• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.716-722
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• 2005

Carcass weight and backfat thickness are primary yield grading factors. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I/-II, transforming growth factor $\beta$1 (TGF-$\beta$1), and epidermal growth factor (EGF) regulate the proliferation and differentiation of cells including adipocytes. Also, interleukin (IL)-2/-6, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S) are known to be related to muscle growth and fat depth. However, the relationships between endocrine factors and carcass grade have not been studied. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the concentrations of endocrine factors in serum and muscle, and to investigate the relationship of endocrine factors with carcass grade. A total of 60 crossbred gilts (Duroc${\times}$Yorkshire${\times}$Landrace) were used. Blood from the jugular vein was collected at antemortem (7 days before slaughter) and postmortem periods, and M. Longissimus was collected at 45 min and 24 h after slaughter. The concentrations of IGF-I/-II, EGF, TGF-$\beta$1, IL-2/-6, cortisol and DHEA-S were analyzed by radioimmunoassay (RIA) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In general, IGF and EGF concentrations in serum and muscle of grade A carcasses were found to be higher than those of grade C carcasses at antemortem and postmortem periods, whereas the pattern of TGF-$\beta$1 concentration was reversed. In particular, the concentrations of muscle IGF-I (24 h postmortem) and serum TGF-$\beta$1 (antemortem) were significantly different between grades A and C (p<0.05). The present results indicate that serum and muscle growth factors affect carcass weight and backfat thickness, and indirectly suggest the possibility that carcass grade could be predicted by expression of serum and/or muscle growth factors.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권14호
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• pp.5773-5777
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• 2015

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is thought to develop from precancerous dysplastic lesions through multistep processes of carcinogenesis involving activation of oncogenes and loss of tumor suppressor genes. The human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her-2/neu [erbB-2]), a cell membrane glycoprotein, is a growth factor receptor that has receptor tyrosine kinase activity. Her2/neu activation plays a central role in cell proliferation and survival. It has been shown that overexpression of Her2/neu increases the rate of cell division and growth, leading to precancerous changes. The aim of the present study was to compare the serum and salivary Her2/neu levels between cases with premalignant and malignant oral lesions. Materials and Methods: Fasting blood samples and unstimulated saliva by passive drooling were collected from three groups of healthy control (n=20), premalignant disorder (PMD) (n=20) and OSCC (n=25) subjects. The HER2 extracellular domain (HER2 ECD) levels were measured using ELISA. Results: The levels of serum Her2/neu showed no significant differences between any of the groups but on the other hand salivary Her2/neu levels were found to be significantly (p<0.05) higher when compared between control (median 68.7 pg/ml, range: 21.5 - 75.8) and OSCC (median 145.6 pg/ml, range: 45.1-191.1). A similar trend was observed when comparing between PMD (median 43.3, range: 22.1 -94.7) and OSCC with a statistical significance of p<0.05. Conclusions: Our study provided evidence of increased salivary Her2/neu in OSCC when compared to PMD and control which was not the case for serum levels. This suggests that probably Her2/neu is not highly amplified as in breast cancer so as to be reflected in serum. Since saliva is in local vicinity of the OSCC, even a mild increase might be mirrored. On the whole, this study proposes Her2/neu as marker for distinguishing premalignant and malignant conditions.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.148-158
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• 1991

