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Overview

Wen Chi Hou is affiliated with Taipei Medical University in Taiwan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research covers several specialized subfields including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, physiology, biotechnology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics, notably the effects of radiation exposure, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer research and treatments, medicinal plants and neuroprotection, cancer cells and metastasis, telomeres, telomerase, and senescence, as well as mesenchymal stem cell research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wen Chi Hou include Joel S. Greenberger, Michael W. Epperly, Renee Fisher, Donna Shields, and Amitava Mukherjee. These collaborations have resulted in numerous publications across several journals.

Key publication venues for this scientist include the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, In Vivo, Botanical Studies, Radiation Research, and Antioxidants, with multiple publications in each.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wen Chi Hou are:

  • STING1 Promotes Ferroptosis Through MFN1/2-Dependent Mitochondrial Fusion, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Anti-Ferroptosis Drug Enhances Total-Body Irradiation Mitigation by Drugs that Block Apoptosis and Necroptosis, 2020, Radiation Research
  • Dietary supplementation of rutin and rutin-rich buckwheat elevates endogenous glucagon-like peptide 1 levels to facilitate glycemic control in type 2 diabetic mice, 2021, Journal of Functional Foods
  • Silica Induced Lung Fibrosis Is Associated With Senescence, Fgr, and Recruitment of Bone Marrow Monocyte/Macrophages, 2021, In Vivo
  • Ionizing irradiation-induced Fgr in senescent cells mediates fibrosis, 2021, Cell Death Discovery

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and lipopolysaccharide induced inducible NOS and cyclooxygenase-2 gene expressions by rutin, quercetin, and quercetin pentaacetate in RAW 264.7 macrophages

    Yen Chou Chen;Shing Chuan Shen;Shing Chuan Shen;Woan Ruoh Lee;Woan Ruoh Lee;Wen Chi Hou

  • Wogonin and fisetin induce apoptosis in human promyeloleukemic cells, accompanied by a decrease of reactive oxygen species, and activation of caspase 3 and Ca2+-dependent endonuclease

    Woan Rouh Lee;Shing Chuan Shen;Hui Yi Lin;Wen Chi Hou

  • Quercetin inhibition of tumor invasion via suppressing PKCδ/ERK/AP-1-dependent matrix metalloproteinase-9 activation in breast carcinoma cells

    Cheng Wei Lin;Wen Chi Hou;Shing Chuan Shen;Shu Hui Juan

  • Antioxidant Activities of Dioscorin, the Storage Protein of Yam (Dioscorea batatas Decne) Tuber

    Wen-Chi Hou;Mei-Hsien Lee;Hsien-Jung Chen;Wen-Lee Liang

  • Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Cinnamomum cassia Constituents In Vitro and In Vivo.

    Jung Chun Liao;Jeng Shyan Deng;Chuan Sung Chiu;Chuan Sung Chiu;Wen Chi Hou

  • Free radical-scavenging activity of Taiwanese native plants.

    W.-C. Hou;R.-D. Lin;K.-T. Cheng;Y.-T. Hung

  • Kinetics of the inhibition of renin and angiotensin I-converting enzyme by flaxseed protein hydrolysate fractions

    Chibuike C. Udenigwe;Yin-Shiou Lin;Wen-Chi Hou;Rotimi E. Aluko

  • Flaxseed protein-derived peptide fractions: Antioxidant properties and inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in murine macrophages

    Chibuike C. Udenigwe;Yeh-Lin Lu;Chuan-Hsiao Han;Wen-Chi Hou

  • Suppression of endotoxin-induced proinflammatory responses by citrus pectin through blocking LPS signaling pathways

    Chien Ho Chen;Ming Thau Sheu;Tzeng-Fu Chen;Ying Ching Wang

  • Antinociceptive activities and the mechanisms of anti-inflammation of asiatic Acid in mice.

    Shyh-Shyun Huang;Chuan-Sung Chiu;Chuan-Sung Chiu;Hsien-Jung Chen;Wen-Chi Hou

  • Antioxidant, anti-semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase, and anti-hypertensive activities of geraniin isolated from Phyllanthus urinaria

    Shyr Yi Lin;Ching Chiung Wang;Yeh Lin Lu;Wen Chun Wu

  • Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Cardiospermum halicacabum and its reference compounds ex vivo and in vivo.

    Ming Hsing Huang;Shyh Shyun Huang;Bor Sen Wang;Chieh Hsi Wu

  • Heme oxygenase-1 inhibits breast cancer invasion via suppressing the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9

    Cheng Wei Lin;Shing Chun Shen;Wen Chi Hou;Liang Yo Yang

  • Patatin, the Tuber Storage Protein of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), Exhibits Antioxidant Activity in Vitro

    Yen Wenn Liu;Chuan Hsiao Han;Mei Hsien Lee;Feng-Lin Hsu

  • Antioxidant Peptides with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Activities and Applications for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Purification

    Wen Chi Hou;Hsien Jung Chen;Yaw Huei Lin

  • Immunomodulatory activity of dioscorin, the storage protein of yam (Dioscorea alata cv. Tainong No. 1) tuber

    Yen Wenn Liu;Huey Fang Shang;Chung Kwe Wang;Feng-Lin Hsu

  • Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Cyclooxygenase-2 Participate in Anti-inflammatory Activity of Imperatorin from Glehnia littoralis

    Guan Jhong Huang;Jeng Shyan Deng;Jung Chun Liao;Wen Chi Hou

  • Yam (Dioscorea batatas) tuber mucilage exhibited antioxidant activities in vitro

    Wen Chi Hou;Feng-Lin Hsu;Mei Hsien Lee

  • Both dioscorin, the tuber storage protein of yam (Dioscorea alata cv. Tainong No. 1), and its peptic hydrolysates exhibited angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activities.

    Feng-Lin Hsu;Yaw Huei Lin;Mei Hsien Lee;Chuen Liang Lin

  • Comparative anti-inflammatory characterization of wild fruiting body, liquid-state fermentation, and solid-state culture of Taiwanofungus camphoratus in microglia and the mechanism of its action

    Der-Zen Liu;Hong-Jen Liang;Chien-Ho Chen;Ching-Hua Su;Ching-Hua Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Yueh-Hsiung Kuo
Yueh-Hsiung Kuo China Medical University
Joseph Kuć
Joseph Kuć University of Kentucky
Chibuike C. Udenigwe
Chibuike C. Udenigwe University of Ottawa
Rotimi E. Aluko
Rotimi E. Aluko University of Manitoba
Hsin-Sheng Tsay
Hsin-Sheng Tsay Chaoyang University of Technology
Yuan Soon Ho
Yuan Soon Ho Taipei Medical University
Ryuichi Morishita
Ryuichi Morishita Osaka University

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