Induction of bone formation by <i>Escherichia coli</i>‐expressed recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein‐2 using block‐type macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate in orthotopic and ectopic rat models

Park, J‐,C.,So, S‐,S.,Jung, I‐,H.,Yun, J‐,H.,Choi, S‐,H.,Cho, K‐,S.,Kim, C‐,S. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011 Journal of periodontal research Vol.46 No.6

<P><I>Park J‐C, So S‐S, Jung I‐H, Yun J‐H, Choi S‐H, Cho K‐S, Kim C‐S. Induction of bone formation by</I> Escherichia coli<I>‐expressed recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein‐2 using block‐type macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate in orthotopic and ectopic rat models. J Periodont Res 2011; 46: 682–690. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S</I></P><P><B>Background and Objective: </B> The potential of the <I>Escherichia coli</I>‐expressed recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein‐2 (ErhBMP‐2) to support new bone formation/maturation using a block‐type of macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate (bMBCP) carrier was evaluated in an orthotopic and ectopic rat model.</P><P><B>Material and Methods: </B> Critical‐size (Φ 8 mm) calvarial defects and subcutaneous pockets in 32 Sprague–Dawley rats received implants of rhBMP‐2 (2.5 μg) in a bMBCP carrier or bMBCP alone (control). Implant sites were evaluated using histological and histometric analysis following 2‐ and 8‐wk healing intervals (eight animals/group/interval).</P><P><B>Results: </B> ErhBMP‐2/bMBCP supported significantly greater bone formation at 2 and 8 wk (10.8% and 25.4%, respectively) than the control at 2 and 8 wk (5.3% and 14.0%, respectively) in calvarial defects (<I>p</I> < 0.01). Bone formation was only observed for the ErhBMP‐2/bMBCP ectopic sites and was significantly greater at 8 wk (7.5%) than at 2 wk (4.5%) (<I>p</I> < 0.01). Appositional and endochondral bone formation was usually associated with a significant increase in fatty marrow at 8 wk. The bMBCP carrier showed no evidence of bioresorption.</P><P><B>Conclusion: </B> ErhBMP‐2/bMBCP induced significant bone formation in both calvarial and ectopic sites. Further study appears to be required to evaluate the relevance of the bMBCP carrier.</P>

Strategic PbS quantum dot-based multilayered photoanodes for high efficiency quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Basit, M.A.,Abbas, M.A.,Jung, E.S.,Park, Y.M.,Bang, J.H.,Park, T.J. Pergamon Press 2016 Electrochimica Acta Vol. No.

In<SUB>2</SUB>S<SUB>3</SUB> is employed as a new passivation layer in PbS quantum dot-based multilayered photoanodes to coalesce the improvement in photocurrent density (J<SUB>SC</SUB>) and open-circuit voltage. Suppression of detrimental interfacial charge carrier recombination in In<SUB>2</SUB>S<SUB>3</SUB>/PbS/TiO<SUB>2</SUB> and In<SUB>2</SUB>S<SUB>3</SUB>/PbS/CdS/TiO<SUB>2</SUB> multilayered photoanodes, attributed to the In<SUB>2</SUB>S<SUB>3</SUB> passivation layer, leads to increased V<SUB>OC</SUB> in both photoanodes. In particular, In<SUB>2</SUB>S<SUB>3</SUB>/PbS/CdS/TiO<SUB>2</SUB> multilayered photoanode exhibited a substantial improvement of ~36% (from 3.2 to 4.3%) in power conversion efficiency, which is attributed to significant increase in J<SUB>SC</SUB> value of ~26mA/cm<SUP>2</SUP> by enhanced PbS loading and co-sensitizing effect of CdS along with substantially suppressed interfacial recombination. In-depth electrochemical impedance spectroscopic analysis revealed that the resistance against back-transfer of electrons to electrolyte can be subtly modulated by incorporating In<SUB>2</SUB>S<SUB>3</SUB> deposition over PbS. Further, this multiple passivation layer turned out to be beneficial for improving photocorrosion of PbS in a polysulfide electrolyte.

