• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.75-80
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• 1987

저자들은 국내에서 B형 간염백신이 사용된 이래 일반주민의 혈청 anti-HBs양성율과 접종이후 장시간이 경과된 후의 접종자들의 혈청 anti-HBs 양성율을 조사하기 위하여 1986년 1월 부터 1987년 3월까지 영남의료원 건강진단센터를 방문한 2,459명을 대상으로 한 문진과 검사결과를 토대로 하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 1. B형 간염백신 접종군과 비접종군에서의 혈청 HBsAg 양성율은 각각 0.7%와 9.6%였으며 전체검사자중에서는 8.0%로 나타났다. 2. B형 간염백신 접종군과 비접종군에서의 혈청 anti-HBs 양성율은 각각 66.3%와 47.9%였으며 전체검사자중 51.0%였다. 3. 1회나 2회의 기본접종만 받은 군에서의 혈청 anti-HBs 양성율은 각각 51.4%와 68.6%였고 3회의 기본접종을 받은 군에서는 67.6%의 양성율을 나타냈다. 따라서 현재 일반주민의 혈청 anti-HBs 양성율은 과거보다 높아져 있으나 특히 백신접종으로 항체를 획득한 후는 시간이 경과됨에 따라 역가가 저하되는 것으로 생각되며 접종후는 혈청 anti-HBs의 출현을 확인한 후에 필요시는 더욱 정밀한 방법으로의 검사와 각자의 상황에 따른 적절한 시기의 추가 접종이 요구될 것으로 생각된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2008

보조생식술 시행 후 혈전색전증의 발생은 매우 드물기는 하나 치명적인 합병증이다. 과배란 유도시 중증 난소 과자극 증후군은 $0.1{\sim}0.5%$에서 발생하며, 중증 난소 과자극증후군 환자의 128명 중 한 명에서 혈전색전증이 발생하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 발병기전으로는 과배란 유도에 따른 고에스트로젠 혈증에 의한 혈액응고인자의 변화, 혈관 투과성의 증가에 따른 혈액농축 및 순환혈액의 감소 등을 원인으로 추정하고 있으나 그 정확한 기전은 알려진 바가 없다. 또한 thrombophilia나, 혈전색전증의 과거력 및 가족력이 있는 경우 발병율이 증가한다. 혈전증의 발생 부위는 정맥이 67%이나, 33%는 동맥에 발병하며 주로 뇌동맥에 발생된다고 보고되었다. 본 예는 3년간의 이차성 불임을 주소로 내원하여 시험관 아기시술을 시행하였으며 hCG 투여 8일 후 난소 과자극증후군이 중등도로 발생하였다. hCG 투여 후 11일째 갑작스런 의식 소실 및 우측 상지의 운동장애가 발생하여 시행한 MRI상 뇌바닥동맥 (basilar a.) 혈전증으로 진단되었으며, 혈관내 혈전 용해술 및 풍선 확장술 시행후 재관류에 성공하였다. 시술 2일 후 의식 및 운동장애는 완전히 회복되었으며 시술 7일 후 말더듬증 역시 회복되어 후유장애 없이 건강한 상태이다. Thrombophilic study상 Protein S결핍 소견을 보였고, 또한 vWF-associated Ag.이 증가된 양상을 보였다. 지금까지 국내에서 난소 과자극증후군 이후에 발생한 뇌경색은 5예가 보고되었으며, 이중 4예에서 protein S deficiency 소견을 보였으므로 선별 검사로 유용할 것으로 사료된다. 저자 등은 3년간의 이차성 불임을 주소로 내원한 33세 환자에서 시험관 아기시술시 hCG 투여 11일째에 발생한 뇌바닥동맥 혈전증을 간단한 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제23권4권
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• pp.416-420
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• 2006

