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Jeon H, Han AR, Oh S, Park JG, Namkoong M, Bang KM, Kim HM, Kim NK, Hwang KY, Hur K, Lee BJ, Heo J, Kim S, Song HK, Cho H, Lee IG. Polymorphic Self-Assembly with Procedural Flexibility for Monodisperse Quaternary Protein Structures of DegQ Enzymes. Adv Mater 2024:e2308837. [PMID: 38351715 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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As large molecular tertiary structures, some proteins can act as small robots that find, bind, and chaperone target protein clients, showing the potential to serve as smart building blocks in self-assembly fields. Instead of using such intrinsic functions, most self-assembly methodologies for proteins aim for de novo-designed structures with accurate geometric assemblies, which can limit procedural flexibility. Here, a strategy enabling polymorphic clustering of quaternary proteins, exhibiting simplicity and flexibility of self-assembling paths for proteins in forming monodisperse quaternary cage particles is presented. It is proposed that the enzyme protomer DegQ, previously solved at low resolution, may potentially be usable as a threefold symmetric building block, which can form polyhedral cages incorporated by the chaperone action of DegQ in the presence of protein clients. To obtain highly monodisperse cage particles, soft, and hence, less resistive client proteins, which can program the inherent chaperone activity of DegQ to efficient formations of polymorphic cages, depending on the size of clients are utilized. By reconstructing the atomic resolution cryogenic electron microscopy DegQ structures using obtained 12- and 24-meric clusters, the polymorphic clustering of DegQ enzymes is validated in terms of soft and rigid domains, which will provide effective routes for protein self-assemblies with procedural flexibility.
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- Hanul Jeon
- Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Structure, Life Science Cluster, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 55, Expo-ro, Daejeon, 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Life Science, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Structure, Life Science Cluster, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 55, Expo-ro, Daejeon, 34126, Republic of Korea
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291, Daehak-ro, Daejeon, 34126, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- The Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University, 599, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, 206, Worldcup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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Lee H, Hwang JH, Song SH, Han H, Han S, Suh BL, Hur K, Kyhm J, Ahn J, Cho JH, Hwang DK, Lee E, Choi C, Lim JA. Chiroptical Synaptic Heterojunction Phototransistors Based on Self-Assembled Nanohelix of π-Conjugated Molecules for Direct Noise-Reduced Detection of Circularly Polarized Light. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2304039. [PMID: 37501319 PMCID: PMC10520648 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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High-performance chiroptical synaptic phototransistors are successfully demonstrated using heterojunctions composed of a self-assembled nanohelix of a π-conjugated molecule and a metal oxide semiconductor. To impart strong chiroptical activity to the device, a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based π-conjugated molecule decorated with chiral glutamic acid is newly synthesized; this molecule is capable of supramolecular self-assembly through noncovalent intermolecular interactions. In particular, nanohelix formed by intertwinded fibers with strong and stable chiroptical activity in a solid-film state are obtained through hydrogen-bonding-driven, gelation-assisted self-assembly. Phototransistors based on interfacial charge transfer at the heterojunction from the chiroptical nanohelix to the metal oxide semiconductor show excellent chiroptical detection with a high photocurrent dissymmetry factor of 1.97 and a high photoresponsivity of 218 A W-1 . The chiroptical phototransistor demonstrates photonic synapse-like, time-dependent photocurrent generation, along with persistent photoconductivity, which is attributed to the interfacial charge trapping. Through the advantage of synaptic functionality, a trained convolutional neural network successfully recognizes noise-reduced circularly polarized images of handwritten alphabetic characters with better than 89.7% accuracy.
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- Hanna Lee
- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringYonsei UniversitySeoul03722Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringGwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju61005Republic of Korea
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- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Chemical and Biological Integrative Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
- Division of Bio‐Medical Science and TechnologyKIST SchoolUniversity of Science and Technology of KoreaSeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Technology Support CenterKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringYonsei UniversitySeoul03722Republic of Korea
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- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
- KU‐KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and TechnologyKorea UniversitySeoul02841Republic of Korea
- Division of Nano and Information TechnologyKIST SchoolUniversity of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringGwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju61005Republic of Korea
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- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Center for Opto‐Electronic Materials and DevicesKorea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
- Division of Nano and Information TechnologyKIST SchoolUniversity of Science and TechnologySeoul02792Republic of Korea
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Kim YM, Hong Y, Hur K, Kim MS, Sung YM. Surface Rh-Boosted Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of α-Fe 2O 3 by Reduced Overpotential in the Rate-Determining Step. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:37290-37299. [PMID: 37489940 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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The photoelectrochemical behavior of Rh cluster-deposited hematite (α-Fe2O3) photoanodes (α-Fe2O3@Rh) was investigated. The interactions between Rh clusters and α-Fe2O3 nanorods were elucidated both experimentally and computationally. A facile UV-assisted solution casting deposition method allowed the deposition of 2 nm Rh clusters on α-Fe2O3. The deposited Rh clusters effectively enhanced the photoelectrochemical performance of the α-Fe2O3 photoanode, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Mott-Schottky analysis were applied to understand the working mechanism for the α-Fe2O3@Rh photoanodes. The results revealed a distinctive carrier transport mechanism for α-Fe2O3@Rh and increased carrier density, while the absorbance spectra remained unchanged. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) mechanism corresponded well with the experimental results, indicating a reduced overpotential of the rate-determining step. In addition, DFT calculation models based on the X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results provided precise water-splitting mechanisms for the fabricated α-Fe2O3 and α-Fe2O3@Rh nanorods. Owing to enhanced carrier generation and hole transfer, the optimum α-Fe2O3@Rh3 sample showed 78% increased photocurrent density, reaching 1.12 mA/cm-2 at 1.23 VRHE compared to that of the pristine α-Fe2O3 nanorods electrode.
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- Young-Min Kim
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Suh BL, Kang G, Yoon SM, Cho S, Moon MW, Sung YM, Kim MS, Hur K. Dimensional Control of Highly Anisotropic and Transparent Conductive Coordination Polymers for Solution-Processable Large-Scale 2D Sheets. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2206980. [PMID: 36271591 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Controlling the dimensional aspect of conductive coordination polymers is currently a key scientific interest. Herein, solution-based dimension control strategies are proposed for copper chloride thiourea (CuCl-TU) coordination polymers that enable centimeter-scale, 2D nanosheet formation for use as transparent electrodes. Despite the wide bandgap of CuCl-TU polymers (4.33 eV), through polaron-mediated electron transfer, the electrical conductivity of the 2D sheet at room temperature is able to reach 4.45 S cm-1 without intentional doping. This leads to a highly anisotropic electronic conductivity of up to the order of ≈103 differences, depending on the material orientation. Furthermore, by substituting alternative thiourea candidates, it is demonstrated that it is possible to predesign CuCl-TU structures with the desired functionality, stability, and porosity through dimensional control. These findings provide a blueprint to design next-generation transparent conducting materials that can operate at room temperature, thereby expanding their applicability to different fields.
