• Animal cells and systems
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

Eph receptors and their ephrin ligands have been implicated in a variety of cellular processes such as cellular morphogenesis and motility. Our previous studies demonstrated that Odin, one of the Anks family proteins, functions as a scaffolding protein of the EphA8 signaling pathway leading to modulation of cell migration or axonal outgrowth. Here we show that WDR7 is associated with Odin and that it is possibly implicated in the EphA8 signaling pathway. WD40 repeats present in the COOH-terminal region of WDR7 appear to be crucial for its association with Odin, whereas the binding motif of Odin is located in between ankyrin repeats and PTB domain. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that association of WDR7 with Odin is enhanced by ephrin ligand treatment, possibly through forming large protein complexes including both EphA8 and ephrin-A5. Consistently, immunofluorescence staining experiments suggested that WDR7 constitute a component of the large protein complexes containing Odin, EphA8 and ephrin-A5. Taken together, our results suggest the WDR7-Odin complexes might be involved in the signaling pathway downstream of the EphA8 receptor.

• 한국빅데이터학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2022

재작업은 제품의 품질 만족을 위해 요구되는 활동으로 제조 현장에서 필수적인 공정이다. 사전에 수행 여부의 파악이 어려운 재작업은 공정시간의 증가 및 제품의 납기 지연으로 이어질 수 있어 이를 고려한 스케줄링이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 자동차 배관 생산라인인 재작업이 존재하는 유연흐름라인을 대상으로 Dispatching을 통한 평균 흐름시간과 납기지연의 가중합을 최소화하는 스케줄링 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구에서는 제품별 납기 등 고객 요구와 재작업 및 가공시간 등의 변동성이 존재하는 제조환경에서 Dispatching을 위한 가중치 기반 Dispatching 규칙(WDR)을 제안한다. WDR은 여러 단일 Dispatching 규칙의 가중합으로 구성되며 본 연구는 가중치 탐색을 위해 시뮬레이션 기반 유전알고리즘을 적용하였다. 시뮬레이션 실험을 통해 WDR이 단일 Dispatching 규칙에 비해 우수한 성능을 보임을 확인하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.305-317
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• 1990

The present study was performed to investigate modification in the electrophysiological characteristics of cat dorsal horn cells during neurogenic inflammation induced by mustard oil. The results obtained were summarized as follows: 1) Following subcutaneous injection of mustard oil the majority of wide dynamic range (WDR) cells (10/15 units) showed enhanced responses (80%) to brush, while the responses to all types of mechanical stiumli were enhanced in 3/15 units. One cell was further activated by pinch and the another was not affected at all after induction of inflammation. 2) The sensitization of WDR cell was resulted from subcutaneous injection of mustard oil either inside or outside of the receptive field (RF), whereas the spontaneous activity increased only after mustard oil was injected inside of the RF. 3) In the animal with inflammation the responses of high threshold (HT) cell to noxious stimulus were not altered, while HT cell responded to such mechanical stimulus as pressure which was usually ineffective in normal animals. 4) After induction of inflammation, low threshold (LT) cell appeared to be converted to WDR cell, showing responses not only to brush but also to pressure and pinch. 5) The mustard oil-induced inflammation enhanced responses of WDR and HT cells to the thermal stimuli and also resulted in a pronounced after-discharge in WDR cells. 6) After subcutaneous injection of lidocaine, the increased background activity of WDR cells due to inflammation was almost completely abolished. 7) A subcutaneous injection of mustard oil inside of the RF invariably desensitized the dorsal horn cells which receive sensory inputs from the inflamed RF. From the results of Present study it was revealed that a neurogenic inflammation induced by mustard oil resulted in an enhancement of responses of cat dorsal horn cells to mechanical and thermal stimuli.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.999-1004
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 광각렌즈기반의 WDR(Wide Dynamic Range)인 2M(Mega)급 CMOS 이미지 센서를 통해 왜곡영상을 보정하는 카메라 모듈의 설계와 렌즈영상의 성능을 분석한다. 또한, 설계한 광각렌즈모듈의 광각렌즈($176^{\circ}$) 특성으로 인한 왜곡영상의 보정된 결과를 분석하였으며, 카메라 모듈의 스마트 NUX(Natural User eXprience) 활용방안을 제안하였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.676-683
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• 2018

