Publications by authors named "Taelim Kim"

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is crucial in plant metabolism and responses to various abiotic stresses. In the glycolysis pathway, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) is oxidized to 1,3-bisphosphate glycerate (1,3-BPG) through the catalytic action of GAPDH. However, the gene family in has been minimally researched.

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Establishment of oak seedlings, which is an important factor in forest restoration, is affected by drought that hampers the survival, growth, and development of seedlings. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how seedlings respond to and recover from water-shortage stress. We subjected seedlings of two oak species, and , to drought stress for one month and then rewatered them for six days to observe physiological and genetic expression changes.

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The glycolytic pathway involves phosphofructokinase (PFK), a rate-limiting enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate. In plants, the two PFK members are ATP-dependent phosphofructokinase (PFK) and pyrophosphate-fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase (PFP). However, the functions of the PFK family members in are not well understood.

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Drought stress affects plant productivity by altering plant responses at the morphological, physiological, and molecular levels. In this study, we identified physiological and genetic responses in × hybrid clones 72-30 and 72-31 after 12 days of exposure to drought treatment. After 12 days of drought treatment, glucose, fructose, and sucrose levels were significantly increased in clone 72-30 under drought stress.

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  • The study aimed to create a standard protocol for assessing the Videofluoroscopic Dysphagia Scale (VDS) and test its reliability through inter-rater and intra-rater evaluations.
  • Researchers recruited 60 patients from three medical centers and had six physicians evaluate the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) data to calculate reliability scores.
  • The results showed high reliability for the VDS, with inter-rater scores at 0.966 and intra-rater scores at 0.896, indicating that the VDS is an effective tool for assessing dysphagia consistently across different evaluators and medical settings.
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Cardiopulmonary function is exceptionally critical during the early stages of rehabilitation after neurological disorders such as stroke, spinal cord injury and Parkinson's disease. This study aimed to demonstrate how robot-assisted and tilt table exercises affect cardiopulmonary function. In this study, ten healthy young adults performed six combinations of conditions according to robot-assisted mode (on/off), angle of tilt table (20°/60°), and functional electrical stimulation (FES) mode (on/off).

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Physiological response and transcriptome changes were observed to investigate the effects on the growth, metabolism and genetic changes of grown for a long time in an environment with an elevated atmospheric CO concentration. Pine trees were grown at ambient (400 ppm) and elevated (560 ppm and 720 ppm) CO concentrations for 10 years in open-top chambers. The content of nonstructural carbohydrates was significantly increased in elevated CO.

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Introduction: Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) showed an increased risk of fractures in previous studies and a high prevalence of osteoporosis is reportedly a potential contributor. We conducted a nationwide database study on the risk of fractures and the impact of osteoporosis on patients with PD compared to controls.

Materials And Methods: Using a nationwide database in South Korea, we identified incident patients with PD in 2004-2006 and selected four age- and sex-matched controls.

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In plants, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a main enzyme in the glycolytic pathway. It plays an essential role in glycerolipid metabolism and response to various stresses. To examine the function of PsGAPDH ( GAPDH) in response to abiotic stress, we generated transgenic rice plants with single-copy/intergenic/homozygous overexpression (-OX) and investigated their responses to salinity stress.

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Objective: To systematically translate the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) into a Korean version of the FMA (K-FMA).

Methods: We translated the original FMA into the Korean version with three translators and a translation committee, which included physiatrists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. Based on a test-retest method, each of 31 patients with stroke was assessed by two evaluators twice, once on recruitment, and again after a week.

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Background: We previously proposed a novel virtual reality-based method to assess human field of perception (FOP) and field of regard (FOR), termed the FOPR test. This study assessed the diagnostic validity of the FOPR test for hemispatial neglect (HSN).

Methods: We included 19 stroke patients with a lesion in the right hemisphere and with HSN (HSN+SS), 22 stroke patients with a lesion in the right hemisphere and without HSN (HSN-SS), and 22 healthy controls aged 19-65 years.

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  • * Out of 366 patients reviewed, 69.1% reported NP, with higher rates observed among those who were married, experienced traumatic injuries, or had depressive moods; marital status and mood were identified as significant predictors of NP.
  • * The average NP intensity was rated at 4.52 on a Numeric Rating Scale, with certain groups (like females and those with below-level NP) reporting more severe pain; the study suggests that NP should be actively managed, especially in patients scoring 4.5 or higher. *
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Purpose: Electrophysiology procedures pose infection risk and require surgical room sterility. Currently, there is no universally approved protocol for disinfecting lead garments in the electrophysiology laboratory. This study explores the feasibility of using ATP testing to assess the microbial burden of lead aprons and evaluates the impact of a sanitary intervention.

