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64
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9692
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Overview

Wen Sen Lee is affiliated with Taipei Medical University in Taiwan and has a research portfolio primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, surgery, cancer research, and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics from bacterial infections to cardiomyocyte injury and ferroptosis. Notable papers include:

  • Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Nosocomial Bacterial Pneumonia, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Xanthohumol Protects the Rat Myocardium against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury-Induced Ferroptosis, 2022, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • Baicalein and luteolin inhibit ischemia/reperfusion-induced ferroptosis in rat cardiomyocytes, 2022, International Journal of Cardiology
  • National Surveillance of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteremic Gram-Negative Bacteria with Emphasis on Community-Acquired Resistant Isolates: Report from the 2019 Surveillance of Multicenter Antimicrobial Resistance in Taiwan (SMART), 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Fusobacterium periodonticum, 2020, Journal of Infection

Wen Sen Lee frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Kun-Ta Yang, Po-Ren Hsueh, Jianhong Lin, Pei-Ching Ting, and Muh-Yong Yen, suggesting active involvement in team-based scientific investigation.

The primary venues for Lee's publications include:

  • Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection
  • Journal of Infection
  • European Journal of Pharmacology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Their research topics often focus on:

  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Best Publications

  • The human kidney low affinity Na+/glucose cotransporter SGLT2. Delineation of the major renal reabsorptive mechanism for D-glucose.

    Yoshikatsu Kanai;Wen Sen Lee;Guofeng You;Dennis Brown

  • Molecular cloning, primary structure, and characterization of two members of the mammalian electroneutral sodium-(potassium)-chloride cotransporter family expressed in kidney.

    Gerardo Gamba;Akihiko Miyanoshita;Michael Lombardi;Jonathan Lytton

  • Cloning and functional expression of a rat kidney extracellular calcium/polyvalent cation-sensing receptor

    Daniela Riccardi;Ji Park;Wen Sen Lee;Gerardo Gamba

  • Cloning and characterization of the vasopressin-regulated urea transporter

    Guofeng You;Craig P. Smith;Craig P. Smith;Yoshikatsu Kanai;Yoshikatsu Kanai;Wen Sen Lee;Wen Sen Lee

  • Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons express Fos protein during the proestrous surge of luteinizing hormone.

    W S Lee;M S Smith;G E Hoffman

  • The high affinity Na+/glucose cotransporter. Re-evaluation of function and distribution of expression.

    Wen-Sen Lee;Y. Kanai;R. G. Wells;M. A. Hediger

  • Localization of the extracellular Ca(2+)-sensing receptor and PTH/PTHrP receptor in rat kidney.

    Daniela Riccardi;Wen Sen Lee;Kaechoong Lee;Gino V. Segre

  • Induction of c-Fos immunoreactivity in the rat forebrain by conditioned and unconditioned aversive stimuli.

    Michael A. Pezzone;Wen Sen Lee;Gloria E. Hoffman;Bruce S. Rabin

  • Induction of heme oxygenase-1 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells. A link to endotoxic shock

    Shaw Fang Yet;Andrea Pellacani;Cam Patterson;Larissa Tan

  • Induction of Apoptosis by Pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate and N-Acetylcysteine in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (∗)

    Jer Chia Tsai;Mukesh Jain;Chung Ming Hsieh;Wen Sen Lee

  • Immunologic basis of transplant-associated arteriosclerosis.

    Chengwei Shi;Wen Sen Lee;Qi He;Dorothy Zhang

  • Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons express c-fos antigen after steroid activation.

    G. E. Hoffman;W.-S. Lee;B. Attardi;V. Yann

  • Molecular Characteristics of Na+-coupled Glucose Transporters in Adult and Embryonic Rat Kidney

    Guofeng You;Wen-Sen Lee;Elvino J.G. Barros;Yoshikatsu Kanai

  • Mechanism of concentration-dependent induction of heme oxygenase-1 by resveratrol in human aortic smooth muscle cells.

    Shu Hui Juan;Tzu-Hurng Cheng;Hui Chen Lin;Yen Ling Chu

  • Localization of the thiazide sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter, rTSC1, in the rat kidney

    Matthew D. Plotkin;Mark R. Kaplan;Mark R. Kaplan;Mark R. Kaplan;Jill W. Verlander;Jill W. Verlander;Jill W. Verlander;Wen Sen Lee;Wen Sen Lee;Wen Sen Lee

  • Apical localization of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter, rBSC1, on rat thick ascending limbs.

    Mark R. Kaplan;Matthew D. Plotkin;Wen Sen Lee;Zheng Chun Xu

  • Activation of brainstem catecholaminergic neurons by conditioned and unconditioned aversive stimuli as revealed by c-Fos immunoreactivity

    Michael A. Pezzone;Wen Sen Lee;Gloria E. Hoffman;Kimberly M. Pezzone

  • The 4F2 antigen heavy chain induces uptake of neutral and dibasic amino acids in Xenopus oocytes.

    Rebecca G. Wells;Wen Sen Lee;Yoshikatsu Kanai;Jeffrey M. Leiden

  • Cloning and regulation of expression of the rat kidney urea transporter (rUT2).

    Craig P. Smith;Wen Sen Lee;Sonia Martial;Mark A. Knepper

  • Cloning and chromosomal localization of a human kidney cDNA involved in cystine, dibasic, and neutral amino acid transport.

    Wen Sen Lee;Rebecca G. Wells;Rachel V. Sabbag;T. K. Mohandas

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuan Soon Ho
Yuan Soon Ho Taipei Medical University
Edgar Haber
Edgar Haber Harvard University
Matthias A. Hediger
Matthias A. Hediger University of Bern
Mu-En Lee
Mu-En Lee Harvard University
Mukesh K. Jain
Mukesh K. Jain Brown University
Mark A. Perrella
Mark A. Perrella Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yoshikatsu Kanai
Yoshikatsu Kanai Osaka University
Chung-Ming Hsieh
Chung-Ming Hsieh MSD (United States)
Gloria E. Hoffman
Gloria E. Hoffman Morgan State University
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown Harvard University

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