• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.922-929
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• 2009

목 적 : 성장 장애는 영아 및 소아에서 성장 속도가 같은 성별, 연령 보다 현저히 작은 경우를 지칭하며 여러 가지 원인에 의해서 발생할 수 있다. 저신장을 주소로 내원한 환자 중 성장 장애를 보이지만 성장호르몬 자극검사가 정상인 환자들의 임상적 특성 및 성장호르몬 치료에 대한 반응을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1990년 1월부터 2008년 6월까지 서울대학교 어린이병원 소아청소년과에 내원한 어린이 중에서 성장속도가 연간 4 cm 미만이면서, 2가지 서로 다른 약제로 성장호르몬 자극검사를 시행하였을 때 정상 소견을 보이는 환자를 대상으로 하였다. SGA군과 AGA군으로 나누어 임상적인 특성을 비교하였으며, 성장호르몬 투여군에 대한 분석을 시행하였다. 결 과 : 총 39명의 환자가 연구에 포함되었으며, 남자가 25명(64%), 여자 14명(36%)이었고, SGA군 11명(28%), AGA군 28명(72%), 성장호르몬 투여군 16명(41%), 비 투여군 23명(59%)이었다. SGA군과 AGA군 모두에서 골연령이 역연령에 비하여 지연되어 있었으나(P=0.028), 두 군간의 차이는 없었다. 모든 환자에서 성장호르몬 자극검사 후 성장호르몬의 최고 농도는 10 ng/mL 이상이었고, clonidine을 사용하였을 때 성장호르몬의 최고농도가 30.4 (6.2, 92.0) ng/mL로 다른 약제에 비하여 유의하게 높았다(P=0.03). 성장호르몬 치료받은 환자 16명의 1년간 성장 속도는 7.7 (4.9, 11.1) cm/yr, 치료 받지 않고 추적관찰 된 6명은 3.7 (2.7, 4.5) cm/yr으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(P<0.001). 또한 성장호르몬 투여군에서 치료 1년 동안 신장 SDS는 0.3 (-0.1, 0.9) 증가하였고(P<0.001), 성장 속도의 변화는 4.8 (2.1, 7.7) cm/yr로 의미있게 증가하였다(P<0.001). 성장호르몬으로 치료받은 환자 중, 치료 후 1년간 성장속도는 SGA군에서 7.1 (5.1, 8.5) cm/yr, AGA군에서 8.2 (4.9, 11.1) cm/yr로 두 군 모두에서 성장호르몬 사용 전 1년 간의 성장 속도보다는 유의하게 증가하였다. 성장호르몬 치료를 시작할 때의 신장의 SDS가 -3 이상인 군과 -3 미만인 군으로 나누어 분석해 보았을 때, 성장호르몬 자극검사시의 IGF-I 농도가 SDS가 -3 미만인 군에서 유의하게 낮게 측정되었다(P=0.023). 결 론 : 성장 속도가 연간 4 cm 미만으로 감소하였으나 성장호르몬 자극검사가 정상인 환자들이 단기간의 성장호르몬 투여로 성장 속도의 증가가 있었으나 이들에서의 장기적인 성장호르몬 효과에 대하여는 향후 더 추적관찰이 필요하다. 또한 이들에서 부분적 인 성장호르몬 저항성 증후군의 가능성이 있으므로, 추후 이러한 환자들을 대상으로 IGF-I 생성 검사를 포함한, GH-IGF-I 축에 대한 검사를 시행하여 성장 장애의 원인을 밝혀야 할 것이다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.1016-1020
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• 2007

In this study, dioscin was isolated from Dioscoreae Rhizoma (DR), which is the rhizome of Dioscorea batatas DECNE. that inhabits broad areas of Korea and Japan. To determine whether dioscin induced growth hormone (GH) release, we evaluated its induction effects on GH release both in vitro and in vivo. The 70% methanol extract of DR, and its n-hexane and n-BuOH fractions, induced rat GH (rGH) release in rat pituitary cells 10-fold, 8-fold, and 5-fold higher than the control ($0.36{\pm}0.02 nM$), respectively (p < 0.05 each). The dioscin-induced rGH release of the cells was concentration-dependent and its $ED_{50}$ was $1.14{\times}10^{-5} M$. Within 90 minutes after intravenous administration of $10{\mu}g$/kg (p < 0.05 at $t_{max}$), dioscin caused the greatest increase in rGH concentration ($C_{max}$) in the rat plasma ($34.16{\pm}14.10 ng/ml$) (n = 4), which was twice as high as the control group ($12.88{\pm}3.29 ng/ml$) (n = 27).

