Min-Sun Oh

In the meta-analysis of public microarray databases for different skin diseases, we revealed seven commonly up-regulated genes, DSG3, KRT6, MAP17, PLSCR1, RPM2, SOD2 and SPRR2B. We postulated that the genes selected from the meta-analysis may be potentially associated with the abnormal keratinocyte differentiation. To demonstrate this postulation, we alternatively evaluated whether the genes of interest in the meta-analysis can be regulated by T-helper (Th) cell cytokines in normal human epiderm

A 3 adenosine receptor (AR) ligands including A 3 AR agonist, N 6 -(3-iodobenzyl)adenosine-5′- N -methyluronamide ( 1a, IB-MECA) were examined for adiponectin production in human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs). In this model, 1a significantly increased adiponectin production, which is associated with improved insulin sensitivity. However, A 3 AR antagonists also promoted adiponectin production in hBM-MSCs, indicating that the A 3 AR pathway may not be directly involved in the adip

The therapeutic potential of adiponectin regulation has received interest because of its association with diverse human disease conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, and cancer. Phenylethylchromone derivatives from Aquilaria malaccensis-derived agarwood promoted adiponectin secretion during adipogenesis in human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, and 5,6-dihydroxy-2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone (1) was identified as a new chromone derivative. A target identification study with the

In biometrical genetic analyses of binary traits, the use of family data overcomes some limitations of twin studies, particularly in terms of sample size and types of genetic or environmental factors that can be estimated. However, because of computational problems, recent methods in the application of generalized linear mixed models for family data structure have limited the ability to handle large data sets with general covariates. In this paper, we investigate the use of the hierarchical like