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Han KA, Yoon TH, Shin J, Um JW, Ko J. Differentially altered social dominance- and cooperative-like behaviors in Shank2- and Shank3-mutant mice. Mol Autism 2020; 11:87. [PMID: 33126897 PMCID: PMC7602353 DOI: 10.1186/s13229-020-00392-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent progress in genomics has contributed to the identification of a large number of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk genes, many of which encode synaptic proteins. Our understanding of ASDs has advanced rapidly, partly owing to the development of numerous animal models. Extensive characterizations using a variety of behavioral batteries that analyze social behaviors have shown that a subset of engineered mice that model mutations in genes encoding Shanks, a family of excitatory postsynaptic scaffolding proteins, exhibit autism-like behaviors. Although these behavioral assays have been useful in identifying deficits in simple social behaviors, alterations in complex social behaviors remain largely untested. METHODS Two syndromic ASD mouse models-Shank2 constitutive knockout [KO] mice and Shank3 constitutive KO mice-were examined for alterations in social dominance and social cooperative behaviors using tube tests and automated cooperation tests. Upon naïve and salient behavioral experience, expression levels of c-Fos were analyzed as a proxy for neural activity across diverse brain areas, including the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and a number of subcortical structures. FINDINGS As previously reported, Shank2 KO mice showed deficits in sociability, with intact social recognition memory, whereas Shank3 KO mice displayed no overt phenotypes. Strikingly, the two Shank KO mouse models exhibited diametrically opposed alterations in social dominance and cooperative behaviors. After a specific social behavioral experience, Shank mutant mice exhibited distinct changes in number of c-Fos+ neurons in the number of cortical and subcortical brain regions. CONCLUSIONS Our results underscore the heterogeneity of social behavioral alterations in different ASD mouse models and highlight the utility of testing complex social behaviors in validating neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorder models. In addition, neural activities at distinct brain regions are likely collectively involved in eliciting complex social behaviors, which are differentially altered in ASD mouse models.
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- Kyung Ah Han
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Korea.,Core Protein Resources Center, DGIST, Daegu, 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, 42988, Korea.
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Han KA, Lee HY, Lim D, Shin J, Yoon TH, Liu X, Um JW, Choi SY, Ko J. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase delta is not essential for synapse maintenance or transmission at hippocampal synapses. Mol Brain 2020; 13:94. [PMID: 32552840 PMCID: PMC7301452 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-020-00629-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Members of the leukocyte common antigen-related receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (LAR-RPTP) family, comprising PTPσ, PTPδ and LAR, are key hubs for presynaptic assembly and differentiation in vertebrate neurons. However, roles of individual LAR-RPTP members have not been investigated using member-specific conditional knockout mice. Here, we show that loss of PTPδ had no overt effect on synapse development in mouse cultured hippocampal neurons. Moreover, loss of PTPδ in presynaptic CA1 hippocampal neurons did not influence neurotransmitter release in subicular pyramidal neurons, suggesting that PTPδ is not critical for presynaptic function in vivo. Our results demonstrate that PTPδ is not essential for synapse maintenance or transmission, at least in the mouse hippocampus, and underscore the importance of using sophisticated genetic approaches to confirm the roles of synaptic proteins.
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- Kyung Ah Han
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea.,Core Protein Resources Center, DGIST, 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea.,Core Protein Resources Center, DGIST, 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea.
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Han KA, Lee HY, Lim D, Shin J, Yoon TH, Lee C, Rhee JS, Liu X, Um JW, Choi SY, Ko J. PTPσ Controls Presynaptic Organization of Neurotransmitter Release Machinery at Excitatory Synapses. iScience 2020; 23:101203. [PMID: 32516721 PMCID: PMC7284068 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Leukocyte common antigen-related receptor tyrosine phosphatases (LAR-RPTPs) are evolutionarily conserved presynaptic organizers. The synaptic role of vertebrate LAR-RPTPs in vivo, however, remains unclear. In the current study, we analyzed the synaptic role of PTPσ using newly generated, single conditional knockout (cKO) mice targeting PTPσ. We found that the number of synapses was reduced in PTPσ cKO cultured neurons in association with impaired excitatory synaptic transmission, abnormal vesicle localization, and abnormal synaptic ultrastructure. Strikingly, loss of presynaptic PTPσ reduced neurotransmitter release prominently at excitatory synapses, concomitant with drastic reductions in excitatory innervations onto postsynaptic target areas in vivo. Furthermore, loss of presynaptic PTPσ in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons had no impact on postsynaptic glutamate receptor responses in subicular pyramidal neurons. Postsynaptic PTPσ deletion had no effect on excitatory synaptic strength. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PTPσ is a bona fide presynaptic adhesion molecule that controls neurotransmitter release and excitatory inputs. Conditional PTPσ KO produces specifically impaired presynaptic functions Presynaptic PTPσ regulates glutamate release efficiency Presynaptic PTPσ does not transsynaptically regulate postsynaptic receptor responses
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- Kyung Ah Han
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea; Core Protein Resources Center, DGIST, 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen 37075, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen 37075, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea; Core Protein Resources Center, DGIST, 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul 03080, Korea.
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea.
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Kim SJ, Shin J, Kim J, Jeong T, Yoon TH, Um JW, Ko J. LRRTM3 deletion causes excitatory synaptic dysfunctions and abnormal social novelty and contextual discriminative behaviors. IBRO Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.1644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Yoon TH, Lee JS, Han KA, Um JW, Kim JK, Ko J. Quantitative profiling of LAR-RPTP alternative splicing variants in mice. IBRO Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.1643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Park D, Bae S, Yoon TH, Ko J. Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity: Spotlight on Hippocampal and Cerebellar Synapse Organizers. Mol Cells 2018; 41:373-380. [PMID: 29665671 PMCID: PMC5974614 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2018.0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Synapses and neural circuits form with exquisite specificity during brain development to allow the precise and appropriate flow of neural information. Although this property of synapses and neural circuits has been extensively investigated for more than a century, molecular mechanisms underlying this property are only recently being unveiled. Recent studies highlight several classes of cell-surface proteins as organizing hubs in building structural and functional architectures of specific synapses and neural circuits. In the present mini-review, we discuss recent findings on various synapse organizers that confer the distinct properties of specific synapse types and neural circuit architectures in mammalian brains, with a particular focus on the hippocampus and cerebellum.
