• 한국패류학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2006

바지락의 중금속의 농축 방식 및 해독기작을 연구하기 위해 소화선, 소화관 및 아가미등 세 기관을 선택하여 면역조직화학적 방법, 미세구조적 연구 그리고 SEM-EDS를 사용한 MT와 중금속의 분포 양상을 지역별로 채집한 샘플과 Cd-Cu에 시간별로 노출시킨 샘플에서 각각 살펴보았다. 중금속에 의해 유도된 MT 단백질이 면역조직화학적인 방법에 의해 붉은 색으로 표지되었다. 노출시간이 길어질수록 간췌장에서는 diverticula의 외곽으로 강한 반응을 보였으며, 아가미에서는 중금속의 노출시간이 길어질수록 노출되지 않은 조직에 비해 전반적으로 더 넓은 지역에서 강하게 반응을 보였다. 간췌장과 아가미를 투과전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과 중금속(Cd) 에 더 오래 노출될수록 세포질에서 inclusion body와 중금속으로 추정되는 과립들을 다수 관찰할 수 있었으며, 핵막이 swelling 되는 현상을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 발달된 조면 소포체와 미토콘드리아가 관찰되었다. SEM-EDS 결과 중금속의 분포 양상이 지역별로 상당히 상이한 결과를 나타났는데, 이는 지역별로 중금속의 오염정도와 오염원이 되는 중금속의 종류가 다르기 때문으로 추측된다. 그리고 지역별로 채집한 바지락을 이용한 실험과 S와 Zn의 수치가 높게 나타나는 것으로 보아 MT가 관여하고 있음을 간접적으로 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2008

말차, 오룡차, 홍차 및 보이차로 제조한 음료가 Cd에 중독된 SD계 흰쥐의 해독에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 관능검사 결과 일반 물 추출물에 비하여 색상, 향, 맛에 대한 기호도가 현저하게 향상되었으며, 종합적 기호도는 오룡차 음료가 4.18점, 홍차음료가 4.14점으로 말차음료나 보이차 음료의 $3.74{\sim}3.88$점에 비하여 높았다. SD계 흰쥐를 정상군 (NC), Cd 대조군(Cd-Co), Cd투여 말차음료 15% 급여군 (Cd-Gt), Cd투여 오룡차음료 15% 급여군(Cd-Ot), Cd투여 홍차음료 15% 급여군(Cd-Bt) 및 Cd투여 보이차음료 15% 급여군 식이군(Cd-R)의 6군으로 구분하여 5주간 사육하였다. 차 음료 식이군의 체중증가량은 NC군에 미치지는 못하였으나 Cd에 의하여 감소된 현상을 상당히 개선하였다. 식이효율, 뇨량 및 분변량은 각 실험군간의 유의적인 차이가 없었다. Cd의 투여는 간과 신장의 중량, 경골의 중량 및 대퇴골의 길이를 감소시켰으나 차 음료의 섭취로 다소 개선되었다. 혈청 AST 및 ALT 활성은 모두 Cd 투여군에서 현저하게 증가하는 경향을 보였으나 차 음료 급여군에서는 5%수준에서 유의적으로 감소되었다. 대퇴골의 조회분 함량은 Cd-Co군에서 40.72%, Cd 투여-차 음료 급여군에서는 $35.31{\sim}37.02%$로 차음료의 급여에 의하여 5%수준에서 유의적으로 감소하였다. 대퇴골의 조회분 함량은Cd-Co군에서 40.72%, Cd 투여-차 음료 급여군에서는 $35.3{\sim}37.02%$로 차음료의 급여에 의하여 유의적으로 감소하였다 대퇴골의 Cd함량은 NC군에서는 0.08 ppm이었으나 Cd-Co군은 123.28 ppm, 실험식이군에서는 $23.07{\sim}28.82 ppm$으로 차음료의 급여로 현저하게 감소하였으며, Ca 함량은 NC군에서 6700 ppm, Cd-Co군에서 3760 ppm, 실험식이군에서는 $4040{\sim}5420 ppm$이었다. 분변의 회분함량은 Cd-Bt군이 14.80%로 높았으나 기타 음료군은 Cd-Co군과의 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 분변의 Cd 함량은 NC군 0.02 ppm, Cd-Co군 2.06ppm, 실험식이군 $4.38{\sim}5.35ppm$로 차 음료 급여군에서 높았으며, 이와 대조적으로 Ca함량은 차음료 급여군에서 낮았다. 이상의 실험결과, 말차, 오룡차, 홍차 및 보이차로 제조한 음료는 상호간의 뚜렷한 차이는 없으나 모두 섭취한 Cd를 체외로 배설시킴으로서 Cd에 의한 장기 손상을 경감시켜 줄 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2006

최근 건강기능식품에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 기능성을 나타내는 원료에 대한 평가가 이루어지고 있다. 한국인의 식습관 상 어류 섭취가 많고 이로부터 DHA, EPA와 같은 기능성 지질의 섭취도 증가하고 있는 추세에 있다. 본 논문에서는 개별인정 형으로 추진되고 있으며 항암성, 체지방 감소효과 등을 보이고 있는 CLA를 어류사료에 첨가하여 안정성이 높은 중성지질의 형태로 바꾸어 항산화효과를 평가하고자 하였다. 뱀장어 사료에 CLA 함량을 $0\%,\;0.5\%,\;1.0\%,\;2.5\%$, 및 $5.0\%$로 성형하여 순환여과식 사육장치에서 8주간 사육하였다. 사육 후 이들 시료로부터 지질을 추출하고 $37^{\circ}C$에 저장하면서 지방산조성의 변화, 지질 class의 변화, 산소 소비에 따른 중량증가, 과산화물가, 카아보닐가 등으로 항산화능을 측정하였다. 측정결과 CLA 축적량은 $0.5\%,\;1.7\%,\;3.3\%$ 및 $6.2\%$로 나타나 CLA 공급이 많을수록 축적되는 CLA량은 증가하였다. 대조구의 경우 저장 3주 후부터 불포화산의 함량이 감소하여 $13.7\%$에서 5주 후에는 $6.2\%$로 급감하였다. $0.5\%$ CLA 급이구는 저장 4주째 불포화산의 함량이 $11.8\%$, 5주째는 $7.4\%$로 감소하였으며, $1.0\%$ 및 $2.5\%$ CLA 급이구에서는 불포화산의 함량이 4주째 $15.3\%$ 및 $14.8\%$로 변화가 적었다. 중성지질의 class 조성은 $1.0\%$ 및 $2.5\%$ CLA 급이구는 저장 5주째 중성지질과 인지질의 비가 53.9:46.1 및 64.3:35.7로 낮아졌으며, 다른 구에서는 저장 4주째부터 산화가 진행되었다. 과산화물가와 카아보닐가의 변화에서도 $1.0\%$ 및 $2.5\%$ CLA 급이구가 산화에 가장 안정한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.848-858
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• 1995

