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Kwon HJ, Shin SH, Kim HH, Min NY, Lim Y, Joo TW, Lee KJ, Jeong MS, Kim H, Yun SY, Kim Y, Park D, Joo J, Bae JS, Lee S, Jeong BH, Lee K, Lee H, Kim HK, Kim K, Um SW, An C, Lee MS. Advances in methylation analysis of liquid biopsy in early cancer detection of colorectal and lung cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13502. [PMID: 37598236 PMCID: PMC10439900 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40611-w] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023] Open
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Methylation patterns in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) have emerged as a promising genomic feature for detecting the presence of cancer and determining its origin. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme digestion followed by sequencing (MRE-Seq) using cfDNA, and to investigate the cancer signal origin (CSO) of the cancer using a deep neural network (DNN) analyses for liquid biopsy of colorectal and lung cancer. We developed a selective MRE-Seq method with DNN learning-based prediction model using demethylated-sequence-depth patterns from 63,266 CpG sites using SacII enzyme digestion. A total of 191 patients with stage I-IV cancers (95 lung cancers and 96 colorectal cancers) and 126 noncancer participants were enrolled in this study. Our study showed an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.978 with a sensitivity of 78.1% for colorectal cancer, and an AUC of 0.956 with a sensitivity of 66.3% for lung cancer, both at a specificity of 99.2%. For colorectal cancer, sensitivities for stages I-IV ranged from 76.2 to 83.3% while for lung cancer, sensitivities for stages I-IV ranged from 44.4 to 78.9%, both again at a specificity of 99.2%. The CSO model's true-positive rates were 94.4% and 89.9% for colorectal and lung cancers, respectively. The MRE-Seq was found to be a useful method for detecting global hypomethylation patterns in liquid biopsy samples and accurately diagnosing colorectal and lung cancers, as well as determining CSO of the cancer using DNN analysis.Trial registration: This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (registration number: NCT04253509) for lung cancer on 5 February 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04253509 . Colorectal cancer samples were retrospectively registered at CRIS (Clinical Research Information Service, registration number: KCT0008037) on 23 December 2022, https://cris.nih.go.kr , https://who.init/ictrp . Healthy control samples were retrospectively registered.
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- Hyuk-Jung Kwon
- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-Ro, Bucheon, 14647, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-Ro, Bucheon, 14647, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Gangnam Major Hospital, 452 Dogok-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 06279, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-Ro, Bucheon, 14647, Republic of Korea.
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- R&D Department, Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center, Inc., 143 Gaetbeol-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea.
- Diagnomics, Inc., 5795 Kearny Villa Rd., San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.
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Jung SH, Kim HR, Chun MY, Jang H, Cho M, Kim B, Kim S, Jeong JH, Yoon SJ, Park KW, Kim EJ, Yoon B, Jang JW, Kim Y, Hong JY, Choi SH, Noh Y, Kim KW, Kim SE, Lee JS, Jung NY, Lee J, Lee AY, Kim BC, Cho SH, Cho H, Kim JH, Jung YH, Lee DY, Lee JH, Lee ES, Kim SJ, Moon SY, Son SJ, Hong CH, Bae JS, Lee S, Na DL, Seo SW, Cruchaga C, Kim HJ, Won HH. Transferability of Alzheimer Disease Polygenic Risk Score Across Populations and Its Association With Alzheimer Disease-Related Phenotypes. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e2247162. [PMID: 36520433 PMCID: PMC9856322 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Polygenic risk scores (PRSs), which aggregate the genetic effects of single-nucleotide variants identified in genome-wide association studies (GWASs), can help distinguish individuals at a high genetic risk for Alzheimer disease (AD). However, genetic studies have predominantly focused on populations of European ancestry. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the transferability of a PRS for AD in the Korean population using summary statistics from a prior GWAS of European populations. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cohort study developed a PRS based on the summary statistics of a large-scale GWAS of a European population (the International Genomics of Alzheimer Project; 21 982 AD cases and 41 944 controls). This PRS was tested for an association with AD dementia and its related phenotypes in 1634 Korean individuals, who were recruited from 2013 to 2019. The association of a PRS based on a GWAS of a Japanese population (the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology; 3962 AD cases and 4074 controls) and a transancestry meta-analysis of European and Japanese GWASs was also evaluated. Data were analyzed from December 2020 to June 2021. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Risk of AD dementia, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), earlier symptom onset, and amyloid β deposition (Aβ). RESULTS A total of 1634 Korean patients (969 women [59.3%]), including 716 individuals (43.6%) with AD dementia, 222 (13.6%) with aMCI, and 699 (42.8%) cognitively unimpaired controls, were analyzed in this study. The mean (SD) age of the participants was 71.6 (9.0) years. Higher PRS was associated with a higher risk of AD dementia independent of APOE ɛ4 status in the Korean population (OR, 1.95; 95% CI, 1.40-2.72; P < .001). Furthermore, PRS was associated with aMCI, earlier symptom onset, and Aβ deposition independent of APOE ɛ4 status. The PRS based on a transancestry meta-analysis of data sets comprising 2 distinct ancestries showed a slightly improved accuracy. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this cohort study, a PRS derived from a European GWAS identified individuals at a high risk for AD dementia in the Korean population. These findings emphasize the transancestry transferability and clinical value of PRSs and suggest the importance of enriching diversity in genetic studies of AD.
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- Sang-Hyuk Jung
- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Alzheimer’s Disease Convergence Research Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Alzheimer’s Disease Convergence Research Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Department of Translational Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Departmet of Neurology, Chonnam National University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Departmet of Neurology, Chonnam National University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC), Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Eone-Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC), Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Alzheimer’s Disease Convergence Research Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Alzheimer’s Disease Convergence Research Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Intelligent Precision Healthcare Convergence, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
- NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
- The Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Alzheimer’s Disease Convergence Research Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Song HG, Ahn JH, Koh JS, Bae JS, Park YW, Hwang SJ, Hwang JY, Jeong YH. Prognostic implication of residual inflammatory risk according to disease status in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Compared with stable angina, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) phenotype is related with the elevated inflammatory activity. However, time-dependent change of inflammatory level and its prognostic implication has not been fully understood according to the disease entity.
Methods
We enrolled total 4,263 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with serial measurement of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) at on-admission and 1-month post-PCI. The risks of MACE (a composite of death, MI or stroke), and major bleeding were evaluated up to 4 years after procedure.
Results
Compared with the non-AMI group (n=1,887), the AMI group (n=2,376) showed the significant decrease of hs-CRP during 1 month (∇0.5 vs. ∇0.1 mg/L; P<0.001). However, 1-month hs-CRP value still was higher in the AMI group than in the non-AMI group (median: 1.0 vs. 0.9 mg/L; P=0.001). During 1-month follow-up, high vs. low inflammatory risk (upper vs. lower tertile of hs-CRP) was significantly associated with increased rate of MACE in the AMI group (HR: 7.66; 95% CI: 2.29–25.59; P<0.001), but not in the non-AMI group (HR: 0.74; 95% CI: 0.12–4.40; P=0.736). From 1-month to 4-years, patients with high inflammatory risk showed the greater rate of MACE compared to those with low inflammatory risk, in both the AMI (HR: 2.40; 95% CI: 1.73–3.45; P<0.001) and non-AMI (HR: 2.67; 95% CI: 1.80–3.94; P<0.001) groups.