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- Dongseok Park
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
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Beloy K, Zhang X, McGrew WF, Hinkley N, Yoon TH, Nicolodi D, Fasano RJ, Schäffer SA, Brown RC, Ludlow AD. Faraday-Shielded dc Stark-Shift-Free Optical Lattice Clock. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:183201. [PMID: 29775346 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.183201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate the absence of a dc Stark shift in an ytterbium optical lattice clock. Stray electric fields are suppressed through the introduction of an in-vacuum Faraday shield. Still, the effectiveness of the shielding must be experimentally assessed. Such diagnostics are accomplished by applying high voltage to six electrodes, which are grounded in normal operation to form part of the Faraday shield. Our measurements place a constraint on the dc Stark shift at the 10^{-20} level, in units of the clock frequency. Moreover, we discuss a potential source of error in strategies to precisely measure or cancel nonzero dc Stark shifts, attributed to field gradients coupled with the finite spatial extent of the lattice-trapped atoms. With this consideration, we find that Faraday shielding, complemented with experimental validation, provides both a practically appealing and effective solution to the problem of dc Stark shifts in optical lattice clocks.
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- K Beloy
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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Lee Y, Yoon TH, Lee J, Jeon SY, Lee JH, Lee MK, Chen H, Yun J, Oh SY, Wen X, Cho HK, Mang H, Kwak JM. A Lignin Molecular Brace Controls Precision Processing of Cell Walls Critical for Surface Integrity in Arabidopsis. Cell 2018; 173:1468-1480.e9. [PMID: 29731167 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The cell wall, a defining feature of plants, provides a rigid structure critical for bonding cells together. To overcome this physical constraint, plants must process cell wall linkages during growth and development. However, little is known about the mechanism guiding cell-cell detachment and cell wall remodeling. Here, we identify two neighboring cell types in Arabidopsis that coordinate their activities to control cell wall processing, thereby ensuring precise abscission to discard organs. One cell type produces a honeycomb structure of lignin, which acts as a mechanical "brace" to localize cell wall breakdown and spatially limit abscising cells. The second cell type undergoes transdifferentiation into epidermal cells, forming protective cuticle, demonstrating de novo specification of epidermal cells, previously thought to be restricted to embryogenesis. Loss of the lignin brace leads to inadequate cuticle formation, resulting in surface barrier defects and susceptible to infection. Together, we show how plants precisely accomplish abscission.
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- Yuree Lee
- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of New Biology, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea; Department of New Biology, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea.
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Brown RC, Phillips NB, Beloy K, McGrew WF, Schioppo M, Fasano RJ, Milani G, Zhang X, Hinkley N, Leopardi H, Yoon TH, Nicolodi D, Fortier TM, Ludlow AD. Hyperpolarizability and Operational Magic Wavelength in an Optical Lattice Clock. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:253001. [PMID: 29303326 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.253001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Optical clocks benefit from tight atomic confinement enabling extended interrogation times as well as Doppler- and recoil-free operation. However, these benefits come at the cost of frequency shifts that, if not properly controlled, may degrade clock accuracy. Numerous theoretical studies have predicted optical lattice clock frequency shifts that scale nonlinearly with trap depth. To experimentally observe and constrain these shifts in an ^{171}Yb optical lattice clock, we construct a lattice enhancement cavity that exaggerates the light shifts. We observe an atomic temperature that is proportional to the optical trap depth, fundamentally altering the scaling of trap-induced light shifts and simplifying their parametrization. We identify an "operational" magic wavelength where frequency shifts are insensitive to changes in trap depth. These measurements and scaling analysis constitute an essential systematic characterization for clock operation at the 10^{-18} level and beyond.
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- R C Brown
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- University of Colorado, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- University of Colorado, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- University of Colorado, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- University of Colorado, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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Motivated by the recent development of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) methods in the area of nanotoxicology, we proposed an approach to develop additional descriptors based on results of first-principles calculations. For the evaluation of the biochemical activity of metallic nanoparticles, we consider two processes: ion extraction from the surface of a specimen to aqueous media and water dissociation on the surface. We performed calculations for a set of metals (Al, Fe, Cu, Ag, Au, and Pt). Taking into account the diversity of atomic structures of real metallic nanoparticles, we performed calculations for different models such as (001) and (111) surfaces, nanorods, and two different cubic nanoparticles of 0.6 and 0.3 nm size. Significant energy dependence of the processes from the selected model of nanoparticle suggests that for the correct description we should combine the calculations for several representative models. In addition to the descriptors of chemical activity of the metallic nanoparticles for the two studied processes, we propose descriptors for taking into account the dependence of chemical activity from the size and shape of nanoparticles. Routes to minimization of computational costs for these calculations are also discussed.
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- D W Boukhvalov
- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University , 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University , 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
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Yoon TH, Park YJ. New strategy toward enhanced air electrode for Li–air batteries: apply a polydopamine coating and dissolved catalyst. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra01015a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Yoon TH, Park YJ. Carbon nanotube/Co3O4 composite for air electrode of lithium-air battery. Nanoscale Res Lett 2012; 7:28. [PMID: 22222030 PMCID: PMC3275537 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-7-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A carbon nanotube [CNT]/Co3O4 composite is introduced as a catalyst for the air electrode of lithium-air [Li/air] batteries. Co3O4 nanoparticles are successfully attached to the sidewall of the CNT by a hydrothermal method. A high discharge capacity and a low overvoltage indicate that the CNT/Co3O4 composite is a very promising catalyst for the air electrode of Li/air batteries.
