Publications by authors named "Jin-Yong Kim"

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  • Senescent cells release a harmful factor known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which can cause nearby cells to also become senescent, leading to a loss of normal function, such as hair induction in human dermal papilla (DP) cells.
  • Research showed that expanding DP cells in the lab led to an accumulation of specific SASP factors like IL-6 and IL-8, which negatively impacted their ability to promote hair follicle regeneration.
  • Treatment with the senolytic drugs dasatinib and quercetin successfully eliminated these senescent DP cells, enhancing their potential to regenerate hair follicles and suggesting new clinical uses for senolytic treatment in therapies targeting hair loss.
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Background: Accurate and timely assessment of children's developmental status is crucial for early diagnosis and intervention. More accurate and automated developmental assessments are essential due to the lack of trained health care providers and imprecise parental reporting. In various areas of development, gross motor development in toddlers is known to be predictive of subsequent childhood developments.

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Background: Current guidelines recommend using nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treatment, but its potential drug interactions and contraindications limit its applicability in certain categories of patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in managing COVID-19 among hospitalized patients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study among hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and did not require baseline supplemental oxygen from February 2022 to January 2023.

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Background: Medication errors, including dispensing errors, represent a substantial worldwide health risk with significant implications in terms of morbidity, mortality, and financial costs. Although pharmacists use methods like barcode scanning and double-checking for dispensing verification, these measures exhibit limitations. The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmacy verification emerges as a potential solution, offering precision, rapid data analysis, and the ability to recognize medications through computer vision.

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Introduction: Regdanvimab, a neutralising monoclonal antibody (mAb) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), received approval for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2021. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea mandate that new medications be re-examined for safety and effectiveness post-approval in at least 3000 individuals. This post-marketing surveillance (PMS) study was used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of regdanvimab in real-world clinical care.

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Background: Immune-evading severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants are emerging continuously. The clinical effectiveness of monoclonal antibody agents that exhibit decreased activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants needs to be elucidated.

Methods: A nationwide, multicenter, retrospective cohort study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of regdanvimab, an anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody agent.

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Background: Children's motor development is a crucial tool for assessing developmental levels, identifying developmental disorders early, and taking appropriate action. Although the Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children (K-DST) can accurately assess childhood development, its dependence on parental surveys rather than reliable, professional observation limits it. This study constructed a dataset based on a skeleton of recordings of K-DST behaviors in children aged between 20 and 71 months, with and without developmental disorders.

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Stress management is necessary for vertebrate survival. Chronic stress drives depression by excitation of the lateral habenula (LHb), which silences dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) via GABAergic neuronal projection from the rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg). However, the effect of acute stress on this LHb-RMTg-VTA pathway is not clearly understood.

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Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of regdanvimab, a neutralizing antibody, in patients with mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 including against the Delta variant.

Methods: A single-center, retrospective, observational cohort study in adults with confirmed COVID-19. The primary end point was the proportion of patients deteriorating with peripheral oxygen saturation <90% in room air, requiring supplemental oxygen therapy above high flow, or experiencing mortality due to COVID-19 up to day 28.

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  • - Interspecific hybridization is common among birds, especially between closely related species, and understanding it can aid in conserving endangered species through genomic hybridization markers.
  • - The study focused on creating genomic hybridization markers for F1 hybrids of feral pigeons and endangered hill pigeons by analyzing insertion/deletion polymorphisms through techniques like PCR and gel electrophoresis.
  • - The successful identification of eight species-specific InDel markers in the hybrids highlights the potential of genomic tools in monitoring hybridization rates and supporting breeding programs to help restore hill pigeon populations.
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This study introduces the thickness-tapered channel design for flow field-flow fractionation (FlFFF) for the first time. In this design, the channel thickness linearly decreases along the channel axis such that the flow velocity increases down the channel. Channel thickness is an important variable for controlling retention time and resolution in field-flow fractionation.

