• 한국영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국영양학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.23-25
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• 2006

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2010

Previous studies report that organo-sulfur compounds derived from garlic inhibited smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and induced apoptosis of cancer cells. Recently, lipid-soluble compounds such as diallyl sulfides (DAS) and diallyl disulfides (DADS) have been reported to more effectively suppress tumor cell proliferation. However, there were few studies on the suppressive effects of lipid-soluble garlic sulfur compounds on the proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Therefore, this study investigated the effect of DAS and DADS on VSMC proliferation/migration induced by oleic acid (OA), a principal fatty acid in circulating triglyceride of blood stream. Assays performed include a tetrazole (MTT) assay, a wound healing assay and a Western blots. VSMC proliferations were enhanced by OA in a dose-dependent manner at concentrations of $10{\sim}50\;{\mu}M$ and inhibited by DAS and DADS compared to non-treated control. OA-induced proliferations were also attenuated by DAS and DADS. OA-induced cell migrations were 2.5 times higher than non-treated control, and they were significantly attenuated by DAS (32% at $150\;{\mu}M$ and 50% at $200\;{\mu}M$) and DADS (40% at $150\;{\mu}M$ and 46% at $200\;{\mu}M$). OA-induced cell migration was also attenuated by PD98059 (ERK inhibitor), SB203580 (P38 inhibitor) and particularly by LY204002 (PI3K inhibitor) and SP600125 (JNK2 inhibitor). Additionally, Western blot assays showed that OA-induced JNK1/2-phosphorylation was down-regulated after treatment with DAS and DADS. In conclusion, the findings of our study support the idea that DAS and DADS may have a suppressive effect on the proliferation and migration of OA-induced VSMC and that this effect may be partly associated with PI3K and JNK2 pathways.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.384-392
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Enteral nutrition formulas with immune-enhancing nutrients, such as n-3 fatty acids, may manage patients' nutritional status and pathophysiological processes. The aim of our study was to investigate natural killer (NK) cell activity alterations and related cytokine changes resulting from feeding with soybean oil-containing enteral nutrition formula (control group) and plant-derived n-3 fatty acid-enriched enteral nutrition formula. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Subjects participated for 14 consecutive days and consumed enteral formula containing canola and flaxseed oil (n3EN, test group) in nonsurgical patients hospitalized for rehabilitation. Blood samples were collected on the first day and 14 days after the consumption of each formula daily, and anthropometric parameters were collected. Hematology and biochemical values were analyzed, and NK cell activities and serum cytokine concentration were measured. A total of sixty subjects were included in the analysis, excluding dropouts. RESULTS: No significant differences were found in biochemical parameters. The n3EN group's NK cell activities at effector:tumor cell ratios of 10:1, 5:1, 2.5:1 and 0.625:1 were significantly higher than those of the control group after two weeks (P < 0.05). However, there were no statistically significant differences in serum cytokine interleukin (IL)-12, $interferon-{\gamma}$, $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6 and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$ values between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, this study elucidates the beneficial effects of plant-derived n-3 fatty acid supplementation in enteral formula on NK cell activity.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2008

