• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.555-562
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• 2003

The present study has been performed to evaluate Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.gingivalis) heat shock protein(HSP)60 as a candidate vaccine to inhibit multiple bacteria-induced alveolar bone loss. Rats were immunized with P.gingivalis HSP60 and experimental alveolar bone loss was induced by infection with multiple periodonto -pathogenic bacteria. Post-immune rat anti-P.gingivalis HSP IgG levels were significantly elevated and have demonstrated highly significant inverse relationship with the amount of alveolar bone loss induced by multiple bacteria. Results from PCR detection of subgingival bacterial plaque indicated that the vaccine successfully eradicated the multiple pathogenic species. We concluded that P.gingivalis HSP60 could potentially be developed as a vaccine to inhibit periodontal disease induced by multiple pathogenic bacteria.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2008

Purpose: Specific bacteria are believed to play an important role in chronic periodontitis. Although extensive microbial analyses have been performed from subgingival plaque samples of periodontitis patients, systemic analysis of subingival microbiota has not been carried out in a Korean population so far. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of 29 putative periodontal pathogens in Korean chronic periodontitis patients and evaluate which pathogens are more associated with Korean chronic periodontitis. Material and Methods: A total of 86 subgingival plaque samples were taken from 15 chronic periodontits(CP) patients and 13 periodontally healthy subjects in Korea. CP samples were obtained from the deepest periodontal pocket (>3 mm probing depth[PD]) and the most shallow periodontal probing site ($\leq$3 mm PD) in anterior tooth and posterior tooth, respectively, of each patient. Samples in healthy subjects were obtained from 1 anterior tooth and 1 posterior tooth. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of subgingival plaque bacteria was performed. Detection frequencies(% prevalence) of 29 putative periodontal pathogens were investigated as bacterium-positive sites/total sites. Results: With the exception of Olsenella profuse and Prevotella nigrescens, the sites of diseased patients generally showed higher prevalence than the healthy sites of healthy subjects for all bacteria analyzed. Tanerella forsythensis (B.forsythus), Campylobacter rectus, Filifactor alocis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas endodontalis and Porphyromonas gingivalis were detected in more than 80% of sites with deep probing depths in CP patients. In comparison between the sites (deep or shallow PD) of CP patients and the healthy sites of healthy subjects, there was statistically significant difference(P<0.05) of prevalence in T.forsythensis (B.forsythus), C.rectus, Dialister invisus, F.alocis, P.gingivalis and Treponema denticola. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that the four putative periodontal pathogens, T.forsythensis (B.forsythus), C.rectus, P.gingivalis and F.alocis are closely related with CP patients in the Korean population.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2017

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an important zoonosis caused by the mosquito-transmitted JE virus (JEV), which is a causative agent of reproductive failure in pregnant sows. Detection of JEV antibodies in swine is performed by hemagglutination inhibition (HI), virus neutralization (VN), and the plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). The most stringent PRNT is the 90% endpoint PRNT ($PRNT_{90}$). These conventional assays are difficult to carry out in diagnostic laboratories with insufficient instruments or cell culture systems. An alternative assay that is easily conducted and time efficient is required. In this study, we improved the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA) with clarified antigen for the detection of JEV antibodies. The I-ELISA results obtained from 175 swine serum samples were compared with HI, VN, and $PRNT_{90}$ results. The sensitivity of I-ELISA was 91.8%, 95.0%, and 94.7% compared with HI, VN, and $PRNT_{90}$ results, respectively. The specificity of I-ELISA was 92.2%, 94.7%, and 94.7% compared with HI, VN, and $PRNT_{90}$ results, respectively. Moreover, the I-ELISA results were significantly correlated with the HI (r = 0.93), VN (r = 0.95), and $PRNT_{90}$ (r = 0.92) results. These results suggest that the improved I-ELISA is useful for serosurveillance of JEV in swine.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2009

