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Shin HD, Song IH, Lee SH, Kim HS, Lee TH, Eun HS, Kim SH, Lee BS, Chae HB, Kim SH, Song MJ, Ko SY, Kim SB. Comparison of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir and Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 and 2 in South Korea. Korean J Gastroenterol 2024; 83:111-118. [PMID: 38522854 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2023.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Background/Aims This study compared the effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB) and sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (SOF/LDV) in real-life clinical practice. Methods The data from genotype 1 or 2 chronic hepatitis C patients treated with GLE/PIB or sofosbuvir + ribavirin or SOF/LDV in South Korea were collected retrospectively. The analysis included the treatment completion rate, sustained virologic response at 12 weeks (SVR12) test rate, treatment effectiveness, and adverse events. Results Seven hundred and eighty-two patients with genotype 1 or 2 chronic hepatitis C who were treated with GLE/PIB (n=575) or SOF/LDV (n=207) were included in this retrospective study. The baseline demographic and clinical characteristics revealed significant statistical differences in age, genotype, ascites, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma between the GLE/PIB and SOF/LDV groups. Twenty-two patients did not complete the treatment protocol. The treatment completion rate was high for both regimens without statistical significance (97.7% vs. 95.7%, p=0.08). The overall SVR12 of intention-to-treat analysis was 81.2% vs. 80.7% without statistical significance (p=0.87). The overall SVR12 of per protocol analysis was 98.7% vs. 100% without statistical significance (p=0.14). Six patients treated with GLE/PIB experienced treatment failure. They were all male, genotype 2, and showed a negative hepatitis C virus RNA level at the end of treatment. Two patients treated with GLE/PIB stopped medication because of fever and abdominal discomfort. Conclusions Both regimens had similar treatment completion rates, effectiveness, and safety profiles. Therefore, the SOF/LDV regimen can also be considered a viable DAA for the treatment of patients with genotype 1 or 2 chronic hepatitis C.
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- Hyun Deok Shin
- Department of Gastroenterology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chungnam University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chungnam University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chungnam University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chungbuk University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Ryou SH, Shin HD, Kim SB. Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as organized liver abscess: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11:8078-8083. [DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i33.8078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is difficult to treat and has a high mortality rate, emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. If characteristic radiologic findings and underlying liver disease are present, a diagnosis can be made without a biopsy. However, when HCC is accompanied by a liver abscess, diagnosis might be delayed by atypical radiologic findings. This case report aims to assist in the diagnosis of HCC, which can manifest in various forms.
CASE SUMMARY A 75-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with worsening fever and mental changes. He was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis six months earlier. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) raised our suspicion of an organized liver abscess. A follow-up CT scan after four weeks of antibiotic treatment showed a decrease in the liver lesion size. However, high fever recurred, and C-reactive protein increased to 14 mg/L. Aspiration of the liver lesion was performed, but no bacteria were identified. Blood culture revealed the presence of fungi. The patient received an additional four weeks of antibiotics and antifungal agents before being discharged. Approximately 10 mo later, a CT scan showed an increase in the lesion size, and biopsy was performed. The biopsy revealed an organized abscess with focal carcinomatous changes, for which surgery was performed. Postoperative histopathological examination revealed HCC, clear-cell variant. The nontumor liver tissue showed cirrhosis and an organized abscess.
CONCLUSION Even if a liver abscess is suspected in a patient with cirrhosis, the possibility of HCC should be considered.
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- Sung Hyeok Ryou
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan 31116, Chungnam, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan 31116, Chungnam, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan 31116, Chungnam, South Korea
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Koo HS, Son HC, Lee HS, Goong HJ, Kim JS, Kim KB, Kwon YH, Kim JH, Shin HD, Shin JE, Jee SR. Survey-Based Analysis of the Clinical Treatment Status of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korea. J Korean Med Sci 2023; 38:e126. [PMID: 37096309 PMCID: PMC10125791 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The quality-of-life of patients with irritable bowel syndrome is low; incorrect diagnosis/treatment causes economic burden and inappropriate consumption of medical resources. This survey-based study aimed to analyze the current status of irritable bowel syndrome treatment to examine differences in doctors' perceptions of the disease, and treatment patterns. METHODS From October 2019 to February 2020, the irritable bowel syndrome and Intestinal Function Research Study Group of the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility conducted a survey on doctors working in primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare institutions. The questionnaire included 37 items and was completed anonymously using the NAVER platform (a web-based platform), e-mails, and written forms. RESULTS A total of 272 doctors responded; respondents reported using the Rome IV diagnostic criteria (amended in 2016) for diagnosing and treating irritable bowel syndrome. Several differences were noted between the primary, secondary, and tertiary physicians' groups. The rate of colonoscopy was high in tertiary healthcare institutions. During a colonoscopy, the necessity of random biopsy was higher among physicians who worked at tertiary institutions. 'The patient did not adhere to the diet' as a reason for ineffectiveness using low-fermentable oligo-, di-, and mono-saccharides, and polyols diet treatment was higher among physicians in primary/secondary institutions, and 'There are individual differences in terms of effectiveness' was higher among physicians in tertiary institutions. In irritable bowel syndrome constipation predominant subtype, the use of serotonin type 3 receptor antagonist (ramosetron) and probiotics was higher in primary/secondary institutions, while serotonin type 4 receptor agonist was used more in tertiary institutions. In irritable bowel syndrome diarrhea predominant subtype, the use of antispasmodics was higher in primary/secondary institutions, while the use of serotonin type 3 receptor antagonist (ramosetron) was higher in tertiary institutions. CONCLUSION Notable differences were observed between physicians in primary/secondary and tertiary institiutions regarding the rate of colonoscopy, necessity of random biopsy, the reason for the ineffectiveness of low-fermentable oligo-, di-, and mono-saccharides, and polyols diet, and use of drug therapy in irritable bowel syndrome. In South Korea, irritable bowel syndrome is diagnosed and treated according to the Rome IV diagnostic criteria, revised in 2016.
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- Hoon Sup Koo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Chungbuk National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Konyang University, College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea.
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Cha SM, Shin HD, Kim YK, Kim SG. Finger injuries by eyebrow razor blades in infants. Hand Surg Rehabil 2023; 42:80-85. [PMID: 36336263 DOI: 10.1016/j.hansur.2022.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Infants are occasionally injured while playing with their mother's eyebrow razor, and we have treated several infants with flexor tendon injuries, which in some cases were accompanied by damage to the corresponding digital nerves and/or vessels. Here, we report the outcomes in a retrospective case series, with a review of literature. Between January 2013 and October 2019, 8 patients who met our inclusion criteria were initially investigated. The inclusion criteria were: (1) injured by an eyebrow razor during fiddling or grasping, and (2) the availability of complete medical records and radiological data, with follow-up of at least 2 years. The core sutures were performed using a modified Becker (4-strand) method for flexor digitorum profundus (FDP). Nerves and/or vessels were repaired under microscopy. A long-arm mitten cast was then applied, with the fingers slightly flexed in a resting position, for 3 weeks. Then, the children were allowed to return to unrestricted activity. Formal outpatient hand therapy was not performed. Mean postnatal age was 6.3 months. The FDP was injured in zones 1 and 2 in 3 and 5 infants, respectively. Most of the infants were injured near a dressing table, in the bedroom used by their mother. The colors of these razors were all bright, except for one achromatic (white) razor. All of the razors had been left uncovered, without their cap, or were left open in the case of hinged razors. At a mean follow-up of 35.8 months, range of motion was evaluated by the Strickland and modified Strickland methods; all results were "excellent". We encountered no significant complications in any digit: neuroma, tendon retear, stiffness or necrosis. Uncapped or unfolded colorful eyebrow razors pose a high risk of tendon section with concurrent neurovascular injury in infants. Although satisfactory outcomes can be expected, it seems important to prevent the injury through fastidious parental care and changing razor design and color. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, retrospective case series.
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- S M Cha
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 266 Munwha-ro, Jung-Gu, 35015 Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 266 Munwha-ro, Jung-Gu, 35015 Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 266 Munwha-ro, Jung-Gu, 35015 Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 266 Munwha-ro, Jung-Gu, 35015 Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Shin HD. Role of Nutrient Drinking Test in Functional Dyspepsia. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2022; 28:339-342. [PMID: 35799230 PMCID: PMC9274466 DOI: 10.5056/jnm22074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Hyun Deok Shin
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
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Choi IY, Ju HJ, Lee KJ, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Podosphaera xanthii on Salvia farinacea in Korea. Plant Dis 2022; 106:1068. [PMID: 34402635 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-21-1427-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- I Y Choi
- Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
- Department of Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
- Department of Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, College of Environmental and Bioresource Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan 54596, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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Han JH, Kim HG, Ahn EM, Park S, Jeon SR, Cha JM, Kwak MS, Jung Y, Shin JE, Shin HD, Cho YS. Correlation between Surrogate Quality Indicators for Adenoma Detection Rate and Adenoma Miss Rate in Qualified Colonoscopy, CORE Study: KASID Multicenter Study. Gut Liver 2021; 16:716-725. [PMID: 34933279 PMCID: PMC9474487 DOI: 10.5009/gnl210287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background/Aims The adenoma detection rate (ADR) does not reflect the complete detection of every adenoma during colonoscopy; thus, many surrogate indicators have been suggested. This study investigated whether the ADR and surrogate quality indicators reflect the adenoma miss rate (AMR) when performing qualified colonoscopy. Methods We performed a prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study of asymptomatic examinees aged 50 to 75 years who underwent back-to-back screening colonoscopies by eight endoscopists. The ADR and surrogate quality indicators, including polyp detection rate, total number of adenomas per colonoscopy, additional adenomas found after the first adenoma per colonoscopy (ADR-Plus), and total number of adenomas per positive participant, were calculated for the prediction of AMR. Results A total of 371 back-to-back colonoscopies were performed. There was a significant difference in ADRs (range, 44% to 75.4%; p=0.024), polyp detection rates (range, 56% to 86.9%; p=0.008) and adenomas per positive participants (range, 1.19 to 2.30; p=0.038), and a tendency of a difference in adenomas per colonoscopy (range, 0.62 to 1.31; p=0.051) and ADR-Plus (range, 0.13 to 0.70; p=0.054) among the endoscopists. The overall AMR was 20.1%, and AMRs were not different (range, 13.9 to 28.6; p>0.05) among the endoscopists. No quality indicators were significantly correlated with AMR. The number of adenomas found during the first colonoscopy was an independent factor for increased AMR (odds ratio, 1.79; p<0.001). Conclusions The colonoscopy quality indicators were significantly different among high-ADR endoscopists, and none of the quality indicators reflected the AMR of good quality colonoscopy performances. The only factor influencing AMR was the number of adenomas detected during colonoscopy.
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- Jae Hee Han
- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Digestive Disease Center, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Data Innovation, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Kim JM, Lee WA, Shin HD, Song IH, Kim SB. Cystic Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. Korean J Gastroenterol 2021; 78:300-304. [PMID: 34824189 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2021.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can arise throughout the body. Most NETs in the liver are metastatic tumors; primary hepatic NET (PHNET) is extremely rare. A diagnosis of PHNET is very difficult. No single modality can diagnose PHNET by itself, and it often resembles other hypervascular masses of the liver. This paper reports the case of a 51-year old female with a large hepatic mass. Unlike most of PHNETs reported previously, it was composed of a solid mass with mainly multiple cystic lesions, which led to an erroneous diagnosis of hepatic mucinous cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma. PHNET with cystic lesions is extremely rare, and the features are not well studied. This case may help physicians suspect PHNET in a differential diagnosis of an atypical hepatic mass.
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- Jin Mo Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Cha SM, Kang JW, Shin HD, Ga IH. Acute Seymour fractures in children/adolescents overlooked as a simple nail injury: Reduction without pinning. Hand Surg Rehabil 2021; 40:171-176. [PMID: 33508522 DOI: 10.1016/j.hansur.2020.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We retrospectively report the outcomes of several cases in which acute Seymour fractures were treated by open reduction of displaced distal bony fragments with concurrent nail repair, following complete incision and drainage without K-wire fixation. Among 21 patients surgically treated between March 2004 and December 2018, the final 12 were evaluated after at least 2 years of follow-up. All children/adolescents presented more than 24 h after the injury. All injuries were unreduced in the emergency department, with typical features of skin disruption around the eponychium/perionychium. Reduction was maintained without a K-wire after repairing the bone-periosteum-nail bed-nail plate of the distal fragment and the corresponding physis-periosteum-germinal matrix-proximal nail-fold of the proximal stump. Dorsal angulation, finger length, postoperative pain on visual analog scale (VAS), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score, and active range of motion (ROM) were evaluated at the final follow-up. The mean patient age was 9.3 years (range, 3-13 years) and the mean time from injury to surgery was 35 h (range, 28-44 h). Only one child suffered a superficial infection; however, it resolved with 1 week of oral antibiotic treatment. At the final follow-up, mean dorsal angulation was 0.50° ± 1.24°; the length ratio compared with the corresponding contralateral phalanx was 98% (both, P > 0.05). The final pain on VAS, DASH score, and ROM ratio were 0.25 ± 0.45, 0.83 ± 1.34, and 99 ± 2%, respectively. Unreduced Seymour fractures presenting more than 24 h after the injury were treated by proper debridement and reduction of the fracture without the use of a K-wire. However, to determine whether the infection rate is definitively lower, this procedure should be compared with the conventional procedure using a K-wire. Level of Evidence: Therapeutic level IV.
