• 제목/요약/키워드: Cascade system

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7.6 µm 파장 영역의 다중 광 흡수 신호 파장 변조 분광법을 이용한 이산화황 농도 측정 (Measurement of Sulfur Dioxide Concentration Using Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy With Optical Multi-Absorption Signals at 7.6 µm Wavelength Region)

  • 송아란;정낙원;배성우;황정호;이창엽;김대해
    • 청정기술
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.293-303
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    • 2020
  • 세계보건기구에 따르면 대기오염은 건강에 대한 주요 위험원으로 대기오염으로 인해 매년 약 700만 명의 조기 사망이 발생하고 있다. 이산화황(SO2)은 대표적인 대기오염물질로 황 성분이 포함된 연료의 연소에서 다량 발생한다. SO2 발생량을 감소시키기 위해서는 대형 연소 환경에서 이를 실시간으로 정밀하게 측정하고 측정 값을 바탕으로 저감 설비를 최적화하는 과정이 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 미세먼지 전구물질인 SO2의 농도를 측정하기 위해 파장 가변형 다이오드 레이저 흡수 분광법 중 파장 변조 분광법을 이용하였다. 광원으로는 7.6 ㎛ 양자 폭포 레이저를 사용하였고 7623.7 ~ 7626.0 nm 사이의 64개 다중 광흡수선으로 SO2 농도 측정이 가능함을 증명하였다. 실험은 1 atm, 296 K에서 28, 76 m multi-pass cell을 사용하여 수행되었다. SO2 농도는 고농도(1000 ~ 5000 ppm)와 저농도(10 ppm 이하)로 두 종류로 실험 하였다. 추가적으로 가스 셀 외에 레이저가 지나가는 경로에 질소를 채워 대기 중의 H2O가 SO2 측정에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다. SO2는 3 ppm까지 측정하였고 측정된 SO2 농도는 전기 화학식 센서와 NDIR 센서 측정 결과와 비교되었다.

Nucleopolyhedrovirus Induces Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling in the Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua

  • Noh Mi-Young;Jo Yong-Hun;Kim Seon-Am;Lee Yong-Seok;Bang In-Seok;Kim Seon-Gon;Park Jong-Dae;Chun Jae-Sun;Seo Sook-Jae;Han Man-Deuk;Kim Ik-Soo;Han Yeon-Soo
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 2006
  • Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) is known to playa key role as a negative feedback regulator in JAK/STAT signaling cascade in innate immunity. Our laboratory has recently been interested in elucidating the interactions between Spodoptera exigua (Se) and SeNPV. This context leads us to clone and characterize SeSOCS that may have important functions in response to SeNPV infection. Using the RT-PCR and TA cloning approach, we found a partial fragment (416 bp) of SeSOCS. Blast search and multiple alignment data showed that it has a homology to various insects such as Anopheles gambiae (78%), Aedes aegypti (75%), Drosophila melanogastar (77%), Mus musculus (69%), and Homo sapiens (69%). Temporal induction patterns of SeSOCS were analysed after being immune-challenged with either NPV or laminarin. It showed that the level of SeSOCS mRNA was strongly induced in a biphasic manner in response to SeNPV and laminarin, respectively. It seems that SOCS, a negative regulator of JAK/STAT signaling system is also present in S. exigua and may playa role in innate immunity albeit its precise role should be further elucidated at the molecular and cellular level in the early phase of SeNPV infection in larvae.

Molecular Cloning and Functional Analysis of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) OsNDR1 on Defense Signaling Pathway

