Ming Fei Liu

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Affiliation: National Cheng Kung University
Country: Taiwan

Publications

  1. ncbi Distribution of double-negative (CD4- CD8-, DN) T subsets in blood and synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    M F Liu
    Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Clin Rheumatol 18:227-31. 1999
  2. ncbi Variable increased expression of program death-1 and program death-1 ligands on peripheral mononuclear cells is not impaired in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Ming Fei Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
    J Biomed Biotechnol 2009:406136. 2009
  3. ncbi CTLA-4 gene polymorphism in promoter and exon-1 regions in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    M F Liu
    Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Lupus 10:647-9. 2001
  4. ncbi Decreased CD4+CD25+bright T cells in peripheral blood of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Lupus 17:34-9. 2008
  5. ncbi Increased expression of soluble cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 molecule in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    Scand J Immunol 57:568-72. 2003
  6. ncbi The presence of cytokine-suppressive CD4+CD25+ T cells in the peripheral blood and synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Scand J Immunol 62:312-7. 2005
  7. ncbi Decreased CD4+CD25+ T cells in peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    Scand J Immunol 59:198-202. 2004
  8. ncbi Prophylactic adenovirus-mediated human kallistatin gene therapy suppresses rat arthritis by inhibiting angiogenesis and inflammation
    Chrong Reen Wang
    Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Arthritis Rheum 52:1319-24. 2005
  9. ncbi Common variable immunodeficiency mimicking rheumatoid arthritis with Sjögren's syndrome
    Li Hsin Lin
    Section of Rheumatology and Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    J Microbiol Immunol Infect 38:358-60. 2005
  10. ncbi Up-regulation of XCR1 expression in rheumatoid joints
    C R Wang
    Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:569-73. 2004