본 연구는 만성적인 에탄올 급여에 의한 조직내 항산화 영양소 함량의 변화에 대하여 비타민 A의 형태별 급여효과를 조사하고자 실시되었다. 실험동물은 Sprague-Dawley종 숫컷 흰쥐를 사용하였으며 에탄올 공급과 동시에 비타민 A 결핍군(FE), ${\beta}-carotene$ 섭취군(${\beta}E$), retinyl acetate 섭취군(RE) 그리고 13-cis-retinoic acid 성취군(RAE)과 에탄올 대신 동일 열량을 sucrose으로 공급 시킨 각각의 pair-fed군 등 모두 8군으로 나누어 7주 동안실섬 식이를 공급하였다. 항산화 영양소로 비타민 E, C, glutathione 그리고 무기질 함량의 분석을 통해서 에탄올에 의해 변화되는 생체내 항산화 영양소 상태와 이에 비타민 A의 형태별 급여 효과를 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 혈장내 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ 함량은 에탄올­ 급여로 감소되었으나 간 조직내에서는 ${\beta}-carotene$ 섭취군만이 낮은 함량을 보였다. 그러나 간 조직내 tocopheryl acetate 함량은 pair-fed군에 비해서 에탄올 급여로 현저히 저하되었다. 혈장과 간 조직내에서 에탄올 급여에 의한 비타민 E 함량 감소는 retinyl acetate 공급으로 그 감소 정도가 가장 저하되었다. 혈장내 총 비타민 C 함량은 에탄올 급여와 동시에 ${\beta}-carotene$이나 retinyl acetate 섭 취군이 pair-fed군에 비해서 낮았으며 환원형과 산화형 비타민 C 함량비는 에탄올 급여로 낮았으나 ${\beta}-carotene$ 섭취시킨 군만이 높게 나타났다. 간 조직내 총 비타민 C 함량은 13-cis-retinoic acid 섭취군을 제외한 전 군에서 에탄올 급여로 증가하였으여 환원형과 산화형 비타민 C 비는 에탄올 급여군 중 ${\beta}-carotene$을 섭취시켰을 때 가장 높았다. 간 조직내 총 glutathion 함량은 에탄올 공급군과 pair-fed군 사이에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으나 환원형과 산화형의 함량비에서는 에탄올과동시에 retinyl acetate나 13-cis-retinoic acid 섭취군에서 pair-fed군에 비해 높았다. 혈장내 Zn, Cu, Se, Fe 함량은 에탄올 급여군과 pair-fed군 사이에 일정한 경향을 보이지 않았으나 간 조직내 Zn, Cu 함량은 에탄올 급여로 감소된 반면 Fe 함량은 증가되었다. 이러한 결과들로 보아 에탄올은 체내 항산화 영양소 상태의 변화를 초래하며 비타민 A의 공급여부 뿐만 아니라 형태별 섭취에 의해서 항산화 영양소 상태가 변화될 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 생체내 항산화 영양소들은 서로 상쇄, 상승 혹은 길항작용을 통해서 상호영향을 미치므로 각각의 항산화 영양소 상태 변화에 대한 정확한 기전 규명을 위해서는 다각적인 연구가 요구된다고 볼 수 있다. 그러나 지질과산화물의 함량과 체내 항산화 영양소 상태는 상호관련성이 있었으며 본 실험에서 에탄올 공급에 의한 항산화 영양소 함량의 감소는 대체로 비타민 A를 retinyl acetate 형태로 섭취시켰을 때 다소 경감되는 것으로 나타났다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.33-43
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• 1968

Histamine, 0.5 mg as histamine base in 4 ml of normal saline solution, was injected into rabbits anesthetized with nembutal and the mean blood pressure was kept in the range of $52{\sim}80\;mmHg$ for over one hour by supplemental additions. Following the injection of the test substances, 300 mg of urea and 200 mg of antipyrine intravenously, serial blood samples were obtained from the femoral artery and the internal jugular vein at $0.5{\sim}3$ minutes interval. The decreasing patterns in the concentrations of arterial and venous blood plasma samples were compared with each other. The ratio of the concentration of brain tissue to that of the final arterial plasma was also studied. By these measures the degrees of penetration of the test substances in the brain in the control and in the histamine treated rabbits were observed. The concentrations of antipyrine and urea in the arterial blood plasma were decreasing exponentially with respect to the time elapsed. The venous concentrations were anticipated to increase initially and to cross the arterial concentration curve in the point of equlibrium between the plasma and the tissue. On the contrary to the expectation venous concentration also revealed the decreasing tendency similar to that of arterial plasma. The similarity between these two curves, arterial and venous, would be atributable to the fact that the cerebral blood flow rate was large enough and the rising phase in the venous concentration curve was instantly over before serial blood samples were taken. Inspite of some similarity in the decreasing tedency in both concentration curves there were appreciable discrepancies between the arterial and venous plasma which would reflect the situation far from the equlibria among several compartments in the brain. Changes in plasma potassium levels caused by the injection of histamine or bleeding were observed, too. Using 8 rabbits as the control and 12 rabbits for the histamine treated group following results were obtained: 1. Both of the concentration curves, arterial and venous, declined rapidly at_first and slowly later on and approached same equilibrium concentration with the passage of time after a single injection. The time at which attained the same concentration was $2.0{\pm}0.54\;min.