• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.260-273
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• 2013

The incidence and distribution of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and related tobamoviruses was determined using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on 1,926 symptomatic horticultural crops and 107 asymptomatic weed samples collected from 78 highly infected fields in the major horticultural crop-producing areas in 17 provinces throughout Iran. The results were confirmed by host range studies and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The overall incidence of infection by these viruses in symptomatic plants was 11.3%. The coat protein (CP) gene sequences of a number of isolates were determined and disclosed to be a high identity (up to 100%) among the Iranian isolates. Phylogenetic analysis of all known TMV CP genes showed three clades on the basis of nucleotide sequences with all Iranian isolates distinctly clustered in clade II. Analysis using the complete CP amino acid sequence showed one clade with two subgroups, IA and IB, with Iranian isolates in both subgroups. The nucleotide diversity within each subgroup was very low, but higher between the two clades. No correlation was found between genetic distance and geographical origin or host species of isolation. Statistical analyses suggested a negative selection and demonstrated the occurrence of gene flow from the isolates in other clades to the Iranian population.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.1-33
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• 2018

Purpose The purpose of this study is to review topic and survey methodological trends in 'The Journal of Information Systems' in order to present the practical guidelines for the future IS research. By attempting to conduct a meta-analysis on both topic and survey methodological trends, this study could provide researchers wishing to pursue this line of work further with what can be done to improve IS disciplines. Design/methodology/approach In this study, we have reviewed 185 papers that were published in 'The Journal of Information Systems' from 2010 to 2018 and classified them based on topics studied and survey methodologies used. The classification guidelines, which was developed by Palvia et al.(2015), has been used to capture the topic trends. We have also employed Struab et al.(2004)s' guidelines for securing rigor of validation issues. By using two guidelines, this study could also present topic and rigor trends in 'The Journal of Information Systems' and compare them to those trends in International Journals. Findings Our findings have identified dominant research topics in 'The Journal of Information Systems'; 1) social media and social computing, 2) IS usage and adoption, 3) mobile computing, 4) electronic commerce/business, 5) security and privacy, 6) supply chain management, 7) innovation, 8) knowledge management, and 9) IS management and planning. This study also could offer researchers who pursue this line of work further practical guidelines on mandatory (convergent and discriminant validity, reliability, and statistical conclusion validity), highly recommended (common method bias testing), and optional validations (measurement invariance testing for subgroup analysis, bootstrapping methods for testing mediating effects).

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권3호
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• pp.226-236
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• 2021

Background: Although the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza fluorescent immunoassay (FIA) is widely used to identify influenza A and B, the diagnostic accuracy of this test remains unclear. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of this test compared to reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Methods: A systematic literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and a hierarchical summary receiver-operating characteristic curve (HSROC) of this test for identifying influenza A and B were determined using meta-analysis. A sensitivity subgroup analysis was performed to identify potential sources of heterogeneity within selected studies. Results: We identified 17 studies involving 8,334 patients. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and DOR of the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza FIA for identifying influenza A were 0.78 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.71-0.83), 0.99 (95% CI, 0.98-0.99), and 251.26 (95% CI, 139.39-452.89), respectively. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and DOR of this test for identifying influenza B were 0.72 (95% CI, 0.60-0.82), 0.98 (95% CI, 0.96-0.99), and 140.20 (95% CI, 55.92-351.54), respectively. The area under the HSROC for this test for identifying influenza A was similar to that for identifying influenza B. Age was considered a probable source of heterogeneity. Conclusion: Pooled sensitivities of the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza FIA for identifying influenza A and B did not quite meet the target level (≥80%). Thus, caution is needed when interpreting data of this study due to substantial betweenstudy heterogeneity.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2009

The myosin light chain kinase (MYLK) gene encodes both smooth muscle and nonmuscle cell isoforms. Recently, polymorphisms in MYLK have been reported to be associated with several diseases. To examine the genetic effects of polymorphisms on the risk of asthma and related phenotypes, we scrutinized MYLK by re-sequencing/genotyping and statistical analysis in Korean population (n = 1,015). Seventeen common polymorphisms located in or near exons, having pairwise $r^2$ values less than 0.25, were genotyped. Our statistical analysis did not replicate the associations with the risk of asthma and log-transformed total IgE levels observed among African descendant populations. However, two SNPs in intron 16 (+89872C> G and +92263T> C), which were in tight LD (|D'| = 0.99), revealed significant association with log-transformed blood eosinophil level even after correction multiple testing ($P=0.002/P^{corr}=0.01$ and $P=0.002/P^{corr}=0.01$, respectively). The log-transformed blood eosinophil levels were higher in individuals bearing the minor alleles for +89872C> G and +92263T> C than in those bearing other allele. In additional subgroup analysis, the genetic effects of both SNPs were much more apparent among asthmatic patients and atopic asthma patients. Among atopic asthma patients, the log-transformed blood eosinophil levels were proportionally increased by gene-dose dependent manner of in both +89872C> G and +92263T> C(P = 0.0002 and P = 0.00007, respectively). These findings suggest that MYLK polymorphisms might be among the genetic factors underlying differential increases of blood eosinophil levels among asthmatic patients. Further biological and/or functional studies are needed to confirm our results.

