• Toxicological Research
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.315-323
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• 2017

Preconceptual sex selection is still a highly debatable process whereby X- and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa are isolated prior to fertilization of the oocyte. Although various separation techniques are available, none can guarantee 100% accuracy. The aim of this study was to separate X- and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa using methods based on the viability difference between the X- and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa. A total of 18 experimental semen samples were used, written consent was obtained from all donors and results were analysed in a blinded fashion. Spermatozoa were exposed to different pH values (5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, and 9.5), increased temperatures ($37^{\circ}C$, $41^{\circ}C$, and $45^{\circ}C$) and ROS level ($50{\mu}M$, $750{\mu}M$, and $1,000{\mu}M$). The live and dead cell separation was done through a modified swim-up technique. Changes in the sex-chromosome ratio of samples were established by double-label fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) before and after processing. The results indicated successful enrichment of X-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa upon incubation in acidic media, increased temperatures, and elevated $H_2O_2$. This study demonstrated the potential role for exploring the physiological differences between X-and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa in the development of preconceptual gender selection.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1015-1018
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• 2016

Background: Overexpression or amplification of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) is associated with grade of malignancy and a poor prognosis in breast cancer (BC). The aim of this study was to evaluate of value of HER2 as a prognostic marker, and to analyze associations with common histopathological parameters in BC cases. Materials and Methods: Between of 2007 to 2014, 260 patients with BC referred to Oncology Clinic provided cancer tissue samples which underwent immunohistochemistry (IHC) for markers. ER and PR positivity was defined as ${\geq}10%$ positive tumor cells with nuclear staining. HER2-positive was defined as either HER2 gene amplification by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) or scored as 3+ by IHC. For HER2 (2+), FISH was performed to determine HER2 positivity. Results: The mean age at diagnosis for the patients with HER2-negative was significantly higher than in HER2-positive cases. Also, there were significant correlations between histological grade, nuclear grade, lymph node metastasis, tumor size, ER status, PR status, p53 overexpression and Ki-67 index with HER2 expression. HER2-negative lesions were of higher grade and more likely to be ER-negative, PR-negative, p53-positive, lymph node metastasis, with a tumor size<2cm and also $Ki-67{\geq}20%$ as compared to the HER2-positive group. Conclusions: Contrary to the results of other studies, HER2-positive tumors in our study had a lower Ki-67 index and were p53-positive. Also, Ki-67 proliferation index ${\geq}20%$ in more studies was associated with p53-positive.Therefore, tumors which are HER2-positive and have a Ki-$67{\geq}20%$ had a more aggressive behavior compared to HER2-positive and Ki-67<20% lesions.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1518-1522
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• 2006

In the present study, it was observed how the phage-host system that is naturally reproduced in activated sludge is affected by the host inoculation. The system of Microlunatus phosphovorus and its phages was selected as the phage-host system native to an activated sludge system operated for 19 days under sequencing anaerobic-aerobic conditions with glutamate as the main carbon source. The phage-host system related to M. phosphovorus was monitored by plaque assay for the phages and by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for the bacterial host. In addition, the whole phage structure was also monitored by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). During the first 9 days, the phage-host system was more or less steady at approx. 9% (FISH/ DAPI) for M. phosphovorus and approx. 10,000 PFU/ml for its lytic phages. Microlunatus phosphovorus JCM9379 was inoculated into the activated sludge on day 10. Right after the inoculation, M. phosphovorus was approx. 24% (FISH/DAPI) whereas its lytic phages dropped down to approx. 500 PFU/ ml. After the host inoculation (within 9 days), however, the phage-host system eventually reverted to its original level in each population. On the other hand, the whole phage structure was not significantly changed by M. phosphovorus inoculation but stable throughout the process operation. Only the minor change that four phage groups gradually became abundant after the host inoculation was observed.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.772-779
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• 2005

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were enriched by repeating fed-batch cultivations in an AOB-selective medium of activated sludges from a domestic wastewater treatment plant. Enriched culture showed strong capabilities of ammonia oxidation [0.810 mg $NH_4^+$-N/mg mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS)$\cdot$day] as well as $NO_x^-$-N production (0.617 mg $NO_x^-$-N/ mg MLSS$\cdot$day). Degree of enrichment was examined through fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses using an AOB-specific Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probe (NSOl90) and terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analyses. FISH analyses confirmed that the fraction of AOB among 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)-stained cells increased from about less than $0.001\%$ to approximately $42\%$ after enrichment of AOB, and T-RFLP analyses showed that bacterial community became simpler as enrichment was continued. When the enriched culture of AOB was added (150 mg/l as dry suspended solid) to the normal activated sludge (3,000 mg/l as dry suspended solid), nitrification efficiencies were improved from 0.020 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day to 0.041 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day in a synthetic wastewater and also from 0.0007 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day to 0.0918 mg $NO_x^-$-N/mg MLSS$\cdot$day in a real domestic wastewater. Therefore, it is expected that this enrichment method could be used for improving efficiency of nitrification in wastewater treatment plants.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.5-10
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• 1999

