• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제95권4호
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• pp.483-494
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• 2006

테다소나무 7-1037 클론에서 얻은 반형매 풍매 차대의 반수체 DNA에 대해 AFLP 표지자 분석을 수행하여 유전연관지도를 작성하고, 6년생 때의 수고 및 흉고직경 생장에 대한 QTL mapping을 수행하였다. 121개 AFLP 표지자로 전체 연관거리 1,869 cM, marker간 평균거리 18.5 cM의 20개 framework map을 작성하였다. Composite interval mapping 방법에 의해 수고 생장의 전체 표현형 변이의 5.9%를 설명할 수 있는 l개의 QTL과 흉고직경 생장 변이의 3.9~5.6%를 설명할 수 있는 3개의 QTL을 동정하였으며, QTL 간의 상호작용 효과는 없었다. 수고 생장에 대한 QTL의 유전적 효과는 39.6cm이었고, 흉고직경 생장에서는 7.20~9.41 mm인 것으로 추정되었다. 상기 QTL들과 가장 가깝게 연관되어 있는 표지자를 이용하여 대립유전자 치환의 평균효과(average effect of gene substitution)를 산출한 결과, 수고생장에서는 44.3 cm, 흉고직경 생장에서는 8.38~11.81 mm이었다. 테다소나무의 생장에 대한 가계내 개체유전력을 0.2 이하로 가정한다면, 본 연구에서 확인된 QTL은 7-1037 클론의 반형매 풍매 차대가 보유한 상가적 유전분산의 26.8%를 설명할 수 있어 표현형에 의한 개체선발보다 선발효율에서 5배나 높은 것으로 추정되었다. 본 연구에서 제시된 반형매 풍매 차대를 이용한 QTL mapping 분석은 채종원을 기반으로 하는 선발육종 사업에서 필요한 breeding value 등의 정보를 제공한다는 측면에서 인공교배 가계를 이용한 기타의 QTL 분석에 비해 보다 현실적이고 적용성이 높은 방법론이라 생각된다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2011

최근 시설재배의 증가나 새만금 간척지의 개발 등 염류 농도가 높은 토양에서의 작물 재배에 대한 수요가 점차적으로 증가하고 있는 상황에서 고염환경 하에서 세포내로 주입된 염 분자를 제한된 구역으로 격리하여 염류내성을 주도록 하는 anti-porter 유전자 TANHX, HVNHX를 우리나라 주요 화훼작물이며 수출유망 작물인 국화로 도입하는 분자육종이 백마 등 5품종에 대하여 이루어졌다. 선발 마커를 이용한 배지선발 과정을 통하여 선발된 기내 식물체 390개체를 대상으로 토양 순화를 거쳐 284계통의 국화 형질전환체가 획득되었으며, 얻어진 식물체 중 임의로 40계통을 선발하고 PCR을 거쳐 진성 여부를 확인한 결과 30계통에서 target band가 검출되어 75%의 배지 발 성공률을 나타내었다. PCR 분석 선발 계통을 포함하여 토양 순화된 284계통을 대상으로 직접적으로 NaCl 0.2 ~ 1.2% (300 mM) 범위로 내염성 생물검정을 실시한 결과 NaCl 0.8% (200 mM) 농도에서도 생존 및 생장이 가능한 15계통이 선발되었으며 이중 7계통은 NaCl 1.2%(300 mM) 내에서도 생존이 가능하였다. 내염성 특성형질 도입을 위하여 anti-porter 유전자 HVNHX가 도입되어 선발된 형질전환 계통의 스트레스 저항성 정도 및 세포 형태적 특성변화가 관찰되었다. 선발된 계통은 NaCl 1.2% (300 mM) 처리 생존가능 7계통을 포함하여 NaCl 0.8% (200 mM) 관수 처리 하에서 생존 및 생장이 가능한 15계통이었다. 세포형태 특성은 전자현미경 (SEM)을 이용하여 형질전환체 및 비 형질전환체의 공변세포를 염 처리 후 관찰함으로서 이루어졌는데 형질전환체, 비형질전환체 모두 무처리에 비해 NaCl 처리한 식물체의 공변세포의 두께가 두꺼워지고 조직 치밀도가 증가하였으며 형질전환체의 경우 비 형질전환체에 비해 두꺼워지는 정도나 조직의 치밀도 증가 정도가 높아 염에 대한 내성이 강화되었음을 알 수 있었고 염 처리 후 세포의 생존정도 비교를 통한 내염 스트레스에 대한 저항성 정도를 측정하고자 TTC 검정을 실시한 결과 강 내염성 계통의 TTC 수치가 높게 나왔으며 NaCl 처리 농도가 높아질수록 TTC 수치가 낮아지는 경향이었으나 강 내염성 7계통은 1.2% NaCl 처리에서도 0.206 ~ 0.331로 비형질전환체의 0.046 중내염성 계통의 0.114 ~ 0.193에 비해 높은 세포생존 비율을 나타내었다. 또한 식물이 스트레스에 대항하기 위하여 분비하는 아미노산인 Proline의 함량을 계통별로 측정한 결과 강 내염성 형질전환 계통이 높게 나왔으며 NaCl 처리 농도가 높아질수록 증가하는 경향을 나타내어 강 내염성 7계통은 1.2% NaCl 처리에서 2.255 ~ 2.638 mg/kg로 중 내염성 형질전환 계통의 1.496 ~ 2.125에 비해 높게 형성되었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2231-2235
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• 2013

