• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권17호
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• pp.7555-7559
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• 2015

Background: CML includes 30% of all leukemias, and occurs from childhood to old age. The present study was a retrospective analysis of chronic phase CML patients registered to a Hematology Clinic in Kermanshah, Iran, with checking of treatment options. Materials and Methods: Between 2002 and 2014, 85 CML patients referred to our hematology clinic were enrolled in our study. We surveyed age, sex, B-symptoms, splenomegaly, Sokal score, Hasford score, treatment and survival in all patients. Philadelphia chromosome analysis was conducted for each patient by conventional cytogenetics. We compared treatment in the patients with three drugs, imatinib, hydroxyurea (HU) and interferon alpha (IFN-${\alpha}$). Results: The mean age of the patients at diagnosis was $47.5{\pm}14.5years$ (range, 23-82 years), with 43 (50.6%) being male. Some 13 (15.3%) were referred to our clinic for the first time with B-symptoms and 44 patients (51.8%) had splenomegaly. The Sokal score for 77 (90.6%) was low, 4 (4.7%) was intermediate and 4(4.7%) was high, but Hasford (Euro) scores for all patients were low. The 5-year survival rate for treated patients with imatinib, imatinib plus HU and imatinib plus HU plus IFN-${\alpha}$ was 90.5%, 81.1% and 55.6%, respectively Conclusions: The results show that imatinib therapy alone provides better survival in CML patients compared to HU or IFN-${\alpha}$. Combinations of IFN-${\alpha}$ and/or HU with imatinib probably reduce survival.

• 분석과학
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.191-197
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• 1992

익산군(益山郡) 용제리(龍提里)에서 출토(出土)된 기원전(紀元前)의 세형동검(細形銅劍)을 습식(濕式) 및 원자흡수분광법(原子吸收分光法)으로 조성(組成)을 정량(定量)하였으며, 시편(試片)을 연마(硏磨), 부식(腐蝕)시켜 광학현미경(光學顯微鏡)과 주사형(走査型) 전자현미경(電子顯微鏡)으로 미세구조(微細構造)를 관찰(觀察)하였다. 또한 질량분석계(質量分析計)를 써서 납동위원소비(同位元素比)를 측정(測定)하여 원료(原料)의 산지(産地)를 추정(推定)코자 하였다. 세형동검(細形銅劍)은 Cu-Sn-Pb계(系)로서 Sn이 17%, Pb가 6.8%로서 Sn이 10% 이상이고 Pb가 첨가(添加)된 것으로 보아 청동기(靑銅器) 중기(中期) 이후(以後)임을 알 수 있었다. 시료내부(試料內部)는 ${\alpha}$와 (${\alpha}+{\delta}$) 공정(共晶)으로 되어 있으며 편석(偏析)이 일어나 있었다. 원료(原料)는 중국(中國) 북부산(北部産)일 가능성(可能性)이 크다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2019

The $11{\alpha}$-hydroxylation of $16{\alpha}$, 17-epoxyprogesterone (EP) catalyzed by Rhizopus nigricans is crucial for the steroid industry. However, lower conversion rate of the biohydroxylation restricts its potential industrial application. The $11{\alpha}$-steroid hydroxylase CYP509C12 from R. oryzae were reported to play a crucial role in the $11{\alpha}$-hydroxylation in recombinant fission yeast. In the present study, the CYP509C12 of R. oryzae (RoCYP) was introduced into R. nigricans using the liposome-mediated mycelial transformation. Heterologous expression of RoCYP resulted in increased fungal growth and improved intracellular reactive oxygen species content in R. nigricans. The $H_2O_2$ levels in RoCYP transformants were approximately 2-folder that of the R. nigricans wild type (RnWT) strain, with the superoxide dismutase activities increased approximately 45% and catalase activities decreased approximately 68%. Furthermore, the $11{\alpha}$-hydroxylation rates of EP in RoCYP transformants (C4, C6 and C9) were 39.7%, 38.3% and 38.7%, which were 12.1%, 8.2% and 9.4% higher than the rate of the RnWT strain, respectively. This paper investigated the effect of heterologous expression of RoCYP in R. nigricans, providing an effective genetic method to construct the engineered strains for steroid industry.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.529-532
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• 1989

