• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.2-10
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• 2017

Early detection and proper management of kidney rejection are crucial for the long-term health of a transplant recipient. Recipients are normally monitored by serum creatinine measurement and sometimes with graft biopsies. Donor-derived cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (cfDNA) in the recipient's plasma and/or urine may be a better indicator of acute rejection. We evaluated digital PCR (dPCR) as a system for monitoring graft status using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based detection of donor DNA in plasma or urine. We compared the detection abilities of the QX200, RainDrop, and QuantStudio 3D dPCR systems. The QX200 was the most accurate and sensitive. Plasma and/or urine samples were isolated from 34 kidney recipients at multiple time points after transplantation, and analyzed by dPCR using the QX200. We found that donor DNA was almost undetectable in plasma DNA samples, whereas a high percentage of donor DNA was measured in urine DNA samples, indicating that urine is a good source of cfDNA for patient monitoring. We found that at least 24% of the highly polymorphic SNPs used to identify individuals could also identify donor cfDNA in transplant patient samples. Our results further showed that autosomal, sex-specific, and mitochondrial SNPs were suitable markers for identifying donor cfDNA. Finally, we found that donor-derived cfDNA measurement by dPCR was not sufficient to predict a patient's clinical condition. Our results indicate that donor-derived cfDNA is not an accurate predictor of kidney status in kidney transplant patients.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2013

지구온난화에 대한 관심이 증가함에 따라 온실가스를 저감할 수 있는 산림자원에 대한 관심도가 증가되고 있다. 이러한 산림자원에 대한 정보는 대부분 항공사진 또는 위성영상을 이용한 도화에 의해 구축되었다. 그러나 영상정보만을 이용한 경우 수목이 울창한 산림지역의 수고정보를 정확하게 구축하지 못하는 단점이 발생하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 라이다 자료와 정사영상을 이용하여 산림지역에서 개별 수목을 분리하고 수고정보를 효율적으로 획득할 수 있는 자료처리 방법을 제안하였다. 라이다를 이용한 자료처리는 정규화된 수치표면모형을 생성한 후 국지적 최대값 필터링을 통하여 수목점을 추출하였다. 또한 정사영상을 이용한 자료처리는 수목영역을 추출하기 위하여 객체기반 영상분류법을 적용하였다. 그리고 라이다 및 정사영상의 결과를 조합하여 최종 수목점을 추출하였다. 용인지역에 대한 실험을 통하여 라이다 자료와 정사영상을 각각 이용하는 방법에 대한 장단점을 분석하고 두 자료를 융합하여 산림지역에서 개별 수목에 대한 정보를 획득할 수 있었다. 이를 통해 제안한 방법의 효율성을 검증할 수 있었다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.758-766
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• 2015

Dextran is a generic term for a bacterial exopolysaccharide synthesized from sucrose and composed of chains of D-glucose units connected by ${\alpha}$-1,6-linkages by using dextransucrases. Dextran could be used as vicosifying, stabilizing, emulsifying, gelling, bulking, dietary fiber, prebiotics, and water holding agents. We isolated new strain capable of producing dextran from Korean traditional kimchi and identified as Leuconostoc sp. strain JYY4. Batch fermentation was conducted in bioreactor with a working volume of 3 L. The media was MMY and 15% (w/v) sucrose. Mineral medium consisted of $3.0g\;KH_2PO_4$, $0.01g\;FeSO_4$, $H_2O$, $0.01g\;MnSO_4$, $4H_2O$, $0.2g\;MgSO_4\;7H_2O$, 0.01 g NaCl, $0.05g\;CaCl_2$ per 1 liter deionized water. The pH of media was initially adjusted to 6.0. The inoculation rate was 1.0% (v/v) of the working volume. Temperature was maintained at $28^{\circ}C$. The agitation rate was 100 rpm. The production pattern of dextran was associated with the cell growth. After 24 hr dextran reached its highest concentration of 59.4 g/L. The sucrose was consumed completely after 40 hr. Growth reached stationery phase when sucrose became limiting, regardless of the presence of fructose or mannitol. When the specific growth rate was 0.54 hr-1, utilization averaged 5.8 g/L-hr. The yield and productivity of dextran were 80% and 2.0 g/L-hr, respectively. Dextrans produced by were separated to two different size by an alcohol fraction method. The size of high molecular weight dextran (45% alcohol, v/v), less soluble dextran, was between MW 500,000 and 2,000,000. Soluble dextran (55% alcohol, v/v) was between 70,000 and 150,000. The molecular weight average of total dextran (70% alcohol, v/v) was between 150,000 to 500,000. The enzymatic hydrolyzates of total dextran of ATCC 13146 showed branched dextrans by Penicillium dextranase contained of glucose, isomaltose, isomaltotriose, and isomaltooligosaccharides greater than DP4 (degree of polymerization) that had branch points. Compounds greater than DP4 were branched isomaltooligosaacharides. Hydrolysates by the Lipomyces dextranase produced the same composition of oligosaccharides as those by Penicillin dextranase.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.89-100
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• 2004

