• 대한수의학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.501-505
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• 2005

Immu-Forte composed of chitosan, ${\beta}-glucan$, manno-oligosaccharide and pangamic acid was evaluated for its effectiveness as a nonspecific immunostimulator in mice. The effects of Immu-Forte were determined by analysis of cytokines using ELISA and phenotype of leukocyte subpopulations using monoclonal antibodies specific to mouse leukocyte differentiation antigens and flow cytometry. All T cells, all B cells, CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, macrophages, IL-2, IL-4, IL-12 and IFN-r in Immu-Forte A-treated group increased in 1 months posttreatment and were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of control at 1 months posttreatment. All T cells, all B cells, CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, macrophages and IL-2 in Immu-Forte EX-treated low and middle dose groups increased in 1 months posttreatment and were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of control at 1 months posttreatment. In the Immu-Forte soybean-treated group, NK cells and IL-4 were significantly higher in middle dose-treated group, and IL-2, IL-4 and IFN-r were significantly higher in low dose-treated group. In the Immu-Forte F-treated group, all T cells, all B cells, CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, macrophages, NK cells, IL-2, IL-4, IL-12 and IFN-r in high dose-treated group and all T cells, all B cells, CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, macrophages, IL-2, IL-4, IL-12 and IFN-r in middle dose-treated group and NK cells, IL-2, IL-4, IL-12 and IFN-r in low dose-treated group were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of control at 1 months posttreatment. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated that Immu-Forte had an immunostimulatory effect on mice through proliferation and activation of mouse immune cells.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.168-173
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• 2011

Objective: To examine the association between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and hyperhomocysteinemia in women with unexplained recurrent miscarriages (RM) and to investigate the association between MTHFR genotype variants and alloimmune activation, proportion of peripheral blood natural killer (pbNK) cells. Methods: A total of 39 patients with a history of two or more unexplained miscarriages were recruited to this study. The controls were women who had a live birth without a history of RM (n=50). The proportion of pbNK cells was measured by flow cytometry. Plasma homocysteine levels and the incidence of the MTHFR variant of the RM and control groups were compared. The proportion of pbNK cells was compared to the MTHFR variants in the RM group. Results: No differences were found between the two groups' mean plasma homocysteine levels ($7.6{\pm}1.5{\mu}mol$/L vs. $7.1{\pm}2.1{\mu}mol$/L) or incidence of the MTHFR genotype variant (CC, 35% vs. 33%; CT, 40% vs. 53%; and TT, 25% vs. 14%). In the RM group, individuals with the TT variant ($7.7{\pm}1.1{\mu}mol$/L) had higher homocysteine levels than those with the CC and CT variants ($7.4{\pm}1.9{\mu}mol$/L and $7.4{\pm}1.2{\mu}mol$/L) and those with the CT variant ($19.2{\pm}8.1%$) had a higher proportion of CD3-/CD56+ pbNK cells than those with the CC and TT variants ($17.7{\pm}6.6%$ and $17.9{\pm}7.0%$), but the results of both comparisons were statistically insignificant. Conclusion: These preliminary results show no difference in plasma homocysteine levels between the RM and control groups or among MTHFR genotype variants in the RM group, which may suggest that the plasma homocysteine level is difficult to use as a predictive marker of RM in the Korean population. A study of a larger number of patients is needed.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2007

The effects of immersion time in the liquid nitrogen and deformation-induced martensitic transformation on the behavior of austenite stainless steels used for the hydrogen storage tank of auto-mobile at cryogenic temperature were investigated. With increasing of immersion time in the liquid nitrogen, the tensile strength of all austenite stainless steels at cryogenic temperature was increased because the martensite transformation of unstable austenite. The restraint of crack generation ana transmission also increased the tensile strength by the active ${\alpha}'$ transformation. The elongation decreasing of 321 steel is not the mechanical deformation of austenite phase but the stress induced martensite phase during the tensile test.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.152-159
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• 2019

