團隊川崎症論文發表(till 2015/03, total : 56 articles)

Year before 2005

1.     Liang CD, Huang SC, Su WJ, Chen HY, Lee CH. Successful intravenous streptokinase treatment of a child with Kawasaki disease complicated by acute myocardial infarction. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995 Jun;35(2):139-45.

2.     Wang CL, Wu YT, Lee CJ, Liu HC, Huang LT, Yang KD. Decreased nitric oxide production after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. 2002 Oct;141(4):560-5.

3.     Wang CL, Wu YT, Liu CA, Lin MW, Lee CJ, Huang LT, Yang KD. Expression of CD40 ligand on CD4+ T-cells and platelets correlated to the coronary artery lesion and disease progress in Kawasaki disease. Pediatrics. 2003 Feb;111(2):E140-7.

 

Year 2005

4.     Chih-Lu Wang, Yu-Tsun Wu, Chieh-An Liu, Ho-Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang. Kawasaki disease: infection, immunity and genetics. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005;24:998-1004. (SCI).

5.     Chen HH, Liu PM, Bong CN, Wu YT, Yang KD, Wang CL. Methylprednisolone pulse therapy for massive lymphadenopathy in a child with intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2005 Apr;38(2):149-52.

 

Year 2006

6.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Yu-Tsun Wu, Kuender D. Yang, Chih-Lu Wang. New concepts and treatment strategy in Kawasaki disease. Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2006;47(suppl):7-17.

7.     Tiao MM, Huang LT, Liang CD, Ko SF. Atypical Kawasaki disease presenting as intestinal pseudo-obstruction. J Formos Med Assoc. 2006 Mar;105(3):252-5.

 

Year 2007

8.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang, Chi-Di Liang, Chin-Nam Bong, Hong-Ren Yu, Lin Wang, Chih-Lu Wang. The relationship of eosinophilia to intavenous immunoglobulin treatment failure in Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007;18:354-359. (SCI IF: 2.723).

 

9.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Chih-Lu Wang, Chi-Di Liang, Hong-Ren Yu, Hsin-Hsu Chen, Lin Wang, Kuender D. Yang. Persistent monocytosis after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy correlated with the development of coronary artery lesions in patients with Kawasaki disease. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2007;40:395-400. (SCI IF:1.116)

 

Year 2008

10.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Chih-Lu Wang, Lin Wang, Hong-Ren Yu, Kuender D. Yang. Patient characteristics and intravenous immunoglobulin product may affect eosinophils in Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2008;19:184-185. (SCI IF: 3.376, ranking 9/121 in Pediatrics).

 

Year 2009

11.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Chih-Lu Wang, Chi-Di Liang, Chien-Fu Huang, Hong-Ren Yu, Lin Wang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Kuender D. Yang. The association of lower Eosinophil-related T Helper 2 (Th2) Cytokines with the Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2009;20:266-272. (SCI IF: 3.376, ranking 9/121 in Pediatrics).

 

12.  Hong-Ren Yu, Ho-Chang Kuo, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Lin Wang, I-Chun Lin, Chih-Lu Wang, Kuender D. Yang. A unique plasma proteomic profiling with imbalanced fibrinogen cascade in patients with Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2009;20:699-707. (SCI IF: 3.376, ranking 9/121 in Pediatrics)

 

13.   Chi-Di Liang, Ho-Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang, Chih-Lu Wang, Sheung-Fat Ko . Acquired Coronary Artery Fistula Complicated by Kawasaki disease. American Heart Journal. 2009;157:584-588. (SCI IF:4.497, ranking 23/122 in CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS).

 

14.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Chih-Chiang Wu, Tsung-Hsien Yang, Hong-Ren Yu, Chi-Di Liang, Yi-Ju Chen, Kuender D. Yang. Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Child with Kawasaki disease. BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1227]

 

Year 2010

15.  Yu-Chen Liu, Chiu-Ping Hou, Chiu-Ming Kuo, Chi-Di Liang, *Ho-Chang Kuo. Atypical Kawasaki Disease - Review of Literature and Clinical Nursing. Hu Li Za Zhi. 2010 Dec;57(6):104-110.