Conclusion
In PCI-treated patients, patients presented with AMI showed the greater values of inflammatory activity and its prognostic implication during the early phase, but combined inflammatory risk appeared similar across the disease entity during the late phase. This result may support that clinical benefit of post-PCI anti-inflammatory treatment would be constant regardless of the disease entity during the stabilized phase.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- H G Song
- Department of Cardiology, Heart-Brain Hospital, Chung-Ang University Gwang-Myeong Medical Center , Gwang-Myeong , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital , Changwon , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Hospital , Jin-Ju , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital , Changwon , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital , Changwon , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Hospital , Jin-Ju , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gyeongsang National University Hospital , Jin-Ju , Korea (Republic of)
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart-Brain Hospital, Chung-Ang University Gwang-Myeong Medical Center , Gwang-Myeong , Korea (Republic of)
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Yoo HY, Lee KC, Woo JE, Park SH, Lee S, Joo J, Bae JS, Kwon HJ, Park BJ. A Genome-Wide Association Study and Machine-Learning Algorithm Analysis on the Prediction of Facial Phenotypes by Genotypes in Korean Women. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol 2022; 15:433-445. [PMID: 35313536 PMCID: PMC8933694 DOI: 10.2147/ccid.s339547] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Purpose Changes in facial appearance are affected by various intrinsic and extrinsic factors, which vary from person to person. Therefore, each person needs to determine their skin condition accurately to care for their skin accordingly. Recently, genetic identification by skin-related phenotypes has become possible using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and machine-learning algorithms. However, because most GWAS have focused on populations with American or European skin pigmentation, large-scale GWAS are needed for Asian populations. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation of facial phenotypes with candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to predict phenotype from genotype using machine learning. Materials and Methods A total of 749 Korean women aged 30–50 years were enrolled in this study and evaluated for five facial phenotypes (melanin, gloss, hydration, wrinkle, and elasticity). To find highly related SNPs with each phenotype, GWAS analysis was used. In addition, phenotype prediction was performed using three machine-learning algorithms (linear, ridge, and linear support vector regressions) using five-fold cross-validation. Results Using GWAS analysis, we found 46 novel highly associated SNPs (p < 1×10−05): 3, 20, 12, 6, and 5 SNPs for melanin, gloss, hydration, wrinkle, and elasticity, respectively. On comparing the performance of each model based on phenotypes using five-fold cross-validation, the ridge regression model showed the highest accuracy (r2 = 0.6422–0.7266) in all skin traits. Therefore, the optimal solution for personal skin diagnosis using GWAS was with the ridge regression model. Conclusion The proposed facial phenotype prediction model in this study provided the optimal solution for accurately predicting the skin condition of an individual by identifying genotype information of target characteristics and machine-learning methods. This model has potential utility for the development of customized cosmetics.
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- Hye-Young Yoo
- Skin & Natural Products Lab, Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd., Seoul, 06800, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co., Ltd, Songdo Incheon, 22014, Republic of Korea
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- Skin & Natural Products Lab, Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd., Seoul, 06800, Republic of Korea
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- Skin & Natural Products Lab, Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd., Seoul, 06800, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co., Ltd, Songdo Incheon, 22014, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co., Ltd, Songdo Incheon, 22014, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co., Ltd, Songdo Incheon, 22014, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Department, Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co., Ltd, Songdo Incheon, 22014, Republic of Korea
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- Skin & Natural Products Lab, Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd., Seoul, 06800, Republic of Korea
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Park YM, Noh EM, Lee HY, Shin DY, Lee YH, Kang YG, Na EJ, Kim JH, Yang HJ, Kim MJ, Kim KS, Bae JS, Lee YR. Anti-diabetic effects of Protaetia brevitarsis in pancreatic islets and a murine diabetic model. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 25:7508-7515. [PMID: 34919253 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202112_27450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, the antidiabetic efficacy of Protaetia brevitarsis in alloxan-treated pancreatic islets and db/db mice was investigated. P. brevitarsis was tested for alloxan-mediated cytotoxicity and nitric oxide production in mice pancreatic islets. MATERIALS AND METHODS The anti-diabetic effect of P. brevitarsis was also evaluated in db/db mice after 4 weeks of administration. Biochemical analysis, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and pancreatic histological analysis were performed. RESULTS P. brevitarsis displayed hypoglycemic activity in alloxan-treated mice pancreatic islets. Our results showed that P. brevitarsis protects pancreatic islets from cytotoxicity. Moreover, daily oral supplementation with P. brevitarsis for 4 weeks reduced plasma glucose levels without affecting body weight and food intake, elevated glucose tolerance in OGTT, improved blood lipid parameters, inhibited fat accumulation, and restored islet structure of db/db mice. CONCLUSIONS The present study provided evidence for the anti‑diabetic effect of P. brevitarsis in alloxan-treated pancreatic islets and db/db mice. These results suggest that P. brevitarsis may be used as an adjunctive anti-diabetic agent or as a functional food.
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- Y M Park
- INVIVO Co. Ltd., Iksan, Jeonbuk, Korea.
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Ju SM, Bae JS, Jeon BH. AMP-activated protein kinase contributes to ROS-mediated p53 activation in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 25:6691-6700. [PMID: 34787874 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202111_27114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cisplatin is a widely used anticancer drug that provokes various side effects. Nephrotoxicity is one of the well-known major side effects in the chemotherapeutic use of cisplatin. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and p53 play important roles in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is known to be sensitively activated by ROS and can directly activate p53. The present study investigated the role of AMPK on cisplatin-induced apoptosis in rat renal epithelial NRK-52E cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS NRK-52E cells were treated with cisplatin in the absence or presence of specific ROS scavenger and AMPK inhibitor for indicated times under the serum-free condition. The expression and phosphorylation levels of proteins were evaluated by Western blot and densitometry analysis. RESULTS Cisplatin induced apoptotic cell death through ROS-mediated p53 activation, which is associated with AMPK activation. AMPK inhibitor suppressed cisplatin-induced p53 activation, as well as AMPK activation. Interestingly, ROS scavenger also diminished cisplatin-induced p53 activation and AMPK activation. Furthermore, cisplatin induced phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), which attenuated p53 activation, but did not affect the expression levels of total p53, cleaved caspase-3 and PARP. Meanwhile, inhibition of AMPK induced premature phosphorylation of eIF2α in cisplatin-treated cells. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these suggest that AMPK may be required for activation of p53 by oxidative stress in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Moreover, eIF2α phosphorylation may interrupt the AMPK-activated p53 in NRK-52E cells exposed to cisplatin, but does not critically affect cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity because AMPK activation can be disrupted eIF2α phosphorylation.
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- Department of Pathology, College of Korean Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksandae-ro, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea.
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Lee YC, Kim SI, Kwon H, Bae JS, Lee S. Circulating tumor DNA in the saliva of patients with head and neck cancer: A pilot report. Oral Dis 2020; 27:1421-1425. [PMID: 33073423 DOI: 10.1111/odi.13683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Young Chan Lee
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University, Goyang, Korea
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- EONE-DIAGNOMICS Genome Center, Incheon, Korea
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Moon SM, Kim JH, Kim SK, Kim S, Kwon HJ, Bae JS, Lee S, Lee HS, Choi MY, Jeon BH, Jeong BH, Lee K, Kim HK, Kim J, Um SW. Clinical Utility of Combined Circulating Tumor Cell and Circulating Tumor DNA Assays for Diagnosis of Primary Lung Cancer. Anticancer Res 2020; 40:3435-3444. [PMID: 32487642 DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.14329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Although it has been suggested that circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) might be used in a complementary manner in lung cancer diagnosis, limited confirmatory data are available. In this prospective study, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of each assay separately and in combination. PATIENTS AND METHODS From March 2018 to January 2019, patients with suspected primary lung cancer, who underwent routine lung cancer work-up and peripheral blood sampling, were prospectively enrolled in the study. Epithelial cell adhesion molecule and cytokeratin served as markers of CTCs. In terms of ctDNA analysis, single-nucleotide variants were evaluated via next-generation sequencing. RESULTS We analyzed 111 patients, including 99 with primary lung cancer and 12 with benign pulmonary disease. The median number of CTCs in 10 ml of blood was 3. The most frequently detected single nucleotide variants of ctDNA were TP53, CDKN2A, and EGFR. The diagnostic sensitivity of conventional tumor marker (combination of carcinoembryonic antigen/CYFRA 21-1/neuron-specific enolase) was 66.7%, while those of the ctDNA and CTC assays were 72.7% and 65.7%, respectively. The sensitivity of the CTC/ctDNA combination (95.0%) was significantly greater than those of the CTC (p<0.001), ctDNA (p<0.001), or conventional tumor marker (p<0.001) alone. Subgroup analysis revealed that the sensitivity of the combination assay was greater than those of the CTC or ctDNA assays alone, regardless of tumor stage or histopathology type. CONCLUSION The CTC/ctDNA combination assay enhanced the sensitivity of primary lung cancer diagnosis. The combination assay strategy may be clinically useful and could enhance the early detection of lung cancer (ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT03479099).
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- Seong Mi Moon
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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- EDGC, Inc., Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Statistics and Data Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jang JY, Ahn JH, Bae JS, Kang MG, Kim K, Park HW, Koh JS, Park Y, Hwang SJ, Kwak CH, Hwang JY, Jeong YH. P3637Relationship between serial measurements of NT-proBNP and cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Increased level of natriuretic peptides has been known as an important predictors of adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We sought to evaluate clinical implication of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) measured at initial and follow-up periods.
