• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.1260-1263
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• 2011

최근 차세대 시퀀싱 (Next Generation Sequencing, NGS) 기술이 발전하면서 DNA, RNA 등의 시퀀싱 데이터를 이용한 유전체 분석 방식에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 차세대 시퀀싱 데이터를 이용한 유전체 분석 방식은 마이크로어레이 혹은 EST/cDNA 데이터를 이용한 기존의 분석 방식에 비하여 비용이 적게 들고 정확한 결과를 얻을 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 그러나 이 들 DNA, RNA 시퀀싱 데이터는 각 시퀀스의 길이가 짧고 전체 용량은 매우 커서 이 들 데이터로부터 정확한 분석 결과를 추출하는 데에 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 클라우드 컴퓨팅 기술을 기반으로 하여 대용량의 RNA 시퀀싱 데이터를 고속으로 처리하는 병렬 SNP 추출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 전체 게놈 데이터 중 유전자 영역만을 high coverage로 시퀀싱하여 얻어지는 RNA 시퀀싱 데이터는 유전자 변이 추출을 목적으로 분석되며, SNP(Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)와 같은 유전자 변이는 질병의 원인 규명 및 치료법 개발에 직접 이용된다. 제안된 알고리즘은 동시에 실행되는 다수의 Map/Reduce 함수에 의해서 대규모 RNA 시퀀스를 병렬로 처리하며, 레퍼런스 시퀀스에 매핑된 각 염기의 출현 빈도와 품질점수를 이용하여 SNP를 추출한다. 또한 이 들 SNP 추출 결과에 대한 시각적 분석 도구를 제공하여 SNP 추출 과정 및 근거를 시각적으로 확인/검증할 수 있도록 지원한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.04b
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• pp.253-255
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• 2004

다량의 유전자 발현 정보를 담고 있는 DNA 마이크로어레이 기술의 발달로 인해 대량의 생물정보를 한번의 실험을 통해 분석할 수 있게 되었다. 유전자 발현 데이터를 분석하는 방법 중 하나인 클러스터링은 비슷한 기능을 가진 유전자들을 그룹별로 묶어서 그룹 레의 유전자들의 기능을 밝히거나 미지의 유전자를 분석하는데 이용되고 있다 본 논문에서는 유전자 발현 데이터를 클러스터링 하여 그로부터 유전 정보를 찾아내기 위한 방법으로 GG (Gath-Geva) 알고리즘을 제시한다. 퍼지 클러스터링 알고리즘중 하나인 GG 알고리즘은 대표적인 퍼지 클러스터링 방법인 퍼지 c-means 와 GK (Gustafson-Kessel) 알고리즘을 개선한 것으로. 차원이 크고 분포가 애매하여 클러스터링이 어려운 유전자 발현 데이터의 클러스터링에 적합한 알고리즘이다. 혈청(Serum) 유전자 데이터와 효모(Yeast) 세포주기 데이터를 CG 알고리즘 이용해 클러스터링 해 보고, 그 결과를 퍼지 c-means 알고리즘, GK알고리즘과 비교해 본 결과, GG 알고리즘이 유전자 발현 데이터의 클러스터링에 더 적합함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.1243-1248
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• 2008

As development in technology of bioinformatics recently mates it possible to operate micro-level experiments, we can observe the expression pattern of total genome through on chip and analyze the interactions of thousands of genes at the same time. In this thesis, we used CDNA microarrays of 3840 genes obtained from neuronal differentiation experiment of cortical stem cells on white mouse with cancer. It analyzed and compared performance of each of the experiment result using existing DT, NB, SVM and multi-perceptron neural network classifier combined the similar scale combination method after constructing class classification model by extracting significant gene list with a similar scale combination method proposed in this paper through normalization. Result classifying in Multi-Perceptron neural network classifier for selected 200 genes using combination of PC(Pearson correlation coefficient) and ED(Euclidean distance coefficient) represented the accuracy of 98.84%, which show that it improve classification performance than case to experiment using other classifier.

• Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.59-68
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• 2006

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of Ligustici Rhizoma on the expression of genes in the pain model induced by acetic acid. cDNA microarray (GenePlorer TwinChipTM Mouse 7.4K) was used to evaluate the gene expressions. The expressions of 32 genes were up-regulated in the Ligustici Rhizoma-treated group: they include the genes coding Casp6, Hrh3, Basp1, Sprr2h, Zfp131, Copz2, LOC432436, Itpr5, etc. The expressions of 16 genes were down-regulated in the Ligustici Rhizoma-treated group: they include the genes coding Il16, Zfpm1, Cacna2d1, Xpo7, Smpdl3b, Dscr1, Harp, etc. The conclusion is that the expressions of 32 genes were up-regulated and the expressions of 16 genes were down-regulated in Ligustici Rhizoma-treated group.

• Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.57-69
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• 2005

Objectives : Neurological disorders have been one of main therapeutic targets of acupuncture. The present study investigated the protective effects of Gwakhyangjeonggisan herbal acupuncture solution (GHAS). Methods : We performed 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay in glioblastoma cells, and did microarray analysis with cells exposed to reactive oxigen species (ROS) of hydrogen peroxide by 8.0 k Human cDNA, with cut-off level of 2-fold changes in gene expression. Results : MTT assay showed protective effect of GHAS on the glioblastoma cells exposed to hydrogen peroxide. When glioblastoma cells were exposed to hydrogen peroxide, 24 genes were downregulated. When the cells were pretreated with GHAS before exposure to hydrogen peroxide, 46 genes were downregulated. Many of the genes downregulated by hydrogen peroxide stimulation were decreased in the amount of downregulation or reversed to upregulation. Conclusions : The gene expression changes observed in the present study are supposed to be related to the protective molecular mechanism of GHAS in the glioblastoma cells exposed to ROS stress.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.575-584
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• 2015

Drought stress is a crucial environmental factor determining crop survival and productivity. The goal of this study was to clearly identify a new drought stress-tolerance gene in Brassica rapa. From KBGP-24K microarray data with the B. rapa ssp. pekinensis inbred line 'Chiifu' under drought stress treatment, a gene which was named BrDSR (B. rapa Drought Stress Resistance) was chosen among 738 drought-responsive unigenes. BrDSR function has yet to be determined, but its expression was induced over 6-fold by drought. To characterize BrDSR, the gene was isolated from B. rapa inbred line 'CT001' and found to contain a 438-bp open reading frame encoding a 145 amino acid protein. The full-length cDNA of BrDSR was used to construct an over-expression vector, 'pSL100'. Tobacco transformation was then conducted to analyze whether the BrDSR gene can increase drought tolerance in plants. The BrDSR expression level in T1 transgenic tobacco plants selected via PCR and DNA blot analyses was up to 2.6-fold higher than non-transgenic tobacco. Analysis of phenotype clearly showed that BrDSR-expressing tobacco plants exhibited more tolerance than wild type under 10 d drought stress. Taking all of these findings together, we expect that BrDSR functions effectively in plant growth and survival of drought stress conditions.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.845-852
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• 2014

Among various abiotic stress factors, soil salinity decreases the photosynthetic rate, growth, and yield of plants. Recently, many genes have been reported to enhance salt tolerance. The objective of this study was to characterize the Brassica rapa Salt Stress Resistance (BrSSR) gene, of which the function was unclear, although the full-length sequence was known. To characterize the role of BrSSR, a B. rapa Chinese cabbage inbred line ('CT001') was transformed with pSL94 vector containing the full length BrSSR cDNA. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that the expression of BrSSR in the transgenic line was 2.59-fold higher than that in the wild type. Analysis of phenotypic characteristics showed that plants overexpressing BrSSR were resistant to salinity stress and showed normal growth. Microarray analysis of BrSSR over-expressing plants confirmed that BrSSR was strongly associated with ERD15 (AT2G41430), a gene encoding a protein containing a PAM2 motif (AT4G14270), and GABA-T (AT3G22200), all of which have been associated with salt tolerance, in the co-expression network of genes related to salt stress. The results of this study indicate that BrSSR plays an important role in plant growth and tolerance to salinity.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.38-48
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• 2011