 

16.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Chi-Di Liang, Chih-Lu Wang, Hong-Ren Yu, Kao-Pin Hwang, Kuender D. Yang. Serum Albumin Level Predicts Initial Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment Failure in Kawasaki Disease. Acta Paediatr. 2010;99:1578-1583. (SCI IF: 1.974, ranking: 38/121 in Pediatrics)

 

17.  Hong-Ren Yu, Ho-Chang Kuo, Eng-Yen Huang, Chi-Di Liang, Kao-Pin Hwang, I-Chun Lin, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Tzu-Jou Wang, Chih-Lu Wang and Kuender D. Yang. Plasma Clusterin Levels in Predicting the Occurrence of Coronary Artery Lesions in Patients With Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Nov;31(8):1151-6. (SCI IF: 1.197, ranking 71/121 in Pediatrics) (Co-1st author)

 

Year 2011

18.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Chi-Di Liang, Hong-Ren Yu, Chih-Lu Wang, I-Chun Lin, Chia-An Liu, Jen-Chieh Chang, Chiu-Ping Lee, Wei-Chiao Chang, Kuender D. Yang. CTLA-4, position 49 A/G polymorphism associated with coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease. J Clin Immunol. 2011 Apr; 31(2):240-4. (SCI IF: 3.382, rank: 55/135, Q2 in Immunology)

19.   Ho-Chang Kuo, Hong-Ren Yu, Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Kuender D. Yang, Yu-Shiuan Wang, Chi-Di Liang, Wei-Chiao Chen, Wei-Pin Chang, Chien-Fu Huang, Chou-Peen Lee, Li-Yan Lin, Yu-Chen Liu, Yuh-Cherng Guo and Wei-Chiao Chang. CASP3 (rs72689236) gene single nucleotide polymorphisms and Kawasaki disease in Taiwanese children. J Hum Genet. 2011 Feb;56(2):161-5. (SCI IF: 2.365, ranking: 91/161, Q3 in GENETICS & HEREDITY)

 

20.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Yu-Chen Liu, Chi-Di Liang, Kuender D. Yang. 兒科十大棘手疾病之首--川崎症. Taiwan Medical Journal 2011;54 (2):69-73.

 

21.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang, Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Chi-Di Liang, Wei-Chiao Chen, Yu-Shiuan Wang, Chih-Hung Lee, Edward His, Hong-Ren Yu, Peng-Yeong Woon, I-Chun Lin, Chien-Fu Huang, Daw-Yang Hwang, Chou-Peen Lee, Li-Yan Lin, Wei-Pin Chang, and Wei-Chiao Chang. ITPKC single nucleotide polymorphism (rs28493229) associated with the susceptibility and coronary artery aneurysm formation in Kawasaki disease patients in a Taiwanese population. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 14;6(4):e17370. (SCI IF: 3.73, ranking: 7/56, Q1  in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES)

 

22.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Ying-Jui Lin, Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Yu-Wen, Hsu, Wei-Chiao Chen, Kuender D. Yang, Chi-Di Liang, Shengyu Yang, Mei-Chyn Chao, Hong-Ren Yu, Shouyan Wang, Li-Yan Lin, and Wei-Chiao Chang. Lack of Association between ORAI1/CRACM1 Gene Polymorphisms and Kawasaki Disease in Taiwanese Children. J Clin Immunol. 2011 Aug;31(4):650-5. (SCI IF: 3.382, rank: 55/135, Q2 in Immunology)

 

23.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Wei-Chiao Chang. Genetic polymorphisms of Kawasaki disease. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2011 Oct;32(10):1193-8 (invited review article, SCI IF: 2.354, ranking: 50/152, Q2 in CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY) 

 

24.  Kuo HC, Onouchi Y, Hsu YW, Chen WC, Huang JD, Huang YH, Yang YL, Chao MC, Yu HR, Juan YS, Kuo CM, Yang KD, Huang JS and Chang WC. Polymorphisms of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Pathway and Kawasaki Disease in the Taiwanese population. J Hum Genet. 2011 Dec;56(12):840-5. (SCI IF: 2.365, ranking: 91/161, Q3 in GENETICS & HEREDITY)

 