A strain of Streptomyces sp. (YS-221-B) extracellularly produced an inhibitory substance for $\alpha$-D-Glucosidase. The substance was purified 96-fold from culture filtrate by dialysis, heat treatment, adsorption on active carbon, Bio-Gel P-10 and Sephadex G-75 column chromatography with yield of 9.2%. The substance was stable in pH range from 7.0 to 11.0 at 37$^{\circ}C$, and a treatment at 10$0^{\circ}C$ for 20 min diminished only 15% of the original activity. The inhibitor was not inactivated by the treatment of $\alpha$-, $\beta$-amylases, glucoamylases, trypsin and chymotrypsin but inactivated by pyoteases from Streptomyces griseus and Tritirachium album.

• 생약학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 1986

A stereospecific synthesis of 3-methyl-5-(1-hydroxy-4-oxo-2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-cis, trans-2,4-pentadienoic acid (abscisic acid) from ${\alpha}-ionone$ has been investigated. Ethyl 5-(2,6,6-trimetyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-trans-4-penten-2-ynoate $({\alpha},{\beta}-acetylenic\;ester)$, which was synthesized from alpha-ionone in two steps, was stereospecifically converted in good yield into ethyl 3-methyl-5-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-cis, trans-2, 4-pentadienoate $({\alpha}-ionylideneacetate)$ by the conjugate addition of lithium dimethylcuprate at $-78^{\circ}C$. Basic hydrolysis of the ethyl ${\alpha}-ionylideneacetate$ gave an abscisic acid precursor, 3-methyl-5-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-cis, trans-2,4-pentadienoic acid, which can be oxidized to yield abscisic acid.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.202-206
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• 1989

토양으로부터 $\alpha$-D-Glucosidase Inhibitor를 강력히 분비하는 방선균속 균주를 분리한 후 균의 형태학적특성, 배양성 및 생리화학적 특성을 조사하여 동정한 결과 Streptomyces flavovirens 또는 그 근연균으로 동정되었다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2009

Purpose: $17\beta$-estradiol is the most active endogenous estrogen, which is related to favorable changes in the plasma lipid profile, to relaxation of the coronary vessels, and to a decrease in platelet aggregation and vascular smooth muscle cell migration. However, although the beneficial effect of estrogens on plasma lipoproteins (ie, lowering low-density lipoprotein and increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) contributes to cardiovascular protection, it does not fully account for the protective effect, particularly in the application of physical therapy, including low frequency electrical stimulation. Methods: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the inhibition of stressors, such as endothelin-1 (ET-1), serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), prostaglandin $F2\alpha$ ($PGF2\alpha$), and a protein kinase C (PKC) activator 12-deoxyphorbol 13-isobutyrate (DPB), induced isometric tension by $17\beta$-estradiol in vascular smooth muscle strips, respectively. In addition, the effects of low frequency electrical stimulation at the meridian points (CV-3, -4, Ki-12, SP-6, LR-3, BL-25, -28, -32, -52) on the indirect antihypertensive effect were examined by monitoring the changes in the serum $17\beta$-estradiol concentration in healthy volunteers. Results: Isometric tension analysis showed that the responses of inhibited tension by $17\beta$-estradiol were similar to the same stressors in rat aortic smooth muscle strips. Furthermore, although the continued amplitude modulation (AM) type of electrical stimulation was not increased significantly by electrical stimulation, the current of the frequency modulation (FM) type of low frequency electrical stimulation increased the serum $17\beta$-estradiol concentration in normal volunteers. Conclusion: These results, in part, suggest that $17\beta$-estradiol has the capacity to supress stressor-induced muscle tension, and electrical stimulation, particularly current of the FM type, has a modulatory effect on the sex steroid hormones, particularly $17\beta$-estradiol, in healthy volunteers.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.640-647
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• 2016

