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Integrating immunoinformatics and computational epitope prediction for a vaccine candidate against respiratory syncytial virus

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Infectious Disease Modelling 2024年第3期9卷 763-774页

作者： Truc Ly Nguyen Heebal kim Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences Seoul National UniversitySeoul08826Republic of Korea Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics Seoul National UniversitySeoul08826Republic of Korea eGnome Inc.Seoul05836Republic of Korea

Respiratory syncytial virus(RSV)poses a significant global health threat,especially affecting infants and the *** this,the present study proposes an innovative approach to vaccine design,utilizing immunoinformatics and computational *** analyzed RSV's structural proteins across both subtypes A and B,identifying potential helper T lymphocyte,cytotoxic T lymphocyte,and linear B lymphocyte *** such as antigenicity,allergenicity,toxicity,and cytokine-inducing potential were rigorously ***,we evaluated the conservancy of these epitopes and their population coverage across various RSV *** comprehensive analysis identified six major histocompatibility complex class I(MHC-I)binding,five MHC-II binding,and three B-cell *** were integrated with suitable linkers and adjuvants to form the ***,molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations demonstrated stable interactions between the vaccine candidate and human Toll-like receptors(TLR4 and TLR5),with a notable preference for *** simulation analysis underscored the vaccine's potential to elicit a strong immune *** study presents a promising RSV vaccine candidate and offers theoretical support,marking a significant advancement in vaccine development ***,the promising in silico findings need to be further validated through additional in vivo studies.

关键词： Respiratory syncytial virus Multiepitope vaccine Immunoinformatics Docking molecular Molecular dynamics simulation Immune simulation

Benefit in physical function and quality of life to nonsurgical treatment of varicose veins: Pilot study

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024年第3期12卷 517-524页

作者： Gwon-Min kim BoKun kim Minwoo Jang Jong-Hwan Park Miju Bae Chung Won Lee Jong Won kim Up Huh Medical Research Institute Pusan National University School of MedicineYangsan 50612South Korea Future Convergence Research Institute Changwon National UniversityChangwon 51140South Korea Department of Convergence Medical Science School of MedicinePusan National UniversityYangsan 50612South Korea Health Convergence Medicine Laboratory Biomedical Research InstitutePusan National University HospitalBusan 49241South Korea Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pusan National University School of MedicineBiomedical Research InstitutePusan National University HospitalBusan 49241South Korea

BACKGROUND Studies on varicose veins have focused its effects on physical function;however,whether nonsurgical treatments alter muscle oxygenation or physical function remains ***,the differences in such functions between individuals with varicose veins and healthy individuals remain *** To investigate changes in physical function and the quality of life(QOL)following nonsurgical treatment of patients with varicose veins and determine the changes in their muscle oxygenation during *** We enrolled 37 participants(those with varicose veins,n=17;healthy individuals,n=20).We performed the following measurements pre-and post-nonsurgical treatment in the varicose vein patients and healthy individuals:Calf muscle oxygenation during the two-minute step test,open eyes one-leg stance,30 s sit-to-stand test,visual analog scale(VAS)for pain,Pittsburgh sleep quality index,physical activity assessment,and QOL *** Varicose veins patients and healthy individuals differ in most variables(physical function,sleep quality,and QOL).Varicose veins patients showed significant differences between pre-and post-nonsurgical treatment—results in the 30 sit-to-stand test[14.41(2.45)to 16.35(4.11),P=0.018],two-minute step test[162.29(25.98)to 170.65(23.80),P=0.037],VAS for pain[5.35(1.90)to 3.88(1.73),P=0.004],and QOL[39.34(19.98)to 26.69(17.02),P=0.005];however,no significant difference was observed for muscle *** Nonsurgical treatment improved lower extremity function and QOL in varicose veins patients,bringing their condition close to that of healthy *** studies should include patients with severe varicose veins requiring surgery to confirm our findings.

