; Glucose/metabolism ; Glucose/pharmacology ; Humans ; Models, Biological ; Organelles/metabolism ; Protein Transport/drug effects ; Proteome/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism ; Signal Transduction/drug effects
    Chemical Substances Proteome ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; Glucose (IY9XDZ35W2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-11-05
    Publishing country United Arab Emirates
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2045662-1
    ISSN 1875-5550 ; 1389-2037
    ISSN (online) 1875-5550
    ISSN 1389-2037
    DOI 10.2174/1389203717666160226144457
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  6. Article: Exocytosis and Endocytosis of Small Vesicles across the Plasma Membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Stein, Kathryn / Chiang, Hui-Ling

    Membranes

    2014  Volume 4, Issue 3, Page(s) 608–629

    Abstract: When Saccharomyces cerevisiae is starved of glucose, the gluconeogenic enzymes fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, isocitrate lyase, and malate dehydrogenase, as well as the non-gluconeogenic enzymes glyceraldehyde-3- ... ...

    Abstract When Saccharomyces cerevisiae is starved of glucose, the gluconeogenic enzymes fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, isocitrate lyase, and malate dehydrogenase, as well as the non-gluconeogenic enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and cyclophilin A, are secreted into the periplasm. In the extracellular fraction, these secreted proteins are associated with small vesicles that account for more than 90% of the total number of extracellular structures observed. When glucose is added to glucose-starved cells, FBPase is internalized and associated with clusters of small vesicles in the cytoplasm. Specifically, the internalization of FBPase results in the decline of FBPase and vesicles in the extracellular fraction and their appearance in the cytoplasm. The clearance of extracellular vesicles and vesicle-associated proteins from the extracellular fraction is dependent on the endocytosis gene END3. This internalization is regulated when cells are transferred from low to high glucose. It is rapidly occurring and is a high capacity process, as clusters of vesicles occupy 10%-20% of the total volume in the cytoplasm in glucose re-fed cells. FBPase internalization also requires the VPS34 gene encoding PI3K. Following internalization, FBPase is delivered to the vacuole for degradation, whereas proteins that are not degraded may be recycled.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-09-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 2077-0375
    ISSN 2077-0375
    DOI 10.3390/membranes4030608
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  7. Article ; Online: Vps15p regulates the distribution of cup-shaped organelles containing the major eisosome protein Pil1p to the extracellular fraction required for endocytosis of extracellular vesicles carrying metabolic enzymes.

    Stein, Kathryn / Winters, Chelsea / Chiang, Hui-Ling

    Biology of the cell

    2017  Volume 109, Issue 5, Page(s) 190–209

    Abstract: Background information: Exosomes are small vesicles secreted from virtually every cell from bacteria to humans. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a model system to study trafficking of small vesicles in response to changes in the environment. When yeast cells ...

    Abstract Background information: Exosomes are small vesicles secreted from virtually every cell from bacteria to humans. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a model system to study trafficking of small vesicles in response to changes in the environment. When yeast cells are grown in low glucose, vesicles carrying gluconeogenic enzymes are present as free vesicles and aggregated clusters in the cytoplasm. These vesicles are also secreted into the periplasm and account for more than 90% of total extracellular organelles, while less than 10% are larger 100-300 nm structures with unknown functions. When glucose is added to glucose-starved cells, secreted vesicles are endocytosed and then targeted to the vacuole. Recent secretomic studies indicated that more than 300 proteins involved in diverse biological functions are secreted during glucose starvation and endocytosed during glucose re-feeding. We hypothesised that extracellular vesicles are internalised using novel mechanisms independent of clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
    Results: Our results showed that vesicles carrying metabolic enzymes were endocytosed at a fast rate, whereas vesicles carrying the heat shock protein Ssa1p were endocytosed at a slow rate. The PI3K regulator Vps15p is critical for the fast internalisation of extracellular vesicles. VPS15 regulates the distribution of the 100-300 nm organelles that contain the major eisosome protein Pil1p to the extracellular fraction. These Pil1p-containing structures were purified and showed unique cup-shape with their centres deeper than the peripheries. In the absence of VPS15, PIL1 or when PIL1 was mutated, the 100-300 nm structures were not observed in the extracellular fraction and the rapid internalisation of vesicles was impaired.
    Conclusions: We conclude that VPS15 regulates the distribution of the 100-300 nm Pil1p-containing organelles to the extracellular fraction required for fast endocytosis of vesicles carrying metabolic enzymes. This work provides the first evidence showing that Pil1p displayed unique distribution patterns in the intracellular and extracellular fractions. This work also demonstrates that endocytosis of vesicles is divided into a fast and a slow pathway. The fast pathway is the predominant pathway and is used by vesicles carrying metabolic enzymes. Cup-shaped Pil1p-containing structures are critical for the rapid endocytosis of vesicles into the cytoplasm.
    Significance: This work provides the first evidence showing that Pil1p displayed unique distribution patterns in the intracellular and extracellular fractions. This work also demonstrates that endocytosis of vesicles is divided into a fast and a slow pathway. The fast pathway is the predominant pathway and is used by vesicles carrying metabolic enzymes. Cup-shaped Pil1p-containing structures are critical for the rapid endocytosis of vesicles into the cytoplasm.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 245745-3
    ISSN 1768-322X ; 0399-0311 ; 0248-4900
    ISSN (online) 1768-322X
    ISSN 0399-0311 ; 0248-4900
    DOI 10.1111/boc.201600060
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  8. Article ; Online: The key gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is secreted during prolonged glucose starvation and is internalized following glucose re-feeding via the non-classical secretory and internalizing pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Giardina, Bennett J / Chiang, Hui-Ling

