• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.14.1-14.17
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• 2021

Scrub typhus develops after the individual is bitten by a trombiculid mite infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi. Since it has been reported that pneumonia is frequently observed in patients with scrub typhus, we investigated whether intranasal (i.n.) vaccination with the outer membrane protein of O. tsutsugamushi (OMPOT) would induce a protective immunity against O. tsutsugamushi infection. It was particular interest that when mice were infected with O. tsutsugamushi, the bacteria disseminated into the lungs, causing pneumonia. The i.n. vaccination with OMPOT induced IgG responses in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. The anti-O. tsutsugamushi IgA Abs in BAL fluid after the vaccination showed a high correlation of the protection against O. tsutsugamushi. The vaccination induced strong Ag-specific Th1 and Th17 responses in the both spleen and lungs. In conclusion, the current study demonstrated that i.n. vaccination with OMPOT elicited protective immunity against scrub typhus in mouse with O. tsutsugamushi infection causing subsequent pneumonia.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2005년도 제22차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.68-69
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• 2005

Dominant white와 Extended black 은 닭의 깃털 색깔에 관여하는 유전자위로서 각각 PMEL l7과 MC1R 유전자를 암호화하며 이들의 염기서열 다형은 닭의 깃털 색깔 양상과 매우 밀접하게 연관되어있다. 본 실험은 이러한 점에 착안하여 PMEL17과 MC1R 유전자의 염기서열에서 Barred Plymouth rock, Korean Ogol Chicken and White Leghorn의 품종 특이적인 염기서열 다형을 확인하였다. PMEL17 유전자에서 8개, MC1R 유전자에서 4개씩 모두 12개의 다형이 확인되었다. White Leghorn은 모든 염기서열 다형 위치에서 다른 두 종의 닭들과 다른 염기를 가지고 있었다. 그러나 Barred Plymouth Rock과 Korean Ogol Chicken은 모든 염기서열 다형 위치에서 같은 염기를 가지고 있었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 1996

연구배경: 속립성 결핵환자에서 말초혈액의 변화는 골수생검상 결핵성 병변을 보인 군에서 더 많은 것으로 알려져 있고, 폐결핵보다 속립성 결핵에서 세포성 면역의 변화가 심한 것으로 연구되어지고 있다. 방법: 대상은 1990년에서 1994년 사이에 원주의과 대학부속 원주기독병원에 내원하여 속립성 결핵으로 진단받고 골수생검을 시행받은 환자 40예 였다. 이들을 골수생검상 결핵성 병변을 보인 양성군과 보이지 않은 음성군으로 나누어 임상상, 말초 혈액의 혈청 ADA, 수용성 인터루킨 2 수용체, 임파구 아형 분류를 시행하여 비교하였다. 결과: 1) 대상 환자의 평균연령은 39세로, 남녀는 23:17예 이었다. 2) 동반된 폐외 결핵으로는 결핵성 뇌막염이 9예, 결핵성 관절염이 6예, 결핵성 흉막염이 2예 있었다. 3) 골수검사상 60%(24/40)가 결핵성 병변을 보였다. 4) 말초혈액검사상 빈혈은 60%(24/40)가 있었으며 골수생검 양성군에서 11예 음성군에서 13예였고, 백혈구감소증은 12%(5/40)로 양성군에서 4예 음성군에서 1예였고, 혈소판 감소증은 10%(4/40)로 양성군이 3예 였다. 5) 혈청 ADA는 평균 83 U/L로 양성군에서 90 U/L, 음성군에서 70.6 U/L 이었다(p=0.23). 6) 혈청 가용성 interleukin 2 수용체 활성도는 평균 4,643 pmol/L 였으며 양성군에서 $6,840{\pm}7,446\;pmol/L$(n=10), 음성군 $1897{\pm}1663\;pmol/L$(n=8)으로 양성군에서 더 높았다(p=0.06). 7) 혈청내 T 임파구 아형분류에서 총 T 임파구는 평균 64%으로 양성군에서 $62{\pm}19%$(n=18), 음성군에서 $73{\pm}10%$ 였고(n=7)(p=0.2), $T_4/T_8$ ratio는 평균 $1.16{\pm}0.5$으로 양성군에서 $1.14{\pm}0.5$, 음성군에서 $1.18{\pm}0.5$였다(p=0.8). 8) 일부 환자(9예)에서 BAL의 T 임파구 아형분류을 시행하였으며 $T_4/T_8$ ratio는 $1.97{\pm}1.2$으로, 말초혈액소견과 비교하여 더 증가되어 있었다. 결론: 이상의 결과로 속립성 결핵의 골수생검 양성률은 60% 였으며, 골수생검상 결핵성 병변을 보인 군에서 말초혈액내 변화와 세포성 면역의 변화가 더 심한 경향을 보였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2008

