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National Cheng Kung University
Education•Tainan City, Taiwan•
About: National Cheng Kung University is a education organization based out in Tainan City, Taiwan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Thin film. The organization has 49723 authors who have published 69799 publications receiving 1437420 citations. The organization is also known as: NCKU.
Topics: Population, Thin film, Microstructure, Dielectric, Heat transfer
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TL;DR: Dengue-virus-induced vasculopathy and coagulopathy must be involved in the pathogenesis of hemorrhage, and the unbalance between coagulation and fibrinolysis activation increases the likelihood of severe hemorrhage in DHF/DSS.
Abstract: Dengue virus infection causes dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and dengue shock syndrome (DSS), whose pathogeneses are not clearly understood. Current hypotheses of antibody-dependent enhancement, virus virulence, and IFN-γ/TNFα-mediated immunopathogenesis are insufficient to explain clinical manifestations of DHF/DSS such as thrombocytopenia and hemoconcentration. Dengue virus infection induces transient immune aberrant activation of CD4/CD8 ratio inversion and cytokine overproduction, and infection of endothelial cells and hepatocytes causes apoptosis and dysfunction of these cells. The coagulation and fibrinolysis systems are also activated after dengue virus infection. We propose a new hypothesis for the immunopathogenesis for dengue virus infection. The aberrant immune responses not only impair the immune response to clear the virus, but also result in overproduction of cytokines that affect monocytes, endothelial cells, and hepatocytes. Platelets are destroyed by crossreactive anti-platelet autoantibodies. Dengue-virus-induced vasculopathy and coagulopathy must be involved in the pathogenesis of hemorrhage, and the unbalance between coagulation and fibrinolysis activation increases the likelihood of severe hemorrhage in DHF/DSS. Hemostasis is maintained unless the dysregulation of coagulation and fibrinolysis persists. The overproduced IL-6 might play a crucial role in the enhanced production of anti-platelet or anti-endothelial cell autoantibodies, elevated levels of tPA, as well as a deficiency in coagulation. Capillary leakage is triggered by the dengue virus itself or by antibodies to its antigens. This immunopathogenesis of DHF/DSS can account for specific characteristics of clinical, pathologic, and epidemiological observations in dengue virus infection.
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TL;DR: The NHIRD appears to be a valid resource for population research in cardiovascular diseases by cross-comparisons of discharge diagnoses listed in the NHIRD with those in the medical records obtained from a medical center in Taiwan.
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TL;DR: In this article, instead of water, alcohol was used as a solvent in a chemical bath deposition process for the in situ synthesis of CdS quantum dots onto mesoporous TiO2 films.
Abstract: Alcohol, instead of water, was used as a solvent in a chemical bath deposition process for the in situ synthesis of CdS quantum dots onto mesoporous TiO2 films. Due to low surface tension, the alcohol solutions have high wettability and superior penetration ability on the mesoscopic TiO2 film, leading to a well-covered CdS on the surface of mesopores. The CdS-sensitized TiO2 electrode prepared using the alcohol system not only has a higher incorporated amount of CdS but also greatly inhibits the recombination of injected electrons. The efficiency of a CdS quantum-dots-sensitized solar cell prepared using the present method is as high as 1.84% under the illumination of one sun (AM1.5, 100mW∕cm2).
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TL;DR: In vitro performance clearly displays high efficacy in the NIR photothermal destruction of cancer cells, which has made the rod-in-shell structure a promising hyperthermia agent for the in vivo photothermal ablation of solid tumors when activated using a continuous-wave 808 m or a 1064 nm diode laser.
Abstract: Photothermal cancer therapy using near-infrared (NIR) laser radiation is an emerging treatment. In the NIR region, two biological transparency windows are located in 650–950 nm (first NIR window) a...
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TL;DR: This review starts with a comprehensive discussion on the general process for drug discovery and development, the role of cell culture in drug research, and the characteristics of the cell culture formats commonly used in current microfluidic-based, cell-culture practices.
Abstract: In pharmaceutical research, an adequate cell-based assay scheme to efficiently screen and to validate potential drug candidates in the initial stage of drug discovery is crucial. In order to better predict the clinical response to drug compounds, a cell culture model that is faithful to in vivo behavior is required. With the recent advances in microfluidic technology, the utilization of a microfluidic-based cell culture has several advantages, making it a promising alternative to the conventional cell culture methods. This review starts with a comprehensive discussion on the general process for drug discovery and development, the role of cell culture in drug research, and the characteristics of the cell culture formats commonly used in current microfluidic-based, cell-culture practices. Due to the significant differences in several physical phenomena between microscale and macroscale devices, microfluidic technology provides unique functionality, which is not previously possible by using traditional techniques. In a subsequent section, the niches for using microfluidic-based cell culture systems for drug research are discussed. Moreover, some critical issues such as cell immobilization, medium pumping or gradient generation in microfluidic-based, cell-culture systems are also reviewed. Finally, some practical applications of microfluidic-based, cell-culture systems in drug research particularly those pertaining to drug toxicity testing and those with a high-throughput capability are highlighted.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Yi Chen | 217 | 4342 | 293080 |
Yang Yang | 164 | 2704 | 144071 |
R. E. Hughes | 154 | 1312 | 110970 |
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis | 152 | 1854 | 113022 |
Thomas J. Smith | 140 | 1775 | 113919 |
Hui Li | 135 | 2982 | 105903 |
Gerald M. Reaven | 133 | 799 | 80351 |
Chi-Huey Wong | 129 | 1220 | 66349 |
Joseph P. Vacanti | 119 | 441 | 50739 |
Kai Nan An | 109 | 953 | 51638 |
Ding-Shinn Chen | 104 | 774 | 46068 |
James D. Neaton | 101 | 331 | 64719 |
David C. Christiani | 100 | 1052 | 55399 |
Jo Shu Chang | 99 | 639 | 37487 |
Yu Shyr | 98 | 542 | 39527 |