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국내 담수산 조개의 섭식활동이 호수 수질에 미치는 영향 (Comparison of Filtering Abilities of Korean Freshwater Bivalves and Their Filtering Effects on Water Quality)

  • 김호섭;최광현;박정환;신재기;황순진
    • 생태와환경
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    • 제35권2호통권98호
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    • pp.92-102
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    • 2002
  • 본 연구는 담수산 조개 종간의 여과능력과 실험적으로 조성된 인공연못에서 조개의 여과섭식이 수질에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 이루어졌다. 실내 실험과 인공연못에서의 섭식실험 모두에서 조개에 의한 엽록소, 총인, 부유물질과 같은 입자성 물질의 감소가 관찰되었다. 600개체의 조개가 투입된 처리구에서, 엽록소 농도와 순 1차 생산력은 $87.3{\pm}4.5\;{\mu}g/L$$106.3{\pm}8.8\;{\mu}gC\;L^{-1}\;hr^{-1}$에서 대조구와 거의 동일한 수준인 $25.0{\pm}0.5\;{\mu}g/L$$15.6{\pm}13.3\;{\mu}gC\;L^{-1}\;hr^{-1}$까지 감소하였다(P<0.05, n = 6, ANOVA). 엽록소 농도의 감소와 동시에, 투명도는 0.48m에서 1.2m까지 향상되었고, 부유물질과총인 농도는 각각 $22.0{\pm}1.0\;mg/L$에서 $7.5{\pm}0.5\;mg/L$, $133{\pm}0.8\;{\mu}g/L$에서 $7.5{\pm}0.0\;{\mu}g/L$까지 감소하였다 (P<<0.001,$r^2$>0.71,n = 11).비록 처리구에서 SRP농도의 약간의 감소와 무기질소($NH_3-N$, $NO_2-N$)의 증가가 관찰되었다 하더라도, 대조구의 농도와 비교할 때 유의적인차이는 없었다. 식물플랑크톤에 대한 여과율과 섭식과정 중에 feces와 pseudofeces와 같은 형태로의 영양염 배출율을 고려할 때, Corbicula leana가 가장 효과적인 여과섭식자였다. 이러한 결과들은 Corbicula가 입자성물질을 조절함에 있어 중요한 역할을 수행하며, 조류가 대량 발생하는 호소의 수질관리를 위해 생물학적 수질조절자로서 적용할 수 있음을 제시한다.

사람혀편평상피세포암종세포에서 proteasome 억제제인 lactacystin에 의해 유도된 세포자멸사의 기전에 대한 연구 (Mechanism Underlying a Proteasome Inhibitor, Lactacystin-Induced Apoptosis on SCC25 Human Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells)

