• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.129-145
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• 1996

According to the Medical Product Safety Administration Guidelines for safety assessment guinea pigs, mice and rats were used for antigenicity test, rabbits for pyrogenic test and hymolytic test. The results were summarized as follows; 1. The antigenicity test of Red-ginseng radix extract solution for herb-acupuncture did not show any anaphylatic shock but produced IgE in high dose group. 2. The result of the pyrogen test of Red-ginseng radix extract solution for herb-acupuncture was negative. 3. The result of the hemolytic test of Red-ginseng radix extract solution for herb-acupuncture were negative in low and middle dose group but was positive in high dose group.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.321-324
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• 2003

Antigenic potential of a novel cephalosporin, IDC7181 was examined a active systemic anaphylaxis (ASA) and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) test, in guinea pig and mouse-rat models, respectively. In ASA test, IDC7181 induced the signs of restlessness in a few animals immunized with a high dose (100 mg/kg) of IDC7181 alone or in combination with Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA). In PCA test, only one of ten sera from the animals immunized with a high dose (100 mg/kg) of IDC7181 in the absence or presence of FCA showed positive reaction. The positive reaction, induced by IDC7181, which may be due to $\beta$-lactam ring, in ASA and PCA tests were negligible in comparison with those of traditional cephalosporins. Taken together, it is suggested that IDC7181 do not cause immunological problems in clinical dosage.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.187-206
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• 1993

Since the advent of recombinant DNA technology coupled with other biotechnology a variety of therapeutically effective proteins and peptides have been extensively invesitigated and many of them are now on clinical trial. They, however, suffer from some problems such as immunogenicity, antigenicity, instability and short half-life in circulation due to their proteinous natures. These drawbacks can be overcome successfully by conjugating proteins and peptides with hydrophilic polymers such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), albumin or dextran. The resulting soluble conjugates showed reduced antigenicity and immunogenicity, increased circulatory half-life, enhanced stability against proteolytic degradation. Comparing with the unmodified proteins and peptides, the therapeutic potential of conjugates is greatly enhanced. Clinical applications of these conjugates have shown promising results for the future use.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.523-528
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• 2006

The digestibility of heat- or high-pres sure-treated beef extracts was evaluated with an in vitro simulated gastric digestion model and each sample also underwent immune assay to detect its antigenicity with the sera of beef allergic patients. Heat treatment of the beef extracts considerably decreased their digestibility, whereas high-pressure treatment at 200 MPa improved their digestibility compared with the control, but the difference was not significant. The digestibility of the high pressure-treated beef extract was generally higher than that of the heat-treated samples. Depending on the degree of digestion, the degree of antigenicity of the main beef allergens decreased. On the basis of these results, we hypothesized that the allergenicity of beef could be eliminated if the allergenic proteins are sufficiently digested in the digestive organ, leading to the suggestion that the digestibility of allergenic proteins must be improved in food processing. In conclusion, high-pressure processing is a more acceptable food processing technique for beef considering its digestibility.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.25.1-25.12
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• 2023

Adaptation of infections and hosts has resulted in several metabolic mechanisms adopted by intracellular pathogens to combat the defense responses and the lack of fuel during infection. Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the world's first cause of mortality tied to a single disease. This study aims to characterize and anticipate potential antigen characteristics for promising vaccine candidates for the hypothetical protein of MTB through computational strategies. The protein is associated with the catalyzation of dithiol oxidation and/or disulfide reduction because of the protein's anticipated disulfide oxidoreductase properties. This investigation analyzed the protein's physicochemical characteristics, protein-protein interactions, subcellular locations, anticipated active sites, secondary and tertiary structures, allergenicity, antigenicity, and toxicity properties. The protein has significant active amino acid residues with no allergenicity, elevated antigenicity, and no toxicity.

• 한국전자현미경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국현미경학회 2002년도 제33차 춘계학술대회
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• pp.41-42
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• 2002

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.236-243
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• 1993

