• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.146-148
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• 2006

Spasmodic dysphonia is a voice disorder characterized by involuntary voice breaks during speech. Adductor spasmodic dysphonia is most common and characterized by strained and strangled voice breaks. The current standard of treatment of therapy for adductor spasmodic dysphonia is chemodenervation of thyroarytenoid muscle with botulinum toxin(Botox). However, Botox is a temporary treatment with each injection lasting approximately 3 months on average and require repeated injections. In this study, we report our experience with surgical treatment for adductor spasmodic dysphonia. In this procedure, the thyroarytenoid branch and lateral cricoarytenoid branch of recurrent laryngeal nerve is selectively denervated unilaterally, and its distal nerve stump of thyroarytenoid branch is reinnervated with branch of the usa cervicalis nerve. And lateral cricoarytenoid muscle partial myotomy was done unilaterally. After 6 months of treatment, voice fluency had improved and no period of breathiness or dysphagia was noted.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.553-558
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• 1998

Using the previous established multiplex PCR (mPCR), the presence of six kinds of staphylococcal superantigen (SAg) genes was investigated for nineteen Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the commercialized meat sources. As a result, only one isolate from pork among 19 S aureus isolates (5.3%) was confirmed as a potential SAg producer and harbored sec gene. The results in this study suggest that meat may not be major contagion of staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) in Korea and that staphylococcal enterotoxin type C may be associated with the disease. Also, the mPCR method in this study can be a useful genotypic method which can overcome the typical disadvantages of conventional antibody-based methods due to antigenic homology, and furthur survey on food-borne S aureus isolates can provide the important epidemiological data for SFP in Korea.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1643-1647
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• 2016

Since their discovery in 1940, it has been well established that gangliosides are associated with a number of biological pathways and cellular processes such as growth, differentiation and toxin uptake. Gangliosides are glycosphingolipids containing neuraminic acid which are expressed on the plasma membrane of cells particularly in the nervous system. Heterogeneity and structural variation in the carbohydrate chains of gangliosides contributes to unique features of each of these molecules. Thirty five years ago it was discovered that aberrant glycosylation occurs in a variety of human cancers, including aberrant glycosylation of gangliosides. Ganglioside expression in terms of quality and quantity varies in different cancers and different roles may be played. Gangliosides, by affecting the immune system, including esxpression of cytokines and adhesion molecules, may inhibit anti-tumor mechanisms, as well as having direct impact on angiogenesis, cell movement and metastasis. It should be noted that different kinds of gangliosides do not all act by the same mechanisms.

• Mycobiology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.38-47
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• 2016

The ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola (synonym Zymoseptoria tritici) is an important pathogen of wheat causing economically significant losses. The primary nutritional mode of this fungus is thought to be hemibiotrophic. This pathogenic lifestyle is associated with an early biotrophic stage of nutrient uptake followed by a necrotrophic stage aided possibly by production of a toxin or reactive oxygen species (ROS). In many other fungi, the genes CREA and AREA are important during the biotrophic stage of infection, while the NOXa gene product is important during necrotrophic growth. To test the hypothesis that these genes are important for pathogenicity of M. graminicola, we employed an over-expression strategy for the selected target genes CREA, AREA, and NOXa, which might function as regulators of nutrient acquisition or ROS generation. Increased expressions of CREA, AREA, and NOXa in M. graminicola were confirmed via quantitative real-time PCR and strains were subsequently assayed for pathogenicity. Among them, the NOXa over-expression strain, NO2, resulted in significantly increased virulence. Moreover, instead of the usual filamentous growth, we observed a predominance of yeast-like growth of NO2 which was correlated with ROS production. Our data indicate that ROS generation via NOXa is important to pathogenicity as well as development in M. graminicola.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.1005-1009
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• 2007

Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a potent chemoattractant for leukocytes and considered to be an inflammatory mediator. Human BLT2 (hBLT2) is a low-affinity G-protein coupled receptor for LTB4 and mediates pertussis toxin-sensitive chemotactic cell movement. Here, we dissected the interaction between hBLT2 and G-protein alpha subunits using GST fusion proteins containing intracellular regions of hBLT2 and various Gα protein including Gα i1, Gα i2, Gα i3, Gα s1, Gα o1, and Gα z. Among the tested Gα subunits, Gα i3 showed the highest binding to the third intracellular loop region of hBLT2 with a dissociation constant (KD) of 5.0 × 10?6 M. These results suggest that Gα i3 has the highest affinity to hBLT2, and the third intracellular loop region of hBLT2 is the major component for the interaction with Gα i3.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.353-362
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• 1990

Fluoride (F-), a known stimulator of G-protein, induced strong contraction in rabbit trachealis muscle. $AlCl_3\;(5{\sim}20\;{\mu}M)$, which is required for G-protein stimulation by $F^-$, potentiated the contractile response to $F^-$. $Ca^{2+}-removal$ and verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, inhibited the fluoroaluminate-induced contraction. Fluoroaluminate increased $^{45}Ca$ influx in the absence and presence of verapamil. In heparin-loaded muscle high $K^+-induced$ contraction was not affected, but acetylcholine and fluoroaluminate-induced contractions were inhibited. The fluoroaluminate-induced contraction was partially relaxed by isoproterenol, a stimulator of adenylate cyclase. Pertussis toxin partially inhibited fluoroaluminate-induced contraction and potentiated isoproterenol-induced relaxation in the presence of fluoroaluminate, but had no effect on acetylcholine-induced contraction and the isoproterenol-induced relaxation in the presence of acetylcholine. These results suggest that fluoroaluminate has the ability to stimulate at least two putative G-proteins in rabbit trachealis muscle; One causes $Ca^{2+}$ influx through the potential-operated $Ca^{2+}$ channel and the other induces intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ release by the increase of inositol-1, 4, 5-triphosphate.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2020

Objectives The purpose of this study is to perform a review on recent researches of Hataedock, a traditional method of removing fetal toxin by dropping herbal extracts in the mouth, to appraise its preventive and therapeutic effects of diseases. Methods Studies of Hataedock were extracted from both Chinese and Korean medical journals published within 10 years, from January 2010 to January 2020. Clinical studies and experimental researches were analyzed and categorized to skin disease, allergic rhinitis, intestinal mucosa inflammation and anal fistula for further evaluation. Results Among 194 studies were searched and screened, 22 met designated criteria. Hataedock showed the effectiveness in treating skin disease, allergic rhinitis, intestinal mucosa inflammation and anal fistula by maintaining skin barrier and regulating immune system. Coptis japonica, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, and Fermented Glycine max were mainly used as herbal extracts in Hataedock. Conclusion This study shows the recent research trends of Hataedock and suggests that Hataedock can be considered as a method of treatment or prevention to some of the incurable chronic diseases.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.1109-1120
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• 2022

Antibiotics used to be supplemented to animal feeds as growth promoter and as an effective strategy to reduce the burden of pathogenic bacteria present in the gastro-intestinal tract. However, in-feed antibiotics also kill bacteria that may be beneficial to the animal. Secondly, unrestricted use of antibiotics enhanced the antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria. To overcome above problems, scientists are taking a great deal of measures to develop alternatives of antibiotics. There is convincing evidence that probiotics could replace in-feed antibiotics in poultry production. Because they have beneficial effects on growth performance, meat quality, bone health and eggshell quality in poultry. Better immune responses, healthier intestinal microflora and morphology which help the birds to resist against disease attack were also identified with the supplementation of probiotics. Probiotics establish cross-feeding between different bacterial strains of gut ecosystem and reduce the blood cholesterol level via bile salt hydrolase activity. The action mode of probiotics was also updated according to recently published literatures, i.e antimicrobial substances generation or toxin reduction. This comprehensive review of probiotics is aimed to highlight the beneficial effects of probiotics as a potential alternative strategy to replace the antibiotics in poultry.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.223-231
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• 1983

