• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2018년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.3-3
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• 2018

For centuries, Panax ginseng Meyer (Korean ginseng) has been widely used as a medicinal herb in Korea, China, and Japan. Ginsenosides are a class of triterpene saponins and recognized as the bioactive components in Korean ginseng. Ginsenosides, which can be classified broadly as protopanaxadiols (PPD), protopanaxatriols (PPT), and oleanolic acids, have been shown to flaunt a vast array of pharmacological activities such as immune-modulatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-diabetic, and antioxidant effects. In recent years, a number of ginseng and ginsenoside researches have increasingly gained wide attention owing to its unique pharmacological properties. Although good efficacies of ginsenosides have been reported, lack of target specific delivery into tumor sites, low solubility, and low bioavailability due to modifications in gastro-intestinal environments limit their biomedical application in clinical trials. As a result to this major challenge, nanotechnology and drug delivery techniques play a significant role to solve this problematic issue. Thus, we reported the preparation of poly-ethylene glycol (PEG) and glycol chitosan (GC) functionalized to ginsenoside (Compound K and PPD) conjugates via hydrolysable ester bonds with improved aqueous solubility and pH-dependent drug release. In vitro cytotoxicity assays revealed that PEG-CK, and PPD-CK conjugates exhibited lower cytotoxicity compared to bare CK and PPD in HT29 cells. However, GC-CK conjugates exhibited higher and similar cytotoxicity in HT29 and HepG2 cells. Furthermore, GC-CK-treated RAW264.7 cells did not exhibit significant cell death at higher concentration of treatment which supports the biocompatibility of the polymer conjugates. They also inhibited nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW64.7 cells. In addition to polymer-ginsenoside conjugates, silver (AgNps) and gold nanoparticles (AuNps) have been successfully synthesized by green chemistry using different m. The biosynthesized nanoparticles demonstrated antimicrobial efficacy, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant activity, biofilm inhibition, and anticoagulant effect. Special interest on the effective delivery methods of ginsenoside to treatment sites is the focus of metal nanoparticle research.In short, nano-sizing of ginsenoside results in an increased water solubility and bioavailability. The use of nano-sized ginsenoside and P. ginseng mediated metallic nanoparticles is expected to be effective on medical platform against various diseases in the future.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.663-668
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• 2015

hBMSCs are multipotent cells that are useful for tissue regeneration to treat degenerative diseases and others for their differentiation ability into chondrocytes, osteoblasts, adipocytes, hepatocytes and neuronal cells. In this study, biodegradable elastic hydrogels consisting of hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and hydrophobic poly(${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) (PCL) scaffolds were evaluated for tissue engineering because of its biocompatibility and the ability to control the release of bioactive peptides. The primary cultured cells from human bone marrow are confirmed as hBMSC by immunohistochemical analysis. Mesenchymal stem cell markers (collagen type I, fibronectin, CD54, $integrin1{\beta}$, and Hu protein) were shown to be positive, while hematopoietic stem cell markers (CD14 and CD45) were shown to be negative. Three different hydrogel scaffolds with different block compositions (PEG:PCL=6:14 and 14:6 by weight) were fabricated using the salt leaching method. The hBMSCs were expanded, seeded on the scaffolds, and cultured up to 8 days under static conditions in Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Media (IMDM). The growth of MSCs cultured on the hydrogel with PEG/PCL= 6/14 was faster than that of the others. In addition, the morphology of MSCs seemed to be normal and no cytotoxicity was found. The coating of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) containing scaffold with Matrigel slowed down the release of VEGF in vitro and promoted the angiogenesis when transplanted into BALB/c nude mice. These results suggest that hBMSCs can be supported by a biode gradable hydrogel scaffold for effective cell growth, and enhance the angiogenesis by Matrigel coating.

• 멤브레인
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2016

바이오 가스로부터 바이오 메탄을 생산하기 위해 물리흡수제 특성평가 및 $CO_2/CH_4$흡수 연구를 진행하였고, poly-propylene(PP) 중공사막 막접촉기에 적용해보았다. 물리흡수제 중 propylene carbonate (PC)는 PP 중공사막과 가장 높은 $58.3^{\circ}$ 접촉각을 보였고, 5 wt% PC를 물과 혼합할 경우 $90^{\circ}$ 이상의 접촉각이 관찰되었다. 또한 $CO_2$ 흡수실험에서 PC/물 혼합 흡수제는 물 흡수량(0.121 mmol/g) 보다 높은 0.148-0.157 mmol/g의 흡수량을 보이며, 막접촉기에 가장 적합한 물리흡수제로 선정되었다. PC/물 혼합 흡수제를 막접촉기에 적용 후 얻어진 $CO_2$ 제거율(98.0-97.8%)과 $CH_4$ 순도(98.5-98.3%)는 바이오 메탄으로서 매우 높은 가능성을 보여주었다. 하지만 PC/물 혼합 흡수제의 경우에는 물 흡수제와 비교하여 성능 변화가 매우 미비하였다. 이는 물보다 우수한 PC 흡수능과 함께 그에 따른 막접촉기 탈기 막 모듈 및 시스템 개선과 공급 유량 조절을 통해 $CH_4$ 손실 최소화 등 공정 최적화가 필요한 것으로 분석된다.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2013

