• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.24-24
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• 2017

Heavy metals at toxic levels have the capability to interact with several vital cellular biomolecules such as nuclear proteins and DNA, leading to oxidative stress in plants. The present study was performed to explore the metal tolerance mechanism in Sorghum seedling. Morpho-physiological and metal ions uptake changes were observed prominently in the seedlings when the plants were subjected to different concentrations of $CuSO_4$ and $CdCl_2$. The observed morphological changes revealed that the plants treated with Cu and Cd displayed dramatically altered shoot lengths, fresh weights, and relative water content. In addition, the concentration of Cu and Cd was markedly increased by treatment with Cu and Cd, and the amount of interacting ions taken up by the shoots and roots was significantly and directly correlated with the applied level of Cu and Cd. Using the 2-DE method, a total of 24 and 21 differentially expressed protein spots from sorghum leaves and roots respectively, 33 protein spots from sorghum leaves under Cd stress were analyzed using MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. However, the over-expression of GAPDH plays a significant role in assisting Sorghum bicolor to attenuate the adverse effects of oxidative stress caused by Cu, and the proteins involved in resistance to stress helped the sorghum plants to tolerate high levels of Cu. Significant changes were absorbed in the levels of proteins known to be involved in carbohydrate metabolism, transcriptional regulation, translation and stress responses. In addition, the up-regulation of glutathione S-transferase and cytochrome P450 may play a significant role in Cd-related toxicity and stress responses. The results obtained from the present study may provide insights into the tolerance mechanism of seedling leaves and roots in Sorghum under heavy metal stress.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.371-377
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• 1996

소규모(小規模) 돼지사육농가(飼育農家)에서 배출(排出)되는 축산폐수(畜産廢水)를 효율적(效率的)으로 처리(處理)함과 동시(同時)에 재활용(再活用)할 수 있는 방도(方途)로서 볏짚을 살수여상처리충전재(撒水濾床處理充塡材)로 사용(使用)하였다. 폐수처리(廢水處理) 후(後) 볏짚을 건조(乾燥) 분쇄(粉碎)하여 토양(土壤)에 첨가(添加)한 후(後) 오그라기 상추를 재배(栽培)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 일반적(一般的)인 농가퇴비(農家堆肥)에 비해 살수여상처리충전재(撒水濾床處理充塡材)로 사용된 짚의 시용에 따른 수량지수(數量指數)가 월등(越等)하게 높았다. 기본시비(基本施肥)(N.P.K.)에 처리(處理)된 짚 700kg/10a에서부터 2100kg/10a에 이르기까지 계속수량지수(繼續數量指數)가 향상(向上)되었다. 2. 짚의 시용(施用)이 토양(土壤) pH 값을 상승(上昇)시키는 효과(效果)가 있었음에 반(反)해 T-N, Avail $P_2O_5$, OM, 그리고 CEC에는 별영향(別影響)이 없었고 치환성(置換性) K와 Ca의 함량(含量)은 증가(增加)했으나 치환성(置換性) Mg의 잔류량(殘留量)은 감소(減少) 했다. 따라서 토양비옥도(土壤肥沃度)의 유지(維持)를 위(爲)해서는 Mg의 보충(補充)이 필요(必要)하였다 3. 살수여상처리충전재(撒水濾床處理充塡材)로 사용(使用)된 짚은 BOD, COD, 그리고 SS를 제거(除去)하는 효율면(效率面)에서 통상적(通常的)인 충전재(充塡材)와 별차이(別差異)가 없었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.2-8
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 식물성 오일로부터 여러 가지 기능기를 가진 soybean resin(AESO, MAESO)을 제조하였으며, nanoclay를 사용하여 새로운 고기능성 바이오-나노 복합 재료를 개발하였다. 또한 제조된 soybean resin을 바인더로 이용하여 $TiO_2$ 광전극을 제조하고 친환경 염료감응형 태양전지를 개발하다. 제조된 나노복합재료의 형태는 고분자의 삽입에 의해 층간 간격이 증가된 형태와 박리된 형태를 조절하였으며 나노 클레이 함량이 증가됨에 따라 물리적 성질이 증가하였다. 또한 COOH기가 첨가된 MAESO에서 분산도가 향상되었고 초음파 처리에 의해 분산도가 더욱 향상되어 물리적 특성이 현저히 향상되었다. 또한 $TiO_2$를 질산처리 한 후 soybean resin을 바인더로 이용하여 나노 다공성 $TiO_2$ 광전극을 제조하였으며 염료를 흡착시킨 후 염료감응형 태양전지를 제조하였다. AESO와 MAESO를 바인더로 제조한 $TiO_2$ 광전극에서는 향상된 분산성과 표면적 증가로 인해 염료 흡착량이 증가하였다. 이로 인해 높은 전류밀도를 나타내었으며, 첨가된 기능기의 영향으로 $TiO_2$ 계면의 저항이 낮아져 매우 좋은 광전기화학적 특성과 높은 효율을 나타내었다.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.207-216
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• 2014

