• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2011

In cell biology area, microscopy enables detecting objects inside cells that are stained or fluorescently tagged. It is disadvantageous for observing these objects because of the noisy characteristics of their environmental surrounding. In this paper, a framework is proposed to increase the throughput and reliability for analysis of these images. First, we apply adaptive beamlet transform to extract edges meaningfully followed by orientation, location, and length in different scales. Then, a post-process is implemented to extend and map them onto original image. Our proposed scheme is compared with Canny edge detector and conventional beamlet transform from four evaluation aspects. It produces better results when experiments are conducted on real images. Much better results for observing internal parts make this framework competitive for analysis of cell images.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2021

Clinical trials have demonstrated that an increased number of effector cells, especially tumor-specific T cells, is positively linked with patients' prognosis. Although the discovery of checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) has led to encouraging progress in cancer immunotherapy, the lack of either T cells or targets for CPIs is a limitation for patients with poor prognosis. Since interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-7 are cytokines that target many aspects of T-cell responses, they have been used to treat cancers. In this review, we focus on the basic biology of how these cytokines regulate T-cell response and on the clinical trials using the cytokines against cancer. Further, we introduce several recent studies that aim to improve cytokines' biological activities and find the strategy for combination with other therapeutics.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.142-153
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• 2021

Algal genomics approaches provide a massive number of genome/transcriptome sequences and reveal the evolutionary history vis-à-vis primary and serial endosymbiosis events that contributed to the biodiversity of photosynthetic eukaryotes in the eukaryote tree of life. In particular, phylogenomic methods using several hundred or thousands of genes have provided new insights into algal taxonomy and systematics. Using this method, many novel insights into algal species diversity and systematics occurred, leading to taxonomic revisions. In addition, horizontal gene transfers (HGTs) of functional genes have been identified in algal genomes that played essential roles in environmental adaptation and genomic diversification. Finally, algal genomics data can be used to address the pangenome, including core genes shared among all isolates and partially shared strain-specific genes. However, some aspects of the pangenome concept (genome variability of intraspecies level) conflict with population genomics concepts, and the issue is closely related to defining species boundaries using genome variability. This review suggests a desirable future direction to merge algal pangenomics and population genomics beyond traditional molecular phylogeny and taxonomy.

• Medical Lasers
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.76-81
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• 2021

Biological tissues and organs are composed of different arrays of cells, biochemical cues, and extracellular matrices arranged in a complex microarchitecture. Laser-Assisted Bioprinting (LAB) is an emerging and promising technology that is reproducible with high accuracy that can be used for fabricating complex bioengineered scaffolds that mimic tissues and organs. The LAB process allows researchers to print intricate structural scaffolds using cells and different biomaterials essential for facilitating cell-scaffold interaction and to induce tissue and organ regeneration which cannot be achieved in a traditional scaffold fabrication. This process can fabricate artificial cell niches or architecture without affecting cellular viability and material integrity. This review tackles the basic principles and key aspects of Laser-Assisted Bioprinting. Recent advances, limitations, and future perspectives are also discussed.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제67권5호
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• pp.319-332
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• 2023

Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM)가 발간된 1993년부터 측정불확도는 측정학의 핵심 개념으로 여겨져 왔으며 적절한 불확도 평가의 중요성은 꾸준히 높아지고 있다. 하지만 측정불확도의 개념과 GUM에 대해 충분히 정확하고 상세하게 설명하는 국문 자료는 거의 없는 실정이다. 본 총설은 측정불확도 개념과 GUM의 수학적, 역사적, 철학적 배경을 상세하게 설명하며 화학 분야 불확도 평가의 특수성을 논한다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.24.1-24.14
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• 2020

Eosinophils are terminally differentiated cytotoxic effector cells that have a role in parasitic infections and allergy by releasing their granule-derived cytotoxic proteins. However, an increasing number of recent observations indicate that eosinophils are not only associated with the pathogenesis of a wide range of diseases, but also contribute to the maintenance of homeostatic responses in previously underappreciated diverse tissues, such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and adipose tissue. In this review, we describe biological characteristics of eosinophils, as their developmental properties, permissive proliferation and survival, degranulation activity, and migration properties enable them to distribute to both homeostatic and inflamed tissues. We describe pathologic aspects of eosinophils with a role in asthma and in various GI diseases, including eosinophilic GI disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and radiation-induced enteropathy. Finally, we discuss the beneficial role of eosinophils, which contribute to the resolution of pathogenic conditions and to the modulation of homeostatic biologic responses.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.53-66
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• 2000

