• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2005

Dandelions have been reported to have medicinal properties and bioactive components that impact human health. However, the precise biological properties of dandelions and the parts of the plants possessing bioactive components remain uncertain. In this study, we evaluated 3 different types of dandelions based on their cultivation origin (Songpa, Uiryung, and native Uiryung types) as well as their 4 different plant parts (leaf, flower, root, skin). Each sample was extracted with $80\%$ methanol and then compared for the biological activities (anti-oxidative, immune cell proliferative and tumor cell growth inhibitory activities). All 3 types of dandelions possessed a degree of biological functions including the hydroxyl radical scavenger activity, immune cell proliferative activity and tumor cell growth inhibitory activity. However, there was no significant difference in these activities between the 3 dandelion types. Leaves of all three dandelion types showed the highest levels of all biological activities. To a lesser degree, the flower and root parts displayed biological activities. In the skin parts, anti-oxidative activity was also detected only at higher doses of dandelion extracts. Heating the dandelion leaf extract did not affect the biological activity, suggesting a heat-stable nature of the biological compounds. Taken together, these collective data suggest that dandelions, in particular their leaves, possess a high concentration of heat-resistant biological compounds, which are responsible for anti-oxidative, immune cell proliferative and tumor cell growth-inhibitory activities.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2015

Arthrospira platensis (A. platensis) is a microscopic and filamentous cyanobacterium that derives its name from the spiral or helical nature of its filaments. In this study, we induced mutants of A. platensis through NMU treatment and selected two strains by level of ipid contents. We named mutant '1-9', '2-5', and they were cultivated in the same way with the wild type. During 12 days cultivation, cell growth, dry cell weight, pigment content, and lipid content were measured for characteristics of mutants. As a result, pigment and lipid content of mutants were increased about 3.6, 1.8 times compared with wild type, respectively. It was shown that total flavonoid and polyphenol contents of mutants were increased about 1.5 times compared with wild type. And radical scavenging effect of mutants were increased about 10% compared with wild type.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.89-92
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• 2016

The bluegill Lepomis macrochirus is an invasive species, not native to Korea, introduced for aquaculture. This species is ranked as a new top predator due to its massive aquatic carnivorous and herbivorous nature by acute vision and the absence of a natural enemy. The visual cells of the retina of L. macrochirus are composed of short single cones and equal double cones and long and bulky rods by light and electron microscopes. In particular, the cones show a regular square mosaic arrangement. This pattern is widely considered as a strong predator. With regard to the visual system, this mosaic pattern may closely be related to a dynamic visual acuity to track and hunt prey.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.285-296
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• 2015

Oxidative stress has been linked to the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy, the complication of diabetes in the kidney. NADPH oxidases of the Nox family, and in particular the homologue Nox4, are a major source of reactive oxygen species in the diabetic kidney and are critical mediators of redox signaling in glomerular and tubulointerstitial cells exposed to the diabetic milieu. Here, we present an overview of the current knowledge related to the understanding of the role of Nox enzymes in the processes that control mesangial cell, podocyte and tubulointerstitial cell injury induced by hyperglycemia and other predominant factors enhanced in the diabetic milieu, including the renin-angiotensin system and transforming growth factor-${\beta}$. The nature of the upstream modulators of Nox enzymes as well as the downstream targets of the Nox NADPH oxidases implicated in the propagation of the redox processes that alter renal biology in diabetes will be highlighted.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.72-78
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• 2012

Multidrug resistance is a major obstacle in cancer chemotherapy. Cancer cells efflux chemotherapeutic drug out of cell by means of transporter and reduce the active concentration of it inside cell. Such transporters are member of the ATP binding cassettes (ABC) protein. It includes P-gp, multiple resistant protein (MRP), and breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP). These proteins are widely distributed in the human cells such as kidney, lung, endothelial cells of blood brain barrier etc. However, there are number of drugs developed for it, but most of them are getting transported by it. So, still there is necessity of a good modulator, which could effectively combat the transport of chemotherapeutic agents. Natural products origin modulators were found to be effective against transporter such as flavonoids, which belongs to third generation modulators. They have advantage over synthetic inhibitor in the sense that they have simple structure and abundant in nature. This review focuses on the P-gp structure its architecture, efflux mechanism, herbal inhibitors and their mechanism of action.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 화장품과 의약품 분야에서 항산화 물질로 널리 사용되고 있는 지용성 비타민인 vitamin E acetate (VEA, tocopheryl acetate)를 이용한 스킨토너 제형의 나노 입자 크기의 에멀젼을 제조하고, 이 에멀젼을 이용해 ICR outbred albino mice (12주령 약 50 g, 암컷) 피부로의 VEA 침투와 receptor phase 조성에 따른 VEA의 용해도 차이에 대한 실험을 수행하였다. VEA를 0.07 wt% 함유한 nano-emulsion의 입자는 에탄올(ethanol, EtOH) 함량이 많을수록 그 크기가 커지는 경향을 보였고 계면활성제 함량이 많은 경우 크기가 작아지는 것을 확인하였다. Receptor phase에서 적절한 EtOH 함량이 VEA의 용해도를 증가시켰다. EtOH 함량이 5.0, 40.0 wt%인 경우보다 10.0, 20.0 wt% 일 때 VEA의 용해도가 높은 것을 확인하였다. Receptor phase의 계면활성제 종류 역시 VEA 용해도에 영향을 주는 것을 확인하였다. 화학구조와 HLB값이 다른 세 가지 계면활성제를 비교한 결과 sorbitan sesquioleate (Arlacel 83; HLB 3.7) > POE (10) hydrogenated castor oil (HCO-10; HLB 6.5) > sorbitan monostearate (Arlacel 60; HLB 4.7)순으로 VEA에 대한 용해도가 증가하였다. Receptor phase에 첨가된 산화 방지제 종류에 따라서도 VEA의 용해도는 차이를 보였다. Ascorbic acid를 함유한 시료는 EDTA-2Na가 첨가된 시료보다 VEA 용해도가 높았고 이 두 가지 산화방지제를 혼합한 시료와 초기에 비슷한 용해도를 보였지만 시간이 지남에 따라 양상이 달라져 최종 24 h 뒤에는 2배 정도의 높은 용해도를 보였다. 네 가지 다른 함량의 VEA 함유 nano-emulsion을 이용하여 쥐 피부 Franz diffusion cell 실험을 수행한 결과 EtOH 함량이 10.0 wt%인 경우에 128.8 ${\mu}g/cm^2$으로 VEA가 가장 높게 검출되었다. 이것은 초기 VEA 투입량인 220.057 ${\mu}g/cm^2$과 비교하여 58.53 %가 투과된 것으로 EtOH 함량이 1.0, 20.0 wt%인 에멀젼과 비교해 볼 때 각각 45 %, 15 %씩 높았다. 동일한 EtOH 농도로 제조한 에멀젼과 비교했을 때, 0.5 wt% 계면활성제를 사용한 에멀젼의 입자 크기는 계면활성제 0.007 wt% 에멀젼 입자 크기의 1/20 정도인 26.0 nm로 매우 작았다. 하지만 쥐 피부를 투과하는 VEA의 양은 54.848 ${\mu}g/cm^2$ 로 128.8 ${\mu}g/cm^2$ 의 투과량을 보인 0.007 wt% 계면활성제 함유 에멀젼보다 적었다. 이상의 결과들로 VEA를 함유한 nano-emulsion의 피부 투과도와 receptor phase 조성에 따른 VEA의 용해도 차이를 확인하였다. 이러한 결과들을 이용하여 VEA를 피부 내로 침투시키는 데 필요한 최적의 조건을 확립할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.168-178
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• 2021

