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Immunomodulating Activity of Fungal ${\beta}-Glucan$ through Dectin-1 and Toll-like Receptor on Murine Macrophage

  • Kim, Ha-Won
    • 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.103-115
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    • 2006
  • [ ${\beta}-Glucan$ ] is a glucose polymer that has linkage of ${\beta}-(1,3)$, -(1,4) and -(1,6). As exclusively found in fungal and bacterial cell wall, not in animal, ${\beta}-glucans$ are recognized by innate immune system. Dendritic cells (DC) or macrophages possesses pattern recognition molecule (PRM) for binding ${\beta}-glucans$ as pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP). Recently ${\beta}-glucans$ receptor was cloned from DC and named as dectin-l which belongs to type II C-type lectin family. Human dectin-l is consisted of 7 exons and 6 introns. The polypeptide of dectin-l has 247 amino acids and has cytoplasmic, transmembrane, stalk and carbohydrate recognition domains. Dectin-l could recognize variety of beta-l,3 and/or beta-l,6 glucan linkages, but not alpha-glucans. In our macrophage cell line culture system, dectin-l mRNA was detected in RA W264.7 cells by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Dectin-l was also detected in the murine organs of spleen, thymus, lung and intestines. Treatment of RA W264.7 cells with ${\beta}-glucans$ of Ganoderma lucidum (GLG) resulted in increased expression of IL-6 and $TNF-{\alpha}$ in the presence of LPS. However, GLG alone did not increase IL-6 nor $TNF-{\alpha}$ These results suggest that receptor dectin-l cooperate with CD14 to activate signal transduction that is very critical in immunoresponse.

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Enhancement of ${\beta}$-1,3-Glucan Functionality by Batch and Semi-continuous Typed Specific Carboxylation (회분식 및 반연속식 특이적 카르복실화 반응에 의한 ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan의 기능성 향상)

  • Jeong, Suk-Yun;Kim, Sang-Woo;Lee, Yong-Hwan;Lee, Jae-Hwan;Chang, Pahn-Shick
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.146-151
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    • 2008
  • In this study, batch or semi-continuous reactions, introducing site-specific carboxylic acids in ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan structures, were performed to increase water solubility and gel forming ability, using TEMPO/hypobromite with or without NaBr as catalysts. Regio-selective carboxylic acid formations were determined with infrared (IR) and $^{13}C$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic analyses. The regio-selective reactions with and without NaBr gave oxidation yields of 92.5 and 85.6%, respectively, in the batch type, and yields of 93.9 and 86.4%, respectively, in the semi-continuous type. The reaction times in the batch and semi-continuous reactions without NaBr were delayed by 100 and 150%, respectively, as compared to those with NaBr. A combination of IR and $^{13}C$ NMR analyses were used to confirm the formation of carboxylic acids in ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan. From the batch reactions with and without NaBr, the water solubilities of oxidized products were 50.0 and 55.6%, respectively, and in the semi-continuous reactions they were 52.6 and 53.5%, respectively; while the water solubility of the native ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan was less than 1.0%. Finally, as compared to the native ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan, the gel forming ability of the reaction products was greatly increased irrespective of the presence of NaBr or the reaction type.

Polymorphism of Carp $\beta$-globin Gene on Chromosome (잉어 $\beta$-globin 유전자의 염색체상에서의 다형해석)

  • 진덕희;청목주
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.348-351
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    • 1998
  • Common DNA fragments of the ${\beta}$-globin gene were observed from six races of the adult common carp: Hybrid-Yamato, Japanese wild type, Mirror, Suwa-Yamato, Scale German, and Saku-Yamato. Chromosomal DNAs isolated from the above six races were digested with restriction endonucleased EcoRI and PstI. The digested fragments were transferred onto nitrocellulose filter and hybridized with a probe of carp ${\beta}$-globin cDNA. Molecular sizes of the hybridized DNA fragments digested with EcoRI were 3.6Kb(Kilo base), 4.3Kb and 15Kb in Hybrid-Yamato, Japanese wild type, Mirror, Scale German and Saku-Yamato carp DNAs. In Scale German and Saku-Yamato carp DNAs, two and one more hybridized DNA fragments were observed, respectively. Molecular sizes of the hybridized DNA fragments digested with PstI were 2.2Kb, 6.5Kb, 7.8Kb and 9.2Kb in Hybrid-Yamato, 2.2Kb, 6.5Kb and 9.2Kb in Japanese wild type, 2.2Kb, 6.5Kb, 7.8Kb, and 13Kb in Mirror, 2,2Kb, 5,5Kb, 6.5Kb, 7.8Kb, 9.2Kb and13Kb in Scale German, and 2.2Kb, 5.5Kb, 6.5Kb, 9.2Kb and Saku-Yamato carp DNA. Therefore, depending on carps, three to six DNA fragments were hybridized with ${\beta}$-globin gene probe. Thus it indicated polymorphysm in the globin gene family of carp.