Cilia are highly specialized antennae-like organelles that extend from the cell surface and act as cell signaling hubs. Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is a specialized form of intracellular protein trafficking that is required for the assembly and maintenance of cilia. Because cilia are so important, mutations in several IFT components lead to human disease. Thus, clarifying the molecular functions of the IFT proteins is a high priority in cilia biology. Live imaging in various species and cellular preparations has proven to be an important technique in both the discovery of IFT and the mechanisms by which it functions. Live imaging of Drosophila cilia, however, has not yet been reported. Here, we have visualized the movement of IFT in Drosophila cilia using time-lapse live imaging for the first time. We found that NOMPB-GFP (IFT88) moves according to distinct parameters depending on the ciliary segment. NOMPB-GFP moves at a similar speed in proximal and distal cilia toward the tip (${\sim}0.45{\mu}m/s$). As it returns to the ciliary base, however, NOMPB-GFP moves at ${\sim}0.12{\mu}m/s$ in distal cilia, accelerating to ${\sim}0.70{\mu}m/s$ in proximal cilia. Furthermore, while live imaging NOMPB-GFP, we observed one of the IFT proteins required for retrograde movement, Oseg4 (WDR35), is also required for anterograde movement in distal cilia. We anticipate our time-lapse live imaging analysis technique in Drosophila cilia will be a good starting point for a more sophisticated analysis of IFT and its molecular mechanisms.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.227-231
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• 2022

고전압 전력반도체의 수요는 산업의 전반에 걸쳐 증가하고 있는 추세이며, 특히 자율주행이나 전기자동차와 같은 교통 수단에 이용되는 경우 전동차의 동력 추진 제어 장치에 3.3 kV 이상의 IGBT 모듈 부품이 사용되고 있으며, 전동차의 신설과 유지 관리에 따른 부품의 조달이 매년 증가하고 있다. 게다가 기술 진입 장벽이 매우 높은 기술로서 해당 산업계에서는 고전압 IGBT부품의 최적화 연구가 절실히 요구되고 있다. 3.3 kV 이상 고전압 IGBT 소자 개발을 위해 웨이퍼의 비저항 범위 설정과 주요 단위 공정의 최적 조건이 중요한 변수이며, 높은 항복 전압을 위한 핵심 기술로 junction depth의 확보가 무엇보다 중요하다. 최적의 junction depth를 확보하기 위한 제조 공정 중에서 단위 공정 중 한 단계인 확산 공정의 최적화를 살펴보았다. 확산 공정에서는 주입되는 가스의 종류와 시간 그리고 온도가 주요 변수이다. 본 연구에서는 단위 공정의 시뮬레이션을 통하여 고전압 IGBT 소자 개발을 위한 웨이퍼 저항의 (Ω cm) 범위를 설정하고, 확산 공정의 온도에 따른 확산 공정의 WDR(Well drive in) 조건 최적화에 대하여 연구한 결과 링 패턴의 width 23.5 ~ 25.87 ㎛에 대하여 junction depth는 7.4 ~ 7.5 ㎛를 얻어 3.3 kV 고전압 전력반도체 지지에 최적화할 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.251-254
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• 2003

The present study was designed to examine whether the co-application of morphine with $Ca^{2+}$ channel antagonist $(Mn^{2+},\;verapamil)$, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist (2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid$[AP_5]$, $Mg^{2+}$) or protein kinase C inhibitor (H-7) causes the potentiation of morphine-induced antinociceptive action by using an in vivo electrophysiological technique. A single iontophoretic application of morphine or an antagonist alone induced weak inhibition of wide dynamic range (WDR) cell responses to iontophoretically applied NMDA and C-fiber stimulation. Although there was a little difference in the potentiating effects, the antinociceptive action of morphine was potentiated when morphine was iontophoretically applied together with $Mn^{2+}$, verapamil, $AP_5$, $Mg^{2+}$ or H-7. However, the potentiating action between morphine and each antagonist was not apparent, when the antinociceptive action evoked by morphine or the antagonist alone was too strong. These results suggest that the potentiating effect can be caused by the interaction between morphine and each antagonist in the spinal dorsal horn.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.1556-1567
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• 2009