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- Bong Lim Suh
- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Extreme Materials Research Center, Advanced Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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Kong J, Kim MS, Akbar R, Park HY, Jang JH, Kim H, Hur K, Park HS. Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Kinetics on a Copper Sulfide Catalyst for NH 3 Synthesis at Low Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:24593-24603. [PMID: 33826290 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We studied the electrochemical synthesis of NH3 on Fe-CuS/C catalysts in an alkaline aqueous solution under ambient conditions. The metal chalcogenide catalyst is active in the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) for approximately 45 min with an NH3 production yield of 16 μg h-1 cm-2 at -0.4 VRHE, while it decomposes to CuO. The rapid degradation of the catalyst hinders the precise investigation of the NH3 production activity in longer time measurements. Herein, the electrochemical NH3 production rate is enhanced with increased overpotentials when the degradation effect is mitigated in the measurement, which was difficult to observe in the NRR reports. In the Tafel analysis, the exchange current density, heterogeneous rate constant, and transfer coefficient of the Fe-CuS/C catalyst on the NRR were estimated. When the electrode degradation is mitigated, one of the best NH3 production activities among the reported metal sulfide electrochemical NRR catalysts is obtained, which is 42 μg h-1 cm-2 at -0.6 VRHE.
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- Jimin Kong
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Energy & Environment Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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Ohn J, Hur K, Park H, Cho S, Mun JH. Dermoscopic patterns of green nail syndrome. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e464-e466. [PMID: 33724580 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- J Ohn
- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Dermatology, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Borame Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Dermatology, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Borame Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Ohn J, Hur K, Cho Y, Park J, Kim JY, Lee SJ, Park H, Mun JH. Developing a predictive model for distinguishing invasive nail unit melanoma from nail unit melanoma in situ. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 35:906-911. [PMID: 33205521 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clinical information that distinguishes invasive nail unit melanoma from nail unit melanoma in situ before surgery would aid physicians in the decision-making process and estimating prognosis. However, limited information is available on the detailed demographic and dermoscopic features of invasive nail unit melanoma and nail unit melanoma in situ for differential diagnosis. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the demographic data and dermoscopic features of invasive nail unit melanoma and nail unit melanoma in situ and establish a predictive model for differentiating these two forms of nail unit melanoma. METHODS A retrospective observational study of ninety-seven patients diagnosed with nail unit melanoma (59 in situ and 38 invasive cases) in four healthcare centres in South Korea (three tertiary referral hospitals and one second referral hospital) from March 2014 to December 2019. RESULTS A multivariable analysis revealed that ulcer (odds ratio = 21.6, confidence interval = 2.1-219.8, P = 0.009), total melanonychia (odds ratio = 17.6, confidence interval = 3.0-104.0, P = 0.002), nail plate destruction (odds ratio = 10.9, confidence interval = 2.0-59.4, P = 0.006) and polychromia (odds ratio = 5.3, confidence interval = 1.36-20.57, P = 0.016) were distinctive dermoscopic features of invasive nail unit melanoma. A predictive model with scores ranging from 0 to 6 points demonstrated a reliable diagnostic value (C-statistic = 0.902) in differentiating invasive nail unit melanoma from nail unit melanoma in situ. CONCLUSIONS Invasive nail unit melanoma and nail unit melanoma in situ have different dermoscopic features. A predictive model based on morphologic dermoscopic features could aid in differentiating invasive nail unit melanoma from nail unit melanoma in situ.
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- J Ohn
- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Dermatology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center (SMG-SNU), Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Cho SI, Han B, Hur K, Mun JH. Perceptions and attitudes of medical students regarding artificial intelligence in dermatology. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 35:e72-e73. [PMID: 32852856 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- S I Cho
- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Kim JM, Kang HJ, Jung SJ, Song BW, Jeong HJ, Son CN, Kim SH, Hur K. THU0078 EXPRESSION PROFILE ANALYSIS OF LONG NONCODING RNAS INDUCED BY IL-1ß IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FIBROBLAST-LIKE SYNOVIOCYTES. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.3072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently emerged as important biological regulators and the aberrant expression of lncRNAs has been reported in various diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus. However, the role of lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains unknown.Objectives:Thus, we studied lncRNAs influenced by IL-1, which is one of the key mediators in the pathogenesis of RA, and also investigated whether regulation of NF-κB activation, which is known to be induced by IL-1, could lead to the changes of expression of those lncRNAs.Methods:Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) were obtained from the knee joints of the patients with RA. The next-generation sequencing (NGS) data were analyzed to identify differentially expressed lncRNAs between unstimulated RA FLS and IL-1-stimulated RA FLS. The expression levels of the top 5 candidates in NGS data were validated by RT-qPCR using extended number of unstimulated RA FLS and IL-1-stimulated RA FLS. IMD-0560, an inhibitor of IκB kinase (IKK) was used for the regulation of NF-κB activation. Activation and inhibition of NF-κB were confirmed by Western blotting. Changed expressions of the lncRNAs were identified by RT-qPCR.Results:NGS analysis revealed up-regulated 30 lncRNAs and down-regulated 15 lncRNAs in IL-1-treated RA FLS compared with unstimulated RA FLS. Top 5 lncRNAs were selected among 30 lncRNAs up-regulated by IL-1 in RA FLS based on fold-change with P-value cutoff. The up-regulated lncRNAs including NR_046035, NR_027783, NR_033422, NR_003133, and NR_049759 were validated by RT-qPCR. IMD-0560 inhibited phosphorylation of IκBα induced by IL-1 in RA FLS. Overexpression of lncRNAs induced by IL-1 was also inhibited by IMD-0560 in RA FLS.Conclusion:Our study revealed that IL-1 increased the expression of NR_046035, NR_027783, NR_033422, NR_003133, and NR_049759 in RA FLS. In addition, the expression of these lncRNAs was regulated by inhibition of NF-κB activation. Thus, our data suggest that the lncRNAs might be involved in the pathogenesis of RA through NF-κB signaling pathway.References:[1]Long noncoding RNAs and human disease. Trends Cell Biol. 2011 Jun;21(6):354-61.[2]A long noncoding RNA mediates both activation and repression of immune response genes. Science. 2013 Aug 16;341(6147):789-92.[3]Long noncoding RNA expression profile in fibroblast-like synoviocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2016 Oct 6;18(1):227.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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Kim MS, Park H, Won SO, Sharma A, Kong J, Park HS, Sung YM, Park TJ, Moon MW, Hur K. Copper-Halide Polymer Nanowires as Versatile Supports for Single-Atom Catalysts. Small 2019; 15:e1903197. [PMID: 31418526 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201903197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts are heterogeneous catalysts with atomistically dispersed atoms acting as a catalytically active center, and have recently attracted much attention owing to the minimal use of noble metals. However, a scalable and inexpensive support that can stably anchor isolated atoms remains a challenge due to high surface energy. Here, copper-halide polymer nanowires with sub-nanometer pores are proposed as a versatile support for single-atom catalysts. The synthesis of the nanowires is straightforward and completed in a few minutes. Well-defined sub-nanometer pores and a large free volume of the nanowires are advantageous over any other support material. The nanowires can anchor various atomistically dispersed metal atoms into the sub-nanometer pores up to ≈3 at% via a simple solution process, and this value is at least twice as big as previously reported data. The hydrogen evolution reaction activity of -18.0 A mgPt -1 at -0.2 V overpotential shows its potential for single-atom catalysts support.
