• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.24 no.2 s.77
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• pp.142-148
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• 1996

To find compounds of immunomodulating and anti-allergic function, effects of protein-bound polysaccharides extracted from Phellinus igniarius (PI), Fomitella fraxinea (FF) and Agrocybe cylindracea (AC) on hemagglutinin titer (HA), hemolysin titer (HY), plaque forming cell (PFC), rosette forming cell (RFC) and phagocytosis were investigated in BALB/C mice. The oral administration of the protein-bound polysaccharides of PI, FF and AC for 10 days resulted in the enhanced phagocytic activity of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC), spleen cells (SC) and blood lymphocyte cells (BLC). Moreover, PI showed the activating effect on the phagocytosis of PEC and AC in SC. In the experiment of PFC and RFC, the results of the experimental group which was given each samples as compared to the control group, showed the enhanced level of activity such as PI 130%, FF 90% and AC 70%. Generally, HY and HA showed from ten to hundred times of level in each sample groups, as compared to the control group.

• The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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• v.9
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• pp.51-71
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• 2000

The present experiments were designed to study the influence of WalgookwhanhabBojoongikgitang on immune functions of Balb/c mice under stress condition. WalgookwhanhabBojoongikgitang was orally administered to the mice for 15 days. On the 10th day the mice were immunized with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) and then subjected to electric footshock for 5 days (2 sessions a day, 11 footshocks a 31 min-session). The immune responses to SRBC were determined by means of hemagglutination and BIT cell populations in the spleen were studied by FACS analysis on the 16th day. The results were as follows. 1. After electric footshock, IDlce became sluggish and crowded to one side of the cage. Increased antibody titer for SRBC, increased B cell population, and decreased T cell population in the spleen were also observed. These results confirm that electric footshock caused stress inducing immunological and behavioral changes in Balblc mice. 2. Walgookwhanhab-Bojoongikgitang administration significantly antagonized the effect of electric footshock on the antibody titer for SRBC. As a result, antibody titers for SRBC in the mice treated with Walgookwhanga-Bojoongikgitang were maintained at the similar levels as those of control group mice even after the electric foots hock. 3. Walgookwhanhab-Bojoongikgitang administration also antagonized the effect of electric footshock on the BIT populations in spleen. As a result, Band T populations in the mice treated with Walgookwhanhab-Bojoongikgitang were maintained at the similar levels as in the control group mice even after the electric footshock. Taken together, Walgookwhanhab-Bojoongikgitang seem to help Balb/c mIce to maintain their humoral immune response and immune cell populations at a normal range under the stress conditions, suggesting its possible therapeutic use as a immune function modulator.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 1996

A Recent discovery of surface antigens in cells has led to the success of quantitative measurement of T-cell subpopulations, and this has especially opened the way for an epoch-making development in the understanding and classification of cellular immune mechanisms. It is known that phenotypes of T-cell subpopulations exist in many forms according to the variation of species or animal experimental models. In Korea, Clonorchis sinensis still gives rise to public concern as it infects more than eighty million people and threatens the public by causing cirrhosis of the liver, or liver cancer when liver infection becomes prolonged and chronic. Up until now there has been much progress in research and improvement in the classification system of Clonorchis sinensis in the area of humoral immunity, but as for research in the area of cellular immune mechanisms, there is almost none. Knowing all these circumstances, the authors delved for the characterization of Iymphocyte subpopulations with mice as Clonorchis sinensis in the area of cellular immunity, and obtained the following results. That is, we injected Clonorchis sinensis antigens mixed in Freund's ajuvant solution intraperitoneally in mice and measured the T-cell subpopulation characterization of spleen lymphocytes with flow cytometry. The results of these measurements showed that CD2, CD5 and CD8 decreased early following injections but then in-creased again seven weeks after the injections. CD4, however, showed a slight increase shortly after the injection but then a fair increase seven weeks after the injection.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.133-138
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• 2001

