• BMB Reports
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.493-499
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• 2009

MicroRNAs (miRs) are a family of small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression by targeting mRNAs in a sequence specific manner, inducing translational repression or mRNA degradation. In this paper we have first analyzed by microarray the miR-profile in erythroid precursor cells from one normal and two thalassemic patients expressing different levels of fetal hemoglobin (one of them displaying HPFH phenotype). The microarray data were confirmed by RT-PCR analysis, and allowed us to identify miR-210 as an highly expressed miR in the erythroid precursor cells from the HPFH patient. When RT-PCR was performed on mithramycin-induced K562 cells and erythroid precursor cells, miR-210 was found to be induced in time-dependent and dose-dependent fashion, together with increased expression of the fetal $\gamma$-globin genes. Altogether, the data suggest that miR-210 might be involved in increased expression of $\gamma$-globin genes in differentiating erythroid cells.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.280-286
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• 2023

In humic substances, fulvic acid (FA) is a subclass of diverse compounds known as humic substances, which are by-products of organic degradation from microorganisms. FA can suppress the proliferation of tumor cells. Despite numerous studies, the exact mechanism for the various effects of FA is not clearly understood. Based on results demonstrating anti-proliferation effects on human cancer, we investigated whether FA has similar effects on lung cancer in this study. Firstly, the anti-cancer effect of FA in pulmonary epithelial tumor cell lines (TC-1 cells) was examined by confirming its inhibitory effect on the cell proliferation of TC-1 cells. TC-1 cell proliferation was reduced by FA on a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. After 24 hours of FA treatment, cell morphological changes such as cell volume decrease, non-adherence and increased number of apoptotic cells were clearly observed. In addition, FA induced a DNA ladder pattern by increased of DNA fragments in TC-1 cells. In the intracellular regulatory pathway by FA, we confirmed that FA induced the reduction of the anti-apoptotic protein, Bcl-2 protein levels. These results indicate that FA has anticancer effect by inducing intracellular apoptotic pathway. Further research on the mechanism of anticancer effects will be basic data for the development of potential anticancer drugs.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.459-469
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• 2014

Entamoeba histolytica is a tissue-invasive protozoan parasite causing dysentery in humans. During infection of colonic tissues, amoebic trophozoites are able to kill host cells via apoptosis or necrosis, both of which trigger IL-8-mediated acute inflammatory responses. However, the signaling pathways involved in host cell death induced by E. histolytica have not yet been fully defined. In this study, we examined whether calpain plays a role in the cleavage of pro-survival transcription factors during cell death of colonic epithelial cells, induced by live E. histolytica trophozoites. Incubation with amoebic trophozoites induced activation of m-calpain in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Moreover, incubation with amoebae resulted in marked degradation of STAT proteins (STAT3 and STAT5) and NF-${\kappa}B$ (p65) in Caco-2 cells. However, $I{\kappa}B$, an inhibitor of NF-${\kappa}B$, was not cleaved in Caco-2 cells following adherence of E. histolytica. Entamoeba-induced cleavage of STAT proteins and NF-${\kappa}B$ was partially inhibited by pretreatment of cells with a cell-permeable calpain inhibitor, calpeptin. In contrast, E. histolytica did not induce cleavage of caspase-3 in Caco-2 cells. Furthermore, pretreatment of Caco-2 cells with a calpain inhibitor, calpeptin (but not the pan-caspase inhibitor, z-VAD-fmk) or m-calpain siRNA partially reduced Entamoeba-induced DNA fragmentation in Caco-2 cells. These results suggest that calpain plays an important role in E. histolytica-induced degradation of NF-${\kappa}B$ and STATs in colonic epithelial cells, which ultimately accelerates cell death.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제41권8호
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• pp.762-770
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• 2018

