• 정신신체의학
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.217-226
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• 2016

연구목적 본 연구는 대사증후군의 예방과 회복을 위해 5년 동안 추적이 가능한 만성 조현병 환자에서 대사증후군의 변화와 예측인자를 조사하였다. 방 법 2011년부터 2016년까지 추적이 가능하며 동의서에 동의한 107명의 환자가 본 연구에 포함되었다. Revised National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III(NCEP-ATP III)를 이용하여 대사증후군을 정의하였다. 결 과 추적 관찰 기간 동안 22명(20.5%)의 환자가 새롭게 대사증후군에 진단되었고 14명(13.1%)는 대사증후군에서 회복되었다. 77명(66.4%)은 변화가 없었다(대사증후군이 있는 환자:34명[31.8%], 대사증후군이 없는 환자 : 37명[34.6%]). 복부둘레와 중성 지방이 대사증후군의 유무가 변화된 환자들에서 중요한 인자였다. 다른 변수를 통제한 다변량 회귀분석에서 여성(OR=2.846, 95% C.I. 1.020-7.942), 1달에 1회 이상 외래 방문(OR=3.155, 95% C.I. 1.188-8.379), 항우울제 병합치료(OR=3.991, 95% C.I. 1.048-15.205)가 대사증후군의 유병률에 유의한 영향을 주었다. 반면에 항정신병 약물의 종류나 용량은 대사증후군의 유병률에 영향을 주지 못했다. 결 론 만성 조현병 환자에서 약제의 변경 및 용량조절보다 증상에서의 회복과 건강한 생활 습관이 대사증후군에 중요하다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1998

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), originally discovered and cloned as a powerful mitogen for hepatocytes, is a four kringle-containing growth factor which specifically binds to membrane-spanning tyrosine kinase, c-Met/HGF receptor. HGF has mitogenic, motogenic (enhancement of cell movement), morphogenic (e.g., induction of branching tubulogenesis), and anti-apoptotic activities for a wide variety of cells. During embryogenesis, HGF supports organogenesis and morphogenesis of various tissues, including liver, kidney, lung, gut, mammary gland, and tooth. In adult tissues HGF elicits an organotrophic function which supports regeneration of organs such as liver, kidney, lung, and vascular tissues. HGF is also a novel member of neurotrophic factor in nervous systems. Together with the preferential expression of HGF in mesenchymal or stromal cells, and c-Met/HGF receptor In epithelial or endothelial cells, the HGF-Met coupling seems to orchestrate dynamic morphogenic processes through epithelial-mesenchymal (or-stromal) interactions for organogenesis and organ regeneration. HGF or HGF gene may well become unique therapeutic tools for treatment of patients with various organ failure, through its actions to reconstruct organized tissue architectures. This review focuses on recently characterized biological and physiological functions integrated by HGF-Met coupling during organogenesis and organ regeneration.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2016

Purpose: PMV, PET, and similar thermal comfort indices and microclimate modeling have recently become actively used to evaluate thermal comfort. This study will look at pedestrian roads with diverse spatial characteristics on university campus using the ENVI-met model as the base for onsite measurement. Method: The PET was used as the thermal comfort index. The first microclimate measures were collected on September 20, 2014, and the second microclimate measures were collected on June 1, 2015. The ENVI-met model was used at the same time. Result: As a results, Onsite measurement results differed depending on the PET spatial characteristics. The location associated with the most discomfort had a PET of $47.8^{\circ}C$. The spatial characteristics of this place included a with no shade. The most comfortable location had shade, and the PET was $24.6^{\circ}C$. When the ENVI-met model and onsite measurements were compared, similar patterns were found, but with a few differences at specific points; this was due to the limitation of using input materials such as trees, buildings, and covering materials with the ENVI-met model. This factor must be thoroughly considered when analyzing modeling results.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.387-397
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• 2012