총유기탄소(TOC)는 해양의 탄소순환 연구분야에서 직접적인 생물학적 지표로 이용되는 중요한 인자다. 가용한 TOC 자료가 상대적으로 화학적산소요구량(COD) 자료 보다 부족하기 때문에 COD 자료를 활용하여 TOC 자료를 추정할 수 있다. COD를 TOC 로의 변환 시 TOC 추정에 직접적으로 영향을 미치는 COD 관측자료에 포함된 이상자료의 탐지와 적절한 처리는 합리적이고 객관적으로 수행되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 국내 연안해역에서 관측된 염분, COD 및 TOC 자료에 대한 최적회귀모형을 제시하였다. 최적회귀모형은 이상자료와 영향자료를 여러 가지 탐색방법으로 진단하여 제거 전 후의 자료 개수 변화, 변동계수 및 RMS 오차를 비교 및 분석하여 선택하였다. 연구수행 결과, Cook의 진단방법과 SIQR의 boxplot 방법을 조합한 방법이 가장 적절한 것으로 파악되었다. 최적 회귀 함수는 TOC(mg/L) = $0.44{\cdot}COD(mg/L)+1.53$ 이고, 결정계수는 0.47 정도로 나타났으며, RMS 오차는 0.85 mg/L이다. RMS 오차와 지레계수(leverage values)의 변동계수는 이상자료 제거 전에 비하여 각각 31%, 80%로 크게 감소되었다. 본 연구에서 제시된 방법을 통해 COD와 TOC 관측자료에 포함된 이상자료와 영향자료의 과도한 영향을 진단 및 제거하였기 때문에 보다 적절한 회귀곡선식을 제시할 수 있었다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.124-124
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• 2017

Cadmium (Cd) is of particular concern because of its widespread occurrence and high toxicity and may cause serious morpho-physiological and molecular abnormalities in in plants. The present study was performed to explore Cd-induced morpho-physiological alterations and their potentiality associated mechanisms in Sorghum bicolor leaves at the protein level. Ten-day-old sorghum seedlings were exposed to different concentrations (0, 100, and $150{\mu}M$) of $CdCl_2$, and different morpho-physiological responses were recorded. The effects of Cd exposure on protein expression patterns in S. bicolor were investigated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) in samples derived from the leaves of both control and Cd-treated seedlings. The observed morphological changes revealed that the plants treated with Cd displayed dramatically altered shoot lengths, fresh weights, and relative water content. In addition, the concentration of Cd was markedly increased by treatment with Cd, and the amount of Cd taken up by the shoots was significantly and directly correlated with the applied level of Cd. Using the 2-DE method, a total of 33 differentially expressed protein spots were analyzed using MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. Of these, treatment with Cd resulted in significant increases in 15 proteins and decreases in 18 proteins. Significant changes were absorbed in the levels of proteins known to be involved in carbohydrate metabolism, transcriptional regulation, translation and stress responses. Proteomic results revealed that Cd stress had an inhibitory effect on carbon fixation, ATP production and the regulation of protein synthesis. In addition, the up-regulation of glutathione S-transferase and cytochrome P450 may play a significant role in Cd-related toxicity and stress responses. Our study provides insights into the integrated molecular mechanisms involved in response to Cd and the effects of Cd on the growth and physiological characteristics of sorghum seedlings. The upregulation of these stress-related genes may be candidates for further research and use in genetic manipulation of sorghum tolerance to Cd stress.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.265-269
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• 2014

