Ching Wei Luo
National Yang-Ming University
35 Papers
221 Citations
Ching Wei Luo is an academic researcher from National Yang-Ming University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Receptor & Signal transduction. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 34 publications. Previous affiliations of Ching Wei Luo include National Taiwan University & Stanford University.
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Papers
Obestatin, a Peptide Encoded by the Ghrelin Gene, Opposes Ghrelin's Effects on Food Intake
Jian Zhang,Pei-Gen Ren,Orna Avsian-Kretchmer,Ching Wei Luo,Rami Rauch,Cynthia Klein,Aaron J. W. Hsueh +6 more
TL;DR: Contrary to the appetite-stimulating effects of ghrelin, treatment of rats with obestatin suppressed food intake, inhibited jejunal contraction, and decreased body-weight gain.
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Paracrine regulation of ovarian granulosa cell differentiation by stanniocalcin (STC) 1: mediation through specific STC1 receptors.
TL;DR: In cultured rat granulosa cells obtained from early antral follicles, treatment with STC1 suppressed FSH-stimulated progesterone biosynthesis with minimal effects on estradiol and cAMP production and the present demonstration of receptor binding and the specific actions of STC2 suggest the existence of a follicular paracrine system in which theca cell-derived STC 1 dampens the gonadotropin stimulation of granULosa cell differentiation.
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Thyrostimulin, but not thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), acts as a paracrine regulator to activate the TSH receptor in mammalian ovary
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that oocyte-derived thyrostimulin and granulosa cell-expressed TSHR compose a novel paracrine system in the ovary, where the activity is tightly controlled by gonadotropins.
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CXCL17, an orphan chemokine, acts as a novel angiogenic and anti-inflammatory factor.
TL;DR: It is found that CXCL17 is highly expressed in both a constitutive and inducible manner in the rat gastric mucosa, where it undergoes endoproteolysis during protein maturation, and shows novel anti-inflammatory effects on LPS-activated macrophages.
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Identification of a stanniocalcin paralog, stanniocalcin-2, in fish and the paracrine actions of stanniocalcin-2 in the mammalian ovary.
TL;DR: STC2 is a functional homodimeric glycoprotein, and thecal cell-derived STC2 could play a paracrine role during follicular development.