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- Taek Han Yoon
- Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 443-760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 443-760, Republic of Korea
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Ahn JH, Yoo MH, Lee HJ, Chung JW, Yoon TH. Coenzyme Q10 in combination with steroid therapy for treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a controlled prospective study. Clin Otolaryngol 2011; 35:486-9. [PMID: 21199410 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2010.02201.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of coenzyme Q10 added to systemic steroid in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. DESIGN A controlled prospective study. SETTING Asan medical center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. PARTICIPANTS Between August 2007 and October 2008, the first 60 patients diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss were managed with systemic steroid treatment for 2 weeks including 5-day hospitalisation. And the second 60 patients were managed with coenzyme Q10 for 2 weeks added to previous management. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We evaluated auditory function by pure tone audiometry and speech discrimination score. Auditory evaluations were performed before and 3 months after treatment using Siegel's criteria. The degree of improvement in four-tone average hearing and speech discrimination score was calculated from the results before and after treatment. RESULTS The total hearing improvement rate after the treatment was 75.0% (90/120 patients) in this study. Although 47 patients (78.3%) of coenzyme Q10 group showed better hearing improvement than 43 patients (71.7%) of control group, there was no significant difference. However, the coenzyme Q10 group showed significantly higher improvement in speech discrimination score. CONCLUSION From this study, we suggest that coenzyme Q10 may have beneficial effects in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
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- J H Ahn
- Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Yim SH, Yoon TH, Cho D. Polarization orthogonalizer for a pair of laser beams with nearly equal frequencies. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:126104. [PMID: 19123595 DOI: 10.1063/1.3040499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We have demonstrated a device to produce an overlapping pair of orthogonally polarized laser beams with a 3 GHz frequency offset out of a single laser beam containing the two frequency components with the same linear polarization. Our design is based on a Michelson interferometer formed by a polarizing beam splitter and two quarter-waveplates. Such a device can be used to make the polarization states of a carrier and a sideband produced through modulation mutually orthogonal. An orthogonally polarized pair of coherent laser beams can be used for an interferometric measurement of a small displacement in a heterodyne scheme or to produce a large-contrast coherent population trapping signal from alkali metal atoms. As a demonstration we used the device to achieve 40% contrast for a coherent population trapping signal from a rubidium vapor cell.
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- Sin Hyuk Yim
- Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Park SE, Kim EB, Park YH, Yee DS, Kwon TY, Park CY, Moon HS, Yoon TH. Sweep optical frequency synthesizer with a distributed-Bragg-reflector laser injection locked by a single component of an optical frequency comb. Opt Lett 2006; 31:3594-6. [PMID: 17130914 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.003594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A sweep optical frequency synthesizer is demonstrated by using a frequency-stabilized optical frequency comb and injection-locked distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) laser diode. The injection-locked DBR laser acts as a single-frequency filter and, simultaneously, a high-gain amplifier of the optical frequency comb. The frequency instability of the heterodyne beat signal between two independently injection-locked DBR lasers is measured to be 2.3 x 10(-16) at 1 s averaging time. The output frequency of the sweep optical frequency synthesizer can be precisely tuned over 1 GHz, and a saturated absorption spectrum of the Cs D2 line at 852 nm is recorded by the injected DBR laser.
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- S E Park
- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Korea.
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Ahn JH, Kim TY, Kim YJ, Han MW, Yoon TH, Chung JW. Lipo-prostaglandin E1 in combination with steroid therapy is effective for treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss in Korean patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med 2006; 23:1339-43. [PMID: 17116185 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01993.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), possibly as a result of microvascular damage, increased blood viscosity and embolic and thrombotic episodes. Aim To perform a prospective, randomized clinical trial to determine the therapeutic effect of lipo-prostaglandin E(1) (lipo-PGE(1)) on SSNHL in Korean patients with Type 2 diabetes. METHODS The study group consisted of 270 consecutive Korean patients (130 male, 140 female) in whom SSNHL was diagnosed. Patients were classified as diabetic or non-diabetic by the new American Diabetes Association criteria. With the approval of the institute ethics committee, patients were randomly assigned to treatment with of 10 microg lipo-PGE(1) (lipo-PGE(1) group) given as a continuous infusion over 5 days, or saline (placebo group). In addition, all patients studied were treated with 48 mg methylprednisolone for 5 days. RESULTS The overall recovery rates after treatment were 51.5% in diabetic and 64.2% in non-diabetic patients. In diabetic patients, there was a significantly higher rate of hearing improvement in the lipo-PGE(1) group (64.7%) compared with the placebo group (37.5%), whereas, in non-diabetic patients, there was no significant difference in rate of hearing improvement between the lipo-PGE(1) group (70.3%) and the placebo group (58.3%). CONCLUSION Lipo-PGE(1) may have beneficial effects in the treatment of SSNHL in Korean patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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- J H Ahn
- Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Moon OR, Kim NS, Jang SM, Yoon TH, Kim SO. The relationship between body mass index and the prevalence of obesity-related diseases based on the 1995 National Health Interview Survey in Korea. Obes Rev 2002; 3:191-6. [PMID: 12164471 DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-789x.2002.00073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study estimated the body mass index (BMI) distribution of Koreans and examined the relationship between BMI and obesity-related diseases, in particular hypertension and diabetes mellitus. We also attempted to provide primary data to determine suitable BMI cut-off points for obesity in Korea. The 1995 National Health Interview Study (NHIS) data were used to estimate BMI and the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. A random sample of 5750 Koreans (15-69 years of age) were investigated. BMI was calculated by self-reported weights and heights. The diagnoses of hypertension and diabetes mellitus were obtained from self-reported conditions specified in response to consultations with physicians. The mean BMI was 22.6+/-2.6 kg m(-2) for males and 21.7+/-4.8 kg m(-2) for females. The prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus increased with BMI. The odds ratios of the third quartile of BMI (21.9-23.8 kg m(-2)) for hypertension and diabetes mellitus compared with the first quartile were 6.04 and 3.22, respectively. The odds ratio of the fourth quartile (>23.8 kg m(-2)) of BMI was not significantly different from that of the third quartile. The risk of hypertension and diabetes mellitus increased at the third quartile of BMI (21.9-23.8 kg m(-2)), this quartile being much lower than both the current World Health Organization (WHO) BMI cut-off point of overweight of 25.0 kg m(-2), and the 90th percentile proposed in the Monica project, BMI 26.4 kg m(-2). This finding was notable considering the fact that both hypertension and diabetes mellitus occur in Koreans with lower BMIs than whites. Further studies are necessary to identify the BMI cut-off point for obesity in Korea.