연구배경: Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1)은 호중구와 단핵구의 표면에 표현되는 수용체로 호중구가 자극되면 표면에서 떨어져 수용체인 sTREM-1으로 존재하며 염증반응을 증폭시킨다. 본 연구는 호중구의 활성화가 중요한 병인인 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자의 기관지폐포세척액과 혈청에서 측정한 sTREM-1의 농도가 예후인자로서 유용성이 있는지 확인하고자 시행되었다. 방 법: 32명의 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자가 포함되었고 이 중 15명이 생존군, 17명이 사망군으로 분류되었다. 중증도 지표로 APACHE II score, Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS)를 측정하였고, 기관지폐포세척액과 혈청에서 sTREM-1 농도를 측정하였고 중환자실 사망여부를 확인하였다. 결 과: 진단 시 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자의 혈청 내 sTREM-1의 농도는 사망군에서 생존군 보다 유의하게 상승되어 있었으나 ($54.3{\pm}10.3pg/ml$ vs. $22.7{\pm}2.3pg/ml$, p<.05) 기관지폐포세척액 내의 sTREM-1의 농도는 차이가 없었다. 혈청 내 sTREM-1의 농도는 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자의 예후를 예측할 수 있는 독립적인 인자(OR: 22.051, 95% CI: 1.780~273.146, p=0.016)이었고, 33pg/ml 경계로 분류 시 중환자실 사망률을 예측하는데 71%의 민감도와 93%의 특이도를 보였다. 결 론: 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자의 진단 당시 측정한 혈청 sTREM-1의 농도는 중요한 예후 인자로서 유용성이 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2002

When any damage or disease occurs, muscular strength and muscular endurance are lowered, and thus, if one is able to be restored from the damage or the disease, appropriate stimulus is required, since the muscles have to restore their proper functions. For such stimulus, the way of exercising and the way using electric stimulus are used in physical therapy. In order to examine the change in muscular strength, muscular endurance and girth of limbs for Biceps brachii, according to the lands of stimulus, in this article a total of 42 healthy male and female adults in their twenties were randomly sampled, and a series of tests were conducted for 6 weeks, for 15 minutes per once, 3 times per week, respectively, dividing them into the group for RUS(Russian Current Stimulation), PRE(Progressive Resistive Exercise) and P+R(RUS + PRE). The findings showed that the change in muscular strength was most significant as for the group for P+R, since it increased from $62.12{\pm}25.30$ before experiment to $95.78{\pm}34.07$ after 6 weeks: the change in muscular endurance was most significant as for the group for P+R, since it increased from $17.57{\pm}6.63$ to $42.86{\pm}10.24$; and the change in the girth of limbs was slightly significant only in the group for P+R, and the remaining two groups showed no significance.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.75-81
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• 1998

자연계로부터 분리한 효모중에서 새우젓으로부터 분리한 효모균주 504D가 alkaline 조건에서 가장 우수한 proteinase 생산성을 보여 분류동정하였다. 분리효모의 형태학적 특성은 주로 영양세포로 출아증식을 하였으나, citric acid가 함유된 MM 배지에서만 위균사를 형성하였고, N-acetylglucosamin과 ${\beta}$-D-glucose가 첨가된 MM 배지에서만 진균사를 형성하였다. 유성적으로 자낭포자를 형성함으로써 반자낭균류이었고, 무성적으로 출아포자 및 분절 포자를 형성하였다. 생리생화학적인 특성으로 대부분의 탄소원과 nitrate 및 nitrate를 이용하지 못하였으나 일부 유기산과 알콜류를 이용하였다. 세포지방산을 분석한 결과, 불포화지방산 53.67%와 포화지방산 14.58%로 나타났으며, 대조균들에는 관찰되지 않는 C17:1이 관찰되었다. 전체적인 실험결과에서 분리균은 균사형성능과 세포지방산의 조성에서 약간의 차이를 제외하면 대조균 Saccharomycopsis lipolytica KCCM 12495 및 KCCM 35426의 모든 특성들과 거의 동일하여 분리효모 504D를 Yarrowia lipolytica로 동정하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.11-17
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• 1983

The soil-transmitted helminthes, such as ascaris, whipworm, hookworm and trichostrongylus, have been considered as the most prevalent parasitic diseases in a matter of several decades ago in Korea. In facts, the attached eggs and/or larvae to the vegetables have been played a great role on the transmission to human because of raw eating the vegetables without the proper recipe. The aims of this study is to outline the attached helminthes egg in vegetables and to define whether the detection rates on them show a decreasing pattern or not in present. The subjected vegetables were collected from the three markets which are located at Goo-Pa Bal, Soo-Yoo Dong, Cheon-Ho Dong in suburban area, Seoul from April to May 1983. A total of 180 samples including such as 60 Korean cabbages, 60 young radishes and 60 Korean onions were examined. For the detection of helminthes eggs, the both methods of formalin-ether sedimentation and zinc-sulfate floatation were applied. The results were summarized as follows: 1) The detected eggs of ascaris, whipworm, hookworm, trichostrongylus and either filariform larvae or rhabditoidform larvae of hookworm, as well as unknown ones were found in vegetables subjected. 2) Out of 180 subjects, the overall detection rate showed 48 (26.7%). And in case of Korean onion, the rate revealed 22 heads (36.7%) among 60, 17 heads (28.3%) out of 60 Korean cabbages, 9 roots (15.0%) out of 60 young radishes respectively. 3) The ascaris eggs were detected 6 heads (10%) out of 60 Korean cabbages, while the filariform larvae of hookworm appeared in 7 heads (11.7%) among 60 Korean onions. 4) In the results of present study, the detection rates in vegetables were appeared to be the marked decreasing tendency as like 28.3%, 36.7%, 15% compared with 96%, 100%, 88% of previous investigators (Choi et al. 1967)each on Korean cabbage, Korean onion, young radish.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1829-1832
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• 2016

