Ming-Tsang Wu

Polymorphism in COX-2 modifies the inverse association between Helicobacter pyloriseropositivity and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in Taiwan: a case control study (2009)

Hu, Huang-Ming, Kuo, Chao-Hung, Lee, Chien-Hung, Wu, I-Chen, Lee, Ka-Wo, Lee, Jang-Ming, ...

Abstract Background Overexpression of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) was observed in many types of cancers, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). One functional SNP, COX-2 -1195G/A, has been...

Cured meat, vegetables, and bean-curd foods in relation to childhood acute leukemia risk: A population based case-control study (2009)

Liu, Chen-yu, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Pan, Pi-Chen, Ho, Chi-Kung, Su, Li, ...

Abstract Background Consumption of cured/smoked meat and fish leads to the formation of carcinogenic N- nitroso compounds in the acidic stomach. This study investigated whether consumed cured/smoked...

Association between television viewing and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a community-based population (2008)

Chang, Pei-Chia, Li, Tsai-Chung, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Liu, Chiu-Shong, Li, Chia-Ing, Chen, Ching-Chu, ...

Abstract Background As a result of metabolic syndrome becoming an important issue during recent decades, many studies have explored the risk factors contributing to its development. However, less...

Maternal and offspring genetic variants of AKR1C3 and the risk of childhood leukemia (2008)

Liu, Chen-yu, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Pan, Pi-Chen, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Ho, Chi-Kung, Su, Li, ...

The aldo-keto reductase 1C3 (AKR1C3) gene located on chromosome 10p15-p14, a regulator of myeloid cell proliferation and differentiation, represents an important candidate gene for studying human...

Residential Exposure to Petrochemicals and the Risk of Leukemia: Using Geographic Information System Tools to Estimate Individual-Level Residential Exposure (2006)

Yu, Chu-Ling, Wang, Su-Fen, Pan, Pi-Chen, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Ho, Chi-Kung, Smith, Thomas J., ...

The authors conducted a population-based, case-control study in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Republic of China, to investigate the association between residential petrochemical exposure and leukemia...

Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1{alpha} is Associated with Risk of Aggressive Behavior and Tumor Angiogenesis in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (2005)

Chen, Wan-Tzu, Huang, Chih-Jen, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Yang, Sheau-Fang, Su, Yue-Chiu, Chai, Chee-Yin

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of HIF-1α expression and tumor angiogenesis, recurrence/distant metastasis, and its value in the prediction of aggressive...

A delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism may modify the relationship of low-level lead exposure to uricemia and renal function: the normative aging study.

Wu, Ming-Tsang, Kelsey, Karl, Schwartz, Joel, Sparrow, David, Weiss, Scott, Hu, Howard

In this study we investigated whether a known delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) exon 4 polymorphism has a modifying effect on the association of blood or bone lead level with uricemia and...

A delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism may modify the relationship of low-level lead exposure to uricemia and renal function: the normative aging study.

Wu, Ming-Tsang, Kelsey, Karl, Schwartz, Joel, Sparrow, David, Weiss, Scott, Hu, Howard

In this study we investigated whether a known delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) exon 4 polymorphism has a modifying effect on the association of blood or bone lead level with uricemia and...

Association between television viewing and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a community-based population

Chang, Pei-Chia, Li, Tsai-Chung, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Liu, Chiu-Shong, Li, Chia-Ing, Chen, Ching-Chu, ...

Cured meat, vegetables, and bean-curd foods in relation to childhood acute leukemia risk: A population based case-control study

Liu, Chen-yu, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Pan, Pi-Chen, Ho, Chi-Kung, Su, Li, ...

Polymorphism in COX-2 modifies the inverse association between Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in Taiwan: a case control study

Hu, Huang-Ming, Kuo, Chao-Hung, Lee, Chien-Hung, Wu, I-Chen, Lee, Ka-Wo, Lee, Jang-Ming, ...

No association between polymorphisms of the DNA repair geneXRCC1 and cervical neoplasm risk

Wu, Ming-Tsang, Chen, Shu-Yi, Wu, Trong-Neng, Hwang, Hsing-Yu, Ho, Chi-Kung, Lee, Li-Hung, ...

Association between Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and digestive tract cancers

Wu, I-Chen, Wu, Deng-Chyang, Yu, Fang-Jung, Wang, Jaw-Yuan, Kuo, Chao-Hung, Yang, Sheau-Fang, ...

AIM: To explore the role of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection on the risk of digestive tract cancers.

Etiologic factors of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma among men in Taiwan

Chen, Mei-Ju, Wu, Deng-Chyang, Lin, Jia-Ming, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Sung, Fung-Chang

AIM: To elucidate etiologic associations between Helicobacter pylori (H pylori), lifestyle, environmental factors and gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) among men.