2023
Assessing emotional characteristics in Asian autistic adults without intellectual disability
Chien Y, Liu C, Chiu Y, Lin C. Assessing emotional characteristics in Asian autistic adults without intellectual disability. Asian Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 82: 103472. PMID: 36682157, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchutte Emotional Intelligence ScaleAutistic adultsIntellectual disabilityEmotion perceptionSelf-reportEmotional Intelligence ScaleIntelligence ScaleMothers' reportsAutistic malesAutistic featuresEmotional characteristicsSchizophreniaEmotional featuresEmotionsAdultsDisabilitySchuttePerceptionScaleDifficultiesMale
2022
Error patterns of facial emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia
Lee S, Lin G, Shih C, Chen K, Liu C, Kuo C, Hsieh C. Error patterns of facial emotion recognition in patients with schizophrenia. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 300: 441-448. PMID: 34979185, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.12.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial emotion recognitionNegative emotionsError patternsDifferentiation of facesDiscrimination of facesEmotion recognitionHealthy adultsHappy facesResponse biasSchizophreniaTraditional confusion matrixBasic emotionsFacial expressionsEmotionsMethodological issuesAdultsFaceDeficitsFindingsConfusion matrixCliniciansDiscriminationIndividualsInterventionRecognition
2020
Dynamics and Correlation Among Viral Positivity, Seroconversion, and Disease Severity in COVID-19
Fu Y, Li Y, Guo E, He L, Liu J, Yang B, Li F, Wang Z, Li Y, Xiao R, Liu C, Huang Y, Wu X, Lu F, You L, Qin T, Wang C, Li K, Wu P, Ma D, Sun C, Chen G. Dynamics and Correlation Among Viral Positivity, Seroconversion, and Disease Severity in COVID-19. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2020, 174: m20-3337. PMID: 33284684, PMCID: PMC7745119, DOI: 10.7326/m20-3337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndependent risk factorLaboratory-confirmed COVID-19Noncritically ill patientsViral positivityCritically ill patientsIll patientsDisease severityLow IgM titersRisk factorsViral polymerase chain reactionIgM titersCourse of coronavirus disease 2019Serum inflammatory markersIgM positive rateClinically diagnosed casesIgG positivity rateViral positivity rateMedian durationSpecialty care centersSeroconversion ratesAdult patientsInflammatory markersSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Polymerase chain reactionDevelopment of the CAT-FER: A Computerized Adaptive Test of Facial Emotion Recognition for Adults With Schizophrenia.
Lee S, Lin G, Liu C, Chiu E, Hsieh C. Development of the CAT-FER: A Computerized Adaptive Test of Facial Emotion Recognition for Adults With Schizophrenia. American Journal Of Occupational Therapy 2020, 75: 7501205140p1-7501205140p11. PMID: 33399062, DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2020.043463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial emotion recognitionTest of facial emotion recognitionItem bankComputerized adaptive testingRemoval of misfitting itemsClients’ social functioningDiagnosed mental illnessMeasures of facial emotion recognitionAssessment of facial emotion recognitionAdministration modeEmotion recognitionOccupational therapistsMental illnessDomain scoresMisfitting itemsSocial functioningSevere gender biasSchizophreniaRasch modelAdultsItem difficultyImpact of genderItemsScoresProspective usersDevelopment and Validation of a Machine Learning Individualized Treatment Rule in First-Episode Schizophrenia
Wu C, Luedtke A, Sadikova E, Tsai H, Liao S, Liu C, Gau S, VanderWeele T, Kessler R. Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Individualized Treatment Rule in First-Episode Schizophrenia. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e1921660. PMID: 32083693, PMCID: PMC7043195, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-episode schizophreniaAntipsychotic medicationPrescribed antipsychotic medicationTreatment success rateTreatment successSchizophrenic disordersFirst-episodeSuccess rateSchizophreniaProbability of treatment successTaiwan National Health Insurance Research DatabaseNational Health Insurance Research DatabaseHealth Insurance Research DatabaseEstimating treatment successValidation sampleIndividualized treatment rulesMedicationPrognostic studyPatientsInvestigated biomarkersClinical implementationDischarge diagnosisClinical observationsDemographic dataPragmatic trialKras mutation correlating with circulating regulatory T cells predicts the prognosis of advanced pancreatic cancer patients
