RNA sequencing reveals that Prx II gene knockout can down-regulate the allograft rejection of dermal mesenchymal stem cells

Han Ying-Hao,Mao Ying-Ying,Yu Nan-Nan,Jin Mei-Hua,Jin Ying-Hua,Wang Ai-Guo,Zhang Yong-Qing,Shen Gui-Nan,Cui Yu-Dong,Yu Li-Yun,Lee Dong-Seok,Jo Yu-Jin,Sun Hu-Nan,Kwon Jeongwoo,권태호 한국응용생명화학회 2020 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.63 No.3

In this study, we used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to analyze and compare bulk cell samples from wild-type (WT) dermal mesenchymal stem cells (DMSCs) (n = 3) and Prx II knockout DMSCs (n = 3). The purpose of the study was to elucidate the role of Prx II on allogeneic immune rejection of transplanted DMSCs. The results revealed differential expression of 472 genes (176 up-regulated and 296 down-regulated; p ≤ 0.05) between the PrxII+/+ (WT) and PrxII−/− sample groups. When highly regulated genes were categorized according to the Gene Ontology (GO) molecular function classification and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis, the PrxII−/− samples showed a robust downward trend in allograft rejection. The study identified 43 all immunologically rejected differentially expressed genes, of which 41 showed lower expression in the PrxII−/− vs. PrxII+/+ (WT) samples. These findings suggest that Prx II gene knockout may down-regulate the allograft rejection that occurs during DMSCs transplantation and improve the survival rate of DMSCs in the host. This study provides a new perspective on the clinical treatment of stem cell transplantation.

Anti-inflammatory effect of hispidin on LPS induced macrophage inflammation through MAPK and JAK1/STAT3 signaling pathways

Han Ying-Hao,Chen Dong-Qin,Jin Mei-Hua,Jin Ying-Hua,Li Jing,Shen Gui-Nan,Li Wei-Long,Gong Yi-Xi,Mao Ying-Ying,Xie Dan-Ping,Lee Dong-Seok,Yu Li-Yun,Kim Sun-Uk,김지수,권태호,Cui Yu-Dong,Sun Hu-Nan 한국응용생명화학회 2020 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.63 No.3

Severe inflammatory reactions caused by macrophage activation can trigger a systemic immune response. In the present study, we observed the anti-inflammatory properties of hispidin on LPS induced RAW264.7 macrophage cells. Our results showed that hispidin treatment significantly reduced the production of cellular NO, IL-6 and reactive oxygen species (ROS) while has not inhibitory effect on TNF-α productions. Excitingly, hispidin treatment retains the phagocytosis ability of macrophages which enabling them to perform the function of removing foreign invaders. Signaling studies showed, hispidin treatment dramatic suppressed the LPS induced mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) and JAK/STAT activations. In conclusion, our findings suggest that hispidin may be a new therapeutic target for clinical treatment of macrophages-mediated inflammatory responses.

Will My Customers Come Back? A Study of Beauty Salons in Taiwan

Yun-Yung Lin,Tzong-Ru (Jiun-Shen) Lee,Hooi Hooi Lean,Hsiang-Ying Lan 한국유통과학회 2018 유통과학연구 Vol.16 No.1

Purpose – The beauty salon industry is a highly competitive market. Every beauty salon shop aims to keep its customers satisfied and hopes that they will revisit several times. Hence, this paper investigates the key factors affecting the repurchase intention of consumers in the beauty salon industry in Taiwan. Research design, data, and methodology – We first use the content analysis of free-response narratives from beauticians to classify the key factors objectively and develop the questionnaire accordingly. We then distribute the questionnaire to 130 beauty salon consumers to complete the questionnaire. Next, the Grey Relation Analysis is employed to identify the key factors that affect the repurchase intention of consumers in the beauty salon industry. Results – From the perspectives of the beauty salon customers, the factors affecting the repurchase intention of consumers are (1) obvious treatment results, (2) the treatment space considers personal privacy, (3) the offer of promotional prices for treatment/product trials, and (4) the product knowledge of the beauticians. From the perspectives of the beauticians, the factors include (1) the treatment space is well-designed and makes the customers feel relaxed, (2) enhancement of the customer relationship, (3) the treatment space considers personal privacy, and (4) the positive service attitude of the beauticians. Conclusions – We analyze all the key factors and offer some suggestions as a conclusion.

Provable Secure Brand-new Multi-auction Mechanism with Dynamic Identity

Lee, Jung-San,Wei, Kuo-Jui,Chen, Ying-Chin,Sun, Yun-Hsiang Korean Society for Internet Information 2016 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.10 No.12

Different from traditional auctions, electronic auctions provide a platform to allow bidders and auctioneers merchandise to each other over network anytime and anywhere. Auctioneers can publish information of goods, and bidders can choose the interested targets through this bidding platform. To ensure the fairness and security of electronic auctions, Li et al. have proposed a practical electronic auction scheme which can confirm the requirement of strong anonymity, bidding privacy, and secret bidding price. However, we have found out that Li et al.'s scheme may lurk the risk of the denial-of-service attack during the bidding phase in a sealed-bid auction. Thus, we propose a brand-new sealed-bid auction mechanism, in which the essentials of e-auction can be firmly preserved. In particular, each bidder only needs to register at the center once and then can join to multiple plays launched by different auctioneers. Moreover, the correctness of mutual authentication is confirmed according to the BAN logic model.