Compare to testing sera individually, pooled-serum testing has considered as a cost-effective method, particularly on a large population-based seroprevalence studies. This study was to determine the relationship between individual sera and pooled sera titers for detection of avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and to evaluate suitability of pooled sera by comparing prevalences estimated from both samples. A total of 5,000 individual samples were collected from 500 flocks in Chungcheong, Gyunsgi, and Kangwon provinces between January 2005 and February 2006. Ten samples were randomly selected from each flock. Five-hundred pooled sera were prepared by mixing equal amount of each 10 individual serum from the original samples. IBV antibody titers were measured by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. The least squares regression analysis was performed to construct equation between pooled and mean individual titers. To determine whether the flock is infected 4 arbitrary criteria were used: detection of at least 1 chicken with HI titer ${\ge}$ 9 (criterion 1), detection of at least 2 samples with HI titer ${\ge}$9 (criterion 2), detection of at least 1 sample with HI titer ${\ge}$ 10 (criterion 3), and filially detection of at least 1 sample with HI titer ${\ge}$ 11 (criterion 4). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to examine the cut-off points of pooled titers showing optimal diagnostic accuracy. The area under the curve (AUC), sensitivities (Se), specificities (Sp), and positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values were calculated. The regression equation between pooled titers (pool) and mean individual titers (mean) was: $pool= 1.2498+0.8952{\times}mean$, with coefficient of determination of 87% (p< 0.0001). The optimal cut-off points of pooled titers were titer 8 for criterion 1 (AUC=0.975, Se=0.883, Sp=0.959, PPV=0.985, NPV=0.728), titer 8 for criterion 2 (AUC=0.969, Se=0.954, Sp=0.855, PPV=0.926, NPV=0.907), titer 9 for criterion 3 (AUC=0.970, Se=0.836, Sp=0.967, PPV=0.978, NPV=0.772), and titer 9 for criterion 4 (AUC= 0.946, Se=0.928, Sp=0.843, PPV=0.857, NPV=0.921). The difference of 'prevalence estimated by individual and pooled sample showed a minimum of 2% for criteria 2 and a maximum of 9.1:% for criteria 3. These results indicate that the use of pooled sera in HI test for screening IBV infection in laying hen flocks is considered as a cost-effective method of testing large numbers of samples with high diagnostic accuracy.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2020

Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) infection is a worldwide disease and the primary cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. It can be isolated from many different species including pigs. HEV is a zoonotic pathogen and foodborne disease. The main animal reservoir is domestic pigs. It is usually asymptomatic in pig but it is a public health concern, causing acute hepatitis in humans of varying severity. This study focused on the presence of HEV in pig and pork product. One hundred feces and one hundred fifty serum samples were randomly collected from pigs in slaughterhouses in Gwangju from November in 2018 to February in 2020. In addtion, seventy-five pork products were collected from markets in Gwangju. Feces and pork product samples were examined for the presence of HEV RNA using an reverse-transcription realtime PCR (RT-qPCR) assay. Serum samples were tested for the presence of HEV-specific IgG antibodies using Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). HEV antigen and antibody positive rates were 3.0% (3/100) and 19.3% (29/150), respectively, in Gwangju and nearby areas such as Jeonnam and Jeonbuk. However, HEV antigen was not detected from any of pork product in this study. In conclusion, the prevalence of HEV should be continuously monitored because HEV was sporadically detected in Gwangju and nearby areas.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.673-679
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• 2017

미세소관을 따라 이동하는 모터단백질들은 세포내 물질수송에 필수적인 역할을 한다. Kinesin 1은 세포내에서 미세소관을 따라 움직이는 모터단백질로서 다양한 소포, mRNA, 그리고 단백질의 세포내 수송에 관여한다. Kinesin 1은 2개의 장쇄단위체(KHCs, 또는 KIF5s)와 2개의 경쇄단위체(KLCs)로 구성되어 있다. KIF5s는 N-말단에 모터도메인을 가지고 있고 C-말단의 운반체 결합도메인을 통해 다양한 운반체와 결합한다. 본 연구에서 KIF5B와 결합하는 단백질을 분리하기 위하여 효모 two-hybrid 탐색을 수행한 결과 미세소관의 plus end 결합단백질인 cytoplasmic linker protein 170 (CLIP-170)을 분리하였다. CLIP-170의 coiled-coil 도메인은 KIF5B의 운반체 결합도메인과 결합하였다. 또한 CLIP-170은 KIF5A와 KIF5C와도 결합하였다. 그리고 glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down을 통해 KIF5s와 CLIP-170이 단백질수준에서 결합함을 확인하였다. 생쥐 뇌파쇄액을 KIF5B 항체로 면역침강한 결과 CLIP-170이 같이 침강함을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과들은 kinesin 1이 세포내에서 CLIP-170을 운반함을 시사한다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.143-150
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• 1998