군소인 Aplysia kurodai의 중추신경절로부터 정제된 myomodulin A (MMA)가 정제되었다. MMA의 일차구조는 Pro-Met-Ser-Met-Leu-Arg-Leu-$NH_2$이며, 이 펩타이드는 다른 연체동물에서 발견된 myomodulin 계열의 펩타이드와 같은 구조를 지닌다. 정제된 MMA는 Mytilus edulis의 anterior byssus retractor muscle (ABRM)에서 phasic contraction을 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. MMA의 구조와 활성간의 상관관계를 알아보기 위해서 MMA, Des[$Pro^1$]-MMA, Des[$Pro^1,Met^2$]-MMA, Des[$Pro^1,Met^2,Ser^3$]-MMA 및 MME를 합성하였다. Des[$Pro^1$]-MMA, Des[$Pro^1,Met^2$]-MMA 및 Des[$Pro^1,Met^2,Ser^3$]-MMA의 일차구조는 각각 Met-Ser-Met-Leu-Arg-Leu-$NH_2$, Ser-Met-Leu-Arg-Leu-$NH_2$ 및 Met-Leu-Arg-Leu-$NH_2$이다. MMA 및 합성 물질들을 사용하여 ABRM 및 Achatinafulica의 소낭과 penial retractor muscle에 대해 활성을 측정하였다. MMA는 $1{\times}10^{-8}$ M 또는 더 낮은 농도에서 ABRM의 수축활성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났지만, $1{\times}10^{-8}$ M 또는 고농도에서는 phasic contraction을 억제하였다. MMA와 유도체들은 소낭에 대해서는 수축반응을 보였지만, penial retractor muscle에 대해서는 이완 활성을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과들은 MMA의 C-말단부위에 있는 Met-Leu-Arg-Leu-$NH_2$가 ABRM의 수축반응뿐만 아니라 연체동물의 생식기능 및 소화 활성을 조절하기 필요한 최소한의 구조라는 것을 나타낸다.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.88-98
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• 2015

The effects of quenching and tempering temperatures on the tensile, impact and corrosion properties of A487 alloy cast with different C contents of 0.16, 0.19 to 0.23 wt.% were examined. The impact tests were conducted at $25^{\circ}C$ and $-60^{\circ}C$ and the immersion test was performed using 3.5% NaCl solution for 14 days. The quenching temperature affected the mechanical properties of A487 alloy cast, while the magnitude of change varied depending on the C content. The increase in tempering temperature showed the typical trend of decreasing tensile strength and increasing impact properties. The change in quenching and tempering temperature in this study did not affect the corrosion properties of A487 alloy significantly. The change in mechanical and corrosion properties of A487 with different C contents was discussed based on the microstructural and fractographic observation.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.195-206
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• 1993

The expression of proenkephalin (proENK) mRNA and Met-enkephalin (ME) secretion in C6 rat glioma cells and bovine adrenal medullary chromaffin (BAMC) cells were elucidated in the present study. The levels of proENK mRNA and ME secreted into the media in BAMC cells were measured in the presence of cycloheximide and 12-tetrade-canoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Cycloheximide (20 nM) abolished the induction of proENK mRNA expression, protein synthesis and ME secretion by TPA (1nM), indicating that de novo protein synthesis was necessary for proENK gene expression and ME secretion.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.4599-4608
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• 2016

Background: The x-ray repair cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) encodes a protein involved in the homologous recombination repair (HRR) pathway for double-strand DNA repair. Associations of the XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism with various cancers have been widely reported. However, published data on links between XRCC3 Thr241Met and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer risk are inconsistent. Objective and Methods: A meta-analysis was conducted to characterize the relationship between XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphisms and GI cancer risk. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95.0% confidence intervals were assessed using random- or fixed- effect models for 28.0 relevant articles with 30.0 studies containing 7,649.0 cases and 11,123.0 controls. Results: The results of the overall meta-analysis suggested a borderline association between the XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism and GI cancer susceptibility (T vs. C: OR=1.18, 9 % CI=1.0-1.4, POR=0.04; TT vs. CT+CC: OR=1.3, 95 % CI=1.0-1.6, POR=0.04). After removing studies not conforming to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), however, this association disappeared (T vs. C: OR=1.00, 95 % CI=0.9-1.1, POR=0.96; TT vs. CT+CC: OR=0.9, 95 % CI=0.8-1.1, POR=0.72). When stratified by ethnicity, source of controls or cancer type, although some associations between XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism and GI cancer susceptibility were detected, these associations no longer existed after removing studies not conforming to HWE. Conclusion: Our meta-analysis suggests that the XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism is not associated with risk of GI cancer based on current evidence.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2016