Purpose: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common glomerulopathy causing pediatric renal failure. Since specific treatment targeting the etiology and pathophysiology of primary FSGS is yet elusive, the authors explored the pathophysiology of FSGS by transcriptome analysis of the disease using an animal model. Methods: FGS/kist strain, a mouse model of primary FSGS, and RFM/kist strain, as control and the parent strain of FGS/kist, were used. Kidney tissues were harvested and isolated renal cortex was used to extract mRNA, which was run on AB 1700 mouse microarray chip after reverse transcription to get the transcriptome profile. Results: Sixty two genes were differentially expressed in FGS/kist kidney tissue compared to the control. Those genes were related to cell cycle/cell death, immune reaction, and lipid metabolism/vasculopathy, and the key molecules of their networks were TNF, IL-6/4, IFN${\gamma}$, TP53, and PPAR${\gamma}$. Conclusion: This study confirmed that renal cell death, immune system activation with subsequent fibrosis, and lipid metabolism-related early vasculopathy were involved in the pathophysiology of FSGS. In addition, the relevance of methodology used in this study, namely transcriptome profiling, and Korean animal model of FGS/kist was validated. Further study would reveal novel pathophysiology of FSGS for new therapeutic targets.

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.42-61
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• 2005

Objectives:The ginsenoside Rg1 and Rb1, the major components of ginseng saponin, have neurotrophic and neuroprotective effects including promotion of neuronal survival and proliferation, facilitation of learning and memory, and protection from ischemic injury and apoptosis. In this study, to investigate the molecular basis of the effects of ginsenoside on neuron, we analyzed gene expression profiling of SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells treated with ginsenoside Rg1 or Rb1. Methods:SH-SY5Y cells were cultured and treated in triplicate with ginsenoside Rg1 or Rb1($80{\mu}M$, $40{\mu}M$, $20{\mu}M$). The proliferation rates of SH-SY5Y cells were determined by MTT assay and microscopic examination. We used a high density cDNA microarray chip that contained 8K human genes to analyze the gene expression profiles in SH-SY5Y cells. We analyzed using the Significance Analysis of Microarray(SAM) method for identifying genes on a microarray with statistically significant changes in expression. Results:Treatment of SH-SY5Y cells with $80{\mu}M$ ginsenoside Rg1 or Rb1 for 36h showed maximal proliferation compared with other concentrations or control. The results of the microarray experiment yielded 96 genes were upregulated(${\geq}$3 fold) in Rg1 treated cells and 40 genes were up-regulated(${\geq}$2 fold) in Rb1 treated cells. Treatment with ginsenoside Rg1 for 36h induced the expression of some genes associated with protein biosynthesis, regulation of transcription or translation, cell proliferation and growth, neurogenesis and differentiation, regulation of cell cycle, energy transport and others. Genes associated with neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation such as SCG10 and MLP increased in ginsenoside Rg1 treated cells, but such changes did not occur in Rb1-group. Conclusion:Our data provide novel insights into the gene mechanisms involved in possible role for ginsenoside Rg1 or Rb1 in mediating neuronal proliferation or cell viability, which can elicit distinct patterns of gene expression in neuronal cell line. Ginsenoside Rg1 have more broad and strong effects than ginsenoside Rb1 in gene expression and related cellular physiology. In addition, we suggest that SCG10 gene, which is known to be expressed in neuronal differentiation during development and neuronal regeneration during adulthood, may have a role in enhancement of activity dependent synaptic plasticity or cytoskeletal regulation following treatment of ginsenoside Rg1. Further, ginsenoside Rg1 may have a possible role in regeneration of injured neuron, promotion of memory, and prevention from aging or neuronal degeneration.