• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.248-262
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• 2021

Marine planktonic ciliates include two major groups, loricated tintinnids and naked oligotrichs. The study of marine ciliate plankton in Korea began with taxonomic efforts on tintinnids based on the morphology of lorica, a vase-shaped shell. Despite polymorphism in the lorica, it is utilized as a key characteristic in identification of tintinnid species. However, oligotrichs have been studied only recently in Korea due to challenges associated with the observation of ciliary arrangements and the technical development for cell staining. Species diversity and phylogenetic classification of the ciliates have been informed by recent advances in morphological and molecular analyses. Illustrations of the planktonic ciliate in Korea have been published on the basis of taxonomic data of tintinnids and oligotrichs. Planktonic ciliates acting as the major consumers of pico- and nanoplankton as well as the prey of mesozooplankton, has been monitored by spatial and temporal investigations in Korean coastal waters. A practical approach addressing the limitations and potential of marine ciliate studies in Korea is proposed here to improve the data quality of planktonic ciliates, providing an enhanced basis for quality control of ciliate monitoring.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.649-652
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• 2006

폐나, 기관지 등의 호흡기, 기타 장기에는 매우 미세한 크기의 털 형태의 섬모라고 하는 부속기관을 가지고 있다. 점액을 이동시키고 기타 물질들을 배출할 때 유용한 역할을 하는 이 섬모들은 동기화된 패턴으로 진동을 한다. 이러한 움직임은 각각의 종이 가진 특성뿐만 아니라, 같은 종의 현재의 상태에 따라 다양한 특징들을 보여준다. 시약 투여 시 혹은 환경 변화에 따른 생체 반응 등과 같이 다양한 특성 및 반응 연구에 이러한 섬모의 진동 주파수 (Ciliary Beat Frequency, CBF)를 이용하고 있다. 섬모의 진동 주파수 측정에 대해 몇몇 연구가 있어왔으나, 규격화되거나 대표적인 방법은 아직까지 없으며, 각각의 방법마다 잡음에 약하든지, 빠르게 움직이는 섬모의 주파수 측정에 어려움이 있거나, 고비용 시스템 필요 등의 단점들이 있다. 최근 들어 영상 기술의 발달로 영상을 이용한 CBF 측정 방법들이 제안되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 CCD 카메라로 촬영한 영상을 이용해서 섬모의 영상에서 가중 평균을 응용한 위치 값으로 섬모의 움직임을 추출, FFT를 통해 보다 정확하고 간편하며 좀 더 다양한 영상에 적용시킬 수 있는 CBF 측정 방법을 제시한다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.237-244
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• 2003

Two epistylid peritrichous ciliates collected from the littoral aquatic plants at pond in a suburb of Ulsan, Korea were identified as Epistylis plicatilis Ehrenberg, 1831 and E. hentscheli Kahl, 1935. The description was based on the observation of living specimens and protargol impregnated specimens. This study is about redescription compared with original description. These species have not been reported in Korea and their characteristics are as follows: E. plicatilis is thin, long funnel form and has compact stalk, while E. hentscheli is unsymmetrical bell form and has hollow stalk.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.265-271
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• 2014

We performed dilution experiments together with copepod added incubations to examine the influence of mesozooplankton on the grazing pressure of planktonic ciliates in Sihwa lake during summer when the abundances of phytoplankton and mesozooplankton increased considerably. Planktonic ciliates consumed 104% of primary production in a day on dilution experiments. However, the ciliates consumption on phytoplankton was reduced to 19% in copepod incubations with Acartia sinjiensis added. This was due to selective predation of A. sinjiensis on oligotrich ciliates ($>20{\mu}m$) which were major grazers on nano-phytoplankton. Our experiments show that grazing pressure of planktonic ciliates based on dilution experiments may be overestimated when the abundance of planktonic ciliates is strongly controlled by copepods. We postulate that the role of planktonic ciliates as grazers could diminish in Sihwa lake in spring and summer when abundance of copepods increase considerably. We suggest that the predation of mesozooplankton should be considered to better appraise the role of planktonic ciliates as grazers.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.339-344
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• 2000

The mucociliary system is one of the most important airway defense mechanisms in human body and impairment of ciliary movement results in various diseases in respiratory tract. In this study, we have developed a system that can measure ciliary movement in vivo and quantified ciliary beat frequency (CBF) through autoregressive (AR) power spectrum. To measure the frequency in vivo, we applied a photoelectric method that was composed of a laser light and a fiber optic probe. Scattered signals are transferred to a PC in which they are displayed on the monitor and its CBF is determined by the AR method in were acquired. For 8 normal subjects, the analyzed CBFs ranged from 5 to 10Hz and its mean was 7.3${\pm}$1.1Hz. This result showed similar aspects to the reported results of CBFs to data. We expect that this result will be applied in various clinical studies such as analysis of CBF changes by drugs or by diseaes.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1974