내당능 장애와 공복혈당장애는 장차 당뇨병으로 진행되거나 심혈관 질환을 일으키는 위험인자로 간주되어 적절한 혈당 및 혈중지질수치의 조절이 필요하다. 홍국의 기능성분인 모나콜린-K는 stalin계열 약물의 주원료로서 이미 지질 강하제로 잘 알려져 있다. 홍국의 지질 강하제 이외의 다른 효과로서 동물 자체 효력 시험과 문헌 고찰을 통해 혈당 강하 효과가 보고되고 있으므로 이중 맹검, 무작위배정, 위약 대조 인체시험을 통하여 홍국의 혈중 지질 및 혈당 개선에 대한 효능을 확인하는 목적으로 본 연구를 실시하였다. $18{\sim}80$세 사이의 남녀를 대상으로, 스크리닝 시 공복혈당이 110 mg/dl이상 126 mg/dl 이하인 공복 혈당 장애이거나 경구 당 부하 검사 2시간 후 혈당이 140 mg/dl 이상 199 mg/dl 이하인 내당능 장애자이거나 당화혈색소 수치가 6% 이상 7% 이하인 자로서 심각한 합병증이 없는 사람을 대상으로 하였으며, 홍국 저용량군 21명, 고용량군 23명, 위약군 20명으로 총 64명을 대상으로 12주간 검사에 대한 결과분석을 실시하였다. 1차 유효성 지표로 혈중 지질관련 지표인 중성지방, 총 콜레스테롤, LDL 콜레스테롤, HDL 콜레스테롤, Atherogenic index (AI)를 측정하였으며, 2차 유효성 지표로 혈당 지표인 공복 혈당, 경구 당부하 검사 2시간 혈당치, 당화혈색소, 인슐린, MOHAIR, 유리지방산을 측정하였다. 시험군에서 홍국제제 섭취 전후로 중성지방, 총 콜레스테롤, LDL 콜레스테롤, HDL콜레스테롤 수치가 유의적으로 개선되었으며 동맥경화지수도 유의적으로 향상되었다. 홍국 고용량군의 총 콜레스테롤, HDL 콜레스테롤과 LDL 콜레스테롤 및 동맥경화지수 개선 정도는 위약군의 변화량과 비교하여 유의적으로 개선되는 것으로 나타났고, 저용량군의 경우에도 LDL 콜레스테롤과 동맥경화지수 개선 정도가 위약군의 변화량과 비교하여 유의적으로 개선되었다. 홍국의 섭취가 혈당조절에 미치는 영향은 모든 시험군에서 제제 섭취 12주 후 공복혈당이 감소하였고, 시험군이 위약군에 비해 더욱 감소하였으나 통계적으로는 유의하지 않았다. 주평가지표인 공복혈당을 기준으로 공복혈당 110mg/dl 이상인 피험자만을 대상으로 당대사 관련 지표를 분석한 결과, 홍국 고용량군에서 공복혈당의 감소경향이 관찰되었고, 홍국 저용량군에서는 당화혈색소의 유의적인 감소효과를 확인하였으나 위약군의 변화량과 비교하여 유의적이지 않았다. 공복혈당 장애자 또는 내당능 장애자에서 하루 홍국 분말 2.52 g (저용량군) 또는 5.04 g (고용량군)을 포함한 건강기능식품을 12주간 섭취시킨 결과 혈중 지질 농도와 동맥경화 지수의 개선으로 심혈관 질환의 위험도를 낮출 수 있을 것으로 보이며, 고용량군일 경우 더 효과적일 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제22권4호통권94호
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• pp.552-562
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• 2006

The environment which surrounds us such as climates, technology change rapidly. Forecasting the future of food by reviewing the subject at the moment would be meaningful, because we could understand the impact of new technology, set the new goal and create the future by speaking out on issues of our concern and by our choices. There are two points of view on our future, one is pessimistic view due to the food and the water shortage, as well as environmental contamination. Another is optimistic view mainly because of innovative technologies. Biotechnology would enable to develope the personalized food using nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics, and nutraceuticals. Nanotechnology and shelf-life extension techniques would contribute great deal to the development of the future food. Consumer's concern for the health and the wellness as well as palatability would affect the development of future food so that the involvment of food cookery scientists are more important to meet the consumer's needs and trends.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.630-638
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• 2007

