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  1. Diet, gut microbiome and indoxyl sulphate in chronic kidney disease patients

    Article • Nephrology, October 2018, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  2. Association of Anemia and Iron Parameters With Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Prevalent Hemodialysis in Taiwan: The AIM‐HD Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, August 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  3. Hydroxychloroquine Use and Risk of CKD in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Article • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, April 2018, American Society of Nephrology

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  4. U‐Shaped Association Between Serum Uric Acid Levels With Cardiovascular and All‐Cause Mortality in the Elderly: The Role of Malnourishment

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, February 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  5. The double-edged sword of endoplasmic reticulum stress in uremic sarcopenia through myogenesis perturbation

    Article • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, January 2018, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  6. Indoxyl Sulfate: A Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, February 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  7. Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels and Postangioplasty Restenosis of Arteriovenous Fistulas

    Article • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, October 2016, American Society of Nephrology

    Dr. Mu-Yang Hsieh, Professor Der-Cherng Tarng, Dr Chih-Cheng Wu

  8. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Conditioned Medium Attenuates Acute Kidney Injury by Downregulating the Oxidative Stress-Related Pathway in Ischemia–Reperfusion Rats

    Article • Cell Transplantation, March 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  9. Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the role of malnutrition-inflammation-cachexia syndrome

    Article • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, January 2016, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  10. Comments on Effects of nitroglycerin ointment on mastectomy flap necrosis in immediate breast reconstruction

    Article • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, January 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  11. Daptomycin antibiotic lock therapy for hemodialysis patients with Gram-positive bloodstream infections following use of tunneled, cuffed hemodialysis catheters: retrospective single center analysis

    Article • Hemodialysis International, November 2015, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  12. Evaluation of uraemic pruritus in long-term dialysis patients using a modified Chinese scale

    Article • Nephrology, August 2015, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng, Wang Wei-Yun

  13. Periodontal Disease and Risks of Kidney Function Decline and Mortality in Older People: A Community-Based Cohort Study

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  14. Metformin use and mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: national, retrospective, observational, cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  15. Thiazolidinediones and Risk of Long-Term Dialysis in Diabetic Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2015, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  16. Interferon gamma-induced protein 10 is associated with insulin resistance and incident diabetes in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  17. Association of Hypoglycemia With Incident Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • Medicine, April 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  18. Association of Fluid Retention With Anemia and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  19. Genetic Deletion of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Attenuates Inflammation and Fibrosis in Experimental Obstructive Nephropathy

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  20. Urinary Calculi and Risk of Cancer

    Article • Medicine, December 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  21. Chronic kidney disease in Taiwan's aging population: Something far more than a distant ship's smoke on the horizon

    Article • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  22. TREM-1 regulates macrophage polarization in ureteral obstruction

    Article • Kidney International, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  23. Risk of tuberculosis among healthcare workers in an intermediate-burden country: A nationwide population study

    Article • Journal of Infection, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  24. Anaemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease: Taiwan practice guidelines

    Article • Nephrology, November 2014, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  25. Association of Postdischarge Rehabilitation with Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Survivors of Sepsis

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2014, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  26. Associations between the Duration of Dialysis, Endotoxemia, Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, and the Effects of a Short-Dwell Exchange in Patients Requiring Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  27. The impact of dialysis therapy on older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a nationwide population-based study

    Article • BMC Medicine, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  28. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use and Renal Outcomes—Reply

    Article • JAMA Internal Medicine, October 2014, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  29. ESA and iron therapy in chronic kidney disease: a balance between patient safety and hemoglobin target

    Article • Kidney International, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  30. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 deficiency attenuates diabetic nephropathy by modulation of podocyte functions and dedifferentiation

    Article • Kidney International, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  31. The immediate and one-year outcomes of dialysis patients with refractory angina treated by enhanced external counterpulsation

    Article • Clinical Nephrology, April 2014, Dustri-Verlgag Dr. Karl Feistle

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  32. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Decline Is a Better Risk Factor for Outcomes of Systemic Disease-Related Nephropathy than for Outcomes of Primary Renal Diseases

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  33. Volume overload correlates with cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease

    Article • Kidney International, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  34. Renoprotective Effect of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade in Patients With Predialysis Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, and Anemia

    Article • JAMA Internal Medicine, March 2014, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  35. Benign Pneumatosis Intestinalis

    Article • Internal Medicine, January 2014, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  36. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in chronic kidney disease: What have we learned in 25 years?