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- S M Cha
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282 Munhwa-ro, Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital, 123 Jeokgeum-ro, Gojan-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282 Munhwa-ro, Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, South Korea.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282 Munhwa-ro, Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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Braun U, Nakashima C, Bakhshi M, Zare R, Shin HD, Alves RF, Sposito MB. Taxonomy and phylogeny of cercosporoid ascomycetes on Diospyros spp. with special emphasis on Pseudocercospora spp. Fungal Syst Evol 2020; 6:95-127. [PMID: 32904397 PMCID: PMC7453130 DOI: 10.3114/fuse.2020.06.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A worldwide survey of cercosporoid ascomycete species on hosts of the genus Diospyros (persimmon) with key to the species based on characters in vivo is provided. Special emphasis is placed on species of the genus Pseudocercospora, which are in part also phylogenetically analysed, using a multilocus approach. Species of the latter genus proved to be very diverse, with a remarkable degree of cryptic speciation. Seven new species are described (Pseudocercospora diospyri-japonicae, P. diospyriphila, P. ershadii, P. kakiicola, P. kobayashiana, and P. tesselata), and two new names are introduced [P. kakiigena (≡ Cylindrosporium kaki, non Pseudocercospora kaki), and Zasmidium diospyri-hispidae (≡ Passalora diospyri, non Zasmidium diospyri)]. Six taxa are lectotypified (Cercospora atra, C. diospyri, C. diospyri var. ferruginea, C. flexuosa, C. fuliginosa, C. kaki), and Pseudocercospora kaki is epitypified.
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- U Braun
- Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurima-machiya, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- University of São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 13418-900, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 13418-900, Piracicaba, Brazil
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Chun SW, Lee K, Park YJ, Shin HD. [Rapunzel Syndrome Removed with Enteroscopy in a Child]. Korean J Gastroenterol 2019; 74:42-45. [PMID: 31344771 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2019.74.1.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A trichobezoar is a type of bezoar that is composed of hair. In most cases, it is confined to the stomach, but in rare cases, it may extend to the small intestine. This condition is referred to as Rapunzel syndrome. The therapeutic method for bezoar removal depends on its type, location, and size. Generally, the treatment for Rapunzel syndrome involves surgical laparotomy. Endoscopic removal has also been effective in some cases. On the other hand, complications, such as respiratory difficulty and esophageal impaction may be encountered during endoscopic removal. Until now, the successful endoscopic removal of trichobezoars has been limited to the stomach or duodenum. This paper reports the case of a 4-year-old female patient with Rapunzel syndrome whose trichobezoar reached the proximal jejunum. The trichobezoar was removed without complications using an electrosurgical knife and snare through a single-balloon enteroscopy. The trichobezoar can be removed successfully using enteroscopy under general anesthesia without abdominal laparotomy in young children. Therefore, this method of removal can be considered preferentially for children with Rapunzel syndrome.
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- Sang Woo Chun
- Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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We report the case of a 56-year-old man who presented with dysphagia and weight loss. An esophagoduodenoscopy revealed a severe esophageal stricture in the distal esophagus. After surgical resection, the final pathologic analysis revealed that the tumor was comprised of benign-appearing fibroinflammatory cells with an increase and predominance of IgG4-positive plasma cells. He did not, however, have any other symptoms indicative of systemic autoimmune disease or connective tissue disorders. Histologically, abundant infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells and lymphocytes was observed. The patient was diagnosed with IgG4-related disease, definitive, with esophageal involvement.
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- Sung Wook Jang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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Kim J, Kim HG, Kim KO, Kim HW, Park J, Byeon JS, Hwang SW, Shin HD, Shin JE, Yang HJ, Lee HS, Jung Y, Cho YS, Joo YE, Myung DS, Huh KC, Ahn EM. Clinical comparison of low-volume agents (oral sulfate solution and sodium picosulfate with magnesium citrate) for bowel preparation: the EASE study. Intest Res 2019; 17:413-418. [PMID: 30959582 PMCID: PMC6667374 DOI: 10.5217/ir.2018.00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background/Aims This study compared the efficacy, compliance, and safety of bowel preparation between sodium picosulfate with magnesium citrate (SPMC) and oral sulfate solution (OSS). Methods A prospective randomized multicenter study was performed. Split preparation methods were performed in both groups; the SPMC group, 2 sachets on the day before, and 1 sachet on the day of the procedure, the OSS group, half of the OSS with 1 L of water on both the day before and the day of the procedure. The adenoma detection rate (ADR), adequacy of bowel preparation using the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) score, patient satisfaction on a visual analog scale (VAS), and safety were compared between the 2 groups. Results This study analyzed 229 patients (121 in the SPMC group and 108 in the OSS group). ADR showed no differences between 2 groups (51.7% vs. 41.7%, P>0.05). The mean total BBPS score (7.95 vs. 8.11, P>0.05) and adequate bowel preparation rate (94.9% vs. 96.3%, P>0.05) were similar between the 2 groups. The mean VAS score for taste (7.62 vs. 6.87, P=0.006) was significantly higher in the SPMC group than in the OSS group. There were no significant differences in any other safety variables between the 2 groups except nausea symptom (36.1% vs. 20.3%, P=0.008). Conclusions Bowel preparation for colonoscopy using low volume OSS and SPMC yielded similar ADRs and levels of efficacy. SPMC had higher levels of satisfaction for taste and feeling than did OSS.
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- Jeeyeon Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Digestive Disease Center, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Nam K, Shin HD, Shin JE. Acute gastric dilatation and ischemia associated with portal vein gas caused by binge eating. Korean J Intern Med 2019; 34:231-232. [PMID: 29132202 PMCID: PMC6325429 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2017.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Kwangwoo Nam
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea
- Correspondence to Kwangwoo Nam, M.D. Tel: +82-41-550-7630 Fax: +82-41-550-7050 E-mail:
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea
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- Ki Bae Bang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Cho W, Nam K, Bang KB, Shin HD, Shin JE. Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome Showing Good Early Response to Steroid Treatment. Korean J Gastroenterol 2018; 71:239-243. [PMID: 29684974 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2018.71.4.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Woohee Cho
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Shin JG, Kim DY, Seo JM, Oh JT, Park KW, Kim HY, Park BL, Kim JH, Shin HD. Potential association of VAMP5 polymorphisms with total colonic aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2016; 28:1055-63. [PMID: 26970437 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a congenital bowel disease caused by the absence of nerve cells in portions of the intestine. Our recent genome-wide association study has identified a variant (rs1254900) of vesicle-associated membrane protein 5 (VAMP5) as a potential risk locus for total colonic aganglionosis (TCA) in HSCR. In addition, VAMP5 is a member of the VAMP/synaptobrevin protein complex, which participates in nerve signal transduction by regulating the vesicular fusion of the neurotransmitter in synaptic transmission. METHODS A total of 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including those in the functionally important coding region, were selected on the basis of linkage disequilibrium and genotyped in 187 HSCR patients and 283 unaffected controls by using a TaqMan assay. Logistic analysis was conducted to investigate the possible association between VAMP5 SNPs and the risk of HSCR. KEY RESULTS Genetic variants of VAMP5 showed increased association signals in the TCA subgroup of HSCR patients (minimum p = 9.69 × 10(-5) , OR = 3.93 at rs10206961) compared to other subgroups, even after Bonferroni correction (pcorr = 0.002). In haplotype analysis, three haplotypes (BL1_ht1, BL2_ht1, and BL2_ht2) were associated with the risk of TCA (minimum pcorr = 0.005). In additional combined analysis after imputation based on our previous GWAS, five SNPs still retained significant associations with the TCA subtype (minimum pcorr = 0.006 at rs10206961). CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Considering that differential genetic effects on the development of the enteric nervous system, our results suggest that VAMP5 may be associated with the TCA of HSCR. However, further replications and functional evaluations are required.
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- J-G Shin
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., Seoul, Korea.,Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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Benign cystic mesothelioma (BCM) is a rare benign disease that forms multicystic masses in the abdomen, pelvis, and retroperitoneum. It occurs predominantly in young to middle-aged women. The majority of cases were associated with a history of abdominal or pelvic operation, a history of endometriosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease. We present a unique case of BCM which is different to the previous cases. The patient was a 52-year-old man showing features of peritoneal carcinomatosis accompanied by ascites on abdominal computed tomography scans. We herein report a case of BCM misdiagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
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- Hyun Deok Shin
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea, Republic of
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea, Republic of
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Kim LH, Cheong HS, Shin JG, Seo JM, Kim DY, Oh JT, Kim HY, Jung K, Koh I, Kim JH, Shin HD. Genetic variants of IL-11 associated with risk of Hirschsprung disease. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2015; 27:1371-7. [PMID: 26172388 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a congenital and heterogeneous disorder characterized by the absence of enteric ganglia during enteric nervous system (ENS) development. Our recent genome-wide association study has identified a variant (rs6509940) of interleukin-11 (IL-11) as a potential susceptible locus for HSCR. As interleukins play important roles in the ENS, we further studied associations with HSCR of nine common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on IL-11. METHODS Biopsy specimens or surgical materials from all patients that were tested for histological examination based on the absence of the enteric ganglia were collected. A total of nine SNPs on IL-11 were genotyped in 187 HSCR patients and 283 unaffected controls using TaqMan genotyping assay. KEY RESULTS Combined analysis revealed that several SNPs (minimum p = 1.57 × 10(-7) ) showed statistically significant associations with HSCR, even after Bonferroni correction (pcorr = 1.73 × 10(-6) for the SNP). Moreover, the most common haplotype was strongly associated with HSCR (pcorr = 2.20 × 10(-6) ). In further analysis among three HSCR subtypes (short segment, S-HSCR; long segment, L-HSCR; total colonic aganglionosis, TCA) based on the extent of aganglionic segment, the result showed a different association pattern depending on the subtypes (minimum pcorr = 6.12 × 10(-5) for rs6509940 in S-HSCR; but no significant SNP in L-HSCR and TCA). CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Although further replication in a larger cohort and functional evaluations are needed, our findings suggest that genetic variations of IL-11 may be associated with the risk of HSCR and/or the mechanisms related to ENS development.
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- L H Kim
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.,Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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Cha SM, Shin HD, Kim KC, Park IY. Extensive curettage using a high-speed burr versus dehydrated alcohol instillation for the treatment of enchondroma of the hand. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2015; 40:384-91. [PMID: 24369364 DOI: 10.1177/1753193413517204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients treated with different adjuvant methods after curettage for enchondromas of the hand. Sixty-two patients with enchondroma were treated with high-speed burring (29 patients) or alcohol instillation (33 patients) after curettage. The mean follow-up was 40.8 months. No significant differences in the visual analogue scale, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand scores, total range of active motion, grip strength, and complete healing time were observed between the groups. The distribution of the results of the formula by Wilhelm and Feldmeier were not significantly different between the groups. No surgery-related complications, postoperative pathological fractures, or recurrence was found in either group. For the treatment of enchondroma in the metacarpal and proximal phalanx, alcohol instillation immediately after curettage was as effective as extensive curettage using a high-speed burr.
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- S M Cha
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional Rheumatoid and Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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Kim YH, Noh R, Cho SY, Park SJ, Jeon SM, Shin HD, Kim SB, Shin JE. Inhibitory effect of metformin therapy on the incidence of colorectal advanced adenomas in patients with diabetes. Intest Res 2015; 13:145-52. [PMID: 25931999 PMCID: PMC4414756 DOI: 10.5217/ir.2015.13.2.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Metformin use has been associated with decreased colorectal cancer risk and mortality among diabetic patients. Recent research suggests that metformin use may decrease the incidence of colorectal adenomas in diabetic patients with previous colorectal cancer. This study aimed to assess the clinical effect of metformin use on the development of colorectal adenomas in diabetic patients without previous colorectal cancer. METHODS Among 604 consecutive diabetic patients who underwent colonoscopic surveillance after initial colonoscopy between January 2002 and June 2012, 240 patients without previous colorectal cancer were enrolled in this study and were divided in two groups: 151 patients receiving metformin and 89 patients not receiving metformin. Patient demographics and clinical characteristics as well as the colorectal adenoma incidence rate were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS The incidence rate of total colorectal adenomas was not different according to metformin use (P=0.349). However, the advanced adenoma incidence rate was significantly lower in the metformin group compared with the non-metformin group (relative risk [RR], 0.09; P=0.011). Metformin use was independently associated with a decreased incidence of advanced colorectal adenomas after adjustment for clinically relevant factors (RR, 0.072; P=0.016). In addition, the cumulative development rate of advanced adenomas during follow-up was significantly lower in the metformin group compared with the non-metformin group (P=0.007). CONCLUSIONS Metformin use in diabetic patients without previous colorectal cancer is associated with a lower risk of advanced colorectal adenomas.