Aberrant ventral striatal responses during incentive processing in unmedicated patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Jung, W. H.,Kang, D.‐,H.,Han, J. Y.,Jang, J. H.,Gu, B.‐,M.,Choi, J.‐,S.,Jung, M. H.,Choi, C.‐,H.,Kwon, J. S. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011 Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica Vol.123 No.5

<P>Jung WH, Kang D‐H, Han JY, Jang JH, Gu B‐M, Choi J‐S, Jung MH, Choi C‐H, Kwon JS. Aberrant ventral striatal responses during incentive processing in unmedicated patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder.</P><P><B>Objective: </B> Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by the dysfunction of control and reward mechanisms. However, only few neuroimaging studies of OCD have examined the reward processing. We examined the neural responses during incentive processing in OCD.</P><P><B>Method: </B> Twenty unmedicated patients with OCD and 20 age‐, sex‐, and IQ‐matched healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while performing a modified monetary incentive delay task.</P><P><B>Results: </B> Compared with controls, patients with OCD showed increased ventral striatal activation in the no‐loss minus loss outcome contrast and a significant positive correlation between the ventral striatal activation and compulsion symptom severity. In addition, patients with OCD showed increased activations in the frontostriatal regions in the gain minus no‐gain outcomes contrast. During loss anticipation, patients with OCD showed less activations in the lateral prefrontal and inferior parietal cortices. However, during gain anticipation, patients with OCD and healthy controls did not differ in the ventral striatal activation.</P><P><B>Conclusion: </B> These findings provide neural evidence for altered incentive processing in unmedicated patients with OCD, suggesting an elevated sensitivity to negatively affect stimuli as well as dysfunction of the ventral striatum.</P>

S-1 plus irinotecan and oxaliplatin for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a prospective phase II study and pharmacogenetic analysis

Kim, S Y,S Hong, Y,K Shim, E,Kong, S-Y,Shin, A,Baek, J Y,Jung, K H Nature Publishing Group 2013 The British journal of cancer Vol.109 No.6

<P><B>Background:</B></P><P>S-1 is an oral fluoropyrimidine that mimics infusional 5-fluorouracil. The aim of this phase II trial was to explore the clinical efficacy of the triplet regimen TIROX, which consists of S-1, irinotecan and oxaliplatin.</P><P><B>Methods:</B></P><P>Forty-two chemo-naive patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) were planned to be enrolled and be treated with irinotecan 150 mg m<SUP>−2</SUP> followed by oxaliplatin 85 mg m<SUP>−2</SUP> on day 1 and S-1 80 mg m<SUP>−2</SUP> per day from day 1 to 14 every 3 weeks. Polymorphisms in the <I>UGT1A1</I>, <I>UGT1A6</I>, <I>UGT1A7</I> and <I>CYP2A6</I> genes were analysed.</P><P><B>Results:</B></P><P>Between July 2007 and February 2008, 43 patients were enrolled. An objective response was noted in 29 patients (67.4%, 95% confidence interval: 53.4–81.4), of which 2 achieved durable complete responses. The median progression-free survival was 10.0 months and the median overall survival was 19.2 months. Significant grade 3 or 4 adverse events were neutropenia (45.2%), febrile neutropenia (9.5%), diarrhoea (7.1%) and vomiting (9.5%). Increased gastrointestinal toxicities were associated with the presence of <I>UGT1A6*2</I> or <I>UGT1A7*3</I> and an improved tumour response was noted in those without variant alleles of <I>CYP2A6</I> or <I>UGT1A1*60</I>.</P><P><B>Conclusion:</B></P><P>The combination of S-1, irinotecan and oxaliplatin showed favourable efficacy and tolerability in untreated patients with mCRC.</P>

