Comparison of Melanoma Subtypes among Korean Patients by Morphologic Features and Ultraviolet Exposure

( Hong Sun Jang ),( Jee Hung Kim ),( Kyu Hyun Park ),( Jae Seok Lee ),( Jung Min Bae ),( Byung Ho Oh ),( Sun Young Rha ),( Mi Ryung Roh ),( Kee Yang Chung ) 대한피부과학회 2014 Annals of Dermatology Vol.26 No.4

Background: Genetic alterations have been identified in melanomas according to different levels of sun exposure. Whereas the conventional morphology-based classification provides a clue for tumor growth and prognosis, the new classification by genetic alterations offers a basis for targeted therapy. Objective: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the biological behavior of melanoma subtypes and compare the two classifications in the Korean population. Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on patients found to have malignant melanoma in Severance Hospital from 2005 to 2012. Age, sex, location of the tumor, histologic subtype, tumor depth, ulceration, lymph node invasion, visceral organ metastasis, and overall survival were evaluated. Results: Of the 206 cases, the most common type was acral melanoma (n=94, 45.6%), followed by nonchronic sun damage-induced melanoma (n=43, 20.9%), and mucosal melanoma (n=40, 19.4%). Twenty-one patients (10.2%) had the chronic sun-damaged type, whereas eight patients (3.9%) had tumors of unknown primary origin. Lentigo maligna melanoma was newly classified as the chronic sun-damaged type, and acral lentiginous melanoma as the acral type. More than half of the superficial spreading melanomas were newly grouped as nonchronic sun-damaged melanomas, whereas nodular melanoma was rather evenly distributed. Conclusion: The distribution of melanomas was largely similar in both the morphology-based and sun exposure-based classifications, and in both classifications, mucosal melanoma had the worst 5-year survival owing to its tumor thickness and advanced stage at the time of diagnosis. (Ann Dermatol 26(4) 485~490, 2014)

Overexpression of Zoysia ZjCIGR1 gene confers cold stress resistance to zoysiagrass

Yang‑Ji Kim,Dae‑Hwa Yang,Mi‑Young Park,Hyeon‑Jin Sun,Pill‑Soon Song,Hong‑Gyu Kang,Seok‑Cheol Suh,Yong‑Eok Lee,이효연 한국식물생명공학회 2020 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.14 No.1

Zoysia japonica Steud. is a warm-season lawn grass popular in Korea and elsewhere. They are cultivated in many places such as river banks, roadside, and play grounds. However, there still is a disadvantage of frequent mowing, and the grass grows poorly under the chilly conditions. To develop a grass variety that circumvents these drawbacks, we cloned the chitininducible gibberellins-responsive1 gene (CIGR1) from zoysiagrass. The full length of the ZjCIGR1 (Zj; Zoysia japonica Steud.) gene was obtained by 5′/3′ RACE PCR and the phylogenetic tree showed that it belonged to the CIGR1-subgroup in the PAT1-group of GRAS protein family. Expression of the ZjCIGR1 in wild-type plants was confirmed in roots, meristems, leaves, and flowers, especially high in the flowers. The transgenic zoysiagrass was confirmed by PCR using gene-specific primers, phosphinothricin-acetyl-transferase (PAT) strip test, and Southern blot analysis. ZjCIGR1-overexpressing plants acquired tolerance to cold stress displaying morphological phenotypes characteristic of stress resistance. In addition, in the transformants, expression of the ZjCIGR1 as well as cold-regulated (COR) gene was increased compared to the wild-type plants under cold stress condition. These results suggest that ZjCIGR1 gene is an important candidate for regulating cold stress resistance.