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- Yo Han Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Choenan, Korea
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Chang HS, Shin SW, Lee TH, Bae DJ, Park JS, Kim YH, Uh ST, Choi BW, Kim MK, Choi IS, Park BL, Shin HD, Park CS. Development of a genetic marker set to diagnose aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in a genome-wide association study. Pharmacogenomics J 2015; 15:316-21. [PMID: 25707394 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2014.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 09/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We developed a genetic marker set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) by summing risk scores of 14 SNPs showing a significant association with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) from our previous 660 W genome-wide association data. The summed scores were higher in the AERD than in the aspirin-tolerant asthma (ATA) group (P=8.58 × 10(-37)), and were correlated with the percent decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 s after aspirin challenge (r(2)=0.150, P=5.84 × 10(-30)). The area under the curve of the scores for AERD in the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.821. The best cutoff value of the summed risk scores was 1.01328 (P=1.38 × 10(-32)). The sensitivity and specificity of the best scores were 64.7% and 85.0%, respectively, with 42.1% positive and 93.4% negative predictive values. The summed risk score may be used as a genetic marker with good discriminative power for distinguishing AERD from ATA.
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- H S Chang
- Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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- Asthma Genome Research Center, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 1] Asthma Genome Research Center, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea [2] Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Yongsan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Allergy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Incorporation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 1] Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Incorporation, Seoul, Republic of Korea [2] Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 1] Asthma Genome Research Center, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea [2] Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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Choi IY, Cheong SS, Joa JH, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Podosphaera xanthii on Sechium edule in Korea. Plant Dis 2015; 99:162. [PMID: 30699759 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-14-1011-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. (Cucurbitaceae, chayote, mirliton) is native to Mexico and Central America. Several trials have recently been conducted to determine the ability of chayote cultivars to grow under the climatic and soil conditions of South Korea. In April 2013, chayote plants were observed showing typical symptoms of powdery mildew in a glasshouse in Jeju City, Korea. Powdery mildew colonies were circular to irregular, forming white patches on both sides of the leaves. As the disease progressed, entire leaves were covered with white mycelium, followed by leaf withering and premature senescence. The same symptoms were also found on chayote plants in a polyethylene-film-covered greenhouse in Iksan City, Korea, in 2014. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS-F27289, F27422, F28186). Hyphae were flexuous to straight, branched, septate, and 5 to 7 μm wide. Appressoria on the mycelium were nipple-shaped or nearly absent. Conidiophores were straight, 150 to 240 × 10 to 12 μm and produced three to seven immature conidia in chains with a crenate outline. Foot-cells of conidiophores were straight, cylindric, and 52 to 85 μm long. Conidia were hyaline, ellipsoid-ovoid to barrel-shaped, measured 27 to 36 × 16 to 23 μm with a length/width ratio of 1.3 to 2.0, and had distinct fibrosin bodies. Simple to forked germ tubes were produced from the lateral position of conidia. No chasmothecia were found. These structures are typical of the powdery mildew Euoidium anamorph of the genus Podosphaera. Dimensions of foot-cells and conidia were within the ranges provided for P. xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun & Shishkoff, and the length/width ratio of conidia, appressorial characteristics, and conidial germination patterns also conformed to the standard description (2). To confirm the identification, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of isolate KUS-F27289 was amplified with primers ITS1 and ITS4 and sequenced directly. The resulting 473-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KM657960). A GenBank BLAST search of the Korean isolate showed 99% similarity with P. xanthii isolates from cucurbitaceous hosts (e.g., AB774155 to AB774158, AB040321, JQ340082, etc.). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation tests by gently pressing a diseased leaf onto young leaves of three asymptomatic, potted chayote plants. Three non-inoculated plants were used as controls. Plants were maintained in a greenhouse at 24 to 34°C. Inoculated leaves started to develop symptoms after 5 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The pathogenicity test was carried out twice with similar results. Powdery mildews of chayote caused by Podosphaera species have been reported in Australia, South Africa, Portugal, India, China, and the United States (1,3,4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by P. xanthii on chayote in Korea. Since chayote production was only recently started on a commercial scale in Korea, powdery mildew infections may pose a serious threat to the safe production of this vegetable. References: (1) P. Baiswar et al. Australas. Plant Dis. Notes 3:160, 2008. (2) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab. Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved October 4, 2014. (4) R. Singh et al. Plant Dis. 93:1348, 2009.
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- I Y Choi
- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Agricultural Research Center for Climate Change, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Jeju 690-150, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi IY, Hong SH, Cho SE, Park JH, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe heraclei on Peucedanum japonicum in Korea. Plant Dis 2015; 99:161. [PMID: 30699760 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-14-0895-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., belonging to the family Apiaceae, is distributed in many Asian countries, including Korea. This plant was recently developed as an edible green and is cultivated under organic farming in Korea. In June 2013, plants showing typical symptoms of powdery mildew were found with approximately 50% disease incidence in polyethylene-film-covered greenhouses in Iksan City, Korea. Symptoms first appeared as circular white colonies, which subsequently showed abundant mycelial growth on the leaves, often covering the whole surface. Infected plants were unmarketable mainly due to signs of white fungal growths and reddish discoloration on the leaves. The same symptoms were found on P. japonicum in poly-tunnels in Iksan City and Jinan County of Korea in 2014. Voucher specimens (n = 3) were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Appressoria were lobed, and solitary or in opposite pairs. Conidiophores were cylindrical, 80 to 145 × 8 to 10 μm, and composed of three to four cells. Foot-cells of conidiophores were straight to substraight, cylindrical, and 25 to 63 μm long. Singly produced conidia were oblong-elliptical to oblong, occasionally ovate, 35 to 50 × 13 to 16 μm with a length/width ratio of 2.3:3.1, with angular/rectangular wrinkling of outer walls, and lacked distinct fibrosin bodies. Germ tubes were produced on the perihilar position of conidia. Primary conidia were apically conical, basally truncate, and generally smaller than the secondary conidia. No chasmothecia were found. These structures are typical of the powdery mildew Pseudoidium anamorph of the genus Erysiphe. The specific measurements and morphological characteristics were consistent with those of E. heraclei DC. (2). To confirm the identification, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA from KUS-F27872 was amplified with primers ITS1/ITS4 and sequenced. The resulting 560-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KM491178). The obtained ITS sequence shared >99% similarity with those of E. heraclei from apiaceous hosts, e.g., Daucus carota (KC480605), Pimpinella affinis (AB104513), and Petroselinum crispum (KF931139). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently dusting conidia onto leaves of five healthy potted plants. Five non-inoculated plants served as controls. Inoculated plants developed symptoms after 6 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical in morphology to those observed in the field. Powdery mildew of P. japonicum caused by E. heraclei has been reported in Japan (4), and numerous reports of E. heraclei on various species of Peucedanum plants have been made in most part of Europe and East Asia (Japan and far eastern Russia) (1,3). However, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by E. heraclei on P. japonicum in Korea. Occurrence of powdery mildews is a threat to the quality and marketability of this plant, especially in organic farming. References: (1) K. Amano. Host Range and Geographical Distribution of the Powdery Mildew Fungi. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, 1986. (2) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases, Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., online publication. ARS, USDA. Retrieved August 18, 2014. (4) S. Tanda and C. Nakashima. J. Agric. Sci., Tokyo Univ. Agric. 47:54, 2002.
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- I Y Choi
- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Park JH, Cho SE, Han KS, Kim BS, Shin HD. First Report of Choanephora Rot Caused by Choanephora cucurbitarum on Hosta plantaginea in Korea. Plant Dis 2015; 99:158. [PMID: 30699769 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-14-0751-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch. is an herbaceous perennial plant with ornamental value. In August 2013, water-soaked spots and wet rot were found on flowers of H. plantaginea in a garden bedded out for landscaping in Hongcheon County, Korea. Symptoms initially appeared as water-soaked spots at the tips of flowers. Dark gray spots on flower petals often coalesced and led to rotting of flowers, with abundant sporulation. However, no symptoms were found on the leaves. Approximately 30% of the flowers were affected in the landscape bed. A fungal isolate was obtained by plating surface-disinfested diseased flower tissue on potato dextrose agar (PDA). Fungal colonies covering the plate (diam. 90 mm) in 48 h were white at first, with abundant aerial mycelia, but later turned pale yellow with abundant sporangiola. Sporangiophores bearing sporangiola were aseptate, hyaline, and usually arose from infected tissue. Sporangiola were ellipsoid to ovoid, indehiscent, brown to dark brown, pediculate, 7 to 12 μm wide and 9 to 20 μm high, and showed longitudinal striations at high magnification. Sporangia were few-spored to multispored, pale brown to brown, and 50 to 150 μm. Sporangiospores from sporangia were broadly ellipsoid, brown to pale brown, with hyaline polar appendages, 8 to 10 μm wide and 15 to 22 μm high. Zygospores were not observed. The morphological and cultural characteristics, especially based on shape and striation of sporangiola, were identical with those of Choanephora cucurbitarum (Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt. (2,3). A representative specimen was deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS-F27540). Genomic DNA was extracted using a DNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). The primers ITS1/ITS4 and NL1/LR3 were used to amplify the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA and the D1/D2 region of the large subunit (LSU), respectively (4). The PCR products were purified and directly sequenced. The resulting 594-bp ITS and 680-bp D1/D2 sequences were submitted to GenBank (Accession Nos. KM200034 and KM200035). A GenBank BLAST search of the fungal database showed that the sequences of ITS and D1/D2 regions matched those of C. cucurbitrarum (JN943006 and JN939195) with 100% similarity. A pathogenicity test was conducted by spraying three healthy potted plants (2 months old) with a sporangiola suspension (2 × 104 conidia/ml). Another three potted plants of the same age were treated with sterile water and served as controls. The plants were kept in humid chambers for 2 days and placed in a greenhouse (28°C and 60 to 80% RH). After 4 to 5 days, water-soaked spots were evident on the flowers of inoculated plants. No symptoms were observed on control plants. A pathogenicity test was conducted twice with the same results, fulfilling Koch's postulates. C. cucurbitarum has a wide host range but has not been previously reported to cause disease on H. plantaginea (1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. cucurbitarum on H. plantaginea globally as well as in Korea. Choanephora rot of flowers is an issue under high-moisture conditions, so allowing for adequate airflow and a dry plant canopy should aid in disease suppression. References: (1) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab. Online publication, ARS, USDA, retrieved July 11, 2014. (2) P. M. Kirk. Mycol. Pap. 152:1, 1984. (3) A. Saroj et al. Plant Dis. 96:293, 2012. (4) G. Walther et al. Persoonia 30:11, 2013.
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- J H Park
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Horticultural & Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Suwon 441-440, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Yu SJ, Kim JW, Lee JH, Yoon JH, Lee HS, Cheong JY, Cho SW, Shin HD, Kim YJ. Association of a microRNA-323b polymorphism with the persistence of hepatitis B virus infection by the enhancement of viral replication. J Viral Hepat 2014; 21:853-9. [PMID: 24341744 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Recent studies have shown that some mammalian microRNAs (miRNAs) play a role in antiviral defence. However, little is known about the role of miRNA-323b in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-host interaction. We explored whether single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of miRNA-323b affects HBV replication in a Korean HBV cohort. Genotyping was performed in a total of 1439 subjects composed of 404 spontaneously recovered (SR) subjects as normal controls and 1035 chronic carriers (CC) of HBV who were further classified into 313 patients with chronic hepatitis, 305 patients with liver cirrhosis and 417 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. To confirm the effect of SNP of miRNA-323b on HBV replication in vitro, HepAD38 cells were transfected with miRNA-323b wild type or miRNA-323b SNP plasmid vectors, and HBV replication was induced for 5 days. HBV DNA was isolated and quantified using real-time PCR. The polymorphism rs56103835C>T in the pre-miRNA region of miRNA-323b revealed significant minor allele frequency (0.273). rs56103835C>T SNP showed significantly affect persistence of HBV in CC group compared with SR group (OR = 1.29, P = 0.009 in a codominant model; OR = 1.29, P = 0.03 in a dominant model; and OR = 1.78, P = 0.03 in a recessive model). In vitro, the total intracellular HBV DNA content was significantly reduced by miRNA-323b wild-type plasmid vector transfection (P = 0.014). The polymorphism of miRNA-323b was significantly associated with persistence of HBV by the enhancement of HBV replication (P = 0.021). Our findings provide a novel perspective on the role SNP of miRNAs in host-virus interactions in HBV infection.
