Contact information
Professor Rong-Kung Tsai
Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University
e-mail 1: rktsai@mail.tcu.edu.tw
e-mail 2: rktsai@tcuchi.com.tw
Lab Web Address: http://www.ier.tcu.edu.tw/
Research Fields
- Neuroprotection of optic nerve
- Stem cells in ocular diseases
- ocular regenerative medicine
- neuro-ophthalmology
- translation medicine
Publications for recent 5.
- Huang TL, Wang JK , Chang PY, Hsu YR, Lin CH, Lin KH, Tsai RK*. (2022, Jul). Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: From Basic Research to Clinical Perspectives. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23, 7908. (SCI)
- Wen YT, Jhou BY, Hsu JH, Fu HI, Chen YL, Shih YC, Chen CC, Tsai RK*. (2022, Feb). Neuroprotective Effects of Cordyceps cicadae (Ascomycetes) Mycelium Extract in the Rat Model of Optic Nerve Crush. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 24(2):41–48. (SCI)
- Desai TD ,Wen YT, Daddam JR, Cheng F, Chen CC, Pan CL, Lin KL, Tsai RK*. (2022, Jan). Long term therapeutic effects of icariin-loaded PLGA microspheres in an experimental model of optic nerve ischemia via modulation of CEBP-β/G-CSF/noncanonical NF-κB axis. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, Bioeng Transl Med. 2022;e10289. (SCI)
- Huang CT, Wen YT, Desai TD, Tsai RK*. (2021, Dec). Intravitreal injection of Long-acting pegylated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor provides neuroprotective effects via antioxidant responses in a rat model of traumatic optic neuropathy. Antioxidants, 10(12):1934. (SCI)
- Kang EY, Liu PK,Wen YT, Quin PMJ, Levi SR, Wang NK, Tsai RK*. (2021, Dec). Role of oxidative stress in ocular diseases associated with retinal ganglion cells degeneration. Antioxidants, 10(12):1948.