• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2017

Purpose: Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is characterized by multiple tumors, including vestibular schwannoma (VS) and others affecting cranial and peripheral nerves. NF2 is caused by mutation of the NF2 gene. The mutation spectrum of NF2 has not been characterized in Korean patients. In the current study, the clinical and genetic characteristics of Korean NF2 patients were analyzed. Materials and Methods: Twenty-five unrelated Korean families were enrolled according to the Manchester criteria. Genetic analysis was performed by direct sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification methods using genomic DNA from peripheral lymphocytes or tumor tissues. Results: All patients had bilateral/unilateral VS and/or other cranial and peripheral nerve tumors. Two patients were familial cases and the other 24 patients were sporadic. Germline NF2 mutations were detected in peripheral lymphocytes from both familial cases, but only in 26.1% of the 23 sporadic families. Somatic mutations were also found in tumor tissues from two of the sporadic families. These somatic mutations were not found in peripheral lymphocytes. A total of 10 different mutations including 2 novel mutations were found in 40.0% of studied families. Five mutations (50.0%) were located in exon 6 of NF2, the FERM domain coding region. Conclusion: Family history was an important factor in identifying germline NF2 mutations. Further study is required to investigate whether exon 6 is a mutation hotspot in Korean NF2 patients and its correlation to phenotypic severity.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2004

Gitelman 증후군과 Bartter 증후군은 모두 상염색체 열성으로 유전되는 신 세뇨관 질환으로 낮은 혈중 포타시움 농도, 대사성 알칼리혈증, 염분 소실, 정상 또는 낮은 혈압을 특징으로 한다. Gitelman 증후군은 thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter(NCCT)의 유전자 돌연변이로 발생하며, 저마그네슘혈증과 저칼슘뇨증이 있는 것으로 Bartter 증후군과 구별된다. 환자들은 대개 증상이 없으며, 일정 기간 동안 근 약화, 테타니 등을 보이지만, 대부분의 경우 성인이 되어서 진단된다. 저자들은 11세된 여아에서 간질 발작의 악화로 내원하였다가 우연히 발견된 Gitelman 증후군 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다. Gitelman 증후군의 진단은 대사성 알칼리혈증, 저칼륨혈증, 저마그네슘혈증, 저칼슘뇨증에 의해 근거하였다. 저자들은 또한 환자의 SLC12A3 유전자에서 이종접합체성 $^{642}$Arg(CGC)>Cys(TGC)변이와 동종접합체성 가성엑손을 확인하였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.466-475
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• 2017

Dietary supplements have exhibited myriads of positive health effects on human health conditions and with the advent of new technological advances, including in the fields of proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics, biological and pharmacological activities of dietary supplements are being evaluated for their ameliorative effects in human ailments. Recent interests in understanding and discovering the molecular targets of phytochemical-gene-protein-metabolite dynamics resulted in discovery of a few protein signature candidates that could potentially be used to assess the effects of dietary supplements on human health. Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is a folk medicine, commonly used as dietary supplement in China, Japan, and South Korea, owing to its different beneficial health effects including anti-diabetic implications. However, neither mechanism of action nor molecular biomarkers have been discovered that could either validate or be used to evaluate effects of persimmon on human health. In present study, Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic studies were accomplished to discover proteomic molecular signatures that could be used to understand therapeutic potentials of persimmon leaf extract (PLE) in diabetes amelioration. Saliva, serum, and urine samples were analyzed and we propose that salivary proteins can be used for evaluating treatment effectiveness and in improving patient compliance. The present discovery proteomics study demonstrates that salivary proteomic profile changes were found as a result of PLE treatment in prediabetic subjects that could specifically be used as potential protein signature candidates.

• Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2016

Objective Combination of ${\beta}_1-adrenergic$ receptor (AR) blockade and ${\beta}_2-AR$ activation might be a potential novel therapy for treating heart failure. However, use of ${\beta}-AR$ agonists and/or antagonists in the clinical setting is controversial because of the lack of information on cardiac inotropic or chronotropic regulation by AR signaling. Methods In this study, we performed hemodynamic evaluation by examining force frequency response (FFR), Frank-Starling relationship, and response to a non-selective ${\beta}-AR$ agonist (isoproterenol) in hearts isolated from 6-month-old transgenic (TG) mice overexpressing ${\beta}_1-$ and ${\beta}_2-ARs$ (${\beta}_1-$ and ${\beta}_2-AR$ TG mice, respectively). Results Cardiac physiologic consequences of ${\beta}_1-$ and ${\beta}_2-AR$ overexpression resulted in similar maximal response to isoproterenol and faster temporary decline of positive inotropic response in ${\beta}_2-AR$ TG mice. ${\beta}_1-AR$ TG mice showed a pronounced negative limb of FFR, whereas ${\beta}_2-AR$ TG mice showed high stimulation frequencies with low contractile depression during FFR. In contrast, Frank-Starling relationship was equally enhanced in both ${\beta}_1-$ and ${\beta}_2-AR$ TG mice. Conclusion Hemodynamic evaluation performed in the present showed a difference in ${\beta}_1-$ and ${\beta}_2-AR$ signaling, which may be due to the difference in the desensitization of ${\beta}_1-$ and ${\beta}_2-ARs$.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.353-362
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• 2021

