• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.910-916
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• 2002

Endotoxin tolerance reduces the capacity of monocytes to produce proinflammatory cytokines, results in cellular immune paralysis, and down-regulates the production of helper T (Th)1 type cytokines with a shift toward a Th2 cytokine response. Prostaglandin (PG)E$_2$ in the immune system also results in macrophage inactivation and the suppression of Th1 activation and the enhancement of Th2 activation. However, the inhibitory effects of PGE$_2$ on the altered polarization of the Th cell and macrophage interleukin (IL)-6 production characterized in part by cellular immune paralysis in a state of endotoxin tolerance is unclear. This study was undertaken, using indomethacin, to investigate the role of endogenous PGE$_2$ on the Th cytokines and macrophage IL-6 production in a state of endotoxin tolerance compared to those with endotoxemia mice, wherein, in this latter case, the increased production of proinflammatory cytokines and PGE$_2$ is exhibited. Endotoxemia was induced by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 10 mg/kg in saline) i.p. once in BALB/c mice, and endotoxin tolerance was induced by pretreatment with LPS (1 mg/kg in saline) injected i.p. daily for two consecutive days and then with LPS 10 mg/kg on day 4. Splenocytes or macrophages were obtained from endotoxemia and endotoxin tolerance models pretreated with indomethacin, and then cytokine production was induced by Con A-stimulated splenocytes for the Th cytokine assays and LPS-stimulated macrophages for the IL-6 assay. Our results showed that endotoxemia led to significantly reduced IL-2 and IL-4 production, to significantly increased IL-6 production, whereas interferon $(IFN)-{\gamma}$ production was not affected. Indomethacin in the case of endotoxemia markedly attenuated $IFN-{\gamma}$ and IL-6 production and didnt reverse IL-2 and IL-4 production. Endotoxin tolerance resulted in the significantly reduced production of IL-2 and $IFN-{\gamma}$ and the significantly increased production of IL-4 and IL-6. Indomethacin in endotoxin tolerance greatly augmented IL-2 production, significantly decreased IL-4 production, and slightly attenuated IL-6 production. These findings indicate that endogenous PGE$_2$ may mediate the suppressed Th1 type immune response, with a shift toward a Th2 cytokine response in a state of endotoxin tolerance, whereas endotoxemia may be regulated differentially. Also, endogenous PGE$_2$ may mediate macrophage IL-6 production in the case of endotoxemia to a greater extent than in the case of endotoxin tolerance.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.263-275
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• 2022

There is a paucity of detailed data related to the effect of senescence on the mitochondrial antioxidant capacity and redox state of senescent human cells. Activities of TCA cycle enzymes, respiratory chain complexes, hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), superoxide anions (SA), lipid peroxides (LPO), protein carbonyl content (PCC), thioredoxin reductase 2 (TrxR2), superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2), glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1), glutathione reductase (GR), reduced glutathione (GSH), and oxidized glutathione (GSSG), along with levels of nicotinamide cofactors and ATP content were measured in young and senescent human foreskin fibroblasts. Primary and senescent cultures were biochemically identified by monitoring the augmented cellular activities of key glycolytic enzymes including phosphofructokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, and glycogen phosphorylase, and accumulation of H₂O₂, SA, LPO, PCC, and GSSG. Citrate synthase, aconitase, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, and complex I-III, II-III, and IV activities were significantly diminished in P25 and P35 cells compared to P5 cells. This was accompanied by significant accumulation of mitochondrial H₂O₂, SA, LPO, and PCC, along with increased transcriptional and enzymatic activities of TrxR2, SOD2, GPx1, and GR. Notably, the GSH/GSSG ratio was significantly reduced whereas NAD⁺/NADH and NADP⁺/NADPH ratios were significantly elevated. Metabolic exhaustion was also evident in senescent cells underscored by the severely diminished ATP/ADP ratio. Profound oxidative stress may contribute, at least in part, to senescence pointing at a potential protective role of antioxidants in aging-associated disease.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2023