Cheng H, Luo G, Jin K, Fan Z, Huang Q, Gong Y, Xu J, Yu X, Liu C. Kras mutation correlating with circulating regulatory T cells predicts the prognosis of advanced pancreatic cancer patients. Cancer Medicine 2020, 9: 2153-2159. PMID: 32017404, PMCID: PMC7064028, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.2895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCD4 Lymphocyte CountCirculating Tumor DNADNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm StagingPancreatic NeoplasmsPolymerase Chain ReactionPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Retrospective StudiesTime FactorsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryConceptsCell-free circulating tumor DNAAdvanced pancreatic cancer patientsPancreatic cancer patientsCirculating regulatory T cellsCirculating T-cell subsetsCA19-9 levelsRegulatory T cellsKRAS mutation statusT cell subsetsTumor-node-metastasisCancer patientsMutation statusTumor DNAKRAS mutationsT cellsAssociated with extremely poor survivalRegulatory T cell levelsAdvanced pancreatic cancerLevels of TregsProportion of TregsAbnormal immune statusCirculating tumor DNAT cell levelsPredicted worse prognosisTumor-node-metastasis stageClinical implications of oxidative stress in schizophrenia: Acute relapse and chronic stable phase
Chien Y, Hwu H, Hwang T, Hsieh M, Liu C, Lin-Shiau S, Liu C. Clinical implications of oxidative stress in schizophrenia: Acute relapse and chronic stable phase. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 2020, 99: 109868. PMID: 31954755, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.109868.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic stable schizophreniaNon-psychiatric controlsDisorganized symptomsChronic stable patientsStable schizophreniaWeeks of antipsychotic treatmentStages of schizophreniaAcute relapseClinical implicationsAntipsychotic treatmentNegative symptomsSchizophreniaStable patientsOxidative stressPlatelet superoxide dismutasePlatelet oxidative stressTreatment responseNitric oxideLipid peroxidationLevels of nitric oxideSymptomsSuperoxide dismutaseTreatment effectsRelapsed patientsRelapse
2019
Social cognition in schizophrenia: A network-based approach to a Taiwanese version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test
Li T, Liu C, Liu C, Hsieh M, Lin Y, Wang E, Hwang T, Chou T. Social cognition in schizophrenia: A network-based approach to a Taiwanese version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test. Journal Of The Formosan Medical Association 2019, 119: 439-448. PMID: 31558338, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2019.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEyes TestNegative emotionsMental statesHealthy controlsSocial cognitive impairmentsChoice patternsStructure of mental statesTaiwanese versionBlunted affectEmotional withdrawalSocial cognitionSocial withdrawalAspect of theoryNegative wordsSchizophreniaEmotionsHigh centralityEmotional aspectsReaction timePoor performanceControl groupImpairmentWithdrawalPatient groupCognitionAJCC 7th edition staging classification is more applicable than AJCC 8th edition staging classification for invasive IPMN
Fan Z, Cheng H, Jin K, Gong Y, Huang Q, Xu J, Ni Q, Yu X, Liu C, Luo G. AJCC 7th edition staging classification is more applicable than AJCC 8th edition staging classification for invasive IPMN. World Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2019, 17: 137. PMID: 31387646, PMCID: PMC6685146, DOI: 10.1186/s12957-019-1682-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive IPMNInvasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasmStage IB diseaseStage IIA diseaseHazard ratioEdition classificationIIA diseaseIB diseaseStaging classificationStaging systemEnd Results cancer registryIntraductal papillary mucinous neoplasmEdition staging systemPredictors of survivalAmerican Joint CommitteeCancer (AJCC) staging systemPapillary mucinous neoplasmConclusionsThe AJCCResectable tumorsAJCC stagingStage IIACancer RegistryTumor sizeMucinous neoplasmsResultsIn total
2018
Trajectories after first‐episode psychosis: Complement to ambiguous outcomes of long‐term antipsychotic treatment by exploring a few hidden cases