  • 백철중;김규천;김인령;이승은;곽현호;박봉수;태일호;고명연;안용우
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • 제34권3호
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    • pp.261-276
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    • 2009
  • Sreptomyces라는 세균에서 추출한 lactacystin은 선택적인 proteasome 억제제로서 많은 연구에서 사용되어져 왔다. Proteasome 억제제는 최근의 많은 연구를 통해서 암세포증식의 억제에 대한 효과가 증명되었으며, 특히 다른 항암제와 병용처리 시, 상호작용에 의한 상승효과가 있다고 알려져 있다. 현재 proteasome 억제제는 새로운 강력한 항암제로서 분류되어 있다. 본 연구는 사람혀편평세포암종세포(SCC25 cells)에서 lactacystin의 세포독성과 성장억제 효과, 그리고 세포자멸사의 유도에 대한 분자생물학적 기전을 밝히기 위해 실험을 시행하였다. SCC25 세포, 사람정상각화세포 (HaCaT cells) 그리고 사람치은섬유모세포(HGF-1 cells)의 생존율 측정은 MTT법을 시행하였고, SCC25 세포의 성장억제를 확인하기 위해서는 clonogenic assay를 사용하였다. lactcystin이 SCC25 세포에서 세포자멸사가 유도되는지를 확인하기 위해서 hoechst 염색법, hemacolor 염색법 그리고 TUNEL법을 시행하였다. 그리고 SCC25 세포에 lactacystin을 적용한 후, Western blot 분석, 세포면역화학염색, 공초점레이저주사현미경 검경, FACScan flow cytometry, 사립체막 전위변화, proteasome 활성도 측정 등을 시행하였다. Lactacystin으로 처리된 SCC25 세포는 시간 및 용량 의존적인 세포생존율의 감소, 용량의존적인 세포성장억제 그리고 세포자멸사에 의한 세포죽음을 보였다. 흥미롭게도 lactacytin은 정상세포인 HaCat 세포와 HGF-1 세포에서는 세포독성을 전혀 보이지 않았다. 그리고 lactacystin이 적용된 SCC25세포에서 핵 응축, DNA의 조각남, 사립체막전위와 proteasome 활성도의 감소, DNA 양의 감소, cytochrome c의 사립체에서의 세포질로의 유리, AIF와 DFF40 (CAD)의 핵으로의 이동, Bax의 증가, caspase-7, caspase-3, PARP, lamin A/C 그리고 DFF45 (ICAD)의 활성화 혹은 파괴와 같은 아주 다양한 세포자멸사 증거를 보였다. Flow cytometry 분석에서는 CDK 억제제인 $p21^{WAF1/CIP1}$$p27^{KIP1}$의 발현 증가와 관계있는 것으로 추정되어 지는 G1 세포주기 정지를 보였다. 이러한 결과는 lactacytin이 SCC25 세포에서 G1 세포주기정지와 proteasome, 사립체 및 caspase 경로의 연속반응을 통한 세포자멸사를 유도함을 명확하게 증명하고 있다. 이와 같은 세포주기 정지와 세포자멸사 유도능은 lactacytin이 사람혀편평상피세포암종의 새로운 치료전략으로서의 가능성을 제공한다고 생각한다.

COATED PARTICLE FUEL FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS COOLED REACTORS

  • Verfondern, Karl;Nabielek, Heinz;Kendall, James M.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제39권5호
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    • pp.603-616
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    • 2007
  • Roy Huddle, having invented the coated particle in Harwell 1957, stated in the early 1970s that we know now everything about particles and coatings and should be going over to deal with other problems. This was on the occasion of the Dragon fuel performance information meeting London 1973: How wrong a genius be! It took until 1978 that really good particles were made in Germany, then during the Japanese HTTR production in the 1990s and finally the Chinese 2000-2001 campaign for HTR-10. Here, we present a review of history and present status. Today, good fuel is measured by different standards from the seventies: where $9*10^{-4}$ initial free heavy metal fraction was typical for early AVR carbide fuel and $3*10^{-4}$ initial free heavy metal fraction was acceptable for oxide fuel in THTR, we insist on values more than an order of magnitude below this value today. Half a percent of particle failure at the end-of-irradiation, another ancient standard, is not even acceptable today, even for the most severe accidents. While legislation and licensing has not changed, one of the reasons we insist on these improvements is the preference for passive systems rather than active controls of earlier times. After renewed HTGR interest, we are reporting about the start of new or reactivated coated particle work in several parts of the world, considering the aspects of designs/ traditional and new materials, manufacturing technologies/ quality control quality assurance, irradiation and accident performance, modeling and performance predictions, and fuel cycle aspects and spent fuel treatment. In very general terms, the coated particle should be strong, reliable, retentive, and affordable. These properties have to be quantified and will be eventually optimized for a specific application system. Results obtained so far indicate that the same particle can be used for steam cycle applications with $700-750^{\circ}C$ helium coolant gas exit, for gas turbine applications at $850-900^{\circ}C$ and for process heat/hydrogen generation applications with $950^{\circ}C$ outlet temperatures. There is a clear set of standards for modem high quality fuel in terms of low levels of heavy metal contamination, manufacture-induced particle defects during fuel body and fuel element making, irradiation/accident induced particle failures and limits on fission product release from intact particles. While gas-cooled reactor design is still open-ended with blocks for the prismatic and spherical fuel elements for the pebble-bed design, there is near worldwide agreement on high quality fuel: a $500{\mu}m$ diameter $UO_2$ kernel of 10% enrichment is surrounded by a $100{\mu}m$ thick sacrificial buffer layer to be followed by a dense inner pyrocarbon layer, a high quality silicon carbide layer of $35{\mu}m$ thickness and theoretical density and another outer pyrocarbon layer. Good performance has been demonstrated both under operational and under accident conditions, i.e. to 10% FIMA and maximum $1600^{\circ}C$ afterwards. And it is the wide-ranging demonstration experience that makes this particle superior. Recommendations are made for further work: 1. Generation of data for presently manufactured materials, e.g. SiC strength and strength distribution, PyC creep and shrinkage and many more material data sets. 2. Renewed start of irradiation and accident testing of modem coated particle fuel. 3. Analysis of existing and newly created data with a view to demonstrate satisfactory performance at burnups beyond 10% FIMA and complete fission product retention even in accidents that go beyond $1600^{\circ}C$ for a short period of time. This work should proceed at both national and international level.

