• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.39-74
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• 2002

Recently, increased attention has been paid to the growth of the height of children and adolescents. To accelerate growth, velvet antlers are typically used in Oriental medicine. The present study investigated the effects of velvet antlers of velvet antlers on bone growth using the cell line of Human Osteosarcoma (Hos), derived from the bone-generating cells essential to bone growth. In order to give certain stress to this Hos, the medium contained 1% FBS was used for culturing for Hos cell instead of 10% in control. In this condition of which the proliferation had been significantly decreased, the ethanol extract of upper part of velvet antlers was added, As a result, the cells proliferation rate was significantly increased. Using Oligonucleotide DNA microarray, comparison and analyses were done to see what kind of specific genes would be differentially expressed. The result showed that as opposed to the control group, the stressed group indicated a decrease in the expressions of 6 kinds of genes such as, Id1, retinoid X receptor(RXRB) and 14-3-3 epsilon, etc. The velvet antler treated group, as opposed to the control group, showed a decreased in the expressions of 8 kinds of genes such as Id1, etc. and an increase in the expressions of 24 kinds of genes. The number of genes that showed differences in the velvet antler treated group compared with the stressed group was 7 the expression of 1 kind of gene was decreased, and the expressions of 6 kinds of genes were increased. Considering the mechanism by which velvet antlers affected the growth of osteoblast through reviewing the functions of these genes, the following results were attained. The constraint in the proliferation of Hos cells resulting from the medium contained 1% FBS seems to be caused by three important factors: 1) the decrease of the expression of 14-3-3 epsilon involved in the signal transduction and metabolism of growth, 2) the decrease of the expression of Id1 gene involved in the metabolism of bone formation, and 3) the decreased of expression of RXRB gene involved in the metabolism of retinoci acid. It is suggested that the improvement of the cell proliferating effects by velvet antler treatment, in stressed condition si mediated by increment of 6 genes particularly 14-3-3 epsilon, RXRB, and IGF2, with are the crucial factors for the cell growth and differentiation, metabolism of retinoic acid and osteoblast proliferation, respectively.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.964-971
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• 2006

기질의 침윤과 전이를 특징으로 하는 악성종양 세포는 세포외 기질이나 기저막에 의존적으로 작용한다. 세포외 기질을 분해하는 효소인 matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 계들의 발현 및 활성증가는 대부분의 악성종양세포에서 전이와 침윤을 촉진시킨다. MMP family 가운데 특히 type IV collagenase 활성을 지닌 MMP-2와 MMP-9은 세포외기질의 중요한 구성분인 collagen, fibronectin을 분해하는 특성을 가지며 암 전이를 용이하게 하는 주요한 효소로 잘 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 항암후보물질인 disulfiram이 골 육종 (U20S), 신장암 (Caki-1) 및 자궁암 (Caski) 세포에서 MMP-2와 MMP-9의 효소활성 및 발현억제에 대해 조사하였다. MTT assay를 이용하여 disulfiram에 대한 암세포 viability 실험에서는 disulfiram이 암세포의 viability를 저해하였다. 또한 zymography, western blot 및 RT-PCR 등을 이용한 type IV collagenase의 활성 및 발현 실험에서 disulfiram은 type IV collagenase의 활성을 비롯하여 단백질 및 mRNA 발현을 억제시키는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 disulfiram이 MMP-2와 MMP-9의 활성 및 발현 억제 기전을 통하여 골 육종, 신장암 및 자궁경부암 세포의 작용을 억제한다는 연구 결과는 disulfiram이 각종 악성종양의 침윤과 전이를 억제 또는 방지하기 위한 치료물질로서 임상에서 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 보여준다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2011

Objectives : This Study was performed to evaluate the effects of Scutellariae Radix(SR) water-extract on the tissue and neuronal apoptosis of the spinal cord injury(SCI). Methods: SCI was induced by mechanical contusion following laminectomy of 10th thoracic vertebra in Sprague-Dawley rats. SR was orally given once a day for 7 days after SCI. Neuronal apoptosis was examined with terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTPnick-end labeling(TUNEL) assay. Bax (Bcl-2-asociated X protein), Bcl-2(B-cell blastoma 2), c-Fos(FBJ osteosarcoma oncogene) expressions were examined using immuno-histochemistry. Individual TUNEL and immuno-labeled cells expressing Bax, Bcl-2 and c-Fos were counted on the same level in peri-damaged region and in ventral horn. Results: 1. SR significantly reduced number of TUNEL labeled apoptotic cells induced by the spinal cord contusion injury. 2. SR significantly reduced Bax positive cells expression on the motor neuron in the ventral horn induced by the spinal cord contusion injury. 3. SR strengthened Bcl-2 expression on the motor neuron in the ventral horn induced by the spinal cord contusion injury. 4. SR reduced c-Fos expression on the motor neuron in the ventral horn induced by the spinal cord contusion injury. Conclusions : These results suggest that SR plays an inhibitory role against neuronal apoptosis and has significant effects for locomotor disfunction induced by SCI.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.178-182
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• 1999

