• 대한본초학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2013

Objectives : Allergy is an immune dysfunction caused by degranulation from mast cells in the early phase of allergic disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-allergic effect of fermented Angelicae gigantis Radix in human mast cell line, HMC-1. Method : The Angelicae gigantis Radix was fermented by Lactobacillus acidophilus. The cell toxicity of fermented Angelicae gigantis Radix(FAGR) was determined by MTT assay. The release of ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase from HMC-1 stimulated by phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) plus A23187 was determined by ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase assay. Also, the concentrations of cytokines (interleukin-$1{\beta}$, -6, -8 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The gene expression of COX-2 from HMC-1 stimulated by phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) plus A23187 was determined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The release of histamine on substance P-stimulated HMC-1 was measured by histamine assay. Result : The FAGR suppressed the release of ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase, a marker of degranulation, from HMC-1 stimulated by PMA plus A23187. The FAGR inhibited the production of interleukin-$1{\beta}$, -6, -8 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The FAGR inhibited the expression of COX-2 mRNA. The FAGR suppressed the release of histamine on substance P-stimulated HMC-1. Conclusion : These results provide that FAGR may be beneficial in the treatment of allergic inflammatory disease.

• 생약학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.110-119
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• 1998

Sa-Mul-Tang(SMT) consist of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, Paeoniae Radix Alba, Cnidii Rhizoma and Angelicae Gigantis Radix. In L1210 cells-transplanted BALB/c mice, T-lymphocyte apoptosis, $CD8^+T_C$ cells population in thymocyte and nitric oxide production in macrophage were enhanced, but phagocytic activity was decreased. SMT suppressed T-lymphocyte apoptosis and enhanced CD^4+T_H$ cells population, but did not affect nitric oxide production and phagocytic activity in L1210 cells-transplanted mice. In antitumor drugs-injected mice, T-lymphocyte apoptosis was enhanced, but $CD4^+T_H/CD8^+T_C$, cells population and T-lymphocyte proliferation were decreased. SMT suppressed T-lymphocyte apoptosis, and enhanced $CD8^+T_C$ cells population, T-lymphocyte proliferation and phagocytic activity in vincristine-injected mice. These results suggest that SMT enhances T cell-mediated immunity in L1210 cell-transplanted mice, and enhances T cell-mediated immunity and phagocytic activity in vincristine-injected mice.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose and present implementation results of a high-speed turbo decoding algorithm. The latency caused by (de) interleaving and iterative decoding in a conventional maximum a posteriori(MAP) turbo decoder can be dramatically reduced with the proposed design. The source of the latency reduction is come from the combination of the radix-4, dual-path processing, parallel decoding, and rearly-stop algorithms. This reduced latency enables the use of the turbo decoder as a forward error correction scheme in real-time wireless communication services. The proposed scheme results in a slight degradation in bit-error rate(BER) performance for large block sizes because the effective interleaver size in a radix-4 implementation is reduced to half, relative to the conventional method. Fixed on the parameters of N=212, iteration=3, 8-states, 3 iterations, and QPSK modulation scheme, we designed the adaptive high-speed turbo decoder using the Xilinx chip (VIRTEX2P (XC2VP30-5FG676)) with the speed of 17.78 Mb/s. From the results, we confirmed that the decoding speed of the proposed decoder is faster than conventional algorithms by 8 times.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.159-165
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• 1996

The study was clinically performed with the 128 out patients of dermatic disease who had visited the Dept. of dermatology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing traditional medical college from May 2nd to February 14th 1996. The results were as follows. 1. The dermatologic findings which showed higher incidence in this study were Acne of Melasma 27 cases($21.0\%$), Psoriasis 25($19.5\%$), Eczema including Contact dermatitis 21($16.4\%$), Seborrheic dermatitis including Alopecia of hair 12($9.3\%$) and Urticaria 11($8.5\%$). 2. The sex ratio of male to female was 4.5 : 5.5. The peak incidence of age group was 30-39($21.8\%$). 3. In the duration of disease, 37 cases($28.9\%$) were between 1 year and 5 years. 27($21.1\%$) were over 10 years. 4. About the single herb drugs, they are Angelicas gigantis Radix, Paeoniae Radix and Salviae Radix in order of frequencies. In the case of pill type, Danggui gosam hwan. Chunggan hwan. Whaeo hwan and Shinnongjiyang hwan are most frequently used. In the case of topica, Whangyeongo, Juachanggo and Soeungo are used in high frequencies. 5. For the test and surgical treatment KOH surgical treatment of Molluscum contagiosum in 8 cases and the bloody treatment of Chronic psoriasis in 3 cases.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 OFDM 기반의 통신 시스템용 FFT/IFFT 코어 생성기 (FCore_Gen)를 구현하였다. FCore_Gen은 FFT 길이, 입력 비트수, 내부 중간 결과 값의 비트수, 격자계수 비트수 등의 선택에 따라 총 640가지 의 FFT/IFFT 코어를 Verilog-HDL 코드로 생성한다. 생성되는 FFT/IFFT 코어는 in-place 방식의 단일 메모리 구조를 기반으로 하며, FFT 길이에 따라 radix-4, radix-2 알고리듬의 혼합 구조가 적용된다. 또한, 메모리 감소와 연산 정밀도 향상을 위하여 중간 결과 값의 크기에 따른 조건적 스케일링이 연산 stage 단위로 적용되도록 하였다. 생성되는 코어를 $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS 표준 셀로 합성 한 결과 75-MHz@3.3-V의 속도로 동작 가능하여 64점 FFT 연산에 $2.55-{\mu}s$가 소요되고, 8192 점 FFT 연산에 $762.7-{\mu}s$가 소요되어 OFDM기반의 무선 랜, DMB, DVB 시스템의 요구조건을 만족한다.

