• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4353-4356
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• 2012

Background: Tobacco consumption is one of the leading causes of oral submucous fibrosis, oral cancer and even premature death. The present study was designed to compare the biochemical parameters and non-enzymatic antioxidant status and the lipid peroxidation products in pan masala tobacco users as compared with age-matched non-user controls. Methods: Pan masala and tobacco users of age $33.2{\pm}9.94$ years and age-matched controls ($31.2{\pm}4.73$ years) were enrolled for the study. Plasma levels of vitamin E, vitamin C, albumin, bilirubin, uric acid, glucose, urea, creatinine, aspartate amino transferase (AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT) were measured by standard methods. Serum malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were estimated as a measure of lipid peroxidation. Results: In the pan masala tobacco users, as compared to the controls, the level of vitamin C ($68.5{\pm}5.9$ vs $97.9{\pm}9.03{\mu}mol/L$, $p{\leq}0.05$) vitamin E ($18.4{\pm}5.3$ vs $97.9{\pm}9.03{\mu}mol/L$, $p{\leq}0.001$), albumin ($37.5{\pm}7.01$ vs $44.3{\pm}9.99g/L$, $p{\leq}0.001$), and malondialdehyde ($10.8{\pm}1.29$ vs $1.72{\pm}1.15nmol/ml$, $p{\leq}0.001$) were found to be significantly altered. Malondialdehyde was significantly correlated with vitamin E (r=1.00, p<0.001) and vitamin C (r=1.00, p<0.001) in pan masala tobacco users. Serum levels of AST ($31.0{\pm}16.77$ IU) and ALT ($36.7{\pm}31.3$ IU) in the pan masala tobacco users were significantly raised as compared to the controls (AST, $25.2{\pm}9.51$ IU, p=0.038; ALT, $26.2{\pm}17.9$ IU, p=0.038). Conclusion: These findings suggest that pan masala tobacco users are in a state of oxidative stress promoting cellular damage. Non-enzymatic antioxidants are depleted in pan masala tobacco users with subsequent alteration in the biochemical parameters. Supplementation of antioxidants may prevent oxidative damage in pan masala tobacco users.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.421-428
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• 2014

ICR웅성마우스에 5% DSS로 궤양성 대장염을 유발시킨 후, 정상대조군, 궤양유발군, 양성대조군 및 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군의 궤양성 대장염에 미치는 효과를 요약한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군은 양성대조군에 비해 체중감소 완화 효과를 나타냈지만, 농도에 따른 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 2. 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군의 대장조직 및 비장변화는 양성대조군과 비슷한 개선효과를 나타냈다. 3. 식방풍 잎 추출물 투여군은 혈중내 염증성 사이토카인을 농도 의존적으로 감소시켰으며, 대장조직내 염증성 사이토카인 mRNA 발현을 억제하는 효과를 나타냈다.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.186-190
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• 2014

시트룰린혈증 2형은 SLC25A13 유전자 결함으로 인한 시트린 결핍에 의한 상염색체 열성 유전질환이다. 시트룰린혈증 2형은 임상적으로 '시트린 결핍증에 의한 신생아 간내 담즙정체(NICCD)'와 '성인기 발병형 시트룰린혈증 2형'의 두 가지 형태로 나타난다. NICCD는 영아기 간내 담즙정체, 지방간, 간기능 장애, 저단백혈증과, 혈액 응고장애, 저혈당증, 성장부진 등의 증상이 나타나며 임상증상과 생화학적 검사 결과를 바탕으로 질환을 의심하에 SLC25A13 유전자 검사를 통해 확진할 수 있다. 또한 최근에는 무증상 상태에서 신생아 대사이상 선별검사를 통해 진단되기도 한다. 저자들은 신생아 대사이상 선별검사는 정상이었으나 지속되는 황달로 입원한 3개월 남아에서 SLC25A13 유전자 검사로 확진된 NICCD 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다. 환아는 지속적 황달과 경도의 고암모니아 혈증과 간효소 수치의 상승, 직접 빌리루빈의 상승을 보이고, 혈장 아미노산 분석 결과 시트룰린과 메티오닌, 트레오닌 상승을 보였다. 시트룰린 혈증 2형 의심 하에 시행한 SLC25A13 유전자 염기서열 분석 결과, c.[852_855delTATG](p.Met285Profs*2)과 c. [1180+1G>A] 이형접합 변이가 발견되었다. 신생아 대사이상 선별검사 결과가 정상이었다고 하더라고 간내 담즙정체가 있는 영아는 NICCD를 감별진단 중 하나로 고려하여 암모니아 및 혈장 아미노산 분석을 포함하여 검사를 시행하는 것이 감별진단에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.210-219
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• 2008

