Publications by authors named "Rokhyun Kim"

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  • This study explores using human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) transformed into glia-like cells (ghMSCs) to improve recovery after ischemic strokes, which cause brain damage.
  • Transcriptome analysis shows that ghMSCs behave like astrocytes and demonstrate better protective and regenerative qualities against brain injury than regular hMSCs.
  • In rat models, transplanting ghMSCs improved behavioral function and reduced brain damage, with their effectiveness linked to CXCR2 signaling, suggesting a potential therapy for stroke recovery by promoting neuroplasticity.
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Glioblastoma (GBM) has a fatal prognosis because of its aggressive and invasive characteristics. Understanding the mechanism of invasion necessitates an elucidation of the relationship between tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment. However, there has been a scarcity of suitable models to investigate this.

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Background: Fragmentomics, the investigation of fragmentation patterns of cell-free DNA (cfDNA), has emerged as a promising strategy for the early detection of multiple cancers in the field of liquid biopsy. However, the clinical application of this approach has been hindered by a limited understanding of cfDNA biology. Furthermore, the prevalence of hematopoietic cell-derived cfDNA in plasma complicates the in vivo investigation of tissue-specific cfDNA other than that of hematopoietic origin.

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Purpose: Brain metastasis rarely occurs in soft tissue sarcoma (STS). Here, we present five cases of STS with brain metastases with genetic profiles.

Materials And Methods: We included five patients from Seoul National University Hospital who were diagnosed with STS with metastasis to the brain.

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We present an in-depth single-cell atlas of in vitro multiculture systems on human primary airway epithelium derived from normal and diseased lungs of 27 individual donors. Our large-scale single-cell profiling identified new cell states and differentiation trajectories of rare airway epithelial cell types in human distal lungs. By integrating single-cell datasets of human lung tissues, we discovered immune-primed subsets enriched in lungs and organoids derived from patients with chronic respiratory disease.

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