암은 전 세계적인 건강문제이다. 암의 종류는 다양하나 암의 발생과정에서의 유사성은 상당히 높다. 모든 암은 유전자의 발현 변화가 있다는 점에서 공통점을 갖는다. 암 발생과정에서 변화되는 유전자의 발현을 이해하는 것은 암치료제나 암백신 개발에 큰 도움을 줄 것이다. 이번 연구에서는 잘 알려진 암발생 물질인 MNNG를 이용하여 정상 위세포에서 암발생 시 변화되는 유전자 발현을 분석하였다. MNNG 처리에 의해 정상 세포와는 다르게 발현되는 유전자인 DEG들을 찾고 이들을 암세포에서 발현되는 DEG들과 비교하였다. 여기에 더해 DEG의 단백질 결과물들의 기능과 단백질들 간의 결합을 분석하여 단순히 유전자의 발현뿐만 아니라 이들 단백질의 신호전달 과정에서의 연관성도 함께 분석하였다. 이 결과 위암 발생과정에서 관여하는 유전자들과 이들 유전자의 단백질 결과물들의 상호 작용을 밝히게 되었다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.21.1-21.14
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• 2022

The influenza A viruses have high mutation rates and cause a serious health problem worldwide. Therefore, this study focused on genome characterization of the viruses isolated from Thai patients based on the next-generation sequencing technology. The nasal swabs were collected from patients with influenza-like illness in Thailand during 2017-2018. Then, the influenza A viruses were detected by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and isolated by MDCK cells. The viral genomes were amplified and sequenced by Illumina MiSeq platform. Whole genome sequences were used for characterization, phylogenetic construction, mutation analysis and nucleotide diversity of the viruses. The result revealed that 90 samples were positive for the viruses including 44 of A/H1N1 and 46 of A/H3N2. Among these, 43 samples were successfully isolated and then the viral genomes of 25 samples were completely amplified. Finally, 17 whole genomes of the viruses (A/H1N1, n=12 and A/H3N2, n=5) were successfully sequenced with an average of 232,578 mapped reads and 1,720 genome coverage per sample. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the A/H1N1 viruses were distinguishable from the recommended vaccine strains. However, the A/H3N2 viruses from this study were closely related to the recommended vaccine strains. The nonsynonymous mutations were found in all genes of both viruses, especially in hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes. The nucleotide diversity analysis revealed negative selection in the PB1, PA, HA, and NA genes of the A/H1N1 viruses. High-throughput data in this study allow for genetic characterization of circulating influenza viruses which would be crucial for preparation against pandemic and epidemic outbreaks in the future.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2007

목 적 : 제3형 당원병은 상염색체 열성으로 유전되는 드문 글리코겐 대사 질환이다. 글리코겐 debranching 효소는 두 가지 효소의 기능을 가지는데, amylo-1,6-glucosidase와 4-alpha-glucanotransferase가 그것이며, 제3형 당원병에서는 글리코겐 debranching 효소의 결핍으로 글리코겐의 불완전한 분해가 초래되며, 다양한 임상 및 생화학적 양상을 보이는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 3명의 한국인 환자의 임상 및 생화학적 양상을 분석하고, AGL 유전자의 돌연변이 형태를 밝히고자 하였다. 방 법 : 서로 혈연 관계가 없는 3명의 한국인 제3형 당원병 환자를 대상으로, 생화학적, 조직학적, 방사선학적 특징을 포함한 임상 양상을 의무 기록을 통하여 조사하였다. 환자의 말초혈액에서 백혈구를 분리하여 추출한 genomic DNA를 사용하여 직접적 염기 서열 분석법으로 AGL 유전자의 35개 exon 및 exon과 intron의 경계 부분을 조사하여 돌연변이를 조사하였다. 결 과 : 간비대, 경련, 저신장, 고지혈증, 간효소 수치의 증가, creatine kinase 수치의 증가, 경도의 심근증 등 다양한 임상 양상이 관찰되었고, 한 명의 환자는 진행성 간섬유화로 인하여 간이식 수술을 시행 받았다. 생옥수수 전분가루의 복용은 모든 환자에서 정상 혈당을 유지시키고, 생화학적 검사 소견을 개선시키며 정상적인 성장 속도를 보이게 하였다. AGL 유전자 분석 결과 6개의 대립유전자 중 5개에서 돌연변이를 확인할 수 있었으며, 이중에 p.R428K를 제외한 4개의 돌연변이는 이제까지 보고된 적이 없는 새로운 돌연변이(c.1306delA, c.1510-1511insT, c.3416 T>C, c.1735+1 G>T)였다. 결 론 : 제3형 당원병은 임상 증상 및 중등도가 다양한 질환으로, 제1형 당원병의 증상과 유사하여 초기에 감별이 쉽지 않으며, 한국인 환자에서의 AGL 유전자의 돌연변이 양상도 매우 이질적이다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2007