The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) forms a monolayer sheet separating the retina and choroid in vertebrate eyes. The polarized nature of RPE is maintained by distributing membrane proteins differentially along apico-basal axis. We found the distributions of these proteins differ in embryonic, post-natal, and mature mouse RPE, suggesting developmental regulation of protein trafficking. Thus, we deleted tumor susceptibility gene 101 (Tsg101), a key component of endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT), in embryonic and mature RPE to determine whether ESCRT-mediated endocytic protein trafficking correlated with the establishment and maintenance of RPE polarity. Loss of Tsg101 severely disturbed the polarity of RPE, which forms irregular aggregates exhibiting non-polarized distribution of cell adhesion proteins and activation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling. These findings suggest that ESCRT-mediated protein trafficking is essential for the development and maintenance of RPE cell polarity.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.781-792
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• 2016

This paper presents a new approach to enhance the data retention of logic-compatible embedded DRAMs. The memory bit-cell in this work consists of two logic transistors implemented in generic triple-well CMOS process. The key idea is to use the parasitic junction capacitance built between the common cell-body and the data storage node. For each write access, a voltage transition on the cell-body couples up the data storage levels. This technique enhances the data retention and the read performance without using additional cell devices. The technique also provides much strong immunity from the write disturbance in the nature. Measurement results from a 64-kbit eDRAM test chip implemented in a 130 nm logic CMOS technology demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed circuit technique. The refresh period for 99.9% bit yield measures $600{\mu}s$ at 1.1 V and $85^{\circ}C$, enhancing by % over the conventional design approach.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.851-861
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• 2005

The nature of the implant surface can directly influence cellular response, ultimately affecting the rate and quality of new bone tissue formation. The aim of this in vitro study was to investigate if human osteoblast-like cells, Saos-2, would respond differently when plated on disks of magnesium titanate and machined titanium. Magnesium titanate disks were prepared using Micro Arc Oxidation(MAO) methods. Control samples were machined commercially pure titanium disks. The cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation were evaluated by measuring cell number, and alkaline phosphatase(ALPase) activity at 1 day and 6 day after plating on the titanium disks. Measurement of cell number and ALPase activity in Saos-2 cells at 1 day did not demonstrate any difference between machined titanium and magnesium titanate. When compared to machined titanium disks, the number of cells was reduced on the magnesium titanate disks at 6 day, while ALPase activity was more pronounced on the magnesium titanate. Enhanced differentiation of cells grown on magnesium titanate samples was indicated by decreased cell proliferation and increased ALPase activity.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2006

It is desirable to have an accurate expression on the temperature dependence of surface(or interfacial) tension ${\sigma}$, because most of the interfacial thermodynamic functions can be derived from it. There have been proposed several equations on the temperature dependence of the surface tension, ${\sigma}(T)$. Among them $E{\ddot{o}}tv{\ddot{o}}s$ equation and the one modified by Katayama, which is called Katayama equation, for improving accuracies of $E{\ddot{o}}tv{\ddot{o}}s$ equation close to critical points, have been most well-known. In this article Katayama equation is interpreted on the basis of the cell model to understand the nature of the equation. The cell model results in an expression very similar to Katayama equation. This implies that, although $E{\ddot{o}}tv{\ddot{o}}s$ and Katayama equations were obtained on the basis of experimental results, they have a sound theoretical background. The Katayama equation is also modified with the phase volume replaced with a critical scaling expression. The modified Katayama equation becomes a power-law equation with the exponent slightly different from the value obtained by critical-scaling theory. This implies that Katayama equation can be replaced by a critical-scaling equation which is proven to be accurate.