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- Min-Seok Kim
- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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Mun J, Hur K, Han B. 507 Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoproliferative disorder and systemic EBV+ T cell lymphoma of childhood and adulthood. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.07.557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Jeon S, Jeon H, Park TJ, Kang MK, Cho B, Hwang SS, Hur K. Preparation of Hierarchically Structured Amorphous Carbon Monoliths with Closed Spherical Mesopores via the Lower Critical Solution Temperature Phase Transition. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Seung‐Yeol Jeon
- Materials and Life Science Research DivisionKorea Institute of Science and Technology Seoul 02792 Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bio‐based ChemistryKorea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) Ulsan 44429 Republic of Korea
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- Materials and Life Science Research DivisionKorea Institute of Science and Technology Seoul 02792 Republic of Korea
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- Reliability Assessment Center for Chemical MaterialsKorea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
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- Department of ChemistryDankook University 119 Chungnam 31116 Republic of Korea
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- Materials Architecturing Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and Technology Seoul 02792 Republic of Korea
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- Materials and Life Science Research DivisionKorea Institute of Science and Technology Seoul 02792 Republic of Korea
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Kim KR, Kang SJ, Lee AY, Hwang D, Park M, Park H, Kim S, Hur K, Chung HS, Mao C, Ahn DR. Highly tumor-specific DNA nanostructures discovered by in vivo screening of a nucleic acid cage library and their applications in tumor-targeted drug delivery. Biomaterials 2019; 195:1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Nguyen ML, Byun J, Kim S, Hyun JW, Hur K, Shin TJ, Cho B. Ferroelectrically Switching Helical Columnar Assembly Comprising
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Conformers of a 1,2,3‐Triazole‐based Liquid Crystal. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201813195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Manh Linh Nguyen
- Department of ChemistryDankook University 119, Dandae-ro Chungnam 448-701 Korea
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- Department of PhysicsDankook University 119, Dandae-ro Chungnam 448-701 Korea
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- Department of ChemistryDankook University 119, Dandae-ro Chungnam 448-701 Korea
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- Department of PhysicsDankook University 119, Dandae-ro Chungnam 448-701 Korea
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- Center for Computational ScienceKorea Institute of Science and Technology Seoul Korea
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- UNIST Central Research Facilities & School of Natural ScienceUNIST Ulsan 689-798 Korea
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- Department of ChemistryDankook University 119, Dandae-ro Chungnam 448-701 Korea
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Nguyen ML, Byun J, Kim S, Hyun JW, Hur K, Shin TJ, Cho BK. Ferroelectrically Switching Helical Columnar Assembly Comprising Cisoid Conformers of a 1,2,3-Triazole-based Liquid Crystal. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:2749-2753. [PMID: 30589186 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201813195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The 1,2,3-triazole molecule, which is a product of click chemistry, possesses a high dipole moment and can be a useful polar motif for ferroelectric columnar liquid crystal (LC) materials-though it has not been used to date. Herein, we report the helical assembly and ferroelectric switching properties of a columnar liquid crystal comprising a naphthalene core and 1,2,3-triazolyl linkages. The molecule assembles into a double-stranded helical columnar LC structure (Colhel ). The X-ray simulations of cisoid and transoid columnar models suggest that the helical assembly comprises cisoid conformers with a non-zero dipole moment. The helical columns in the Colhel phase are aligned homeotropically under an electric field. The ferroelectric switching of the axial polarization can be observed in the temperature range of 105-115 °C in the Colhel phase, wherein the triazolyl hydrogen bonding along the column axis is weakened. The ferroelectric switching event is attributed to the rotation of the polar triazolyl units in response to the electric field.
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- Manh Linh Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Chungnam, 448-701, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Chungnam, 448-701, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Chungnam, 448-701, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Chungnam, 448-701, Korea
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- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
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- UNIST Central Research Facilities & School of Natural Science, UNIST, Ulsan, 689-798, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Chungnam, 448-701, Korea
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Soft materials can self-assemble into highly structured phases that replicate at the mesoscopic scale the symmetry of atomic crystals. As such, they offer an unparalleled platform to design mesostructured materials for light and sound. Here, we present a bottom-up approach based on self-assembly to engineer 3D photonic and phononic crystals with topologically protected Weyl points. In addition to angular and frequency selectivity of their bulk optical response, Weyl materials are endowed with topological surface states, which allow for the existence of one-way channels, even in the presence of time-reversal invariance. Using a combination of group-theoretical methods and numerical simulations, we identify the general symmetry constraints that a self-assembled structure has to satisfy to host Weyl points and describe how to achieve such constraints using a symmetry-driven pipeline for self-assembled material design and discovery. We illustrate our general approach using block copolymer self-assembly as a model system.
