• 대한수의학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.167-170
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• 1985

The present studies were conducted to determine the causative agent of dermatophytosis occurred in two pigs from a farm in Sachun, Gyeongnam province in Korea. Brownish or greyish white crusty lesions and partial loss of hairs in these lesions were observed on the trunk of the pigs but no alopecia and pruritus were observed. Direct microscopic and cultural examination were performed for the hairs and crusts from skin lesions and the causative agent was identified as Microsporum nanum.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.355-361
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• 2022

멜라닌 색소는 피부색의 주요 원인이다. 멜라닌 색소는 멜라닌 세포에서 생성된 다음 각질 세포로 전달되어 결국 피부 표면에 다양한 색상을 부여한다. 많은 탈색제 및 피부 미백제가 개발되었지만, 색소 침착을 감소시키기 위한 재료에 대한 수요는 여전히 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서 천연 화합물을 사용하여 탈색 및 피부 미백에 대한 재료를 찾으려고 시도한 결과 겨우살이(Viscum album var. coloratum) 추출물이 색소 침착을 억제할 수 있음을 발견하였다. 인간 멜라닌 세포에 겨우살이 추출물(mistletoe extracts, ME)을 처리했을 때 색소 침착이 극적으로 감소하였다. 프로모터 리포터 분석은 ME 처리가 HM3KO 흑색종 세포에서 microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), melanophilin (MLPH), tyrosinase related protein 2 (TRP-2), and tyrosinase (TYR) 유전자의 전사를 억제한다는 것을 보여주었다. 일관되게 ME는 MITF, TRP-1 및 TYR과 같은 색소 침착 관련 분자의 단백질 수준을 감소시켰다. 또한 ME는 cAMP Responsive Element Binding Protein (CREB), AKT 및 ERK의 인산화를 감소시켰다. 이러한 결과는 ME가 색소 침착과 관련된 세포 내 신호 전달의 조절을 통해 멜라닌 생성을 억제한다는 것을 시사한다. 끝으로 ME는 색소 침착에 대한 생체 내 평가 모델인 제브라피쉬 배아의 멜라닌 생성을 현저하게 억제하였다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 1998

몇 종류의 제염제에 대한 제염효과를 평가하기 위해 $^{60}Co$과 $^{137}Cs$에 의한 피부오염의 제염실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 인체피부 대신에 돼지피부를 활용하였으며, 피부오염용액으로는 $^{60}CoCl_2$와 $^{137}CsCl$ 용액을 사용하였다. 그리고 제염제로는 현재 사용되고 있는 비눗물, EDTA 외에 오염된 구조물의 표면오염 제거를 위해 원자력연구소에서 개발한 KAERICON과 본 연구를 통해 제조한 IOCON, TRICON 및 CHARCON 등을 이용하여 피부오염에 대한 제염을 실시하여 각 제염제의 제염효과를 평가하였다. 방사성물질의 피부침투정도를 파악하기 위하여 16시간동안 방사성물질을 시료표면에 점착시킨 후 감마선 측정을 통해 침투율을 평가하였으며, 이 실험에서 $^{137}Cs$의 경우 11.5%, $^{60}Co$의 경우 3.2% 정도가 피부로 침투됨을 알 수 있었다. 각 제염제의 제염효과를 평가해본 결과 KAERICON은 $^{137}Cs$에 대하여 최고 52.1%(제염계수 2.1)의 제염율을 나타내었으며, IOCON도 $^{137}Cs$에 대하여 비교적 좋은 제염율(제염계수 1.9)을 나타내었다. 그러나 $^{60}Co$에 대해서는 IOCON, CHARCON 모두 20%(제염계수 1.2) 미만의 제염율을 나타내었으며, KAERICON도 $^{60}Co$에 대해 낮은 제염율(제염계수 1.1)을 나타내었다. TRICON은 $^{137}Cs$에 대해 $1.6{\sim}1.8$의 제염계수를 나타내었으며, $^{60}Co$에 대해서는 $1.0{\sim}1.2$의 제염계수를 나타내었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.647-651
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• 2010

연속형 $CO_2$ 레이저와 펄스형 $CO_2$ 레이저를 이용한 돼지 피부절개 시 창상 치유에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 본 실험을 실시하였다. 다섯 마리의 돼지(Landrace x Yorkshire) (45-51 kg, 4-6 개월령, 수컷 3마리, 암컷 2마리)를 이용 하였고, 각각의 돼지에서 우측 및 좌측의 등쪽 피부에 대칭적으로 연속형 $CO_2$ 레이저와 펄스형 $CO_2$ 레이저를 이용하여 절개($2{\times}2{\times}2cm^2$) 하였다. 양측 피부 절개는 Maxon 3-0 를 이용하여 봉합하였다. 수술 후 3, 7, 14, 21일에 병리조직학적 검사를 실시하였다. 창상 부위의 재상피화는 연속형 $CO_2$ 레이저 군에 비해 펄스형 $CO_2$ 레이저군에서 더 많이 이루어졌다. 육아조직 형성은 창상후 경과일 3일에 펄스 $CO_2$ 레이저군에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(P < 0.05). 섬유아세포는 창상후 경과일 7일에 펄스형 $CO_2$ 레이져군에서 유의적으로 많게 형성되었다(P < 0.05). 결론적으로 피부절개 시에 있어서 펄스형 $CO_2$ 레이저는 연속형 $CO_2$ 레이저에 비하여 재상피화, 육아조직형성 및 섬유아세포가 더 높게 나타났으며, 레이저 시술에 따른 조직손상을 적게 나타내었다. 따라서 피부절개 시에 있어서 펄스형$CO_2$ 레이저가 연속형 $CO_2$ 레이저 보다 더 적합할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

