• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.5043-5047
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• 2014

Nowadays increasing effectiveness in cancer therapy and investigation of formation of new strategies that enhance antiproliferative activity against target organs has become a subject of interest. Although the molecular mechanisms of apoptosis can not be fully explained, it is known that cell suicide program existing in their memory genetically is activated by pathophysiological conditions and events such as oxidative stress. Low pressure (hypobaric) conditions that create hypoxia promote apoptosis by inhibiting cell cycling. In this study, determination of the effects of fractional hypobaric applications at different times on HeLa cells at cellular and molecular levels were targeted. Experiments were carried out under hypobaric conditions (35.2 kPa) in a specially designed hypobaric cabin including 2% $O_2$ and 98% N. Application of fractional hypobaric conditions was repeated two times for 3 hours with an interval of 24 hours. At the end of the implementation period cells were allowed to incubate for 24 hours for activation of repair mechanisms. Cell kinetic parameters such as growth rate (MTT) and apoptotic index were used in determination of the effect of hypobaric conditions on HeLa cells. Also in our study expression levels of the Bcl-2 gene family that have regulatory roles in apoptosis were determined by the RT-PCR technique to evaluate molecular mechanisms. The results showed that antiproliferative effect of hypobaric conditions on HeLa cells started three hours from the time of application and increased depending on the period of exposure. While there was a significant decrease in growth rate values, there was a significant increase in apoptotic index values (p<0.01). Also molecular studies showed that hypobaric conditions caused a significant increase in expression level of proapoptotic gene Bax and significant decrease in antiapoptotic Bfl-1. Consequently fractional application of hypobaric conditions on HeLa cell cultures increased both antiproliferative and apoptotic effects and these effects were triggered by the Bax gene.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2021

In this study, phytochemicals present in Propolis Extract (PE) were employed as reducing and stabilizing reagents to synthesize silver nanoparticles. Three propolis-reduced silver nanoparticles (P-AgNPs1-3) were synthesized using increasing amounts of PE. P-AgNPs were treated with different cancer cells-lung (A549), cervix (HeLa) and colon (WiDr) - for 24, 48 and 72 h to evaluate their anti-proliferative activities. A non-cancerous cell type (L929) was also used to test whether suppressive effects of P-AgNPs on cancer cell proliferation were due to a general cytotoxic effect. The characterization results showed that the bioactive contents in propolis successfully induced particle formation. As the amount of PE increased, the particle size decreased; however, the size distribution range expanded. The antioxidant capacity of the particles increased with increased propolis amounts. P-AgNP1 exhibited almost equal inhibitory effects across all cancer cell types; however, P-AgNP2 was more effective on HeLa cells. P-AgNPs3 showed greater inhibitory effects in almost all cancer cells compared to other NPs and pure propolis. Consequently, the biological effects of P-AgNPs were highly dependent on PE amount, NP concentration, and cell type. These results suggest that AgNPs synthesized utilizing propolis phytochemicals might serve as anti-cancer agents, providing greater efficacy against cancer cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.110-116
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• 2010

Lactic acid (LA) fermentation by Lactobacillus salivarius ATCC 11741 immobilized on loofa sponge (LS) was evaluated. To increase the surface area of LS for cell immobilization, $H_2O_2$ and chitosan were introduced as surface modifying reagents. Four chitosans of different molecular weights were separately coated on LS. All experiments were conducted in shaking flask mode at 100 rpm rotating speed and $37^{\circ}C$ with 5% $CaCO_3$ as a pH regulating agent. The effects of initial glucose concentration were investigated in the range of 20-100 g/l on LA fermentation by free cells. The results indicate that the maximum concentration of LA was produced with 50 g/l glucose concentration. The immobilized cell system produced 1.5 times higher concentration than free cells for 24 h of fermentation. Moreover, immobilized cells can shorten the fermentation time by 2-fold compared with free cells at the same level of LA concentration. At 1% (w/v) chitosan in 2% (v/v) acetic acid, the Yp/s and productivities of various molecular weights of chitosans were insignificantly different. Repeated batch fermentations showed 5 effective recycles with Yp/s and productivity in the range of 0.55-0.85 and 0.90-1.20 g/l.h, respectively. It is evident that immobilization of L. salivarius onto LS permits reuse of the system under these fermentation conditions. Scanning electron micrographs indicated that there were more intact cells on the chitosan-treated LS than on the untreated LS, thus confirming the effectiveness of the LS-chitosan combination when being utilized as a promising immobilization carrier for LA fermentation.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2002

