Patrick Tang

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of British Columbia

Affiliated withThe University of British Columbia British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory

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TGF-β/Smad signaling in renal fibrosis. Frontiers in physiology\| PubMed ID: 25852569	2015
Ex vivo treatment of proliferating human cord blood stem cells with stroma-derived factor-1 enhances their ability to engraft NOD/SCID mice. Blood\| PubMed ID: 11964317	2002
Disruption of the Salmonella-containing vacuole leads to increased replication of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium in the cytosol of epithelial cells. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 12011022	2002
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. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 14532232	2003
Allergic fungal sinusitis associated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 14605198	2003
Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne\| PubMed ID: 14707219	2004
Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome during intubation and mechanical ventilation. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine\| PubMed ID: 14990393	2004
Use of the Vitek-1 and Vitek-2 systems for detection of constitutive and inducible macrolide resistance in group B streptococci. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15131213	2004
High-level beta-globin expression and preferred intragenic integration after lentiviral transduction of human cord blood stem cells. The Journal of clinical investigation\| PubMed ID: 15467834	2004
Can routine laboratory tests discriminate between severe acute respiratory syndrome and other causes of community-acquired pneumonia? Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America\| PubMed ID: 15791504	2005
Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units. The Journal of infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 15809906	2005
Limited clinical utility of Clostridium difficile toxin testing in infants in a pediatric hospital. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease\| PubMed ID: 15964495	2005
Pheophorbide a, a major antitumor component purified from Scutellaria barbata, induces apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Planta medica\| PubMed ID: 16450292	2006
Pheophorbide a, an active compound isolated from Scutellaria barbata, possesses photodynamic activities by inducing apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer biology & therapy\| PubMed ID: 16880732	2006
Outbreak of acupuncture-associated cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infections. Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery\| PubMed ID: 17234114	2006
Molecular typing of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Ontario, Canada. Journal of medical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 17314363	2007
Dexamethasone for mild croup. CJEM\| PubMed ID: 17324311	2006
Pheophorbide a, an active component in Scutellaria barbata, reverses P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance on a human hepatoma cell line R-HepG2. Cancer biology & therapy\| PubMed ID: 17457045	2007
Use of severely steatotic grafts in liver transplantation. Annals of surgery\| PubMed ID: 18580225	2008
A microbiological revolution meets an ancient disease: improving the management of tuberculosis with genomics. Clinical microbiology reviews\| PubMed ID: 25810419	2015
Our evolving understanding of legionellosis epidemiology: learning to count. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America\| PubMed ID: 18665817	2008
Check Sample Abstracts. American journal of clinical pathology\| PubMed ID: 19176368	2009
Pheophorbide a based photodynamic therapy induces apoptosis via mitochondrial-mediated pathway in human uterine carcinosarcoma. Cancer biology & therapy\| PubMed ID: 19276676	2009
Verification of the ProPneumo-1 assay for the simultaneous detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in clinical respiratory specimens. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials\| PubMed ID: 19284712	2009
Going with the flow: legionellosis risk in Toronto, Canada is strongly associated with local watershed hydrology. EcoHealth\| PubMed ID: 19370300	2008
Laboratory-based evaluation of legionellosis epidemiology in Ontario, Canada, 1978 to 2006. BMC infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 19460152	2009
Multiplex PCR tests sentinel the appearance of pandemic influenza viruses including H1N1 swine influenza. Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology\| PubMed ID: 19515609	2009
Photodynamic therapy inhibits P-glycoprotein mediated multidrug resistance via JNK activation in human hepatocellular carcinoma using the photosensitizer pheophorbide a. Molecular cancer\| PubMed ID: 19646254	2009
Donor and recipient selection leads to good patient and graft outcomes for right lobe split transplantation versus whole graft liver transplantation in adult recipients. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society\| PubMed ID: 19877214	2009
Evaluation of 24 locus MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Canada. Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland)\| PubMed ID: 20056488	2010
A mutation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis rpoB gene confers rifampin resistance in three HIV-TB cases. Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland)\| PubMed ID: 20097612	2010
Minimal but significant improvement in survival for non-hepatitis C-related adult liver transplant patients beyond the one-year posttransplant mark. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society\| PubMed ID: 20104480	2010
Metagenomics for the discovery of novel human viruses. Future microbiology\| PubMed ID: 20143943	2010
New endemic Legionella pneumophila serogroup I clones, Ontario, Canada. Emerging infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 20202420	2010