25.     Khor CC, Davila S, Breunis WB, Lee YC, Shimizu C, Wright VJ, Yeung RS, Tan DE, Sim KS, Wang JJ, Wong TY, Pang J, Mitchell P, Cimaz R, Dahdah N, Cheung YF, Huang GY, Yang W, Park IS, Lee JK, Wu JY, Levin M, Burns JC, Burgner D, Kuijpers TW, Hibberd ML; Hong Kong–Shanghai Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Lau YL, Zhang J, Ma XJ, Liu F, Wu L; Korean Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Yoo JJ, Hong SJ, Kim KJ, Kim JJ, Park YM, Hong YM, Sohn S, Jang GY, Ha KS, Nam HK, Byeon JH, Yun SW, Han MK, Lee KY, Hwang JY, Rhim JW, Song MS, Lee HD, Kim DS, Lee JM; Taiwan Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Chang JS, Tsai FJ, Liang CD, Chen MR, Chi H, Chiu NC, Huang FY, Chang LY, Huang LM, Kuo HC, Huang KP, Lee ML, Hwang B, Huang YC, Lee PC; International Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Odam M, Christiansen FT, Witt C, Goldwater P, Curtis N, Palasanthiran P, Ziegler J, Nissen M, Nourse C, Kuipers IM, Ottenkamp JJ, Geissler J, Biezeveld M, Tacke C, Filippini L, Brogan P, Klein N, Shah V, Dillon M, Booy R, Shingadia D, Bose A, Mukasa T, Tulloh R, Michie C; US Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Newburger JW, Baker AL, Rowley AH, Shulman ST, Mason W, Takahashi M, Melish ME, Tremoulet AH; Blue Mountains Eye Study, Viswanathan A, Rochtchina E, Attia J, Scott R, Holliday E, Harrap S.  Genome-wide association study identifies FCGR2A as a susceptibility locus for Kawasaki disease. Nat Genet. 2011 Nov 13;43(12):1241-6. (SCI IF: 35.209, ranking 2/161, Q1 in GENETICS & HEREDITY)

                                             

Year 2012

26.  Ho-Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Luo-Ping Ger, Kai-Sheng Hsieh. Kawasaki Disease: An Update on Diagnosis and Treatment. Pediatr Neonatol. 2012 Feb; 53(1):4-11. (review article) (SCI IF:0.932, ranking 85/121 in Pediatrics)

 

27.     Ya-Ling Yang, Wei-Pin Chang, Yu-Wen Hsu, Wei-Chiao Chen, Hong-Ren Yu, Chi-Di Liang, Yao-Ting Tsai, Ying-Hsien Huang, , Kuender D Yang, Ho-Chang Kuo* and Wei-Chiao Chang. Lack of association between CLEC5A gene single nucleotide polymorphisms and Kawasaki disease in Taiwanese children. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Volume 2012, Article ID 398628, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2012/398628 (corresponding author*) (SCI IF: 2.880, ranking: 50/159, Q2 in BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY)

 

28.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Mei-Chyn Chao, Yu-Wen Hsu, Ying-Chi Lin, Ying-Hsien Huang, Hong-Ren Yu, Ming-Feng Hou, Chi-Di Liang, Kuender D. Yang, Chih-Lu Wang and Wei-Chiao Chang. CD40 gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility and coronary artery lesions of Kawasaki disease in the Taiwanese population. The Scientific World Journal 2012;2012:520865. (SCI IF:1.73, ranking: 13/56, Q1 in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES )

 

29.     Hong-Ren Yu, Wei-Pin Chang, Lin Wang, Ying-Jui Lin, Chi-Di Liang, Kuender D. Yang, Chiu-Ming Kuo, Yi-Chuan Huang, Wei-Chiao Chang, and Ho-Chang Kuo*. DC-SIGN (CD209) Promoter –336 A/G (rs4804803) Polymorphism Associated with Susceptibility of Kawasaki disease. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:634835 (corresponding*) (SCI IF:1.73, ranking: 13/56, Q1 in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES )

 

30.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Ya-Ling Yang, Jiin-Haur Chuang, Mao-Meng Tiao, Hong-Ren Yu, Li-Tung Huang, Kuender D Yang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Chiu-Ping Lee, Ying-Hsien Huang. Inflammation-induced hepcidin is associated with the development of anemia and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki Disease. J Clin Immunol. 2012 Aug;32(4):746-52. (SCI IF: 3.382, rank: 55/135, Q2 in Immunology)