Methods
Serial NT-proBNP levels (on-admission and one-month post-PCI) were measured in ACS patients undergoing PCI (n=2,290). High NT-proBNP levels were determined according to the predefined age-specific criteria. Patients were stratified into 4 groups according to NT-proBNP levels (on-admission & one-month): (1) normal-normal group (n=1234, 53.9%); (2) high–normal group (n=257, 11.2%); (3) normal-high group (n=376, 16.4%); and (4) high-high group (n=423, 18.5%). Clinical events were defined as all-cause death and MACE (a composite of CV death, non-fatal MI, and ischemic stroke).
Results
With a median follow-up of 35.9 (IQR: 16.8, 54.5) months, all-cause death and MACE were occurred in 4.1% and 7.2%, respectively. NT-proBNP on-admission vs. at one-month did not differ significantly (median 391.6 [IQR: 143.9, 1402.3] vs. median 619.1 [IQR 240.1, 1616.1]; p=0.622), but the prevalence of high NT-proBNP was increased over time (25.3% to 34.9%; p<0.001). The rates of all-cause death and MACE significantly increased only in the high-high group compared with other groups (log-rank test, all p values <0.001, Figure). After adjustment, the high-high group remained significantly risky in terms with the occurrence of all-cause death (HR, 2.99; 95% CI, 1.65 to 5.41; p<0.001) and MACE (HR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.28 to 3.01; p=0.002).
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Conclusion
Serial measurements of NT-proBNP at on-admission and follow-up can help to stratify the risks of all-cause death and adverse CV events following PCI in ACS patients. About two-fifths of patients having high NT-proBNP level during hospitalization can be classified into the low-risk group for all-cause death and adverse CV events.
Acknowledgement/Funding
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- J Y Jang
- Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Internal Medicine, Changwon, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Internal Medicine, Changwon, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Internal Medicine, Changwon, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Internal Medicine, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Internal Medicine, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Internal Medicine, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Internal Medicine, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Internal Medicine, Changwon, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Internal Medicine, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Internal Medicine, Changwon, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Internal Medicine, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)
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- Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Internal Medicine, Changwon, Korea (Republic of)
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Jung SM, Bae JS, Kang SG, Son JS, Jeon JH, Lee HJ, Jeon JY, Sidharthan M, Ryu SH, Shin HW. Acute toxicity of organic antifouling biocides to phytoplankton Nitzschia pungens and zooplankton Artemia larvae. Mar Pollut Bull 2017; 124:811-818. [PMID: 27919420 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.11.047] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The toxicity of the antifouling biocides Irgarol 1051, Diuron, Chlorothalonil, Dichlofluanid, Sea-nine 211, Copper pyrithione, Zinc pyrithione, Ziram and Zineb were evaluated on Nitzschia pungens and Artemia larvae. Results showed that EC50 for Irgarol 1051 was 0.586μgl-1 was the strongest effect on N. pungens following by Copper pyrithione (4.908μgl-1), Ziram (5.421μgl-1), Zinc pyrithione (5.513μgl-1), Diuron (6.640μgl-1), Zineb (232.249μgl-1), Sea-nine 211(267.368μgl-1), Chlorothalonil (360.963μgl-1) and Dichlofluanid (377.010μgl-1) in 96h. In Artemia larvae, the biocides were evaluated the LC50 for larval survivals at 48h. Sea-nine 211 and Copper pyrithione were 0.318 and 0.319mgl-1. Chlorothalonil, Zinc pyrithione and Ziram were 2.683, 3.147 and 4.778mgl-1. Irgarol 1051, Diuron, Zineb and Dichlofluanid were 9.734, 30.573, 41.170 and 154.944mgl-1. These results provide baseline data concerning the toxicity of antifouling biocides against marine environment.
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- S M Jung
- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science & Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea.
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Lee JI, Bae JS, Min BS, Na MK. Antithrombotic and antiplatelet activities of indole alkaloids isolated from the edible insect Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe). Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608127] [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: 10/18/2022]
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- JI Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- College of Pharmacy, CMRI, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics based Creative Drug Research Team Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- College of pharmacy, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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Park IW, Kim DY, Bae JS, Na MK. Secondary metabolites with anti-platelet aggregation activity from the insect Tenebrio molitor. Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608123] [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: 10/18/2022]
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- IW Park
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- College of Pharmacy, CMRI, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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Cha JY, Park JM, Lee HJ, Bae JS, Han YM, Oh BC, Ko KH, Hahm KB. Emerging Targets to Relieve Fat Stress-Induced Liver Diseases: UDCA, Tocotrienol, ω-3 PUFAs, and IgY Targeted NPC1L1 Cholesterol Transporter. Curr Pharm Des 2017; 23:3941-3951. [PMID: 28714405 DOI: 10.2174/1381612823666170714124824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fat stress-induced liver disease is a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome initiated by excess fat accumulation and encompasses a wide spectrum of diseases from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a precursor lesion progressing to more aggressive liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the incidence of these fat stress-induced liver diseases is rapidly increasing worldwide in parallel with the growing epidemics of obesity and metabolic diseases, its exact pathogenesis is not well defined. Although obesity, sedentary life-style, altered dietary pattern, insulin resistance, altered intestinal barrier function, inflammatory cytokines, and oxidative stress have been acknowledged as contributing factors because of the indefinite pathogenesis of metabolic diseases, the only reliable treatment is lifestyle intervention composed of restrictive diet and exercise. Additionally, some existing medications such as pioglitazone and antioxidants such as vitamin E were reported to be effective; in this review, several novel agents especifically targeting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathogenesis under clinical trial will be introduced. These include an NPC1L1 blocker (ezetimibe), which significantly improved histological and symptomatic scores associated with steatohepatitis and fibrosis; clofibrate, phentoxyfylline, ursodeoxycholic acid, and tocopherol, all of which are prescribed to relieve fat stress; and additional IgY targeted NPC1L1, tocotrienol, ursodeoxycholic acid, and ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are actively under investigation to confirm the safety of long-term use.
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- Ji-Young Cha
- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon. Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam. Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon. Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon. Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam. Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon. Korea
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- Digestive Disease Center, CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam. Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex and CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, 463-838. Korea
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Bae JS, Park JM, Lee J, Oh BC, Jang SH, Lee YB, Han YM, Ock CY, Cha JY, Hahm KB. Amelioration of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with NPC1L1-targeted IgY or n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in mice. Metabolism 2017; 66:32-44. [PMID: 27923447 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have an increased risk for progression to hepatocellular carcinoma in addition to comorbidities such as cardiovascular and serious metabolic diseases; however, the current therapeutic options are limited. Based on our previous report that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) can significantly ameliorate high fat diet (HFD)-induced NAFLD, we explored the therapeutic efficacy of n-3 PUFAs and N-IgY, which is a chicken egg yolk-derived IgY specific for the Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1L1) cholesterol transporter, on NAFLD in mice. We generated N-IgY and confirmed its efficient cholesterol transport-blocking activity in HepG2 and Caco-2 cells, which was comparable to the effect of ezetimibe (EZM). C57BL/6 wild type and fat-1 transgenic mice, capable of producing n-3 PUFAs, were fed a high fat diet (HFD) alone or supplemented with N-IgY. Endogenously synthesized n-3 PUFAs combined with N-IgY led to significant decreases in hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, and inflammation (p<0.01). The combination of N-IgY and n-3 PUFAs resulted in significant upregulation of genes involved in cholesterol uptake (LDLR), reverse cholesterol transport (ABCG5/ABCG8), and bile acid metabolism (CYP7A1). Moreover, fat-1 transgenic mice treated with N-IgY showed significant downregulation of genes involved in cholesterol-induced hepatic stellate cell activation (Tgfb1, Tlr4, Col1a1, Col1a2, and Timp2). Collectively, these data suggest that n-3 PUFAs and N-IgY, alone or in combination, represent a promising treatment strategy to prevent HFD-induced fatty liver through the activation cholesterol catabolism to bile acids and by decreasing cholesterol-induced fibrosis.
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- Jin-Sik Bae
- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Bioceltrand Co., Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, 200161, Republic of Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea; Digestive Disease Center, CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13496, Republic of Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea; Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gil Hospital, Incheon 21565, Republic of Korea.
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- CHA Cancer Prevention Research Center, CHA Bio Complex, CHA University, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea; Digestive Disease Center, CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Gyunggi-do, 13496, Republic of Korea.
