Publications (1991-2000):

1. Chien, C.L., Y.P. Chau, and K.S. Lu. 1991. Ultrastructural studies on the barrier properties of the paraganglia in the rat recurrent laryngeal nerve. Acta Anat. 141:262-268.

2. Chau, Y.P., C.L. Chien, and K.S. Lu. 1991. The permeability of capillaries among the small granule-containing cell in rat superior cervical ganglia: an ultrastructural lanthanum tracer study. Histol. Histopathol. 6:261-268.

3. Lu, K.S., C.L. Chien, and Y.P. Chau. 1992. Effects of 5-hydroxydopamine and 6-hydroxydopamine on the ultrastructure of Type I cells in paraganglia of the rat recurrent laryngeal nerve. Arch. Histol. Cytol. 55:57-65.

4. Chien, C.L. and R.K.H. Liem. 1994. Characterization of  the mouse gene encoding the neuronal intermediate filament protein, alpha-internexin. Gene 149:289-292.

5. Chien, C.L. and R.K.H. Liem. 1995. The neuronal intermediate filament, alpha-internexin is transiently expressed in amacrine cells in the developing mouse retina. Exp. Eye Res. 61:749-756.

6. Chien, C.L., C.A. Mason, and R.K.H. Liem. 1996. alpha-internexin is the only neuronal intermediate filament expressed in developing cerebellar granule neurons. J. Neurobiol. 29:304-318.

7. Wang, S.M., T.H Fong, S.Y. Hsu, C.L. Chien and J.C. Wu. 1997. Reorganization of a novel vimentin-associated protein in 3T3-L1 cells during adipose conversion. J. Cellular Biochem. 67:84-91.

8. Wei, H.J., T.H. Su, C.L. Chien, and C.R. Tzeng. 1997. Florescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as a method to detect aneuploid cells. Fetal Diagn. Ther. 12:309-313.

9. Pekny M., C. Eliasson, C.L. Chien, L.G. Kindblom, R. Liem, A. Hamberger, and C. Betsholtz. 1998. GFAP-deficient astrocytes are capable of stellation in vitro when cocultured with neurons and exhibit a reduced amount of intermediate filaments and an increased cell saturation density. Exp. Cell Res. 239:332-343.

10. Ho, C.L., C.L. Chien, K. Brown, and R.K.H. Liem. 1998. Studies of carboxyl-terminal truncation mutants of the neuronal intermediate filament protein, peripherin. J. Neurochem. 70:1916-1924.

11. Chien, C.L.*, T.H. Lee, and K.S. Lu. 1998. The distribution of neuronal intermediate filament proteins in the developing mouse olfactory system. J. Neurosci. Res. 54:353-363.

12. Ching, G.Y., C.L. Chien, R. Flores, and R.K.H. Liem. 1999. Overexpression of alpha-internexin causes abnormal neurofilamentous accumulations and motor coordination deficits in transgenic mice. J. Neurosci. 19:2974-2986.

13. Shih S.C., C.L. Chien, K.W. Tseng, S.C. Lin, and C.R. Kao. 1999. Immunohistochemical studies of transforming growth factor-β and its receptors in the gastric mucosa of patients with refractory gastric ulcer. J. Formosan Medical Assoc. 98:613-620.

14. Yang, M.F., C.L. Chien, and K.S. Lu. 1999. Morphological, immunohistochemical and quantitative studies of murine brain mast cells after mating. Brain Res. 846:30-39.