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Environmental Toxicants (phthalates and melamine)

2022

  • 282. Li SS, Chen JJ, Su MW, Li CW, Chen CC, Wang YH, Liu CC, Tsai YC, Hsieh TJ, Wu MT, Wu CF*: Sex-specific interactive effect of melamine and DEHP on a marker of early kidney damage in Taiwanese adults: A national population-based study from the Taiwan Biobank. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (accepted). (李思萱獲得2022年精準環境醫學國際研討會優秀論文獎)

  • 281. Konorev D, Bellamri M, Wu CF, Wu MT, Turesky R. High-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry analysis of carcinogenic aromatic amines in tobacco smoke with an orbitrap tribrid mass spectrometer. Chemical Research in Toxicology (accepted).

  • 280. Liu YW, Lee JY, Wang YK, Chen YH, Fang PT, Chou SH, Chen MH, Bai LY, Yen CJ, Wu MT, Wu IC*: Comparison of therapeutic outcomes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A prospective observational cohort study. JFMA (Journal of the Formosan Medical Association) (in press)

  • 279. Huang JK, Chuang YS, Wu PH, Lin JR, Kuo MC, Chiu YW, Hsu PC, Wu MT, Salihovic S, Lin YT*: Decreased levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in patients receiving hemodialysis treatment. Sci Total Environ 2023 Jun 28;165184.

  • 278. Chen HK, Chang YH, Sun CW, Wu MT, Chen ML, Wang SL, Hsieh CJ*: Associations of urinary phthalate metabolites with household environments among mothers and their preschool-age children. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 262: 115162, 2023.

  • 277. Tsai YC, Wu CF, Hung WW, Yu PS, Liu CC, Hsieh TJ, Chen CC, Li SS, Chen JJ, Chiu YW, Hwang SJ, Wu MT*: Environmental melamine exposure and adverse kidney outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Environ Poll 2023 Aug 15;331(Pt 1):121883.

  • 276. Tran MTMT, Kuo FC, Low JT, Chuang YM, Sultana S, Huang WL, Lin ZY, Lin GL, Wu CF, Li SS, Suen JL, Hung CH, Wu MT*, Chan MWY*: Prenatal DEHP exposure predicts neurological disorders via transgenerational epigenetics. Sci Rep 2023 May 6;13(1):7399.

  • 275. Gurrani S, Prakasham K, Huang PC, Wu MT, Wu CF, Lin YC, Tsai B, Krishnan A, Tsai PC, Ponnusamy VK. Simultaneous biomonitoring of volatile organic compounds’ metabolites in human urine samples using a novel in-syringe based fast urinary metabolites extraction technique coupled with UHPLC-MS/MS analysis. Chemosphere 2023 Jul;329:138667. 

  • 274. Prakasham K, Gurrani S, Shiea J, Wu MT, Wu CF, Lin YC, Tsai B, Huang PC, Andaluri G, Ponnusamy VK: Ultra-sensitive determination of Ochratoxin A in coffee and tea samples using a novel semi-automated in-syringe based coagulant-assisted fast mycotoxin extraction (FaMEx) technique coupled with UHPLC-MS/MS. Food Chemistry 417:135951, 2023.

  • 273. Chen HM, Chen CC, Chen JJ, Wu CF, Lee SS, Kuo FC, Sun CW, Chen ML, Hsieh CJ, Wang SL, Wu MT*: Reference intervals for thyroid hormone, sex hormone, and clinical biochemical tests in cord blood from Taiwanese newborn-TMICS Cohort. Clinica Chimica Acta 541: 117247, 2023.

  • 272. Prakasham K, Gurrani S, Shiea J, Wu MT, Wu CF, Ku YJ, Tsai TY, Hua HT, Lin YJ, Huang PC, Andaluri G, Ponnusamy VK: Rapid identification and analysis of ochratoxin-A in food and agricultural soil samples using a novel semi-automated in-syringe based fast mycotoxin extraction technique coupled with UHPLC-MS/MS. Molecules 2023, 28, 1442. https://doi.org/10.3390/

  • 271. Chen HK, Wang SL, Chang YH, Sun CW, Wu MT, Chen ML, Lin YJ, Hsieh CJ*, TMICS study group. Associations between maternal phthalate exposure and neonatal neurobehaviors: The Taiwan maternal and infant cohort study (TMICS). Environ Pollut 2023 Feb 15;319:120956.

