Genetic Variations of the Apolipoprotein B Gene in Korean People and Its Association with Hypercholesterolemia

Sung Han Kim,Un Kyung Kim,Jae Jin Chae,Jeong In Baek,Soo Young Choi,Jae Woong Bae,Sang Hyun Kim,Hyo Soo Kim 한국유전학회 2008 Genes & Genomics Vol.30 No.5

Genetic polymorphisms at the apolipoprotein B have been associated with elevated plasma concentrations of LDL, atherosclerosis and increased risk of coronary artery disease. 106 individuals composed of 46 hypercholesterolemic patients and 60 controls were analyzed with Ins/Del length polymorphism, four RFLPs (HincII, PvuII, AluI, EcoRI) and 3`-VNTR to clarify the characteristics of the apolipoprotein B gene and to determine their influence on the lipid profile of hypercholesterolemic patients and controls in Korea. A total of 212 apolipoprotein B alleles from six markers were identified in this study. Heterozygosityranges from zero to 0.32, and the genotyope frequencies in the case of 3`-VNTR are significantly different between two groups. Analysis of linkage disequilibrium revealed paired nonrandom associations between four pairs of polymorphic sites of the apolipoprotein B gene (p<0.05). Moreover, addition of all 4 polymorphic sites provided the highest PIC value. This study also investigated the association of these polymorphisms with the patients and with variation in lipid levels. A significant association between 3`-VNTR genotypes and Lp(a) was observed in hypercholesterolemic patients (p<0.05). The results suggest that genotypes of six polymorphic markers were not significantly associated with TC, TG or LDL-chol level between the patients and controls in the Koreans.

<i>In vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> evaluation of a novel polymer-free everolimus-eluting stent by nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide film deposition

Park, Dae Sung,Bae, In-Ho,Jeong, Myung Ho,Lim, Kyung Seob,Sim, Doo Sun,Hong, Young Joon,Lee, So-Youn,Jang, Eun Jae,Shim, Jae-Won,Park, Jun-Kyu,Lim, Han Chul,Kim, Han Byul Elsevier 2018 Materials Science and Engineering C Vol.91 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Inflammation and thrombosis are linked to the use of polymer-based drug-eluting stents (DES). The aim of this study was to develop a polymer-free everolimus (EVL)-eluting stent using nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide (N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB>) and verify its efficacy by <I>in vitro</I> and <I>in vivo</I> assessment in a porcine coronary model. Various analytical approaches such as scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy, electron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and contact angle measurement were employed for the characterization. As a part of biocompatibility assessment, platelet adhesion and smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation were examined. Bare metal stent (BMS), N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> stent, everolimus-eluting N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> (N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB>-EVL) stent, and commercialized EVL-eluting stent (EES) were randomly placed in forty coronary arteries in twenty pigs. After four weeks of implantation, the stents were subjected to histological and quantitative analysis. The N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> film used in this study was well coated without any cracks or peeling. Surface hydrophilicity (88.8% of angle decrement) could be associated with the decrease in surface roughness post N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> deposition (37.0%). The platelet adhesion on the N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> surfaces was less than that on the BMS surface. The proliferation of SMC was suppressed in the N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB>-EVL group (30.2%) but not in the BMS group. In the animal study, the percent area restenosis was significantly decreased in the N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB>-EVL group compared to that in the BMS group. The results (BMS; 47.0 ± 11.00%, N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB>-EVL; 31.7 ± 10.50%, and EES; 29.1 ± 11.21%, <I>n</I> = 10, <I>p</I> < 0.05) were almost at par with those of the commercialized EVL-eluting stent. The introduction of N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> deposition during fabrication of polymer-free DES may be an efficient accessorial process for preventing in-stent restenosis and thrombosis.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> surfaces can help to reduce the platelet adhesion. </LI> <LI> In porcine model, N-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> everolimus decreased in-stent restenosis and fibrin deposition. </LI> </UL> </P>