목적: 본 연구는 cellulose acetate/poly ethylene glycol(CA/PEG) 안경테용 판재의 심입가공성을 향상시키기 위하여 심입가공온도 영역에서 비교적 높은 비열을 갖는 친환경 가소제인 triacetin을 2차 가소제로 도입함으로써 가공 효율이 향상 된 친환경 안경테 판재를 제조하는데 목적이 있다. 방법: 전체 가소제의 양을 CA 대비 30 wt%로 고정하고 1차 가소제인 PEG와 2차 가소제인 triacetin의 함량을 조절하여 제조된 CA/PEG/triacetin 조성물의 비열 및 열적특성을 분석하고, 다양한 기계적 물성과 광학적 특성의 비교분석을 통해 우수한 가공성을 갖는 안경테 소재를 위한 최적의 가소제 조성을 결정하였다. 결과: Triacetin 도입을 통해 CA 판재의 비열 상승을 확인하였으며, triacetin 함량비가 증가할수록 유리전이온도(Tg)가 낮아지고 심입가공성의 척도가 되는 감온속도의 감소를 확인하였다. 또한 기존의 CA/PEG 안경테 소재와 비교 시 우수한 광택특성 및 경도를 확인하였으며, 동등수준 이상의 기계적 물성을 보임을 확인하였다. 결론: PEG/triacetin의 투입비율을 조절하여 심입가공성을 향상시키고, 안경테 판재로 사용되기 적합한 물성 및 특유의 광택과 우수한 심미성을 만족하는 CA 판재를 제조할 수 있다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2010

[ $PdCl_2$ ] 함유된 폴리올공정을 이용하여 다양한 입도와 두께를 가진 판상 은 분말을 제조하였고 그 특성을 분석하였다. 판상 은 제조시 반응시간, $NH_4OH$, PVP 및 $PdCl_2$의 농도를 변화시킴으로서 각각의 조건 변화에 따른 영향을 조사하였다. 또한 제조된 판상 은 분말의 특성을 SEM, HR-TEM, XRD, PSA 및 Image analyzer를 통하여 분석하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 반응시간 120분의 조건에서 평균 크기 약 $5.5\;{\mu}m$ 및 $0.2\;{\mu}m$ 두께의 판상은 분말을 제조하였다. 반응조건 중$NH_4OH$ 및 $PdCl_2$의 농도가 증가함에 따라 분말의 크기가 증가하였다. 또한 PVP 농도가 증가함에 따라 판상 은 분말의 두께는 감소하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8693-8698
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• 2014

Background: Up-regulation of hsp90 gene expression occurs in numerous cancers such as lung cancer. D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid-poly ethylene glycol-17-dimethylaminoethylamino-17-demethoxy geldanamycin (PLGA-PEG-17DMAG) complexes and free 17-DMAG may inhibit the expression. The purpose of this study was to examine whether nanocapsulating 17DMAG improves the anti cancer effect over free 17DMAG in the A549 lung cancer cell line. Materials and Methods: Cells were grown in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% FBS. Capsulation of 17DMAG is conducted through double emulsion, then the amount of loaded drug was calculated. Other properties of this copolymer were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Assessment of drug cytotoxicity on the grown of lung cancer cell line was carried out through MTT assay. After treatment, RNA was extracted and cDNA was synthesized. In order to assess the amount of hsp90 gene expression, real-time PCR was performed. Results: In regard to the amount of the drug load, IC50 was significant decreased in nanocapsulated(NC) 17DMAG in comparison with free 17DMAG. This was confirmed through decrease of HSP90 gene expression by real-time PCR. Conclusions: The results demonstrated that PLGA-PEG-17DMAG complexes can be more effective than free 17DMAG in down-regulating of hsp90 expression by enhancing uptake by cells. Therefore, PLGA-PEG could be a superior carrier for this kind of hydrophobic agent.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2011