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.367-370
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• 2007

Objective: Pituitary adenomas are common neurological lesions believed to account for 10% to 15% of all primary brain tumors. There can be diagnostic confusion due to discordance of the preoperative endocrine and the postoperative immunohistochemical diagnosis. In this study, the rate of discordance between preoperative and postoperative findings and their clinical implications were investigated. Methods: From March 2005 to March 2006, 26 patients who underwent surgery for a pituitary adenoma were enrolled in this study. The preoperative pituitary hormone level and postoperative immunohistochemical results were compared and analyzed. Results: The median age of the patients was 38 years [range 15-66 years]. The male to female ratio was 8 to 18. The endocrine evaluation showed 16 hormonally-active and 10 hormonally-inactive adenomas. The immunohistochemical findings showed : 13 prolactin-positive, 1 GH-positive, 1 FSH-positive, 8 pleurihormone-positive and 3 stain-negative adenomas. The percentage of discordance observed between the preoperative endocrine and postoperative immunohistochemical diagnosis was 54%. Nine of 10 endocrine non-functioning adenomas showed : 3 PRL positive, 1 GH positive, 2 PRL+GH positive, 1 TSH+FSH positive, 1 FSH+ACTH+PRL positive and 1 FSH+LH+PRL positive adenomas by immunohistochemistry. Three endocrine PRL+GH secreting adenomas showed 2 PRL positive and 1 FSH+GH positive by immunohistochemistry. One endocrine PRL secreting and 1 GH secreting adenoma showed 1 PRL+ TSH positive and 1 GH+PRL positive by immunohistochemistry, respectively. The diagnosis of the other 12 pituitary adenomas showed concordance. Conclusion : The results of this study showed 54% discordance rate between the preoperative endocrine and postoperative immunohistochemical diagnosis for pituitary adenomas.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.419-424
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• 1998

토끼 수정란의 전핵에 MT-hGH 유전자를 주입하고 핵이식 기법으로 형질전환 복제수정란의 생산효율과 PCR 검색으로 복제수정란에서 유전자존재 여부를 조사한 바 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. MT-hGH 유전자를 주입하여 8- 및 16- 세포기로 자란 수정란을 공핵란으로 사용하여 핵이식을 실시하였던 바, 세포융합률은 각각 60.0%, 62.8% 로 비슷하였으나 정상수정란을 공급핵으로 사용한 80.4% 보다 유의적으로 낮은 융합률을 보였다. 그러나 이들 복제수정란의 체외발달률은 처리군간에 유의적인 차이는 인정되지 않았다. 2. 유전자 주입 후 8- 및 16- 세포기로 자란 수정란의 할구를 이용하여 핵이식으로 복제하고 체외에서 배반포까지 자란 수정란을 PCR -screening으로 유전자를 검출한 결과, 각각 23% 와 33% 의 유전자 양성 수정란을 감별하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1473-1478
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• 2008

An experiment was conducted to investigate the mechanism for the effect of tetrabasic zinc chloride (TBZC) in enhancing growth performance of weanling piglets. Gut-brain peptides play an important role in the regulation of growth and appetite in animals. This study evaluated the effects of TBZC on blood concentrations of growth hormone (GH), ghrelin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), cholecystokinin (CCK) and neuropeptide Y (NPY). Seventy-two weanling piglets (Landrace$\times$Large White) with an initial body weight (BW) of $6.7{\pm}0.16kg$ and aged $24{\pm}1days$ were assigned to three dietary treatments: i) control diet without TBZC supplement, ii) the control diet supplemented with 2,000 mg Zn from TBZC/kg and iii) TBZC-supplemented diet pair-fed with respect to the control diet. Each treatment had six replications (pens) of four piglets. At the end of a 14-d experimental period, piglets were weighed and feed consumption was measured, and blood samples were collected for assays of GH, ghrelin, IGF-I, CCK and NPY concentrations. The inclusion of TBZC in the diet increased average daily gain (p<0.01), average daily feed intake (p<0.05), and feed conversion ratio (p<0.05). Pair-fed piglets had higher ADG, and lower FCR than (p<0.05) Control piglets. Supplementation of the diet with TBZC increased (p<0.05) serum GH and plasma ghrelin levels in weanling piglets, but did not affect (p>0.05) serum IGF-I and plasma NPY and CCK concentrations. Pair-fed piglets had lower (p<0.05) serum GH levels than TBZC-supplemented piglets, but did not (p>0.05) differ from Control piglets. These data indicated that TBZC elevated the concentration of ghrelin and GH. This observation may partly explain the beneficial effects of TBZC on growth performance of weanling piglets.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2003