방사선을 이용한 백혈병의 전신방사선 치료는 환자의 골수에 건강한 골수세포를 이식하는 골수이식(bone marrow transplantation) 시행 전, 골수의 재구성을 위한 준비단계로 전신에 외부 방사선을 조사(external beam therapy)하여 유해한 세포를 죽이거나 면역체계의 억제를 목적으로 시행된다. 전신방사선 치료를 시행할 경우 환자의 표면선량을 증가하기 위해 사용되는 산란판(spoiler)을 사용하게 되는데 산란판을 사용할 때의 표면선량은 환자와의 거리에 따라 달라지고, 두께에 따라 달라지게 된다. 이에 본 논문에서는 산란판의 두께에 따른 표면선량의 변화를 알아보았다. 아크릴로 된 산란판을 0.5 cm부터 3.0 cm 까지 0.5 cm 간격으로 제작하여 각각 측정한 결과 2.0 cm를 기준으로 두께에 따라 약 0.5% 정도의 표면선량의 증가를 관찰 할 수 있었다. 이를 토대로 임상에 직접 적용하기에는 제한적일 수 있으나 임상실험과 치료받은 환자의 예후 등을 조사하여 임상에 적용한다면 각기 다른 표면선량을 요구하는 환자들에게 산란판의 두께변화 만으로도 적절한 표면선량을 부여하는 방법이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2012

Background and Objectives: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents approximately 80% of all lung cancers. Unfortunately, at their time of diagnosis, most patients have advanced to unresectable disease with a very poor prognosis. The oriental herbal medicine HangAm-Plus (HAP) has been developed for antitumor purposes, and several previous studies have reported its therapeutic effects. In this study, the efficacy of HAP was evaluated as a third-line treatment for advanced-stage IIIb/IV NSCLC. Methods: The study involved six patients treated at the East- West Cancer Center (EWCC) from April 2010 to October 2011. Inoperable advanced-stage IIIb/IV NSCLC patients received 3,000 or 6,000 mg of HAP on a daily basis over a 12-week period. Computed tomography (CT) scans were obtained from the patients at the time of the initial administration and after 12 weeks of treatment. We observed and analyzed the patients overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Results: Of the six patients, three expired during the study, and the three remaining patients were alive as of October 31, 2011. The OS ranged from 234 to 512 days, with a median survival of 397 days and a one-year survival rate of 66.7%. In the 12-week-interval chest CT assessment, three patients showed stable disease (SD), and the other three showed progressive disease (PD). The PFS of patients ranged from 88 to 512 days, the median PFS being 96 days. Longer OS and PFS were correlated with SD. Although not directly comparable, the OS and the PFS of this study were greater than those of the docetaxel or the best supportive care group in other studies. Conclusion: HAP may prolong the OS and the PFS of inoperable stage IIIb/IV NSCLC patients without significant adverse effects. In the future, more controlled clinical trials with larger samples from multi-centers should be conducted to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of HAP.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.764-772
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• 2020