자동차 주요 생산국인 우리나라 보행자의 교통사고 사망률은 인구 10만 명 당 5.28명으로서 OECD 평균의 약 2.5배에 달한다. 보행자를 감지하고 운전자에게 경보를 보내주는 시스템이 개발되어 보행자 교통사고를 조금이라도 줄일 수 있다면, 그 자체만으로도 보행자 감지 시스템의 가치는 충분하기 때문에 PDS에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 보행자 교통사고율은 야간에 더 높기 때문에, 야간 보행자 감지 시스템에 주요 자동차 회사들이 관심을 두고 있으나, 그들은 일반적으로 고가의 나이트비젼 또는 복합적 센서를 사용하는 장비를 채택하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PDS에서 나이트비젼 대신에, 넓은 동적 범위를 갖는 가시 스펙트럼 대역 흑백 카메라 한 대만을 사용하는 야간 보행자 감지 기법을 제안한다. 서로 다른 환경에서 촬영된 야간 동영상들에 대해 실험한 결과, 제안 알고리듬이 에지가 어느 정도 정확하게 검출되는 상황이라면 정확한 보행자 검출 성능을 보였다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2022

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a natural neurotoxin found in several species of puffer fish belonging to Tetraodon fugu genus and has been reported to affect processes such as proliferation, metastasis and invasion of various cancer cells. However, it was not revealed which genes were influenced by these reactions. In this experiment, it was examined in human SW620 colorectal cancer cells. The proliferation of SW620 cells was significantly reduced when treated with 0, 1, 10 and 100 μM TTX for 48 h. It was confirmed using Annexin V-propidium iodide staining that some apoptosis was induced. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) affecting cell proliferation through RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) were selected. The expression change of DEGs was confirmed by conducting quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). As a result, the mRNA expression of FOS and WDR48 genes was found to be increased in the 100 μM TTX treatment group compared to the control group. On the other hand, the mRNA expression of ALKBH7, NDUFA13, RIPPLY3 and SELENOM genes was found to be reduced, and in the case of the ALKBH7 gene was identified to show significant differences. This experiment suggests that TTX can be used as an important fundamental data to elucidate the mechanism that inhibits the proliferation of SW620 cells.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 1998

The present study was primarily carried out to characterize the properties of the spinomesencephalic tract (SMT) neurons that project from the upper cervical spinal segments to the midbrain. It was also investigated whether these neurons received convergent afferent inputs from other sources in addition to cervical inputs. Extracellular single unit recordings were made from neurons antidromically activated by stimulation of midbrain. Recording sites were located in lamina $I{\sim}VIII\;of\;C1{\sim}C3$ segments of spinal cord. Receptive field (RF) and response properties to mechanical stimulation were studied in 71 SMT neurons. Response profiles were classified into six groups: complex (Comp, n=9), wide dynamic range (WDR, n=16), low threshold (LT, n=5), high threshold (HT, n=6), deep/tap (Deep, n=10), and non- responsive (NR, n=25). Distributions of stimulation and recording sites were not significantly different between SMT groups classified upon their locations and/or response profiles. Mean conduction velocity of SMT neurons was $16.7{\pm}1.28\;m/sec$. Conduction velocities of SMTs recorded in superficial dorsal horn (SDH, n=15) were significantly slower than those of SMTs recorded in deep dorsal horn (DDH, n=18), lateral reticulated area (LRA, n=21), and intermediate zone and ventral horn (IZ/VH, n=15). Somatic RFs for SMTs in LRA and IZ/VH were significantly larger than those in SDH and DDH. Five SMT units (4 Comps and 1 HT) had inhibitory somatic RFs. About half (25/46) of SMT units have their RFs over trigeminal dermatome. Excitabilities of 5/12 cells and 9/13 cells were modulated by stimulation of ipsilateral phrenic nerve and vagus nerve, respectively. These results suggest that upper cervical SMT neurons are heterogenous in their function by showing a wide range of variety in location within the spinal gray matter, in response profile, and in convergent afferent input.