• BMB Reports
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.549-554
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• 1996

Phosphoinositide turnover in response to platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, and bradykinin was evaluated in NIH 3T3 cells. Platelet-derived growth factor and bradykinin induced a significant increase in incorporation of $^{32}P$ into phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate (PIP), and phosphatidylinositol 4.5-bisphosphate ($PIP_2$) in serum-starved NIH 3T3 cells. However, epidermal growth factor increased incorporation of $^{32}P$ into these phosphoinositides by only a small amount. Stimulation with platelet-derived growth factor, not bradykinin, caused a rapid elevation of PI and PIP kinase activities that were maximally activated within 10 min. The maximal levels of their elevation in cells with plateletderived growth factor stimulation were 3.2-fold for PI kinase, and 2.1-fold for PIP kinase. Short term pretreatment of NIH 3T3 cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, activator of protein kinase C. caused an approximately 60% decrease in platelet-derived growth factor-induced PI kinase activities, indicating the feedback regulation of phosphoinositide turnover by protein kinase C. These results suggest that although the enhancement of phosphoinositide turnover is a rapidly occurring response in platelet-derived growth factor- or bradykinin-stimulated NIH 3T3 cells, phosphoinositide kinases may be associated with initial signal transduction pathway relevant to platelet-derived growth factor but not to bradykinin.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.19.1-19.6
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• 2015

The objective of this study was to estimate variance components and genetic parameters for growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep. Studied traits were parameters of Brody growth model which included A (asymptotic mature weight), B (initial animal weight) and K (maturation rate). The data set and pedigree information used in this study were obtained from the Agricultural Organization of Guilan province (Rasht, Iran) and comprised 8647 growth curve records of lambs from birth to 240 days of age during 1994 to 2014. Marginal posterior distributions of parameters and variance components were estimated using TM program. The Gibbs sampler was run 300000 rounds and the first 60000 rounds were discarded as a burn-in period. Posterior mean estimates of direct heritabilities for A, B and K were 0.39, 0.23 and 0.039, respectively. Estimates of direct genetic correlation between growth curve parameters were 0.57, 0.03 and -0.01 between A-B, A-K and B-K, respectively. Estimates of direct genetic trends for A, B and K were positive and their corresponding values were $0.014{\pm}0.003$ (P < 0.001), $0.0012{\pm}0.0009$ (P > 0.05) and $0.000002{\pm}0.0001$ (P > 0.05), respectively. Residual correlations between growth curve parameters varied form -0.52 (between A-K) to 0.48 (between A-B). Also, phenotypic correlations between growth curve parameters varied form -0.49 (between A-K) to 0.47 (between A-B). The results of this study indicated that improvement of growth curve parameters of Guilan sheep seems feasible in selection programs. It is worthwhile to develop a selection strategy to obtain an appropriate shape of growth curve through changing genetically the parameters of growth model.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2023

Objectives We aimed to analyze changes in growth indicators before and after Korean medicine treatment in patients treated at the pediatric department of a hospital. Methods We analyzed the medical records of children and adolescents under 18 years of age who underwent growth assessment between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2022. Results A total of 21 patients were selected for this study. After treatment, there was a significant increase in the height percentile, whereas bone age-chronological age (BA-CA) and predicted adult height (PAH) did not show significant changes. No major adverse reactions were observed during the treatment. Growth reassessment was conducted twice for 10 participants. When comparing the growth indicators between the assessment sessions, the height percentile showed an increasing trend between the initial and the first growth reassessment. However, there were no significant differences between BA-CA and PAH across the different assessment periods. Conclusions There is a need to establish evidence for the efficacy and safety of continuous Korean medicine growth treatment through the long-term observation of growth indicators in patients undergoing treatment for two or more periods, as well as observational studies on liver and renal function indicators.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.288-299
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• 2015

