Edited date: 2020-06-01

Kidney transplantation- Metabolic syndrome
1. Lee MC, Lee CJ, Ho GJ, Lee CC, Shih MH, Chou KC, Hsu BG*. Hyperleptinemia positively correlated with metabolic syndrome in renal transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2010; 24:E124-9. (SCI)
2. Lee MC, Ho GJ, Chen JL, Hsu BG*. C-reactive protein positively correlates with metabolic syndrome in kidney transplantation patients. Tzu Chi Med J.2010; 22:131-6.
3. Lee MC, Lee CC, Ho GJ, Chou KC, Shih MH, Hsu BG*. Hypoadiponectinemia correlates with metabolic syndrome in kidney transplantation patients. Transplant Proc. 2011; 43:2601-5. (SCI)
4. Hsu BG, Shih MH, Yang YC, Ho GJ, Lee MC*. Fasting long-acting natriuretic peptide correlates inversely with metabolic syndrome in kidney transplantation patients. Transplant Proc.2012; 44:646-50. (SCI)
5. Huang IC, Chang CC, Lee CJ, Chen YC, Lee MC*, Hsu BG*. Positive correlation of serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein levels with metabolic syndrome in kidney transplantation patients. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology 2017;10(8):8727-8734. (SCI) (*co- corresponding author)
6. Lee KM¶, Lee MC¶, Lee CJ, Chen YC, Hsu BG*. Inverse association of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide level with metabolic syndrome in kidney transplantation patients. Transplant Proc.2018; 50(8):2496-2501. (SCI) (¶co-first author)
7. Chen PC1, Chang YD1, Lee MC*, Hsu BG*. High serum fibroblast growth factor 23 level is associated with metabolic syndrome in kidney transplantation patients. Transplant Proc. 2020;S0041-1345(20)30351-1. (SCI) (*co-corresponding author)

Kidney transplantation- Bone mineral disease
1. Hsu BG, Ho GJ, Lee CJ, Yang YC, Chen YC, Shih MH, Lee MC*. Inverse association of serum long-acting natriuretic peptide and bone mineral density in renal transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2012; 26(2):E105-10. (SCI)
2. Lee MC, Lee CJ, Shih MH, Ho GJ, Chen YC, Hsu BG*. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is inversely related to bone mineral density in renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc.2014; 46(10):3443-7. (SCI)
3. Hsu BG, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Shih MH, Chou KC, Lin TY, Lee MC*. Inverse association between serum osteoprotegerin and bone mineral density in renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc. 2016: 48(3);864-69. (SCI)