약초 음료의 항균효과, 항암효과 및 알레르기 억제효과 검증 (Effects of Beverage Using Herbs on the Antimicrobial, Anticancer and Antiallergy Activities)

  • 박은미;예은주;김수정;김솔아;배만종
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제34권7호
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    • pp.953-958
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    • 2005
  • 약초 음료인 HC와 PG의 항균효과, 항암효과 및 항알레르기효과에 대해 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 원판확산법을 통해 관찰한 S. aureus와 P. aeruginosa에 대한 저지 효과는 약초 음료 HC에 비해 약초 음료 PG에서 더 크게 나타났으며 S. aureus보다 P aeruginosa에 대한 항균력이 더 강하게 나타났다. 48시간 동안 약초발효 음료의 농도를 달리하여 S. aureus와 P. aeruginosa에 대한 증식 저해 정도를 관찰한 결과 S. aureus에 관한 증식 저해 정도는 약초 음료 HC군의 경우 $5\%$대에서부터 확실한 균 증식 억제 정도를 나타내었으며, 48시간 경과 후에는 $10\%$이상의 첨가군에서 균 증식 저해능이 더욱 커짐을 볼 수 있었다 S. aureus에 관한 약초 음료 PG의 증식 저해능은 24시간 경과 후 $5\%$ 첨가군에서 부터 확실한 균증식 억제능을 보였다. P. aeruginosa에 대한 증식 저해 정도는 약초 음료 HC군의 경우 24시간 경과 후 $10\%$대에서부터 확실한 균증식 억제를 나타내었으며, 약초음료 PG의 증식 저 해능은 24시간 경과 후 $5\%$ 첨가군에서 부터 확실한 균 증식 억제능을 나타내었다. 약초 음료 HC와 약초 음료 PG의 고형암(S-180) 성장 억제에 대한 실험 결과 대조군에 비해 $5\%$ HC군에서는 $62\%,\;10\%$ HC군에서는 $66\%$의 고형암 억제효과를 나타내었고, $5\%$ PG군에서는 $53\%,\;10\%$ PG군에서 는 $61\%$의 고형암 성장 억제효과를 나타내었다. 암세포 성장 저해효과 실험결과 인간 유래 간암세포인 Hep3B에 대해 약초 음료 HC원액은 $24.6\%$,약초 음료 PG원액은 $69.2\%$의 저해율를 보였다. 약초 음료 HC와 약초 음료PG의 히스타민 유리 억제효과를 측정한 결과compound 48/80을 처리하여 유리된 히스타민량에 비해 약초 음료PG는 $46.4\%$, 약초 음료 HC는 $17.9\%$의 히스타민 분비 억제효과를 나타내었다.

악성종양 환자의 통증 및 통증관리에 관한 연구 (The Study of Pain and Pain Management of Cancer Patients)

