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Rheology of Emulsified Ink and Printability With Different Molecular Weights of Rosin Modified Phenol Resin (로진 변성 페놀 수지의 분자량 변화에 따른 유화 평형잉크의 유변학적 특성과 인쇄적성)

  • Lee, Kyu-Il;Kim, Tae-Hwan;Kim, Sung-Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2008
  • The rheological properties of emulsified ink must be maintained adequately at various shear rates or shear stress. So it is necessary to understand its rheological properties in order to regulate the printability of eumulsified ink on the performance. In this study, the rheological properities and printability of emulsified ink are investigated according to the molecular weights of rosin-modified phenolic resin.

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The Variation of Offset Ink Properties According to the Vegetable Fatty Acid Esters (Vegetable Fatty Acid Esters에 따른 평판 잉크의 물성 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jung-Min;Kim, Sung-Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2011
  • In these days, according to increased environmental regulations, to reduce the VOC content in paints and inks efforts are now in progress. A lot of research have progressed hydrocarbon solvents substitute with vegetable oil or ester in the printing ink but it is restricted to use vegetable oil in the inks because of high molecular weight and viscosity. Oil ester currently developed for printing inks still have some drawbacks, but overall the printability and print quality when using ester than hydrocarbon solvents are showing good results. Thus, in this paper, I studied about the properties variation of the varnish and inks according to vegetable ester, after I reacted vegetable ester using the vegetable fatty acid and ethyl alcohol, butyl alcohol. The compared in order of average molecular weight by the GPC method, rheological properties were found by rotational rheometer, and emulsion behavior were compared by high speed emulsification tester.

The Rheological Properties of Printing Ink and its printability with the Molecular Weight of Rosin Modified Phenol Resin (로진 변성 페놀 수지의 분자량 변화에 따른 인쇄 잉크의 유변학적 특성과 인쇄적성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kyu-Il;Kim, Sung-Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2007
  • The rheological properties of an ink relate to its performance on the press and to the printing quality. So it is necessary to analyze the relationship between printability and the rheological properties of ink. Transfer rate of ink is one of the important factor deciding print quality. And it is concerned with rheological properties of ink. Thus, in this study, according to the molecular weight of rosin modified phenolic resin the rheological properties of ink were measured by rotational rheometer and then transfer equation of ink, density and gloss were measured in order to examine the printability of ink.

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Dissection of Cellular Communication between Human Primary Osteoblasts and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Osteoarthritis at Single-Cell Resolution

  • Ying Liu;Yan Chen;Xiao-Hua Li;Chong Cao;Hui-Xi Zhang;Cui Zhou;Yu Chen;Yun Gong;Jun-Xiao Yang;Liang Cheng;Xiang-Ding Chen;Hui Shen;Hong-Mei Xiao;Li-Jun Tan;Hong-Wen Deng
    • International Journal of Stem Cells
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.342-355
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    • 2023
  • Background and Objectives: Osteoblasts are derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) and play important role in bone remodeling. While our previous studies have investigated the cell subtypes and heterogeneity in osteoblasts and BMMSCs separately, cell-to-cell communications between osteoblasts and BMMSCs in vivo in humans have not been characterized. The aim of this study was to investigate the cellular communication between human primary osteoblasts and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Methods and Results: To investigate the cell-to-cell communications between osteoblasts and BMMSCs and identify new cell subtypes, we performed a systematic integration analysis with our single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) transcriptomes data from BMMSCs and osteoblasts. We successfully identified a novel preosteoblasts subtype which highly expressed ATF3, CCL2, CXCL2 and IRF1. Biological functional annotations of the transcriptomes suggested that the novel preosteoblasts subtype may inhibit osteoblasts differentiation, maintain cells to a less differentiated status and recruit osteoclasts. Ligand-receptor interaction analysis showed strong interaction between mature osteoblasts and BMMSCs. Meanwhile, we found FZD1 was highly expressed in BMMSCs of osteogenic differentiation direction. WIF1 and SFRP4, which were highly expressed in mature osteoblasts were reported to inhibit osteogenic differentiation. We speculated that WIF1 and sFRP4 expressed in mature osteoblasts inhibited the binding of FZD1 to Wnt ligand in BMMSCs, thereby further inhibiting osteogenic differentiation of BMMSCs. Conclusions: Our study provided a more systematic and comprehensive understanding of the heterogeneity of osteogenic cells. At the single cell level, this study provided insights into the cell-to-cell communications between BMMSCs and osteoblasts and mature osteoblasts may mediate negative feedback regulation of osteogenesis process.

