Seunghyun Lee

Anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) are of biomedical interest because they are associated with autoimmune diseases in human and mice. Previously we isolated an anti-DNA monoclonal Ab 3D8 from an autoimmune-prone MRL-lpr/lpr mouse. Here we have characterized DNA binding kinetics and hydrolyzing activities of the recombinant single chain variable fragment (scFv) and the single variable domains of heavy chain (VH) and light chain (VL) using various single-stranded (ss) and double-stranded (ds) DNA substrate

Purpose To determine whether arterial spin-labeling (ASL) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging could be used to identify changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF), collateral blood flow, and anastomosis site patency after revascularization in patients with moyamoya disease. Materials and Methods This retrospective study was conducted in 145 patients with moyamoya disease who underwent middle cerebral artery (MCA)-superficial temporal artery anastomosis. Preoperative, early postoperative, and late postoper

In this paper, we developed a versatile ionic field effect transistor (IFET) which has an ambipolar function for manipulating molecules regardless of their polarity and can be operated at a wide range of electrolytic concentrations (10(-5) M-1 M). The IFET has circular nanochannels radially covered by gate electrodes, called "all-around-gate", with an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) oxide layer of a near-zero surface charge. Experimental and numerical validations were conducted for characterizing the IFE

Four species of the subgenus Aethina Erichson sensu stricto are recognized in Korea, including two species newto Korea: Aethina (s.str) aeneipennis, and the small hive beetle (SHB), A. (s.str) tumida. This is the first report of the small hive beetle in the Far Eastern Asia,which has been recently spreading worldwide, causing big economic loss in beekeeping industry. Comments on external and genital structures, brief biology, illustrations of the genitalia of both male and female, and a key to s

Abstract Nitidulidae includes some 4500 species under 350 genera in ten subfamilies, making it the most species‐rich family in Cucujoidea. In this study, we present a phylogeny of the family based on five gene regions (COI, 28s, CAD, H3, Wingless) for 73 ingroup taxa representing nine of the ten currently recognized subfamilies of Nitidulidae, including the enigmatic subfamily Calonecrinae. Our results are consistent with a prior molecular study that recovered (i) paraphyletic Nitidulinae with t

<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">In this study, a correlation between the maximum heat release rate and vibrations from a diesel engine block was derived, and a methodology to determine the maximum heat release rate is presented. To investigate and analyze the correlation, an engine test and an actual road vehicle test were performed using a 1.6-L diesel engine. By varying the engine speed, load and main injection timing, the vibration signals from the en

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of deep learning-based image conversion to improve the reproducibility of computed tomography (CT) radiomics features. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted using an abdominal phantom with liver nodules. We developed an image conversion algorithm using a residual feature aggregation network to reproduce radiomics features with CT images under various CT protocols and reconstruction kernels. External validation was performed using

Objective Genetic variants of the cytoplasmic FMR1‐interacting protein 2 ( CYFIP2 ) encoding an actin‐regulatory protein are associated with brain disorders, including intellectual disability and epilepsy. However, specific in vivo neuronal defects and potential treatments for CYFIP2 ‐associated brain disorders remain largely unknown. Here, we characterized Cyfip2 heterozygous ( Cyfip2 +/− ) mice to understand their neurobehavioral phenotypes and the underlying pathological mechanisms. Furthermo

BACKGROUND: Pediatric patients with liver disease require noninvasive monitoring to evaluate the risk of fibrosis progression. This study aimed to identify the significant factors affecting liver stiffness values using two-dimensional shear-wave elastography (2D-SWE), and determine whether liver stiffness can predict the fibrosis stage of various childhood liver diseases. METHODS: This study included 30 children (22 boys and 8 girls; mean age, 5.1 ± 6.1 years; range, 7 days-17.9 years) who had u