저자들은 18세 남자 환자의 우측 대퇴골에 발생한 bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora 병변) 1례를 보고하고자 한다. 방사선 소견상 비교적 경계가 좋은 석회화 병변이 하부 대퇴골의 피질 표면에 붙어 있었으며 병변은 넓은 기저면을 갖고 있었다. 대퇴골의 변형은 없었고, 병변과 대퇴골간의 골수강의 연결은 관찰되지 않았다. 조직학적으로 병변은 연골, 골 및 섬유조직으로 구성되어 있었고 연골은 세포밀도가 증가되어 있었으나, 과염색증이나 다형성세포는 없었다. 불규칙한 골과 연골간의 경계와 연골내 골화를 보였다. 골소주는 불규칙한 형태를 보이고 배경 기질에서 방추형 세포들을 관찰할 수 있었다. 세포학적 비정형은 관찰되지 않았다. 본 병변은 일종의 이소성 골화로써 반응성 병변으로 간주되며, 임상적으로나 병리학적으로 골육종이나 연골육종과 같은 악성 병변과 혼동하지 않는 것이 중요하다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2003

The cytokines are the hormone-like proteins, which are produced in the mononuclear cells. They have many roles, such as immune mediators, cell differentiations, angiogenesis. The chemokines have chemotactic effects which control the host immune response. There were few reports about the cytokines associated with musculoskeletal tumors. From late 1980s, the cytokine studies of bone tumors such as osteosarcoma were started, but most studies for benign and malignant musculoskeletal tumors were left to be explored. To evaluate the characteristics of the cytokines in variable musculoskeletal tumors, tissues were obtained from the seven patients who visited the Yeungnam University hospital from February to July 2000. They were lipoma (1 case), parosteal osteoma (1 case), enchondroma (2 cases), pigmented villonodular synovitis (1 case), ganglion (1 case), and metastaic squamous cell carcinoma (1 case). The gene experession of the cytokines were analyzed by RNase protection assay (RPA) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The lipoma and parosteal osteoma expressed MIP-$1{\beta}$, and IP-10 genes. The two enchondromas showed different results, one expressed all of MIP-$1{\alpha}$, MIP-$1{\beta}$ and IP-10 genes but the other expressed none of above. The pigmented villonodular synovitis strongly expressed MIP-$1{\alpha}$ and IP-10 when compared with the other cases. The ganglion did not express all of the chemokines mentioned above. And the metastatic squamous cell carcinoma expressed all of the chemokines and especially IP-10 was highly expressed. Even though this study has only a few cases, these results provide a basis for the cytokine mediating network study in musculoskeletal tumors.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2009

Purpose: Deproteinized bovine bone substitutes are commonly used in dental regenerative surgery for treatment of alveolar defects. In this study, three different bovine bone minerals - OCS-B (NIBEC, Seoul, Korea), Bio-Oss (Geistlich - Pharma, Switzerland), Osteograft/N - 300 (OGN, Dentsply Friadent Ceramed. TN, USA) - were investigated to analyze the basic characteristics of commercially available bone substitutes. Methods: Their physicochemical properties were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS), surface area analysis, and Kjeldahl protein analysis. Cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of human osteosarcoma cells on different bovine bone minerals were evaluated. Results: Three kinds of bone substitutes displayed different surface properties. Ca/P ratio of OCS - B shown to be lower than other two bovine bone minerals in EDS analysis. Bio-Oss had wider surface area and lower amount of residual protein than OCS - B and OGN. In addition Bio - Oss was proved to have lower cell proliferation and ALP activity due to lots of residual micro particles, compared with OCS - B and OGN. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, three bovine bone minerals that produced by similar methods appear to have different property and characteristics. It is suggested that detailed studies and quality management is needed in operations for dental use and its biological effects on new bone formation.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.108-115
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• 2018

In bone tissue engineering, polycaprolactone (PCL) is one of the most widely used biomaterials to manufacture scaffolds as a synthetic polymer with biodegradability and biocompatibility. The polymer deposition system (PDS) with four axis heads, which can dispense bio-polymers, has been used in scaffold fabrication for tissue engineering applications. A dual-head deposition technology of PDS is an effective technique to fabricate 3D scaffolds. The electrospinning technology has been widely used to fabricate porous and highly interconnected polymer fibers. Thus, PDS can fabricate nanofiber-combined hybrid scaffolds using fused deposition modeling (FDM) and electrospinning methods. This study aims to fabricate nanofiber-combined scaffolds with uniform nanofibers using PDS. The PCL nanofibers were fabricated and evaluated according to the fabrication process parameters. PCL nanofibers were successfully fabricated when the applied voltage, tip-to-collector distance, flow rate, and solution concentration were 5 kV, 1 cm, 0.1 ml/h, and 8 wt%, respectively. The cell proliferation was evaluated according to the electrospinning time. Scanning electron microscopy was used to acquire images of the cross-sectioned hybrid scaffolds. The cell proliferation test of the PCL and nanofiber-combined hybrid scaffolds was performed using a CCK-8 assay according to the electrospinning time. The result of in-vitro cell proliferation using osteosarcoma MG-63 cells shows that the hybrid scaffold has good potential for bone regeneration.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.470-478
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• 2004