Objective: Laser ablation is a therapeutic modality used to reduce the volume of large benign thyroid nodules. Unsatisfactory reduction and regrowth are observed in some treated nodules. The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of laser treatment for solid nodules during a 5-year follow-up period, the regrowth rate, and the predictive risk factors of nodule regrowth. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated patients with benign, solid, cold thyroid nodules who underwent laser ablation and were followed-up for 5 years. According to the selection criteria, 104 patients were included (median baseline nodule volume, 12.5 mL [25.0-75.0%, 8-18 mL]; median energy delivered, 481.5 J/mL [25.0-75.0%, 370-620 J/mL]). Nodule volume, thyroid function test results, and ultrasound were evaluated at baseline and then annually after the procedure. Results: Of 104 patients, 31 patients (29.8%) had a 12-month volume reduction ratio (VRR) < 50.0% and 39 (37.5%) experienced nodule regrowth. Of these 39 patients, 17 (43.6%) underwent surgery and 14 (35.9%) underwent a second laser treatment. The rate of nodule regrowth was inversely related to the 12-month VRR, i.e., the lower the 12-month VRR, the higher the risk of regrowth (p < 0.001). The mean time for nodule regrowth was 33.5 ± 16.6 months. The 12-month VRR was directly related to time to regrowth, i.e., the lower the 12-month VRR, the shorter the time to regrowth (p < 0.001; R² = 0.3516). Non-spongiform composition increased the risk of regrowth with an odds ratio of 4.3 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8-10.2; p < 0.001); 12-month VRR < 50.0% increased the risk of regrowth with an odds ratio of 11.7 (95% CI 4.2-32.2; p < 0.001). Conclusion: The VRR of thyroid nodules subjected to similar amounts of laser energy varies widely and depends on the nodule composition; non-spongiform nodules are reduced to a lesser extent and regrow more frequently than spongiform nodules. A 12-month VRR < 50.0% is a predictive risk factor for regrowth and correlates with the time to regrowth.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2017

목 적: 고주파 온열암 치료에 의한 부작용 중에서 가장 주의하여할 것 중의 하나는 피부에 나타날 수 있는 화상이다. 특히 배꼽처럼 요철이 있는 부위에는 환자가 느끼는 열감이 크기 때문에 치료를 중단하는 경우가 발생한다. 이에 배꼽부위의 요철을 상쇄시키기 위한 보상체를 제작하고 온도 및 열감을 감소시키고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 고주파 온열암 치료기(EHY-2000, Oncotherm Kft, Hungary)를 이용하여 본원에서 치료받은 환자를 대상으로 배꼽을 중심으로 4개 부위(배꼽 속, 배꼽 바로 옆, 배꼽아래 5 cm 지점, 등)의 온도를 5회에 걸쳐 측정하였다. 온도계(TM-100, Oncotherm Kft, Hungary)를 4개의 부위에 부착하고 치료 전, 치료 후 5분, 15분, 25분, 35분, 50분의 온도를 측정하였다. 이때 사용한 보상체는 바셀린, 볼루스, 레진으로 각각 같은 방법으로 측정하였다. 결 과: 일반적 치료 시 배꼽 속 온도변화는 평균 34.65도에서 42.9도로 변화하였다. 배꼽 바로 옆은 32.20도에서 37.00도까지 변화하였으며 배꼽아래는 31.90도에서 34.41도로 변화하여 배꼽속의 온도변화가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다. 배꼽 속에 보상체 물질을 삽입한 경우의 배꼽 속 온도변화는 볼루스가 5.42도, 바세린이 6.55도, 레진이 6.83도로 측정되었다. 온도상승 검증을 위한 귀무가설의 유의확률은 각각 0.0108, 0.034, 0.019로 기각되었다. 결 론: 고주파 온열암 치료 시 환자가 느끼는 열감은 치료의 중단을 가져올 수도 있는 중요한 인자로서 배꼽과 같은 요철부위에 보상체를 사용 시 열감을 줄일 수 있었다. 보상체는 개인마다 요철의 모양이 다르기 때문에 맞춤제작이 가능한 레진이 유리하며, 온도를 낮출 뿐 아니라 환자가 느끼는 열감 또한 상당히 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 추후 열전달 모델의 개발이 가능하다면 치료 시 나타나는 열감을 줄이며 보다 정확하고 편안한 치료를 제공 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.311-329
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• 1986