  • 270. Kaewlaoyoong A, Huang ST, Wang SL, Sun CW, Chen JJ, Kuo CH, Hung CH, Chen SC, Liang CC, Tsai HW, Wu CF, Lin WY, Wu MT*: Influential factors of urinary arsenic levels in the population residing close to one heavy-industrial area in Taiwan-A case study. Front Environ Sci 10:1058408. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1058408. (Dr. Acharee Kaewlaoyoong received the Outstanding Poster Paper Award, 2022 Precision Environmental Medicine Symposium (Spring Session)-Heavy Metals and Health, Changhua, Taiwan)

  • 269. Dlamini SB, Wu MT*, Dahms HU*: Factors associated with antiretroviral therapy toxicity outcomes in patients with and without hypertension. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022, 19, 11051. 

  • 268. Shen CT, Hsieh HM, Chuang YS, Pan CH, Wu MT: Breast cancer incidence among female workers by different occupations and industries: A longitudinal population-based matched case–control study in Taiwan. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Aug 19;19(16):10352.

  • 267. Chen CC*, Wang YH, Wu CF, Hsieh CJ, Wang SL, Chen ML, Tsai HJ, Li SS, Liu CC, Tsai YC, Hsieh TJ, Wu MT*. Benchmark dose in the presence of coexposure to melamine and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and urinary renal injury markers in pregnant women. Environ Res 215 (Part 1), 11418, 2022.

  • 266. Bellamri M, Walmsley S, Brown C, Brandt K, Konorev D, Day A, Wu CF, Wu MT, Turesky R: DNA damage and oxidative stress of tobacco smoke condensate in human bladder epithelial cells. Chem Res Toxicol 35(10):1863-1880, 2022. 

  • 265. Chuang YS, Lee CY, Lin PC, Pan CH, Hsieh HM, Wu CF*, Wu MT*: Breast cancer incidence in a national cohort of female workers exposed to special health hazards in Taiwan: A retrospective case-cohort study of ~300,000 occupational records spanning 20 years. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2022 Dec;95(10):1979-1993.

  • 264. Chang CH, Tsai YA, Huang YF, Tsai MS, Hou JW, Lin CL, Wang PW, Huang LW, Chen CY, Wu CF, Hsieh CJ, Wu MT, Wang SL, Chen ML. The sex-specific association of prenatal phthalate exposure with low birth weight and small for gestational age: A nationwide survey by the Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (TMICS). Sci Total Environ. 2022 Feb 1;806(Pt 3):151261.

  • 263. Hsiao YP, Mukundan A, Chen WC, Wu MT, Hsieh SC, Wang HC. Design of a lab-on-chip for cancer cell detection through impedance and photoelectrochemical response analysis. Biosensors (Basel). 2022 Jun 13;12(6):405.

2021

  • 262. Hsieh SW, Chen SC, Chen CH, Wu MT, Hung CH. Risk of cognitive impairment from exposure to incense smoke. Int J Environ Health Res. 2021 Dec 16:1-12. 

  • 261. Wu YH, Chuang YS, Tu HP, Wu MT, Lee CY: The Duration of Common Indoor Pollutant Exposure Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwanese Population. Taiwan J Fam Med 2021; 31: 280-293 (吳映萱醫師獲得111年台灣家庭醫學雜誌最佳論文獎第三名).

  • 260. Hsu YM, Wu CF, Huang MZ, Shiea J, Pan CH, Liu CC, Chen CC, Wang YH, Cheng CM, Wu MT*: Avatar-like body imaging of dermal exposure to melamine in factory workers analyzed by ambient mass spectrometry. Chemosphere 2022;303(1):134896.

  • 259. Osborne PG, Pasupuleti RR, Wu MT, Lee CH, Ponnusamy VK*: LC-MS/MS measurement of alkaloids in alkaline extracts of Areca nut preparations and their physiological effects. Process Biochem 2022;118:65-73.

  • 258. Chen HM, Wu CF, Hsieh CJ, Kuo FC, Sun CW, Wang SL, Chen ML, Wu MT*: Relationship of maternal body weight and gestational diabetes mellitus with large-for-gestational-age babies at birth in Taiwan: The TMICS cohort. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2022;61(2):234-242.

  • 257. Liu CC, Wu CF, Lee YC, Huang TY, Huang ST, Wang HS, Jhan JH, Huang SP, Li CC, Juan YS, Hsieh TJ, Tsai YC, Chen CC, Wu MT*: Genetic polymorphisms of MnSOD modify the impacts of environmental melamine on oxidative stress and early kidney injury in calcium urolithiasis patients. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Jan 13;11(1):152.