프로테오믹스 기법을 이용하여 벼 고온 스트레스 관련 단백질을 분리 동정하기 위하여 $42^{\circ}C$에서 고온처리한 벼의 줄기로부터 단백질을 분리하였다. 분리한 단백질로부터 Rubisco 단백질을 제거하기 위해 15% PEG fractionation을 실시한 후 상등액 분획의 단백질을 이차원전기 영동한 후, CBB 염색을 통해 차별적 발현을 보이는 단백질을 분석하였다. 총 46개의 단백질 spot이 발현양에 변화를 보였으며, 그 중 24개의 단백질이 고온 스트레스에 의해 발현이 증가되었으며, 22개의 단백질이 감소하는 발현 양상을 나타내었다. 이들 단백질을 MALDI-TOF MS와 database를 통해 동정한 결과 에너지 대사관련 단백질, 산화 환원 관련 단백질 및 저분자량 small HSP 등, 10개의 단백질이 동정되었다. 이들 동정된 단백질들은 식물의 고온 스트레스에 대한 적응기작을 이해하는데 중요한 단서를 제공할 것이며, 특히 미토콘드리아 small HSP는 프로테옴 분석법에 의해 최초로 동정되었으며, 금후 내하고성 목초 분자육종에 활용될 수 있는 좋은 유전자로 판단된다.

• 폴리머
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2007

전기분무에서의 전기유체 역학적 힘에 의한 표면 에너지의 조절은 간단한 입자 크기 조절, 단분산성, 높은 회수율, 그리고 약한 가공조건과 같은 이점을 제공할 수 있다. 이러한 이점은 단백질 약물전달체 제조에 적절할 것으로 예상되어, 본 연구에서 전기분무법을 이용하여 단백질 약물의 나노포집을 시도하였다. 모델 단백질인 알부민을 단축 혹은 동축 전기분무로 가공하였고 키토산, 폴리카플로락톤(PCL), 폴리 (에틸렌 글리콜) (PEG) 등이 포집물질로 사용되었다. 효율을 최대로 높이기 위해 분무액의 전기전도도, 유속, 전기포텐셜 구배의 거리 등과 같은 가공변수들이 조사되었다. 키토산 시스템에서 입자크기에 대한 공정 변수의 영향은 유속이 늦어질수록, 노즐과 집적부 사이의 거리가 가까울수록 입자 크기가 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. PCL 시스템에서는 단축 전기분무의 경우 유속이 늦어질수록, 동축 전기분무의 경우 내부와 외부 물질의 유속비가 클수록 입자 크기가 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 전기분무 노즐에서 생성된 초기 입자들은 좁은 입자 크기 분포를 보였으나, 그것들이 집적부에 도달했을 때 입자들이 응집되는 경향이 있었다. 이러한 전기분무법에서 PCL, PEG, 키토산을 사용한 알부민의 효과적인 나노 포집은 12 kV 이상에서 성공적으로 이루어졌다.

• 생체재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.328-336
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• 2018

Background: Biogenic fabrication of silver nanoparticles from naturally occurring biomaterials provides an alternative, eco-friendly and cost-effective means of obtaining nanoparticles. It is a favourite pursuit of all scientists and has gained popularity because it prevents the environment from pollution. Our main objective to take up this project is to fabricate silver nanoparticles from lichen, Usnea longissima and explore their properties. In the present study, we report a benign method of biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from aqueous-ethanolic extract of Usnea longissima and their characterization by ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses. Silver nanoparticles thus obtained were tested for antimicrobial activity against gram positive bacteria and gram negative bacteria. Results: Formation of silver nanoparticles was confirmed by the appearance of an absorption band at 400 nm in the UV-vis spectrum of the colloidal solution containing both the nanoparticles and U. longissima extract. Poly(ethylene glycol) coated silver nanoparticles showed additional absorption peaks at 424 and 450 nm. FTIR spectrum showed the involvement of amines, usnic acids, phenols, aldehydes and ketones in the reduction of silver ions to silver nanoparticles. Morphological studies showed three types of nanoparticles with an abundance of spherical shaped silver nanoparticles of 9.40-11.23 nm. Their average hydrodynamic diameter is 437.1 nm. Results of in vitro antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pyrogenes, Streptococcus viridans, Corynebacterium xerosis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae (gram positive bacteria) and Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneuomoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (gram negative bacteria) showed that it was effective against tested bacterial strains. However, S. mutans, C. diphtheriae and P. aeruginosa were resistant to silver nanoparticles. Conclusion: Lichens are rarely exploited for the fabrication of silver nanoparticles. In the present work the lichen acts as reducing as well as capping agent. They can therefore, be used to synthesize metal nanoparticles and their size may be controlled by monitoring the concentration of extract and metal ions. Since they are antibacterial they may be used for the treatment of bacterial infections in man and animal. They can also be used in purification of water, in soaps and medicine. Their sustained release may be achieved by coating them with a suitable polymer. Silver nanoparticles fabricated from edible U. longissima are free from toxic chemicals and therefore they can be safely used in medicine and medical devices. These silver nanoparticles were stable for weeks therefore they can be stored for longer duration of time without decomposition.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2011년도 제36회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.1-2
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• 2011