Precipitation variability around King Sejong Station related with E1 $Ni\~{n}o$/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is evaluated using the gauge-based monthly data of its neighboring stations. Though three Ant-arctic Stations of King Sejong (Korea), Frei (Chile), and Artigas (Uruguay) are all closely located within 10 km, their precipitation data show mostly insignificant positive or rather negative correlations among them in the annual, seasonal and monthly precipitation. This result indicates that there are locally large variations in the distribution of precipitation around King Sejong Station. The monthly data of Frei Station for 31 years (1970-2000) are analyzed for examining the ENSO signal in precipitation because of its longer precipitation record compared to other two stations. From the analysis of seasonal precipitation, it is seen that there is a tendency of less precipitation than the average during E1 $Ni\~{n}o$ events. This dryness is more distinct in fall to spring seasons, in which the precipitation decreases down to about 30% of seasonal mean precipitation. However, the precipitation signal related with La $Ni\~{n}a$ events is not significant. From the analysis of monthly precipitation, it is found that there is a strong negative correlation during 1980s and in the late 1990s, and a weak positive correlation in the early 1990s between normalized monthly precipitation at Frei Station and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies in the $Ni\~{n}o$ 3.4 region. However, this relation may be not applied over the region around King Sejong Station, but at only one station, Frei.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.397-401
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• 2001

In the search for new naturally occurring angiogenic inhibitory we found that culture broths from two unidentified fungal strains exerted potent inhibitory activities on capillary-like tube formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in vitro. Two active compounds were isolated by bioassay-guided separation and their structures were identified as gliotoxin (1) and its derivative methylthiogliotoxin (2) by spectroscopic analyses. These compounds significantly inhibited the migration of HUVEC assessed by in vitro wounding migration assay and exhibited at least 10 times more potent inhibition of proliferation of HUVECs as compared with that of cancer cell lines such as HeLa, MCF-7, and KB 3-1 cells. Especially, gliotoxin having disulfide group exerted more potent activities than methylthiogliotoxin, suggesting that gliotoxin could be a useful compound for further study as an anti-angiogenic agent.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.545-559
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• 1996

Rare metal (Nb-Zr-REE) ore deposits are located in the Chungju area. Geotectonically, the rare metal ore deposits are situated in the transitional zone between Kyeonggi massif and Okcheon belt. The rare metal deposits are distributed in Kyemyeongsan Formation which consist of schist and alkaline igneous rocks. Alkali granite has suffered extensive post-magmatic metasomatism and hydrothermal processes. The ore contains mainly Ce-La, Ta-Nb, Y, Y-Nd, Nd-Th group minerals. More than 15 RE and REE minerals are found in the ore deposits. Allanite, one of the Ce-La rich REE minerals belonging to the epidote group, is the most common mineral in the studied area. The allanite- bearing rocks may be devided into seven types by features of occurrence and mineral associations; zircon type (ZT), allanite-vein type (AT), feldspar type (KT), fluorite type (FT), quartz-mica type (QT), iron-oxide type (MT), and amphibole type (HT). The allanite veins (AT) and zircon rich rocks (ZT) contain the highest total REE contents. Differences in REE abundance can be interpreted in terms of varying portions of magmatic hydrothermal fluid. Petrographical and chemical data are presented for allanites which were collected from different types. The allanites show wide variations in optical properties, due in part to differences in their chemical composition (depending on the types) and to the degree of crystallinity of the individual specimens. Allanite metamicts in biotite are generally surrounded by well developed pleochroic haloes. Usually, allanite is accompanied by zircon and other REE-bearing minerals. CaO and total REE contents $({\sum}RE_2O_3)$ range from 9.29 to 18.79% and 11.66 to 26.31%, respectively. Also, SiO, (28.87~32.61%), $Al_2O_3$ (8.30~16.88%), and $Fc_2O_3$ (16.74~24.38%) contents show varying contents from type to type. The ${\sum}RE_2O_3$ of allanite has positive relationships with $Fe_2O_3$ and negative relaton with CaO, $SiO_2$, and $Al_2O_3$ Backscattered electron microscope images (BEl) of allanite shows that the its mineral composition and texture is very complex. The allanite-bearing hosts show distinct light REE enrichment with strong negative Eu anomaly except for HI. The HT has an almost flat REE distribution pattern with a small negative Eu anomaly. The chemical variation of the allanites with occurrences and mineral association can be related to condition of temperature and oxidation states in precipitation environment.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.3225-3232
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• 2012