본 연구는 8주간의 홍삼 투여가 중추피로 및 말초피로에 미치는 영향과 홍삼 투여와 지구성 트레이닝을 병행 했을 경우, 홍삼이 유 무산소성 운동수행능력에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 그 결과 홍삼 섭취와 지구성 트레이닝을 병행하는 것이 홍삼 섭취와 지구성 트레이닝을 단독으로 적용하는 것 보다 유산소성 운동수행능력과 말초피로에 높은 효과를 기대할 수 있으며, 홍삼의 섭취가 중추피로에도 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것으로 기대된다. 하지만, 무산소성 운동수행능력에는 큰 영향을 주지 못하는 것으로 생각된다. 이에, 본 연구를 통해 검증된 홍삼의 피로회복 및 운동수행능력 향상 효과는 추후 일반인뿐만 아니라 운동선수의 운동능력향상 보조물(Ergogenic aid)로써 도움을 줄 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.1175-1181
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• 2005

녹즙분말과 콜레스테롤 첨가식이로 8주간 사육한 흰쥐의 혈중 지질, 호모시스테인 및 엽산수준에 미치는 효과를 관찰한 결과는 다음과 같다. 흰쥐의 혈중 총 콜레스테롤 농도는 녹즙이나 콜레스테롤 보충에 의해 유의한 영향을 받지 않았으나 중성지질 농도는 녹즙군에서 낮았다(p<0.001). HDL-콜레스테롤과 LDL-콜레스테롤의 경우, 식이 콜레스테롤의 영향을 받아, HDL-콜레스테롤은 콜레스테롤군보다 무콜레스테롤군에서 높았으며 (p<0.001), LDL-콜레스테롤은 콜레스테롤군에서 높았다(p<0.05). HDL-콜레스테롤 수준은 녹즙군에서 높았으며 (p<0.05), LDL-콜레스테롤 농도는 콜레스테롤과 케일의 상호효과가 나타나 무콜레스테롤군에서 만 녹즙에 의한 감소효과를 보였다 HDL/LDL비율은 콜레스테롤 보충군에서 낮았으며 (p<0.05), 녹즙보충군에서 높았으나 통계적으로 유의한 결과를 나타내지 못하였다. 혈청 엽산, 비타민 $B_{12}$ 및 혈장 호모시스테인 농도는 녹즙분말이나 콜레스테롤 보충에 의해 영향을 받지 않았다. 혈중 엽산과 비타민 $B_{12}$ 농도사이에는 유의한 양의 상관성 (r=0.5632, p<0.001)이 관찰되었으나, 혈중 호모시스테인 농도는 혈중 엽산, 비타민 $B_{12}$ 및 콜레스테롤 농도 사이에는 모두 유의한 상관성이 관찰되지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 종합하여 보면, 엽산이 충분히 공급되는 경우, 녹즙보충시 나타나게 되는 심혈관계질환 예방효과는, HDL 농도의 증가 및 중성지방 농도의 감소에 의한 것이며, 녹즙내 엽산보충에 의한 호모시스테인 농도 변화와는 관련이 적은 것으로 사료된다.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.8-27
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• 2000