Mixed Schur-Weyl-Sergeev duality for queer Lie superalgebras

Jung, J.H.,Kang, S.J. Academic Press 2014 Journal of algebra Vol.399 No.-

We introduce a new family of superalgebras B→<SUB>r,s</SUB> for r,s≥0 such that r+s>0, which we call the walled Brauer superalgebras, and prove the mixed Schur-Weyl-Sergeev duality for queer Lie superalgebras. More precisely, let q(n) be the queer Lie superalgebra, V=C<SUP>n|n</SUP> the natural representation of q(n) and W the dual of V. We prove that, if n≥r+s, the superalgebra B→<SUB>r,s</SUB> is isomorphic to the supercentralizer algebra End<SUB>q(n)</SUB>(V<SUP>@?r</SUP>@?W<SUP>@?s</SUP>)<SUP>op</SUP> of the q(n)-action on the mixed tensor space V<SUP>@?r</SUP>@?W<SUP>@?s</SUP>. As an ingredient for the proof of our main result, we construct a new diagrammatic realization D→<SUB>k</SUB> of the Sergeev superalgebra Ser<SUB>k</SUB>. Finally, we give a presentation of B→<SUB>r,s</SUB> in terms of generators and relations.

S–N Fatigue and Fatigue Crack Propagation Behaviors of X80 Steel at Room and Low Temperatures

Jung, D. H.,Kwon, J. K.,Woo, N. S.,Kim, Y. J.,Goto, M.,Kim, S. Springer Science + Business Media 2014 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Physi Vol.45 No.2

<P>In the present study, the S-N fatigue and the fatigue crack propagation (FCP) behaviors of American Petroleum Institute X80 steel were examined in the different locations of the base metal (BM), weld metal (WM), and heat-affected zone (HAZ) at 298 K, 223 K, and 193 K (25 degrees C, 50 degrees C, and 80 degrees C). The resistance to S-N fatigue of X80 BM specimen increased greatly with decreasing temperature from 298 K to 193 K (25 degrees C to -80 degrees C) and showed a strong dependency on the flow strength (1/2(yield strength + tensile strength)). The FCP rates of X80 BM specimen were substantially reduced with decreasing temperature from 298 K to 223 K (25 degrees C to 50 degrees C) over the entire Delta K regime, while further reduction in FCP rates was not significant with temperature from 223 K to 193 K (-50 degrees C to -80 degrees C). The FCP rates of the X80 BM and the WM specimens were comparable with each other, while the HAZ specimen showed slightly better FCP resistance than the BM and the WM specimens over the entire Delta K regime at 298 K (25 degrees C). Despite the varying microstructural characteristics of each weld location, the residual stress appeared to be a controlling factor to determine the FCP behavior. The FCP behaviors of high strength X80 steel were discussed based on the microstructural and the fractographic observations. (C) The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International 2013</P>

Emergence of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive ST8-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (USA300 clone) in Korea causing healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired bacteraemia

Jung, J.,Song, E. H.,Park, S. Y.,Lee, S. R.,Park, S. J.,Sung, H.,Kim, M. N.,Kim, S. H.,Lee, S. O.,Choi, S. H. Springer Science + Business Media 2016 European journal of clinical microbiology & infect Vol.35 No.8

<P>Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-positive sequence type (ST)8-MRSA-SCCmec IVa (USA300) is the epidemic strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in North America. USA300 is extremely rare in South Korea, and PVL-negative ST72 SCCmec type IVc is the predominant CA-MRSA clone. In a multicentre, prospective cohort study of S. aureus bacteraemia, we identified PVL-positive ST8-MRSA isolates by performing multilocus sequence typing and PCR for PVL. We analyzed the clinical characteristics of patients with PVL-positive ST8-MRSA bacteraemia, and performed SCCmec, spa, and agr typing, PCR for arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME), virulence gene profiling, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Among a total of 818 MRSA isolates, we identified ten isolates of PVL-positive ST8-MRSA (USA300) (3 from Hospital D, 4 from Hospital G, and 3 from Hospital A), all of which involved exclusively healthcare-associated (5 isolates) and hospital-acquired bacteraemia (5 isolates). This strain accounted for 8 similar to 10 % of the hospital-acquired MRSA bacteraemia in Hospitals D and G. Bacteraemia of unknown origin was the most common type of infection followed by pneumonia. All the isolates were SCCmec type IVa, spa type t008, and agr group I. Eight of the isolates harboured ACME. In a PFGE analysis, four isolates were identical to the USA300 control strain, five differed by a single band, and the remaining one differed by two bands. All the isolates were pulsed-field type USA300. This is the first report of healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired bacteraemia caused by USA300 in South Korea. USA300 seems to be an emerging hospital clone in this country.</P>