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Graphene oxide (GO)-a chemical derivative of graphene with numerous oxygen functional groups on its surface-has attracted considerable interest because of its intriguing properties in relation to those of pristine graphene. In addition to the inherent wide lateral size distribution of GO sheets arising from the typical oxidative exfoliation of graphite, control of the lateral size of GO is critical for desired GO-based applications. Herein, flow/hyperlayer field-flow fractionation (flow/hyperlayer FFF) is optimized to separate GO sheets by lateral dimensions.

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Background: We evaluated clinical effectiveness of regdanvimab (CT-P59), a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 neutralizing monoclonal antibody, in reducing disease progression and clinical recovery time in patients with mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), primarily Alpha variant.

Methods: This was phase 3 of a phase 2/3 parallel-group, double-blind, randomized clinical trial. Outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 were randomized to single-dose regdanvimab 40 mg/kg (n = 656) or placebo (n = 659), alongside standard of care.

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Background: The Omicron variant, with numerous mutations in the spike protein, reduces vaccine-induced immunity, leading to breakthrough infections. However, vaccine protection after infection with the Omicron variant is unclear.

Aims And Methods: To compare the neutralizing antibody responses between unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals infected with the Omicron variant, we have collected serial plasma samples from five unvaccinated and four vaccinated individuals with Omicron variant infection, including the first Omicron breakthrough infection case in the Republic of Korea.

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A rapid outbreak of monkeypox is ongoing in non-endemic countries since May 2022. We report the first case of monkeypox in the Republic of Korea. This occurred in a 34-year-old male patient who traveled to Europe in June 2022.

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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a curative immunotherapy where patients receive myeloablative chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, followed by donor stem cell transplantation. Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a major complication caused by dysregulated donor immune system, thus a novel strategy to modulate donor immunity is needed to mitigate GVHD. Tissue damage by conditioning regimen is thought to initiate the inflammatory milieu that recruits various donor immune cells for cross-priming of donor T cells against alloantigen and eventually promote strong Th1 cytokine storm escalating further tissue damage.

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Many interesting properties of 2D materials and their assembled structures are strongly dependent on the lateral size and size distribution of 2D materials. Accordingly, effective size separation of polydisperse 2D sheets is critical for desirable applications. Here, we introduce flow field-flow fractionation (FlFFF) for a wide-range size fractionation of graphene oxide (GO) up to 100 μm.

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Background: In a Phase III study, regdanvimab (CT-P59) reduced the risk of hospitalization or death versus placebo in patients with mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Purpose: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with COVID-19 to examine the effect of regdanvimab versus standard of care (SoC) on oxygen saturation.

Methods: We reviewed patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction at a single hospital in the Republic of Korea.

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Dermal fibroblasts lose stem cell potency after birth, which prevents regenerative healing. However, the underlying intracellular mechanisms are largely unknown. We uncover the postnatal maturation of papillary fibroblasts (PFs) driven by the extensive Twist2-mediated remodeling of chromatin accessibility.

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The latitudinal and elevational patterns of species richness of resident and migrant birds have been of interest to researchers over the past few decades, and various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the factors that may affect these patterns. This study aimed to shed light on the elevational distribution patterns of resident and migrant bird species richness by examining biotic and abiotic factors such as climate, and habitat heterogeneity using a piecewise structural equation model (pSEM). The overall pattern of resident species richness showed a decreasing trend with increasing elevation, whereas that of migrant species richness showed an increasing trend.

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  • The study aimed to create and validate an automated method for measuring COVID-19 pneumonia severity using chest CT scans from 131 patients across several countries.
  • Using a deep learning model called 2D U-Net, researchers segmented pneumonia areas on CT images and tested the system's accuracy against expert radiologists' assessments.
  • Results showed strong correlations between automated measurements and human evaluations, indicating that this method can effectively assess pneumonia extent and weight, which are linked to patient symptoms and outcomes.
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Background: Regdanvimab (CT-P59) is a monoclonal antibody with neutralizing activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We report on part 1 of a 2-part randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study for patients with mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: Outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 received a single dose of regdanvimab 40 mg/kg (n100), regdanvimab 80 mg/kg (n103), or placebo (n104).

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