 

31.     Yi-Ching Lee, Ho-Chang Kuo, Jeng-Sheng Chang, Luan-Yin Chang, Li-Min Huang, Ming-Ren Chen, Chi-Di Liang, Hsin Chi, Fu-Yuan Huang, Meng-Luen Lee, Yhu-Chering Huang, Betau Hwang, Nan-Chang Chiu, Kao-Pin Huang, Pi-Chang Lee, Li-Ching Chang, Yi-Min Liu, Ying-Ju Chen, Chien-Hsiun Chen, Taiwan Pediatric ID Alliance , Yuan-Tsong Chen, Fuu-Jen Tsai, Jer-Yuarn Wu. Two new susceptibility loci for Kawasaki disease identified through genome-wide association analysis. Nature Genetics 2012 Mar 25;44(5):522-5. (Co-1st author) (SCI IF: 35.209, ranking 2/161, Q1 in GENETICS & HEREDITY)

 

32.     Li-Yan Lin, Tsung-Hsien Yang, Chi-Di Liang, Hong-Ren Yu, Kuender D. Yang, Yi-Chuan Huang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Ho-Chang Kuo*. Comparison of the laboratory data between Kawasaki disease and enterovirus after IVIG treatment. Pediatric Cardiology 2012 Dec;33(8):1269-74. (corresponding author*) (SCI IF: 1.197, ranking 71/121 in Pediatrics)

 

33.     Chih-Jen Chen, Fu-Cheng Huang, Mao-Meng Tiao, Ying-Hsien Huang, Li-Yan Lin, Hong-Ren Yu, Kuender D Yang, Yi-Chuan Huang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Wei-Chiao Chang and Ho-Chang Kuo*. Abnormal Gallbladder Sonography is Associated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin Resistance in Kawasaki Disease. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:485758. (corresponding*)(SCI IF:1.73, ranking: 13/56, Q1 in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES )

 

34.     Chia-Hao Chen, Li-Yan Lin, Kuender D. Yang, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Ho-Chang Kuo*. Kawasaki disease with G6PD deficiency - report of one case and literature review. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2012 (corresponding author*) (SCI IF: 1.631, ranking 82/116, Q3 in MICROBIOLOGY)

 

35.     I-Chun Lin, Jau-Ling Suen, Shau-Ku Huang, Shun-Chen Huang, Hsin-Chun Huang, Ho-Chang Kuo, Chi-Chen Wei, Feng-Shen Wang, Hong-Ren Yu, Kuender D. Yang. Dectin-1/Syk signaling is involved in Lactobacillus casei cell wall extract-induced mouse model of Kawasaki disease. Immunobiology 2013 Feb;218(2):201-12. (SCI IF:2.814, ranking: 71/135, Q3 in Immunology)

 

36.     Lin IC, Kuo HC, Lin YJ, Wang FS, Wang L, Huang SC, Chien SJ, Huang CF, Wang CL, Yu HR, Chen RF, Yang KD. Augmented TLR2 Expression on Monocytes in both Human Kawasaki Disease and a Mouse Model of Coronary Arteritis. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38635. (SCI IF: 3.73, ranking: 7/56, Q1  in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES)

 

37.     Ying-Jui Lin, I-Chun Lin, Hong-Ren Yu, Hsuan-Chang Kuo, Kuender D. Yang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Chi-Di Liang, Shih-Feng Liu, Ho-Chang Kuo*. Tricuspid Regurgitation in Acute Phase of Kawasaki Disease Associated With Intensive Care Unit Admission. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Feb;34(2):250-5. (corresponding author*, SCI IF: 1.197, ranking 71/121 in Pediatrics)

38.     Ho-Chang Kuo and Wei-Chiao Chang. The Genomics and Pharmacogenomics of Kawasaki Disease. J Cell Sci Ther 2012, 3:6. (editorial)

 

39.     Yu-Chen Liu, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ying-Jui Lin, and Ho-Chang Kuo*. Diagnosis of atypical Kawasaki disease using the new American Heart Association criteria: Reports of 2 cases and a review of the literature. Journal of Medical Sciences. (corresponding author*)