$ in the control and $4.3{\pm}1.92\;min.$ in the histamine treated group with respect to antipyrine. On the other hand in the case of urea they were $2.4{\pm}0.59\;min.$ in the control and $4.4{\pm}1.31\;min.$ in the histamine group, respectively. In the histamine treated group enlarged spaces for distribution of test substances were postulated. 2. The concentration of antipyrine in the brain tissue water revealed no significant differences between the control and experimental groups, showing $212{\pm}40.2\;mg/l$ in the control and $206{\pm}64.1\;mg/l$ in the histamine treated group. On the other hand urea revealed higher value in the histamine treated group than in the control, showing an enhanced penetration of urea into the tissue after injection of histamine. Urea concentration in the brain water was $32.3{\pm}3.36\;mg%$ in the control and $39.2{\pm}4.25\;mg%$ in the histamine treated group. 3. The distribution ratio of antipyrine in the brain tissue was very close to unity in the histamine treated animals as well as in the control. 4. The average of the distribution ratio of urea in the control animals was 0.77 and it showed the presence of blood-brain barrier with regard to urea. However in the histamine treated animals the distribution ratios climbed up to 0.86 and they were closer to unity than in the control animals. Out of 12 cases 5 were greater than 0.9 and 8 exceeded 0.85. It appeared that histamine enhanced the penetration of urea through the barrier. 5. Histamine injection and or hemorrhage caused an elevation of the concentration of potassium in plasma. In the event that histamine and hemorrhage were applied together the elevation of potassium exceed the elevation seen at the histamine alone. There was no evidence that the leakage of potassium from the brain tissue was dominant in comparison with the general leakage from the whole body.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.199-213
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• 1967

Circulatory and respiratory activities were observed in men exposed to the environment of engine room of a cruising Republic of Korea Navy ship and compared to the control values obtained in an ordinary laboratory room on land. The environment of an engine room of cruising navy ship was presumed to be a multiple stress acting on men. The environment of the engine room included high temperature $(35-42^{\circ}C)$, low relative humidity (20-38% saturation), vibration (about 7 cycles per second), rolling and pitching of ship and noises. Sixteen men were divided into two groups consisted of each 8 subjects. Subjects of sea duty group had experience of continuous on board duty averaging 3.5 years. Men of land duty group had no experience of on board activity. On land observations were made on one day prior to the boarding and leaving the port and four days after landing. In between observations in the engine room were made on the first, 5 th, 9 th, 12 th, and 14 th day of on board activity. The whole experimental period lasted for 20 days. Measurements on circulatory and respiratory parameters were at standing resting state (after 30 minutes standing in the case of on land study and 15 minutes in engine room study) and within one minute after cessation of on the spot running of which rhythm was 30/min. and lasted for 5 minutes. Oxygen consumption and pulmonary function test were done in the period of two minutes from the 3rd to 5th minutes of running. The following results were obtained. 