악성흑색점흑색종 19예에 대한 임상 및 병리 조직학적 연구

홍원진 ( Won Jin Hong ),장홍선 ( Hong Sun Jang ),이상희 ( Sang Hee Lee ),이상은 ( Sang Eun Lee ),정기양 ( Kee Yang Chung ),노미령 ( Mi Ryung Roh ) 대한피부과학회 2016 大韓皮膚科學會誌 Vol.54 No.10

Background: Lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) is a subtype of melanoma that typically develops on sun-damaged skin. LMM is estimated to comprise 4∼15% of melanomas, but the prevalence is known to be relatively lower in the Korean population than in the Caucasian population. Objective: To review the clinico-pathologic features and treatment outcomes of Korean patients with LMM. Methods: Nineteen patients diagnosed with LMM during 2003∼2015, in the Yonsei University Health System, were included in this study. The age and sex of the patients, lesion location, thickness (Breslow), stage, treatment methods, BRAF, NRAS, and KIT mutation status, and survival rates were analyzed. Results: Among the 19 Korean patients, 11 were male and 8 were female. The median age was 59.2 years. The most common site was the cheek (47.4%), followed by the scalp, eyelid, nose, forehead, lip, and neck. At the time of diagnosis, 13 patients were in localized stages (5 patients, stage 0; 3 patients, stage I; and 5 patients, stage II) and 6 patients were in advanced stages (3 patients, stage III; and 3 patients, stage IV). Patients in the localized stages showed better overall survival (OS) than those in the advanced stages (p=0.012). Nine patients were treated with a wide excision, and 6 using Mohs micrographic surgery. Three patients received high-dose interferon-α therapy; 6, chemotherapy; and 4, radiotherapy. Two patients in stage 0 were treated with topical ingenol mebutate. Two patients had BRAF V600E mutation; 1, NRAS G12R mutation; and 1, KIT mutation. Median OS of the patients was 40.8 months. Conclusion: Our analysis provides additional information about clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of LMM in Korean patients. (Korean J Dermatol 2016;54(10):769∼775)

모바일 사전을 위한 효율적인 선인출 기법

홍순정,문양세,김혜숙,김진호,정영준 강원대학교 정보통신연구소 2007 정보통신논문지 Vol.11 No.-

In the mobile Internet environment, we need to perform frequent accesses between a mobile device and a content server for searching or downloading learning materials. In this paper, we propose an efficient prefetching technique to reduce the network cost and to improve the communication efficiency in the mobile dictionary. Contributions of the paper can be summarized as follows. First, we propose an overall framework for the prefetching-based mobile dictionary. Second, we present a method of determining the amount of prefetching data for each of packet-based and flat-rate billing cases. Third, by focusing on the English-Korean mobile dictionary for middle or high school students, we propose a method of determining the words to be prefetched in advance. Fourth, based on these determination methods, we propose an efficient prefetching algorithm. Fifth, through experiments, we show superiority of our prefetching-based method. Experimental results show that, compared with the traditional on-demand method, our prefetching-based method improves the average performance by 9.8%~19.7% for the packet-based billing and by 19.0%~33.2% for the flat-rate billing. These results indicate that our framework can be widely used not only in the mobile dictionary but also in other mobile Internet applications that require the prefetching technique.

이차 전기영동을 이용한 프로테오믹 접근을 통한 정맥 압박이 혈장 프로테옴에 미치는 영향

양광익,박선아,오형근,정두신,박형국,성기범,안무영,홍세용 순천향대학교 2006 Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical Science Vol.12 No.1

The human proteomics-based approaches, which examine the expressed proteins of a tissue or cell type, are increasingly being used. Venous occlusion is commonly employed for stimulating tissue-plasminogen activator (t-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-l) release from venous endothelial cells, and this has been regarded as a parameter of the individual fibrinolytic capacity of plasma. The present work involved a detailed investigation of the plasma proteome and fibrinolytic activity in normal subjects, with the aim of determining whether correlations exist between various parameters of the fibhnolytic system before and after venous occlusion. We analyzed fibhnolytic parameters and plasma proteome before and after 15-min periods of venous occlusion in the forearm in 10 healthy 3rd-decade volunteers. Proteome analysis was performed using two-dimensional gels. The tryptic digests of some proteins were confirmed by MALDI-TOF and the MS-Fit algorithm. The fibrinolytic response as measured by the absolute amount of t-PA after venous occlusion was increased by venous occlusion (5.5 vs 9.6 ng/㎗, p<0.05), as was PAI-l (46.8 vs 56.1 ng/㎗, p<0.05). However, two-dimensional electrophoresis finding was virtually nonspecific and inconsistent after venous occlusion in healthy male subjects. Venous occlusion does not influence plasma proteome in healthy males. Although the fibhnolytic response to venous occlusion is attributed to an increase in free tUPA antigen, this change is not correlated with plasma proteome.

