The association of alcohol drinking pattern and self-inflicted intentional injury in Korea: a cross-sectional WHO collaborative emergency room study.

Objectives: Self-inflicted intentional injuries are increasing at an alarming rate in the Republic of Korea, yet few reports describe their relationship with alcohol consumption. The aim of this study was to characterise the association of alcohol drinking patterns and self-inflicted intentional injury in Korean emergency departments (EDs) using WHO collaborative study protocol.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Metabolic syndrome component combinations and chronic kidney disease: the severance cohort study.

Objectives: The effects of ethnicity and gender can produce varying results when evaluating risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) development and metabolic syndrome (MetS) components. The risks of specific MetS component combinations and incident CKD are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the combination of MetS components and CKD.

Addiction research centres and the nurturing of creativity. The Korean Institute on Alcohol Problems (KIAP).

The aim of this paper is to provide an account of the history, current status and vision of the Korean Institute on Alcohol Problems (KIAP). In the context of increasing alcohol consumption, rising second-hand effects and industry-friendly government policy, the Korean College Alcohol Study (KCAS) was established in the Republic of Korea in 1999, and changed its name to the Korean Institute on Alcohol Problems (KIAP) in 2005. KIAP's mission is to decrease alcohol consumption and its related harms by promoting research, advocating policy, developing intervention programmes and preparing media communications.

Adolescent optimistic bias toward HIV/AIDS in Seoul, South Korea.

The reported rates of HIV/AIDS cases and risky sexual behaviors have increased among adolescents in South Korea. This study reports the presence, impact, and development of optimistic bias toward HIV/AIDS in Korean adolescents. Survey data from 2996 participants were randomly collected from 8 high school and 8 middle school students in Seoul, South Korea.

In vivo adenosine receptor preconditioning reduces myocardial infarct size via subcellular ERK signaling.

The protective effects of adenosine receptor acute preconditioning (PC) are well known; however, the signaling mechanism mediating this effect has not been determined in in vivo models. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway in mediating adenosine PC in in vivo rat myocardium. Open-chest rats were submitted to 25 min of coronary artery occlusion and 2 h of reperfusion.

Molecular cloning and identification of a putative PKC epsilon cDNA from Limulus polyphemus brain.

The protein kinase C (PKC) family of enzymes is broadly distributed and has been implicated in a diverse array of cellular functions. Recent evidence supporting PKC involvement in the regulation of the Limulus choline cotransporter prompted us to clone PKC from a Limulus central nervous system (CNS) cDNA library. An Aplysia californica calcium independent PKC (Apl II) cDNA probe was used to screen the library and 5' RACE SMART PCR was used to obtain the full-length sequence.