1. Body temperature showed no change regardless of group difference or on land or on board measurements. 2. Pulse rate increased markedly after boarding the ship id both groups. Pulse rate increased from the first day on board at rest and after exercise as compared to the on land control value. This increase in pulse rate was more marked after exercise. Sea duty group showed less increase in pulse rate at rest than the land duty group. Standing and resting pulse rate of sea duty group on lam was 81 and increased to 87 at the 5th day on board and remained smaller than the land duty group throughout the period on board. Control standing and resting pulse rate of land duty group on land was 76 and reached 89 at the 9th day on board and thereafter decreased a little. Pulse rate of land duty group at rest on board remained greater than that of sea duty group throughout the period on board. 3. Systolic blood pressure of sea duty group increased after boarding the ship and remained higher than the control value on land. In the land duty group, however, systolic blood pressure decreased during the period on board the ship. Diastolic blood pressure decreased in both groups. 4. Resting breathing rate of land duty group increased and remained higher than the control value on land. In sea duty group, however, resting breathing rate showed a transient increase on the 1st day on board and decreased thereafter to the control value on land and kept the same level throughout the period of cruise. Absolute value of breathing rate in the sea duty group was greater than the land duty group both at rest and after exercise. 5. There was a lowering of breathing efficiency in both groups. Thus, increases in tidal volume and minute ventilation volume and decreases in maximum breathing capacity, vital capacity, capacity ratio and air velocity Index were observed after boarding the ship. An increase in ventilation equivalent was also observed in both groups. The lowering of breathing efficiency was more marked in the land duty group than the sea duty group. 6. Energy expediture increased in both groups during their stay on the ship and was more marked in the sea duty group. 7, Lactate concentration in venous blood at rest and after exercise increased after boarding the ship and no group difference was observed.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2006

방향성 식물은 식물체 특정부위에 분비구조를 발달시켜 활성물질을 세포의 외부 또는 세포간극으로 방출한다. 민간에서 약용으로 활용되는 좀목형 (Vitex negundo var. incisa)은 독특한 향기를 강하게 발산하는 식물로 향의 근원은 표피조직에 발달하는 분비모 등에 의한 것으로 추정되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 좀목형의 잎 및 줄기 표피조직에 발달하는 모용에 대하여 생장단계별로 형태 및 세포수준에서의 구조분화 양상을 연구하였다. 좀목형에 발달하는 분비모는 4개의 분비세포(ca. $50{\mu}m$ 직경)와 병세포(ca. $5{\mu}m$ 길이)로 분화하는 peltate 유형 (Type 1), 2개의 분비세포$(ca.\;15{\mu}m)$), 병세포$(5{\sim}10{\mu}m)$), 기저세포로 이루어진 capitate유형 (Type 2), 정단의 분비세포가 초기단계에서부터 퇴화되는 degraded capitate 유형 (Type 3)으로 분화하였다. 비분비모는 특히 하피 전체에 더 발달하는 장상의 다세포성 모용($110{\sim}190{\mu}m$, Type4)과 상 하피 전체에 밀생하는 단세포성 모용($20{\sim}30{\mu}m$, Type 5)으로 대별되었다. 분화초기 분비모 정단의 분비세포에서는 큐티클층이 세포벽으로부터 서서히 분리되어 팽창되면서 분비강이 형성되었다. 분비세포 세포질에서 생성된 물질은 세포벽을 통해 운반되어 분비강에 형성된 많은 분비소포에 저장되고, 이들 소포가 팽창된 분비강을 가득 채우며 생성되는 물질들을 축적한 후 방향성분 및 관련 물질을 누출상 분비방식으로 세포간극 또는 외부로 방출하는 것으로 추정된다. 이와 같이 좀목형에서는 peltate및 capitate유형 (Type 1, 2)이 분비기작에서 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 사료된다. 본 연구에서 밝혀진 좀목형의 분비구조에 대한 정보는 방향성 약용식물이 함유하는 특정물질의 기능성 성분 추적 연구 등에서 매우 유용하게 활용될 수 있는 자료가 될 것이다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.205-218