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Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a natural, hydrophilic nontoxic bile acid, is clinically effective for treating cholestatic and chronic liver diseases. We investigated the chronic effects of UDCA on age-related lipid homeostasis and underlying molecular mechanisms. Twenty-week-old C57BL/6 male and female mice were fed a diet with or without 0.3% UDCA supplementation for 25 weeks. UDCA significantly reduced weight gain, adiposity, hepatic triglyceride, and hepatic cholesterol without incidental hepatic injury. UDCA-mediated hepatic triglyceride reduction was associated with downregulated hepatic expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, and of other genes involved in lipogenesis (Chrebp, Acaca, Fasn, Scd1, and Me1) and fatty acid uptake (Ldlr, Cd36). The inflammatory cytokines Tnfa, Ccl2, and Il6 were significantly decreased in liver and/or white adipose tissues of UDCA-fed mice. These data suggest that UDCA exerts beneficial effects on age-related metabolic disorders by lowering the hepatic lipid accumulation, while concurrently reducing hepatocyte and adipocyte susceptibility to inflammatory stimuli. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(2): 105-110]
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- Ah-Reum Oh
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999; Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gil Hospital, Incheon 21565, Korea
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Bae JS, Oh AR, Lee HJ, Ahn YH, Cha JY. Hepatic Elovl6 gene expression is regulated by the synergistic action of ChREBP and SREBP-1c. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 478:1060-6. [PMID: 27524233 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.08.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 6 (ELOVL6), a rate-limiting enzyme for the elongation of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids with 12, 14, and 16 carbons, plays a key role in energy metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Hepatic Elovl6 expression is upregulated in the fasting-refeeding response and in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. Mouse Elovl6 has been shown to be a direct target of sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) in response to insulin. In the present study, we demonstrated that mouse and human Elovl6 expression is under the direct transcriptional control of carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP), a mediator of glucose-induced gene expression. Serial deletion and site-directed mutagenesis studies revealed functional carbohydrate response elements (ChoREs) in the mouse and human Elovl6 promoters and gel shift assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays confirmed the binding of ChREBP to the Elovl6-ChoRE sites. In addition, the ectopic co-expression of ChREBP and SREBP-1c in HepG2 cells synergistically stimulated Elovl6 promoter activity and this synergistic activation was abolished by mutating the Elovl6 promoter ChoREs. Taken together, these results suggest that the synergistic action of ChREBP and SREBP-1c is necessary for the maximal induction of Elovl6 expression in the liver.
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- Jin-Sik Bae
- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea; Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gil Medical Center, Incheon 21565, Republic of Korea.
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Shahrizaila N, Sobue G, Kuwabara S, Kim SH, Birks C, Fan DS, Bae JS, Hu CJ, Gourie-Devi M, Noto Y, Shibuya K, Goh KJ, Kaji R, Tsai CP, Cui L, Talman P, Henderson RD, Vucic S, Kiernan MC. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron syndromes in Asia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2016; 87:821-30. [PMID: 27093948 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-312751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
While the past 2 decades have witnessed an increasing understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) arising from East Asia, particularly Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China, knowledge of ALS throughout the whole of Asia remains limited. Asia represents >50% of the world population, making it host to the largest patient cohort of ALS. Furthermore, Asia represents a diverse population in terms of ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds. In this review, an overview is presented that covers what is currently known of ALS in Asia from basic epidemiology and genetic influences, through to disease characteristics including atypical phenotypes which manifest a predilection for Asians. With the recent establishment of the Pan-Asian Consortium for Treatment and Research in ALS to facilitate collaborations between clinicians and researchers across the region, it is anticipated that Asia and the Pacific will contribute to unravelling the uncertainties in ALS.
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- N Shahrizaila
- Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Neurology Unit, Calvary Health Care, Bethlehem Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, NSW and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Kim JK, Oh SY, Sohn EH, Hong YH, Jun SM, Bae JS. When is facial diplegia regarded as a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome? J Peripher Nerv Syst 2016; 20:32-6. [PMID: 25975218 DOI: 10.1111/jns.12115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 03/14/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with predominant manifestation of facial diplegia (FD) has been described recently. This study aimed to characterize and determine the incidence of this FD-predominant GBS variant. The clinical and serological information of 900 consecutive patients were reviewed. In total, eight patients were identified between January 2007 and December 2010 as having FD accompanied by some features of GBS. These features were subjective sensory symptoms such as distal paresthesia (7/8, 88%), albumin-cytological (A/C) dissociation (7/8, 88%), antecedent infection (6/8, 75%), and minor nerve conduction study (NCS) abnormalities (5/7, 71%). One patient presented with the typical NCS feature of demyelinating neuropathy. Only two patients exhibited areflexia (2/8, 25%). None of the patients possessed any anti-ganglioside antibodies; however, the serum of two patients was positive for anti-mycoplasma antibody (2/6, 33%). FD variant of GBS occurred in less than 1% of our dataset. FD can be a regional variant of GBS when it is accompanied by supporting features, such as subjective tingling, A/C dissociation, and minor NCS abnormalities.
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- J K Kim
- Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chonbuk National University College of Medicine, Jeonju, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Shin E, Bae JS, Han JY, Lee J, Jeong YS, Lee HJ, Ahn YH, Cha JY. Hepatic DGAT2 gene expression is regulated by the synergistic action of ChREBP and SP1 in HepG2 cells. Anim Cells Syst (Seoul) 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2015.1131738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Kim SH, Kim KH, Park HS, Yoo H, Chae BJ, Bae JS, Jung SS, Song BJ. Factors related with metastasis of right retroesophageal lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer. MINERVA CHIR 2015; 70:1-5. [PMID: 25650649] [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: 06/04/2023]
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AIM Right retroesophageal lymph nodes (RRLNs) should be involved in central lymph nodes (CLNs) dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). This study assessed the incidence and factors related to RRLNs metastasis. METHODS From January 2008 to March 2010, 129 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy with CLNs dissection including RRLNs were enrolled. The predictive value of RRLNs metastasis was assessed. RESULTS Twenty six (20.1%) of 129 patients exhibited nodal metastasis in RRLNs. Metastasis of RRLNs was associated with large tumor size (>1 cm; P<0.01), multiplicity (P=0.03), preoperative LN enlargement (P<0.01), metastasis of non-retroesophageal lateral LN (P<0.01) and large number of CLNs metastases (P<0.01) in univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis revealed that tumor size (>1 cm) and metastasis of non-retroesophageal lateral LN were independent correlates of RRLNs metastases. CONCLUSION RRLNs may be removed during operation for PTC, particularly in patients with tumor >1 cm and lateral LN metastases.
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- S H Kim
- Department of Surgery Catholic University of Korea Seoul, Republic of Korea -
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Park TJ, Kim HJ, Kim JH, Bae JS, Cheong HS, Park BL, Shin HD. Associations of CD6, TNFRSF1A and IRF8 polymorphisms with risk of inflammatory demyelinating diseases. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2014; 39:519-30. [PMID: 22994200 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2012.01304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are inflammatory autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system. Several genome-wide and candidate gene studies have identified genetic polymorphisms associated with the risk of MS or NMO. In particular, two recently published studies of meta-analysis in European-origin populations have suggested associations of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CD6, TNFRSF1A and IRF8 with MS. The aim of our study was to assess the associations between SNPs in these three genes and the risk of inflammatory demyelinating disease (IDD) including MS and NMO. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such a study has been performed in an Asian population. METHODS A total of 21 SNPs of CD6, TNFRSF1A and IRF8 were genotyped in 178 IDD cases (79 MS and 99 NMO patients) and 237 normal controls in a Korean population. RESULTS Logistic analyses revealed that one SNP in CD6 (rs12288280, P = 0.04) and three SNPs in TNFRSF1A (rs767455, rs4149577 and rs1800693, P = 0.01-0.03) were associated with NMO. However, there was no association of IRF8 polymorphisms with IDD, including MS and NMO. Using further information from the SNP Function Prediction website, two exonic splicing enhancers (ESEs), including the polymorphic site of rs767455, were predicted to be binding sites for splicing factors (SRp55, SF2/ASF2 and SF2/ASF1). CONCLUSION Although additional studies are needed, our findings could provide information regarding the genetic aetiology of IDD in the Korean population.