Background: Categorizing breast tumors based on the ER, PR and HER/Neu 2 receptor status is necessary in order to predict outcome and assist in management of breast cancer. Herfe we assessed this question in South Indian patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 619 formalin fixed paraffin embedded breast tumor tissues were collected from pathology archives after receipt of ethical clearance. With the help of primary and secondary conjugated antibodies, expression status of ER, PR and HER2/neu was determined. All the experimental data were assessed for correlations with histopathological features of tumors and clinical presentation of the subjects. Results: In the present study, the ages ranged from 20-87 years with a mean of $50.0{\pm}12.q$ years, and majority of the tumors (84%) were of infiltrating duct cell carcinoma type. Assessment of ER, PR and Her-2/neu expression showed that 46% were triple negative. Interestingly, an inverse relation between ER, PR and HER-2/neu was apparent in 41.2% (p<0.0001) of the tumors, of which 24.5% (p<0.0001) were ER and PR co-negative but HER-2 positive. Conclusions: ER and PR positive tumors are less common (i.e<30%) compared to HER-2/neu positive tumors (i.e>50%) in Indian breast cancer patients, underlining the need for effective diagnostic screening and specific therapeutic managements in order to improve the survival rate of patients in low resource countries such as India.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2011

To investigate the genetic diversity of six Chinese indigenous pig breeds in Shandong province (Laiwu Black, Dapulian Black, Licha Black, Yantai Black, Yimeng Black and Wulian Black), explain their genetic relationship and assess their integrity and degree of admixture with three Western commercial breeds (Landrace, Yorkshire and Duroc), 303 individuals from these breeds were genotyped for 26 microsatellite markers. In general, high genetic diversity (observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.5495 to 0.7746) and large breed differentiation ($F_{ST}$ = 0.188) were observed. The indigenous pig breeds in Shandong exhibited consistently higher levels of genetic diversity than the three Western breeds. However, compared with the Western breeds, which have an $F_{ST}$ value of 0.252, the indigenous breeds in Shandong have smaller $F_{ST}$ value of 0.145. The analysis of breed relationship indicated that the six indigenous breeds are classified into two groups. One includes four breeds, Licha, Yantai, Yimeng and Wulian, which have experienced large gene introgression of the Western breeds through progressive crossbreeding as well as gene flow among themselves. The other includes Laiwu and Dapulian, which are less influenced by the Western breeds and other indigenous breeds in Shandong in the recent past. The results show that some measures must be taken to effectively protect these indigenous pig breeds in Shandong.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.6871-6876
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• 2015

Background: The meningeal hemangiopericytoma (MHPC) is a vascular tumor arising from pericytes. Most intracranial MHPCs resemble meningiomas (MNGs) in their clinical presentation and histological features and may therefore be misdiagnosed, despite important differences in prognosis. Materials and Methods: We report 8 cases of MHPC and 5 cases of MNG collected from 2007 to 2011 from the Neuro-Surgery and Histopathology departments. All 13 samples were re reviewed by two independent pathologists and investigated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using mesenchymal, epithelial and neuro-glial markers. Additionally, we screened all tumors for a large panel of chromosomal alterations using multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA). Presence of the NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene was inferred by immunohistochemical staining for STAT6. Results: Compared with MNG, MHPCs showed strong VIM (100% of cases), CD99 (62%), bcl-2 (87%), and p16 (75%) staining but only focal positivity with EMA (33%) and NSE (37%). The p21 antibody was positive in 62% of MHPC and less than 1% in all MNGs. MLPA data did not distinguish HPC from MNG, with PTEN loss and ERBB2 gain found in both. By contrast, STAT6 nuclear staining was observed in 3 MHPC cases and was absent from MNG. Conclusions: MNG and MHPC comprise a spectrum of tumors that cannot be easily differentiated based on histopathology. The presence of STAT6 nuclear positivity may however be a useful diagnostic marker.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.559-562
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• 2012

Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a significant marker for clinical diagnosis and prognosis evaluation in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. However, some proportion of liver cancer patients are AFP-negative (AFP ${\leq}$20ng/ml). In order to study the differences between clinicopathological factors and prognosis of alpha-fetoprotein negative and positive patients, a total of 114 cases (41 AFP-negative and 73 AFP-positive) were selected for our research. By systematically statistical analysis, the results demonstrated that compared with AFP-negative patients, AFP-positive examples were more likely to feature cirrhosis nodules, non-complete neoplasm capsules, and a poor Edmondson-steiner grade. Furthermore, AFP-negative patients demonstrated a favorable long-term prognosis. By univariate analysis and multivariate analysis with Cox's proportional hazards model, multiple tumors were found to be independent risk factors for worse survival of AFP negative patients; however, less tumor-free margins, multiple tumors and Edmondson-steiner grades III/IV, proved to be independent risk factors leading to a poor prognosis of AFP positive cases. Finally, we can infer that high levels of AFP signify a highly malignant tumor and unfavorable prognosis.

• 분석과학
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2016

생약의 원산지를 판별하는 논리적인 일련의 기준을 개발한다면, 현재 유통되는 한약을 좀 더 과학적으로 관리 할 수 있을 것이다. 이러한 노력은 전통적인 한약 산업 발전에 기여할 것이라고 사료된다. 산수유의 원산지 판별법을 개발하기 위해, 본 연구에서는 우선 국산 산수유와 중국산 산수유를 각각 수증기 증류하고 이 때 얻은 휘발성분을 GC/MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. NIST mass spectral library의 데이터베이스로부터 정성분석한 결과를 바탕으로 데이터를 범주화(binning)하여 변수를 얻고, 이에 대하여 PCA, OPLS-DA 등 다변량 통계 분석을 수행함으로써 신속, 정확하게 국산 산수유와 중국산 산수유의 산지를 판별할 수 있는 산지 판별모델을 확립하였다. 산지 판별모델 개발을 위해서 학습집합(n=53)을 분석하여 산지 판별모델을 수립한 후, 검증집합(n=12)을 산지 판별모델에 적용함으로써 그 타당성을 확인하였다. 더불어 1-ethylbutyl-hydroperoxide, nonadecane, butylated hydroxytoluene, 5β,7βH,10α-Eudesm-11-en-1α-ol, 7,9-bis (2-methyl-2-propanyl)-1-oxaspiro[4.5]deca-6,9-diene-2,8-dione, 그리고 2-decyldodecyl-benzene 등 6개의 마커성분을 선정할 수 있었다. 최근에 NMR을 활용한 산수유 원산지 판별에 대한 보고는 있었으나, GC/MS를 기반으로 한 대사체학 연구기법을 이용하여 산지판별 모델을 제시하는 것은 최초의 보고로서 그 의미가 크다. 본 연구결과를 활용하여 한약의 원산지 판별모델 확립과 산수유 원산지의 과학적인 관리에 적용할 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.618-624
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Isoflavones are widely believed to be beneficial to human health, in relation to their antioxidant potentials. Exercise can cause an imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidants. This study was conducted in order to investigate the ability of isoflavones in amelioration of oxidative stress induced by exercise. MATERIALS/METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to one of four groups: isoflavone-free with no exercise (CON-sd), isoflavone-free with exercise (CON-ex), isoflavone-supplemented with no exercise (ISF-sd), and isoflavone-supplemented with exercise (ISF-ex). Animals exercised on the treadmill for 30 minutes per day, five days per week. TBARS as a marker of oxidative stress and antioxidant enzyme activity, including SOD, GSH-px, and catalase were determined in liver tissue. Serum lipid profile was also examined. RESULTS: A significant effect of isoflavone alone was observed on abdominal fat pad mass. ISF-ex had significantly less abdominal fat pad than CON-ex. Both exercise and isoflavone treatment had significant effects on lowering plasma triglyceride (TG), thus, the ISF-ex group had a significantly lower TG level than the CON-sd group, by 30.9%. However, no differences were observed in plasma cholesterol, HDL-C, and cholesterol/HDL-C ratio. Exercise, isoflavone, and exercise-isoflavone interaction effects were significant on thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) (P = 0.001, 0.002, and 0.005, respectively). The CON-ex group showed a higher TBARS level than the other three groups. By contrast, in the ISF-ex group, TBARS was restored to the level of the ISF-sd or CON-sd group. Isoflavone had a significant effect on superoxide dismutase (SOD) (P = 0.022) and catalase activities (P = 0.049). Significantly higher SOD and catalase activities were observed in ISF-ex than CON-ex. SOD and catalase activities showed an inverse pattern of TBARS. Taken together, isoflavones increased the activities of SOD and catalase with concomitant decreases in TBARS, indicative of decreased oxidative stress. CONCLUSIONS: Isoflavone supplementation enhances antioxidant action with attenuation of exercise-induced oxidative stress, as measured by decreases in TBARS, and inhibits body fat accumulation and plasma TG increase. Antioxidative effects ascribed to isoflavones may be partially exerted via enhancement of antioxidant enzyme activities.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권8호
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• pp.952-956
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• 2017