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- O R Moon
- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea.
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Bone destruction is known to be an important cause of complications in chronic cholesteatomatous otitis media. A strategy that blocks localized bone resorption may prevent the progression of the disease. The bisphosphonate drug pamidronate is known to inhibit bone resorption and has been used in the treatment of Paget's disease and osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pamidronate on the inhibition of bone resorption in cholesteatoma using a neonatal rat calvarial culture system. Radioactive calcium was subcutaneously injected into pregnant rats. Neonatal calvariae were harvested after i.p. injection of pamidronate disodium to neonatal rats and culture supernatants of cholesteatoma keratinocytes were then added to the calvarial culture media. Radioactive calcium release was measured using a beta-ray scintillation counter. The percentage of calcium release was significantly higher in cholesteatoma culture supernatant than in Dulbecco's modification of Eagle's medium. The percentage calcium release in cholesteatoma culture supernatant was significantly lower with the high dose of pamidronate than with the low dose. These results suggest that pamidronate can inhibit the bone resorption caused by cholesteatoma. This study suggests a possible application for pamidronate in the prevention of cholesteatomatous bone destruction.
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- T H Yoon
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
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Ye J, Yoon TH, Hall JL, Madej AA, Bernard JE, Siemsen KJ, Marmet L, Chartier JM, Chartier A. Accuracy comparison of absolute optical frequency measurement between harmonic-generation synthesis and a frequency-division femtosecond comb. Phys Rev Lett 2000; 85:3797-3800. [PMID: 11041930 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.3797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Using an iodine-stabilized He-Ne laser as a transfer oscillator, we compare absolute measurements of the optical frequency from a traditional frequency synthesis chain based on harmonic generation and from the frequency division technique of an ultrawide bandwidth femtosecond frequency comb. The agreement between these two measurements, both linked to the Cs standard, is 220+/-770 Hz, yielding a measurement accuracy of 1.6x10(-12). We report 473 612 353 604.8+/-1.2 kHz as a preliminary updated value of the absolute frequency of the " f" component for the He-Ne laser international standard at 633 nm.
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- J Ye
- JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
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We propose an optical configuration of a nontwist quarter-wave liquid-crystal cell for a high-contrast reflective display that can be applied to most nontwist display modes. By fabricating a homogeneous cell with the proposed configuration, we have demonstrated a high contrast ratio of 50:1 without using a wideband retardation film.
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- T H Yoon
- Research Institute of Computer, Information and Communication, Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan, 609-735, Korea
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Yoon TH, Hwang EJ, Shin DY, Park SI, Oh SJ, Jung SC, Shin HC, Kim SJ. A micromachined silicon depth probe for multichannel neural recording. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2000; 47:1082-7. [PMID: 10943057 DOI: 10.1109/10.855936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A process of making a new type of silicon depth-probe microelectrode array is described using a combination of plasma and wet etch. The plasma etch, which is done using a low temperature oxide (LTO) mask, enables probe thickness to be controlled over a range from 5 to 90 mu. Bending tests show that the probe's mechanical strength depends largely on shank thickness. More force can be applied to thicker shanks while thinner shanks are more flexible. One can then choose a thickness and corresponding mechanical strength using the process developed. The entire probe shaping process is performed only at low temperature, and thus is consistent with the standard CMOS fabrication. Using the probe in recording from rat's somatosensory cortex, we obtained four channel simultaneous recordings which showed clear independence among channels with a signal-to-noise ratio performance comparable with that obtained using other devices.
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- T H Yoon
- Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National University, Korea
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A choristoma is a nonneoplastic proliferation of histologically normal tissue that forms at an abnormal site. It is extremely uncommon in the middle ear space. It appears to be a developmental abnormality and may be associated with abnormalities of adjacent structures. It usually occurs with unilateral conductive hearing loss and requires a differential diagnosis from other mass lesions in the middle ear cavity. This article discusses a case of salivary gland choristoma of the middle ear that we believe to be the 24th case reported on this subject.
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- S L Ha
- Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Park JR, Yoon TH, Chung MS, Lee HW. Unidirectional single-mode Nd:YAG laser with a planar semimonolithic ring cavity. Appl Opt 1999; 38:4566-4569. [PMID: 18323942 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.004566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Unidirectional single-mode operation of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser with a planar semimonolithic ring cavity has been demonstrated at 1064 nm. The semimonolithic cavity consists of a laser active medium placed in a magnetic field, a crystal quartz plate, and an output coupling mirror, which form an optical diode by acting as a Faraday rotator, a reciprocal polarization rotator, and a partial polarizer, respectively. A single-mode output power of 155 mW and a slope efficiency of 17% were obtained with a 1.2-W diode laser at 809 nm. A laser linewidth of less than 100 kHz is inferred from a beat note frequency spectrum between two identical laser systems and continuous tuning to greater than 2 GHz was observed.
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- J R Park
- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Kusongdong, Yusong-gu, Taejon 305-701, Korea.
