• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.57-57
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• 2002

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.81-87
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• 2008

Alkaline reduced water (ARW) has been used for drinking widely in several countries of Asia. The safety and clinical effects of ARW has been reported including anti-oxidative effect and intestinal abnormal fermentation. To confirm the effect of ARW on DSS-induced acute inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mouse model, we observed the length of total large intestine and the histopathological changes after supplying mineral induced-ARW (MARW) for 2 weeks and oral administration of 4% DSS (dextran sulfate sodium). As the result, the length of total large intestine and the disease scores by macro and microscopical access in the ARWsupplied group showed no significant differences compared with those in the control group. This result suggests that the supply of ARW for 2 weeks exerted no effect on amelioration in the DSS-induced acute IBD model. However, in consideration of the effect of ARW on the improvement of intestinal environment and gastrointestinal disease, this result seems that acute IBD animal model is not suitable or the period of ARW supply is not enough to prove the effect of ARW. The ameliorative effect of ARW on the intestinal abnormal fermentation has been confirmed by some researchers, but the precise mechanism also remain unclear. In conclusion, although MARW had no effect on the DSS-induced acute experimental colitis model, further studies on the verification of the effects of ARW by using other intestinal disease model and by long-term supply of ARW will be required. Also, It needs to clear the mechanism of ARW on the intestinal environment.

• The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.255-259
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• 2001

본 연구는 운비요법(運脾療法)이 脾虛 동물모델 Rat의 흡수기능에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위한 것이다. 이혈평(利血平)으로 Rat의 비허(脾虛) 상태를 유발시킨 다음 최초로 비허(脾虛) 상태에서의 혈청 중 Zn 및 소장검막의 구조변화를 관찰하였고, 임상적으로는 소아의 편식증, 영양실조성 빈혈, 반복적인 소아감염증상(RRI) 등에 대한 운비법(運脾法)의 효과를 관찰하였다. 청결상태로 관리한 체중이 220-240g의 Wester계 웅성 Rat 15마리를 무작위로 각 5마리씩 정상군, 비허군(脾虛群), 중약투여군에 배분하여 3group으로 나누었다. 비허군과 중약투여군에는 모두 이혈평(利血平)을 소량으로 서서히 투여하였고, 중약투여군에는 동시에 중약 시럽(당장(糖漿))을 경구투여시켜 3주간 실험관찰하였다. 결과 : (1) 섭취량(g/일/마리) : 정상군은 22.1, 비허군(脾虛群)은 9.04, 중약투여군은 17.3으로 각각 나타났다. (2) 체중(g) : 정산군은 $284.2{\pm}32.51$, 비허군(脾虛群)은 $193{\pm}15.26$, 중약투여군은 $231.8{\pm}22.76$으로 각각 측정되었다. (3) 혈청 중 Zn함량(ug/1) : 정상군 $1911{\pm}993.8$, 비허군(脾虛群) $1094{\pm}249.4$, 중약투여군 $2599.8{\pm}1282.1$로 각각 측정되었다. 이와 같은 결과에서 중약투여군의 섭취량, 체중 및 혈청 중 Zn의 함량 모두 대조군에 비교하여 현저하게 개선되었음을 알 수 있다. (4) 소장의 정막구조 : 비허군(脾虛群)은 정상군에 비해 소장의 점막이 현저하게 얇고 융모상 돌기가 오그라들며 퇴화되는 변화를 나타냈고, 일부 융모상 돌기 끝의 상피세포는 국소적 괴사 및 퇴행성 변화를 일으키기도 하였다. 중약투여군은 이에 비해 소장점막이 거의 정상에 가깝게 회복되었다. 결론 : 운비요법(運脾療法)은 비허(脾虛) 동물모델에 대한 흡수기능의 개선에 효과가 있음을 본 실험에서 입증할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Scientific & Technological Knowledge Infrastructure
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• s.10
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• pp.60-63
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• 2002

