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  1. Polyomavirus BK, BKV microRNA, and urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin can be used as potential biomarkers of lupus nephritis

    Article • PLOS One, January 2019, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  2. Immunoglobulin E and G Levels in Predicting Minimal Change Disease before Renal Biopsy

    Article • BioMed Research International, November 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Ya-Chung Tian, Ching chung Hsiao

  3. Chronic dialysis patients with infectious spondylodiscitis have poorer outcomes than non-dialysis populations

    Article • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, February 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Ya-Chung Tian

  4. Active Components of Leptospira Outer Membrane Protein LipL32 to Toll-Like Receptor 2

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Nature

    Ya-Chung Tian

  5. Epidemiology and outcomes of Endophthalmitis in chronic dialysis patients: a 13-year experience in a tertiary referral center in Taiwan

    Article • BMC Nephrology, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  6. Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate/cortisol ratio in cirrhotic patients with septic shock: another sign of hepatoadrenal syndrome?

    Article • Critical Care, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  7. Metformin Inhibits Cyst Formation in a Zebrafish Model of Polycystin-2 Deficiency

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Nature

    Ya-Chung Tian

  8. The value of time-averaged serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in prediction of mortality and dropout in peritoneal dialysis patients

    Article • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, August 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Ya-Chung Tian

  9. Family Aggregation and Heritability of ESRD in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, June 2017, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  10. Infective endocarditis in hemodialysis patients

    Article • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, May 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Ching chung Hsiao, Ya-Chung Tian

  11. MP558TIME-AVERAGED HIGH-SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN PREDICTS MORTALITY AND DROPOUT IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, May 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ya-Chung Tian

  12. Prognostic impact of peritonitis in hemodialysis patients: A national-wide longitudinal study in Taiwan

    Article • PLOS One, March 2017, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  13. Acute kidney injury in patients with pulmonary embolism

    Article • Medicine, March 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  14. Infective spondylodiscitis in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: a case series

    Article • Renal Failure, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  15. Extraosseous uptake on bone scan in a patient with malignant hypercalcemia

    Article • Kidney International, November 2016, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  16. Proteinuria can predict prognosis after liver transplantation

    Article • BMC Surgery, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  17. Impact of the HLA-B * 58:01 Allele and Renal Impairment on Allopurinol-Induced Cutaneous Adverse Reactions

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, July 2016, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  18. Conversion to mTOR-inhibitors with calcineurin inhibitor elimination or minimization reduces urinary polyomavirus BK load in kidney transplant recipients

    Article • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, July 2016, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  19. The association between polyomavirus BK strains and BKV viruria in liver transplant recipients

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Ya-Chung Tian

  20. Leptospiral outer membrane protein LipL32 induces inflammation and kidney injury in zebrafish larvae

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Ya-Chung Tian

  21. Inhibition of spleen tyrosine kinase (syk) suppresses renal fibrosis through anti-inflammatory effects and down regulation of the MAPK-p38 pathway

    Article • The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  22. Acute Kidney Injury Classification for Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients: A Comparison of the KDIGO, AKIN and RIFLE Classifications

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Nature

    Ya-Chung Tian

  23. Spin-coated Au-nanohole arrays engineered by nanosphere lithography for a Staphylococcus aureus 16S rRNA electrochemical sensor

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, March 2016, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  24. Stimulation of transforming growth factor-beta-1 and contact with type I collagen cooperatively facilitate irreversible transdifferentiation in proximal tubular cells

    Article • Biomedical Journal, February 2016, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  25. Serum phosphate as an additional marker for initiating hemodialysis in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

    Article • Biomedical Journal, December 2015, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  26. Overlooked Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease after Leptospiral Infection: A Population-Based Survey and Epidemiological Cohort Evidence

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 2015, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  27. Sensing performance of fibronectin-functionalized Au-EGFET on the detection of S. epidermidis biofilm and 16S rRNA of infection-related bacteria in peritoneal dialysis

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, October 2015, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  28. Prognostic factors and complication rates for double-filtration plasmapheresis in patients with Guillain–Barré syndrome

    Article • Transfusion and Apheresis Science, February 2015, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  29. Serum levels of apolipoprotein A-I and high-density lipoprotein can predict organ failure in acute pancreatitis

    Article • Critical Care, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  30. Prognosis of critically ill cirrhotic versus non-cirrhotic patients: a comprehensive score-matched study

    Article • BMC Anesthesiology, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  31. Critical Illness–Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency in Cirrhotic Patients With Acute Gastroesophageal Variceal Bleeding

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, December 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  32. Potential impact on kidney infection: a whole-genome analysis of Leptospira santarosai serovar Shermani

