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Evaluation of Various Escherichia coli Strains for Enhanced Lycopene Production

  • Jun Ren;Junhao Shen;Thi Duc Thai;Min-gyun Kim;Seung Ho Lee;Wonseop Lim;Dokyun Na
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.33 no.7
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    • pp.973-979
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    • 2023
  • Lycopene is a carotenoid widely used as a food and feed supplement due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer functions. Various metabolic engineering strategies have been implemented for high lycopene production in Escherichia coli, and for this purpose it was essential to select and develop an E. coli strain with the highest potency. In this study, we evaluated 16 E. coli strains to determine the best lycopene production host by introducing a lycopene biosynthetic pathway (crtE, crtB, and crtI genes cloned from Deinococcus wulumuqiensis R12 and dxs, dxr, ispA, and idi genes cloned from E. coli). The 16 lycopene strain titers diverged from 0 to 0.141 g/l, with MG1655 demonstrating the highest titer (0.141 g/l), while the SURE and W strains expressed the lowest (0 g/l) in an LB medium. When a 2 × YTg medium replaced the MG1655 culture medium, the titer further escalated to 1.595 g/l. These results substantiate that strain selection is vital in metabolic engineering, and further, that MG1655 is a potent host for producing lycopene and other carotenoids with the same lycopene biosynthetic pathway.

Isolation and Yield Enhancement of Primo Vessels Inside of Rabbit Lymph Vessels by Using Sound Wave Vibration (음파진동을 이용한 토끼의 림프관내 프리모관 분리와 수득률 향상 특성 연구)

  • Heo, June-Yi;Chung, Ji-Hwan;Choi, Dong-Hee;Lee, Hye-Rie;Noh, Young-Il;Han, Moon-Young;Jeong, Yeon-Chul;Lee, Jae-Yeon;Seo, Kyeong-Ju;Park, Ji-Su;Kim, Nu-Ri;Lee, Kyu-Hwan;Bae, Yu-Mi;Lee, Eun-Sae;Lee, Sang-Suk
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.122-130
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The fact that Primo vessel as a new circulatory system exists in the lymphatic vessels of the rabbits which were treated with sound wave vibration therapy is confirmed with the anatomy of rabbit. Isolated Primo vessel is investigated, particularly focused on morphological features. Methods : Before the anatomy, a rabbit in a cage box was laid on the sound wave vibrating apparatus and then is applied by various frequencies and intensities for 30 min with music that a rabbit likes. Results : Isolation and observation of Primo vessel was easier when the lymphatic circular system was applied at a certain frequency and intensity of 7 Hz and 50. The probability of observation for Primo vessel enhanced to 90%. Conclusions : The sound wave therapy by a vibration apparatus is considered necessary as major process to facilitate the reproducible isolation and observation of Primo vessel.

Design of a Hydrodynamic Mock Circulation System For Prosthetic Heart Valve Testing (인공심장 판막의 수력학적 특성)

  • Wetering, Jan E.v.d.;Suh, Soo-W.;Kim, Gi-J.;Chong, Chan-I.;Kim, Hee-C.;Kim, In-Y.;Min, Byoung-G.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1993 no.05
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    • pp.146-151
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    • 1993
  • A new hydrodynamic mock circulation system was developed, which can test prosthetic heart valves of various sizes in order to obtain valve parameters, such as pressure drop, regurgitation and valve performance index with a high reproducibility. High reproducibility can be obtained only under equal testing conditions, i.e., the compliance, resistance and inertance of the mock circulation system must be constant parameter estimation using actual pressure and flow data was applied to calculate these systemic variables in order to adjust them to create the necessary equal testing conditions.

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Differences of Blood Oxygen Saturation between 20s and 60s due to Amount of Highly Concentrated Oxygen Administration (고농도 산소 공급량에 따른 20대와 60대의 혈중 산소 포화도의 차이)