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- T-J Park
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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Bae JS, Oh AR, Cha JY. Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism in Liver: Link to NAFLD and Impact of n-3 PUFAs. J Lifestyle Med 2013; 3:19-25. [PMID: 26064833 PMCID: PMC4390754] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease that affects one-third of adults in westernized countries. NAFLD represents a wide spectrum of hepatic alterations, ranging from simple triglyceride accumulation in the liver to steatohepatitis. Several pharmaceutical approaches to NAFLD management have been examined, but no particular treatment has been considered both safe and highly effective. Growing evidence reveal that supplemental fish oil, seal oil and purified n-3 fatty acids can reduce hepatic lipid content in NAFLD through extensive regulation by inhibiting lipogenesis, promoting fatty acid oxidation and suppressing inflammatory responses. Recently, the fat-1 transgenic mice capable of converting n-6 to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been used to examine the effects of endogenous n-3 PUFAs on NAFLD. The increased n-3 PUFAs in fat-1 transgenic mice reduced diet-induced hyperlipidemia and fatty liver through induction of CYP7A1 expression and activation of cholesterol catabolism to bile acid. This article introduces the n-3 PUFAs, and addresses the evidence and mechanisms by which endogenously synthesized n-3 PUFAs or increased dietary n-3 PUFAs may ameliorate NAFLD.
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- Corresponding author: Ji-Young Cha, Laboratory of Cell Metabolism and Gene Regulation, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, 155 Gaetbeol-ro, Yeonsu- gu, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea, Tel: 82-32-899-6070, Fax: 82-32-899-6032, E-mail:
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Kim JY, Kim JH, Bae JS, Park BL, Uh ST, Kim MK, Choi IS, Cho SH, Park CS, Shin HD. Lack of association between GTF2H4 genetic variants and AERD development and FEV1 decline by aspirin provocation. Int J Immunogenet 2012; 39:486-91. [PMID: 22524621 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2012.01118.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is prevalent in about 10% of asthma patients and is characterized by a severe decline in forced expiratory volume in 1-s (FEV(1) ), an important phenotype for total lung capacity, upon ingestion of aspirin. The general transcription factor IIH subunit 4 (GTF2H4) is positioned at 6p21.33, a part of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region that contains a number of genes that play an important role in the immune system. In addition, genetic variants in another general transcription factor IIH gene have revealed significant association with lung disease. To investigate whether GTF2H4 genetic variants could be a causative factor for AERD development and FEV(1) decline by aspirin provocation, five common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 93 patients with AERD and 96 aspirin-tolerant asthma (ATA) controls. As a result, when adjusted for age, gender, smoking status and atopy as covariates, the rs1264307 variant and two haplotypes showed nominal signals in the association with AERD (P = 0.02-0.04), but the significances disappeared after corrections for multiple testing (corrected P > 0.05). In further multiple regression analysis, no genetic variants of GTF2H4 showed significant associations with FEV(1) decline by aspirin provocation in asthmatics (P > 0.05). Despite the need for replications in larger cohorts, our preliminary findings suggest that GTF2H4 variants may not be associated with susceptibility to AERD and obstructive symptoms in asthmatics.
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- J Y Kim
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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Pasaje CFA, Bae JS, Park BL, Cheong HS, Jang AS, Uh ST, Kim MK, Kim JH, Park TJ, Lee JS, Kim Y, Park CS, Shin HD. A possible association between ZNRD1 and aspirin-induced airway bronchoconstriction in a Korean population. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2012; 22:193-200. [PMID: 22697009] [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: 06/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The etiology of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) has been attributed to the combination of environmental and genetic risk factors. Although widely investigated in various diseases associated with immune dysfunction, the human zinc ribbon domain containing 1 (ZNRD1) gene is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of AERD by altering the mechanisms involved in disease development. METHODS We selected 6 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for genotyping from the International HapMap database in order to analyze the association between polymorphisms in ZNRD1 and AERD in a Korean asthma cohort. Genotyping was carried out using the TaqMan assay, and differences in genotype frequency distributions were analyzed using logistic regression models. RESULTS Nominal associations were found between ZNRD1 rs1150740 and risk ofAERD via codominant and dominant genetic inheritance (P=.03; odds ratio, 1.14 [1.14-10.16]). The same polymorphism was found to be significantly associated with a decrease in forced expiratory volume in the first second of expiration, an important diagnostic marker of AERD, even after multiple testing corrections (P=.006, P(corr)=.03 in codominant and dominant models). CONCLUSIONS These preliminary findings suggest a possible relationship between ZNRD1 and aspirin-induced respiratory dysfunctions in a Korean population and provide essential information on the etiology of AERD.
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- C F A Pasaje
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kim JH, Park BL, Cheong HS, Pasaje CFA, Bae JS, Park JS, Jang AS, Uh ST, Choi JS, Kim YH, Kim MK, Choi IS, Cho SH, Choi BW, Koh IS, Park CS, Shin HD. Variations in the STK10 gene and possible associations with aspirin-intolerant asthma in a Korean population. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2011; 21:378-388. [PMID: 21905501] [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: 05/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Lymphocyte-oriented kinase deficiency encoded by the serine/threonine kinase 10 (STK10) gene correlates with the intracellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1)/lymphocyte function associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) complex in aspirin hypersensitivity. This study investigated the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of STK10 and aspirin-intolerant asthma (AIA). METHODS A total of 54 SNPs were genotyped in 163 AIA patients and 429 aspirin-tolerant asthma (ATA) controls. RESULTS Logistic regression revealed that a synonymous variant (rs2306961G>A) had the most significant association with AIA (P = .008 under the codominant model; P = .004 under the dominant model), suggesting that tissue-specific codon usage between Lys_TTT and Lys_CTT could play a role in regulating expression of STK10 in airway epithelium. Haplotype analysis revealed that 4 haplotypes, including STK10_BL4-ht1, which is unique to rs2306961G>A, were significantly associated with aspirin hypersensitivity in asthmatics (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS Although replications in independent cohorts and further functional evaluations are needed, our preliminary findings suggest that STK10 polymorphisms might be susceptible genetic markers of AIA and that gene expression could be mediated by tissue-specific codon usage.
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- J H Kim
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jung MH, Park BL, Lee BC, Ro Y, Park R, Shin HD, Bae JS, Kang TC, Choi IG. Association of CHRM2 polymorphisms with severity of alcohol dependence. Genes Brain Behav 2010; 10:253-6. [PMID: 21176104 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2010.00663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cholinergic muscarinic 2 receptor (CHRM2) gene has been considered a candidate gene for the alcohol dependence in that it might underpin certain risk factors for this condition. This study examined variations in the CHRM2 between the patients with alcohol dependence and population controls in Korean and explored the associations between CHRM2 polymorphisms and severity of symptoms in the patients with alcohol dependence. One hundred and fifty-five patients with alcohol dependence, defined by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) to measure the severity of symptoms, and one hundred and ninety-five population controls were drawn in the study. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CHRM2 were genotyped using the TaqMan assay and analyzed with the severity of symptoms of alcohol dependence. We found that although SNP rs324650 showed marginal association with the risk of alcohol dependence (P = 0.03), the significance of the result was not sustained after multiple corrections. SNP rs1824024 was significantly associated with the AUDIT and ADS scores in patients (P = 0.005 and 0.003, respectively). These findings suggested that the muscarinic acetylcholine function might be related not with alcohol dependence itself but with the severity of alcohol dependence in Korean population.
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- M H Jung
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hallym University, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Im SS, Kim MY, Kwon SK, Kim TH, Bae JS, Kim H, Kim KS, Oh GT, Ahn YH. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor {alpha} is responsible for the up-regulation of hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase gene expression in fasting and db/db Mice. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:1157-64. [PMID: 21081500 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.157875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) is a key enzyme that is responsible for the production of glucose in the liver during fasting or in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). During fasting or in T2DM, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is activated, which may contribute to increased hepatic glucose output. However, the mechanism by which PPARα up-regulates hepatic G6Pase gene expression in these states is not well understood. We evaluated the mechanism by which PPARα up-regulates hepatic G6Pase gene expression in fasting and T2DM states. In PPARα-null mice, both hepatic G6Pase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase levels were not increased in the fasting state. Moreover, treatment of primary cultured hepatocytes with Wy14,643 or fenofibrate increased the G6Pase mRNA level. In addition, we have localized and characterized a PPAR-responsive element in the promoter region of the G6Pase gene. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay revealed that PPARα binding to the putative PPAR-responsive element of the G6Pase promoter was increased in fasted wild-type mice and db/db mice. These results indicate that PPARα is responsible for glucose production through the up-regulation of hepatic G6Pase gene expression during fasting or T2DM animal models.
