• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.71-75
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• 2012

Silk is a natural polymer that has the advantages of the biocompatibility, excellent mechanical strength, low immune rejection, and molding facility. But silk does not dissolve easily in water or general solvent. To investigate the characteristics of silk biological membranes according to dissolving condition of silk fibroin, we made the silk biological membranes using silk fibroin solutions with different amount and dissolving time of silk. The characterizations of the silk biological membranes such as morphology, structure, and mechanical strength were observed. Although each biological membrane has the same fibroin content, there was a significant difference in the thickness and transparency. But there was no significant change in the molecular weight of the silk fibroin solutions and morphology of silk biological membranes. We were established the manufacturing condition for silk fibroin biological membrane. So we expect that the conditions will help in the development of medical supplies in the future.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.166-170
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• 2011

Silk fibroin, a natural protein produced by silkworm, is a good biomaterial which has biodegradability and biocompatibility. To ascertain the effects of silk fibroin on cell growth, silk fibroin films were prepared using silk fibroin aqueous solutions of various concentrations. We investigated the attachment, proliferation, morphology of the cells and the expression levels of genes related to cell attachment and growth on the silk fibroin films. When the cells were cultured on the 0.1 and 1% silk fibroin film, the cell adhesion ability was very excellent. Particularly, overall cell growth on the 1% silk fibroin film was definitely superior to the others. Also, expression levels of genes related cell growth were increased on the 0.1 and 1% silk fibroin film. These results suggest silk as a material for medical applications.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.98-102
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• 2014

Nowadays, silk fibroin receives a lot of attention as novel natural biomaterials due to its excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability. Electrohydrodynamic spraying (EHDS) is one of the method for the preparation of micro or nanoparticles by applying high voltage to the polymer solution. In this research, we fabricated silk fibroin porous microparticles by electrohydrodynamic spraying. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was added to the fibroin solution to give pores to silk fibroin microparticles. By the addition of PEG, the microparticle size was decreased despite of the decrease in conductivity and the increase of viscosity of the spraying solution. It seems that the immiscibility of silk fibroin and PEG affected much more to the microparticle size than the conductivity and viscosity. Immersing the as-sprayed microparticles into the water removed the phase-separated PEG, and finally, porous silk fibroin microparticles were prepared. The porous silk fibroin microparticles are expected to be applied as drug carriers in drug delivery or cell carriers in tissue engineering.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.31-33
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• 2003

실크 피브로인은 대표적인 섬유상 단백질의 하나로 생체적합성, 생분해성, 저독성 등의 유용한 특성을 가지므로 생체재료로 상당한 관심과 연구의 대상이 되어 왔다. 콜라겐 또한 우수한 생체적합성과 생분해성을 가지고 있어 유용한 생채재료로서 조직배양용 지지체나 창상피복재와 같은 의료용 분야에 적절하게 응용될 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 본 실험에서는 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP)을 공용매로 하여 실크 피브로인/HFIP 용액과 콜라겐/HFIP 용액을 각각 제조하여, 이들 용액을 75/25, 50/50, 25/75의 비율로 혼합하여 방사용액을 제조하고, 이 용액을 전기방사법으로 방사하여 실크 피브로인/콜라겐 블렌드 나노섬유를 얻었다. (중략)

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.92-96
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• 2015

It is known that silk protein supports effectively proliferation of cell such as insect cell and hybridoma cell. Although there are many varieties of Bombyx mori silkworm, the effect of silkworm varieties on cell proliferation has not been considered in detail. We studied that characteristics of silk cocoon obtained from Baegokjam, Kumokjam, Daeseongjam silkworm varieties and whether silk protein affected cell proliferation or not. Silk sericin was prepared under high temperature and high pressure condition. Silk fibroin was prepared using $CaCl_2:H_2O:EtOH$ with different dissolution time. As a result, there are differences in silk cocoon from different silkworm varieties about cell proliferation. The proliferation was accelerated in the presence of Baegokjam silk sericin and Kumokjam silk fibroin with 5hr dissolution time. We expect that silk proteins could be a preferable culture medium supplement for stimulating the proliferation of cell. Then, this results suggest silk as a new material for medium supplement replacing with fetal bovine serum.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.179-182
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• 2002

