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주 키워드와 부 키워드를 이용한 자연언어 정보 검색 모델 (A Model of Natural Language Information Retrieval Using Main Keywords and Sub-keywords)

  • 강현규;박세영
    • 한국정보처리학회논문지
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    • 제4권12호
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    • pp.3052-3062
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    • 1997
  • 정보 검색이란 사용자의 정보 요구를 만족하는 관련 정보를 검색하는 것이다. 그러나 정보 검색 시스템의 하나의 역활은 관련 정보의 집합들을 단순히 제시하는 것이 아니라 주어진 요구 사항에 가장 가까운 문서를 결정하는데 도움을 주는 것이다. 최근에 여러 가지 텍스트 분석 시스템들에서 내용을 인식하기 위해 구문 분석 방법 사용이 시도되고 있다. 불행히도 단독의 구문 이해 방법으로는 임의의 텍스트 예들을 완벽하게 분석하기 위해 불충분한 것으로 알려지고 있다. 이 논문에서는 2단계 문서 순위에 기반한 문서 순위 결정 방법에 대하여 논한다. 1단계는 문서를 검색하기 위해 사용하고 2단계는 검색된 문서를 재순서화하는데 사용한다. 1단계에서 이용된 주키워드는 문서를 구별할 수 있는 좋은 능력을 가지는 명사나 복합명사로서 정의될 수 있다. 2단계에서 이용된 부 키워드는 주키워드나 기능어가 아닌 형용사나 부사 또는 동사로 정의 될 수 있다. 실험은 23,113 항목을 가지는 한국어 백과사전과 일반 사용자들로부터 수집된 161개의 한국어 자연언어 질의로부터 이루어졌다. 자연언어 질의의 85%가 부 키워드를 가지고 있었다. 2단계 문서 순위 방법은 일반 문서 순위 방법보다 현격한 검색 효율의 향상을 제공한다.

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A.J. Toynbee의 문명론과 도서관의 역사 -Renaissance 관과 도서편집 활동을 중심으로-

  • 손연옥
    • 한국도서관정보학회지
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    • 제9권
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    • pp.115-144
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    • 1982
  • In ordinary modern wester expression 'the Renaissance' was used to denote the impact made by dead Hellenism civilization in western Christendom, particularly Italian literary and artistic movement at Northern and central Italy in the late medieval period. However, A.J. Toynbee examined the renaissance from the different aspect of view. In his great work "A Study of History" in vol. IX, he succeeded in establishing the theory of historic civilization encounters in space and in time; and in time, civilization of the present and the past or between dead and infant successor contacts on the analogy of parenthood and sonship in the relation of A n.0, pparentation-and-Affiliation. The distinguished his view of 'Renaissance' was illustrated in the sense of encounters between a grown-up civilization and the 'ghost' of its long-dead predecessor. The renaissances (by the process of evocation of ghost of its parent society) has not only one single aspect of literary and artistic field but also in politics, law, science and philosophy, languages and literatures and visual arts, and religion. The main theme of this study is to examine the development of libraries and its historical meaning through Toynbee's literary renaissance. His renaissance of Languages and Literatures has three typical steps: They are: 1st step-to restive the dead literature's remains: 2nd step-to remaster their meaning: 3rd step-to reproduce them in counterfeits... Through its first and second steps, collecting and editing, annotating by compiling an anthology, thesaurus, lexicon or encyclopedia, and in its third step publishing mostly imitation of classics took place. Toynbee depicted the five outstanding eminent representatives of literary renaissance who had a n.0, ppeared on the state of history down to the time of writing. They are: Assurbanipal, Constantine prophyrogenitus, Yung Lo, K'ang Hsi, and Ch'ien Lung and the last four had all been emperors of imperia rediviva. As the result of the examination of these five emperors with three steps of literary renaissance, the common result may be summarized as follows: 1. Those emperors of imperia rediviva interested in intellectual work and study, they also were deeply involved in collecting classics in an ostensible reason. 2. There were strong political intention of collecting materials as an a n.0, ppeasement policy of civilization by transferring scholars energies to an intellectual field. 3. Under the rulers of a resuscitated universal state, the literary renaissance were a product of political plane and that the total size of collection and work were huge. 4. Since there were strong exercise of sovereign power, an active censorship by distortion and elimination was inevitable. 5. There existed newly developed strained atmosphere between grown-up and long-dead parent civilization, whenever the book collection movement had occurred. 6. Over adhesion to the parent civilization caused imitation of classic work and the creative activities were stagnated.stagnated.

