List of works - Tun-Jun Tsai

Angiopoietins modulate endothelial adaptation, glomerular and podocyte hypertrophy after uninephrectomy

scientific article

Antibiotics induce apoptosis of human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

scientific article published in June 2003

Are both psychological and physical dimensions in health-related quality of life associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients: a 7-year Taiwan cohort study.

scientific article published on 20 July 2010

Association of low serum fetuin A levels with poor arteriovenous access patency in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Associations of metabolic syndrome and its components with cardiovascular outcomes among non-diabetic patients undergoing maintenance peritoneal dialysis.

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Autonomic dysfunction in chronic kidney disease: An old problem in a new era

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Benefits of sevelamer on markers of bone turnover in Taiwanese hemodialysis patients.

scientific article published on September 2010

Blockade of cysteine-rich protein 61 attenuates renal inflammation and fibrosis after ischemic kidney injury

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Bradykinin enhances reactive oxygen species generation, mitochondrial injury, and cell death induced by ATP depletion--a role of the phospholipase C-Ca(2+) pathway.

scientific article

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in dialysis patients.

scientific article

Chronic fatigue in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients.

scientific article published in November 2001

Clinical findings and outcomes of intra-hemodialysis cardiopulmonary resuscitation

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbance decreases inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients.

scientific article

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbance in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

Comparison of self-reported health-related quality of life between Taiwan hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: a multi-center collaborative study.

scientific article published on 13 October 2010

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in the elderly: a seven-year experience

scientific article published on March 1995

Correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in Taiwan

scientific article published in July 2009

Cysteine-rich protein 61 plays a proinflammatory role in obstructive kidney fibrosis

scientific article

Diltiazem suppresses collagen synthesis and IL-1beta-induced TGF-beta1 production on human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

Dipyridamole inhibits PDGF-stimulated human peritoneal mesothelial cell proliferation.

scientific article

Dipyridamole inhibits TGF-beta-induced collagen gene expression in human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

scientific article

Dual regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced CCL2/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells by nuclear factor-kappaB and activator protein-1: modulation by type III phosphodiesterase inhibition

scientific article published on 20 February 2004

Early activation of bradykinin B2 receptor aggravates reactive oxygen species generation and renal damage in ischemia/reperfusion injury

scientific journal article

Economic, social, and psychological factors associated with health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in northern Taiwan: a multicenter study

scientific article published in January 2009

Effect of diuretic use on 30-day postdialysis mortality in critically ill patients receiving acute dialysis

scientific article

Effect of pentoxifylline in addition to losartan on proteinuria and GFR in CKD: a 12-month randomized trial.

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Expression of CX3CL1/fractalkine by mesangial cells in vitro and in acute anti-Thy1 glomerulonephritis in rats ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2003

Extracellular matrix proteins modulate human peritoneal mesothelial cell behavior

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Factors associated with metabolic acidosis in patients receiving parenteral nutrition

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Fibroadhesive form of tuberculous peritonitis: chyloperitoneum in a patient undergoing automated peritoneal dialysis

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

scientific article published on November 1998

Gender effect on quality of life in hemodialysis patients: response to Einollahi and Motalebi.

scientific article

Health-related quality of life of hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a multicenter study

scientific article published on 27 October 2004

Hemorrhagic stroke in chronic dialysis patients

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Higher plasma interleukin-18 levels associated with poor quality of sleep in peritoneal dialysis patients

scientific article published on 22 September 2007

Higher systemic inflammation is associated with poorer sleep quality in stable haemodialysis patients

scientific article published on 29 July 2008

Hyperuricemia associated with rapid renal function decline in elderly Taiwanese subjects.

scientific article published in December 2009

Influence of relative hypoparathyroidism on the responsiveness to recombinant human erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients.

scientific article

Inhibition by pentoxifylline of TNF-alpha-stimulated fractalkine production in vascular smooth muscle cells: evidence for mediation by NF-kappa B down-regulation.

