• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 1999

배경: 1971년 calne에 의해 계통발생학적으로 조화성과 비조화성으로 분류된 이종이형이식이 발표된 이후, 계통발생학적으로 서로 공통점이 없는 비조화성과 공통점이 있는 조화성의 이종이형이식에서 초급성 거부반응과 촉진된 급성거부반응으로 나누어지나, 이런 조화성의 이종이형의 심장이식시에는 초급성거부반응이 없는 상태로 이종이형의 이식의 연구기회를 제공하게된다. 쥐모델에서의 조화성의 이종이형이식의 생존율을 높이는 현재의 치료법들은 높은 사망율 때문에 많은 연구재에서 이상적이지 못하다. 기존의 사이클로스포린A(Cyclosporine A) 나 새로운 면역억제제인 푸린 합성억제제인(purine synthesis inhibitor) 마이코페놀레이트 모페틸(Mycophenolate Mofetil, RS61443)은 현재 동종이형이식에는 효과적으로 임상에 이용되고 있다. 대상 및 방법: 잡종휜쥐를 수혜군으로 다 자란 생쥐를 기증군으로하여 이를 다시 4개군으로 나누어 제 1군(대조군)은 전처치나 치료약제의 투여가 없었던 군으로, 제 2군은 이식전 7∼10일전에 전처치로써 비장적출술을, 제 3군은 기존의 면역억제제인 사이클로스포린A로 치료한 군으로, 제 4군은 사이클로스포린과 새로운 면역억제제인 마이코페놀레이트 모페틸(RS 61443)을 동시에 투여한 군으로 나누어 각 군간의 술후 생존율을 비교하였다. 결과: 본문의 표와 그림에서 보여 주는 바와 같이 각군간의 생존율의 차이는 없었다. 결론: 본 저자등은 결론적으로 조화성의 이종이형의 이식은 동종이형의 이식의 지난 보고와는 거부반응이 서로 다르며, 기존 혹은 새로운 면역억제제인 마이코페놀레이트 모페틸의 투여도 이들 이종이형의 이식후 생존율을 연장하는데는 효과적이지 못하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권17호
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• pp.7337-7341
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• 2014

Background: The physiological role of vitamin D extends beyond bone health and calcium-phosphate homeostasis to effects on cancer risk, mainly for colorectal cancer. Vitamin D may have an anticancer effect in colorectal cancer mediated by binding of the active form $1,25(OH)_2D$ to the vitamin D receptor (VDR). The Taq1 VDR gene polymorphism, a C-to-T base substitution (rs731236) in exon 9 may influence its expression and function. The aim of this study wass to determine the 25(OH)D vitamin D level and to investigate the association between circulating vitamin D level and Taq1VDR gene polymorphism among Jordanian colorectal cancer patients. Materials and Methods: This case control study enrolled ninety-three patients and one hundred and two healthy Jordanian volunteers from AL-Basheer Hospital/Amman (2012-2013). Ethical approval and signed consent forms were obtained from all participants before sample collection. 25(OH)D levels were determined by competitive immunoassay Elecsys (Roche Diagnostic, France). DNA was extracted (Promega, USA) and amplified by PCR followed by VDR Taq1 restriction enzyme digestion. The genotype distribution was evaluated by paired t-test and chi-square. Comparison between vitamin D levels among CRC and control were assessed by odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. Results: The vitamin D serum level was significantly lower among colorectal cancer patients (8.34 ng/ml) compared to the healthy control group (21.02ng/ml). Patients deficient in vitamin D (less than 10.0 ng/ml) had increased colorectal cancer risk 19.2 fold compared to control. Only 2.2% of CRC patients had optimal vitamin D compared to 23.5% among healthy control. TT, Tt and tt Taq1 genotype frequencies among CRC cases was 35.5%, 50.5% and 14% compared to 43.1%, 41.2% and 15.7% among healthy control; respectively. CRC patients had lower mean vitamin D level among TT ($8.91{\pm}4.31$) and Tt ($9.15{\pm}5.25$) genotypes compared to control ($21.3{\pm}8.31$) and ($19.3{\pm}7.68$); respectively. Conclusions: There is significant association between low 25(OH)D serum level and colorectal cancer risk. The VDRTaq1 polymorphism was associated with increased colorectal cancer risk among patient with VDRTaq1 TT and Tt genotypes. Understanding the functional mechanism of VDRTaq1 TT and Tt may provide a strategy for colorectal cancer prevention and treatment.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.130-135
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• 2010