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- S J Yu
- Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Park JH, Cho SE, Lee SH, Lee CK, Shin HD. First Report of Postharvest Rot of Chestnuts Caused by Mucor racemosus f. sphaerosporus in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1742. [PMID: 30703917 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-14-0547-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is the second largest chestnut producer in the world. Major cultivars planted in Korea, including cv. Daebo, Hyogo57, and Okkwang, are hybrids of Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) and Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima). Because of high perishability, most chestnuts harvested in September and October are preserved in cold rooms (0°C) for marketing. During a survey of postharvest diseases in April to August 2013, chestnut rots were continuously observed in cold rooms located in Buyeo County, Korea. Preliminary studies revealed that the most common agent of rot appeared to be a species of Mucor. When cut open, infected chestnuts showed partial interior discoloration varying from chalky white to dark brown. About 3 to 10% of chestnuts showed symptoms. Hyogo57 seemed to be the most susceptible variety with higher infection rates, up to 30% in some piles. Isolation was done by placing infected tissues on potato dextrose agar. A representative isolate was deposited in the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC47727). Sporangiophores were mostly erect, branched sympodially, and hyaline. Sporangia were globose, pale yellow at first, then grayish brown at maturity. Columellae were obovoid to globose, subhyaline to pale brown, and usually with truncate base and collars. Sporangiospores were globose to irregular, and 4 to 10 μm in diameter. Chlamydospores were cylindrical to globose with oil drops. The fungus was identified as Mucor racemosus f. sphaerosporus (Hagem) Schipper based on the morphological characteristics and growth at low temperature (3). To conduct molecular analyses, genomic DNA was extracted with DNeasy Plant Mini Kits (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). The primers ITS1/ITS4 and NL1/LR3 were used to amplify the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA and the D1/D2 region of the large subunit (4). The resulting 595-bp ITS sequences and 678 bp D1/D2 sequences were deposited in GenBank (Accession Nos. KJ769665 and KF769666). BLAST searches revealed that both the ITS sequences and D1/D2 sequences showed more than 99% similarity with those of M. racemosus f. sphaerosporus, respectively (JN939201 and AJ878775). To perform a pathogenicity test, a suspension of sporangiospores (1 × 105 spores/ml) was sprayed over 10 chestnuts cv. Hyogo57 wounded with a sewing needle and kept in plastic containers (0°C, 100% RH). Another 10 chestnuts wounded with a sewing needle and treated with sterile water served as controls. After 5 days, typical rots appeared on the inoculated chestnuts, whereas no symptoms were observed on controls. Koch's postulates were fulfilled with the re-isolation of M. racemosus from inoculated chestnuts. The pathogenicity test was carried out twice with similar results. M. hiemalis and M. mucedo have been recorded on chestnuts as postharvest pathogens in Switzerland (2) and Chile (1). To our knowledge, this is first report of postharvest rot of chestnut caused by M. racemosus f. sphaerosporus worldwide as well as in Korea. Further studies are necessary for control measures during cold storage of fresh chestnuts. References: (1) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved May 23, 2014. (2) M. Jermini et al. J. Sci. Food Agric. 86:877, 2006. (3) M. A. A. Schipper. Stud. Mycol. 12:1, 1976. (4) G. Walther et al. Persoonia 30:11, 2013.
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- J H Park
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju 660-758, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Lee DH, Shin HD, Cho WH, Shin KH, Lee S, Shin JE, Namgung H, Gwon JE. Polyp Clearance via Operative and Endoscopic Polypectomy in Patients With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome After Multiple Small Bowel Resections. Intest Res 2014; 12:320-7. [PMID: 25374499 PMCID: PMC4214960 DOI: 10.5217/ir.2014.12.4.320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease that manifests as a combination of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps that usually cause intussusception and intestinal hemorrhage. We report the case of a 40-year-old male patient who was diagnosed 20 years ago and had previously undergone 3 intestinal resection surgeries. This time, with the use of combined operative and endoscopic polypectomy, more than 100 polyps were removed. This technique is useful for providing a "clean" small intestine that allows the patient a long interval between laparotomies and reduces the complications associated with multiple laparotomies and resections.
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- Do Hyun Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Park JH, Cho SE, Lee CK, Lee SH, Shin HD. First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by Phoma dictamnicola on Dictamnus dasycarpus in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1443. [PMID: 30703979 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-14-0658-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz, known as densefruit pittany, is a perennial herbal plant belonging to the Rutaceae. In Oriental medicine, this plant is used for treatment of various ailments (4). Since the white and purple striped flowers and glossy leaves are of aesthetic value, the plant is popular in gardens throughout Korea. In July 2012, a leaf spot was observed on hundreds of D. dasycarpus with nearly 100% incidence in a garden in Gapyeong County, Korea. Lesions on leaves reaching up to 20 mm in diameter were circular to irregular, brown to dark brown, then becoming zonate with age, and finally fading to grayish brown in the center with a reddish brown margin. The disease caused premature defoliation and reduced plant vigor as well as aesthetic value. In June 2014, the same symptoms were found on D. dasycarpus in a nursery in Jinju City, Korea. Representative samples were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Pycnidia on lesions were epiphyllous, immersed or semi-immersed in host tissue, light brown to olive brown, and 90 to 210 μm in diameter. Ostioles were 15 to 30 μm wide and surrounded by a ring of darker cells. Conidia were hyaline, smooth, ellipsoidal to nearly reniform, straight to mildly curved, aseptate or rarely medianly 1-septate with age, 5.5 to 9.6 × 1.8 to 3.6 μm, and contained small oil drops. These characteristics were consistent with the previous descriptions of Phoma dictamnicola Boerema, Gruyter & Noordel. (1,2). A monoconidial isolate was cultured on potato dextrose agar plates and deposited in the Korea Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC46948). Morphological identification of the fungus was confirmed by molecular data. Genomic DNA was extracted using a DNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified using the ITS1/ITS4 primers and sequenced. The resulting sequence of 505 bp was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KM047023). A BLAST search showed that the ITS sequence shared >99% similarity with that of P. dictamnicola (GU237877). For the pathogenicity tests, inoculum was prepared by harvesting conidia from 30-day-old cultures of KACC46948 and a conidial suspension (2 × 106 conidia/ml) was sprayed onto leaves of five healthy seedlings. Five seedlings were sprayed with sterile distilled water, serving as controls. The plants were covered with transparent plastic bags for 48 h in a 25°C glasshouse with a 12-h photoperiod. After 10 days, typical leaf spot symptoms started to develop on the leaves of the inoculated plants. The fungus, P. dictamnicola, was re-isolated from those lesions, confirming Koch's postulates. No symptoms were observed on control plants. Previously, Phoma leaf spot on Dictamnus spp. has been reported in the Netherlands and North America (3) and recently in China (1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of leaf spot on D. dasycarpus caused by P. dictamnicola in Korea. Our observations suggest that low humidity with good ventilation as well as removal of infected leaves and plant debris might be main strategies for preventing this disease. References: (1) Q. Bai et al. Plant Dis. 95:771, 2011. (2) G. H. Boerema et al. Phoma Identification Manual: Differentiation of Specific and Infra-Specific Taxa in Culture. CABI Publishing. Wallingford, UK, 2004. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, USDA ARS, Retrieved June 19, 2014. (4) J. L. Yang et al. Planta Med. 77:271, 2011.
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- J H Park
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju 660-758, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Cho SE, Park JH, Lee SK, Lee SH, Lee CK, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Phyllactinia actinidiae on Hardy Kiwi in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1436. [PMID: 30703999 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-14-0414-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq., known as hardy kiwi, is a perennial vine native to Japan, Korea, northern China, and Russian Siberia. It produces a small fruit resembling the kiwifruit. The fruits, referred to as hardy kiwifruit, are edible and often sweeter than kiwifruit. Picking of wild hardy kiwifruits in autumn is a popular ecotourism activity in Korea. In 2000, a powdery mildew disease on the abaxial surface of hardy kiwi leaves was found in Korea. Additional findings of the powdery mildew between 2000 and 2013 showed that the disease of hardy kiwi commonly occurs in Korea. The infected leaves were frequently distorted when young, then becoming prematurely chlorotic and defoliated. Chasmothecia were abundantly formed by September. Voucher specimens (n = 21) were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Mycelia were hypophyllous, thinly effuse, initially forming patches, finally covering the whole abaxial leaf surface. Hyphal appressoria were hook-shaped or often branched, and single or opposite in pairs. Conidiophores were erect, cylindrical, 160 to 300 × 5 to 7.5 μm with straight foot-cells (65 to 115 μm long), basal septum elevated up to 15 μm, and produced conidia singly. Conidia were obpyriform to clavate, papillate at the apex, 55 to 75 × 20 to 32 μm, and devoid of fibrosin bodies. Germ tubes were produced at the terminal and lateral positions of conidia. Chasmothecia were blackish brown, depressed globose, and 190 to 250 μm in diameter. Appendages arising around the equatorial zone of chasmothecia were 9 to 15 in number, acicular with a bulbose base, 1 to 1.3 times as long as the chasmothecial diameter, hyaline throughout, and aseptate. Penicillate cells crowded on the upper part of the chasmothecia were ampulliform, numerous, 50 to 87.8 μm long, and 12.5 to 17.5 μm wide. Asci were 13 to 20 in a chasmothecium, olivaceous brown, 60 to 90 × 22.5 to 40 μm, and short stalked. Ascospores were 2 in an ascus, ellipsoid-ovoid, pale olivaceous, and 32.5 to 40 × 16.5 to 20 μm. On the basis of the morphological characteristics, this fungus was identified as Phyllactinia actinidiae (Jacz.) Bunkina (1). To confirm the identification, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rDNA of three specimens (KUS-F23673, F26240, and F26308) were amplified using primers ITS5/P3 and sequenced (4). The resulting sequences were deposited in GenBank (Accession Nos. KJ703014, KJ703015, and KJ703016). GenBank BLAST search with the three isolates showed >99% similarity with the results for P. actinidiae on hardy kiwi from Japan (AB080489, AB080500, and AB080508). Actinidia-Phyllactinia associations were recorded in China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, and Turkey (2,3). However, P. actinidiae on A. arguta was known only from Japan (3). To our knowledge, this is the first record of P. actinidiae on hardy kiwi in Korea. There has been no finding of powdery mildews on commercial varieties of golden kiwi (A. chinensis) and fuzzy kiwi (A. deliciosa) in Korea. Common occurrence of Phyllactinia powdery mildew on hardy kiwi in Korea can be a potential threat to the commercial kiwi industry. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) I. Erper et al. Scand. J. Forest Res. 27:432, 2012. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication. ARS, USDA, March 10, 2014. (4) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009.
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- S E Cho
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju 660-758, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi IY, Kim BS, Park JH, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Black Stem Caused by Botryosporium longibrachiatum on Statice in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1431. [PMID: 30703963 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-14-0205-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Perennial statice is widely cultivated worldwide. In Korea, hybrid statice (Limonium latifolium × bellidifolium) is grown as a commercial cut flower crop in polyethylene-film-covered greenhouses. In April 2013, hundreds of hybrid statice plants of the cvs. Yellow Cream and Pinky Cream were found symptomatic of a previously unknown disease, with 10 to 15% incidence in 10 greenhouses of 1,600 m2 surveyed in Gochang County, Korea. Affected stems turned dark brown and were usually covered with a fungus resembling the hoar-frost fungus, Botryosporium longibrachiatum (3), especially in a cool and humid environment. Symptoms consisted of stem blackening, as is typical for burley tobacco (1) and sweet basil (2). According to the farmer of the hybrid statice, stems blackened in the winter and spring of January to April when the tunnels were mostly closed, thus reaching 100% relative humidity (RH) every night due to poor ventilation. The fungus had an elongate main axis with lateral fertile branches in acropetal succession. Conidiophores were simple, erect, macronematous, 32 to 79 μm in length, with a terminal cluster of three to five ampullae. Conidiogneous cells were polyblastic. Conidia were ellipsoidal, elliptical-fusiform, hyaline, 7.6 to 9.5 × 3.0 to 4.2 μm. Colonies on potato dextrose agar (PDA) were floccose, non-pigmented, and chalk-white in color. Morphological and cultural characteristics of the fungus were consistent with previous reports of B. longibrachiatum (Oudem.) Maire (2,3). A voucher specimen was deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Isolate KUS-F27305 was submitted to the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC47263). Fungal DNA was extracted from isolate KACC47263 with DNeasy Plant Mini Kits. The complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified with the primers ITS1/ITS4 and sequenced. The resulting sequence of 604 bp was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF372591). A BLAST search in GenBank exhibited ≥99% nucleotide identity with the ITS sequence of B. longibrachiatum (JX666334) from sweet basil in Korea. To confirm pathogenicity, colonized mycelial agar blocks from isolate KACC47263 were transferred individually onto stem apices and leaves of five statice plants of the cv. Yellow Cream. Five control plants were treated similarly with non-colonized agar blocks. The plants were incubated in a humid chamber at 22 ± 2°C with a 12-h photoperiod for 48 h, and then maintained in 100% RH. After 3 to 4 days, necrotic lesions identical to those observed in the original greenhouses, started to develop on the stem and leaves of inoculated plants, leading to blackened stems covered with the hoar-frost fungus after 14 days. B. longibrachiatum was re-isolated from the lesions of inoculated plants, fulfilling Koch's postulates. No symptoms were observed on control plants. The pathogenicity test was repeated with the cv. Pinky Cream with identical results. To our knowledge, this is the first report of B. longibrachiatum infecting perennial statice globally as well as in Korea. We propose the name black stem of statice for this disease, analogous to the disease on basil (2). References: (1) T. R. Anderson and T. W. Welacky. Plant Dis. 67:1158, 1983. (2) J. H. Park et al. Plant Dis. 97:425, 2013. (3) C. V. Subramanian. Hyphomycetes. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India, 1971.