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Yoon TH, Eom CI, Chung MS, Kong HJ. Diffractometric methods for absolute measurement of diffraction-grating spacings. Opt Lett 1999; 24:107-109. [PMID: 18071423 DOI: 10.1364/ol.24.000107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We propose one- and two-wavelength methods of absolute measurement of diffraction-grating spacings based on the Littman configuration for autocollimation. The one-wavelength method has been applied to measure the spacing of a grating with a nominal value of 2160grooves/mm . The grating spacing was measured to be 463.16 nm, with an experimental standard deviation of 0.24 nm. It has been demonstrated that the both methods can provide direct traceability in the submicrometer region in terms of wavelength standards for applications in the field of nanometrology.
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Chung JW, Yoon TH. Different production of interleukin-1alpha, interleukin-1beta and interleukin-8 from cholesteatomatous and normal epithelium. Acta Otolaryngol 1998; 118:386-91. [PMID: 9655214 DOI: 10.1080/00016489850183485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cholesteatomatous bone destruction is caused by an increase in collagenase activity and activation of the osteoclasts. Cytokines. such as interleukins (IL), are important in intercellular communication in the mechanism of bone destruction. Middle ear cholesteatomas and external auditory canal skins (EACS) can be surgically obtained and cultured. The quantities of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta and IL-8 secretions were measured in the supernatant of each culture series. On the 2nd day of culture, the level of IL-1alpha was 0.60+/-0.13 (pg/microg of total protein) in cholesteatoma, and 0.25+/-0.02 in EACS. The levels of IL-1beta in cholesteatoma and EACS were 0.41+/-0.06 and 0.24+/-0.02, respectively. The levels of IL-8 in cholesteatoma and EACS were 146.50+/-32.37 and 50.40+/-6.24, respectively. After 2 days, the levels of IL-1alpha and IL-8 of each tissue decreased. The value from fibroblasts did not show a significant difference between cholesteatoma and EACS, and the values did not change as time passed. We can conclude that the IL-1alpha and IL-8 from the cholesteatomatous epithelium are responsible for the cholesteatomatous bone destruction and certain substances from the subepithelial granulation tissue can stimulate the cholesteatoma to produce IL-1alpha and IL-8.
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- J W Chung
- Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Soo Cho C, Chang Kim J, Yoon TH, Nam KG, Park UY, Liu HK. Optoelectronic implementation of a diffusion neural network for edge detection. Opt Lett 1995; 20:1806. [PMID: 19862164 DOI: 10.1364/ol.20.001806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Yoon TH, Moon H, Park YJ, Park KK. Investigation of Metal Binding Sites on Soil Fulvic Acid Using Eu(III) Luminescence Spectroscopy. Environ Sci Technol 1994; 28:2139-2146. [PMID: 22191754 DOI: 10.1021/es00061a023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Choi NG, Soh SH, Yoon TH, Song MH. Clinical experience with transurethral microwave thermotherapy for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia. J Endourol 1994; 8:61-4. [PMID: 7514470 DOI: 10.1089/end.1994.8.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Chronic prostatitis and prostatodynia are troublesome disorders that are not responsive to any kind of treatment. Patients with treatment-resistant chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (n = 61) or prostatodynia (n = 17) for longer than 3 years underwent a single 1-hour session of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) using the Prostatron. Complete symptom disappearance was obtained in 23% of patients and a partial response in 43%. Of the patients with prostatitis, 46% showed normalization and 31% an improvement of the leukocyte count in expressed prostatic secretion. In patients with prostatodynia, the corresponding figures were 35% and 41%. Most complications were temporary, but there was one case of epididymitis and one of reduction in the volume of the ejaculate. TUMT is well tolerated and safe, and it is effective in relieving the symptoms of many patients with nonbacterial prostatitis or prostatodynia. The possible adverse effects on fertility and urinary continence require further study.
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- N G Choi
- Department of Urology, HanGang Sacred Heart Hospital, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea
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One of the unanswered questions in Meniere's disease research is the pathophysiology by which the classic symptoms are produced. A histopathological study was undertaken to identify the pathological features of symptomatic endolymphatic hydrops and their relationship to these symptoms. Two groups of temporal bones were examined, compared, and described. The first group was from patients with symptoms of Meniere's disease (n = 29). Temporal bones in the second group were chosen for the presence of endolymphatic hydrops and the absence of otologic symptoms (n = 13). Significant differences were noted in the severity of hydrops, the frequency of membrane ruptures, the endolymphatic duct, and coexistent pathologic conditions. Ruptures were seen in 38% of temporal bones from symptomatic patients and in only 8% of temporal bones from patients with asymptomatic endolymphatic hydrops. Based on this study and a review of the literature, the authors believe that the symptoms and findings of Meniere's disease are explained best on the basis of both chemical and physical mechanisms being operational intermittently and together.
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- N M Sperling
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, State University of New York-Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11201
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da Costa SS, Paparella MM, Schachern PA, Yoon TH, Kimberley BP. Temporal bone histopathology in chronically infected ears with intact and perforated tympanic membranes. Laryngoscope 1992; 102:1229-36. [PMID: 1405982 DOI: 10.1288/00005537-199211000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Chronic suppurative otitis media has been clinically defined as a chronic discharge from the middle ear in the presence of a perforation of the tympanic membrane. However, irreversible tissue pathology in the middle ear or mastoid can occur behind an intact tympanic membrane. One hundred forty-four human temporal bones with chronic otitis media were divided into two groups: those with perforated (28) and those with nonperforated (116) tympanic membranes. The histopathological findings of their middle ears were compared. Granulation tissue in various degrees was the most prominent pathological feature. It was observed in 96% of temporal bones with perforation of the tympanic membrane, and in 97% of those without perforation. Also found were ossicular bony changes (96% with perforation; 90.5% without), middle ear effusion (93% with perforation; 89% without), cholesterol granuloma (21% with perforation; 12% without), cholesteatoma (36% with perforation; 4% without), and tympanosclerosis (43% with perforation; 20% without). This study shows that the histopathological changes of the middle ear are similar in temporal bones with and without perforation of the tympanic membrane. The clinician should, therefore, be aware that an intact tympanic membrane does not necessarily preclude the presence of gross pathological changes of the middle ear cleft.
