• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.233-239
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• 2012

Hematological analysis can provide crucial information for monitoring the health of fish. However, there is no current information available regarding hematological changes in olive flounder following infection by Vibrio scophthalmi. In this study, hematological and biochemical alterations were determined in olive flounder infected by the high virulence strain (HVS) and low virulence strain (LVS) of V. scophthalmi. Survival in serum, skin mucus, and macrophages of olive flounder was also compared between the HVS and LVS. The results demonstrated that the hematocrit value in infected fish declined from 23.4% at 0 h to 18.0% at 168 h post infection. The total protein concentration in fish infected with the HVS was significantly higher than in fish infected with the LVS and a non-infected control. Lysozyme activity was significantly different between infected and control fish. The HVS survived in serum and cell numbers increased substantially, while cell numbers of the LVS in serum decreased. These changes in hematological characteristics in fish infected by V. scophthalmi can be used as an effective and sensitive index to monitor the physiological and pathological conditions of fish. The survival and reproduction of V. scophthalmi in host serum, skin mucus, and macrophages play a major role in systemic infection and can serve as a virulence indicator for different strains.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.308-317
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• 2007

This study was investigated to know the correlation of complete blood count(CBC), biochemical examination and DSOM fluents(Diagnosis System of Oriental Medicine, (C)2005-01-122-004154). There are 5 fluents in DSOM such as DSOM score(病機點數), mean of the index for pathogenic factor(病機指標 平均), 5-division of DSOM score(病機點數 五點尺度), 5-division of the index for pathogenic factor(病機點數 五點尺度), weighted pathogenic factor(病機加重値).We have carried out clinical trials who volunteered for Sasang constitutional medicine and Oriental OB & GY, Oriental Medical hospital of Dong-Eui University, from May 2005 to June 2006. Volunteers were 245 persons. Because 7 persons didn't checkup DSOM, so we analyzed the results statistically for 238 persons. In the relation of CBC and DSOM, the scores(病機點數, zp) and mean of the index for Pathogenic factor(病機指標 平均, zps) showed correlation more frequently, and correlation with results of RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit was more significant. Correlation with fluents of pathogenic factor(病機) were more significant and high in deficiency of blood(血虛), insufficiency of Yang(陽虛), coldness(寒), damp(濕), dryness(燥), kidney(腎), phlegm(痰), heat syndrom(熱), lung(肺), and was very low in spleen(脾). There was no correlation with deficiency of Yin(陰虛). If volunteers have DSOM fluents, results of RBC and RBC index was decreased(- derection), and results of RDW, ESR was increased(+ direction). But increase and decrease direction in heat syndrom(熱), lung(肺) was contrary to the others. Correlation with fluents of Pathogenic factor(病機) of WBC, platlet, PDW, MPV was not many. In the relation of biochemical examination and DSOM fluents, correlation with results of albumin, uric acid, triglyceride was more significant. If volunteers have fluents of pathogenic factor(病機), result of examination was usually decreased. Especially result of examination was decreased(- derection) highly in deficiency of blood(血虛), stagnation of (氣滯) coldness(寒), dryness(燥), and was increased(+ direction) highly in heat syndrom(熱), lung(肺). But there was a tendency to show high correlation with specific pathogenic factor (病機) and specific examination in biochemical examination.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1549-1555
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• 2010

Streptococcus suis는 사람과 돼지에서 다양한 감염을 유발하는 병원체이다. 2004년부터 2009년까지 경북지방 양돈장에서 병성감정 의뢰한 돼지 가검물을 대상으로 S. suis를 분리하여 생화학적 성상, 약제감수성 시험 및 PCR을 이용한 동정을 실시한 결과는 다음과 같다. 40개 농장에서 분리한 61주의 S. suis에 대하여 생화학적 성상시험 결과 모두 S. suis로 동정되었으며, VP 음성, hippurate, esculin, arginine decarboxylase 양성, lactose 분해능이 있는 것으로 나타났다. Trehalose와 starch 분해능은 비교적 높게 나타났으며 생화학적 성상에 따른 phenotype은 11형으로 나누어졌다. 항생제 감수성 시험 결과 대부분의 균주가 amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ampicillin, cephalothin, cefoperazone, florfenicol에 높은 감수성을 나타내었지만 amikacin, kanamycin, neomycin, streptomycin, erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline에는 높은 내성을 나타내었다. 16S-rRNA 특이유전자 부위를 이용한 PCR 결과 공시균주 모두 304 bp에서 증폭산물이 관찰되었다. 이들 결과는 국내에서 사육되고 있는 돼지에서 S. suis 감염을 예방하는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.76-91
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• 2020

