• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2020

Muscle pathology findings may guide the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders since they are helpful for understanding the pathological processes causing muscle weakness and also provide significant clues for the diagnosis of muscle diseases. Recent advances in molecular genetics mean that a muscle biopsy can be omitted when diagnosing inherited muscle diseases. However, the muscle pathology can still play a role in those cases and its findings are also required when diagnosing inflammatory myopathies.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2021

Objective: To understand the athletic characteristics of Thoroughbreds, high-throughput analysis has been conducted using horse muscle tissue. However, an in vitro system has been lacking for studying and validating genes from in silico data. The aim of this study is to validate genes from differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of our previous RNA-sequencing data in vitro. Also, we investigated the effects of exercise-induced stress including heat, oxidative, hypoxic and cortisol stress on horse skeletal muscle derived cells with the top six upregulated genes of DEGs. Methods: Enriched pathway analysis was conducted using the Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) tool with upregulated genes in horse skeletal muscle tissue after exercise. Among the candidates, the top six genes were analysed through geneMANIA to investigate gene networks. Muscle cells derived from neonatal horse skeletal tissue were maintained and subjected to exercise-related stressors. Transcriptional changes in the top six genes followed by stressors were investigated using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Results: The inflammation response pathway was the most commonly upregulated pathway after horse exercise. Under non-cytotoxic conditions of exercise-related stressors, the transcriptional response of the top six genes was different among types of stress. Oxidative stress yielded the most similar expression pattern to DEGs. Conclusion: Our results indicate that transcriptional change after horse exercise in skeletal muscle tissue strongly relates to stress response. The qRT-PCR results showed that stressors contribute differently to the transcriptional regulation. These results would be valuable information to understand horse exercise in the stress aspect.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제59권12호
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• pp.26.1-26.8
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• 2017

Background: The change in size and weight of the female reproductive organs during gestation and birth might be affect the perineal muscles and this condition in dairy cow not been reported. This study aimed to assess the ultrasonographic image of coccygeus muscle in 11 inseminated dairy cows with different gestational ages and postpartum. Methods: Gestational age was calculated based on the record of artificial insemination and confirmed by using transrectal brightness mode ultrasonography. Perineal hair between the sacrum and ischium bones was shaved along 3-5 cm before being ultrasound. The images of perineal area were obtained by transcutaneous ultrasound using a 5.0 MHz transducer. The thickness and intensity of the coccygeus muscle were measured and analyzed by gestational status and postpartum to show the differences. Results: The results showed that the thickness of coccygeus muscle increased with the increase in gestational age. Muscle intensity only increased at young gestational age. However, it decreased with the increase in gestational age (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The ultrasound image of coccygeus muscle was affected by gestational status, thus this method may be used as one of the new methods of indirect gestational detection on dairy cows.

• 환경생물
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.468-475
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• 2017

Kudoa septempunctata에 대한 PCR 검사에서 양성으로 확인된 개체를 조직 내 포자가 확인된 개체(3마리)와 포자가 확인되지 않은 개체(4마리)를 선별하여 순치 후 혈액과 조직검사를 실시하였다. 혈액에 대하여 PCR 검사를 실시하여 포자가 명확하게 확인되었던 2개체에서는 음성이 확인되었으며, 다른 5개체는 감도는 각각 차이는 있었지만 양성으로 확인되었다. 포자가 확인된 개체의 각 장기(간, 비장, 신장, 심장, 위, 소화관, 근육)에 대하여 PCR 검사를 실시한 결과, 심장과 근육에서 명확한 양성이 나타났다. 근육조직의 H&E 염색과 ISH를 실시하여 K. septempunctata의 감염으로 근섬유에 괴사가 발생하고, 이 부위에 포자의 슈도시스트가 형성되는 것을 확인하였으나 심한 염증반응을 유도하지는 않는 것이 확인되었다. 이후 혈액에 대한 더욱 면밀한 조사가 필요할 것으로 보이며, 연구내용은 넙치양식에서의 쿠도아감염증의 예방과 구제를 위한 기반자료가 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1629-1635
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• 2006

The migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and the production of matrix metallopreteinases-9 (MMP-9) may play a key role in the development of atherosclerosis. In this study, we have more extensively investigated the inhibitory effect of UR on MMP-9 activity and TNF-${\alpha}$ induced human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMC) migration. The result from gelatin zymography showed that UR inhibited MMP-9 activity in a dose-dependent manner (IC50 = 55 g/ml). In addition, UR strongly inhibited the migration of HASMC induced by TNF-treatment (IC50 = 125 g/ml), although it has very low cytotoxic effect on HASMC (IC50 > 500 g/ml). These results suggest that UR is a potential anti-atherosclerotic agent through inhibition of MMP-9 activity and VSMC migration.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.974-979
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• 2009

Proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cell(VSMC) is one of the key features in onset of atherosclerosis and restenosis after vascular surgery such as stent implant. Atherosclerotic plaques are usually composed of collagen, elatsin and smooth muscle cells. Release of matrix metalloproteinases(MMPs) is considered to have correlation with development of atherosclerotic plaques. Based on the hypothesis that MMP inhibition would be helpful in the treatment of atherosclerosis, we investigated inhibition of MMP activity and migration of TNF-$\alpha$-induced human aortic smooth muscle cell(HASMC) by Cinnamomi Ramulus(CC). The result from gelatin zymography showed that CC inhibited MMP-9 activity in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, CC considerably inhibited the migration of HASMC induced by TNF-$\alpha$, while it showed little cytotoxic effect on HASMC. These results suggest that CC can be a potential anti-atherosclerotic agent through inhibition of MMP-9 activity and SMC migration.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2013

Enrofloxacin is one of the normally used flouroquinolones in mammalian and fish but its withdrawal time and studies were remain obscure. The residual contents of enrofloxacin in fish muscle were analyzed by using HPLC-FLD. More than 0.1 mg/kg of ENR was detected in muscle tissues and the residues were found over 1 year after treatment. The concentration of ENR in Paralichthys olivaceus was not affected by water temperature and lasted for an extended amount of time. The spike recoveries of ENR in the muscle tissue ranged from 78% to 85%. From this results, we need the prescription by veterinarian or aquatic organism disease inspector in ENR usage to assure safety of fish. Future research is required to determine the recommendation dose of ENR for side effects and safety.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1463-1467
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• 2003

In the present study, the effects of Ginseng radix and Ophiopogonis tuber on field potentials in rat hippocampal slices and cardiac muscle slices were investigated by multi-channel extracellular recording using MED64 system. The field potentials in the brain slices represent synaptic transmission and nerve excitability, and the field potentials in heart muscles represent muscle contractility. The present results show that the aqueous extract of Ginseng radix enhanced field potentials in the both hippocampal slices and cardiac muscle slices. In contrast, the aqueous extract Ophiopogonis tuber exerted no significant effect on the field potentials in the hippocampal slices and cardiac muscle slices. These results suggest the possibility that Yin-Yang theory could be studied in relation with excitability in neurons and muscles.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.289-293
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• 2005

The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of behavior habit and body exercise. We divided 164 volunteers into 2 groups. 82 volunteers was obese group($BMI{\geqq}25$), and the others was normal group(BMI<25). And we investigated the difference of water distribution and muscle circumference of arm, leg and trunk of between obese patient and normality. The results are as follows; Normal group was significantly higher than obese group in leg water distribution and muscle circumference rate as compared with arm(P<0.001). Normal group was significantly higher than obese group in leg water distribution and muscle circumference rate as compared with trunk(P<0.001). Each of the relation of water distribution and muscle circumference was significantly correlated with Pearson correlation analysis(r = 0.96, r = 0.6). In conclusion, there is very important that Low limb exercise and behavior habit in obese.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.129-137
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• 2013

Kudoa septempunctata가 한국의 양식 넙치의 근육에 기생하는 것이 보고되어, 본 연구에서는 2012년 동안 제주 지역의 양식 넙치 및 자연산 어류에서 K. septempunctata의 감염 현황을 조사하였다. 제주지역 26개소의 넙치 양식장으로부터 143마리를 조사한 결과, 4개소 7마리(4.9%)에서 쿠도아 감염이 확인되었으며, 넙치 치어 67마리에서는 쿠도아가 검출되지 않았다. 또한, 제주 지역에서 어획 된 자연산 어류 8종에서도 쿠도아가 검출되지 않았다. 쿠도아가 검출 된 7마리 어류에 대하여 등근육 부위별 쿠도아 검출을 비교하기 위하여, 넙치의 두부쪽에서 채취한 등근육, 미부쪽에서 채취한 등근육, 그리고 등근육전체를 긁어 모은 샘플을 사용하여 검출률을 비교한 결과, 전체를 긁어 모든 샘플을 사용할 경우 검출률이 100%로 가장 높아, 어느 한 쪽에서 근육을 채취하는 것 보다 등근육 전체 부위를 골고루 채취하는 것이 쿠도아 검출에 더 효율적임을 확인하였다.