关键词： Varicose vein Nonsurgical treatment Physical function Quality of life Near infrared spectroscopy

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Oncology Research 2024年第2期32卷 421-432页

作者： SEUNG-HEE GWAK JUHYUN LEE EUNJI OH DOHYUN LEE WONSHIK HAN JONGMIN kim KYONG-TAI kim Department of Life Sciences Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang37673Korea R&D Center NovMetaPharma Co.Ltd.Pohang37668Korea Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute Seoul National University College of MedicineSeoul03080Korea Generative Genomics Research Center Global Green Research&Development CenterHandong Global UniversityPohang37554Korea

Genetic information is transcribed from genomic DNA to mRNA,which is then translated into threedimensional *** can undergo various post-transcriptional modifications,including RNA editing that alters mRNA sequences,ultimately affecting protein *** this study,RNA editing was identified at the 499th base(c.499)of human vaccinia-related kinase 2(VRK2).This RNA editing changes the amino acid in the catalytic domain of VRK2 from isoleucine(with adenine base)to valine(with guanine base).Isoleucine-containing VRK2 has higher kinase activity than the valine-containing VRK2,which leads to an increase in tumor cell *** we reported that VRK2 directly interacts with dystrobrevin-binding protein(dysbindin)and results in reducing its ***,we demonstrate that isoleucine-containing VRK2 decreases the level of dysbindin than valinecontaining *** interacts with cyclin D and thereby regulates its expression and *** reduction in the level of dysbindin by isoleucine-containing VRK2 further enhances the cyclin D expression,resulting in increased tumor growth and reduction in survival *** has also been observed that in patient samples,VRK2 level was elevated in breast cancer tissue compared to normal breast ***,the isoleucine form of VRK2 exhibited a greater increase in breast cancer ***,it is concluded that VRK2,especially dependent on the 167th variant amino acid,can be one of the indexes of tumor progression and proliferation.

关键词： VRK2 Kinase activity Breast cancer Tumor RNA editing Cell proliferation Cell growth

Network Traffic Synthesis and Simulation Framework for Cybersecurity Exercise Systems

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Computers, Materials & Continua 2024年第9期80卷 3637-3653页

作者： Dong-Wook kim Gun-Yoon Sin Kwangsoo kim Jaesik Kang Sun-Young Im Myung-Mook Han Department of AI Software Gachon UniversitySeongnam-Si13120Republic of Korea School of Computer Engineering&Applied Mathematics Hankyong National UniversityPyeongtaek-Si17738Republic of Korea Cyber ElectronicWarfare Research and Development LIG Nex1Seongnam-Si13488Republic of Korea

In the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity,the challenge of providing realistic exercise scenarios that accurately mimic real-world threats has become increasingly *** methods often fall short in capturing the dynamic and complex nature of modern cyber *** address this gap,we propose a comprehensive framework designed to create authentic network environments tailored for cybersecurity exercise *** framework leverages advanced simulation techniques to generate scenarios that mirror actual network conditions faced by professionals in the *** cornerstone of our approach is the use of a conditional tabular generative adversarial network(CTGAN),a sophisticated tool that synthesizes realistic synthetic network traffic by learning fromreal data *** technology allows us to handle technical components and sensitive information with high fidelity,ensuring that the synthetic data maintains statistical characteristics similar to those observed in real network *** meticulously analyzing the data collected from various network layers and translating these into structured tabular formats,our framework can generate network traffic that closely resembles that found in actual *** integral part of our process involves deploying this synthetic data within a simulated network environment,structured on software-defined networking(SDN)principles,to test and refine the traffic *** simulation not only facilitates a direct comparison between the synthetic and real traffic but also enables us to identify discrepancies and refine the accuracy of our *** initial findings indicate an error rate of approximately 29.28%between the synthetic and real traffic data,highlighting areas for further improvement and *** providing a diverse array of network scenarios through our framework,we aim to enhance the exercise systems used by cybersecurity *** not only improves their ability to r

关键词： Cybersecurity exercise synthetic network traffic generative adversarial network traffic generation software-defined networking

Experience of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia in adults: Twelve case series from a tertiary referral hospital

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024年第4期12卷 746-757页

作者： Ji Eun Na Ji Eun kim Sujin Park Eun Ran kim Sung Noh Hong Young-Ho kim Dong Kyung Chang Department of Internal Medicine Inje University Haeundae Paik HospitalBusan 48108South Korea Department of Medicine Samsung Medical CenterSeoul 06351South Korea Department of Pathology Samsung Medical CenterSeoul 06351South Korea

