• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2735-2739
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• 2016

Curcumin, is a polyphenol from Curcuma longa (turmeric plant), is a polyphenol that belongs to the ginger family which has long been used in Ayurveda medicines to treat various diseases such as asthma, anorexia, coughing, hepatic diseases, diabetes, heart diseases, wound healing and Alzheimer's. Various studies have shown that curcumin has anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, hepatoprotective, thrombosuppressive, cardio protective, anti-arthritic, chemo preventive and anti-carcinogenic activities. It may suppress both initiation and progression stages of cancer. Anticancer activity of curcumin is due to negative regulation of inflammatory cytokines, transcription factors, protein kinases, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oncogenes. This review focuses on the different targets of curcumin to treat cancer.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.531-536
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• 2019

Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia duodenalis are the main diarrhea-causing parasitic pathogens; however, their prevalence in Korea is unknown. Here, we conducted a survey to determine the prevalence and genotype distribution of these 2 pathogens causing acute diarrhea in 8,571 patients hospitalized in 17 Regional Institute of Health Environment sites in Korea, during 2013-2016. C. parvum and G. duodenalis were detected and genotyped by nested PCR, and the isolate were molecularly characterized by sequencing the glycoprotein 60 (Gp60) and ${\beta}-giardin$ genes, respectively. The overall prevalence of C. parvum and G. duodenalis was 0.37% (n=32) and 0.55% (n=47), respectively, and both pathogens were more prevalent in children under 9 years old. Molecular epidemiological analysis showed that the C. parvum isolates belonged to the IIa family and were subtyped as IIaA13G2R1, IIaA14G2R1, IIaA15G2R1, and IIaA18G3R1. Analysis of the ${\beta}-giardin$ gene fragment from G. duodenalis showed that all positive strains belong to assemblage A. This is the first report on the molecular epidemiology and subtyping of C. parvum and G. duodenalis in such a large number of diarrheal patients in Korea. These results highlight the need for continuous monitoring of these zoonotic pathogens and provide a basis for implementing control and prevention strategies. Further, the results might be useful for epidemiological investigation of the source of outbreak.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권19호
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• pp.8451-8454
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• 2014

Objectives: Epidemiological studies have shown that molecular mechanisms underlying the development of lung cancers differ between smokers and unsmokers. Aberrant promoter methylation in some tumor suppressor genes is frequent in lung tumors from smokers but rare in those from non-smokers. Recently, many studies have investigated the association between cigarette smoking and RASSF1A gene promoter hypermethylation in lung cancer patients, but a unanimous conclusion could not be reached. We therefore performed this meta-analysis to derive a more precise estimation of any association. Study Design: An electronic search of PubMed and Chinese Biomedicine databases was conducted to select studies. A total of 19 case-control studies were chosen, and odds ratios (ORs) with confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the strength of associations. Results: The case-control studies covered 2, 287 lung cancer patients: 63.4%(1449) of the patients were smokers, 36.6% (838) were unsmokers. The overall results suggested that smokers with lung cancer had a 1.297-fold (95% CI: 1.066~1.580, p=0.010, p=0.087) higher risk for RASSF1A gene hypermethylation than the non-smokers. In the stratified analysis, an increased risk of RASSF1A gene hypermethylation in smokers than in non-smokers was found in Asian (OR=1.481, 95%CI: 1.179~1.861, p=0.001, p=0.186). Conclusions: This meta-analysis supports the idea that RASSF1A gene hypermethylation is associated with cigarette smoking-induced lung cancer.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

