• 제목/요약/키워드: Immunity, Humoral

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마우스에 있어서 왜소조충 감염이 sRBC에 대한 면역능에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Humenolepis nana infection on immunological responses of mice to sRBC)

  • 이재구;육심용;박배근
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.23-34
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    • 1989
  • 요 약 : 마우스에 있어서 왜소조충(Hymenolepis nana) 감염이 숙주의 비특이 면역반응에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 ICR계 마우스(20 g 정도)를 인공감염 군과 자연감염 군으로 나누어 인공감염 군의 일부는 최초 감염 후 15일째에, 자연감염 군은 실험 시작일에 프라지관텔(25mg/kg/day)을 3일 간 연속 투여하고 경시적으로 50일까지 면양 적혈구(sRBC) 감작에 대한 지연형 과민반응, 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가, 말초혈액 내 호산구 출현률, 비장세포의 sRBC 로제트(로제트) 형성능, 항체처리 로제트 형성능 및 소장 점막 비만세포 출현빈도에 대하여 관찰하였다. 인공감염군에 있어서 지연형 과민반응은 감염 10일에 대조보다 일시적으로 현저히 저하하였다가 그 후 점차 상승하여 거의 정상으로 복귀하였다. 호산구 출현률은 왜소조충이 감염됨에 따라 대조보다 다소 상승하는 경향이었다. 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가는 감염 초기에는 대조보다 다소 높은 값을 나타내었으나 감염 15일에 일시적으로 낮아졌다가 다시 거의 정상으로 복귀하였다. 로제트 및 항체 처리 로제트 형성능은 감염 15일에 대조보다 일시적으로 낮아졌다가 그 이후에는 점차 높아졌다. 비만세포 출현빈도는 감염후 시일 경과에 따라 점차 높아져 10일에 피이크에 이른 다음 그보다 약간 낮은 수준으로 계속 유지하였다. 인공감염군의 치료례에 있어서 지연형 과민반응과 호산구 출현률은 인공감염군에 비해 전반적으로 약간 떨어지는 경향이었으나, 로제트 형성능과 비만세포 출현빈도는 현저하게 저하하였다. 적혈구 응집소가, 용혈소가 및 항체처리 로제트 형성능은 인공감염 군에 비해 다소 높은 경향이었다. 한편, 자연감염 군에 있어서는 왜소조충 감염에 의해 높았던 지연형 과민반응, 비만세포 출현빈도 및 호산구 출현률 등이 치료 후에 점차 저하되어 대조와 거의 일치하였다. 또, 감염에 의해 낮았던 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가는 치료 후 점차 상승하여 대조와 거의 일치하였는데 로제트 및 항체처리 로제트 형성능은 낮았던 값이 치료 후에도 계속 낮게 유지되었다. 이상의 실험결과로 미루어 보아 ICR계 마우스에 있어서 sRBC에 대한 면역능은 왜소조충 감염에 의해 일반적으로 활성화되는데 감염 후 10∼15일에는 일시적으로 저하된다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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Impact of Allogenic and Autologous Transfusion on Immune Function in Patients with Tumors

