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Modification of Tomato Aspermy Virus Symptom by Cucumber Mosaic Virus- Associated Satellite RNA (Cucumber Mosaic Virus-associated Satellite RNA에 의한 Tomato Aspermy Virus의 병징변화)

  • Lee Hyun Sook
    • Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.145-149
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    • 1986
  • A tomato Aspermy Virus (TAV-B) served as a helper virus for multiplication and encapsidation of satellite RNAs which were isolated from two different CMV isolates, D and K. These two satellite RNAs induced renarkable attenuation of TAV symptoms in infected tobacco, which was correlated with a reduction of virus content in the plant. The CMV satellite RNAs also caused lethal necrosis in TAV-infected tomato as in the case of CMV system.

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Zoolan Gene Cloning of Zoogloea ramigera 115 (Zoogloea ramigera 115의 Zooglan Gene Cloning)

  • 이기영;전순배
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.115-123
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    • 1996
  • Two kinds of mutants were isolated to clone a cluster of genes essential for zooglan biosynthesis. Zoogloea ramigera 115 strains produce capsular polysaccharide. To achieve conjugation in strain 115 and to facilitate recovery of product, a capsule non-forming strain was isolated via successive centrifugation and screening. The other kind of mutants devoid of or producing altered exopolysaccharides were obtained using classical transposon(Tn5) technique and screened for altered colony morphology and celluflour binding properties. Complementation of these mutants was achieved with Z. ramigera 115 slime gene library constructed in a broad host range cosmid vector and helper plasmid by triparental conjugation.

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A Study on the Welfare Service of the Elderly People for Aging in Place (Aging in Place를 위한 재가노인복지서비스에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, In-Sook;Park, Nam-Hee;Shin, Hwa-Kyoung
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.371-374
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    • 2005
  • As the aging of this society, instead of growing numbers old protective functions of families decreased according to increasing tendency of nuclear families, increasing rates of females' participation of economic activities. Now, the problem of supporting the old is in need of social supporting system the cope with this are based on these factors are like this: 1) It is necessarily the instruction of medical welfare service. 2) The overlapped service is avoided and the service of specialized. 3) Most of the welfare service institution is Seoul and local city hall, so it needs the institution is transferred. 4) It needs the increase the number of home helper. 5) When the service is offered, the government must considers finance, elderly health condition and preference. 6) It needs the department for the welfare service for the old who stay at home.

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Genetic Factors Affecting Insecticidal Crystal Protein Synthesis in Bacillus thuringiensis

  • Park, Hyung-Woo;Brian A. Federici
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2000
  • Early studies of the molecular biology of Bacillus thuringeinsis suggested that genetic manipulation of this species could create combinations of genes more useful than those known to occur in natural isolates. Breakthroughs that made these manipulations possible include the cloning of many genes encoding endotoxins, the development of transformation vectors, and various PCR techniques. This paper reviews several genetic factors such as promoters, a 5'mRNA stabilizing sequence, 3'transcription termination sequences, and helper proteins that have been used to enhance crystal protein synthesis, and shows how these genetic elements can be manipulated with new molecular tools to develop more efficacious strains of B. thuringiensis.

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Coding Helper for Python Beginners based on the Large Language Model(LLM) (대규모 언어 모델(LLM) 기반의 파이썬 입문자를 위한 코딩 도우미)

  • Se-Hoon Lee;Jeong-Bin Choi;Yong-Tae Baek;Sun-Ho Yoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2023.07a
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    • pp.389-390
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    • 2023
  • 본 논문에서는 파이썬 코딩 플랫폼에서의 LLM(Large Language Models)을 로직 및 문법 에러 확인, 디버깅 도구로 활용할 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템은 사용자가 코딩 플랫폼에서 작성한 파이썬 코드와 함께 발생한 에러 문구 및 프롬프트를 LLM 모델에 입력함으로써 로직(문법) 에러를 식별하고 디버깅에 활용할 수 있다. 특히, 입문자를 고려해 프롬프트를 제한하여 사용의 편의성을 높인다. 이를 통해 파이썬 코딩 교육에서 입문자들의 학습 과정을 원활하게 진행할 수 있으며, 파이썬 코딩에 대한 진입 장벽을 낮출 수 있다.

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Molecular Mechanisms of T Helper Cell Differentiation and Functional Specialization

  • Gap Ryol Lee
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.4.1-4.15
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    • 2023
  • Th cells, which orchestrate immune responses to various pathogens, differentiate from naive CD4 T cells into several subsets that stimulate and regulate immune responses against various types of pathogens, as well as a variety of immune-related diseases. Decades of research have revealed that the fate decision processes are controlled by cytokines, cytokine receptor signaling, and master transcription factors that drive the differentiation programs. Since the Th1 and Th2 paradigm was proposed, many subsets have been added to the list. In this review, I will summarize these events, including the fate decision processes, subset functions, transcriptional regulation, metabolic regulation, and plasticity and heterogeneity. I will also introduce current topics of interest.