접착용 시멘트의 결합강도에 임시 접착제와 탈감작제가 미치는 영향

신세나,양홍서 전남대학교 치의학연구소 2002 구강과학 Vol.14 No.3

This study investigated the effect of temporary cement and desensitizer on the bond strength of luting cements. Total 96 dentin specimens were divided Into two groups with and without temporary cementation. For temporary cement-treated group. specimens were cemented with Temp-bond® and all specimens were stored in dlstilled water at 37℃ for 7days. Each group was further divided into 3 subgroups with Gluma®, One-step® application and without desensitizer. After desensitizer application, Ni-Cr specimens were luted to dentin surface with Panavia-F® and Vitremer® Specimens were placed in distilled water at 37℃ for 24 hours and shear bond strength between metal and dentin was measured by a universal testing machine The results were as follows : 1. In Panavia-F® cemented groups. the combination of One-step® without temporary cement showed the greatest strength. Among the desensitizer types, One-step® showed the highest bond strength. followed by No-desensitizer, Gluma®. 2. In Vitremerff cemented groups, the combination of no temporary cement and witllout desensitizer showed the greatest bond strength. Among the desensitizer types, No-desensitizer group showed the highest bond strength. 3. The use of Gluma® significantly reduced the shear bond strength in Panavia-F® and Vitremer® groups. 4. All temporary cement-treated groups showed a significant lower shear bond strength than without temporary cement groups. 5. Desensitizer application significantly influenced the bond strellgth of the resin cement and resin modified glass ionomer cement.

유비쿼터스 게임 플랫폼에서 멀티스레딩을 위한 가상기계의 설계 및 구현

최홍석 ( Hong-suck Choi ),이양선 ( Yang-sun Lee ) 한국정보처리학회 2007 한국정보처리학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.14 No.1

본 연구팀은 유비쿼터스 환경에서 다양한 분야의 콘텐츠를 보다 쉽게 개발하고 실행할 수 있는 통합 소프트웨어 개발 솔루션인 유비쿼터스 게임 플랫폼(Ubiquitous Game Platform)을 개발하였다. 유비쿼터스 게임 플랫폼은 가상기계 방식으로써 플랫폼에 독립적어서 유비쿼터스 환경의 기기에 탑재가 수월한 장점을 가진다. 본 논문에서는 유비쿼터스 게임 플랫폼에서 다양한 콘텐츠의 실행과 멀티 스레딩을 지원하는 유비쿼터스 가상기계(u-VM)를 설계하고 구현하였다. MS의 .NET 플랫폼과 SUN의 JVM이 C/C++나 Java 언어 하나만을 지원하는데 반해 본 연구에서 제시한 u-은 다양한 유비쿼터스 기기에 탑재되어 C/C++, Java 언어로 작성된 다양한 모든 종류의 어플리케이션을 실행한다. u-VM은 SEF(Standard Executable Format) 실행 파일을 입력으로 받아 실행하며, SEF 로더와 인터프리터, 내장 라이브러리, 실행 환경으로 구성되어 있다. 실행 환경에서는 메모리를 관리하고 예외를 처리하며 스레드 스케줄러를 통해 멀티스레딩 기능을 제공 한다.

방광질루 치험

황선태,이종찬,양상국,김홍섭,노용수 건국대학교 의과학연구소 1996 건국의과학학술지 Vol.5 No.-

Vesicovaginal fistula is a distressing complication which may follow hysterectomy, prolonged labor, chemical cauterization due to uterine prolapse, radiation therapy and cervix cancer. The management of vesicovaginal fistula still remains controversial in regard to the type of approach and timing of repair but the classic opinion is to wait 3 to 6 months to allow the surgical inflammatory reaction to subside. We experienced 4 cases of vesicovaginal fistula which were as follows; Case 1: 51-year-old The vesicovaginal fistula, about 3.0cm in diameter, after laparascopic hysterectomy 15 days ago was repaired with interposition of a gracilis muscle flap via the transvaginal route. Case 2: 38-year-old The vesicovagianl fistula, about 2.5cm in diameter, after Cesarean section 5 years ago was repaired with interposition of the omental flap via the transabdominal route because she had been accompanied by an overian cyst. Case 3: 46-year-old The vesicovaginal fistula, about 2.5cm in diameter, after manual self abortion at home 30 years ago was repaired with interposition of fibro-fatty tissue in labia via the transvaginal route. Case 4: 43-year-old The vesicovaginal fistula, about 2.0cm in diameter, after prolonged labor 12 years ago was repaired with interposition of the fibro-fatty tissue in labia via the transvaginal route. There noted no complications or recurrence during the minimal 1 year follow-up.