일반적으로 cyclodextrin (CD)은 liposome의 구조를 불안정하게 만드는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 양친매성 고분자전해질을 리포좀에 도입하여 CD에 대한 리포좀의 안정도를 증진시키는 연구를 수행하였다. Transmission electron microscopy와 photocorrelation spectroscopy 결과들로부터 ${\beta}-CD$ (${\beta}CD$)와 hydroxypropyl-${\beta}CD$ ($HP{\beta}CD$)를 함유하는 리포좀에 고분자가 도입되었을 때 CD를 함유하는 phosphatidylcholine (PC)-cholesterol (Chol) 리포좀보다 우수한 구조적 안정성을 나타내었다. 또한, rhaponticin (Rh)을 $HP{\beta}CD$에 포접시키고 이를 함유하는 PC-Chol 리포좀과 고분자가 도입된 리포좀의 안정도를 비교해 보았을 경우도 마찬가지로 고분자가 도입된 리포좀이 월등히 향상된 구조적인 안정성을 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 이와 더불어 guinea pig의 피부조직을 사용하고 franz-cell을 통한 in vitro 피부흡수실험을 수행한 결과, $HP{\beta}CD$에 의해 가용화된 Rh의 피부흡수가 고분자가 도입된 리포좀에 의해 증진됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 상기 결과들은 양친매성 고분자 전해질의 도입에 따라 CD에 의해 가용화된 특정한 활성성분을 함유하는 리포좀의 구조적인 안정성을 효과적으로 증진시킬 수 있음을 확인시켜 주었으며, 이렇게 향상된 리포좀의 구조적인 안정성을 통해 약물전달시스템 측면에서 많은 응용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.373-378
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• 2008

Purpose: In full thickness burn, the depth of burn is known to increase until around 1-3 days after the burn. However, no study on how the depth increase during the first 24 hours has been conducted. Therefore, the authors investigated how the depth of burn changes within the first 24 hours after the burn by using the standardized burn model. Methods: A total of four experiments on pigs were carried out for this study. Experiment 1 was performed to examine how temperature affects the depth of burn. The digitally controlled aluminum thermal block was set at different temperatures-80, 90 and 100 degrees in Celsius, respectively. Then the pig was exposed to the block for 15 seconds each time. The time exposed to heat was set as a variable for the Experiment 2. The temperature was maintained at 80 degrees Celsius, and the pig was contacted with the thermal block for 5, 10 and 20 seconds, respectively. The biopsy of the tissues were performed in one hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, and 7 days after the burn. After hematoxylin and eosin staining a percentage of the depth from a basement membrane of epidermis to the deepest tissue damaged by the burn against total dermal thickness was measured. Results: In Experiment 1, the depth of burn increased considerably as time passed by. At all three temperatures, differences in depths measured in 6 and 24 hours, and in 1 hour and 7 days were both significant. In addition, the depth deepened as the temperature went higher. In the case of Experiment 2, the depth of burn also increased significantly as time passed by. At all three times, differences in depth measured in 6 and 24 hours, and in 1 hour and 7 days were also significant. Moreover, the depth extended with longer contact time when it was compared according to the time. Conclusion: Full thickness burn progressed rapidly from 6 to 24 hours after the burn and the depth of burn was almost decided within the first 24 hours after the burn. On the other hand, partial thickness burn also advanced from 6 to 24 hours after the burn but the depth deepened at slower level.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.363-375
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• 1990