The purposes of this research were to synthesize amoxicillin-carrying magnetic nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles were prepared by a chemical precipitation of ferric and ferrous chloride salts in the presence of a strong basic solution. PLGA and PLGA-PEG copolymers were prepared by ring opening polymerization of lactide (LA) and glycolide (GA) (mole ratio of LA: GA 3:1) with or without polyethylene glycol (PEG). Amoxicillin loaded magnetic PLGA and PLGA-PEG nanoparticles were prepared by an emulsion-evaporation process (o/w). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) photomicrographs showed that the magnetic nanoparticles have the mean diameter within the range of 65-260 nm also they were almost spherical in shape. Magnetic nanoparticles prepared with PLGA showed more efficient entrapment (90%) as compared with PLGA-PEG (48-52%) nanoparticles. In-vitro release of amoxicillin from magnetic PLGA nanoparticles showed that 78% of drug was released over 24 hours. The amount of amoxicillin released from PLGA-PEG s was higher than PLGA.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.827-840
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• 2015

This study analyzed a correlation between South China Sea summer (June to September) monsoon (SCSSM) and the ENSO for the last 32 years (1979 to 2010). There was a correlation that the higher (lower) the SST in the $Ni{\tilde{n}}o-3.4$ region was, the weaker (stronger) the SCSSM intensity was. To identify the reason for this correlation, a difference of means between 8 El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ years and 8 La $Ni{\tilde{n}}a$ years (June to September). The analysis on the difference between two groups with respect to the 850 hPa stream flows showed that there were anomalous huge cyclones in the subtropical Pacific in the both hemispheres so that cold and dry anomalous northerlies were strengthened in the South China Sea relatively while anomalous westerlies were strengthened from the Maritime Continent to the off the coast of Chile. The analysis on the difference between two groups with respect to the 200 hPa stream flows showed that the opposite anomalous pressure system pattern to that in the 850 hPa stream flows were shown. In the subtropical Pacific of the both hemispheres, anomalous anticyclones existed so that anomalous easterlies were strengthened from the Maritime Continent to the equatorial central Pacific. Considering the anomalous atmospheric circulations in the upper and lower layers of the troposphere, upward airflows from the equatorial central and eastern Pacific were downward in the South China Sea and the Maritime Continent, which was a structure of anomalous atmospheric circulations. This means that the Walker Circulation was weakened and it was a typical structure of atmospheric circulations revealed in El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ years.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 1990

대구지방의 중요 하천인 낙동강, 금호강 및 신천을 대상으로 이들간의 수질차이와 홍수 전(8월24일)과 후(9월8일)의 수질차이를 비교하는 한편, 각 하천수가 Spirodela polyhiza Shleiden의 생육에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 홍수 전의 화학 성분 농도는 대부분 금호강과 신천이 서로 유사하며(COD, 19.6~21.4; alkalinity, 177~183; ${NH_4}^{+},\; 20.7~24.4;\;{NO_3}^{-}\;39~4.3;\;{PO_4}^{3-},\;3.4~3.7;Ca^{2+},\;68.5~69.7;\;Mg^{2+},\;42;\;Cl^{-},\;90~92;SiO_2, \;10.4~11.2;\;{SO_4}^{2-},\;11~32;\;LAS,\;3.0~3.8;\;Cr^{3+,6+}$, 0.007~0.010ppm), 낙동강에 비해 훨씬 높았다.(${NH_4}^{+},\;{SO_4}^{2-},\;{PO_4}^{3-}$ 및 LAS는 30~40배 : COD, alkalinity,${NO_3}^{+},\;Mg^{2+},\;Cl^{-}$ 및 $Cr^{3+,6+}$은 2~5배). 특히 금호강은 다른 하천과는 달리 Secchi disk transparency가 극히 낮고(17cm), DO가 검출되지 않았다. Phytoplankton 군집의 general diversity index($\bar{H}$)는 낙동강, 금호강 및 신천이 각각 3.1, 2.7 및 1.6으로 신천의 오염도가 가장 높았다. 홍수기 후에는 특히 다음과 같은 성분이 증가하였다.(낙동강-${NH_4}^{+},1.0;\;{NO_3}^{-},9.6;\;SiO_2,\;12.8;\;{SO_4}^{2-}\;5.4ppm$; 금호강 DO, 1.0;${NO_2}^{-},\;0.92;\;{NO_3}^{-},\;22.2;{SiO_2},\;17.6ppm$; 신천-DO, 3.0;${NO_2}^{-},\;1.4;\;{NO_3}^{-},\;22.2;{SiO_2},\;19.2;{SO_4}^{2-}\;25ppm$). S.polyrhiza의 생육은 금호강수에서 가장 왕성한 반면(최대 RGR, 26%/day), 금호강수에서는 배양 7일째 생장이 중지되었고, 배양 11일째의 total chlorophy 일 함량은 낙동, 금호 및 신천수에서 각각 1.04, 1.88 및 1.25mg/g frond였다. 이들 하천수에 함유된 LAS(0.1~3.8ppm), $Cd^{2+}$(0~0.02ppm) 및 $Cr^{6+}$(0.004~0.010ppm)은 이 식물의 생육을 크게 저해하지 않았다.

