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Single-incision robotic colorectal surgery with the da Vinci SP® surgical system: initial results of 50 cases
The da Vinci SP® (dVSP) surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), a robotic platform designed for single-incision surgery, overcame the need for multiple ports in traditional robotic surgery an...
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Influence of Grain Size on Work-Hardening Behavior of Fe-24Ni-0.3C Metastable Austenitic Steel
In this study, the effect of grain size on the work-hardening behavior of Fe-24Ni-0.3C metastable austenitic steel was investigated by the use of in situ neutron diffraction during tensile tests in Japan Proto...
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Open AccessGlutathione peroxidase 1 deficiency attenuates concanavalin A-induced hepatic injury by modulation of T-cell activation
Concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis model is well-established experimental T cell-mediated liver disease. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) is associated with T-cell activation and proliferation, but continue...
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Comparison of subfoveal choroidal thickness in healthy pregnancy and pre-eclampsia
Pregnancy is a known predisposing factor for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Choroidal thickness (CT) increases in patients with CSC. This study was designed to evaluate CT in pregnant women.
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Effectiveness of the ICare rebound tonometer in patients with overestimated intraocular pressure due to tight orbit syndrome
To evaluate the effectiveness of the ICare rebound tonometer in patients with overestimated intraocular pressure (IOP) due to tight orbit syndrome and to identify factors affecting the development of tight or...
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Open AccessLoss of presenilin 2 is associated with increased iPLA2 activity and lung tumor development
Presenilins are the enzymatic components of γ-secretase complex that cleaves amyloid precursor protein, Notch and β-catenin, which has critical roles in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and cancer cell g...
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Estimation of size of cord blood inventory based on high-resolution ty** of HLAs
Methods for estimating the cord blood (CB) inventory size required vary according to the ethnic diversity of the HLA, degree of HLA matching and HLA-ty** resolution. We estimated the CB inventory size requir...
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Rebamipide abolishes Helicobacter pylori CagA-induced phospholipase D1 expression via inhibition of NFκB and suppresses invasion of gastric cancer cells
Infection with cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori is a risk factor for the development of severe gastritis and gastric cancer (GC). CagA protein is injected into gastric epithelial cells and deregulates a variety ...
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p21-Activated kinase 4 promotes prostate cancer progression through CREB
Prostate cancer is initially androgen-dependent but, over time, usually develops hormone- and chemo-resistance. The present study investigated a role for p21-activated kinase 4 (PAK4) in prostate cancer progre...
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Clinical and histopathological study of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy with a novel S90W mutation in BSCL2
The objective of the study was to investigate the disease-causing mutation in an autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 family and examine the clinical and histopathological evaluation. We enrol...
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eIF5A isoforms and cancer: two brothers for two functions?
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) is the only cellular protein that contains the unusual amino acid hypusine [N ε-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)lysine]. The role of hypusine formation ...
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Fecal carriage of serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 strains closely related to liver abscess isolates in Koreans living in Korea
We determined the fecal carriage rate of serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae in healthy Koreans and studied their genetic relationship with liver abscess isolates. We compared the carriage according to the country ...
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Functional significance of eIF5A and its hypusine modification in eukaryotes
The unusual basic amino acid, hypusine [Nε-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)-lysine], is a modified lysine with the addition of the 4-aminobutyl moiety from the polyamine spermidine. This naturally occurring amino acid is...
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Design of small-area multi-bit antifuse-type 1 kbit OTP memory
A multi-bit antifuse-type one-time programmable (OTP) memory is designed, which has a smaller area and a shorter programming time compared with the conventional single-bit antifuse-type OTP memory. While the c...
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Allelic frequencies and heterozygosities of microsatellite markers covering the whole genome in the Korean
Microsatellite markers are an essential tool for genetic linkage analysis because of their high polymorphism content. Four hundred commercially available markers covering the entire genome were genotyped from ...
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Fulminant type 1 diabetes in Korea: high prevalence among patients with adult-onset type 1 diabetes
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fulminant type 1 diabetes and the clinical characteristics of the disease among newly diagnosed Korean patients.
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Posttranslational synthesis of hypusine: evolutionary progression and specificity of the hypusine modification
A naturally occurring unusual amino acid, hypusine [N ɛ-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)-lysine] is a component of a single cellular protein, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A). It is a m...
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SFT stability via power series extension over Prüfer domains
A ring D is called an SFT ring if for each ideal I of D, there exist a natural number k and a finitely generated ideal $${J\subseteq{I...
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Immunoglobulin GM and KM genotypes in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by immune complex deposition. We genotyped immunoglobulin allotypes of G1M (f,z), G2M (n+,n-), G3M (b,g) and KM (1,3) in 142 Korean patien...
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Immunoglobulin GM and KM genotypes in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