숙성된 백김치로부터 얻은 Lactobacillus brevis BK11의 증식과 항균물질 생산에 대한 배양용 배지 종류, 공기 조성, 초기 pH, 배양온도 및 시간과 프리바이오틱스의 영향을 조사하였다. L. brevis BK11의 증식과 항균물질 활성은 BHI와 M17 배지 보다는 MRS 배지 상에서 더 높게 나타났으며, 배지의 초기 pH 6.0에서 생산량이 최대에 이르렀다. 혐기적 조건보다는 호기적 및 미호기적 조건에서 배양했을 때와 $25^{\circ}C$ 보다는 $30^{\circ}C$와 $37^{\circ}C$ 온도에서 배양했을 때 균 성장과 항균물질 생산에 유리하였다. BK11 균주는 배양 24시간 만에 정지기에 도달하였고, 36시간 후부터는 생균수가 감소되었고, 배양상등액과 박테리오신 용액의 항균 활성은 $37^{\circ}C$, 24-30시간 배양했을 때 가장 높았다. 세포수와 유산 및 박테리오신 생산은 프락토올리고당 1-2% 첨가한 경우에 가장 높았으나, 이뉼린과 라피노오스는 균 증식에 별다른 도움을 주지 못했다. 결과적으로 L. brevis BK11의 항균물질 생산은 세포수와 관계 있었으며, 이러한 최적 조건 하에서 배양한 경우 Helicobacter pylori ATCC 43504의 성장을 효과적으로 저해할 수 있다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.463-471
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• 2009

A study on vegetation in the Mangyeong River and Dongjin River basins and the surrounding regions of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land was conducted in a series of efforts to determine the expected ecological changes in the salt marshes, to restore their vegetation, to explore the restoring force of halophyte, to examine the community mechanism and, ultimately, to rehabilitate marshy land vegetation along the lakeside, coastal dune and salt marshes of the Saemangeum Project Area. The findings of the study may be summed up as follows: Five species such as Suaeda japonica, Salicornia herbacea, Atriplex gmelini, Aster tripolium and Suaeda asparagoides that are mostly distributed in the estuary of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land were analyzed to examine the mechanism of halophyte to maintain their community. To find out the strategies of plants for survival and the cause of forming community structure, a research was made as for appearance ratio of biomass, root lengths and germination. With regard to biomasses of halophyte, the biomass of Suaeda japonica increases rapidly, while Salicornia herbacea adopts a strategy of unstable growth pattern by which the biomass increases slowly in parallel with its slow speed of growth since initial appearance of young sapling. In contrast, Suaeda asparagoides, Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium choose to adapt themselves to environment promptly by being transformed into life form of annual or biennial plant, a pattern that is presumed to be favorable and stable for survival in the later stage of growth. In short, there is a sharp distinction among the 5 species: i.e. Suaeda japonica that begins to grow fast in the length of surface and underground section but slows down from the mid-stage on; Salicornia herbacea that grows slowly in the beginning step but starts to step up from the middle onward; Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium growing slowly in the initial stage but fast later on; and Suaeda asparagoides that turns from the constant growth in the beginning to rapid growth in the later period. The outcomes of the analysis into status of growth and influencing factors of Suaeda japonica in the sowing field that is most widely prevalent in the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land as a sort of ecological pioneer in the salt marshes showed that the average size of grass lands, density and number of individuals increase in the natural sowing field as well as in the plowing field regardless of their physical as well as physico-chemical features of the soil as the season progresses from June to October of a year.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2010

Two 15-week feeding trials were conducted to investigate how the rate and frequency of feeding affected the winter growth of olive flounder ($13^{\circ}C$). In the first experiment, triplicate groups of fish (initial mean weight $117{\pm}6.0$ g) were fed extruded pellets twice a day at feeding rates of 0.1, 0.25, 0.4, 0.55, and 0.57% (satiation) body weight per day (BW/d). The weight gain, specific growth rate, and feed efficiency increased significantly (P<0.05) with the feeding rates from 0.1 to 0.55% BW/d, but no significant differences in these parameters were found for fish fed diets of 0.55% BW/d and satiation. The moisture and ash contents of whole body of fish tended to decrease as the feeding rate increased, but the opposite trend was found for crude lipid content. In the second experiment, triplicate groups of fish (initial mean weight $117{\pm}6.3$ g) were fed extruded pellets to apparent satiation at the three different feeding frequencies: one meal 2 days, one meal a day and two meals a day. The weight gain and specific growth rate of fish fed one meal 2 days were significantly (P<0.05) lower than those of fish fed one or two meals a day, whereas no significant differences in the weight gain and specific growth rate were found between fish fed one and those fed two meals a day. Feed efficiency and condition factor were not significantly affected by feeding frequency. Based on these results, a feeding rate of 0.3% BW/d is recommended as maintenance feeding level, and the optimum feeding frequency is one meal a day with satiation feeding for the growth of olive flounder (117-147 g) during winter ($13^{\circ}C$).

