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Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Producing Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Apoptosis of Chronic B-lymphocytic Tumor Cells Resistant to Fludarabine-based Chemotherapy

  • Valizadeh, Armita;Ahmadzadeh, Ahmad;Saki, Ghasem;Khodadadi, Ali;Teimoori, Ali
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제16권18호
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    • pp.8533-8539
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    • 2016
  • Background: B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia B (B-CLL), the most common type of leukemia, may be caused by apoptosis deficiency in the body. Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs) as providers of pro-apoptotic molecules such as tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), can be considered as an effective anti-cancer therapy candidate. Therefore, in this study we assessed the role of tumor necrosis factor-producing mesenchymal stem cells oin apoptosis of B-CLL cells resistant to fludarabine-based chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: In this study, after isolation and culture of AD-MSCs, a lentiviral LeGO-iG2-TRAIL-GFP vector containing a gene producing the ligand pro-apoptotic with plasmid PsPAX2 and PMDG2 virus were transfected into cell-lines to generate T293HEK. Then, T293HEK cell supernatant containing the virus produced after 48 and 72 hours was collected, and these viruses were transduced to reprogram AD-MSCs. Apoptosis rates were separately studied in four groups: group 1, AD-MSCs-TRAIL; group 2, AD-MSCs-GFP; group 3, AD-MSCs; and group 4, CLL. Results: Observed apoptosis rates were: group 1, $42{\pm}1.04%$; group 2, $21{\pm}0.57%$; group 3, $19{\pm}2.6%$; and group 4, % $0.01{\pm}0.01$. The highest rate of apoptosis thus occurred ingroup 1 (transduced TRAIL encoding vector). In this group, the average medium-soluble TRAIL was 72.7pg/m and flow cytometry analysis showed a pro-apoptosis rate of $63{\pm}1.6%$, which was again higher than in other groups. Conclusions: In this study we have shown that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) secreted by AD-MSCs may play an effective role in inducing B-CLL cell apoptosis.

Purification and Characterization of 2,4-Dichlorophenol Oxidizing Peroxidase from Streptomyces sp. AD001

  • Jeon, Jeong-Ho;Yun-Jon Han;Tae-Gu kang;Eung-Soo Kim;Soon-Kwang Hong;Byeong-Chul Jeong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제12권6호
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    • pp.972-978
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    • 2002
  • Streptomyces sp. AD001 is a Gram-positive soil actinomycetes secreting an uncharacterized 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) oxidizing enzyme, whose activity is similar to the previously known Actinomycetes lignin-peroxidase (ALiP). This extracellular peroxidase was purified from Streptomyces sp. AD001 as a single protein band on an SDS-PACE by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Q-sepharose, concanavalin A, and Bio-Gel HTP column chromatographies. The molecular mass of the purified peroxidase was determined by SDS-PAGE to be 45.2 kDa, and 49.7 kDa with MALDI-TOF-MS, respectively. The highest level of peroxidase activity was observed at pH 7.5 and $30^{\circ}C$. The amino terminal sequence of the purified peroxidase (G-E-P-E-E-G-N-V-D-G-T-L) showed no significant homologies to my known proteins, suggesting that Streptomyces sp. AD001 may secrete a novel kind of bacterial peroxidase Initial rate kinetic data of the 2,4-DCP oxidation were best modeled with a random-binding bireactant system.

아토피 피부염 유사 NC/Nga 마우스 모델에서 유용 미생물 발효물질의 항염증효과 (Anti-inflammatory Effects of Effective Microorganism Fermentation Substance on Atopic Dermatitis-like NC/Nga Mouse Model)

  • 목지예;정승일;조정근;최지원;남상윤;장원길;문병은;박광현;장선일
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.258-265
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    • 2010
  • Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronically relapsing pruritic inflammatory skin disease. To find new anti-inflammatory products for skin inflammatory disease such as AD and contact dermatitis, we produced the effective microorganism fermentation substance (EM-S) by fermentation of medicinal plants with effective microorganisms including photosynthetic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria and yeast, screened the effects of EM-S on NC/Nga model mice. Murine AD-like skin lesions were made by painting Dermatophagoides farinae (Df) extract. Topically applied EM-S significantly reduced clinical severity score, ear thickness and histological grade in AD-like NC/Nga mouse model by Df antigen sensitization. In addition, the serum IgE and Th2 chemokine levels (TARC/CCL17, MDC/CCL22 and CTACK/CCL27) were significantly reduced by EM-S. Futhermore, skin tissue expressions of Th2 chemokines were significantly reduced by EM-S. These results demonstrate that topical application of EM-S may be improve the AD-like skin lesion by suppressing IgE and Th2 chemokines.