• 분석과학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.331-338
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• 2007

한약과 기능성식품으로 널리 활용되는 감초의 지표물질인 glycyrrhizin과 liquiritin을 HPLC-MS/MS 로 정성, 정량분석을 실시하였다. 두 가지 지표성분 모두 positive ion mode에서 검출이 가능하였고, precursor ion과 product ion을 조합한 multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) mode에서 liquiritin은 m/z $436.2{\rightarrow}257.0$로 관찰되었고, glycyrrhizin은 m/z $823.4{\rightarrow}453.4$ 로 각각 검지되었다. 감초 물 추출물을 분무건조기로 건조한 분말에서 glycyrrhizin의 경우 5.8%, liquiritin의 경우 2.3% 각각 함유되어 있었다. 회수율은 103-113%였고, 일간, 일내 정밀도 실험에서 상대표준편차는 0.95-1.8% 였다. 본 실험 조건에서 liquiritin과 glycyrrhizin의 검출한계는 각각 0.4 ng/mL과 0.01 ng/mL 이었다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.618-623
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• 2008

기능성 식품 및 기능성 화장품으로 활용 가능한 소재를 개발하기 위한 목적으로 자외선 차단 효과, 항산화 효과, 미백효과 등을 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 자외선 차단 효과는 두충 추출물은 $280{\sim}210\;nm$에서 단삼은 $270{\sim}220\;nm$에서 나타내는 것으로 보아 자외선 차단용 화장품 원료로 사용 시 UV-C영역의 자외선을 흡수하는 목적으로 사용할 수 있을 것이며, 진피는 $400{\sim}210\;nm$에서 천궁은 $380{\sim}220nm$의 거의 자외선 파장의 전 영역에서 흡수를 나타내었다. 2. DPPH 라디칼에 대한 소거능은 천궁 추출물은 79.0%, 두충 추출물은 74.2%, 진피 추출물은 40.4%, 단삼 추출물은 19.4%의 저해율 순서로 천궁 추출물이 가장 높은 전자공여능을 나타내었다. 3. Superoxide dismutase(SOD) 유사활성율은 단삼 추출물은 21.9%, 진피 추출물은 18.3%, 두충 추출물은 11.7% 순으로 나타내었으나, 천궁 추출물은 반응 과정에서 부유물이 생성되어 정확한 값을 측정할 수 없었다. 4. Xanthine oxidase 저해 활성을 측정한 결과, 단삼 추출물은 79.3%, 천궁 추출물은 71.9%, 두충 추출물은 57.5% 순으로 xanthine oxidase 저해 활성도가 매우 높은 것으로 나타났다. 5. Tyrosinase 저해 활성도는 천궁 추출물은 59.5%, 단삼추출물은 22.8%, 진피 추출물은 27.5%, 두충 추출물은 12.4% 순으로 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 보면 자외선 차단 효과는 진피와 천궁 추출물이 좋은 자외선 차단용 원료로 사용할 수 있을 것이며, 항산화 효과는 네 가지 추출물의 특성을 고려하여 적당히 혼합한 혼합물, 미백 효과는 천궁 추출물을 사용하면 좋은 기능성 식품 및 기능성 화장품 원료로 사용 가능한 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.431-439
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• 2004