말초성 신경아세포종 : 두개골 발생 증례 보고 Involving Skull

박양화,권익승,류연석,신미경,최문배,홍승관,문명선 대한신경외과학회 1988 Journal of Korean neurosurgical society Vol.17 No.4

The peripheral neuroblastomas are malignant neoplasms that originate from the adrenal gland and sympathetic nervous tissues. They usually occur in childhood. They exhibit such malignant features that they metastasize early to lung, liver, bone, rarely skull and other structures. The patients with peripheral neuroblastoma have short duration of symptom and short survival period. They reveal the characteristic light microscopic features that resemble other small cell carcinomas. The establishment of final diagnosis of peripheral neuroblastoma needs various special stainings for small cell carcinomas, and the electron microscopic findings are the most reliable. The authers recently experienced a case of peripheral neuroblastoma in a 26-year old man which involved right frontoparietal skull vault. The only chief complaint was a local non-tender mass at right frontoparietal scalp. Neither headache nor any neurological deficits was detected. Simple skull X-ary revealed a punched out rediolucency at right frontoparietal bone and brain CT showed a superficial elliptical high density mass that enhanced strongly. The mass was totally removed by wide craniectomy. The tumor invaded and penetrated the dura but the arachnoid membrane. at the tumor bed was not invaded by the tumor. The tumor was confirmed as peripheral neuroblastoma by various special stainings for small cell carcinomas. Following surgical resection of the mass, post-operative radiotherpy was offered(4800 rads for about 5 weeks). The patient aggrevated progressively and showed numerous metastases to such bones as lumbar vertebrae, pelvis and humerus to became paraplegic. 8 months after the operation, the patient died.

측두엽에 발생된 Gliosarcoma

박양화,권익승,홍승관,문명선,신미경 대한신경외과학회 1989 Journal of Korean neurosurgical society Vol.18 No.1

저자들은 근래 좌측 측두엽에 발생된 Gliosarcoma 1예를 수술적 부분적출 및 수술후 방사선 조사로 치료한 후 일시적 증상 호전을 보이다가 수개월 내에 급속한 임상적 악화 및 종양 재증식을 치험하고 희귀한 증례이기에 보고하고저 한다. Gliosarcoma는 악성 뇌교종과 섬유육종이 혼합된 뇌종양으로써, 문헌 고찰 결과 악성 뇌교종 내의 혈관내피세포 과증식이 어떠한 알려지지 않은 기전에 의하여 악성 변화를 일으켜 섬유육종이 발생되는 경우가 대부분으로 사료된다. A case of left temporal gliosarcoma is reported. The patient was a 40-year old man who had headache, behavior change, dysphasia, and mental confusion for about 2 months duration. On brain CT, a large partially cystic mass with homogeneous enhancement was located at left temporal lobe and associated with remarkable pentumoral edema and mass effect. Angiographic tumor vascularity was faintly visualized. Surgical subtotal resection of the tumor and post-operative radiotherapy offered transient symptomatic improvement, being followed within several months by clinical deterioration and regrowth of the tumor on brain CT. Light microscopic studies of the H & E and special stained specimens showed two different components within the tumor in a mixed fashion, i.e. intermingled glioblastoma multiforme and fibrosarcoma. Electron microscopic study of the sarcomatous cells disclosed intracytoplasmic Weibel-Palade-like bodies, a specific marker of endothelial cells. The fibrosarcomatous component of gliosarcoma is believed to be originated from malignant transformation of the hyperplastic endothelial cells within the anaplastic glioma. Literature concerned with gliosarcoma is reviewed.