마우스의 악하선 세포를 배양하기 위하여 악하선 조직으로부터 세포를 분리하는 조건과 분리된 세포의 배양조건을 조사하였다. 세포분리에는 0.25% trypsin을 사용하였으며 배양액은 여러 농도의 fetal bovine serum (FBS) 또는 low protein serum replacement(LPSR)가 첨가된 Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium(DME) 이었다. 배양된 세포의 대부분 상피형 세포로 확인 되었으며, 배양시 5-10%의 FBS를 첨가하였을 경우에 가장 높은 DNA합성능을 보였으나 이보다 높은 농도의 FBS 첨가시에는 오히려 DNA 합성능이 저하되었다. 혈청 대체물인 LPSR 첨가에 의한 악하선 세포를 배양 했을 때 population doubling time은 42.5 시간이었고 세포의 포화밀도는 1.2 $\times$10 5 cells / $cm^2$이었다. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)은 악하선 배양세포의 DNA 합성에 관여하지 않거나, 관여한다면 DNA 합성을 억제하는 것으로 보였다. 이에 반해 Thyroxine (T4)은 악하선 배양세포의 DNA 합성을 현저히 증가시켰다. T4와 DHT 모두다 배양세포의 단백질 합성능을 증가시켰다. 또한 이 호르몬들이 악하선 배양세포의 epidermal growth factor(EGF) 분비를 증가시킨 결과는 DHT와 T4는 악하선 세포의 EGF 생산 뿐만 아니라 EGF 분비의 조절에도 관련되어 있음을 시사한다. 본 실험에서 정해진 악하선 세포의 배양조건은 악하선 세포의 증식과 기능의 변조를 탐구하는데 유용하게 응용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.44-45
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• 2010

We are currently conducting studies on culturing and biocompatibility assessment of various cells such as neural stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells(IPS cells) on carbon nanotube (CNT), on nerve regeneration electrodes, and on silicon wafers with a focus on developing nerve integrated CNT based bio devices for interfacing with living organisms, in order to develop brain-machine interfaces (BMI). In addition, we are carried out the chemical modification of carbon nanotube (mainly SWCNTs)-based bio-nanosensors by the plasma ion irradiation (plasma activation) method, and provide a characteristic evaluation of a bio-nanosensor using bovine serum albumin (BSA)/anti-BSA binding and oligonucleotide hybridization. On the other hand, the researches in the case of "novel plasma" have been widely conducted in the fields of chemistry, solid physics, and nanomaterial science. From the above-mentioned background, we are conducting basic experiments on direct irradiation of body tissues and cells using a micro-spot atmospheric pressure plasma source. The device is a coaxial structure having a tungsten wire installed inside a glass capillary, and a grounded ring electrode wrapped on the outside. The conditions of plasma generation are as follows: applied voltage: 5-9 kV, frequency: 1-3 kHz, helium (He) gas flow: 1-1.5 L/min, and plasma irradiation time: 1-300 sec. The experiment was conducted by preparing a culture medium containing mouse fibroblasts (NIH3T3) on a culture dish. A culture dish irradiated with plasma was introduced into a $CO_2$-incubator. The small animals used in the experiment involving plasma irradiation into living tissue were rat, rabbit, and pick and are deeply anesthetized with the gas anesthesia. According to the dependency of cell numbers against the plasma irradiation time, when only He gas was flowed, the growth of cells was inhibited as the floatation of cells caused by gas agitation inside the culture was promoted. On the other hand, there was no floatation of cells and healthy growth was observed when plasma was irradiated. Furthermore, in an experiment testing the effects of plasma irradiation on rats that were artificially given burn wounds, no evidence of electric shock injuries was found in the irradiated areas. In fact, the observed evidence of healing and improvements of the burn wounds suggested the presence of healing effects due to the growth factors in the tissues. Therefore, it appears that the interaction due to ion/radicalcollisions causes a substantial effect on the proliferation of growth factors such as epidermal growth factor (EGF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and transforming growth factor (TGF) that are present in the cells.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.389-397
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• 2018

별불가사리(Asterina pectinifera Muller and Troschel)는 우리나라 전국 연안에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 토속종으로, 패류 양식장에 피해를 주는 불가사리류 중의 하나이다. 별불가사리 퇴치를 위해 대부분 건조하여 비료로 활용하고 있으며, 고부가가치 창출을 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되었으나 실제 활용은 미미한 실정이다. 따라서, 별불가사리로부터 피부 유용성분을 밝혀 새로운 활용 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 성분연구를 통해 별불가사리로 부터 2종의 polyhydroxysteroid와 1종의 saponin을 분리하였으며, 이의 구조를 각각 $5{\alpha}$-cholestane-$3{\beta},6{\alpha},7{\alpha},8,15{\alpha},16{\beta},26$-heptol, $5{\alpha}$-cholestane-$3{\beta},4{\beta},6{\alpha},7{\alpha},8,15{\beta},16{\beta},2$6-octol 및 asterosaponin $P_1$으로 동정하였다. 이 물질들의 피부 효능을 확인한 결과 asterosaponin $P_1$이 표피 줄기세포의 증식을 촉진시키고, 각질형성세포에서 히알루론산을 합성하는 효소인 hyaluronan synthase-2와 hyaluronan synthase-3 유전자의 발현을 증가시킴을 확인하였다. 또한, asterosaponin $P_1$은 섬유아세포에서 진피의 주요 콜라겐인 type 1 콜라겐의 생합성을 촉진하는 효능을 보였다. 이상의 결과들로부터, 별불가사리로부터 분리한 asterosaponin $P_1$은 노화에 동반되는 피부 증상을 개선하는 항노화 화장품 소재로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.112-123
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• 2022

