• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.169-173
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• 2007

Luteolin is a major flavonoid of Lonicera japonica and has anti-inflammatory effect. The activation of proteinase-activated receptor (PAR)-2 and -4 by trypsin appears to play a role in inflammation, In the present study, we examined the inhibitory effects of luteolin on activation of trypsin-induced human leukemic mast cells (HMC-1). HMC-1 cells were stimulated with trypsin, PAR-2 and PAR-4 agonist, in the presence or absence of luteolin. The level of TNF-${\alpha}$ secretion was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The expression of tryptase and phosphorylated-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) were assessed by Westem blot analysis. Moreover, trypsin activity was measured by the substrate Bz-DL-Arg-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA). TNF-${\alpha}$ secretion and Tryptase expression in trypsin-stimulated HMC-1 cells were markedly inhibited by pretreatment of luteolin. Furthermore, the pretreatment of luteolin resulted in the reduction of ERK phosphorylation and trypsin activity. These results suggest that luteolin might has the inhibitory effects on the PAR-2 and -4-dependent inflammation.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 2003년도 International Symposium on Clean Environment
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• pp.113-118
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• 2003

An investigation has been carried out on collision-induced dissociation (CID) in the development of an analytical protocol for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PARs) by ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. Two different considerations were used to choose the optimal CID conditions for complex matrix environmental samples, namely, to determine the highest signal-to-noise (SIN) ratio and the other to eliminate the background interferences originated from complex matrix samples. The PAR content of agricultural soil was measured to estimate overall distribution of PAR in throughout the country, we collected and analyzed 226 soil samples from paddy and upland soil. The average content of total PAR in all samples was 236 ${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$, and the range was from 23.3 to 2, 834 ${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$. The overall distribution of PAR was found to be closely related to the pollution sources, the size of city and the type of industry.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.110-113
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• 2004

The Baenong-san has long been used for treatment of inflammatory in Korea. In this study, the anti-inflammatory effects of Baenong-san water extract (BWX) were investigated in proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2)-mediated rat paw edema. Paw edema was induced by injection of trypsin or trans-cinnamoyl-LIGRLO-NH₂ (to-NH₂) into hindpaw of rats. BWX (10, 50, 100 and 200mg/kg) was orally administered 1 h before induction of inflammation. At doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg, BWX showed significant inhibition of both change in paw volume and vascular permeability. BWX(100mg/kg) significantly also inhibited PAR2 agonist-induced myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in paw tissue. This study demonstrated that BWX has an anti-inflammatory action for PAR2-mediated paw edema.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.529-535
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• 2016

Atopic dermatitis (AD) results from gene and environment interactions that lead to a range of immunological abnormalities and breakdown of the skin barrier. Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) belongs to a family of G-protein coupled receptors and is expressed in suprabasal layers of the epidermis. PAR2 is activated by both trypsin and a specific agonist peptide, SLIGKV-$NH_2$ and is involved in both epidermal permeability barrier homeostasis and epithelial inflammation. In this study, we investigated the effect of lobaric acid on inflammation, keratinocyte differentiation, and recovery of the skin barrier in hairless mice. Lobaric acid blocked trypsin-induced and SLIGKV-$NH_2$-induced PAR2 activation resulting in decreased mobilization of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ in HaCaT keratinocytes. Lobaric acid reduced expression of interleukin-8 induced by SLIGKV-$NH_2$ and thymus and activation regulated chemokine (TARC) induced by tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-${\alpha}$) and IFN-${\gamma}$ in HaCaT keratinocytes. Lobaric acid also blocked SLIGKV-$NH_2$-induced activation of ERK, which is a downstream signal of PAR2 in normal human keratinocytes (NHEKs). Treatment with SLIGKV-$NH_2$ downregulated expression of involucrin, a differentiation marker protein in HaCaT keratinocytes, and upregulated expression of involucrin, transglutamase1 and filaggrin in NHEKs. However, lobaric acid antagonized the effect of SLIGKV-$NH_2$ in HaCaT keratinocytes and NHEKs. Topical application of lobaric acid accelerated barrier recovery kinetics in a SKH-1 hairless mouse model. These results suggested that lobaric acid is a PAR2 antagonist and could be a possible therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.157-168
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• 1996