붉바리(E. akaara)의 뇌하수체에서 추출한 mRNA로부터 RACE 방법으로 cDNA를 cloning하고 염기서열을 분석하였다. 붉바리의 성장호르몬 cDNA는 5' UTR, open reading frame, 3' UTR이 각각 21 bp, 615 bp, 247 bp인 전체 883 bp로 구성되어있다. Adenylation signal로 작용하는 sequence인 AATAAA는 poly(A)로부터 20 bp upstream에 위치하는 것을 확인하였다. 염기서열을 바탕으로 추정한 성장호르몬은 204개의 아미노산으로 구성된 단백질로서 signal peptide(17 aa)와 mature protein(187 aa)을 포함하고 있으며 mature protein의 분자량은 21.3 kDa으로 나타났다. 이 호르몬은 단백질의 3차 구조에 중요한 이황화 결합을 할 수 있는 4개의 cysteine 잔기와 1개의 N-glycosylation site를 가지고 있었다. 붉바리 성장호르몬의 염기서열은 농어목에 속하는 다른 어류의 성장호르몬 염기서열과의 유사도가 높게 나타났으며 orange-spotted grouper, gilthead seabream과 각각 96.9%, 88.6%의 상동성을 보였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1055-1062
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• 2012

Two SNPs, i.e. L127V and T172M, of bovine growth hormone (GH) causing the presence of GH gene haplotypes A, B, and C was previously shown to alter intramuscular fatty acid (FA) composition in Japanese Black (JB) heifers. To determine the SNP effect on somatotropic hormone concentration and lipogenesis, we measured plasma GH, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations. We also measured mRNA levels of fatty acid synthase (FASN), stearoyl-coA desaturase (SCD), and sterol regulatory element binding proteins-1 (SREBP-1) and FA composition in diaphragm tissues. Heifers with genotype CC had the lowest plasma insulin concentration and FASN and SCD mRNA levels among genotypes. FASN mRNA levels in haplotype A tended to positively correlate with saturated FA (SFA) content and negatively correlated with C18:2 and unsaturated FA (USFA) contents. SCD mRNA levels in haplotype A positively correlated with monounsaturated FA (MUFA) contents and negatively correlated with C18:0 content. They also tended to positively correlate with C16:1, C18:1, and USFA contents and USFA/SFA ratio and negatively correlate with SFA content. Taken together, GH gene polymorphism affects the lipogenic genes expression levels and their relationships with fatty acid compositions in diaphragm tissues of JB heifers at 31 months of age.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2019

A special eosinophilic agarase exo-type ${\beta}$-agarase gene, AgaDL6, was cloned from a marine agar-degrading bacterium, Flammeovirga sp. HQM9. The gene comprised 1,383-bp nucleotides encoding a putative agarase AgaDL6 of 461 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 52.8 kDa. Sequence analysis revealed a ${\beta}$-agarase domain that belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family (GH) 16 and a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM_4_9) unique to agarases. AgaDL6 was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). Enzyme activity analysis of the purified protein showed that the optimal temperature and pH of AgaDL6 were $50^{\circ}C$ and 3.0, respectively. AgaDL6 showed thermal stability by retaining more than 98% of activity after incubation for 2 h at $50^{\circ}C$, a feature quite different from other agarases. AgaDL6 also exhibited outstanding acid stability, retaining 100% of activity after incubation for 24 h at pH 2.0 to 5.0, a property distinct from other agarases. This is the first agarase characterized to have such high acid stability. In addition, we observed no obvious stimulation or inhibition of AgaDL6 in the presence of various metal ions and denaturants. AgaDL6 is an exo-type ${\beta}$-1,4 agarase that cleaved agarose into neoagarotetraose and neoagarohexaose as the final products. These characteristics make AgaDL6 a potentially valuable enzyme in the cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2008

