• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.247-256
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• 1999

A disease of young Holstein calves characterized by recurrent pneumonia, ulcerative and granulomatous stomatitis, enteritis with bacterial overgrowth, periodontitis, delayed wound healing, persistent neutrophilia and death at an early age had been originally described in 1983 and again in 1987. Most of these calves had stunted growth and a persistent, progressive neutrophilia (often exceeding 100,000/ml). By investigation of pedigrees, all of the affected calves have now been traced to a common sire and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic DNA testing to be homozygous carriers of a defective allele for bovine CD18. Neutrophils from these calves have several functional deficits and, most importantly, fail to adhere in a ${\beta}_2$-integrin dependent manner. The ${\beta}_2$-integrins represent a family of glycoproteins which participate in various leukocyte adhesion reactions during host defense. The presence or absence of ${\beta}_2$-integrin molecules can be demonstrated on the surface of neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes from normal or affected calves using specific monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry, or by colloidal gold immunolabeling and scanning electron microscopy in backscatter mode. Deficiency of the ${\beta}_2$-integrins on all leukocyte types in Holstein calves is analogous to leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) seen in humans. Neutrophils in bovine (BLAD) and human LAD patients are unable to adhere to the endothelial lining of the cardiovascular system thus interrupting egression of neutrophils into infected tissues. Other leukocytes, while still deficient in expression of the ${\beta}_2$-integrins, are still able to efficiently egress from the blood stream due to interactions of other adhesion molecules that are not as highly expressed on neutrophils. Both BLAD cattle and LAD children (who do not receive bone marrow transplants) often die at an early age as a result of the failure of neutrophils to extravasate into infected tissues. In 1991, Shuster, et $al^{27}$, identified two point mutations within the alleles encoding bovine CD18 in a Holstein calf afflicted with leukocyte adhesion deficiency. One mutation causes an aspartic acid to glycine substitution at amino acid 128 (D128G) in an extracellular region of this adhesion glycoprotein that is highly conserved (> 95% identity) between humans, cattle and mice. The other mutation is silent. Numerous calves with clinical symptoms of leukocyte adhesion deficiency have since been tested and all have been found homozygous for the D128G allele. In addition, calves homozygous far the D128G allele have been identified during widespread DNA testing in the United States. All cattle with the mutant allele are related to one bull, who through artificial insemination (A.I.), sired many calves in the 1950's and 1960's. The carrier frequency of the D128G CD18 allele among U.S. Holstein cattle had reached approximately 15% among active A.I. bulls and 8% among cows. By 1993, the organization of the dairy industry and the diagnostic test developed to genotype cattle, enabled virtually complete eradication of bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency among current and future A.I. bulls.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.197-212
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• 2014

Osteosarcoma (OS) is one of the most common malignant primary bone tumors and NF-${\kappa}B$ appears to play a causative role, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. OS is one of the pleomorphic, highly metastasized and invasive neoplasm which is capable to generate osteoid, osteoclast and osteoblast matrix. Its high incidence has been reported in adolescent and children. Cell signal cascade is the pivotal functional mechanism acquired during the differentiation, proliferation, growth and survival of the cells in neoplasm including OS. The major limitation to the success of chemotherapy in OS is the development of multidrug resistance (MDR). Answers to all such queries might come from the knock-in experiments in which the combined approach of miRNAs with NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway is put into use. Abnormal miRNAs can modulate several epigenetical switching as a hallmark of number of diseases via different cell signaling. Studies on miRNAs have opened up the new avenues for both the diagnosis and treatment of cancers including OS. Collectively, through the present study an attempt has been made to establish a new systematic approach for the investigation of microRNAs, bio-physiological factors and their target pairs with NF-${\kappa}B$ to ameliorate oncogenesis with the "bridge between miRNAs and NF-${\kappa}B$". The application of NF-${\kappa}B$ inhibitors in combination with miRNAs is expected to result in a more efficient killing of the cancer stem cells and a slower or less likely recurrence of cancer.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2003