주요 병재배 버섯인 느타리버섯 혼합배지의 영양원으로 가장 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 면실박의 대체배지를 선발하여 배지재료를 다양화함으로서 느타리버섯의 안정적 생산을 도모하고자 대두박, 야자박, 케이폭박 혼합배지에 대한 생육 및 수량성을 검토하였다. 시험에 사용된 면실박 대체배지재료의 T-N함량은 대두박이 8.0%으로 가장 많았고, 면실박7.8%, 유채박 5.0%, 케이폭박 4.2%, 야자박이 3.2%의 순이었으며, C/N율은 6~15의 범위로 큰 차이를 보였다. 혼합배지의 T-N의 함량은 대두박 혼합배지에서 3.2%로 가장 높았고, 케이폭박은 2.5%로 면실박의 2.4%와 비슷하였으며, C/N율은 16~29의 범위로 혼합배지의 종류에 따라 크게 달라졌는데 대두박 혼합배지가 가장 낮았고, 야자박 혼합배지에서 29로 가장 높았다. 혼합배지별 배양율은 질소함량이 높았던 대두박처리에서 61.8%로 현저히 낮았고, 케이폭박처리에서 99.5%로 가장 높게 나타나, 면실박처리와 동일하게 우수한 배양율을 나타내었다. 초발이소요일수는 C/N율이 가장 높았던 야자박 혼합배지에서 4일로 가장 빨랐고, 유채박과 면실박 + 대두박처리에서 6일로 가장 오래 소요되었으며, 대두박처리에서는 발이 및 자실체 발생이 전혀 이루어지지 않았다. 자실체 수량은 케이폭박 혼합배지에서 144.6 g/병으로 면실박의 122.0 g/병보다 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났고, 생물학적 효율도 75.4%로 가장 높았다. 자실체 갓직경은 처리간 차이가 없었고, 대의 직경과 길이는 면실박 혼합배지가 각각 9.9 mm, 90.5 mm로 다른 처리보다 높은 경향이었다. 유효경수는 케이폭박 혼합배지에서 43.2개/병으로 가장 많은 것으로 나타나 케이폭박 혼합배지의 수량증가 요인이 되었음을 알 수 있었다. 이와같은 결과로 케이폭박은 현재 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 면실박의 수급불안정기의 대체재료로 뿐만 아니라, 느타리버섯 병재배용 배지재료로 상용화하는 것도 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.332-338
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• 2016

본 연구는 북한이탈주민의 외상 후 성장을 조사하여, 심리적 특성에 따른 외상 후 성장에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악함으로써 향후 북한이탈주민의 정신건강사업에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 연구대상은 B시와 G시에 거주하는 북한이탈주민 145명으로 2016년 2월 1일~3월 10일까지 외상 후 성장, 사건 충격척도, 외상적 반추, 자아존중감, 적응유연성을 설문조사하였다. 수집된 자료는 빈도와 백분율, 평균과 표준편차, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, hierarchial multiple regression으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 북한이탈주민의 외상 후 성장은 평균 29.64점이고, 여성인 경우, 종교가 있는 경우, 외상적 반추 및 적응유연성의 점수가 높을수록 외상 후 성장의 점수가 높았으며, 이 차이는 통계적으로 유의하였다. 북한이탈주민의 외상 후 성장에 영향을 미치는 예측요인은 적응유연성, 긍정적 자존감, 의도적 반추로 설명력은 총 54.2%(F=29.36, p<.001)로 나타났다. 따라서 북한이탈주민의 외상 후 성장과 적응유연성 및 긍정적 자존감을 촉진하고, 외상적 반추를 활성화하는 중재가 체계적으로 제공되어야 함을 시사한다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.319-337
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• 1997

The electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters in the normal Korean black goat have been measured with a 3-channel Electrocardiograph and computed, analyzed. ECG in 243 black goats were made with the limb leads (I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF), that were recorded conduction parameters of wave and interval, and were analyzed as to shape and amplitude of the P and T waves and the components of the QRS complex. Heart rate were recorded by the ECG which were a mean of 106.1$\pm $21.8 beats/min. Average conduction times in the PR, the QRS complex and the QTc interval were recorded 103.9$\pm $34.9 msec., 58.3$\pm $23.2 msec. and 302.6$\pm $67.8 msec., in the P and T wave duration recorded 24.8$\pm $6.4 msec. and 51.7$\pm $10.8 msec. respectively. The shape of wave in each leads were observed various types, and any spacial wave type appeared the highest frequency in each lead that ware shown less than 60%, and these frequent rate and average amplitudes as fallow: 1. In P waver the frequent rate and average amplitudes of the positive type showed in leads I, II and aVL that were 54.8% (93.0$\pm $ 33.2 $\mu $V), 50.5% (90.1$\pm $30.5 $\mu $V) and 41.7% (58.5$\pm $ 31.1 $\mu $V). Average amplitude of the negative type showed the frequent rate of 49.8% in lead aVE which was -77.6$\pm$ 25.2 $\mu $V. Biphasic type in leads III and aVF were 46.1% (108.4 $\mu $V, -90.2 $\mu $V.) and 45.7% (137.4 $\mu $V, -105.4 $\mu $V.), and amplitudes between positive and negative of it were significant difference. 2. The highest amplitudes of the QRS complex in all leads were 534.8$\pm $ 232.3 $\mu $V of lead II. The frequent rate and amplitudes of the R wave type in the I, II, III and aVF were 30.2% (277.8 $\pm $131.3 $\mu $V), 45.1% (393.1$\pm $114.2 $\mu $V), 48.5% (349.3$\pm $178.3 $\mu $V) and 54.9% (334.4$\pm $129.7 $\mu $V), and QS ways type in the lead aVL was 49.5% (359.2$\pm $195.5$\mu $V), and RS and QS wave types in the lead a VR were 43.3% (312.4 $\mu $V, -212.7 $\mu $V.) and 41.1% (399.2$\pm $92.2 $\mu $V), respectively. 3. In T wave, the frequent rata and amplitudes of the positive type in the leads I, II, III and aVF were 44.6% (207.9$\pm $ 97.1 $\mu $V), 41.6% (245.1$\pm $92.1 $\mu $V), 46.9% (189.8$\pm $ 82.7 $\mu $V) and 53.0% (195.4197.8 $\mu $V), and the negative in the lead aVR was 41.2% (-230.7$\pm$ 103.1 $\mu $V), respectively. The positive and negative types in the lead aVe appeared with same frequent rate of 43.2%.4. Frontal plane vectors for P, QRS, and T were found to lie at 38.1$\pm $ 21.5, 142.0$\pm $ 57.2, and 117.2$\pm $ 63.9 degrees, respectively. These results in ECG of goats may be served to the limited purposes as to conduction parameters, arrhythmias except abnormal ECG because of waveforms, amplitudes and electrical axis of it were variability.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.344-350
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• 2020

Asthma is a chronic disease and occurs in airway in the lung. The cause of the disease has not been identified, it is assumed that both genetic and environmental risk factors play an important role in the development of asthma. Interleukin (IL)-12 is a cytokine regulating T-cell and NK cell. In this study, we analyzed the genetic polymorphisms of IL-12 receptor genes (IL-12Rβ1 and IL-12Rβ2) in asthma patients and normal individuals in a Korean population. We analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in IL-12Rβ1 and IL-12Rβ2 using the genotype data of 193 asthma cases and 3,228 healthy controls from the Korea Association REsource for their correlation with asthma case. IL-12Rβ1 and IL-12Rβ2 genes showed statistically significant polymorphism association with asthma case. As a results, 16 SNPs from IL-12Rβ1 and IL-12Rβ2 genes showed statistically significant association with asthma. Among them, rs375947 SNP in IL-12Rβ1 showed the greatest statistical correlation with asthma (P-value = 0.028, Odds Ratio = 1.27, 95% Confidence Interval = 1.03~1.57). The groups with minor allele of IL-12Rβ1 and IL-12Rβ2 showed increased risk of asthma. The genotype-based mRNA expression analysis showed that the group of minor allele of IL-12Rβ1 showed decreased mRNA expression. Decreased IL-12Rβ1 expression causes decreased IL-12 signaling, and this affects developing asthma. In conclusion, the SNPs in IL-12Rβ1 and IL-12Rβ2 may contribute to development of asthma in a Korean population.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1181-1186
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• 2014

Sialyltransferase gene expression is altered in several cancers, including examples in the cervix. Transcriptional regulation of the responsible genes depends on different promoters. We aimed to determine the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the B3 promoter of the ST3GAL4 gene and the P1 promoter of the ST6GAL1 gene with cervical premalignant lesions or cervical cancer. A blood sample and/or cervical scrapes were obtained from 104 women with normal cytology, 154 with premalignant lesions and 100 with cervical cancer. We also included 119 blood samples of random donors. The polymorphisms were identified by sequencing from PCR products. For the B3 promoter, a fragment of 506 bp (from nucleotide -408 to +98) was analyzed, and for the P1 promoter a 490 bp (-326 to +164) fragment. The polymorphism analysis showed that at SNP rs10893506, genotypes CC and CT of the ST3GAL4 B3 promoter were associated with the presence of premalignant lesions (OR=2.89; 95%CI 1.72-4.85) and cervical cancer (OR=2.23; 95%CI 1.27-3.91). We detected only one allele of each polymorphism in the ST6GAL1 P1 promoter. We did not detect any genetic variability in the P1 promoter region in our study population. Our results suggest that the rs10893506 polymorphism -22C/T may increase susceptibility to premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2018