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Optical and Electrical Properties of $\beta$-$FeSi_2$ Single Crystals ($\beta$-$FeSi_2$ 단결정의 전기적 광학적인 특성)

  • 김남오;김형곤;이우선
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.618-621
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    • 2001
  • Plate-type $\beta$-FeSi$_2$single crystals were grown using FeSi$_2$, Fe, and Si as starting materials by the chemical transport reaction method. The $\beta$-FeSi$_2$single crystal was an orthorhombic structure. The direct optical energy gap was found to be 0.87eV at 300K. Hall effect shows a n-type conductivity in the $\beta$-FeSi$_2$ single crystal. The electrical resistivity values was 1.608Ωcm and electron mobility was 3x10$^{-1}$ $\textrm{cm}^2$/V.sec at room temperature.

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Synthesis and ${\beta}-Lactamase$ Inhibitory Activity of 7-Exomethylene Cephalosporanates (7-엑소메칠렌 세팔로스포라네이트 유도체의 합성과 $\beta$- 락타메이즈 억제작용)

  • 이종민;최수항;이현수;임채욱;임철부
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.43 no.6
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    • pp.782-788
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    • 1999
  • 7-Oxocephalosporanate 1 was treated with phosphonium salts 2~4 by Wittig reaction to afford 7-exomethylene cephalosporanates 5~7. They were oxidized to sulfones 8~10 with mCPBA. Deprotecton of benzhydryl 7-exomethylene cephalosporanate with $AlCl_3$ and NaHCO_3$ gave sodium salts of 7-exomethylene cephalosporanates 11~16. The ${\beta}-lactamase$ inhibitory activity of synthesized compounds 11~16 were compared with sulbactam, tazobactam and clavulanic acid against Type I, II, III, IV and TEM-2 $\beta$-lactamase in vitro. Compound 15 showed more potent activity than sulbactam and clavulanic acid against Type III, IV ${\beta}-lactamase$ enzyme.

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SUM AND PRODUCT THEOREMS RELATING TO GENERALIZED RELATIVE ORDER (𝛼, 𝛽) AND GENERALIZED RELATIVE TYPE (𝛼, 𝛽) OF ENTIRE FUNCTIONS

  • Biswas, Tanmay;Biswas, Chinmay;Saha, Biswajit
    • The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.155-185
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    • 2021
  • Orders and types of entire functions have been actively investigated by many authors. In this paper, we investigate some basic properties in connection with sum and product of generalized relative order (𝛼, 𝛽), generalized relative type (𝛼, 𝛽) and generalized relative weak type (𝛼, 𝛽) of entire functions with respect to another entire function where 𝛼, 𝛽 are continuous non-negative functions on (-∞, +∞).

THE RANDER CHANGES OF FINSLER SPACES WITH ($\alpha,\beta$)-METRICS OF DOUGLAS TYPE

  • Park, Hong-Suh;Lee, Il-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.503-521
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    • 2001
  • A change of Finsler metric L(x,y)longrightarrowL(x,y) is called a Randers change of L, if L(x,y) = L(x,y) +$\rho$(x,y), where $\rho$(x,y) = $\rho$(sub)i(x)y(sup)i is a 1-form on a smooth manifold M(sup)n. Let us consider the special Randers change of Finsler metric LlongrightarrowL = L + $\beta$ by $\beta$. On the basis of this special Randers change, the purpose of the present paper is devoted to studying the conditions for Finsler space F(sup)n which are transformed by a special Randers change of Finsler spaces F(sup)n with ($\alpha$,$\beta$)-metrics of Douglas type to be also of Douglas type, and vice versa.