Liu C, Lin Y, Liu C, Hsieh M, Chien Y, Hwang T, Hwu H. Trajectories after first‐episode psychosis: Complement to ambiguous outcomes of long‐term antipsychotic treatment by exploring a few hidden cases. Early Intervention In Psychiatry 2018, 13: 895-901. PMID: 29927087, DOI: 10.1111/eip.12696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-episode psychosisLong-term antipsychotic treatmentAntipsychotic treatmentRecurrence of psychotic symptomsCourse of chronic schizophreniaLow-dose antipsychoticsChronic schizophreniaDysthymic statesPsychotic symptomsDiagnostic stabilityWord lettersRemission criteriaPsychosisAmbiguous informationProbability of relapseCoping strategiesImpending relapseAmbiguous outcomesDiscontinued medicationAntipsychoticsPersonalized formulationsMedication adherencePsychosocial factorsEarly interventionGroup of patientsShared and distinct alterations of white matter tracts in remitted and nonremitted patients with schizophrenia
Huang J, Liu C, Hwang T, Chen Y, Hsu Y, Hwu H, Lin Y, Hsieh M, Liu C, Chien Y, Tseng W. Shared and distinct alterations of white matter tracts in remitted and nonremitted patients with schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping 2018, 39: 2007-2019. PMID: 29377322, PMCID: PMC6866389, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized fractional anisotropyGeneralized fractional anisotropy valuesAdequate antipsychotic treatmentNegative symptom scoresNonremission groupWhite matter tract integrityWhite matter integrityHealthy controlsRemission stateWhite matter tract bundlesWhite matter tractsReduced integrationAntipsychotic treatmentNonremitted patientsSchizophrenia patientsSymptomatic remissionIllness durationAnalysis of covarianceSchizophreniaDiffusion spectrum imagingTract integrityPost hoc analysisFractional anisotropyMedication dosesEducation years
2017
The metastasis status and tumor burden-associated CA125 level combined with the CD4/CD8 ratio predicts the prognosis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: A new scoring system
Yang C, Cheng H, Luo G, Lu Y, Guo M, Jin K, Wang Z, Yu X, Liu C. The metastasis status and tumor burden-associated CA125 level combined with the CD4/CD8 ratio predicts the prognosis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: A new scoring system. European Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2017, 43: 2112-2118. PMID: 28802662, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2017.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCA-125 AntigenCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCD4 Lymphocyte CountCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleFlow CytometryHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPancreatic NeoplasmsPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTumor BurdenConceptsCD4/CD8 ratioNew scoring systemAdvanced pancreatic cancerCD8 ratioPrognosis of patientsCA125 levelsPancreatic cancerScoring systemPrognostic valueHigher CD4/CD8 ratioMultivariate analysisAdvanced pancreatic cancer patientsComplete clinical dataHigher CA125 levelsKaplan-Meier methodIndependent prognostic factorPancreatic cancer patientsLog-rank testTumor immune responseCox hazard modelPrognostic factorsCancer patientsMetastasis statusClinical dataImmune responseSeroprevalence survey of selective anti-neuronal autoantibodies in patients with first-episode schizophrenia and chronic schizophrenia
Chen C, Cheng M, Liu C, Liu C, Lin K, Hwu H. Seroprevalence survey of selective anti-neuronal autoantibodies in patients with first-episode schizophrenia and chronic schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2017, 190: 28-31. PMID: 28341002, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-neuronal autoantibodiesLeucine-rich glioma-inactivated-1N-methyl-D-aspartateContactin-associated protein-like 2First-episode schizophreniaAnti-NMDA receptor autoantibodiesA-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acidAssociated with psychiatric disordersGlioma-inactivated-1Blood samplesNeuronal cell surface proteinsArchived blood samplesNeuronal surface proteinsCerebral spinal fluidProtein-like 2Chronic schizophreniaReceptor autoantibodiesClinical presentationAutoimmune encephalopathyTreatment resistancePsychiatric disordersCorrect diagnosisSchizophreniaAutoantibodiesSpinal fluid
2016
Which patients with para-aortic lymph node (LN16) metastasis will truly benefit from curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer?