The study area, Kwangneung Experiment Forest (KEF) is located on the west-central portion of Korean peninsula and belongs to a cool-temperate broadleaved forest Bone. At the old-growth deciduous forest near Soribong-peak (533.1 m) in KEF, we have established a 1 ha permanent plot ($100m{\times}100m$) and a flux tower, and the site was registered as a KLTER(Korean long-term ecological research network) and DK site of KoFlux. In this site, we made a stemmap of trees and analyzed forest stand structure and physical and chemical soil characteristics, and estimated carbon budgets by forest components (tree biomass, soils, litter and so on). Dominant tree species were Quercus serrata and Carpinus laxiflora, and accompanied by Q. aliena, Carpinus cordata, and so on. As a result of a field survey of the plot, density of the trees larger than 2 cm in DBH was 1,473 trees per ha, total biomass 261.2 tons/ha, and basal area $28.0m^2$/ha. Parent rock type is granite gneiss. Soil type is brown forest soil (alfisols in USDA system), and the depth is from 38 to 66 cm. Soil texture is loam or sandy loam, and its pH was f개m 4.2 to 5.0 in the surface layer, and from 4.8 to 5.2 in the subsurface layer. Seasonal changes in LAI were measured by hemispherical photography at the 1.2 m height, and the maximum was 3.65. And the spatial distributions of volumetric soil moisture contents and LAIs of the plot were measured. The carbon pool in living tree biomass including below ground biomass was 136 tons C/ha, and 5.6 tons C/ha is stored in the litter layer, and about 92.0 tons C/ha in the soil to the 30 cm in depth. Totally more than about 233.6 tons C/ha was stored in DK site. These ground survey and monitoring data will give some important parameters and validation data for the forest dynamics models or biogeochemical dynamics models to predict or interpolate spatially the changes in forest ecosystem structure and function.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2008

Purpose : To investigate the effects of irradiation on transforming growth factor ${\beta}_1$ (TGF-${\beta}_1$) mRNA expression and calcific nodule formation in MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cell line. Materials and Methods : Cells were cultured in alpha-minimum essential medium ($\alpha$-MEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and antibiotics. When the cells reached the level of 70-80% confluence, culture media were changed with $\alpha$-MEM supplemented with 10% FBS, 5 mM $\beta$-glycerol phosphate, and $50\;{\mu}g/mL$ ascorbic acid. Thereafter the cells were irradiated with a single dose of 2, 4, 6, 8 Gy at a dose rate of 1.5 Gy/min. The expression pattern of TGF-${\beta}_1$ mRNA, calcium content and calcific nodule formation were examined on day 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, respectively, after the irradiation. Results : The amount of TGF-${\beta}_1$ mRNA expression decreased significantly on day 7 after irradiation of 4, 6, 8 Gy. It also decreased on day 14 after irradiation of 6, 8 Gy. and decreased on day 21 after irradiation of 8 Gy. The amount of calcium deposition decreased significantly on day 7 after irradiation of 4, 8 Gy (P < 0.01) and showed a decreased tendency on day 14, 21 after irradiation of 4, 6, 8 Gy. The number of calcific nodules was decreased on day 7 after irradiation of 4, 8 Gy. Conclusion: Irradiation with a single dose of 4, 6, 8 Gy influences negatively the bone formation at the molecular level by affecting the TGF-${\beta}_1$ mRNA expression that was associated with proliferation and the production of extracellular matrix in MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cell line.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2010

상악 중절치는 저작시 음식물을 찢거나 자르는 기능 외에도 심미적으로 중요한 기능을 하며 상악 악궁의 형태 및 얼굴의 형태와도 관계가 있다고 알려져 있다. 그리고 발음을 하는데 있어서도 전치부는 매우 중요한 역할을 한다. 예후가 불량한 치아의 일반적인 치료는 발거 후 공간 유지장치를 하는 것이다. 그러나 혼합치열기에 있어 상악 영구 중절치의 발거는 치조골의 흡수, 불량한 심미성, 발음과 저작의 문제 등 여러 가지 합병증을 일으킬 수 있다. 이러한 이유로 상악 전치부의 치료는 보존적으로 행해져야 한다. 예후가 불량한 상악 전치부의 치료시 고려해야 할 사항으로는 환아의 나이, 성장 잠재력, 교합 관계, 구강 위생상태, 경제력 그리고 환아의 치료에 대한 협조도 등이 있다. 본 증례는 짧은 치근으로 인해 치아의 동요도가 있어 상악 좌측 중절치의 예후가 불안정함에도 불구하고 치아를 발거하지 않고 치료를 통해 상악 좌측 중절치를 정상 위치로 배열하고 보존하였다. 짧은 치근과 치아 회전으로 인한 추가적인 치근 흡수와 치아 동요도 증가 등 예후가 불안정하였지만 환아의 심리적 안정성, 나이, 심미성 등을 고려하여 보존적인 치료 후 양호한 결과를 얻었기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2006