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CONSTANT-SIGN SOLUTIONS OF p-LAPLACIAN TYPE OPERATORS ON TIME SCALES VIA VARIATIONAL METHODS

  • Zhang, Li;Ge, Weigao
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.1131-1145
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this paper is to use an appropriate variational framework to discuss the boundary value problem with p-Laplacian type operators $$\{({\alpha}(t,x^{\Delta}(t)))^{\Delta}-a(t){\phi}_p(x^{\sigma}(t))+f({\sigma}(t),x^{\sigma}(t))=0,\;{\Delta}-a.e.\;t{\in}I\\x^{\sigma}(0)=0,\\{\beta}_1x^{\sigma}(1)+{\beta}_2x^{\Delta}({\sigma}(1))=0,$$ where ${\beta}_1$, ${\beta}_2$ > 0, $I=[0,1]^{k^2}$, ${\alpha}({\cdot},x({\cdot}))$ is an operator of $p$-Laplacian type, $\mathbb{T}$ is a time scale. Some sufficient conditions for the existence of constant-sign solutions are obtained.

Studies on Substrate Specificities of the Enzymes Lytic to the Cell Wall of Red Yeasts (적색효모 세포벽용해효소의 기질특이성에 관한 연구)

  • 이태호
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.245-252
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    • 1982
  • The enzymes lytic to red yeast cell wall, which were produced by Penicillium lilacinum ATCC 36010 and Bacillus pumilus No 41, hydrolyzed an extracellular mannan from Rhodotonla glutinis IFO 0695. mannan was arranged with $\beta$-1,3 and $\beta$-1,4 linkages alternatively. Using this mannan, substrate specificities of these enzymes were investigated. The one from Penicillium lilacinum was an unique mannanase which hydrolyzed $\beta$-1,3 mannoside bond and the other from B. pumilus was a new type of mannanase which cleaved $\beta$-1,4 mannoside bond with requirement of the existence of $\beta$-1,3 linkage on the reducing side. Both enzymes released two kinds of oligosaccharide from mannan, respectively. However, the enzyme from Pen lilacinum produced tetrasaccharide and disaccharide and one of them, tetrasaccharide, was hydrolyzed to disaccharide further. The one from B. pumilus released tetrasaccharide and hexasaccharide from mannan finally.

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온도 조건 변화에 따른 Cu-Pc 박막 $\beta$-phase type의 표면 결정 특성에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Hyeon-Suk;Gang, Sang-Baek;Chae, Yeong-An;Yun, Chang-Seon;Yun, Seong-Hyeon;Yu, Su-Chang;Kim, Jin-Tae;Cha, Deok-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.08a
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    • pp.254-254
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    • 2010
  • Cu-Pc(copper(II)-phthalocyanine)는 박막의 형성과정에서 열처리 방식과 온도에 따라 박막의 구조가 변하며, 구조로는 열적으로 준 안정적인 $\alpha$-phase와 열적으로 안정적인 $\beta$-phase가 있다. 본 연구에서는 Cu-Pc 박막의 열적으로 안정적인 $\beta$-phase 구조에 대해 온도 조건 변화에 따른 표면 결정 성장의 특성을 연구하고자 한다. 진공증착 방법 중 하나인 thermal evaporation deposition을 이용하여 glass 기판위에 전열 처리 및 후열 처리에 대해 온도 조건 변화에 따른 $\beta$-phase type의 표면 결정 특성을 연구하였다. Cu-Pc 박막의 성장두께는 50nm 일정한 두께로 fluxmeter 및 thickness monitor를 이용하여 제어하였다. 50nm의 두께에 따른 기판온도를 $100^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$, $300^{\circ}C$로 전열 처리한 후 각각 전열 처리한 기판온도에 대해 1hour, 2hour, 3hour 후열 처리하여 온도 조건에 따른 박막을 성장한 후, $\beta$-phase type에 대한 결정 구조 및 표면 특성 변화를 분석하였다. 제작된 Cu-Pc의 박막은 $\beta$-phase type으로, 열처리에 따른 $\beta$-phase transition 현상을 연구하였다. XRD(X-ray diffraction)를 통하여 박막에 대한 결정 구조 분석 및 FE-SEM(field emission scanning electron microscopy)을 이용하여 Cu-Pc 박막의 구조적 결정성과 방향성 등, 표면 상태와 형상구조에 대해 표면의 특성을 분석하며, 광 흡수도(UV-visible absorption spectra)을 이용하여 온도 조건에 따른 투과/흡수 현상을 비교분석하였다.

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