• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2006

The importance of soft tissue response to implant abutments has become one of the major issues in current implant dentistry. To date, numerous studies have emphasized on maintaining connective tissue barriers in quantity, as well as in quality fir the long term success of dental implants. The cells mainly consisting the soft tissue around dental implants are fibroblasts and epithelial cells. The mechanism of the fibroblasts adhesions to certain substrata can be explained by the 'focal adhesion' theory. On the other hand, epithelial cells adhere tn the substratum via hemidesmosomes. The typical integrin-mediated adhesions of cells to certain matrix are called 'cell-matrix adhsions'. The focal adhesion complex of fibroblasts, in relation to the cell-matrix adhsions, consists of the extracellular matrix(ECM) such as fibronectin, the transmembrane proteins such as integrins, the intracellular cytoplasmic proteins such as vinculin, talin, and more, and the cytoskeletal structures such as filamentous actin and microtubules. The mechanosensory function of integrins and focal adhesion complexes are considered to play a major role in the cells adhesion, migration, proliferation, differentiation, division, and even apoptosis. The '3-D matrix adhesions' defined by Cukierman et al. makes a promising future for the verification of the actual process of the cell-matrix adhesions in vivo and can be applied to the field of implant dentistry in relation to obtaining strong soft tissue attachment to the implant abutments.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.549-576
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• 1995

Bacteria are one of the most important causative agents of the pulpal and periapical diseases. Streptococci are one of the most frequently isolated facultative anarerobic bacteria in the infected root canals. Bacterial cell wall components have a direct effect in the pathogenesis of the pulpal and periapical infections. Hyaluronidase produced by bacteria has been implicated in dissemination of the diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cell wall extract of streptococci on the L929 cells using inverted microscope and the transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Hyaluronidase production of streptococcal strains were investigated to determine the correlation between the severity of cell damage and the activity of enzymes. Bacterial cell wall extracts of S. sanguis, S. mitis and S. uberis isolated from infected root canals and ATCC type strains of S. mutans (ATCC 10449) and E. faecalis (ATCC 19433) were prepared by sonication and confirmed with SDS-PAGE. Silver stain of SDS-PAGE of sonic extract was efficient at $100{\mu}g$/ml concentration of cell wall protein, while Coomasie blue stain was efficient at $100{\mu}g$/ml concentration. Inverted microscope showed that sonic extract-treated L929 cells were round and detached from the substratum while others lost their fibroblastic shapes. Transmission electron microscopic examination revealed that streptococcal extracts induced death of L929 cells. Sonic extracts of streptococci had variable effect on microstructure of L929 cells. significant chromatin condensation was observed in the nucleus of the cells. Disappearance of cell surface microvilli and nuclear fragments with dense chromatin were observed. The cell nucleus had an irregular shape and numerous large vacuoles were seen in the cytoplasm and some breaks of the cell membrane could be seen. Cell organelles were in various stages of destruction and cristae of mitochondria were disoriented or disappeared. Eighteen strains of streptococci did not produce hyaluronidase.

• ALGAE
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.127-139
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• 2023

Cryptic stages of diverse macroalgae present in natural substrata, "the bank of microscopic forms", were isolated into clonal cultures and identified based on both morphological characteristics and DNA barcoding. Approximately 120 clonal isolates from 308 natural substratum samples were collected from the entire coastline of Kuwait. Amongst these isolates, 77 (64%) were identified through DNA barcoding using the nuclear ribosomal small subunit, RuBisCO spacer (ITS2, tufa, rbcL, psaA, and psbA) and sequencing. Twenty-six isolates (34%) were identified in the division Chlorophyta, 18 (23%) as Phaeophyceae, and 33 (43%) as Rhodophyta. For all DNA sequences in this study, species-level cut off applied was ≥98% homology which depend entirely on the markers used. Three putative new records of Chlorophyta new for the Arabian Gulf were made: Cladophora laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kützing, Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan and Ulvella leptochaete (Huber) R. Nielsen, C. J. O'Kelly & B. Wysor in Nielsen, while Cladophora gracilis Kützing and Ulva ohnoi M. Hiraoka & S. Shimada are new records for Kuwait. For Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpus subulatus Kützing and Elachista stellaris Areschoug were new records for the Gulf and Kuwait. In the Rhodophyta, Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli in Nägeli & Cramer, Ceramium affine Setchell & N. L. Gardner, Gelidium pusillum var. pakistanicum Afaq-Husain & Shameel and Dasya caraibica Børgesen are new records for the Gulf and Kuwait, while the red alga Stylonema alsidii (Zanardini) K. Drew is a new record for Kuwait. Several isolates identified corresponded to genera not previously reported in Kuwait and / or the Arabian Gulf, such as Porphyrostromium Trevisan, a new genus from the Bangiales, and two unidentified species for the Planophilaceae Škaloud & Leliaert. The isolates cultivated from substrata enhance understanding of the marine macroalgal diversity in the region and confirmed that the Germling Emergence Method is suitable for determining the actual diversity of a given study area through isolation from cryptic life-history phases.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.166-172
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• 2001