Objectives: Galgeunhaegitang-gamibang(GH) and Samhwangseze-gamibang(SG) has been known that they are helpful for treatment of atopic dermititis clinically, but there is no report about the effect of GH and SG. So, author aimed to investigate the effects of GH and SG on atopic dermititis of NC/Nga mice. Methods : NC/Nga mice were divide into three group : normal, control, and experimental group. Atopic dermatitis was induced in the control and experimental group by spreading DNCB. Then GH was orally administered three times in a week for 8 weeks to the experimental group and SG was spreaded two times in a day for 8 weeks to the experimental group, while the control group was given normal saline. We observed changes of clinical skin severity score, serum IgE, IL-4, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IgM, IgGl, $IFN-{\gamma}$ and so on. We used one-way ANOVA test statistically(p<0.01). Results : Clinical skin severities of experiment group in 13 and 16weeks were significantly decreased by 48% and 55% compared to the control group. Serum IgE, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IgM, IgGl levels of experimental group were singnificantly decreased compared to the control group. Serum $IFN-{\gamma}$ level of the experimental group was significantly increased against control group. mRNA expression levels of IL-4, IL-5, IL-6 and CCR3 in the skin tissues of experimental group were significantly decreased compared to the control group. In contrary, $IFN-{\gamma}$y mRNA expression level were increased compared to the control group. Histological observation of the ear and skin tissues showed that the extents of inflammation and infiltrated immune cells in the epidermis and dermis of experimental group were highly deminished compared to the control group. Judging from that $IL-1{\beta}$, $TNF-{\alpha}$, IL-6 expression of gene, the effects of inflammatory cytokine revelation were significantly decreased compared to the control group. In the model inducing COX-2 activity in RAW 264.7 cell, COX-2 activity was significantly inhibited depending on the density of GH compared to the control serum. According to cell multiplication, examination of cell toxicity showed that GH is safe at the density of 10, 50, 100mg/l and even 1000mg/l. Conclusion : Accordin to the above results, it is considered that GH and SG is effective treatment for the atopic dermatitis.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.363-369
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• 2003

목 적 : 본 연구는 저신장 소아 중 성장호르몬 약물자극검사에서는 정상반응을 나타낸 특발성 저신장 소아들을 대상으로 야간의 수면 양상과 성장호르몬 분비가 정상 신장의 아동과 차이가 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 성장호르몬 약물자극검사에서 정상반응을 보인 신장이 3 백분위수 이하인 특발성 저신장 아동 12명과 정상 신장 아동 9명을 대상으로 30분 간격으로 야간수면 동안의 자발적 성장호르몬 분비를 측정하고 동시에 polysomnography로 수면양상을 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 야간 수면 중 분비된 성장호르몬의 평균농도는 저신장 아동군이 정상 아동군에 비해 유의하게 낮았으며($2.8{\pm}0.2 ng/mL$ vs $4.7{\pm}0.6 ng/mL$), 특히 수면개시 후 서파 수면과 동반되는 성장호르몬 최대 분비치가 저신장 아동군이 낮았다. 2) 수면 중 성장호르몬 농도가 5 ng/mL 이상인 성장호르몬 분비 최대치의 횟수는 각각 $4.1{\pm}0.5$회, $5.8{\pm}0.6$회로 저신장군이 유의하게 적었다. 3) 전체 수면 시간에 대한 서파 수면 시간의 백분율도 저신장 아동군이 정상 아동군에 비해 감소되어 있었다($16.4{\pm}1.3%$ vs $20.8{\pm}1.2%$). 결 론 : 야간 수면 동안의 자발적인 성장호르몬 분비 검사가 약물자극검사에서 정상반응을 보이는 특발성 저신장 아동의 추가적인 진단에 도움을 줄 수 있으며 이들 저신장 아동에서 보이는 야간 성장호르몬 분비 감소는 수면구조의 차이와 일부 관련이 있는 것으로 생각된다.