 

Year 2013

40.     Yu-Wen Hsu, Hsu-Chen Chien, Chi-Cheng Liang, Kuender D. Yang, Wei-Pin Chang, Ho-Chang Kuo*, Wei-Chiao Chang. Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 Polymorphisms are Associated with Coronary Artery Dilation but not with Aneurysm Formation in Patients with Kawasaki Disease. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine. (corresponding author*)

41.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Wei-Chiao Chang, Kuender D Yang, Hong-Ren Yu, Chih-Lu Wang, Shu-Chen Ho, Chun-Yuh Yang. Kawasaki disease and subsequent risk of allergic diseases: a population-based matched cohort study. BMC Pediatrics 2013 Mar 23;13:38. (SCI IF:1.982, ranking 36/121 in Pediatrics)

42.     Chiu-Ping Lee , Ying-Hsien Huang , Yu-Wen Hsu , Kuender D. Yang , Hsu-Chen Chien , Hong-Ren Yu , Ya-Ling Yang , Chih-Lu Wang , Wei-Chiao Chang, Ho-Chang Kuo*. TARC/CCL17 Gene Polymorphisms and Expression Associated with Susceptibility and the Formation of Coronary Artery Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatric Research (SCI IF:2.673, ranking 19/121 in Pediatrics) (corresponding author*)

43.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Yu-Wen Hsu, Chung-Min Wu, Shawn Hsiang-Yin Chen, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Wei-Pin Chang, Kuender D. Yang, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Wei-Chiao Chen, Yoshihiro Onouchi, and Wei-Chiao Chang. A Replication Study for Association of ITPKC and CASP3 Two-locus analysis in IVIG unresponsiveness and coronary artery lesion in Kawasaki disease. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 24;8(7):e69685.

44.     Mercury promotes catecholamines which potentiate mercurial autoimmunity and arterial vasodilation: implications for ITPKC susceptibility in Kawasaki syndrome. Korean Circ J. 2013 Sep;43(9):581-591. (corresponding author*)

45.     Wei-Pin Chang, Shyh-JongWu, Wei-Chiao Chang, and Ho-Chang Kuo*. Population-Based Study of the Association between Urbanization and Kawasaki Disease in Taiwan. The Scientific World Journal 2013, Article ID 169365. (SCI IF:1.73, ranking: 13/56, Q1 in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES ) (corresponding author*)

46.     Mei-Chen Ou-Yang, Ho-Chang Kuo, I-Chun Lin, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Fu-Chen Huang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ying-Jui Lin, and Hong-Ren Yu. Plasma clusterin concentrations may predict resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with Kawasaki disease. The Scientific World Journal, 2013, Article ID 382523, (SCI IF:1.73, ranking: 13/56, Q1 in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES ) (co-1st author*)

47.     Chia-Jung Chang, Ho-Chang Kuo, Jong-Keuk Lee, Chiea Chuen Khor, Li-Ching Chang, Yi-Min Liu, Ying-Ju Chen, Young Mi Hong, Gi Young Jang, Martin L. Hibberd, Taco Kuijpers, David Burgner, Michael Levin, Jane Burns, Sonia Davila, International Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Korean Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Taiwan Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium, Yuan-Tsong Chen, Chien-Hsiun Chen, Jer-Yuarn Wu & Yi-Ching Lee. Replication of GWAS identification of Kawasaki disease susceptibility genes and a functional study affirm a role for BLK in disease susceptibility. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 30;8(8):e72037

48.     Peng Yeong Woon, Wei Chiao Chang, Chi-Cheng Liang, Chun Hung Hsu, Sukhontip Klahan, Ying-Hsien Huang, Wei-Pin Chang and Ho-Chang Kuo.* Increased Risk of Atopic Dermatitis in Preschool Children with Kawasaki Disease: A Population-based Study in Taiwan. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:605123 (corresponding author*)

49.     Kuo HC, Hsu YW, Lo MH, Huang YH, Chien SC, Chang WC. Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism rs7251246 in ITPKC Is Associated with Susceptibility and Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 12;9(3):e91118. (SCI IF: 3.73, ranking: 7/56, Q1  in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES)

50.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Chung-Min Wu, Wei-Pin Chang, Chun-Nan Kuo, Deniz Yeter, Chun-Yi Lin, Jei-Tsung Pai, Ying-Chen Chi, Chia-Hsien Lin, Liang-Jen Wang and Wei-Chiao Chang. Association between Kawasaki Disease and Autism: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11(4), 3705-3716. (SCI IF:1.998)

51.     Wu TH, Kuo HC, Tain YL, Lin KM, Kuo HC, Chien SJ. Common carotid artery intima-media thickness is useful for diagnosis of the acute stage of Kawasaki disease. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Apr 10;14(1):98.