1995년 8월 제주도 근해에서 스쿠바 다이빙하여 연무자리돔의 산란보호행동을 관찰하였으며, 채집된 연무자리돔의 난은 부경대학교로 운반하여 부화, 사육하였다. 연무자리돔의 난은 평탄하고 단단한 기질의 산란소에 한층으로 부착되어 있었고, 수컷은 산란소 주위에서 접근해오는 다른 어종을 공격하는 산란보호행동을 나타내었다. 수정난은 무색투명하고, 타원형을 띠며, 부착사를 가진 침성부착난으로 난경은 장경이 0.73~0.88 mm, 단경이 0.50~0.56 mm이었다. 시간의 경과에 따른 난경의 변화는 T-test 결과 장경은 유의한 차이를 나타내었으나 (p<0.01) 단경은 유의한 차이가 없었다 (p>0.05). 수정난은 $23.0{\sim}25.5^{\circ}C$ 수온 범위에서 사육되었으며, 부화까지는 4~5일이 소요되었다. 부화자어는 척색장 1.10~1.61 mm로 21개의 근절을 가지고 있고 입은 닫힌 상태이나 항문은 열려 있으며, 항문전장은 척색장의 45.8%에 달하였고, 흑색소포는 두정부, 눈, 복강의 등쪽 및 꼬리의 배쪽 가장자리에 분포하였다. 부화자어의 난황과 유구는 부화 후 3~4일만에 완전히 흡수되어, 이 시기에 후기자어로 이행하였다. 부화 후 3일째 자어는 척색장 1.9~2.4 mm로 25개의 근절을 가지며, 빠르게 성장하였고, 부화 후 9일째 자어는 척색장 2.9 mm로 복부 등쪽에 처음으로 부레가 출현하였으며, 흑색소포는 형태적으로 커지면서 수적으로는 감소하였다.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.353-361
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• 2014

동합금이 사육 생물에게 미치는 생리적 영향을 조사하기 위해 화학적 조성이 다른 5종류의 금속판을 넣은 수조에서 사육한 북방전복을 대상으로 성패와 치패의 생존율, 호흡 및 배설률 그리고 기관별 중금속 축적률을 조사하였다. 생존율은 치패와 성패가 각각 27-60%와 63-83%로 성패가 더 높게 나타났다. 합금 조성에 따른 생존율의 뚜렷한 차이는 나타나지 않으나 중금속 축적률 그리고 영양적인 스트레스 등을 고려하면 동합금망은 전복 양성을 위한 가두리로서는 적합하지 못할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.337-349
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• 1999