Follicular Helper T (Tfh) Cells in Autoimmune Diseases and Allograft Rejection

  • Yun-Hui Jeon;Youn Soo Choi
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.219-232
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    • 2016
  • Production of high affinity antibodies for antigens is a critical component for the immune system to fight off infectious pathogens. However, it could be detrimental to our body when the antigens that B cells recognize are of self-origin. Follicular helper T, or Tfh, cells are required for the generation of germinal center reactions, where high affinity antibody-producing B cells and memory B cells predominantly develop. As such, Tfh cells are considered as targets to prevent B cells from producing high affinity antibodies against self-antigens, when high affinity autoantibodies are responsible for immunopathologies in autoimmune disorders. This review article provides an overview of current understanding of Tfh cells and discusses it in the context of animal models of autoimmune diseases and allograft rejections for generation of novel therapeutic interventions.

Effects of Imperatae Rhizoma Extract on T helper 2 cell differentiation (백모근 추출물의 T helper 2 세포 분화 조절 효과)

  • Kim, Bok-Kyu;Lim, Jong-Soon;Kil, Ki-Jung
    • The Korea Journal of Herbology
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2014
  • Objectives : The aims of this study were to exploring the therapeutic effect of Imperatae Rhizoma Extract(IRE) on Asthma. Methods : To investigate biological modulation activities of IRE, we conducted the cell-based assay whether IRE could regulate T helper 2 cells activity with EL4 T cells and mouse splenocytes, and followed animal study to conform the efficacy of their therapeutic potential on OVA-induced asthmatic mouse. Results : In cell study, IRE suppress the nuclear translocation of GATA binding protein-3 protein in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/Ionomycin-stimulated EL4 T cells and Interleukine(IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13 production in splenocytes at concentration dependent manner. In animal study, IRE-treated groups both 100mg/ml and 200mg/ml improve airway hypersensitibility reaction(AHR) response to methacholine about 30% and 40% with positive control group. Peritoneal blood analysis reveal that eosinophil number and ovalbumin-specific IgE is reduced by IRE treatment. Cell number of eosinophil is also reduced in bronchoalveolar lavage of IRE group like to peritoneal cell and real time-polymerase chain reaction data show that expression levels of IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 were down regulated in lung tissue. Finally, histological analysis indicate that IRE protect the bronchial tissue damages through the accumulation of inflammatory cells and collagen, and these effect may be cause by interfering Th2 cells activity. Conclusions : Our data represent that IRE potentiates therapeutic activities to the allergic diseases such as asthma by regulating Th2 cells differentiation.

T helper cell subsets and related cytokines in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization before and after seminal plasma exposure

  • Azad, Marziyeh;Keshtgar, Sara;Jahromi, Bahia Namavar;Kanannejad, Zahra;Gharesi-Fard, Behrouz
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.214-223
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    • 2017
  • Objective: In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a well-known method for the treatment of infertility. The present study aimed to compare the differences between infertile women with successful and unsuccessful IVF outcomes regarding the expression of T helper (Th) cell transcription factors and a group of related cytokines before and after exposure to their husbands' seminal plasma. Methods: This study was performed on 19 couples with unexplained infertility undergoing IVF treatment. Among the studied group, nine and 10 couples had successful and unsuccessful IVF outcomes, respectively. This study was carried out using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results: Before seminal plasma exposure, the expression levels of T-bet (p< 0.007), $interferon-{\gamma}$ (p= 0.013), and tumor necrosis factor $(TNF)-{\alpha}$ (p= 0.017) were higher in the infertile women with IVF failure than in those with successful IVF outcomes, while those of GATA3 (p< 0.001), Foxp3 (p= 0.001), and interleukin (IL)-35 (p< 0.003) were lower. After seminal exposure, the expression of T-bet (p= 0.02), Rorc (p< 0.001), $TNF-{\alpha}$ (p= 0.001), Foxp3 (p= 0.02), and $interferon-{\gamma}$ (p= 0.001) increased in the unsuccessful IVF group, while the expression of Foxp3 (p= 0.02), Rorc (p< 0.001), IL-23 (p= 0.04), IL-17 (p= 0.02), IL-6 (p< 0.001), transforming growth $factor-{\beta}$ (p= 0.01), and IL-35 (p< 0.001) increased in the successful IVF group. Conclusion: In summary, IVF failure was associated with imbalanced Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg responses. Moreover, our results show that seminal plasma might have a positive effect on IVF outcomes via changes in peripheral blood T cell subsets.