User profiles for W. S. Tan

Woan Shin Tan

Geriatric Education & Research Institute
Verified email at geri.com.sg
Cited by 1805

[HTML][HTML] Role of antioxidants and natural products in inflammation

P Arulselvan, MT Fard, WS Tan, S Gothai… - … medicine and cellular …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Inflammation is a comprehensive array of physiological response to a foreign organism,
including human pathogens, dust particles, and viruses. Inflammations are mainly divided into …

Meta-analysis of defunctioning stomas in low anterior resection for rectal cancer

WS Tan, CL Tang, L Shi, KW Eu - Journal of British Surgery, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background A defunctioning stoma is frequently created to minimize the impact of any
subsequent anastomotic leak after a low rectal anastomosis. This review evaluates the need for …

Vitamin E therapy beyond cancer: Tocopherol versus tocotrienol

HY Peh, WSD Tan, W Liao, WSF Wong - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of vitamin E (α-tocopherol) began in 1922 as a vital component required in
reproduction. Today, there are eight naturally occurring vitamin E isoforms, namely α-, β-, γ- …

Reference component analysis of single-cell transcriptomes elucidates cellular heterogeneity in human colorectal tumors

…, JJL Goh, SL Kong, C Chua, LK Hon, WS Tan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Intratumoral heterogeneity is a major obstacle to cancer treatment and a significant
confounding factor in bulk-tumor profiling. We performed an unbiased analysis of transcriptional …

Selective laser sintering of biocompatible polymers for applications in tissue engineering

…, CM Cheah, WS Gui, WS Tan… - Bio-medical …, 2005 - content.iospress.com
The ability to use biological substitutes to repair or replace damaged tissues lead to the
development of Tissue Engineering (TE), a field that is growing in scope and importance within …

[HTML][HTML] Stealth coating of nanoparticles in drug-delivery systems

…, CY Yong, KL Ho, AR Mariatulqabtiah, WS Tan - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as a powerful drug-delivery tool for cancer therapies to
enhance the specificity of drug actions, while reducing the systemic side effects. Nonetheless…

[HTML][HTML] Overview of systematic reviews of advance care planning: summary of evidence and global lessons

G Jimenez, WS Tan, AK Virk, CK Low, J Car… - Journal of pain and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Advance care planning (ACP) involves important decision making about future
medical needs. The high-volume and disparate nature of ACP research makes it difficult to …

Optimal distributed renewable generation planning: A review of different approaches

WS Tan, MY Hassan, MS Majid, HA Rahman - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
Distributed generation has gained a lot of attractions in the power sector due to its ability in
power loss reduction, increased reliability, low investment cost, and most significantly, to …

The potential to enhance membrane module design with 3D printing technology

JY Lee, WS Tan, J An, CK Chua, CY Tang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2016 - Elsevier
3D printing is an emerging technology and has attracted massive attention in recent years.
This article focuses on the recent developments on enhancing the membrane module design …

Hollow silica nanoparticles in UV− visible antireflection coatings for poly (methyl methacrylate) substrates

Y Du, LE Luna, WS Tan, MF Rubner, RE Cohen - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
We have demonstrated the utility of hollow silica nanoparticles in fabricating conformal thin
film nanoporous antireflection (AR) coatings on both poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and …