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- I Y Choi
- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Kim SM, Kim HW, Lee JE, Lee EK, Shin HD, Song IH. Occult hepatitis B virus infection of hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study in a hepatitis B virus-endemic region. Hemodial Int 2014; 19:66-71. [PMID: 25196802 DOI: 10.1111/hdi.12214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is defined as the presence of HBV DNA in the liver tissue and/or serum of subjects seronegative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Occult HBV infection of hemodialysis (HD) patients is informative in terms of virus transmission, reactivation after kidney transplantation, and the progression of liver disease. However, there is little detailed information about occult HBV infection in the context of virus endemicity. We tried to investigate the seroprevalence and clinical features of occult HBV infection in HD patients in HBV-endemic regions. We enrolled a total of 159 HD patients and 121 apparently healthy subjects at Dankook University Hospital and Jeju National University Hospital in Korea. HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc, and anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody levels were measured by radioimmunoassay. Serum levels of HBV DNA were measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction. The seroprevalence of occult HBV infection was 1.3% in HD patients and 2.5% in the healthy controls. This difference was not significant. The HBV load in all subjects with occult infection was <116 copies/mL, and all were positive for IgG anti-HBc, regardless of the presence of anti-HBs. None of the occult HBV-infected subjects were co-infected with HCV. One of the 2 HD patients with occult HBV infection had no history of blood transfusion. In this HBV-endemic region, the seroprevalence of occult HBV infection in HD patients with a very low viral load was not significantly different from that in apparently healthy subjects.
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- So Mi Kim
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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Park JH, Cho SE, Han KS, Lee SH, Shin HD. First Report of Choanephora Blight Caused by Choanephora infundibulifera on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1275. [PMID: 30699638 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-14-0218-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., commonly known as Chinese hibiscus, is an evergreen flowering shrub belonging to the Malvaceae and is widely cultivated throughout Asia including Korea. In August 2013, blight was observed on Chinese hibiscus in a commercial flower nursery in Seoul, Korea. Initial symptoms began as reddish purple spots at the tip of flowers and expanded to encompass entire flowers. Infected lesions appeared water-soaked, reddish brown, and were followed by rapid rotting of infected tissues. Approximately 50% of the plants surveyed were affected. Monosporous sporangiola formed on infected tissue were transferred to potato dextrose agar (PDA). Fungal colonies were obtained that were at first white with abundant aerial mycelium, and then became yellowish with the appearance of sporangiola. Sporangiophores bearing sporangiola were erect to slightly curved, unbranched, and hyaline. Funnel-shaped secondary vesicles formed on the primary vesicles. Sporangiola were indehiscent, ovoid to subglobose, smooth, non-striated, brown to dark brown, 10 to 27.5 × 8.5 to 17 μm, and sometimes germinated in culture. The fungus was identified as Choanephora infundibulifera (Curr.) D.D. Cunn. based on the morphological and cultural characteristics (2). Voucher specimens were housed in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). An isolate obtained from KUS-F27535 was deposited in the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC47643) and used for a pathogenicity test and molecular analyses. To confirm identity of the fungus, genomic DNA was extracted with DNeasy Plant Mini Kits (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA and the D1/D2 region of the large subunit (LSU) were amplified with the primers ITS1/ITS4 and NL1/LR3, respectively (3), and sequenced. The resulting 635-bp ITS and 680-bp D1/D2 sequences were deposited in GenBank (Accession Nos. KF486539 and KF486538). A GenBank BLAST search revealed that the ITS sequences showed 100% similarity with that of C. infundibulifera (JN943009) and D1/D2 sequences also showed 100% identity with that of C. infundibulifera (JN939193). A sporangiola suspension (2 × 104 cells/ml) was sprayed over three pots of the shrub, kept in a humid chamber for 2 days, and placed in greenhouse (28°C and 80 to 100% RH). Another three potted plants of the same age were sprayed with sterile water and served as controls. After 4 days, typical blossom blight symptoms, identical to the ones observed in the nursery, developed on the inoculated flowers. No symptoms were observed on controls. C. infundibulifera was re-isolated from inoculated plants. Pathogenicity test was conducted twice with the same results, fulfilling Koch's postulates. Choanephora blight caused by C. infundibulifera on H. rosa-sinenesis has been reported in Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Guinea, and the United States (1). In Korea, there was one record of this fungus on H. syriacus (1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. infundibulifera on H. rosa-sinensis in Korea. This pathogen could be a potential threat to the production of this ornamental shrub over a prolonged period of hot and humid weather. References: (1) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved February 28, 2014. (2) P. M. Kirk. Mycol. Pap. 152:1, 1984. (3) G. Walther et al. Persoonia 30:11, 2013.
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- J H Park
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Horticultural and Herbal Crops Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Suwon 441-440, Korea
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- Department of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forestry Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Kim BS, Baek KS, Pak CH, Park JH, Shin HD. First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by Cercospora fukushiana on New Guinea Impatiens in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1280. [PMID: 30699640 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-04-14-0363-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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New Guinea impatiens, Impatiens hawkeri W. Bull, is widely cultivated as a potted plant and garden plant. In July 2013, hundreds of young plants (cv. Fanfare) showing symptoms of leaf spot with approximately 50% incidence were found in polyethylene tunnels in Yongin City, Korea. Leaf spots were circular to oblong, reaching 6 mm or more in diameter. The spots were initially uniformly brown to reddish brown, turning gray with reddish brown margin. Diseased plants defoliated prematurely and were abandoned without marketing due to signs of discoloration and yellowing on leaves. A cercosporoid fungus was consistently observed in association with disease symptoms. Stromata were brown, small, and composed of a few swollen hyphal cells. Conidiophores were emerging through the cuticle, fasciculate (n = 2 to 20), olivaceous to brown, paler toward the apex, straight to mildly curved, geniculate, 30 to 260 μm long, 3.5 to 5 μm wide, 1- to 6-septate, and with conspicuous conidial scars. Conidia were hyaline and acicular. Smaller conidia were straight and longer conidia were mildly curved. Conidia were subacute to obtuse at the apex, truncate to obconically truncate at the base, 2- to 18-septate, 30 to 320 × 3.5 to 5.5 μm, and with thickened, darkened hila at the base. Morphological characteristics of the fungus were consistent with the previous reports of Cercospora fukushiana (Matsuura) W. Yamam. (1). Voucher specimens were housed in the Korea University herbarium (KUS). An isolate from KUS-F27438 was deposited in the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC47640). Fungal DNA was extracted with DNeasy Plant Mini Kits (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). The complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified with the primers ITS1/ITS4 (4) and sequenced. The resulting sequence of 497 bp was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KJ620981). This showed >99% similarity with sequence of C. fukushiana (EF600954) on I. balsamina from Korea. Isolate of KACC47640 was used in the pathogenicity tests. Hyphal suspensions were prepared by grinding 3-week-old colonies grown on PDA with distilled water using a mortar and pestle. Five plants were inoculated with hyphal suspensions and five plants were sprayed with sterile distilled water. The plants were covered with plastic bags to maintain a relative humidity of 100% for 24 h and then transferred to a 25 ± 2°C greenhouse with a 12-h photoperiod. Typical symptoms of necrotic spots appeared on the inoculated leaves 10 days after inoculation, and were identical to the symptoms observed in the field. C. fukushiana was re-isolated from symptomatic leaf tissues, confirming Koch's postulates. No symptoms were observed on water-inoculated control plants. Previously, leaf spots of Impatiens spp. associated with C. apii, C. balsaminae, and C. fukushiana have been reported (1,2,3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. fukushiana on I. hawkeri in Korea. Our observations in the nurseries of I. hawkeri suggest that low humidity with good ventilation as well as plant hygiene in greenhouses might be main strategies for preventing this disease. References: (1) C. Chupp. A Monograph of the Fungus Genus Cercospora. Ithaca, NY, 1953. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., online publication, ARS, USDA, retrieved March 25, 2014. (3) J. M. Soares et al. Plant Dis. 93:1214, 2009. (4) T. J. White et al. Page 315 in: PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1990.
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- B S Kim
- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Cho SE, Park JH, Hong SH, Choi IY, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Golovinomyces biocellatus on Agastache rugosa in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1278. [PMID: 30699618 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-14-0298-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Kuntze, known as Korean mint, is an aromatic plant in the Lamiaceae. It is widely distributed in East Asian countries and is used as a Chinese traditional medicine. In Korea, fresh leaves are commonly added to fish soups and stews (3). In November 2008, several dozen Korean mints plants growing outdoors in Gimhae City, Korea, were found to be severely infected with a powdery mildew. The same symptoms had been observed in Korean mint plots in Busan and Miryang cities from 2008 to 2013. Symptoms first appeared as thin white colonies, which subsequently developed into abundant hyphal growth on stems and both sides of the leaves. Severe disease pressure caused withering and senescence of the leaves. Voucher specimens (n = 5) were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Appressoria on the mycelium were nipple-shaped or nearly absent. Conidiophores were 105 to 188 × 10 to 13 μm and produced 2 to 4 immature conidia in chains with a sinuate outline, followed by 2 to 3 cells. Foot-cells of the conidiophores were straight, cylindrical, slightly constricted at the base, and 37 to 58 μm long. Conidia were hyaline, ellipsoid to barrel-shaped, measured 25 to 40 × 15 to 23 μm (length/width ratio = 1.4 to 2.1), lacked distinct fibrosin bodies, and showed reticulate wrinkling of the outer walls. Primary conidia were obconically rounded at the apex and subtruncate at the base. Germ tubes were produced at the perihilar position of conidia. No chasmothecia were observed. The structures described above were typical of the Oidium subgenus Reticuloidium anamorph of the genus Golovinomyces. The measurements and morphological characteristics were compatible with those of G. biocellatus (Ehrenb.) V.P. Heluta (1). To confirm the identification, molecular analysis of the sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of isolate KUS-F27200 was conducted. The complete ITS rDNA sequence was amplified using primers ITS5 and P3 (4). The resulting 514-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KJ585415). A GenBank BLAST search of the Korean isolate sequence showed >99% similarity with the ITS sequence of many G. biocellatus isolates on plants in the Lamiaceae (e.g., Accession Nos. AB307669, AB769437, and JQ340358). Pathogenicity was confirmed by gently pressing diseased leaf onto leaves of five healthy, potted Korean mint plants. Five non-inoculated plants served as a control treatment. Inoculated plants developed symptoms after 7 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that observed on the original diseased plants. The pathogenicity test was repeated with identical results. A powdery mildew on A. rugosa caused by G. biocellatus was reported from Romania (2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by G. biocellatus on A. rugosa in Korea. The plant is mostly grown using organic farming methods with limited chemical control options. Therefore, alternative control measures should be considered. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., online publication, USDA ARS, retrieved 17 February 2014. (3) T. H. Kim et al. J. Sci. Food Agric. 81:569, 2001. (4) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009.
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- S E Cho
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe. In Korea, yellow lupins are cultivated for ornamental purposes. In May 2013, hundreds of yellow lupins that were grown in pots for 7 weeks in polyethylene-film-covered greenhouses were observed severely damaged by a previously unknown disease with about 30% disease incidence in a flower farm in Yongin City, Korea. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Early symptoms on petioles and stems appeared as small, slightly sunken, water-soaked, and circular spots. Lesions increased in size (4 to 12 μm in diameter), became more depressed, with a darkened central portion. As the disease progressed, affected areas sometimes girdled the stem and killed the shoot. Leaves were partly blighted, but less damaged. The darkened areas contained blackish acervuli from which masses of pale salmon-colored conidia were released in moist weather. Acervuli were circular to ellipsoid, 80 to 400 μm in diameter. Acervular setae were not observed. Conidia (n = 30) were long obclavate to oblong-elliptical, aguttulate, hyaline, and 10 to 18 × 3.6 to 5.2 μm with a length/width ratio of 2.6 to 3.6. Appressoria were single or occasionally in small dense clusters, medium brown, elliptical to round in outline with a smooth to lobate margin, and 8 to 14 × 6 to 9 μm. These characters were consistent with the description of Colletotrichum lupini (Bondar) Damm, P.F. Cannon & Crous (1,3). An isolate was deposited in the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC47254). Fungal DNA was extracted with DNeasy Plant Mini DNA Extraction Kits (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). The complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified with the primers ITS1/ITS4 and sequenced. The resulting 545-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KJ447119). The sequence showed 100% identity with sequences of C. lupini (e.g., GenBank AJ301968, JN943480, JQ948162, and KF207599). To confirm pathogenicity, inoculum was prepared by harvesting conidia with sterile distilled water from 3-week-old cultures on potato dextrose agar. A conidial suspension (2 × 105 conidia/ml) was sprayed until runoff onto the aerial parts of five healthy plants. Control plants were sprayed with sterile water. The plants were covered with plastic bags to maintain a relative humidity of 100% for 48 h and then transferred to a greenhouse. Typical symptoms of necrotic spots appeared on the inoculated leaves 6 days after inoculation, and were identical to the ones observed in the field. C. lupini was re-isolated from symptomatic leaf tissues. No symptoms were observed on control plants. The pathogenicity test was repeated twice. Anthracnose associated with C. lupini on lupins has been known from Europe (Germany, Ukraine, Austria, and Netherlands), North America (Canada and the United States), South America (Bolivia and Brazil), and Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) (2,4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. lupini on yellow lupins in Asia as well as in Korea. The presence of C. lupini on lupins in Asia can be considered as a potentially new and serious threat to this ornamental plant. References: (1) U. Damm et al. Stud. Mycol. 73:37, 2012. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved February 17, 2014. (3) H. I. Nirenberg et al. Mycologia 94:307, 2002. (4) E. Rosskopf et al. Plant Dis. 98:161, 2014.
