• BMB Reports
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.336-341
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• 2015

Sepsis is a life-threatening, infectious, systemic inflammatory disease. In this study, we investigated the therapeutic effect of α-cubebenoate, a novel compound isolated from Schisandra chinensis against polymicrobial sepsis in a cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) experimental model. Administration of α-cubebenoate strongly enhanced survival in the CLP model. α-cubebenoate administration also markedly blocked CLP-induced lung inflammation and increased bactericidal activity by enhancing phagocytic activity and hydrogen peroxide generation in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages and neutrophils. Expression of two important inflammatory cytokines, IL-1 and IL-6, was strongly increased in the CLP model, and this was dramatically blocked by α-cubebenoate. Lymphocyte apoptosis and caspase-3 activation, which are associated with immune paralysis during sepsis, were markedly attenuated by α-cubebenoate. Taken together, our findings indicate that α-cubebenoate, a natural compound isolated from Schisandra chinensis, is a powerful potential anti-septic agent. [BMB Reports 2015; 48(6): 336-341]

• BMB Reports
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• 제48권11호
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• pp.624-629
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• 2015

Lysozyme protects us from the ever-present danger of bacterial infection and binds to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with high affinity. Beyond its role in the activation of protein C, the endothelial cell protein C receptor (EPCR) plays an important role in the cytoprotective pathway. EPCR can be shed from the cell surface, which is mediated by tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE). However, little is known about the effects of lysozyme on EPCR shedding. We investigated this issue by monitoring the effects of lysozyme on phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-, interleukin (IL)-1βand cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-mediated EPCR shedding and underlying mechanism. Data demonstrate that lysozyme induced potent inhibition of PMA-, TNF-α-, IL-1β-, and CLP-induced EPCR shedding. Lysozyme also inhibited the expression and activity of PMA-induced TACE in endothelial cells. These results demonstrate the potential of lysozyme as an anti-EPCR shedding reagent against PMA-mediated and CLP-mediated EPCR shedding.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.407-412
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• 2003

In order to measure an antifreezing tolerance, antifreeze proteins accumulated upon cold acclimation in apoplast were analyzed. As Dongborilho were cold-acclimated for 3 to 74 days there was an abrupt increase in apoplastic proteins up to 30 days and then decrease to the similar levels. Among the known antifreeze proteins, CLP produced in E. coli. and TLP purified from apoplast were used to generate antisera that allow to measure and localize the proteins in leaves of barley. The CLP of 27.7 kDa and TLPs of 6, 26, 27, 30, and 31 kDa were increased in their amounts in apoplast as cold treatment being longer. There was a correlation among the amounts of those proteins accumulated in apoplast and freezing tolerance as shown in field and ion leakage tests for five cultivars. The deposit of CLP was localized in the marginal area and the area adjacent to leaf vescular bundle cells in an increasing manner according to duration of cold acclimation but no variation was observed in terms of it's distribution. Based on the close correlation between levels of antifreeze proteins and degrees of freezing tolerance, the immunological methods was to develop to estimate a freezing tolerance in barley.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2015

A new cecropin-like antimicrobial peptide (Px-CLP) gene was isolated from the immunechallenged larvae of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, by employing annealing control primer (ACP)-based GeneFishing PCR. The full-length cDNA of Px-CLP is 310 nucleotides encoding a 70 amino acid precursor that contains a putative 22-residue signal peptide, a 4-residue propeptide, a presumed 37-residue mature peptide, and an uncommon 7-residue acidic pro-region at the C-terminus. The deduced amino acid sequence of Px-CLP showed significant identities with other Lepidopteran cecropin D type peptides. RT-PCR revealed that the Px-CLP transcript was detected at significant level after injection with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The peptides with or without C-terminal acidic sequence region were synthesized on-solid phage and submitted to antibacterial activity assay. The synthetic 37-mer peptide (Px-CLPa), which removed C-terminal acidic sequence region, was showed exclusively antibacterial activity against E. coli ML35; meanwhile, a 44-mer peptide (Px-CLPb) with C-terminal acidic peptide region was not active. This result suggests that Px-CLP is produced as a larger precursor containing a C-terminal pro-region that is subsequently removed by C-terminal modification.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.463-479
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• 2007

A series of wind tunnel sectional model dynamic tests of a twin-deck bridge were conducted at the CLP Power Wind/Wave Tunnel Facility (WWTF) of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to investigate the effects of gap-width on the self-excited vibrations and the dynamic and aerodynamic characteristics of the bridge. Five 2.9 m long models with different gap-widths were fabricated and suspended in the wind tunnel to simulate a two-degrees-of-freedom (2DOF) bridge dynamic system, free to vibrate in both vertical and torsional directions. The mass, vertical frequency, and the torsional-to-vertical frequency ratio of the 2DOF systems were fixed to emphasize the effects of gap-width. A free-vibration test methodology was employed and the Eigensystem Realization Algorithm (ERA) was utilized to extract the eight flutter derivatives and the modal parameters from the coupled free-decay responses. The results of the zero gap-width configuration were in reasonable agreement with the theoretical values for an ideal thin flat plate in smooth flow and the published results of models with similar cross-sections, thus validating the experimental and analytical techniques utilized in this study. The methodology was further verified by the comparison between the measured and predicted free-decay responses. A comparison of results for different gap-widths revealed that variations of the gap-width mainly affect the torsional damping property, and that the configurations with greater gap-widths show a higher torsional damping ratio and hence stronger aerodynamic stability of the bridge.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권12호
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• pp.893-899
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• 2021

