• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2021

Cellulophga sp. J9-3은 셀룰로스 분해능력을 갖으며, Flavobacteriaceae 과에 속하는 그람-음성 호기성 해양 세균이다. 또한, J9-3 균주는 고체 및 액체 배지에서 한천을 가수 분해 할 수 있으며, 배지에 첨가한 아가로스(agarose)에 의해 아가레이즈(agarase)의 생산이 현저하게 유도되는 특성을 보였다. Cellulophga sp. J9-3의 세포 배양액으로부터, 황산암모늄 침전 및 3 단계의 컬럼 크로마토그래피를 연속적으로 수행하여, 한 개의 agarase 단백질, AgaJ93을 순수하게 정제하였다. 정제된 AgaJ93은 아가로스에 대한 분해 활성이 가장 강하였으며, starch에 대해서도 아가로스 대비 약 22% 정도의 분해 활성을 나타냈다. AgaJ93은 아가로스를 분해하여 사이즈가 큰 올리고당 중간체를 경유하여, 최종산물로 네오아가로테트라오스와 네오아가로헥사오스까지 분해함을 확인하였으며, 이는 AgaJ93이 endo-type β-아가레이즈 임을 의미한다. AgaJ93은 pH 7.0, 35℃에서 최대 활성을 나타냈고, Co²⁺ 이온에 의해 6배 이상의 활성증가를 보였다. AgaJ93의 N-terminal sequence 분석 결과, AgaJ93은 Cellulophaga sp. W5C의 내열성 endo-type β-아가레이즈 Aga2와 82%의 상동성을 보였으나, 두 효소의 생화학적 특성이 달랐다. 따라서, AgaJ93은 기존에 보고된 β-아가레이즈 들과는 다른 신규의 아가레이즈 일 것으로 예상된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.3829-3849
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• 2014

Continued advances in the field of histo pathology (and cyto pathology) over the past two decades have resulted in dramatic changes in the manner in which these disciplines are now practiced. This is especially true in the setting of a large university hospital where the role of pathologists as clinicians (diagnosticians), undergraduate and postgraduate educators, and researchers has evolved considerably. The world around us has changed significantly during this period bringing about a considerable change in our lifestyles and the way we live. This is the world of the internet and the world-wide web, the world of Google and Wikipedia, of Youtube and Facebook where anyone can obtain any information one desires at the push of a button. The practice of histo (and cyto) pathology has also evolved in line with these changes. For those practicing this discipline in a poor, developing country these changes have been breathtaking. This is an attempt to document these changes as experienced by histo (and cyto) pathologists practicing in the biggest center for Histopathology in Pakistan, a developing country in South Asia with a large (180 million) and ever growing population. The Section of Histopathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city has since its inception in the mid-1980s transformed the way histopathology is practiced in Pakistan by incorporating modern methods and rescuing histopathology in Pakistan from the primitive and outdated groove in which it was stuck for decades. It set histopathology in Pakistan firmly on the path of modernity and change which are essential for better patient management and care through accurate and complete diagnosis and more recently prognostic and predictive information as well.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1995년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.97-97
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• 1995

On the combination of antacid, the pharmacokinetics and gastric adhesion of $\^$14/C-aceglutamide aluminum complex($\^$14/C-AGA) were examined in rats. Specially, This study was focused on the drug interaction that the coadministration of antacid may affect the oral absorption and gastric adhesion of aceglutamide aluminum complex(AGA). After the oral administration of $\^$14/C-AGA and antacid to rats, the radioactivity of plasma and urinary recovery was lower than that of $\^$14/C-AGA administered group. Relatively, the cumulative recovery of radioactivity in feces was increased significantly. The comparative bioavailability of $\^$14/C-AGA from the plasma concentration-time curve and urinary recovery was about 60%. in vitro, the effect of antacid in the gastric adhesion of AGA was not significantly different between AGA and AGA/antacid treatment. And it accorded well with the result of in vivo experiment. In conclusion, on the combination of antacid, the oral absorption of AGA was decreased but the gastric adhesion was not affected in respect of drug interaction.