scientific article

Interleukin-18 is a strong predictor of hospitalization in haemodialysis patients.

scientific article

Lifetime costs for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis in patients in Taiwan

scientific article published on May 2013

Lineage tracing reveals distinctive fates for mesothelial cells and submesothelial fibroblasts during peritoneal injury

scientific article

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: association with mortality and hospitalization in hemodialysis patients.

scientific article published on 21 January 2005

Maintenance haemodialysis and delayed administration of appropriate antibiotics increase 30-day mortality among patients with non-hospital-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.

scientific article published on 23 February 2010

Membranous nephropathy: a review on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

scientific article

Multidisciplinary care program for advanced chronic kidney disease: reduces renal replacement and medical costs.

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

N-acetylcysteine-mediated antioxidation prevents hyperglycemia-induced apoptosis and collagen synthesis in rat mesangial cells.

scientific article

Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is associated with higher all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients

scientific article

Natural changes in peritoneal equilibration test results in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients: a retrospective, seven year cohort survey

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Outcomes following dialysis for acute kidney injury among different stages of chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 17 June 2011

Outcomes of stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease before end-stage renal disease at a single center in Taiwan

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

Pentoxifylline ameliorates proteinuria through suppression of renal monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in patients with proteinuric primary glomerular diseases.

scientific article

Pentoxifylline attenuates tubulointerstitial fibrosis by blocking Smad3/4-activated transcription and profibrogenic effects of connective tissue growth factor.

scientific article published on 29 June 2005

Pentoxifylline inhibits human peritoneal mesothelial cell growth and collagen synthesis: effects on TGF-beta.

scientific article

Pentoxifylline inhibits platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated cyclin D1 expression in mesangial cells by blocking Akt membrane translocation.

scientific article published in October 2003

Pentoxifylline modulates intracellular signalling of TGF-beta in cultured human peritoneal mesothelial cells: implications for prevention of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.

scientific article published in April 2003

Pentoxifylline: a potential therapy for chronic kidney disease.

scientific article published in August 2004

Peritoneal permeability in patients with encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Peritoneal thickening is not inevitable in long-term peritoneal dialysis and is associated with peritoneal transport characteristics: a two-centre sonographic study.

scientific article published on 27 November 2007

Plasma interleukin-18 levels in chronic renal failure and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

scientific article

Plasma interleukin-18 levels in hemodialysis patients: increased by dialysis process and association with interleukin-6 and tumor necrotic factor-alpha

scientific article published on 16 December 2005

Pleiotropic effects of sevelamer beyond phosphate binding in end-stage renal disease patients: a randomized, open-label, parallel-group study

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Poor renal outcome of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody negative Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in Taiwanese

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Preservation of peritoneal morphology and function by pentoxifylline in a rat model of peritoneal dialysis: molecular studies.

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with minimal change disease

scientific article published on 02 November 2006

Rate of decline of residual renal function is associated with all-cause mortality and technique failure in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis.

scientific article

Renoprotective effect of combining pentoxifylline with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker in advanced chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 07 February 2014

Renovascular disease in Taiwan: a long-term nationwide population study

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Revised cutoff values of serum aminotransferase in detecting viral hepatitis among CAPD patients: experience from Taiwan, an endemic area for hepatitis B

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Risk factors for high dialysate glucose use in PD patients--a retrospective 5-year cohort study.

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Safety issues of long-term glucose load in patients on peritoneal dialysis--a 7-year cohort study.

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Sexual dysfunction in peritoneal dialysis patients.

scientific article published on 11 September 2007

Spontaneous renal artery dissection

scientific article published on 10 November 2010

Tamoxifen downregulates connective tissue growth factor to ameliorate peritoneal fibrosis

scientific article published on 14 January 2011

The aggressiveness of urinary tract urothelial carcinoma increases with the severity of chronic kidney disease.

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

The association of higher depressive symptoms and sexual dysfunction in male haemodialysis patients.