  • 256. Tsai HJ, Wu CF, Hsiung CA, Lee CH, Wang SL,Chen ML, Chen CC, uang HuaHuang PC, Wang YH, Chen YA, Chen BH, Chuang YS, Hsieh HM, Wu MT*: Longitudinal changes in oxidative stress and early renal injury in children exposed to DEHP and melamine in the 2011 Taiwan food scandal Environ Int 2022 Jan;158:107018.

  • 255. Tsai TL, Wang SL, Hsieh CJ, Wen HJ, Kuo CC, Liu HJ, Sun CW, Chen ML, Wu MT, for the TMICS Study Group. Association between prenatal exposure to metals and atopic dermatitis among children aged 4 years in Taiwan. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(10):e2131327.

  • 254. Gurrani S, Prakasham K, Pasupuleti RR, Wu MT, Dong CD, Ponnusamy VK: Rapid in-syringe-based ultrasonic-energy assisted salt-enhanced homogeneous liquid-liquid microextraction technique coupled with HPLC/low-temperature evaporative light-scattering detector for quantification of sodium hyaluronate in food products. Microchem J 172 (Part B), January 2022, 106898.

  • 253. Wu CF, Liu CC, Tsai YC, Chen CC, Wu MT, Hsieh TJ*: Diminishment of Nrf2 antioxidative defense aggravates nephrotoxicity of melamine and oxalate coexposure. Antioxidants Sep; 10(9): 1464, 2021.

  • 252.  Wu MT, Wu CF, Liu CC, Tsai YC, Chen CC, Wang YH, Hsieh TJ*. Melamine and oxalate coexposure induces early kidney tubular injury through mitochondrial aberrations and oxidative stress.  Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 225: 112756, 2021.

  • 251. Pan TY, Tsai WC, Tan CH, Cheng CM, Arasuh MV, Al-Dhabih NA, Ponnusamya VK*, Wu CF*, Wu MT*. Rapid simultaneous clinical monitoring of five oral anti-coagulant drugs in human urine using green microextraction technique coupled with LC-MS/MS. J King Saud University-Science 33: 101602, 2021.

  • 250. Chan CC, Lin LY, Lai CH, Chuang KJ, Wu MT, Pan CH*: Association of particulate matter from cooking oil fumes with heart rate variability and oxidative stress. Antioxidants Aug 23;10(8):1323, 2021.

  • 249. Wu CY, Jen CH, Chuang YS, Fang TJ, Wu YH, Wu MT*: Factors associated with Do-Not-Resuscitate document completion among patients hospitalized in Geriatric Ward. BMC Geriatrics 21, 472, 2021.

  • 248. Wu IC, Wang YK, Chen YH, Wu CC, Wu MC, Chen WC, Wang WL, Lin HS, Chen CC, Chou SH, Liu YP*, Wu MT*: High serum elafin prediction of poor prognosis of locoregional esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2021 Jun; 13(12): 3082.

  • 247. Peng CY, Hsieh HM, Li MY, Liaw LJ, Wang CL, Pan CH, Wu MT. Gender differences and site-specific incident risks of musculoskeletal disorders among 224 506 workers in the food and beverage service industry in Taiwan: A 15-year Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. J Occup Health. 2021 Jan;63(1):e12214.

  • 246. Bellamri M, Brandt K, Brown CV, Wu MT, Turesky RJ. Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of the carcinogen aristolochic acid I (AA-I) in human bladder RT4 cells. Arch Toxicol. 2021 Jun;95(6):2189-2199.

  • 245. Lin FC, Chen CY, Lin CW, Wu MT, Chen HY, Huang P: Air Pollution Is Associated with Cognitive Deterioration of Alzheimer's Disease. Gerontology. 2021 Apr 21;1-9.

  • 244. Shen CT, Hsieh HM*, Pan CH, Wu MT, Chuang YS: Breast cancer risks among female health professionals: a 35-year population-based longitudinal cohort study in Taiwan. Am J Prev Med 2021 Dec;61(6):831-840.

  • 243. Dlamini SB, Dahms HU, Wu MT*: Factors associated with prognostic or treatment outcomes in HIV/AIDS patients with and without hypertension in Eswatini. Sci Reports 2021;11:12955.

