• 턱관절균형의학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2018

In order to propose a fundamental and appliable theories for balancing therapy of temporomandibular joint (TMBT), evolutionary proofs and up-down theories in evolutionary biology and Korean medicine were investigated. Balancing therapy of temporomandibular joint treats disorder and diseases of the whole body through straightening of the abnormal linking between temporomandibular joint and axis. Although the mechanism of this therapy contains many merits like multicellular integrity and coadjustment, ease of balance and alert forward mobility by the bipedal stepping and evolution to Homo sapiens, increasing disadvantages of balancing pressure of right and left in the lengthened perpendicular axis and the balancing load of temporomandibular joint and axis following the reactional change of dental occlusion are deeply related and considered in this therapy. As for up-down theory, crossing of heavenly qi and earth qi centering on cervical joint is presented as the first mechanism for TMBT, and the other ones like in-out and up-down qi activity of tripple energizer, up-down of essence-qi-spirit in the three backbone barrier and three cinnabar field, up-down of yin-yang-water-fire of viscera and bowels can be related too.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1870-1875
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• 2020

Probiotics are often infused into functional foods or encapsulated in a supplement form to maintain a healthy balance between the gut microbiota and their host. Because there are milk-based functional foods such as yogurt and cheese on the market, it has been suggested that milk-based probiotics could be incorporated into skim milk proteins in a liquid capsule. Skim milk is mainly composed of casein and whey protein, which create a strong natural barrier and can be used to encapsulate probiotics. In this study, we compared the encapsulated probiotics prepared with milk-based concentrated cell mixtures using commercial probiotics. Probiotic capsules were emulsified with skim milk proteins using vegetable oil to form a double coating layer. The product was heat-stable when tested using a rheometer. The survival rate of the milk-based probiotic cells in the lower gastric environment with bile was significantly higher than commercial probiotics. Thus, milk-encapsulated probiotics exhibited greater efficacy in the host than other types of probiotics, suggesting that the former could be more viable with a longer shelf life under harsh conditions than other form of probiotics. Our findings suggested that, compared with other types of probiotics, milk-based probiotics may be a better choice for producers and consumers.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.244-263
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• 2022

Coronavirus, known as one of the causes of colds including mild upper respiratory tract disease in humans, has mutated into the infectious severe disease, COVID-19 through SARS and MERS. The mortality and symptoms of COVID-19 are related to the ability to regulate innate immunity, which acts as the first barrier against microorganisms and viruses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for food that helps to strengthen immunity is rapidly increasing. Functional foods promote general health and alleviate the risk of disease symptoms by activating multiple biological functions. A recent, there is an interest in discovering functional substances that can induce enhancement of immunity and prevent viral infection as well as relieve disease symptoms. Therefore, this article focus to understand the concept of immune response and highlights the recent status of functional foods and research trends that can help prevent and treat viral infections by inducing the enhancement of immune function.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.356-381
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• 2023

Although immunotherapy has been broadly successful in the treatment of hematologic malignancies and a subset of solid tumors, its clinical outcomes for glioblastoma are still inadequate. The results could be due to neuroanatomical structures such as the blood-brain-barrier, antigenic heterogeneity, and the highly immunosuppressive microenvironment of glioblastomas. The antitumor efficacy of endogenously activated effector cells induced by peptide or dendritic cell vaccines in particular has been insufficient to control tumors. Effector cells, such as T cells and natural killer (NK) cells can be expanded rapidly ex vivo and transferred to patients. The identification of neoantigens derived from tumor-specific mutations is expanding the list of tumor-specific antigens for glioblastoma. Moreover, recent advances in gene-editing technologies enable the effector cells to not only have multiple biological functionalities, such as cytokine production, multiple antigen recognition, and increased cell trafficking, but also relieve the immunosuppressive nature of the glioblastoma microenvironment by blocking immune inhibitory molecules, which together improve their cytotoxicity, persistence, and safety. Allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells edited to reduce graft-versus-host disease and allorejection, or induced pluripotent stem cell-derived NK cells expressing CARs that use NK-specific signaling domain can be a good candidate for off-the-shelf products of glioblastoma immunotherapy. We here discuss current progress and future directions for T cell and NK cell therapy in glioblastoma.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.789-800
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• 2023