  • Guo, Jian-Rong;Xu, Feng;Jin, Xiao-Ju;Shen, Hua-Chun;Liu, Yang;Zhang, Yi-Wei;Shao, Yi
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.467-474
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    • 2014
  • Objective: To observe the effects of allogeneic and autologous transfusion on cellular immunity, humoral immunity and secretion of serum inflammatory factors and perforin during the perioperative period in patients with malignant tumors. Methods: A total of 80 patients (age: 38-69 years; body weight: 40-78 kg; ASA I - II) receiving radical operation for gastro-intestinal cancer under general anesthesia were selected. All the patients were divided into four groups based on the methods of infusion and blood transfusion: blank control group (Group C), allogeneic transfusion group (group A), hemodiluted autotransfusion Group (Group H) and hemodiluted autotransfusion + allogenic transfusion Group (A+H group). Venous blood was collected when entering into the surgery room ($T_0$), immediately after surgery ($T_1$) and 24h ($T_2$), 3d ($T_3$) and 7d ($T_4$) after surgery, respectively. Moreover, flow cytometry was applied to assess changes of peripheral blood T cell subpopulations and NK cells. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays were performed to determine levels of IL-2, IL-10, TNF-${\alpha}$ and perforin. Immune turbidimetry was employed to determine the changes in serum immunoglobulin. Results: Both CD3+ and NK cells showed a decrease at $T_1$ and $T_2$ in each group, among which, in group A, CD3+ decreased significantly at $T_2$ (P<0.05) compared with other groups, and CD3+ and NK cell reduced obviously only in group A at $T_3$ and $T_4$ (P<0.05). CD4+ cells and the ratio of D4+/CD8+ were decreased in groups A, C and A+H at $T_1$ and $T_2$ (P<0.05). No significant intra- and inter-group differences were observed in CD8+ of the four groups (P<0.05). IL-2 declined in group C at $T_1$ and $T_2$ (P<0.05) and showed a decrease in group A at each time point (P<0.05). Moreover, IL-2 decreased in group A + H only at $T_1$. No significant difference was found in each group at $T_1$ (P<0.05). More significant decrease in group ?? at $T_2$, $T_3$ and $T_4$ compared with group A (P<0.05), and there were no significant differences among other groups (P>0.05). IL-10 increased at $T_1$ and $T_2$ in each group (P<0.05), in which it had an obvious increase in group A, and increase of IL-10 occurred only in group A at $T_3$ and $T_4$ (P<0.05). TNF-${\alpha}$ level rose at $T_1$ (P<0.05), no inter- and intra-group difference was found in perforin in all groups (P<0.05). Compared with the preoperation, both IgG and IgA level decreased at $T_1$ in each group (P<0.05), and they declined only in Group A at $T_2$ and $T_3$ (P<0.05), and these parameters were back to the preoperative levels in other groups. No significant differences were observed between preoperative and postoperative IgG and IgA levels in each group at $T_4$ (P>0.05). No obvious inter- and intra-group changes were found in IgM in the four groups (P>0.05). Conclusions: Allogeneic transfusion during the perioperative period could obviously decrease the number of T cell subpopulations and NK cells and the secretion of stimulating cytokines and increase the secretion of inhibiting cytokines in patients with malignant tumors, thus causing a Th1/Th2 imbalance and transient decreasing in the content of plasma immune globulin. Autologous transfusion has little impact and may even bring about some improvement oo postoperative immune function in patients with tumors. Therefore, cancer patients should receive active autologous transfusion during the perioperative period in place of allogeneic transfusion.

마우스에 있어서 멱역활성이 돼지회충의 감염에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Immunoactivity on Ascaris suum Infection in Mice)