20세기초 시작된 실험동물분야는 다른 분야에 비해 뒤늦게 시작된 분야임에도 불구하고 생명해석과 의학의 발전과 더불어 급격히 발전한 분야라 할 수 있다. 특히, 1950년대 오염되지 않은 다양한 청정동물의 개발, 1970-80년대의 다양한 질환모델동물의 개발에 이어, 분자생물학의 발전과 더불어 1990년대를 거쳐 21세기의 다양한 유전자도입동물가 개발되고 있다. 이는 자연계에 존재하는 생물자원만이 아닌, 유전자조작으로 다양하게 개발되는 새로운 생물자원을 포함하므로, 그 다양성의 가치와 정보의 집대성은 대단히 중요한 일이며, 유전자연구의 한축이 되고있는 bioinformatic 분야에서도 많은 부분 할애되고 있다고 해도 과언이 아닐 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.799-806
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• 2014

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of extract from Eriobotrya japonica leaves (EJE) on cognitive impairment induced by scopolamine, a muscarinic antagonist, in rats. Scopolamine injection (1 mg/kg, i.p.) impaired performance in rats in the passive avoidance test as well as in water maze test and severely reduced cholinergic system reactivity, as indicated by reduced acetylcholine levels and increased acetylcholinesterase activity. Daily administration of EJE significantly increased step-through latency in the passive avoidance test, reduced escape latency, and increased time spent in the platform quadrant in the Morris water maze test. EJE protected against scopolamine-induced cholinergic system deficit, including reduced acetylcholine levels and increased acetylcholinesterase activity in whole brain homogenates. These results suggest that EJE provides a significant anti-amnesic effect against scopolamine-induced cholinergic system deficits and cognitive impairment.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.688-693
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• 2007

The hepatoprotective effects of water extracts composed of Adenophora triphylla var japonica Hara (ATJH) on acetaminophen (APAP)-induced hepatotoxicity were investigated in vivo and in vivo. The effects of ATJH on liver toxicity induced by APAP were assessed by blood biochemical and histopathological analyses. APAP treatment (350 mg/kg) caused severe liver injury in mice as indicated by their significantly elevated plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Pretreatment with ATJH for 3 or 7 days attenuated the increases in ALT and AST when challenged with APAP. The reductions in viability caused by high dose of APAP (450 mg/kg) in vivo were reversed by pretreatment with ATJH. These protective effects of ATJH against APAP-induced toxicity were consistent with the results from the histopathological examinations. We next examined the effects of ATJH on the gene expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) that detoxify the metabolic intermediates of APAP in H4IIE cells. The hepatic GST protein levels [$\alpha$ class (GSTA2, GSTA3/5)] were significantly elevated in a dose-dependent manner by ATJH treatment. In summary, ATJH is effective at protecting against APAP-induced hepatotoxicity by GST induction, implying that ATJH should be considered a potential chemopreventive agent.

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 1999

Animal models can provide a useful tool for the study of some aspects of psychiatric disorders and their treatment. The four criteria for the evaluation of animal models of psychiatric disorders are as following : 1) similarity of inducing conditions 2) similarity of behavioral state 3) common underlying neurobiological mechanisms 4) reversal by clinically effective treatment techniques. Several animal models have been proposed for schizophrenia : phenylethylamine model, L-dopa model, hallucinogen model, cocaine model, amphetamine model, phencyclidine model, noradrenergic reward system lesion model, reticular stimulation model, social isolation model, conditioned avoidance reaction, catalepsy test, paw test, self-stimulation paradigms, latent inhibition paradigms, blocking paradigms, prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex, rodent interaction, social behavior in monkeys, hippocampal damage, high ambient pressure, and models using selective breeding. Among them, animals with bilateral lesion of the hippocampus may provide an adequate animal model for several symptoms of schizophrenia, and ketamine model can reproduce negative symptoms and cognitive deficits as well as positive symptoms of schizophrenia. In conclusion, no model of schizophrenia is entirely representative of the disease, and findings gleaned from model systems must be cautiously interpreted. Furthermore, the process of developing and validating animal models must work in concert with the process to identify reliable measures of human phenomenology.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.441-444
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• 2009

Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is associated with an increased risk of acute rejection, delayed graft function and long-term changes after kidney transplantation. The reperfusion models remain unsolved complications such as vascular obstruction and blood leakage. We developed an alternative model of isolated hemoperfusion in porcine kidneys. In the present study we introduced a newly developed reperfusion method. A connector was used instead of surgical suture for the vascular anastomosis on the inguinal region in which main femoral vessels are parallel and big enough to perfuse the kidney. To assess renal perfusion quality of the modified hemoreperfusion model, we analyzed both hemodynamic values and patterns of I/R injury following a renal reperfusion. Following unilateral nephrectomy, the kidneys were preserved for 0, 24 and 48 hours at $4^{\circ}C$ with histidine-tryptophan ketogluatarate (HTK) solution and reperfused for 3 hours by vascular anastomosis connected to the femoral artery and vein in inguinal region. Histolopathological examinations were assessed on kidney biopsy specimens, taken after each cold storage and reperfusion. No differences of hemodynamic values were observed between aorta and femoral artery. The average warm ischemia time before reperfusion start was $7.0{\pm}1.1$ minutes. There were no complications including vascular obstruction and blood leakage during the reperfusion. I/R injury of the perfused kidneys in this model was dependent upon the cold ischemia time. The results support that the modified perfusion model is simple and appropriate for the study of early renal I/R injury and transplant immunology.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.240-245
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• 2010

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is an idiopathic and progressive disease. It was reported that several animal models have been used for the research of osteonecrosis. However, no standardized animal model for the study of osteonecrosis has been developed to date. This study was conducted to compare the degree of osteonecrosis of three surgically induced osteonecrosis models in rats. Twenty Sprague-Dawley rats (24 weeks old, male) were divided into three experimental groups and a control group, five heads each. Three groups were surgically induced into osteonecrosis; the ligamentum teres were cut and the periosteum of the femoral neck was stripped (Group S), the steel wire was ligated to the neck of the femoral head (Group W), and the femoral neck was tied up with a wire in the same way as in the W group, and burned by attaching the electrode tip to the wire and then the wire was removed (Group B). After two weeks, rats were sacrificed and the femoral head and neck were collected. Histological findings were evaluated with H/E stains, Safranin-O and TUNEL for osteonecrotic lesions in the bones and cartilages of the femoral head. Osteonecrosis was induced successfully in all groups (Group S, W and B) in two weeks, a short period of time. Significant necrotic changes of the cartilage were detected only in Group B. In the modified cautery model in particular, the method of removing the wire after cautery was completed in the experimental model of osteonecrosis more efficiently than any other method.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.47-55
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• 2021

The objective of this study was to access the effect of climate and soil factors on alfalfa dry matter yield (DMY) by the contribution through constructing the yield prediction model in a general linear model considering climate and soil physical variables. The processes of constructing the yield prediction model for alfalfa was performed in sequence of data collection of alfalfa yield, meteorological and soil, preparation, statistical analysis, and model construction. The alfalfa yield prediction model used a multiple regression analysis to select the climate variables which are quantitative data and a general linear model considering the selected climate variables and soil physical variables which are qualitative data. As a result, the growth degree days(GDD) and growing days(GD), and the clay content(CC) were selected as the climate and soil physical variables that affect alfalfa DMY, respectively. The contributions of climate and soil factors affecting alfalfa DMY were 32% (GDD, 21%, GD 11%) and 63%, respectively. Therefore, this study indicates that the soil factor more contributes to alfalfa DMY than climate factor. However, for examming the correct contribution, the factors such as other climate and soil factors, and the cultivation technology factors which were not treated in this study should be considered as a factor in the model for future study.