In-Situ X-Ray Fluoroscopic Observation for Motion of Bubbles in Liquid Iron for Correction of Drag Coefficient Used in Numerical Simulation

In-Beom Park,Sang-Joon Kim,Hae-Geon Lee,Youn-Bae Kang 대한금속·재료학회 2016 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.22 No.4

Rising of Ar bubble in C-saturated liquid iron was investigated in-situ by employing a high power X-Ray fluoroscope (maximum power of 450 kV and 4.5 mA) coupled with a high speed camera. This analysis enabled to track the actual motion of rising bubble in the liquid iron. After post-processing of X-Ray images, size, shape, velocity, and trajectory of the bubble were obtained. The bubbles were found to be not spherical, but ellipsoidal. Their average size could be estimated about 1.1×10 -2 m. The bubbles wobbled during rising and arrived at their terminal velocities within 0.1 sec. The obtained terminal velocities revealed that the governing forces acting on the motion of ellipsoidal bubble were inertia and surface force. This was quite different from that of spherical bubble which was widely used in the assumption for the numerical analysis. As a result, widely applied equation for the drag coefficient (CD = 24 (1 + 0.15Re 0.687 ) / Re) is seen to be applicable only for low Re regime, and this was also confirmed by the drag coefficient derived from the present experimental observation. Therefore, it is suggested to use the following equation for the drag coefficient CD = max [24 (1 + 0.15Re 0.687 ) / Re, 8Eo / 3(Eo + 4)]. Numerical simulation for the Ar bubble behavior in the three dimensional (3D) continuous casting mold was conducted in order to evaluate the effect of the drag coefficient for the behavior of spherical and ellipsoidal bubbles. The numerical results showed that the increased CD based on ellipsoidal regime affected the entire fluid in the mold.

The effect of alpha lipoic acid in a porcine in-stent restenosis model

Lim, Sang Yup,Bae, Eun Hui,Jeong, Myung Ho,Kim, Ju Han,Hong, Young Joon,Sim, Doo Sun,Kim, Yong Sook,Park, In Kyu,Ahn, Youngkeun,Song, Sun-Jung,Cho, Dong Lyun,Kim, Kyoung Seok,Kang, Jung Chaee Elsevier 2009 Journal of cardiology Vol.54 No.3

<P><B>Summary</B></P><P><B>Background</B></P><P>The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alpha lipoic acid (α-LA) on a porcine in-stent restenosis (ISR) model.</P><P><B>Methods</B></P><P>In protocol 1, porcine vascular smooth muscle cells (PVSMC) were stimulated by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in the presence or absence of α-LA. MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl] 2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay and western blotting were used to determine the cell growth inhibitory rate and anti-inflammatory effect associated with nuclear factor-κb (NF-κb) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). In protocol 2, 28 days after balloon overdilation injuries, 24 bare metal stents were placed in coronary artery of 12 pigs. The pigs were randomly divided to receive control diet with or without α-LA (100mg/kg). In protocol 3, 8 control stents and 8 α-LA coated stents were randomly implanted in 2 coronary arteries of 8 pigs and follow-up coronary angiogram and histopathologic assessment were performed 4 weeks after stenting.</P><P><B>Results</B></P><P>Protocol 1. The proliferation of PVSMC was inhibited and protein expression of NF-κb and ERK were attenuated by α-LA pretreatment. Protocol 2<I>.</I> On histopathologic analysis, the neointimal area (4.0±1.0mm<SUP>2</SUP> vs. 1.5±0.7mm<SUP>2</SUP>, <I>p</I><0.001) and histopathologic area of stenosis (66.7±10.7% vs. 24.2±9.7%, <I>p</I><0.001) were reduced in the α-LA feeding group compared to controls. Protocol 3. On histopathologic analysis, the neointimal area (3.9±0.8mm<SUP>2</SUP> vs. 1.0±0.4mm<SUP>2</SUP>, <I>p</I><0.001), and the histopathologic area of stenosis (67.1±8.8% vs. 17.4±10.0%, <I>p</I><0.001) were reduced in the α-LA coated stent group compared to the control stent group.</P><P><B>Conclusions</B></P><P>α-LA feeding and α-LA coated stents inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in porcine ISR, possibly through inhibiting the activation of NF-κb pathway and proliferation of PVSMC.</P>