본 연구는 HPLC를 이용하여 율무근 추출물을 기능성 화장품 원료로 개발하기 위하여 지표성분인 coixol의 분석법 설정과 분석법에 대한 검증을 실시하고자 하였다. 표준액과 율무근 추출물은 다른 물질의 간섭 없이 분리되었으며, 표준액과 추출물의 피크 유지시간이 일치한 spectrum을 나타내었다. 또한, blank에서 표준액과 겹치는 피크가 없는 것으로 특이성을 확인하였다. 검량선의 상관계수($R^2$)는 0.9995로 모두 양호한 직선성을 보였으며, 직선상의 검출한계는 0.07~0.08 mg/mL였고 정량한계는 0.23~0.25 mg/mL로 나타났다. 율무근 추출물 2.25, 4.5 및 6.75 mg/mL 세 농도의 회수율은 98.36~100.30%였으며 RSD는 0.26~0.29%로 나타나 RSD 2.0% 이하로서 정확성이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 정밀성은 0.05~0.29%의 정밀도(RSD)를, 실험실 내 정밀성에서는 0.03~0.29%의 정밀도(RSD)를 나타내었고, intra-day에서의 정밀도(RSD)는 0.37~1.64%, inter-day에서는 0.36~0.81%의 정밀도를 나타내어 율무근 추출물의 지표성분 coixol의 분석법은 적합한 시험법임이 검증되었다. 본 분석법은 율무근 추출물의 기능성화장품 원료 개발을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 생각된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2003

Objective : Clomiphene citrate is one of the most commonly used drugs in the treatment of infertility, but the pregnancy rate achieved with clomiphene citrate is significantly lower than the ovulation rate due to its antiestrogenic effect on the endometrium. Endometrial prolactin is considered to be a marker and an inducer of predecidualization that is characteristic of secretory endometrium. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of clomiphene citrate and unsatisfactory endometrial differentiation to secretory endometrium by examining the endometrial expression of prolactin in clomiphene citratetreated infertile women with luteal phase defect. Methods : The endometrial samples from infertile women with luteal phase defect (n=27) were examined. Five cases during secretory phase and six cases during proliferative phase were obtained by biopsy. Sixteen cases were obtained by biopsy during secretory phase after clomiphene citrate treatment. By immunohistochemical staining for prolactin, all obtained endometrial tissues were examined. The differences in the endometrial expression of prolactin were evaluated between proliferative phase and secretory phase, and between clomiphene citrate treated group and no treatment group during secretory phase. Results: The staining of endometrial prolactin was significantly more intense in the glandular epithelial cells and stromal cells in the secretory endometrium than in the proliferative endometrium. The glandular expression of prolactin in the secretory endometrium was not significantly different between the clomiphene citrate-treated group and no treatment group (p=0.719), but the staining of prolactin in the stromal cells was significantly less intense in the clomiphene citrate-treated group than no treatment group (p=0.019). Conclusion: In this investigation, we demonstrated that the endometrial stromal expression of prolactin in the secretory phase was significantly lower in the clomiphene citrate-treated group campared with no treatment group in infertile women with luteal phase defect. And our finding suggests that clomiphene citrate may have an adverse effect on the endometrial predecidualization in infertile women.