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Effects of Initial Inoculum Size, Liquid Volume and Medium Feeding Strategy on Panax ginseng Hairy Roots Growth

  • Jeong, Gwi-Taek;Park, Don-Hui;Hwang, Baek
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.250-253
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    • 2000
  • We researched effects of growth on initial inoculum size, liquid volume, and medium feeding rate etc. Cell suspension inoculated at low cell concentrations showed a typical growth reduction, whereas root cultures showed an improvement in growth. In this paper, Hairy roots showed high growth rate at 0.4 % inoculum size and 100 mL liquid volume in 250 mL flask cultures.

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Establishment of Functional Cells for Vascular Defect Disease from Human Embryonic Stem Cell via Region Sorting Depending on Cell Volume (세포 크기 차이를 이용한 유세포 분석을 통한 인간배아줄기세포 유래 기능성 혈관세포의 확립)

  • Lee, Ji-Hye;Kim, Ju-Mi;Chung, Hyung-Min;Chae, Jung-Il
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.364-373
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    • 2011
  • Human embryonic stem cells have been highlighted as a valuable cellular source in the regenerative medicine field, due to their pluripotency. However, there is the challenge of the establishment of specific functional cell type forms of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC). To establish and purify functional cell types from hESCs, we differentiated undifferentiated hESCs into vascular lineage cells and sorted the specific cell population from the whole cell population, depending on their cell volume, and compared them with the non-sorted cell population. We observed that about 10% of the PECAM positive population existed in the VEGF induced differentiating human embryoid body (hEB), and differentiated hEBs were made into single cells for cell transplantation. After making single cells, we performed cell sorting using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACs), according to their cell volume on the basis of FSC region gating, and compared their therapeutic capacity with the non-sorted cell population through cell transplantation into hindlimb ischemic disease model mice. 4 Weeks after cell transplantation, the recovery rate of blood perfusion reached 54% and 17% in the FSC regions of sorted cells- and non-sorted cells, respectively. This result suggests that derivation of a functional cell population from hESCs can be performed through cell sorting on the basis of cell volume after preliminary differentiation induction. This approach may then greatly contribute to overcoming the limitations of marker sorting.

Studies on the Ploidy of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Saccharomyces cerevisiae의 배수성에 관한 연구)

  • 조상호;심상국;정동효
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.299-304
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    • 1986
  • The cell volume, cell surface, cell concentration, dry cell weight, frequence of respiratory deficient mutation, resistance against ultraviolet irradiation, fermentation power, DNA contents of haploid diploid, triploid and tetraploid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain were investigated. Respiratory deficient mutants by spontaneous mutation were absolved more frequently in the haploid than in the diploid, triploid and tetraploid. And cell volume, cell surface, cell concentration, dry cell weight, resistance against ultraviolet irradiation, fermentation power, and DNA contents were significantly increased as the ploidy increased.

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Changes in the Red Cell Volume and the Plasma Chloride Level under the High $CO_2$ Concentration in vitro (고농도(高濃度)의 $CO_2$가 적혈구용적(赤血球容積) 및 혈장(血漿) Choloride 치(値)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Kim, Sung-Jo;Lee, Jae-Bok;Lee, Woo-Suck;Chung, Pock-Tuck
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.13-17
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    • 1970
  • The changes in the red cell volume and the plasma chloride level were measured when the blood $CO_2$ content was altered by equilibration with the atmospheric air or pure $CO_2$ for 20 minutes. The red cell volume was expressed in terms of hematocrit and mean corpuscular volume (M.C.V.). The results obtained were as follows. 1) On equilibration with the atmospheric air, the MCV and the plasma chloride level were $91.6{\pm}1.26\;c.{\mu}$ and $110.7{\pm}6.28mEq/L.$ respectively. 2) On equilibration with pure $CO_{2}$, the MCV and the plasma chloride level were $109.6{\pm}2.0\;c.{\mu}$ and $90.7{\pm}5.17\;mEq/L.$ respectively. 3) When the blood was subjected to equilibration with the atmospheric for air 20 minutes after equilibration with pure $CO_{2}$ for the same period of time the MCV and the plasma chloride level were $89.9{\pm}6.34\;c.{\mu}$ and $100.3{\pm}5.50\;mEq/L.$ respectively. From the above results it can be concluded that an increase of the blood $CO_2$ content in the experimental condition causes definitely a decrease of the plasma chloride level and a concomitant increase of the red cell volume, and that a decrease of the blood content $CO_2$ in the experimental condition causes definitely an increase of the plasma chloride level and a concomitant decrease of the red cell volme. Apparantly there exists a parallel relationship between the extent of the decrease of the plasma chloride level and that of the increase of the red cell volume when the blood $CO_2$ content increased in the experimental condition. When the blood $CO_2$ content decreased, the extent of the decrease of the red cell volume exceeds that of the increase of the plasma chloride level.