This paper describes an efficient coding method for Ko-rean characters (alphabet) using a three-state transition graph. Par-allel hangul Dynamic Coding Method (PHDCM) compresses about 3.5 bits per Korean character compared with other coding techinques. When we ran the method on a MasPar machine it achieved a 49.314-fold speedup with 64 processors having 10 million orean characters

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.247-254
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• 1998

This paper presents a performance study of two LU decomposition algorithms on two massively parallel SIMD machines: the 16K processor MasPar MP-1 and the 4K processor MasPar MP-2. The paper presents experimental results and an analysis of the algorithms to explain the results. While the blocked and the nonblocked algorithms for LU decomposition have been studied individually by others, we compare the two algorithms and identify the tradeoffs between them. Our analysis of the blocked algorithm shows how the block size affects the interprocessor communication cost and the memory read/write overhead. The analysis in this paper is useful to determine an optimum block size for the blocked algorithm.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2002

차광 및 광 강도별 맥문동의 광합성속도, 기공전도도 및 증산작용과 그 관련형질간의 상호연관성을 구명하였던 바는 다음과 같다. 맥문동의 광합성속도는 광 강도가 증가함에 따라 증가하였고 PAR $700-1000{\mu}mol/m^2/s$에서 최고치를 나타내었으며 차광에 의해 증가되는 경향이었다. 기공전도도는 광 강도가 증가함에 따라 증가되었고, 광합성속도, 증산작용 및 기공전도도의 일변화는 비슷한 경향의 양상을 띄었다. 광합성속도와 기공전도도와의 관계는 1차직선회귀관계로 고도의 정(正)의 상관이 인정되었으나 대조구와 차광구가 각각 다른 1차회귀직선을 보여 동일한 기공전도도에서 차광구의 광합성속도가 대조구보다 높은 경향으로 나타났다. 증산작용과 기공전도도 및 광합성속도와 증산작용의 관계는 양자간에 모두 1차회귀식의 정(正)의 상관관계가 인정되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.455-459
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• 2007

배리어(dielectric-barrier discharge: DBD) 반응기에서 솔-젤 방법으로 제조한 $Pt/TiO_2$를 넣고 플라즈마 에너지를 사용하여 메탄전환반응 연구를 수행하였다. 제조된 촉매는 기존 금속산화물과는 다른 방법으로 환원을 하였으며, 플라즈마를 사용한 환원방법(plasma-assisted reduction: PAR)이라고 명명하였다. $Pt/TiO_2$ 촉매는 Pt 담지량 및 소성온도에 관계없이 20분 이내에 환원이 완료되었다. 3 wt% $Pt/TiO_2$ 촉매와 5 wt% $Pt/TiO_2$ 촉매를 $600^{\circ}C$에서 소성하여 PAR 방법으로 환원했을 때 메탄의 전환율은 40%로 가장 높았다. DBD 반응기에서 $Pt/TiO_2$ 촉매를 사용하였을 경우 촉매가 없을 때보다 $C_2H_6$, $C_3H_8$와 $C_4H_{10}$과 같은 알칸의 선택성의 매우 높게 나타났다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.302-309
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• 2017

격납건물에서 수소폭발이 발생된다면 다중방어벽을 훼손하고 다량의 방사능 물질을 방출시킬 수 있기 때문에 노심용융과 함께 발생되는 수소를 효과적으로 제어하고 제거해야 하지만 사고 원인의 다양성과 수소분포, 거동의 불규칙성 때문에 폭발 저감을 위한 대책마련이 쉽지 않다. 본 논문에서는 가장 넓게 사용되는 수소저감 기술인 피동촉매형수소재결합기(PAR)의 수소저감 효율을 높이기 위해 외부 유동을 고려한 가이드 구조에 관하여 연구하였다. 2단 촉매 PAR 내부형상을 기본으로 하여 PAR 외부에 가이드를 부착하였을 때 유체의 거동과 수소저감효율에 대해서 해석을 수행하였다. 유동이 아래에서 위로 올라가는 경우 가이드 높이 150mm, 촉매와 가이드 직접 부착, 가이드 각도가 $60^{\circ}$인 구조가 최적으로 판단되며 유동이 옆에서 불어오는 경우 촉매와 가이드 거리 100mm인 구조가 최적으로 판단되고, 유동이 위에서 아래로 내려오는 경우 직접부착, 높이 50mm 가이드 구조가 최적으로 판단된다.

• 대한치과교정학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한치과교정학회 2000년도 제33회 학술대회
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• pp.42.2-42.2
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• 2000