목 적:임상증상으로 정신지체, 발육부진, 소두증 등으로 묘성 증후군(Cri du Chat syndrome, CdCs)으로 의뢰된 20명 환자와 부모를 포함한 분자 및 세포유전학적 결과를 분석하므로, 유전형과 표현형과의 상관관계를 고찰하고자 하였다. 방 법:환자와 부모에 대해 분자세포유전학적(FISH, CGH array)및 세포유전학적 분석을 시행하였고, 이와 함께 임상양상에 대한 비교분석을 시행하였다. 결 과:20명 환자에 대한 5p 결실 양상에 대한 분석 결과 del(5)(p14)이 9명(45%)로 가장 많았으며, del(5)(p13)이 7명(35%), del(5)(p15.1)(15%)이 3명, del(5)(p15.2)이 1명(5%) 순의 결실 양상을 확인하였다. 또한 4명(20%)에서는 5p 결실 외에 다른 염색체(6, 8, 18, 22번)의 결실과 중복이 있음이 확인 되었고, 이중 3명의 환자는 부모 중 한 사람의 균형적 전자에서 기원한 불균형 전자 유형이었다(기원은 부계 2명, 모계 1명). 그리고 5p 결실 부위와 다른 염색체 이상 공존 여부에 따라 매우 다양한 임상적 양상을 나타내었다. 결 론:이와 같이 묘성증후군 환자와 부모를 포함하는 5번 염색체 단완의 결실양상에 대한 분자 세포 유전학 분석에 의한 정확한 결실 부위의 확인과 다른 염색체 이상의 결손과 증폭의 공존 여부를 확인함으로써 유전형과 임상적 표현형과의 상관관계를 이해하는데 유용할 것이라 생각된다. 나아가 묘성 증후군 환자와 가족에 대한 효과적인 유전상담에 도움이 될 것이라 사료된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2017

Objective: This study investigated the prevalence of infections with human papillomavirus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, and Mycoplasma genitalium in the semen of Korean infertile couples and their associations with sperm quality. Methods: Semen specimens were collected from 400 men who underwent a fertility evaluation. Infection with above five pathogens was assessed in each specimen. Sperm quality was compared in the pathogen-infected group and the non-infected group. Results: The infection rates of human papillomavirus, C. trachomatis, U. urealyticum, M. hominis, and M. genitalium in the study subjects were 1.57%, 0.79%, 16.80%, 4.46%, and 1.31%, respectively. The rate of morphological normality in the U. urealyticum-infected group was significantly lower than in those not infected with U. urealyticum. In a subgroup analysis of normozoospermic samples, the semen volume and the total sperm count in the pathogen-infected group were significantly lower than in the non-infected group. Conclusion: Our results suggest that infection with U. urealyticum alone and any of the five sexually transmitted infections are likely to affect sperm morphology and semen volume, respectively.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.11-15
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• 1998

This paper reports 3 cases with 46,XX sex reversed male. Three 46,XX hypogonadal subjects showed complete sex reversal and had normal phallus and azoospermia. We studied them under clinical, cytogenetic and molecular aspects to find out the origin of the sex reversal. Patients had markedly elevated serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and lutenizing hormone (LH) and decreased or normal range of serum testosterone. The testicular volumes were small (3-8ml). Testicular biopsy showed Leydig cell hyperplasia and atrophy of seminiferous tubules. We obtained the results of normal 46,XX, and the presence of Y chromosome mosaicism was ruled out through XY dual fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). By using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we amplified short arm (SRY, PABY, ZFY and DYS14), centromere (DYZ3), and heterochromatin (DYZ1) region of the Y chromosome. PCR amplification of DNA from these patients showed the presence of the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome (SRY) but didn't show the centromere and heterochromatin region sequence. The SRY gene was detected in all the three patients. Amplification patterns of the other regions were different in these patients; one had four amplified loci (PABY+, SRY+, ZFY+, DYS14+), another had two loci (SRY+, ZFY+) and the other had two loci (PABY+, SRY+). We have found that each patient's translocation elements had different breakpoints at upstream and downstream of the SRY gene region. We conclude that the testicular development in 46,XX male patients were due to insertion or translocation of SRY gene into X chromosome or autosomes.