  • Lee, Joo-Hee;Kim, Sun-Hyung;Jung, Young-Ho;Kim, Jung-A;Lee, Mi-Ok;Choi, Pil-Gyu;Choi, Woo-Bong;Kim, Kyung-Nam;Jwa, Nam-Soo
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.149-157
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    • 2005
  • A novel rice (Oryza sativa L.) gene, homologous to Arabidopsis pathogenesis-related NDR1 gene, was cloned from cDNA library prepared from 30 min Magnaporthe grisea -treated rice seedling leaves, and named as OsNDR1. OsNDR1 encoded a 220-aminoacid polypeptide and was highly similar to the Arabidopsis AtNDR1 protein. OsNDR1 is a plasma membrane (PM)-localized protein, and presumes through sequence analysis and protein localization experiment. Overexpression of OsNDR1 promotes the expression of PBZ1 that is essential for the activation of defense/stressrelated gene. The OsNDR1 promoter did not respond significantly to treatments with either SA, PBZ, or ETP. Exogenously applied BTH induces the same set of SAR genes as biological induction, providing further evidence for BTH as a signal. Presumably, BTH is bound by a receptor and the binding triggers a signal transduction cascade that has an ultimate effect on transcription factors that regulate SAR gene expression. Thus OsNDR1 may act as a transducer of pathogen signals and/or interact with the pathogen and is indeed another important step in clarifying the component participating in the defense response pathways in rice.

Osteosarcopenic Obesity in Elderly: The Cascade of Bone, Muscle, and Fat in Inflammatory Process

  • Du, Yang;Oh, Chorong;No, Jae-kyung
    • 한국조리학회지
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    • 제23권6호
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    • pp.173-183
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    • 2017
  • Conditions related to body composition and aging, such as osteopenic obesity, sarcopenia/ sarcopenic obesity, and the newly termed osteosarcopenic obesity(triad of bone, muscle and adipose tissue impairment), are beginning to gain recognition. Currently, it has begun to attract the attention of scholars from all over the world, however, for this disease, it still needs a more clear understanding and perception. Therefore, this article considered the osteoporosis, muscle depression, and obesity, these diseases as a gate to study the relationship among muscle, bone, and fat. In addition, in the aging process, the formation of IGF-cortisol, testosterone, and estrogen is sensitive. These hormones can not only absorb muscle protein metabolism, but also affect alienation. The decrease in IGF-cortisol in the elderly resulted in increased visceral fat, decreased muscle mass and bone mineral density, and then affected decreased skeletal muscle atrophy and decreased quality. The reduction of skeletal muscle quality and strength and increase body fat affected the adipose tissue to produce inflammatory cytokines, thereby reduced skeletal muscle, promoted cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in chronic diseases. Almost all chronic inflammatory diseases were associated with bone, muscle and fat. These mechanisms were complex and interrelated. Inflammation reduces bone formation, increases fat and reduces muscle mass. And thus not only had a significant impact on the motor system, but also made the incidence increase of fracture, osteoporosis, fragile syndrome, fall, osteomalacia and other bone disease. This article aimed to start from the interaction between the muscles and bones of the elderly, extended to obesity, muscle deficiency, osteoporosis and other diseases, finally, from a nutritional point of view, to discuss how to treat osteoporosis obesity.

다목적 동시측정 장치 개발에 의한 원자핵 구조 연구(I) - $^{75}As$의 감마 전이에 대한 전자기적 특성 - (A Study on the Nuclear Structure through the Multipurpose Coincidence Measurement System Development ( I ) - The Electromagnetic Properties of the Gamma Transitions in $^{75}As$-)

  • 정원모;정갑수;주관식;나상균;황한열
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.53-61
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    • 1993
  • 홀수 핵종인 $^{75}As$의 핵 구조를 분광학적 방법으로 연구하기 위하여 $^{75}Se$의 전자 포획에 의하여 방출되는 감마선에 대해 단일 감마선 측정과 감마-감마 동시측정 실험을 하였다. 본 실험에서 구한 각 상관관계 계수는 $A_{22}=-0.452{\pm}0.017,\;A_{44}=0$이고 279.5keV 전이 감마선에 대한 혼합비는 ${\delta}=-0.586{\pm}0.017$을 얻었다. 또한 낮은 준위에서의 에너지의 상대 강도를 정확히 측정한 후 이를 이용하여 환산 행렬 요소들을 계산한 후 단일 입자 모형의 관점에서 hindrance factor를 구했다. 그 결과 279.5 keV 감마 전이의 다중극도는 74.44%의 Ml 전이와 25.56%의 E2 전이를 포함한 혼합 전이이며 5/2 준위의 밴드구조를 $f_{5/2}$ proton준위에 바탕을 둔 1/2 [310]으로 결정하였다.

