Name: Chih-Ching Lin. Curriculum Vitae E-mail address: lincc2@vghtpe.gov.tw Address: No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 112, Republic of China Education: Jun. 1991: MD of School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Sep. 2003~Jan. 2008: PhD of Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Experience: Jun.1993 ~ May 1996: Residency, Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Jun.1996 ~ Jun.1998: Nephrology fellowship, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Dec.1998 ~ Mar.2001: Attending physician, Division of Nephrology, Mar.2001~ now: Department of Medicine, Taoyuan Veterans Hospital Attending physician, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Jan.2002~ Jan.2005: Vice Secretary-General of Taiwan Society of Nephrology, Aug. 2005~Jul. 2009: Assistant professor of School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Dec. 2005~Dec. 2006: Visiting scholar in Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, U.S.A. Aug. 2009~Jul. 2013: Associate professor of School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Aug. 2013~now: Full professor of School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Sep. 15, 2016 ~ now: Director of International Medical Service Center Number of medical license (MD): 20942 Certificates of Boards: physician of internal medicine, nephrologist, ultrasound specialist Major interest of research: dialysis, chronic kidney disease, vascular access, molecular genetics Publications (representative): 1. Chih-Ching Lin, Chao-Fu Chang, Hong-Jen Chiou, Ying-Chou Sun, Shou-Shan Chiang, Ming-Wei Lin, Pui-Ching Lee, Wu-Chang Yang. Variable Pump Flow-based Doppler Ultrasound Method: a Novel Approach to the Measurement of Access Flow in Hemodialysis Patients. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005;16(1):229-36. SCI IF=9.343 2. Chao-Fu Chang, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Nephrogenic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis. N Engl J Med 2005;353(5):529-30. SCI IF=55.873 3. Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, Shing-Jong Lin, Tzen-Wen Chen, Wen-Shin Lee, Chao-Fu Chang, Pui-Ching Lee, Shou-Dong Lee, Ming-Yi Chung. Length Polymorphism in Heme Oxygenase-1 is Associated with Arteriovenous Fistula Patency in Hemodialysis Patients Kidney Int 2006; 69:165 72. SCI IF =8.563 4. Chih-Ching Lin, Chao-Fu Chang, Ming-Yu Lai, Tzen-Wen Chen, Pui-Ching Lee, Wu-Chang Yang. Far Infrared Therapy: a Novel Treatment Improving Access Blood Flow and Unassisted Patency of Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 985-92. SCI IF=9.343
5. Chih-Ching Lin, Xiao-Ming Liu, Kelly Peyton, Hong Wang, Wu-Chang Yang, Shing-Jong Lin, William Durante. Far infrared therapy inhibits vascular inflammation via the induction of heme oxygenase-1. Arterioscl Throm Vas Biol 2008;28(4):739-45. SCI IF=6.008 6. William Durante, Chih-Ching Lin. HOming in on Arteriovenous Fistula Survival. Kidney Int 2008; 74(1):9-11. SCI IF =8.563 7. Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, Ming-Yi Chung, Pui-Ching Lee. Functional Polymorphisms in Matrix Metalloproteinases-1, -3, -9 are Associated with Arteriovenous Fistula Patency in Hemodialysis Patients. CJASN 2010; 5(10):1805-14. SCI IF=4.613 8. Zi-Hong You, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Calcified Conglomerated Bowel Loops Like a Cocoon Appearance. Gastroenterology 2011; 140(4):1148, 1363. SCI IF=16.716 9. Lu TM, Chung MY, Lin CC, Hsu CP, Lin SJ. Asymmetric dimethylarginine predicts clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease a prospective study. CJASN 2011; 6 (7): 1566-1572 SCI IF=4.613 10. Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, Min-Chi Chen, Wen-Sheng Liu, Chih-Yu Yang, Pui-Ching Lee. Effect of Far Infrared Therapy on Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Kidney Dis 2013; 62 (2): 304-11 SCI IF=5.90 11. Chih-Ching Lin, Ming-Yi Chung, Wu-Chang Yang, Shing-Jong Lin, Pui-Ching Lee. Length Polymorphisms of Heme Oxygenase-1 Determine the Effect of Far Infrared Therapy on Function and Patency of Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients: A Novel Physicogenomic Study. Nephrol Dialysis Transplant 2013; 28(5):1284-93 SCI IF=3.577 12. Hsei-Wei Wang*, Tse-Shun Huang*, Hung-Hao Lo*, Po-Hsun Huang, Chih-Ching Lin, Shing-Jyh Chang, Ko-Hsun Liao, Chin-Han Tsai, Chia-Hao Chan, Cheng-Fong Tsai, Yi-Chieh Cheng, Ya-Ling Chiu, Tsung-Neng Tsai,Cheng-Chung Cheng, Shu-Meng Cheng. Deficiency of the MicroRNA-31 MicroRNA-720 Pathway in the Plasma and Endothelial Progenitor Cells From Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014; 34: 857-869 SCI IF=6.008 13. Szu-Yuan Li, Po-Hsun Huang, An-Hang Yang, Der-Cherng Tarng, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Geert Schmid-Schönbein, Shing-Jong. Lin. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 deficiency attenuates diabetic nephropathy by modulation of podocyte functions and dedifferentiation. Kidney Int 2014; 86(2):358-69. SCI IF =8.563 14. Ou SM, Hu FH, Yang WC, Lin CC. Far-infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec;109 (12):1957-9. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.352. (SCI IF=10.755) 15. Chia-Jen Shih, Yueh-Lin Wu, Yuan-Hao Lo, Shu-Chen Kuo, Der-Cherng Tarng, Chih-Ching Lin, Shuo-Ming Ou, Yung-Tai Chen. Association of hypoglycemia with incident chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide population-based study. Medicine2015; 94 (16):e771. SCI IF=5.723 16. Li SY, Huang PH, Tarng DC, Lin TP, Yang WC, Chang YH, Yang AH, Lin CC, Yang MH, Chen JW, Schmid-Schönbein GW, Chien S, Chu PH, Lin SJ. Four-and-a-Half LIM Domains Protein 2 Is a Coactivator of Wnt Signaling in Diabetic Kidney Disease. JASN 2015 (Apr 8.) SCI IF= 9.343 17. Huang CC, Chung CM, Hung SI, Pan WH, Leu HB, Huang PH, Chiu CC, Lin LY, Lin CC, Yang CY, Li SY, Chen YC, Wu TC, Lin SJ, Chen JW. Clinical and Genetic Factors Associated with Thiazide-induced Hyponatremia. Medicine 2015 ;94(34):e1422 SCI IF=5.723 18. Ou SM, Shih CJ, Chao PW, Chu H, Kuo SC, Lee YJ, Wang SJ, Yang CY, Lin CC, Chen TJ, Tarng DC, Li SY, Chen YT. Effects of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors versus Sulfonylureas as Add-On Therapy after Metformin on the Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Annals of Internal Medicine 2015 ;163(9):663-72 SCI IF=17.810 19. TM Lu, Chih-Ching Lin, Asymmetric dimethylarginine predicts the risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Atherosclerosis 2016 in press SCI IF=3.994 Other SCI papers: 20. Lin CC, Chen TW, Ng YY, Chou YH, Yang WC. Thyroid dysfunction and nodular goiter in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients. Perit Dial Int 1998: Nov Vol. 18, pp 516-21.
21. Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, Yee-Yung Ng, Yi-Hong Chou, Der-Cherng Tarng, Tzen-Wen Chen. Association of anion gap with thyroid dysfunction and nodular goiter in CAPD patients. Perit Dial International 2002;22:394-9. 22. Y.-Y.Ng, C.-C. Lin, S.-C. Wu, S.-J. Hwang, C.-H. Ho, W.-C. Yang. Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia in hemodialysis patients with hepatitis B or C virus infection and non-hemodialysis patients with hepatitis cirrhosis. Clinical Nephrology 2002;57(4):289-95. 23. Wen-Ching Lee, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Cheng-Hung Huang, Chih Ching Lin. Unusual presentation of Neisseria mucosa peritonitis with persistent ultrafiltration failure and clear effluent. Perit Dial Int 2003;23(2):198-9. 24. Jeng-Bin Huang, Wu-Chang Yang, Ching-Chung Hu, An-Han Yang, and Chih-Ching Lin. IgA deficiency with membranous glomerulonephritis: A case report and review. J Nephrol 2003;16:154-8. 25. Yen-Cheng Chen, Wu-Chang Yang, An-Han Yang, Shih-Hua Lin, Hsin-Yu Li, Chih-Ching Lin. Primary Sjögren s Syndrome Associated with Gitelman s Syndrome Presenting with Muscular Paralysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2003;42(3): 586-90. 26. Chih-Ching Lin, Kuang-Liang King, Yu-Wen Chao, An Han Yang, Chao-Fu Chang, Wu-Chang Yang. Tacrolimus-associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome:Case Analysis. J Nephrol 2003;16:580-5. 27. Hsiu-Shin Hsieh, Chao-Fu Chang, An-Han Yang, Hsiao-Ling Kuo, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. ANCA Negative Pauci-immune Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis: an unusual case report. Nephrology 2003;8:243-7. 28. Chao-Fu Chang, Chih-Ching Lin, Jinn-Yang Chen, An-Hang Yang, Ming-Shi Shiao, Jau-Tsuen Kao, and Wu-Chang Yang. Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy Associated with Psoriasis Vulgaris: Report of Two Cases with Apolipoprotein E3/3. Am J Kidney Dis 2003:42(3):E14. 29. Shun-Bor Yang, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Klebsiella Oxytoca and Polymicrobial Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis-related Peritonitis. Perit Dial Int 2004;24(2):196-7. 30. Jeng-Bin Huang, Wu-Chang Yang, An-Han Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Arterial thrombosis due to minimal change glomerulopathy secondary to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: A case report and literature review. Am J Med Sci 2004;327(6):358-61.. 31. Chao-Fu Chang, Benjamin Ing-Tiau Kuo, Te-Li Chen, Wu-Chang Yang, Shou-Dong Lee, Chih-Ching Lin. Infective Endocarditis in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients:Fifteen Years Experience in One Medical Center. Journal of Nephrology 2004;17(2):228-35. 32. Shih-Hua Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, An-Han Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Functional Gitelman Syndrome? Am J Kidney Dis 2004; 43(3):586-7. 33. Ming-Yu Lai, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Development of malignancy after treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy. Kidney Int 2004;66(1):464. 34. Chao-Fu Chang, Te-Li Chen, Tzen-Wen Chen, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Recurrent dialysis-associated Aeromonas hydrophilia peritonitis: reports of two cases and review of literature. Perit Dial Int 2005; 25(5):496-9. 35. Yi-Sheng Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Changes in the composition of carnitines in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int 2005;68(3):1368. 36. Li-Ping Hsu, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Shorter unassisted patency of vascular access after angioplasty in women. Am J Kidney Dis 2005 Jul;46(1):167. 37. Ming-Y Lai, Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang. Postprocedural drop in hematocrit versus contrast-induced nephropathy: Eggs or chickens? Kidney Int 2005;68(3):1371-2. 38. Hsin-Chieh Tai, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Are Homocysteine and MTHFR Genotype Polymorphism Associated with AV Fistula Patency? Am J Kidney Dis 2005 ;46(5):993-4. 39. Ming-Yu Lai, Yao-Ping Lin, Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang. Evaluation and treatment of penile gangrene in a chronic dialysis patient. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005 ; 20(6): 2864. 40. Chun-Tung Yeh, Yao-Ping Lin, Wu-Chang Yang, An-Han Yang, Ming-Yu Lai, Chih-Ching Lin. Rapid Recurrence of Hyperparathyroidism from Both Nodularly Hyperplastic Autograft at Forearm and Residual Tissues at Neck after Parathyroidectomy in a Hemodialysis Patient with Calciphylaxis Am J Med Sci 2006; 331(5):284-7. 41. C-C Lin, CS-J Fann, M-Y Chung. Response to Hardy Weinberg equilibrium and control subjects Kidney Int 2006; 70:1375. 42. Lai MY, Chuang CL, Lin CC, Ng YY, Yang WC. Tetany during bicarbonate loading test. Kidney Int 2006;70:1197. 43. Yang CY, Lai MY, Yang WC, Lin CC, Ng YY. Cervical cancer with pyometra--an insidious cause of uraemia in a post-menopausal woman. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21:2984-5. 44. Lai MY, Lin CC, Ng YY, Yang WC. Management of hyperuricemia-associated endothelial dysfunction: from the bench to the clinical practice. Kidney Int 2006;69:1704. 45. Lai MY, Lin CC, Ng YY, Yang WC. Elevated initial serum creatinine in Wegener's granulomatosis with anti-myeloperoxidase autoantibodies. Kidney Int 2006;69:1281. 46. Lai MY, Lin CC, Yang WC, Ng YY, Lee SD. Severe delayed erythema multiforme to vancomycin in a woman on regular hemodialysis. Allergy 2007; 62:824-5. 47. Deng-Yuan Jian, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Trichosporon asahii following Polymicrobial Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis-associated Peritonitis. Perit Dial Int 2008; 28(1):100-1.
48. Szu-Yuan Li, Kwok-Woon Yu,Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Nocardia Peritonitis a Case Report and Literature Review. Perit Dial Int 2008; 28 : 544-7. 49. Yang CY, Chen TW, Lin YP, Lin CC, Ng YY, Yang WC, Chen JY. Determinants of catheter loss following continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis. Perit Dial Int. 2008; 28:361-70. 50. Wen-Shen Liu, Wu-Chang Yang, *Chih-Ching Lin. Does pioglitazone provide a better renoprotective effect than insulin in diabetic patients? Kidney Int 2008;74: 970-1. 51. Ho-Han Wu, Wu-Chang Yang, *Chih-Ching Lin. Purple urine bag syndrome. Am J Med Sci 2009;337:368 52. *Chih-Ching Lin, Wu-Chang Yang. Prognostic Factors Influencing the Patency of Hemodialysis Vascular Access: Literature Review and Novel Therapeutic Modality by Far Infrared Therapy. Journal of Chinese Medical Association 2009;72(3):109-16. 53. Lai MY, Lin CC, Chung SL, Wu CH, Yang WC, Tseng YT. Milky plasma, diabetes, and severe hyponatremia. Kidney Int 2009;75: 996. 54. Zi-Hong You, Sung-Hua Chuang, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin. Cantaloupe-like kidney: a rare picture of renal infiltration caused by acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. NDT Plus 2010; 3: 187-8 55. Zi-Hong You, Wu-Chang Yang, Tung-Po Huang, Sung-Hua Chuang, Chih-Ching Lin. Ecthyma Gangrenosum in a Cirrhotic Hemodialysis Patient. NDT Plus 2010; 3: 310-1 56. Sung-Hua Chuang, Zi-Hong You, Wu-Chang Yang, Tung-Po Huang, Chih-Ching Lin. Tophaceous Gout in a Renal Allograft Recipient. NDT Plus 2010; 3: 313-4 57. Zi-Hong You, An-Hang Yang, Wu-Chang Yang, Tung-Po Huang, Chih-Ching Lin. Chylous ascites. NDT Plus 2010; 3: 315 58. Chen YT, Yang WC, Lin CC, Ng YY, Chen JY, Li SY*.Comparison of peptic ulcer disease risk between peritoneal and hemodialysis patients. Am J Nephrol 2010; 32: 212-8 59. Zi-Hong You, Wu-Chan Yang, Jen-Dar Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Giant Atrial Thrombus. Internal Medicine Journal 2011; 41 (1a): 67 8 60. Yen-Hsu CHEN, Wu-Chang YANG, Feng-Ming WANG, Der-Cherng TARNG, Jinn-Yang CHEN, Yee-Yung NG, Tsai-Hun WU, Yao-Ping LIN, Chih-Ching LIN*. Risk factors Associated with Elevated Serum Pancreatic Amylase Levels during Hemodialysis. Hemodialysis International 2011; 15:79 86. 