• 약학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.577-584
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• 1995

On the combination of antacid, the pharmacokinetics and gastric adhesion of [$^{14}c$]aceglutamide aluminium complex([$^{14}C$]AGA) were examined in rats. Specially, this study was focused on the drug interaction that the co-administration of antacid may affect the oral absorption and gastric adhesion of aceglutamide aluminium complex(AGA). In the study of the oral co-administration of [$^{14}C$] AGA and antacid(aluminium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide(AM)), the radioactivity of plasma and urinary recovery was lower than that of [$^{14}C$]AGA alone administered group. However, the cumulative recovery of radioactivity in feces was increased significantly. The comparative bioavailability of [$^{14}C$] AGA from the plasma concentration-time curve and urinary recovery was about 60%. In vitro, the effect of antacid on the gastric adhesion of AGA was not significatly different between AGA and AGA/antacid treatment. And it accorded well with the result of in vivo experiment. In conclusion, on the combination of antacid, the oral absorption of AGA was decreased by the gastric adhesion was not affected in respect of drug interaction.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6997-7005
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• 2013

Aim: To present an epidemiological and histological perspective of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (including liver and biliary tract) at the Section of Histopathology, Department of Pathology, AKUH, Karachi, Pakistan. Materials and Methods: All consecutive endoscopic biopsies and resections between October 1 and December 31, 2012 were included. Results: A total of 2,323 cases were included. Carcinoma was overwhelmingly the commonest diagnosis on esophageal biopsies (69.1%); chronic helicobacter gastritis (45.6%) followed by adenocarcinoma (23.5%) were the commonest diagnoses on gastric biopsies; adenocarcinoma (27.3%) followed by ulcerative colitis (13.1%) were the commonest diagnoses on colonic biopsies; acute appendicitis (59.1%) was the commonest diagnosis on appendicectomy specimens; chronic viral hepatitis (44.8%) followed by hepatocellular carcinoma (23.4%) were the commonest diagnoses on liver biopsies; chronic cholecystitis was the commonest diagnosis (over 89%) on cholecystectomy specimens. Conclusions: Squamous cell carcinoma comprised 88.8% of esophageal cancers. About 67% were in the lower third and 56.5% were moderately differentiated; mean ages 49.8 years for females and 55.8 years for males; 66% cases were from South West Pakistan. Over 67% patients with gastric adenocarcinoma were males; mean ages 59 and 44 years in males and females respectively, about 74% gastric carcinomas were poorly differentiated; and 62.2% were located in the antropyloric region. About 63% patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma were males; mean ages 46.1 and 50.5 years for males and females respectively; tumor grade was moderately differentiated in 54%; over 80% were located in the left colon. In 21.2% appendicectomies, no acute inflammation was found. Acute appendicitis was most common in young people. Hepatitis C (66.3%) was more common than hepatitis B (33.7%); about 78% cases of hepatocellular carcinoma occurred in males; females comprised 76.7% patients with chronic cholecystitis; and 77.8% patients with gall bladder carcinoma. All resection specimens showed advanced cancers. Most cancers occurred after the age of 50 years.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.280-281
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• 2024

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1061-1075
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• 2016

Context: There are no recent authoritative data about incidence and prevalence of various types of cancers in Pakistan. Aim: To determine the frequency of malignant tumors seen in our practice and provide a foundation for building a comprehensive cancer care strategy. Materials and Methods: 10,000 successive cases of solid malignant tumors reported in 2014 were included. All cases had formalin fixed, paraffin embedded specimens available and diagnosis was based on histological examination of H&E stained slides plus ancillary studies at the Section of Histopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. The latest WHO classifications were used along with the latest CAP protocols for reporting and the most updated TNM staging. Results: There were 9,492 (94.9%) primary tumors while 508 (5.1%) were metastatic. Some 5,153 (51.5%) were diagnosed in females and 4,847 (48.5%) in males. The commonest malignant tumors in females were breast (32%), esophagus (7%), lymphomas (6.8%), oral cavity (6.7%) and ovary (4.8%), while in males they were oral cavity (13.9%), lymphomas (12.8%), colorectum (7.9%), stomach (6.9%) and esophagus (6.6%). Malignant tumors were most common in the 5th, 6th and 7th decades. About 8% were seen under 20 years of age. Conclusions: Oral cavity and gastrointestinal cancers continue to be extremely common in both genders. Breast and esophageal cancers are prevalent in females. Lung and prostate cancer are less common than in the west. Ovarian cancer was very common but cervix cancer was less so.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2017