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응축충격파와 경계층 간섭의 피동제어(I) (A Passive Control of Interaction of Condensation Shock Wave anc Boundary Layer(I))

  • 최영상;정영준;권순범
    • 대한기계학회논문집B
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.316-328
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    • 1997
  • There were appreciable progresses on the study of shock wave / boundary layer interaction control in the transonic flow without nonequilibrium condensation. But in general, the actual flows associated with those of the airfoil of high speed flight body, the cascade of steam turbine and so on accompany the nonequilibrium condensation, and under a certain circumstance condensation shock wave occurs. Condensation shock wave / boundary layer interaction control is quite different from that of case without condensation, because the droplets generated by the result of nonequilibrium condensation may clog the holes of the porous wall for passive control and the flow interaction mechanism between the droplets and the porous system is concerned in the flow with nonequilibrium condensation. In these connections, it is necessary to study the condensation shock wave / boundary layer interaction control by passive cavity in the flow accompanying nonequilibrium condensation with condensation shock wave. In the present study, experiments were made on a roof mounted half circular arc in an indraft type supersonic wind tunnel to evaluate the effects of the porosity, the porous wall area and the depth of cavity on the pressure distribution around condensation shock wave. It was found that the porosity of 12% which was larger than the case of without nonequilibrium condensation produced the largest reduction of pressure fluctuations in the vicinity of condensation shock wave. The results also showed that wider porous area, deeper cavity for the same porosity of 12% are more favourable "passive" effect than the cases of its opposite. opposite.

Purification and Characterization of Serine Protease Inhibitors from Dolichos lablab Seeds; Prevention Effects on Pseudomonal Elastase-Induced Septic Hypotension

  • Koo, Sun-Hyang;Choi, Yun-Lim;Choi, Su-Kyung;Shin, Young-Hee;Kim, Byeong-Gee;Lee, Bok-Luel
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.112-119
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    • 2000
  • Three kinds of serine protease inhibitors, members of the Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor, were purified from Dolichos lablab seeds and named Dolichos protease inhibitor 1, 2 and 3 (DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3), respectively. Each inhibitor showed a single band with gel mobility at around 15.9, 12.1 and 14.6 kDa on 20% SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions. To characterize inhibitory specificity, the inhibition constant (Ki) for these inhibitors was measured against several known serine proteases. All three Dolichos protease inhibitors (DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3) inhibited the activity of trypsin and plasmin, but had no effect on thrombin and kallikrein (either for human plasma kallikrein or for porcine pancreas kallikrein). DI-1 inhibited chymotrypsin most effectively (Ki = $3.6{\times}10^{-9}\;M$), while DI-2 displayed inhibitory activity for porcine pancreatic elastase (Ki = $6.2{\times}10^{-8}\;M$). Pre-treatment of the 33 mg/kg of DI-mixture (active fractions from $C_{18}$ open column chromatography that included DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3) inhibited the induction of pseudomonal elastase-induced septic hypotension and prevented an increase in bradykinin generation in pseudomonal elastase-treated guinea pig plasma. Also, the increase of kallikrein activity, by injection of pseudomonal elastase, was inhibited by the pretreatment of the DI-mixture in a guinea pig. Since the DI-mixture had no inhibitory effect on kallikrein activity when Z-Phe-Arg-MCA was used as a substrate in vitro, its inhibitory activity in the pseudomonal elastase-induced septic hypotension model might not be due to a direct inhibition of plasma kallikrein in the activation cascade of the Hageman factor and prekallikrein system. These results suggest that the Dolichos DI-mixture might be used as an inhibitor in pathogenic bacterial protease-induced septic shock.

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한국 자생식물로부터 아라키돈산 대사계 효소 저해제 검색(1) (Screening of Arachidonic acid Cascade Related Enzymes Inhibitors from Korean Indigenous Plants(1))