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- S S da Costa
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Centre, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
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Ossification of the inner ear is the result of multifactorial pathogeneses, such as infection or malignant infiltration, and otosclerosis. Ossification of the inner ear spaces is a well documented sequela of suppurative labyrinthitis. In this study of human temporal bones, sections from 14 patients (28 temporal bones) were studied. In addition to the osseous tissue within the inner ear, findings included neoplasms, otosclerosis, otitis media, trauma, and Fabry's disease. We have attempted to correlate these conditions and their influence on the formation of osseous tissue within the spaces of the inner ear. Tympanogenic infection and vascular compromise were found to play an important role in ossification. The scala tympani of the basal turn of the cochlea was frequently the site involved.
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- C deSouza
- International Hearing Foundation, Minneapolis
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Ruah CB, Schachern PA, Zelterman D, Paparella MM, Yoon TH. Age-related morphologic changes in the human tympanic membrane. A light and electron microscopic study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991; 117:627-34. [PMID: 2036184 DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1991.01870180063013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To our knowledge, the normal changes that occur in the tympanic membrane after birth have not been described, despite several reports that their otoscopic appearance in healthy, full-term infants is different from that in adults. To provide such a description, the tympanic membranes of 54 temporal bones that had no pathologic evidence of otologic diseases, from patients aged 33 weeks' gestation to 91 years, were examined with light or electron microscopy. The changes encountered in thickness, cellularity, vascularity, collagen, and elastin indicated beyond the first year of life and into old age.
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- C B Ruah
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Minneapolis
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A quantitative morphologic study of the cellular changes in human Reissner's membrane (RM) was performed under light microscopy on 30 normal temporal bones from 15 subjects, and on 20 temporal bones from 10 subjects with endolymphatic hydrops. The cellular density of the epithelial and mesothelial layers of normal RMs decreased with increasing age. In endolymphatic hydrops, cellular proliferation and decreased cellular density of a distended RM were observed, and these changes occurred more remarkably in epithelial cells. Decreased cellular density in RM was correlated to the degree of endolymphatic hydrops. These findings indicate an involvement of the epithelial cellular changes in the pathogenesis of endolymphatic hydrops. Our results suggest that cellular changes in RM may cause dysfunction of radial flow leading to ionic disturbance of endolymph, which provides a possible mechanism of hearing loss in endolymphatic hydrops.
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- T H Yoon
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Center, Minneapolis
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Mokuno H, Yamada N, Shimano H, Ishibashi S, Mori N, Takahashi K, Oka T, Yoon TH, Takaku F. The enhanced cellular uptake of very-low-density lipoprotein enriched in apolipoprotein E. Biochim Biophys Acta 1991; 1082:63-70. [PMID: 1849015 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(91)90300-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have recently reported an increased clearance of plasma very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) after intravenous injection of apolipoprotein (apo) E in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits. In the present study, we have investigated the cellular uptake of VLDL enriched in apo E (VLDL-E) which had been incubated with purified rabbit apo E. VLDL-E was taken up approx. 2-fold more than VLDL in human skin fibroblast, human monocyte-derived macrophage and Hep G2 cell and its degradation was least in macrophage. To characterize the binding of VLDL-E, we performed a binding assay using hepatic endosome isolated from estradiol-treated rats and we observed both increased EDTA-sensitive and -resistant binding of VLDL-E on endosome. Ligand blotting of hepatic endosome demonstrated two major bands of LDL receptor (130 and 260 kDa protein) and a minor band of LDL receptor-related protein (580 kDa protein) with a ligand of VLDL-E. These results suggested that VLDL-E was endocytosed in liver through a similar pathway among three cell types, and enrichment of apo E in VLDL enhanced the uptake of VLDL not only via an EDTA-sensitive binding site (classical LDL receptor) but also via other binding sites including an EDTA-resistant binding site and an LDL receptor-related protein.
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- H Mokuno
- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Yoon TH, Mori N, Kitamura K, Ishibashi S, Shimano H, Mokuno H, Gotoda T, Takaku F, Yamada N. Characterization of monoclonal anti-rabbit apolipoprotein E antibodies and chemical composition of lipoproteins separated by anti-apolipoprotein E immuno-affinity chromatography. J Biochem 1991; 109:204-10. [PMID: 1864834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Six mouse monoclonal antibodies against rabbit apolipoprotein E (apo E) have been developed. Of these monoclonal antibodies, clone 5 revealed a high affinity for purified apo E, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and beta-VLDL. This monoclonal antibody was used to prepare an immunoaffinity column. Coupled to Sepharose 4B, this antibody allowed complete removal of lipoproteins containing apo E from plasma of New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits; 62, 46, 14, and 3% of VLDL-, IDL-, LDL-, and HDL-protein, respectively, were bound to the anti-apo E affinity column. The bound VLDL was significantly rich in free cholesterol (FC) and cholesteryl esters (CE) relative to the unbound VLDL, whereas bound IDL, LDL and HDL were significantly rich in FC only. All of the bound fractions were characterized by significantly increased ratios of FC/phospholipids (PL). These results indicate that the two lipoprotein populations with and without apo E have different lipid compositions. The relatively high content of cholesterol in lipoproteins containing apo E suggests a contribution of apo E to plasma cholesterol transport.
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- T H Yoon
- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo
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Involvement of the tensor tympani muscle (TTM) and tendon in otitis media have been suggested both clinically and experimentally. Extensive postmortem histopathological studies of the human TTM in cases with known otitis media have not been done. One-hundred-five human temporal bones with and without otitis media were evaluated using light microscopy to determine the pathological changes of the TTM and tendon. Fatty cell infiltration and degenerative changes of the muscle fibers were observed in non-otitis and otitis media groups, but were greater in those cases with otitis media. Inflammatory cell infiltration and fibroblastic reactions occurred more often in chronic and purulent otitis media, and hypercontracted fibers were more frequent in serous and chronic otitis media. This study indicates that the human TTM and tendon are pathologically involved in the inflammatory process of otitis media.