본 연구는 성인성 치주염 환자의 치은연하 치면세균막을 총 60개 치아에서 채취하여 F. nucleatum과 A. actinomycetemcomitans의 동정을 위해 세균배양법, single PCR법 및 mutliplex PCR법을 실시하였고, 세균 동정법간의 비교를 통해 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. F. nucleatum과 A. actinomycetemcomitans의 동정을 위해 세균배양법, single PCR 및 multiplex PCR을 실시한 결과 F. nucleatum은 각각 12개(20.0%), 45개(75.0%), 43개(71.7%) 치아에서 양성반응을 보였지만, A. actinomycetemcomitans는 각각 0개(0.0%), 4개(6.7%), 1개(1.7%) 치아에서 양성반응이 나타났다. 2. F. nucleatum은 세균배양법에 비해 single PCR법 및 multiplex PCR법에서 높은 검출 빈도를 보여 좀 더 효율적인 세균 동정법으로 생각되었지만, 통계적으로는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 3. A. actinomycetemcomitans는 세균배양법에서 전혀 검출되지 않아 통계적으로 검정할 수 없었고, 세균 동정법간의 비교도 어려웠다. 4. F. nucleatum과 A. actinomycetemcomitans의 동정을 위한 single PCR법과 multiplex PCR법 간의 비교에서 두 세균 모두 검출 빈도에 있어서는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았지만, 통계적으로는 유의한 차이를 보였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2004

심혈관질환과 관련이 있다고 보고되고 있는 치주질환 원인 세균들 Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia 및 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans의 검출빈도를 조사하였다. 조선대학교 치과대학병원 보철과에 내원한 상하악 중 한 악에 잔존 치아가 1개 이상 있고, 그 반대편 악에 의치를 장착하고 있는 11명의 환자와 잔존치아가 전혀 없는 4명의 총의치 환자를 대상으로 의치의 관리 정도와 의치 표면 세균막에 심혈관 질환과 관련 이 있다고 보고된 치주질환 원인균의 검출 빈도를 조사하였다. 연구 결과 상악과 하악 한쪽만 총의치이고, 반대편 악에는 치아가 있는 환자의 의치 표면세균막에서 치면세균막 및 의치 표면 세균막에서 P. gingivalis와 T. forsythia가 91％(10/11)검출되었다. 또한 무치악 환자의 의치 표면 세균막에서 P. gingivalis와 T.forsythia가 각각 25％(1/4), 75％(3/4)색 검출되었다. 하지만, 총의치의 장착 정도, 1일 세척횟수 및 세척방법에 따른 4가지 치주질환 원인세균종에 대한 검출빈도를 조사한 결과 이들 간의 별다른 상관관계를 찾을 수 없었다. 이상의 연구결과로 의치 표면 세균막에도 혐기성 세균인 P. gingivalis 및 T.forsythia가 존재함을 알 수 있었으며, 면역력이 약화되어 있거나, 기존의 심혈관 질환을 가지고 있는 환자의 경우, 의치의 부적절한 관리 및 구강 연조직 손상으로 인한 심혈관 질환의 유발 또는 악화가 초래될 수 있는 가능성이 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2015

Prevotella intermedia-specific quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) primers were previously designed based on the nucleotide sequences of RNA polymerase ${\beta}$-subunit gene (rpoB). However, the several clinical strains isolated from Korean populations are not detectable by the qPCR primers. The purpose of this study was to develop new P. intermedia-specific qPCR primers based on the rpoB. The specificity of the primers was determined by conventional PCR with 12 strains of P. intermedia and 52 strains (52 species) of non-P. intermedia bacteria. The sensitivity of primers was determined by qPCR with serial dilutions of the purified genomic DNAs (40 ng to 4 fg) of P. intermedia ATCC $25611^T$. The data indicated that only P. intermedia strains were detected by the P intermedia-specific qPCR primers (RTPiF2/RTPiR2); in addition, as little as 40 fg of P. intermedia genomic DNA could be detected. These results suggest that these qPCR primers are useful in detecting P. intermedia from the bacterial infectious lesions including dental plaque and oral tissue lesions.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2000

Enteroviruses in the environment pose a public health risk because they can be transmitted via the fecal-oral route through contaminated water, and low numbers are able to initiate an infection in humans. Because the levels of viruses typically found in environmental water and drinking water are low, they must be concentrated from hundreds to thousands of liters of water. Therefore, the main goal of this study was the development of a rapid, simple and efficient procedure to concentrate, isolate and detect enteroviruses from environmental water samples. Viruses were first concentrated by adsorption to 1 MDS cartridge filter and then eluted with approximately 0.5 liter of 1.5% beef extract/0.05M glycin(pH 9.4). In this study, several procedures to concentrate and purify intact viruses from beef extract obtained from the adsorbent filters were tested. Among them, organic floccuration was the best reliable method for reconcentration. sample volume could be reduced to 200∼400 folds and the efficiency of virus recovery through the procedure was over 72%. Finally, the samples were filtered through a membrane disk filter and then analyzed by either the plaque assay or combined cell culture-polymerase chain reaction.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.294-296
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• 2022