3세대 EIA를 이용한 anti-HCV 검사는 2세대 EIA에 비해 예민도와 특이도가 향상되었으나, 여전히 제조회사간에 서로 상이한 결과를 보이는 경우가 많았다. 저자들은 국산 3세대 anti-HCV 검사 시약인 LG HCD 3.0과 기존 영남대학교 의과대학 부속병원에서 사용하고 있는 Axsym HCV version 3.0, Cobas Core anti-HCV EIA와 비교하였다. Cobas 키트가 분별력과 민감도는 높았으나 상대적으로 위양성률이 높은 경향을 보였다. LG 키트는 희석 검체에서 1례를 제외하고는 1:160까지 양성을 보였으며, 다른 두 종의 anti-HCV 키트와 우수한 일치율을 보였으나, 다른 두 키트에 비해 비교적 분별력이 낮아 양성의 50%에서 S/C가 5이하의 값을 보였다. 위양성을 보인 검체의 S/C는 1에서 4사이이고, 위음성을 보인 1례에서는 0.91로 나타나 S/C가 0.8에서 4사이인 경우 면역블로팅검사로 확인할 필요가 있다고 생각되므로 검체의 양성율과 사용목적을 고려하여 시약을 선정하여야 할 것이다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2006

Background: The DR-$70^{TM}$ immunoassay is a newly developed cancer diagnostic test which quantifies the serum fibrin degradation products (FDP), produced during fibrinolysis, by antibody reaction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of DR-$70^{TM}$ Immunoassay in screening malignant tumor. Methods: Sample subjects were 4,169 adults, both male and female, who visited the health promotion center of a general hospital from March 2004 to April 2005 and underwent the DR-$70^{TM}$ immunoassay test and other tests for cancer diagnosis. The patient group was defined as 42 adults out of the sample subjects who were newly diagnosed with cancer during the same time period when the DR-$70^{TM}$ immunoassay test was performed. Final confirmation of a malignant tumor was made by pathological analysis. Results: The mean DR-$70^{TM}$ level was $0.83{\pm}0.65{\mu}g/ml$ (range: 0.00 (0.0001)${\sim}7.42{\mu}g/ml)$ in the control group (n=4,127) as opposed to $2.70{\pm}2.33{\mu}g/ml$ (range: $0.12{\sim}9.30{\mu}g/ml)$ in the cancer group (n=42), and statistical significance was established (p<0.0001, Student t-test). When categorized by the type of malignant tumor, all cancer patients with the exception of the subgroups of colon and rectal cancer showed significantly higher mean DR-$70^{TM}$ levels compared with the control group (p<0.0001, Kruscal-Wallis test). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed ${\geq}1.091{\mu}g/ml$ as the best cut-off value. Using this cut-off value, the DR-$70^{TM}$ immunoassay produced a sensitivity of 71.4%, a specificity of 70.1%, a positive predictability of 69.4%, and a negative predictability of 69.2% (1). Conclusion: A significant increase in the mean DR-$70^{TM}$ value was observed in the cancer group (thyroidal, gastric, breast, hepatic and ovarian) com pared with the control group. In particular, the specificity and sensitivity of the DR-$70^{TM}$ immunoassay was relatively high in the subgroups of breast, gastric, and thyroidal cancer patients. There is need for further studies on a large number of malignant tumor patients to see how the DR-$70^{TM}$ level might be changed according to the differentiation grade and postoperative prognosis of the malignant tumor.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1971-1982
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• 2017

Piliated Lactobacillus rhamnosus (pLR) strains possess higher adherent capacity than non-piliated strains. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize probiotic pLR strains in human fecal samples. To this end, mouse polyclonal antiserum (anti-SpaA) against the recombinant pilus protein (SpaA) of L. rhamnosus strain GG (LGG) was prepared and tested for its reactivity and specificity. With the anti-SpaA, a method combining the de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MRS) agar plating separation and colony immunoblotting (CIB) was developed to isolate pLR from 124 human fecal samples. The genetic and phenotypic characteristics of the resultant pLR isolates were compared by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting, and examination of adhesion to Caco-2 cells, hydrophobicity, autoaggregation, and in vitro gastrointestinal tolerance. Anti-SpaA specifically reacted with three pLR strains of 25 test strains, as assessed by western blotting, immunofluorescence flow cytometry, and immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) assays. The optimized MRS agar separation plus anti-SpaA-based CIB procedure could quantitatively detect $2.5{\times}10^3CFU/ml$ of pLR colonies spiked in $10^6CFU/ml$ of background bacteria. Eight pLR strains were identified in 124 human fecal samples, and were confirmed by 16S RNA gene sequencing and IEM identification. RAPD fingerprinting of the pLR strains revealed seven different patterns, of which only two isolates from infants showed the same RAPD profiles with LGG. Strain PLR06 was obtained with high adhesion and autoaggregation activities, hydrophobicity, and gastrointestinal tolerance. Anti-SpaA-based CIB is a rapid and inexpensive method for the preliminary screening of novel adherent L. rhamnosus strains for commercial purposes.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1226-1233
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• 2011