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

The renoprotective potential of pentoxifylline in chronic kidney disease.

scientific article

Therapeutic efficacy of pentoxifylline on proteinuria and renal progression: an update.

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Transforming growth factor β-1 stimulates profibrotic epithelial signaling to activate pericyte-myofibroblast transition in obstructive kidney fibrosis.

scientific article published on 9 November 2012

Treating baclofen overdose by hemodialysis

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha stimulates fractalkine production by mesangial cells and regulates monocyte transmigration: down-regulation by cAMP

scientific journal article

Urinary kallikrein excretion is related to renal function change and inflammatory status in chronic kidney disease patients receiving angiotensin II receptor blocker treatment.

scientific article published in June 2008

Viral hepatitis infection should be considered for evaluating uremic pruritus in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

scientific article published on January 1998

Women on hemodialysis have lower self-reported health-related quality of life scores but better survival than men.

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

YC-1-inhibited proliferation of rat mesangial cells through suppression of cyclin D1-independent of cGMP pathway and partially reversed by p38 MAPK inhibitor.

scientific article published in July 2005

List of works by Tun-Jun Tsai

Angiopoietins modulate endothelial adaptation, glomerular and podocyte hypertrophy after uninephrectomy

Antibiotics induce apoptosis of human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

Are both psychological and physical dimensions in health-related quality of life associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients: a 7-year Taiwan cohort study.

Association of low serum fetuin A levels with poor arteriovenous access patency in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Associations of metabolic syndrome and its components with cardiovascular outcomes among non-diabetic patients undergoing maintenance peritoneal dialysis.

Autonomic dysfunction in chronic kidney disease: An old problem in a new era

Benefits of sevelamer on markers of bone turnover in Taiwanese hemodialysis patients.

Blockade of cysteine-rich protein 61 attenuates renal inflammation and fibrosis after ischemic kidney injury

Bradykinin enhances reactive oxygen species generation, mitochondrial injury, and cell death induced by ATP depletion--a role of the phospholipase C-Ca(2+) pathway.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in dialysis patients.

Chronic fatigue in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients.

Clinical findings and outcomes of intra-hemodialysis cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbance decreases inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbance in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Comparison of self-reported health-related quality of life between Taiwan hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: a multi-center collaborative study.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in the elderly: a seven-year experience

Correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in Taiwan

Cysteine-rich protein 61 plays a proinflammatory role in obstructive kidney fibrosis

Diltiazem suppresses collagen synthesis and IL-1beta-induced TGF-beta1 production on human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

Dipyridamole inhibits PDGF-stimulated human peritoneal mesothelial cell proliferation.

Dipyridamole inhibits TGF-beta-induced collagen gene expression in human peritoneal mesothelial cells.

Dual regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced CCL2/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells by nuclear factor-kappaB and activator protein-1: modulation by type III phosphodiesterase inhibition

Early activation of bradykinin B2 receptor aggravates reactive oxygen species generation and renal damage in ischemia/reperfusion injury

Economic, social, and psychological factors associated with health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in northern Taiwan: a multicenter study

Effect of diuretic use on 30-day postdialysis mortality in critically ill patients receiving acute dialysis

Effect of pentoxifylline in addition to losartan on proteinuria and GFR in CKD: a 12-month randomized trial.

Expression of CX3CL1/fractalkine by mesangial cells in vitro and in acute anti-Thy1 glomerulonephritis in rats ⬇️

Extracellular matrix proteins modulate human peritoneal mesothelial cell behavior

Factors associated with metabolic acidosis in patients receiving parenteral nutrition

Fibroadhesive form of tuberculous peritonitis: chyloperitoneum in a patient undergoing automated peritoneal dialysis

GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Gender effect on quality of life in hemodialysis patients: response to Einollahi and Motalebi.

Health-related quality of life of hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a multicenter study

Hemorrhagic stroke in chronic dialysis patients

Higher plasma interleukin-18 levels associated with poor quality of sleep in peritoneal dialysis patients

Higher systemic inflammation is associated with poorer sleep quality in stable haemodialysis patients

Hyperuricemia associated with rapid renal function decline in elderly Taiwanese subjects.