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study was aimed at examining the association between dietary flavanones intake and lipid profiles according to the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Korean women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). SUBJECTS/METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis was performed among 502 female T2DM patients (non-MetS group; n = 129, MetS group; n = 373) who were recruited from the Huh's Diabetes Clinic in Seoul, Korea between 2005 and 2011. The dietary intake was assessed by a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and the data was analyzed using the Computer Aided Nutritional Analysis program (CAN-Pro) version 4.0 software. The intake of flavanones was estimated on the basis of the flavonoid database. RESULTS: In the multiple linear regression analysis after adjustment for confounding factors, daily flavanones intake was negatively associated with CVD risk factors such as total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and apoB and apoB/apoA1 ratio only in the MetS group but not in the non-MetS group. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds ratio for a higher apoB/apoA1 ratio above the median (${\geq}0.74$) was significantly low in the $4^{th}$ quartile compared to that in the $1^{st}$ quartile of dietary flavanones intake [OR: 0.477, 95% CI: 0.255-0.894, P for trend = 0.0377] in the MetS group. CONCLUSIONS: Dietary flavanones intake was inversely associated with the apoB/apoA1 ratio, suggesting a potential protective effect of flavanones against CVD in T2DM women with MetS.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1314-1321
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• 2010

Sulfur metabolism in S. cerevisiae is well established, but the mechanisms underlying the formation of sulfide remain obscure. Here, we investigated by real-time RT-PCR the dependence of expression levels of MET3, MET5/ECM17, MET10, MET16, and MET17 along with SSU1 on nitrogen availability in two wine yeast strains that produce divergent sulfide profiles. MET3 was the most highly expressed of the genes studied in strain PYCC4072, and SSU1 in strain UCD522. The strains behaved differently according to the sampling times, with UCD522 and PYCC4072 showing the highest expression levels at 120 h and 72 h, respectively. In the presence of 267 mg assimilable N/l, the genes were more highly expressed in strain UCD522 than in PYCC4072. MET5/ECM17 and MET17 were only weakly expressed in both strains under any condition tested. MET10 and SSU1 in both strains, but MET16 only in PYCC4072, were consistently upregulated when sulfide production was inhibited. This study illustrates that strain genotype could be important in determining enzyme activities and therefore the rate of sulfide liberation. This linkage, for some yeast strains, of sulfide production to expression levels of genes associated with sulfate assimilation and sulfur amino acid biosynthesis could be relevant for defining new strategies for the genetic improvement of wine yeasts.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2008

본 연구는 한우에게 옻나무 분말, 규산염 및 크롬메티오닌을 급여하고 도축하여 생산한 쇠고기의 육질을 비교하고자 실시하였다. 26개월령 거세 한우들에게 각각 옻나무 분말 4%, 옻나무 분말 4%+크롬메티오닌 400 ppm, 규산염 1.4%,그리고 규산염 0.14%+크롬메티오닌 400 ppm이 혼합된 사료를 도축전 4개월 동안 급여한 다음 등심(M. longissimus) 부위를 $4{\pm}0.2^{\circ}C$에서 7일 동안 저장하였다. 조지방 함량은 규산염 및 규산염+크롬메티오닌 급여구들에서 높았으며(p<0.05), 보수력 및 연도는 규산염+크롬메티오닌 급여구가 가장 높았다(p<0.05). 지방산 조성은 규산염 및 규산염+크롬메티로닌 급여구들의 다가불포화지방산 함량이 낮았으며(p<0.05), 단가불포화지방산은 규산염+크롬메티오닌 급여구가 가장 낮았다(p<0.05). 저장중 TBARS 및 MetMb은 규산염, 규산염+크롬메티오닌 및 옻나무+크롬메티오닌 급여구들에서 억제되었다. 표면육색은 저장기간 동안 규산염+크롬메티오닌 급여구가 가장 높은 L값, a값, b간, C값 및 총육색을 보였으며, 규산염 및 옻나무+크롬메티오닌 급여구들의 L, a, b, C 및 총육색이 옻나무 급여구보다 높았다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 한우에게 규산염을 급여하면 옻나무 급여보다 지방 함량, 색택 및 산화안정성이 높았지만, 다가불포화지방산은 낮았다. 또한 규산염과 크롬메티오닌을 함께 급여하면 규산염 단독 급여보다 보수력, 연도 및 색택이 높았지만, 단가불포화지방산은 낮았다.