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Immunophysiological Defense Mechanism of the Bovine Udder on Mastitis A Review (유우유방의 유방염에 대한 자연방어기전)

  • Han Hong-Ryul
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.277-298
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    • 1986
  • This paper reviews the mechanisms effecting host defense in the mammary gland and assesses their possible in preventing of bovine mastitis. The streak canal is the first line of defense against invading mastitis pathogens, providing a physical barrier and antibacterial substances. The milk leukocytes are a second defense line by ingesting pathogens breached the streak canal by multiplication, physical passage, and propulsion during milking. Leukocytosis in milk and enhancement of the phagocytic defense machanisms of the udder were accomplished by inserting intramammary devices. Milk antibodies serum derived and synthesized in mamma tissue aggregate and opsonise bacteria, agglutinate and neutralise toxins, and inhibit. binding of bacteria to epitherial surfaces. Vaccination generally has been unsuccessful because protection is not absolute, but immunization is useful in controlling specific pathogens. Immunostimulant to enhance locally the protective nature of antibody-producing plasma cells concentrated in internal teat end tissue may be effective in reducing the occurrence of infection, but ineffective in preventing intramammary infections.

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Development of Variable Guide Vane Actuator System for Testing of Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine (항공용 가스터빈 리그시험용 가변정익 구동시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Sun Je;Jeong, Chi Hoon;Ki, Taeseok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2019
  • Variable guide vanes(VGVs) that consist of link mechanisms and an actuator system are required for an aircraft gas turbine engine to adjust the incidence angle of stator vanes. In this study, we developed a VGV actuator system for three-stage VGVs with two hydraulic actuators. The requirements for the actuator system were derived by analyzing the link mechanisms and air loads, and a hydraulic power-pack was developed based on these requirements. Through a load test using the actuator test-rig and the application of synchronizing control logic with proper control gains, the actuator system could be developed and verified.

Effect of Salicylic Acid Formulations on Induced Plant Defense against Cassava Anthracnose Disease

  • Sangpueak, Rungthip;Phansak, Piyaporn;Thumanu, Kanjana;Siriwong, Supatcharee;Wongkaew, Sopone;Buensanteai, Natthiya
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.356-364
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    • 2021
  • This study was to investigate defense mechanisms on cassava induced by salicylic acid formulation (SA) against anthracnose disease. Our results indicated that the SA could reduce anthracnose severity in cassava plants up to 33.3% under the greenhouse condition. The 𝛽-1,3-glucanase and chitinase enzyme activities were significantly increased at 24 hours after inoculation (HAI) and decrease at 48 HAI after Colletotrichum gloeosporioides challenge inoculation, respectively, for cassava treated with SA formulation. Synchrotron radiation-based Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy spectra revealed changes of the C=H stretching vibration (3,000-2,800 cm-1), pectin (1,740-1,700 cm-1), amide I protein (1,700-1,600 cm-1), amide II protein (1,600-1,500 cm-1), lignin (1,515 cm-1) as well as mainly C-O-C of polysaccharides (1,300-1,100 cm-1) in the leaf epidermal and mesophyll tissues treated with SA formulations, compared to those treated with fungicide carbendazim and distilled water after the challenged inoculation with C. gloeosporioides. The results indicate that biochemical changes in cassava leaf treated with SA played an important role in the enhancement of structural and chemical defense mechanisms leading to reduced anthracnose severity.

Consideration of the Exterior Syndrome Caused by External Pathogen (wind-cold-dampness) (외사(外邪)(풍한습사(風寒濕邪))에 의한 외감표증(外感表證)의 발병기전(發病機轉)에 대한 소고)

  • Lee, Sang-Ryong;Lee, Chang-Hyun;Lee, Kwang-Gye
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.409-417
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    • 2012
  • External pathogens such as wind, cold can easily invade the external parts of the body when host's external defense ability is not secure. Herein, we consider the underlying mechanisms against the external contraction at the body surface. During the early period after primary invasion, external defense mechanisms are gradually activated. The classic clinical manifestations are aversion to cold, fever, headache, generalized pain, and nasal congestion. This condition is called by invasion of external pathogen into the body surface. As the disease progress, lung qi is stagnated and thereby up-outward and downward movement action of lung become disturbed. Therefore, when doctor administrate formula to treat the exterior syndrome, doctor must keep in mind not only materia medica, but also underlying mechanisms through which many clinical symptoms appear.

