Director

MENG-HSUAN CHENG

Current Position:

Associated Professor and Chair of the Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 

Attending Physician and Section Chair of Respiratory Therapy Team, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung

Education and Professional Experiences:

School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University

Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University

Research Experience:

With over 20 years of experience, my professional focus lies in the field of pulmonary tuberculosis, critical care and new drug development. I am tasked with overseeing the diagnosis and treatment of challenging tuberculosis cases, particularly those involving drug-resistant strains, in southern Taiwan. Additionally, my research interests encompass epidemiological analysis of tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections, as well as investigating the mechanisms of anticancer therapy and drug development.

Selected Publications:

1. Cheng MH, Kuo HF, Chang CY, Chang JC, Liu IF, Hsieh CC, Hsu CH, Li CY, Wang SC, Chen YH, Chang CR, Lee TY, Liu YR, Huang CY, Wu SH, Liu WL, Liu PL. Curcumin regulates pulmonary extracellular matrix remodeling and mitochondrial function to attenuate pulmonary fibrosis by regulating the miR-29a-3p/DNMT3A axis. Biomed Pharmacother. 2024 May:174:116572.

2. Wu CC, Wang CC, Chung WY, Sheu CC, Yang YH, Cheng MY, Lai RS, Leung SY, Lin CC, Wei YF, Lin CH, Lin SH, Hsu JY, Huang WC, Tseng CC, Lai YF, Cheng MH, Chen HC, Yang CJ, Hsu SC, Su CH, Wang CJ, Liu HJ, Chen HL, Hsu YT, Hung CH, Lee CL, Huang MS, Huang SK. Environmental risks and sphingolipid signatures in adult asthma and its phenotypic clusters: a multicentre study. Thorax. 2023 Mar;78(3):225-232

2. Chung CL, Huang WC, Huang HL, Chin CS, Cheng MH, Lee MR, Lin SH, Wang JY, Lin CH, Chong IW, Shih JY, Yu CJ.  Subsequent Antituberculous Treatment May Not Be Mandatory Among Surgically Resected Culture-Negative Pulmonary Granulomas: A Retrospective Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 9;8(12):ofab565.

3. Cheng MH, Pan CY, Chen NF, Yang SN. Hsieh SC, Wen ZH, Chen WF Wang JW, Lu WH, Kuo HM. Piscidin-1 Induces Apoptosis via Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species-Regulated Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Human Osteosarcoma Cells. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 19;10(1): 5045.