Kidney transplantation- Arterial stiffness
1. Chen YC¶, Lee MC¶, Lee CJ, Ho GJ, Yin WY, Chang YJ, Hsu BG*. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide associated with arterial stiffness by cardio-ankle vascular index in renal transplant recipients. J AtherosclerThromb.2013; 20(7):646-53. (SCI) (¶co-first author)
2. Ho GJ, Chen YC, Yin WY, Chang YJ, Lee MC*, Hsu BG*. Fasting serum long-acting natriuretic peptide correlates with the ankle brachial index in renal transplant recipients. (Co-correspondence) ) Exp Clin Transplant. 2013; 11(4):303-9. (SCI) (*co- corresponding author)
3. Lee MC, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Shih MH, Chou KC, Hsu BG*. Serum leptin levels positively correlate with peripheral arterial stiffness in kidney transplantation patients. Transplant Proc.2014; 46(2):353-8. (SCI)
4. Ho GJ¶, Lee MC¶, Lee JC, Chen YC, Hsu BG*. Hypoadiponectinemia correlates with arterial stiffness in kidney transplantation patients. Clin Exp Nephrol. 2015; 19(3):534-41. (SCI) (¶co-first author)
5. Hsu BG, Shih MH, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Lin TY, Lee MC*. High serum osteoprotegerin is associated with arterial stiffness in kidney transplant patients. Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 2015; 236(4): 247-53. (SCI)
6. Lee MC, Lee CJ, Hsu BG*. Serum osteopontin level correlates with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in kidney transplantation patients. Acta Nephrologica. 2015; 29(2): 86-93.
7. Tsai JP¶, Lee MC¶, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Shih MH, Hsu BG*. Hyperleptinemia is a risk factor at the development of central arterial stiffness in kidney transplant patients. Transplant Proc. 2015; 47(6):1825-30. Erratum in: Transplant Proc. 2015 Oct;47(8):2556. Le, M C [Corrected to Lee, M C]. (SCI) (¶co-first author)
8. Hsu BG, Lee CJ, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Lin TY, Lee MC*. Serum osteoprotegerin levels associated with aortic augmentation index in renal transplant recipients. Tzu Chi Med J. 2016; 28:20-23.
9. Ho CC, Hsu BG, Yin WY, Ho GJ, Chen YC, Lee MC*. Serum adiponectin is a negative predictor of central arterial stiffness in kidney transplant patients. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2016; 76(3):264-269. (SCI)
10. Hsu BG, Liou HH, Lee CJ, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Lee MC*. Serum Sclerostin as an Independent Marker of Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Renal Transplantation Recipients-A Cross-Sectional Study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016; 95(15):e3300. (SCI)
11. Hsu BG, Lee CJ, Chen YC, Ho GJ, Lin TY, Lee MC*. Low serum-free oxygen radicals defense level is associated with peripheral arterial stiffness in kidney transplantation patients. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2016; 9(10):10698-10706.(SCI)
12. Chen YC¶, Hsu BG¶, Ho CC, Lee CJ, Lee MC*. Elevated serum osteoprotegerin may predict peripheral arterial disease after kidney transplantation: A single-center prospective cross-sectional study in Taiwan. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3847https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3847 (SCI) (¶co-first author)
13. Chen YC, Hsu BG, Lee CJ, Ho CC, Ho GJ, Lee MC*. Serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein levels is associated with peripheral arterial stiffness quantified by cardio-ankle vascular index in renal transplant patients. Clin Exp Nephrol 2018; 22:188-195. (SCI)
14. Chen YC¶, Lee MC¶, Lee CJ, Hsu BG*. Hyperleptinemia isassociated with aortic augmentation indexin kidneytransplant recipients. Tzu Chi Medical Journal 2018; 30(3):152-7. (¶co-first author)
15. Chen TL†, Lee MC†, Ho CC, Hsu BG*, Tsai JP*. Serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein level is negatively associated with vascular reactivity index measured by digital thermal monitoring in kidney transplant patients. Metabolites 2019, 9(8), 159; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo9080159. (SCI) (†co-first author, *co-corresponding author )
16. Lai YH†, Lee MC†, Ho GJ, Liu CH*, Hsu BG*. Association of low serum L-carnitine levels with peripheral arterial stiffness in patients who undergone kidney transplantation. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2000; doi:10.3390/nu11092000(SCI) (†co-first author, *co-corresponding author)
17. Liu YJ1, Tsai JP1, Wang LH, Lee MC*, Hsu BG*. Positive correlation of serum fibroblast growth factor 23 with peripheral arterial stiffness in kidney transplantation patients [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 15]. Clin Chim Acta. 2020;S0009-8981(20)30069-3. doi:10.1016/j.cca.2020.02.014(SCI) (*co-corresponding author)

Kidney transplantation- Posttransplant malignancy
1. Chen JL, Ho GJ, Yang YC, Shih MH, Chou KC, Lee MC*. High incidence of transitional cell carcinoma in kidney transplant recipients in eastern Taiwan. Tzu Chi Med J. 2009; 21:118-22.
2. Yin WY, Koo M, Lee MC, Lu MC*. Incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphomas and the ten most commonly diagnosed cancers after heart transplantation: A nationwide population-based study in Taiwan. Transplantation. 2014; 98(7):e71-e73. (SCI)