    Article • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  37. Interaction Between Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and Decoy Receptor 3 Predicts Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • American Journal of Nephrology, January 2014, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  38. Immunosuppressant dose reduction and long-term rejection risk in renal transplant recipients with severe bacterial pneumonia

    Article • Singapore Medical Journal, January 2014, Singapore Medical Journal

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  39. Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Exhibit Antioxidative and Antiapoptotic Properties to Rescue Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury in Rats

    Article • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, December 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  40. Progression of Kidney Disease in Non-Diabetic Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: Predictive Role of Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinase-2, -3, and -9

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng, Professor Jaw-Wen Chen

  41. The benefits of estrogen or selective estrogen receptor modulator on kidney and its related disease—chronic kidney disease—mineral and bone disorder: Osteoporosis

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  42. Length Polymorphism in Heme Oxygenase-1 and Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, June 2013, American Society of Nephrology

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  43. Correction: Intravenous Ferric Chloride Hexahydrate Supplementation Induced Endothelial Dysfunction and Increased Cardiovascular Risk among Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  44. Contrast-induced acute kidney injury in frail older people: What do we learn from the dilemma?

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  45. Expression of TNFRSF6B in kidneys is a novel predictor for progression of chronic kidney disease

    Article • Modern Pathology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  46. Aldosterone and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Role of Volume Overload

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  47. In-Hospital Mortality Risk Estimation in Patients with Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    Article • Renal Failure, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  48. Parathyroidectomy Reduces Intradialytic Hypotension in Hemodialysis Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

    Article • Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  49. Intravenous Ferric Chloride Hexahydrate Supplementation Induced Endothelial Dysfunction and Increased Cardiovascular Risk among Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  50. High serum DcR3 levels are associated with the occurrence of peritonitis in patients receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  51. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells without c-Myc Attenuate Acute Kidney Injury via Downregulating the Signaling of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Ischemia–Reperfusion Rats

    Article • Cell Transplantation, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  52. Effect of add-on direct renin inhibitor aliskiren in patients with non-diabetes related chronic kidney disease

    Article • BMC Nephrology, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  53. The non-genomic rapid acidification in peripheral T cells by progesterone depends on intracellular calcium increase and not on Na+/H+-exchange inhibition

    Article • Steroids, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  54. Decoy Receptor 3, a Novel Inflammatory Marker, and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, May 2012, American Society of Nephrology

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  55. Abnormal thyroid function in peritoneal dialysis patients: Lots of smoke but no fire

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  56. Progression of Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in a Veteran's Institution in Central Taiwan: a 3-Year Longitudinal Study

    Article • Internal Medicine, January 2012, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  57. Effects of intravenous iron saccharate on improving severe anemia in rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Article • Clinical Rheumatology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  58. Quiz Page July 2011

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  59. Risk factors associated with elevated serum pancreatic amylase levels during hemodialysis

    Article • Hemodialysis International, January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  60. High Risk of Renal Failure in Under-recognized Chronic Kidney Disease: Truth or Myth?

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  61. Bone Marrow Iron in CKD: Correlation With Functional Iron Deficiency

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  62. Non-genomic rapid inhibition of Na+/H+-exchange 1 and apoptotic immunosuppression in human T cells by glucocorticoids

    Article • Journal of Cellular Physiology, January 2010, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  63. Oral Bioavailability, Urinary Excretion and Organ Distribution of Melamine in Sprague−Dawley Rats by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, December 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lie-Chwen Lin, Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  64. Determination of melamine in rat plasma, liver, kidney, spleen, bladder and brain by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, October 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Lie-Chwen Lin, Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  65. Hemorrhagic Acalculous Cholecystitis: An Unusual Location of Uremic Bleeding

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  66. The conundrum of serum ferritin measurement in patients with chronic kidney disease

    Article • Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  67. Cardiorenal Anemia Syndrome in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  68. Novel Aspects of Vitamin C in Epoetin Response

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, September 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  69. Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Hemodialysis Patient Related to Propoxyphene Treatment

    Article • Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  70. How Can Erythropoietin Requirements be Reduced in Dialysis Patients?