형광 간섭 현상을 최소화시켜 상대적으로 민감한 측정이 가능한 aequorin기반 luminescence기술은 $G_{{\alpha}16}$ 단백질 도입을 통해 세포 내부의 칼슘 이동 신호를 감지하여 G 단백질 결합 수용체(G protein-coupled receptor, GPCR)의 기능 분석을 가능하게 하는 세포 기반 분석 기술로 수용체 및 G 단백질 유전자 전달의 최적화 과정이 필수적이다. 본 연구를 위해 corticotropin releasing factor receptor subtype 2(CRF2) 수용체를 모델 시스템으로 CRF2와 $G_{{\alpha}16}$ 단백질이 구축된 세 가지 안정화 세포주를 제작하였고, 이들을 이용한 서로 다른 세 가지 조건의 임시 발현 세포주에서 작용제(sauvagine)와 길항제(K41498)의 반응성을 분석하여 최적의 유전자 전달 방법을 도출하고자 하였다. 그 결과 sauvagine 및 K41498의 농도에 따른 반응에서 CRF2-$G_{{\alpha}16}$ 안정화 세포주가 임시 발현 세포주보다 10배 이상의 유효신호 비율을 나타내었고(z'=0.77) 임시 발현 세포주의 경우 $G_{{\alpha}16}$의 안정화 발현 이후에 CRF2를 전달하는 경우가 다른 임시 발현 조건보다 2배 이상 높은 효율을 보였다(z'=0.84). 따라서 임시 유전자 전달 기술을 GPCR 세포 기능 분석 시스템에 활용할 경우 $G_{{\alpha}16}$ 단백질에 대한 안정화 세포주를 우선적으로 구축하고, 목표하는 다양한 수용체들을 단계적으로 발현시키는 것이 최선의 방법이라 판단된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1511-1516
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• 2007

호염기구와 비만세포는 $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$을 매개로 한 알러지 반응에 있어 효과세포로서 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 인간 유래 호염기구성 세포주 KU812F 세포의 $Fc{\varepsilon}RI\;{\alpha}$ chain 발현에 있어 지리 오갈피의 저해 효과에 대해 연구하였다. 지리 오갈피의 뿌리 및 줄기를 에탄올로 추출하여, $Fc{\varepsilon}RI\;{\alpha}$ chain 저해 활성 실험에 이용하였다. 세포 표면의 $Fc{\varepsilon}RI\;{\alpha}$ chain 발현량을 flow cytometry로 분석한 결과, 지리 오갈피 뿌리 및 줄기 추출물에서 세포표면의 $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$ 발현을 억제하는 효과를 나타냈다. 또한 지리 오갈피 뿌리 및 줄기 추출물은 $Fc{\varepsilon}RI\;{\alpha}$ chain mRNA 발현을 감소시켰으며, $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$을 매개로 한 히스타민 유리를 감소시켰다. 이러한 결과는 지리 오갈피의 뿌리 및 줄기 추출물이 $Fc{\varepsilon}RI\;{\alpha}$ chain 발현의 저하 조절 및 히스타민과 같은 염증매개인자의 분비를 저하시킴으로서 항 알러지 활성을 갖는데 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.465-470
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• 1997

The human cDNA clone UDPGTh2, encoding a liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT), was isolated from a .gamma.gt 11 cDNA library by hybridization to mouse transferase cDNA clone, UDPGTm1. The two clones had 74% nlicleotide sequence identities in the coding region. UDPGTh2 encoded a 529 amino acid protein with an amino terminus membrane-insertion signal peptide and a carboxyl terminus membrane-spanning region. In order to establish substrate specificity, the clone was inserted into the pSVL vector (pUDPGTh2) and expressed in COS 1 cells. Sixty potential substrates were tested using cells transfected with pUDPGTh2. The order of relative substrate activity was as follows: 4-hydroxyestrone > estriol >2-hydroxyestriol > 4-hydroxyestradiol > $6{\alpha}$-hydroxyestradiol >$5{\alpha}$-androstane-$3{\alpha}$, $11{\beta}$, $17{\beta}$-triol=5${\beta}$-androstane-$3{\alpha}$ ${\beta}$, $17{\beta}$-triol. There were only trace amounts of gulcuronidation of 2-hydroxyestradiol and 2-hydroxyestrone, and in contrast to other cloned transferase, no gulcuronidation of either the primary estrogens and androgens (estrone, $17{\beta}$estradiol/testosterone, androsterone) or any of the exogenous substrates tested was detected. A lineweaver-Burk plot of the effect of 4-hydroxystrone concentration on the velocity of glucuronidation showed an apparent Km of $13{\mu}M$. The unique specificity of this transferase might play an important role in regulating the level and activity of these potent and active estrogen metabolites.