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- Michel Fruchart
- Lorentz Institute, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands;
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- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Lorentz Institute, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
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- Lorentz Institute, Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands;
- Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Kim MS, Ma XH, Cho KH, Jeon SY, Hur K, Sung YM. A Generalized Crystallographic Description of All Tellurium Nanostructures. Adv Mater 2018; 30. [PMID: 29265518 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Despite tellurium being less abundant in the Earth's crust than gold, platinum, or rare-earth elements, the number of industrial applications of tellurium has rapidly increased in recent years. However, to date, many properties of tellurium and its associated compounds remain unknown. For example, formation mechanisms of many tellurium nanostructures synthesized so far have not yet been verified, and it is unclear why tellurium can readily transform to other compounds like silver telluride by simply mixing with solutions containing silver ions. This uncertainty appears to be due to previous misunderstandings about the tellurium structure. Here, a new approach to the tellurium structure via synthesized structures is proposed. It is found that the proposed approach applies not only to these structures but to all other tellurium nanostructures. Moreover, some unique tellurium nanostructures whose formation mechanism are, until now, unconfirmed can be explained.
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- Min-Seok Kim
- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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Jo C, Hwang J, Lim WG, Lim J, Hur K, Lee J. Multiscale Phase Separations for Hierarchically Ordered Macro/Mesostructured Metal Oxides. Adv Mater 2018; 30:1703829. [PMID: 29271508 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Porous architectures play an important role in various applications of inorganic materials. Several attempts to develop mesoporous materials with controlled macrostructures have been reported, but they usually require complicated multiple-step procedures, which limits their versatility and suitability for mass production. Here, a simple approach for controlling the macrostructures of mesoporous materials, without templates for the macropores, is reported. The controlled solvent evaporation induces both macrophase separation via spinodal decomposition and mesophase separation via block copolymer self-assembly, leading to the formation of hierarchically porous metal oxides with periodic macro/mesostructures. In addition, using this method, macrostructures of mesoporous metal oxides are controlled into spheres and mesoporous powders containing isolated macropores. Nanocomputed tomography, focused ion beam milling, and electron microscopy confirm well-defined macrostructures containing mesopores. Among the various porous structures, hierarchically macro/mesoporous metal oxide is employed as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries. The present approach could provide a broad and easily accessible platform for the manufacturing of mesoporous inorganic materials with different macrostructures.
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- Changshin Jo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Beamline Division, Pohang Light Source, 80 Jigok-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5 Hwarang-Ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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Park JG, Park SY, Tak WY, Kweon YO, Jang SY, Lee YR, Hur K, Lee HJ, Lee HW. Early complications after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: an analysis of 1,843 ablations in 1,211 patients in a single centre: experience over 10 years. Clin Radiol 2017; 72:692.e9-692.e15. [PMID: 28364952 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the incidence of adverse events and associated factors after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma within 30 days. MATERIALS AND METHODS The early complications that occurred within 30 days after RFA at a single institution from January 2000 to July 2010 were reviewed in order to evaluate the morbidity, mortality, and risk factors associated with the complications. In total, 1,211 patients (845 men, 70.5%) with a mean age of 68 years (range, 27-88 years) underwent 1,843 RFA procedures. RESULTS The overall incidence rate of complications was 6.8% (125 cases). Major complications (n=36, 2%) included liver abscess (n=15, 0.8%), intraperitoneal bleeding (n=8, 0.4%), liver failure (n=5, 0.3%), variceal bleeding (n=3, 0.2%), haemothorax (n=2, 0.1%), cholecystitis (n=2, 0.1%), and bowel perforation (n=1, 0.1%). Among the minor complications (n=89, 4.8%), the most common was the post RFA syndrome accompanied by pain and fever (n=75, 4.1%). Other minor complications included significant pleural effusion (n=7, 0.4%), skin wound infection (n=4, 0.2%), and thermal injuries to the skin (n=3, 0.2%). Procedural infections significantly increased with tumour size (OR=1.379; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.191-1.579; p<0.001), and multiple overlapping ablations (OR=1.118; 95% CI, 1.019-1.227, p=0.018). Thrombocytopenia (<50,000/μl), prothrombin time, and serum albumin level were significantly associated with post-RFA bleeding episodes (p=0.041, p=0.021, and p=0.003, respectively). The overall mortality rate was 0.3% (three cases of hepatic failure, two case of sepsis, and one case of renal failure). CONCLUSIONS RFA is a safe and effective local treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. Careful selection of patients and appropriate RFA planning could decrease procedural mortality and morbidity.
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- J G Park
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Dongsan Medical Center, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Hur K, Jang S, Park S, Kim G, Choi Y, Lee Y, Lee S, Jang S, Tak W, Kweon Y. Clinical significance of non-coding RNAs expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Eur J Cancer 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)61683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Quinn P, Rickert M, Hur K, Chang Z, Krebs E, Bair M, Scott E, Gibbons R, Larsson H, Kroenke K, D’Onofrio B. (447) Psychiatric predictors of receiving prescription opioids in two national samples. The Journal of Pain 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.01.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Park J, Ku SK, Seo D, Hur K, Jeon H, Shvartsman D, Seok HK, Mooney DJ, Lee K. Label-free bacterial detection using polydiacetylene liposomes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:10346-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03116a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Label-free bacterial sensors using specific interplay between released-surfactin and polydiacetylene (PDA) liposomes.
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- Jimin Park
- Center for Biomaterials
- Korea Institute of Science & Technology
- Seoul 02792
- Republic of Korea
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Harvard University
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology
- Gyeonggi-do 16229
- Republic of Korea
- Program in Nano Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology
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- Center for Computational Science
- Korea Institute of Science & Technology
- Seoul 02792
- Republic of Korea
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- Center for Biomaterials
- Korea Institute of Science & Technology
- Seoul 02792
- Republic of Korea
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Harvard University
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Center for Biomaterials
- Korea Institute of Science & Technology
- Seoul 02792
- Republic of Korea
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Harvard University
- Cambridge
- USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
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- Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology
- Gyeonggi-do 16229
- Republic of Korea
- Program in Nano Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology
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Li Z, Hur K, Sai H, Higuchi T, Takahara A, Jinnai H, Gruner SM, Wiesner U. Linking experiment and theory for three-dimensional networked binary metal nanoparticle-triblock terpolymer superstructures. Nat Commun 2015; 5:3247. [PMID: 24557327 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Controlling superstructure of binary nanoparticle mixtures in three dimensions from self-assembly opens enormous opportunities for the design of materials with unique properties. Here we report on how the intimate coupling of synthesis, in-depth electron tomographic characterization and theory enables exquisite control of superstructure in highly ordered porous three-dimensional continuous networks from single and binary mixtures of metal nanoparticles with a triblock terpolymer. Poly(isoprene-block-styrene-block-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) is synthesized and used as structure-directing agent for ligand-stabilized platinum and gold nanoparticles. Quantitative analysis provides insights into short- and long-range nanoparticle-nanoparticle correlations, and local and global contributions to structural chirality in the networks. Results provide synthesis criteria for next-generation mesoporous network superstructures from binary nanoparticle mixtures for potential applications in areas including catalysis.
