The Isolation and Characterization of Perlucin in Pacific Abalone, : A Shell Morphogenic Protein with Potential Responses to Thermal Stress and Starvation.

Perlucin is a shell matrix protein that plays a significant role in regulating shell biomineralization. This study aimed to isolate and characterize the perlucin gene and analyze its expression to explore its role in shell formation, regeneration, and responses to thermal stress and starvation in Pacific abalone. The isolated full-length cDNA sequence of is 1002 bp long, encoding a 163-amino-acid polypeptide with a signal peptide.

EF-Hand-Binding Secreted Protein Hdh-SMP5 Regulates Shell Biomineralization and Responses to Stress in Pacific Abalone, .

The development of a shell is a complex calcium metabolic process involving shell matrix proteins (SMPs). In this study, we describe the isolation, characterization, and expression of SMP5 and investigate its potential regulatory role in the shell biomineralization of Pacific abalone . The full-length cDNA contains 685 bp and encodes a polypeptide of 134 amino acids.

Proposed Protocols for Artificial Intelligence Imaging Database in Acute Stroke Imaging.

Purpose: To propose standardized and feasible imaging protocols for constructing artificial intelligence (AI) database in acute stroke by assessing the current practice at tertiary hospitals in South Korea and reviewing evolving AI models.

Materials And Methods: A nationwide survey on acute stroke imaging protocols was conducted using an electronic questionnaire sent to 43 registered tertiary hospitals between April and May 2021. Imaging protocols for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in the early and late time windows and during follow-up were assessed.

Mohs Micrographic Surgery With Digital Pathology Improves Surgical Quality and Efficiency: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Mohs micrographic surgery, involving pathology of the surgical margin, has the lowest recurrence rate for skin cancer. Moreover, because of technological advances, digital pathology systems are gradually being adopted in hospitals. Yongin Severance Hospital was the first hospital to construct a fully digitalized pathology system in Korea.

Risk estimation for idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus: development and validation of a brain morphometry-based nomogram.

Objectives: To develop and validate a nomogram based on MRI features for predicting iNPH.

Methods: Patients aged  ≥ 60 years (clinically diagnosed with iNPH, Parkinson's disease, or Alzheimer's disease or healthy controls) who underwent MRI including three-dimensional T1-weighted volumetric MRI were retrospectively identified from two tertiary referral hospitals (one hospital for derivation set and the other for validation set). Clinical and imaging features for iNPH were assessed.

Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Catalase in Stress Physiology, Innate Immunity, Testicular Development, Metamorphosis, and Cryopreserved Sperm of Pacific Abalone.

Catalase is a crucial enzyme of the antioxidant defense system responsible for the maintenance of cellular redox homeostasis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the molecular regulation of catalase () in stress physiology, innate immunity, testicular development, metamorphosis, and cryopreserved sperm of Pacific abalone. gene was cloned from the digestive gland (DG) of Pacific abalone.

Clinical and Radiological Features of Diffuse Lacrimal Gland Enlargement: Comparisons among Various Etiologies in 91 Biopsy-Confirmed Patients.

Objective: To compare the clinical and radiological features of various etiologies of chronic diffuse lacrimal gland enlargement.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 91 consecutive patients who underwent surgical biopsy for chronic diffuse lacrimal gland enlargement and were diagnosed with non-specific dacryoadenitis (DA) (n = 42), immunoglobulin G4-related dacryoadenitis (IgG4-RD) (n = 33), and lymphoma (n = 16). Data on patient demographics, clinical presentation, and CT imaging findings (n = 73) and MRI (n = 43) were collected.

Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: Central nervous system involvement in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been increasingly reported. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the incidence of radiologically demonstrated neurologic complications and detailed neuroimaging findings associated with COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: A systematic literature search of MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE databases was performed up to September 17, 2020, and studies evaluating neuroimaging findings of COVID-19 using brain CT or MRI were included.

Vital Analysis of Cryopreserved Sperm of Marbled Flounder, .

The marbled flounder () is a commercial flatfish in East Asia. The aim of this study was to improve its sperm cryopreservation protocol based on the vitality assessment of 7-day and 1-year cryopreserved sperm. Four extenders (extender-1: sucrose solution; extender-2: glucose solution; extender-3: fish Ringer's solution; and extender-4: modified fish Ringer's solution) were tested with a combination of five cryoprotectants (CPAs) (dimethyl sulfoxide: MeSO; glycerol: GLY; ethylene glycol: EG; propylene glycol: PG; and methanol: MeOH) at four different concentrations (5, 10, 12, and 15%).

Carbonic Anhydrase in Pacific Abalone : Characterization, Expression, and Role in Biomineralization.

Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are universal zinc ion containing metalloenzymes that play a pivotal role in various physiological processes. In this study, a CA I (designated as Hdh CA I) was isolated and characterized from the mantle tissue of Pacific abalone, . The full-length cDNA sequence of Hdh CA I was 1,417-bp in length, encoding a protein of 337 amino acids with molecular weight of 37.

CT and MR imaging findings of ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma associated with IgG4-related disease: multi-institutional case series.

Aim: To report CT and MR imaging findings of ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma associated with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-MALT lymphoma), a rare but clinically important complication of ocular adnexal IgG4-related disease.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all cases of histologically confirmed ocular adnexal IgG4-related disease at three tertiary and one secondary referral centers, between February 2003 and December 2016. Seven cases of histopathologically diagnosed IgG4-MALT lymphoma were identified.

Characterization of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-5 (IGFBP-5) Gene and Its Potential Roles in Ontogenesis in the Pacific Abalone, .