Objective: To investigate the relationship between ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT semi-quantitative parameters and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (IASLC/ATS/ERS) histopathologic classification, including histological subtypes, proliferation activity, and somatic mutations. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 419 patients (150 males, 269 females; median age, 59.0 years; age range, 23.0-84.0 years) who had undergone surgical removal of stage IA-IIIA lung adenocarcinoma and had preoperative PET/CT data of lung tumors. The maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax), background-subtracted volume (BSV), and background-subtracted lesion activity (BSL) derived from PET/CT were measured. The IASLC/ATS/ERS subtypes, Ki67 score, and epidermal growth factor/anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EGFR/ALK) mutation status were evaluated. The PET/CT semi-quantitative parameters were compared between the tumor subtypes using the Mann-Whitney U test or the Kruskal-Wallis test. The optimum cutoff values of the PET/CT semi-quantitative parameters for distinguishing the IASLC/ATS/ERS subtypes were calculated using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The correlation between the PET/CT semi-quantitative parameters and pathological parameters was analyzed using Spearman's correlation. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results: SUVmax, BSV, and BSL values were significantly higher in invasive adenocarcinoma (IA) than in minimally IA (MIA), and the values were higher in MIA than in adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) (all p < 0.05). Remarkably, an SUVmax of 0.90 and a BSL of 3.62 were shown to be the optimal cutoff values for differentiating MIA from AIS, manifesting as pure ground-glass nodules with 100% sensitivity and specificity. Metabolic-volumetric parameters (BSV and BSL) were better potential independent factors than metabolic parameters (SUVmax) in differentiating growth patterns. SUVmax and BSL, rather than BSV, were strongly or moderately correlated with Ki67 in most subtypes, except for the micropapillary and solid predominant groups. PET/CT parameters were not correlated with EGFR/ALK mutation status. Conclusion: As noninvasive surrogates, preoperative PET/CT semi-quantitative parameters could imply IASLC/ATS/ERS subtypes and Ki67 index and thus may contribute to improved management of precise surgery and postoperative adjuvant therapy.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.268-277
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• 2016

본 연구는 COHEE의 항염증 효과를 확인하기 위한 실험으로써 pro-inflammatory cytokine의 분비량 및 iNOS, COX-2, NF-κB와 MAPKs의 발현량을 관찰하였다. 먼저 MTT assay를 통해 COHEE가 세포 생존율에 있어 독성을 나타내지 않음을 확인한 후 동일한 농도로 추후실험을 진행하였다. COHEE에 의해 NO 분비량이 농도 의존적으로 감소하였으며 IL-6, TNF-α 및 IL-1β의 분비량 또한 유의적으로 감소하였다. 특히 100 μg/ml의 농도에서 LPS 단독처리구인 대조구에 비하여 IL-6, TNF-α 및 IL-1β의 분비량을 각각 66%, 43% 및 93% 억제시켰다. 이러한 결과가 전염증성 매개인자의 전사인자인 NF-κB와 MAPKs 경로에 의한 것인지 확인하기 위하여 발현량을 관찰한 결과, COHEE가 LPS 처리에 의해 현저히 증가한 단백질의 발현을 농도 의존적으로 유의성 있게 억제하였다. 또한 COHEE는 croton oil로 부종을 유발한 마우스모델에서 귀부종 억제효과를 나타내었고 250 mg/kg 농도에서 조직의 경피 및 진피 두께의 발달을 prednisolone 10 mg/kg 처리구와 유사한 정도까지 현저히 억제시키고 염증성 세포인 mast cell의 침윤 억제 효과도 확인하였다. 이를 통해 COHEE는 염증 반응의 전사인자인 NF-κB의 발현을 조절함으로써 iNOS와 COX-2의 발현을 억제하고 그에 따라 전염증성 매개인자인 NO, IL-6, TNF-α 및 IL-1β의 분비를 억제하여 항염증 활성을 가지는 것을 확인하였으며, 이 결과를 종합해볼 때, COHEE가 염증 치료제로써의 소재로 이용될 가치가 충분할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.75-85
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• 2016