61. Chen CF, You ZH, Yang WC, Lin CC*. Hypokalemic Paralysis with Seemingly ph-neutralized Blood Gas: Licorice-induced Mineralocorticoid Effect Superimposed on Renal Tubular Acidosis. Acta Clinica Belgica 2011; 66(5): 403 62. Chen CF, Lin CC*. Hydropneumonephroureter and Emphysematous Cystitis. NDT Plus 2011; 4 (2): 134-135 63. Yao YH, Lin CC, Chung YM, Yang AH, Li SY, Lin CC, Lin YP, Yang WC, Yang CY. Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU) with Fanconi's syndrome. Clin Nephrol 2011; 75 (S1): S75-8 64. Yang CY, Lin CC, Lin YP, Yang WC. The calcified abdomen. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Dec;342(6):519. 65. Yang SF, Yang WC, Lin CC*. Infective Endocarditis-Related Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a Haemodialysis Patient. Acta Clinica Belgica 2012;67(1):51. 66. Liu WS, Lin CC*.The Dialysis Modality for Patients with Turner Syndrome and Renal Failure. Perit Dial Int 2012;32(2):230-2. 67. Tsai MT, Yang WC, Lin CC*. PD Related Exit Infections Caused by Achromobacter Denitrificans and Xylosoxidans. Perit Dial Int 2012;32(3):362-3. 68. Chen FA, Yang CY, Yang WC, Lin CC*. Ankle Brachial Index is A Powerful Predictor of Renal Outcome and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2012:238494. Epub 2012 Jan 4. 69. Lin YC, Lin YC, Chen TW, Yang WC, Lin CC*. Abnormal Thyroid Function Predicts Mortality in Patients Receiving Long-term Peritoneal Dialysis-A Case - Controlled Longitudinal Study. J Chin Med Assoc. 2012;75(2):54-9. 70. Wen-Sheng Liu, Yueh-Lin Wu, Szu-Yuan Li, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Ching Lin*. The Waveform Fluctuation and the Clinical Factors of the Initial and Sustained Erythropoietic Response to Continuous Erythropoietin Receptor Activator (CERA) in Hemodialysis Patients. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. 2012:157437. Epub 2012 Apr 19. 71. Wen-Sheng Liu, Yu-Ting Chung, Chih-Ching Lin, Chih-Yu Yang, Kun-Hung Tsai, Wu-Chang Yang, Tzen-Wen Chen, Yen-Ting Lai, Szu-Yuan Li, Tsung-Yun Liu. Serum creatinine determined by Jaffe, enzymatic method, and isotope dilution-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in patients under hemodialysis. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 2012;26(3):206-14 72. Yao YH, Fu CH, Ho SH, Tsai SH, Ng YY, Chuang CL, Lin CC, Chen JY. Peritoneal dialysis, as compared with hemodialysis, is associated with higher overhydration but non-inferior blood pressure control and heart function. Blood purification 2012; 34:40 47 73. Chih-Yu Yang, An-Hang Yang, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin*. Risk Factors for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in Glomerulonephritis Patients Receiving Immunosuppressants. Internal Med 2012;51(20):2869-75.
74. Chih-Yu Yang, Chia-Jen Shih, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin*. Aggressive Immunosuppressant Reduction and Long-Term Rejection Risk in Renal Transplant Recipients with Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia. Exp Clin Transplant. 2012;10 (4):344-9. doi: 10.6002/ect.2012.0015. 75. Szu-Yuan Li, Yung-Tai Chen, Wu-Chang Yang, Der-Cherng Tarng, Chih-Ching Lin, Chih-Yu Yang, Wen-Sheng Liu. Effect of Add-on Direct Renin Inhibitor Aliskiren in Patients with Non-Diabetes Related Chronic Kidney Disease. BMC Nephrology 2012 ;13:89 76. YT Chen, WC Yang, CC Lin*. Trichosporon mucoides peritonitis in a peritoneal dialysis patient. PDI 2013; 33(3):341-2. 