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitis predominately affecting infants and children. The dominant incidence age of KD is from 6 months to 5 years of age, and the incidence is unusual in those younger than 6 months and older than 5 years of age. We tried to identify genetic variants specifically associated with KD in patients younger than 6 months or older than 5 years of age. We performed an age-stratified genome-wide association study using the Illumina HumanOmni1-Quad BeadChip data (296 cases vs. 1,000 controls) and a replication study (1,360 cases vs. 3,553 controls) in the Korean population. Among 26 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) tested in replication study, only a rare nonsynonymous SNP (rs4365796: c.1106C>T, p.Thr369Met) in the lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1 (LEF1) gene was very significantly associated with KD in patients younger than 6 months of age (odds ratio [OR], 3.07; $p_{combined}=1.10{\times}10^{-5}$), whereas no association of the same SNP was observed in any other age group of KD patients. The same SNP (rs4365796) in the LEF1 gene showed the same direction of risk effect in Japanese KD patients younger than 6 months of age, although the effect was not statistically significant (OR, 1.42; p = 0.397). This result indicates that the LEF1 gene may play an important role as a susceptibility gene specifically affecting KD patients younger than 6 months of age.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2013

연속적인 1차원의 나노섬유를 제작하는데 빠르고 효과적인 방법인 전기방사법을 이용하여 Ag 나노섬유로 이루어진 투명전극을 제작하고 그 특성을 측정하였다. 전기방사를 통해 제조된 Ag 나노섬유는 큰 종횡비를 갖게 되며 열처리를 통해 생성된 섬유사이의 fused junction이 접촉저항을 낮추어 전기적 특성을 향상시킨다. Ag/고분자 용액을 졸-겔 방법을 이용하여 제조한 후 glass 기판위에 방사시켜 Ag/고분자 나노섬유 구조체를 제작하고 $200{\sim}500^{\circ}C$, 2시간 열처리하여 고분자가 일정부분 제거되고 전도성이 향상된 Ag 나노섬유 투명전극을 제조하였다. Ag 나노섬유의 모폴로지를 FE-SEM을 통해 확인하였고 Ag 나노섬유 투명전극의 투과도와 면저항을 UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy와 I-V특성 측정장치를 사용하여 측정하였다. 투과도 83%에서 면저항 $250{\Omega}/sq$의 투명전극을 제작하였으며 전도성필름에 적합한 수준이다. Ag 나노섬유로 이루어진 투명 전극은 전기적, 광학적, 기계적 특성이 우수하여 차세대 유연 디스플레이에 적용 가능성을 보여준다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.591-599
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• 2009

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) play important roles in nervous system functions and are involved in a variety of diseases. We previously demonstrated that ginsenosides, the active ingredients of Panax ginseng, inhibit subsets of nAChR channel currents, but not ${\alpha}7$, expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Mutation of the highly conserved Leu247 to Thr247 in the transmembrane domain 2 (TM2) channel pore region of ${\alpha}7$ nAChR induces alterations in channel gating properties and converts ${\alpha}7$ nAChR antagonists into agonists. In the present study, we assessed how point mutations in the Leu247 residue leading to various amino acids affect 20(S)-ginsenoside $Rg_3$ ($Rg_3$) activity against the ${\alpha}7$ nAChR. Mutation of L247 to L247A, L247D, L247E, L247I, L247S, and L247T, but not L247K, rendered mutant receptors sensitive to $Rg_3$. We further characterized $Rg_3$ regulation of L247T receptors. We found that $Rg_3$ inhibition of mutant ${\alpha}7$ nAChR channel currents was reversible and concentration-dependent. $Rg_3$ inhibition was strongly voltage-dependent and noncompetitive manner. These results indicate that the interaction between $Rg_3$ and mutant receptors might differ from its interaction with the wild-type receptor. To identify differences in $Rg_3$ interactions between wild-type and L247T receptors, we utilized docked modeling. This modeling revealed that $Rg_3$ forms hydrogen bonds with amino acids, such as Ser240 of subunit I and Thr244 of subunit II and V at the channel pore, whereas $Rg_3$ localizes at the interface of the two wild-type receptor subunits. These results indicate that mutation of Leu247 to Thr247 induces conformational changes in the wild-type receptor and provides a binding pocket for $Rg_3$ at the channel pore.