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SNU-16 위암 세포의 mRNA 및 miRNA 프로파일에 미치는 제주조릿대 추출물의 영향 (Effects of Sasa quelpaertensis Extract on mRNA and microRNA Profiles of SNU-16 Human Gastric Cancer Cells)

  • 장미경;고희철;김세재
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.501-512
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    • 2020
  • 제주조릿대 잎은 항염, 해열 및 이뇨작용을 가지고 있어 위궤양, 목마름 및 토혈 치료를 위한 민간의약으로 사용되어 왔다. 본 저자들은 제주조리대 잎에서 분리한 피토케미칼 풍부 추출물(PRE)과 그 에틸아세테이트 분획물(EPRE)은 여러 위암 세포주에서 세포사멸을 유도하는 항암 효과가 있다고 보고한 바 있다. 본 연구는 EPRE의 세포사멸 유도 기전에 관여하는 분자표적들을 탐색하기 위하여 EPRE을 처리한 SNU-16 세포에서 mRNA와 microRNA (miRNA)의 프로파일 변화를 분석하였다. RNA sequencing 분석을 통해 총 2,875개의 차등적으로 발현되는 유전자들(DEGs)을 동정하였다. 유전자 온톨로지(GO)와 KEGG 경로 분석 결과, EPRE는 세포사멸, 유사 분열-활성화 단백질 키나제(MAPK) 및 염증 반응, 종양 괴사 인자(TNF) 신호 전달 및 암 경로에 관여하는 유전자들의 발현을 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 단백질-단백질 상호 작용(PPI) 네트워크 분석으로 세포사멸 및 세포죽음과 관련된 유전자들 간의 상호작용들을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고, miRNA sequencing 분석을 통해 총 27개의 차별적으로 발현되는 miRNAs (DEMs)를 동정하였다. GO와 KEGG 경로 분석 결과, EPRE는 세포주기, 세포사멸 및 tropomyosin-receptor-kinase (TRK) 수용체 신호 전달, 성장인자-β(TGF-β), 핵인자 κB (NF-κB) 및 암 경로에 관여하는 miRNAs의 발현을 조정하였다. 본 연구결과는 EPRE의 항암 효과의 근본적인 메커니즘에 대한 통찰력을 제공한다.

Expression profiles of circular RNAs in sheep skeletal muscle

  • Cao, Yang;You, Shuang;Yao, Yang;Liu, Zhi-Jin;Hazi, Wureli;Li, Cun-Yuan;Zhang, Xiang-Yu;Hou, Xiao-Xu;Wei, Jun-Chang;Li, Xiao-Yue;Wang, Da-Wei;Chen, Chuang-Fu;Zhang, Yun-Feng;Ni, Wei;Hu, Sheng-Wei
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제31권10호
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    • pp.1550-1557
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    • 2018
  • Objective: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a newfound class of non-coding RNA in animals and plants. Recent studies have revealed that circRNAs play important roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, autophagy and apoptosis during development. However, there are few reports about muscle development-related circRNAs in livestock. Methods: RNA sequencing analysis was employed to identify and annotate circRNAs from longissimus dorsi of sheep. Reverse transcription followed by real-time quantitative (q) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis verified the presence of these circRNAs. Targetscan7.0 and miRanda were used to analyse the interaction of circRNA-microRNA (miRNA). To investigate the function of circRNAs, an experiment was conducted to perform enrichment analysis hosting genes of circRNAs using gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathways. Results: About 75.5 million sequences were obtained from RNA libraries of sheep skeletal muscle. These sequences were mapped to 729 genes in the sheep reference genome. We identified 886 circRNAs, including numerous circular intronic RNAs and exonic circRNAs. Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) and DNA sequencing analysis confirmed the presence of several circRNAs. Real-Time RT-PCR analysis exhibited resistance of sheep circRNAs to RNase R digestion. We found that many circRNAs interacted with muscle-specific miRNAs involved in growth and development of muscle, especially circ776. The GO and KEGG enrichment analysis showed that hosting genes of circRNAs was involved in muscle cell development and signaling pathway. Conclusion: The study provides comprehensive expression profiles of circRNAs in sheep skeletal muscle. Our study offers a large number of circRNAs to facilitate a better understanding of their roles in muscle growth. Meanwhile, we suggested that circ776 could be analyzed in future study.