Immunologic potential of DA-125, a new anthracycline antitumor antibiotic, was investigated using guinea pigs and mice. In antigenicity experiments, guinea pigs were sensitized subcutaneously with DA-125 or DA-125 incorporated in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) once a week for three weeks. No systemic anaphylaxis was induced by intravenous injection of DA-125 or DA-125 incubated with guinea pig serum after 3 weeks from the last sensitization. None of sera of these animals showed any passive cutaneous anaphylactic reaction (PCA) when DA-125 or DA-125 incubated with guinea pig serum was used as a challenging antigen in homologous PCA experiment. On the other hand the treatment of guinea pigs with ovalbumin Incorporated in CFA induced systemic anaphylactic reaction when challenged by intravenous injection of 5 mg/body of ovalbumin. Immunodiffusion test revealed no precipitating antibodies as detected in guinea pigs sensitized with DA-125. In 24-hour heterologous PCA reaction with sera of C57BL/6 mice immunized with DA-125 or DA-125 mixed with aluminum hydroxide gel (Alum), None of sera showed positive reaction when DA-125 or DA-125 incubated with rat serum was used as a challenging antigen. Sera of animals immunized with a mixture of ovalbumin and alum showed positive PCA reaction when 5 mg/body of ovalbumin was injected as a challenging antigen. In lymphocyte proliferation tests, spleen lymphocyte proliferation to PHA and LPS was similarly impaired by 12 mg/kg of DXR or 36 mg/kg of DA-125, and the immunodepressive activity of DA-125 showed a dose-dependent manner. From these results, it could be concluded that immunosupression of DA-125 would be comparable to that of DXR and that DA-125 would not induce systemic allergic reaction in its clinical use.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2001

Biodegradable polymeric microspheres were studied for their usefulness as carriers for the delivery of vaccine antigens. However, protein antigen could be denatured during microencapsulation processes due to the exposure to the organic phase and stress condition of cavitation and shear force. Therefore this study was carried out to re-evaluate the degree of protein denaturation during microencapsulation with poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) copolymer. PLGA microspheres containing ovalbumin (OVA), prepared by W/O/W multiple emulsification method, were suspended in pH 7.4 PBS and incubated with shaking at $37.5^{\circ}C$. Drug released medium was collected periodically and analyzed for protein contents by micro-BCA protein assay. In order to evaluate the protein integrity, release medium was subjected to the analyses of SDS-PAGE and size exclusion chromatography (SEC). And enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was introduced to measure the immunoreactivity of entrapped OVA and to get an insight into the three-dimensional structure of epitope. The structures of entrapped protein were not affected significantly by the results of SDS-PAGE and SEC. However, immunoreactivity of released antigen was varied, revealing the possibility of protein denaturation in some microspheres when it was evaluate by ELISA method. Therefore, in order to express the degree of protein denaturation, antigenicity ratio (AR) was obtained as follows: amount of immunoreactivity of OVA/total amount of OVA released ${\times}100(%)$. ELISA method was an efficient tool to detect a protein denaturation during microencapsulation and the comparison of AR values resulted in more accurate evaluation for immunoreactivity of entrapped protein.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1973

잠란 난령별 추출액을 항원으로 토끼의 항혈청을 만들고 이들 항원과 항체와의 사이에 생기는 반응에 의하여 항원성을 비교하였다. 그 결과는 아래와 같다. 1) 잠란내 난령별 조성물질은 토끼의 이정맥에 주입하였을 경우에 대부분의 잠란항원 A.B.D.G.H.J는 항체를 형성하였으나 그 일부의 항원 C.E.F.I에서는 항체 형성이 식별되지 않았다. 2) 잠란 잠령별 잠란내 조성물질은 생종인 대조 A구, B구와 대조 B구와 AKT 흑종 48시간구 D, 흑확잠 103과 잠 104에 있어서 G.H와 J는 서로 공통항원을 가지고 있었으나 그 일부 즉 AKT의 E.F 잠 104의 20시간구 I에서는 특이적인 항원항체반응을 인정할 수 없었으며 타 항체, D.E.F와의 사이에서는 비특이적인 항원항체반응을 인정할 수 있었다. 3) 각 난령별 잠란내에는 공통항원성 물질이 존재하는 것으로 사려되며 각 난령에 따른 특수항원성을 보기 위해서 흡습법에 의한 시험을 한 결과 B.D.G.J의 4개의 특이적인 항원을 인정할 수 있었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제41권8호
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• pp.1066-1071
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 3가지 서로 다른 미생물을 이용하여 콩을 발효시킨 후 제품의 알레르기성 변화를 살펴보았다. 증자 후 가열 살균된 콩은 유산균(Lactococcus actis subsp. lactis) 그리고/또는 황국균(Aspergillus oryzae) 그리고/또는 고초균(Bacillus subtilis)을 이용하여 발효되었다. 콩 단백질이 발효과정에서 분해됨을 확인하였다. 발효과정 후 콩 단백질의 알레르기성과 항원성의 변화는 콩 단백 특이 다클론 항체 또는 콩에 대해 알레르기 반응을 일으키는 환자들의 혈청을 이용하여 면역반응검사법으로 확인되었다. 콩 단백질은 니아신 생성균주 L. lactis subsp. lactis IFO12007와 황국균 그리고 고초균을 이용한 3단 발효에 의해 가장 강력한 분해가 이루어졌다. 3단 발효 후 콩의 알레르기성 및 항원성도 크게 감소되었다. 본 연구에서 확인된 3단 발효법은 콩의 알레르기성을 저하시키는 강력한 방법 중의 하나이다.