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CD8+ T Cell-mediated Immunity Induced by Heterologous Prime-boost Vaccination Based on DNA Vaccine and Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Expressing Epitope (Epitope발현 DNA Vaccine과 Recombinant Vaccinia Virus를 이용한 Heterologous Prime-boost Vaccination에 의하여 유도되는 CD8+ T 세포 매개성 면역)

  • Park, Seong-Ok;Yoon, Hyun-A;Aleyas, Abi George;Lee, John-Hwa;Chae, Joon-Seok;Eo, Seong-Kug
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2005
  • Background: DNA vaccination represents an anticipated approach for the control of numerous infectious diseases. Used alone, however, DNA vaccine is weak immunogen inferior to viral vectors. In recent, heterologous prime-boost vaccination leads DNA vaccines to practical reality. Methods: We assessed prime-boost immunization strategies with a DNA vaccine (minigene, $gB_{498-505}$ DNA) and recombinant vaccinia virus $(vvgB_{498-505})$ expressing epitope $gB_{498-505}$ (SSIEF ARL) of CD8+ T cells specific for glycoprotein B (gB) of herpes simplex virus (HSV). Animals were immunized primarily with $gB_{498-505}$ epitope-expressing DNA vaccine/recombinant vaccinia virus and boosted with alternative vaccine type expressing entire Ag. Results: In prime-boost protocols using vvgBw (recombinant vaccinia virus expressing entire Ag) and $vvgB_{498-505}$, CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity was induced maximally at both acute and memory stages if primed with vvgBw and boosted with $vvgB_{498-505}$ as evaluated by CTL activity, intracellular IFN-staining, and MHC class I tetramer staining. Similarly $gB_{498-505}$ DNA prime-gBw DNA (DNA vaccine expressing entire Ag) boost immunization elicited the strongest CD8+ T cell responses in protocols based on DNA vaccine. However, the level of CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity induced with prime-boost vaccination using DNA vaccine expressing epitope or entire Ag was inferior to those based on vvgBw and $vvgB_{498-505}$. Of particular interest CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity was optimally induced when $vvgB_{498-505}$ was used to prime and gB DNA was used as alternative boost. Especially CD7+ T cell responses induced by such protocol was longer lasted than other protocols. Conclusion: These facts direct to search for the effective strategy to induce optimal CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity against cancer and viral infection.

The competition between superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in Y$_{1-x}Tb_xNi_2B_2C$ single crystals

  • Kim, H.B.;Doh, Hyeon-Jin;Cho, B.K.;Lee, Sung-Ik
    • 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • v.9
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    • pp.206-209
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    • 1999
  • Magnetic and superconducting properties in a series of intermetallic compounds Y$_{1-x}Tb_xNi_2B_2C$ were investigated by measuring the temperature dependent magnetization, M (T), and resitivity, ${\rho}$ (T). As Tb concentration, x, is increased, the superconducting transition temperature, T$_c$, decreases and eventually disappears in the vicinity of x = 0.5 while Neel temperature, T$_N$, appears abruptly near x = 0.4 and increases linearly. Of particular interest is the collision of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism around x = 0.4. The linear decrease of T$_c$ for dilute Tb concentration seems to follow the Abrikosov-Gor'kov behavior, while the decay of T$_c$ below T$_c$ is expected to originate from the effective magnetic field on the conduction electrons. The Ginzburg-Landau theory was phenomenologically constructed to explain this competition of superconducting order parameter and antiferromagnetic order parameter with the multi-band model.

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Effect of Dietary Xanthophylls Supplementation on Pigmentation and Antioxidant Properties in the Egg Yolks (Xanthophylls의 급여가 계란 노른자의 착색 및 항산화성에 미치는 영향)

  • Min, B.J.;Lee, K.H.;Lee, S.K.
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.45 no.5
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    • pp.847-856
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    • 2003
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effects of dietary xanthophylls supplementation on pigmentation and antioxidant properties in the egg yolk. ISA Brown laying hens aged 50 weeks were fed five kinds of xanthophyll combination such as control(neither natural nor artificial xanthophylls in feed), T1(Commercial diet containing natural xanthopylls in grain + Lutein 10ppm + Capsantin 10ppm), T2(T1 + Capsanthin 65ppm), T3(T1 + Canthaxanthin 65ppm), T4(T1 + Capsanthin 10ppm + Canthaxanthin 65ppm), and T5(T1 + Capsanthin 65ppm + Canthaxanthin 10ppm). The pH values of all egg yolks were not significantly different during storage or feeding periods. CIE L$^{*}$(lightness) values of T2 ~ T5 egg yolks were lower than those of control and T1. Conversely, the CIE a$^{*}$(redness) value of T2 ~ T5 egg yolks showed significantly higher(P<0.05). Egg yolk from chicks fed xanthophylls increased CIE b$^{*}$ values. The CIE b$^{*}$(yellowness) values of T2 ~ T5 egg yolks were higher than control and T1 during storage at 37$^{\circ}C$ for 48 hours respectively. In the antioxidation experiment, dietary xanthophylls supplementation affected lipid antioxidation of egg yolk during storage. The TBARS(O.D.) of egg yolks from chicks fed xanthophylls were lower than that of control during incubation at 37$^{\circ}C$ for 10 hours. In conclusion, dietary xanthophylls supplementation influence to color difference and retardation of lipid oxidation in egg yolk.

