Min Woo Kim

Individual Streptomyces species have the genetic potential to produce a diverse array of natural products of commercial, medical and veterinary interest. However, these products are often not detectable under laboratory culture conditions. To harness their full biosynthetic potential, it is important to develop a detailed understanding of the regulatory networks that orchestrate their metabolism. Here we integrate nucleotide resolution genome-scale measurements of the transcriptome and translato

Streptomycetes are industrially and pharmaceutically important bacteria that produce a variety of secondary metabolites including antibiotics. Streptomycetes have a complex metabolic network responsible for the production of secondary metabolites and the utilization of organic residues present in soil. In this study, we reconstructed a high-quality metabolic model for Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), designated iMK1208, in order to understand and engineer the metabolism of this model species. In c

Abstract 2'‐Fucosyllactose (2'‐FL) is the most abundant oligosaccharide in human milk and one of the most actively studied human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). When 2'‐FL is produced through biological production using a microorganism, like Escherichia coli , d ‐lactose is often externally fed as an acceptor substrate for fucosyltransferase (FT). When d ‐glucose is used as a carbon source for the cell growth and d ‐lactose is transported by lactose permease (LacY) in lac operon, d ‐lactose transp

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic or recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Even though the current strategies to treat IBD include anti-inflammatory drugs and immune modulators, these treatments have side-effects. New strategies are, therefore, required to overcome the limitations of the therapies. In this study, we investigated the anti-colitic effects of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), which is an active ingredient present in Wasabia japonica. The DSS-in

Nerve injury-induced protein 1 (Ninjurin1, Ninj1) is a membrane protein that mediates cell adhesion. The role of Ninj1 during inflammatory response has been widely investigated in macrophages and endothelial cells. Ninj1 is expressed in various tissues, and the liver also expresses high levels of Ninj1. Although the hepatic upregulation of Ninj1 has been reported in human hepatocellular carcinoma and septic mice, little is known of its function during the pathogenesis of liver diseases. In the p

Acetaminophen (APAP) is one of the most frequently prescribed analgesic and anti-pyretic drugs. However, APAP-induced hepatotoxicity is a major cause of acute liver failure globally. While the therapeutic dose is safe, an overdose of APAP produces an excess of the toxic metabolite N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI), subsequently resulting in hepatotoxicity. Allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), a bioactive molecule in cruciferous plants, is reported to exert various biological effects, including anti-

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are well-known for exerting numerous adverse effects on the gastrointestinal tract such as bleeding, ulceration, and perforation, thereby limiting their use. Most previous studies have focused on NSAID-induced gastropathy. However, improved diagnostic techniques have recently highlighted NSAID-induced small intestinal ulcers, which have so far been underestimated. While proton pump inhibitors are prescribed to control NSAID-induced gastropathy, few p

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether effect size of the hypoxia is different on in-hospital mortality and disability according to hypotension status in the field. METHODS: Adult severe trauma (ST) patients during 2012-13 who were treated by emergency medical services (EMS) and had abnormal revised trauma scores in the field or who had positive trauma triage criteria were analyzed. Exposure was hypoxia (<94%) measured by EMS. End points were hospital mortality and disability defined as a Glasgow Out

Background: Periostin is a novel matricellular protein expressed in many tissues, including bone, periodontal ligament, and skin. Although its expression is prominent in various fibrotic conditions, studies of periostin in localized scleroderma are rare. Objective: To investigate the expression of periostin and other molecules in localized scleroderma. Methods: A retrospective study of 14 patients with confirmed mature stage localized scleroderma was undertaken. Fourteen age-matched and biopsy s

Even a rough sketch can effectively convey the descriptions of objects, as humans can imagine the original shape from the sketch. The sketch-to-photo translation is a computer vision task that enables a machine to do this imagination, taking a binary sketch image and generating plausible RGB images corresponding to the sketch. Hence, deep neural networks for this task should learn to generate a wide range of frequencies because most parts of the input (binary sketch image) are composed of DC sig

Injectable poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) is world-famous filler used in lipoatrophy and facial rejuvenation because of its collagen neogenesis effect which leads to gradual volume restoration. Until recently, quite a number of unwanted adverse events of PLLA have been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, paraffinoma as a complication of PLLA has never been reported. We herein describe the first case of paraffinoma after SculptraⓇ injection and propose its possible mechanism.

Prime editing (PE) is a recently developed genome-editing technique that enables versatile editing. Despite its flexibility and potential, applying PE in human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) has not been extensively addressed. Genetic disease models using patient-derived hiPSCs have been used to study mechanisms and drug efficacy. However, genetic differences between patient and control cells have been attributed to the inaccuracy of the disease model, highlighting the significance of i