Influence of relative hypoparathyroidism on the responsiveness to recombinant human erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients.

Inhibition by pentoxifylline of TNF-alpha-stimulated fractalkine production in vascular smooth muscle cells: evidence for mediation by NF-kappa B down-regulation.

Interleukin-18 is a strong predictor of hospitalization in haemodialysis patients.

Lifetime costs for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis in patients in Taiwan

Lineage tracing reveals distinctive fates for mesothelial cells and submesothelial fibroblasts during peritoneal injury

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: association with mortality and hospitalization in hemodialysis patients.

Maintenance haemodialysis and delayed administration of appropriate antibiotics increase 30-day mortality among patients with non-hospital-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.

Membranous nephropathy: a review on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

Multidisciplinary care program for advanced chronic kidney disease: reduces renal replacement and medical costs.

N-acetylcysteine-mediated antioxidation prevents hyperglycemia-induced apoptosis and collagen synthesis in rat mesangial cells.

Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is associated with higher all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients

Natural changes in peritoneal equilibration test results in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients: a retrospective, seven year cohort survey

Outcomes following dialysis for acute kidney injury among different stages of chronic kidney disease

Outcomes of stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease before end-stage renal disease at a single center in Taiwan

Pentoxifylline ameliorates proteinuria through suppression of renal monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in patients with proteinuric primary glomerular diseases.

Pentoxifylline attenuates tubulointerstitial fibrosis by blocking Smad3/4-activated transcription and profibrogenic effects of connective tissue growth factor.

Pentoxifylline inhibits human peritoneal mesothelial cell growth and collagen synthesis: effects on TGF-beta.

Pentoxifylline inhibits platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated cyclin D1 expression in mesangial cells by blocking Akt membrane translocation.

Pentoxifylline modulates intracellular signalling of TGF-beta in cultured human peritoneal mesothelial cells: implications for prevention of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.

Pentoxifylline: a potential therapy for chronic kidney disease.

Peritoneal permeability in patients with encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis

Peritoneal thickening is not inevitable in long-term peritoneal dialysis and is associated with peritoneal transport characteristics: a two-centre sonographic study.

Plasma interleukin-18 levels in chronic renal failure and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Plasma interleukin-18 levels in hemodialysis patients: increased by dialysis process and association with interleukin-6 and tumor necrotic factor-alpha

Pleiotropic effects of sevelamer beyond phosphate binding in end-stage renal disease patients: a randomized, open-label, parallel-group study

Poor renal outcome of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody negative Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in Taiwanese

Preservation of peritoneal morphology and function by pentoxifylline in a rat model of peritoneal dialysis: molecular studies.

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with minimal change disease

Rate of decline of residual renal function is associated with all-cause mortality and technique failure in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis.

Renoprotective effect of combining pentoxifylline with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker in advanced chronic kidney disease

Renovascular disease in Taiwan: a long-term nationwide population study

Revised cutoff values of serum aminotransferase in detecting viral hepatitis among CAPD patients: experience from Taiwan, an endemic area for hepatitis B

Risk factors for high dialysate glucose use in PD patients--a retrospective 5-year cohort study.

Safety issues of long-term glucose load in patients on peritoneal dialysis--a 7-year cohort study.

Sexual dysfunction in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Spontaneous renal artery dissection

Tamoxifen downregulates connective tissue growth factor to ameliorate peritoneal fibrosis

The aggressiveness of urinary tract urothelial carcinoma increases with the severity of chronic kidney disease.

The association of higher depressive symptoms and sexual dysfunction in male haemodialysis patients.

The renoprotective potential of pentoxifylline in chronic kidney disease.

Therapeutic efficacy of pentoxifylline on proteinuria and renal progression: an update.

Transforming growth factor β-1 stimulates profibrotic epithelial signaling to activate pericyte-myofibroblast transition in obstructive kidney fibrosis.