  • 윤귀옥;박형숙
    • 기본간호학회지
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.299-316
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    • 1996
  • This study is the descriptive survey to provide basic data for nursing intervention to pain management of cancer patients by finding more effective way to manage pain with recognize pain level and pain characteristics. To achieve the purpose of this study, the subjects of this study are 110 male or female gastro intestinal tract patients who are older than twenty, are hospitalized in Pusan University Hospital from 1995. 5. 28 to 1995. 9. 25 and have had medical treatment. The modified pain assessment of cancer patients of Cornne, H. Rosermary, M. was used as the tool of study with 16 questionaries. The pain score consists of sensory intensity score and distress score. The data was analyzed by the SPSS statistical program number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One Way Anova and Duncan's Multiple Range Test were utilized for analysis. The results were summarized as follows : 1. In population-sociological characteristics : in the age-range of subject, the sixties are most as 32.7% and the subjects after the forties are 89.5%, in sex of subjects, male patients are 66.4% and female 33.6%, in the number of family, the subjects who has 4 or above families are 70% and the subjects who live with their spouse, sons and daughters are 54.5% 2. In the disease characteristics : stomach cancer patients were most as 39.1%. And the most of patient who had never been operated before. In time of pain, the most of subjects were intermittent. In the type of pain, the most of subjects were 'dully pain' as 31.8%. Metastatic subjects were 30.0%. In the origin of pain, nervous pressure was 50.8%. The number of complication was 46 and most of complication are obstruction as 6%. 3. In the pain level, 91subjects complained pain. And mean pain score was $287.1{\pm}116.1$ The mean pain score of female subjects was higher than that of male subjects. 4. In the pain characteristics, the pain began usually at meal time as 40.7%. The duration of pain was mostly from 1 month to 3 months as 57.1%. The appetite was mainly concerned with the pain as 31.8%. The etiology of pain was usually tumor as 69.3%. The meaning of pain was incurable disease as 14.5%, anxiety, death and suffering. 5. The 56(61%) of 91subjects were treated with Analgesic pain management. The kinds of Analgesic is usually valentac as 46.4%. The medication was usually intramuscle as 66.1% at whenever necessary, Response of Analgesic after Medication was usually 'moderate release'. The side effects of medication were nausea as 26.8%. The average amount of morphine dosage hospitalized to cancer patients with pain was 80mg in a day and metastatic cancer patients with pain was 101.9mg in a day. 6. In the relation between the disease characteristics and pain level, there is a significant statistical difference : whether subjects had been operated or not : (t=2.88, p=0.005), time of pain is(t=3.34, p=0.005), stage of metastatic(F=9.323, P=0.0002), and type of pain(F=4.013, p=0.0008). In the pain level of diagnosis, Colon cancer was $353.3{\pm}81.7$(F=2.34, p=0.049), the origin of pain, nerve pressure $316.3{\pm}98.5$(F=2.44, P=0.045), In the complication, ascites and obstruction $324.9{\pm}96.8$(T=2.60, P=0.04).

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신장이식 수혜자의 경험 (A Study on the Experience of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure who have Received a Kidney Transplant)

  • 이숙희;김경희;정혜경
    • 기본간호학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.78-95
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    • 1999
  • The grafting of a kidney has been found to be the best medical treatment for patients who have renal insufficiency failure, but the patients still have experienced much trouble and apprehension. This study was done to further nursing theory developing for patients who have has a kidney graft from another person. The research method followed grounded theory methodology of Strauss and Corbin. The subjects were three female and four male patients. This study done befween Oct. 1997 and Mar. 1998. All of the subjects were interviewed by the author. Interview were done by the long interview technique and observation. In the process of data analysis, 'heart-boiling' was found to be the core phenomenon. The results were composed to 101 concepts. These concepts were grouped into nineteen categories, and then to twelve categories. There were 12 super-class categories as follows ; 'pain', 'heart-boiling', 'experience of dialysis', 'term of admission to a hospital', 'support of other person', 'dependence on God', 'direction', 'negative reaction', 'positive reaction', 'comfortable', 'lacking', 'acceptance'. In this process, 14 hypotheses were derived from the categories as follows ; (1) The more experience with dialysis that the patients have, the stronger the heart-boiling will tend to be. (2) The less experience with dialysis the patients have, the weaker the heart-boiling will tend to be. (3) The longer admission to hospital the patients have, the stronger the heart-boiling will be. (4) The shorter the admission to hospital the patients have, the weaker the heart-boiling will be. (5) The weaker the intense-grief is, the more positive the reaction to heart-boiling the patients wll have. (6) The stronger the intense-grief is, the more negative the reaction to heart-boiling the patients will have. (7) The stronger the support of other persons that the patients have, the more positive the reaction to heart-boiling the patients will have. (8) The weaker the support of other person that the patients have, the more negative the reaction to heart-boiling the patients will have. (9) The stronger the dependence on God that the patients have, the mure positive reaction to heart-boiling the patients will have. (10) The weaker the dependence on God that the patients have, the more negative reaction to heart-boiling the patients will have. (11) The more positive thoughts that the patients have, the more positive reaction to heart-boiling the patinets will have. (12) The more negative thoughts that the patients have, the more negative reaction to heart-boiling the patients will have. (13) The more positive reaction the patients have, the more free from heart-boiling the patients tend to be. (14) The more negative reaction the patients have, the less free from heart-boiling the patients tend to be. From the analysis of observed data and comparing each class, I concluded that there are four formula relation types between reaction of patients and heart-boiling. (1) If patients have the experience of dialysis, have a long term admission to hospital, are strong in heart-boiling, depend on God, have positive thoughts and another's strong support, they experience release by positive reaction to the intense-grief. (2) If patients have the experience of dialysis, have a short term admission to hospital, are weak in heart-boiling, do not depend on God, have negative thoughts, and have few supports from others, they experience attachment to heart-boiling though a negative reaction. (3) If patients have the experience of dialysis, have a long term admission to hospital, are strong in heart-boiling, do not depend on God, and have negative thoughts, they experience attachment to heart-boiling through negative reaction in spite of support from another. (4) If patients have the experience of dialysis, have a long term admission into hospital, are strong in heart-boiling and satisfaction is low, but they have positive thoughts, then they experience acceptance and harmony through the positive reaction to heart-boiling. The results of this study are expected to help the way nurses care for patients who have had a kidney graft from another.

