• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.189-197
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• 2017

This paper elaborates two novel proposed topologies (type-I and type-II) of the high step-up DC-DC converter using switched inductor and voltage multiplier cell. The advantages of these proposed topologies are the less voltage stress on semiconductor devices, low device count, high power conversion efficiency, high switch utilization factor and high diode utilization factor. We analyze the Type-II topologies operating principle and mathematical analysis in detail in continuous conduction mode. High-intensity discharge lamp for the automotive application can use the derived topologies. The proposed converters give better performance when compared to the existing types. Also, it is found that the proposed type-II converter has relatively higher voltage gain compared to the type-I converter. A 40 W, 12 V input voltage and 72 V output voltage has developed for the type-II converter and the performances are validated.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2002

Although the exact mechanism responsible for the pathogenesis of psoriasis is unclear, interferon-${\gamma}$ producing type 1 T cells have been reported to play a significant role. Infiltrating activated type 1 T cells in the lesions are believed to be responsible for stimulating keratinocytes, which produce many cytokines and growth factors. The hyperproliferative epidermis is understood to be the result of either the cytokines produced by the intraepidermal T cells or the reactive phenomenon after keratinocyte damage. The microenvironment in psoriatic lesions deviates toward the type 1 status, because of the increased type 1 cytokines and either the decreased or unchanged type 2 cytokines observed in psoriatic lesions. Therefore, this review focused on a T-cell-mediated immunological basis for the current hypothesis of the psoriasis pathogenesis.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.437-447
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• 1999

Type I diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) results from the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic $\beta$ cells by a progressive $\beta$ cell-specific autoimmune process. The pathogenesis of autoimmune IDDM has been extensively studied for the past two decades using animal models such as the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse and the Bio-Breeding (BB) rat. However, the initial events that trigger the immune responses leading to the selective destruction of the $\beta$ cells are poorly understood. It is thought that $\beta$ cell auto-antigens are involved in the triggering of $\beta$ cell-specific autoimmunity. Among a dozen putative $\beta$ cell autoantigens, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) has bee proposed as perhaps the strongest candidate in both humans and the NOD mouse. In the NOD mouse, GAD, as compared with other $\beta$ cell autoantigens, provokes the earliest T cell proliferative response. The suppression of GAD expression in the $\beta$ cells results in the prevention of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice. In addition, the major populations of cells infiltrating the iselts during the early stage of insulitis in BB rats and NOD mice are macrophages and dendritic cells. The inactivation of macrophages in NOD mice results in the prevention of T cell mediated autoimmune diabetes. Macrophages are primary contributors to the creation of the immune environment conducive to the development and activation of $\beta$cell-specific Th1-type CD4+ T cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells that cause autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are both believed to be important for the destruction of $\beta$ cells. These cells, as final effectors, can kill the insulin-producing $\beta$ cells by the induction of apoptosis. In addition, CD8+ cytotoxic T cells release granzyme and cytolysin (perforin), which are also toxic to $\beta$ cells. In this way, macrophages, CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells act synergistically to kill the $\beta$ cells in conjunction with $\beta$ cell autoantigens and MHC class I and II antigens, resulting in the onset of autoimmune type I diabetes.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2014

Endothelin 2 (EDN2) induces follicular rupture by constricting periovulatory follicles. In this study, it was investigated the mechanisms of EDN2 action on follicular rupture with respect of receptor using the conditionally granulosa cell specific EDN2 receptor type A (ETa) KO mice (gcETaKO; $ETa^{flox/-}{\cdot}Amhr2^{Cre}$). It was generated the gcETaKO mice by breeding with $ETa^{flox/-}$ mice after mono-alleic ETa knockout by $ZP3^{Cre}$ and $Amhr2^{Cre}$ mice. Fertility, ovulation and maturation rates of ovulated oocytes after super ovulation were investigated in the gcETaKO mice compared with wild-type mice ($ETa^{flox/flox}$ and $ETa^{flox/-}$) as a control group. In the gcETaKO mice, normal fertility after breeding with male mice was shown compared with wild-type mice. And, there was no significant differences in ovulation rates after super ovulation, however its maturation rates was lower than that of wild type mice. These findings show that EDN2 in follicular rupture for ovulation is related with an other ETa not in granulosa cells. Further studies are needed to investigate how EDN2 is acted in ovarian follicular rupture for ovulation.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.95-98
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• 2018

Brucellosis is one of the common zoonoses caused by Brucella abortus (B. abortus). However, little has been reported on factors affecting invasion of B. abortus into host cells. To investigate cell-type dependent invasion of B. abortus, phagocytic RAW 264.7 and THP-1 cells and non-phagocytic HeLa cells were infected with wild-type and mutant B. abortus, and their invasion efficiencies were compared. The invasion efficiencies of the strains were cell-type dependent. Wild-type B. abortus invasion efficiency was greater in phagocytic cells than in epithelial cells. The results also indicated that there are different factors involved in the invasion of B. abortus into phagocytic cells.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2014

The GacS/GacA two component system regulates various traits related to the biocontrol potential of plant-associated pseudomonads. The role of the sensor kinase, GacS, differs between strains in regulation of motility. In this study, we determined how a gacS mutation changed cell morphology and motility in Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6. The gacS mutant cells were elongated in stationary-phase compared to the wild type and the complemented gacS mutant, but cells did not differ in length in logarithmic phase. The gacS mutant had a two-fold increase in the number of flagella compared with the wild type strain; flagella number was restored to that of the wild type in the complemented gacS mutant. The more highly flagellated gacS mutant cells had greater swimming motilities than that of the wild type strain. Enhanced flagella formation in the gacS mutant correlated with increased expression of three genes, fleQ, fliQ and flhF, involved in flagellar formation. Expression of these genes in the complemented gacS mutant was similar to that of the wild type. These findings show that this root-colonizing pseudomonad adjusts flagella formation and cell morphology in stationary-phase using GacS as a major regulator.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2016