Rana pipiens의 난자운반은 섬모운동에 의하여 이루어지며 섬모운동은 배란시에 분비되는 난소호르몬에 의존하는 것으로 알려져 왔다. 저자는 이러한 난자운반이 순전히 난소호르몬에 의존하는가 난소호르몬 이외의 기타 호르몬이 관여하는 것인가 또는 난소호르몬 없이도 수행될 수 있는가를 알아보려고 본 실험을 시도하였다. 난관 적출된 개구리에 배란을 유도시켜 얻어진 복강난자를 난소적출을 실시한 암 Rana pipiens의 복강내에 이전시킨 대조군과 이전 직후 뇌하수체, 뇌하수체와 progesterone, progesterone, FSH, LH 또는 estrogen 등을 각각 주사시킨 각 호르몬 투여군의 6군으로 나누고 이식한 난자들에 대한 각 호르몬의 효과를 관찰하여 아래와 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 난소적출 Rana pipiens에 배란된 난자를 이식시키면 이식체내에서 난자운반이 진행되었다. 2. Progesterone, estrogen, FSH, LH 및 progesterone과 뇌하수체 호르몬 투여군의 난자운반은 대조군과 비슷한 현상을 보여 주었으므로 이들이 섬모운동에 직접 관여하는 것으로 보여지지 않았으나 뇌하수체 호르몬은 섬모운동과 난관투입에 유효한 영향을 미치었다. 3. 난자의 난관으로의 진입은 복강내에 난자수가 일정량(약 200)에 다달아야 이루어졌다. 4. 난소적출 개구리에서의 난자운반 진행상황으로 보아 난소가 섬모운동, 난자운반을 촉진하는 것으로 보이지 않았으며 섬모운동을 일으키는 요인은 복강내에 있는 난자 자체가 어떤 액성물질을 분비하는 것으로 고찰하였다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.99-107
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• 2004

Two epistylid ciliates collected from the sewage treatment plant in Ulsan, Korea were identified as Epistylis chrysemydis Bishop and Jahn, 1941 and E. entzii Stiller, 1935. They were examined in vivo using Die microscope. Protargol impregnation used to reveal the infraciliature and cytological details. The improved diagnoses for these species are as followings. E. chrysemydis: peristomial lip has two bulges encircling the oral region and ciliary rows wound about one and half around peristome; one contractile vacuole located ventrally; stalk ramified hollow; membrane lies 1 and 3 are longer than membranelle 2. E. entzii: peristomial lip has one bulge encircling the oral region and ciliary rows wound about 1 and 1/4 to 1 and 1/3 around peristome; one contractile vacuole located dorsally; stalk ramified, not hollow; membrane lies 1 and 2 are longer than membranelle 3. They are new to Korean fauna.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.538-539
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• 2001

자주복(Takifugu rubripes)은 높은 부가가치의 양식품종인 어류이나 이빨이 날카로워 그물을 절단하거나 서로 깨물어 상처를 입히고, 사육시에 공식현상이 타 어종에 비해 심하기 때문에 치어사육 및 양성시 2∼3회에 걸쳐 이빨을 절단하여 사육하는 양식이 까다로운 종이다. 자주복 양성 중에 스쿠티카섬모충(scuticociliates)의 감염에 대한 피해가 확인되었으며, 최근에 들어 양성중인 다른 해산어류에서도 스쿠티카섬모충의 감염이 대량폐사 원인으로 되어 있어 이들 섬모충에 관한 연구가 절실히 필요한 시점이다. (중략)

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.173-181
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• 1996

Background : Several studies have suggested that impaired mucociliary clearance plays a role in the pathophysiology of bronchial asthma. Cough productive of mucoid sputum is common, and mucous plugs in the airways are frequently observed. These clinical features are in keeping with the histologic lesions of asthma, which involve primarily the epithelial and mucous-producing structures of the conducting airways. Some studies have shown that the mucociliary clearance is impaired in adult asthma, but it has not been studied in childhood asthma. The objectives of this study were to examine whether the mucociliary clearance is impaired in childhood asthma and to estimate the degree of impairment in comparison with that of immotile cilia syndrome. Method : Thirteen children with mild stable asthma and eight patients with immotile cilia syndrome completed this study. Ten healthy children were recruited as a normal control group. The whole-lung mucociliary clearance was measured by the radioaerosol technique. Aerosols, tin colloid particles tagged with the radionuclide technetium-99m($^{99m}Tc$), were generated by means of nebulizer, and inhaled via a mouthpiece. The retention of radioactivity was measured at 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes by gamma camera, and mucociliary clearance was calculated as percent retention at each time. Results: 1) In each subject, the percent retention decreased variably with the lapse of time. 2) The percent retention of radionuclide decreased at each time in order of normal control, bronchial asthma and immotile cilia syndrome and the percent retention of immotile cilia syndrome was significantly higher than that of normal control at each time(p<0.05). 3) At two hours, the percent retention of bronchial asthma($65.0{\pm}1.8$(SE)%) was significantly higher than that of the normal control($54.4{\pm}3.5%$, p<0.05), and significantly lower than that of immotile cilia syndrome($73.3{\pm}1.4%$, p<0.01). 4) When the percent retention was analyzed according to $PC_{20}$ in the children with bronchial asthma, they had no relationship with each other. Conclusion: Mucociliary clearance in the children with bronchial asthma was significantly lower than normal control. This finding indicates that impaired mucociliary clearance operates in childhood asthma as well, and suggests that it may be one contributing factor in the pathogenesis of asthma. The degree of impairment, however, was not so severe as immotile cilia syndrome.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.87-92
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• 1980

Two different types of cilia appeared in the odontoblasts with secretory function of the dentin forming substances. The cilia possessing the double nine peripheral fibrils and probably no central pairs of microtubuies with two basal centrioles in odontoblasts and odontoblastic process is speculated to be an indicative of sensory function. The other cilia with a single centriole may be ilssociated with the motile function agitating the extracellular dentin forming materials secreted from the odontoblast.