• 식물병연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2008

산박하(Isodon inflexus)의 Is-CMV, 깽깽이풀(Jeffersonia dubia)의 Jd-CMV 및 파리풀(Phryma leptostachya var. asiatica)의 Pla-CMV 등, 3종의 잡초에서 분리한 Cucumber mosaic virus(CMV)를 공시하여, 기주반응 실험, dsRNA 분석, 혈청학적 성질조사, RT-PCR및 RFLP등의 실험을 통하여 각 바이러스를 동정하고, 특성을 구분하였다. 잡초로부터 분리 한 3종의 CMV는 Nicotiana benthamiana, N. tabacum cv. Xanthi nc, N. glutinosa, Cucubita pepo cv. Black Beauty에는 모두 유사한 모자이크 병징을 발현하였으며, Chenopodium amaranticolr와 Vigna unguiculata cv. Kurotanesanzaku에서는 국부 괴사병반이 발현되었다. 한편 고추(Capsicum anmuum cv. Chungyang)에서는 Jd-CMV와 Pla-CMV는 전형적인 모자이크 증상을 발현하였으나, Is-CMV는 병징이 나타나지 않고 무병징으로 감염되는 특성을 보였다. Is-CMV, Jd-CMV 및 Pla-CMV에 감염된 N. benthamiana로부터 추출한 dsRNA는 모두 약 3.4, 3.2, 2.1 및 1.0kbp의 분자크기를 갖는 4종의 dsRNA 밴드가 검출되었으며, 대조로 이용한 Fny-CMV의 dsRNA 패턴과 같았다. Is-CMV, Jd-CMV 및 Pla-CMV에 감염된 N. benthamiana의 즙액을 항원으로 이용하여 Fny-CMV의 항혈청과 한천겔이중확산법으로 조사한 혈청학적 실험 결과는 모든 항원이 한 종의 뚜렷한 침강선을 형성 하였으며, Fny-CMV의 항원에 의해서 형성된 침강선과 융합함으로서 서브그룹 I에 속하는 계통들로 판단되었다. 또한 Is-CMV, Jd-CMV 및 Pla-CMV에 감염된 N. benthamiana로부터 추출한 RNA를 이용하여 CMV-specific 프라이머를 이용한 외피단백질유전자를 포함하는 RNA3의 3' 영역 에 대한 RT-PCR을 실시한 결과, Fny-CMV와 마찬가지로 약 950bp 크기의 cDNA가 증폭되었다. 증폭된 각각의 cDNA를 EcoRI으로 처리하였을 때에는 절단되지 않았으며, HindIII, MspI, SalI 그리고 XhoI에서는 2개의 절편으로 절단되었다. 이와 같은 결과는 Fny-CMV의 절단패턴과 일치하는 것으로 Is-CMV, Jd-CMV 그리고 Pla-CMV는 서브그룹 IA에 속하는 계통으로 확인되었다. 이들 3종의 잡초로부터 CMV가 분리 동정된 것은 이 논문이 처음이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.788-794
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• 2008

The aim of the present study is to estimate the overall prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Korean women, through literature review and meta-analysis. We searched published data for the period between 1995 and 2007 using the following inclusion criteria; (1) studies using type-specific HPV tests, (2) data from Korean female, (3) with cytologic or pathologic results, (4) having more than 20 cases for each subgroup classified by cytologic results, and (5) HPV detection including types 16, 18, and at least one other type. In total, 18 studies (13,842 cases) published up to April 2007 were identified and selected. Adjusted overall HPV prevalence was 23.9% (95% CI: 23.8-24.1%) in women with normal cytology and 95.8% (95% CI: 95.4-96.2%) in women with cervical cancer. Type 16 was predominant regardless of cervical disease status, and type 58 occupied a significantly larger proportion in high-grade cervical intraepitheliallesions and cervical cancer in Korean women. HPV types 58, 33, and 52 together accounted for about 20% of infections in cervical cancer and high-grade intraepitheliallesions. After introduction of HPV prophylactic vaccines, extended protection, especially against types 58, 33, and 52, will be an important issue for cervical cancer prevention in Korea. The future dominant genotypes will require follow-up epidemiological studies with a large-scale, multicentered, and prospective design.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.259-265
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• 2002