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권3호
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• pp.359-367
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 소나무 용기묘(1-0묘)를 대상으로 계절별 식재시기 및 조림지 하층식생 조건에 따른 생존율과 생장 특성을 조사하여 용기묘 조림과정에서 보다 유리한 적정 식재시기를 구명하고자 하였다. 또4한 용기묘의 식재기간 확대 가능성을 검토하는데 목적이 있다. 식재시기는 봄, 여름, 가을의 세 처리를 하였으며, 시험지는 하층식생이 무성한 지역(A)과 그렇지 않은 지역(B)으로 나누어 처리하였다. 소나무 용기묘의 생존율은 모든 시험지에서 여름 식재가 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 소나무 용기묘의 근원경과 묘고 생장은 여름 식재가 가장 우수한 값을 보였으며, 식재 후 초기에는 생장이 불량했지만 시간이 지날수록 생장률이 점점 높아졌다. 대부분의 식재시기 처리에서 B 지역이 A 지역보다 생장률이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 물질생산량에 있어서도 세 시험지 모두 여름 식재가 가장 높았으며, 하층식생이 발달하지 않은 B 지역이 가장 높았다. 이 연구를 통하여 소나무 용기묘는 여름 조림이 가능하여 식재기간을 기존의 봄과 가을에서 여름까지 확대시킬 수 있으며, 높은 생존율과 생장을 위한 하층식생 관리의 중요성을 보여주고 있다.

• 공업화학
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.562-565
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 합성가스를 기질로 Clostridium ljungdahlii를 생물촉매로 바이오에탄올을 생산하는 공정을 개발하고, pH가 미생물 성장 및 에탄올 생산에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 다양한 초기 pH 조건(pH 5~8)에서 pH제어 없이 발효실험을 수행한 결과, 부산물인 acetic acid의 축적에 따라 모든 조건에서 24 h 이내에 pH 4.5 이하로 감소되고 미생물의 성장과 에탄올 생산이 중단되는 것을 확인하였다. 사용된 pH 조건 중에서 가장 높은 초기 pH 8의 경우가 가장 높은 미생물 성장과 에탄올 생산량(0.53 g/L)을 보였으며, 이는 상대적으로 pH의 감소가 늦게 일어나기 때문으로 생각된다. pH를 제어할 수 있는 생물반응기를 사용하여 pH 7로 유지시키며 생물공정을 운전한 결과, 최대 미생물 농도 1.65 g/L과 최대 에탄올 농도 1.43 g/L를 24 h 이내에 얻을 수 있었으며, 이는 pH를 중성영역에서 유지할 경우 C. ljungdahlii의 성장을 최대화할 수 있고, growth-associated production의 특성을 보이는 에탄올의 생산량을 최대화할 수 있는 것을 확인시켜준다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.664-671
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• 2006

Modeling the growth kinetics of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), one of the most valuable microbial groups in the food industry, has been actively pursued in order to understand, control, and optimize the relevant fermentation processes. Most modeling approaches have focused on the development of single population models. Primary single population models provide fundamental kinetic information on the proliferation of a primary LAB species, the effects of biological factors on cell inhibition, and the metabolic reactions associated with cell growth. Secondary single population models can evaluate the dependence of primary model parameters, such as the maximum specific growth rate of LAB, on the initial external environmental conditions. This review elucidates some of the most important single population models that are conveniently applicable to the LAB fermentation analyses. Also, a well-defined mixed population model is presented as a valuable tool for assessing potential microbial interactions during fermentation with multiple LAB species.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.252-257
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• 1995

Growth rates of the low temperature growing isolates, Pseudomonas fluorescens M45 and MC07, reached maximum stationary phase within 50 hrs at the low temperature, 4$^{\circ}C$. But an ordinary biocontrol agent P. putida Pf3 did not reach logarithmic growth phase until 80 hrs. The culture filtrates of M45 and MC07 significantly inhibited the mycelial growths of Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani and Phytophthora capsici. Detached cotyledons of cucumber grown on Murashige and Skoog agar medium were much enhanced in their growth, compared to those without the filtrates. Population densities of M45 and MC07 in the rhizosphere at 14$^{\circ}C$ were more stable than at 27$^{\circ}C$. When M45 and MC07 were treated into soil, the population density of MC07 continuously increased up to 9 days after treatment, and sustained the initial inoculum density up to 60 days. Cucumber damping-offs caused by P. ultimum and R. solani were significantly reduced by applying M45 as seed-inoculant and by soil treatment with MC07. The combined treatment of M45 and MC07 provided greater effect in reducing the disease incidence than that obtained by single treatments.