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- Zihui Li
- 1] Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA [2]
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- 1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA [2] [3]
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), CE80, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- 1] Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), CE80, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan [2] International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), CE80, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- 1] Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), CE80, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan [2] International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), CE80, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- 1] Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA [2] Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Hwang J, Jo C, Hur K, Lim J, Kim S, Lee J. Direct Access to Hierarchically Porous Inorganic Oxide Materials with Three-Dimensionally Interconnected Networks. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:16066-72. [DOI: 10.1021/ja5091172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Jongkook Hwang
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Center
for Computational Science, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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- Beamline
Division, Pohang Light Source, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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London M, Hur K, Schwartz G. Association of Perioperative β-Blockade With Mortality and Cardiovascular Morbidity Following Major Noncardiac Surgery. J Vasc Surg 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sai H, Tan KW, Hur K, Asenath-Smith E, Hovden R, Jiang Y, Riccio M, Muller DA, Elser V, Estroff LA, Gruner SM, Wiesner U. Hierarchical Porous Polymer Scaffolds from Block Copolymers. Science 2013; 341:530-4. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1238159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hur K, Hennig RG, Escobedo FA, Wiesner U. Predicting chiral nanostructures, lattices and superlattices in complex multicomponent nanoparticle self-assembly. Nano Lett 2012; 12:3218-3223. [PMID: 22587566 DOI: 10.1021/nl301209c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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"Bottom up" type nanoparticle (NP) self-assembly is expected to provide facile routes to nanostructured materials for various, for example, energy related, applications. Despite progress in simulations and theories, structure prediction of self-assembled materials beyond simple model systems remains challenging. Here we utilize a field theory approach for predicting nanostructure of complex and multicomponent hybrid systems with multiple types of short- and long-range interactions. We propose design criteria for controlling a range of NP based nanomaterial structures. In good agreement with recent experiments, the theory predicts that ABC triblock terpolymer directed assemblies with ligand-stabilized NPs can lead to chiral NP network structures. Furthermore, we predict that long-range Coulomb interactions between NPs leading to simple NP lattices, when applied to NP/block copolymer (BCP) assemblies, induce NP superlattice formation within the phase separated BCP nanostructure, a strategy not yet realized experimentally. We expect such superlattices to be of increasing interest to communities involved in research on, for example, energy generation and storage, metamaterials, as well as microelectronics and information storage.
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- Kahyun Hur
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Vignolini S, Yufa NA, Cunha PS, Guldin S, Rushkin I, Stefik M, Hur K, Wiesner U, Baumberg JJ, Steiner U. A 3D optical metamaterial made by self-assembly. Adv Mater 2012; 24:OP23-7. [PMID: 22021112 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Optical metamaterials have unusual optical characteristics that arise from their periodic nanostructure. Their manufacture requires the assembly of 3D architectures with structure control on the 10-nm length scale. Such a 3D optical metamaterial, based on the replication of a self-assembled block copolymer into gold, is demonstrated. The resulting gold replica has a feature size that is two orders of magnitude smaller than the wavelength of visible light. Its optical signature reveals an archetypal Pendry wire metamaterial with linear and circular dichroism.
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Weaver FM, Follett KA, Stern M, Luo P, Harris CL, Hur K, Marks WJ, Rothlind J, Sagher O, Moy C, Pahwa R, Burchiel K, Hogarth P, Lai EC, Duda JE, Holloway K, Samii A, Horn S, Bronstein JM, Stoner G, Starr PA, Simpson R, Baltuch G, De Salles A, Huang GD, Reda DJ. Randomized trial of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: 36 month outcomes (copy of NEUROLOGY/2011/402453, combining disclosures to single author only). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Hur K, Francescato Y, Giannini V, Maier SA, Hennig RG, Wiesner U. Three-Dimensionally Isotropic Negative Refractive Index Materials from Block Copolymer Self-Assembled Chiral Gyroid Networks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201104888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hur K, Francescato Y, Giannini V, Maier SA, Hennig RG, Wiesner U. Three-dimensionally isotropic negative refractive index materials from block copolymer self-assembled chiral gyroid networks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:11985-9. [PMID: 22006868 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201104888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Revised: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kahyun Hur
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Hur K, Jeong C, Winkler RG, Lacevic N, Gee RH, Yoon DY. Chain Dynamics of Ring and Linear Polyethylene Melts from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma102659x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Kahyun Hur
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, Korea
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- Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, Korea
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Hur K, Hennig RG, Escobedo FA, Wiesner U. Mesoscopic structure prediction of nanoparticle assembly and coassembly: Theoretical foundation. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:194108. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3502680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kaafarani HMA, Hur K, Campasano M, Reda DJ, Itani KMF. Classification and valuation of postoperative complications in a randomized trial of open versus laparoscopic ventral herniorrhaphy. Hernia 2010; 14:231-5. [PMID: 20213456 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-009-0593-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Generic instruments used for the valuation of health states (e.g., EuroQol) often lack sensitivity to notable differences that are relevant to particular diseases or interventions. We developed a valuation methodology specifically for complications following ventral incisional herniorrhaphy (VIH). METHODS Between 2004 and 2006, 146 patients were prospectively randomized to undergo laparoscopic (n = 73) or open (n = 73) VIH. The primary outcome of the trial was complications at 8 weeks. A three-step methodology was used to assign severity weights to complications. First, each complication was graded using the Clavien classification. Second, five reviewers were asked to independently and directly rate their perception of the severity of each class using a non-categorized visual analog scale. Zero represented an uncomplicated postoperative course, while 100 represented postoperative death. Third, the median, lowest, and highest values assigned to each class of complications were used to derive weighted complication scores for open and laparoscopic VIH. RESULTS Open VIH had more complications than laparoscopic VIH (47.9 vs. 31.5%, respectively; P = 0.026). However, complications of laparoscopic VIH were more severe than those of open VIH. Non-parametric analysis revealed a statistically higher weighted complication score for open VIH (interquartile range: 0-20 for open vs. 0-10 for laparoscopic; P = 0.049). In the sensitivity analysis, similar results were obtained using the median, highest, and lowest weights. CONCLUSION We describe a new methodology for the valuation of complications following VIH that allows a direct outcome comparison of procedures with different complication profiles. Further testing of the validity, reliability, and generalizability of this method is warranted.