The comet assay (also called the single-cell gel electrophoresis assay) has been widely used for detecting DNA damage and repair in individual cells. Since the conventional methods of evaluating comet assay data using frequency statistics are unsatisfactory we developed a new quantitative measure of DNA damage/repair that is based on all information residing in the dose/time-response curves of a comet experiment. Blood samples were taken from 25 breast cancer patients before undergoing radiotherapy. The comet assay was performed under alkaline conditions using isolated lymphocytes. Tail DNA, tail length, tail moment and tail inertia of the comet were measured for each patient at four doses of $\gamma$-rays (0, 2, 4 and 8 Gy) and at four time points after irradiation (0, 10, 20 and 30 min) using 100 cells each. The resulting three-dimensional dose-time response surface was modeled by multiple regression, and the second derivative, termed 2D, on dose and time was determined. A software module was programmed in SAS/AF to compute 2D values. We applied the new method successfully to data obtained from cancer patients to be assessed for their radiation sensitivity. We computed the 2D values for the four damage measures, i.e., tail moment, tail length, tail DNA and tail inertia, and examined the pairwise correlation coefficients of 2D both on the log scale and the unlogged scale. 2D values based on tail moment and tail DNA showed a high correlation and, therefore, these two damage measures can be used interchangeably as far as DNA repair is concerned. 2D values based on tail inertia have a correlation profile different from the other 2D values which may reflect different facets of DNA damage/repair. Using the dose-time response surface, other statistical models, e.g., the proportional hazards model, become applicable for data analysis. The 2D approach can be applied to all DNA repair measures, Le., tail moment, tail length, tail DNA and tail inertia, and appears to be superior to conventional evaluation methods as it integrates all data of the dose/time-response curves of a comet assay.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.99-104
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• 1999

제주도내 25개 지점의 토양시료로부터 총 703 주의 방선균을 분리하였다. 네 종류의 배지 중 soil extract를 함유한 arginine glycerol salts agar가 다양한 방선균을 분리하는데 가장 적합하였으며, 목장초지 토양이 다른 지역의 토양에 비해서 방선균의 다양성과 밀도면에서 가장 좋은 분리원이었다 순수분리된 526개의 균주를 대상으로 Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus 및 Pseudomonas solanacearum을 검정균으로 하여, 항균성 물질 생산여부를 검정한 결과, 생산균주의 발생빈도는 분리 및 배양에 사용한 배지의 종류에 따라서 $0{\sim}32.8%$로 많은 차이를 보였다. 세 종류의 검정균에 대하여 동시에 항균활성을 나타내는 10개 균주 중에서 pH 안정성과 열 안정성이 비교적 높은 물질을 생산하는 BL106Ba균주를 선택하여 등정한 결과, Streptomyces속에 속하며 S. albosporeus와 가장 유사한 것으로 추정되었다. B1106Ba의 배양액을 양이온 교환수지(AG MP-50)통과와 3차의 분자량 분획(Sephadex G-10)으로 정제하여 얻은 백색의 결정은 그람 음성균 및 양성균에 대해서는 강한 항균활성을 나타내었으나, 효모에 대해서는 약한 활성을 나타내었다. 이 결정 물질을 TLC와 HPLC로 분석한 결과 네 종류의 서로 다른 항균성 화합물이 혼합되어 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.183-193
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• 1984