Components of extracellular matrix and the matrix-degrading enzymes are some of the key regulators of tumor metastasis and angiogenesis. Hyaluronic acid (HA), a matrix glycosaminoglycan, is known to promote tumor adhesion and migration, and its small fragments are angiogenic. Until now, we have compared levels of hyaluronidase, an enzyme that degrade HA, in normal adult prostate, benign prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer tissues and in conditioned media from epithelial explant cultures, using a substrate (HA)-gel assay and ELISA-like assay (Kim et al., unpublished results). The present review described an overall characterization of hyaluronidases and its application to human diseases. The hyaluronidases are a family of enzymes that have, until recently, deed thorough explication. The substrate for these enzymes, hyaluronan, is becoming increasingly important, recognized now as a major participant in basic processes such as cell motility, wound healing, embryogenesis, and implicated in cancer progression. And in those lower life forms that torment human beings, hyaluronidase is associated with mechanisms of entry and spread, e.g. as a virulence factor for bacteria, for tissue dissection in gas gangrene, as a means of treponema spread in syphilis, and for penetration of skin and gut by nematode parasites. Hyaluronidase also comprises a component of the venom of a wide variety of organisms, including bees, wasps, hornets, spiders, scorpions, sh, snakes and lizards. Of particular interest is the homology between some of these venom hyaluronidases and the enzyme found in the plasma membrane of mammalian spermatozoa, attesting to the ancient nature of the conserved sequence, a 36% identity in a 300 amino acid stretch of the enzyme protein. Clearly, hyaluronidase is of biological interest, being involved in the pathophysiology of so many important' human disorders. Greater effort should be made in studying this family of enzymes that have, until recently, been overlooked. Also, oriental medical application of the hyaluronidase will be discussed with respect to inhibition and suppression of inflammation and malignacy.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2017

Objectives : This paper serves to explore current trends of systems biology in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and examine how it may influence the Traditional Korean medicine. Methods : Literature review method was collectively used to classify Introduction to systems biology, diagnosis and syndrome classification of systems biology in TCM perspective, physiotherapy including acupuncture, herbs and formula functions, TCM systems biology, and directions of academic development. Results : The term 'Systems biology' is coined as a combination of systems science and biology. It is a field of study that tries to understand living organism by establishing a theory based on an ideal model that analyzes and predicts the desired output with understanding of interrelationships and dynamics between variables. Systems biology has an integrated and multi-dimensional nature that observes the interaction among the elements constructing the network. The current state of systems biology in TCM is categorized into 4 parts: diagnosis and syndrome, physical therapy, herbs and formulas and academic development of TCM systems biology and its technology. Diagnosis and syndrome field is focusing on developing TCM into personalized medicine by clarifying Kidney yin deficiency patterns and metabolic differences among five patterns of diabetes and analyzing plasma metabolism and biomarkers of coronary heart disease patients. In the field of physical therapy such as acupuncture and moxibustion, researchers discovered the effect of stimulating acupoint ST40 on gene expression and the effects of acupuncture on treating functional dyspepsia and acute ischemic stroke. Herbs and formulas were analyzed with TCM network pharmacology. The therapeutic mechanisms of Si Wu Tang and its series formulas are explained by identifying potential active substances, targets and mechanism of action, including metabolic pathways of amino acid and fatty acid. For the academic development of TCM systems biology and its technology, it is necessary to integrate massive database, integrate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, as well as systems biology. It is also essential to establish a platform to maximize herbal treatment through accumulation of research data and diseases-specific, or drug-specific network combined with clinical experiences, and identify functions and roles of molecules in herbs and conduct animal-based studies within TCM frame. So far, few literature reviews exist for systems biology in traditional Korean medicine and they merely re-examine known efficacies of simple substances, herbs and formulas. For the future, it is necessary to identify specific mechanisms of working agents and targets to maximize the effects of traditional medicine modalities. Conclusions : Systems biology is widely accepted and studied in TCM and already advanced into a field known as 'TCM systems biology', which calls for the study of incorporating TCM and systems biology. It is time for traditional Korean medicine to acknowledge the importance of systems biology and present scientific basis of traditional medicine and establish the principles of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases. By doing so, traditional Korean medicine would be innovated and further developed into a personalized medicine.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.32.1-32.6
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• 2016