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, November 2014, Nature

    Ya-Chung Tian

  33. Acute Kidney Injury Enhances Outcome Prediction Ability of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score in Critically Ill Patients

    Article • PLOS One, October 2014, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  34. Scoring Systems for Predicting Mortality after Liver Transplantation

    Article • PLOS One, September 2014, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  35. Scoring systems for 6-month mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients: a prospective analysis of chronic liver failure - sequential organ failure assessment score (CLIF-SOFA)

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Heng-Chih Pan, Ya-Chung Tian, 永昌 陳

  36. Insights into the poor prognosis of allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions: the impact of renal insufficiency, high plasma levels of oxypurinol and granulysin

    Article • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, August 2014, BMJ

    Ya-Chung Tian

  37. Prognosis of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: the Impact of Urine Output on Mortality

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, June 2014, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  38. Polyomavirus BK-encoded microRNA suppresses autoregulation of viral replication

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2014, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  39. Proteinuria Can Predict Short-term Prognosis in Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, April 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  40. High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Predicts Mortality and Technique Failure in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  41. Rapid detection of urinary polyomavirus BK by heterodyne-based surface plasmon resonance biosensor

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, September 2013, SPIE

    Ya-Chung Tian

  42. Prophylactic Antibiotics for Endoscopy-Associated Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

    Article • PLOS One, August 2013, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  43. Serum Interleukin-18 at Commencement of Renal Replacement Therapy Predicts Short-Term Prognosis in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury

    Article • PLOS One, May 2013, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  44. Aliskiren attenuates proteinuria in mice with lupus nephritis by a blood pressure-independent mechanism

    Article • Lupus, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Ya-Chung Tian

  45. Acute renal failure in cirrhotic patients with severe sepsis: Value of urinary interleukin-18

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, December 2012, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  46. Sequence of Leptospira santarosai serovar Shermani genome and prediction of virulence-associated genes

    Article • Gene, December 2012, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  47. Henoch-Schönlein Purpura With Intussusception in an Adult

    Article • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 2012, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  48. Predictors of Mortality in Patients Successfully Weaned from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

    Article • PLOS One, August 2012, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  49. Cyclophilin A and Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells Are Essential in Cyclosporine-Mediated Suppression of Polyomavirus BK Replication

    Article • Arabian archaeology and epigraphy, May 2012, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  50. Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers for Patients in a Coronary Care Unit: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • PLOS One, February 2012, PLOS

    Ya-Chung Tian

  51. Hemoglobin variability does not predict mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients

    Article • Biomedical Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  52. Acute kidney injury classification: AKIN and RIFLE criteria in critical patients

    Article • World Journal of Critical Care Medicine, January 2012, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Ya-Chung Tian

  53. Outcome Scoring Systems for Short-term Prognosis in Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients

    Article • Shock, November 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  54. Inhibition of the P2X7 Receptor Reduces Cystogenesis in PKD

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, June 2011, American Society of Nephrology

    Ya-Chung Tian

  55. Aggressive Surgical Intervention in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients with Spinal Epidural Abscess

    Article • Renal Failure, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  56. Comparable Ten-Year Outcome in Hemodialysis Patients with Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection and Single Hepatitis B Virus Infection

    Article • Blood Purification, January 2011, Karger Publishers

    Ya-Chung Tian

  57. Leptospira santorosaiSerovar Shermani Detergent Extract Induces an Increase in Fibronectin Production through a Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Pathway

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2010, ASM Journals

    Ya-Chung Tian

  58. OUTCOME SCORING SYSTEMS FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

    Article • Shock, October 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  59. The impact of type of assistance on characteristics of peritonitis in elderly peritoneal dialysis patients

    Article • International Urology and Nephrology, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  60. Initial high peritoneal transport status is not a predictor of mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients

    Article • Renal Failure, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  61. Proliferation of myofibroblasts in the stroma of renal oncocytoma

    Article • Cell Proliferation, April 2010, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  62. ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY CLASSIFICATION

    Article • Shock, March 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  63. Serum Sodium Predicts Prognosis in Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, March 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  64. Scoring short-term mortality after liver transplantation

    Article • Liver Transplantation, February 2010, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  65. A Suppressive Effect of Cyclosporine A on Replication and Noncoding Control Region Activation of Polyomavirus BK Virus

    Article • Transplantation, February 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  66. Comparison of Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Patients with Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

    Article • Nephron Clinical Practice, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    Ya-Chung Tian

  67. Serum Immunoglobulin E Can Predict Minimal Change Disease Before Renal Biopsy

    Article • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 2009, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  68. Acute Renal Failure Associated with Acute Non-fulminant Hepatitis A: A Case Report and Review of Literature

    Article • Renal Failure, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  69. A direct association of polyomavirus BK viruria with deterioration of renal allograft function in renal transplant patients