혀는 대표적인 구강암 호발 부위 중 하나로, 현재 설암 치료의 표준은 외과적 절제술로 알려져 있다. 그러나 설암으로 인해 혀 절제술을 받은 환자의 경우 혀의 가동성이 저하되어 연하와 발음 같은 정상적인 구강기능을 수행하는 데 어려움을 겪을 수 있다. 따라서 이러한 환자들의 보철 수복 시에는 손상된 혀의 기능을 보완하기 위한 추가적인 고려가 필요하다. 구개증대보철물은 구개 연마면의 위치를 낮추어 혀-구개 접촉을 도움으로써 혀의 움직임이 제한된 환자의 구강기능을 개선할 수 있다. 본 증례에서는 설암으로 인한 혀의 좌측 부분 절제술 및 피판 재건술 이후 혀의 가동성이 감소된 상하악 완전 무치악 환자를 대상으로 구개증대보철물로써의 상악 총의치와 전통적인 하악 총의치를 제작하였으며, 최종 보철물을 통해 저작과 연하 및 발음 기능이 개선되어 환자와 술자 모두 만족하는 결과를 얻었기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2008

Si이 체심입방구조(body centered cubic; bcc) Fe에 불순물로 포함된 경우에 Fe의 전자구조와 자성에 미치는 영향을 스핀-궤도 상호작용(spin-orbit coupling, SOC)을 고려한 제일원리방법을 통하여 연구하였다. Si 불순물의 효과를 기술하기 위하여 27개의 원자가 포함된 bcc Fe 초격자 구조를 고려하였다. 제일원리방법은 전전자 총퍼텐셜선형보강평면파(all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane wave, FLAPW) 방법을 일반기울기 근사(generalized gradient approximation, GGA) 하에서 계산하였다. 스핀-궤도 상호작용은 스핀대각항 만을 고려한 이차변분방법을 이용하여 자체충족적으로 계산하였다. SOC를 고려하지 않은 강자성(ferromagnetic, FM) 상태의 경우 Si 불순물의 경우에는 $-0.143{\mu}B$의 스핀 자기모멘트가 계산되었으며, Fe 원자가 Si 불순물에서 멀어지면서 각각 $2.214{\mu}B$, $2.327{\mu}B$, 및 $2.354{\mu}B$의 값을 얻었다. 그러나, SOC를 고려한 경우 Si 불순물의 스핀 자기모멘트는 $-0.144{\mu}B$로 계산되어 SOC의 효과가 크지 않았으나, Fe 원자의 경우 각각 $2.189{\mu}B$, $2.310{\mu}B$, 및 $2.325{\mu}B$로 계산되어 SOC를 고려한 경우 스핀 자기모멘트 값이 줄어드는 것을 알 수 있었다. 총전하 및 스핀밀도의 비교와 상태밀도의 비교를 통하여 이러한 현상은 Si 불순물에 의한 영향을 가리는데 참여하는 Fe 원자의 $t_{2g}$ 전자 궤도의 변형의 효과로서 SOC를 고려할 때만 얻을 수 있다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 1981

In 1944 Cavallito and Bailey first extracted an essential oil, a powerful antibacterial principle, from the garlic and named it allicin. Later Stoll and Seeback elucidated that allicin was produced from alliin by the enzymatic action of arinase. Damaru observed the depressor responses following intraperitoneal administration of garlic juice in cats. And Thiersch presented evidence that garlic had a protective action against experimental arterosclerosis in cholesterol-fed animals. On the other hand it was also reported that anemias were caused by long-term ingestion of garlic as a result of reduction in hemoglobin and RBC. From the experiment in which the effect of garlic on the blood sugar level was studied, Lee insisted garlic elevated blood sugar level. However, August and Jain claimed that hypoglycemia was induced by garlic administration. Recently Bordia and Bansal suggested that essential oils extracted from onion and garlic have a strong preventive effect on hyperlipemia and prolonged coagulation time resulted from fat-feeding. Furthermore Bordia et al indicated that garlic exerted a strong fibrinolytic activity. In early 1920 s Sugihara reported that essential oil of garlic not only decreased arterial blood pressure but also had a paralytic effect on the isolated heart and intestinal strip of animals. The present study was proposed to investigate the effect of garlic juice and the mechanism of its action on the motility of the isolated rabbit duodenum. The motility of the isolated duodenum was recorded on polygraph by means of force transducer connected with Magnus apparatus. And the isolated duodenum was separtely pretreated with $acetylcholine(5{\times}10^{-7}\;gm/ml)$, $pilocarpine(2.5{\times}10^{-6}\;gm/ml)$, $histamine(5{\times}10^{-6}\;gm/ml)$ and barium $chloride(2.5{\times}10^{-5}\;gm/ml)$ in order to find out interations of these drugs with ASJ. The results obtained were as follows; At concentrations of 0.25%, 0.5% and 1.0% ASJ markedly inhibited contractions of isolated duodenum while tonus as well as contractility of the isolated intestine were decreased also with 0.5% and 1.0% ASJ. Since ASJ markedly abolished augmented motility of isolated intestine by histamine and partly reduced that by $BaCl_2$, it is strongly suggested that inhibitory action of ASJ on the intestinal motility is caused mainly by its antihistamine effect and partly by its direct action on the intestinal smooth muscle.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.778-785
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• 2018

