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Hsing-Chen Tsai

Pfizer Postdoc
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Cancer epigenetics: linking basic biology to clinical medicine

HC Tsai, SB Baylin - Cell research, 2011 - nature.com
Cancer evolution at all stages is driven by both epigenetic abnormalities as well as genetic
alterations. Dysregulation of epigenetic control events may lead to abnormal patterns of …

Cancer epigenetics: tumor heterogeneity, plasticity of stem-like states, and drug resistance

H Easwaran, HC Tsai, SB Baylin - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
The existence of subpopulations of cells in cancers with increased tumor-initiating capacities
and self-renewal potential, often termed" cancer stem cells," is a much discussed and key …

Transversus abdominis plane block: an updated review of anatomy and techniques

HC Tsai, T Yoshida, TY Chuang… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose of Review. Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a regional technique for
analgesia of the anterolateral abdominal wall. This review highlights the nomenclature …

Phasic firing in dopaminergic neurons is sufficient for behavioral conditioning

HC Tsai, F Zhang, A Adamantidis, GD Stuber, A Bonci… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Natural rewards and drugs of abuse can alter dopamine signaling, and ventral tegmental
area (VTA) dopaminergic neurons are known to fire action potentials tonically or phasically …

Transient low doses of DNA-demethylating agents exert durable antitumor effects on hematological and epithelial tumor cells

HC Tsai, H Li, L Van Neste, Y Cai, C Robert… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Reversal of promoter DNA hypermethylation and associated gene silencing is an attractive
cancer therapy approach. The DNA methylation inhibitors decitabine and azacitidine are …

Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons

D Chaudhury, JJ Walsh, AK Friedman, B Juarez… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons in the brain's reward circuit have a crucial
role in mediating stress responses,,,, including determining susceptibility versus resilience to …

Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour

KM Tye, JJ Mirzabekov, MR Warden, EA Ferenczi… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Major depression is characterized by diverse debilitating symptoms that include
hopelessness and anhedonia. Dopamine neurons involved in reward and motivation …

Comparative genome analysis of Vibrio vulnificus, a marine pathogen

CY Chen, KM Wu, YC Chang, CH Chang… - Genome …, 2003 - genome.cshlp.org
The halophile Vibrio vulnificus is an etiologic agent of human mortality from seafood-borne
infections. We applied whole-genome sequencing and comparative analysis to investigate …

Optogenetic interrogation of dopaminergic modulation of the multiple phases of reward-seeking behavior

AR Adamantidis, HC Tsai, B Boutrel… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Phasic activation of dopaminergic neurons is associated with reward-predicting cues and
supports learning during behavioral adaptation. While noncontingent activation of …

Genome Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, a Strain Causing Liver Abscess and Meningitis

KM Wu, LH Li, JJ Yan, N Tsao, TL Liao… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nosocomial infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae are emerging
as a major health problem worldwide, while community-acquired K. pneumoniae infections …