• 한국노년학
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.303-315
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 12주간 저항성훈련에 따른 노화 흰쥐의 골밀도 및 골대사 관련 지표에 미치는 영향을 관찰하는 것이다. 생후 64 주령의 Sprague-Dawley계 노화 흰쥐(체중 565±3.12)를 대조군(n=10)과 저항성 훈련군(부하 없는 저항성 훈련군(n=10)과 부하 있는 저항성 훈련군(n=10)으로 분류하여 주 4회 12주간 사다리 오르기 훈련을 실시한 후 골밀도 및 골대사 관련 지표의 변화를 측정한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 대퇴골의 회분 및 칼슘 햠량은 부하 있는 저항성 훈련군>부하 없는 저항성 훈련군>대조군 순으로 유의하게 증가하였으며, 세 집단간 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 인지질 함량은 부하 있는 저항성 훈련군>부하 없는 저항성 훈련군, 부하 있는 저항성 훈련군>대조군 순서로 나타났는데, 대조군에 비교하여 부하 있는 저항성 훈련군에서만 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 골강도와 osteocalcin 농도는 부하 있는 저항성 훈련군>부하 없는 저항성 훈련군>대조군 순으로 유의하게 증가하였으며, 세 집단간 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 본 연구를 종합하면 노화 흰쥐에서 12주간 저항성훈련은 대퇴골밀도와 골대사관련 지표에 유익한 효과를 나타내는데 이러한 결과는 저항성훈련으로 인한 골밀도의 증가는 골재흡수의 지표인 osteocalcin 과 골의 기계적구조의 변화뿐만 아니라 훈련의 강도(training intensity)가 중요한 매개 요인임을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2006

Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are widely used antidiabetic drugs that activate the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ${\gamma}(PPAR{\gamma})$, and thereby improve the metabolic abnormalities linking hypertriglyceridemia to diabetes, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease. To determine whether the $PPAR{\gamma}$ ligand troglitazone regulates lipid metabolism with sexual dimorphism, we examined the effects of troglitazone on circulating lipids, body weight and the expression of hepatic genes responsible for lipid metabolism in both sexes of C57BL/6J mice. Compared to mice fed a low fat control diet, both sexes of mice fed a troglitazone-treated low fat diet for 14 weeks did not exhibit changes in body weight gain, serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels. However, serum triglycerides were significantly reduced in both sexes of mice, although these effects were more pronounced among males. Furthermore, troglitazone regulated the expression of hepatic genes critical for lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, the magnitudes of which were much higher in males compared to females, as evidenced by results for increased acyl-CoA oxidase and decreased apolipoprotein C-III mRMA levels. These results suggest that $PPAR{\gamma}$ activator troglitazone may exert sexually dimorphic control of serum triglycerides in part through the differential activation of $PPAR{\gamma}$ in liver between male and female mice.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.143-147
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• 1996

LB20304 is a novel fluoroquinolone that exhibits a potent broad spectrum antibacterial activity against both gram-positve and gram-negative bacteria. The MICs (Minimal Inhibitory Concentration) of LB20304 were determined against both gram-positve and gram-negative bacteria under various conditions including several media, pHs, and inoculum concentrations. The in vitro activity of LB20304 was not significantly affected by the changes in testing conditions such as components of media and inoculum concentrations, but it was slightly reduced by acid condition. The MICs and MBCs (Minimal Bactericidal Concentration) of LB20304 against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were hardly affected by the presence of 50 % human serum, mouse serum, guinea pig serum or horse serum, and the MBCs were equal to or at most four-times higher than the MiCs. The activities of LB20304 were decreased by the presence of high concentraion of $Mg^{++}$ or human urine (pH, 5.5) in the test media. The frequencies of mutants resistant to LB20304 were similar to or lower than those found in ciprofloxacin and sparfloxacin.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.229-238
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• 1980

