Heavy metals, islet function and diabetes development

YW Chen, CY Yang, CF Huang, DZ Hung, YM Leung… - Islets, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals have been known to possess many adverse health effects for a long time.
Uncontrolled industrialization breaks out heavy metal pollution in the world. Heavy metal …

[HTML][HTML] Cadmium induces apoptosis in pancreatic β-cells through a mitochondria-dependent pathway: the role of oxidative stress-mediated c-Jun N-terminal kinase …

…, CC Su, CC Yen, MJ Lee, KL Chen, TJ Ho, DZ Hung… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Cadmium (Cd), one of well-known highly toxic environmental and industrial pollutants,
causes a number of adverse health effects and diseases in humans. The growing …

Arsenic induces pancreatic β-cell apoptosis via the oxidative stress-regulated mitochondria-dependent and endoplasmic reticulum stress-triggered signaling …

TH Lu, CC Su, YW Chen, CY Yang, CC Wu, DZ Hung… - Toxicology letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As), a ubiquitous toxic metal, is an important environmental and industrial pollutant
throughout the world. Inorganic As (iAs) is usually more harmful than organic ones and with …

Arsenic induces reactive oxygen species-caused neuronal cell apoptosis through JNK/ERK-mediated mitochondria-dependent and GRP 78/CHOP-regulated …

…, CC Yen, YY Liu, CY Yang, CC Wu, KL Chen, DZ Hung… - Toxicology letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As), a well-known high toxic metal, is an important environmental and industrial
contaminant, and it induces oxidative stress, which causes many adverse health effects and …

[HTML][HTML] The long-term effects of organophosphates poisoning as a risk factor of CVDs: a nationwide population-based cohort study

DZ Hung, HJ Yang, YF Li, CL Lin, SY Chang, FC Sung… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Organophosphorus pesticides are widely used throughout the world. Because
of their ease of availability, organophosphorus compounds are commonly used for self-…

Involvement of oxidative stress-mediated ERK1/2 and p38 activation regulated mitochondria-dependent apoptotic signals in methylmercury-induced neuronal cell …

TH Lu, SY Hsieh, CC Yen, HC Wu, KL Chen, DZ Hung… - Toxicology letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Methylmercury (MeHg) is well-known for causing irreversible damage in the central nervous
system as well as a risk factor for inducing neuronal degeneration. However, the molecular …

Podophyllotoxin intoxication: toxic effect of Bajiaolian in herbal therapeutics

WF Kao, DZ Hung, WJ Tsai, KP Lin… - Human & experimental …, 1992 - journals.sagepub.com
Bajiaolian (Dysosma pleianthum), one species in the Mayapple family, has been widely used
as a general remedy and for the treatment of snake bite, weakness, condyloma accuminata…

Tetramethylammonium hydroxide poisoning

CC Lin, CC Yang, J Ger, JF Deng, DZ Hung - Clinical toxicology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction. Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) is widely used as a developer or
etchant in semiconductor and photoelectric industries. In addition to alkalinity-related chemical …

The early prognostic factors of glyphosate-surfactant intoxication

CH Lee, CP Shih, KH Hsu, DZ Hung, CC Lin - The American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to establish an early prognostic
model of patients with glyphosate-surfactant (GlySH) herbicide intoxication. METHODS: …

Taiwan's venomous snakebite: epidemiological, evolution and geographic differences

DZ Hung - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Located at the juncture of tropical and subtropical regions, Taiwan has a warm and humid
climate with abundant precipitation and food, which coupled with the island's diverse …