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발효유 산물인 LHFM의 인지기능 개선 효과 (Cognitive-enhancing Effects of a Fermented Milk Product, LHFM on Scopolamine-induced Amnesia)

  • 전용진;김준형;이명재;전우진;이승훈;연승우;강재훈
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.428-433
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구팀의 선행 연구 결과, L. helveticus IDCC3801의 발효유 주정 침전물이 BACE의 활성 억제를 통한 amyloid beta($A{\beta}$) 생성 저해효과를 갖고 있음을 확인하였다(15). 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 L. helveticus IDCC3801의 발효유 주정 침전물의 산업화를 위한 공정 개선연구를 진행하였고, 대량생산을 통해 LHFM을 확보하였다. 본 연구는 LHFM의 인지기능 개선 기능성 입증 연구로써 $A{\beta}$ 저해효과 외에 신경세포 보호효과 및 기억력 개선 효능을 확인하고 어떠한 작용 기전으로 개선 효과가 나타나는지 조사한 것으로 scopolamine으로 기억 손상을 유발한 mouse에서 학습 능력과 기억력 개선 효과, 신경세포 보호 효과, AChE 저해와 ACh 증가 효과 등을 평가하였다. LHFM은 신경세포 사멸을 유도하는 고농도의 glutamate가 존재하는 환경에서 농도 의존적으로 신경세포의 사멸을 억제하여 신경세포를 보호하였다. 또한 LHFM은 in vitro에서 농도 의존적으로 강력하게 AChE의 활성을 저해하였다. 이러한 in vitro 결과들을 근거로 scopolamine으로 기억 손상을 유발한 mouse에서 Morris water maze와 Y-maze 행동 시험을 통해 LHFM의 학습능력과 기억 개선 효과를 조사하였다. LHFM은 Morris water maze에서 실험 2일째부터 escape latency시간을 유의적으로 감소 시켰으며 5일째에서는 정상 mouse와 동등한 수준으로 감소되어 우수한 학습 효과를 보였다. 실험 6일째 platform을 치운 후 시행한 probe trial에서도 platform이 있던 위치에 머무는 회수가 scopolamine을 단독으로 처리한 것보다 유의적으로 높아 장기기억의 개선에도 효과가 있었다. Y-maze 시험에서도 LHFM은 scopolamine 단독 처리군과 비교하여 뚜렷하게 변경 행동력을 증가시켜 여러 행동 시험을 통해 LHFM의 인지기능 개선 효과를 확인하였다. 행동실험 후 hippocampus를 적출하여 ACh 및 AChE의 활성을 측정한 결과, donepezil과 마찬가지로 LHFM은 AChE의 활성을 유의적으로 억제하였으며 또한 ACh 함량도 증가시켰다. 결론적으로 LHFM은 신경세포 보호 효과와 신경전달물질인 ACh의 뇌 조직 내 농도를 높여 인지기능 개선 효과를 보이는 것을 확인하였다.