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- M M Abdelhamid
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
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Eleven temporal bones from eight patients who had clinical histories of sudden hearing loss (SHL) were studied to assess the possible etiopathogenesis. The origin of SHL in seven ears from five patients was obscure, but appeared to be due to multiple causes. Common histopathologic changes in the cochlea, although complex, included atrophy of the organ of Corti and loss of cochlear neurons. Loss of cochlear neurons was the main finding in ears of viral infection. Labyrinthine fibrosis and formation of new bone were seen in two ears associated with vascular insult and in two ears of autoimmune disease. Different histopathologic findings causing SHL were observed even in cases with the same etiology. A case of SHL showing endolymphatic hydrops as the main histopathologic finding is described.
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- T H Yoon
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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The coexistence of otosclerosis and endolymphatic hydrops in the temporal bone have been described; however, the mechanism for the development of endolymphatic hydrops in otosclerosis remains unknown. Among 128 temporal bones with otosclerosis, involvement of the vestibular aqueduct by otosclerosis was observed in four temporal bones from two patients. In all four, the vestibular aqueduct was filled with active otosclerotic foci; the lumen of the endolymphatic duct and sac was narrowed as a result of fibrosis, and endolymphatic hydrops, more severe in the pars inferior than the pars superior, was observed. Collapse of the ductus reuniens and dilated saccule was seen in three temporal bones. Our study indicates that otosclerotic obstruction of the vestibular aqueduct may create a disturbance of the outflow and/or absorption of endolymph, leading to the development of endolymphatic hydrops and Meniere's disease, thus supporting the theory of longitudinal flow of endolymph.
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- T H Yoon
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis 55455
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Morphometric changes in the epithelium and subepithelium of the middle ear mucosa from children younger than 10 years of age were measured at the promontory in 85 temporal bones with otitis media and in 29 normal temporal bones by use of quantitative and semiquantitative methods. Comparisons of morphologic analysis in different otitis media types showed that acute inflammatory changes were usually seen in purulent otitis media with effusion and serous otitis media with effusion, and chronic inflammatory changes were more severe in mucoid otitis media with effusion and chronic otitis media. There were overlaps, however, in histopathologic findings between different types of otitis media that suggest a continuum of otitis media types, with one type of otitis media changing into another type.
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- T H Yoon
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Center, Minneapolis
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Paparella MM, Schachern PA, Yoon TH, Abdelhammid MM, Sahni R, da Costa SS. Otopathologic correlates of the continuum of otitis media. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 1990; 148:17-22. [PMID: 2112358 DOI: 10.1177/00034894900990s606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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It has been our hypothesis that different types of middle ear effusions and the clinical manifestations with which they are associated represent the typical inflammatory response. Employing an animal model under controlled conditions, we present statistical evidence that change in the mucosa of the middle ear in otitis media can occur along a continuum, with early forms regressing to more chronic stages of the disease. We also demonstrate an increase in the thickness and a decrease in the permeability of the round window membrane in a longitudinal study of otitis media in the same animal model. Histopathologic changes in human temporal bones with otitis media with effusion or chronic otitis media are similar to the changes in the animal models. These results support a concept that all categories of otitis media (serous, purulent, mucoid, and chronic) represent different stages in a continuum of events.
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- M M Paparella
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Research Center, Minneapolis
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Yoon TH, Yamada N, Ishibashi S, Shimano H, Gotoda T, Harada K, Akanuma Y, Murase T, Takaku F. The release of hepatic triglyceride lipase from rat monolayered hepatocytes in primary culture. Endocrinol Jpn 1990; 37:437-42. [PMID: 2253594 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj1954.37.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The release of hepatic triglyceride lipase from cultured rat hepatocytes and its hormonal regulation were studied. The activity of lipase released into the medium in the presence of heparin was increasing for 24 hours on the 2nd day of culture. The activity in the absence of heparin was only 10% of that in the presence of heparin. When hepatocytes were cultured with anti-hepatic triglyceride lipase IgG, the lipase activity was suppressed by 92%. The results suggest that the enzyme released into the culture medium is identical to hepatic triglyceride lipase which can be released only in the presence of heparin, the mode of release being similar to that of lipoprotein lipase from adipocytes. The addition of colchicine and monensin to the medium resulted in the inhibition of lipase secretion by 20% and 61%, respectively. Insulin enhanced lipase activity only 20%, whereas dexamethasone suppressed the activity by 44%. These data indicated that hepatic triglyceride lipase is secreted and released from hepatocytes in the presence of heparin and its secretion is regulated by hormones.
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- T H Yoon
- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Temporal bones without evidence of otitis media, as well as temporal bones with various types of otitis media, were examined for the presence of retractions of the tympanic membrane and their related histopathologic progression to the formation of cholesteatoma. Retractions were not present in non-otitis media, purulent, or mucoid otitis media. Retractions were observed in 2.1% of temporal bones with serous otitis media and 19.5% of temporal bones with chronic otitis media. All temporal bones with retractions demonstrated evidence of current or previous otitis media. Histopathologic changes of the middle ear cleft were associated with the type and degree of retraction. This study supports the continuum theory according to which otitis media with effusion eventually leads to a variety of sequelae and/or to chronic otitis media. The tympanic membrane appears to follow progressive changes, from simple retraction to retraction pockets and finally to cholesteatoma.
