• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.303-305
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• 2023

In this study, we report the complete genome sequence of Priestia megaterium strain HyangYak-01, which was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Centella asiatica. The genome consists of 5,086,279 bp of sequences with 38.2 percent GC content and 5,111 coding genes. The genome contains several important genes related to plant growth-promoting activities, which were also confirmed with in vitro media assays.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1999년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.55-55
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• 1999

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2015

Purpose: Mitochondrial diseases are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders, which make their exact diagnosis and classification difficult. The purpose of this study was to identify pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in 2 Korean families with myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) and Leigh syndrome, respectively. Materials and Methods: Whole mtDNAs were sequenced by the method of mtDNA-targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS). Results: Two causative mtDNA mutations were identified from the NGS data. An m.8344A>G mutation in the tRNA-Lys gene (MT-TK) was detected in a MERRF patient (family ID: MT132), and an m.9176T>C (p.Leu217Pro) mutation in the mitochondrial ATP6 gene (MT-ATP6) was detected in a Leigh syndrome patient (family ID: MT130). Both mutations, which have been reported several times before in affected individuals, were not found in the control samples. Conclusion: This study suggests that mtDNA-targeted NGS will be helpful for the molecular diagnosis of genetically heterogeneous mitochondrial diseases with complex phenotypes.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2020

Purpose: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) frequently harbor activating gene mutations in either KIT or platelet-derived growth factor receptor A (PDGFRA) and are highly responsive to several selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors. In this study, a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay with an Oncomine Focus Assay (OFA) panel was used for the genetic characterization of molecular targets in 30 Korean patients with GIST. Materials and Methods: Using the OFA that enables rapid and simultaneous detection of hotspots, single nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertion and deletions (Indels), copy number variants (CNVs), and gene fusions across 52 genes relevant to solid tumors, targeted NGS was performed using genomic DNA extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples of 30 GISTs. Results: Forty-three hotspot/other likely pathogenic variants (33 SNVs, 8 Indels, and 2 amplifications) in 16 genes were identified in 26 of the 30 GISTs. KIT variants were most frequent (44%, 19/43), followed by 6 variants in PIK3CA, 3 in PDGFRA, 2 each in JAK1 and EGFR, and 1 each in AKT1, ALK, CCND1, CTNNB1, FGFR3, FGFR4, GNA11, GNAQ, JAK3, MET, and SMO. Based on the mutation types, majority of the variants carried missense mutations (60%, 26/43), followed by 8 frameshifts, 6 nonsense, 1 stop-loss, and 2 amplifications. Conclusions: Our study confirmed the advantage of using targeted NGS with a cancer gene panel to efficiently identify mutations associated with GISTs. These findings may provide a molecular genetic basis for developing new drugs targeting these gene mutations for GIST therapy.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2016

Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (NKTCL), is a malignant disorder of cytotoxic lymphocytes of NK or T cells. It is an aggressive neoplasm with a very poor prognosis. Although extranodal NKTCL reportedly has a strong association with Epstein-Barr virus, the molecular pathogenesis of NKTCL has been unexplored. The recent technological advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have made DNA sequencing cost- and time-effective, with more reliable results. Using the Ion Proton Comprehensive Cancer Panel, we sequenced 409 cancer-related genes to identify somatic mutations in five NKTCL tissue samples. The sequencing analysis detected 25 mutations in 21 genes. Among them, KMT2D, a histone modification-related gene, was the most frequently mutated gene (four of the five cases). This result was consistent with recent NGS studies that have suggested KMT2D as a novel driver gene in NKTCL. Mutations were also found in ARID1A, a chromatin remodeling gene, and TP53, which also recurred in recent NGS studies. We also found mutations in 18 novel candidate genes, with molecular functions that were potentially implicated in cancer development. We suggest that these genes may result in multiple oncogenic events and may be used as potential bio-markers of NKTCL in the future.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.299-310
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• 2020

Chronic liver disease progresses through several stages, fatty liver, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and eventually, it leads to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) over a long period of time. Since a large proportion of patients with HCC are accompanied by cirrhosis, it is considered to be an important factor in the diagnosis of liver cancer. This is because cirrhosis leads to an irreversible harmful effect, but the early stages of chronic liver disease could be reversed to a healthy state. Therefore, the discovery of biomarkers that could identify the early stages of chronic liver disease is important to prevent serious liver damage. Biomarker discovery at liver cancer and cirrhosis has enhanced the development of sequencing technology. Next generation sequencing (NGS) is one of the representative technical innovations in the biological field in the recent decades and it is the most important thing to design for research on what type of sequencing methods are suitable and how to handle the analysis steps for data integration. In this review, we comprehensively summarized NGS techniques for identifying genome, transcriptome, DNA methylome and 3D/4D chromatin structure, and introduced framework of processing data set and integrating multi-omics data for uncovering biomarkers.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.3009-3015
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• 2013