A vascular flora survey was conducted in 2020 to identify flora and analyze changes in the numbers of vascular flora species over the past 10 years at Gongju-weir (GW) and Baekje-weir (BW) in the Geumgang River, Republic of Korea. A total of 241 taxa were found in GW and 279 taxa in BW, and 208 taxa (88% of total taxa) were common species. The distribution of invasive species in GW and BW were seven and eight taxa, respectively. Rare plants were not identified in any of the weirs. The Poaceae family dominated in terms of number of species, followed by Asteraceae, Legumes, Cyperaceae, and Polygonaceae. Additionally, Therophytes accounted for a high proportion of Raunkiaer life forms. The numbers of vascular plant species, total taxa, naturalized plants, and invasive species have been increasing over the last 10 years. However, long-term alterations in invasive species before and after the opening of the weirs increased much more significantly in the partially opened BW than in the fully opened GW. These results indicate that the degree of barrier opening does not affect the invasion and establishment of non-native species.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.272-281
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• 2020

Environmental agents, including viral and bacterial infectious agents, are involved in the alteration of physicochemical and biological parameters in the nasal epithelium. Hyaluronan (HA) has an important role in the regulation of tissue healing properties. High molecular weight HA (HMW-HA) shows greater anti-inflammatory responses than medium molecular weight HA (MMW-HA) and low molecular weight HA (LMW-HA). We investigated the effect of HMW-HA, MMW-HA and LMW-HA on the regulation of physicochemical and biological parameters in an "in vitro" model that might mimic viral infections of the nasal epithelium. Human nasal epithelial cell line RPMI2650 was stimulated with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) Poly(I:C) for 5 days in air-liquid-interface (ALI) culture (3D model of airway tissue). dsRNA Poly(I:C) treatment significantly decreased transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) in the stratified nasal epithelium of RPMI2650 and increased pH values, rheological parameters (elastic G' and viscous G''), and Muc5AC and Muc5B production in the apical wash of ALI culture of RPMI2650 in comparison to untreated cells. RPMI2650 treated with dsRNA Poly(I:C) in the presence of HMW-HA showed lower pH values, Muc5AC and Muc5B production, and rheological parameters, as well as increased TEER values in ALI culture, compared to cells treated with Poly(I:C) alone or pretreated with LMW-HA and MMW-HA. Our 3D "in vitro" model of epithelium suggests that HMW-HA might be a coadjuvant in the pharmacological treatment of viral infections, allowing for the control of some physicochemical and biological properties affecting the epithelial barrier of the nose during infection.

• 공업화학
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.518-524
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 유전체 배리어 방전 플라즈마를 이용한 상수원의 이취미 및 독성물질 분해에 대하여 조사하였다. 이취미 물질로 지오스민(geosmin)과 2-methyl isoborneol (2-MIB)을 사용하였고, 독성물질로는 microcystin-LR (MC-LR), microcystin-RR (MC-RR), microcystin-YR (MC-YR), 그리고 anatoxin-a를 사용하였다. 플라즈마 반응기의 유입기체에 따른 분해 효율(반응시간 150 s 기준)은 지오스민의 경우 산소(100%) > 건조공기(96%) > 질소(5%) 순이었으며, 2-MIB의 경우에도 산소(100%) > 건조공기(94%) > 질소(2%) 순이었다. 이 결과는 이취미 물질이 주로 플라즈마 방전에 의해 생성된 산화성 성분, 특히 수명이 긴 오존에 의해 분해된다는 것을 나타낸다. 산소를 사용했을 때 지오스민과 2-MIB는 150 s 이내, microcystin류는 10 s 이내, anatoxin-a는 30 s 이내에 모두 분해되었다. 실제 호소수를 사용한 경우 증류수에서보다 이취미 및 독성물질의 분해효율보다 높게 나타났다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2006

폴리페닐렌 옥사이드(PPO)를 이용하여 헤테로폴리산(HPA)을 고정시킨 박막 제조를 통해 새로운 고분자 복합막을 제조하고 특성을 분석하였다. 헤테로폴리산인 텅스토인산(PWA)이나 몰리브도인산(PMA)을 혼합한 PPO 박막은 서로 같은 용매에 녹지 않으므로 혼합용매를 사용하여 제조하였다. 본 연구에서는 PWA를 녹이기 위한 용매로 메탄올을 PPO를 녹이기 위한 용매로 클로로포름을 사용하였으며, 혼합된 PPO-PWA 용액을 유리판 위에서 제막하였다. 다공성의 PPO-PWA 박막에 나피온 혼합물을 사용하여 복합막을 제조하였고, 제조된 복합막은 이온 전도도와 메탄올 투과도를 측정하여 특성화하였다. PPO-PWA 복합막의 형태와 구조는 SEM(scanning electron microscopy)과 EDS(energy dispersive spectrometer)로 관찰하였고, 복합막은 직접 메탄올 연료전지(DMFC)용 전해질로서의 성능을 시험하였다. PPO-PWA 구조를 가지고 있는 복합막을 이용함으로써 DMFC 내에서의 메탄올 투과 현상을 66％ 줄일 수 있었다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.383-389
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• 2021