Scutellariae Radix (Scu.), one of the immune-regulatory substances, is recognized to play the role in the metabolic process of inflammation, allergy and immunity. It has been traditionally used in the Oriental medicine to treat inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of water extracts of Scutellariae Radix on the spleen lymphocyte immune function in the Balb/c female mice treated with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) to induce colitis. Water extract of Scutellariae Radix (100 mg/kg) and sulfasalazine (50 mg/kg) were administrated orally for 2 weeks of experimental period. Mice were divided into three experimental groups randomly: DSS group (5％ DSS was ad libitum for 5 days) as control group, DSS ＋ Scu. (water extracts of Scutellariae Radix for 2 weeks after 5％ DSS was ad libitum for 5 days) as experimental group, and DSS ＋ Sulfasalazine group (Sulfasalazine for 2 weeks after 5％ DSS was ad libitum for 5 days) as positive control group. Levels of Ig A, Ig E, CD4$^{＋}$, CD8$^{＋}$, TNF-$\alpha$ and other cytokines were measured. Treatment of DSS for 5 days induced bowel inflammation and the treatment with Scu. water exteract and sulfasalazine significantly recovered the damage. The length of intestine of DSS group was significantly shorter than that of other groups. The serum and fecal concentration of Ig A of SS ＋ Scu group was higher than those of DSS group. The contents of CD4$^{＋}$ T cells was higher in the DSS ＋ Scu. group than the other groups and CD8$^{＋}$ T cells was the lowest in DSS ＋ Sulfasalazine group. The Ig A level of cultured supernatant of spleen lymphocyte was the highest, while the Ig E level was the lowest in SS ＋ Scu group. The concentration of TNF-$\alpha$, cytokine secreted from the Th1 cell in the supernatant spleen lymphocyte, was the highest in the DSS group and the lowest in the DSS ＋ Scu. group. The concentration of IFN-${\gamma}$ and ll...-12 was lower in the DSS ＋ Scu. group than those of the other groups. The concentration of IL-4 in the supernatant of spleen lymphocyte was the lowest in the DSS ＋ Scu. group but IL-10 was not significantly different. Based on these findings, water extract of Scutellariae Radix exhibited the inhibitory effect via IL-4 production thereby inhibited the production of Ig E and strengthened immune system, and alleviated injury in DSS- induced colitis mice model.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2003

Background : Production of cytokines by bronchial epithelial cells may contribute to the local accumulation of inflammatory cells in patients with bronchial asthma. In many recent studies, molecular biological methods have been used to investigate the role of cytokines in pathogenesis and new therapeutic targets of asthma. Objective : We aimed to identify the dose-dependent inhibitory effects of Socheongryong-tang and Socheongryong-tang plus Sasam (Adenophorae Radix) on the mRNA expressions of Interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) involved in the asthma model. Materials and Methods : In this study, BEAS-2B cell lines, human epithelial cells, were used. These cells were stimulated by tumor necrosis factor $(TNF)-{\alpha},{\;}IL-1{\beta}$ and histamine for artificial inflammatory expression. ${\beta}-actin$ messenger RNA (mRNA) was used for the internal standard. After each 24 hours of the Socheongryong-tang (小靑龍湯) and Socheongryong-tang plus Sasam (小靑 龍湯加沙蔘) treatment, total cellular RNAs were collected by applying RNAzol directly to the living cells. Then the transcriptional activities of IL-6, IL-8 and GM-CSF were measured by RT-PCR with electrophoresis. Results : In the Socheongryong-tang (小靑龍湯) study, the mRNA expressions of IL-6, IL-8 and GM-CSF were significantly inhibited compared to that of the control group (p<0.05). In the Socheongryong-tang plus Sasam (小靑龍湯加沙蔘) study, the mRNA expressions of IL-6, IL-8 and GM-CSF were significantly inhibited compared to that of the control group (p<0.05). Conclusions : This study shows that Socheongryong-tang (小靑龍湯) and Socheongryong-tang plus Sasam (小靑龍湯加沙蔘) have dose-dependent inhibitory effects on the mRNA expressions of IL-6, IL-8 and GM-CSF in human epithelial cells, so these herbal medicines may inhibit the inflammatory process of asthma. Advanced studies are required to investigate the mechanisms of inhibition by herbal medicine in the asthma model.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2010

Objectives : Allergy is an immune dysfunction caused by degranulation from mast cells in the early phase of allergic disease including allergic rhinitis (AR). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Osterici Radix, roots of Ostericum koreanum Maximowicz in human mast cells and experimental allergic animal models. Methods : The anti-allergic effect of Osterici Radix water extract (NK-W) was investigated in human mast cell line, HMC-1 cells, and compound 48/80-induced systemic anaphylactic response in rats and ovalbumin (OVA)-induced AR in mice. Animals were orally administrated with NK-W (10 and 50 mg/kg) or anti-histamine drug, dosodium cromoglycate (50 mg/kg), and then intraperitoneally injected with compound 48/80 (8 mg/kg) or sensitized with 0.1% OVA into nasal. Animals were observed plasma histamine and histological changes of nasal mucosa. Also, mast cell degranulation and histamine production were determined in compound 48/80-stimulated HMC-1 cells. Results : NK-W inhibited compound 48/80-induced degranulation of mast cells and histamine releasing in HMC-1 cells. NK-W decreased mortality and serum histamine releasing in compound 48/80-induced anaphylatic rats in a dose-dependently manner. NK-W also inhibited serum histamine levels in OVA-induced AR mice and improved abnormal histological changes such as expansion of grandular cells and hypertrophy of epithelium in the nasal mucosa. These results indicate that Osterici Radix water extract suppress allergic response through downregulation of mast cell activation. Conclusions : This study suggests that a therapeutic potential of Osterici Radix as a source of anti-allergic agents for use in a number of allergic diseases.