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- K S Han
- Horticultural & Herbal Crops Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Suwon 441-440, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Cho SE, Park JH, Hong SH, Kim BS, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Podosphaera xanthii on Verbena brasiliensis in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1159. [PMID: 30708802 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-14-0195-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Verbena brasiliensis Vell., commonly known as Brazilian verbena, is native to South America and has been introduced into North America, coastal Europe, southern Africa, and Australasia. Though partly cultivated for garden use, it is invasive in riverine areas and also on roadsides, forest margins, pastures, and waste areas (4). In Korea, this plant was first reported in 1998 in Jeju Island and has become widely naturalized by replacing indigenous plants and disrupting native ecosystems in most of southern part of Korea (3). Since 2009, powdery mildew on Brazilian verbena has been consistently found in several locations of Busan City, Korea. Symptoms appeared as circular to irregular white patches, which subsequently showed abundant hyphal growth on both sides of the leaves and on stems. High disease severity caused poor growth of the plants, resulting in premature senescence and reduced flowering. Specimens (n = 5) were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Appressoria on the mycelium were nipple-shaped or nearly absent. Conidiophores were 140 to 190 × 11 to 12.5 μm and produced 2 to 7 immature conidia in chains with a crenate outline. Foot-cells in conidiophores were straight, cylindric, relatively short, 50 to 65 μm long, and constricted at the very base of branching point from the hypha. Conidia were hyaline, ellipsoid to ovate, measured 28 to 38 × 18.5 to 22 μm (length/width ratio of 1.2 to 1.8), and contained distinct fibrosin bodies. Germ tubes were produced from the lateral position of conidia. No chasmothecia were observed. These structures are typical of the powdery mildew Euoidium anamorph of the genus Podosphaera. The morphological characteristics and measurements were consistent with those of P. xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun & Shishkoff (1). To confirm the identity, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of the isolate KUS-F27220 was amplified with primers ITS1/ITS4, and sequenced. The resulting 477-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KJ472787). A GenBank BLAST search of this sequence revealed 100% identity with Podosphaera sp. on V. bonariensis and V.× hybrida from Japan (AB462804 and AB040347). The Podosphaera sp. isolates listed above are now placed in P. xanthii (1). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently pressing a diseased leaf onto leaves of three healthy, potted 2-month-old Brazilian verbena plants. Three non-inoculated plants served as controls. Inoculated plants developed signs and symptoms after 6 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated leaves was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants. Powdery mildew of Verbena spp. associated with Podosphaera sp. (including Sphaerotheca sp.) has been globally reported, but not on V. brasiliensis (1,2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew disease caused by P. xanthii on V. brasiliensis globally. Our field observations suggest that the powdery mildew could limit expansion of V. brasiliensis in Korea. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved February 18, 2014. (3) C. G. Song and Y. H. Yang. The Naturalized Plants in Jeju Island. Nam-Jeju County, Jeju, Korea, 2005. (4) P. F. Yao. Kew Bull. 45:101, 1990.
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- S E Cho
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi IY, Kim BS, Cho SE, Park JH, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe buhrii on Gypsophila paniculata in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1013. [PMID: 30708918 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-14-0237-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Gypsophila paniculata L. (baby's breath, family Caryophyllaceae), native to Central and Eastern Europe, is commonly cultivated as a commercial cut flower crop in greenhouses in Korea. Since 2011, baby's breath cv. Cassiopeia has been observed affected by a powdery mildew with nearly 100% disease incidence at the stage of harvesting in Iksan City. Powdery mildew colonies first appeared as thin white patches on stems and both sides of the leaves. As disease progressed, plants were covered with dense masses of spores, followed by senescence and reduction of quality of cut flowers. A voucher specimen was deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (Accession KUS-F27313). Appressoria were well-developed, multilobed or moderately lobed, and single or opposite in pairs. Conidiophores were straight, 95 to 150 × 7 to 10 μm, and composed of 3 to 4 cells. Foot-cells were cylindric or slightly sinuous at the base and 37 to 53 μm long. Singly produced conidia were cylindrical to oblong-elliptical, 35 to 56 × 12.5 to 18 μm with a length/width ratio of 2.1 to 3.6, devoid of fibrosin bodies, and with angular/rectangular wrinkling of outer walls. Germ tubes were in the perihilar position on conidia, and ended with lobed appressoria. No chasmothecia were found. These structures are typical of the Pseudoidium anamorph of the genus Erysiphe. Specific measurements and host range were consistent with those of E. buhrii U. Braun (2). To confirm identification, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of isolate KUS-F27313 was amplified with primers ITS1/ITS4, and sequenced directly. The resulting 725-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (KJ530705). A GenBank BLAST search of the Korean isolate showed 99% similarity with E. buhrii on Acanthophyllum sp. (Caryophyllaceae) from Iran (AB128924). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently dusting conidia onto leaves of five healthy, potted baby's breath cv. Cassiopeia. Five non-inoculated plants served as controls. Inoculated plants were isolated from non-inoculated plants in separate rooms in a greenhouse at 25 ± 2°C. Inoculated plants developed signs and symptoms after 7 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants. Pathogenicity test was repeated twice. The powdery mildew disease caused by E. buhrii on baby's breath has been recorded in the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine), Romania, Turkey, Iran, Mongolia, and Argentina (1,3). Also, a fungus occurring on baby's breath was recorded as Oidium sp. from Japan (4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by E. buhrii on baby's breath in Korea. Powdery mildew infections pose a serious threat to production of this cut flower crop. References: (1) K. Amano. Host Range and Geographical Distribution of the Powdery Mildew Fungi. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, 1986. (2) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved February 18, 2014. (4) M. Satou et al. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 62:541, 1996.
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- I Y Choi
- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi JK, Kim BS, Choi IY, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Golovinomyces artemisiae on Artemisia annua in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1010. [PMID: 30708899 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-14-0055-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Artemisia annua L., known as sweet wormwood or sweet annie, is native to temperate Asia, but is naturalized throughout the world. It produces artemisinin, a potent antimalarial drug that is also effective in treating other parasitic diseases (4). In August 2013, hundreds of plants showing typical symptoms of powdery mildew were found in Seoul (37°36'29.4″ N 127°02'38.3″ E), Korea. Powdery mildew colonies first appeared as thin white patches, which progressed to abundant hyphal growth on both sides of the leaves, stems, and inflorescence. As symptoms continued to develop, the leaves became distorted and turned purplish-gray. Severe infections caused leaf withering and premature senescence. The same symptoms were found on sweet wormwoods in Nonsan (36°09'55.3″ N 127°01'07.1″ E) and Chuncheon (37°52'27.4″ N 127°43'10.0″ E), Korea. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Appressoria on the mycelium were nipple-shaped or occasionally lobed. Conidiophores were cylindrical, measured 120 to 230 × 10 to 12.5 μm, and produced 2 to 4 immature conidia in chains with a sinuate outline, followed by 2 to 3 cells. Foot-cells of conidiophores were straight, cylindrical, and 54 to 100 μm long. Conidia were hyaline, ellipsoid to barrel-shaped, measured 30 to 40 × 15 to 20 μm (length/width ratio of 1.5 to 2.1), lacked distinct fibrosin bodies, and showed reticulate wrinkling of the outer walls. Germ tubes were produced on the perihilar position of conidia. Primary conidia were apically rounded, basally subtruncate, and generally smaller than the secondary conidia. No chasmothecia were observed. The structures described above were typical of the powdery mildew Euoidium anamorph of the genus Golovinomyces, and the fungus measurements were similar to those of G. artemisiae (Grev.) V.P. Heluta (3). The complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA from KUS-F27763 was amplified with primers ITS1/ITS4 and sequenced. The resulting sequence of 624 bp was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KJ136112). The obtained ITS sequence shared >99% similarity with G. artemisiae on A. princeps and A. montana from Japan (AB077659 and AB077649) and A. argyi from China (KF056818). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently dusting conidia onto leaves of five healthy potted plants. Five non-inoculated plants served as controls. Inoculated plants developed symptoms after 5 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants. Powdery mildews of A. annua caused by G. artemisiae have been reported in Japan, China, the Russian Far East, and Romania (1,2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by G. artemisiae on A. annua in Korea. Since sweet wormwood production was only recently started on a commercial scale in Korea, powdery mildew infections pose a serious threat to the production of this plant, especially in organic farming where chemical control options are limited. References: (1) K. Amano. Host Range and Geographical Distribution of the Powdery Mildew Fungi. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, 1986. (2) U. Braun. The Powdery Mildews (Erysiphales) of Europe. G. Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1995. (3) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (4) P. J. Weathers et al. Phytochem. Rev. 10:173, 2011.
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- J K Choi
- Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Chuncheon 200-150, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi YJ, Han KS, Park YH, Shin HD. First Report of White Blister Rust Caused by Albugo candida on Wasabi in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:1006. [PMID: 30708884 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-13-1259-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Wasabi (Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum.), a member of the Brassicaceae family, is a commercially important crop in East Asian countries such as China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. In Korea, wasabi is under commercial development since it has become popular as a condiment due to its strong pungent constituents. In May 2013, wasabi plants showing typical symptoms of white blister rust disease were first observed in plastic greenhouses in Taebaek City, Korea. Leaves of infected plants had whitish sori on the lower surfaces and chlorotic blotches on the corresponding upper leaf surfaces. Later, sori changed to creamy to light tan with necrosis of leaf lesion. New infections might occur anytime during the growing season. A representative sample was deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS-F27596). Microscopic examination of fresh materials was performed under a light microscope. The grouped sporangiophores were hyaline, clavate or cylindric, and measured 20 to 35 × 10 to 14 μm. The sporangia were arranged in basipetal chains, hyaline, globose to subglobose, with uniform wall thickness and measured 16 to 21 × 13 to 18 μm. The primary sporangia were morphologically similar to the secondary sporangia, although the former exhibited a slightly thicker wall than the latter. No resting organs were observed. Previously, the white blister rust pathogen on wasabi has been considered either Albugo candida or A. wasabiae, although the latter name is often considered a synonym of A. candida. Based on the morphological characteristics and the specific host plant, the causal agent of this disease was identified as A. candida (2). To confirm this morphological identification, genomic DNA was extracted from infected plant tissue, and the amplification and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of the Korean specimen were performed using procedures outlined by Choi et al. (1), with oomycete-specific primer set, DC6 and LR0. The resulting 835-bp sequence of the region was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF887494). Since this was the first ITS sequence submitted for A. candida on wasabi, comparable data were not available. A comparison with the ITS sequences available in the GenBank database revealed that it is identical to A. candida found on Capsella bursa-pastoris (AF271231), and shows a high similarity of 99% with many A. candida sequences originating from other brassicaceous plants. Therefore, the pathogen found in Korea was confirmed to be A. candida. In Korea, it has been reported that A. candida attacks Brassica juncea, B. campestris subsp. penikensis, and B. napus (3), but to our knowledge this is the first record of A. candida on wasabi (4). The white blister rust caused by A. candida is one of the most devastating diseases of wasabi in Japan and Taiwan where the crop is widely cultivated. On the other hand, in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, where wasabi is a new crop on a commercial scale, there is no record of this disease. These facts taken together suggest that wasabi white blister rust be not only currently spreading in East Asia, but it also poses a new and serious threat to production of this crop in countries in which it is currently absent. References: (1) Y. J. Choi et al. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40:400, 2006. (2) Y. J. Choi et al. Fungal Divers. 27:11, 2007. (3) Y. J. Choi et al. Plant Pathol. J. 27: 192, 2011. (4) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved November 15, 2013.
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- Y J Choi
- Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Horticultural and Herbal Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Suwon 441-440, Korea
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- Specialty Crops Research Institute, Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Taebaek 235-200, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) has become increasingly popular due to its high nutritional value and adaptability to harsh environments. Several field trials have recently been conducted to determine the ability of quinoa cultivars to grow under climate and soil conditions of Republic of Korea. During July 2013, which is the rainy season, plants showing typical symptoms of downy mildew were first observed in an experimental plot in Iksan City, Korea. Infection resulted in small to large, irregular chlorotic areas on the upper leaf surface with a gray mildew developing on the abaxial surface, and often leading to early defoliation. The same symptoms of downy mildew were also found in Pyeongchang County and Imsil County, Korea. A sample from Iksan City was deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (Accession No. KUS-F27388) and used for microscopy and molecular studies. Microscopic examination revealed colorless conidiophores emerging from stomata, straight to slightly curved, 350 to 550 × 10 to 18 μm, and sub-dichotomously branched in 5 to 7 orders. Ultimate branchlets were mostly in pairs, flexuous to curved, 10 to 30 μm long, and had obtuse tips. Conidia were pale brown to olivaceous, broadly ellipsoidal to ellipsoidal, and 25 to 32 × 22 to 25 μm with a length/width ratio of 1.20 to 1.35. These characteristics fit well with Peronospora variabilis, which was previously recorded to be parasitic to C. quinoa and C. album, although P. farinosa f. sp. chenopodii has often been considered a causal agent of downy mildew on quinoa (1). To confirm this morphological identification, amplification and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the rDNA of the Korean specimen were performed using procedures outlined by Choi et al. (1) with oomycete-specific primers DC6 and LR0. The resulting 796-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF887493). A comparison with the ITS sequences available in GenBank revealed that it is identical to P. variabilis found on C. album (EF614959, EF614961), and shows only one base pair substitution with another isolates from C. quinoa (EU113305, EU113306). Therefore, the pathogen found in Korea was confirmed to be P. variabilis. Downy mildew is the most damaging disease of quinoa in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (1). Increasing reports of this disease from India, Canada, the United States, Portugal, and Denmark (2,3,4) have revealed its worldwide occurrence and spread. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a downy mildew on quinoa in Korea (3). It suggests that quinoa downy mildew poses a new and serious threat to production of this crop in Korea. References: (1) Y. J. Choi et al. Mycopathologia 169:403, 2010. (2) S. Danielson et al. Seed Sci. Technol. 32:91, 2004. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved November 5, 2013. (4) A. L. Testen et al. Plant Dis. 96:146, 2012.
