• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.63 no.4
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• pp.463-469
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• 2020

Objective : This study aimed to investigate the changes and significance of microRNA155 levels in serum of patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Methods : Thirty patients with CSVD who met the inclusion criteria were selected and divided into eight patients with lacunar infarction (LI) group and 22 patients with multiple lacunar infarction (MLI) combined with white matter lesions (WML) group according to the results of head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Thirty samples from healthy volunteers without abnormalities after head MRI examination were selected as the control group. The levels of serum microRNA155 in each group were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction, and the correlation between microRNA155 in the serum of patients with CSVD and the increase of imaging lesions was analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis. Results : Compared with the control group, the serum microRNA155 level in the LI group, MLI combined with WML group increased, the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05); serum microRNA155 level was positively correlated with the increase of imaging lesions (p<0.05). Conclusion : The change of serum microRNA155 level in patients with CSVD may be one of its self-protection mechanisms, and the intensity of this self-protection mechanism is positively correlated with the number of CSVD lesions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.341-342
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• 2011

선행연구에서 우리는 암과 관련된 단백질-단백질 상호작용 네트워크와 단백질-질병 네트워크를 통해서 핵심 단백질 60개를 추출했다. 이 단백질들을 조절하여 암을 제어하기 위한 방법으로 miRNA(microRNA)를 이용하기위해 단백질과 상호작용하는 miRNA와 miRNA 서열정보를 추출하였다. 한 단백질과 상호작용하는 miRNA의 수가 많았기 때문에 각각의 miRNA에 대해 우선순위를 주어서 가중치를 부여했는데, 기준으로는 miRNA 서열길이, 수소결합 수 등으로 잡아주었다. 이 방법을 사용함으로써 밝혀지지 않은 단백질과 miRNA의 상호작용 서열을 찾는데 이용가능 할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.286-288
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• 2005

MicroRNA (miRNA)는 작은 크기의 RNA분자로서 동식물의 유전자 발현 과점을 직접적으로 조절하는 인자로 알려져 있다. MiRNA는 보통 목표 유전자의 3'-UTR 영역에 상보성을 갖고 결합함으로써 작용하며 특히 miRNA의 5'부분의 8 nt 정도가 seed로서 중요하다고 알려져 있다. 반면 최근의 연구에 따르면 seed 부분의 서열의 조성 및 양상이 변화함에 따라 특이도가 결정됨을 알 수 있지만 기존의 컴퓨터를 이용한 miRNA 목표 유전자 예측 방법들은 이러한 정보를 활용하지 못한다. 본 논문에서는 열역학적인 수치와 서열의 조성뿐 아니라 miRNA:mRNA pair의 위치에 기반한 정보들을 학습에 자질로서 포함하여 목표 유전자를 예측한다. 그 결과는 위치 기반 자질이 학습 성능 향상에 중요하게 기여함을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.262-264
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• 2005

MicroRNA는 약 22 nucleotide 길이로, 세포질에서 유전자의 전사 후 조절 기능을 맡는 small RNA의 한 종류이다. MiRNA는 긴 전사체인 pri-miRNA에서 Drosha에 의해 절단 되어 핵 밖으로 나가 최종 Dicer에 의해 성숙된다. 하지만, 아직까지 이 효소들이 pri-miRNA를 잘라내는 3차 구조상의 메커니즘을 이해하지 못하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 완숙한 miRNA 이중나선이 약 2 회전을 이루게 된다는 정보를 바탕으로, Drosha가 붙는 miRNA stem구조의 dinucleotide step 파라미터를 유전 알고리즘을 이용하여 추정한다. 추정된 파라미터로부터 실제 miRNA들의 3차구조를 예측할 수 있으며, 3차 구조상의 Drosha의 절단 메커니즘을 이해하는데 도움을 줄 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.06b
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• pp.36-40
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• 2007

miRNA 유전체학의 중요한 이슈로 miRNA가 조절하는 목표 유전자를 예측하는 작업과 miRNA가 목표 유전자를 조절하는 메커니즘이 무엇인지 규명하는 것을 들 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 생물학적 특징들과 다층 퍼셉트론 신경망을 이용하여 miRNA의 목표 유전자를 예측하고 해당 miRNA 조절 메커니즘 타입을 분별해주는 시스템을 제안하고 실제 데이터를 사용하여 그 성능을 평가한다. 실험적으로 검증된 데이터를 사용하여 제안 시스템을 평가해본 결과, 다층 퍼셉트론 신경망을 사용할 경우 84.63%의 정확도로 miRNA의 목표 유전자를 예측할 수 있었고, 87.90%의 정확도로 miRNA가 목표 유전자를 조절하는 메커니즘을 분별할 수 있었다. 학습 데이터가 충분히 많아진다면 제안 시스템의 예측 성능은 더욱 높아질 것으로 예상된다.

