• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2010

To discover genetic markers for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we previously applied genome-wide BAC array comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) to 28 autistic patients and 62 normal controls in Korean population, and identified that chromosomal losses on 8p23.1 and on 17p11.2 are significantly associated with autism. In this study, we developed an 8.5K ASD-specific BAC array covering 27 previously reported ASD-associated CNV loci including ours and examined whether the associations would be replicated in 8 ASD patient cell lines of four different ethnic groups and 10 Korean normal controls. As a result, a CNV-loss on 8p23.1 was found to be significantly more frequent in patients regardless of ethnicity (p<0.0001). This CNV region contains two coding genes, DEFA1 and DEFA3, which are members of DEFENSIN gene family. Two other CNVs on 17p11.2 and Xp22.31 were also distributed differently between ASDs and controls, but not significant (p=0.069 and 0.092, respectively). All the other loci did not show significant association. When these evidences are considered, the association between ASD and CNV of DEFENSIN gene seems worthy of further exploration to elucidate the pathogenesis of ASD. Validation studies with a larger sample size will be required to verify its biological implication.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.168-173
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to report a successful twin pregnancy and delivery in a female patient with X-linked dominant incontinentia pigmenti (IP) who underwent assisted reproductive technology followed by preimplantation genetic screening (PGS). A 29-year-old female with IP had a previous history of recurrent spontaneous abortion. A molecular analysis revealed the patient had a de novo mutation, 1308_1309insCCCCTTG(p.Ala438ProfsTer26), in the inhibitor of the kappa B kinase gamma gene located in the Xq28 region. IVF/ICSI and PGS was performed, in which male embryos were sexed using array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). After IVF/ICSI and PGS using aCGH on seven embryos, two euploid male blastocysts were transferred with a 50% probability of a viable male pregnancy. The dizygotic twin pregnancy was confirmed and the amniocentesis results of each twin were normal with regard to the mutation found in the mother. The patient delivered healthy twin babies during the 37th week of gestation. This case shows the beneficial role of PGS in achieving a successful pregnancy through euploid male embryo gender selection in a woman with X-linked dominant IP with a history of multiple male miscarriages.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.225-229
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• 2012

Background: Males have a higher prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than females in general, but the reasons for the sex disparity are still obscure. DNA copy number alteration (CNA) is a major feature of solid tumors including HCC, but whether CNA plays a role in sex-related differences in HCC development has never been evaluated. Methods: High-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was used to examine 17 female and 46 male HCC patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Shanghai, China. Two-tailed Fisher's exact or ${\chi}^2$ tests was used to compare CNAs between females and males. Results: The overall frequencies and patterns of CNAs in female and male cases were similar. However, female HCC tumors presented more copy number gains compared to those in males on 1q21.3-q22 (76.5% vs. 37.0%, P = 0.009), 11q11 (35.3% vs. 0.0%, P = 0.0002) and 19q13.31-q13.32 (23.5% vs. 0.0%, P = 0.004), and loss on 16p11.2 (35.3% vs. 6.5%, P = 0.009). Relative to females, male cases had greater copy number loss on 11q11 (63.0% vs. 17.6%, P = 0.002). Further analyses showed that 11q11 gain correlated with 19q13.31-q13.32 gain (P = 0.042), 11q11 loss (P = 0.011) and 16p11.2 loss (P = 0.033), while 1q21.3-q22 gain correlated with 19q13.31-q13.32 gain (P = 0.046). Conclusions: These findings suggest that CNAs may play a role in sex-related differences in HBVassociated HCC development.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2008

인간 게놈의 DNA서열의 차이는 개개인의 특이성을 의미하기 때문에 염기서열의 변화는 질병에 대한 감수성, 약물에 대한 반응 등 개인의 성향에 큰 영향을 미치게 된다. 인간 게놈에는 여러 가지 형태의 유전적 변이가 존재하지만 그 중 단일염기다형성이 인간의 유전적, 표현형의 다양성을 설명하는 주된 유전적 변이로 생각되었으나 최근 유전체 전체 분석법의 발전으로 1 kb 이상 크기의 CNV의 발견으로 개체간의 유전적 다양성에 대한 더 많은 이해가 가능하게 되었고, 진화와 유전 질환에 대한 CNV의 역할을 조사하는 연구의 기초를 제공하게 되었다. 현재 인간게놈의 CNV를 찾아내고 특성화 작업을 목표로 하는 The Copy Number Variation Project를 위해 The Wellcome Trust Institute (Hinxton, United Kingdom), Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), University of Tokyo (Tokyo), Affymetrix (Santa Clara, CA), 그리고 Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA) 등이 참여하는 international consortium이 구성되어 보다 심도 있는 연구가 진행되고, 또한 향후 진보된 DNA microarray-based technology와 서열화 기술의 개발로 인간 게놈 상의 모든 유전적 변이를 발견하게 되고 포괄적인 CNV 지도를 완성하고 인간 유전자 다양성 인간의 진화, 유전적 질환 개인 맞춤형 의학에 대한 새로운 이해와 연구가 가능하게 될 것으로 기대된다.