The effects of DO and pH on the mass production of pullulan with high molecular weight and the morphology of A. pullulans ATCC 42023 were evaluated. A. pullulans showed a maximum production of pullulan (11.98 g/l) when the initial pH of the culture broth was 6.5 in a shake-flask culture. In a batch culture, the mixture of a yeast-like and mycelial cell forms was found at a pH of 4.5, and the maximum production of pullulan (13.31 g/l) was obtained. However, a high proportion of high molecular weight pullulan (M.W.>2,000,000) was produced at a pH of 6.5, with a yeast-like morphology. The maximum pullulan production yield ($51\%$) was obtained at a pH noncontrol (initial pH 6.5) and DO control (above $50\%$) condition. Pullulan degrading enzyme was activated when the pH of the broth was lower than 5.0 and the portion of low molecular weight pullulan was increased. The formation of a black pigment was observed at an initial stationary phase, at 40 h of fermentation. Therefore, the fermentation should be carried out in a pH noncontrol (initial pH of 6.5) and DO control (above $50\%$) condition, and should be harvested before reaching the stationary phase (around 40 h) for the production of high molecular weight pullulan.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.96-100
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• 1998

두 개의 프로모터 (trc와 Pp)를 Alcaligenes eutrophus에서 유래된 PHA 오페론에 삽입하여 재조합 대장균에서 분자량이 큰 polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)를 얻고자 하였다. 두 개의 프로모터는 hydroxybutyric CoA와 PHA 중합반응의 유전자 발현을 각각 독립적으로 제어하기 위해 설계된 것이다 새로운 합성오페론을 포함한 플라즈미드는 E. coli DH5 $\alpha$ 에 transformation 되어 PHB 생산에 이용되었다. 본 실험의 가설로서 PHA 합성오페론의 IPTG에 의한 유도가 없을 경우 낮은 pHA synthase의 활성이 고분자 중합반응의 개시제 농도를 줄여주어 결과적으로 높은 연결수의 고분자를 생성할 것이라는 모델을 세웠다. 실제로 IPTG의 공급이 없는 발효실험을 통해 평균분자량이 $2.5{\times}10^7$ 인 거대 고분자를 얻을 수 있었다. PHA 생합성에 관여는 효소의 활성 분석으로 3-hydroxybutyric CoA의 중합을 촉매하는 효소인 PHA synthase의 활성을 가지고 In vivo에서 분자량이 제어됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.45-50
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• 2000

A. pullulan ATCC 42023를 사용하여 고분자량의 pullulan을 대량생산하기 위한 연구로써, 탄소원의 농도, 용존산소량과 pH가 균체 성장 및 pullulan 생산에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구하였다. Glucose의 당 농도에 따른 실험결과에서 glucose 농도가 0.3M (54g/1)일 때 최대의 pullulan 생산률을 나타내었고, 0.3M (54g/1)이상에서는 productivity가 급격하게 감소하는 기질 저해현상을 나타내었다. 삼각플라스크를 이용한 초기 pH의 영향에 대한 실험결과, 초기 pH 6.5는 $11.98g/{\ell}$의 pullulan을 생산하였고, pH 4.5로 일정하게 조절한 결과, pullulan 생산은 $13.31g/{\ell}$의 최대값을 나타내었다. 그러나 균체성장은 pH 6.5에서 가장 높았다. 그리고 용존산소량의 증가로 pullulan productivity를 증가시킬 수 있었다. 또한 산업적으로 유용한 고분자량의 pullulan을 생산하기 위한 탄소원으로 아미노당인 glucosamine을 사용하여 pullulan의 생성 및 분자구조 변형에 대하여 실험하였다. 탄소원 농도 50g/1 기준에서, glucose와 glucosamine을 40 : 60의 비율로 혼합하여 공급 하였을 때 분자량 20만 이상의 mediun size 및 200만 이상의 high molecular weight의 productivity가 가장 높았으며, A. pullulans의 specific growth rate도 가장 높았다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.293-303
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• 1994

The purpose of this study was to find the effect of molecular movement model based instruction on high school students' conceptions of diffusion and osmosis. The study was composed of two groups, the traditional instruction group in which the so-called traditional instruction was performed, and the other group in which interventions by researchers were made. The subjects of the traditional instruction group consisted of a total of 242 high school students from Seoul, Gwangju and Mokpo. The subjects of the model based instruction group consisted of 177 first-year high school students in Mokpo. The study was focused on the use of the term of 'molecular movement' in their explanation of diffusion and osmosis in the correct contexts. In general, students who got the molecular movement model based instruction showed more frequent use of the terms of 'molecular movement' in the correct contexts than the control group students did. It was found that misconceptions including teleological explanations changed into scientific explanations by the intervention. It seemed that the molecular movement model led students to make scientific explanations on natural phenomena. A further research is recommended to assess the improvement of teleological explanation and scientific attitude by the molecular movement model.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.2923-2943
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• 2021