Pectin은 식물 세포벽의 주요성분으로 과실이나 채소류의 세포막이나 세포막 사이의 엷은 층에 존재하며, 고점도의 수용성 다당체로 염과 pH에 의한 점도 변화가 심하며, 알코올류와 만나 gelation 되는 특징을 가지고 있다. 식품분야에서 펙틴은 점도의 증가 및 겔 형성제로 사용되어 왔으나, 화장품 분야에서는 그 사용이 극히 제한적이었다. 본 연구에서는 pectin 효소 분해물의 분해 정도 및 분자량 분포를 정확히 확인하기 위해, HPLC (GPC)를 이용한 분석 조건을 확립하였으며, 생물 전환 공정을 통해 저분자량 pectin oligomer가 형성되는 것을 확인하였다. 그리고, 2종의 효소에 대한 저분자량 pectin oligomer 생산 최적 조건 실험을 진행하여 최적 생산 조건을 확립하였으며, 이로 부터 제조한 pectin 효소분해물에서 저분자량 pectin oligomer를 선별적으로 분리하는 공정도 개발하였다. 이러한 공정을 통해 제조된 저분자량 pectin oligomer 소재 LMPH A 와 B는 약 200 ~ 2,700 Da 정도의 분자량 분포를 가지는 것으로 확인되었다. LMPH A와 B의 생리활성을 확인한 결과, 2종 모두 항산화 활성을 보였다. 게다가, 이들이 pectin 및 D-galacturonic acid 보다 상대적으로 우수하며, 농도의존적으로 증가함을 보였다. 또한 자외선(UVB)에 의한 피부세포의 광손상 및 이로 인한 apoptosis를 방어하는 효과를 나타내었다. 세포 활성화 효과 측정결과는 LMPH A, B 모두 0.025% 이상의 농도에서 세포 활성화 효과를 보였으며, 농도가 0.5%에 이를 때까지 농도 의존적으로 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히, LMPH B의 경우, 0.5% 농도에서 약 30%, LMPH A도 약 22%의 매우 우수한 세포 활성화 효과를 가지는 것으로 확인되었다. 결론적으로, 본 연구를 통해 개발된 2종의 LMPH가 우수한 생리활성과 동시에 우수한 안전성을 보임으로써, 향후 화장품 소재로 응용 가능성이 매우 높을 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.4603-4608
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• 2015