Adiponectin, a hormone produced by adipose tissue, is very abundant in plasma, and its anti- and pro-inflammatory effects are reported. However, the mechanisms of these pro- and anti-inflammatory effects are not fully defined. Herein, we evaluated the dual inflammatory response mechanism of adiponectin in macrophages. Short-term globular adiponectin (gAd) treatment induced $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ degradation, $NF-{\kappa}B$ nuclear translocation, and $TNF-{\alpha}$ production in RAW 264.7 cells. Polymyxin B pretreatment did not block gAd-induced $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ degradation, and heated gAd was unable to degrade $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$, suggesting that the effects of gAd were not due to endotoxin contamination. gAd activated IKK and Akt, and inhibition of either IKK or Akt by dominant-negative $IKK{\beta}$ ($DN-IKK{\beta}$) or DN-Akt overexpression blocked gAd-induced $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ degradation, suggesting that short-term incubation with gAd mediates inflammatory responses by activating the $I{\kappa}B/NF-{\kappa}B$ and PI3K/Akt pathways. Contrastingly, long-term stimulation with gAd induced, upon subsequent stimulation, tolerance to gAd, lipopolysaccharide, and CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide, which is associated with gAd-induced downregulation of IL-receptor-associated kinase-1 (IRAK-1) due to IRAK-1 transcriptional repression. Conclusively, our findings demonstrate that the pro- and anti-inflammatory responses to gAd in innate immune cells are time-dependent, and mediated by the activation of the $I{\kappa}B/NF-{\kappa}B$ pathway, and IRAK-1 downregulation, respectively.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.456-463
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 군집 드론 시스템에서 이동 드론의 충돌방지를 위해 레이다를 도입하였다. 드론은 비행 중 불규칙한 속도 변화로 인해 반사파의 클러터가 증가되어 탐지 성능이 저하되고 이로 인해 충돌 방지 레이다의 성능에 영향을 준다. 본 논문에서는 UWB(Ultra Wide-Band) 레이다를 적용하여 비행하는 드론을 탐지하고, 반사파 신호 분석을 통해 획득한 거리 및 속도 정보의 정확도를 개선하는 방안을 제시한다. 이동 드론의 속도 변화에 따른 속도 감응형 CFAR(Constant False Alarm Rate)를 구현하여 오경보율을 일정하게 유지하면서 클러터를 효과적으로 제거하는 방안을 구현한다. 알고리즘의 검증을 위해 실제 상용 드론에 대한 레이다 관측 실험을 수행하고 불규칙하게 비행하는 드론의 탐지 성능이 개선됨을 보인다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2003

본 연구는 배, 파인애플, 키위로부터 획득한 단일 단백질 분해효소 또는 이들의 혼합 단백질분해효소의 pH 및 처리시간에 따른 계육의 actomyosin분해 능력에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 파인애플 단백질분해효소를 처리한 경우, pH 5.3, 7.0과 8.0 모두에서 가장 강한 분해능력을 나타내었으나, 배 및 키위 단백질분해효소의 actomyosin 분해 능력은 비슷한 경향을 보였다. pH에 따른 분해 능력의 조사 결과는 배, 파인애플 및 키위 단백질분해효소 모두pH 5.3에서 강한 분해 활성을 나타내었으나, pH 8.0에서는 파인애플을 제외한 배 및 키위 단백질분해효소는 약한 분해 반응을 보였다. 배 단백질분해효소와 파인애플 단백질분해효소를 1:1 (w/w)로 혼합하였을 때 pH조건에 크게 영향을 받지 않고 강한 분해를 나타낸 반면, 배와 키위 단백질분해효소의 혼합 또는 키위 와 파인애플 단백질분해효소의 혼합의 경우, 배와 파인애플 단백질분해효소의 혼합의 경우에 비해 분해 능력이 낮아지는 것으로 나타나, pH 7.0에서는 키위 효소의 단백질 분해 활성은 배 단백질분해효소와는 영향을 받지 않으나 파인애플로부터 추출한 단백질분해효소와는 경합적으로 작용하는 것으로 관찰되었다. 한편, 배, 파인애플 및 키위 단백질 분해효소의 혼합효소로 처리한 경우pH의 차이에 크게 영향을 받지 않으며 이상적인 분해 능력을 나타내었다. 따라서, 본 연구 결과, 파인애플 및 파파야 등 열대 과일 유래의 단백질분해효소 단일로 처리할 때의 단점인 과잉분해의 문제점이 배 단백질분해효소의 혼합이용을 통해 개선될 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.203-207
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• 2014

