• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.225-232
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• 2019

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are key players during an immune response at the mucosal surfaces, such as lung, skin, and gastrointestinal tract. Giardia lamblia is an extracellular protozoan pathogen that inhabits the human small intestine. In this study, ILCs prepared from the lamina propria of mouse small intestine were incubated with G. lamblia trophozoites. Transcriptional changes in G. lamblia-exposed ILCs resulted in identification of activation of several immune pathways. Secretion of interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-17F, $IL-1{\beta}$, and interferon-${\gamma}$ was increased, whereas levels of IL-13, IL-5, and IL-22, was maintained or reduced upon exposure to G. lamblia. Goup 3 ILC (ILC3) was found to be dominant amongst the ILCs, and increased significantly upon co-cultivation with G. lamblia trophozoites. Oral inoculation of G. lamblia trophozoites into mice resulted in their presence in the small intestine, of which, the highest number of parasites was detected at the 5 days-post infection. Increased ILC3 was observed amongst the ILC population at the 5 days-post infection. These findings indicate that ILC3 from the lamina propria secretes IL-17 in response to G. lamblia, leading to the intestinal pathology observed in giardiasis.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권5호
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• pp.1231-1245
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• 2021

목적 크기가 작은 소엽상피내암(lobular carcinoma in situ;이하 LCIS)과 침윤성 소엽암(invasive lobular carcinoma; 이하 ILC)의 영상의학적 소견을 비교하여 감별에 도움을 줄 수 있는지 알아보았다. 대상과 방법 2012년 1월부터 2016년 12월까지 2 cm 이하의 LCIS 여성 환자 52명(중앙값 45세, 범위 32-67세)과 ILC 여성 환자 180명(중앙값 49세, 범위 36-75세)을 대상으로 하였다. 모든 환자는 유방촬영술과 초음파 검사를 받았고, LCIS 환자 20명과 ILC 환자 150명은 MRI 검사를 받았다. 두 집단의 임상적, 영상의학적 소견들을 비교했고, 병변 크기에 따라 소그룹으로 나눠 추가 분석하였다. 결과 LCIS 환자는 다변량 분석에서 나이가 적을수록(odds ratio [이하 OR] = 1.100), 종괴 크기가 작을수록(OR = 1.103), 종괴가 둥글거나 타원형일 때(OR = 4.098), 종괴가 피부선과 평행할 때(OR = 5.464), 지방과 동등한 에코일 때(OR = 3.360), 오즈비(OR)가 유의하게 높았다. 그룹 간 감별에서 receiver operating characteristic curve 아래 면적값은 0.904 (95% 신뢰구간, 0.857-0.951)였다. 소그룹 분석에서 크기가 더 작은 LCIS (≤ 1 cm)는 ILC보다 양성에 가깝게 보였다. 결론 크기가 작은 LCIS는 ILC보다 양성에 가까운 소견들을 보였다. 몇 가지 영상의학적 소견은 LCIS를 예측과 관련된 독립인자로 생각된다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.1143-1148
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• 2007

LRE(Liquid propellant Rocket Engine) is one of the important parts to control the motion of rocket. For operation of rocket in error boundary of the set-up trajectory, it is necessarily to control the thrust of LRE according to the required thrust profile and control the mixture ratio of propellants fed into combustor for the constant mixture ratio. It is not easy to control thrust and mixture ratio of propellants since there are co-interferences among the components of LRE. In this study, the dynamic model of LRE was constructed and the dynamic characteristics were analyzed with control system as PID control and PID+Q-ILC(Iterative Learning Control with Quadratic Criterion) control. From the analysis, it could be observed that PID+Q-ILC control logic is more useful than standard PID control system for control of LRE.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.80-89
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• 2014

A stochastic optimal power flow (S-OPF) model considering uncertainties of load and wind power is developed based on chance constrained programming (CCP). The difficulties in solving the model are the nonlinearity and probabilistic constraints. In this paper, a limit relaxation approach and an iterative learning control (ILC) method are implemented to solve the S-OPF model indirectly. The limit relaxation approach narrows the solution space by introducing regulatory factors, according to the relationship between the constraint equations and the optimization variables. The regulatory factors are designed by ILC method to ensure the optimality of final solution under a predefined confidence level. The optimization algorithm for S-OPF is completed based on the combination of limit relaxation and ILC and tested on the IEEE 14-bus system.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2000

호르텐스극구흡충 피낭유충을 흰쥐 및 마우스에 경구 감염시킨 후 실험동물의 혈청 및 장액에 대한 IgA 및 IgE 항체가 변화 추이를 ELISA방법으로 비교 분석하였다. 감염 흰쥐에서 혈청의 경우 IgA와 IgE항체가를 대조군과 비교해 볼 때 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 그러나 장액의 IgA항체가는 감염 후부터 계속 증가하여 8주에서 최고치 (0.47$\pm$0.11)를 나타냈다. 감염 흰쥐에서 충체 회수율은 8주까지 계속 충체 수가 감소하는 경향을 보였는데 특히, 장액의 IgA 항체가 성적이 최고치를 나타낸 기간에 유의한 감소 성적을 나타냈다 감염 마우스 혈청에서의 IgA항체가는 감염 기간동안 계속적으로 증가하여 감염 8주에서 최고치 (0.45$\pm$0.01)를 보였으며, IgE의 경우는 감염 후부터 7주까지 증가하여 7주에서 그 최고치 (0.23$\pm$0.02)를 보였으나 그 이후 다시 감소되었다. 장액의 경우 IgA 항체가는 감염 후부터 증가하여 8주에서 최고치 (0.14$\pm$0.01)를 보였으며, 이는 혈청 IgA의 항체가 변화와 유사한 경향을 보였다. 감염 마우스의 충체 회수율은 감염 후부터 계속적으로 감소하였으며 7주와 8주에서 유의한 감소를 보였는데 (p＜0.05)이것은 장액에서의 IgA와 IgE, 혈청에서의 IgA의 항체가 최고치를 나타낸 기간과 일치하였다. 이상의 결과에서 호르텐스극구흡충 감염 마우스에 있어서, IgA 및 IgE 항체가의 유무는 충체의 배출(expulsion)에 일부 연관되어 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.25.1-25.16
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• 2021