• BMB Reports
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• v.47 no.8
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• pp.417-423
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• 2014

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a large family of post-transcriptional regulators, which are 21-24 nt in length and play a role in a wide variety of biological processes in eukaryotes. The past few years have seen rapid progress in our understanding of miRNA biogenesis and the mechanism of action, which commonly entails a combination of target degradation and translational repression. The target degradation mediated by Argonaute-catalyzed endonucleolytic cleavage exerts a significant repressive effect on target mRNA expression, particularly during rapid developmental transitions. This review outlines the current understanding of the mechanistic aspects of this important process and discusses several different experimental approaches to identify miRNA cleavage targets.

• BMB Reports
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.158-159
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• 2017

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression by guiding the Argonaute (Ago)-containing RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) to specific target mRNA molecules. It is well established that miRNAs are stabilized by Ago proteins, but the molecular features that trigger miRNA destabilization from Ago proteins remain largely unknown. To explore the molecular mechanisms of how targets affect the stability of miRNAs in human Ago (hAgo) proteins, we employed an in vitro system that consisted of a minimal hAgo2-RISC in HEK293T cell lysates. Surprisingly, we found that miRNAs are drastically destabilized by binding to seedless, non-canonical targets. We showed that miRNAs are destabilized at their 3' ends during this process, which is largely attributed to the conformational flexibility of the L1-PAZ domain. Based on these results, we propose that non-canonical targets may play an important regulatory role in controlling the stability of miRNAs, instead of being regulated by miRNAs.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.412-417
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• 2014

It has been reported that exogenously introduced micro-RNA (exo-miRNA) competes with endogenously expressed miRNAs (endo-miRNAs) in human cells, resulting in a detectable upregulation of mRNAs with endo-miRNA target sites (TSs). However, the detailed mechanisms of the competition between exo- and endo-miRNAs remain uninvestigated. In this study, using 74 microarrays that monitored the whole-transcriptome response after introducing miRNAs or siRNAs into HeLa cells, we systematically examined the derepression of mRNAs with exo- and/or endo-miRNA TSs. We quantitatively assessed the effect of the number of endo-miRNA TSs on the degree of mRNA derepression. As a result, we observed that the number of endo-miRNA TSs was significantly associated with the degree of derepression, supporting that the derepression resulted from the competition between exo- and endo-miRNAs. However, when we examined whether the site proficiency of exo-miRNA TSs could also influence mRNA derepression, to our surprise, we discovered a strong positive correlation. Our analysis indicates that site proficiencies of both exo- and endo-miRNA TSs are important determinants for the degree of mRNA derepression, implying that the derepression of mRNAs in response to exo-miRNA is more complex than that currently perceived. Our observations may lead to a more complete understanding of the detailed mechanisms of the competition between exo- and endo-miRNAs and to a more accurate prediction of miRNA targets. Our analysis also suggests an interesting hypothesis that long 3'-UTRs may function as molecular buffer against gene expression regulation by individual miRNAs.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.432-438
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• 2009

Here, we demonstrated simple nucleic acid, RNA, concentration method using polymer micro chip containing glass bead ($100\;{\mu}m$). Polymer micro chip was fabricated by PDMS ($1.5\;cm\;{\times}\;1.5\;cm$, $100\;{\mu}m$ in the height) including pillar structure ($160\;{\mu}m\;(I)\;{\times}\;80\;{\mu}m\;(w)\;{\times}\;100\;{\mu}m\;(h)$, gap size $50\;{\mu}m$) for blocking micro bead. RNA could be adsorbed on micro glass bead at low pH by hydrogen bonding whereas RNA was released at high pH by electrostatic force between silica surface and RNA. Amount of glass beads and flow rate were optimized in aspects of adsorption and desorption of RNA. Adsorption and desorption rate was measured with real time PCR. This concentrated RNA was applied to amplification micro chip in which NASBA (Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification) was performed. As a result, E.coli O157 : H7 in the concentration of 10 c.f.u./10 mL was successfully detected by these serial processes (concentration and amplification) with polymer micro chips. It implies this simple concentration method using polymer micro chip can be directly applied to ultra sensitive method to measure viable bacteria and virus in clinical samples as well as environmental samples.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.308-313
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• 2008

In animals, microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) repress expression of protein coding genes by assembling distinct RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs). It has previously been shown that passenger-strand cleavage is the predominant mechanism when siRNA duplexes are loaded into Argonaute2 (Ago2)-containing RISC, while an unwinding bypass mechanism is favored for miRNA duplexes with mismatches. Here I present experimental data indicating that some mammalian miRNAs are assembled into Ago2-containing RISC by cleaving their corresponding miRNA star strands. This phenomenon may depend on the secondary structure near the scissile phosphate of the miRNA duplex. In addition, I show that ATP is not required for star-strand cleavage in this process. Taken together, the data here provide insight into the miRNA-loading mechanisms in mammals.