高麗人蔘抽出液의 효과를 관찰하고자 실시되었다. 대조군은 15일 동안에 관찰되었으며 인삼투여군은 Sarcoma-180에 감염된 마우스에 인삼추출액을 매일 경구투여하여 15일째에 관찰 비교하였다. 그 결과는 아래와 같다. 1) 肉腫癌쥐에 있어서 癌감염후 15일간 赤血球와 血小板의 수에는 有意性變化가 없었으나, 白血球는 初期에 증가되다가 中期 이후부터는 급격히 감소하였다. 그러나 人蔘抽出液處理群에서는 심한 감소현상은 나타나지 않았다. 이는 白血球가 生體防禦의 작용을 한다는 이론에 人蔘抽出液이 이를 보조해 준 것으로 판단된다. 2) 肉腫癌쥐의 血淸蛋白은 非選擇性 蛋白漏出型 血淸蛋白盆畵像을 보였다. 人蔘抽出液處理群에서도 비슷한 현상을 보였으나 對照群에 비하여 심하지는 않았다. 이는 人蔘抽出液이 肉腫癌쥐에 肉腫癌의 發育에 있어서 약간의 遲延性 내지는 免疫性을 가지게 하는 것으로 사료된다. 3) 肉腫癌쥐에 있어서의 serum cholesterol의 함량은 中期까지는 증가되다가 末期에서는 감소되었다. 그러나 人蔘抽出液處理群에서는 약간의 증가현상을 보였다. 末期에 감소되는 현상은 여러 가지 원인중 특히 攝食量의 부족에 기인되는 것으로 추측되는바, 인삼추출액이 담癌體에 대하여 약간의 耐性을 가지게 함으로서 攝食量이 줄지 않음에 기인되는 것으로 추측된다. 4) 肉腫癌쥐의 serum total lipid는 癌이 진전됨에 따라서 증가되었다. 그리고 $\\alpha-, \\beta-$lipoprotein은 감소현상을 보였으나 pre $\\beta$-lipopotein은 급격히 증가되었다. 人蔘抽出液處理群에서는 對照群에서의 初期의 값을 보여주었다. 이러한 현상 역시 人蔘抽出液이 위와 같은 이론에 의해서 生體를 보호해 준 것으로 추측되며 肉腫癌에 대하여 약간의 耐性을 갖게한 결과로 판단된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2005

Objective: This study was performed to investigate the effects of pioglitazone, an insulin sensitizing agent, on insulin resistance, ovarian function and intraovarian stromal blood flow in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Material and Methods: Thirty patients with PCOS, aged 18~34 years, were recruited. Criteria for diagnosis of PCOS were as defined in 2003 Rotterdam consensus. They were treated for 6 months with pioglitazone at a dose of 30 mg/day orally. The hormonal blood profile, fasting serum glucose levels, a glycemic response to 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and an ovarian stromal artery (OSA) blood flow were assessed at baseline and after 6 months of treatment. Results: Eighteen (60.0%) of 30 patients treated with pioglitazone demonstrated a spontaneous ovulation After pioglitazone treatment, fasting insulin concentrations, serum glucose levels after 75 g OGTT significantly decreased (p=0.001, p=0.04, respectively), and fasting glucose to insulin (G/I) ratio significantly increased (p<0.001). The pioglitazone treatment induced a significant reduction in serum LH, testosterone (T) and free T levels (p<0.001, p=0.02, p=0.002, respectively). The resistance index (RI) values of OSA significantly increased after treatment (p<0.001). In analyzing pioglitazone-treated patients according to their body mass index (BMI), nonobese group as well as obese group showed a significant improvement in fasting G/I ratio (p<0.01). The pioglitazone treatment induced a significant reduction in serum LH and free T levels in nonobese group (p<0.001, p<0.05, respectively) as well as obese group (p=0.001, p<0.05, respectively). The RI values of OSA significantly increased in both nonobese and obese groups after pioglitazone treatment (p<0.001, p=0.003, respectively). Conclusions: Pioglitazone could ameliorate the glycoinsulinemic metabolism, and this beneficial effects of this drug could improve the endocrine-reproductive condition associated with the decrease of ovarian stromal artery blood flow, in both nonobese and obese patients with PCOS.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.216-220
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• 2005

The sliding wear behaviors of three different compositions of novel low temperature degradation-free zirconia/alumina (LTD-free Z/A) composites were examined in a ceramic-ceramic contact pair. The wear tests were performed by using a pin-on-disk type wear tester in a linear reciprocal sliding motion with a line contact in both dry and bovine serum lubricated conditions at room temperature. From the results of dry sliding wear tests, Z/A#1((5.3Y, 4.6Nb)-TZP/80 $vol\%Al_2O_3$) showed the best wear resistance among three kinds of LTD-free Z/A composites. For the bovine serum lubricated sliding wear tests, wear was too little to be measured for all kinds of Z/A composites. These novel LTD-free Z/A composites having excellent wear resistance demonstrated a potential as the alternative materials for the ceramic-ceramic contact pairs of femoral head and acetabular liner in total hip replacement.