최근에 한국 고유종인 미선나무 (Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai; Oleaceae) 품종 옥황1호의 유전체가 성공적으로 해독되었다. Acteoside는 다양한 활성을 가지는 물질이며, 여러개의 생화학합성과정이 제시되어왔고, 이들을 통합 검토하여 정확한 생화학합성과정을 완성하였다. 유전체 데이터로부터 2차대사산물을 예측할 수 있는 MetaPre-AI^TM와 정확한 acteoside 생화학합성과정, InfoBoss Pathway Database를 활용하여, acteoside에 관여하는 모든 효소의 유전자를 옥황1호 유전체로부터 성공적으로 확인하였다. 이는 옥황1호는 acteoside 물질을 생산할 수 있는 가능성이 있음을 의미한다. 이에 고성능액체크로마토그래피를 사용하여 옥황1호의 캘러스 세포를 분석하여 acteoside과 이의 유도체인 isoacteoside를 확인하였다. 본 연구는 MetaPre-AI^TM은 유전체로부터 2차대사산물을 성공적으로 예측하였다. 이 방법은 화학물질보다 안정적인 DNA를 분석하여 2차 대사산물을 예측하는 효율적인 방법이 될 것이다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2006

2002년에서 2005년 동안 경북김천, 천안, 경기지역의 포도재배지로부터 채집한 300여점의 포도 혹병반으로부터 A. vitis의 PCR 특이검출 Phe A primer를 이용하여 포도혹병균의 대량분리를 실시하여 0.25kb의 PCR 특이밴드가 증폭된 51균주가 포도 혹병균으로 선발되었다. 이 균주들을 Ti-Plasmid 유래의 Vir A primer로 적용한 결과 40균주에서 0.5kb의 특이밴드가 검출되었다. 거봉포도와 당근절편에서 다양한 양상의 병원성을 보였으며 25균주가 거봉포도에 강한 병원성을 나타내었으며, 다른 균주는 약하거나 비 병원성을 보였다. 본 연구에서 분리한 10개 균주를 대상으로한 세균의 이화학적 특성은 균주간에 약간은 달랐으나, 3-Ketolactose의 비생성, 2%NaC 첨가 배지에서의 성장, Melezitose로부터의 산을 생성하지 못하는 등 비교균주와 대체적으로 일치하는 경향을 보였다. 따라서, PheA and Vir A primer를 이용하여 Agrobacterium vitis 균주를 대량 분리할 수 있으며 신속, 정확하게 동정할 수 있을 것으로 생각되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2007

Proteins and lipids not only provide a source of energy to the cell, but also play vital roles in modifying the physical properties and function of the biological membranes. In the present study, we investigated the biochemical constituents, viz. proteins and lipids, in growing oocytes of goat antral follicles during summer and winter seasons. Goat genitalia in phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.4) were brought to the laboratory within one hour of slaughter under aseptic conditions at $37^{\circ}C$. Oocytes were aspirated from normal small (<3 mm in diameter) and large (>3 mm) follicles and pooled for biochemical estimations. A significant increase in the amount of protein and lipid was observed with the growth of the oocyte. The amount of protein varied non-significantly with the season, while the amount of lipid varied significantly. The amounts of phospholipid, cholesterol, free fatty acid, and triglyceride increased with the growth of the oocyte, but no significant effect of season in these constituents was observed. Lysolecithin, sphingomyelin, and sterols were the polar lipids identified in both oocytes prepared from small follicles (small oocytes) as well as large follicles (large oocytes). In addition, the small oocytes also contained phosphatidyl serine, while large oocytes contained phosphatidyl glycerol phosphate and phosphatidyl inositol. Among non-polar lipids, triglycerides and long chain alcohols appear only in small oocytes and not in large oocytes. Monoglycerides, 1,2-diglycerides, 1,3-diglycerides and o-dialkyl glycerol ethers, fatty acids, fatty acid methyl esters, and wax esters were identified in both small and large oocytes. Information on biochemical composition of growing oocytes is relevant to oocyte and embryo competence, culture and cryopreservation.

• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2005년도 BIOINFO 2005
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• pp.151-155
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• 2005

Recently, systems biology has been increasingly applied to gain insights into the complexity of living organisms. Many inaccessible biological information and hidden evidences fur example flux distribution of the metabolites are simply revealed by investigation of artificial cell behaviors. Most bio-models are models of single cell organisms that cannot handle the multi-cellular organisms like plants. Herein, a structured and multi-cellular model of potato was developed to comprehend the root starch biosynthesis. On the basis of simplest plant cell biology, a potato structured model on the platform of Berkley Madonna was divided into three parts: photosynthetic (leaf), non-photosynthetic (tuber) and transportation (phloem) cells. The model of starch biosynthesis begins with the fixation of CO$_2$ from atmosphere to the Calvin cycle. Passing through a series of reactions, triose phosphate from Calvin cycle is converted to sucrose which is transported to sink cells and is eventually formed the amylose and amylopectin (starch constituents). After validating the model with data from a number of literatures, the results show that the structured model is a good representative of the studied system. The result of triose phosphate (DHAP and GAP) elevation due to lessening the aldolase activity is an illustration of the validation. Furthermore, the representative model was used to gain more understanding of starch production process such as the effect of CO$_2$ uptake on qualitative and quantitative aspects of starch biosynthesis.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2017

This study examined the socioeconomic factors that affect self-rated health (SRH) in healthy adults, and the relationship of SRH to health-related habits, serum biochemical indices, and nutritional intakes. Subjects consisted of 1,154 healthy adults without any known disease, aged 19 to 65 years (average age of 36.7), whose information was obtained from the 2013 Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey data. Of these subjects, 73 rated themselves as 'very healthy,' 460 indicated that they were 'healthy,' 568 self-identified as 'ordinary', and 53 put themselves in the 'unhealthy' category. The proportion of subjects who chose 'unhealthy' was significantly increased with higher frequencies of disruptions in their daily lives (p<0.05), regret after drinking (p<0.05), smoking (p<0.001), and higher levels of stress (p<0.001). On the other hand, the proportion of subjects reported as 'very healthy' was significantly higher with regular intense (p<0.001) or moderate physical activities (p<0.05), regular walking (p<0.05), a perception of being 'normal' in their body image (p<0.01), a decrease of body weight more than 3 kg in the past year (p<0.05), and without risk factors for metabolic syndrome (p<0.05). Serum triglyceride level was lower, and 25-(OH) vitamin D content was significantly higher, in the 'very healthy' group as compared to the 'unhealthy' group (p<0.05). Dietary fiber and vitamin C intakes were significantly higher in the 'very healthy' group than 'unhealthy' group (p<0.05). The overall results suggest that a healthy lifestyle, including regular exercise, non-smoking, good stress management, and higher intakes of fiber and vitamin C, may be potential factors that affect one's positive perception of health.

• 노인정신의학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2012

The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still obscure even to specialists. To improve the diagnostic accuracy, to find at-risk people as early as possible, to predict the efficacy or adverse reactions of pharmacotherapy on an individual basis, to attain more reliable results of clinical trials by recruiting better defined participants, to prove the disease-modifying ability of new candidate drugs, to establish prognosis-based therapeutic plans, and to do more, is now increasing the need for biomarkers for AD. Among AD-related biochemical markers, cerebrospinal beta-amyloid and tau have been paid the most attention since they are materials directly interfacing the brain interstitium and can be obtained through the lumbar puncture. Level of beta-amyloid is reduced whereas tau is increased in cerebrospinal fluid of AD patients relative to cognitively normal elderly people. Remarkably, such information has been found to help predict AD conversion of mild cognitive impairment. Despite inconsistent findings from previous studies, plasma beta-amyloid is thought to be increased before the disease onset, but show decreasing change as the disease progress. Regarding other peripheral biochemical markers, omics tools are being widely used not only to find useful biomarkers but also to generate novel hypotheses for AD pathogenesis and to lead new personalized future medicine.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2018

Lack of information on the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) decay rates of river water under the tropical environment has triggered this study with an aim to fill the gap. Raw sewage, treated sewage, river water and tap water were mixed in different proportions to represent river water receiving varying amounts and types of wastewater and fed in a laboratory flume in batch mode. Water samples were recirculated in the flume for 30 h and BOD and Carbonaceous BOD (CBOD) concentrations were measured at least six times. Decay rates were obtained by fitting the measured data in the first order kinetic equation. After conducting 12 experiments, the range of BOD and CBOD decay rates were found to be 0.191 to 0.92 per day and 0.107 to 0.875 per day, respectively. Median decay rates were 0.344 and 0.258 per day for BOD and CBOD, respectively, which are slightly higher than the reported values in literatures. A relationship between CBOD decay rate and BOD decay rate is proposed as $k_{CBOD}=0.8642_{k_{BOD}}-0.0349$ where, $k_{CBOD}$ is CBOD decay rate and $k_{BOD}$ is BOD decay rate. The equation can be useful to extrapolate either of the decay rates when any of the rates is unknown.