연교적패독산(連翹敗毒散) 물 추출물(抽出物)의 마우스 Th1/Th2 사이토카인 조절(調節)에 의한 항알레르기 효과 (Effect of Yeongyupaedog-san on Cytokine Levels of Mouse Th1/Th2 Cells and Anti-allergic Activity in Ovalbumin-sensitized Allergic Inflammation Model)

  • 곽노규;강희;명유진;박성민;심범상;김성훈;최승훈;안규석
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.844-852
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    • 2006
  • This study was to evaluate the effect of Yeongyupaedog-san (YGPDS) on mouse Thl and Th2 cells' differentiation and ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic inflammation. The proliferation of mouse CD4 T cells and the secretion of Th1/Th2 cytokines under the influence of YGPDS extract were measured as well as the amount of ${\beta}-hexosaminidase$ in RBL-2H3 cells and the levels of $TNF-{\alpha}$ and 1L-6 secretion in Raw264.7 cells. BALB/c mice were orally administered with YGPDS extract and simultaneously inoculated with OVA to induce allergic reaction and measure the level of total IgE, OVA-specific IgE and the production of IFN- g, IL-4, IL-5 by the spleen cells. When mouse CD4 T cell were stimulated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 for 48 hours in various concentrations of YGPDS extract, it increased proliferation of CD4 cells by 11% in $100\;{\mu}g/^{ml}$ concentration but it showed an inhibition by 37% at $200\;{\mu}g/^{ml}$ CD4 T cells under Th1/Th2 polarizing conditions for 3 days with YGPDS resulted in mild decrease of IFN- g in Thl cells and significant decrease of IL-4 in Th2 cells at $500\;{\mu}g/^{ml}\;and\;100\;{\mu}g/^{ml}$ by 18% and 21%, respectively. YGPDS extract had a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on antigen-induced release of ${\beta}-hexosaminidase$ in RBL-2H3 cells. Treatment of YGPDS extract on LPS stimulated Raw 264.7 cells showed dose-dependent decrease in TNF-n production. Oral administration of YGPDS extract on OVA-induced allergic mice showed an inhibitory effect on the levels of total serum IgE and OVA-specific IgE by 25% and 34% , respectively. Culture of spleen cells with OVA resulted in significant increase of IFN- g by 44% and significant decrease of IL-4 and IL-5 by 56%, and 24%, respectively. The results show that YGPDS does not strongly induce mouse T cells to transform into Thl or Th2 but it has an anti-allergic effect in vitro, and that it also corrects the unbalance between the reactions of Th cells in allergic diseases.

불환금정기산(不換金正氣散)이 마우스 Th1/Th2 분화(分化) 및 알레르기 염증 반응 조절에 미치는 효과 (Effect of Bulhwangeumjeonggi-san on Cytokine Levels of Mouse Th1/Th2 Cells and Anti-allergic Activity in Ovalbumin-sensitized Allergic Inflammation Model)