Electrodeless lamp is famous for its long life. But its reliability is dependent not only on electrodes but also on materials and structures. To evaluate end product's reliability, we studied high temperature durability by $60^{\circ}C$, $75^{\circ}C$ and $90^{\circ}C$ temperature tests, and predicted failure times by an exponential model through regression analysis. However, the test showed that temperature does not affect degradation of electrodeless lamps. Their luminous outputs degrade during the early time of the test (till 250 hours) and then converge to a saturation points. Also, '410nm ~ 530nm' spectrum degrades more than other spectra.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.275-283
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• 2002

Fungal metabolite, gliotoxin is an epipolythiodioxopiperazin (ETP) class and has various roles including immunomodulatory and apoptotic effects. This study was designed to evaluate the mechanism by which gliotoxin exerts the apoptosis on human promyelocytic leukemic HL-60 cells. Herein, we demonstrated that the gliotoxin decreased the cell viability in a time-dependent manner Gliotoxin-induced cell death was confirmed us apoptosis characterized by chromatin condensation and ladder-pattern fragmentation of genomic DNA. Gliotoxin increased the catalytic activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9. Activation of caspase-3 was further confirmed by degradation of procaspase-3 and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) by gliotoxin in HL-60 cells. Furthermore, gliotoxin induced the changes of mitochondrial transmembrane potential (MTP). Antioxidants, including GSH and NAC, markedly inhibited apoptosis with conistent suppression of enzymatic activity of caspase-3, caspase-9, and MTP loss in gliotoxin-treated cells. Taken together, we suggest that gliotoxin function as an oxidant and ploys proapoptotic roles in HL-60 cells via activation of intrinsic caspase cascades as well as mitochondrial dysfunction.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.483-488
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• 2006

Highly radioactive waste is placed in metal canisters embedded in dense clay termed buffer. The radioactive decay is associated with heat production, which causes degradation of the buffer and thereby time-dependent loss of its waste-isolating potential. The buffer is prepared by compacting air-dry smectite clay powder and is initially not fully water saturated. The evolution of the buffer starts with slow wetting by uptake of water from the surrounding rock followed by a long period of exposure to heat, pressure from the rock and chemical reactants. It can be described by conceptual and theoretical models describing processes related to temperature (T), hydraulic (H), mechanical (M) and chemical performance (C). For temperatures below 90 C more than 75 % of the smectite will be preserved for 100 000 years but cementation may reduce the excellent performance of the buffer to a yet not known extention.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.805-810
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to predict long-term structural safety on the Yonggwang Unit 3 prestressed concrete containment building. The aging-related degradations of its main structural materials are investigated and the effects of the property variation of time-dependent materials on the structural behavior of containment building are also assessed through the analysis on the ultimate pressure capacity. The nonlinear finite element analyses for both the design criteria condition a the present aging condition are conducted to assess the present structural capacity of the containment building As a result, it is verified that the structural capacity of the Yonggwang Unit 3 containment building under the present aging condition is judged to be still rugged. n addition, the sensitivity of the ultimate pressrue capacity of containment building according to th degradation levels of the structural materials are assessed. Finally, it is showed that the sensitivity levels are in the order of the tendon, rebar and concrete in case of individual material degradations, and the tendon-rebar, tendon-concrete and rebar-concrete in case of coupled material degradations.