  • 이재구;박배근;서영석
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.279-292
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    • 1991
  • 마우스에의 돼지회충(Ascaris strum) 또는 선모충(Trichinella spiralis) 감염이 sRBC에 대한 면역능에 미치는 영향을 조사한 다음 전처치로서 선모충을 감염시키거나 또는 cyclophosphamide를 투여하고 나서 돼지회충란을 경구투여하여 그 감염상태와 소장점막내 비만세포와의 관련성 그 리고 비특이 세포성 및 체액성 면역능을 함께 관찰하였다. 마우스에 1,000개의 돼지회충란을 경구투여한 바 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능은 시일이 경과됨에 따라 점점 감소하기 시작하여 각각 5주, 6주에 최저치에 이른 다음 점점 상승하여 10주에 원상으로 복귀하였으며, 적현구 응집소가 및 용현소가는 점점 상승하여 3주에 최고치에 이른 다음 그 후 정상으로 복귀하였으며, 말초힐액내 호산구 및 소장접막내 비만세포 출현율은 각각 4주 및 2주에 최고치를 보였다. 한편, 유충은 1주후에 폐와 간으로부터 총 21.97%가 누수되었다. 마우스에 300마리의 선모충의 감염유충을 경구투여한 바 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능은 시일이 경과 됨에 따라 점점 낮아져 각각 30일 및 21일에 전저치에 이른 다음 그 후부터 다소 높아지다가 70일 및 80일에 다시 일시적으로 낮아졌다. 그리고, 적현구 응집소가 및 용혈소가도 각각 21일 및 90일 에 다른 기보다 낮았으나, 말초혈액내 호산구 및 소장점막내 비만세포 출현율은 각각 40일째 및 14 일째에 다른 기보다 높았다. Cyclophosphamide를 400 mg/kg의 용량으로 마우스의 복륙 내에 투여한 바 체중이나 비장의 중량, 지연형 과민반응, 로제트 형성능, 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가, 백현구 총수, 소장점막내 비만세포 출현율은 투여 후 1일에 비하여 5일에 현저하게 저하되었다가 10일에 다 시 증가하여 1일과 거의 비슷한 수준으로 복귀하였다. 말포혈액내 호산구 출현율은 시일이 경과함 에 따라 점점 낮아지는 경향이었다. 한편, 마우스의 복강 내에 cyclophosphamide를 투여한 다음 1일, 5일, 10일에 각각 1,000개의 감염성 돼지회충란을 투여하고 난 후 7일의 유충각수률은 1일 7.07%, 5일 14.94%, 10일 10.1%이었으며 대조군은 8.02%이었다 유모충을 마우스에 감작감염시키고 나서 각각 30일 및 70일 간격을 두고 감염성 돼지회충란을 도전감염시킨 바 참작감염후 37일과 도전감염후 7일의 시점에 있어서 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능은 고도로 저하하였는데 반하여 소장점막내 비만세포 출현율은 고도로, 말초혈액내 호산구출현율, 적혈구 응집소가 및 용혈소가는 상당히 증가하였다. 이 시점에 있어서의 유충은 대조가 22.18% 회수되었는데 비하여 9.3%밖에 회수되지 않았다. 한편, 감작감염후 77일과 도전감염후 7일의 시점에 있어서 sRBC에 대한 면역능에 미치는 영향은 전자의 양상과 비슷하였는데 대조에 비하여 지연형 과민반응과 로제트 형성능이 현저하게 저하되었다. 이 시점에 있어서의 유충회수율은 대조가 10.5% 이었는데 비하여 8.3%이었다.

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Effect of Dietary β-1,3/1,6-glucan Supplementation on Growth Performance, Immune Response and Plasma Prostaglandin E2, Growth Hormone and Ghrelin in Weanling Piglets

  • Wang, Zhong;Guo, Yuming;Yuan, Jianmin;Zhang, Bingkun
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제21권5호
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    • pp.707-714
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    • 2008
  • The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan on growth performance, immunity and endocrine responses of weanling piglets. One hundred and eighty weanling piglets (Landrace$\times$Large White, $7.20{\pm}0.25kg$ BW and $28{\pm}2$ d of age) were randomly fed 1 of 5 treatment diets containing dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplemented at 0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg for 4 wks. Each treatment was replicated in 6 pens containing 6 pigs per pen. On d 14 and 28, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed efficiency were recorded as measures of growth performance. Peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation and serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) were measured to study the effect of dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation on immune function. Plasma prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), growth hormone (GH) and ghrelin were measured to investigate endocrine response to ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation. Our results suggest that average daily gain (ADG) and feed efficiency had a quadratic increase trend with dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation from d 14 to 28, whereas it had no significant effect on average daily feed intake (ADFI). The treatment group fed with 50 mg/kg dietary ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan supplementation showed a numerical increase in ghrelin, a similar change trend with ADG and no significant effect on GH. Lymphocyte proliferation indices, serum IgG and plasma PGE2 concentrations varied linearly with dietary supplementation levels of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan on d 14. Higher levels of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan may have a transient immuno-enhancing effect on the cellular and humoral immune function of weanling piglets via decreased PGE2. Taking into account both immune response and growth performance, the most suitable dietary supplementation level of ${\beta}$-1,3/1,6-glucan is 50 mg/kg for weanling piglets.