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- T H Yoon
- School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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de Souza CE, Sperling NM, da Costa SS, Yoon TH, Abdel Hamid M, de Souza RA. Congenital cholesteatomas of the cerebellopontine angle. Am J Otol 1989; 10:358-63. [PMID: 2817105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Thirty cases of congenital cholesteatomas of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) treated over a period of 20 years are reviewed with regard to their clinical features, the pathophysiology of their symptoms, and their management. The predominant symptoms were related to cranial nerves VII and VIII and headaches. Signs and symptoms were divided into those caused by local involvement of the cholesteatoma, increased intracranial pressure, or both. Diagnostic procedures from invasive procedures such as ventriculography to more sophisticated noninvasive procedures including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are discussed. The surgical management of 27 congenital cholesteatomas was accomplished via a posterior cranial fossa approach. Total excision of the cholesteatoma was the aim but was carried out in only five (18%) patients because of concern regarding the preservation of nearby neurovascular structures. Partial excision was possible in 22 (82%) patients. To minimize re-formation, the residual cholesteatoma was carefully cauterized with the aid of the operating microscope and bipolar diathermy without damaging surrounding neurovascular structures. Follow-up has ranged from 2 to 15 years, with four (13%) cases of re-formation.
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- C E de Souza
- International Hearing Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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deSouza CE, deSouza R, da Costa S, Sperling N, Yoon TH, Abdelhamid MM, Sharma RR, Goel A. Cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cysts: a report on 30 cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1989; 52:986-90. [PMID: 2795068 PMCID: PMC1031839 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.52.8.986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Thirty cases of cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cysts treated over a period of 20 years are reviewed with regard to their clinical features, the pathophysiology of their symptoms and their management. The predominating symptoms were related to the 7th and 8th cranial nerves and headaches. The signs and symptoms were present for an average period of 4 months. It was not always possible to determine if the signs and symptoms were due to local involvement by the epidermoid, increased intracranial pressure, or both. Diagnostic procedures evolved from angiography and ventriculography to non-invasive computed tomography and MRI. The posterior cranial fossa approach was used in 27 cases. Total excision of the epidermoid was the aim and was carried out in five (18%) patients but concern regarding the preservation of nearby important neurovascular structures forced partial removal in 22 patients. To minimise reformation, the residual epidermoid was carefully coagulated with the aid of the operating microscope and bipolar cautery without damaging surrounding neurovascular structures.
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Systemic vasculitis includes a broad spectrum of disorders that may involve blood vessels of any size in any organ system. Systemic vasculitis is associated with immunopathogenic mechanisms. Sixteen temporal bones from eight persons were studied to determine histopathologic changes that occur in systemic vasculitis. Three persons had Wegener's granulomatosis, two had polyarteritis nodosa, and three had systemic lupus erythematosus. Otitis media was seen in 15 ears, with ten ears showing chronic middle ear changes and two showing fibrotic inner ear changes. In Wegener's granulomatosis, granulation tissue was observed around the eustachian tube and protympanum, and in polyarteritis nodosa, inflammatory cell infiltrate and thickened blood vessels were observed around the facial nerve. Although sensorineural hearing loss has been described clinically in systemic lupus erythematosus, the present report describes findings in temporal bones, including severe fibrosis and new bone formation throughout the inner ear.
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- T H Yoon
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455
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Fabry's disease is a rare progressive X-linked recessive disorder of glycosphingolipid metabolism. The accumulation of glycosphingolipids occurs in virtually all areas of the body, including the endothelial, perithelial, and smooth-muscle cells of blood vessels, the ganglion cells of the autonomic nervous system, and the glomeruli and tubules of the kidney. Although otologic symptoms have been described in these patients, to our knowledge there have been no temporal bone histopathologic reports. We describe the clinical histories, audiometric results, and temporal bone findings of two patients with this rare disorder. Both patients demonstrated a bilateral sloping sensorineural hearing loss audiometrically. Middle ear findings of seropurulent effusions and hyperplastic mucosa were seen in all four temporal bones. Strial and spiral ligament atrophy in all turns, and hair cell loss mainly in the basal turns, were also common findings. The number of spiral ganglion cells was reduced in all temporal bones; however, evidence of glycosphingolipid accumulation was not observed in the spiral ganglia.
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- P A Schachern
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414
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Ishibashi S, Yamada N, Oka Y, Shimano H, Mori N, Yoon TH, Shimada M, Kanazawa Y, Akanuma Y, Murase T. Enhanced synthesis and secretion of apolipoprotein E from sciatic nerves of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats after injury. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 155:283-8. [PMID: 3415684 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81081-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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To elucidate the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy, synthesis and secretion of apolipoprotein E (apo E) from sciatic nerves after injury was studied in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Seven, 14, 28, 45 and 59 days after making crush injury on sciatic nerves with concomitant administration of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg body weight), the nerves were taken out and incubated with [35S]methionine. The [35S]labeled apo E was precipitated with specific antiserum. The amounts of apo E secreted into medium by nerves of diabetic rats were 7 times greater than those of non-diabetic rats 7 days after injury. This enhanced secretion of apo E was relatively selective for this protein, since the ratio of the immunoprecipitable apo E to the TCA preciptitable protein in the medium increased in diabetic rats. Intriguing possibility deduced from these results is that the secretion of apo E is involved in the development of diabetic neuropathy.
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- S Ishibashi
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Diseases with interaction between the middle ear and inner ear include 1) congenital anomalies, 2) trauma, 3) infection/inflammation, 4) tumors, 5) granulomas, 6) ototoxic eardrops, 7) cochlear implants, 8) otosclerosis, 9) Meniere's disease-decompensated, and Meniere's disease with perilymphatic fistula, and 10) perilymphatic hypertension. Clinical and pathological characteristics are briefly categorized in this survey. The clinical utility of exploratory tympanotomy in diagnosis and treatment of middle ear pathology and middle ear/inner ear interactions is commented upon.
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- M M Paparella
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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The problem with the Hopfield associative-memory model caused by an imbalance between the number of ones and zeros in each stored vector is studied, and a modification of the Hopfield model that works well irrespective of the number of ones (or zeros) is proposed. This modified model can be implemented with no increase in memory.
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Lee CH, Yoon TH, Shin SY. Optical flip-flop using light-emitting diodes and photodetectors. Appl Opt 1986; 25:2244-2245. [PMID: 20448752 DOI: 10.1364/ao.25.002244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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