Deoxynivalenol- and zearalenone-contaminated feeds alter gene expression profiles in the livers of piglets

  • Reddy, Kondreddy Eswar;Jeong, Jin young;Lee, Yookyung;Lee, Hyun-Jeong;Kim, Min Seok;Kim, Dong-Wook;Jung, Hyun Jung;Choe, Changyong;Oh, Young Kyoon;Lee, Sung Dae
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제31권4호
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    • pp.595-606
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    • 2018
  • Objective: The Fusarium mycotoxins of deoxynivalenol (DON) and zerolenone (ZEN) cause health hazards for both humans and farm animals. Therefore, the main intention of this study was to reveal DON and ZEN effects on the mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and other immune related genes in the liver of piglets. Methods: In the present study, 15 six-week-old piglets were randomly assigned to the following three different dietary treatments for 4 weeks: control diet, diet containing 8 mg DON/kg feed, and diet containing 0.8 mg ZEN/kg feed. After 4 weeks, liver samples were collected and sequenced using RNA-Seq to investigate the effects of the mycotoxins on genes and gene networks associated with the immune systems of the piglets. Results: Our analysis identified a total of 249 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), which included 99 upregulated and 150 downregulated genes in both the DON and ZEN dietary treatment groups. After biological pathway analysis, the DEGs were determined to be significantly enriched in gene ontology terms associated with many biological pathways, including immune response and cellular and metabolic processes. Consistent with inflammatory stimulation due to the mycotoxin-contaminated diet, the following Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathways, which were related to disease and immune responses, were found to be enriched in the DEGs: allograft rejection pathway, cell adhesion molecules, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), type I diabetes mellitus, human T-cell leukemia lymphoma virus infection, and viral carcinogenesis. Genome-wide expression analysis revealed that DON and ZEN treatments downregulated the expression of the majority of the DEGs that were associated with inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 10 receptor, beta, chemokine [C-X-C motif] ligand 9), proliferation (insulin-like growth factor 1, major facilitator superfamily domain containing 2A, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2, lipase G, and salt inducible kinase 1), and other immune response networks (paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor beta, Src-like-adaptor-1 [SLA1], SLA3, SLA5, SLA7, claudin 4, nicotinamide N-methyltransferase, thyrotropin-releasing hormone degrading enzyme, ubiquitin D, histone $H_2B$ type 1, and serum amyloid A). Conclusion: In summary, our results demonstrated that high concentrations DON and ZEN disrupt immune-related processes in the liver.

Effects of deoxynivalenol- and zearalenone-contaminated feed on the gene expression profiles in the kidneys of piglets