  • 242. Chen CC*, Tsai YC, Wang YH, Wu CF, Chiu YW, Hwang SJ, Liu CC, Hsien TJ, Wu MT*: Melamine exposure threshold in early chronic kidney disease patients-A benchmark dose approach. Environ Int 2021 (May 24);156:106652.

  • 241. Tsai HJ, Kuo FC, Wu CF, Sun CW, Hsieh CJ, Wang SL, Chen ML, Hsieh HM, Wu MT*: Association between two common environmental toxicants (phthalates and melamine) and urinary markers of renal injury in the third trimester of pregnant women: the Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (TMICS). Chemsphere 2021 (June);272: 129925.

  • 240. Wu TC, Peng CY, Hsieh HM, Pan CH, Wu MT, Lin PC, Wu CF, Hsieh TJ: Reduction of aldehyde emission and attribution of environment burden in cooking fumes from food stalls using a novel fume collector. Environ Res 2021 Apr;195:110815.

  • 239. Lin PC, Peng CY, Pan CH, Lee JY, Hsieh TJ, Chuang YS, Turesky RJ, Wu CF*, Wu MT*: Risk of two common glandular cell-type cancers (breast and colorectal cancers) in Chinese occupational chefs: A nationwide ecological study in Taiwan. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2021 Aug;94(6):1363-1373.

2020

  • 238. Chen YH, Wang YK, Chuang YS, Hsu WH, Kuo CH, Wu CW, Chan LP, Wu MT*, Wu IC*: Endoscopic surveillance for metachronous esophageal squamous cell neoplasms among head and neck cancer patients. Cancers 2020 Dec; 12(12): 3832.

  • 237. Chen HM, Kuo FC, Chen CC, Wu CF, Sun CW, Chen ML, Hsieh CJ, Wang SL*, Wu MT*: New trimester-specific reference intervals for clinical biochemical tests in Taiwanese pregnant women-Cohort of TMICS. PLoS One 2020 Dec 14;15(12):e0243761.

  • 236. Chen WC, Chen YJ, Lin ST, Hung WH, Chan MC, Wu IC, Wu MT, Kuo CT, Das S, Kao FJ, Zhuo GY. Label-free characterization of collagen fibers in cancerous esophagus tissues using ratiometric nonlinear optical microscopy. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2020 Aug;245(14):1213-1221.

  • 235. Chang CH, Chen CF, Tsai YA, Wang SL, Huang PC, Chen BH, Wu MT, Chen CC, Hsiung CA, Chen ML. The sex-specific association of phthalate exposure with DNA methylation and characteristics of body fat in children. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Oct 1;737:139833. 

  • 234. Pasupuleti RR, Tsai PC, Lin PD, Wu MT, Ponnusamy VK. Rapid and sensitive analytical procedure for biomonitoring of organophosphate pesticide metabolites in human urine samples using a vortex-assisted salt-induced liquid-liquid microextraction technique coupled with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2020 Apr;34 Suppl 1:e8565. 

  • 233. Wu CF, Cheng CM, Hsu YM, Li SS, Huang CY, Chen YH, Kuo FC, Wu MT. Development of analytical method of melamine in placenta from pregnant women by isotope-dilution liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2020 Apr;34 Suppl 1:e8599. 

  • 232. Manigandan S, Wu MT, Ponnusamy VK, Raghavendra VB, Pugazhendhi A, Brindhadevi K. A systematic review on recent trends in transmission, diagnosis, prevention and imaging features of COVID-19. Process Biochem 2020 Nov;98:233-240.

  • 231. Wu CF, Hsiung CA, Tsai HJ, Cheng CM, Chen BH, Hu CW, Huang YL, Wu MT*. Decreased levels of urinary di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) metabolites and biomarkers of oxidative stress in children exposed to DEHP-tainted foods in Taiwan in 2011: A 44-month follow up. Environ Pollut 2020 Nov;266(Pt 2):115204.

  • 230. Wang YH, Wu CF, Liu CC, Hsieh TJ, Tsai YC, Wu MT*, Chen CC*. A probabilistic approach for benchmark dosage of melamine exposure for a marker of early renal dysfunction in patients with calcium urolithiasis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020 Sep 1;200:110741

  • 229. Huang PC, Chang WH, Wu MT, Chen ML, Wang IJ, Shih SF, Hsiung CA, Liao KW. Characterization of phthalate exposure in relation to serum thyroid and growth hormones, and estimated daily intake levels in children exposed to phthalate-tainted products: A longitudinal cohort study. Environ Pollut 2020 Apr 24;264:114648.