색소 융모 결절성 활액막염(pigmented villonodular synovitis, PVNS)은 병인이 밝혀지지 않은 증식성 질환으로, 병변의 범위에 따라 국소형과 미만형으로 분류되며, 조직학적으로 양성이지만 파괴적인 성향을 보이므로 연골의 파괴나 주위 조직으로 광범위한 침윤이 가능한 질환이다. 활액막 절제술이 일차적인 치료방법이지만 미만형인 경우에는 주위 조직을 침윤하는 성향 때문에 재발률이 높다. 재발이 반복된 후에는 수술적 절제가 어려워져서 병변부위의 절단이 필요하게 되므로, 광범위한 병변인 경우, 수술이 용이하지 않은 경우, 또는 불완전 절제가 시행된 경우 등에서 방사선치료를 시행하여 재발을 방지할 수 있다고 보고되고 있다. 저자들은 무릎관절의 미만형 색소 융모 결절성 활액막염으로 관절경을 이용한 육안적 활액막 전 절제술 후 방사선치료를 시행한 2예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.966-974
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• 2015

Despite the presence of toll like receptor (TLR) expression in conventional $TCR{\alpha}{\beta}$ T cells, the direct role of TLR signaling via myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) within T lymphocytes on graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) remains unknown. In the allo-SCT model of C57BL/6 ($H-2^b$) ${\rightarrow}$ B6D2F1 ($H-2^{b/d}$), recipients received transplants of wild type (WT) T-cell-depleted (TCD) bone marrow (BM) and splenic T cells from either WT or MyD88 deficient (MyD88KO) donors. Host-type ($H-2^d$) P815 mastocytoma or L1210 leukemia cells were injected either subcutaneously or intravenously to generate a GVHD/GVL model. Allogeneic recipients of MyD88KO T cells demonstrated a greater tumor growth without attenuation of GVHD severity. Moreover, GVHD-induced GVL effect, caused by increasing the conditioning intensity was also not observed in the recipients of MyD88KO T cells. In vitro, the absence of MyD88 in T cells resulted in defective cytolytic activity to tumor targets with reduced ability to produce IFN-${\gamma}$ or granzyme B, which are known to critical for the GVL effect. However, donor T cell expansion with effector and memory T-cell differentiation were more enhanced in GVHD hosts of MyD88KO T cells. Recipients of MyD88KO T cells experienced greater expansion of Foxp3- and IL4-expressing T cells with reduced INF-${\gamma}$ producing T cells in the spleen and tumor-draining lymph nodes early after transplantation. Taken together, these results highlight a differential role for MyD88 deficiency on donor T-cells, with decreased GVL effect without attenuation of the GVHD severity after experimental allo-SCT.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2007

역분화성 방골성 골육종은 골육종의 드문 변이로서, 국소 재발 및 원격 전이와 관련하여 불량한 예후와 연관된 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러므로 종양의 역분화성을 진단하는 것은 치료 방침을 결정하는데 있어서 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 29세 여자 환자로 2년 전부터 발생한 좌측 대퇴 근위부의 종창 및 불편감으로 내원하여 시행한 검사상 방골성 골육종으로 진단되어, 종괴 절제 및 재건술 시행하였다. 환자 병력상 수술 2주 전부터 대퇴부 통증이 심해졌고, 종괴 크기의 증가가 있었으며, 이에 수술직전 시행한 자기공명영상(MRI) 상 종괴의 크기 증가 및 인접 근육으로의 침범 소견 관찰되었고, 술 후 시행한 절제 표본의 조직검사 상 미분화성 방골성 골육종으로 진단되어 결국 환자는 수술적인 절제 후 불량한 병의 경과로 사망하게 되었다. 술전 조직 검사상 방골성 골육종으로 진단된 경우라도 급격한 통증의 증가나 종괴 크기의 증가 등의 임상양상의 변화가 있을 때는 종양의 역분화 가능성을 고려해야 한다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.324-329
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• 2012

