Min Seok Kim

In this study, we fabricated new spherical silica templates with submicrometer sized solid cores containing an encapsulated Au nanoparticle surrounded by a mesoporous shell structure. Hollow spherical carbon and polymer capsules, containing gold nanoparticles, were synthesized using these silica templates. The resulting carbon capsules inversely replicated the structure of the silica template and contained uniform pores with a narrow pore size distribution centered at 3.8 nm. These carbon capsul

Colorectal adenomas are precursors of CRC. Recently, the gut microbiota, i.e., the collection of microbes residing in our gut, has been recognized as a key player in CRC development. There have been a number of gut microbiota profiling studies for colorectal adenoma and CRC; however, fewer studies have considered the gut metabolome, which serves as the chemical interface between the host and gut microbiota. Here, we conducted a gut metabolome profiling study of colorectal adenoma and CRC and ana

Heteroatom doping is a powerful means to tune the optical and electronic properties of gold clusters at the atomic level. We herein report that doping a Au 38 cluster with Pt and Pd atoms leads to core-doped [Pt 2 Au 36 (SC 6 H 13 ) 24 ] 2– and [Pd 2 Au 36 (SC 6 H 13 ) 24 ] 0, respectively. Voltammetric investigations show that these clusters exhibit drastically different electronic structures; whereas the HOMO–LUMO gap of [Pt 2 Au 36 (SC 6 H 13 ) 24 ] 2– is found to be 0.95 V, that of [Pd 2 Au

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

Survival analysis provides a more accurate estimation of true recurrence rate. Protruded discs are more likely to show recurrence than other types.

Background: Because of genetically and phenotypically heterogenous features, identification of causative genes for inherited retinal diseases (IRD) is essential for diagnosis and treatment in coming gene therapy era. To date, there are no large-scale data of the genes responsible for IRD in Korea. The aim of this study was to identify the distribution of genetic defects in IRD patients in Korea. Methods: Medical records and DNA samples from 86 clinically diagnosed IRD patients were consecutively

Yarrowia lipolytica , an oleaginous yeast, is a promising platform strain for production of biofuels and oleochemicals as it can accumulate a high level of lipids in response to nitrogen limitation. Accordingly, many metabolic engineering efforts have been made to develop engineered strains of Y. lipolytica with higher lipid yields. Genome-scale model of metabolism (GEM) is a powerful tool for identifying novel genetic designs for metabolic engineering. Several GEMs for Y. lipolytica have recent

Background: Because of genetically and phenotypically heterogenous features, identification of causative genes for inherited retinal diseases (IRD) is essential for diagnosis and treatment in coming gene therapy era. To date, there are no large-scale data of the genes responsible for IRD in Korea. The aim of this study was to identify the distribution of genetic defects in IRD patients in Korea. Methods: Medical records and DNA samples from 86 clinically diagnosed IRD patients were consecutively

In silico model-driven analysis using genome-scale model of metabolism (GEM) has been recognized as a promising method for microbial strain improvement. However, most of the current GEM-based strain design algorithms based on flux balance analysis (FBA) heavily rely on the steady-state and optimality assumptions without considering any regulatory information. Thus, their practical usage is quite limited, especially in its application to secondary metabolites overproduction. In this study, we dev

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET)/Ewing's sarcoma (ES) and neuroblastoma (NB) are related tumours of neural crest origin with primitive neural characteristics. Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) is a critical signalling molecule for primitive neural crest cells. The treatment of NB cells with FGF2 variably affects biological characteristics such as growth and differentiation, while in PNET/ES, FGF2 predominantly induces apoptosis. The JK-GMS Askin tumour cell line can be induced