The distributions and relative frequencies of the serotonin-immunoreactive cells were studied in dorsal, ventral, third and splenic lobes of developing chicken pancreas during embryonic periods (10 days of incubation to hatching) by immunohistochemical methods. The regions of pancreas were subdivided into three regions, exocrine, light and dark islets. Round and/or oval shaped serotonin-immunoreactive cells were detected in all four lobes. According to developmental stages, the types of lobes and the regions of pancreas, these immunoreactive cells were showed various distributions and relative frequencies. In exocrine portions, serotonin-immunoreactive cells were found in the splenic lobes at 13-14 days of incubation, in the third lobes from 10 days to 19 days of incubation, in the ventral lobes from 10 days of incubation to hatching and in the dorsal lobes from 11 days of incubation to hatching. In pancreatic islets, these cells were detected only in the dark islets of splenic lobes at 15 and 16 day of incubation with rare frequency. In conclusion, serotonin-immunoreactive cells decreased with developmental stages in all four lobes and their relative frequencies decreased with developmental stages.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.435-440
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• 1990

Ten pigs infected with Aujeszky's disease virus (ADY) or hog cholera virus(HCV) were tested for the detection of virus antigens in frozens or paraffin-embedded sections by avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex(ABC) method. Tonsils, spleens, cerebra and buffy coats were examined for the immunohistochemical test. Where ADV antigen was detected by ABC, a dark brown deposit occurred in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm of lymphocytes and macrophages, however, HCV antigen was demonstrated in the cytoplasm of the infected cells. ADV-positive cells were most frequently detected in tonsils and cerebra, whereas, HCV -positive cells were frequently observed in spleens. And buffy coat were also good for both virus detection. The results suggested that ABC method is considered as an excellent and reliable tool for confirmative diagnosis of these viral diseases.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.11-23
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• 1981

서울 경마장(競馬場)의 경주마(競走馬) 517두를 대상으로 호흡기병상(呼吸器症狀)을 관찰하여 1978년 12월 중순(中旬)부터 1979년 1월 초순(初旬) 까지 42.9%의 호흡기병상발생률(呼吸器症狀發生率)을 보았고 1979년 1월 하순(下旬)부터 5월 중순(中旬)까지 임신마(姙娠馬)의 60%가 사산(死産)을 일으켰다. 사산(死産)된 태자(胎仔)는 육안적(肉眼的)으로 흉강수액(胸腔水液)의 저류, 각 장기(臟器)의 울혈성수종(鬱血性水種), 출혈성병변(出血性病變)과 간장(肝臟)의 소상괴사(巢狀壞死)를 나타내었고, 조직학적(組織學的)으로는 간장(肝臟)의 한국성괴사소(限局性壞死巢), 비장(脾臟), 임파절(淋巴節), 흉선(胸線)과 Peyer판(板)에서의 세강(細網) 세포(細胞)의 증식성(增殖性), 괴사성변화(壞死性變化)와 임파양세포(淋巴樣細胞)의 붕괴(崩壞)를 시현(示顯)하였다. 여기서 간세포(肝細胞), 담관상피세포(膽管上皮細胞), 소기관지상피세포(小氣管支上皮細胞) 및 비장(脾臟), 임파절(淋巴節), 흉선(胸線)의 세강(細網) 세포(細胞)에서 Cowdry type A 봉입체(封入體)를 확인하였다. 이상의 역학적(疫學的) 및 병리학적(病理學的) 소견(所見)에 의하여 본(本) 마유산증(馬流産症)을 말 바이러스성 비폐염(鼻肺炎)이라고 진단(診斷)할 수 있었으며 본(本) 발병예(發病例)가 한국(韓國)에서 초발생(初發生)인 것으로 추정(推定)되었다.

• Korean Deer Journal
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• v.7 no.10 s.48
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• pp.60-64
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• 2002