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- H M A Kaafarani
- Department of Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System (112), 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, USA
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Karki P, Seong C, Kim JE, Hur K, Shin SY, Lee JS, Cho B, Park IS. Intracellular K(+) inhibits apoptosis by suppressing the Apaf-1 apoptosome formation and subsequent downstream pathways but not cytochrome c release. Cell Death Differ 2007; 14:2068-75. [PMID: 17885667 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cellular ionic homeostasis, fundamentally K(+) homeostasis, has been implicated as a critical regulator of apoptosis. The intracellular K(+) efflux on apoptotic insult and suppression of apoptosis by high concentration of extracellular K(+) or after inhibition of this efflux by K(+) channel blockers have established the crucial role of K(+) in turning on the apoptotic machinery. Several contrasting observations have reported the antiapoptotic effect of intracellular K(+) concentration to be the result of inhibition of cytochrome c release from mitochondria, but the exact inhibitory mechanism remains obscure. However, here we show the blockage of K(+) efflux during apoptosis did not affect cytochrome c release from the mitochondria, still completely inhibited the formation of the apoptosome comprising Apaf-1, cytochrome c, caspase-9 and other accessories. As a consequence of this event, procaspase-9, -3, -8 and other death-related proteins were not processed. Furthermore, physiological concentrations of K(+) also inhibited the processing of procaspase-3 by purified caspase-8 or -9, the nucleosomal DNA fragmentation by purified DFF40/CAD and the nuclear fragmentation to varying extents. Altogether, these findings suggest that the efflux of K(+) is prerequisite not only for the formation of the apoptosome but also for the downstream apoptotic signal-transduction pathways.
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- Department of Bio-Materials Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Research Center for Proteineous Materials (RCPM), Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Kahyun Hur
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea, and Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea, and Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea, and Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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Kim YH, Lee HS, Lee HJ, Hur K, Kim WH, Bang YJ, Kim SJ, Lee KU, Choe KJ, Yang HK. Prognostic significance of the expression of Smad4 and Smad7 in human gastric carcinomas. Ann Oncol 2004; 15:574-80. [PMID: 15033661 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) modulates the growth and function of many cells, including those with malignant transformation. Smad proteins have been identified as major components in the intracellular signaling of TGF-beta family members. PATIENTS AND METHODS To clarify the correlations between clinicopathologic profiles and the patient's survival, the expression of common mediator Smad (Smad4) and inhibitory Smad (Smad7) were evaluated immunohistochemically in 304 consecutive gastric carcinomas using the tissue array method. RESULTS Positive Smad4 expression was observed in 266 (87.5%) tumors and positive Smad7 expression in 98 (32.2%) tumors. The prognosis of patients with a Smad4-positive tumor was significantly better than that of the patients with a negative tumor. The survival rate was significantly higher in patients with negative Smad7 expression than those with positive Smad7 expression. In subgroup analysis according to TNM (tumour-node-metastasis) stage, both Smad4 and Smad7 showed most significant prognostic differences in stage I gastric cancer patients. Multivariate analysis indicated that tumor size, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis and Smad7 expression were independent prognostic factors. CONCLUSION Enhanced expression of the TGF-beta signaling inhibitor Smad7 may present one of the novel mechanisms of TGF-beta resistance in human gastric carcinomas.
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- Y H Kim
- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Hur K, Yoon BI, Yoo HS, Shin NS, Kwon SW, Lee GH, Kim DY. Aortic valvular endocarditis associated with Pasteurella haemolytica in a tiger (Panthera tigris). Vet Rec 2001; 149:490-1. [PMID: 11700929 DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.16.490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- K Hur
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Gibbs J, Clark K, Khuri S, Henderson W, Hur K, Daley J. Validating risk-adjusted surgical outcomes: chart review of process of care. Int J Qual Health Care 2001; 13:187-96. [PMID: 11476143 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/13.3.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The primary purpose of this study was to validate risk-adjusted surgical outcomes as indicators of the quality of surgical care at US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. The secondary purpose was to validate the risk-adjustment models for screening cases for quality review. DESIGN We compared quality of care, determined by structured implicit chart review, for patients from hospitals with higher and lower than expected operative mortality and morbidity (hospital-level tests) and between patients with high and low predicted risk of mortality and morbidity who died or developed complications (patient-level tests). SUBJECTS 739 general, peripheral vascular and orthopedic surgery cases sampled from the 44 VA hospitals participating in the National VA Surgical Risk Study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A global rating of quality of care based on chart review. RESULTS Ratings of overall quality of care did not differ significantly between patients from hospitals with higher and lower than expected mortality and morbidity. On some of the secondary measures, patient care was rated higher for hospitals with lower than expected operative mortality. At the patient level of analysis, those who died or developed complications and had a high predicted risk of mortality or morbidity were rated higher on quality of care than those with a low predicted risk of adverse outcome. CONCLUSIONS The absence of a relationship between most of our measures of process of care and risk-adjusted outcomes may be due to an insensitivity of chart reviews to hospital-level differences in quality of care. Site visits to National VA Surgical Risk Study hospitals with high and low risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity have detected differences on a number of dimensions of quality. The patient-level findings suggest that the risk-adjustment models are useful for screening adverse outcome cases for quality of care review.
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- J Gibbs
- Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, The Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL 60141-5151, USA.
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Hur K, Kim JR, Yoon BI, Lee JK, Choi JH, Oh GT, Kim DY. Overexpression of cyclin D1 and cyclin E in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride-induced rat colon carcinogenesis. J Vet Sci 2000; 1:121-6. [PMID: 14614307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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Deregulation of G1 cyclins has been reported in several human and rodent tumors including colon cancer. To investigate the expression pattern of G1 cyclins in 1,2- dimethyl-hydrazine dihydrochloride (DMH)-induced rat colon carcinogenesis, we studied the expression of cyclin D1 and cyclin E by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and immunohistochemistry (IHC). The mRNA level of cyclin D1 was increased 1.2-fold in adenocarcinomas but not significantly in adenomas, when compared with normal rat colonic mucosa (p<0.05). The cyclin E mRNA level was increased 2.7-fold in adenomas and 3.3-fold in adenocarcinomas (p<0.05). The PCNA mRNA level was also increased 1.9-fold in adenomas and 1.8-fold in adenocarcinomas (p<0.05). Immunohistochemical staining revealed exclusive nuclear staining of the neoplastic cells for cyclin D1, cyclin E and PCNA. Cyclin D1 expression was detected in 56.3% of the adenomas and in 61.5% of the adenocarcinomas examined, whereas cyclin E expression was detected in 87.5% of the adenomas and in 92.3% of the adenocarcinomas. Overall, cyclin D1, cyclin E and PCNA expression was significantly increased at both the mRNA and protein levels in normal colonic mucosa, adenomas and adenocarcinomas, but there was no significant difference in the degree of expression of these genes in adenomas and adenocarcinomas. Our results indicate that the overexpression of cyclin D1 and cyclin E may play an important role during the multistage process of rat colon carcinogenesis, at a relatively early stage, and may disturb cell-cycle control in benign adenomas, and thereafter, participate in tumor progression.