This study was performed to examine the combined effects of L-carnitine and isoflavone supplementation on weight reduction and body fat distribution in overweight women. Overweight/obese women (body mass index > $23kg/m^2$) who were not diagnosed any type of diseases were included in this study and sixty subjects ($41.1{\pm}1.5$ years, $25.9{\pm}0.3kg/m^2)$ were randomly assigned to a placebo (n=30) or a supplement group (n=30, L-carnitine 300 mg+isoflavone 40 mg/day). We measured anthropometric parameters, abdominal fat distribution by computerizd tomography and blood components before and after the 12 week intervention period. After the 12 weeks of supplementation, subjects in L-carnitine and isoflavone supplement group showed a significant reduction of body weight (p < 0.001), body fat % (p < 0.05), and waist to hip ratio (p < 0.01) whereas placebo group did not show any changes. In a CT-scanned results, total fat area at L4 level was significantly reduced by 8.1% (p < 0.01) with the reduction of visceral fat area (-11.1%, p < 0.001) and subcutaneous fat area (-7.0%, p < 0.05) in the supplement group. The supplementation of L-carnitine and isoflavone showed the significant improvement of HDL-C (p < 0.01) and apoB (p < 0.05) concentrations, however, change values in those markers were not significant compared with those of the placebo group. In addition, a significant increase of adiponectin level (p<0.001) was observed in the supplement group after the intervention. The result of present study demonstrated that supplementation of 300 mg L-carnitine and 40 mg isoflavone per day fur 12 weeks can give beneficial effects on weight reduction and visceral fat accumulation. These potential antiobesity supplement can produce more favorable effects when combined with lifestyle modification.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2010

본 연구 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 산화 LDL 농도는 이소플라본 및 감마 리놀렌산 보충군에서 유의적으로 감소 (p = 0.006), 플라시보군에서 유의적인 변화 없었음. 두 군간 비교에서 유의적인 차이가 있었음 (p = 0.011). 2) 혈청에서의 중성지방, 총 콜레스테롤, LDL 콜레스테롤, HDL 콜레스테롤, 아포지단백 A1, B 등의 농도는 두 군에서 모두 유의적인 차이가 없었음. 3) LDL particle size와 Paraoxonase 활성도는 두 군에서 모두 유의적인 차이가 없었음. 지질과산화지표인 혈장 MDA 농도는 두 군간 변화량 비교에서만 유의적인 차이가 있었음 (p = 0.010). 4) 갱년기 증상 지표인 Modified kupperman index (KI)는 이소플라본 및 감마 리놀렌산 보충군과 플라시보군에서 모두 유의적으로 감소하였음 (p < 0.001). KI 수치의 군간 비교에서는 유의적인 차이가 없었음. 이소플라본 및 감마 리놀렌산 복합제재를 12주간 섭취하였을 때 이소플라본 및 감마 리놀렌산 보충군에서 산화 LDL 농도가 유의적인 감소하였고, 두 군간의 비교시 MDA 농도 변화량의 유의적인 차이를 확인하였다. 이소플라본 및 감마리놀렌산 복합제재 섭취는 산화적 스트레스로부터 체내 LDL-콜레스테롤의 산화를 예방하는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 우리나라에서 폐경 후 여성을 대상으로 이소플라본 및 감마리놀렌산 복합 제재 섭취와 관련 된 연구는 매우 미흡한 실정임으로 복합제재의 용량 설정을 세분화 하고 복용기간을 연장한 후속 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품영양과학회 2004년도 Annual Meeting and International Symposium
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• pp.17-23
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• 2004

Not all individuals respond identically, or at times in the same direction, to dietary interventions. These inconsistencies likely arise because of diet and genomic interactions (nutrigenomics effects). A host of factors may influence the response to bioactive food components including specific polymorphisms (nutrigenetic effect), DNA methylation patterns and other epigenomic factors (nutritional epigenomic effects), capacity to induce anuo. suppress specific mRNA expression and patterns (nutritional transcriptomics), the occurrence and activity of proteins (proteomic effects), and/or the dose and temporal changes in cellular small molecular weight compounds will not only provide clues about specificity in response to food components, but assist in the identification of surrogate tissues and biomarkers that can predict a response. While this 'discovery' phase is critical for defining mechanisms and targets, and thus those who will benefit most from intervention, its true usefulness depends on moving this understanding into 'development' (interventions for better prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment) and a 'delivery' phase where information is provided to those most in need. It is incumbent on those involved with food and nutrition to embrace the 'omics' that relate to nutrition when considering not only the nutritional value of foods and their food components, but also when addressing acceptability and safety. The future of 'Nutrigenomics and Health Promotion' depends on the ability of the scientific community to identity appropriate biomarkers and susceptibility variants, effective communications about the merits of such undertakings with the health care community and with consumers, and doing all of this within a responsible bioethical framework.