알려진 녹용의 효능을 과학적으로 증명하고 활성성분을 이용하여 신의약품 개발에 기여하고자 한다. 본 연구실에서는 녹용의 가장 대표적인 효능인 조혈작용을 하는 성분을 구조 분석하여 MADG임을 밝히었다. MADG는 조혈촉진기능뿐만 아니라 대식세포 증식기능 그리고 비장세포성장을 촉진하는 등 면역활성 조절제로써의 기능도 나타내었다. 그리고 녹용에 존재하는 인지질 중에서 포화지방산을 가지고 있는 phophatidylcholine도 면역활성을 촉진시키었다. 항진균작용을 하는 성분을 구조 분석한 결과 lysophophatidylcholine임을 밝히었으며 그 유도체인 CHJ-ester가 숙주세포에는 해를 주지 않으면서 항진균작용을 하는 것을 관찰하였다. 그리고 골다공증치료효과를 검색하기 위해 녹용 정제성분으로 연구한 결과 파골세포로의 분화를 100$\%$ 저해함을 밝히므로 녹용이 골다공증 치료효과가 있음을 증면하였다. 녹용성분의 유도체인 SCOH가 파골세포분화를 억제함을 밝혀 현재 골다공증치료제로써의 가능성을 조사하고 있다. 본 연구실에서는 1999년부터 녹용연구를 시작하여 현재까지 10여 개의 활성성분을 분석한 바 있다. 현재 조혈세포촉진작용, 면역증진작용, 골다공증치료작용, 대식세포 증식작용, 항진균작용, 항간질작용에 대한 성분 분석 및 그 약리 기전을 연구하고 있다.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.444-450
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• 2018

Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting cells that play a pivotal role in modulating both innate and adaptive immunity. This study examined the immunomodulatory activities of hot-water extracts of bee pollen (BPW) in bone-marrow derived DCs (BMDC) and mice splenocytes. BMDCs isolated from mice were treated with 250 and $500{\mu}g/mL$ BPW for 24 h. BPW, up to $500{\mu}g/mL$, did not display any cellular toxicity against BMDCs. In fact, it functionally induced BMDC activation via augmentation of CD80, CD86, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I/II expression and pro-inflammatory cytokine (tumor necrosis factor; $TNF-{\alpha}$, interleukin; IL-6, and $IL-1{\beta}$) production. Interestingly, BPW treatment significantly increased the production of interferon $(IFN)-{\gamma}$ in splenocytes, suggesting its possible contribution to Th1 polarization in immune response. Taken together, these findings suggest that BPW may regulate innate and adaptive immunity via DC activation and Th1 polarization in immune responses.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.27 no.1 s.45
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• pp.11-24
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• 1994

The studies reported here were undertaken to investigate the effects of mercury chloride on immune system of Balb/c mouse employing a flexible tier of in vitro and in vivo assays. Mercury chloride inhibited the proliferative responses of spleen cells to lipopolysaccharide, pokeweed mitogen, and phytohemagglutinin as a dose-dependent manner. This inhibitory effect was observed not only when $HgCl_2$ was added 2nd or 3rd day of 3 days culture period but also when spleen cells was pretreated with $HgCl_2$ for 2 hours. Mercury chloride, however, potentiated the production of IgM and IgG from spleen cells. During the $HgCl_2$ administration by drinking for 3 weeks, the weight gain of mice was significantly blunted than that o control group mice, while no overt signs related to mercury toxicity were noted in any mice of experimental group. There was no change in thymus and spleen weights, and in histological findings of kidney, bone marrow of femur, thymus, spleen, and popliteal lymph node after 3 weeks of mercury exposure. However, $HgCl_2$ induced a significant increase of total serum IgM, IgG including $IgG_1,\;IgG_{2a}\;and\;IgG_{2b}$, and IgE in Balb/c mice. Treatment in vivo with anti-IL-4 monoclonal antibody significantly abrogated the $HgCl_2$-induced increase in total serum IgG1 and IgE. Whereas $HgCl_2$ potentiated total serum IgM and IgG, there was no difference in total serum hemagglutinin to SRBC (Sheep Red Blood Cell) between experimental and control group mice when these mice were immunized with SRBC. All these findings observed in Balb/c mice suggest that mercury perturbates well-orchestrated regulation of immune responses before developing histopathological changes in lymphoid tissues.

• Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.79-79
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• 2002

가축의 개량에 있어서 수정란이식은 인공수정보다 획기적으로 향상시킬 수 있었으며, 첨단기술 이용 가축 생산에 필수도구이다. 그러나 수정란의 상태에 따른 수태율에서 큰 차이를 보이고 있어, 수태율 향상 개발이 시급한 실정이다. 임신중기의 IGF-Ⅰ의 농도는 비임신기보다 증가하고, 산욕기에 급격히 감소하여 비임신기의 농도이하로 떨어지는 특징이 있어 임신관련 기전을 이해하는데 도움이 될 수 있다. (중략)