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- Seung-Soon Im
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea
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Park JM, Kim TH, Bae JS, Kim MY, Kim KS, Ahn YH. Role of resveratrol in FOXO1-mediated gluconeogenic gene expression in the liver. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 403:329-34. [PMID: 21078299 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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During a state of fasting, the blood glucose level is maintained by hepatic gluconeogenesis. SIRT1 is an important metabolic regulator during nutrient deprivation and the liver-specific knockdown of SIRT1 resulted in decreased glucose production. We hypothesize that SIRT1 is responsible for the upregulation of insulin-suppressed gluconeogenic genes through the deacetylation of FOXO1. Treatment of primary cultured hepatocytes with resveratrol increased insulin-repressed PEPCK and G6Pase mRNA levels, which depend on SIRT1 activity. We found that the resveratrol treatment resulted in a decrease in the phosphorylation of Akt and FOXO1, which are independent of SIRT1 action. Fluorescence microscopy revealed that resveratrol caused the nuclear localization of FOXO1. In the nucleus, FOXO1 is deacetylated by SIRT1, which might make it more accessible to the IRE of the PEPCK and G6Pase promoter, causing an increase in their gene expression. Our results indicate that resveratrol upregulates the expression of gluconeogenic genes by attenuating insulin signaling and by deacetylating FOXO1, which are SIRT1-independent in the cytosol and SIRT1-dependent in the nucleus, respectively.
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- Joo-Man Park
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea
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Kim YJ, Kim HY, Kim JS, Lee JH, Yoon JH, Kim CY, Park BL, Cheong HS, Bae JS, Kim S, Shin HD, Lee HS. Putative association of transforming growth factor-alpha polymorphisms with clearance of hepatitis B virus and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. J Viral Hepat 2010; 17:518-26. [PMID: 19780938 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Previous studies showed that several genetic polymorphisms might influence the clinical outcome of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, including HBV clearance or development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to determine whether polymorphisms of the transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) gene are associated with clinical outcome of HBV infection. A total of 1096 Korean subjects having either present or past evidence of HBV infection were prospectively enrolled between January 2001 and August 2003. Among 16 genetic variants in TGFA gene, nine variants were genotyped using TaqMan assay and the genetic association with HBV clearance and HCC occurrence was analysed. Statistical analyses revealed that TGFA+103461T>C, TGFA+106151C>G and TGFA-ht2 were marginally associated with clearance of HBV infection. However, only TGFA-ht2 retained significance after multiple correction (OR = 0.39, P(corr) = 0.007 in recessive model). Although no variants were significant after multiple correction, TGFA+88344G>A and TGFA+103461T>C were weakly associated in recessive model in the analysis of HCC occurrence. In addition, Cox relative hazards model also revealed that TGFA+88344G>A was associated with onset age of HCC occurrence in subjects (RH = 1.46, P(corr) = 0.04). TGF-alpha polymorphisms might be an important factor in immunity, progression of inflammatory process and carcinogenesis, which explains the variable outcome of HBV infection at least in part. Further biological evidence is warranted in the future to support these suggestive associations.
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- Y J Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Chongno Gu, Seoul, Korea
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Kim E, Cheong HS, Bae JS, Chun J, Park TJ, Lee K, Yun Y, Shin HD. Identification of genetic polymorphisms in bovine mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid. J Anim Sci 2010; 88:2551-5. [PMID: 20418455 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, the intent was to identify genetic polymorphisms of mitochondrial (mt) DNA in Korean cattle (Bos taurus coreana) and to analyze the genetic relationship between Korean cattle and other breeds. Whole mtDNA genomes (16,338 bp) of 26 animals (16 Korean cattle and 10 Holsteins) were directly sequenced. Multiple alignments, including 26 whole-mtDNA sequences obtained by direct sequencing and 10 mtDNA sequences from a public database (National Center for Biotechnology Information), revealed 393 mtDNA polymorphisms (382 SNP, 3 heteroplasmies, and 8 insertion-deletion polymorphisms). Estimated gene diversity of mtDNA was 0.00198 among these 36 animals. Phylogenic analysis with mtDNA polymorphisms revealed a distinct genetic difference between Bos taurus (Korean, Japanese Black, Holstein, and Fleckvieh breeds) and Bos indicus (Nellore and Zwergzebu breeds). The genetic information regarding mtDNA polymorphisms identified in this study would be useful for further investigation of mtDNA in other breeds.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School, Cheju National University, Cheju, Korea, 153-801
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Park SS, Bae JS, Park S. The growth-temperature-dependent interface structure of yttria-stabilized zirconia thin films grown on Si substrates. J Phys Condens Matter 2010; 22:015002. [PMID: 21386217 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/1/015002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report on the interface characteristics of yttria-stabilized zirconia films grown on silicon substrates. From x-ray reflectivity analysis we found that the film thickness and interface roughness decreased as the growth temperature increased, indicating that the growth mechanism varies and the chemical reaction is limited to the interface as the growth condition varies. Furthermore, the packing density of the film increased as the growth temperature increased and the film thickness decreased. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of very thin films revealed that the amount of chemical shift increased as the growth temperature increased. Intriguingly, the direction of the chemical shift of Zr was opposite to that of Si due to the second nearest neighbor interaction.
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- S-S Park
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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Jin HK, Bae JS, Furuya S, Carter JE. Amyloid beta-derived neuroplasticity in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells is mediated by NPY and 5-HT2B receptors via ERK1/2 signalling pathways. Cell Prolif 2009; 42:571-86. [PMID: 19614678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2009.00625.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In Alzheimer's disease, toxic soluble and insoluble forms of amyloid beta (Abeta) cause synaptic dysfunction and neuronal loss. Given its potential role in producing a toxic host microenvironment for transplanted donor stem cells, we investigated the interaction between Abeta and proliferation, survival, and differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) in culture. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used BM-MSC that had been isolated from mouse bone marrow and cultured, and we also assessed relevant reaction mechanisms using gene microarray, immunocytochemistry, and inhibitors of potential signalling molecules, such as mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 and tyrosine protein kinase. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Interestingly, we found that treatment with aggregated (1-40 or 1-42) and oligomeric (1-42) Abeta promoted neuronal-like differentiation of BM-MSC without toxic effects. This was not dependent on soluble factors released from BM-MSC progeny nor solely on formation of Abeta fibrils. The effect of Abeta is mediated by G-protein coupled receptors, neuropeptide Y1 (NPY1R) and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) receptor 2B, via phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-dependent activation of the MAPK/ERK1/2. Our results lend support to the idea that reciprocal donor stem cell-host interactions may promote a regenerative response that can be exploited by epigenetic modulation of NPY/serotonergic gene expression, for stem cell therapy, in Alzheimer's disease.
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- H K Jin
- Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Jung-Gu, Daegu, South Korea
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Jeong ED, Borse PH, Jang JS, Lee JS, Cho CR, Bae JS, Park S, Jung OS, Ryu SM, Won MS, Kim HG. Physical and optical properties of nanocrystalline calcium ferrite synthesized by the polymerized complex method. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2009; 9:3568-3573. [PMID: 19504883 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.ns31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Nanocrystalline CaFe2O4 oxide semiconductor with spinel structure was synthesized by polymerized complex (PC) method and investigated for its physical and optical properties. The crystallization of CaFe2O4 made by PC method was found to occur in the temperature range of 700-1100 degrees C. The observation of highly pure phase and such lower crystallization tempearture in CaFe2O4 made by PC method, is in total contrast to that observed in CaFe2O4 prepared by the conventional solid-state reaction (SSR) method. The activation energy required for the growth of nanocrystalline CaFe2O4 in PC sample was found to be 8.4 kJ/mol. The band gap of nanocrystalline CaFe2O4 determined by UV-DRS was 1.91 eV (647 nm). The photocatalytic activity of PC materials for iso-propyl alcohol photodegradation under visible light (> or =420 nm) was much higher than that of SSR materials.