본 연구의 목적은 Prevotella nigrescens lipopolysaccharides (LPS)로 자극된 MG63 osteosarcoma 세포에서 생성, 분비되는 기질금속단백효소인 MMP-1과 그 억제제인 TIMP-1을 측정할 뿐아니라 수산화칼슘으로 처리한 P. nigrescens LPS에 의한 기질금속단백효소와 그 억제제의 분비수준의 변화를 알아보는데 있다. 혐기성 조건에서 배양한 P. nigrescens로부터 LPS를 추출하여 순수정제한 다음 0, 1 그리고 $10{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$의 LPS 농도로 MG63 세포를 자극하거나 또는 수산화칼슘으로 처리한 $10{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$의 LPS로 세포를 다양한 자극하여 다양한 시간이 경과한 다음 세포로부터 분비되는 MMP-1과 TIMP-1의 RNA 수준을 real time-PCR 방법으로 측정하였다. 실험결과 MMP-1의 mRNA수준은 48시간에서 최고에 달하였고 그 분비정도는 LPS의 농도에 비례하였다. TIMP-1 mRNA는 $1{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$의 세균성 LPS 자극시 24시간 및 48시간에서 높은 증가를 보였으나 고농도인 $10{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$의 LPS로 자극한 경우 오히려 그 발현이 억제되었다. 또한 수산화칼슘으로 전처리한 P. nigrescens LPS로 자극한 MG 63 세포에서는 MMP-1과 TIMP-1의 분비가 억제되었다. 이러한 결과를 통해 볼 때 P. nigrescens LPS에 의한 MMP-1과 TIMP-1의 발현조절이 치근단 질환에서 발생하는 치조골 흡수 기전중 하나로 사료된다. 뿐만 아니라 P. nigrescens에 의해 분비되는 기질금속단백효소를 매개로 하는 염증반응 감소에 수산화칼슘이 효과적으로 작용하는것으로 확인되어 치근단 질환에 관여하는 세균성 LPS를 제거하기 위해 임상적으로 사용되는 근거가 될 수 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2010

본 연구는 유근피(root bark of Ulmus davidiana)에서 분리한 화합물인 hederagenin 3-O-b-D-glucopyranosyl($1{\rightarrow}3$)-a-L-rhamnopyranosyl($1{\rightarrow}2$)-a-L-arabinopyranoside (HDL)을 이용하여 $CoCl_2$에 의해 생성된 ROS에 대한 항산화 기전을 밝히기 위하여, ROS 생성과 관련된 산화 효소 및 항산화 효소에 대한 저해효과를 조사하였다. 또한 HDL이 $CoCl_2$에 의해 생성된 ROS의 조절을 통해 산화적 스트레스와 관련된 단백질 발현 및 세포주기에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 그 결과 HDL은 $CoCl_2$에 의해 유발된 xanthine oxidase와 $H_2O_2$ 생성 증가를 억제하였고, 산화와 관련된 SOD, CAT의 활성을 증가시켜 $H_2O_2$의 가수분해를 촉진하였다. 그리고 HDL은 $CoCl_2$에 의해 유발된 ferritin의 손상과 ferritin iron의 방출을 억제하 였으며, 지질과산화의 증가를 억제하였다. 뿐만 아니라 HDL은 $CoCl_2$에 의해 증가된 G1 phase의 세포를 감소시켰으며, 세포주기와 관련된 p53 및 $p21^{CIP1/WAF1}$의 발현을 감소시켰다. 이러한 연구결과들은 HDL이 천연물로부터 유래한 독성이 없는 항산화제로서의 가능성을 제시한다.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 1996

From January 1994 to August 1995 we performed 270 cases of fine needle aspiration cytology for bone and soft tissue lesions. Among them 137 cases were diagnosed histologically. Sixty-seven cases were benign and 70 cases were malignant. We analysed these on the aspect of sensitivity, specifity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of the cytologic examination. Malignant cases consisted of bone tumor 29 cases; soft tissue tumor 25 cases; and metastatic tumor 16 cases. The sensitivity and specifity of the aspiration cytology for malignant tumor were 67.8% and 97%, respectively. The positive and negative predictive value of aspiration cytology were 97.4% and 72.7%, respectively. Among them 40 cases were primary bony lesions; 14 benign lesions, 26 malignamt bone tumors. Sensitivity of aspiration cytology for these primary bony lesion was 90%(18/20) and its specifity was 100%(13/13). Three cases showed atypical cells in cytology but with biopsy we could find them as one benign and two malignancies. Two cases of manignancy showed negative result in cytology; one was parosteal sarcoma of proximal femur and the other was osteosarcoma of proximal tibia which was biopsied already at other hospital. Although the overall sensitivity and specifity for malignant bone and soft tissue tumors were relatively low and not so predictable, the fine needle aspiration cytology for primary bony lesion was useful in the differential diagnosis of benign or malignancy.