Objectives: The studies in biological, behavioral and psychosocial perspectives in nursing research are fundamental in the balanced development of nursing knowledge. Many nursing researchers have placed a strong emphasis on developing psychological and behavioral aspects of nursing knowledge as is evidenced by the large body of research in these areas. However, the paucity of nursing research using the principles of biological science for measurements and techniques have often invited open criticism by many nursing researchers. This study attempts to characterize the researches performed in master and doctoral thesis which used physiological variables. Methods: We analyzed masters' thesis from 1962 to 1996 and doctoral thesis from 1982 to 1996 listed in CD from Korean Nurses Association. Results: Out of 3060 masters' thesis from 1962 to 1996, 342 (11.2%) thesis used physiological variables whereas 43 (10.1%) doctoral thesis used physiological ones. Number of thesis with physiological variables was the highest in Seoul National University for masters' thesis whereas for the doctoral thesis the number was the highest in Yonsei University. The research subjects in these thesis with physiological variables were mostly patients (53.5% in masters' and 69.8% in doctoral). Master's thesis often conducted either nonexperimental or survey research (69.9%) whereas experimental research design prevailed vital signs(181 thesis), blood tests(133), body composition(124), microorganisms(74), gastrointestinal functions(36), lab test(33), drug(21), urinary functions(20), movement(17), Apgar Score(15), reproductive functions(9), skin related functions(6), body fluid and electrolytes(4), parasite(4), metabolism(3), and sensory(1), Among the 338 master' thesis which studied the common nursing concepts such as anxiety, pain, stress, and depression, 48(14.2%) thesis utilized physiological variables while 15 out of 35 doctoral thesis addressed these concepts using physiological variables. Conclusion: In summary, our results indicate that despite the large amount of nursing research performed over the last decades, there are a few nursing researches done with physiological variables either in masters' or doctoral thesis. To enrich nursing knowledge with different perspectives of nursing including especially biological ones, the efforts have to be made to conduct bionursing science research.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.379-386
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• 2014

크로마틴은 DNA 구조를 다시 결정해주는 것과 같은 존재로 각종 신호에 폭넓게 반응한다. 크로마틴의 중요한 변화는 이러한 조절을 위한 히스톤의 변이이다. 이러한 변화들에 대한 지식이 점점 축적되고 있으며 이러한 반응의 복잡성이 점점 더 명확히 이해되고 있다. 히스톤의 변화가 대부분의 생명체의 반응에 있어서 DNA 의 발현 또는 억제를 통하여 중요한 역할을 한다는 사실이 명확해지고 있다. Nucleosome 의 표면은 각종 변화를 수용할 수 있다. 크로마틴 변화는 크로마틴 수축을 제거하거나 또는 비히스톤 단백질들을 불러 모으는 과정을 통하여 작용될 수 있다. 히스톤 변이를 매개로 하는 이러한 많은 조절들이 유전적으로 보존되어 전달되는 것으로 추측된다. 따라서 히스톤 변이는 동물, 식물 또는 미생물 세계의 기본적인 생물학적 반응과 상당히 밀접한 관계가 있다. 히스톤 변이가 제대로 이루어지지 않을 경우 크로모좀의 응축 또는 이완이 제대로 않되며 결국은 발생, 성숙, 생물체 방어 등 다방면에 대해 기능을 제대로 수행하지 못한다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.496-507
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• 2018

톡소이드는 독성은 제거되고 항원성은 유지시킨 독소 단백질로써, 다양한 병원체의 감염 및 질병 예방을 위해 지속적으로 연구 되었다. 그러나, 톡소이드의 활성 감소 및 이와 함께 사용하는 어쥬번트의 부작용 등이 지속적으로 보고되면서, 면역성은 강화하고 어쥬번트의 사용은 줄일 수 있는 톡소이드 항원 전달 시스템이 필요하게 되었다. 따라서, 이러한 단점을 개선하고자 최근 새로운 백신과 약물 전달수송을 위해 다양한 분야에서 활용하고 있는 마이크로/나노 운반체를 톡소이드 항원에 도입하고 있다. 이와 같은 마이크로/나노 운반체는 미생물 자체를 이용하거나 미생물을 통해 생산해 낼 수도 있으며, 더 나아가 다양한 소재의 폴리머를 이용하여 제작할 수 있다. 본 총설에서는 톡소이드 항원 전달을 위한 마이크로/나노 운반체를 미생물 유래의 ghost cells (GCs), 그람 음성 세균이 분비하는 outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) 및 고분자 폴리머로 구성된 nanoparticles (NPs)으로 분류하였다. 마지막으로 각 운반체에 대한 톡소이드 항원의 전달 방식 및 이를 적용하였을 때 일어나는 면역반응에 대하여 서술하였으며, 이를 통해 향후 톡소이드의 효율 및 부작용이 개선되기를 기대한다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.771-781
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• 1997

연안역의 환경을 오염이란 관점에서 가장 객관적이고 효율적인 평가 방법을 선정하기 위하여 인천연안역을 대상으로 저서동물군집을 이용한 환경평가 방법인 종-개체수-생물량곡선 (SAB), 순위-빈도 곡선 (RFD), 개체수-생물량 비교법 (ABC), 대수-정규 분포 곡선 (LND), 내서 동물 식성지수를 응용한 저서 오염 지수 (BPI)에 적용하여 환경평가를 실시하였다. 그래프를 이용한 평가방법은 환경상태를 한 눈에 파악 할 수 있는 장점이 있지만, 충분한 생물자료가 요구되기 때문에 지역적으로 또는 세부적으로 비교${\cdot}$분석될 수 없는 단점이 있었다. 반면 저서오염지수에 의하면 정점간의 비교가 가능하였으며, 집괴분석의 결과에서 얻을 수 없는 출현종의 기능적인 면을 고려하여 오염의 정도나 경로까지 추적할 수 있었다. 여러 환경평가방법을 적용한 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 인천연안역은 외해역 보다는 영종도 북동쪽 해역이 다소 오염의 영향을 받고 있었으며, 특히 인천항이 오염의 영향을 크게 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다.