• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.158-168
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• 2009

Tumor therapy using cytokines has been developed for last two decades. Several recombinant cytokines and tumor cell vaccines produced by cytokine gene transfer have been in clinical trials, but several side effects hamper routine clinical applications. Many cytokines are originally expressed as membrane-bound form and then processed to secretory form exerting paracrine effects. Though functional differences of these two types of cytokines are elusive yet, the membrane-bound form of cytokine may exert its effects on restricted target cells as a juxtacrine, which are in physical contacts. With the efforts to improve antitumor activities of cytokines in cancer patients, developing new strategies to alleviate life-threatening side effects became an inevitable goal of tumor immunologists. Among these, tumor cell vaccines expressing cytokines as membrane-bound form on tumor cell surface have been developed by genetic engineering techniques with the hope of selective stimulation of the target cells that are in cell-to-cell contacts. In this review, recent progress of tumor cell vaccines expressing membrane-bound form of cytokines will be discussed.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.163-168
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• 1991

A new angiogenesis inhibitor, FR-118487 was obtained by chemical modification of FR-111142 which was isolated from the fermentation products of Scolecobasidium arenarium F-2015. The antiangiogenic activity of FR-118487 was compared with that of the parent compound, FR-111142. In the endothelial cell proliferation test in vitro and the angiogenesis in the chick embryo chorioal-lantoic membrane assay, FR-118487 had about 5∼10 times stronger antiangiogenic activities than FR-111142. In addition, FR-118487 inhibited the angiogenesis in the rabbit corneal assay and suppressed the solid tumor growth in mice. These findings showed that FR-118487 would be a unique antiangiogenic agent with promising antitumor activity.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.526-530
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• 1995

Phospholipase A$_{2}$ (PLA$_{2}$) is lipolytic enzyme that has known to be involved in inflammation. In the course of our screening for antiinflammatory compounds from natural products, a compound having PLA$_{2}$ inhibitory activities was isolated from the methanol extract of Umbilicaria esculenta. The compound was identified as lecanoric acid based on various NMR studies including DEPT, HETERO-COSY and HMBC experiments. Lecanoric acid inhibited human rheumatoid synovial PLA$_{2}$ activity with IC$_{50}$ of 0.17 mM and also exhibited antitumor activity (ED$_{50}$=2.7 $\mu $g/ml) against skin tumor cell line (LOX-IMVI).

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.256.3-257
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• 2003

The bioactivity-guided fractionation of an active methylene chloride extract of the sclerotium of Poria cocos led to the isolation of compounds 1-5. These compounds were tested in the human colon carcinoma and human breast carcinoma cell lines, compounds 3, 4, and 5 exhibited IC50 values of 10.8, 15.4, and 5.1 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$ against human colon carcinoma cell line. In addition, compounds 3, 4 and 5 showed moderate activities as inhibitors of Topoisomerase I and all compounds were inactive in the Topoisomerase II inhibition.

• 한국임상수의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국임상수의학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.153-153
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• 2006

• 산업기술연구
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• 제31권B호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to determine the antimicrobial effect of tea tree oil a against pathogens relate to acne. Tea tree oil extracted from Australian Melaleuca alterifolia has been studied extensively for their antimicrobial properties against different type of bacteria and fungi. Tea tree oil has been reported to have antibacterial, antiinflammatory and antitumor activities, among others. By evaluating the antibacterial effect of Tea Tree Oil of Australia, the MIC value of Tea Tree oil against P. acnes was 0.05% and 0.5% against aerobic bacteria. This study showed that Tea Tree Oil has antibacterial effect against bacteria which induce acne. Tea Tree Oil had better antibacterial effect against P. acnes compared to aerobic bacteria. It is promising to develop a nature-based functional material for makeup product, which can cure and prevent acne.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.259-262
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• 2005

A fraction (CMEx-AH-${\beta}$) of water-soluble polysaccharides, showing selective antitumor activities, was isolated from the mycelia of solid cultured Agaricus blazei Murill by hot-water extraction, ethanol precipitation, and series of chromatography. Chemical characteristics of CMEx-AH-${\beta}$, were as follows: carbohydrate content, 48%; monosaccharide composition, Man:Glu:Gal (2:93:5); molecular weight, $2{\times}10^5$; uronic acid content, 6.2%. Fundamental structure of CMEx-AH-${\beta}$, was deduced as ${\beta}-(1\;{\rightarrow}\;6)$-D-glucan with ${\beta}-(1\;{\rightarrow}\;3)$-D-glucosidic side chains based on results of methylation and $^{13}C$ NMR spectroscopic analyses.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2009

Korean ginseng, which contains ginsenosides and polysaccharides as its main constituents, is orally administered to humans. Ginsenosides and polysaccharides are not easily absorbed by the body through the intestines due to their hydrophilicity. Therefore, these constituents which include ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, and Rc, inevitably come into contact with intestinal microflora in the alimentary tract and can be metabolized by intestinal microflora. Since most of the metabolites such as compound K and protopanaxatriol are nonpolar compared to the parental components, these metabolites are easily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. The absorbed metabolites may express pharmacological actions, such as antitumor, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and neuroprotective effects. However, the activities that metabolize these constituents to bioactive compounds differ significantly between individuals because all individuals possess characteristic indigenous strains of intestinal bacteria. Recently, ginseng has been fermented with enzymes or microbes to develop ginsengs that contain these metabolites. However, before using these enzymes and probiotics, their safety and biotransforming activity should be assessed. Intestinal microflora play an important role in the pharmacological action of orally administered ginseng.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2005년도 국제학술심포지움 The 44th Annual Meeting of Korean Society for Life Science
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• pp.105-105
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• 2005

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.792-796
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• 2005

Disk assays on the compounds (10 and 12) showed both to have antifungal activity against the dermatophytic fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes ATCC 28185, (1 and 3 mm inhibition zones at $60\;{\mu}g/disc$), but not against the Gram-positive bacterium B. subtilis or the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa or fungi Cladosporium resinae and Candida albicans. However, the compound (13) did not show against antifungal activity. The geranyloxy compounds (10, 12, and 13) were cytotoxic to P388 murine leukaemia cells ATCC CCL 46 P388D1, ($IC_50$ >6,250 ng/mL at $7.5\;{\mu}g/disc$). These results suggest that The geranyloxy compounds possesses antimicrobial and antitumor activities.