The present investigation was performed to purify bombesin-like immunoreactivity (BBS-LI) from the skin of frogs, B. orientalis inhabiting Korea. For extraction of BBS-LI, the fresh skin of 360 g from frogs was immersed in 1,800 ml of 100% methanol and then kept at $4^{\circ}C$ for 5 days. BBS-LI was partially purified by liquid chromatography using an alkaline alumina column followed by a Sephadex G-10 column. BBS-LI was further purified by using sequential HPLC of reversed phase C18 preparation, gel permeation, SP-ion exchange and reversed phase C18 analysis. BBS-LI in fractions of each step was monitored by radioimmunoassay for which bombesin antiserum with a titer of 1 : 188,800 was raised in a guinea pig. Eventually, two different BBS-LI were successfully purified and each BBS-LI showed the following character. 1) BBS-LI was well separated into two peaks in SP-ion exchange HPLC. One (BBS-LI-K1) bound to the column while the other (BBS-LI-K2) did not. 2) BBS-LI-K1, 73.8% of total BBS-LI, was not differentiated from synthetic bombesin in reversed phase C18 analytical and gel permeation HPLC. 3) BBS-LI-K2, 26.2% of total BBS-LI, eluted later than synthetic bombesin in reversed phase C18 analytical HPLC, but it eluted with a retention time identical to that of synthetic bombesin in gel permeation HPLC. 4) The two forms of BBS-LI and synthetic bombesin identically stimulated gastrin release and pancreatic exocrine secretion including volume, protein output and amylase output in anesthetized rats. It is concluded from the above results that the skin of B. orientalis contains two different forms of BBS-LI which are very identical to bombesin immunologically and biologically. In comparison with synthetic bombesin containing 14 amino acid residues, the major form shows quite similar pattern in all HPLC used in the present study, but the minor form exhibits quite different pattern in SP-ion exchange and reversed phase C18 analytical HPLG.

• 센서학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.361-368
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• 2010

ACROSS device, which is composed of an implantable microphone, a signal processor, and a vibrating transducer, is a fullyimplantable middle ear hearing device(F-IMEHD) for the recovery of patients with hearing loss. And since a microphone is implanted under skin and tissue at the temporal bones, the amplitude of the sound wave is attenuated by absorption and scattering. And the vibrating transducer attached to the ossicular chain caused also the different displacement from characteristic of the stapes. For the gain control of auditory signals, most of implantable hearing devices with the digital audio signal processor still apply to fitting rules of conventional hearing aid without regard to the effect of the implanted microphone and the vibrating transducer. So it should be taken into account the effect of the implantable microphone and the vibrating transducer to use the conventional audio fitting rule. The aim of this study was to measure gain characteristics caused by the implanted microphone and the vibrating transducer attached to the ossicle chains for the gain compensation of ACROSS device. Differential floating mass transducers (DFMT) of ACROSS device were clipped on four cadaver temporal bones. And after placing the DFMT on them, displacements of the ossicle chain with the DFMT operated by 1 $mA_{peak}$ current was measured using laser Doppler vibrometer. And the sensitivity of microphones under the sampled pig skin and the skin of 3 rat back were measured by stimulus of pure tones in frequency from 0.1 to 8.9 kHz. And we confirmed that the microphone implanted under skin showed poorer frequency response in the acoustic high-frequency band than it in the low- to mid- frequency band, and the resonant frequency of the stapes vibration was changed by attaching the DFMT on the incus, the displacement of the DFMT driven with 1 $mA_{rms}$ was higher by the amount of about 20 dB than that of cadaver's stapes driven by the sound presssure of 94 dB SPL in resonance frequency range.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.435-441
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• 2015

Relationships among different stress parameters (lairage time and blood level of lactate and cortisol), meat quality parameters (initial and ultimate pH value, temperature, drip loss, sensory and instrumental colour, marbling) and carcass quality parameters (degree of rigor mortis and skin damages, hot carcass weight, carcass fat thickness, meatiness) were determined in pigs (n = 100) using Pearson correlations. After longer lairage, blood lactate (p<0.05) and degree of injuries (p<0.001) increased, meat became darker (p<0.001), while drip loss decreased (p<0.05). Higher lactate was associated with lower initial pH value (p<0.01), higher temperature (p<0.001) and skin blemishes score (p<0.05) and more developed rigor mortis (p<0.05), suggesting that lactate could be a predictor of both meat quality and the level of preslaughter stress. Cortisol affected carcass quality, so higher levels of cortisol were associated with increased hot carcass weight, carcass fat thickness on the back and at the sacrum and marbling, but also with decreased meatiness. The most important meat quality parameters (pH and temperature after 60 minutes) deteriorated when blood lactate concentration was above 12 mmol/L.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the skin whitening effect of Scirpi rhizama ethanol extract (SREE) in an animal model. For the experiment of the study, three brown guinea pigs weighing about 450 g to 550 g were exposed to ultraviolet-B rays on the backs at 500 $mJ/cm^2$ once a week, three consecutive weeks and the total quantity of light was 1,500 $mJ/cm^2$. The artificial tanning spots were divided into six different groups including normal (N), control (C), vehicle control (VC), positive control (PC), experimental 1 (E1, 1% SREE), experimental 2 (E2, 2% SREE) groups. Then, 30 ${\mu}L$ of SREE was transdermaly applied on the artificial tanning spots twice a day and 5 days a week for 8 weeks. With the result of a gross observation, it was found that the degree of pigmentation became apparently thinner in the group applied with E2, compared to the control or the vehicle control group. The melanin index of E2 group was significant lower than the control or the vehicle control group. In the observation with a light microscope, it was found that the degree of melanin pigmentation and S-100 protein expression considerably decreased in the groups applied with SREE, compared to the control or the vehicle control group. With the numerical analysis of melanin pigmentation and S-100 protein expression by using image-analysis software, it was found that the tendency was coincide with the results of microscopic observation.