Perceptional Change of a New Product, DMB Phone

  • Kim, Ju-Young;Ko, Deok-Im
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.59-88
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    • 2008
  • Digital Convergence means integration between industry, technology, and contents, and in marketing, it usually comes with creation of new types of product and service under the base of digital technology as digitalization progress in electro-communication industries including telecommunication, home appliance, and computer industries. One can see digital convergence not only in instruments such as PC, AV appliances, cellular phone, but also in contents, network, service that are required in production, modification, distribution, re-production of information. Convergence in contents started around 1990. Convergence in network and service begins as broadcasting and telecommunication integrates and DMB(digital multimedia broadcasting), born in May, 2005 is the symbolic icon in this trend. There are some positive and negative expectations about DMB. The reason why two opposite expectations exist is that DMB does not come out from customer's need but from technology development. Therefore, customers might have hard time to interpret the real meaning of DMB. Time is quite critical to a high tech product, like DMB because another product with same function from different technology can replace the existing product within short period of time. If DMB does not positioning well to customer's mind quickly, another products like Wibro, IPTV, or HSPDA could replace it before it even spreads out. Therefore, positioning strategy is critical for success of DMB product. To make correct positioning strategy, one needs to understand how consumer interprets DMB and how consumer's interpretation can be changed via communication strategy. In this study, we try to investigate how consumer perceives a new product, like DMB and how AD strategy change consumer's perception. More specifically, the paper segment consumers into sub-groups based on their DMB perceptions and compare their characteristics in order to understand how they perceive DMB. And, expose them different printed ADs that have messages guiding consumer think DMB in specific ways, either cellular phone or personal TV. Research Question 1: Segment consumers according to perceptions about DMB and compare characteristics of segmentations. Research Question 2: Compare perceptions about DMB after AD that induces categorization of DMB in direction for each segment. If one understand and predict a direction in which consumer perceive a new product, firm can select target customers easily. We segment consumers according to their perception and analyze characteristics in order to find some variables that can influence perceptions, like prior experience, usage, or habit. And then, marketing people can use this variables to identify target customers and predict their perceptions. If one knows how customer's perception is changed via AD message, communication strategy could be constructed properly. Specially, information from segmented customers helps to develop efficient AD strategy for segment who has prior perception. Research framework consists of two measurements and one treatment, O1 X O2. First observation is for collecting information about consumer's perception and their characteristics. Based on first observation, the paper segment consumers into two groups, one group perceives DMB similar to Cellular phone and the other group perceives DMB similar to TV. And compare characteristics of two segments in order to find reason why they perceive DMB differently. Next, we expose two kinds of AD to subjects. One AD describes DMB as Cellular phone and the other Ad describes DMB as personal TV. When two ADs are exposed to subjects, consumers don't know their prior perception of DMB, in other words, which subject belongs 'similar-to-Cellular phone' segment or 'similar-to-TV' segment? However, we analyze the AD's effect differently for each segment. In research design, final observation is for investigating AD effect. Perception before AD is compared with perception after AD. Comparisons are made for each segment and for each AD. For the segment who perceives DMB similar to TV, AD that describes DMB as cellular phone could change the prior perception. And AD that describes DMB as personal TV, could enforce the prior perception. For data collection, subjects are selected from undergraduate students because they have basic knowledge about most digital equipments and have open attitude about a new product and media. Total number of subjects is 240. In order to measure perception about DMB, we use indirect measurement, comparison with other similar digital products. To select similar digital products, we pre-survey students and then finally select PDA, Car-TV, Cellular Phone, MP3 player, TV, and PSP. Quasi experiment is done at several classes under instructor's allowance. After brief introduction, prior knowledge, awareness, and usage about DMB as well as other digital instruments is asked and their similarities and perceived characteristics are measured. And then, two kinds of manipulated color-printed AD are distributed and similarities and perceived characteristics for DMB are re-measured. Finally purchase intension, AD attitude, manipulation check, and demographic variables are asked. Subjects are given small gift for participation. Stimuli are color-printed advertising. Their actual size is A4 and made after several pre-test from AD professionals and students. As results, consumers are segmented into two subgroups based on their perceptions of DMB. Similarity measure between DMB and cellular phone and similarity measure between DMB and TV are used to classify consumers. If subject whose first measure is less than the second measure, she is classified into segment A and segment A is characterized as they perceive DMB like TV. Otherwise, they are classified as segment B, who perceives DMB like cellular phone. Discriminant analysis on these groups with their characteristics of usage and attitude shows that Segment A knows much about DMB and uses a lot of digital instrument. Segment B, who thinks DMB as cellular phone doesn't know well about DMB and not familiar with other digital instruments. So, consumers with higher knowledge perceive DMB similar to TV because launching DMB advertising lead consumer think DMB as TV. Consumers with less interest on digital products don't know well about DMB AD and then think DMB as cellular phone. In order to investigate perceptions of DMB as well as other digital instruments, we apply Proxscal analysis, Multidimensional Scaling technique at SPSS statistical package. At first step, subjects are presented 21 pairs of 7 digital instruments and evaluate similarity judgments on 7 point scale. And for each segment, their similarity judgments are averaged and similarity matrix is made. Secondly, Proxscal analysis of segment A and B are done. At third stage, get similarity judgment between DMB and other digital instruments after AD exposure. Lastly, similarity judgments of group A-1, A-2, B-1, and B-2 are named as 'after DMB' and put them into matrix made at the first stage. Then apply Proxscal analysis on these matrixes and check the positional difference of DMB and after DMB. The results show that map of segment A, who perceives DMB similar as TV, shows that DMB position closer to TV than to Cellular phone as expected. Map of segment B, who perceive DMB similar as cellular phone shows that DMB position closer to Cellular phone than to TV as expected. Stress value and R-square is acceptable. And, change results after stimuli, manipulated Advertising show that AD makes DMB perception bent toward Cellular phone when Cellular phone-like AD is exposed, and that DMB positioning move towards Car-TV which is more personalized one when TV-like AD is exposed. It is true for both segment, A and B, consistently. Furthermore, the paper apply correspondence analysis to the same data and find almost the same results. The paper answers two main research questions. The first one is that perception about a new product is made mainly from prior experience. And the second one is that AD is effective in changing and enforcing perception. In addition to above, we extend perception change to purchase intention. Purchase intention is high when AD enforces original perception. AD that shows DMB like TV makes worst intention. This paper has limitations and issues to be pursed in near future. Methodologically, current methodology can't provide statistical test on the perceptual change, since classical MDS models, like Proxscal and correspondence analysis are not probability models. So, a new probability MDS model for testing hypothesis about configuration needs to be developed. Next, advertising message needs to be developed more rigorously from theoretical and managerial perspective. Also experimental procedure could be improved for more realistic data collection. For example, web-based experiment and real product stimuli and multimedia presentation could be employed. Or, one can display products together in simulated shop. In addition, demand and social desirability threats of internal validity could influence on the results. In order to handle the threats, results of the model-intended advertising and other "pseudo" advertising could be compared. Furthermore, one can try various level of innovativeness in order to check whether it make any different results (cf. Moon 2006). In addition, if one can create hypothetical product that is really innovative and new for research, it helps to make a vacant impression status and then to study how to form impression in more rigorous way.

