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Ming-Ju Tsai

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University
Verified email at kmuh.org.tw
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[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment: a new treatment target for cancer

MJ Tsai, WA Chang, MS Huang, PL Kuo - … Scholarly Research Notices, 2014 - hindawi.com
Recent advances in cancer therapy encounter a bottleneck. Relapsing/recurrent disease
almost always developed eventually with resistance to the initially effective drugs. Tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Lung cancer-derived galectin-1 contributes to cancer associated fibroblast-mediated cancer progression and immune suppression through TDO2/kynurenine …

…, SF Jian, CY Wu, YS Lin, YM Tsai, SH Chou, MJ Tsai… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Communication between cancer cells and their microenvironment plays an important role in
cancer development, but the precise mechanisms by which cancer-associated fibroblasts (…

Defining a severe asthma super-responder: findings from a Delphi process

…, M Fitzgerald, M Hew, M Peters, MJ Tsai… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Clinicians are increasingly recognizing severe asthma patients in whom biologics
and other add-on therapies lead to dramatic improvement. Currently, there is no agreed-…

Infection control measures of a Taiwanese hospital to confront the COVID‐19 pandemic

YT Chang, CY Lin, MJ Tsai, CT Hung… - … Kaohsiung journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The World Health Organization announced the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
outbreak a pandemic on 12 March 2020. Although being in proximity to China, the original …

Liver metastasis predicts poorer prognosis in stage IV lung adenocarcinoma patients receiving first-line gefitinib

KL Wu, MJ Tsai, CJ Yang, WA Chang, JY Hung… - Lung Cancer, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Gefitinib is currently used as a first-line therapy in patients of advanced non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with susceptible epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) …

[PDF][PDF] Artificial intelligence-driven pan-cancer analysis reveals miRNA signatures for cancer stage prediction

SY Sathipati, MJ Tsai, SK Shukla, SY Ho - Human Genetics and Genomics …, 2023 - cell.com
The ability to detect cancer at an early stage in patients who would benefit from effective therapy
is a key factor in increasing survivability. This work proposes an evolutionary supervised …

[HTML][HTML] Cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists decrease cancer risk in asthma patients

MJ Tsai, PH Wu, CC Sheu, YL Hsu, WA Chang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Previous in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated the potential of using cysteinyl
leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) for chemoprevention, but this has not been investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Montelukast induces apoptosis-inducing factor-mediated cell death of lung cancer cells

MJ Tsai, WA Chang, PH Tsai, CY Wu, YW Ho… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Developing novel chemo-prevention techniques and advancing treatment are key elements
to beating lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Our previous …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA signature for estimating the survival time in patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma

S Yerukala Sathipati, MJ Tsai, SK Shukla, SY Ho… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLC) is one of the most common cancers in men, and its
heterogeneity challenges the treatment to cure this disease. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) …

Metformin decreases lung cancer risk in diabetic patients in a dose-dependent manner

MJ Tsai, CJ Yang, YT Kung, CC Sheu, YT Shen… - Lung Cancer, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives Higher risk of lung cancer has been noted in patients with type 2 diabetes
mellitus (DM). Some observational studies have shown a reduced risk of lung cancer in DM …