• 멤브레인
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.104-112
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 용매로 N-methyl-2-pyrrollidone을 사용하여, 상전환 방법으로 carboxylic acid를 함유한 음이온성 한외여과막을 제조하였다. 첨가제, 제막조건 및 운전조건에 따른 투과 특성을 알아보았다. Bovin serum albumin (BSA) 수용액의 pH에 따른 상대투과유속을 측정하여 fouling형성에 따른 투과 특성의 변화를 살펴보았다. 투과 특성은 막 제조환경과 투과 공정에 영향을 받았다. 이온교환용량과 측정 온도가 증가할수록, 그리고 BSA의 등전점으로부터 수용액의 pH값이 멀어질수록 상대투과유속이 증가하였다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2018

Differences in in vivo virulence and in sensitivity to drugs among different isolates of Miamiensis avidus were analyzed. The isolate III showed the highest resistance against the scuticocidal activity of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) serum, and induced the highest mortalities of olive flounder fingerlings. The isolate II showed significantly higher serum resistance than the isolate I, but in vivo virulence of isolate II was not significantly different from that of isolate I. The secreted proteinases activity of isolate III was significantly higher than that of isolate I and II, and the activity was significantly reduced by the addition of E-64, a cysteine proteinases inhibitor. There were no differences among isolates in the sensitivity to doxycycline, however, there were significant differences in sensitivities to mebendazole and bithionol. These results suggest that the different characteristics of different M. avidus isolates should be taken into consideration for the development of control measures against scuticociliatosis.

• Journal of Menopausal Medicine
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.169-175
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• 2018

Objectives: The rate of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in women diagnosed as they age is one of the main concerns of health cares. Recently new strategies used to prevent progressions of MetS toward the diagnosis of diabetes have focused on plant flavonoids. This study was aimed to investigate the beneficial effects of flavonoids fraction of Mespilus germanica leaves (MGL) on MetS in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Methods: Twenty-four adult female Wistar rats, weighing 200 to 250 g, were divided into 3 groups: Sham surgery, OVX + Salin, or OVX + Flavonoid. Three weeks after ovariectomy, animals displayed MetS criteria received flavonoid injection (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) for 21 days. Then the body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, visceral fat, fasting blood glucose, serum insulin, lipid profiles and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$ ($TNF-{\alpha}$) were measured. Results: Treatment with flavonoids fraction of MGL significantly decreased serum level of insulin (P = 0.011), glucose (P = 0.024), $TNF-{\alpha}$ (P = 0.010), also MetS Z score (P = 0.020) and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (P = 0.007). Lipid profiles and visceral fat showed insignificant reduction. Conclusions: Flavonoids of MGL attenuates some of the MetS components possibly via reduction in $TNF-{\alpha}$ inflammatory cytokine.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5463-5467
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• 2012

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is contagious with transmissiobn vertically or horizontally by blood products and body secretions. Over 50% of Iranian carriers contracted the infection prenatally, making this the most likely route of transmission of HBV in Iran. To evaluate the resistance to adefovir (ADV) therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, a study was conducted on 70 patients (63 males and 7 females), who had received in first line lamivudine and second line adefovir. All were tested for the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg), serum alanine amino transferase (ALT) level and HBV DNA load before and after treatment with ADV. In all samples, resistance to lamivudine and ADV was tested with real time PCR. Among seventy patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, 18 (25.7%) were resistant to LAM and 8 (11.4%) were resistant to ADV. Only one patient was negative for the presence of HBS-Ag (5.6%) and two were negative for HBe-Ag (11.1%). In this study we used a new method (ALLGIO probe assay) that has high sensitivity in detection of adefovir resistance mutants, which we recommend to other researchers. Mutant strains of the YMDD motif of HBV polymerase can be found in some patients under treatment with lamivudine and ADV. ADV has been demonstrated to be efficient in patients with lamivudine resistant HBV.