Ho-Joon Shin

TL;DR: It is found for the first time that JAK2/STAT3 was activated in HeLa cells when they were starved or treated with rapamycin, indicating that the autophagic process in cancer cells can contribute to their survival by JAk2/ STAT3 activation and subsequent secretion of growth factors.

TL;DR: Novel survival strategies of cancer cells are suggested by which two oncogenic transcriptional factors, NF-κB and STAT3, are activated simultaneously by an intrinsic mechanism during stressful conditions ofcancer cells, and they cooperatively induce various survival factors.

TL;DR: Traditional medicinal herbal extracts selected strongly inhibited MHV replication and could be potential candidates for new anti-coronavirus drugs.

TL;DR: The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women was found to be comparatively low, consistent with previous reports from Korea, however a variety of diagnostic tools were considered to be useful for the precise diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmaosis.

TL;DR: Exosomal fractions called “apoptotic exosome-like vesicles” (AEVs) prepared from apoptotic-conditioned medium were the main inflammatory factors, suggesting AEVs could be key inflammatory mediators, acting as DAMPs that could explain the pathogeneses of various chronic inflammations, autoimmune diseases, or cancers in the future.