  • Reddy, Kondreddy Eswar;Lee, Woong;Jeong, Jin young;Lee, Yookyung;Lee, Hyun-Jeong;Kim, Min Seok;Kim, Dong-Woon;Yu, Dongjo;Cho, Ara;Oh, Young Kyoon;Lee, Sung Dae
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제31권1호
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    • pp.138-148
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    • 2018
  • Objective: Fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN), common contaminants in the feed of farm animals, cause immune function impairment and organ inflammation. Consequently, the main objective of this study was to elucidate DON and ZEN effects on the mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and other immune related genes in the kidneys of piglets. Methods: Fifteen 6-week-old piglets were randomly assigned to three dietary treatments for 4 weeks: control diet, and diets contaminated with either 8 mg DON/kg feed or 0.8 mg ZEN/kg feed. Kidney samples were collected after treatment, and RNA-seq was used to investigate the effects on immune-related genes and gene networks. Results: A total of 186 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened (120 upregulated and 66 downregulated). Gene ontology analysis revealed that the immune response, and cellular and metabolic processes were significantly controlled by these DEGs. The inflammatory stimulation might be an effect of the following enriched Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathway analysis found related to immune and disease responses: cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, chemokine signaling pathway, toll-like receptor signaling pathway, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), tuberculosis, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and chemical carcinogenesis. The effects of DON and ZEN on genome-wide expression were assessed, and it was found that the DEGs associated with inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 10 receptor, beta, chemokine [C-X-C motif] ligand 9, CXCL10, chemokine [C-C motif] ligand 4), proliferation (insulin like growth factor binding protein 4, IgG heavy chain, receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase C, cytochrome P450 1A1, ATP-binding cassette sub-family 8), and other immune response networks (lysozyme, complement component 4 binding protein alpha, oligoadenylate synthetase 2, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule-9, ${\alpha}$-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, Ig lambda chain c region, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme 4, carboxylesterase 1), were suppressed by DON and ZEN. Conclusion: In summary, our results indicate that high concentrations of DON and ZEN suppress the inflammatory response in kidneys, leading to potential effects on immune homeostasis.

건칠(乾漆)의 해독방법에 대한 문헌연구 (Study on the Detoxification of Lacca Sinica Exsiccata Written in the Classical Writings)

  • 이재호;김영삼;한규조;김명동
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제19권5호
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    • pp.1169-1180
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    • 2005
  • First, I read all the materials, including Dongeuibogam(Encyclopedia Medica Koreana), classical writings on Lacca sinica exsiccata, herbal writings on lacquer poison, and herbal books on how to treat lacquer poison. And then after 1 examined all the details on qi and taste of Lacca sinica exsiccata, its efficacy, detoxification, lacquer poison, and its effects on body symptom, 1 got the following results. The order of frequency that Lacca sinica exsiccata is used in Dongeuibogam is pressure-feeling, blood circulation, and insect biting. Its way of intake is not so much through herb-boiling or powdered medicine as through hand-made pills. When medicine is used in the form of pills, the Lacca sinica exsiccata is more included among other ingredients. When old doctors treated pressure-feeling in the chest, they mixed up other herbs, with not putting more emphasis on the efficacy of lacquer 010 doctors believed that toxicity of Lacca sinica exsiccata is not having its own poison, but having biased dominance in the use of its qE and taste. The way or detoxification or Lacca sinica exsiccata is used in the order of crab-boiled water, egg, Xanthoxylum piperitum, Perilla frutescens, Astar tataricus, a weeping willow, iron-tempered water, and Allium toberosum. Special point in detoxificating lacquer poison is that they used medicines for well-ciruculating pulmonary stream, medicines for promoting to urinate or discharge by helping large colons to move, medicines for making the lacquer scar small, medicines for helping digest, and medicines for improving vessel function in the poisoned area. With the above results, the more profound study, based on the crab-boiled water and egg, is expected to go on to increase the effect on the one hand, and to make the new way of lessening or removing the toxicity of lacquer with more safe use on the other hand.

객체 버전화를 중심으로 시간지원 개체-관계 모델의 시간지원 객체 지향 모델로 변환 (Transforming an Entity-Relationship Model into a Temporal Object Oriented Model Based on Object Versioning)