오토파지(Autophagy, 자가포식)는 복합적인 신호과정으로, 암세포의 증식 억제 및 항암제에 대한 내성 획득의 상반적인 조절에도 관여한다. 오토파지의 암 억제 효과는 아팝토시스(apoptosis)와 상호협력으로 오토파지성세포 사멸의 유도에 기인된다. 본 연구에서는 NSAID 계열의 다기능 약물인 celecoxib (CCB)이 아팝토시스 및 오토파지의 복합적인 유도로, 항암제 다제내성(multidrug resistant, MDR) 암세포의 Hsp90 molecular chaperone inhibitor인 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG)에 대한 감수성을 증가시키는 활성이 있음을 밝혔다. 17-AAG 처리에 의한 항암제 다제내성 암세포의 변이형p53 분해 및 caspase-3 활성은 CCB 처리로 촉진되었다. MCF7-MDR세포에서 Z-DEVD-FMK 처리에 의한 caspase-3-매개의 아팝토시스 경로 차단은 CCB 유도의 세포 사멸을 완전히 차단시키지 못함을 알 수 있었으며, 또한 17-AAG과 CCB 병합 처리에 의한 오토파지 활성화는 Z-DEVD-FMK에 의해 방해되지 않는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과를 토대로, CCB의 오토파지 유도 활성은 항암제 다제내성 암의 Hsp90 inhibitor에 대한 감수성 증가를 위한 약물 개발에, CCB가 효과적인 병용 약물로서 제안 될 수 있다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 1990

Propylthiouracil(PTU)을 4주 및 12주간 투여한 흰쥐의 대동맥을 적출하여 혈관수축제와 이완제에 대한 반응을 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. PTU를 처치한 실험군에서는 대조군에 비해 현저한 체중저하와 혈중 갑상선호르몬의 감소를 보였다. PTU를 처치한 흰쥐의 대동맥에 대한 norepinephrine (NE)과, calcium및 potassium 이온에 의한 최대수축 반응은 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 감소되었다. 그러나 NE에 대한 중간유효량은 증가되었으나, calcium이온에 대한 중간 유효량은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 그리고 acetylcholine, histamine, isoproterenol 및 nitroprusside에 의한 대동맥의 이완작용은 대조군에 비해 증가된 경향을 보였다. PTU를 12주간 처치한 군에 있어서 acetylcholine에 의한 최대 이완반응은 대조군에 비해 유의하게 증가되었지만 다른 이완제에 의해서는 유의한 차이가 없었다. PTU를 4주간 처치한 군에 있어서는 대조군에 비하여 혈관이완제에 대한 중간억제량은 유의한 차이가 없었지만, 12주 처치군에 있어서는 isoproterenol 및 nitroprusside에 대한 중간억제량은 감소 되었으나 acetylcholine 및 histamine에 대한 중간억제량은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아 PTU-처치에 의한 혈관 반응성의 변화는 혈관 내피세포보다는 혈관 평활근세포자체의 변화에 기인되며, 이러한 세포내의 변화는 갑상선 기능이 저하된 후에도 계속되고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2013