키네신은 신경세포에서 미세소관 위를 따라 소포들을 운반하는 분자 motor 단백질로 4개의 단백질로 구성되어있다. 신경세포내에서 발현하는 KIF5C가 세포 내에서 어떤 특정소포를 이동시키는가는 신경세포성장에서 중요문제이다. 이에 본연구는 KIF5C와 결합하는 단백질을 동정하기 위하여 효모 two-hybrid 방법을 사용하여 KIF5C와 특이적으로 결합하는 $\underline{S}$am68-$\underline{l}$ike $\underline{m}$ammalian protein 2 (SLM-2)을 확인하였다. $\underline{S}$ignal $\underline{T}$ransducers and $\underline{A}$ctivators of $\underline{R}$NA (STAR) family의 한 종류이며 RNA processing에 관여하는 RNA 결합단백질인 SLM-2는 KIF5s의 C-말단과 결합하며, 또한 SLM-2의 C-말단은 KIF5s와 결합하는데 필수영역이였다. 이러한 단백질간의 결합은 Glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assay를 통하여 SAM68, SLM-1, SLM-2은 특이적으로 Kinesin-I과 결합함을 확인하였으며, SAM68의 항체로 면역침강한 결과 KIF5s와 mRNA는 같이 침강하였다. 신경 세포의 말단에는 돌기형성에 필요한 단백질들의 주형인 mRNA가 다수 존재하며, 이러한 mRNA는 세포의 중앙에서 세포의 말단쪽으로 이동하여야 하는데, 이번 연구 결과는 Kinesin-I이 특이적으로 mRNA을 운반할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.273-273
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• 2013

Recently, Point-of-care (POC) testing microdevices enable to do the patient monitoring, drug screening, pathogen detection in the outside of hospital. Immunochromatographic strip (ICS) is one of the diagnostic technologies which are widely applied to POC detection. Relatively low cost, simplicity to use, easy interpretations of the diagnostic results and high stability under any circumstances are representative advantages of POC diagnosis. It would provide colorimetric results more conveniently, if the genetic analysis microsystem incorporates the ICS as a detector part. In this work, we develop a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) microfluidic device integrated with a ROSGENE strip for colorimetric influenza H1N1 virus detection. The integrated RT-PCR- ROSGENE device is consist of four functional units which are a pneumatic micropump for sample loading, 2 ${\mu}L$ volume RT-PCR chamber for target gene amplification, a resistance temperature detector (RTD) electrode for temperature control, and a ROSGENE strip for target gene detection. The device was fabricated by combining four layers: First wafer is for RTD microfabrication, the second wafer is for PCR chamber at the bottom and micropump channel on the top, the third is the monolithic PDMS, and the fourth is the manifold for micropump operation. The RT-PCR was performed with subtype specific forward and reverse primers which were labeled with Texas-red, serving as a fluorescent hapten. A biotin-dUTP was used to insert biotin moieties in the PCR amplicons, during the RT-PCR. The RT-PCR amplicons were loaded in the sample application area, and they were conjugated with Au NP-labeled hapten-antibody. The test band embedded with streptavidins captures the biotin labeled amplicons and we can see violet colorimetric signals if the target gene was amplified with the control line. The off-chip RT-PCR amplicons of the influenza H1N1 virus were analyzed with a ROSGENE strip in comparison with an agarose gel electrophoresis. The intensities of test line was proportional to the template quantity and the detection sensitivity of the strip was better than that of the agarose gel. The test band of the ROSGENE strip could be observed with only 10 copies of a RNA template by the naked eyes. For the on-chip RT-PCR-ROSGENE experiments, a RT-PCR cocktail was injected into the chamber from the inlet reservoir to the waste outlet by the micro-pump actuation. After filling without bubbles inside the chamber, a RT-PCR thermal cycling was executed for 2 hours with all the microvalves closed to isolate the PCR chamber. After thermal cycling, the RT-PCR product was delivered to the attached ROSGENE strip through the outlet reservoir. After dropping 40 ${\mu}L$ of an eluant buffer at the end of the strip, the violet test line was detected as a H1N1 virus indicator, while the negative experiment only revealed a control line and while the positive experiment a control and a test line was appeared.