BACKGROUND While primary intestinal lymphangiectasia(PIL)is considered a rare condition,there have been several reported cases in ***,the absence of clear guidance from diagnosis to treatment and prognosis poses challenges for both physicians and *** To enhance understanding by investigating clinical presentation,diagnosis,treatment,complications,and prognoses in adult PIL *** We enrolled adult patients diagnosed with PIL between March 2016 and September *** primary outcome involved examining the diagnosis and treatment process of these *** secondary outcomes included identifying complications(infections,thromboembolism)and assessing prognoses(frequency of hospitalization and mortality)during the follow-up *** Among the 12 included patients,peripheral edema(100%)and diarrhea(75%)were the main presenting *** tests showed that all the pati-ents exhibited symptoms of hypoalbuminemia and ***,the predominant findings were edema of the small intestine(67%)and ascites(58%).The typical endoscopic finding with a snowflake appearance was observed in 75%of *** the 12 patients,two responded positive-ly to octreotide and sirolimus,and eight who could undergo maintenance therapy discontinued *** due to PIL led to infection in half of the patients,thromboembolism in three patients,and one *** PIL can be diagnosed in adults across various age groups,with different severity and treatment responses among patients,leading to diverse complications and ***,tailored treatments will be *** anticipate that our findings will contribute to the management of PIL,an etiology of protein-losing enteropathy.

关键词： Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia in adults Protein-losing enteropathy Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis

Focal Nodular Hyperplasia: A Comprehensive Review with a Particular Focus on Pathogenesis and Complications

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Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology 2024年第2期12卷 182-190页

作者： Jaimy Villavicencio kim George Y.Wu Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology University of Connecticut Health CenterFarmingtonCTUSA

Focal nodular hyperplasia is a benign tumor of the liver that is often found incidentally with *** purpose of this review is to discuss the pathophysiology,rare complications that can occur due to these lesions,and management options.A literature review was performed on clinical trials and case reports involving focal nodular hyperplasia complications and management of these,as well as the proposed pathogenesis underlying these *** exposure to oral contraceptive pills and endogenous hormones have been thought to play a role in the development of these lesions,this has not been *** recently,they are thought to arise as a consequence of a vascular anomaly causing alterations in the expression of angiopoietin *** are rare,but previous cases have reported associated pain,rupture and compression of nearby structures(hepatic vein,stomach,biliary system).Resection of focal nodular hyperplasia is not usually ***,if there is associated pain with no other identifiable cause or presence of a large or growing lesion with risk of causing a complication,then surgical resection,radiofrequency ablation or arterial embolization should be considered.

关键词： Focal nodular hyperplasia Oral contraceptives Liver lesion

A typology of clustered housing for older adults towards opportunities for social interaction:A case study of Dutch social housing

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Frontiers of Architectural Research 2024年第3期13卷 561-574页

作者： kim Hamers Nienke Moor Masi Mohammadi Research Group Architecture in Health HAN University of Applied SciencesArnhemthe Netherlands Chair Smart Architectural Technologies Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhoventhe Netherlands

Dutch housing associations are dealing with a growing number of tenants who are ageing in ***,there is a lack of suitable housing that meets the(social)needs of this target *** housing,which offers a socio-spatial context that facilitates encounters between residents,is considered a promising housing concept to(partly)fill this ***,clustered housing is a broad concept consisting of a variety of housing types that differ from each other in the extent to which people“live together”.Still little is known about which types of clustered housing can be distinguished in relation to the potential for social ***,in this article we distinguish between types of clustered housing based on social,organizational,and spatial building *** have mapped these characteristics by combining real estate data of housing association Woonzorg Nederland with survey data collected among their building *** on this dataset,an explorative cluster analysis was performed,resulting in four types of clustered ***,further exploration of the data shows that,from the perspective of building managers,residents of certain types of clustered housing interact more often and feel more connected with each other than residents of non-clustered housing types.