77. MT Tsai, WC Yang, CC Lin*. Infective Endocarditis Giving Rise to Peritonitis in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis. Perit Dial Int 2013; 33(4):462-3. 78. Pei-Wen Lee,Chih-Chiang Chien, Wu-Chang Yang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Chih-Ching Lin*. Epidemiology and mortality in dialysis patients with and those without polycystic kidney disease: a national study in Taiwan. J Nephrol 2013; 26(4):755-62 79. Chao-Fu Chang, Tse-Min Lu, Wu-Chang Yang, Shing-Jong Lin, Chih-Ching Lin*, Ming-Yi Chung. Gene polymorphisms of Interleukin-10 and tumor necrosis factor alpha are associated with contrast-induced nephropathy. Am J Nephrol 2013; 37(2):110-7. 80. Chao-Fu Chang, Chih-Ching Lin*. Current Concept of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Brief Review. J Chin Med Assoc. 2013; 76(12):673-81. 81. Chih-Chiang Chien, Yi-Hong Chou, Chui-Mei Tiu, Chih-Ching Lin,Wu-Chang Yang, Hsin-Kai Wang, Yi-Chen Lai, Hong-Jen Chiou.Transient Hyperechoic Renal Cortex Caused by Dehydration and Induced Acute Renal Failure in Two Patients with Intra-Abdominal Infection. Journal of Medical Ultrasound 2012; 20(1):43 46. 82. Shang-Feng Yang, Chia-Jen Liu, Wu-Chang Yang, Chao-Fu Chang, Chih-Yu Yang, Szu-Yuan Li, Chih-Ching Lin*. The Risk Factors and the Impact of Hernia Development on Technique Survival in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Perit Dial Int 2015; 35:351-9. 83. Hung-Wen Yen, Ling-Ing Lau, Wu-Chang Yang, Pei-Yu Lin, Chia-Lin Shen, Fen-Hsiang Hu,, Chih-Ching Lin* Non-traumatic Ocular and Periocular Hemorrhage in a Hypertensive Patient under Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Warfarin Therapy. Internal Medicine 2014;53(20):2337-9. 84. Shang-Feng Yang, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin* Is the cloud-based technology a promising tool in the integrated care of patients with chronic kidney disease? J Chin Med Assoc. 2014 ;77(12):608-609 85. Chen CF, Yang WC, Yang CY, Ou SM, Chen YT, Shih CJ, Chien CC, Chen MC, Wang YJ, Lin CC*. Urinary Protein/Creatinine Ratio Weighted by Estimated Urinary Creatinine Improves the Accuracy of Predicting Daily Proteinuria. American Journal of Medical Science 2015 ;349(6):477-87. 86. Yen-Ting Lai, City C. Hsieh, Li-Sheng Huang, Wen-Sheng Liu, Shu-Huan Lin, Ling-Li Wang, Shyh-Fang Chen1, Chih-Chin Lin. The Effects of Upper Limbs Exercise through Yoga on Limb Swelling in Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors - A Pilot Study. Rehabilitation Nursing 2015 doi: 10.1002/rnj.217.[Epub ahead of print] 87. Chih-Yu Yang, Fu-An Chen, Chun-Fan Chen, Wen-Sheng Liu, Chia-Jen Shih, Shuo-Ming Ou, Wu-Chang Yang, Chih-Ching Lin, An-Hang Yang. Diagnostic Accuracy of Urine Protein/Creatinine Ratio Is Influenced by Urine Concentration. PLoS One 2015; 10(9): e0137460. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137460. 88. Ya-Hsu Yang, Hao-Wei Teng, MD, Yen-Ting Lai, Szu-Yuan Li, Chih-Ching Lin, Albert C. Yang, Hsiang-Lin Chan, Yi-Hsuan Hsieh, Chiao-Fan Lin, Fu-Ying Hsu, Wen-Sheng Liu, Statins Reduces the Risk of Dementia in Patients with Late-Onset Depression: a Retrospective Cohort Study. *PLoS One 2015;10(9):e0137914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137914. 89. Y.-W. Chen, W.-S. Liu, Y.-H. Chou, W.-C. Yang, C.-C. Lin*. Far Infrared Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Hand Ischemia Following Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis. EJVES Short Reports 2015 ;Volume 28:30-33. doi:10.1016/j.ejvssr.2015.08.004 90. Lee KH, Tsai WJ, Chen YW, Yang WC, Lee CY, Ou SM, Chen YT, Chien CC, Lee PC, Chung MY, Lin CC. Genotype Polymorphisms of Genes Regulating Nitric Oxide Synthesis Determines Long-term Arteriovenous Fistula Patency in Male Hemodialysis Patients. Renal failure 2015 ;38(2):228-37. 