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Performance of Homologous and Heterologous Prime-Boost Immunization Regimens of Recombinant Adenovirus and Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Expressing an Ag85B-TB10.4 Fusion Protein against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Kou, Yiming;Wan, Mingming;Shi, Wei;Liu, Jie;Zhao, Zhilei;Xu, Yongqing;Wei, Wei;Sun, Bo;Gao, Feng;Cai, Linjun;Jiang, Chunlai
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.1022-1029
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    • 2018
  • Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious health issue around the word. Adenovirus (Ad)-based vaccine and modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA)-based vaccine have emerged as two of the most promising immunization candidates over the past few years. However, the performance of the homologous and heterologous prime-boost immunization regimens of these two viral vector-based vaccines remains unclear. In the present study, we constructed recombinant Ad and MVA expressing an Ag85B-TB10.4 fusion protein (AdH4 and MVAH4) and evaluated the impact of their different immunization regimens on the humoral and cellular immune responses. We found that the viral vector-based vaccines could generate significantly higher levels of antigen-specific antibodies, $IFN-{\gamma}$-producing splenocytes, $CD69^+CD8^+$ T cells, and $IFN-{\gamma}$ secretion when compared with bacillus Calmette-$Gu{\acute{e}}rin$ (BCG) in a mouse model. AdH4-containing immunization regimens (AdH4-AdH4, AdH4-MVAH4, and MVAH4-AdH4) induced significantly stronger antibody responses, much more $IFN-{\gamma}$-producing splenocytes and $CD69^+CD8^+$ T cells, and higher levels of $IFN-{\gamma}$ secretion when compared with the MVAH4-MVAH4 immunization regimen. The number of $IFN-{\gamma}$-producing splenocytes sensitive to $CD8^+$ T-cell restricted peptides of Ag85B (9-1p and 9-2p) and Th1-related cytokines ($IFN-{\gamma}$ and $TNF-{\alpha}$) in the AdH4-MVAH4 heterologous prime-boost regimen immunization group was significantly higher than that in the other viral vector-based vaccine- and BCG-immunized groups, respectively. These results indicate that an immunization regimen involving AdH4 may have a higher capacity to induce humoral and cellular immune responses against TB in mice than that by regimens containing BCG or MVAH4 alone, and the AdH4-MVAH4 prime-boost regimen may generate an ideal protective effect.