In this study lactating female rabbits and strains of coliforms previously isolated from the cases of acute and chronic mastitis in dairy cattle were employed. The pathological changes were observed on the mastitis experimentally induced with the coliform strains and the mamary glands after infusions of E. coli suspension together with dexamethasone, dextran iron or transferrin were grossly and microscopically observed. From the results reported, the following points are concluded. In the bacterial suspension-infused groups by E. coli, K. pneumoniae and Ent. aerogenes, respectively, the affected quarters of udder showed grossly swelling, hyperemia, hemorrhage, focal necrosis and firmness. The microscopic findings of early stage of the mastitis were appearance of large numbers of heterophils in the glandular lumina and ducts accompanied by degeneration, necrosis and desquamation of epithelial cells and also infiltration of heterophils, hemorrhage and edema in the interstitial tissue and destruction of alveoli. Later, proliferation of fibroblasts, plasma cells, lymphocytes, eosinophils and macrophages appeared in the glandular tissue and with these cells necrotic foci of glandular tissue were surrounded by highly proliferated connective tissue. In addition, granulomatous inflammatory changes could be observed in the glandular tissue from the 7th day after infusion. The difference of the inflammatory response among the groups did not recognized. In the groups infused with dexamethasone and E. coli suspension the inflammatory response was slighter at the inflammatory change with alveolar destruction and hemorrhage was more rapid and severer than E. coli alone. Also in the groups infused with dextran iron and E. coli suspension the inflammatory change was more rapid and severer than E. coli alone and the histological changes were not recognized in the groups infused with dextran iron alone. Reaction of the iron staining was diffusely strong positive within the glandular alveolar lumina in the groups of dextran iron alone, hut was slightly positive toward epithelial cells in the groups of dextran iron and E. coli infusion. In the group infused with transferrin and E. coli suspension, the inflammatory response was tighter, but the peroxidase activity of the heterophils in the glandular lumina was more or less stronger than E. coli alone.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.245-248
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• 1996

식품첨가물로서의 활용가능성을 검색하기위해, 한국산 유색미(Oryza sutiva var. Suwon 415)의 주요색소인 cyanidin 3-히ucoside의 열안정성과 pH 변화에 따른 UV/Vis 스펙트럼의 변화에 대해 연구하였다. 유색미의 안토시아닌 색소는 산성(pH 2.0)과 염기성(pH 9.0) 완충용액에서 각각 강한 적색과 청색을 나타내었고 열에 의한 색소의 분해반응은 20mM phosphate (PH 2.0)와 20mM CHES (pH 9.0) 완충용액에서 $50{\sim}95^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 수행되었다. 색소의 분해정도는 UV/Vis 스펙트럼의 변화를 측정하여 결정하였으며, 350nm (pH 2.0)와, 275, 310, 및 405nm (pH9.0)에서 isosbestic를 나타내었다. 이 결과는 색소분해반응이 1차 반응임을 의미한다. 유색미 안토시아닌은 산성조건에서 매우 안정하였고 염기성조건에서도 비교적 안정하였으며, 반감기는 $70^{\circ}C$에서 각각 50.3h과 0.6h이었다. 색소분해반응의 활성화에너지$(E_a)$와 Arrhenius frequence facto(A)는 pH 2.0에서는 26.9kcal $mol^{-1}$과 $6.0{\times}10^{11}\;s^{-1}$이었고, pH 9.0에서는 152Kcal $mol^{-1}$과 $1.4{\times}10^{6}\;s^{-1}$이었다.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.29-42
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• 2017