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- K Hur
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Suwon, 441-744, Korea
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Yoon BI, Jung SY, Hur K, Lee JH, Joo KH, Lee YS, Kim DY. Differentiation of hamster liver oval cell following Clonorchis sinensis infection. J Vet Med Sci 2000; 62:1303-10. [PMID: 11193347 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.1303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Oval cells which appear in the liver after hepatic injuries are suspected to be progenitor cells for both hepatocytes and bile duct cells. Oval cell isolated from the livers of the hamsters treated with diethylnitrosamine and 2-acetylaminofluorene and infected with Clonorchis sinensis (CS). cultured for 2 weeks and evaluated for differentiation and plasticity by electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. In the CS-uninfected group, glycogen granules and peroxisomes were noted in the cells that were cultured for 2 weeks. Starting at 1 week postculture, immunoreactivity of the cells to cytokeratin 19 markedly decreased but that to albumin and alpha-fetoprotein gradually increased. This means that oval cells isolated from hamsters that were not infected with CS differentiated toward hepatocyte lineage. However, in the CS-infected group, cultured cells contained numerous rough endoplasmic reticulum and showed immunoreactivity that was generally in reverse to that of CS-uninfected group, meaning that cells isolated following CS infection were primed by CS and differentiated toward bile duct cell lineage. The results of this study suggested that oval cells are indeed bipolar progenitor cells for hepatocytes and bile duct cells and can differentiate toward either lineage depending upon the priming factor.
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Telomerase, an enzyme associated with cellular immortality and malignancy, plays an important role in cellular immortalization and tumorigenesis. Furthermore, overexpression of the RNA component of the telomerase, called human telomerase RNA (hTR), has been demonstrated in various human cancers as an early event. The pattern of hTR expression following Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in human gastric mucosa was investigated by a radioactive in situ hybridization (ISH) assay. Paraffin-embedded sections of 50 biopsy specimens taken from the gastric antrum of individual patients infected to different extents with H. pylori, as well as normal gastric mucosa, were studied. In normal gastric mucosa, only weak hTR expression was noted and the expression was limited to basal cells of the gastric glands. However, the degree of hTR expression gradually increased in parallel with the degree of H. pylori infection. The mean scores of gastric mucosa with mild, moderate and severe degrees of H. pylori infection were 2.3, 2.8, and 3.7 times higher than that of normal gastric mucosa, respectively. The results of this study suggested that up-regulation of hTR expression is a frequent and early event associated with H. pylori infection in the gastric mucosa and may play some role in gastric carcinogenesis. Sufficient synthesis of hTR during this early stage may be a prerequisite for telomerase reactivation to occur in gastric cancer.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Suwon 441-744, Korea
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Corman JM, Penson DF, Hur K, Khuri SF, Daley J, Henderson W, Krieger JN. Comparison of complications after radical and partial nephrectomy: results from the National Veterans Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program. BJU Int 2000; 86:782-9. [PMID: 11069401 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00919.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether radical nephrectomy causes less morbidity, less mortality and is associated with a shorter hospital stay than is partial nephrectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 1885 nephrectomies (1373 radical and 512 partial) conducted between 1991 and 1998 in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program were evaluated. Using multivariate analyses, outcomes were risk-adjusted based on 45 preoperative variables to compare mortality and morbidity rates. RESULTS The unadjusted 30-day mortality was 2.0% for radical and 1.6% for partial nephrectomy (P = 0.58). Risk-adjusting the two groups did not result in a statistically significant difference in mortality. The 30-day overall morbidity rate was 15% for radical and 16.2% for partial nephrectomy (P = 0.52); risk-adjusted morbidity rates were not statistically different. There were no statistically significant differences in the rates of postoperative progressive renal failure, acute renal failure, urinary tract infection, prolonged ileus, transfusion requirement, deep wound infection, or extended length of stay. CONCLUSIONS Partial nephrectomy carried out in the VA program has low morbidity and mortality rates, comparable with the complication rates after radical nephrectomy.
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- Section of Urology, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Telomerase, an enzyme associated with cellular immortality and malignancy, is stringently repressed in most normal somatic cells but is reactivated in malignant tumor cells and immortal cell lines, indicating that activation of telomerase may play an important role in tumorigenesis and immortalization. The pattern of human telomerase RNA (hTR) expression during progression of gastric cancer was investigated by a radioactive in situ hybridization (ISH) assay. Paraffin-embedded sections of 85 archival samples from Korean patients with benign and various malignant stages of gastric carcinomas as well as normal and regenerative tissues were studied. In normal gastric mucosae and regenerative lesions such as chronic peptic ulcer and hyperplastic polyps, only a weak degree of hTR expression was noted, and the expression was limited to basal cells of the gastric glands. Also, a moderate degree of hTR expression was present in the germinal centers of lymphoid follicles present in the submucosa. In tubular adenomas, the degree of hTR expression was also generally weak, but, unlike normal gastric mucosa, the expression was rather diffuse and occasionally focal in distribution. However, moderate to intense and usually diffuse hTR expression was present in all cancerous tissues at different stages. Although some heterogeneity of hTR expression was noted, there was a tendency for intensity of hTR expression to increase gradually as the cancer progressed to a more advanced stage. Our results indicate that upregulation of telomerase expression is associated with gastric cancer development or plays some role in gastric carcinogenesis. Upregulation of hTR expression detected by ISH assay may be a useful marker or tool for the early detection of gastric cancer.