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of two different sizes of extruded pellets (EP) ($EP_1$ - 3 mm or $EP_2$ - 5 mm) and a moist pellet (MP) in olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, reared in semi-recirculation system. A total of 450 fish with an average initial weight of $5.0{\pm}0.2g$ (mean ${\pm}$ SD) were fed one of the three experimental diets in triplicate groups. At the end of a 6-week feeding trial, weight gain, specific growth rate, and feed efficiency of fish fed EP diets were significantly higher than those of fish fed MP (P < 0.05). Water quality parameters like turbidity, total ammonia nitrogen, and total phosphorous from tanks of fish fed $EP_1$ and $EP_2$ were significantly lower than those from tanks of fish fed MP. Blood plasma glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glucose concentration were significantly higher in fish fed MP diet compared to fish fed EP diets (P < 0.05). Whole body crude protein contents in fish fed EP diets were higher than those from the fish fed MP diet. Whole body amino acid content like threonine, aspartic acid, serine, tyrosine, and cystine were found to be significantly higher in fish fed EP diets than those in fish fed MP diet. In considering overall performance of olive flounder, $EP_2$ diet could be recommended for the successful aquaculture of this important fish species.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2021

프로피온산혈증은 PCCA 및 PCCB 유전자의 돌연변이로 발생하며 대사산물의 축적으로 신생아기부터 근긴장 저하, 구토, 케톤산증, 고암모니아혈증, 경련 등이 나타나 사망에 이를 수 있고, 비교적 후기에 신경학적 증상과 함께 발현하는 경과를 보이기도 한다. 저자들은 특별한 과거력 없이 지내던 중 확장성 심근병증이 확인된 16세 남아에서 유전자 검사로 프로피온산혈증이 진단된 1례를 보고하는 바이다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.363-375
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• 1989

It has been well known that peripheral infusion of angiotensin II results in an increase of blood pressure, and an elevation of aldosterone secretion, and an inhibition of renin relase. However, the direct effect of angiotensin II on renal function has not been clearly established. In the present study, to investigate the effect of angiotensin II on renal function and renin release, angiotensin II (0.3, 3 and 10 ng/kg/min) was infused into a unilateral renal artery of the unanesthetized rabbit and changes in renal function and active and inactive renin secretion rate (ARSR, IRSR) were measured. In addition, to determine the relationship between the renal effect of angiotensin II and adenosine, the angiotensin II effect was evaluated in the presence of simultaneously infused 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT, 30 nmole/min), adenosine A 1 receptor antagonist. Angiotensin II infusion at dose less than 10 ng/kg/min decreased urine flow, clearances of para-amino-hippuric acid and creatinine, and urinary excretion of electrolytes in dose-dependent manner. The changes in urine flow and sodium excretion were significantly correlated with the change in renal hemodynamics. Infusion of angiotensin II at 10 ng/kg/min also decreased ARSR, but it has no significant effect on IRSR. The change in ARSR was inversely correlated with the change in IRSR. The plasma concentration of catecholamine was not altered by an intarenal infusion of angiotensin II. In the presence of 8-PT in the infusate, the effect of angiotensin II on renal function was significantly attenuated, but that on renin secretion was not modified. These results suggest that the reduction in urine flow and Na excretion during intrarenal infusion of angiotensin II was not due to direct inhibitions of renal tubular transport systems, but to alterations of renal hemodynamics which may partly be mediated by the adenosine receptor.