The double helix structure of DNA makes it diverse, stable and can store information with high density, and these characteristics are consistent with the requirements of molecular communication for transport carriers. In this paper, a specific structure of molecular communication system based on DNA length coding is proposed. Transmitter (Tx) adopts the multi-layer golden foil design to control the release of DNA molecules of different lengths accurately, and receiver (Rx) adopts an effective and sensitive design of nanopore, and the biological information can be converted to the electric signal at Rx. The effect of some key factors, e.g., the length of time slot, transmission distance, the number of releasing molecules, the priori probability, on channel capacity is demonstrated exhaustively. Moreover, we also compare the transmission capacity of DNA-based molecular communication (DNA-MC) system and concentration-based molecular communication (MC) system under the same parameter setting, and the peak value of capacity of DNA-MC system can achieve 0.08 bps, while the capacity of MC system remains 0.025 bps. The simulation results show that DNA-MC system has obvious advantages over MC system in saving molecular resources and improving transmission stability.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.614-619
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• 2021

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is a highly aggressive cancer. HBV X protein (HBx), one of four HBV gene products, plays pivotal roles in the development and metastasis of HCC. It has been reported that HBx induces liver cancer cell migration and reorganizes actin cytoskeleton, however the molecular basis for actin cytoskeleton reorganization remains obscure. In this study, we for the first time report that HBx promotes actin polymerization and liver cancer cell migration by regulating calcium modulated protein, calmodulin (CaM). HBx physically interacts with CaM to control the level of phosphorylated cofilin, an actin depolymerizing factor. Mechanistically, HBx interacts with CaM, liberates Hsp90 from its inhibitory partner CaM, and increases the activity of Hsp90, thus activating LIMK1/cofilin pathway. Interestingly, the interaction between HBx and CaM is calcium-dependent and requires the CaM binding motif on HBx. These results indicate that HBx modulates CaM which plays a regulatory role in Hsp90/LIMK1/cofilin pathway of actin reorganization, suggesting a new mechanism of HBV-induced HCC metastasis specifically derived by HBx.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.420-427
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• 1995

저분자 chitosan이 김치의 보존성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 분자량이 다른 4종류의 저분자 chitosan을 양념을 첨가하지 않은 배추김치의 모델 시스템(소금 농도 2%)에 0.5%씩 첨가하고 $20^{\circ}C$에서 발효시키면서 김치의 특성 변화를 살펴보았다. 동일 발효기간내에서 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 pH는 낮고 총산함량은 높았으며 환원당 함량은 발효 6일까지 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 더 낮은 경향이었다. 유기산 중 malic acid 함량은 발효 4일까지 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 낮은 경향을 보였으며, succinic acid 함량은 발효 2일째에 그리고 lactic acid와 acetic acid 함량은 발효 4일째에 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 높은 경향을 나타냈을 뿐 나머지 발효기간에서는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 또한 propionic acid 함량은 발효 6일 이후에 미량으로 나타났으며, 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 높은 경향을 보여주었다. 총균수, Leuconostoc속 미생물 수, Lactobacillus plantarum의 수는 전 발효기간 동안 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 더 많았으며 특히 chitosan 첨가군들은 대조군과 비교했을때 Leuconostoc속 미생물보다 산패균인 Lactobacillus plantarum의 생육을 훨씬 크게 억제시켰다. Leuconostoc속 미생물 수에 있어서 분자량이 적은 chitosan 첨가군들이 분자량이 큰 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 적은 경향이었으며 Lactobacillus plantarum의 수는 chitosan 첨가군들간에 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 관능검사로 조사한 신맛과 군덕내는 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 강했으며, 경도는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나 대조군이 더 약하게 평가되었다. 또한 이취는 전 실험군에서 모두 약하게 평가되어 이취는 chitosan에 의해 큰 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다.