关键词： Clustered housing Typology Seniors Social housing

Changes in structural plasticity of hippocampal neurons in an animal model of multiple sclerosis

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Zoological Research 2024年第2期45卷 398-414页

作者： Poornima D.E.Weerasinghe-Mudiyanselage Sohi Kang Joong-Sun kim Sung-Ho kim Hongbing Wang Taekyun Shin Changjong Moon Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Animal Behavior College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR ProgramChonnam National UniversityGwangju 61186Republic of Korea Department of Anatomy and Convergence Medical Science Institute of Health SciencesCollege of MedicineGyeongsang National UniversityJinju 52727Republic of Korea Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Program Michigan State UniversityEast LansingMI 48824USA Department of Veterinary Anatomy College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research InstituteJeju National UniversityJeju 63243Republic of Korea

Structural plasticity is critical for the functional diversity of neurons in the *** autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE)is the most commonly used model for multiple sclerosis(MS),successfully mimicking its key pathological features(inflammation,demyelination,axonal loss,and gliosis)and clinical symptoms(motor and non-motordysfunctions).Recentstudieshave demonstrated the importance of synaptic plasticity in EAE *** the present study,we investigated the features of behavioral alteration and hippocampal structural plasticity in EAE-affected mice in the early phase(11 days post-immunization,DPI)and chronic phase(28DPI).EAE-affected mice exhibited hippocampus-related behavioral dysfunction in the open field test during both early and chronic *** complexity was largely affected in the cornu ammonis 1(CA1)and CA3 apical and dentate gyrus(DG)subregions of the hippocampus during the chronic phase,while this effect was only noted in the CA1 apical subregion in the early ***,dendritic spine density was reduced in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 apical/basal and DG subregions in the early phase of EAE,but only reduced in the DG subregion during the chronic ***,mRNA levels of proinflammatory cytokines(Il1β,Tnfα,and Ifnγ)and glial cell markers(Gfap and Cd68)were significantly increased,whereas the expression of activity-regulated cytoskeletonassociated protein(ARC)was reduced during the chronic ***,exposure to the aforementioned cytokines in primary cultures of hippocampal neurons reduced dendritic complexity and ARC *** cultures of hippocampal neurons also showed significantly reduced extracellular signal-regulated kinase(ERK)phosphorylation upon treatment with proinflammatory ***,these results suggest that autoimmune neuroinflammation alters structural plasticity in the hippocampus,possibly through the ERK-ARC pathway,indicating that this alteration may be associated with hi

关键词： Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein Anxiety-like behavior Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Hippocampal dysfunction Neuroinflammation

[001]-texturing of(K,Na)NbO_(3)-based piezoceramics with a pseudocubic structure and their application to piezoelectric devices

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Journal of Materiomics 2024年第3期10卷 632-642页

作者： Su-Hwan Go Seok-Jung Park Seung-Hyun kim Seok-June Chae Eun-Ji kim Geun-Su Lee Sahn Nahm Department of Materials Science and Engineering Korea UniversitySeoul02841Republic of Korea

0.96(K_(0.5)Na_(0.5-z)Li_(z))(Nb_(0.92)Sb_(0.08))O_(3)-0.04(Ca_(0.5)Sr_(0.5))ZrO_(3)[(KN_(0.5-z)L_(z))NS-CSZ]piezoceramics(0≤z≤0.04)were aligned in the[001]orientation using 3%(in mole)NaNbO_(3)templates with a large Lotgering factor(>97%).Their crystal structures transformed from the orthorhombic-pseudocubic(O-P)structure to the orthorhombic-tetragonal-pseudocubic(O-T-P)structure with an increasing *** P structure was interpreted as a rhombohedral R3m *** piezoelectricity of the compositions increased after[001]-texturing,and the enhancement was proportional to the O phase *** composition(z=0.03)exhibited the highest piezoelectric constant(d_(33);670 pC/N)and electromechanical coupling factor(k_(p);0.56).Piezoelectric energy harvesters were produced using the untextured and textured samples(z=0.03).The textured harvester delivered a large power density of 26.6 mW/mm^(3),which was larger than that of the untextured harvester owing to the enhanced kp and d_(33)×g_(33) of the textured piezoceramic.A multilayer actuator was produced using the textured sample(z=0.03),and it exhibited a large acceleration(44.2 G)and displacement(±3,730 mm)at±25 ***,the[001]-textured(KN_(0.47)L_(0.03))NS-CSZ piezoceramic is suitable for piezoelectric energy harvesters and actuators.

关键词： KNN-Based piezoceramic Lead-free Energy harvester Actuator Reactive template grain growth