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• 2009

이 실험은 Ehrlich 종양세포를 이식한 후 BCG를 투여하였을 때, 위점막 상피세포의 형태학적 변화와 DNA합성능의 변화를 연구하고자 시행하였다. 실험동물로는 체중 25 g 내외의 성숙한 생쥐(ICR계통)를 정상대조군, 종양세포이식대조군(종양대조군), 종양세포이식후 BCG투여군(BCG투여군)으로 구분하였다. 종양대조군과 BCG투여군 동물들은 샅부위 피하에 각각 $1{\times}10^7$의 Ehrlich 종양세포를 이식한 후, 다음날부터 BCG ($0.6{\times}10^8{\sim}6.4{\times}10^8$ CFU, 27 mg/vial, Connaught Lab., Canada)를 하루건너 한 번씩 피부밑조직에 주사하였으며, 종양대조군은 종양세포이식 후에 BCG 대신 0.2mL의 생리식염수를 피부밑조직에 주사하였다. 자기방사법적 관찰을 위해서는 BCG를 마지막으로 주사한 다음날 $^3H$-thymidine (methyl-$^3H$-thymidine: specific activity 25 Ci/mmol, Amersham Lab., England) 0.7${\mu}Ci/gm$를 꼬리정맥에 주사하고, 70분 후 도살하여 위조직을 떼어내어 10% formalin에 고정하였다. 자기방사표본관찰은 위점막 조직이 세로로 잘 절단된 부위를 택하여 점막근육판을 따라 점막길이 3.5mm의 위점막 조직에 분포하는 $^3H$-thymidine 표지세포의 수를 계수하였으며, 일반조직 관찰을 위해서는 hematoxylin-eosin (H-E)염색을 시행하였다. 전자현미경 관찰을 위해서는 떼어낸 위조직을 2.5% glutaraldehyde-1.5% paraformaldehyde 혼합액에 고정한 후, 1% osmium tetroxide 액에 다시 고정하였으며, 고정이 끝난 조직은 탈수과정을 거쳐 araldite 혼합액에 포매하였다. 광학현미경적 관찰에서 종양대조군과 BCG투여군은 위점막 조직에서 형태적으로 큰 변화를 볼 수 없었다. 전자현미경적 관찰에서 BCG투여군의 점액상피세포는 전체적인 모습이 정상대조군과 종양대조군의 소견과 유사하였으나 정상대조군과 종양대조군에 비해 수초구조와 뭇소포체(multivesicular body) 및 전자밀도가 높은 큰 미토콘드리아속과립이 자주 관찰되었다. 자기방사법적 관찰에서 정상대조군, 종양대조군, BCG투여군은 점막길이 3.5 mm 당 출현하는 표지세포수가 각각 380.2 (${\pm}31.35$), 426.1 (${\pm}28.43$) 및 301.8 (${\pm}34.63$)개이었으며, BCG투여군은 정상대조군과 종양대조군에 비하여 표지된 은입자의 수가 매우 적어서 표지과립이 겨우 구별될 정도의 세포가 많이 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해보면 Ehrlich 종양세포를 이식한 동물에 BCG를 반복 투여하면 위점막 상피세포의 DNA합성을 효과적으로 억제하면서도 형태적인 변화가 매우 경미하였으며, 이러한 결과는 BCG가 항암치료 시 보조제로 사용할 수 있는 좋은 약제라고 생각된다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.77-100
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• 2009

Information Systems (IS) is an essential tool for any organizations. The last decade has seen an increasing body of knowledge on IS usage. Yet, IS often fails because of its misuse or non-use. In general, decisions regarding the selection of a system, which involve the evaluation of many IS vendors and an enormous initial investment, are made not through the consensus of employees but through the top-down decision making by top managers. In situations where the selected system does not satisfy the needs of the employees, the forced use of the selected IS will only result in their resistance to it. Many organizations have been either integrating dispersed legacy systems such as archipelago or adopting a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to enhance employee efficiency. This study examines user resistance prior to the adoption of the selected IS or ERP system. As such, this study identifies the importance of managing organizational resistance that may appear in the pre-adoption context of an integrated IS or ERP system, explores key factors influencing user resistance, and investigates how prior experience with other integrated IS or ERP systems may change the relationship between the affecting factors and user resistance. This study focuses on organizational members' resistance and the affecting factors in the pre-adoption context of an integrated IS or ERP system rather than in the context of an ERP adoption itself or ERP post-adoption. Based on prior literature, this study proposes a research model that considers six key variables, including perceived benefit, system complexity, fitness with existing tasks, attitude toward change, the psychological reactance trait, and perceived IT competence. They are considered as independent variables affecting user resistance toward an integrated