임플란트 지지 혹은 유지 피개 의치에서 다양한 종류의 유지 장치가 사용되어 왔다. Locator는 stud type의 유지 장치 중 하나로 널리 사용되어 왔으나 그 matrix는 탄성을 가지며 쉽게 마모되는 경향이 있어, 보철물 장착 후 빈번한 유지 관리가 필요하다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 새로운 유지 장치의 도입이 요구되었다. 본 증례에서는 새로운 ball type 유지 장치인 Air Gap attachment (AGA)를 이용한 피개의치로 수복한 증례를 보고하고자 한다. AGA는 금속으로 제작되어 다른 탄성 유지 장치에 비해 마모 저항성이 높다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 의치가 움직일 때 일정한 간극을 통해 움직임을 허용함으로써 stress breaker로의 역할이 가능하도록 하였다. 또한 기존에 식립된 임플란트와 자연치 모두 AGA와 연결이 용이하여 다른 unsplinted type의 유지 장치를 대체할 수 있다. AGA를 이용한 피개의치에서 기능, 심미 및 유지력의 면에서 만족할 만한 결과를 얻어 이를 보고하는 바이며, 장기간의 경과 관찰을 요한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2019

A special eosinophilic agarase exo-type ${\beta}$-agarase gene, AgaDL6, was cloned from a marine agar-degrading bacterium, Flammeovirga sp. HQM9. The gene comprised 1,383-bp nucleotides encoding a putative agarase AgaDL6 of 461 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 52.8 kDa. Sequence analysis revealed a ${\beta}$-agarase domain that belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family (GH) 16 and a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM_4_9) unique to agarases. AgaDL6 was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). Enzyme activity analysis of the purified protein showed that the optimal temperature and pH of AgaDL6 were $50^{\circ}C$ and 3.0, respectively. AgaDL6 showed thermal stability by retaining more than 98% of activity after incubation for 2 h at $50^{\circ}C$, a feature quite different from other agarases. AgaDL6 also exhibited outstanding acid stability, retaining 100% of activity after incubation for 24 h at pH 2.0 to 5.0, a property distinct from other agarases. This is the first agarase characterized to have such high acid stability. In addition, we observed no obvious stimulation or inhibition of AgaDL6 in the presence of various metal ions and denaturants. AgaDL6 is an exo-type ${\beta}$-1,4 agarase that cleaved agarose into neoagarotetraose and neoagarohexaose as the final products. These characteristics make AgaDL6 a potentially valuable enzyme in the cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1047-1053
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• 2022

When ptsG, a glucose-specific phosphotransferase system (PTS) component, is deleted in Escherichia coli, growth can be severely poor because of the lack of efficient glucose transport. We discovered a new PTS transport system that could transport glucose through the growth-coupled experimental evolution of ptsG-deficient E. coli C strain under anaerobic conditions. Genome sequencing revealed mutations in agaR, which encodes a repressor of N-acetylgalactosamine (Aga) PTS expression in evolved progeny strains. RT-qPCR analysis showed that the expression of Aga PTS gene increased because of the loss-of-function of agaR. We confirmed the efficient Aga PTS-mediated glucose uptake by genetic complementation and anaerobic fermentation. We discussed the discovery of new glucose transporter in terms of different genetic backgrounds of E. coli strains, and the relationship between the pattern of mixed-acids fermentation and glucose transport rate.