    Article • Seminars in Dialysis, September 2006, Wiley

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  71. Serum Leptin and Epoetin Sensitivity

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  72. High-Calorie Supplementation Increases Serum Leptin Levels and Improves Response to rHuEPO in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  73. Reply from the Author

    Article • Kidney International, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  74. Protective effect of vitamin C on 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine level in peripheral blood lymphocytes of chronic hemodialysis patients

    Article • Kidney International, August 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  75. Reply

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, September 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  76. Hypercalcemia in a renal transplant recipient suffering with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, February 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  77. Thiamine deficiency and unexplained encephalopathy in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, November 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  78. Peritonitis in CAPD patients--do not always use antibiotics!

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, April 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  79. Chorea Induced by Thiamine Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, February 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  80. An Occult Cause of Arteriovenous Access Failure: Central Vein Stenosis from Permanent Pacemaker Wire

    Article • American Journal of Nephrology, January 2001, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  81. 8-Hydroxy-2′-Deoxyguanosine of leukocyte DNA as a marker of oxidative stress in chronic hemodialysis patients

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, November 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng, Professor and Director Yau-Huei Wei

  82. Effect of vitamin E-bonded membrane on the 8-hydroxy 2′-deoxyguanosine level in leukocyte DNA of hemodialysis patients

    Article • Kidney International, August 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng, Professor and Director Yau-Huei Wei

  83. Intravenous ascorbic acid as an adjuvant therapy for recombinant erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients with hyperferritinemia

    Article • Kidney International, June 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng, Professor and Director Yau-Huei Wei

  84. Erythropoietin hyporesponsiveness: From iron deficiency to iron overload

    Article • Kidney International, March 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  85. Erythropoietin hyporesponsiveness: From iron deficiency to iron overload

    Article • Kidney International, March 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  86. Brachial plexus compression due to subclavian pseudoaneurysm from cannulation of jugular vein hemodialysis catheter

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, April 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  87. Reply

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, March 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  88. Improvement of Nutritional Status in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis after Correction of Renal Anemia with Recombinant Human Erythropoietin

    Article • January 1998, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  89. Internal Jugular Vein Haemodialysis Catheter-induced Right Atrium Endocarditis - Case Report and Review of the Literature

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, January 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  90. Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Resistance in Iron-Replete Hemodialysis Patients: Role of Aluminum Toxicity

    Article • American Journal of Nephrology, January 1998, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  91. Association of Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism with Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy

    Article • January 1998, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  92. Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation of the Internal Jugular Vein for Dialysis Vascular Access in Uremic Patients

    Article • January 1998, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  93. Resistance to recombinant erythropoietin in a hemodialysis patient with heterozygous hemoglobinopathy J-Meinung

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, May 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  94. Uremic pruritus: Roles of parathyroid hormone and substance P

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, April 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  95. Mathematical Approach for Estimating Iron Needs in Hemodialysis Patients on Erythropoietin Therapy

    Article • American Journal of Nephrology, January 1997, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  96. Hemodialysis-Related Pruritus: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study of Capsaicin 0.025% Cream

    Article • January 1996, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  97. Diabetes Insipidus as an Early Sign of Pineal Tumor

    Article • American Journal of Nephrology, January 1995, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng

  98. Iron Metabolism Indices for Early Prediction of the Response and Resistance to Erythropoietin Therapy in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • American Journal of Nephrology, January 1995, Karger Publishers

    Professor Der-Cherng Tarng