본 연구는 단열성능 향상 재료의 타입별 단열콘크리트의 레올로지 특성을 분석하여 최적 유동설계 및 펌핑해석을 위한 기초자료로 활용하고자 하였다. 그 결과 경량골재 혼입시 항복응력이 큰 폭으로 감소한 것으로 나타났으며, 2 type의 경우 마이크로기포제 (MFA) + 규조토 미분말(DM)의 조합이 가장 이상적인 유동특성을 나타내었다. 또한 3 type의 경우 마이크로기포제(MFA) + 규조토 미분말(DM) + 경량골재(L)의 조합이 가장 우수한 유동특성을 나타내었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.315-320
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• 1993

Fibricola seoulensis 조직융해구(tribocytic organ)의 미세구조를 알기 위하여, 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 조직응해구의 표피에서 미세응모가 관찰되었다. 조직융해구에는 3가지 형태의 세포들이 관찰되는 데, 첫째는 방추형이고, 핵 및 원형질이 전자밀도가 낮고, 원형질내 직경 $0.1-0.2{\;}\mu\textrm{m}$의 과립이 소수 관찰된다 둘째는 방추형이고, 핵 및 원형질이 전자밀도가 높고, 직경 $0.1-0.2{\;}\mu\textrm{m}$의 미립자로 구성된 과립을 포함한다 셋째는 원형질이 전자밀도가 높고, 직경 $0.3-1.2{\;}\mu\textrm{m}$의 과립을 다수 포함한다. 위의 세포들 중, 첫째와 둘째 세포는 표피세포로, 셋째는 조직응해구의 특 이 분비세포로 추정한다. 이것은 조직융해구의 분비 기능을 설명할 수 있는 또 다른 소견이라고 할 수 있다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.584-591
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• 2023

Active plant immune response involving programmed cell death called the hypersensitive response (HR) is elicited by microbial effectors delivered through the type III secretion system (T3SS). The marine bacterium Hahella chejuensis contains two T3SSs that are similar to those of animal pathogens, but it was able to elicit HR-like cell death in the land plant Nicotiana benthamiana. The cell death was comparable with the transcriptional patterns of H. chejuensis T3SS-1 genes, was mediated by SGT1, a general regulator of plant resistance, and was suppressed by AvrPto1, a type III-secreted effector of a plant pathogen that inhibits HR. Thus, type III-secreted effectors of a marine bacterium are capable of inducing the nonhost HR in a land plant it has never encountered before. This suggests that plants may have evolved to cope with a potential threat posed by alien pathogen effectors. Our work documents an exceptional case of nonhost HR and provides an expanded perspective for studying plant nonhost resistance.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.194-208
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• 1985

실험에 사용한 플라나리아는 Dugesia japonicia Ichikawa et Kawakatsu로서 核型分析에 의하여 種을 확인하였다. 이 種의 表皮上皮을 구성하는 세포들의 세포화학적 및 미세구조적 특징을 밝히고자 본 실험을 行하였다. 세포화학적 방법으로는 hematoxylin-eosin, periodic acid-schiff(PAS)反應, alcian blue(pH 2.5), PAS-alcian blue反應 그리고 methylene blue-basic fuchsin 등으로 염색을 시행하였고, 체표면을 走査電子顯微鏡으로, 또한 各部位의 微細構造를 透過電子顯微鏡으로 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 플라나리아의 表皮는 單層圓桂形上皮로 되어 있었고, 상피를 구성하는 세포들은 형태학적 및 세포화학적 특성에 의하여 6類型의 세포들도 區分되었다. 1) 纖毛上皮細胞 (Ciliated epithelial cell) : microtubule 배열이 9+2型인 섬모를 가지고 있었다. 2) 好酸性細胞(Eosinophilic cell) : 세포질에 소수의 큰 好酸性 顆粒을 가진 세포로서, 전자 현미경하에서는 顆粒들은 棒狀形이고, 전자밀도가 매우 낮은 基質에 섬유상 구조물이 분산되어 있었다. 3) 粘液細胞(Mucous cell) : 세포질에 PAS 반응에 강한 陽性을 보이는 다양한 모습의 과립($0.8\\times0.3 \\muM$) 들이 충만되어 있었다. 4) 棒狀體形成細胞(Rhabdite-forming cell) : 세포질쪽에 매우 강한 eosinophilia를 나타내는 다양한 크기의 棒狀體顆粒을 한 개 혹은 여러개 가지고 있었으며, 顆粒의 전자밀도는 높았다. 5) A型 好鹽基性顆粒細胞(Basophilic granule cell type A) 背腹部 상피에서 관찰되었고 그 세포질에는 alcian blue(ph2.5)에 강하게 염색되는 $1.5\\times1.0 \\mum$의과립들을 상당히 많이 포함하고 있었다. 과립들은 형태가 球形에 가깝거나 혹은 불규칙형이였고 전자밀도가 높았다. 이類型의 세포들은 柔組織에서 基底膜은 通過하여 表皮上皮로 이동되었다. 6) B型 好鹽基性細胞(Basophilic granule cell type B) 兩側部의 表皮上皮에서 관찰되었으며 세포질에는 PAS 반응에 강한 陽性을 보이는 $0.7\\times0.4 \\mum$의 과립들을 상당히 많이 包含하고 있었다. 전자밀도가 매우 높은 과립들의 형태는 비교적 불규칙하였다. 이類型의 세포들은 역시 柔組織에서 표피로 이동되었다.