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease whose development is shaped by a variety of environmental and genetic factors. While several recent studies suggest that microbial dysbiosis in the gut may promote asthma, little is known about the relationship between the recently discovered lung microbiome and asthma. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) have also been shown recently to participate in asthma. To investigate the relationship between the lung microbiome, ILCs, and asthma, we recruited 23 healthy controls (HC), 42 patients with non-severe asthma, and 32 patients with severe asthma. Flow cytometry analysis showed severe asthma associated with fewer natural cytotoxicity receptor (NCR)⁺ILC3s in the lung. Similar changes in other ILC subsets, macrophages, and monocytes were not observed. The asthma patients did not differ from the HC in terms of the alpha and beta-diversity of the lung and gut microbiomes. However, lung function correlated positively with both NCR⁺ILC3 frequencies and microbial diversity in the lung. Sputum NCR⁺ILC3 frequencies correlated positively with lung microbiome diversity in the HC, but this relationship was inversed in severe asthma. Together, these data suggest that airway NCR⁺ILC3s may contribute to a healthy commensal diversity and normal lung function.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.425-434
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• 2006

석유화학공업으로 대표되는 공정산업의 연속공정들은 지난 20여 년간 모델예측제어를 중심으로 고급제어(APC)기법들이 도입되며 운전성 및 생산성 향상에 많은 진보를 이루었다. 이에 반하여 중합반응기를 비롯한 각종 회분공정에는 APC 기법의 도입이 아직 활발히 이루어지지 않고 있다. 이것은 회분공정의 독특한 문제점을 극복하며 원하는 성능을 보장할 수 있는 방법론이 제시되지 못한 데에 가장 큰 이유가 있다고 할 수 있다. 그러나 최근 이러한 문제점들을 극복할 수 있는 APC 기법들이 반복학습제어(ILC)에 근거하여 개발되며 회분공정 APC 환경에 큰 변화가 일어나고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이들 기법들이 다양한 실제 공정에 활발하게 적용되어 운전을 개선할 수 있기를 기대하며, ILC를 기반으로 한 최근의 회분공정 APC 연구동향을 이론과 실례를 통해 소개한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권11호
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• pp.833-845
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• 2022

Although asthma is a common chronic airway disease that responds well to anti-inflammatory agents, some patients with asthma are unresponsive to conventional treatment. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have therapeutic potential for the treatment of inflammatory diseases owing to their immunomodulatory properties. However, the target cells of MSCs are not yet clearly known. This study aimed to determine the effect of human umbilical cord-derived MSCs (hUC-MSCs) on asthmatic lungs by modulating innate immune cells and effector T cells using a murine asthmatic model. Intravenously administered hUC-MSCs reduced airway resistance, mucus production, and inflammation in the murine asthma model. hUC-MSCs attenuated not only T helper (Th) 2 cells and Th17 cells but also augmented regulatory T cells (Tregs). As for innate lymphoid cells (ILC), hUC-MSCs effectively suppressed ILC2s by downregulating master regulators of ILC2s, such as Gata3 and Tcf7. Finally, regarding lung macrophages, hUC-MSCs reduced the total number of macrophages, particularly the proportion of the enhanced monocyte-derived macrophage population. In a closer examination of monocyte-derived macrophages, hUC-MSCs reduced the M2a and M2c populations. In conclusion, hUC-MSCs can be considered as a potential anti-asthmatic treatment given their therapeutic effect on the asthmatic airway inflammation in a murine asthma model by modulating innate immune cells, such as ILC2s, M2a, and M2c macrophages, as well as affecting Tregs and effector T cells.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.705-709
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• 1999

To evaluate iron bioavailability in iron fortified milk, in vitro and in vivo method were used. Low molecular weight components(ILC) from milk was isolated and iron was added, then soluble iron from ILC iron complex was determined. Each iron sources and extrinsically labelled with FeCl3 was used for measuring absorption rate of iron from ILC radiolabelled iron complexes as radioiron absorption into the blood one hour after injection into ligated duodenal loops of iron deficient rats. Iron absorption rate was in the order of ferrous lactate(25.56%)$\geq$ferric citrate(24.71%)$\geq$ferrous sulfate(19.67%) when 100ppm iron was used. In separate experiments, iron fortified milks with each iron sources were gavaged into iron deficient rats. When 25ppm iron was added to milk, the order of iron absorption was ferrous sulfate(12.52%)>ferrous lactate(8.07%)>ferric citrate(6.52%) (p<0.05). When 100ppm iron was added to milk, absorption rate was decreased compared to the treatments with added 25ppm of iron. Absorption rate of ferrous sulfate(5.34%) from milk added 100ppm iron was highly lowered, but ferric citrate(6.45%) was not significantly changed. The absorption rate of ferrous lactate(5.82%) was 70% of 25ppm iron added milk.

• 한국초전도저온공학회지:초전도와저온공학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2006