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Characterizing Organelles in Live Stem Cells Using Label-Free Optical Diffraction Tomography

  • Kim, Youngkyu;Kim, Tae-Keun;Shin, Yeonhee;Tak, Eunyoung;Song, Gi-Won;Oh, Yeon-Mok;Kim, Jun Ki;Pack, Chan-Gi
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.44 no.11
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    • pp.851-860
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    • 2021
  • Label-free optical diffraction tomography (ODT), an imaging technology that does not require fluorescent labeling or other pre-processing, can overcome the limitations of conventional cell imaging technologies, such as fluorescence and electron microscopy. In this study, we used ODT to characterize the cellular organelles of three different stem cells-namely, human liver derived stem cell, human umbilical cord matrix derived mesenchymal stem cell, and human induced pluripotent stem cell-based on their refractive index and volume of organelles. The physical property of each stem cell was compared with that of fibroblast. Based on our findings, the characteristic physical properties of specific stem cells can be quantitatively distinguished based on their refractive index and volume of cellular organelles. Altogether, the method employed herein could aid in the distinction of living stem cells from normal cells without the use of fluorescence or specific biomarkers.

Effective Volume Rendering and Virtual Staining Framework for Visualizing 3D Cell Image Data (3차원 세포 영상 데이터의 효과적인 볼륨 렌더링 및 가상 염색 프레임워크)

  • Kim, Taeho;Park, Jinah
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we introduce a visualization framework for cell image data obtained from optical diffraction tomography (ODT), including a method for representing cell morphology in 3D virtual environment and a color mapping protocol. Unlike commonly known volume data sets, such as CT images of human organ or industrial machinery, that have solid structural information, the cell image data have rather vague information with much morphological variations on the boundaries. Therefore, it is difficult to come up with consistent representation of cell structure for visualization results. To obtain desired visual representation of cellular structures, we propose an interactive visualization technique for the ODT data. In visualization of 3D shape of the cell, we adopt a volume rendering technique which is generally applied to volume data visualization and improve the quality of volume rendering result by using empty space jittering method. Furthermore, we provide a layer-based independent rendering method for multiple transfer functions to represent two or more cellular structures in unified render window. In the experiment, we examined effectiveness of proposed method by visualizing various type of the cell obtained from the microscope which can capture ODT image and fluorescence image together.

Optimization and Mathematical Modeling of the Transtubular Bioreactor for the Production of Monoclonal Antibodies from a Hybridoma Cell Line

  • Halberstadt, Craig R.;Palsson, Bernhanrd O.;Midgley, A.Rees;Curl, Rane L.
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2002
  • This report describes the use of a transtubular bioreactor to study the relative effects of diffusion versus perfusion of medium on antibody production by a hybridoma cell line. The study was performed with a high-density cell culture maintained in a serum-free, low-protein medium for 77 days. It was determined that the reactor possessed a macro-mixing pattern residence time distribution similar to a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), However, due to the arrangement of the medium lines in the reactor, the flow patterns for nutrient distribution consist of largely independent medium path lengths ranging from short to long. When operated with cyclic, reversing, transtubular medium flow, some regions of the reactor (with short residence times) are more accessible to medium than others (with long residence times). From this standpoint, the reactor can be divided into three regions: a captive volume, which consists of medium primarily delivered via diffusion; a lapped volume, which provides nutrients through unilateral convection; and a swept volume, which operates through bilateral convection. The relative sizes of these three volumes were modified experimentally by changing the period over which the direction of medium flow was reversed from 15 min (larger captive volume) to 9 h (larger swept volume). The results suggest that antibody concentration increases as the size of the diffusion-limited (captive) volume is increased to a maximum at around 30 min with a sharp decrease thereafter. As reflected by changes in measured consumption of glucose and production of lactate, no significant difference in cellular metabolism occurred as the reactor was moved between these different states. These results indicate that the mode of operation of the transtubular bioreactor may influence antibody productivity under serum-free, low-protein conditions with minimal effects on cellular metabolism.

