• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2009

There is a significant amount of experimental evidence suggesting that polysaccharides from mushrooms enhance the host immune system by activating various mechanisms in immune cells, including macrophages. In this study, polysaccharides from Lentinus edodes were found to stimulate the functional activation of macrophages to secrete inflammatory mediators and cytokines and increase the phagocytotic uptake. The chemical properties of the stimulatory polysaccharides, CPFN-G-I, CPBN-G, and CPBA-G, were determined based on their monosaccharide composition, which mainly consisted of glucose and mannose. According to FT-IR and GC/MS, the structure of CPFN-G-I, purified from the fruiting body of L. edodes, was found to consist of a $\beta$-1,6-branched-$\beta$-1,4-glucan, whereas CPBN-G and CPBA-G, purified from the liquid culture broth, were found to be composed of a heteromannan. The configuration of the p-linkage and triple helical conformation of each polysaccharide were confirmed using a Fungi-Fluor kit and Congo red, respectively.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권22호
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• pp.9707-9711
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• 2014

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a complex disease caused by interactions between hazardous exogenous or/and endogenous agents and many mild effect inherited susceptibility mutations. Some of them are known, but their functional roles still requireinvestigation. Age is a recognized risk factor; children with disease onset after the age of ten have worse prognosis, presumably also triggered by inherited factors. Materials and Methods: The MDR1 gene polymorphisms rs1045642, rs2032582 and MTHFR gene polymorphisms rs1801131 and rs1801133 were genotyped in 68 ALL patients in remission and 102 age and gender matched controls; parental DNA samples were also available for 42 probands. Results: No case control association was found between analyzed polymorphisms and a risk of childhood ALL development. Linkage disequilibrium was not observed in a family-based association study either. Only marginal association was observed between genetic marker rs2032582A and later disease onset (p=0.04). Conclusions: Our data suggest that late age of ALL onset could be triggered by mild effect common alleles.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2014

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by selective destruction of pancreatic ${\beta}$-cells resulting in insulin deficiency. The genetic determinants of T1D susceptibility have been linked to several loci, in particular to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region, which accounts for 50% of the genetic risk of developing T1D. Multiple genes in the HLA region, which are in strong linkage disequilibrium, are thought to be involved. Another important locus, with a smaller effect on genetic predisposition to T1D, is the insulin gene. The advent of numerous single nucleotide polymorphism markers and genome screening has enabled the identification of dozens of new T1D susceptibility loci. Some of them appear to predispose to T1D independently of the HLA and may be important in families with T1D who lack strong HLA susceptibility. Other loci may interact with each other to cause susceptibility. The autoimmune response against ${\beta}$-cells can also be triggered by environmental factors in the presence of a predisposing genetic background. Deciphering the environmental and genetic factors involved should help to understand the origin of T1D and aid in the design of individualized prevention programs.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.371-378
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• 2005

In the previous study, three kinds of monomers and the functional monomer, acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate (AAEM), which could improve the film property and cross-linkage, were polymerzied into acrylic resin copolymers (HSA-98-20, HSA-98-0, HSA-98+20) containing 80% solid content. In this study, the high-solid coatings(HSA-98-20C, HSA-98-0C, HSA-98+20C) were prepared by the curing reaction between acrylic resins containing 80% solid content and isocyanate at room temperature. Various properties were examined for the film coated with the prepared high-solid coatings. The introduction of AAEM in the coatings enhanced the abrasion resistance and solvent resistance of coatings, which indicated the possible use of high-solid coatings for top-coating materials of automobile. The curing times measured by viscoelastic measurement were 350, 264, and 212 min for HSA-98-20C, HSA-98-0C, and HSA-98+20C, respectively. This shows that the curing times become shorter with increasing $T_g$ values.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2016

A free-piston reciprocating expander is a device which operates without any mechanical linkage to a stationary part. Since the motion of the floating piston is only controlled by the pressure difference at two ends of the piston, this kind of expander may indispensably require a sophisticated active control system equipped with multiple valves and reservoirs. In this paper, we have suggested a novel design that can further reduce complexity of the previously developed cryogenic free-piston expander configuration. It is a simple replacement of both multiple valves and reservoirs by a combination of an orifice valve and a reservoir. The functional characteristic of the integrated orifice-reservoir configuration is similar to that of a phase controller applied in a pulse tube refrigerator so that we designate the one as a phase controller. Depending on the orifice valve size in the phase controller, the different PV work which affects the expander performance is generated. The numerical model of this unique free-piston reciprocating expander utilizing a phase controller is established to understand and analyze quantitatively the performance variation of the expander under different valve timing and orifice valve size. The room temperature experiments are carried out to examine the performance of this newly developed cryogenic expander.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2006