  • 이홍로
    • 인터넷정보학회논문지
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.71-93
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    • 2001
  • 개체-관계 모델은 데이터베이스 설계와 시스템 분석을 위해서 시간 응용 분야에서 사용되고 있는 개념적 모델로서, 현실세계의 시간 문제 영역을 논리적 모델로 표현하기 위한 기반이 된다. 객체 지향 모델은 실세계의 이력 자료에 대한 개체와 관계성을 데이터베이스 시스템에 표현하는데 적합한 논리적 모델로서, 이력 자료의 병행적 지원과 시공간 자료의 조작 등을 적절하게 표현하고자 하는 응용분야에서 이용되고 있다. 현실세계 개체의 표현을 정확하게 모델링하기 위해서는 아주 적은 제약조건을 갖고 E-R 모델을 객체 지향 모델로 변환하는 방법이 필요하다. 또한 시간지원 객체 지향 모델은 시간 의미를 객체 지향 모델에 추가하여 시간에 따라 변화된 정보를 처리할 수 있는 논리적 모델이다 시간지원 객체 지향 모델의 두 부류는 시간을 결합하는 단위에 따라 속성 버전화와 객체 버전화로 나누어진다. 이 두 가지 중에서 객체 지향 모델은 이 상태와 행위의 재사용성을 증가시키고 개체들 사이의 유기적 관계를 효율적으로 표현할 수 있기 때문에 객체 지향 모델의 연구가 필요하다. 그런데 개체-관계 모델을 객체 지향 모델로 변환하기 위한 기법과 제약조건이 수반된다. 그래서 시간 개념이 포함된 개체-관계 모델을 객체 지향 모델로 변환하는 연구가 필요하다. 따라서 현실세계의 객체 버전화를 위한 이력 개체를 정확하게 표현하기 위해서 본 논문은 E-R 모델을 객체 지향 데이터베이스 모델로 변환하기 위한 기법을 제시하고 있다 즉. 현실세계의 개체와 관계를 데이터베이스에 표현하는데 적합한 시간지원 객체 지향 모델로 일반화, 집단화와 연관화에 대한 역할에 따라 변환하며, 그리고 다형성 관점에서 일반화 상속과 집단화 상속을 조합하여 기능을 확장한다. 이 변환과 확장은 데이터베이스 설계의 논리적 모델 설계 및 재사용성을 증가시키는데 기여할 것이다.ing, and e-mail. A room for HEE, in which teaming activity mainly occurs by following the sequences of learning procedures, includes other sub-rooms for the guidance of Loaming, discussion, directories for reference, question and answer, submission of homework, evaluation, and an encyclopedia. Therefore, this study implicates: 1) achievement of teaming environment using the ICT mainly made by students who solve problems closely related to daily life, 2) development of practical learning questionnaires fitted in the present state, 3) preparation for the curriculum. Finally, from this study, I suggested that further studies are needed to develop models for learning, interaction between students and teachers, and the learning materials under the Web based loaming environment.tion, and Environmental Replacement. Third, by selecting Chung na environmental park in Incheon, which is a filtration plant lot,

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동의보감(東醫寶鑑)에 수록(收錄)된 인삼(人蔘)이 주약(主藥)으로 배오(配伍)된 방제(方劑)의 활용(活用)범위, 병증, 주치(主治), 병리(病理) 및 구성내용(構成內容) 조사(調査) (Studies on Therapeutic range, Symptom, Pathology, and composition of Ginseng Radix -main blended Prescriptions from Donguibogam)