Complete genome sequence of hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus sp. ES1

Jung, J.H.,Kim, Y.T.,Jeon, E.J.,Seo, D.H.,Hensley, S.A.,Holden, J.F.,Lee, J.H.,Park, C.S. Elsevier Science Publishers 2014 Journal of biotechnology Vol.174 No.-

Thermococcus sp. strain ES1 is an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a hydrothermal vent that catabolizes sugars and peptides and produces H<SUB>2</SUB>S from S<SUP>o</SUP>, H<SUB>2</SUB>, acetate and CO<SUB>2</SUB> as its primary metabolites. We present the complete genome sequence of this strain (1,957,742bp) with a focus on its substrate utilization and metabolite production capabilities. The sequence will contribute to the development of heterotrophic archaea for bioenergy production and biogeochemical modeling in hydrothermal environments.

Extract of Cassiae Semen and its major compound inhibit S100b-induced TGF-β1 and fibronectin expression in mouse glomerular mesangial cells

Jung, D.H.,Kim, Y.S.,Kim, N.H.,Lee, J.,Jang, D.S.,Kim, J.S. North-Holland ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2010 european journal of pharmacology Vol.641 No.1

Non-enzymatic glycation reactions between reducing sugar and free reactive amino groups of protein lead to the formation of advanced glycation end products, which increase under conditions of aging or diabetes. A previous study showed that extracts of Cassiae Semen (CS), the seed of Cassia tora, had inhibitory activity on advanced glycation end products formation in vitro. To examine the pharmacological effects of a butanol-soluble extract of CS under conditions of diabetic nephropathy, we evaluated the expression of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and fibronectin, key mediators of diabetic nephropathy, in mouse glomerular mesangial cells cultured in the presence of S100b (a specific ligand for receptor of advanced glycation end products). CS inhibited S100b-induced TGF-β1 and fibronectin expression in mouse mesangial cells by suppressing activation of Smad2/3, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and oxidative stress. Moreover, CS suppressed nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) activation in S100b-stimulated mouse mesangial cells. To identify the active compounds of CS, three major compounds, rubrofusarin-6-O-β-d-gentiobioside (CS-A), toralactone-9-O-β-d-gentiobioside (CS-B), and cassiaside (CS-C), were tested in cells. Of these compounds, CS-A significantly decreased the expression of TGF-β1 and fibronectin and NF-κB DNA binding activity. These findings suggest that CS, especially CS-A, has potential as a preventive agent for advanced glycation end products-related diabetic complications.

Quorum sensing activity of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Serratia glossinae GS2 isolated from the sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) rhizosphere

Jung, B. K.,Khan, A. R.,Hong, S. J.,Park, G. S.,Park, Y. J.,Kim, H. J.,Jeon, H. J.,Khan, M. A.,Waqas, M.,Lee, I. J. UNIV. OF MILAN DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND MICR 2017 ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY Vol.67 No.9

<P>Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) affect plant growth through various mechanisms, such as indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase activity, and biofilm formation. The aim of the study reported here was to isolate and characterize rhizobacteria that produce quorum-sensing signal molecules and other PGPR-related molecules. A biofilm-forming bacterium, GS2, was isolated from the rhizosphere of a sesame plant and subsequently found to produce two quorum-sensing signal molecules that were identified as N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (m/z 200) and N-octanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (m/z 228) by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The strain was also found to produce IAA (17.2 mu g mL(-1)), gibberellins (113.7 mu g mL(-1)), and ACC deaminase (9.7 mu M alpha-ketobutyrate mg(-1) protein h(-1)). The strain was identified as Serratia glossinae based on a comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Inoculation of the strain promoted growth of a gibberellin-deficient rice dwarf mutant (Waito-C). Different growth attributes, including shoot and root elongation, chlorophyll content, and plant weight could be attributed to the PGPR characteristics of strain GS2. These results suggest that S. glossinae strain GS2 can serve as a microbial agent that improves plant growth.</P>