급성 호흡기 감염으로 입원한 소아에서 호흡기 감염의 원인: 중복검출의 임상적 의미 (Clinical significance of codetection of the causative agents for acute respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children)

  • 노의정;장영표;김재경;임인수;박귀성;정은희
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제52권6호
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    • pp.661-666
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    • 2009
  • 목 적 : 최근 호흡기 감염의 원인에 대한 검사 방법의 발달로 중복검출에 대한 높은 비율이 보고되고 있다. 이에 소아에서의 급성 호흡기 감염의 원인으로 중복검출에 대한 임상 양상과 그 특징에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2003년 9월부터 2005년 6월까지 단국대학교병원 소아과에 급성 호흡기 증상으로 입원한 환아들을 대상으로 의무기록지를 후향적으로 조사하였다. 비인두 흡인물의 호흡기 바이러스(AdV, RSV, PIV 1, 2, 3, IFA, IFB)의 항원과 배양 검사, 혈청의 MP 항체 측정(1:640 이상 혹은 4배 이상의 항체 상승시 양성으로 함), 비인두 흡인물의 MP PCR, CT 항원의 PCR 검사, enterovirus PCR 및 배양검사, 객담의 항산균 도말 염색 및 배양 검사를 받은 환아들 중 2가지 이상에서 양성으로 나온 환아들의 임상 양상에 대해서 조사하였다. 결 과 : 1) 호흡기 감염의 원인에 대한 검사에서 2가지 이상의 양성을 보인 환아는 총 28명이었으며 남아가 17명이었고, 평균 나이는 2년 3개월(19일-13세), 6개월 미만이 11명이었다. 2) 중복검출의 원인 중 RSV가 14례, PIV 3 10례, AdV 10례, MP 8례, PIV 2가 7례, CT, PIV 3가 각각 3례였다. 중복검출되는 원인으로 RSV+PIV 2 6례, AdV+MP 4례, AdV+PIV 3, RSV+MP, PIV 1+PIV 3가 각각 3례였다. 3) 임상 진단으로 폐렴 19례, 세기관지염 16례, 후두염이 3례였으며, 4) MP, 호흡기 바이러스의 각각의 유행 시기에 이들에 의한 중복검출이 있었다. 결 론 : 소아의 급성 호흡기 감염의 원인에 대한 중복검출은 영아에서 흔하며, 원인으로 RSV, PIV, AdV, MP가 많았다. MP, 호흡기 바이러스의 각각의 유행 시기에 이들에 의한 중복 검출률의 빈도가 증가함을 볼 수 있었다. 호흡기 감염의 원인에 대한 검사 방법의 발달로 중복 검출률이 높아지고 있어 이의 임상적 의미에 대한 연구가 더 필요하다고 사료된다.