Purpose: We investigated the mRNA levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-${\alpha}$, PPAR-${\gamma}$, adipokines, and cytokines in the lung tissue of lean and obese mice with and without ovalbumin (OVA) challenge, and the effect of rosiglitazone, a PPAR-${\gamma}$ agonist. Methods: We developed 6 mice models: OVA-challenged lean mice with and without rosiglitazone; obese mice with and without rosiglitazone; and OVA-challenged obese mice with and without rosiglitazone. We performed real-time polymerase chain reaction for leptin, leptin receptor, adiponectin, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$, transforming growth factor (TGF)-${\beta}$, PPAR-${\alpha}$ and PPAR-${\gamma}$ from the lung tissue and determined the cell counts and cytokine levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Results: Mice with OVA challenge showed airway hyperresponsiveness. The lung mRNA levels of PPAR${\alpha}$ and PPAR-${\gamma}$ increased significantly in obese mice with OVA challenge compared to that in other types of mice and decreased after rosiglitazone administeration. Leptin and leptin receptor expression increased in obese mice with and without OVA challenge and decreased following rosiglitazone treatment. Adiponectin mRNA level increased in lean mice with OVA challenge. Lung VEGF, TNF-${\alpha}$, and TGF-${\beta}$ mRNA levels increased in obese mice with and without OVA challenge compared to that in the control mice. However, rosiglitazone reduced only TGF-${\beta}$ expression in obese mice, and even augmented VEGF expression in all types of mice. Rosiglitazone treatment did not reduce airway responsiveness, but increased neutrophils and macrophages in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Conclusion: PPAR-${\alpha}$ and PPAR-${\gamma}$ expressions were upregulated in the lung tissue of OVA-challenged obese mice however, rosiglitazone treatment did not downregulate airway inflammation in these mice.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2003

Purpose: Platelet Rich Plasma(PRP) application is increasing with sinus inlay bone graft, but there is few research with radiographic ananlysis on effect of PRP in maxillary sinus. The author investigated the amount of bony changes of maxillary sinus for dental implantation among the patients with maxillary inlay graft. Materials and Methods: With 10 patients who were treated with sinus inlay autologous bone grafting combined with PRP technique, and with 5 patients who were treated with sinus inlay grafting only without PRP, the panoramic radiographys which were taken at preoperation, immediate postoperation, 3months postoperation, and 4 months postoperation(a month after dental implantation)periods were analysed. The films had been scanned, and then proceeded throughout image analysis system. The bone density of maxillary grafted sites was compared with adjacent tooth enamel density and remeasured according to density luminosity of each film. The density changes on PRP group and bone graft only group were analysed with non-parameteric statistics method. Results: In PRP combined patients group, bone density on postoperation periods was increased totally. The remarkable enhanced change of bone density was observed on 3 months postoperation period, thereafter the increasing rate was slightly reduced. In only bone graft patients group, bone density on postoperation periods was also increased compared with preoperation period, but the bone density of 4 months postoperation period was decreased compared with 3 months postoperation period. The amount of bone density on PRP group was significantly changed according to periods in contrast to bone graft only group. Conclusion: The bone density on PRP group was remarkably increased at 3 months postoperation compared to bone graft only group and it was seemed to be associated with more new bone formation, less grafted bone resorption at bone grafted sites with PRP.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2019

질소 치환한 소용량 조제분유 포장에서 초기 잔존 산소와 저장 중 투과 유입되는 산소를 제거하여 추가적인 산화 방지 효과를 얻고자 산소흡수제를 함입하는 포장을 구성 설계하였다. 조제분유 13 g을 담은 5 × 7 cm의 폴리에틸렌/펄프 다층 세공성 여과 봉지와 함께 산소흡수제를 8 × 9 cm의 알루미늄 적층 필름 포장에 넣은 후, 질소 기체로 치환포장하여 30℃에서 254일 동안 저장하였고, 같은 조건에서 산소흡수제가 함입되지 않은 대조구 포장 조건과 비교하였다. 산소흡수제는 조제분유와 직접적인 접촉을 하지 않으면서도 포장 내부의 산소를 전량 흡수할 수 있었으며 산소의 제거에 따른 산화 방지로 인하여 이산화탄소 발생을 보이지 않았다. 전 저장기간 동안 대조구 포장 제품에 비하여 산소흡수제 함입 포장의 제품에서는 0.7~2.2 meq/kg 만큼의 낮은 과산화물가를 보여서 조제분유 포장에서 산소흡수제의 산화 지연 효과를 확인할 수 있었다. 초기 갈변지표 물질인 HMF 함량은 두 처리구간 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 본 연구의 산소흡수제 함입 조제분유 포장은 소용량 포장의 유통기한을 연장하고 제품 품질을 향상시킬 수 있는 가능성을 제공하였다.