IS or ERP system. This study also introduces the concept of prior experience (i.e., whether a user has prior experience with an integrated IS or ERP system) as a moderating variable to examine the impact of perceived benefit and attitude toward change in user resistance. As such, we propose eight hypotheses with respect to the model. For the empirical validation of the hypotheses, we developed relevant instruments for each research variable based on prior literature and surveyed 95 professional researchers and the administrative staff of the Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI). We examined the organizational characteristics of KOPTI, the reasons behind their adoption of an ERP system, process changes caused by the introduction of the system, and employees' resistance/attitude toward the system at the time of the introduction. The results of the multiple regression analysis suggest that, among the six variables, perceived benefit, complexity, attitude toward change, and the psychological reactance trait significantly influence user resistance. These results further suggest that top management should manage the psychological states of their employees in order to minimize their resistance to the forced IS, even in the new system pre-adoption context. In addition, the moderating variable-prior experience was found to change the strength of the relationship between attitude toward change and system resistance. That is, the effect of attitude toward change in user resistance was significantly stronger in those with prior experience than those with no prior experience. This result implies that those with prior experience should be identified and provided with some type of attitude training or change management programs to minimize their resistance to the adoption of a system. This study contributes to the IS field by providing practical implications for IS practitioners. This study identifies system resistance stimuli of users, focusing on the pre-adoption context in a forced ERP system environment. We have empirically validated the proposed research model by examining several significant factors affecting user resistance against the adoption of an ERP system. In particular, we find a clear and significant role of the moderating variable, prior ERP usage experience, in the relationship between the affecting factors and user resistance. The results of the study suggest the importance of appropriately managing the factors that affect user resistance in organizations that plan to introduce a new ERP system or integrate legacy systems. Moreover, this study offers to practitioners several specific strategies (in particular, the categorization of users by their prior usage experience) for alleviating the resistant behaviors of users in the process of the ERP adoption before a system becomes available to them. Despite the valuable contributions of this study, there are also some limitations which will be discussed in this paper to make the study more complete and consistent.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.127-140
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• 2010