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- Euh Duck Jeong
- Busan Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan 609-735, Korea
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Kim TH, Kim H, Park JM, Im SS, Bae JS, Kim MY, Yoon HG, Cha JY, Kim KS, Ahn YH. Interrelationship between liver X receptor alpha, sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, and small heterodimer partner in the transcriptional regulation of glucokinase gene expression in liver. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:15071-83. [PMID: 19366697 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.006742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Liver glucokinase (LGK) plays an essential role in controlling blood glucose levels and maintaining cellular metabolic functions. Expression of LGK is induced mainly regulated by insulin through sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) as a mediator. Since LGK expression is known to be decreased in the liver of liver X receptor (LXR) knockout mice, we have investigated whether LGK might be directly activated by LXRalpha. Furthermore, we have studied interrelationship between transcription factors that control gene expression of LGK. In the current studies, we demonstrated that LXRalpha increased LGK expression in primary hepatocytes and that there is a functional LXR response element in the LGK gene promoter as shown by electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin precipitation assay. In addition, our studies demonstrate that LXRalpha and insulin activation of the LGK gene promoter occurs through a multifaceted indirect mechanism. LXRalpha increases SREBP-1c expression and then insulin stimulates the processing of the membrane-bound precursor SREBP-1c protein, and it activates LGK expression through SREBP sites in its promoter. LXRalpha also activates the LGK promoter by increasing the transcriptional activity and induction of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma, which also stimulates LGK expression through a peroxisome proliferator-responsive element. This activation is tempered through a negative mechanism, where a small heterodimer partner (SHP) decreases LGK gene expression by inhibiting the transcriptional activity of LXRalpha and PPARgamma by directly interacting with their common heterodimer partner RXRalpha. From these data, we propose a mechanism for LXRalpha in controlling the gene expression of LGK that involves activation through SREBP-1c and PPARgamma and inhibition through SHP.
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- Tae-Hyun Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, and Institute of Genetic Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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Bae JS, Kim SH, Ye YM, Yoon HJ, Suh CH, Nahm DH, Park HS. Significant association of FcepsilonRIalpha promoter polymorphisms with aspirin-intolerant chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 119:449-56. [PMID: 17125826 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 10/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although the mechanism that underlies aspirin hypersensitivity is not completely understood, an IgE-mediated response was reported for a patient with aspirin-intolerant chronic urticaria (AICU). OBJECTIVE We investigated whether genetic polymorphisms on the alpha-chain of the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRIalpha) gene were associated with the AICU phenotype. METHODS We genotyped 2 promoter polymorphisms (-344C>T and -95T>C) of FcepsilonRIalpha gene in the Korean population, and the functional effect of the -344C>T polymorphism was analyzed by using a luciferase reporter assay and an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. RESULTS The rare allele frequency of the -344C>T polymorphism was significantly higher in the patients with AICU compared with the other subjects (P= .008 for AICU vs aspirin-tolerant chronic urticaria; P= .03 for AICU vs controls). This polymorphism was also significantly associated with total serum IgE concentrations and a higher rate of atopy in the patients with AICU (P= .01 and .05, respectively). The reporter plasmid that carried the -344T allele exhibited significantly higher promoter activity in a rat mast cell line (RBL-2H3) compared with the promoter activity of the -344C allele (P< .001). We found that transcription factor Myc-associated zinc finger protein preferentially bound the -344C promoter. Moreover, patients with AICU with the heterozygous CT genotype of the -344C>T polymorphism exhibited greater anti-IgE-mediated histamine release compared with those with the homozygous CC genotype. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the -344C>T polymorphism of the FcepsilonRIalpha promoter may be associated with increased expression of FcepsilonRIalpha on mast cells and enhanced release of histamine. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS The FcepsilonRIalpha -344C>T polymorphism may contribute to the development of AICU.
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- Jin-Sik Bae
- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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Choi JH, Kim SH, Bae JS, Yu HL, Suh CH, Nahm DH, Park HS. Lack of an association between a newly identified promoter polymorphism (-1702G > A) of the leukotriene C4 synthase gene and aspirin-intolerant asthma in a Korean population. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2006; 208:49-56. [PMID: 16340173 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.208.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aspirin-intolerant asthma (AIA) is a distinct clinical syndrome that refers to the development of bronchoconstriction in asthmatic individuals following the ingestion of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It is widely recognized that increased cysteinyl leukotriene (cysLT) biosynthesis is associated with the development and progression of AIA. Leukotriene C4 synthase (LTC4S) is the terminal enzyme in cysLT production and is a strong candidate gene in the pathogenesis of aspirin-intolerant asthma (AIA). In this paper, we report a new single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the LTC4S promoter, -1702G>A, in AIA patients and evaluate its genetic role in the association with the LTC4S-444 A>C polymorphism. We enrolled 110 AIA patients, 125 aspirin-tolerant asthma (ATA) patients, and 125 normal controls. SNP genotyping of the LTC4S-1702G>A and -444A>C polymorphisms was performed using SNP-IT assays. Haplotype analyses were performed using Haploview version 2.05, which is based on an estimation-maximization (EM) algorithm. There were no significant differences in the allele or genotype frequencies of the LTC4S-1702G>A and -444A>C polymorphisms among the three groups (p > 0.05), with no significant differences in the observed haplotype frequencies (p > 0.05). Moreover, no significant associations were found between the genotype of each SNP in AIA patients with the clinical characteristics, including a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) %, a provocation concentration of methacholine to induce more than 20% decrease of FEV1 (PC20) to methacholine, and serum total IgE levels (p > 0.05). These results indicate that there is no association between these two promoter polymorphisms of LTC4S and the phenotype of AIA in a Korean population.
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- Jeong-Hee Choi
- Department of Pulmonology and Allergies, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Lee SC, Bae JS, Kim I, Suzuki H, Kim SR, Kim JG, Kim KY, Yang WJ, Lee SM, Sohn HD, Jin BR. Mitochondrial DNA sequence-based population genetic structure of the firefly, Pyrocoelia rufa (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Biochem Genet 2004; 41:427-52. [PMID: 14994830 DOI: 10.1023/b:bigi.0000007777.87407.1b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/12/2022]
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The genetic divergence, population genetic structure, and possible speciation of the Korean firefly, Pyrocoelia rufa, were investigated on the midsouthern Korean mainland, coastal islets, a remote offshore island, Jedu-do, and Tsushima Island in Japan. Analysis of DNA sequences from the mitochondrial COI protein-coding gene revealed 20 mtDNA-sequence-based haplotypes with a maximum divergence of 5.5%. Phylogenetic analyses using PAUP, PHYLIP, and networks subdivided the P. rufa into two clades (termed clade A and B) and the minimum nucleotide divergence between them was 3.7%. Clade A occurred throughout the Korean mainland and the coastal islets and Tsushima Island in Japan, whereas clade B was exclusively found on Jeju-do Island. In the analysis of the population genetic structure, clade B formed an independent phylogeographic group, but clade A was further subdivided into three groups: two covering western and eastern parts of the Korean peninsula, respectively, and the other occupying one eastern coastal islet and Japanese Tsushima Island. Considering both phylogeny and population structure of P. rufa, the Jeju-do Island population is obviously differentiated from other P. rufa populations, but the Tsushima Island population was a subset of the Korean coastal islet, Geoje. We interpreted the isolation of the Jeju-do population and the grouping of Tsushima Island with Korean coastal islets in terms of Late Pleistocene-Holocene events. The eastern-western subdivision on the Korean mainland was interpreted partially by the presence of a large major mountain range, which bisects the midpart of the Korean peninsula into western and eastern parts.
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- Sang-Chul Lee
- College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan 604-714, Korea
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Suzuki H, Sato Y, Ohba N, Bae JS, Jin BR, Sohn HD, Kim SE. Phylogeographic Analysis of the Firefly, Luciola lateralis, in Japan and Korea Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase II Gene Sequences (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Biochem Genet 2004; 42:287-300. [PMID: 15524308 DOI: 10.1023/b:bigi.0000039805.75118.8f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/12/2022]
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Luciola lateralis is widely distributed throughout the Korean Peninsula, northeast China, Sakhalin, and Japan. Two ecological types are recognized in Japan based on flash and hatching time characteristics. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene was surveyed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for Japan (46 populations) and Korea (two populations). Eleven haplotypes were detected. Gene trees revealed that haplotypes between Japan and Korea are much more differentiated in nucleotide sequences (8.1%) than those within Japan (0.3-1.4%) and Korea (0.7%). Haplotypes between Honshu and Hokkaido are not separated as clades, and the two ecological types cannot be segregated from each other phylogenetically. We suggest that the Japanese populations of this species may have dispersed within one million years ago and that ecological differences may be the result of physiological adaptation to cold climates.
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- Hirobumi Suzuki
- The Institute of Luminous Organisms, Kawabe-horinouchi 587-101, Hino, Tokyo 191-0015, Japan.
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The gene encoding the natural ligand of murine glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR) was cloned and characterized. The putative GITR ligand (GITRL) is composed of 173 amino acids with features resembling those of type II membrane proteins and is 51% identical to the human activation-inducible TNF receptor (AITR) ligand, TL6. Expression of the GITRL is restricted to immature and mature splenic dendritic cells. GITRL binds GITR expressed on HEK 293 cells and triggers NF-kappaB activation. Functional studies reveal that soluble CD8-GITRL prevents CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cell-mediated suppressive activities.