Apple mosaic virus (ApMV), a member of the genus Ilarvirus, was detected and isolated from diseased 'Fuji' apple (Malus domestica) in Korea. The coat protein (CP) genes of two ApMV strains, denoted as ApMV-Kl and ApMV-K2, were amplified by using the reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and were analyzed thereafter. The objectives were to define the molecular variability of genomic information of ApMV found in Korea and to develop virus-derived resistant gene source for making virus-resistant trans-genic apple. RT-PCR amplicons for the APMVS were cloned and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The CPs of ApMV-Kl and ApMV-K2 consisted of 222 and 232 amino acid residues, respectively. The identities of the CPs of the two Korean APMVS were 93.1% and 85.6% at the nucleotide and amino acid sequences, respectively. The CP of ApMV-Kl showed 46.1-100% and 43.2-100% identities to eight different ApMV strains at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively. When ApMV-PV32 strain was not included in the analysis, ApMV strains shared over 83.0% and 78.6% homologies at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively. ApMV strains showed heterogeneity in CP size and sequence variability. Most of the amino acid residue differences were located at the N-termini of the strains of ApMV, whereas, the middle regions and C-termini were remarkably conserved. The APMVS were 17.(1-54.5% identical with three other species of the genus Ilarviyus. ApMV strains can be classified into three subgroups (subgroups I, II, and III) based on the phylogenetic analysis of CP gene in both nucleotide and amino acid levels. Interestingly, all the strains of subgroup I were isolated from apple plants, while the strains of subgroups II and III were originated from peach, hop, or pear, The results suggest that ApMV strains co-evolved with their host plants, which may have resulted in the CP heterogeneity.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2008

연구배경: 만성폐쇄성폐질환의 대부분은 흡연과 연관되어 발생하지만 흡연자의 약 10~20%에서만 만성폐쇄성폐 질환이 발생하는 현상은 질환의 발생에 개체의 유전적인 소인이 관여함을 시사한다. 저자들은 ${\alpha}1-antitrypsin$ 단백질을 암호화하는 SERPINA1 유전자의 다형성에 따른 만성폐쇄성폐질환의 위험도를 조사하였다. 방 법: 경북대학교병원 호흡기내과에서 만성폐쇄성폐질환으로 진단 받은 93명의 환자와 112명의 정상인을 대상으로 하였다. SERPINA1 유전자의 $M1_{val}$, $M1_{Ala}$, M2, S와 Z 대립유전자(allele)는 중합효소연쇄반응과 restriction fragment length polymorphism을 이용하여 조사하였다. 결 과: 환자군과 대조군 모두에서 S 및 Z allele은 없었으며, $M1_{Val}$ allele의 빈도는 환자군에서 유의하게 낮았다(73.6% vs. 82.7%, p=0.03). $M1_{Val}/M1_{Val}$ 유전자형인 경우에 비해 M2 혹은 $M1_{Ala}$ allele을 갖는 유전자형인 경우 만성 폐쇄성폐질환의 대응비는 1.86 (95% CI: 1.02~3.41, p=0.04)으로 유의하게 높았다. M2 allele 갖는 유전자형인 경우 대응비는 1.77 (95% CI: 0.96~3.27, p=0.07)이었으며, 연령에 따라 구분한 경우 64세 미만에서는 M2 allele을 갖는 경우 대응비가 3.09 (95% CI: 1.16~8.21, p=0.02)로 유의하게 높았다. 결 론: SERPINA1 유전자의 유전자형은 만성폐쇄성폐질환의 위험도를 결정하는 인자로 생각되나, 보다 많은 예를 대상으로 한 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2011