Bacillus thuringiensis 16개 균주에서 Beta-exotoxin 생산을 연구하였다. 균주는 Conner-Han-sen Mineral Salts 배지에 시험균을 접종하여 28$^{\circ}C$에서 진탕배양을 한 후 Micrococcus flava을 이용하여 감수성과 생산능을 조사했고, Spectrophotometer를 이용하여 260nM에서 생산량량과 생산속도 등을 조사했다. 1. Bacillus thuringiensis의 돌연변이 균주BTK2-T1, BTK2-T13, BTK2-T17, BTK2-T33과 BTK2-T40은 Conner-Hansen 배지에서 배양 6시간부터 Stationary Phase에 접어들어 가서 48시간 배양과 별 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, Bata-exotoxin의 생산은 6시간 배양에서는 O.D. 260nm에서 약 1.0미만(약 40$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)이였고, 12시간 배양에서는 O.D.260nm에서 약 1.7미만(약 70$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$) 이었으며, 24시간배양부터 48시간 배양에 서는 거의 증가를 보이지 않고 O.D. 260nm에서 2.0내지 2.3(약 85$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$)을 계속 유지했다. 48시간 배양균주들은 BTK2는 배지 $m\ell$당 80$\mu\textrm{g}$(5.5$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$), BTK2-T13은 84$\mu\textrm{g}$(4.3$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$), BTK2-T17은 87$\mu\textrm{g}$(1.4$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$), 그리고 BTK2-T33은 84$\mu\textrm{g}$ (4.9$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$)을 분비했다. 2. 다른 혈청형 균주들도 모두 Beta-exotoxin을 생산했는데, 48시간 배양 배지 $m\ell$당 70$\mu\textrm{g}$을 분비한 균주는 BTK-1이고, BTK-37 균주는 $m\ell$당 88$\mu\textrm{g}$(6.1$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$) BTK-35 균주는 $m\ell$당 81$\mu\textrm{g}$(5.2$\times$$10^{8}$ Cells/$m\ell$)을 생산했고. 그외는 모두 70$\mu\textrm{g}$미만이었다. 3. Beta-exotoxin과 B. thuringiensis 균체을 동시에 per os, interaperitoneal injection, subcuntaneous injection, nasal cavity inoculation, intracerebral injection을 120시간 처리했어도 치사효과를 나타내지 않았다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.120-131
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• 2022

Microcystins (MCs)는 남조류독소로 Microcystis, Anabaena, Oscillatoria 속 남조류에 의해 주로 생산된다. 4대강에 있는 4개의 보 (이포보, 강정고령보, 백제보, 죽산보)에서 채집된 수 시료 및 어류 조직에서 MCs의 종류별 농도를 분석하고, 독소가 검출된 어류의 섭취로 인한 인체 위해성을 검토하였다. 수 시료에서 MCs 농도의 최대값은 죽산보(3.261 ㎍ L^-1), 강정고령보(1.014 ㎍ L^-1), 백 제보 (0.759 ㎍ L^-1), 이포보 (0.266 ㎍ L^-1)의 순이었으며, MC-RR의 농도가 가장 높았고 MC-YR은 검출되지 않았다. 대상 지역에서 채집된 16종 215개체의 어류 중 3개체의 간에서 0.222~9.808 ㎍ g^-1 건조중량의 독소가 검출되 었으며, 나머지 어류의 근육과 간에서는 검출한계 이하였다. 어류의 섭식 특성과 수체 및 어류 조직의 독소 농도를 비교한 결과, MC가 먹이 사슬을 통한 생물증폭은 일어나지 않는 것으로 판단되었다. 한국인의 어류 섭취량과 MCs의 일일 섭취 허용량을 근거로 위해성을 검토한 결과, 독소가 검출된 어류의 섭취로 인한 위해성은 없는 것으로 판단되었다. 하지만 MCs에 의한 위해도를 줄이기 위하여, 추가 연구를 통하여 유해남조류가 우점하는 지역에서 다양한 시기에 채집된 어류의 조직에서 MCs 농도를 분석함으로써 어류 섭취로 인한 MCs의 노출 정도에 대한 자료를 확보하고, 이를 근거로 어류 중 MCs에 대한 관리 기준을 설정하는 것이 필요하다고 사료된다.