  • 문태철;정혜진;이은경;박해영;전수진;손건호;김현표;배기환;강삼식;권동렬;장현욱
    • 생약학회지
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    • 제34권1호통권132호
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    • pp.109-117
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    • 2003
  • Arachidonic acid(AA), which is stored in membrane glycerophospholipids, is liberated by phospholipase $A_2(PLA_2)$ enzymes and is sequentially converted to cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) then to various bioactive prostaglandins (PGs,) and leukotrienes (LTs). In order to find the specific inhibitors of AA metabolism enzymes such as $PLA_2$, COX-2, 5-LO and lyso PAF acetyltransferase. 195 Korean indigenous plant extracts were evaluated for their inhibitory activity on $PGD_2,\;LTC_4$ production from cytokine-induced mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) and arachidonic acid released from phospholipid and PAF production from lyso PAF. From this screening procedure, methanol extract of eight plants such as Saururus chinensis, Aster tataricus, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, Reynoutria japonica, Disocorea nipponica, Epimedium koreanum, impatiens textori, Veronica rotunda var. subintegra were found to inhibit production of inflammatory mediators in vitro assay system.

인간 뇌 성상세포에서 진간식풍탕의 사이토카인 조절 효과 (The Regulatory Effect of Zhengan Xifeng-tang on Pro-inflammatory Cytokine in Human Brain Astrocytes)

  • 유연희;이성근;이기상
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.490-495
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    • 2004
  • Brain cells produce cytokines and chemokines during the inflammatory process of many neuronal diseases both in animal models and in patients. Inflammatory cytokines are the main responsible for the onset of inflammatory cascade. During the past decade, a growing corpus of evidence has indicated an important role of these cytokines in the development of brain damage. ZhenganXifeng-tang (ZGXFT) is a Korean herbal prescription, which has been successfully applied for the treatment of various neuronal diseases. However, its effect in experimental models remains unknown. Astrocytes are predominant neuroglial cells of the central nervous system and are actively involved in cytokine-mediated events in inflammatory disease. An inflammatory response associated with β-amyloid (Aβ) and interleukin (IL)-1β is responsible for the pathology of inflammation disease. To investigate the biological effect of ZGXFT, the author examined cytotoxicity, effect of cytokines (IL-6 and IL-8) secretion and expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) on human astrocytoma cell line U373MG stimulated with IL-1β plus M fragment 25-35 (Aβ [25-35]). ZGXFT by itself had no effect on cell viability on human astrocytoma cells. The secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 was inhibited by pre-treatment with ZGXFT in human astrocytoma cells. In addition, the expression of COX-2 was induced by IL-1β plus AB[25-35] and was partially inhibited by treatment with ZGXFT. The author demonstrates the regulatory effects of inflammatory reactions by ZGXFT in human astrocytes for the first time and suggest the anti-inflammatory effect of ZGXFT may reduce and delay pathologic events of inflammatory disease.

Modulation of Large Conductance $Ca^{2+}-activated$ $K^+4$ Channel of Skin Fibroblast (CRL-1474) by Cyclic Nucleotides

  • Yun, Ji-Hyun;Kim, Seung-Tae;Bang, Hyo-Weon
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.131-135
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    • 2005
  • Potassium channels in human skin fibroblast have been studied as a possible site of Alzheimer disease pathogenesis. Fibroblasts in Alzheimer disease show alterations in signal transduction pathway such as changes in $Ca^{2+}$ homeostasis and/or $Ca^{2+}-activated$ kinases, phosphatidylinositol cascade, protein kinase C activity, cAMP levels and absence of specific $K^+$ channel. However, little is known so far about electrophysiological and pharmacological characteristics of large-conductance $Ca^{2+}$-activated $K^+$ ($BK_{Ca}$) channel in human fibroblast (CRL-1474). In the present study, we found Iberiotoxin- and TEA-sensitive outward rectifying oscillatory current with whole-cell recordings. Single channel analysis showed large conductance $K^{+}$ channels (106 pS of chord conductance at +40 mV in physiological $K^+$ gradient). The 106 pS channels were activated by membrane potential and $[Ca^{2+}]_i$, consistent with the known properties of $BK_{Ca}$ channels. $BK_{Ca}$ channels in CRL-1474 were positively regulated by adenylate cyclase activator ($10{\mu}M$ forskolin), 8-Br-cyclic AMP ($300{\mu}M$) or 8-Br-cyclic GMP ($300{\mu}M$). These results suggest that human skin fibroblasts (CR-1474) have typical $BK_{Ca}$ channel and this channel could be modulated by c-AMP and c-GMP. The electrophysiological characteristics of fibroblasts might be used as the diagnostic clues for Alzheimer disease.