This is a case report of 46,XY female phenotype (46,XY karyotype, no pubic hair, blind vagina and absence of uterus)in an 18-year-old patient. To confirm whether a Y chromosome has a structural abnormality, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with the chromosome X/Y cocktail probe was simultaneously performed, and the six loci [PABY, RPS4Y(sy16, sy17), ZFY, DYS14] on the short arm, one locus (DYZ3) on the centromere and one locus (DYZ1) on the long arm were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The probes used FISH hybridized to centromere of the X chromosome and heterochromatin region (Yq12) of the Y chromosome, and all PCR related Y chromosome showed positive band like normal male. From the results obtained, it seemed that the Y chromosome from the 46,XY female was structurely normal. Especially, the SRY gene has been equated with the mammalian testis-determining factor, and absence or point mutation in the SRY gene causes XY female. To detect the point mutations of SRY sequences, single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) assay was used. Our results confirm that this patient has no mutation in the SRY gene on the Y chromosome.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.314-322
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• 2004

글루캔 형성은 이온, 완충액 및 영양물질 등과 같은 구강 내 존재하는 물질과 이들의 변화에 영향을 받는다. 본 연구에서는 치아 우식증의 중요한 원인균인 Streptococcus mutans를 실험균으로 하여 수용성 글루캔 합성 효소인 GTFD 유전자의 발현에 대한 이온 및 완충액의 영향을 Fluorescent in situ hybridization 방법으로 관찰하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 1. $CaCl_2$ 농도가 1.0mM, KCl 농도가 2.5mM, $MgCl_2$의 농도가 0.4mM일 때 생균수가 가장 많았다. 2. 완충액의 경우 sodium bicarbonate 10mM, sodium phosphate 1mM, potassium phosphate 0.1mM에서 생균수가 가장 많았고, 3가지 완충액 모두 100mM 농도에서 생균수가 가장 적었다. 3. 자당이 함유되지 않은 BHI 배지에 비해 1%자당을 첨가한 경우 gtfD 유전자의 mRNA 발현에 따른 녹색형광이 관찰되었다. 4. $CaCl_2$ 0.25mM일 때 gtfD 유전자의 mRNA 발현에 따른 녹색형광이 대조군보다 강하였고, KCl의 경우 10mM일 때 대조군과 유사한 녹색형광을 나타냈으나, 다른 농도에서는 거의 관찰되지 않았다. $MgCl_2$의 경우 각 농도에서 대조군보다 녹색형광이 약하게 나타났다. 5. Sodium bicarbonate, sodium phosphate 완충액의 경우 mRNA 발현에 따른 녹색형광이 각 농도에서 대조군과 유사하게 나타났으며, potassium phosphate 완충액의 경우 100mM에서 녹색형광을 거의 관찰할 수 없었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2013

유기성 오염원(생활하수 처리시설 방류수) 유무에 따른 질화 세균의 변화를 알아보기 위해 낙동강의 2 조사수역에서 다양한 형태의 질소(T-N, $NH_4$-N, $NO_2$-N, $NO_3$-N) 농도를 측정하였고 조사 수역에 있는 질화세균 종류를 확인한 후, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)법으로 질화세균 수를 정량 평가하였다. 즉 암모니아 산화세균의 종류는 amoA 유전자, 그리고 아질산 산화 세균인 Nitrobacter sp.는 SSU 16S rDNA 특정 기호서열을 목표로 한 PCR-DGGE를 수행한 후 염기서열 분석으로 그들이 각각 Nitrosomonas sp., Nitrobacter sp.임이 확인됨에 따라 그에 상응하는 gene probe, NSO190와 NIT3을 사용해 FISH법을 수행하여 각 수역의 질화세균수를 비교하였다. 아울러 전반적인 세균학적 수질을 모니터링하기 위해 수계에 많은 ${\alpha}{\cdot}{\beta}{\cdot}{\gamma}$-Proteobacteria도 FISH법으로 검출하였다. ${\alpha}{\cdot}{\beta}{\cdot}{\gamma}$-Proteobacteria 분포도와 모든 유형의 질소 측정 결과에 따르면 정점 1 보다 정점 2의 유기물 오염도가 높다고 할 수 있었다. 이에 상응해 NSO160과 NIT3로 검출한 평균 질화세균수도 정점 1 (암모니아산화세균, $7.8{\times}10^5$; 아질산산화세균, $0.8{\times}10^6$ cells/ml)보다 정점 2 (암모니아산화세균, $9.3{\times}10^5$; 아질산산화세균, $1.6{\times}10^6$ cells/ml)에 더 많았고 그들이 총세균수에서 차지하는 평균 비율(%) 역시 정점 1 (NSO190, 18%; NIT3, 23%)에 비해 정점 2 (NSO190, 27%; NIT3, 34%)에서 높았다. 따라서 유기오염도가 낮은 상수원수 취수장 인근 수역인 정점 1 보다 생활하수처리시설 방류수로 인해 유기성 오염원이 상존하는 정점 2에서의 질화작용이 더 활발하다고 결론지을 수 있었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2003