Effect of Galacto-mannan-oligosaccharides or Chitosan Supplementation on Cytoimmunity and Humoral Immunity in Early-weaned Piglets

  • Yin, Y.-L.;Tang, Z.R.;Sun, Z.H.;Liu, Z.Q.;Li, T.J.;Huang, R.L.;Ruan, Z.;Deng, Z.Y.;Gao, B.;Chen, L.X.;Wu, G.Y.;Kim, S.W.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제21권5호
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    • pp.723-731
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    • 2008
  • Immunomodulatory feed additives might offer alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters in pig production. This experiment was designed to determine the effects of dietary galacto-mannan-oligosaccharide (GMOS) and chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) supplementation on the immune response in early-weaned piglets. Forty 15-day-old piglets (Duroc$\times$Landrace$\times$Yorkshire) with an average live body weight of $5.6{\pm}0.51kg$ were weaned and randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups that were fed maize-soybean meal diets containing either basal, 110 mg/kg of lincomycin, 250 mg/kg of COS or 0.2% GMOS, respectively, over a 2-week period. Another six piglets of the same age were sacrificed on the same day at the beginning of the study for sampling, in order to obtain baseline values. Interleukin (IL)-1${\beta}$gene expression in peripheral blood monocytes, jejunal mucosa and lymph nodes, as well as serum levels of IL-1${\beta}$ IL-2 and IL-6, IgA, IgG, and IgM, were evaluated for 5 pigs from each group at 15 and 28 days of age. The results indicate that weaning stress resulted in decreases in serum antibody and cytokine levels. Dietary supplementation with GMOS or COS enhanced (p<0.05) IL-1${\beta}$gene expression in jejunal mucosa and lymph nodes, as well as serum levels of IL-1${\beta}$ IL-2, IL-6, IgA, IgG and IgM compared to supplementation with lincomycin. These findings suggest that GMOS or COS may enhance the cell-mediated immune response in early-weaned piglets by modulating the production of cytokines and antibodies, which shows that GMOS or COS have different effects than the antibiotic on animal growth and health.

만성 림프구성 백혈병이 동반된 소세포폐암 1예 (A Case of Small Cell Lung Cancer Coexisting with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)

  • 송준석;이건화;이민규;김웅준;이승호;김상헌;김태형;윤호주;신동호;박성수;최정혜;오영하;손장원
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제71권6호
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    • pp.454-458
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    • 2011
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia occurring in Western nations. In CLL it is well known that the risk of a secondary malignancy is higher than in the normal population. But in Korea, CLL is a rare type of leukemia, so there have been only a few reported cases with a secondary malignancy. CLL is characterized by progressive defects in both cell-mediated and humoral immunity. It is known that defects in the immune system of patients with CLL contribute to the development of a secondary malignancy. We experienced a case of a 71-year-old man who suffered from a chronic cough and was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer coexisting with CLL. Until this case, there was no reported case in Korea of small cell lung cancer coexisting with CLL. We now report a case of small cell lung cancer coexisting with CLL and present a literature review.