Kidney transplantation- BK virus
1. Lai NS, Lu MC, Lee MC, Lin TY, Yin WY*. Detection of polyomavirus JC genotype from transplant patients by capillary electrophoresis: Comparison to fragment length polymorphism analysis.J Formos Med Assoc.2008; 107(3):239-44. (SCI)
2. Yin WY, Lu MC, Lee MC, Liu SC, Lin TY. Lai NS*. A correlation between polyomavirus JC virus quantification and genotypes in renal transplantation. Am J Surgery. 2010; 200:53-8. (SCI)
3. Lee MC, Lu MC, Lai NS, Liu SC, Yu HC, Lin TY, Hung SP, Huang HB, Yin WY*. Renal dysfunction by BK virus infection is correlated with activated T cell level in renal transplantation. J Surg Res.2013; 180(2):330-6. (SCI)
4. Yin WY, Lai NS, Lee MC, Yu CL, Huang SL, Lu MC*. DNA binding activity of nuclear factor of activated T cells in mononuclear cells from renal transplant patients with and without BK virus viruria. Tzu Chi Med J. 2013; 25:112-6.
5. Yin WY, Lee MC, Lai NS, Lu MC*. BK virus as a potential oncovirus for bladder cancer in a renal transplant patient—a case report. J Formos Med Assoc. 2015; 114(4):373-4. (SCI)
6. Yin WY, Lee MC. Huang HB, Liu MC*. Increased gene expression of TGF-β in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from renal transplant patients with polyomavirus BK viremia. Clin Transplant. 2016; 30(4):393-8. (SCI)

Kidney transplantation- Other complication
1. Lee MC, Wang LY, Lin HH, Lin TY, Hu CT, Wang CH, Fang TC, Hsu BG*. Transfusion-transmitted virus infection in renal transplant recipients in eastern Taiwan. Tzu Chi Med J. 2006; 18: 427-431.
2. Yang WC, Chen YS, Hsieh WC, Shih MH, Lee MC*. Post-transplant diabetes mellitus in renal transplant recipients –Experience in Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital. Tzu Chi Med J. 2006; 18: 185-191.
3. Chen JL, Lee MC, Kuo HC*. Reduction of cystometric bladder capacity and bladder compliance with time in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Formos Med Assoc. 2012; 111:209-13. (SCI)
4. Shih MH, Lee MC, Tsai CH*. New-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation. Kidney and Dialysis. 2016; 28:76-79.

Liver transplantation:
1. Totsuka E, Dodson F, Urakami A, Moras N, Ishii T, Lee MC, Gutierrez J, Gerardo M, Molmenti E, Fung JJ. Influence of high donor serum sodium levels on early postoperative graft function in human liver transplantation: effect of correction of donor hypernatremia. Liver Transplantation & Surgery. 1999; 5(5): 421-428. (SCI)
2. Totsuka E, Fung JJ, Lee MC, Ishii T, Umehara M, Makino Y, Chang TH, Toyoki Y, Narumi S, Hakamada K, Sasaki M. Influence of cold ischemia time and graft transport distance on postoperative outcome in human liver transplantation. Surgery Today 2002; 32: 792-799. (SCI)
3. Kelly DM, Demetris AJ, Fung JJ, Marcos A, Zhu Y, Subbotin V, Yin L, Totsuka E, Ishii T, Lee MC, Gutierrez J, Costa G, Venkataraman R, Madariaga JR. Porcine partial liver transplantation: a novel model of the "small-for-size" liver graft. Liver Transplantation 2004; 10: 253-263. (SCI)

Organ transplantation- Unclassified
1. 施明蕙*、李明哲. 台灣慈濟綜合醫院器官勸募經驗分享中華移植雜誌2102; 6(1):41-42.
2. Chou KC, Lee MC*. Current management and care issues in kidney transplant recipients. Hu Li Za Zhi. 2014; 61(4):15-20.
3. Chou KC, Lee MC, Tsai CH*. Kidney transplantation in patient with diabetes. Kidney and Dialysis. 2016; 28:72-75.