Background: To determine the potential value of serum tumor markers in predicting pCR (pathological complete response) during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively monitored the pro-, mid-, and post-neoadjuvant treatment serum tumor marker concentrations in patients with locally advanced breast cancer (stage II-III) who accepted pre-surgical chemotherapy or chemotherapy in combination with targeted therapy at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center between September 2011 and January 2014 and investigated the association of serum tumor marker levels with therapeutic effect. Core needle biopsy samples were assessed using immunohistochemistry (IHC) prior to neoadjuvant treatment to determine hormone receptor, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2), and proliferation index Ki67 values. In our study, therapeutic response was evaluated by pCR, defined as the disappearance of all invasive cancer cells from excised tissue (including primary lesion and axillary lymph nodes) after completion of chemotherapy. Analysis of variance of repeated measures and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were employed for statistical analysis of the data. Results: A total of 348 patients were recruited in our study after excluding patients with incomplete clinical information. Of these, 106 patients were observed to have acquired pCR status after treatment completion, accounting for approximately 30.5% of study individuals. In addition, 147patients were determined to be Her-2 positive, among whom the pCR rate was 45.6% (69 patients). General linear model analysis (repeated measures analysis of variance) showed that the concentration of cancer antigen (CA) 15-3 increased after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in both pCR and non-pCR groups, and that there were significant differences between the two groups (P=0.008). The areas under the ROC curves (AUCs) of pre-, mid-, and post-treatment CA15-3 concentrations demonstrated low-level predictive value (AUC=0.594, 0.644, 0.621, respectively). No significant differences in carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) or CA12-5 serum levels were observed between the pCR and non-pCR groups (P=0.196 and 0.693, respectively). No efficient AUC of CEA or CA12-5 concentrations were observed to predict patient response toward neoadjuvant treatment (both less than 0.7), nor were differences between the two groups observed at different time points. We then analyzed the Her-2 positive subset of our cohort. Significant differences in CEA concentrations were identified between the pCR and non-pCR groups (P=0.039), but not in CA15-3 or CA12-5 levels (p=0.092 and 0.89, respectively). None of the ROC curves showed underlying prognostic value, as the AUCs of these three markers were less than 0.7. The ROC-AUCs for the CA12-5 concentrations of inter-and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the estrogen receptor negative HER2 positive subgroup were 0.735 and 0.767, respectively. However, the specificity and sensitivity values were at odds with each other which meant that improving either the sensitivity or specificity would impair the efficiency of the other. Conclusions: Serum tumor markers CA15-3, CA12-5, and CEA might have little clinical significance in predicting neoadjuvant treatment response in locally advanced breast cancer.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.473-479
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• 2005

연구 배경 : Gefitinib은 경구용 상피세포 성장인자 수용체 억제제로서 주로 동양인, 여성, 비흡연가, 선암 세포형의 폐암 환자에서 반응율이 좋은 것으로 되어 있으나 그 정확한 기전에 대해 밝혀진 것을 없다. 최근 몇몇 보고에 의하면 병기가 진행된 폐암 세포에서 PTEN 발현이 감소되어 있었으며, 또한 PTEN 발현이 감소된 폐암 세포주에서 EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor의 반응율이 감소되었음을 보고한 논문들이 있다. 이에 저자들은 본원에서 비소세포 폐암으로 진단받고 표준 항암화학요법에 실패한 이후 gefitinib으로 치료받은 환자군의 폐조직을 대상으로 PTEN의 발현 정도를 조사하였으며, PTEN의 발현 정도와 임상병기, 치료반응율과의 상관관계에 대해 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 2002년 1월부터 2004년 8월까지 본원에 내원하여 원발성 비소세포성 폐암 진단 받은 후 표준 항암 화학요법에 실패하고 gefitinib을 복용한 환자 38명 중 2개월 이상을 투여 받아 반응 정도를 평가가 가능한 환자로서 폐조직에 대해 PTEN 면역조직화학 염색 및 정량화를 시행할 수 있었던 22명의 환자들에 대해 환자들의 약제 반응율과 PTEN의 발현양상과의 관계에 대해 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결 과 : 평균 연령은 62세, 남녀의 비는 6.3:1이었으며, 조직 병리학적 분류는 편평상피암 32%, 선암 59%, 대세포암 등 기타가 9%였다. 병기는 I 병기 1례, II 병기 1례, III 병기 9례, IV 병기가 11례였다. ECOG performance status는 grade 0-1이 9명, 2가 11명, 3이 2명이었다. 조직 병리학적 분류에 따른 PTEN 발현의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 또한 TNM 병기 상승에 따른 PTEN 발현율과는 서로 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 그 러나, 약제 반응을 보인 군에서 약제 반응을 보이지 않은 군보다 PTEN 발현율이 통계적으로 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p=0.039). 결 론 : 표준 항암 화학 요법에 실패하고 gefitinib을 복용한 비소세포 폐암 환자의 약제 반응율과 종양 억제 단백질인 PTEN의 발현율과 서로 상관관계가 있다.