• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2004

To investigate the XIST gene expression and its effect in a Klinefelter's patient, we used Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY) patient with azoospermia and also used a normal male (XY) and a normal female (XX) as the control, We were performed cytogenetic analysis, Y chromosomal microdeletion assay (Yq), semi-quantitative RT-PCR, and the Northern blot for Klinefelter's syndrome (KS) patient, a female and a male control, We extracted total RNA from the KS patient, and from the normal cells of the female and male control subjects using the RNA prep kit (Qiagen), cDNA microarray contained 218 human X chromosome-specific genes was fabricated. Each total RNA was reverse transcribed to the first strand cDNA and was labeled with Cy-3 and Cy-5 fluorescein, The microarray was scanned by ScanArray 4000XL system. XIST transcripts were detected from the Klinefelters patient and the female by RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis, but not from the normal male, In the cDNA microarray experiment, we found 24 genes and 14 genes are highly expressed in KS more than the normal male and females, respectively. We concluded that highly expressed genes in KS may be a resulted of the abnormal X inactivation mechanism.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2002년도 제35회 학술심포지움 및 춘계학술대회
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• pp.98-98
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• 2002

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2011

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex multisystem genetic disorder that is caused by the lack of expression of paternally inherited imprinted genes on chromosome 15q11-q13. This syndrome has a characteristic phenotype including severe neonatal hypotonia, early-onset hyperphagia, development of morbid obesity, short stature, hypogonadism, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and psychiatric problems. PWS is an example of a genetic condition caused by genomic imprinting. It can occur via 3 main mechanisms that lead to the absence of expression of paternally inherited genes in the 15q11.2-q13 region: paternal microdeletion, maternal uniparental disomy, and an imprinting defect. Over 99% of PWS cases can be diagnosed using DNA methylation analysis. Early diagnosis of PWS is important for effective long-term management. Growth hormone (GH) treatment improves the growth, physical phenotype, and body composition of patients with PWS. In recent years, GH treatment in infants has been shown to have beneficial effects on the growth and neurological development of patients diagnosed during infancy. There is a clear need for an integrated multidisciplinary approach to facilitate early diagnosis and optimize management to improve quality of life, prevent complications, and prolong life expectancy in patients with PWS.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.701-704
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• 2009

Smith-Magenis 증후군(SMS)은 17번 염색체에서 유전물질을 향유한 곳이 일부 떨어져 나가면서 생기는 질환으로, 신체, 발달 및 행동상의 특징적 이상이 나타나는 질환이다. 출생빈도는 출생아 25,000명 중에 한 명 꼴로 출생하는 것으로 알려져 있으나 최근 분자유전학적 진단 기술의 발달로 이 질환의 환자수가 점차 증가되고 있다. 다양한 임상증상과 더불어 수면장애, 경련에 대한 치료뿐만 아니라 적절한 언어, 행동학적 치료가 필요하다. 저자들은 SMS 환아 2예를 진단하고 치료하고 있는 경험이 있어 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.136-146
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• 1996

Studies on normal human embryos and on malformed human hearts have been two main sources of the information on the developmental cardiology, Recent advances in the biological technology has opened a new era and descriptive embryology is being shifted into dynamic developmental biology. In this review, we discuss the current understanding on the cardiac embryology relevant to clinical practices of pediatric cardiology. Classical cardiac embryology starts with understanding on five segments of a straight heart tube : the sinus venosus, the primitive atria, the embryonic left ventricle, the embryonic right ventricle and the truncus arteriosus. Key steps in the normal morphogenetic process are the complex spiral septation of ventriculoarterial junction and two jumping connections : between the embryonic right atrium and embryonic right ventricle, and between the embryonic left ventricle and the aorta. Only after these two steps are successfully completed, the third fetal stage tak s place, when myocardial growth and remodeling take place There are two outstanding progresses on the cardiac embryology during recent five-year period. One is immunohistochemical mapping of the conduction system in the developing heart and the other is the understanding on the neural crest cell migration followed by molecular detection of the microdeletion of chromosome 22. A balanced progress of classical morphological studies, modern biological technics and advanced clinical medicine is an urgent task for doctors and scientists dealing with children with sick hearts.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2014

Sotos syndrome (SS, OMIM 117550) is characterized by prenatal and postnatal overgrowth with multiple congenital anomalies. However, there have been few cases of growth retardation caused by renal failure from infancy. We report a case of dysplasia of the bilateral kidneys with renal failure and poor postnatal growth. A 2-month-old boy visited the emergency room owing to poor oral intake and abdominal distension. He was born at the gestational age of 38 weeks with a birth weight of 4,180 g. After birth, he had feeding difficulty and abdominal distension. Upon physical examination, his height and weight were in less than the 3rd percentile, while his head circumference was in the 50th percentile on the growth curve. He also showed a broad and protruding forehead and high hairline. Blood laboratory tests showed severe azotemia; emergent hemodialysis was needed. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed bilateral renal dysplasia with multiple cysts and diffuse bladder wall thickening. A posterior urethral valve was suggested based on vesicoureterography and abdominal magnetic resonance findings. Results of a colon study to rule out congenital megacolon did not reveal any specific findings. The conventional karyotype of the patient was 46, XY. Array comparative genomic hybridization study revealed a chromosome 5q35 microdeletion including the NSD1 gene, based on which SS was diagnosed. We describe a case of SS presenting with end stage renal disease due to posterior urethral valve. The typical somatic overgrowth of SS in the postnatal period was not observed due to chronic renal failure that started in the neonatal period.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2018

본 증례는 윌리엄스 증후군 환자의 전신마취 하 치과치료에 대한 보고이다. 윌리엄스 증후군에서 볼 수 있는 특징적인 안모가 관찰되었으며, 전치부 개방교합, 치아 결손, 과도한 치간 공간, 법랑질 저형성 및 법랑질 저광화를 보여 윌리엄스 증후군 환자에서 볼 수 있는 특징적인 구내소견을 보였다. 윌리엄스 증후군 환자는 다양한 의학적인 문제를 동반할 수 있으므로, 치과치료 시 의학적 상태에 대한 고려가 필요하며, 불안 장애 및 과잉행동 등으로 치과치료시 진정법 또는 전신마취가 필요할 수 있다. 진정법 또는 전신마취 시 부작용에 관한 보고들이 존재하며, 따라서 전신마취 전에 특히 심혈관계에 대한 철저한 평가가 필요하고, 생징후에 대한 철저한 감시 및 응급상황에 대한 대비가 필요할 것이다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.64-71
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• 2007

목 적 : 다운증후군과 에드워드증후군의 빠른 진단에 있어 FISH 검사의 임상적 유용성과 한계성을 보고하고자 한다. 방 법 : 유전질환이 의심되는 고위험임신 309예에서 양수 검사를 통해 미배양 양수세포에서 18번과 21번 염색체의 probes를 이용한 FISH 검사를 시행하고 이들의 결과를 염색체 핵형분석 결과와 비교하였다. 결 과 : 평균연령은 34.18세, 평균임신주수는 18주(126.12 일)의 309예에서 FISH 검사는 모두 성공하였다. 각각 1예씩의 다운증후군과 에드워드증후군이 FISH로 신속한 진단이 가능했으며 이들은 염색체 핵형 검사에서 확인하였다. 그러나 18번과 21번 이외의 염색체의 이수성과 구조적 이상은 발견하지 못했는데 모두 12예(3.9%)로 상당부분을 차지했다. 앞으로 산전 선별검사에 있어 FISH검사과정의 자동화 기계화로 더 시간을 단축하고 가격을 낮추는 방안이 계속 개발되어야 할 것이다.