실크(silk)는 생체적합성을 가지고 있어 수술용 봉합사나 창상피복재와 같은 의료용품, 식품 첨가물 및 화장품 산업 등의 분야에 널리 쓰인다. 또한 전기방사는 그 원리가 간단하고 장치 또한 경제적이며 방사되는 부직포는 대부분 나노 사이즈의 섬유로 형성된다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 여러 가지의 전기방사 공정인자를 고려하여 실크 피브로인 방사의 최적 조건과 몇몇 인자들의 영향을 알아보았다. (중략)

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.378-384
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• 2011

Silk fibroin is a biocompatible and slowly biodegradable natural polymer. This natural polymer has excellent mechanical properties, non-toxicity, and non-immunogenic properties and has been demonstrated to support tissue regeneration. Also, gelatin is a natural material derived from collagen by hydrolysis and has an almost identical composition as that of collagen. Silk fibroin/gelatin scaffolds have been fabricated by using the freeze-drying method. To establish the scaffold manufacturing condition for silk fibroin and gelatin, we made scaffolds with various compositions of gelatin, glutaldehyde and silk fibroin. The silk fibroin/gelatin scaffolds were characterized using SEM, DSC, and water absorption ability tests. The cellular proliferation was evaluated by WST assay. These results suggested that a scaffold containing 8% of gelatin, 1% of glutaldehyde and 0.3 g of silk fibroin provided suitable characterstics for cell adhesion and proliferation. In conclusion, the silk fibroin/gelatin scaffold may serve as a potential cell delivery vehicle and a structural basis for tissue engineering.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.197-200
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• 2013

Silk fibroin is a natural biomaterial that has the biocompatibility and other many advantages. But as a silk fibroin membrane thickness increases, the transparency becomes more opaque. Because the transparency of membranes tissue such as the cornea and dura mater are necessary, transparent membrane is required to replace these transparent membranes. In this study, we fabricated blending silk fibroin membranes that made by mixing the various inorganic salts or polymer in an aqueous solution of silk fibroin. The transparency of the membranes were analyzed. the transparency of these membranes is very different, depending on the mixed materials. Inorganic salts mixed silk membrane was more transparent than the polymer mixed one. Especially, the silk fibroin membrane with calcium chloride was very transparent. We showed the possibility of blending silk fibroin membrane, which can be used in perfect transparent membrane such as the cornea. In the future, we expect that the transparent blending silk fibroin membrane can be used in various medical applications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.267-268
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• 2003

실크 피브로인은 천연 고분자 물질 중 하나로 Bombyx mori와 Antheraea perni 등이 있으며 생체적 합성을 가지고 있어 효소고정화를 위한 매트릭스나 세포배양용 지지체와 같은 의료용 분야에서 활발히 연구되고 있다. 또한 키토산은 키틴이 50% 이상 탈아세틸화된 것으로 갑각류, 곤충류, 균류 등에 존재하며 창상피복재, 인조 피부 등의 의료 분야에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 본 실험에서는 실크 피브로인에 단독으로는 전기방사가 되지 않는 키토산을 다양한 비율로 블렌드하여 키토산이 실크 피브로인의 전기방사된 섬유의 형태에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보았다. (중략)

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2014

We produced the transgenic silkworm that expressed the enhanced blue fluorescent protein (EBFP) in the cocoon of silkworms. The EBFP fusion protein, each with N- and C-terminal sequences of the fibroin H-chain, was designed to be secreted into the lumen of the posterior silk glands. The expression of the EBFP/H-chain fusion gene was regulated by the fibroin H-chain promoter. The use of the $3{\times}P3$-driven DsRed2 cDNA as a marker allowed us to rapidly distinguish transgenic silkworm. A mixture of the donor and helper vector was micro-injected into 300 eggs of silkworms, Baegokjam. We obtained 5 broods. The cocoon displayed blue fluorescence, proving that the fusion protein was present in the cocoon. Also, the presence of fusion proteins in cocoons was demonstrated by SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis. Accordingly, we suggest that the EBFP fluorescence silk will enable the production of the silk-based biomaterials.