    Plant signaling & behavior

    2013  Volume 8, Issue 8

    Abstract: In Saccharomyces cerevisia, the key gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is secreted into the periplasm during prolonged glucose starvation and is internalized into Vid/endosomes following glucose re-feeding. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase does ... ...

    Abstract In Saccharomyces cerevisia, the key gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is secreted into the periplasm during prolonged glucose starvation and is internalized into Vid/endosomes following glucose re-feeding. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase does not contain signal sequences required for the classical secretory and endocytic pathways. Hence, the secretion and internalization are mediated via the non-classical pathways.
    MeSH term(s) Endocytosis ; Fructose-Bisphosphatase/metabolism ; Gluconeogenesis ; Glucose/deficiency ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology ; Secretory Pathway
    Chemical Substances Fructose-Bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) ; Glucose (IY9XDZ35W2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-06-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 1559-2324
    ISSN (online) 1559-2324
    DOI 10.4161/psb.24936
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  9. Article ; Online: Association between clinical phenotypes of dermatomyositis and polymyositis with myositis-specific antibodies and overlap systemic autoimmune diseases.

    Chiang, Hui-Ling / Tung, Chien-Hsueh / Huang, Kuang-Yung / Hsu, Bao-Bao / Wu, Cheng-Han / Hsu, Chia-Wen / Lu, Ming-Chi / Lai, Ning-Sheng

    Medicine

    2021  Volume 100, Issue 37, Page(s) e27230

    Abstract: Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between clinical phenotypes of dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) with myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs), and overlap diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases.This cross- ... ...

    Abstract Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between clinical phenotypes of dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) with myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs), and overlap diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases.This cross-sectional study was conducted on 67 patients with DM and 27 patients with PM recruited from a regional hospital in southern Taiwan. Clinical phenotypes of DM and PM were assessed and MSAs were measured using a commercial line blot assay. The association of clinical phenotypes of DM and PM with MSAs and overlap diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases was performed using univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses.Clinically, patients with DM and PM and overlap diagnosis of systemic sclerosis were associated with a higher risk of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) (odds ratio [OR] = 6.73; P = .048), Raynaud phenomenon (OR = 7.30; P = .034), and malignancy (OR = 350.77; P = .013). The risk of malignancy was also associated with older age (OR 1.31; P = .012), and male patients were associated with a higher risk of fever. For MSAs, anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies were associated with ILD, antinuclear antibody were associated with a lower risk of arthritis, anti-transcription intermediary factor 1-gamma antibodies were associated with milder symptoms of muscle weakness, anti-Ku antibodies were associated with overlap diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, and anti-Ro52 antibodies were associated with the development of Raynaud phenomenon and Sjögren syndrome.MSAs and overlap diagnosis of systemic sclerosis were significantly associated with clinical phenotypes of DM and PM. Physicians should be vigilant for malignancy in older DM and PM patients with overlap diagnosis of systeic sclerosis. The possibility of developing ILD in patients with overlap diagnosis of systemic sclerosis or serum positivity of anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies should be considered.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Autoantibodies/analysis ; Autoantibodies/blood ; Biomarkers/analysis ; Biomarkers/blood ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Dermatomyositis/blood ; Dermatomyositis/classification ; Dermatomyositis/epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Phenotype ; Polymyositis/blood ; Polymyositis/classification ; Polymyositis/epidemiology ; Taiwan/epidemiology
    Chemical Substances Autoantibodies ; Biomarkers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80184-7
    ISSN 1536-5964 ; 0025-7974
    ISSN (online) 1536-5964
    ISSN 0025-7974
    DOI 10.1097/MD.0000000000027230
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  10. Article: Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, Malate Dehydrogenase, Isocitrate Lyase, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase, Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Cyclophilin A are secreted in Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in low glucose.

    Giardina, Bennett J / Chiang, Hui-Ling

    Communicative & integrative biology

    2013  Volume 6, Issue 6, Page(s) e27216

    Abstract: Our previous studies demonstrated that the key gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is secreted when Saccharomyces cerevisiae are starved of glucose for a prolonged period of time. In this study, we showed that malate dehydrogenase, ... ...

    Abstract Our previous studies demonstrated that the key gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is secreted when Saccharomyces cerevisiae are starved of glucose for a prolonged period of time. In this study, we showed that malate dehydrogenase, isocitrate lyase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and cyclophilin A are also secreted in glucose-starved cells. Thus, both gluconeogenic and non-gluconeogenic enzymes are secreted via the non-classical pathway.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-12-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2451097-X
    ISSN 1942-0889
    ISSN 1942-0889
    DOI 10.4161/cib.27216
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