Background: Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy among Nepalese women, accounting for 60% of the total cancer cases in females. Women diagnosed with germline mutations in BRCA1 like 185delAG, 1294del40 develop breast and/or ovarian cancer with a lifelong likelihood of up to 85% whereas presence of a mutation increases the risk for mutations to occur in other genes. The major objective of this study was to find the prevalence of these mutations in Nepalese cancer patients. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was carried out at two cancer hospitals in the Kathmandu valley over a period of 11 months. Irrespective of age group and stage of canceran appropriate amount of blood was withdrawn from 50 breast cancer patients and 20 controls. DNA was extracted manually and subjected to PCR using primers for 185delAG and 1294del40 mutations. PCR products were then digested with restriction enzyme (DdeII) followed by electrophoresis. Results: Prevalence of 185delAG in reference breast cancer patients was found to be 4/50 (8%) but no 1294del40 was apparent. Conclusions: Several mutations occurring in different exons of BRCA1 as well as mutations in other genes like BRCA2, for example, should also be taken in account.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1475-1478
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• 2003

Purpose : We hope to evaluate the effectiveness of Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium for the bronchial asthma using assesment on the vascular endothelial growth factor after Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium was intravenously administered OVA-sensitized and -challenged mice. Material and methods: Eleven female mice, 8-10 weeks of age and free of murine specific pathogens, were used. Of the eleven mice, one mouse was not sensitized and ten mice were sensitized by intraperitoneal injection of OVA. Of the sensitized mice, three mice didn't administrate Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium and seven mice administrated Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium. Mice were sensitized on days 1 and 14 by intraperitoneal injection of 20 ㎍ OVA. On days 21, 22, and 23 after the initial sensitization, the mice were challenged for 30 minutes with an aerosol of 1 % OVA in saline. Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium administered 200mg/kg in the tail of the mouse, one time per day, for 7 days, beginning 14 days after first sensitization. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed 72 hours after the last challenge, and level of VEGF in the BAL fluid were measured by Western blot analysis. Results: Western blot analysis revealed that VEGF protein levels were increased in the all three mice which were challenge with OVA without administered Chung-pi compared the normal mouse. However, in the groups of the administered Chung-pi, the VEGF protein level markedly decreased in six of seven mice. Conclusion : Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium might be effect the treatment of the bronchial asthma as a inhibition of the VEGF.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1014-1018
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• 1995

To confirm diagnosis and to set proper therapeutic strategy, open lung biopsies were done in 57 patients who were suspected for diffuse interstitial lung disease from January 1985 to December 1994. Among them, 35 were male and 22 were female[M:F=l.6: 1 and mean age of the patients is 53.5$\pm$ 2.3[24-81 years. Tissue for histologic studies were obtained from left lung in 33, from right lung in 24according to the distributions of the pathology. Preoperative diagnostic work-up`s were chest X-ray, CT[HRCT scan, sputum study, bronchoscopy[BAL, TBLB and PTNA and all of them were unsuccessful to confirm diagnosis. In comparison of pulmonary function tests between preoperative and postoperative values, there were no significant differences in FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC[p 0.05 but in AaDO2[p[0.05 . Postoperative complications including atelectasis, wound infection, pulmonary edema and respiratory insnfficiency, were shown in 5 cases[8.8% , and two of them were died of respiratory failure and sepsis[mortality rate 3.5% . Pathologic diagnosis was confirmed in 53 cases postoperatively but it was undetermined in 4[diagnostic yield rate 93.0% . In comparison between preoperative clinical diagnosis and postoperative pathologic diagnosis, new diagnosis were made in 17 cases[29.8% and preoperative tentative diagnosis were confirmed histologically in 36 cases[63.2% . In 4 cases[7.0% , however, diagnoses were not confirmed after biopsies. Therapeutic plans were reset in 46 cases[80.7% in accordance with the final diagnosis.In conclusion, open lung biopsy is recommended for a specific diagnosis and proper therapeutic plan in diffuse interstitial lung diseases because of its high diagnostic yield Irate and it`s relatively low morbidity and mortality rate in these tompromised patents.