전통발효식초에 속하는 사과식초로부터 에탄올 및 증류수를 이용, 다당체를 분리하여 새로운 면역활성 물질을 확인하고자 하였다. 사과식초를 농축하고, 80% 에탄올을 가하여 침전물을 얻었으며 소량에 물에 용해하여 투석 및 동결건조를 거쳐 조다당 KAV-0를 얻었다. 구성당 분석 결과, KAV-0는 주로 mannose 38.2%, galactose 19.1% 및 glucose 14.3%로 구성되어있음을 확인하였고, 정상세포주(RAW 264.7 세포 및 대식세포) 및 종양세포주(B16-BL6 melanoma 세포)에 대해 세포독성 측정 결과, 직접적인 세포독성을 나타내지 않았다. 대식세포 유래 세포주인 RAW 264.7 세포 자극에 대한 사이토카인 및 산화질소 생산능을 측정한 결과, IL-6, $TNF-{\alpha}$ 및 산화질소 모두 농도 의존적으로 분비능이 증가하고 저농도에서도 우수한 활성을 나타냈으며, 마우스 복강유래 대식세포 자극에 대한 사이토카인 및 산화질소 생산능에서도 동일한 양상의 결과를 보여 사과식초 유래 조다당 KAV-0가 높은 대식세포 활성능을 소유함을 확인할 수 있었다. 한편, KAV-0의 정맥투여에 따른 NK 세포 활성화를 측정한 결과(ex vivo), 시료에 의해 활성화된 NK 세포는 Yac-1 종양 세포주에 대한 치사활성을 농도 의존적으로 증진시켰으며, $1,000{\mu}g/mouse$에서 월등히 우수한 NK 세포 활성능을 유도하였다. 또한, B16-BL6 melanoma를 이용한 폐암전이모델에서 KAV-0를 정맥투여한 뒤 항전이 활성을 측정한 결과, 농도 의존적으로 암 저해 효과가 나타났으며, 특히 $1,000{\mu}g/mouse$에서는 약 53%의 우수한 암전이 억제 활성을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과로부터 사과식초 유래 조다당 KAV-0는 인체의 면역계를 자극하여 우수한 면역활성 및 항전이 효과를 나타낼 수 있음이 확인되었고 건강 기능성 소재로의 활용 가능성이 충분할 것으로 최종 판단되었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2004

Previously, we reported that water-extracted Acanthopanax senticasus exhibited anti-meta-static activity by stimulating the immune system. In this study, we fractionated glycoproteins (EN-SP) from the soluble protein layer (GF-AS) of A. senticasus and determined their basic chemical properties. We also investigated the anti-tumor and immunostimulating activities of the fractionated glycoprotein, EN-SP. We found that intravenous (i.v.) administration of GF-AS dramatically inhibited metastasis of colon26-M3.1 carcinoma cells to the lung in a dose-dependent manner. In vitro analysis showed GF-AS to enhance the proliferation of splenocytes. GF-AS also stimulated peritoneal macrophage, which was followed by the production of various cytokines such as IL-1$\beta$, TNF-$\alpha$, IL-12 and IFN-${\gamma}$. Furthermore, the production of these cytokines was partially blocked when peritoneal macrophage was cultured with the polyclonal antibodies against GF-AS. The depletion of NK cells by rabbit anti-asialo GM1 serum partly abolished the inhibitory effect of GF-AS on lung metastasis of colon26-M3.1 cells. Using gel filtration, EN-SP, an active glycoprotein fraction, is isolated from GF-AS. While both GF-AS and EN-SP stimulated the proliferatation of splenocytes of normal mice, EN-SP showed higher anti-metastatic activity and more potently stimulated the proliferation of splenocytes compared to GF-AS. These results suggest the use of EN-SP, the fractionated glycoprotein from A. senticasus, can be used as a therapeutical reagent to prevent or inhibit tumor metastasis.

• 생약학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.340-348
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• 2020

This study was conducted to evaluate the immunomodulatory effects of red doraji (Platycodon grandiflorum, RD) prepared by repeated steaming and drying process in the immune-suppressed mice induced by pre (RD-A) or post-treatment (RD-B) with cyclophosphamide. The immune-stimulating effects of ethanol RD extract in in vivo at 150 (RD-1) and 300 mg/kg body weight (RD-2) for RD-A and RD-B groups were measured and compared to the NC group supplied with distilled water only or positive control group. After 14 days of oral supplement, serum IgA, IgG, and cytokine levels, splenocytes proliferation rate, NK cell activity, and gene expression of cytokines were measured as immune related biomarkers. Serum IgA, IgG, IL-1β, and IL-12 levels increased in both RD-A and RD-B groups while serum TNF-α level decreased in RD-A group compared to the NC group. Splenocytes proliferation rate, NK cell activity, and cytokine (IL-1β, IL-6, IFN-γ) expression levels were also improved by RD supplement in the both groups. The RD showed more significant immunomodulatory effects at higher dose (RD-2) rather than the lower dose (RD-1). Thus, RD has an immune efficacy in a dose dependent manner and can be used as an immune stimulating source to improve immunity.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.183-183
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• 2022

This study was aimed to investigate the content of avenanthramides(AVNs) and other phenolic compounds in the grains of a naked oat cultivar, Daeyang, which were seeded in the fall and spring, and examine the effects of alcohol extracts from the grains on natural killer(NK) cell activity in vitro. The content of AVN-A, AVN-B, and AVN-C in the spring-seeded oat grains was 2.2 folds higher than the fall-seeded oat grains on average. Among these AVNs, the content of AVN-C was 1.9-folds higher in the spring-seeded oat grains(66.1㎍/g), comparing to the content in the fall-seeded oat grains(34.8㎍/g). The content of other phenolic compounds, such as phenolic acids and flavonoids in the spring-seeded oat grains was 1.1~4.7-folds higher than the fall-seeded oat grains. In particular, sinapinic acid was the most abundant phenolic acid in the spring-seeded oat grains(50.0㎍/g) and its content was 2.4-folds higher than its content in the fall-seed oat grains. Furthermore, NK cell activity in vitro treated with the spring-seeded oat grain extracts was 158%, and it was 18%p higher than NK cell activity treated with the extracts from the fall-seeded oat grain extracts. Our finding suggest that the bioactive properties of naked oat grains would be enhanced by spring seeding.