Kojic Acid, a Potential Inhibitor of NF-$textsc{k}$B Activation in Transfectant Human HaCaT and SCC-13 Cells

  • Moon, Ki-Young;Ahn, Kwang-Seok;Lee, Jin-seon;Kim, Yeong-Shik
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.307-311
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    • 2001
  • The activation of NF-$\kappa$B induced by kojic Acid, an inhibitor of tyrosinase for biosynthesis of melanin in melanocytes, was investigated in human transfectant HaCaT and SCC-13 cells. These two keratinocyte cell lines transfected with pNF-$\kappa$B-SEAP-NPT plasmid were used to determine the activation of NF-$\kappa$B. Transfectant cells release the secretory alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) as a transcription reporter in response to the NF-$\kappa$B activity and contain the neomycin phosphotransferase (NPT) gene for the dominant selective marker of geneticin resistance. NF-$\kappa$B activation was measured in the SEAP reporter gene assay using a fluorescence detection method. Kojic Acid showed the inhibition of cellular NF-$\kappa$B activity in both human keratinocyte transfectants. It could also downregulate the ultraviolet ray (UVR)-induced activation of NF-$\kappa$B expression in transfectant HaCaT cells. Moreover, the inhibitory activity of kojic Acid in transfectant HaCaT cells was found to be more potent than known antioxidants, e.g., vitamin C and N~acetyl-L-cysteine. These results indicate that kojic Acid is a potential inhibitor of NF-$\kappa$B activation in human keratinocytes, and suggest the hypothesis that NF-$\kappa$B activation may be involved in kojic Acid induced anti-melanogenic effect.

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Growth promoting effect on Tricholoma matsutake mycelium by bacteria from fairy Ring in Bonghwa-gun, Korea (국내 봉화 송이 자생지 내 균환 유래 토양세균의 송이균사체 생장촉진 효과)

  • Doo-Ho Choi;Eunji Lee;Kang-Hyo Lee;Gi-Hong An
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.27-30
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    • 2024
  • As a member of ectomycorrhizal fungi, Tricholoma matsutake has a symbiotic relationship with its host, Pinus densiflora. To cultivate T. matsutake artificially, the co-cultivation of T. matsutake mycelia and bacteria from shiro was introduced. In this study, bacteria were isolated from soil samples in Bonghwa-gun, and seven bacterial isolates (B22_7_B05, B22_7_B06, B22_7_B07, B22_7_B08, B22_7_B10, B22_7_B13, and B22_7_B14) promoted the growth of T. matsutake mycelia (147.48, 232.11, 266.72, 211.43, 175.17, 154.62, and 177.92%, respectively). Sequencing of the 16S rRNA region of the isolated bacteria was performed. B22_7_B05 and B22_7_B10 were identified as Bacillus toyonensis, B22_7_B06 and B22_7_B08 as Paenibacillus taichungensis, B22_7_B07 and B22_7_B14 as P. gorilla, and B22_7_B13 as P. odorifer. These bacterial isolates were associated with the shiro community and are expected to contribute to the cultivation of T. matsutake.

Parallel Processing Architecture for Parity Checksum Generator Complying with ITU-T J.83 ANNEX B (ITU-T J.83 ANNEX B의 Parity Checksum Generator를 위한 병렬 처리 구조)

  • Lee, Jong-Yeop;Hong, Eon-Pyo;Har, Dong-Soo;Lim, Hai-Jeong
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.34 no.6C
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    • pp.619-625
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    • 2009
  • This paper proposes a parallel architecture of a Parity Checksum Generator adopted for packet synchronization and error detection in the ITU-T Recommendation J.83 Annex B. The proposed parallel processing architecture removes a performance bottleneck occurred in a conventional serial processing architecture, leading to significant decrease in processing time for generating a Parity Checksum. The implementation results show that the proposed parallel processing architecture reduces the processing time by 83.1% at the expense of 16% area increase.

Development of Bacillus thuringensis var. kurstaki NRD 6-Stu 1 by Site-Directed Mutagenesis (위치지정 변이기법을 이용한 Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki NRD 6-Stu 1의 육성)

  • Lee, Jong-Su
    • The Journal of Natural Sciences
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 1993
  • A cloned delta-endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki NRD 6 was mutated at N-terminal toxic portion of the protoxin by site-directed mutagenesis. A Stu 1 restriction site was created in protoxin region of the mutant B.t.kurstaki NRD 6-Stu 1 which changed A to C in 177 region of the protoxin(silent mutation). Antigenic property of crystalline inclusion (delta-endotoxin) of the mutant was no difference to intact strain by the western blot analysis and its toxidity threshold value was also showed 0.015~0.030ng against Choristoneura femiferana-1 insect, similar with 0.01~0.024ng of parent strain, but stronger than that of B.t.kurstaki NRD 5 (500~1000ng) and B.t.kurstaki NRD 4(none toxic).

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A Study of Flexible T-DMB Antenna Using Rectangular Stub and Matching Circuit (매칭 회로와 구형 Stub를 이용한 Flexible T-DMB 안테나 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ho-Jin;Lee, Seon-Hyeon;Lee, Young-Hun;Lee, Sang-Seok
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.236-244
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we proposed flexible T-DMB dipole-shaped antenna that has strength of glass antenna and also has portability and ease of production. The input impedance of antenna according to vehicle body-effect was considered in order to install the antenna on the top of the front window. Installation position of on-glass antennas are changeable defends on driver, so we proposed Interdigital capacitor in feeding point to achieve matching characteristic with no position limit. The measurement result showed good return loss characteristic-below -6 dB in the T-DMB frequency band and maintained fixed resonant frequency.