The extracellular matrix(ECM) is a complex network of different combination of collagens, glycosaminoglycans, laminin, fibronectin, and many other glycoproteins including proteolytic enzymes. The composition and organization of the ECM contributes to the uniques physical or biomechanical properties of a tissue. Fibronectins(FN) are dimeric glycoproteins located on cell surfaces, in the matrix of connective tissue, and in blood. Fibronectins mediate cell attachment to collagen substratum and have been implicated in a variety of important biological processes, including embryogenesis and cell differentiation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgical induction of anterior disk displacement(ADD) on distribution of fibronectin in the rabbit temporomandibular joint(TMJ) tissues included the articular cartilage, disc, retrodiscal tissue, articular eminence using an immunohistochemical technique. The left TMJ was exposed surgically, and all discal attachments were severed except for the posterior attachment. The disk was then repositioned anteriorly and sutured to the zygomatic arch. The right TMJ served as a shamoperated control. Normal joints were used as a nonoperated control. Fourty-five rabbits were used for experiments in total. For fibronectin immunohistochemical study, eighteen rabbits (one normal group and 5 experimental groups, each group consists of 3 rabbits) were used. The experimental rabbits were sacrified after operation period of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 weeks on fibronectin. The obtained results were as follows ; 1. Fibronectin immunoreaction on all TMJ tissues(mandibular condyle, articular disc, retrodiscal tissue, articular eminence) in the normal rabbit was observed. Especially the reverse cell layer and proliferation zone of articular cartilage of condyle show strong positive reaction. 2. Depletion of fibronectin in the all TMJ tissues except hypertrophic zone of articular cartilage occurred at 2 weeks following induction of ADD. 3. The restoration of immunoreaction at 4 weeks was observed and a progressive increasing reaction at 6 weeks, 8 weeks also was found. Our study generally showed degenerative changes in TMJ tissues after ADD although TMJ tissues adapted or degenerated to abnormal loads and stress distribution according to the remodeling capacity of TMJ tissues.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.603-611
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• 2011

갈대 지상경 삽목 효율성 제고를 위해 지상경 채취 지역, 매질, 식재 방법 그리고 지면으로부터의 거리에 따른 부위별 삽목 갈대 구분 등 다양한 방법들을 적용한 삽목 실험을 수행하였다. 그와 더불어 더 나은 삽목법을 다양한 환경의 여러 가지 갈대 생태형에 적용하여 보았다. 연구 결과 생태형, 채취 지역, 매질 등의 차이는 지상경에서의 새로운 경엽부 출현과 생육에 미미한 영향을 미친 반면 식재 방법과 갈대 지상경 중 삽목 부위 차이는 삽목 효율에 상대적으로 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구는 갈대의 지상경 삽목 시 삽목에 필요한 지상경 채취에 앞서 삽목을 통해 증식시킨 갈대를 도입시킬 습지의 환경적, 생태적 특성을 먼저 고려하여 채취 장소를 선정해야 함을 제안한다. 뿐만 아니라 위도나 고도에 따른 기후 조건 등을 고려한 갈대의 연중 생육특성도 함께 파악하여 적절한 시기에 지상경을 채취하고 채취한 갈대의 중간 정도 부위를 선택적으로 삽목에 활용하는 것을 제안한다. 그와 더불어 습지에서 갈대를 채취할 경우 활발한 확장이 이뤄지고 있는 확장부에서 삽목을 위한 지상경을 채취하는 것이 나으며 삽목을 위한 매질의 경우 상토보다는 통기성이 좋은 모래가 효율적이었다. 삽목 식재 방법의 경우 갈대 지상경이 지면에 수평 방향이 되도록 식재하게 되는 수평법이 지면에 수직으로 식재하는 수직법에 비해 훨씬 높은 효율을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 지상경 삽목 효율 제고를 위해선 위 조건들뿐만 아니라 진딧물과 같은 병해충들로부터 갈대 삽목체가 피해 받지 않도록 하는 차원에서의 관리 방안 또한 함께 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1459-1469
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• 2008

Using a rotating biological contactor modified with a sequencing bath reactor system (SBRBC) designed and operated to remove phosphate and nitrogen [58], the microbial community structure of the biofilm from the SBRBC system was characterized based on the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) constituents, electron microscopy, and molecular techniques. Protein and carbohydrate were identified as the major EPS constituents at three different biofilm thicknesses, where the amount of EPS and bacterial cell number were highest in the initial thickness of 0-100${\mu}m$. However, the percent of carbohydrate in the total amount of EPS decreased by about 11.23%, whereas the percent of protein increased by about 11.15% as the biofilm grew. Thus, an abundant quantity of EPS and cell mass, as well as a specific quality of EPS were apparently needed to attach to the substratum in the first step of the biofilm growth. A FISH analysis revealed that the dominant phylogenetic group was $\beta$- and $\gamma$-Proteobacteria, where a significant subclass of Proteobacteria for removing phosphate and/or nitrate was found within a biofilm thickness of 0-250${\mu}m$. In addition, 16S rDNA clone libraries revealed that Klebsiella sp. and Citrobacter sp. were most dominant within the initial biofilm thickness of 0-250${\mu}m$, whereas sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, such as Beggiatoa sp. and Thiothrix sp., were detected in a biofilm thickness over 250${\mu}m$. The results of the bacterial community structure analysis using molecular techniques agreed with the results of the morphological structure based on scanning electron microscopy. Therefore, the overall results indicated that coliform bacteria participated in the nitrate and phosphorus removal when using the SBRBC system. Moreover, the structure of the biofilm was also found to be related to the EPS constituents, as well as the nitrogen and phosphate removal efficiency. Consequently, since this is the first identification of the bacterial community and structure of the biofilm from an RBC simultaneously removing nitrogen and phosphate from domestic wastewater, and it is hoped that the present results may provide a foundation for understanding nitrate and phosphate removal by an RBC system.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2011