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- A Rathi
- Department of Pathology and Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
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Two binturongs (Arctictis binturong) kept in outdoor exhibits at Everland Zoological Gardens in Korea died within 10 days of the onset of clinical signs that included depression, dyspnoea, diarrhoea and convulsions. On necropsy, the significant gross findings were limited to the lungs and the gastrointestinal tract. Proteus vulgaris was isolated from the lung of one animal. Histopathologically, diffuse severe bronchointerstitial pneumonia with secondary bacterial infection was noted in the lungs. Intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusion bodies were seen in the lining epithelium of the bronchi, bronchioles, small and large intestines, renal pelvis and urinary bladder. Canine distemper virus (CDV)-specific antigens were demonstrated in frozen sections of the lungs by the direct immunofluorescence technique. This is believed to be the first confirmed report of CDV infection in binturongs.
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- K Hur
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Suwon, 441-744, Korea
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Khuri SF, Daley J, Henderson W, Hur K, Hossain M, Soybel D, Kizer KW, Aust JB, Bell RH, Chong V, Demakis J, Fabri PJ, Gibbs JO, Grover F, Hammermeister K, McDonald G, Passaro E, Phillips L, Scamman F, Spencer J, Stremple JF. Relation of surgical volume to outcome in eight common operations: results from the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg 1999; 230:414-29; discussion 429-32. [PMID: 10493488 PMCID: PMC1420886 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199909000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine, in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the relation between surgical volume and outcome in eight commonly performed operations of intermediate complexity. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA In multihospital health care systems such as VHA, consideration is often given to closing low-volume surgical services, with the assumption that better surgical outcomes are achieved in hospitals with larger surgical volumes. Literature data to support this assumption in intermediate-complexity operations are either limited or controversial. METHODS The VHA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data on nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy, vascular infrainguinal reconstruction, carotid endarterectomy (CEA), lung lobectomy/pneumonectomy, open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, partial colectomy, and total hip arthroplasty were used. Pearson correlation, analysis of variance, mixed effects hierarchical logistic regression, and automatic interaction detection analysis were used to assess the association of annual procedure/specialty volume with risk-adjusted 30-day death (and stroke in CEA). RESULTS Eight major surgical procedures (68,631 operations) were analyzed. No statistically significant associations between procedure or specialty volume and 30-day mortality rate (or 30-day stroke rate in CEA) were found. CONCLUSIONS In VHA hospitals, the procedure and surgical specialty volume in eight prevalent operations of intermediate complexity are not associated with risk-adjusted 30-day mortality rate from these operations, or with the risk-adjusted 30-day stroke rate from CEA. Volume of surgery in these operations should not be used as a surrogate for quality of surgical care.
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- S F Khuri
- Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, MA 02132, USA
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Harpole DH, DeCamp MM, Daley J, Hur K, Oprian CA, Henderson WG, Khuri SF. Prognostic models of thirty-day mortality and morbidity after major pulmonary resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117:969-79. [PMID: 10220692 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70378-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND A part of the prospective, multi-institutional National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program was developed to predict 30-day mortality and morbidity for patients undergoing a major pulmonary resection. METHODS Perioperative data were acquired from 194,319 noncardiac surgical operations at 123 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers between October 1, 1991, and August 31, 1995. Current Procedural Terminology code-based analysis was undertaken for major pulmonary resections (lobectomy and pneumonectomy). Preoperative, intraoperative, and outcome variables were collected. The 30-day mortality and morbidity models were developed by means of multivariable stepwise logistic regression with the preoperative and intraoperative variables used as independent predictors of outcome. RESULTS A total of 3516 patients (mean age 64 9 years) underwent either lobectomy (n = 2949) or pneumonectomy (n = 567). Thirty-day mortality was 4.0% for lobectomy (119/2949) and 11.5% for pneumonectomy (65/567). The preoperative predictors of 30-day mortality were albumin, do not resuscitate status, transfusion of more than 4 units, age, disseminated cancer, impaired sensorium, prothrombin time more than 12 seconds, type of operation, and dyspnea. When the intraoperative variables were considered, intraoperative blood loss was added to the preoperative model. In the presence of these intraoperative variables in the model, do not resuscitate status and prothrombin time more than 12 seconds were only marginally significant. Thirty-day morbidity, defined as the presence of 1 or more of the 21 predefined complications, was 23.8% for lobectomy (703/2949) and 25.7% for pneumonectomy (146/567). In multivariable models, independent preoperative predictors (P <.05) of 30-day morbidity were age, weight loss greater than 10% in the 6 months before surgery, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, transfusion of more than 4 units, albumin, hemiplegia, smoking, and dyspnea. When intraoperative variables were added to the preoperative model, the duration of operation time and intraoperative transfusions were included in the model and albumin became marginally significant. CONCLUSIONS This analysis identifies independent patient risk factors that are associated with 30-day mortality and morbidity for patients undergoing a major pulmonary resection. This series provides an initial risk-adjustment model for major pulmonary resections. Future refinements will allow comparative assessment of surgical outcomes and quality of care at many institutions.
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- D H Harpole
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Brockton/West Roxbury, MA, USA
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Gibbs J, Cull W, Henderson W, Daley J, Hur K, Khuri SF. Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of operative mortality and morbidity: results from the National VA Surgical Risk Study. Arch Surg 1999; 134:36-42. [PMID: 9927128 DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.1.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 601] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To improve the precision and reliability of estimates of the association between preoperative serum albumin concentration and surgical outcomes. DESIGN Prospective observational study. Patients were followed up for 30 days postoperatively. Multiple logistic regression models were developed to evaluate serum albumin level as a predictor of operative mortality and morbidity in relation to 61 other preoperative patient risk variables. SETTING Forty-four tertiary care Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. PATIENTS A total of 54215 major noncardiac surgery cases from the National VA Surgical Risk Study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Thirty-day operative mortality and morbidity. RESULTS A decrease in serum albumin from concentrations greater than 46 g/L to less than 21 g/L was associated with an exponential increase in mortality rates from less than 1% to 29% and in morbidity rates from 10% to 65%. In the regression models, albumin level was the strongest predictor of mortality and morbidity for surgery as a whole and within several subspecialties selected for further analysis. Albumin level was a better predictor of some types of morbidity, particularly sepsis and major infections, than other types. CONCLUSIONS Serum albumin concentration is a better predictor of surgical outcomes than many other preoperative patient characteristics. It is a relatively low-cost test that should be used more frequently as a prognostic tool to detect malnutrition and risk of adverse surgical outcomes, particularly in populations in whom comorbid conditions are relatively frequent.
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- J Gibbs
- Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, the Edward Hines, Jr, VA Hospital, Hines, Ill 60141-5151, USA.
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