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  1. ncbi Distribution of double-negative (CD4- CD8-, DN) T subsets in blood and synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    M F Liu
    Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Clin Rheumatol 18:227-31. 1999
    ..The lower percentage of circulating gammadelta DNT cells might have resulted from migration from the circulation into the synovium, suggesting a role for gammadelta DNT cells in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid synovitis...
  2. ncbi Variable increased expression of program death-1 and program death-1 ligands on peripheral mononuclear cells is not impaired in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Ming Fei Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
    J Biomed Biotechnol 2009:406136. 2009
    ..The study indicates that there are no intrinsically defective expression and function of PD-1 and PD-1 ligands on PBMC in patients with SLE...
  3. ncbi CTLA-4 gene polymorphism in promoter and exon-1 regions in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    M F Liu
    Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Lupus 10:647-9. 2001
    ..However, SLE is a very heterogeneous syndrome and CTLA-4 gene polymorphism might correlate with some specific clinical features. To exploring this possibility, subgroup analysis in more patients needs to be performed...
  4. ncbi Decreased CD4+CD25+bright T cells in peripheral blood of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Lupus 17:34-9. 2008
    ..However, the exact functions of decreased circulating CD4+CD25+bright T cells in pSS need further elucidated...
  5. ncbi Increased expression of soluble cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 molecule in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    Scand J Immunol 57:568-72. 2003
    ..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing that patients with SLE have increased sCTLA-4 expression. However, the mechanism and role of increased sCTLA-4 in the pathogenesis of SLE remains elucidated...
  6. ncbi The presence of cytokine-suppressive CD4+CD25+ T cells in the peripheral blood and synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Scand J Immunol 62:312-7. 2005
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  7. ncbi Decreased CD4+CD25+ T cells in peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    M F Liu
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    Scand J Immunol 59:198-202. 2004
    ..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that patients with SLE had decreased CD4+CD25+ T cells. However, the exact role of the decreased CD4+CD25+ T cells in the pathogenesis of SLE remains to be elucidated...
  8. ncbi Prophylactic adenovirus-mediated human kallistatin gene therapy suppresses rat arthritis by inhibiting angiogenesis and inflammation
    Chrong Reen Wang
    Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Arthritis Rheum 52:1319-24. 2005
    ..Kallistatin has been shown to be an angiogenesis inhibitor. In this study, we investigated whether adenovirus-mediated kallistatin gene delivery has a prophylactic effect in a rat arthritis model...
  9. ncbi Common variable immunodeficiency mimicking rheumatoid arthritis with Sjögren's syndrome
    Li Hsin Lin
    Section of Rheumatology and Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    J Microbiol Immunol Infect 38:358-60. 2005
    ..IVIG replacement therapy was ultimately successful in curing recurrent bacterial infections, chronic polyarthritis, and improving the severity of sicca syndrome...
  10. ncbi Up-regulation of XCR1 expression in rheumatoid joints
    C R Wang
    Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:569-73. 2004
    ..We studied 16 chemokine receptors of the CC, CXC, CX3C and C families by analysing venous blood and synovial fluid samples and synovial tissues from RA patients...
  11. ncbi RANTES promoter polymorphism as a genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis in the Chinese
    C R Wang
    Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Clin Exp Rheumatol 23:379-84. 2005
    ..There is increasing evidence suggesting a role of RANTES in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and we evaluated the possible effect of RANTES gene on the susceptibility to RA in Chinese patients...
  12. ncbi Regulation of CCR5 expression and MIP-1alpha production in CD4+ T cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    C R Wang
    Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Clin Exp Immunol 132:371-8. 2003
    ..Production of MIP-1alpha by synovial fibroblasts is significantly increased by engagement of CD40 with CD40L. Synovial microenvironment plays a potential role in regulation of CCR5+CD4+ T cells in rheumatoid joints...
  13. ncbi Expression of CD40 and CD40 ligand among cell populations within rheumatoid synovial compartment
    M F Liu
    Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    Autoimmunity 34:107-13. 2001
    ..We concluded that there was an intrinsic hyperexpression of CD40L on lymphoid cells within rheumatoid joints, and synovial fibroblasts could contribute to articular inflammation through surface CD40 molecule...
  14. ncbi Incidence of cancer in a nationwide population cohort of 7852 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome in Taiwan
    Meng Yu Weng
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    Ann Rheum Dis 71:524-7. 2012
    ..However, little is known with regard to the risk of developing cancers other than NHL. The authors aimed in this study to compare the incidence of cancer in various sites among patients with pSS with the general population of Taiwan...
  15. ncbi The efficacy of low-dose mycophenolate mofetil for treatment of lupus nephritis in Taiwanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Meng Yu Weng
    Section of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Clin Rheumatol 29:771-5. 2010
    ..Our results suggest that lupus nephritis in Oriental patients might respond to lower doses of MMF than Caucasians...
  16. ncbi Adult-onset acute rheumatic fever: possible resurgence in southern Taiwan
    Chrong Reen Wang
    Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    J Clin Rheumatol 11:146-9. 2005
    ..By the late 1980s, acute rheumatic fever (ARF) had become a rare disease in Taiwan. The low prevalence rate in this area is attributed to a better economic status, which has led to improved public health and adequate medical services...
  17. ncbi Deoxyribonuclease-inhibitory antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus
    Trai Ming Yeh
    Department of Medical Technology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    J Biomed Sci 10:544-51. 2003
    ..Taken together, these results suggest that DNase-inhibitory antibodies which recognize a conserved epitope near the catalytic site of DNase may act in the pathogenesis of SLE...
  18. ncbi Function of interleukin-20 as a proinflammatory molecule in rheumatoid and experimental arthritis
    Yu Hsiang Hsu
    National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
    Arthritis Rheum 54:2722-33. 2006
    ..Interleukin-20 (IL-20) has proinflammatory properties for keratinocytes. In this study, we sought to determine whether IL-20 is involved in RA...
  19. ncbi Amelioration of collagen-induced arthritis in rats by adenovirus-mediated PTEN gene transfer
    Chrong Reen Wang
    National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    Arthritis Rheum 58:1650-6. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of PTEN gene transfer in rats with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA)...
  20. ncbi Aberrant integrin activation induces p38 MAPK phosphorylation resulting in suppressed Fas-mediated apoptosis in T cells: implications for rheumatoid arthritis
    Yu Ping Lin
    Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
    Mol Immunol 46:3328-35. 2009
    ..In conclusion, abnormal activation of p38 MAPK to prevent Fas-mediated apoptosis may represent a common survival mechanism of RA synovial T cells contributing to the persistent inflammation of affected synovium...
  21. ncbi Incidence and mortality of treated primary Sjogren's syndrome in Taiwan: a population-based study
    Meng Yu Weng
    Section of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University NCKU MedicalCollege and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    J Rheumatol 38:706-8. 2011
    ..To estimate the incidence and mortality of treated primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) by sex and age group in Taiwan...
  22. ncbi The potential role of interferon-regulatory factor 7 among Taiwanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Li Hsin Lin
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan, Taiwan 704, Republic of China
    J Rheumatol 38:1914-9. 2011
    ..Our aims were to investigate the expression of IRF7 and its correlation with disease activity and to explore the association in Taiwanese patients between 2 genetic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of IRF7 and SLE...
  23. ncbi Hydroxychloroquine sulphate inhibits in vitro apoptosis of circulating lymphocytes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    S T Liu
    Department of Internal Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei and Tainan, ROC
    Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 19:29-35. 2001
    ..We propose that this results in decreased stimulation of autoreactive lymphocytes reactive with self-peptides, and consequently diminution of activation-induced cell death (apoptosis) of mature peripheral lymphocytes...
  24. ncbi A retrospective study of catastrophic invasive fungal infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from southern Taiwan
    C T Weng
    Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and Dou liou Branch, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Lupus 19:1204-9. 2010
    ..Critical information from analyses of the present large series could be applied into clinical practices to reduce the morbidity and mortality in such patients...