An Antifungal Property of Burkholderia ambifaria Against Phytopathogenic Fungi

  • Lee Chul-Hoon;Kim Min-Woo;Kim Hye-Sook;Ahn Joong-Hoon;Yi Yong-Sub;Kang Kyung-Rae;Yoon Young-Dae;Choi Gyung-Ja;Cho Kwang-Yun;Lim Yoong-Ho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.465-468
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    • 2006
  • Even though many pesticides are known for barley powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust, alternative controls are necessary, because of consumer rejection of chemical pesticides and the appearance of fungi resistant to fungicides. To discover biopesticides, many broths of microorganisms were screened. Of those, a culture broth of Burkholderia ambifaria showed an excellent antifungal activity against both Erysiphe graminis and Puccinia recondita, which cause barley powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust, respectively.

Na/K-ATPase beta1-subunit associates with neuronal growth regulator 1 (NEGR1) to participate in intercellular interactions

  • Cheon, Yeongmi;Yoo, Ara;Seo, Hyunseok;Yun, Seo-Young;Lee, Hyeonhee;Lim, Heeji;Kim, Youngho;Che, Lihua;Lee, Soojin
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.164-169
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    • 2021
  • Neuronal growth regulator 1 (NEGR1) is a GPI-anchored membrane protein that is involved in neural cell adhesion and communication. Multiple genome wide association studies have found that NEGR1 is a generic risk factor for multiple human diseases, including obesity, autism, and depression. Recently, we reported that Negr1-/- mice showed a highly increased fat mass and affective behavior. In the present study, we identified Na/K-ATPase, beta1-subunit (ATP1B1) as an NEGR1 binding partner by yeast two-hybrid screening. NEGR1 and ATP1B1 were found to form a relatively stable complex in cells, at least partially co-localizing in membrane lipid rafts. We found that NEGR1 binds with ATP1B1 at its C-terminus, away from the binding site for the alpha subunit, and may contribute to intercellular interactions. Collectively, we report ATP1B1 as a novel NEGR1-interacting protein, which may help deciphering molecular networks underlying NEGR1-associated human diseases.

Synthesis, Characterizations, and Intramolecular Quenching Behavior of an Axially-Linked Trinuclear Molecular Wire Containing Ruthenium(II) Porphycenes

  • Abe, Masaaki;Ashigara, Shiho;Okawara, Toru;Hisaeda, Yoshio
    • Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.22-24
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    • 2015
  • A new trinuclear complex $[Ru(TPrPc)(CO)]_2[Ru(pytpy)_2](PF_6)_2$ (TPrPc = 2,7,12,17-tetra-n-propylporphycenato dianion and pytpy = 4'-(4-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine) has been synthesized and characterized as the first example of a discrete molecular wire containing metalloporohycenes as a building block. The trinuclear complex shows multiple-step redox behavior in 0.1 M n-$Bu_4NPF_6$-dichloromethane. The mononuclear $[Ru(pytpy)_2]^{2+}$ precursor shows emission at 640 nm (deaerated acetone, 298 K) upon illumination at the metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) band at 495 nm, but the trinuclear molecular wire is found to be non-emissive upon photoexcitation at the central $[Ru(pytpy)_2]^{2+}$ entity, indicating an efficient quenching ability of the axially-linked, ruthenium(II)-porphycene chromophores in an intramolecular fashion.

Role of ginseng in the neurovascular unit of neuroinflammatory diseases focused on the blood-brain barrier

  • Kim, Minsu;Mok, Hyejung;Yeo, Woon-Seok;Ahn, Joong-Hoon;Choi, Yoon Kyung
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.45 no.5
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    • pp.599-609
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    • 2021
  • Ginseng has long been considered as an herbal medicine. Recent data suggest that ginseng has antiinflammatory properties and can improve learning- and memory-related function in the central nervous system (CNS) following the development of CNS neuroinflammatory diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, cerebral ischemia, and other neurological disorders. In this review, we discuss the role of ginseng in the neurovascular unit, which is composed of endothelial cells surrounded by astrocytes, pericytes, microglia, neural stem cells, oligodendrocytes, and neurons, especially their blood-brain barrier maintenance, anti-inflammatory effects and regenerative functions. In addition, cell-cell communication enhanced by ginseng may be attributed to regeneration via induction of neurogenesis and angiogenesis in CNS diseases. Thus, ginseng may have therapeutic potential to exert cognitive improvement in neuroinflammatory diseases such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.