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- J D Kim
- Immunomodulation Research Center, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea
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Lee KS, Park HJ, Bae JS, Goo TW, Kim I, Sohn HD, Jin BR. Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding the luciferase from the firefly, Pyrocoelia rufa. J Biotechnol 2001; 92:9-19. [PMID: 11604168 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(01)00323-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To clone a cDNA encoding the luciferase of the firefly, Pyrocoelia rufa, we have constructed a cDNA library and isolated the luciferase gene using PCR with gene specific primers. Sequence analysis of the cDNA encoding the luciferase of P. rufa revealed that the 1647 bp cDNA has an open reading frame of 548 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequences of the luciferase gene of P. rufa showed 98.9% homology to that of P. miyako. Phylogenetic analysis further confirmed the deduced amino acid sequences of the P. rufa luciferase gene belonged to the same subfamily, Lampyrinae. Southern blot analysis suggested possible presence of the P. rufa luciferase gene as a single copy and Northern blot analysis confirmed light organ-specific expression pattern at the transcriptional level. The cDNA encoding the luciferase of P. rufa was expressed as a 69 kDa band in baculovirus-infected insect cells and the recombinant baculovirus-infected cell extracts emitted luminescence in the luciferase activity assay.
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- K S Lee
- College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan 604-714, South Korea
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Kim JS, Bae JS, Kim KH, Ahn CH, Oh SJ, Jeon HM, Lim KW, Chun CS. Clinical Analysis of PTEN, p53 and Her-2/neu Expressions in Thyroid Cancers. Cancer Res Treat 2001; 33:433-7. [PMID: 26680819 DOI: 10.4143/crt.2001.33.5.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The dual-specificity phosphatase PTEN/ MMAC1/TEP1 has recently been identified as the tumor suppressor gene most frequently mutated and/or deleted in human tumors. However, PTEN mutations have rarely been detected in sporadic thyroid cancers. Therefore, this study investigated the PTEN expression of thyroid cancer and the relationship between PTEN, clinical status and other biologic factors such as HER-2/neu and p53. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study samples consisted of 62 thyroid cancer specimens and 24 benign thyroid tumor specimens from patients who were operated on the Department of Surgery, Uijongbu St. Mary's hospital during the 5 years from January 1995 until January 2000. All tumors were studied by immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal antibodies against PTEN, HER-2/neu and p53. The results were analyzed statistically. RESULTS PTEN protein was found to be under-expressed more frequently in thyroid cancers (29%) than in benign thyroid tumors (4.2%). The reduction in PTEN expression in thyroid cancers was not significantly related with the recorded clinical factors such as size, age, lymph node metastasis and p53, except for HER-2 which was found to be significantly related (p=0.001). HER-2 over- expression was noted in thyroid cancer (83.8%) more frequently than in benign tumors (16.7%). CONCLUSION This study has demonstrated that the under-expression of PTEN protein and the over-expression of HER-2 protein may play a role in the carcinogenesis and development of thyroid cancer.
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A total of 492 cattle sera was screened by IgG-ELISA against Neospora caninum (Nc-1 strain and a Korean isolate, KBA-2) and Toxoplasma gondii. Out of 492, 113 sera (23.0%) reacted positively to either Nc-1 or KBA-2 strains of N. caninum. Among the 113 positive sera, 92 sera (81.4%) reacted with antigens of both strains, but 6 sera (5.3%) with Nc-1 and 15 sera (13.3%) with KBA-2 strain only. And with T. gondii antigen, 6 sera (1.2%) were positive but all reacted with N. caninum antigen also. Western blot revealed typical binding pattern according to ELISA values, such that high OD group reacted specifically to the major surface proteins including 43 kDa protein. Seroprevalence of 23.0% indicates that neosporosis seemed to be one of major causes of abortion in cattle. It is suggested here to establish more epidemiological researches nationwide systematically.
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- J S Bae
- Department of Pathology, College of Verterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Suwon City 441-744, Korea
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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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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Suwon, 441-744, Korea
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Polyurethanes (PU) were synthesized from 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and polytetramethylene glycol, and subsequently with ethylene diamine as a chain extender. The PU film was exposed to oxygen plasma glow discharge to produce peroxides on the surfaces. These peroxides were then used as catalysts for the copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) and methyl acrylate (MA) in order to prepare carboxyl group-introduced PU (PU-C). Heparin-immobilized PU was prepared using the coupling reaction of PU-C with polyethylene oxide (PEO) followed by the reaction of grafted PEO with heparin. The surface-modified PUs were then characterized by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), and a contact angle goniometer. The concentration of carboxylic acid groups on the PU surfaces could be controlled within the range of 0.47-1.68 micromol cm(-2) by the copolymerization of AA and MA. The amounts of heparin coupled to terminus amino groups on PU-6 and PU-33 were 1.30 and 1.16 microg cm(-2), respectively. The water contact angle of the PU was decreased by AA grafting, and further decreased by PEO grafting and heparin immobilization, showing an increased hydrophilicity of the modified PUs. A 3% loss from the originally bound heparin appeared within several hours and thereafter almost no heparin was released when heparin-immobilized PUs were immersed in a physiological solution for 100 h, indicating the covalent immobilization of heparin on the surfaces.
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- J S Bae
- Department of Fashion Design, Taegu University, Kyungpook, South Korea
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Hudson TJ, Stein LD, Gerety SS, Ma J, Castle AB, Silva J, Slonim DK, Baptista R, Kruglyak L, Xu SH, Hu X, Colbert AM, Rosenberg C, Reeve-Daly MP, Rozen S, Hui L, Wu X, Vestergaard C, Wilson KM, Bae JS, Maitra S, Ganiatsas S, Evans CA, DeAngelis MM, Ingalls KA, Nahf RW, Horton LT, Anderson MO, Collymore AJ, Ye W, Kouyoumjian V, Zemsteva IS, Tam J, Devine R, Courtney DF, Renaud MT, Nguyen H, O'Connor TJ, Fizames C, Fauré S, Gyapay G, Dib C, Morissette J, Orlin JB, Birren BW, Goodman N, Weissenbach J, Hawkins TL, Foote S, Page DC, Lander ES. An STS-based map of the human genome. Science 1995; 270:1945-54. [PMID: 8533086 DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5244.1945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 565] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A physical map has been constructed of the human genome containing 15,086 sequence-tagged sites (STSs), with an average spacing of 199 kilobases. The project involved assembly of a radiation hybrid map of the human genome containing 6193 loci and incorporated a genetic linkage map of the human genome containing 5264 loci. This information was combined with the results of STS-content screening of 10,850 loci against a yeast artificial chromosome library to produce an integrated map, anchored by the radiation hybrid and genetic maps. The map provides radiation hybrid coverage of 99 percent and physical coverage of 94 percent of the human genome. The map also represents an early step in an international project to generate a transcript map of the human genome, with more than 3235 expressed sequences localized. The STSs in the map provide a scaffold for initiating large-scale sequencing of the human genome.
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- T J Hudson
- Whitehead-MIT Center for Genome Research, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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Hudson TJ, Colbert AM, Reeve MP, Bae JS, Lee MK, Nussbaum RL, Budarf ML, Emanuel BS, Foote S. Isolation and regional mapping of 110 chromosome 22 STSs. Genomics 1994; 24:588-92. [PMID: 7713513 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1994.1671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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As part of a larger effort to create a complete physical map of the human genome, we have developed 110 new STSs specific for human chromosome 22. Clones isolated and sequenced from chromosome 22-enriched libraries provided a source of primers. These STSs were localized to regions of chromosome 22 using a panel of somatic cell hybrids. In building a refined physical map of chromosome 22, this set of STSs should provide a substantial backbone.
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- T J Hudson
- Center for Genome Research, Whitehead Institute for Biological Sciences/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Brandl R, Jauch KW, Bae JS. [Early and late results of subclavian transposition]. Chirurg 1990; 61:171-7. [PMID: 2344794] [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: 12/31/2022]
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The subclavian-carotid transposition presents nowadays an elegant procedure for the treatment of the steal syndrome in subclavian stenosis. In 85 patients we were able to establish normal blood pressure without operative mortality. Follow-up examination after a mean time interval of 48 months revealed no reocclusion and 81% had complete relief of symptoms, whereas 18% were improved. The low operative morbidity, combined with the favorable late results demonstrate, that transposition is the method of choice for the treatment of subclavian steal syndrome. The operative procedure and the potential difficulties are described extensively, based on our experiences.
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- R Brandl
- Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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