• 생약학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2010

The present study was designed to explore an immunostimulating activity of crude extracts of Macrolepiota procera, and a combination therapy of cisplatin and Macrolepiota procera extracts which can potentiate the anti-cancer activity of cisplatin. For these, water extraction of Macrolepiota procera were performed at $4^{\circ}C$(MPE-4) and $100^{\circ}C$(MPE-100). In experimental metastasis of colon26-M3.1 cells, prophylactic intravenous administration of MPE ($80-2,000{\mu}g$/mouse) inhibited tumor metastasis compared with tumor control. Peritoneal macrophages stimulated with MPE produced IL-12 as well as induced tumoricidal activity. In an analysis of NK-cell activity, i.v. administration of MPE ($200{\mu}g$/mouse) significantly augmented NK cytotoxicity to YAC-1 tumor cells. The combination treatments of cisplatin ($20{\mu}g$) and MPE ($100{\mu}g$) exhibited prolongation of lifespan in colon26-M3.1 tumor bearing mouse. These results suggested that MPE stimulate immune system non-specifically and application as adjuvant in cancer treatment.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.333-343
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• 2003

가축분뇨의 친환경적 농경지 환원의 기초 자료를 얻고자 곡간지 논 두 토성에서 2년간 돈분뇨 액비를 논토양에 시용하여 토양, 수질, 악취 및 벼 생육과 수량 특성을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 공시재료(액비)의 총질소 함량은 2000년에는 $6.0g\;kg^{-1}$, 2001년에는 $4.5g\;kg^{-1}$이였다. 시험 후 토양의 화학성은 화학비료구와 액비처리구 간에 큰 차이가 없었고, 중금속 함량은 액비처리구에서 다소 높았으나 우려기준 이하이었다. 액비 살포 후 경시적인 암모니아 가스발생은 살포량이 많을수록 높았으며, 살포당일에 가장 높았고 로터리 작업 후에는 거의 발생하지 않았다. 액비살포 1일 후의 암모니아 발생 농도는 사양질이 식양질보다 약 3배 높았다. 토심 60 cm에서의 토양용액 중 $NH_4-N$은 화학비료구보다 액비시용구에서 시기가 경과함에 따라서 높아지는 경향이었다. 이앙초기에 논의 표면수 중 무기태 질소 함량은 사양질의 경우 액비 150% 시용구, 액비 100%, 액비 100%+추비구에서 높았고, 식양질의 경우는 화학비료구와 질소전량의 액비 150% 시용구에서 가장 높았으나, 분얼기 이후 무기태 질소함량은 토성과 처리간에 차이가 없었다. 벼의 경수는 전반적으로 액비시용구보다 화학비료구에서 많은 경향이었다. 식물체중 전질소 함량은 액비처리구보다 화학비료구에서 높은 경향이었고, 칼륨의 함량은 액비+추비구에서 높은 경향이었다. 벼의 수량은 두 토성 모두 화학비료구보다 액비단용 처리구에서 감수되었으나, 사양질에서는 화학비료구와 액비+NK 추비구간에 차이가 없었으며, 식양질에서는 액비 50%+50% NK 추비구 에서 5% 증수되었다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.184-184
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• 2022

This study was aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity and bioactive property of extracts from a purple-colored wheat variety 'Arriheuk' (Triticum aestivum L.) wheatgrass, affected by light emitting diode irradiation (LED). The wheatgrass was cultivated for 10 days after sowing in a growth chamber under the following LED conditions: R1B1 (Red:Blue = 1:1), R7B3 (Red:Blue = 7:3), and R3B7 (Red:Blue = 3:7). We examined antioxidant activity of the hot water extracts of wheatgrass using DPPH and ABTS free radicals scavenging assays. At the concentration of 10,000 ㎍/ml, the extract from R1B1 showed the highest DPPH free radical scavenging activity(79.29%), but its ABTS free radical scavenging activity was the lowest(32.0%). To evaluate bioactive property of the wheatgrass, we examined the change of natural killer (NK) cell activity affected by the wheatgrass extracts in vitro. At the concentration of 500㎍/ml, NK cell activity was most highly enhanced by the extract from R1B1(181.6%), and the activity was 176.1% (R7B3) and 144.6%(R3B7), respectively. These results suggest that the functional property of 'Arriheuk' wheatgrass would be enhanced by LED irradiation condition.