치아의 과도한 마모는 광범위한 치질의 상실, 교합평면의 부조화를 야기하고 기능적, 심미적 문제를 발생시킬 수 있다. 마모에 의한 수직 고경의 감소는 치조골의 보상성 성장에 의해 상쇄될 수도 있지만 보철물의 유지를 위한 치아의 길이가 부족하다면 환자에게 불편감이 없는 한에서 최소한의 수직 고경 증가를 동반한 보철적 수복이 필요하다. 본 증례는 33세 여성 환자로 하루에 콜라를 1리터 이상 마시고 밤에 심한 이갈이 습관을 가지고 있어 전악에 걸친 마모와 심미적, 기능적 불편감을 주소로 서울대학교 치과병원에 내원하였다. Erosion과 이갈이 습관으로 급속히 치아의 마모가 일어났고, 환자의 적절한 수직 고경을 결정하기 위해 안모와 발음, 심미, 기능 등을 평가한 결과 수직고경이 상실되었다고 판단되었다. 수복을 위한 5 mm의 수직고경 거상이 계획되었고 환자의 적응을 위해 임시치아의 수직고경을 각각 3 mm와 2 mm로 두번에 걸쳐 증가시켰다. 총 16주의 관찰기간 동안 임상증상과 불편감이 없음을 확인한 후, 전악을 금속도재 보철물로 수복하였다. 환자가 젊은 여성이라는 점에서 전치부는 collarless 금속도재 보철물로 수복하였다. 이상과 같은 과정을 통해 교합고경 회복을 동반한 보철 수복으로 적절한 심미적, 기능적 결과를 얻었기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.382-388
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• 2007

Statement of problem. The role of calcium sulfate in stimulating the growth of gingival soft tissue has been reported in few studies. Such a unique property of calcium sulfate could serve as a trouble-solving broker in compensating for the lack of soft tissues in various oral surgeries. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to compare the proliferating activities of human gingival fibroblasts seeded on various bone graft barrier materials of calcium sulfate, collagen, and polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE). Material and methods. Two calcium sulfates ($CAPSET^{(R)}$. and $CalForma^{(R)}$, Lifecore Biomedical Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, USA), a resorbable natural collagen ($Bio-Gide^{(R)}$, Geistlich Pharma Ag., Wolhusen, Switzerland), and a non-resorbable PTFE ($TefGen-FD^{(R)}$, Lifecore Biomedical Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) served as the human gingival fibroblasts' substrates and comprised the four experimental groups, whereas the untreated floors of culture plastics were used in the control group, in this study. Cells were trypsinized, seeded, and incubated for 48 h. The proliferating activities of fibroblasts were determined by XTT and SRB assay and absorbance (optical density, OD) was measured. One-way ANOVA was used to analyze the differences in the mean OD values between the groups of CAPSET, CalForma, Bio-Gide, TefGen, and the control (p<0.05). Results. From the XTT assay, the mean OD value of the control group, the highest, was significantly greater than that of any of the four experimental groups followed by CalForma, CAPSET, TefGen, and Bio-Gide. Further, the mean OD value of CalForma, was significantly greater compared to that of Bio-Gide. From the SRB assay, Calforma showed the highest mean OD value, which was significantly greater than that of any other groups, followed by the control, CAPSET, Bio-Gide, and TefGen. The mean OD values of both the control and CAPSET were significantly greater compared to that of TefGen (p<0.05). Conclusion. Assessment of the viability and proliferation of cultured fibroblasts seeded and incubated for 48 h on various barrier-material substrates using XTT and SRB assay showed that calcium sulfate $CalForma^{(R)}$ promotes the proliferating activity of human gingival fibroblasts.