52.     Huang YH, Tain YL, Lee CP, Kuo HC*. Asymmetric and Symmetric Dimethylarginine Are Associated with Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease. J Pediatr. 2014 Aug;165(2):295-9.. (corresponding author*) (SCI IF: 4.035, ranking 4/122 in Pediatrics)

53.     Wan-Ning Tseng, Mao-Hung Lo, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Wei-Chiao Chang, Ho-Chang Kuo*. IL-31 associated with coronary artery lesion formation in Kawasaki disease. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 14;9(8):e105195. (SCI IF: 3.73, ranking: 7/56, Q1  in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) (corresponding author*)

54.     Ho-Chang Kuo, Ying-Hsien Huang, Shu-Chen Chien, Hong-Ren Yu, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Yu-Wen Hsu, and Wei-Chiao Chang. Genetic variants of CD209 associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility. accepted PLoS One. 2014. (SCI IF: 3.73, ranking: 7/56, Q1  in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES)

55.     Kuo HC*, Chang JC, Kuo HC, Yu HR, Wang CL, Lee CP, Huang LT, Yang KD. DNA methylation array identifies genomic hypomethylation of FCGR2A in the susceptibility of Kawasaki disease and intravenous immunoglobulin resistance. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Mar;67(3):828-36. (SCI IF:7.871, ranking 3/30 in Rheumatology)(first + corresponding author)

56.     Mindy Ming-Huey Guo, Wan-Ning Tseng, Chia-Hung Ko, Hui-Mei Pan, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Ho-Chang Kuo*. Th17- and Treg-related cytokine and mRNA expression are associated with acute and resolving Kawasaki disease. Allergy 2015 Mar;70(3):310-8. (SCI IF: 5.995, ranking 2/21 in Allergy)

57.     Ko TM, Kuo HC, Chang JS, Chen SP, Liu YM, Chen HW, Tsai FJ, Lee YC, Chen CH, Wu JY, Chen YT. CXCL10/IP-10 is a Biomarker and Mediator for Kawasaki Disease. Circ Res. 2015 Feb 27;116(5):876-83. (co-1st author, SCI IF:11.089, ranking 4/125, 3.4% in CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS)

58.     Kuo HC, Hsu YW, Wu MS, Woon PY, Wong HS, Tsai LJ, Lin RK, Klahan S, Hsieh KS, Chang WC. FCGR2A Promoter Methylation and Risks for Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment Responses in Kawasaki Disease. Mediators Inflamm. 2015;2015:564625. (SCI IF: 3.236)

59.     Sandi C Lin, Wan-Lin Tseng, Mindy Ming-Huey Guo and Ho-Chang Kuo*. Etanercept as Rescue Therapy for Refractory Kawasaki Disease. Austin J Pediatr. 2014;1(2): 1010. (corresponding author*)

60.     Kuo HC, Chang WC, Wang LJ, Li SC, Chang WP. Association of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Kawasaki disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2015 Sep 22:1-8. (SCI IF: 3.908)

61.     Ho-Chang Kuo*, Jen-Chieh Chang, Mindy Ming-Huey Guo, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Deniz Yeter, Sung-Chou Li, Kuender D. Yang. Gene-gene associations with the susceptibility of Kawasaki disease and coronary artery lesions. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 30;10(11):e0143056. (1st and correspondence author)

62.     Kuo H-C, Lo M-H, Hsieh K-S, Guo MM-H, Huang Y-H (2015) High-Dose Aspirin Is Associated with Anemia and Does Not Confer Benefit to Disease Outcomes in Kawasaki Disease. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144603.