• Clinical Nutrition Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.7-20
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• 2023

Creating a complex balance between dietary composition, circadian rhythm, and the hemostasis control of energy is important for managing diseases. Therefore, we aimed to determine the interaction between cryptochrome circadian clocks 1 polymorphism and energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (E-DII) on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in women with central obesity. This cross-sectional study recruited 220 Iranian women aged 18-45 with central obesity. The 147-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the dietary intakes, and the E-DII score was calculated. Anthropometric and biochemical measurements were determined. By polymerase chain response-restricted length polymorphism method, cryptochrome circadian clocks 1 polymorphism was assigned. Participants were categorized into three groups based on the E-DII score, then categorized according to cryptochrome circadian clocks 1 genotypes. The mean and standard deviation of age, BMI, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were 35.61 ± 9.57 years, 30.97 ± 4.16 kg/m², and 4.82 ± 5.16 mg/dL, respectively. The interaction of the CG genotype and E-DII score had a significant association with higher hs-CRP level compared to GG genotype as the reference group (β, 1.19; 95% CI, 0.11-2.27; p value, 0.03). There was a marginally significant association between the interaction of the CC genotype and the E-DII score with higher hs-CRP level compared to the GG genotype as the reference group (β, 0.85; 95% CI, -0.15 to 1.86; p value, 0.05). There is probably positive interaction between CG, CC genotypes of cryptochrome circadian clocks 1, and E-DII score on the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level in women with central obesity.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.412-416
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• 2011

단맛은 우리 몸에 열량을 공급하는 역할을 담당하는 중요함 감각으로 인지도가 개인마다 조금씩 다르다고 알려져 있으나, 이에 대한 분자수준의 연구는 아직 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 미각 장애에 미치는 유전적 요인에 대해 알아보고자 50명의 미각 환자 및 100명의 정상인을 대상으로 단맛 민감도 차이와 연관이 있는 TAS1R3 및 GNAT3 유전자의 다형성 간의 관련성을 알아보았다. TAS1R3 유전자 rs307355 및 rs35744813의 유전자형과 대립유전자의 빈도는 미각 장애 환자군과 대조군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었으며, 두 다형성에 대한 일배체형을 분석한 결과, C-C 및 T-T의 두 종류만이 검출되었으며 환자군과 대조군 간의 일배체형 빈도 간에도 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. GNAT3 유전자에서는 rs7792845의 유전자형 빈도가 환자군과 대조군간에 유의적인 차이를 나타냈었으나, 대립유전자 빈도에서는 차이가 없었다. 이러한 연구결과는 단맛의 민감도 차이에 영향을 미치는 것으로 보고된 TAS1R3 및 GNAT3 유전자의 다형성에 대한 한국인 집단에서의 유전자형 빈도를 조사함으로써 집단유전학적 연구를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고 미각장애환자군과의 비교분석을 통해 TAS1R3 및 GNAT3 유전자의 다형성이 연관성이 있을 가능성이 있음을 제시해 줌으로써 향후 미각장애를 진단하기 위한 검사시 지표로 활용될 수 있으리라 생각된다. 위에 제시한 연구결과는 향후 추가적인 샘플링을 통해 보다 많은 환자군과 대조군에 대한 추가적인 연구가 수행되어야 할 것이다.