BLT2 is a low-affinity receptor for leukotriene B₄, a potent lipid mediator of inflammation generated from arachidonic acid via the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. The aim of this study was to investigate whether BLT2 plays any role in sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by infection. A murine model of cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis was used to evaluate the role of BLT2 in septic inflammation. In the present study, we observed that the levels of ligands for BLT2 (LTB₄ [leukotriene B₄] and 12(S)-HETE [12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid]) were significantly increased in the peritoneal lavage fluid and serum from mice with CLP-induced sepsis. We also observed that the levels of BLT2 as well as 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) and 12-LO, which are synthesizing enzymes for LTB₄ and 12(S)-HETE, were significantly increased in lung and liver tissues in the CLP mouse model. Blockade of BLT2 markedly suppressed the production of sepsis-associated cytokines (IL-6 [interleukin-6], TNF-α [tumor necrosis factor alpha], and IL-1β [interleukin-β] as well as IL-17 [interleukin-17]) and alleviated lung inflammation in the CLP group. Taken together, our results suggest that BLT2 cascade contributes to lung inflammation in CLP-induced sepsis by mediating the production of inflammatory cytokines. These findings suggest that BLT2 may be a potential therapeutic target for sepsis patients.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2006

연구배경: 발관 실패와 관련된 위험 인자를 살펴보고, 기관내 삽관의 합병증으로 인한 후두부 폐쇄와 PES로 인한 재삽관의 위험성을 발관 전에 미리 예측하기 위한 CLT 검사의 의의 및 제한점을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: 24시간 이상 삽관과 인공 호흡기 치료 후 발관을 시도한 34명의 연속적인 환자들을 대상으로 발관 실패군에서 성공군과 차이를 보이는 인자를 살펴보고 CLT 를 시행해서 PES와 재삽관을 예측하는 CLV, CLP의 기준값을 구하였다. 결 과: 총 34명중 발관 실패는 6명(17.6%), PES는 3명(8.8%) 이었고 PES가 있던 3명은 모두 재삽관을 받았다. 발관 실패 환자에서 삽관 기간이 길었고, SAPS II score가 컸으며, 삽관 기간은 CLV, CLP와 역상관관계를 보였다. PES 양성 환자의 평균 CLV은 $22.5{\pm}23.8ml$로 음성 환자의 $233.3{\pm}147.1ml$보다 낮았고, CLP도 양성군에서 $6.2{\pm}7.3%$로 음성군의 $44.3{\pm}24.7%$보다 유의하게 낮았다. 가장 신뢰성 있는 CLV, CLP의 기준값은 50 ml, 14.7% 였고 CLV의 민감도는 100%, 특이도 93.5%, 양성예측도 60%, 음성예측도 100% 였고, CLP의 민감도는 100%, 특이도 87.1%, 양성예측도 42.9%, 음성예측도 100% 였다. 결 론: 삽관 기간이 길고 중증 질환 환자에서 발관 실패의 가능성이 높다. CLV, CLP가 감소되어 있을 경우 PES로 인한 재삽관 위험이 높아지므로 발관 시 주의가 필요하지만 발관의 불필요한 연기나 시도 자체에 대한 기준은 아닐것으로 생각된다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제25권4A호
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• pp.489-495
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• 2000

In this paper we propose an approximate method to estimate the cell loss probability(CLP) due to buffer overflow in ATM networks. The main idea is to relate the buffer capacity with the CLP target in explicit formula by using the approximate upper bound for the tail distribution of a queue. The significance of the proposition lies in the fact that we can obtain the expected CLP by using only the source traffic data represented by mean rate and its variance. To that purpose we consider the problem of estimating the cell loss measures form the statistical viewpoint such that the probability of cell loss due to buffer overflow does not exceed a target value. In obtaining the exact solution we use a typical matrix analytic method for GI/D/1B queue where B is the queue size. Finally, in order to investigate the accuracy of the result, we present both the approximate and exact results of the numerical computation and give some discussion.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.63-76
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• 2004

Cleft lip and palate(CLP) patients usually have midface deficiency and Class III malocclusion. Distraction osteogenesis (DO) has been used recently to correct the maxillary hypoplasia with stable and predictable result. Both external and internal devices that permit midface distraction are available, This case report describes intraoral DO for correction of the midface deficiency in a adult CLP patient with relapse following orthognathic surgery. The purpose of this report is to present advantages of the intraoral DO for the treatment of CLP, The relative and potential clinical indications, treatment planning, patient preparation, and possible vector control for DO are discussed.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.377-380
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• 2004

본 논문에서 우리는 지능형 e-비즈니스를 효과적으로 수행하기 위한 시맨틱 웹 서비스 아키텍처의 구성요소인 마크업인 OWL-S를 CLP(Constraint Logic Program) RuleML로의 확장 및 통합방안에 관한 연구결과를 제시한다. 우리의 주 공헌은 OLP(Ordinary Logic Program), SCLP(Situated Courteous Logic Program) 및 CLP(Constraint Logic Program) 사이의 표현력과 계산력을 비교 및 분석한 근거를 바탕으로 하여 시맨틱 웹, 웹 서비스 그리고 규칙표현 모두가 함께 사용될 수 있는 근거를 제공하였다는 것이다. 본 논문에서 제안된 접근법은 온톨로지를 마크업하기 위한 노력과 규칙을 표현하기 위한 노력이 자연스러운 방법으로 통합될 수 있는 근간을 마련할 뿐만 아니라 규칙들을 이용하여 온톨로지들을 보완하고, 규칙들에서 사용되는 용어들을 온톨로지들에서 정의된 용어들 및 속성들로 표현할 수 있다는 장점을 가진다.