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein family is known to be involved in regulating biological actions of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). In the present study, a full-length cDNA encoding the IGFBP-5 gene was cloned and characterized from the cerebral ganglion of . The 921-bp full-length sequence of Hdh IGFBP-5 cDNA transcript had an open reading frame of 411 bp encoding a predicted polypeptide of 136 amino acids, sharing high sequence identities with IGFBP-5 of .

Molecular Identification, Characterization, and Expression Analysis of a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor (GnRH-R) in Pacific Abalone, .

A full-length cDNA sequence encoding a GnRH receptor was cloned from the pleuropedal ganglion of the Pacific abalone, . The cloned sequence is 1499-bp in length encoding a protein of 460 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 52.22 kDa and an isoelectric point (pI) of 9.

Exploring the role of copper and selenium in the maintenance of normal thyroid function among healthy Koreans.

Background: Selenium and iodine are trace elements well known to have important roles in the synthesis and metabolism of thyroid hormones. However, the effects of other trace elements on thyroid hormones are still inconclusive. We investigated the association between several trace elements and thyroid hormones.

Cryopreservation of sperm from farmed Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai.

This study aimed to improve a sperm cryopreservation protocol for farmed Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai. Dimethyl sulfoxide (MeSO), glycerol, ethylene glycol (EG), propylene glycol (PG), and methanol were chosen as cryoprotectants (CPAs). Four different equilibration time (5, 10, 30, and 60 min), and two types of equilibration temperature (4 °C and 20 °C) were selected at the present experiment.

Distribution and malignancy risk of six categories of the pathology reporting system for thyroid core-needle biopsy in 1,216 consecutive thyroid nodules.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to present the distribution of lesions among the six categories of the pathology reporting system for thyroid core-needle biopsy (CNB), along with the range of malignancy risk of each category based on different diagnostic criteria for benignity in a clinical cohort.

Methods: For 1,216 consecutive nodules (≥1 cm) of 1,125 patients who underwent CNB at two hospitals, the diagnostic results based on the six categories of thyroid CNB were analyzed. Patients were divided into three groups according to prior fine-needle aspiration (FNA) status: second-line CNB for nodules where prior FNA yielded nondiagnostic or unsatisfactory results (n=57), second-line CNB for nodules with prior FNA results of atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) (n=303), and first-line CNB (n=856).

MR Findings of Fungus Ball: Significance of High Signal Intensity on T1-Weighted Images.

Background: Central dark-signal intensity with high-signal, hypertrophic mucosal wall of paranasal sinuses on T2-weighted images (T2WI) is a characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) feature of sinonasal fungus ball. However, this finding is usually interpreted as non-fungal chronic sinusitis with central normal sinus air. In addition, T1-weighted images (T1WI) and T2WI are basic sequences of all magnetic resonance (MR) examinations.

Identification, characterization, and expression analysis of a serotonin receptor involved in the reproductive process of the Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai.

Serotonin receptor (5-HT) is a biogenic amine acting as a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator that mediates various aspects of reproduction and gametogenesis. The full-length nucleotide sequence of Haliotis discus hannai encodes a protein of 417 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 46.54 kDa and isoelectric point of 8.

MRI Findings of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Usefulness of Straight Sinus Distention.

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) shows various characteristic MRI findings. We evaluated the usefulness of straight sinus distention compared with transverse sinus distention and also evaluated other MRI findings of SIH. Forty-three consecutive patients (28 female and 15 male patients) treated for SIH and 43 age- and sex-matched control subjects at two institutions from 2012 through 2014 were included in this study.

Validation of web-based thyroid imaging reporting and data system in atypia or follicular lesion of undetermined significance thyroid nodules.

Background: Atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) show variable malignancy risk. We validated the web-based predictive models and the scoring system by the American College of Radiology (ACR) for AUS/FLUS nodules to stratify the malignancy risk.

Methods: From January 2011 to November 2014, 275 consecutive nodules diagnosed as AUS/FLUS were enrolled.

Diagnostic value of computed tomography combined with ultrasonography in detecting cervical recurrence in patients with thyroid cancer.

Background: To determine the diagnostic role of CT added to ultrasound for the diagnosis of recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and to evaluate potential benefits for patients.

Methods: A total of 193 patients with recurrent DTC were retrospectively included. The diagnostic performances of ultrasound and combination of ultrasound and CT (ultrasound/CT) in detecting recurrence were compared.

Persistent/Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Clinical and Radiological Characteristics of Persistent Disease and Clinical Recurrence Based on Computed Tomography Analysis.

Background: The natural course of persistent/recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative incidence and clinico-radiological characteristics of persistent disease and clinical recurrence based on computed tomography (CT) analysis in patients with persistent/recurrent DTC.

Methods: From January 2005 to December 2016, this retrospective study included 107 patients (M:F = 28:79; M = 53.

Hyperintense Thyroid Incidentaloma on Time of Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of thyroid incidentaloma with hypersignal intensity on the time of flight magnetic resonance (TOF-MR) angiography and correlation with ultrasound (US). We retrospectively reviewed 3,505 non-contrast TOF-MR angiography performed at our institution between September 2014 and May 2017. Two radiologists correlated the thyroid incidentalomas detected on TOF-MR angiography with US features that were obtained within a three-month interval between MR and US examinations in consensus.

PREDICTION OF NONDIAGNOSTIC RESULTS IN FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF THYROID NODULES: UTILITY OF ON-SITE GROSS VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF SPECIMENS FOR LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGY.

Objective: To explore a comprehensive approach for on-site gross visual assessments of liquid-based cytology (LBC) specimens of thyroid nodules and determine morphologic criteria that help predict nondiagnostic rates.

Methods: Two-hundred nodules from 165 patients who underwent fine-needle aspiration (FNA) at our hospital were included in this prospectively designed, retrospective analysis. Specimens were visually assessed on-site for three morphologic categories (specimen color, specimen volume, and particle count) using a 5-point grading.