노래를 통한 초기 알츠하이머 치매환자의 자서전적 기억 (Song-Induced Autobiographical Memory of Patients With Early Alzheimer's Dementia)

  • 한승아
    • 인간행동과 음악연구
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.49-66
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구의 목적은 초기 알츠하이머 치매환자를 대상으로 본인이 선곡한 노래 조건과 치료사가 선곡한 노래 조건에서 자서전적 기억 회상의 내용, 회상하는데 걸린 시간과 기분변화를 측정하여 자서전적 기억회상에 효과적인 노래조건을 알아보는 것이다. 실험 동안 각 피험자는 자신이 선곡한 친숙한 노래(M-AD)와 치료사가 선곡한 노래(M-MT) 조건에서 노래를 듣다가 자신이 직접 경험한 기억이 떠오르면 손을 들게 하였고, 노래가 끝나면 인출된 기억을 이야기하도록 하였다. 피험자가 이야기한 내용은 녹음 전사하였고, 기억의 주체성과 내용, 회상 시간과 기분 변화 등과 관련하여 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과 M-AD 조건이 M-MT 조건에서 제공된 노래에 대한 친숙도와 선호도가 높았으며, 회상한 기억과 노래의 밀접함의 정도가 높았다. 또한 구체적으로 기억을 회상할 수 있었으며, 회상하는 데 걸린 시간도 짧았다. 또한 실험 전후의 기분변화 폭이 컸으며, 회상한 기억과 기분의 관련성에도 영향을 미쳤다. 본 연구는 초기 알츠하이머 환자 본인이 선곡한 노래가 자서전적 기억을 회상하는 단서가 되어 구체적이고, 긍정적인 기억을 촉진하며 회상시간이 단축됨을 보여주어 임상에서 초기 알츠하이머 환자의 자서전적 기억을 회상할 때, 본인이 선곡한 친숙한 노래가 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 보여줄 수 있음을 시사한다.

REGULATION OF MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR-MEDIATED sAPP RELEASE BY PLA2- RELATED PATHWAYS.

  • Cho, Hye-Won;Kim, Hwa-Jung
    • 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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    • pp.198-199
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    • 2003
  • Chronic inflammatory processes are associated with pathology of Alzheimer's disease(AD). The expression of both cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) and phospholipase A2(PLA2) appears to be strongly activated during AD, indicating the importance of inflammatory gene pathways as a response to brain injury. Stimulation of heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptors including muscarinic receptors activates cytosolic PLA2 and receptor-mediated activation of PLA2 generates free fatty acids (i.e., arachidonic acid). (omitted)

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QoS를 보장하는 Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Network용 Single-channel Jamming 신호 기반의 MAC 프로토콜 (QoS-aware MAC protocol based on Single-channel Jamming Signal in the Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Network)

  • 김영만;한왕원
    • 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보과학회 2005년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.32 No.2 (1)
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    • pp.361-363
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    • 2005
  • 최근의 컴퓨터 네트워킹 환경에서 무선 멀티미디어 응용 서비스에 대한 사용자의 요구는 날로 증가하고 있다. 그러므로 사용자에게 원활한 서비스를 제공위해서 QoS 보장을 위한 무선 네트워크 프로토콜의 설계는 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 무선 인터넷에서 QoS를 보장하기 위한 표준인 IEEE 802.11e[1]의 문제점들을 분석하고, Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Network에서 성능 향상을 위하여 Single-channel Jamming 신호를 기반으로 한 SJMAC(Sing1e-channel Jamming MAC) 프로토콜을 설계하고, NS2 모듈을 구현한 후에 성능 평가를 하였다. 기존 IEEE 802.11e과의 성능 비교를 위하여 NS2 (Network Simulator2)[2]에 SJMAC 모듈을 추가하여 제안된 프로토콜의 성능을 검증한다.

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The Effect of the Polygonum tinctoria Niram on Atopic Dermatitis in Dinitrochlorobenzene-Induced BALB/c Mice

  • Chu, Han-Na;Kim, Jeong-Sang
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제44권2호
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2014
  • In the present study, we investigated the effects of Polygonum tinctoria Niram (PTN) on atopic dermatitis (AD) in BALB/c mice induced by 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB). They were divided into four groups; Control, DNCB, DNCB+1%PTN (1% PTN extract) and DNCB+5%PTN (5% PTN extract), for evaluating the change of appearance of skin surface, skin hydration, thickness of epidermis and mast cell numbers during 4 weeks. PTN suppressed symptoms of AD in appearance of skin and increased skin hydration for DNCB+1%PTN and DNCB+5%PTN. Treatment with PTN significantly decreased the levels of eosinophils. In histopathological examination, DNCB+1%PTN and DNCB+5%PTN significantly reduced the thickness of epidermis and number of mast cell in dermis. These results suggested that the PTN improved symptoms of AD in BALB/c mice.