제주도 소재 정의향교는 전통적인 유교 예제건축으로 유교문화경관을 표상하는 사례가 된다. 조선 태종16년(1416)에 정의현 설치와 함께 성산읍 고성리에 처음 세워졌으나 헌종 15년(1849)에 성내 서쪽으로 이건하여 오늘에 이르고 있는 유구한 역사를 가진 곳이다. 향교가 가지는 문화경관 자원의 특성을 공간구성과 유교의 공간예제 적용방식을 통하여 규명하는데 연구의 목적을 두었다. 연구를 위하여 정의향교가 가지고 있는 유교문화경관의 공간구조와 유교예제에 관한 특징을 다음과 같은 항목으로 분석하였다. 즉 정의향교의 건립과 이건에 따른 변화과정, 고지도를 통한 입지적인 해석, 정의향교의 유교적 상징요소, 공간구성과 배치형태, 물리적 구조, 주요건축물, 지형면에서의 입지특성, 축선의 변화, 그리고 대성전 전면공간의 위요감(D/H비) 등을 통하여 유교예제가 공간구조에 나타나는 특징을 파악할 수 있었다. 정의향교는 제주도라는 단절된 섬 지역에서 지역의 특수성을 고려하여 유교적 교화를 실현하기 위하여 건립되었으며, 성내 입지라는 한정된 공간 조건 가운데서도 수평적, 수직적으로 다양한 배치기법을 통하여 유교 특유의 공간예제를 적용하고 있는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 따라서 이러한 점을 되살려서 정의향교만이 가지고 있는 독특한 유교문화경관을 활용할 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.297-303
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• 2019

Corticosteroids are commonly used for pain control in rotator cuff tear. Deregulated $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation is a hallmark of chronic inflammatory diseases and has been responsible for the pathogenesis of rotator cuff tear. The Dexamethasone(DEXA) is a synthetic corticosteroid. The purpose of this study was to examine the exact effect of dexamethasone on $NF-{\kappa}B$ signaling in rotator cuff tear. We measured $NF-{\kappa}B$ expression in four groups: control, $TNF-{\alpha}$-treated, DEXA-treated, and combined treatment with $TNF-{\alpha}$ and DEXA. Tenocytes were isolated from patients with rotator cuff tears and pre-incubated with $TNF-{\alpha}$ (10 ng/ml), DEXA ($1{\mu}M$), or both of them for 10 min, 1 h, and 2 h. Expression of p65, p50, and p52 in the nuclei and cytosol was analyzed by western blotting and immunofluorescence imaging using confocal microscopy. We also evaluated nucleus/cytosol (N/C) ratios of p65, p50, and p52. In our study, the combined treatment with DEXA and $TNF-{\alpha}$ showed increased N/C ratios of p65, p50, and p52 compared with those in the $TNF-{\alpha}$ group at all time points. Additionally, in the DEXA group, N/C ratios of p65, p50, and p52 gradually increased from 10 min to 2 h. In conclusion, DEXA promoted the nuclear localization of p65, p50, and p52, but was not effective in inhibiting the inflammatory response of $TNF-{\alpha}$-stimulated rotator cuff tear.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.846-853
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• 2019

천궁은 동양 전통 의학에서 사용되고 있는 식물로 항진통, 부인과 질환, 항산화활성, 뇌질환에 사용되고 있다. 본 연구는 한국 전통발효식품인 김치에서 분리된 Lactobacillus plantarum BHN-LAB 129를 이용해 발효한 천궁 추출물의 항산화 효과를 조사하였다. 발효하지 않은 천궁 추출물에 비해 L. plantarum BHN-LAB 129 발효 천궁 추출물에서 총 폴리페놀 함량은 약 161.2%, 총 플라보노이드 함량은 약 281.0% 증가된 것을 확인하였다. 또한, SOD 유사활성능, ABTS radical 소거활성능, DPPH radical 소거 활성능, 환원력은 각각 약 139.9%, 199.6%, 301.0% 및 137.1% 증가된 것을 확인하였다. 이 결과를 통해 L. plantarum BHN-LAB 129을 이용한 생물전환을 통한 천궁 발효 추출물의 항산화능 증대에 효과적인 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 생물전환기술은 생리활성을 증대시키기 위한 매우 유용한 기술임을 확인하였으며, 생물전환기법을 통한 기능성 식품소재 및 화장품 소재 개발 및 응용이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.