The benefit that a consumer derives from the use of a good often depends on the number of other consumers purchasing the same goods or other compatible items. This property, which is known as network externality, is significant in many IT related industries. Over the past few decades, network externalities have been recognized in the context of physical networks such as the telephone and railroad industries. Today, as many products are provided as a form of system that consists of compatible components, the appreciation of network externality is becoming increasingly important. Network externalities have been extensively studied among economists who have been seeking to explain new phenomena resulting from rapid advancements in ICT (Information and Communication Technology). As a result of these efforts, a new body of theories for 'New Economy' has been proposed. The theoretical bottom-line argument of such theories is that technologies subject to network effects exhibit multiple equilibriums and will finally lock into a monopoly with one standard cornering the entire market. They emphasize that such "tippiness" is a typical characteristic in such networked markets, describing that multiple incompatible technologies rarely coexist and that the switch to a single, leading standard occurs suddenly. Moreover, it is argued that this standardization process is path dependent, and the ultimate outcome is unpredictable. With incomplete information about other actors' preferences, there can be excess inertia, as consumers only moderately favor the change, and hence are themselves insufficiently motivated to start the bandwagon rolling, but would get on it once it did start to roll. This startup problem can prevent the adoption of any standard at all, even if it is preferred by everyone. Conversely, excess momentum is another possible outcome, for example, if a sponsoring firm uses low prices during early periods of diffusion. The aim of this paper is to analyze the dynamics of the adoption process in markets exhibiting network effects by focusing on two factors; switching and agent heterogeneity. Switching is an important factor that should be considered in analyzing the adoption process. An agent's switching invokes switching by other adopters, which brings about a positive feedback process that can significantly complicate the adoption process. Agent heterogeneity also plays a important role in shaping the early development of the adoption process, which has a significant impact on the later development of the process. The effects of these two factors are analyzed by developing an agent-based simulation model. ABM is a computer-based simulation methodology that can offer many advantages over traditional analytical approaches. The model is designed such that agents have diverse preferences regarding technology and are allowed to switch their previous choice. The simulation results showed that the adoption processes in a market exhibiting networks effects are significantly affected by the distribution of agents and the occurrence of switching. In particular, it is found that both weak heterogeneity and strong network effects cause agents to start to switch early and this plays a role of expediting the emergence of 'lock-in.' When network effects are strong, agents are easily affected by changes in early market shares. This causes agents to switch earlier and in turn speeds up the market's tipping. The same effect is found in the case of highly homogeneous agents. When agents are highly homogeneous, the market starts to tip toward one technology rapidly, and its choice is not always consistent with the populations' initial inclination. Increased volatility and faster lock-in increase the possibility that the market will reach an unexpected outcome. The primary contribution of this study is the elucidation of the role of parameters characterizing the market in the development of the lock-in process, and identification of conditions where such unexpected outcomes happen.