신품종 고추 24종의 phytochemicals 분석 및 생리활성 비교

황영(Ying Huang),소윤지(Yun-Ji So),황정록(Jeong Rok Hwang),유경미(Kyung-Mi Yoo),이기원(Ki-Won Lee),이용직(Yong-Jik Lee),황인경(In Kyeong Hwang) 한국식품과학회 2014 한국식품과학회지 Vol.46 No.4

본 연구에서는 한국산 고추를 교배하여 육성된 신품종 고추 24종류를 이용해 색도, ASTA 색상값을 측정하여 고추의 외적인 붉은색 품질을 분석하고, carotenoid의 함량을 측정하여 고추의 색상 특성을 연구하고자 하였습니다. 또한 phytochemicals 성분인 ascorbic acid, polyphenol, flavonoid 함량, capsaicinoids의 함량을 측정하였으며, 항산화 활성을 연구함으로써 신품종 고추의 특성을 분석하고, 신품종 고추 품질의 우수성을 탐색하고자 하였다. 색도를 측정한 결과는 품종 간 차이가 크지는 않았으며 기존의 국산 고추 품종과 비슷한 값을 나타내었다. ASTA 색상값은 116.69-249.83의 범위, 평균 173.64으로 나타나 선행연구에 비해 높게 측정되었다. 또한 carotenoid 함량이 3.19-6.11 mg/g dried weight의 분포를 보였으며, 평균값이 4.52 mg/g dried weight로 측정되어, Kim(11) 선행연구에서 발표한 함량에 비해 높았다. 고추의 유리당 함량은 품종 간에 차이가 크게 나타났으며, ‘품종 1’이 195.54 mg/g dried weight로 가장 높게 측정되었다. 고추의 ascorbic acid 함량은 8.08-11.53 mg/g dried weight로, 품종별로 다양한 수치를 나타내었다. 고추는 높은 polyphenol 함량과 flavonoid 함량을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 이로 인한 다양한 생리활성 효과를 가질 것으로 기대되었다. 또한 Capsaicin과 dihydrocapsaicin의 함량을 측정한 결과, 상당히 넓은 분포 범위를 보였으며, 한국산업규격을 기준으로 ‘품종 5, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24’은 순한 맛, ‘품종 3, 6, 13’은 덜 매운 맛, ‘품종 1, 7, 12, 19’은 보통 매운 맛, ‘품종 23’은 매운 맛, 나머지 ‘품종 2, 4, 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 22’은 매우 매운 맛으로 분류되었다. DPPH와 ABTS 자유기 소거활성은 모두 농도 증가함에 따라 항산화 활성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며, ‘품종 2, 4, 8, 9’는 다른 품종에 비해 항산화 활성이 높았다. 이번 연구를 통해 신품종 고추 간의 색상, 생리활성 성분 함량 및 항산화능의 차이를 확인하였으며, 선행연구와의 비교를 통해 기존 품종에 비해 대체적으로 품질이 향상된 품종임을 검증하였다. 본 연구는 새로 육종한 신품종 고추의 품질 차이를 분석하고 생리활성성분의 우수성을 확인하는 기초 연구로써, 기능성 식품소재로써의 고추의 이용 가능성을 증진시킬 수 있는 기초 자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. This study aimed to investigate the activities of phytochemical and bioactive components from 24 new varieties of red pepper obtained by crossbreeding different Korean red pepper lines. The ASTA (American Spice Trade Association) color values ranged from 116.69 to 249.83 and the total carotenoid content ranged from 3.19 to 6.11 mg/g dried red pepper. The free sugar content ranged from 43.41 to 199.54 mg/g, and the fructose content was found to be higher than the glucose content. The ascorbic acid, total polyphenol, and flavonoid contents were found to be 8.08-11.53 mg/g, 7.93- 14.26 mg gallic acid/g, and 4.24-10.07 mg quercetin/g dried pepper, respectively. Overall, the total polyphenol contents of the new varieties were found to be higher than the average content of Korean red peppers. The total capsaicinoid content in the new varieties varied widely from 0.42 to 237.87 mg/100 g dried pepper. The pepper-methanol extract antioxidant activities of ‘variety 2, 4, 8, 9’ were higher than others. A high correlation was observed between the antioxidant activities and the polyphenol contents (r=0.804, r=0.701).