  • 조대연;정종길;윤용갑
    • 대한한의학방제학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.35-82
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    • 2001
  • In the Encyclopedia Medica Koreana(Dongeuibogam), I have researched 245 prescriptions in which Panax Ginseng plays an important role. And I have got the following results. The healing scope and frequency of ginseng-mainly-included prescriptions are Child Part 29(11.83%), Violent Cough Part 23(9.38%), Sick-by-Cold Part 21(8.57%), Oncosis Part 16(6.53%), Overwork Part 14(5.71%), Gynecologic Part 14(5.71%), Internal Part 13(5.3%), Apoplexy Part 11(4.48%), Mind Part 10(4.08%) and Fecal Part 10(4.08%) prescriptions. And also each of Nausea Part, Anger Part, and Spirit parts has the same 5 (2.04%) prescriptions. And each of Qi Part, Diabetes Meatus Part, Malaria Part, and Humoral Part has 4(1.63%) prescriptions. And each of Foot Part, Choleraic Part, Genital Part, Blood Part, and Voice Part has 3 (1.2%). All of these prescriptions cover 88.88%. And besides listed parts above, Panax Ginseng is all used in 48 Parts: Body-Mind Part. Mouth-Tongue Part, Breast Part, Muscle Part, Swelling Part, Urine Part, Epidermis Part, Heat Part, Anus Part, Stomach Part, Eye Part, Laryngopharynx Part. Uterus Part" Heavy Stomach Part, Head Part, Pulse Part, Hair Part, Navel Part, Emetic Part, Costal Part, Edema Part, Vomiting Part, Superstitious Part, and Cardiac Part, etc. Of the prescriptions in which Panax Ginseng plays an important role, the most representative diseases, which more than 86.8% prescriptions cure, are shock, numbness from cold, Taeeum disease, oncosis, overwork, sick from eating, numbness of extremities, diarrhea, tachycardia, forgetfulness, nausea, heat from kidney, nocturnal emission, short breath, diabetes meatus, malaria, sweating, sweating overnight, beriberi, cholera, insomnia from enervation, sialitis, navel pain, hemorrhage, and loss of voice. The pathology of the prescriptions in which Panax Ginseng plays an important role is divided into the organ problems, six natural factors, seven extreme feelings, unbalanced humoral status, overwork, and, unbalance of qi and blood. Spleen, heart, and uterus is the main cause of organ problems; wind and cold are the main cause of six natural factors; heavy humors are the main cause of unbalanced humoral status; the stasis of seven feelings are the main cause of seven extreme feelings; the lack of stamina and overwork are the main cause of the overwork; the lack of qi, the lack of blood, and, the lack of qi and blood are the main cause of the unbalance of qi and blood. After I have researched the contents of the prescriptions in which Panax Ginseng plays an important role, I could understand the addition of the different prescriptions, combination of medicines, and the role of medicine groups associated with Panax Ginseng. So from now on, the results I have got could be used as the data which show the theoretical basis on the prescriptions.

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Dynamic changes of yak (Bos grunniens) gut microbiota during growth revealed by polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and metagenomics

  • Nie, Yuanyang;Zhou, Zhiwei;Guan, Jiuqiang;Xia, Baixue;Luo, Xiaolin;Yang, Yang;Fu, Yu;Sun, Qun
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제30권7호
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    • pp.957-966
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    • 2017
  • Objective: To understand the dynamic structure, function, and influence on nutrient metabolism in hosts, it was crucial to assess the genetic potential of gut microbial community in yaks of different ages. Methods: The denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles and Illumina-based metagenomic sequencing on colon contents of 15 semi-domestic yaks were investigated. Unweighted pairwise grouping method with mathematical averages (UPGMA) clustering and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to analyze the DGGE fingerprint. The Illumina sequences were assembled, predicted to genes and functionally annotated, and then classified by querying protein sequences of the genes against the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) database. Results: Metagenomic sequencing showed that more than 85% of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences belonged to the phylum Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, indicating that the family Ruminococcaceae (46.5%), Rikenellaceae (11.3%), Lachnospiraceae (10.0%), and Bacteroidaceae (6.3%) were dominant gut microbes. Over 50% of non-rRNA gene sequences represented the metabolic pathways of amino acids (14.4%), proteins (12.3%), sugars (11.9%), nucleotides (6.8%), lipids (1.7%), xenobiotics (1.4%), coenzymes, and vitamins (3.6%). Gene functional classification showed that most of enzyme-coding genes were related to cellulose digestion and amino acids metabolic pathways. Conclusion: Yaks' age had a substantial effect on gut microbial composition. Comparative metagenomics of gut microbiota in 0.5-, 1.5-, and 2.5-year-old yaks revealed that the abundance of the class Clostridia, Bacteroidia, and Lentisphaeria, as well as the phylum Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Lentisphaerae, Tenericutes, and Cyanobacteria, varied more greatly during yaks' growth, especially in young animals (0.5 and 1.5 years old). Gut microbes, including Bacteroides, Clostridium, and Lentisphaeria, make a contribution to the energy metabolism and synthesis of amino acid, which are essential to the normal growth of yaks.