Insights into the Role of Follicular Helper T Cells in Autoimmunity

  • Park, Hong-Jai;Kim, Do-Hyun;Lim, Sang-Ho;Kim, Won-Ju;Youn, Jeehee;Choi, Youn-Soo;Choi, Je-Min
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 2014
  • Follicular helper T ($T_{FH}$) cells are recently highlighted as their crucial role for humoral immunity to infection as well as their abnormal control to induce autoimmune disease. During an infection, na$\ddot{i}$ve T cells are differentiating into $T_{FH}$ cells which mediate memory B cells and long-lived plasma cells in germinal center (GC). $T_{FH}$ cells are characterized by their expression of master regulator, Bcl-6, and chemokine receptor, CXCR5, which are essential for the migration of T cells into the B cell follicle. Within the follicle, crosstalk occurs between B cells and $T_{FH}$ cells, leading to class switch recombination and affinity maturation. Various signaling molecules, including cytokines, surface molecules, and transcription factors are involved in $T_{FH}$ cell differentiation. IL-6 and IL-21 cytokine-mediated STAT signaling pathways, including STAT1 and STAT3, are crucial for inducing Bcl-6 expression and $T_{FH}$ cell differentiation. $T_{FH}$ cells express important surface molecules such as ICOS, PD-1, IL-21, BTLA, SAP and CD40L for mediating the interaction between T and B cells. Recently, two types of microRNA (miRNA) were found to be involved in the regulation of $T_{FH}$ cells. The miR-17-92 cluster induces Bcl-6 and $T_{FH}$ cell differentiation, whereas miR-10a negatively regulates Bcl-6 expression in T cells. In addition, follicular regulatory T ($T_{FR}$) cells are studied as thymus-derived $CXCR5^+PD-1^+Foxp3^+\;T_{reg}$ cells that play a significant role in limiting the GC response. Regulation of $T_{FH}$ cell differentiation and the GC reaction via miRNA and $T_{FR}$ cells could be important regulatory mechanisms for maintaining immune tolerance and preventing autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we review recent studies on the various factors that affect $T_{FH}$ cell differentiation, and the role of $T_{FH}$ cells in autoimmune diseases.

물 섭취에 의한 혈액 성분 변화에 관한 연구 (Changes in the Blood Components Caused by Water Intake)

  • 김현경;김수환;류재기
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제49권3호
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    • pp.227-232
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    • 2017
  • 물은 생체에 필수적인 성분이고 많은 생리학적 과정에 관련되어 있음에도 불구하고 물을 꾸준히 충분하게 섭취하는 것이 혈액 성분에 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 대해서는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 13명의 정상 성인에게 물을 섭취하게 한 후에 혈액학적, 고감도 C 반응성 단백질(hs-CRP), 면역글로불린 G (IgG)의 변화를 측정하였다. 4명의 대조군은 물을 자유롭게 마시게 하였고 9명의 실험군은 시판되는 생수를 매일 2L씩 마시게 하였다. 2주 후에 혈액을 채취하여 검사한 결과, 혈구 세포 수, 적혈구 용적률, 혈색소 수치는 증가했지만 유의성은 없었다(p>0.05). 그러나 평균 혈색소량(MCH)과 평균 혈색소 농도(MCHC)는 각각 의미 있게 증가하였고(p<0.05, p<0.01), 평균 혈소판 용적(MPV)은 의미 있게 감소하였다(p<0.05). 심혈관 질환의 표지자로 쓰이는 면역학적인 검사항목인 hs-CRP는 물 섭취 후에 감소하는 것으로 나타났으나 유의한 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). 그러나 IgG의 농도는 물 섭취 전에 비해 상당히 유의성 있게 증가하는 결과를 나타냈다(p<0.05). 결론적으로, 꾸준히 충분하게 물을 섭취하면 혈색소 수치가 증가하여 빈혈이 완화될 수 있고 혈소판 활성과 hs-CRP가 감소하여 심혈관 질환의 위험을 줄일 수 있다. 또한 체액성 면역 성분이 증가하여 면역 기능이 향샹될 수 있다.