  • 228. Liu CC, Hsieh TJ, Wu CF, Lee CH, Tsai YC, Huang TY, Wen SC, Lee CH, Chien TM, Lee YC, Huang SP, Li CC, Chou YH, Wu WJ, Wu MT*: Interrelationship of environmental melamine exposure, biomarkers of oxidative stress and early kidney injury. J Hazard Mater 2020 Sep 5;396:122726. (劉家駒醫師獲得110年台灣泌尿科學會理事長論文獎及高醫「109年九月月傑出論文獎」)

  • 227. Su H, Hung YJ, Huang MZ, Lee YT, Chen SC, Hung CH, Kuo CH, Wu MT* (co-corresponding author), Shiea J*: Using ambient mass spectrometry to explore the origins of phthalate contamination in a mass spectrometry laboratory" Analytical Chimica Acta 2020 Apr 8;1105:128-138. 

before 2019

  • 226. Wang YK, Chen WC, Lai YH, Chen YH, Wu MT, Kuo CT, Wang YY, Yuan SF, Liu YP, Wu IC. Influence of tea consumption on the development of second esophageal neoplasm in patients with head and neck cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Mar 19;11(3).

  • 225. Chuang YS, Wu MC, Wang YK, Chen YH, Kuo CH, Wu DC, Wu MT, Wu IC. Risks of substance uses, alcohol flush response, Helicobacter pylori infection and upper digestive tract diseases-An endoscopy cross-sectional study. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2019 Jun;35(6):341-349.

  • 224. Tsai YC, Wu CF, Liu CC, Hsieh TJ, Lin YT, Chiu YW, Hwang SJ, Chen HC, Wu MT*. Urinary melamine levels and progression of CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Aug 7;14(8):1133-1141. (蔡宜純醫師獲得108年高雄醫學大學八月最佳論文獎。)

  • 223. Wu MT, Lin PC, Pan CH, Peng CY*: Risk assessment of personal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and aldehydes in three commercial cooking workplaces. Sci Reports 2019 Feb 7;9(1):1661. 

  • 222. Su H, Huang MZ, Chou JH, Chang TH, Jiang YM, Cho YT, Cheng SC, Wu MT, Shiea J. High-throughput screening of phthalate-containing objects in the kindergartens by ambient mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta. 2018 Dec 18;1039:65-73.

  • 221. Lin PC, Peng CY, Pan CH, Lin PD, Wu MT*. Gender differences and lung cancer risk in occupational chefs: Analyzing more than 350,000 chefs in Taiwan, 1984-2011. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 2019 Jan;92(1):101-109.

  • 220. Hsieh CJ, Chang YH, Hu A, Chen ML, Sun CW, Situmorang RF, Wu MT* (co-corresponding author), Wang SL*, TMICS study group. Personal care products use and phthalate exposure levels among pregnant women. Sci Total Environment 648: 135-143, 2019.

  • 219. Liu CL, Lin MY*, Hwang SJ, Liu CK, Lee HL, Wu MT*: Factors associated with type 2 diabetes in patients with vascular dementia: A population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2018 Jul 4;18(1):45.

  • 218. Wu CF+, Chen HM+, Sun CW+, Chen ML, Hsieh CJ, Wang SL*, Wu MT*: Cohort profile: Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (TMICS) of phthalate exposure and health risk assessment. Int J Epidemiol, 2018 Aug 1;47(4):1047-1047j.

  • 217. Wu CF, Hsiung CA, Tsai HJ, Tsai YC, Hsieh HM, Chen BH, Wu MT*: Interaction of melamine and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate exposure on markers of early renal damage in children: The 2011 Taiwan food scandal. Environ Pollution 2018 Apr;235:453-461.

  • 216. Chen HC, Wu CF, Chong IW, Wu MT*. Exposure to cooking oil fumes and chronic bronchitis in nonsmoking women aged 40 years and over: a health-care based study. BMC Public Health. 2018 Feb 13;18(1):246.

  • 215. Tsai YA, Tsai MS, Hou JW, Lin CL, Chen CY, Chang CH, Liao KW, Wang SL, Chen BH, Wu MT, Hsieh CJ, Chen ML; TMICs Group.: Evidence of high di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) exposure due to tainted food intake in Taiwanese pregnant women and the health effects on birth outcomes. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Mar 15;618:635-644.

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