차세대 시퀀싱(NGS)은 암에서 전사체 싱글 뉴클레오티드 변형 발견과 모든 지놈 발견을 가능하게 한다. 어느 한 위치에서 배열된 다수의 짧은 리드 시퀀스로부터 개인의 유전자형을 결정하는 가장 기초적인 방법이다. Byesian 알고리즘은 사후 유전자형 확률을 사용하여 파라미터 추정한다. 또 다른 방법인 EM 알고리즘은 최대 가능성 추정 방법을 사용해서 관측된 데이터에서 파라미터를 추정한다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 유전자형 조사 시스템을 제안하고 시퀀싱 에러 비율과 체세포 돌연 변이 상태 그리고 유전자형 확률의 사후 추정치에 관한 샘플 크기(S = 50, 100, 500)의 영향을 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 작은 샘플 크기 50에서도 Byesian 알고리즘을 사용하여 추정한 파라미터가 EM 알고리즘 보다 더 정확하게 실제 파라미터에 근접하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.386-391
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• 2021

Owing to rapid advancements in NGS (next generation sequencing), genomic alteration is now considered an essential predictive biomarkers that impact the treatment decision in many cases of cancer. Among the various predictive biomarkers, tumor mutation burden (TMB) was identified by NGS and was considered to be useful in predicting a clinical response in cancer cases treated by immunotherapy. In this study, we directly compared the lab-developed-test (LDT) results by target sequencing panel, K-MASTER panel v3.0 and whole-exome sequencing (WES) to evaluate the concordance of TMB. As an initial step, the reference materials (n = 3) with known TMB status were used as an exploratory test. To validate and evaluate TMB, we used one hundred samples that were acquired from surgically resected tissues of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The TMB of each sample was tested by using both LDT and WES methods, which extracted the DNA from samples at the same time. In addition, we evaluated the impact of capture region, which might lead to different values of TMB; the evaluation of capture region was based on the size of NGS and target sequencing panels. In this pilot study, TMB was evaluated by LDT and WES by using duplicated reference samples; the results of TMB showed high concordance rate (R² = 0.887). This was also reflected in clinical samples (n = 100), which showed R² of 0.71. The difference between the coding sequence ratio (3.49%) and the ratio of mutations (4.8%) indicated that the LDT panel identified a relatively higher number of mutations. It was feasible to calculate TMB with LDT panel, which can be useful in clinical practice. Furthermore, a customized approach must be developed for calculating TMB, which differs according to cancer types and specific clinical settings.

• 생태와환경
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.104-125
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• 2023

The predator-prey interaction in freshwater ecosystems is a crucial area in the ecological study field and one of example to find such interaction is to investigate stomach contents. However, traditional method through visual inspection often induce misidentification, as it depends critically on intactness of physically visible data. In this study, we utilized Next-Generations Sequencing (NGS) technology to test the applicability stomach content analysis and overcome such limitation. NGS was applied to analyze the stomach contents of the Hemibarbus labeo, Tachysurus fulvidraco, and Plecoglossus altivelis collected in the lower part of Nakdong River. As a result, T. fulvidraco had a higher number of Animalia operational taxonomic units (OTUs) intake rate than H. labeo. At the same time, P. altivelis had higher number of Plantae OTUs intake rate than T. fulvidraco and higher Protozoa OTUs intake rate than H. labeo respectively. Therefore, NGS technology application enable to overcome traditional method's limitation and discover hidden interspecific interaction which can further be used in appropriate habitat assessment.

• 분석과학
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.189-199
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• 2024

법유전학에서 개인의 신원확인을 위한 STR 프로필 분석이 불가한 경우, DNA를 이용한 외형추정특성을 이용하여 개인에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있다. 최근 눈동자, 머리카락, 피부 색과 같은 외형추정특성을 확인하는 방법들이 연구되고 있지만, 이러한 외형추정특성 정보만 가지고는 한국을 비롯한 동아시아 지역에서 적용하기에는 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 개인의 외형과 관련된 표현형을 수사정보로서 활용하기 위해 눈 모양, 머리카락 굵기, 피부 색 뿐만 아니라 탈모, 체형, 고도근시, 얼굴모양, 여드름, 행동습관과 관련된 SNP를 탐색하였다. 이들 표현형과 관련된 50개의 SNP를 선정하여 한 번에 증폭할 수 있는 targeted amplicon NGS 방식의 multiplex PCR 패널을 개발하였다. 실험 결과 14개 샘플에서 50개 SNP의 대립유전자 유형과 빈도를 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 본 패널을 가지고 더 많은 샘플을 이용하여 유전형과 표현형 간 연관성 확인 및 결과 해석 방법을 분석할 예정이다.