과도 운동 후 면역능 개선에 미치는 황기 다당체의 효과 (Effect of Astragalus membranaceus Polysaccharides on Improves Immune Response after Exhaustive Exercise Rats)

  • 이시영;이한나;고은지;박영철;최선강;유창연;임정대
    • 한국약용작물학회지
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.72-81
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    • 2018
  • Background: Polysaccharides are the most important functional constituent in Astragalus membranaceus. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of polysaccharides isolated from the aboveground parts of A. membranaceus (AMA) and polysaccharides isolated from the roots of A. membranaceus (AMR) immune function by modulated cytotoxic T cell and Th1- and Th2-related cytokines kinetics. Methods and Results: Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into exhaustive exercise case groups and non-exercise case, AMA and AMR samples were administered orally for 30 days (500 mg/kg/day and 10 mg/kg/day, respectively) and were compared to those rats in the groups fed commercial sports drink (SPD) and vehicle. Both exhaustive exercise groups and non-exercise groups had a lower ratio of $CD4^+$ and $CD8^+$ cells in the spleens of the rat fed AMA and AMR compared to those in the rats fed SPD and vehicle group. These results suggested that AMA and AMR promote an increase in the proportion of cytotoxic T cells. The IL-4-producing T lymphocytes decreased significantly in the AMR (10 mg/kg/day) group compared to SPD and vehicle, whereas the AMA group increased the IL-4 concentration more than the SPD and vehicle in exhaustive exercise group. However, the populations of IFN-${\gamma}$-producing T lymphocytes of AMR and AMA increased. AMA decreased the concentration of IFN-${\gamma}$ to inhibit the Th1 response and thereby increased the concentration of IL-4 to induce a Th2 response that was related to humoral immunity in the non-exercise group. Conclusions: These results showed that, in addition to Th1/Th2 regulation, AMR and AMA played an important immuno-modulatory role after exhaustive exercise-induced Th1/Th2 lymphocyte imbalance, which might be correlated with cytokine producing immunoregulatory cells.

육미지황탕 효능의 동의보감과 실험연구결과의 비교고찰 -한의학과 중의학을 중심으로- (The Comparative Effects of Yugmijihwangtang in Donguibogam and Experiment Research Results -Focusing on the Korean Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine-)

  • 한유창;김명동;이선동
    • 대한한의학방제학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.223-251
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    • 2017
  • Objectives : A lot of experiment results of Yugmijihwangtang(YM) are reported in various kinds of journals. Many of them report on the new effects that are not recorded in the traditional medical texts. So it is necessary to take it into consideration that newly reported effects could be of help to clinical practice, because this process of comparison of Donguibogam and scientific experiment results will have basis to lead into the evidence based medicine. Methods : We compared the effects of in Donguibogam and the experiment results of YM. Results : The effects of YM in Donguibogam are to replenish essence and marrow, and to treat red wen, fatigue, treat hypouresis, urinary sediment, urinary urgency, hematuria, hydrocephalus, speech and movement retardation, yin-deficiency, diabetes mellitus, nonalcoholic fatty liver, melanoma, disability to see near and far sight, tinnitus, hearing loss, alopecia, angiogenesis, cough, cough at night, trachyphonia, and, infantile convulsion. The experiment results of YM since 2000 in both Korea and China are to inhibit atopic dermatitis, renal interstitial fibrosis, anti-oxidant, emphysema, stress, glomerulosclerosis, diabetic nephropathy, chronic glomerulonephritis, hemorrhage, plantar sweating, dermal aging, kidney aging, bone loss, breast cancer, pathological myocardial cell, primary liver cancer, thrombosis, osteoporosis, intrauterine growth retardation, chronic renal failure, IgA nepropathy, slow cerebral development, and hippocampal tissue lesions on the one hand, and to help bone formation, renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system, cerebral recovery, cognitive function and expression, osteoblast proliferation and differentiation, learning and memory, cold-tolerance and oxygen deficit-tolerance and anti-fatigue, endometrial formation, humoral and cell-mediated immunity, immune regulation effect, Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Ovary Axis, and spermatogenesis, on the other hand. Conclusion : When we compared the effects of YM with the experiment results of YM, there existed a considerable gap between them. So, from now on, it is expected that a great effort and consideration are needed to solve these gaps from an academic and clinical point of view.