    Article • Clinical Transplantation, August 2009, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  70. Low serum concentration of apolipoprotein A-I is an indicator of poor prognosis in cirrhotic patients with severe sepsis

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  71. Role of serum sodium in assessing hospital mortality in cancer patients with spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome inducing acute uric acid nephropathy

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Practice, May 2009, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  72. RIFLE CLASSIFICATION FOR PREDICTING IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN CRITICALLY ILL SEPSIS PATIENTS

    Article • Shock, February 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  73. The RIFLE Score Increases the Accuracy of Outcome Prediction in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Undergoing Open Lung Biopsy

    Article • Respiration, January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Ya-Chung Tian

  74. Long-Term Online Hemodiafiltration Does Not Reduce the Frequency and Severity of Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease in Hemodialysis Patients

    Article • Renal Failure, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  75. Concurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma and Central Nervous System Lymphoma in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

    Article • Medical Principles and Practice, January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Ya-Chung Tian

  76. Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency in patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis: a prospective cohort study

    Article • Critical Care, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  77. Hemodynamics and metabolic studies on septic shock in patients with acute liver failure

    Article • Journal of Critical Care, December 2008, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  78. Regulation of PTC phenotype and function by TGF-β1: implications for transdifferentiation

    Article • International Journal of Experimental Pathology, June 2008, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  79. The Combination of Sirolimus and Cyclosporine Does Not Delay Initial Renal Graft Function Recovery

    Article • Renal Failure, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  80. Evaluation of Outcome Scoring Systems for Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 2007, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  81. Epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-β1 enhance HK-2 cell migration through a synergistic increase of matrix metalloproteinase and sustained activation of ERK signaling pathway

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, July 2007, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  82. RIFLE classification can predict short-term prognosis in critically ill cirrhotic patients

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ya-Chung Tian

  83. Effectiveness of oral and intravenous iron therapy in haemodialysis patients

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Practice, May 2007, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  84. Ciclosporin reduces paracellin-1 expression and magnesium transport in thick ascending limb cells

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ya-Chung Tian

  85. Transforming growth factor- 1 decreases epithelial sodium channel functionality in renal collecting duct cells via a Smad4-dependent pathway

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ya-Chung Tian

  86. Enhancement of epithelial sodium channel expression in renal cortical collecting ducts cells by advanced glycation end products

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ya-Chung Tian

  87. Excellent Prognosis of Culture Negative Endocarditis in Hemodialysis Patients: A Case Series

    Article • Renal Failure, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  88. Leptospiral Outer Membrane Protein Induces Extracellular Matrix Accumulation through a TGF-beta1/Smad-Dependent Pathway

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, September 2006, American Society of Nephrology

    Ya-Chung Tian

  89. Kidney Ultrasound Is Useful Tool in Posttransplant Follow-Up

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, September 2006, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  90. RIFLE classification is predictive of short-term prognosis in critically ill patients with acute renal failure supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ya-Chung Tian

  91. Fulminant Pulmonary Calciphylaxis and Metastatic Calcification Causing Acute Respiratory Failure in a Uremic Patient

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

    Ya-Chung Tian

  92. Prospective cohort study comparing sequential organ failure assessment and acute physiology, age, chronic health evaluation III scoring systems for hospital mortality prediction in critically ill cirrhotic patients

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Practice, December 2005, Wiley

    Ya-Chung Tian

  93. TGF-β1-mediated alterations of renal proximal tubular epithelial cell phenotype

    Article • AJP Renal Physiology, March 2003, American Physiological Society

    Ya-Chung Tian

  94. TGF- 1-Mediated Inhibition of HK-2 Cell Migration

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, March 2003, American Society of Nephrology

    Ya-Chung Tian

  95. TGF-β1-mediated fibroblast–myofibroblast terminal differentiation—the role of smad proteins

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, January 2003, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  96. Interaction between the Transforming Growth Factor-β Type II Receptor/Smad Pathway and β-Catenin during Transforming Growth Factor-β1-Mediated Adherens Junction Disassembly

    Article • American Journal Of Pathology, May 2002, Elsevier

    Ya-Chung Tian

  97. ORGAN SYSTEM FAILURES PREDICTION MODEL IN INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RENAL FAILURE TREATED WITH DIALYSIS

    Article • Renal Failure, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Ya-Chung Tian

  98. LAMIVUDINE IS EFFECTIVE TO SUPPRESS THE REPLICATION OF HEPATITIS BVIRAL PRECORE MUTANT GENOME IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS.

    Article • Transplantation, April 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ya-Chung Tian

  99. Thrombosis of the inferior vena cava in a pregnant woman with nephrotic syndrome - diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ya-Chung Tian