Liu C, Lu Y, Luo G, Cheng H, Guo M, Liu Z, Xu J, Long J, Liu L, Fu D, Ni Q, Li M, Yu X. Which patients with para-aortic lymph node (LN16) metastasis will truly benefit from curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer? Oncotarget 2016, 7: 29177-29186. PMID: 27081079, PMCID: PMC5045387, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic head cancerResectable pancreatic head cancerLymph node ratioHead cancerLymph nodesTumor locationPara-aortic lymph node dissectionPara-aortic lymph node metastasisPara-aortic lymph nodesCurative surgical resectionLymph node dissectionIndependent prognostic factorLymph node metastasisPoor surgical outcomesDuctal adenocarcinoma patientsPoor prognostic markerPreoperative serum CA125Curative pancreaticoduodenectomyNode dissectionPancreatic headRadical surgerySurgical resectionNode metastasisPrognostic factorsSuch patientsHaplotypes of the D-Amino Acid Oxidase Gene Are Significantly Associated with Schizophrenia and Its Neurocognitive Deficits
Liu Y, Wang S, Hwu H, Fann C, Yang U, Yang W, Hsu P, Chang C, Wen C, Tsai-Wu J, Hwang T, Hsieh M, Liu C, Chien Y, Fang C, Faraone S, Tsuang M, Chen W, Liu C. Haplotypes of the D-Amino Acid Oxidase Gene Are Significantly Associated with Schizophrenia and Its Neurocognitive Deficits. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0150435. PMID: 26986737, PMCID: PMC4795637, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-nucleotide polymorphismsAssociated with schizophreniaIntron 8Genomic regionsIntron 1Genetic variantsLarger patient samplesD-amino-acid oxidase geneNovel single‐nucleotide polymorphismsHaplotype association analysisSingle-locus analysisExecutive functionD-amino acid oxidaseFunctional genetic variantsSustained attentionNeurocognitive functionSchizophreniaEpstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphocytesMRNA expressionHaplotype blocksSingle-locusHaplotype distributionVirus-transformed lymphocytesHaplotype frequenciesAssociation analysisImpact of universal health coverage on urban–rural inequity in psychiatric service utilisation for patients with first admission for psychosis: a 10-year nationwide population-based study in Taiwan
Chiang C, Chen P, Huang L, Kuo P, Tung Y, Liu C, Chen W. Impact of universal health coverage on urban–rural inequity in psychiatric service utilisation for patients with first admission for psychosis: a 10-year nationwide population-based study in Taiwan. BMJ Open 2016, 6: e010802. PMID: 26940114, PMCID: PMC4785302, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAmbulatory CareDatabases, FactualFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsMaleMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedNational Health ProgramsPatient AdmissionPsychotic DisordersRetrospective StudiesRural PopulationTaiwanUniversal Health InsuranceUrban PopulationYoung AdultConceptsUniversal health coverageService utilisationUrban-rural residenceUrban-rural inequalitiesHealth coverageUrban patientsEmergency departmentImplementation of universal health coverageImpacts of universal health coverageNationwide population-based studyQuality of careTaiwan National Health Insurance Research DatabaseNational Health Insurance Research DatabaseRural-dwelling patientsHealth Insurance Research DatabasePopulation-based studyUrban-rural differencesPopulation coverage ratePsychiatric outpatient servicesMedical claims recordsNationwide cohort of patientsRisk of readmissionRural patientsUrban-rural gapPsychiatric readmissionAberrant expression of microRNAs as biomarker for schizophrenia: from acute state to partial remission, and from peripheral blood to cortical tissue