국내에 서식하는 수달의 경우 멸종 위기 I 급 종으로 지정되어 국가적인 차원에서 관리하고 있는 보호종이다. 수달의 유전자원 보호 및 체계적인 관리를 위한 기초자료로 활용하기 위해 경남지역에 서식하는 수달의 계통유전학적 유연관계를 mtDNA D-loop 지역의 염기서열분석과 MS marker 분석을 통하여 실시하였다. 그 결과 mtDNA D-loop 지역의 676 bp 부분만 보았을 때 5개의 SNP가 확인되었으며, 6개의 haplotype이 추정되었다. 진주 인근 지역과 거제도 인근 지역에서 수집한 시료는 지역 내 유전적 거리가 지역 간의 유전적 거리보다는 가까운 것을 확인 할 수 있었고, 진주와 거제도 지역 간의 유전적 거리는 확연히 구분이 되었다. MrBays의 Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo 분석법을 이용하여 추정한 phylogeny 분석결과 뚜렷한 2개 그룹(진주와 거제/창녕 그룹)으로 분류 되었다. Parsimonious median-joining network [5] 분석의 결과 또한 2개의 뚜렷한 그룹으로 분류되어 phylogeny 분석결과와 일치하는 결과를 보였다. MS marker를 이용하여 추정한 유전적 거리지수를 활용하여 추정한 consensus tree의 결과 또한 크게 2개의 그룹으로 분류 되며, 첫 번째 그룹에는 거제도지역 시료, 진주인근지역 시료 일부 그리고 창녕 우포늪에서 채취한 시료가 하나의 그룹으로 나뉘어 졌으며, 두 번째 그룹에는 진주인근 지역에서 채취한 시료만이 포함되어 하나의 그룹을 형성하여, mtDNA를 이용하여 분석한 것과 일부 다른 결과를 보였다. 이러한 결과의 차이는 모계를 추정하는 mtDNA와 상염색체 상의 MS marker의 특성에 기인한 것으로 보이나, 경상남도에 서식하는 수달을 크게 진주와 거제지역의 수달로 구분하는 것에는 유사한 결과를 보여 서식지 별 유전적 고정현상이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 하지만 좀 더 정확한 검증을 위해서는 수달의 full mtDNA 분석 및 국내에서 서식하는 수달에 적합한 MS marker발굴을 통한 대립유전자형을 분석하는 추가 연구가 필요하며, 전국 단위의 수달 시료를 확보하여 유전적 유연관계 분석을 실시한다면 한국 내 수달의 보전 및 보호에 도움이 될 것으로 사료되어 진다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.724-728
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• 2002

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism, which consists of presence (insertion, I) or absence (deletion, D) of a 250-bp fragment, is associated with ischemic heart disease, renovascular disease, systemic lupus erythematosus. Subjects with the DD genotype have higher levels of circulating ACE than subjects with the II genotype and show an increased tendency towards vascular wall thickness and contribute to the development of vascular disease. But the association between I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene and cerebrovascular disease is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether the DNA polymorphism of the ACE are associated with cerebrovascular disease in Korean population. The study group comprised 377 Korean patients admitted to Kyunghee Oriental Medical Center in the year of 2000 for the treatment of brain infarction or brain hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) was performed for each patient to determine the stroke phenotype, infarction or hemorrhage. The 183 subjects without evidence of brain infarction or brain hemorrhage were selected from the some ethnical population(control group). Venous blood samples were drawn from each subject for the extraction of DNA. Genotypes of ACE were determined by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the genomic DNA. Case and control genotype frequencies were compared by chi-square testing. Both the patients and the controls were classified respectively into 4 groups: age less than forty years, age forty one to fifty, age fifty one to sixty, age greater than sixty years. There were no significant differences in the distributions of ACE genotypes among the patients with infarction, with hemorrhage and controls (Infarction: D/D 15.8%, I/D 46.7%, I/I 37.5%, Hemorrhage: D/D 15.1%, I/D 46.5%, I/I 38.4%, Control: D/D 18.6%, I/D 50.3%, I/I 31.2%). There was a significant difference in the distribution of ACE genotypes between the age greater than sixty year subgroup of patient with brain hemorrhage and the control (Hemorrhage: D/D 0%, I/D 55.6%, I/I 44.4%, Control: D/D 13.0%, I/D 63.0%, I/I 23.9%; Pearson Chi-Square value 5.956, P<0.05). Furthermore, the frequency of the ACE D/D type declined with increasing age both in the patient and control group (Patient group: age < 50 D/D 21.5%, age > 50 D/D 14.42%; Control group: age < 50 D/D 21.0%, age > 50 D/D 14.2%). In conclusion there is no clear association between ACE polymorphism and cerebrovascular disease in Korean population. Although, there was a tendency for the frequency of the ACE D/D type declined with increasing age in both patients and controls.