류마티스 관절염 환자의 T세포 수용체 Vβ 유전자 레퍼토리 분석

정성수 ( Sung Soo Jung ),황관표 ( Kwan Pyo Hong ),김동욱 ( Dong Yook Kim ),김태환 ( Tae Hwan Kim ),이인홍 ( In Hong Lee ),전재범 ( Jae Bum Jun ),배상철 ( Sang Cheol Bae ),유대현 ( Dae Hyun Yoo ),김성윤 ( Seong Yoon Kim ),이은영 ( 대한류마티스학회 1996 대한류마티스학회지 Vol.3 No.1

Objectives: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology was eamine synovial fluid and peripheral T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to determine the preferential usage of the T cell receptor(TCR) variable region (V) gene. Methods: Oligonucleotide primers specific for individual TCR Vβ gene families were used to amplify the TCR gene products in a semiquantitative assay of their relative utilization in unselected T cell populations. Results: The result of Vβ utilization was generally heterogenous, similar with previous reports. However, the mean expression of Vβ16 and Vβ18 in RA was more preferentially utilized compared to normal donors. The usage of Vβ in peripheral blood from 3 patients with RA demonstrated restrictions in Vβ16, Vβ20 and Vβ18 genes, respectively. Analyses of synovial fluid resulted in restriction in β12, Vβ20 and Vβ20, respectively. Although there was no significant pattern of skewed Vβ gene mean usage when comparing the synovial fluids with the peripheral blood T cells from RA patients, there were significant biased Vβ genes, Vβ12, Vβl and Vβ20, each 3 patients. As the HLA type is a determining factor in shaping TCR repertoire of peripheral T cells, we compared the Vβ utilization in HLA-DR4 expressing groups that have susceptibility and gene dosage effect in disease progression. It was a little different that comparing the pattern of Vβ usage in peripheral blood and synovial fluid from RA patients between HLA-DR4 positive and negative group. Conclusion: The results were consistent with the conclusion that the increased Vβ family T cells infiltrate synovium and are dependent on each patient and may be involved in inducing and maintaining the synovitis that characterizes RA The different outcome of each patient may be due to the difference in disease duration, genetic background and geographic region. A more important factor may be the stage of disease, because epitope induced immune reaction may change over time. Therefore, selecting patients early in the course of disease may be important and may facilitate the need for more in-depth TCR analysis in the future.

Evaluation of ion implantation for anti-thrombogenic coronary stent in vitro and in vivo

Shim, Jae-Won,Bae, In-Ho,Park, Dae Sung,Lim, Kyung-Seob,Lee, So-Youn,Jang, Eun-Jae,Park, Jun-Kyu,Kim, Ju Han,Jeong, Myung Ho Elsevier 2017 Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry Vol.54 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ion implantation on the surface of anti-thrombogenic coronary stent. Nitrogen (N) was implanted into the cobalt–chromium surface by using an ion source under a plasma environment to enhance its hardness and surface modification. The N ion dosage was 1×10<SUP>15</SUP> ions/cm<SUP>2</SUP>. All analysis results of the ion implanted stent were compared with those of bare metal stent. The N component and distribution were confirmed by auger electron spectroscopy. Microhardness was significantly increased after 40min of implantation (415.3±12.38 HV, 18.9±2.62%). The surface was altered to hydrophobic status through ion implantation (30.6±1.12% in contact angle increment). Platelet adhesion, and smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation were prevented in the ion implanted group (43.9%, 11.2%, and 45.1%, respectively). To verify the in vitro result, stents were implanted to rabbit iliac artery and isolated at 4 weeks post implantation. Then, the stents were subjected to histological analysis. No significant differences in injury score, internal elastic lamina, lumen area, and restenosis rate were found. However, the fibrin score was more significantly decreased in the ion beam-implanted group (2.5±0.15) than in the bare metal stent group (1.8±0.31, <I>n</I> =10, <I>p</I> <I><</I> 0.05). Taken together, ion beam implantation may be an efficient accessorial tool for preventing in-stent restenosis and in-stent thrombosis.</P>