죽상동맥경화증(atherosclerosis)은 동맥에 플라크가 쌓여 혈류 장애를 일으키는 만성 혈관염증 질환으로 심장병과 뇌졸중을 일으킬 수 있다. 하지만 대부분은 동맥이 심하게 좁아질 때까지 증상이 없기 때문에 조기 발견이 중요하다. 본 논문은 튜브 모양의 혈관에서 경화성 병변을 효과적으로 진단하기 위해 MRI 영상에 혈관 중심을 기준으로 극좌표 변환을 적용하였다. 그리고, 극좌표 영상의 각도별 연속된 신호정보를 이용하는 SE-LSTMNet 모델을 제안한다. 학습된 모델은 검증 데이터에 대해 정확도 0.9194, 민감도 0.9370, 특이도 0.8796, F1 score 0.8700, AUC 0.9719의 분류 성능을 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1621-1628
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• 2015

Chlamydia possesses a conserved 7.5 kb plasmid that is known to play an important role in chlamydial pathogenesis, since some chlamydial organisms lacking the plasmid are attenuated. The chlamydial transformation system developed recently required the use of plasmid-free organisms. Thus, the generation and identification of plasmid-free organisms represent a key step in understanding chlamydial pathogenic mechanisms. A tricolor immunofluorescence assay for simultaneously detecting the plasmid-encoded Pgp3 and whole organisms plus DNA staining was used to screen C. muridarum organisms selected with novobiocin. PCR was used to detect the plasmid genes. Next-generation sequencing was then used to sequence the genomes of plasmid-free C. muridarum candidates and the parental C. muridarum Nigg strain. We generated five independent clones of plasmid-free C. muridarum organisms by using a combination of novobiocin treatment and screening plaque-purified clones with anti-Pgp3 antibody. The clones were confirmed to lack plasmid genes by PCR analysis. No GlgA protein or glycogen accumulation was detected in cells infected with the plasmid-free clones. More importantly, whole-genome sequencing characterization of the plasmid-free C. muridarum organism and the parental C. muridarum Nigg strain revealed no additional mutations other than loss of the plasmid in the plasmid-free C. muridarum organism. Thus, the Pgp3-based immunofluorescence assay has allowed us to identify authentic plasmid-free organisms that are useful for further investigating chlamydial pathogenic mechanisms.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2010

본 연구는 구취의 원인을 분류하고, 각 성분들에 영향을 미치는 구강환경 요인들과 어떤 관련성이 있는지를 조사하여 구취환자 개개인의 구강건강을 증진시키고 구취관련의 올바른 보건교육에 활용하고자 실시하였으며, 2009년 3월 1일부터 2010년 3월 1일까지 1년간 대도시 소재 치과병원 외래환자 98명의 자료를 최종분석에 이용한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 구취의 각 성분인 Hydrogen sulfide, Methyl mercaptan, Dimethyl sulfide 및 Ammonia의 평균 수치는 Hydrogen sulfide 36.71 ppb, Methyl mercaptan은 31.46 ppb, Dimethyl sulfide는 54.33 ppb, Ammonia는 22.60 ppm로 나타났고, 정상과 역치 이상의 검출비교 결과 Dimethyl sulfide는 46.9%가 역치 이상으로 검출되었고, Ammonia는 연구대상자 중 52%가 역치 이상으로 검출되어 가장 높게 나타났다. 2. Hydrogen sulfide 성분의 양에 따라 Dimethyl sulfide 성분의 양, 설태의 양과 타액 분비율이 통계적으로 유의한 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 3. Methyl mercaptan 성분의 양은 Dimethyl sulfide의 성분과 설태량, 타액 분비율과 통계적으로 유의한 관계가 있었다(p<0.05). 4. Dimethyl sulfide성분의 양은 Hydrogen sulfide성분, Ammonia성분과 관련이 있었으며, 설태의 양, 타액분비율, 타액내 수소이온농도지수와도 관계가 있었다(p<0.05). 5. Ammonia성분은 Methyl mercaptan성분과 Dimethyl sulfide성분, 치주필요지수(CPI), 타액 분비율이 통계적으로 유의한 관계가 있었다(p<0.05).