Germline Mutations of hMLH1 and hMSH2 Genes in Korean Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer

Yuan Ying,Nakamura,Yusuke,Kim,Jin-Pok,Won,Yong-Jin,Choe,Kuk Jin,Lee,Kee Hyung,Kim,Cheong Yong,Kang,Koo Jeong,Oh,Jae-Hwan,Han,Hye-Jung,Kim,Sung,Park,Jae-Gahb,Ku,Ja-Lok,Kim,Kwang Yun,Oh,Nahm-Gun 가톨릭중앙의료원 가톨릭암센터 1996 암심포지움 Vol.- No.2

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer(HNPCC) is one of the most common autosomal donimamtly inherited diseases, affecting as many as one in every 200-400 individuals in the Western world. HNPCC is responsible for up to 15% of all colorectal cancers (1). It has recently been shown that the mismatch repair genes, hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1, and hPMS2, are mutated in the germline of affected members in HNPCC families(2-6), as well as for some apparently nonhereditary cancer patients(7-9). A combination of linkage and mutational aanalysis has indicated that hMSH2 and hMLH1 are likely to be the prevalent genes responsible for HNPCc, accounting for 80%~90% of HNPCC cases(10-13), while hPMS1 and hPMS2 are thought to account for only a minor fraction of cases. The indentification of the causative mutations in HNPCC families is desirable, since it allows the carrier status of unaffected relatives at risk to be determined.

Src Kinase Phosphorylates RUNX3 at Tyrosine Residues and Localizes the Protein in the Cytoplasm

Goh, Yun-Mi,Cinghu, Senthilkumar,Hong, Eileen Tan Hwee,Lee, You-Soub,Kim, Jang-Hyun,Jang, Ju-Won,Li, Ying-Hui,Chi, Xin-Zi,Lee, Kyeong-Sook,Wee, Heejun,Ito, Yoshiaki,Oh, Byung-Chul,Bae, Suk-Chul American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Bi 2010 The Journal of biological chemistry Vol.285 No.13

<P>RUNX3 is a transcription factor that functions as a tumor suppressor. In some cancers, <I>RUNX3</I> expression is down-regulated, usually due to promoter hypermethylation. Recently, it was found that RUNX3 can also be inactivated by the mislocalization of the protein in the cytoplasm. The molecular mechanisms controlling this mislocalization are poorly understood. In this study, we found that the overexpression of Src results in the tyrosine phosphorylation and cytoplasmic localization of RUNX3. We also found that the tyrosine residues of endogenous RUNX3 are phosphorylated and that the protein is localized in the cytoplasm in Src-activated cancer cell lines. We further showed that the knockdown of <I>Src</I> by small interfering RNA, or the inhibition of Src kinase activity by a chemical inhibitor, causes the re-localization of RUNX3 to the nucleus. Collectively, our results demonstrate that the tyrosine phosphorylation of RUNX3 by activated Src is associated with the cytoplasmic localization of RUNX3 in gastric and breast cancers.</P>

The Pattern of Home Health Care Usage in Taiwan 2002-2006

Chu-Yun Lu,Chun-Ying Chiang,Hui-Chi Lee,I Lee 한국간호과학회 2011 한국간호과학회 학술대회 Vol.2011 No.10

Fast DFT Matrices Transform Based on Generalized Prime Factor Algorithm

Guo, Ying,Mao, Yun,Park, Dong-Sun,Lee, Moon-Ho The Korea Institute of Information and Commucation 2011 Journal of communications and networks Vol.13 No.5

Inspired by fast Jacket transforms, we propose simple factorization and construction algorithms for the M-dimensional discrete Fourier transform (DFT) matrices underlying generalized Chinese remainder theorem (CRT) index mappings. Based on successive coprime-order DFT matrices with respect to the CRT with recursive relations, the proposed algorithms are presented with simplicity and clarity on the basis of the yielded sparse matrices. The results indicate that our algorithms compare favorably with the direct-computation approach.

Vascular-specific activity of the Arabidopsis carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 7 gene promoter.

Liang, Ying Shi,Jeon, Yun-A,Lim, Sun-Hyung,Kim, Jae Kwang,Lee, Jong-Yeol,Kim, Young-Mi,Lee, Yeon-Hee,Ha, Sun-Hwa Springer 2011 Plant cell reports Vol.30 No.6

<P>Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) are involved in the production of diverse apocarotenoids including phytohormones, the visual molecules and the aromatic volatile compounds derived from carotenoids. Here, we examined the spatial expression of four of the CCD genes (AtCcd1, 4, 7 and 8) among the nine members of this family in Arabidopsis by RT-PCR. We found that the AtCcd7 gene showed strong expression in seeds. However, the promoter activity of the 1,867-bp 5'-upstream region of this gene exhibited a vascular specificity at all developmental stages throughout the transgenic Arabidopsis plants tested. The strength of the AtCcd7 promoter was also found to be lower than that of the 35S promoter by about 60%. The whole body expression of the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene driven by the AtCcd7 promoter in Arabidopsis plants was confirmed in different organs by RT-PCR and GUS enzymatic assays. Histochemical GUS staining further revealed that the AtCcd7 promoter has utility in limiting the expression of target genes to the vascular tissues in all plant organs such as the leaf, stem, root, flower and seed.</P>