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Background: The ventilation/perfusion mismatch in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients can exacerbate cardiac function as well as pulmonary oxygenation. We hypothesized that inhaled iloprost can ameliorate pulmonary oxygenation with lung mechanics and myocardial function during one-lung ventilation (OLV) in COPD patients combined with poor lung oxygenation.

Methods: A total of 40 patients with moderate to severe COPD, who exhibited the ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FIO2) <150 mm Hg 30 minutes after initiating OLV, were enrolled in this study.

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The blots of control and docetaxel for caspase-9, caspase-3, caspase-8, Bcl-, and tubulin in the Figure 4f were reused from Figure 4 of our previous paper published in Journal of Urology in 2010 ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.

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Bacteriophytochromes are phytochrome-like light-sensing photoreceptors that use biliverdin as a chromophore. To study the biochemical properties of the Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome (DrBphP) protein, two anti-DrBphP mouse monoclonal antibodies (2B8 and 3H7) were generated. Their specific epitopes were identified in our previous report.

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  • The study identifies new compounds called bis(4-hydroxy)benzophenone oxime ether derivatives (e.g., 12c, 12e, 12h) that act as estrogen receptor (ER) agonists.
  • These compounds also exhibit anti-proliferative effects in cancer cells through mechanisms that do not involve the ER.
  • The findings suggest these novel drugs could address the limitations of current ER agonists like estradiol and tamoxifen, which can promote cancer cell growth.
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  • A range of flavones was efficiently created from easily available chromanones using a single-step process.
  • This process involved a combination of Pd(II)-catalyzed dehydrogenation and oxidative boron-Heck coupling with arylboronic acid pinacol esters.
  • The inclusion of arylboronic acid pinacol esters notably enhanced the reaction's yield.
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A series of hybrid molecules consisting of benzophenones and N-cyclopropyl-3-methylbenzamides were synthesized and biologically evaluated as novel p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors. In particular, we found that compound 10g displayed potent p38α MAPK inhibitory activity (IC50=0.027 μM), high kinase selectivity, and significant anti-inflammatory activity in THP-1 monocyte cells.

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Estrogens act through interactions with estrogen receptors (ERs) to play diverse roles in various pathophysiological conditions. A number of synthetic selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), such as tamoxifen and raloxifene, have been developed and used to treat ER-related diseases, including breast cancer and osteoporosis. Here, we identified a novel compound, bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methanone-O-isopentyl oxime, designated NJK14013, as an ER agonist.

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Bacteriophytochromes (BphP) are phytochrome-like light sensing proteins in bacteria, which use biliverdin as a chromophore. In order to study the biochemical properties of the DrBphP protein, five (2B8, 2C11, 3B2, 3D2, and 3H7) anti-DrBphP monoclonal antibodies were produced through the immunization of mice with purified full-length DrBphP and DrBphN (1-321 amino acid) proteins, and epitope mapping was then carried out. Among the five antibodies, 2B8 and 2C11 preferentially recognized the N-terminal region of BphP whereas 3B2, 3D2, and 3H7 showed preference for the C-terminal region.

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We synthesized a novel hydroxamate-based pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACI), CG200745 {(E)-2-(Naphthalen-1-yloxymethyl)-oct-2-enedioic acid 1-[(3-dimethylamino-propyl)-amide] 8-hydroxyamide]}. Like other inhibitors, for example vorinostat and belinostat, CG200745 has the hydroxamic acid moiety to bind zinc at the bottom of catalytic pocket. Firstly, we analyzed its inhibitory activity against histone deacetylase (HDAC) in hormone-dependent LNCaP cells and hormone-independent DU145 and PC3 cells.

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The ankyrin domain is one of the most common protein motifs in eukaryotic proteins. Repeated ankyrin domains are ubiquitous and their mediation of protein-protein interactions is involved in a number of physiological and developmental responses such as the cell cycle, signal transduction and cell differentiation. A novel putative phytochrome-interacting ankyrin repeat protein 2 (PIA2) containing three repeated ankyrin domains was identified in Arabidopsis.

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Phytochromes enable plants to sense light information and regulate developmental responses. Phytochromes interact with partner proteins to transmit light signals to downstream components for plant development. PIRF1 (phytochrome-interacting ROP guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (RopGEF 1)) functions as a light-signaling switch regulating root development through the activation of ROPs (Rho-like GTPase of plant) in the cytoplasm.

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