Pheophorbide a-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Triggers HLA Class I-Restricted Antigen Presentation in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Translational oncology\| PubMed ID: 20360936	2010
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 ad... Journal of ethnopharmacology\| PubMed ID: 20558270	2010
Seasonal influenza vaccine and increased risk of pandemic A/H1N1‐related illness: first detection of the association in British Columbia, Canada. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America\| PubMed ID: 20887210	2010
A metagenomic analysis of pandemic influenza A (2009 H1N1) infection in patients from North America. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 20976137	2010
West Nile virus finally debuts in British Columbia 10 years after its introduction to North America. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 21028958	2011
Effectiveness of AS03 adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine: case-control evaluation based on sentinel surveillance system in Canada, autumn 2009. BMJ (Clinical research ed.)\| PubMed ID: 21292718	2011
Whole-genome sequencing and social-network analysis of a tuberculosis outbreak. The New England journal of medicine\| PubMed ID: 21345102	2011
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. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 21422183	2011
Pheophorbide a: a photosensitizer with immunostimulating activities on mouse macrophage RAW 264.7 cells in the absence of irradiation. Cellular immunology\| PubMed ID: 21481339	2011
Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study). CJEM\| PubMed ID: 21722552	2011
Pertussis resurgence in Toronto, Canada: a population-based study including test-incidence feedback modeling. BMC public health\| PubMed ID: 21899765	2011
Aldehyde dehydrogenases are regulators of hematopoietic stem cell numbers and B-cell development. Experimental hematology\| PubMed ID: 22198153	2012
Transmission dynamics and risk factors for pandemic H1N1-related illness: outbreak investigation in a rural community of British Columbia, Canada. Influenza and other respiratory viruses\| PubMed ID: 22385647	2012
Are lymphoma survivors really at higher risk for unemployment/underemployment? Leukemia & lymphoma\| PubMed ID: 22530663	2012
Mechanism of invasion of lung epithelial cells by filamentous Legionella pneumophila. Cellular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22727141	2012
A case of type B lactic acidosis in multiple myeloma. Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia\| PubMed ID: 23009980	2013
Long term follow-up of drug resistant and drug susceptible tuberculosis contacts in a Low incidence setting. BMC infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 23088397	2012
Genetic analysis of Bordetella pertussis in Ontario, Canada reveals one predominant clone. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases\| PubMed ID: 23352492	2013
Ecology of Leptospira interrogans in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an inner-city neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 23818996	2013
Comparative Genomics Reveal That Host-Innate Immune Responses Influence the Clinical Prevalence of Legionella pneumophila Serogroups. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23826259	2013
Characterization of the upper respiratory tract microbiomes of patients with pandemic H1N1 influenza. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23844261	2013
Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in humans, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2011. Emerging infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 23968896	2013
Genomic analysis identifies targets of convergent positive selection in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nature genetics\| PubMed ID: 23995135	2013
An eight-month-old child with cervical adenitis. The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie médicale / AMMI Canada\| PubMed ID: 23997784	2012
Metagenomics for pathogen detection in public health. Genome medicine\| PubMed ID: 24050114	2013
Spontaneous intramural duodenal hematoma in type 2B von Willebrand disease. World journal of gastroenterology : WJG\| PubMed ID: 24222967	2013
A metagenomic approach to investigate the microbial causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: moving beyond XMRV. Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior\| PubMed ID: 24273702	2013
Carriage of Clostridium difficile by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and black rats (Rattus rattus). Applied and environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 24317079	2014
Peer support in health care and prevention: cultural, organizational, and dissemination issues. Annual review of public health\| PubMed ID: 24387085	2014
Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24498421	2014
Bacteria isolated from conspecific bite wounds in Norway and black rats: implications for rat bite-associated infections in people. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 24528094	2014
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in contemporary clinical isolates of Bordetella pertussis in Ontario, Canada. International journal of antimicrobial agents\| PubMed ID: 24837412	2014
Personalized genetic testing and norovirus susceptibility. The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie médicale / AMMI Canada\| PubMed ID: 25285128	2014
Lack of Association between Human Herpesvirus and Vestibular Schwannoma: Analysis of 121 Cases. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery\| PubMed ID: 25560404	2015
Stopping outbreaks with real-time genomic epidemiology. Genome medicine\| PubMed ID: 25593591	2014
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 g... Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 25629777	2015
Differentiation of acute from chronic hepatitis C virus infection by nonstructural 5B deep sequencing: A population-level tool for incidence estimation. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 25645961	2015