Published in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol on July 12, 2012
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Targeting endothelium-pericyte cross talk by inhibiting VEGF receptor signaling attenuates kidney microvascular rarefaction and fibrosis. Am J Pathol (2011) 2.12
Women on hemodialysis have lower self-reported health-related quality of life scores but better survival than men. J Nephrol (2012) 2.07
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Specific EGFR mutations predict treatment outcome of stage IIIB/IV patients with chemotherapy-naive non-small-cell lung cancer receiving first-line gefitinib monotherapy. J Clin Oncol (2008) 1.93
High frequency of linezolid-associated thrombocytopenia and anemia among patients with end-stage renal disease. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.81
Late initiation of renal replacement therapy is associated with worse outcomes in acute kidney injury after major abdominal surgery. Crit Care (2009) 1.80
Platelet-derived growth factor receptor signaling activates pericyte-myofibroblast transition in obstructive and post-ischemic kidney fibrosis. Kidney Int (2011) 1.75
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Association of kidney function with residual hypertension after treatment of aldosterone-producing adenoma. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 1.71
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Rate of decline of residual renal function is associated with all-cause mortality and technique failure in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2009) 1.67
Geographic difference in survival outcome for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: implications on future clinical trial design. Contemp Clin Trials (2009) 1.67
Discrimination of basal cell carcinoma from normal dermal stroma by quantitative multiphoton imaging. Opt Lett (2006) 1.61
A common variant in the PNPLA3 gene is a risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese Taiwanese children. J Pediatr (2010) 1.60
Long-term risk of coronary events after AKI. J Am Soc Nephrol (2014) 1.59
Simple self-report FRAIL scale might be more closely associated with dialysis complications than other frailty screening instruments in rural chronic dialysis patients. Nephrology (Carlton) (2015) 1.59
Preoperative proteinuria predicts adverse renal outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 1.58
Expression of stathmin in localized upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: correlations with prognosis. Urology (2009) 1.58
Sleep disturbance in chronic hemodialysis patients: the impact of depression and anemia. Ren Fail (2007) 1.58
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LRP-6 is a coreceptor for multiple fibrogenic signaling pathways in pericytes and myofibroblasts that are inhibited by DKK-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.51
Quality of sleep and psychosocial factors for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int (2007) 1.50
The role played by perivascular cells in kidney interstitial injury. Clin Nephrol (2012) 1.49
Pericyte TIMP3 and ADAMTS1 modulate vascular stability after kidney injury. J Am Soc Nephrol (2012) 1.48
Acute-on-chronic kidney injury at hospital discharge is associated with long-term dialysis and mortality. Kidney Int (2011) 1.47
Impact of timing of renal replacement therapy initiation on outcome of septic acute kidney injury. Crit Care (2011) 1.47
DNA methyltransferase inhibition restores erythropoietin production in fibrotic murine kidneys. J Clin Invest (2016) 1.47
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with end-stage renal disease in Taiwan: distinguishing between community-associated and healthcare-associated strains. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2009) 1.47
Effects of low- and high-flux dialyzers on oxidative stress and insulin resistance. Blood Purif (2008) 1.46
Risk factors for nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients with end-stage renal disease in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc (2012) 1.46
Risk factors of early redialysis after weaning from postoperative acute renal replacement therapy. Intensive Care Med (2007) 1.45
Effects of far infrared acupoint stimulation on autonomic activity and quality of life in hemodialysis patients. Am J Chin Med (2009) 1.45
The prescribing of Chinese herbal products in Taiwan: a cross-sectional analysis of the national health insurance reimbursement database. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2008) 1.44
Association between serum aspartate transaminase and homocysteine levels in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 1.43
RNA-binding protein insulin-like growth factor II mRNA-binding protein 3 expression promotes tumor invasion and predicts early recurrence and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology (2008) 1.43
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 as an infection marker for patients with neutropenic fever. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.41
Effectiveness of education programs about oral antibiotic suspensions in pediatric outpatient services. Pediatr Neonatol (2012) 1.41
Multiphoton autofluorescence and second-harmonic generation imaging of the ex vivo porcine eye. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2006) 1.40
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis in Taiwanese. Nephrology (Carlton) (2004) 1.39
Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of renal pelvis with carcinoembryonic antigen production. Urology (2008) 1.39
Transforming growth factor β-1 stimulates profibrotic epithelial signaling to activate pericyte-myofibroblast transition in obstructive kidney fibrosis. Am J Pathol (2012) 1.38
Pentoxifylline attenuated the renal disease progression in rats with remnant kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 1.36