Hybrid rockets have lately attracted attention as a strong candidate of small, low cost, safe and reliable launch vehicles. A significant topic is that the first commercially sponsored space ship, SpaceShipOne vehicle chose a hybrid rocket. The main factors for the choice were safety of operation, system cost, quick turnaround, and thrust termination. In Japan, five universities including Hokkaido University and three private companies organized "Hybrid Rocket Research Group" from 1998 to 2002. Their main purpose was to downsize the cost and scale of rocket experiments. In 2002, UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium) and HASTIC (Hokkaido Aerospace Science and Technology Incubation Center) took over the educational and R&D rocket activities respectively and the research group dissolved. In 2008, JAXA/ISAS and eleven universities formed "Hybrid Rocket Research Working Group" as a subcommittee of the Steering Committee for Space Engineering in ISAS. Their goal is to demonstrate technical feasibility of lowcost and high frequency launches of nano/micro satellites into sun-synchronous orbits. Hybrid rockets use a combination of solid and liquid propellants. Usually the fuel is in a solid phase. A serious problem of hybrid rockets is the low regression rate of the solid fuel. In single port hybrids the low regression rate below 1 mm/s causes large L/D exceeding a hundred and small fuel loading ratio falling below 0.3. Multi-port hybrids are a typical solution to solve this problem. However, this solution is not the mainstream in Japan. Another approach is to use high regression rate fuels. For example, a fuel regression rate of 4 mm/s decreases L/D to around 10 and increases the loading ratio to around 0.75. Liquefying fuels such as paraffins are strong candidates for high regression fuels and subject of active research in Japan too. Nakagawa et al. in Tokai University employed EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) to modify viscosity of paraffin based fuels and investigated the effect of viscosity on regression rates. Wada et al. in Akita University employed LTP (Low melting ThermoPlastic) as another candidate of liquefying fuels and demonstrated high regression rates comparable to paraffin fuels. Hori et al. in JAXA/ISAS employed glycidylazide-poly(ethylene glycol) (GAP-PEG) copolymers as high regression rate fuels and modified the combustion characteristics by changing the PEG mixing ratio. Regression rate improvement by changing internal ballistics is another stream of research. The author proposed a new fuel configuration named "CAMUI" in 1998. CAMUI comes from an abbreviation of "cascaded multistage impinging-jet" meaning the distinctive flow field. A CAMUI type fuel grain consists of several cylindrical fuel blocks with two ports in axial direction. The port alignment shifts 90 degrees with each other to make jets out of ports impinge on the upstream end face of the downstream fuel block, resulting in intense heat transfer to the fuel. Yuasa et al. in Tokyo Metropolitan University employed swirling injection method and improved regression rates more than three times higher. However, regression rate distribution along the axis is not uniform due to the decay of the swirl strength. Aso et al. in Kyushu University employed multi-swirl injection to solve this problem. Combinations of swirling injection and paraffin based fuel have been tried and some results show very high regression rates exceeding ten times of conventional one. High fuel regression rates by new fuel, new internal ballistics, or combination of them require faster fuel-oxidizer mixing to maintain combustion efficiency. Nakagawa et al. succeeded to improve combustion efficiency of a paraffin-based fuel from 77% to 96% by a baffle plate. Another effective approach some researchers are trying is to use an aft-chamber to increase residence time. Better understanding of the new flow fields is necessary to reveal basic mechanisms of regression enhancement. Yuasa et al. visualized the combustion field in a swirling injection type motor. Nakagawa et al. observed boundary layer combustion of wax-based fuels. To understand detailed flow structures in swirling flow type hybrids, Sawada et al. (Tohoku Univ.), Teramoto et al. (Univ. of Tokyo), Shimada et al. (ISAS), and Tsuboi et al. (Kyushu Inst. Tech.) are trying to simulate the flow field numerically. Main challenges are turbulent reaction, stiffness due to low Mach number flow, fuel regression model, and other non-steady phenomena. Oshima et al. in Hokkaido University simulated CAMUI type flow fields and discussed correspondence relation between regression distribution of a burning surface and the vortex structure over the surface.