물체 자세 추정기를 이용한 지능형 로봇의 테이블 정리 서비스 개발

최정현(Jung-Hyeon Choi),송성호(Sung-Ho Song),배혜림(Hye-Lim Bae),전현진(Hyun-Jin Chun),신희원(Hee-Won Shin),김인철(In-Cheol Kim) 한국정보기술학회 2022 Proceedings of KIIT Conference Vol.2022 No.6

최근 4차 산업 혁명 및 코로나19로 인해 비대면 서비스 시장의 수요가 증가하고 있으며, 전 세계적으로 로봇을 이용한 다양한 서비스들이 개발되고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 사람 대신 로봇이 테이블 위에 놓인 물체들을 적절한 수거함들로 옮겨 테이블을 정리해주는 지능형 로봇 서비스를 구현함으로 목표로 한다. 효과적인 목표 서비스 개발을 위해, 본 연구에서는 딥러닝 기반의 심층 물체 자세 추정기를 이용해 물체들의 실시간 위치를 파악하고, 시멘틱 웹 기반의 지능형 로봇 체계를 활용하여 작업 환경에서 동적 상황 정보를 추론해낸다. Recently, due to the 4th Industrial Revolution and COVID-19, demand in the non-face-to-face service market has been increasing and there is a trend to develop various useful robot services around the world. In this paper, we aim to develop an intelligent robot service that the robot cleanups a table by picking and placing objects placed on the table into proper bins instead of human users. In order to develop the target service effectively, we use a deep learning-based object pose estimator to find out real-time pose of individual objects, and make use of a robot intelligence framework based on semantic web technology to infer dynamic context from the task environment.

개의 비강 내 이행암종 증례

강화정,강상철,정지열,조숙희,노인순,이주명,정종태,김정훈,안민찬,배종희,김재훈,Kang, Hwa-Jung,Kang, Sang-Chul,Jung, Ji-Youl,Jo, Suk-Hee,Roh, In-Soon,Lee, Joo-Myung,Cheong, Jongtae,Kim, Jung-Hun,An, Min-Chan,Bae, Jong-Hee,Kim, Jae-Hoon 대한수의학회 2008 大韓獸醫學會誌 Vol.48 No.3

A 10-year-old female Yorkshire terrier with the clinical signs of nasal swelling, epistaxis and nasal discharge was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the Cheju National University. Abnormal nasal mass was detected in physical examination and radiographic findings. After surgical excision, the sample of nasal mass was referred to Pathology Department of Veterinary Medicine. Grossly, the mass was soft, friable, and $2.5{\times}4cm$ cm in size. Histopathologically, the mass was composed of mediumsized non-keratinizing columnar to polyhedral cells arranged in anastomosing ribbon and large nest. It has complex in-folding of thick epithelial layers separated by fibrovascular septa. Tumor cells showed characteristic palisading arrangement of columnar cells, and perpendicularly distributed to the basement membrane. The cells had pale basophilic cytoplasm, oval nucleus and one or more nucleoli, and indistinct cellular border. Many tumor cell emboli were presented in lymphatics. Immunohistochemistry revealed that tumor cells were cytokeratin (CK) 19 and CK clone MNF116 positive and but CK7 and CK high molecular weight negative. Based on the gross, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical findings, the mass was diagnosed as transitional carcinoma in nasal cavity. In our best knowledge, this is the first report of transitional carcinoma originated from transitional zone of canine nasal cavity in Korea.