Study on the Renal Anemia - Experimental Study in Acute Renal Anemia - (신성빈혈(腎性貧血)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) - 급성신성빈혈(急性腎性貧血)의 실험적(實驗的) 고찰(考察) -)

  • Yoon, Zo-Eun
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 1969
  • The double tracer study on erythrokinetics was carried out experimentally with radioactive iron ($^{59}Fe$) and chromium ($^{51}Cr$) in rabbits. The 0.1% canthalidin solution and 1% pot. perchlomate solution was given subcutaneously to 20 rabbits respectively. 3 and 6 days after injection, the blood chemistry, urine examination, ferrokinetics and apparent half survival time of RBC were ($^{51}Cr\;T\frac{1}{2}$)determined. Following were the results: 1) Red blood cell hematocrit and hemoglobin values were moderately reduced and B.U.N. and serum creatinine values were slight]y inercased in the canthalidin group, while B.U.N. and serum creatinine values were within normal limits in the pot. perchlomate group. Reticulocyte values were slight]y increased in the canthalidin group, while was normal range in the pot. perchlomate group. 2) Blood chemistry finding was not significant statistically in both experimental groups, but serum iron value was moderately reduced in both group. 3) Plasma volume was unchanged in both group, but red cell volume and whole blood volume were slightly reduced in both groups. 4) Results of ferrokinetics were as follows: i) The plasma iron disappearance rate was delayed in both groups. Plasma iron turnover rate, red cell iron utilization and red cell iron turnover rate were decreased in both groups, and then red cell iron turnover rate was more decreased than plasma iron turnover rate in both groups. Circulating red cell iron was slight]y increased in canthalidin group and red cell iron concentration was within normal range in both groups. ii) P.I.T.R.-R.C.I.T. value was moderately increased in the canthalidin group and slightly increased in the pot. perchlomate group. Reticulocyte index, red cell iron turnover index, plasma iron turnover index and effective erythropoiesis index were whole]y reduced in both groups. iii) The red cell life span was slightly shortened in the canthalidin group while was within normal range in pot. perchlomate group. The pathologic finding of renal biopsy of the canthalidin group shows a selective damage in glomerulus, while shows almost normal range or slight damage in tubules. And that of the pot. perchlomate group shows a selective damage in tubules with slight damage of glomerulus.

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Simple Method for a Cell Count of the Colonial Cyanobacterium, Microcystis sp.

  • Joung, Seung-Hyun;Kim, Choong-Jae;Ahn, Chi-Yong;Jang, Kam-Yong;Boo, Sung-Min;Oh, Hee-Mock
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.44 no.5
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    • pp.562-565
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    • 2006
  • The cell counting of colonial Microcystis spp. is a rather difficult and error-prone proposition, as this genus forms irregularly-shaped and irregularly-sized colonies, which are packed with cells. Thus, in order to facilitate a cell count, four methods of dividing the colonies into single cells were compared, including vortexing, sonication, $TiO_2$ treatment, and boiling. As a result, the boiling method was determined to generate the greatest number of single cells from a colony, and all colonies were found to have divided completely after only 6 min of treatment. Furthermore, no significant cell destruction, which might alter the actual cell density, was detected in conjunction with the boiling method (P=0.158). In order to compute the cell number more simply, the relationship between the colony size and the cell number was determined, via the boiling method. The colony volume, rather than the area or diameter was correlated more closely with the cell number ($r^2=0.727$), thereby suggesting that the cell numbers of colonial Microcystis sp. can also be estimated effectively from their volumes.

A Study on the Expression of Features Interaction (특징 형상의 간섭 표현에 대한 연구)

  • 김경영;이수홍;고희동;김현석
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.142-149
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    • 1997
  • This study is intended to develop a Feature based modeler. It is difficult to integrate CAD and CAM/CAPP with information that is given only by a conventional CAD system. Therefore a lot of studies have concentrated on a Feature based CAD system. But conventional Feature based modelers have had limitation on providing sufficient information related to Feature interaction. If a Feature based modeler is to be used in assembly simulation, a new Feature-based modeling method needs to be developed. Also to support collision detection between parts, we have to handle Feature interaction systematically. Therefore we suggest Cell data structure which handles interaction of Features by volume. The volume created by Feature interaction is saved as a Cell. With the Cell structure we solve problems involved with Feature interaction. This study shows how the Cell data structure can manage Feature interaction and give enough information in assembly simulation.

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