The relaxed torsional potential of a liquid crystalline polymer containing an ester functional group in a mesogenic unit (hereafter 12-4 oligomer) has been calculated with the ab initio self-consistent-field using 6-31G$^*$ basis set. GIAO^{13}C NMR chemical shifts also have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G$^*$ level of theory for each conformational structure obtained from torsional potential calculation. The results show that the phenyl ring-ester linkages are coplanar with the dihedral angle of about 0$^{\circ}$ and the ring-ring linkages in the biphenyl groups are tilted with the dihedral angle of around 43-44$^{\circ}$ in the lowest energy conformer. The biphenyl ring has a comparatively lower energy barrier of internal rotation potential in the ring-ring than that of phenyl ring-ester. The ^{13}C chemical shifts of carbonyl carbons were found to move to upfield due to $\pi$ -conjugation with phenyl ring and slightly affected about 0.5 ppm by dihedral angle of the ring-ring linkage.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2006

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in plants, which is due to failure to produce functional pollen, is a maternally inherited trait. Specific nuclear genes that suppress CMS, termed fertility restorer (Rf) genes, have been identified in several plants. In this study, Rfl-inked molecular markers in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) were detected by bulked segregant analysis of eight amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs). Only AFRF8 was successfully converted to a cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker. This was named AFRF8CAPS and genotype determination using it agreed with that obtained with the original AFRF8. A linkage map with a total size of 54.1 cM was constructed with AFRF8CAPS and the seven AFLP markers using the Kosambi function. The AFRF8CAPS marker was shown to be closest to Rf with a genetic distance of 1.8 cM. These markers will be useful for fast and reliable detection of restorer lines during $F_1$ hybrid seed production and breeding programs in pepper.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.356-361
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• 2008

In this work, we have studied the structural and functional linkage between lamin A/C, nuclear actin, and organization of chromosome territories (CTs) in mammary carcinoma MCF-7 cells. Selective down-regulation of lamin A/C expression led to disruption of the lamin A/C perinuclear layer and disorganization of lamin-bound emerin complexes at the inner nuclear membrane. The silencing of lamin A/C expression resulted in a decrease in the volume and surface area of chromosome territories, especially in chromosomes with high heterochromatin content. Inhibition of actin polymerization led to relaxation of the structure of chromosome territories, and an increase in the volumes and surface areas of the chromosome territories of human chromosomes 1, 2 and 13. The results show an important role of polymeric actin in the organization of the nuclei and the chromosome territories.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.386-399
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• 2021

본 연구는 폭발적으로 성장하고 있는 전기차 산업을 대상으로 한다. 현재 중국은 세계 최대의 전기차 생산량을 기록하고 있으며, 다수의 글로벌 기업 및 로컬 기업들이 전기차 산업 전환환경에 조응하여 다양한 활동을 전개하고 있다. 이러한 전환의 원인과 환경적 특성을 분석하기 위해 생산 네트워크의 주요 행위자인 중국정부와 완성차기업, 전후방 연계산업상의 기업들의 활동을 분석했다. 그 결과 중국정부의 전폭적인 지원으로 기존 행위자들의 기능적 변화, 신규 행위자들의 진입 증가 등을 통해 새로운 가치가 동반되는 전기차 산업공간으로의 전환이 나타났다.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.413-421
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 관행의 교배육종과 DNA 마커를 이용한 MAS의 접목을 통하여 벼멸구 저항성과 관련된 단점을 보완하고, 효율적으로 도열병, 줄무늬잎마름병, 흰잎마름병, 벼멸구, 끝동매미충 저항성이 집적된 복합내병충성 우량계통을 육성하고자 수행하였다. 교배모본으로는 완전미율이 높고, 끝동매미충에 저항성인 '남평'과 단간이면서 흰잎마름병에 저항성인 '주남'을 반복친으로 사용하였고, 벼멸구저항성 유전자 Bph1을 가지고 있지만 간장이 크고 재배안전성이 미흡한 '밀양220호'를 공여친으로 사용하였다. 벼멸구 저항성 연관마커 RM28493을 이용하여 $BC_1F_1$ 및 $BC_2F_1$ 세대에서 MAS로 저항성 개체 선발과 여교잡을 수행하였으며, 복교잡 $F_1$ 세대에서 MAS를 통한 벼멸구 저항성이 고정된 계통을 선발하였다. 고세대 계통에서 생물검정을 통하여 흰잎마름병, 끝동매미충에 저항성인 계통을 선발하였다. MAS와 생물검정을 통해 도열병, 흰잎마름병, 줄무늬잎마름병, 벼멸구 및 끝동매미충에 저항성인 85개의 복합내병충성계통을 선발하였다. 복합내병충성 계통의 간장, 완전미율 및 수량은 각각 71~88 cm, 51~93%, 449~629 kg/10a 사이에 분포하였다. 복합내충성계통중 간장, 완전미율 및 수량이 남평벼와 비슷한 계통을 선발하여 '밀양265호'로 명명하였다. 최종적으로 본연구에서는 기존의 교배육종과 분자육종의 접목을 통하여 복합내병충성 우량계통을 육성하였으며, 이는 금후 유용교배모본으로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.