The experimental exposure of animals to sources of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) which emit their energy primarily in the UVB region (280-320nm) is known to result in a number of well-described changes in the recipient's immune competence. Two such changes include a depressed capacity to effectively respond immunologically to transplants of syngeneic UVR tumors and a markedly reduced responsiveness to known inducers of delayedtype (DTH) and contact hypersensitivity (CH) reactions. The results of experiments that were designed to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for UVR-induced immunomodulation have implicated: 1) an altered pattern of lymphocyte recirculation, 2) suppressor T cells(Ts), 3) deviations in systemic antigen presenting cell (APC) potential. 4) changes in the production of interleukin-1-like molecules, and 5) the functional inactivation of epidermal Langerhans cells in this process. The exposure of skin to UVR, therefore, causes a number of both local and systemic alterations to the normal host immune system. In spite of this seeming complexity and diversity of responses, our recent studies have established that each of the UVR-mediated changes is probably of equal importance to creating the UVR-induced immunocompromised state. Normal animals were exposed to low dose UVR radiation on their dorsal surfaces under conditions where a $3.0\;cm^2$ area of skin was physically protected from the light energy. Contact sensitization of these animals with DNFB, to either the irradiated or protected back skin, resulted in markedly reduced CH responses. This was observed in spite of a normal responsiveness following the skin sensitization to ventral surfaces of the UVR-exposed animals. Systemic treatment of the low dose UVR recipients with the drug indomethacin (1-3 micrograms/day) during the UVR exposures resulted in a complete reversal of the depressions observed following DNFB sensitization to "protected" dorsal skin while the altered responsiveness found in the group exposed to the skin reactive chemical through directly UVR-exposed sites was maintained. These studies implicate the importance of EC as effective APC in the skin and also suggest that some of the systemic influences caused by UVR exposure involve the production of prostaglandins. This concept was further supported by finding that indomethacin treatment was also capable of totally reversing the systemic depressions in CH responsiveness caused by high dose UVR exposure (30K joules/$m^2$) of mice. Attempts to analyze the cellular mechanisms responsible established that the spleens of all animals which demonstrated altered CH responses, regardless of whether sensitization was through a normal or an irradiated skin site, contained suppressor cells. Interestingly, we also found normal levels of T effector cells in the peripheral lymph nodes of the UVR-exposed mice that were contact sensitized through normal skin. No effector cells were found when skin sensitization took place through irradiated skin sites. In spite of such an apparent paradox, insight into the probable mechanisms responsible for these observations was provided by establishing that UVR exposure of skin results in a striking and dose-dependent blockade of the efferent lymphatic vessels in all peripheral lymph nodes. Therefore, the afferent phases of immune responses can apparently take place normally in UVR exposed animals when antigen is applied to normal skin. The final effector responses, however, appear to be inhibited in the UVR-exposed animals by an apparent block of effector cell mobility. This contrasts with findings in the normal animals. Following contact sensitization, normal animals were also found to simultaneously contain both antigen specific suppressor T cells and lymph node effector cells. However, these normal animals were fully capable of mobilizing their effector cells into the systemic circulation, thereby allowing a localization of these cells to peripheral sites of antigen challenge. Our results suggest that UVR is probably not a significant inducer of suppressor T-cell activity to topically applied antigens. Rather, UVR exposure appears to modify the normal relationship which exists between effector and regulatory immune responses in vivo. It does so by either causing a direct reduction in the skin's APC function, a situation which results in an absence of effector cell generation to antigens applied to UVR-exposed skin sites, inhibiting the capacity of effector cells to gain access to skin sites of antigen challenge or by sequestering the lymphocytes with effector cell potential into the draining peripheral lymph nodes. Each of these situations result in a similar effect on the UVR-exposed host, that being a reduced capacity to elicit a CH response. We hypothesize that altered DTH responses, altered alloresponses, and altered graft-versus-host responses, all of which have been observed in UVR exposed animals, may result from similar mechanisms.