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Open AccessEffect of biochemical and biomechanical factors on vascularization of kidney organoid-on-a-chip
Kidney organoids derived from the human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) recapitulating human kidney are the attractive tool for kidney regeneration, disease modeling, and drug screening. However, the kidney org...
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Open AccessHuman kidney organoids reveal the role of glutathione in Fabry disease
Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disease caused by a mutation in the galactosidase alpha (GLA) gene. Despite advances in therapeutic technologies, the lack of humanized experimental models of Fab...
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Open AccessDifferent characteristics of bloodstream infection during venoarterial and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult patients
Currently, there is scarcity of data on whether differences exist in clinical characteristics and outcomes of bloodstream infection (BSI) between venoarterial (VA) and venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane o...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Graft immaturity and safety concerns in transplanted human kidney organoids
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessGraft immaturity and safety concerns in transplanted human kidney organoids
For chronic kidney disease, regeneration of lost nephrons with human kidney organoids derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is proposed to be an attractive potential therapeutic option. It remains ...
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Open AccessLong-term clinical outcomes in patients with untreated non-culprit intermediate coronary lesion and evaluation of predictors by using virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound; a prospective cohort study
It is uncertain whether the coronary lesion with intermediate stenosis is more likely to cause cardiovascular events than a normal or minimal lesion. We conducted a single-center, prospective cohort study to i...
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Open AccessAtg7-dependent canonical autophagy regulates the degradation of aquaporin 2 in prolonged hypokalemia
Prolonged hypokalemia induces a decrease of urinary concentrating ability via down-regulation of aquaporin 2 (AQP2); however, the precise mechanisms remain unknown. To investigate the role of autophagy in the ...
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Open AccessAutophagy attenuates tubulointerstital fibrosis through regulating transforming growth factor-β and NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway
Renal fibrosis is the final common pathway of various renal injuries and it leads to chronic kidney disease. Autophagy is a cellular process of degradation of damaged cytoplasmic components and regulates cell ...
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Open AccessThe effects of external shocks on the Korean economy: CGE model-based analysis
The trend of low commodity prices looks to continue. Such a trend will affect small open economies that are heavily commodity import dependent, such as the economy of South Korea. Hence, it is of interest to s...
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Disaster Theory
To find a conclusive definition for contemporary purposes and uses, we look at many of the various definitions of disasters through cataclysmic events, historical records, public policies, laws, and organizati...
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Disaster Resilient Future in Korea
The Republic of Korea has not only monumentally progressed socially, economically, and politically since 1948, but has taken the arduous undertaking of reforming the way it reduces disaster risk, mitigates the...
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Overview and Historical Review
This book investigates and scrutinizes the lessons learned in the Republic of Korea during a five-decade swath of disasters – from 1948 to 2015 – and results in the disaster response policy change model in the...
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Disasters from 1948 to 2015 in Korea and Power-Law Distribution
The Korean peninsula is no stranger to disaster, experiencing natural disasters such as severe downpours, floods, and typhoons and human-caused disasters such as industrial accidents, building collapses, and i...
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Disaster Response Policy Change in the Wake of Major Disasters, Labeled Focusing Events
Responding to the will of the people or the will of the government after a focusing event is complex and fraught with perils; this is none more so than after a major disaster that has brought on the sudden dea...
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Open AccessThe impact of preload on 3-dimensional deformation parameters: principal strain, twist and torsion
Strain analysis is feasible using three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography. This approach provides various parameters based on speckle tracking analysis from one full-volume image of the left ventricle; however...
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Open AccessThe Hippo-Salvador signaling pathway regulates renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis
Renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) is the final pathway of various renal injuries that result in chronic kidney disease. The mammalian Hippo-Salvador signaling pathway has been implicated in the regulatio...
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Erratum to: Measurement and simulation of stilbene scintillator response for the KSTAR neutron diagnostic system
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Open AccessPredictors for diabetic retinopathy in normoalbuminuric people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Previous studies have reported that microalbuminuria is an independent risk factor for the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). For this reason, the clinical ...
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Open AccessThe relationship between the regional abdominal adipose tissue distribution and the serum uric acid levels in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Hyperuricemia is associated with obesity. The visceral adiposity and subcutaneous adiposity may be associated with the differential metabolic risk, and the distribution of abdominal adipose tissue was signific...