• 암석학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.119-134
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• 2003

육십령 복운모화강암은 광물학$.$지화학적으로 과알루미나 성질을 특징적으로 나타낸다. 육십령 화강암체는 1.15∼l.20 범위의 높은 알루미나 포화 지수와 2.20∼2.98wt% 범위의 높은 CIPW norm 강옥 함량을 나타낸다. 색지수는 <16%이고, FeO$^{T}$ +MgO+TiO$_2$,는 평균 1.9 wt%로서 우백질화강암에 해당한다. 육십령 복운모 우백질화강암은 SiO$_2$성분이 증가함에 따라, TiO$_2$, $Al_2$O$_3$, FeO, Fe$_2$O$_3$, MgO, CaO, $K_2$O, P$_2$O$_{5}$ , Rb, Ba, Sr 은 감소하는 경향을 나타내는 반면, Zr과 Th는 증가하는 경향을 나타내는데, 이는 장석, 흑운모, 인회석 저어콘의 분별경정작용에 기인한 것으로 해석된다. 거정질 암맥에는 SiO$_2$and P$_2$O$_{5}$ 는 높게, 그 외의 주원소는 결핍되어 나타난다. Manaslu, Hercynian 복운모 우백질화강암, Lachlan습곡대의 S-형 화강암과 비교해 보면, 육십령 복운모 우백질화강암은 낮은 Rb, 높은 Ba, Sr을 나타낸다. 거정질 암맥의 지화학적 특징은 육십령 복운모화강암을 형성했던 멜트로부터 일부 원소들의 제거 혹은 유동성에 의해 높은 Rb, Nb와, 낮은 Ba, Sr, Zr, Th, Pb 함유를 나타낸다. 육십령 복운모 우백질화강암은 총 휘토류 함량이 95.7∼123.3ppm 범위를 나타내며, 운석에 대해 표준해보면, 저 내지 중정도의 Eu 이상(Eu/Eu＊= 0.7∼0.9)을 가지면서 경희토류원소가 풍부하고 중희토류원소가 결핍된 매우 경사가 져 있는((La/Yb)$_{N}$ = 6.9∼24.8) 변화를 보여준다. 반면에 페그마틱 암맥은 총 휘토류원소의 함량이 7.0ppm으로 운석에 대해 표준화하면, 강한 부의 Eu 이상(Eu/Eu＊= 0.2)을 가진 편평한 양상을 나타낸다. 복운모 우백질화강암을 형성했던 멜트의 성분은 기원암 뿐만 아니라 기원암이 녹은 후의 잔류물질의 양에도 의존한다. 특히 CaO/$Na_2$O의 비와 Rb/Sr-Rb/Ba의 비들은 강한 과알루미나질 화강암에서는 기원암의 성분에, 즉, 기원암의 사장석과 점토 함량 비에 주로 의존한다. 육십령 복운모 우백질화강암은 사장석 성분보다 점토 성분이 풍부한 암석에서 기원한 Manaslu와 Hercynian 복운모 우백질화강암들(예를 들면 Millevaches와 Gueret)보다는 더 높은 CaO/$Na_2$O의 비와 더 낮은 Rb/Sr-Rb/Ba 비를 나타내고 있는데, 이러한 지화학적 특징은 점토 성분보다는 사장석이 풍부한 석영장석질 암석으로부터 기원했던 것으로 사료된다.