Light-weight Defense Mechanisms for application layer DDoS Attacks in the Web Services (웹서비스 대상 경량화 된 응용계층 DDoS 공격 대응 메커니즘)

  • Lee, Tai-Jin;Im, Chae-Su;Im, Chae-Tae;Jung, Hyun-Chul
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.99-110
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    • 2010
  • Recently, network based DDoS attacks have been changed into application layer DDoS attacks which are targeted at the web services. Specially, an attacker makes zombie PCs generate small traffic and its traffic pattern has been similar to the normal user's pattern. So, existing HTTP PPS based Threshold cannot defend the DDoS attacks effectively. In this paper, we displayed all the GET Flooding attack types and propose three DDoS attack defense mechanisms which are simple and very powerful. Proposed mechanisms can defend all the existing GET Flooding DDoS attacks and be deployed in the real environment immediately with little resource consumption.

Negative evidence on the transgenerational inheritance of defense priming in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Yun, Se-Hun;Noh, Bosl;Noh, Yoo-Sun
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.55 no.7
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    • pp.342-347
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    • 2022
  • Defense priming allows plants to enhance their immune responses to subsequent pathogen challenges. Recent reports suggested that acquired resistances in parental generation can be inherited into descendants. Although epigenetic mechanisms are plausible tools enabling the transmission of information or phenotypic traits induced by environmental cues across generations, the mechanism for the transgenerational inheritance of defense priming in plants has yet to be elucidated. With the initial aim to elucidate an epigenetic mechanism for the defense priming in plants, we reassessed the transgenerational inheritance of plant defense, however, could not observe any evidence supporting it. By using the same dipping method with previous reports, Arabidopsis was exposed repeatedly to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000) during vegetative or reproductive stages. Irrespective of the developmental stages of parental plants that received pathogen infection, the descendants did not exhibit primed resistance phenotypes, defense marker gene (PR1) expression, or elevated histone acetylation within PR1 chromatin. In assays using the pressure-infiltration method for infection, we obtained the same results as above. Thus, our results suggest that the previous observations on the transgenerational inheritance of defense priming in plants should be more extensively and carefully reassessed.

MtMKK5 inhibits nitrogen-fixing nodule development by enhancing defense signaling

  • Hojin Ryu
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.300-306
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    • 2022
  • The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade is essential for a wide range of cellular responses in plants, including defense responses, responses to abiotic stress, hormone signaling, and developmental processes. Recent investigations have shown that the stress, ethylene, and MAPK signaling pathways negatively affect the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules by directly modulating the symbiotic signaling components. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the defense responses mediated by MAPK signaling in the organogenesis of nitrogen-fixing nodules remain unclear. In the present study, I demonstrate that the Medicago truncatula mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 5 (MtMKK5)-Medicago truncatula mitogen-activated protein kinase 3/6 (MtMPK3/6) signaling module, expressed specifically in the symbiotic nodules, promotes defense signaling, but not ethylene signaling pathways, thereby inhibiting nodule development in M. truncatula. U0126 treatment resulted in increased cell division in the nodule meristem zone due to the inhibition of MAPK signaling. The phosphorylated TEY motif in the activation domain of MtMPK3/6 was the target domain associated with specific interactions with MtMKK5. I have confirmed the physical interactions between M. truncatula nodule inception (MtNIN) and MtMPK3/6. In the presence of high expression levels of the defense-related genes FRK1 and WRKY29, MtMKK5a overexpression significantly enhanced the defense responses of Arabidopsis against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000). Overall, my data show that the negative regulation of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing nodule organogenesis by defense signaling pathways is mediated by the MtMKK5-MtMPK3/6 module.