경련성 골반상 증후군의 임상적 연구

박효진(Hyo Jin Park),조재식(Jae Sik Cho),배희동(Hee Dong Bae),정준표(Jun Pyo Chung),이상인(Sang In Lee),박인서(In Suh Park),지훈(Hoon Ji),손승국(Seung Kook Sohn) 대한소화기학회 1994 대한소화기학회지 Vol.26 No.3

N/A The spastic pelvic floor syndrome is a functional disorder due to abnormal contraction in- stead of relaxation of the pelvic floor muscle during straining. This inhibits defecation and gives rise to constipation. We carried out the clinical and psychologic analysis, defecogram, electrophysiologic tests, and treatment in 17 patients with spastic pelvic floor syndrome. The mean age of patients was 48.2+10.1 years. The male to female ratio was 1:7.5. Prirnary com plaints were incomplete evacuation 82.3%, constipation 52.9%, tenesmus 41.2%, straining 41.2 %, and dysuria 29.4%. The patterns of personality using the MMPI showed somatization type in 7 cases and psychophysiologic reaction type in 4 cases. Defecogram revealed paradoxical contraction of puborectalis in 100.0% of cases,incomplete evacuation 76.5%, rectocele 58.8%, incontinence 17.6%, intussusception 5.9%, and excessive pelvic floor descent 5.9%. The ano- rectal angle in patients did not increase during straining and rernained about 90. The mean maximum resting and squeezing anal canal pressures were 94.4 + 48.4mmHg, and 136.4 + 28.8 mmHg. Seven patients(70.0%) were unable to expel a balloon. The pudendal neuropathy re- vealed in 4 patients(40.0%). Seven patients underwent a EMCr-based biofeedback therapy. Four among them(57.1%) had increased bowel frequency and improved the symptom of in- complete evacuation. In conclusion, careful history taking, physical examination and colorectal motility tests perrnit diagnosis of spastic pelvic floor syndrome. This disease is related with incoordination of pelvic floor muscle, so treatment should be aimed at restoration of normal muscle function through biofeedback.(Korean J Gastroenterol 1994; 26: 482 490)

본태성 고혈압에서의 혈중 Atrial Natriuretic Peptide 농도와 Renin - Aldosterone 계의 상관관계에 대한 연구

신현호(Hyun Ho Shin),박원근(Won Kun Park),한인권(In Kwon Han),김은주(Eun Joo Kim),김선우(Sun Woo Kim),송정상(Jung Sang Song),배종하(Jong Hoa Bae),최영길(Young Kil Choi) 대한내과학회 1987 대한내과학회지 Vol.32 No.6

N/A Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) has been shown to posseses a variety of important biologic activities, in- cluding natriuresis, relaxation of vascular smooth muscle, and reduction in aldosterone secretion. This raises the possibility that ANP may play a part in the regulation of volume homeostasis and may be involved in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. We investigated the relationship of ANP and reninaldosterone system in 12 normal subjects and 24 patients with essential hypertension. The results were as follows; 1) Plasma levels of ANP in patients with essential hypertension were significantly higher than in normotensive controls (131.1±21.7pg/ml VS 102.3±17.4 pg/ml). 2) There were no significant difference in plasma renin activity or aldosterone levels between normotensive and hypertensive subjects. 3) The patients with low renin essential hypertension had a tendency of increased ANP concentration, compared with high renin hypertension patients. 4) Plasma levels of ANP were positively and significantly correlated with blood pressure (Systolic r=0.38, p<0.05; diastolic r=0.49, p<0.005). These results suggests that increased secretion of ANP in essential hypertension may be a compensatory response to a diminished capacity for sodium excretion.