일본(기수)재첩 유생사육을 위한 최적조건을 파악하기 위하여 수온, 염분, 유생 수용밀도, 먹이생물 종류 및 공급량, 채묘방법에 따른 성장과 생존율을 조사하였다. 일본(기수)재첩의 부유유생은 $24^{\circ}C$와 $27^{\circ}C$에서 빠른 성장을 보였으며, $18^{\circ}C$와 $21^{\circ}C$에서 50% 이상의 높은 생존율을 보임으로서 유생 사육을 위한 적정 수온은 $21-24^{\circ}C$이며, 최적수온은 $24^{\circ}C$ 이었다. 또한 염분 3 psu 이상에서 성장과 생존이 가능하였으나 적정 염분은 6-9 psu 이었다. 유생밀도별 사육시험에서 1 ml당 1-10 개체에서 높은 성장과 생존율을 보였으나 경제성을 고려한 적정 유생사육 밀도는 1 ml당 10 개체였다. 먹이생물에 따른 유생의 성장과 생존율은 Isochrysis galbana, Pavlova lutheri 및 Chaetoceros calcitrans를 혼합하여 10,000-20,000 cells/ml의 밀도로 공급하는 것이 가장 효과적이었다. 성숙유생의 채묘는 모래저질에서 성장과 생존율이 유의하게 효과적이었으며, 특히 0.25 mm 이하의 미세사질에서 높은 생존율을 보였다.

• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2002년도 국제심포지엄
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• pp.102-102
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• 2002

Heparin-bindin epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF) is one of the EGF family to be expressed at the time of implantation in the mouse uterus. Although HB-EGF has been shown to stimulate the development of embryo and uterus in the mouse, its correlation between cell adhesion molecules remains undefined. Integrin $\alpha$$_{ν}$$\beta$$_3$, one of the cell adhesion molecules, is an important mediator of cell-substratum and cell-cell adhesion in implantation. In the present studies, we investigated the effects of HB-EGF on the embryonic development, initiation of implantation and expression of integrin $\alpha$$_{ν}$$\beta$$_3$ in in vitro culture, blocking of HB-EGF, RT-PCR and immunofluores cence analysis. The results showed that HB-EGF significantly improved the developmental rate of hatched embryos (24.1%, p<0.01) and outgrowth embryos (42.5%, p<0.01). On the other hand, this growth factor showed no offset before the hatching embryonic stage. Analysis of RT-PCR showed that HB-EGF upregulated the expression level of integrina $\alpha$$_{ν}$$\beta$$_3$ subunit genes on the preimplantation embryo and outgrowth of blastocyst (120hr and 144hr after hCG injection). Immunofluorescence analysis showed that the integrin $\alpha$$_{ν}$$\beta$$_3$ subunits localized at the pericellular borders and cell-cell contact areas. Increase in fluorescence intensity was observed in the HB-EGF treated embryos. Intrauterine injection of an anti-HB-EGF antiserum at day 3 significantly decreased the number of implantation sites (14.4, p<0.01) and significantly increased the number of recovered embryos(6.4, p<0.05) at day 5. From these results, it imply that HB-EGF improve the embryo development and accelerated the expression of integrin $\alpha$$_{ν}$$\beta$$_3$ in the preimplantation mouse embryos.