  • Choi, Mi-Hyun;Kim, Ji-Hye;Lee, Su-Jeong;Yang, Jae-Woong;Yi, Jeong-Han;Jun, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Hyun-Jun;Lee, Tae-Soo;Chung, Soon-Cheol
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study was to examine differences between 20s and 60s in blood oxygen saturation due to 93% oxygen administration of the three levels(1L/min, 3L/min, 5L/min). Ten 20s male($25.0{\pm}1.8$ years), ten 20s female($23.7{\pm}1.9$ years), ten 60s male($68.0{\pm}2.6$ years), and ten 60s female($65.5{\pm}3.1$ years) were selected as the subjects for this study. The oxygen supply equipment(OXUS Co.) provided oxygen by supply rate(i.e., 1L/min, 3L/min, and 5L/min) at a constant rate of 93% oxygen. The experiment consisted of three phases, i.e., Prehyperoxia(5min), Hyperoxia(10min), and Post-hyperoxia(5min). Blood oxygen saturation were measured throughoutthe three phases. By increasing the amount of highly concentrated oxygen administration, blood oxygen saturation was increased. Blood oxygen saturation of 20s was higher than 60s. Blood oxygen saturation was greater during Hyperoxia than during Pre- and Post-hyperoxia. However, rising rate of blood oxygen saturation of 60s by oxygen administration was higher than 20s.

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Effects of Mechanical Stimuli on the Cell Proliferation and Collagen Production on the Micropatterned Substrate

  • Park Su-A;Kim In-Ae;Kim Chong-Rak;Shin Ji-Won;Heo Su-Jin;Hwang Young-Mi;Kim Dong-Hwa;Shin Jung-Woog
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.119-125
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    • 2006
  • In relation to the tissue engineering, the cellular responses to the morphology of the scaffold surface are interesting topics. Human ligament fibroblasts (HLFs) were cultured on the micrpatterned silicone substrates subjected to cyclic stretch to simulate ligament motion. Groove and ridge width of silicone substrates was 10/50, 20/50, 20/10, and 20/20 ${\mu}m$ (groove/ridge ${\mu}m$) with a depth of $3{\mu}m$. Strain was applied over two days for 4 hours per day with a frequency of 0.5 Hz with the magnitudes of 4 or 8%. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ligament fibroblast alignment and cellular responses in relation to the pattern of microgrooved surface and stretching magnitude. Ligament fibroblasts in the microgrooved surface were elongated and aligned parallel to the microgrooves under no stretch. Uniaxial cyclic stretch induced cellular activities and their orientation rise in cellular response and the cells showed alignment and elongation perpendicular to the direction of the stretch. Biochemical analyses showed that the best cellular response was found on the $20/50{\mu}m$ under 8% stretch. The surface morphology and mechanical stretching were found to contribute to increase of proliferation, collagen production.

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Ventricular Tachycardia Arrhythmia Detection Using R-R Interval (심전도 신호의 R-R 간격 정보를 이용한 심실빈맥 부정맥 검출)

  • Lee, Seong-Taek;Yoon, Tae-Ho;Shin, Seung-Won;Lee, Sun-Ju;Kim, Kyeong-Seop;Lee, Jeong-Whan
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.10b
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    • pp.474-475
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    • 2008
  • 심실 빈맥은 심실에서 비정상적인 전기자극 발생으로 인하여 심박수가 분당 $100{\sim}120$회를 초과하는 부정맥 증상을 일컫는다. 심실 빈맥이 발생하는 경우 심박출량이 감소하고, 폐에는 미처 나가지 못한 피가 고이는 경우도 발생하여 심부전증이 나타나거나 심실 세동으로 발전하여 사망에 이를 수 있는, 매우 위험한 부정맥 중의 하나이므로 심실 빈맥 검출은 매우 중요한 사안이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 R-R 간격 정보를 이용하여 심실 빈맥 부정맥 신호를 실시간으로 검출할 수 있는 신호처리 알고리즘을 구현하고자 하였다.

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Implementation of Multi-threading Ambulatory Speech Audiometric System (멀티스레딩 기법을 이용한 휴대용 어음청력검사 시스템 구현)

  • Shin, Seung-Won;Kim, Kyeong-Seop;Yoon, Tae-Ho;Lee, Sun-Ju;Lee, Seong-Taek;Lee, Jeong-Whan
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.1998_1999
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구에서는 단일 청력검사 모듈에서 여러 가지 작업들을 동시에 운용할 수 있는 멀티스레딩 기법의 구현을 통하여, 청력검사 시스템에서 피검사자가 검사가 진행되는 동안 언제든지 응답 결과를 확인하거나 또는 수정할 수 있도록 하는 휴대용 어음청력검사 시스템을 구현하고자 하였다.

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