비만은 숙주의 전신 염증 및 대사 기능 장애에 기여하는 장 상피 장벽 기능 저하와 관련이 있다. 한국의 전통 식품으로 식이섬유가 풍부한 콩 제품은 항염증 반응을 비롯한 다양한 생물학적 활성을 나타내어 왔으나 대장 건강에 대해서는 보고된 바가 없다. 본 연구에서는 고지방 식이(HFD)를 섭취한 비만 모델에서 콩(CSB)에 대한 장 건강 증진 효과를 조사하였다. SD 쥐에게 동물 실험 기간 동안 HFD 또는 10.6% CSB가 함유된 HFD (HFD + CSB)를 제공하였다. CSB의 섭취는 HFD로 유발된 체중과 지방 축적 증가를 현저하게 감소시켰다. 또한, CSB의 섭취는 대장 조직에서 HFD에 의해 감소된 밀착 결합 지표(ZO-1, Claudin-1 및 Occludin-1)의 mRNA 발현을 개선시켰다. 또한, 조직병리학적 평가에서도 CSB 섭취는 대장 조직에서 HFD에 의해 증가된 염증 세포 침윤과 대장 상피 조직 붕괴를 개선하는 것으로 나타났다. Genus 수준에서 HFD 섭취에 의해 Lactobacillus, Duncaniella, Alloprevotella 등 미생물 종의 abundance 차이는 확인되었으나, CSB 섭취로 인한 영향은 명확하게 나타나지 않았다. NMDS 분석에서 HFD 섭취에 의해 유의적인 장내미생물 생태 이동을 보여주었지만 CSB 섭취는 차이가 없었다. HFD와 CSB 간 유의적으로 차이가 나타나는 genera를 조사하기 위해 LEfSe를 수행한 결과, CSB는 Anaerotignum, Enterococcus, Clostridium sensu stricto 및 Escherichia/Shigella 속의 풍부함을 증가시킨 반면 Longicatena 및 Ligilactobacillus의 풍부함을 감소시켰다. 이러한 결과는 CSB 섭취는 긴밀한 접합 성분을 개선하여 HFD로 악화된 대장 건강을 개선하는 반면 장내미생물생태에 긍정적인 효과를 미치는지에 대해서는 명확하지 않았다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.464-469
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 화생방 방호시설에 사용되는 가스 차단밸브를 비롯한 각종 밸브 및 출입통제 챔버를 제어할 수 있는 원격 감시패널과 제어시스템을 개발하였다. 원격 감시패널은 화생방 통제실에 설치되는 메인 패널과 청정 기계실에 설치되는 보조 패널로 구성하였으며, 그 크기를 순수 제어용과 CCTV를 포함한 제어용으로 구분하여 개발하였다. 본 시스템은 방폭문 및 가스 차단문이 전시 및 평시에 발생할 수 있는 상황별 상태에 따라 원격 감시 및 제어가 가능하며, 평시모드와 전시모드로 구분하여 각 모드 작동시 추가적인 활성창을 통하여 제어 정보를 표시한다. 특히, 화생방 방호시설 내부의 각종 밸브 및 센서 그리고 각종 여과기의 동작상태를 주기적으로 센싱하여 각각의 기구 및 기기들의 정상동작 여부를 파악하며, 수리 및 교체가 필요할 경우 이를 원격으로 상황 근무자에게 경보함으로써 위급상황에서 각각의 기기들의 동작이상으로 인한 피해를 미연에 방지한다. 이를 통하여 화생방 상황 발생시 차단밸브 및 양압밸브의 상태에 따른 송풍기, 급기 및 배기 댐퍼의 작동, 비상 발전기 및 냉각수 펌프 등의 제어가 가능하여 재래식 무기 및 핵폭발에 의한 폭풍압의 급격한 유입으로 인한 피해를 예방할 수 있다.