Lai C, Lee S, Scarr E, Yu Y, Lin Y, Liu C, Hwang T, Hsieh M, Liu C, Chien Y, Udawela M, Gibbons A, Everall I, Hwu H, Dean B, Chen W. Aberrant expression of microRNAs as biomarker for schizophrenia: from acute state to partial remission, and from peripheral blood to cortical tissue. Translational Psychiatry 2016, 6: e717-e717. PMID: 26784971, PMCID: PMC5068884, DOI: 10.1038/tp.2015.213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral miRNAsState-dependent markersDiagnostic of schizophreniaHsa-miR-34aPostmortem brain tissueAberrant expression of microRNAsCaudate putamenSchizophreniaSubcortical regionsAcute stateExpression of microRNAsSeven-miRNARemission stateBrain samplesAberrant expressionClinically useful biomarkersExpression levelsBrainMonths of hospitalizationPartial remission stateAge-dependent increaseMiRNA dysregulationMiRNAsPartial remissionClinical symptoms
2015
Primary and secondary alterations of white matter connectivity in schizophrenia: A study on first-episode and chronic patients using whole-brain tractography-based analysis
Wu C, Hwang T, Chen Y, Hsu Y, Lo Y, Liu C, Hwu H, Liu C, Hsieh M, Chien Y, Chen C, Tseng W. Primary and secondary alterations of white matter connectivity in schizophrenia: A study on first-episode and chronic patients using whole-brain tractography-based analysis. Schizophrenia Research 2015, 169: 54-61. PMID: 26443482, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.09.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexBilateral DLPFCFirst-episode patientsWhite matter connectivityFirst-episodeChronic patientsBilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortexFirst-episode schizophreniaWidespread white matter abnormalitiesBilateral temporal polesDebilitating mental disorderReduced white matter connectivityRight arcuate fasciculusSuperior longitudinal fasciculus IDuration of illnessAssociated with clinical variablesCallosal fibersBetween-group analysisWhite matter tractsWhite matter abnormalitiesPrefrontal cortexImpaired connectivityTemporal poleArcuate fasciculusCerebral white matterLymph node status predicts the benefit of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with resected pancreatic cancer
Liu Z, Luo G, Guo M, Jin K, Xiao Z, Liu L, Liu C, Xu J, Ni Q, Long J, Yu X. Lymph node status predicts the benefit of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with resected pancreatic cancer. Pancreatology 2015, 15: 253-258. PMID: 25921232, DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2015.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsChemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantDeoxycytidineFemaleHumansLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedPancreatectomyPancreatic NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyLymph node statusNode statusPancreatic cancerPancreatic adenocarcinomaDifferent lymph node statusCurative R0 resectionEffect of chemoradiotherapyImproved median OSLN-negative diseaseLN-positive diseaseRole of lymphOverall median survivalMedian OSAdjuvant therapyR0 resectionMedian survivalPositive diseaseNegative diseaseChemoradiotherapyPatientsMultivariate analysisDiseaseLymphAdenocarcinomaNeurocognitive functioning of subjects with putative pre-psychotic states and early psychosis
Liu C, Hua M, Hwang T, Chiu C, Liu C, Hsieh M, Chien Y, Lin Y, Hwu H. Neurocognitive functioning of subjects with putative pre-psychotic states and early psychosis. Schizophrenia Research 2015, 164: 40-46. PMID: 25802138, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltra-high riskPre-psychotic stateNeurocognitive functionWechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third EditionWechsler Memory Scale-Third EditionRisk of transition to psychosisWisconsin Card Sorting TestCard Sorting TestDomains of neurocognitionNeurocognitive function of patientsTransition to psychosisContinuous Performance TestVerbal fluency testTrail Making TestLevels of clinical severityFollow-up assessmentStability of changesSorting TestNeuropsychological batteryOnset of illnessNeurocognitive profileEpisode psychosisFluency testNeurocognitive deficitsFunction of subjects