Patrick Tang

TGF-β/Smad signaling in renal fibrosis.

Ex vivo treatment of proliferating human cord blood stem cells with stroma-derived factor-1 enhances their ability to engraft NOD/SCID mice.

Disruption of the Salmonella-containing vacuole leads to increased replication of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium in the cytosol of epithelial cells.

Investigation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates identified as erythromycin intermediate by the Vitek-1 System: comparison with results obtained with the Vitek-2 and Phoenix systems.

Allergic fungal sinusitis associated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum.

Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience.

Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome during intubation and mechanical ventilation.

Use of the Vitek-1 and Vitek-2 systems for detection of constitutive and inducible macrolide resistance in group B streptococci.

High-level beta-globin expression and preferred intragenic integration after lentiviral transduction of human cord blood stem cells.

Can routine laboratory tests discriminate between severe acute respiratory syndrome and other causes of community-acquired pneumonia?

Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units.

Limited clinical utility of Clostridium difficile toxin testing in infants in a pediatric hospital.

Pheophorbide a, a major antitumor component purified from Scutellaria barbata, induces apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Pheophorbide a, an active compound isolated from Scutellaria barbata, possesses photodynamic activities by inducing apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

Outbreak of acupuncture-associated cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infections.

Molecular typing of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Ontario, Canada.

Dexamethasone for mild croup.

Pheophorbide a, an active component in Scutellaria barbata, reverses P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance on a human hepatoma cell line R-HepG2.

Use of severely steatotic grafts in liver transplantation.

A microbiological revolution meets an ancient disease: improving the management of tuberculosis with genomics.

Our evolving understanding of legionellosis epidemiology: learning to count.

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Pheophorbide a based photodynamic therapy induces apoptosis via mitochondrial-mediated pathway in human uterine carcinosarcoma.

Verification of the ProPneumo-1 assay for the simultaneous detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in clinical respiratory specimens.

Going with the flow: legionellosis risk in Toronto, Canada is strongly associated with local watershed hydrology.

Laboratory-based evaluation of legionellosis epidemiology in Ontario, Canada, 1978 to 2006.

Multiplex PCR tests sentinel the appearance of pandemic influenza viruses including H1N1 swine influenza.

Photodynamic therapy inhibits P-glycoprotein mediated multidrug resistance via JNK activation in human hepatocellular carcinoma using the photosensitizer pheophorbide a.

Donor and recipient selection leads to good patient and graft outcomes for right lobe split transplantation versus whole graft liver transplantation in adult recipients.

Evaluation of 24 locus MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Canada.

A mutation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis rpoB gene confers rifampin resistance in three HIV-TB cases.

Minimal but significant improvement in survival for non-hepatitis C-related adult liver transplant patients beyond the one-year posttransplant mark.

Metagenomics for the discovery of novel human viruses.

New endemic Legionella pneumophila serogroup I clones, Ontario, Canada.

Pheophorbide a-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Triggers HLA Class I-Restricted Antigen Presentation in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Photo-activated pheophorbide-a, an active component of Scutellaria barbata, enhances apoptosis via the suppression of ERK-mediated autophagy in the estrogen receptor-negative human breast adenocarcinoma cells MDA-MB-231.

Seasonal influenza vaccine and increased risk of pandemic A/H1N1‐related illness: first detection of the association in British Columbia, Canada.

A metagenomic analysis of pandemic influenza A (2009 H1N1) infection in patients from North America.

West Nile virus finally debuts in British Columbia 10 years after its introduction to North America.

Effectiveness of AS03 adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine: case-control evaluation based on sentinel surveillance system in Canada, autumn 2009.

Whole-genome sequencing and social-network analysis of a tuberculosis outbreak.

Lcl of Legionella pneumophila is an immunogenic GAG binding adhesin that promotes interactions with lung epithelial cells and plays a crucial role in biofilm formation.

Pheophorbide a: a photosensitizer with immunostimulating activities on mouse macrophage RAW 264.7 cells in the absence of irradiation.

Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study).

Pertussis resurgence in Toronto, Canada: a population-based study including test-incidence feedback modeling.

Aldehyde dehydrogenases are regulators of hematopoietic stem cell numbers and B-cell development.

Transmission dynamics and risk factors for pandemic H1N1-related illness: outbreak investigation in a rural community of British Columbia, Canada.

Are lymphoma survivors really at higher risk for unemployment/underemployment?

Mechanism of invasion of lung epithelial cells by filamentous Legionella pneumophila.

A case of type B lactic acidosis in multiple myeloma.

Long term follow-up of drug resistant and drug susceptible tuberculosis contacts in a Low incidence setting.

Genetic analysis of Bordetella pertussis in Ontario, Canada reveals one predominant clone.

Ecology of Leptospira interrogans in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an inner-city neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada.

Comparative Genomics Reveal That Host-Innate Immune Responses Influence the Clinical Prevalence of Legionella pneumophila Serogroups.

Characterization of the upper respiratory tract microbiomes of patients with pandemic H1N1 influenza.

Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in humans, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2011.

Genomic analysis identifies targets of convergent positive selection in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

An eight-month-old child with cervical adenitis.

Metagenomics for pathogen detection in public health.

Spontaneous intramural duodenal hematoma in type 2B von Willebrand disease.

A metagenomic approach to investigate the microbial causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: moving beyond XMRV.

Carriage of Clostridium difficile by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and black rats (Rattus rattus).

Peer support in health care and prevention: cultural, organizational, and dissemination issues.

Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Bacteria isolated from conspecific bite wounds in Norway and black rats: implications for rat bite-associated infections in people.

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in contemporary clinical isolates of Bordetella pertussis in Ontario, Canada.

Personalized genetic testing and norovirus susceptibility.

Lack of Association between Human Herpesvirus and Vestibular Schwannoma: Analysis of 121 Cases.

Stopping outbreaks with real-time genomic epidemiology.

An investigation of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia typhi, and Seoul hantavirus in rats (Rattus spp.) from an inner-city neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada: is pathogen presence a reflection of global and local rat population structure?

Differentiation of acute from chronic hepatitis C virus infection by nonstructural 5B deep sequencing: A population-level tool for incidence estimation.