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- Y J Choi
- Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services (JBARES), Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Highland Agriculture Research Center, Pyeongchang 232-955, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi JK, Kim BS, Hong SH, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Golovinomyces sonchicola on Ixeris chinensis in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:999. [PMID: 30708886 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-13-1132-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Ixeris chinensis (Thunb.) Nakai, known as Chinese ixeris, is distributed from Siberia to Japan, including Korea, Taiwan, and China. The whole plant has been used in folk medicine in Asia (4). In Korea, the plants of Chinese ixeris have been gathered and used as a wild root vegetable. During summer to autumn of 2011, Chinese ixeris leaves were found to be heavily infected with a powdery mildew in several locations of Korea. Symptoms first appeared as thin white colonies, which subsequently developed into abundant hyphal growth on both sides of the leaves, leading to drying of the leaves. The same symptoms on Chinese ixeris leaves were continuously observed in 2012 and 2013. Voucher specimens (n = 10) were deposited at Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Hyphal appressoria were moderately lobed or nipple-shaped. Conidiophores arose from the lateral part of the hyphae, measured 100 to 270 × 10 to 12.5 μm, and produced 2 to 6 immature conidia in chains with a sinuate outline. Basal parts of foot-cells in conidiophores were curved. Conidia were barrel-shaped to ellipsoid, measured 26 to 36 × 13 to 19 μm (length/width ratio = 1.7 to 2.4), lacked fibrosin bodies, and showed reticulate wrinkling of the outer walls. Primary conidia were ovate with conical-obtuse apex and subtruncate base. Germ tubes were produced on the perihilar position of conidia. Chasmothecia were not observed. The morphological characteristics were typical of the Euoidium type anamorph of the genus Golovinomyces, and the fungus measurements and structures were consistent with those of G. sonchicola U. Braun & R.T.A. Cook (1). To confirm the identification, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA sequences from a representative material (KUS-F26212) was amplified using primers ITS5/P3 and sequenced (3). The resulting 416-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF819857). A GenBank BLAST search revealed that the isolate showed >99% sequence similarity with those of G. cichoracearum from Sonchus spp. (e.g., AB453762, AF011296, JQ010848, etc.). G. sonchicola is currently confined to G. cichoracearum s. lat. on Sonchus spp., based on molecular sequence analyses (1). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently pressing a diseased leaf onto leaves of five healthy potted Chinese ixeris. Five non-inoculated plants served as controls. Inoculated plants developed symptoms after 6 days, whereas the controls remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants. Powdery mildew infections of I. chinensis associated with Golovinomyces have been known in China (2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew disease caused by G. sonchicola on I. chinensis in Korea. Farming of Chinese ixeris has recently started on a commercial scale in Korea. Though no statistical data are available, we postulate the cultivation area in Korea to be approximately 200 ha, mostly growing without chemical controls. Occurrence of powdery mildews poses a potential threat to safe production of this vegetable, especially in organic farming. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) F. L. Tai. Bull. Chinese Bot. Sci. 2:16, 1936. (3) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009. (4) S. J. Zhang et al. J. Nat. Prod. 69:1425, 2006.
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- J K Choi
- Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Chuncheon 200-150, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 210-702, Korea
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Cho SE, Park MJ, Park JH, Kim JY, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe heraclei on Parsley in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:847. [PMID: 30708678 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-13-0972-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Parsley, Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman, is a minor but important leaf crop in Korea. In June 2010, parsley plants (cv. Paramount) showing typical symptoms of powdery mildew were found with approximately 90% incidence (percentage of plants showing symptoms) in polyethylene-film-covered greenhouses in an organic farm in Icheon County of Korea. Symptoms first appeared as thin white colonies, which subsequently showed abundant growth on the leaves with chlorosis and crinkling. Most diseased plantings were unmarketable and shriveled without being harvested. The damage due to powdery mildew infections on parsley has reappeared in Icheon County and Gangneung City with confirmation of the causal agent made again in 2011 and 2012. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Appressoria on the mycelium were multilobed or moderately lobed. Conidiophores were cylindrical, 75 to 125 × 8 to 10 μm, straight in foot-cells, and produced conidia singly, followed by 2 to 3 cells. Conidia were oblong-elliptical to oblong, 32 to 55 × 14 to 20 μm with a length/width ratio of 1.7 to 2.9, lacked fibrosin bodies, and produced germ tubes on the perihilar position, with angular/rectangular wrinkling of the outer walls. First-formed conidia were apically conical, basally subtruncate to rounded, and generally smaller than the secondary conidia. Chasmothecia were not found. These structures are typical of the powdery mildew Pseudoidium anamorph of the genus Erysiphe. The specific measurements and morphological characteristics were consistent with those of E. heraclei DC. (1). To confirm the identity of the causal fungus, the complete ITS region of rDNA from isolate KUS-F25037 was amplified with primers ITS5 and P3 (3) and sequenced directly. The resulting 606-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF680162). A GenBank BLAST search of this sequence revealed 100% identity with that of E. heraclei on Anethum graveolens from Korea (JN603995) and >99% similarity with those of E. heraclei on Daucus carota from Mexico (GU252368), Pimpinella affinis from Iran (AB104513), Anthriscus cerefolium from Korea (KF111807), and many other parsley family (Apiaceae) plants. Pathogenicity was verified through inoculation by gently pressing diseased leaves onto leaves of five healthy potted parsley plants. Five non-inoculated plants served as negative controls. Inoculated plants developed symptoms after 7 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was morphologically identical to that originally observed on diseased plants. Parsley powdery mildew caused by E. heraclei has been known in Europe, North America, Brazil, and Japan (2,4). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew infections by E. heraclei on parsley in Korea. Since cultivation of parsley was only recently started on a commercial scale in Korea, powdery mildew infections pose a serious threat to safe production of this herb, especially those grown in organic farming where chemical options are limited. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, retrieved September 17, 2013. (3) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009. (4) Y. Tsuzaki and K. Sogou. Proc. Assoc. Plant Prot. Shikoku 24:47, 1989.
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- S E Cho
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Gyeonggi-Do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Hwaseong 445-300, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Cho SE, Lee SK, Lee SH, Lee CK, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe elevata on Catalpa bignonioides in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:856. [PMID: 30708679 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-13-1240-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Catalpa bignonioides Walter, known as southern catalpa or Indian bean tree, is native to the southeastern United States and are planted as shade trees throughout the world. In August 2009, typical powdery mildew symptoms on several leaves of the plants below 5% disease incidence were observed in a public garden of Hongcheon County of Korea. In 2011 to 2013, hundreds of southern catalpa trees were found heavily damaged by a powdery mildew with 90 to 100% disease incidence in a park of Incheon City of Korea, about 140 km apart from Hongcheon County. Symptoms appeared as circular to irregular white patches, which subsequently showed abundant mycelial growth on both sides of leaves and herbaceous stems. Severe infections caused poor growth and premature loss of leaves, resulting in reduced aesthetic value. Voucher specimens (n = 6) were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Appressoria on the mycelium were well-developed, lobed, and solitary or in opposite pairs. Conidiophores composed of 3 to 4 cells were 70 to 100 × 7.5 to 10 μm, and produced conidia singly. Foot-cells of conidiophores were flexuous or nearly straight, and 20 to 40 μm long. Conidia were oblong to oblong-elliptical, measured 30 to 42 × 13 to 20 μm (n = 30) with a length/width ratio of 1.6 to 2.5, devoid of distinct fibrosin bodies, and showed angular/rectangular wrinkling of outer walls. Primary conidia were apically rounded, basally subtruncate, and generally smaller than the secondary conidia. Germ tubes were produced on the end of conidia. Chasmothecia were not observed. These structures are typical of the Pseudoidium anamorph of the genus Erysiphe. The specific measurements and characteristics were compatible with those of E. elevata (Burrill) U. Braun & S. Takam. (1,2). To confirm the identification, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA from KUS-F27676 was amplified with primers ITS5 and P3 (4) and sequenced directly. The resulting 675-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF840721). A GenBank BLAST search of the ITS sequence showed >99% similarity with isolates of E. elevata on C. bignonioides (Accession Nos. AY587012 to AY587014). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently dusting conidia onto leaves of five healthy southern catalpa seedlings. Five non-inoculated plants served as controls. Inoculated and non-inoculated plants were maintained in a greenhouse at 24 to 28°C in isolation. Inoculated plants developed symptoms after 6 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants. E.elevata is a North American powdery mildew on Catalpa species which was recently introduced into Europe (1,2,3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by E. elevata on C. bignonioides in Asia as well as in Korea. The disease would be a serious threat to the widespread ornamental plantings of C. bignonioides in Korea. References: (1) N. Ale-Agha et al. Mycol. Prog. 3:291, 2004. (2) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases, Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication. ARS, USDA. Retrieved November 4, 2013. (4) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009.
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju 660-758, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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La YJ, Lee SK, Shin CH, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Cystotheca wrightii on Quercus glauca in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:850. [PMID: 30708665 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-13-1071-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Quercus glauca Thunb. (syn. Cyclobalanopsis glauca (Thunb.) Oerst.), known as ring-cupped oak or Japanese blue oak, is a dominant tree species commonly found in evergreen forests in East Asia (2). In May 2012, hundreds of Q. glauca were found heavily affected by a powdery mildew in several locations of Jeju Islands, Korea. Symptoms on overwintered leaves appeared as circular to irregular blackish violet to dark brown felt-like growths with numerous chasmothecia on abaxial leaf surfaces. New infections on current-year leaves started in early summer and were characterized by typical white patches with abundant sporulation on abaxial leaf surfaces. In early autumn, with formation of special aerial hyphae and without further sporulation, the patches turned light brown to brown. Formation of chasmothecia was noticed from late autumn. The adaxial leaf surface was free of powdery mildew growths and exhibited yellowing and discoloration. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Special aerial hyphae were falcate to curved, aseptate, at first hyaline, later deep brown to purplish brown, thick-walled, and 80 to 140 × 6 to 15 μm. Conidiophores were 175 to 245 × 10 to 12 μm, and produced 2 to 4 immature conidia in chains with a sinuate outline. Foot-cells of conidiophores were cylindrical and 80 to 120 μm long. Conidia were lemon- to barrel-shaped, 26 to 35 × 17 to 24 μm with a length/width ratio of 1.2 to 1.6, and devoid of fibrosin bodies. Primary conidia were apically conical and basally subtruncate. Germ tubes produced in the lateral to perihilar position of conidia were long and slender (3 μm wide). Chasmothecia were scattered or gregarious, partly embedded with special aerial hyphae, dark brown, spherical, 55 to 70 μm in diameter, and contained a single ascus. Chasmothecial peridia consisted of two layers. Exoperidia (outer layer) were composed of dark brown, polygonal cells 10 to 20 μm wide. Endoperidia (inner layer) consisted of hyaline, polygonal cells 10 to 15 μm wide. Appendages were basally attached, mycelioid, rare or few, and pale brown to rusty brown. Asci were short stalked, 55 to 72 × 35 to 46 μm, had a terminal oculus 10 to 20 μm wide, and contained 8 ascospores. Ascospores were oblong-elliptical, 22 to 27 × 10 to 12.5 μm, subhyaline, and contained 1 or 2 oil drops. The specific measurements and characteristics (especially falcate aerial hyphae) were consistent with those of Cystotheca wrightii Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1). Fungal DNA was extracted by the Chelex method. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of KUS-F27309 was amplified with primers ITS5/P3 and sequenced directly (4). The resulting 589-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF735066). A BLAST search in GenBank showed that the Korean isolate had 100% homology with C. wrightii on Q. glauca from Japan (AB000932). Powdery mildews of Q. glauca associated with C. wrightii have been known in Japan, Taiwan, and China (1,3), but not in Korea. Finding of C. wrightii on Q. glauca could pose a potential threat to other evergreen oak species in southern part of Korea. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11, CBS, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2012. (2) X. Y. Chen et al. Acta Bot. Sin. 39:149, 1997. (3) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, retrieved 21 October, 2013. (4) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009.