91. Chun-Fan Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: A Predictive Marker of Acute Kidney Injury In Severe Septic Patients or Not? J Chin Med Assoc. 2016 in press 92. Chun-Fan Chen, Chih-Ching Lin*. An Update of the Effect of Far Infrared Therapy on Arteriovenous Access in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients. J Vasc Access 2016 in press 93. Yu-Wei Chen, Yu-Te Wu, Jhin-Shyaun Lin, Wu-Chang Yan, Yung-Ho Hsu, Kuo-Hua, Lee, Shou-Ming Ou, Yung-Tai Chen, Chia-Jen Shih, Pui-Ching Lee, Chia-Hao, Chan, Ming-Yi Chung, Chih-Ching Lin * Association of Genetic Polymorphisms of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System-related Genes with Arterio-venous Fistula Malfunction in Hemodialysis Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2016 in press 94. Wen-Sheng Liu, Chih-Ching Lin*. Shift from Darbepoetin-α to Continuous Erythropoietin Receptor Activator Decreases Serum Aluminum Concentration in Patients on Hemodialysis. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 2016 in press 95. Wen-Sheng Liu, Chih-Ching Lin*. Fixed Dose of Long-acting Erythropoietic Stimulating Agents at Higher Frequency Improves Appetite, Reduces Inflammation and Corrects Anemia in Patients on Hemodialysis. Clinical and
Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 2016 in press 96. ST Chen, Chih-Ching Lin. Nicorandil-induced Hyperkalemia in a Hemodialysis Patient. American journal of medical science 2016 in press 97. Fu-An Chen, Chih-Ching Lin* Angiotensin Converting-Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, and Calcium Channel Blockers Are Associated with Prolonged Vascular Access Patency in Uremic Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis. PLoS One 2016 in press 98. Chang CY, Lin CC, Tsai CF, Yang WC, Wang SJ, Lin FH, Fuh JL.Acta Neurol Scand. 2017 Mar 5. doi: 10.1111/ane.12753.Cognitive Impairment and Hippocampal Atrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease" in its current form for publication in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 2017 99. Chien CC, Han MM, Chiu YH, Wang JJ, Chu CC, Hung CY, Sun YM, Yeh NC, Ho CH, Lin CC, Kao HY, Weng SF. Epidemiology of cancer in end-stage renal disease dialysis patients: a national cohort study in Taiwan. J Cancer. 2017 Jan 1;8(1):9-18. doi: 10.7150/jca.16550. 100. Chien CC, Lin CC. Epidemiology and outcomes of hypoglycemia in patients with advanced diabetic kidney disease on dialysis: A national cohort study PLoS One 2017 in press Other non-sci papers: 33 articles Awards: more than 20 awards including the fields of teaching, research and presentation in medical conferences since 2001 Research Grants: grants of national science council (NSC) and ministry of science and technology (MOST), intramural grants and genomic project for 10 consecutive years. Editor of the following scientific journals: Kidney and dialysis; clinical medicine; TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, Acta Nephrologica Reviewer of the following scientific journals: Journal of Chinese Medical Association, Nephrology, Journal of Taiwan society of nephrology, Journal of Hong-Kong society of nephrology, The journal of rheumatology, Journal of vascular research, Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Disease markers, renal failure, BMC nephrology,, Acta Nephrologica, PLOSone, International Scholarly Research Notices, Advances in vascular medicine, American Journal of Kidney disease,