  • 임강민;강희;박성민;심범상;김성훈;최승훈;안규석
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제20권6호
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    • pp.1467-1476
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    • 2006
  • This study was to evaluate the effect of Bulhwangeumjeonggi-san (BS) on mouse Th1 and Th2 cells' differentiation and ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic inflammation. The proliferation of mouse CD4 T cells and the secretion of Th1/Th2 cytokines under the influence of BS extract were measured as well as the amount ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase in RBL-wH3 cells and the levels of TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-6 secretion in Raw264.7 cells. BALB/c mice were orally administered with BS extract and simultaneously inoculated with OVA to induce allergic reaction and measure the level of total lgE, OVA-specific lgE and the production of IFN- g, IL-4, IL-5 by the spleen cells. When mouse CD4- T cell were stimulated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 for 48 hours in various concentrations of BS extract, it increased proliferation of CD4 cells by 14% in 50 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ concentration but it showed an inhibition in higher concentrations. CD4 T cells under Th1/Th2 polarizing conditions for 3 days with BS resulted in mild decrease of IFN- g in Th1 cells and mild increase of IL-4 in Th2 cell at 50 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ but the level of IL-4 decreased by 18% at 100 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$. BS extract had a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on antigen-induced release of ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase in RBL-2H3 cells. Treatment of BS extract on LPS stimulated Raw 264.7 cells showed dose-dependent decrease in TNF-${\alpha}$ production. Oral administration of BS extract on OVA-induced allergic mice showed an inhibitory effect on the levels of total serum lgE and OVA-specific lgE by 50% and 55%, respectively. Culture of spleen cells with OVA resulted in significant increase of IFN- g by 25% and significant decrease of IL-4 and IL-5 by 53%, and 38%, respectively. The results show that BS does not strongly induce mouse T cells to transform into Th1 or Th2 but it has an anti-allergic effect in vitro, and that it also corrects the unbalance between the reactions of Th cells in allergic diseases.

근로자의 내부고발을 이유로 한 징계의 정당성 (A Study on the Justification for Disciplinary by the reason for Whistle-blowing)

  • 최홍기
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    • 제44호
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    • pp.611-653
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    • 2013
  • 내부고발은 일정한 조직에 소속된 개인(근로자)이나 단체가 그 소속기업(조직)의 위법행위나 비리행위를 인지하고, 그러한 위법행위가 공공의 이익에 반하여 발생시킬 수 있는 위해를 방지하기 위하여 그것을 상급조직 내지 외부공공기관에 알리는 행위를 말한다. 이러한 내부고발은 기업의 부패행위를 방지함으로써 기업의 투명성과 책임성을 제고할 수 있는 단초(Ansatz)가 될 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 기업윤리의 확립, 나아가 사회정의실현에 있어서도 중요한 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 인식되고 있다. 이러한 내부고발에 따른 노동법적 과제로서 주로 다루어지는 것은 회사의 위법한 행위, 또는 사회적 가치에 반하는 행위를 한 것을 외부에 공표하는 등의 내부고발을 이유로 회사의 명예와 신용 등 사회적 평가에 중대한 악영향을 미쳐 징계사유로 삼을 수 있는지 여부가 주로 논란이 되고 있으며 나아가 최근에는 내부고발에 이은 배치전환, 따돌림으로 인한 손해배상책임의 문제도 제기되고 있다. 내부고발을 이유로 한 징계의 정당성 판단과 관련한 판례의 기본적인 입장은 근로자가 사용자의 이익을 배려해야할 근로계약상의 성실의무를 지고 있으므로 근로자가 직장의 내부사실을 외부에 공표하여 사용자의 비밀, 명예, 신용 등을 훼손하는 것은 원칙적으로 징계사유가 되지만, 구체적인 경우에 있어서 그 해당여부 및 징계의 정도는 공표된 내용과 그 진위, 그 행위에 이르게 된 경위와 목적, 공표방법 등에 비추어 판단하는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 즉 내부고발을 하는 자의 인격적 이익이나 표현의 자유 등과 조정할 필요가 있음을 전제로, 내부고발의 근간인 부분이 진실 혹은 내부고발자가 진실이라고 믿을만한 상당한 이유가 있는지, 내부고발의 목적이 공익성이 있는지, 내부고발의 내용 자체가 해당 조직에게 중요한 지, 내부고발의 수단 방법의 상당한 지 등을 종합적으로 고려하여 해당 내부고발이 정당하다고 인정될 경우에는 해당 조직이 신용 명예훼손 등을 이유로 행한 징계처분 및 해고를 하는 것은 허용되지 않는다고 볼 수 있다. 나아가 내부고발을 이유로 한 징계해고를 비롯하여 각종 불이익취급 등에 있어서 발생하는 쟁점을 해결함에 있어서는 지난 2011년에 제정된 공익신고자 보호법이 내부고발자를 보호하기 위한 일반법으로서의 지위를 가지므로, 동법 규정의 취지를 체계적으로 고려하여야 할 뿐 아니라 내부고발의 정당성과 관련한 판례법리도 함께 고려될 필요가 있을 것이다.