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- Plant Clinic, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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- Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
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- Research Institute for Hallasan, Jeju 690-816, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Choi IY, Braun U, Park JH, Shin HD. First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by Pseudocercospora pruni-persicicola on Sweet Cherry in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:693. [PMID: 30708528 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-13-0968-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Sweet cherry, Prunus avium (L.) L., is not much cultivated in Korea, with only 150 ha planted for domestic consumption. In September 2012, a previously unknown leaf spot was observed with nearly 100% incidence on trees (cv. Seneca) planted in a plastic greenhouse in Iksan City of Korea. Interestingly, the same cultivar as well as other cultivars planted outdoors did not show these symptoms. Leaf spots were irregular to subcircular, dark brown with or without a yellow halo, and becoming coalesced to cause leaf blight and premature defoliation. A cercosporoid fungus was consistently associated with disease symptoms. Fungal structures within the lesion developed on both leaf sides but mostly on the upper side. Stromata were well-developed, globular, dark brown, composed of textura angularis-globosa, and 30 to 80 μm in diameter. Conidiophores were densely fasciculate, pale olivaceous to pale brown, subcylindrical, geniculate-sinuous, 8 to 24 × 3 to 4 μm, and aseptate to 2-septate. Conidiogenous loci were inconspicuous, neither thickened nor darkened. Conidia were olivaceous, generally darker than conidiophores, cylindrical to obclavate, almost straight to mildly curved, short obconically truncate at the base, obtuse at the apex, 1- to 10-septate, constricted at the septa, 12 to 86 × 3.5 to 5 μm, guttulate, and had unthickened, not darkened hila. Morphological characteristics of the fungus were consistent with previous descriptions of Pseudocercospora pruni-persicicola (J.M. Yen) J.M. Yen (1,3). A voucher specimen was deposited in the Korea University herbarium (Accession No. KUS-F27264) and a monoconidial isolate was deposited in the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (Accession No. KACC47019). The complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA was amplified with the primers ITS1/ITS4 (4) and sequenced. The resulting 505-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF670713). A BLAST search in GenBank revealed that the sequence showed >99% similarity with sequences of many Pseudocercospora species, indicating the close phylogenetic relationship of species in this genus. To conduct a pathogenicity test, a conidial suspension (~1 × 104 conidia/ml) was prepared in sterile water by harvesting conidia from 2-week-old cultures on V8 juice agar, and the suspension was sprayed until runoff onto the leaves of five healthy seedlings. Control plants were sprayed with sterile water. The plants were covered with plastic bags to maintain a relative humidity of 100% for 48 h and then transferred to a greenhouse. Necrotic spots appeared on the inoculated leaves 20 days after inoculation, and were identical to the ones observed in the field. P. pruni-persicicola was re-isolated from symptomatic leaf tissues, fulfilling Koch's postulates. Control plants remained symptomless. The fungus has previously been recorded on Prunus persica (L.) Stokes in Taiwan (2,3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of this fungus on P. avium globally as well as in Korea. The disease poses a new threat to the sweet cherry industry in Korea. References: (1) U. Braun and V. A. Melnik. Cercosporoid Fungi from Russia and Adjacent Countries. Rus. Acad. Sci., St.-Petersburg, 1997. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved August 24, 2013. (3) J. M. Yen. Rev. Mycol. 42:57, 1978. (4) T. J. White et al. PCR Protocols. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1990.
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- Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services (JBARES), Iksan 570-704, Korea
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- Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Xing HH, Liang C, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Podosphaera spiraeae on Japanese Spiraea in China. Plant Dis 2014; 98:571. [PMID: 30708714 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-13-0944-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Japanese spiraea (Spiraea japonica L.f.), belonging to Rosaceae, is widely planted for its ornamental value in China. Since July 2011, powdery mildew infections on leaves and stems of Japanese spiraea have been noticed in some parks and gardens of Chengyang District in Qingdao City, China (GPS coordinates 36°31'04.22″ N, 120°39'41.92″ E). Symptoms first appeared as white spots covered with mycelium on both side of the leaves and young stems. As the disease progressed, abundant mycelial growth covered the whole shoots and caused growth reduction and leaf distortion with or without reddening. A voucher specimen was deposited in the herbarium of Qingdao Agricultural University (Accession No. HMQAU13013). Hyphae were flexuous to straight, branched, septate, 5 to 7 μm wide, and had nipple-shaped appressoria. Conidiophores arising from the upper surface of hyphal cells produced 2 to 5 immature conidia in chains with a crenate outline. Foot-cells of conidiophores were straight, 60 to 125 × 7 to 9 μm, and followed by 1 to 2 shorter cells. Conidia were ellipsoid-ovoid to doliiform, measured 25 to 32 × 12 to 15 μm with a length/width ratio of 1.8 to 2.6, and had distinct fibrosin bodies. Chasmothecia were not found. The structures and measurements were compatible with the anamorphic state of Podosphaera spiraeae (Sawada) U. Braun & S. Takam. as described before (1). The identity of HMQAU13013 was further confirmed by analysis of nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions amplified using the primers ITS1/ITS4 (4). The resulting 564-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF500426). A GenBank BLAST search of complete ITS sequence showed 100% identity with that of P. spiraeae on S. cantoniensis (AB525940). A pathogenicity test was conducted through inoculation by gently pressing a diseased leaf onto five healthy leaves of a potted Japanese spiraea. Five non-inoculated leaves served as controls. The plants were maintained in a greenhouse at 22°C. Inoculated leaves developed typical symptoms of powdery mildew after 5 days, but the non-inoculated leaves remained symptomless. The fungus presented on the inoculated plant was morphologically identical to that originally observed on diseased plants, fulfilling Koch's postulates. Powdery mildew of S. japonica caused by P. spiraeae has been recorded in Japan, Poland, and Switzerland (2,3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by P. spiraeae on Japanese spiraea in China. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No.11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved from http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ September 10, 2013. (3) T. Kobayashi. Index of Fungi Inhabiting Woody Plants in Japan. Host, Distribution and Literature. Zenkoku-Noson-Kyoiku Kyokai Publishing Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 2007. (4) S. Matsuda and S. Takamatsu. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 27:314, 2003.
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Zhao HH, Xing HH, Liang C, Yang XY, Cho SE, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe cruciferarum on Chinese Cabbage in China. Plant Dis 2014; 98:421. [PMID: 30708410 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-13-0648-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis (syn. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr.), in the Brassicaceae, is an important vegetable grown on about 3 million ha in China. Since 2012, a powdery mildew has been found infecting Chinese cabbage plants (cv. Qingyanchunbai No. 1) after bolting for seed production from autumn through spring 2013 in a greenhouse in Qingdao, China. Symptoms first appeared as circular to irregular white patches on both sides of the leaves, and on stems and pods, often thinly covering the whole surface. A voucher specimen was deposited in the herbarium of Qingdao Agricultural University (Accession No. HMQAU12216). Hyphae were thin-walled, smooth, hyaline, and 4 to 6 μm wide. Appressoria on the mycelia were well developed, lobed, solitary, or in pairs. Conidiophores were erect, cylindrical, 45 to 110 μm long, and comprised 3 to 4 cells. Foot-cells of conidiophores were straight, cylindrical, 16 to 28 μm long, and 7.6 to 10 μm wide. Singly-produced conidia were oblong to cylindrical or somewhat ellipsoid-doliiform, 32 to 56 × 12 to 18 μm, with a length/width ratio of 1.8 to 3.8, with angular/rectangular wrinkling of the outer wall surface, and lacked distinct fibrosin bodies. Germ tubes were produced in the perihilar position of conidia. No chasmothecia were found. These structures are typical of the powdery mildew Pseudoidium anamorph of Erysiphe (2). The specific measurements and characteristics (especially short foot-cells of conidiophores) were consistent with previous records of Erysiphe cruciferarum Opiz ex L. Junell (2,3). To confirm the identification, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of isolate HMQAU12216 was amplified (4) and sequenced directly. The resulting 649-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KC878683). A GenBank BLAST search of ITS sequences showed an exact match with those of E. cruciferarum on B. oleracea var. acephala (GU721075) and Oidium sp. on B. pekinensis (AB522714). A pathogenicity test was conducted by gently pressing a symptomatic leaf loaded with conidia onto a leaf of each five, healthy, potted, 40-day-old plants (cv. Qingyanchunbai No. 1). Five non-inoculated plants served as a control treatment. Inoculated plants were isolated from non-inoculated plants in separate rooms in a greenhouse at 20 ± 2°C. Inoculated plants developed signs and symptoms after 10 days, whereas the control plants remained symptomless. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants, thus fulfilling Koch's postulates. Though many Brassica spp. have been known to be infected with E. cruciferarum throughout the world, powdery mildew of Chinese cabbage caused by E. cruciferarum has been reported only in Finland, Germany, and Korea (1,3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by E. cruciferarum on Chinese cabbage in China. Though occurrence of the powdery mildew on Chinese cabbage was noticed in an experimental breeding plot, this finding poses a potential threat to production of this vegetable in China. References: (1) U. Braun. The Powdery Mildews (Erysiphales) of Europe. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, Germany, 1995. (2) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11. CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (3) H. J. Jee et al. Plant Pathol. 57:777, 2008. (4) S. Matsuda and S. Takamatsu. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 27:314, 2003.
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Qingdao Academy of Agricultural Science, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Han KS, Cho SE, Park JH, Shin HD. First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe heraclei on Chervil in Korea. Plant Dis 2014; 98:426. [PMID: 30708419 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-13-0797-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm.), belonging to the family Apiaceae, is an aromatic annual herb that is native to the Caucasus. It is widely used as a flavoring agent for culinary purposes. This herb was recently introduced in Korea. In April 2013, plants showing typical symptoms of powdery mildew disease were observed in a polyethylene film-covered greenhouse in Seoul, Korea. White mycelium bearing conidia formed irregular patches on leaves and stems. Mycelial growth was amphigenous. Severe infections caused leaf withering and premature senescence. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Korea University Herbarium (KUS). Hyphae were septate, branched, with moderately lobed appressoria. Conidiophores presented 3 to 4 cells and measured 85 to 148 × 7 to 9 μm. Foot-cells of conidiophores were 37 to 50 μm long. Conidia were produced singly, oblong-elliptical to oblong, measured 30 to 50 × 13 to 18 μm with a length/width ratio of 2.0 to 3.3, lacked conspicuous fibrosin bodies, and with angular/rectangular wrinkling of the outer walls. Germ tubes were produced in the subterminal position of conidia. Chasmothecia were not found. These structures are typical of the powdery mildew Pseudoidium anamorph of the genus Erysiphe. The specific measurements and morphological characteristics were consistent with those of E. heraclei DC. (1). To confirm identity of the causal fungus, the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA of KUS-F27279 was amplified with primers ITS5 and P3 (4) and sequenced directly. The resulting 561-bp sequence was deposited in GenBank (Accession No. KF111807). A GenBank BLAST search of this sequence showed >99% similarity with those of many E. heraclei isolates, e.g., Pimpinella affinis (AB104513), Anethum graveolens (JN603995), and Daucus carota (EU371725). Pathogenicity was confirmed through inoculation by gently pressing a diseased leaf onto leaves of five healthy potted chervil plants. Five non-inoculated plants served as a control treatment. Plants were maintained in a greenhouse at 22 ± 2°C. Inoculated plants developed signs and symptoms after 6 days, whereas the control plants remained healthy. The fungus present on the inoculated plants was identical morphologically to that originally observed on diseased plants. Chervil powdery mildews caused by E. heraclei have been reported in Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, and the former Soviet Union) and the United States (2,3). To our knowledge, this is the first report of powdery mildew caused by E. heraclei on chervil in Asia as well as in Korea. The plant is cultivated in commercial farms for its edible leaves in Korea. Occurrence of powdery mildew is a threat to quality and marketability of this herb, especially those grown in organic farming where chemical control options are limited. References: (1) U. Braun and R. T. A. Cook. Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews), CBS Biodiversity Series No. 11, CBS, Utrecht, 2012. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases, Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication. ARS, USDA. Retrieved July 29, 2013. (3) S. T. Koike and G. S. Saenz. Plant Dis. 88:1163, 2004. (4) S. Takamatsu et al. Mycol. Res. 113:117, 2009.
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- Horticultural and Herbal Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Suwon 441-440, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Park TJ, Kim HJ, Kim JH, Bae JS, Cheong HS, Park BL, Shin HD. Associations of CD6, TNFRSF1A and IRF8 polymorphisms with risk of inflammatory demyelinating diseases. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2014; 39:519-30. [PMID: 22994200 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2012.01304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are inflammatory autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system. Several genome-wide and candidate gene studies have identified genetic polymorphisms associated with the risk of MS or NMO. In particular, two recently published studies of meta-analysis in European-origin populations have suggested associations of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CD6, TNFRSF1A and IRF8 with MS. The aim of our study was to assess the associations between SNPs in these three genes and the risk of inflammatory demyelinating disease (IDD) including MS and NMO. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such a study has been performed in an Asian population. METHODS A total of 21 SNPs of CD6, TNFRSF1A and IRF8 were genotyped in 178 IDD cases (79 MS and 99 NMO patients) and 237 normal controls in a Korean population. RESULTS Logistic analyses revealed that one SNP in CD6 (rs12288280, P = 0.04) and three SNPs in TNFRSF1A (rs767455, rs4149577 and rs1800693, P = 0.01-0.03) were associated with NMO. However, there was no association of IRF8 polymorphisms with IDD, including MS and NMO. Using further information from the SNP Function Prediction website, two exonic splicing enhancers (ESEs), including the polymorphic site of rs767455, were predicted to be binding sites for splicing factors (SRp55, SF2/ASF2 and SF2/ASF1). CONCLUSION Although additional studies are needed, our findings could provide information regarding the genetic aetiology of IDD in the Korean population.
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- T-J Park
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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