부영양화된 농업용저수지인 마산지(충남 아산)에서 DAPI와 fluorescent in situ hybridization방법을 이용하여 세균분포의 변화와 이에 영향을 미치는 이화학적 수질인자를 상관관계분석을 통해 살펴보고자 하였다. 2000년 6월부터 11월 동안의 월평균 수온은 12.3~$27.5^{\circ}C$, 수소이온농도(pH) 7.5~9.0, 용존산소량(DO) 7.1~12.8 mg/L의 범위를 보여주었다. 생화학적산소요구량(COD)(6.4-13.0 mg/L)과 엽록소 a(Chl-a)(30.5-99.0 mg/㎥), 총질소(TN)(1.748~3.543 mg/L)는 7뭘, 8월에 높게 나타난 반면, 부유물질(55)(7.5~25.7 mg/L), 총인(TP)(0.104~0.581mg/L)은 9월에 가장 높게 나타나 강우의 영향과 퇴적층의 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 충세균수는 0.4~9.6$\times$$10^{6}$ cells/ml로 총세균수를 기준으로 중영양~부영양상태를 나타내었으며, 총균수에 대한 Eubacteria의 비율은 67.6~88.0%로 높은 범위를 보여주었다. 총세균수 및 Eubacteria group의 분포에 영향을 미치는 이화학적 수질인자를 검토하기 위한 상관관계분석 결과 수온보다는 Org-N, Org-P등 유기성의 영양염류가 세균군집크기와 상관성이 가장 높게 나타나 가장 큰 영향을 미치고 있는 요인으로 나타났으며, Proteobacteria group은 Org-P, Org-N과 가장 큰 영향을, 수온, 전기전도도(EC), COD, 무기질소 등도 다소 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 C-F group은 Org-N에 HGC group은 수온에 가장 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 그외 항목에서는 Proteobacteria group보다 영향성이 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다. pH, DO, BOD, SS등의 항목에 대해서는 서로 영향을 미치지 않았으며, Chl-a와는 유의성있는 상관성이 전혀 없어 서로 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타나 다른 마산지에서는 식물플랑크톤보다는 강우현상과 그에 따른 유기물질의 영향을 크게 받는 것을 알수 있었다. 따라서 농업용저수지인 마산저수지의 세균군집의 계절적 분포는 수생태계내의 식물플랑크톤의 변화보다 강우현상 및 호소내부의 유기오염물질변화, 수온 등의 환경요인에 더 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 판단되며, 향후 오염된 농업용저수지에서 세균군집 변화에 대한 좀더 면밀한 검토가 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6221-6225
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• 2012

Background: To determine the frequency of HER-2 overexpression in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, and to explore the relationship between clinicopathological prognostic factors and their effects on survival, based on immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis. Materials and Methods: The study included 80 patients with a histologically proven diagnosis of CRC that received adjuvant FOLFOX-4 chemotherapy at our department between March 2006 and September 2010. Patient data were analyzed retrospectively. Results: The median follow-up period and age of the patients were 24 months and 59 years, respectively. In immunohistochemical staining, 3+ staining was found in 2 patients (2.5%) while 2+ was in 13 (16%). FISH for HER-2 was performed for all of these 15 patients; samples which were 3+ showed positivity but the ones with 2+ were negative. There was no significant correlation between HER-2 expression and age, gender, tumor localization, histological subtype, grade, lymphovascular and perineural invasion, or pTN stage (P>0.05), even when the patients with HER-2 overexpression were analyzed separately. There was also no significant relationship between progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), and HER-2 expression, gender, tumor localization, obstruction-perforation, bleeding, histological type, grade, lymphovascular and perineural invasion, or pT staging (P>0.05); however, there was a significant relationship between lymph node involvement, and PFS and OS (P<0.05). Conclusions: Evaluation of HER-2 overexpression in a more comprehensive, multi-center, prospective trial with standardized methods will be an appropriate approach.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1672-1678
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• 2009

We studied the effects of aged total petroleum hydrocarbons (aged TPH) on the survival of allochthonous diesel-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain YS-7 in both laboratory and field investigations. The aged TPH extracted from a crude-oil-contaminated site were fractionized by thin-layer chromatography/flame ionization detection (TLC/FID). The three fractions identified were saturated aliphatic (SA), aromatic hydrocarbon (AH), and asphaltene-resin (AR). The ratio and composition of the separated fractions in the aged TPH were quite different from the crude-oil fractions. In the aged TPH, the SA and AH fractions were reduced and the AR fraction was dramatically increased compared with crude oil. The SA and AH fractions (2 mg/l each) of the aged TPH inhibited the growth of strain YS-7. Unexpectedly, the AR fraction had no effect on the survival of strain YS-7. However, crude oil (1,000 mg/l) did not inhibit the growth of strain YS-7. When strain YS-7 was inoculated into an aged crude-oil-contaminated field and its presence was monitored by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), we discovered that it had disappeared on 36 days after the inoculation. For the first time, this study has demonstrated that the SA and AH fractions in aged TPH are more toxic to an allochthonous diesel-degrading strain than the AR fraction.