• BMB Reports
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• 제56권9호
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• pp.502-507
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• 2023

Photobiomodulation therapy has been proposed as a promising therapeutic approach for retinal degenerative diseases. However, its effect on the regenerative capacity in mammalian retina and its intracellular signalling mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we show that photobiomodulation with 670 nm light stimulates Müller glia cell cycle re-entry and dedifferentiation into a progenitor-like state in both the uninjured and injured retina. We also find that 670 nm light treatment inhibits the Hippo pathway, which is activated in Müller glia following NaIO₃-induced retinal injury. YAP, a major downstream effector of the Hippo signalling pathway was translocated into the nucleus of Müller glia along with YAP dephosphorylation in retina treated with 670 nm light. Deficiency of YAP attenuated Müller glia cell cycle re-entry and dedifferentiation. Our data reveal that the Hippo-YAP signalling pathway is associated with the photostimulatory effect on regenerative response in mammalian retina, and suggest a potential therapeutic strategy for retinal degenerative diseases.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.294-298
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• 2001

감염성 바이러스의 발생은 세계적인 현상으로 어린이는 물론 성인의 건강을 위협하고 있는 실정이다. 1998년 -2000년 사이에 부산지역 바이러스성 전염병 유행예측사업의 과정에서 소화기계 바이러스가 탐색되었다. 의심되는 환자의 대변 및 뇌척수액, 인후가검물에서 세포배양, Latex 응집반응, 간접면역형광항체법, 전자현미경 관찰 등을 행하여 바이러스를 확인하였다. 총 검체 중에서 바이러스의 확인 율은 12.5% 이었다. 이 과정을 통하여 3 사례의 장 adenovirus 및, 23 사례의 echovirus, 31 사례의 coxsackievirus, 36 사례의 rotavirus, 45 사례의 small round structured virus (SRSV), 7 사례의 poliovirus가 확인되었다. 확인된 주요 혈청형으로는 장 adenovirus 41형 및 echovirus 6, 9, 11, 25, 30형, coxsackievirus B2, B3, B4, B6 형 등이 탐색되었다. 각 바이러스의 월별 발생별로는 SRSV는 12월에서 다음해 4월 사이, echovirus와 coxsackievirus는 4월에서 10월 사이에, rotavirus는 1월에서 4월 사이에 각각 분리 율이 높았다. 전자현미경 관찰에서는 30-80 nm의 작은 크기의 바이러스들이 확인되었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.415-426
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• 2008

The interactions between the host and microbial pathogen largely dictate the onset, progression, and outcome of infectious diseases. Pathogens subvert host components to promote their pathogenesis and, among these, cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are exploited by many pathogens for their initial attachment and subsequent cellular entry. The ability to interact with heparan sulfate proteoglycans is widespread among viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Certain pathogens also use heparan sulfate proteoglycans to evade host defense mechanisms. These findings suggest that heparan sulfate proteoglycans are critical in microbial pathogenesis, and that heparan sulfate proteoglycan-pathogen interactions are potential targets for novel prophylactic and therapeutic approaches.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.654-662
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• 2016

Almost all eukaryotic proteins are subject to post-translational modifications during mitosis and cell cycle, and in particular, reversible phosphorylation being a key event. The recent use of high-throughput experimental analyses has revealed that more than 70% of all eukaryotic proteins are regulated by phosphorylation; however, the mechanism of dephosphorylation, counteracting phosphorylation, is relatively unknown. Recent discoveries have shown that many of the protein phosphatases are involved in the temporal and spatial control of mitotic events, such as mitotic entry, mitotic spindle assembly, chromosome architecture changes and cohesion, and mitotic exit. This implies that certain phosphatases are tightly regulated for timely dephosphorylation of key mitotic phosphoproteins and are essential for control of various mitotic processes. This review describes the physiological and pathological roles of mitotic phosphatases, as well as the versatile role of various protein phosphatases in several mitotic events.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.211-222
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• 2022

After more than two years of efforts to end the corona pandemic, a gradual recovery is starting in countries with high vaccination rates. Easing public health policies for a full-fledged post-corona era, such as lifting the mandatory use of outdoor mask and quarantine measures in entry have been considered in Korea. However, the continuous emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and limitations in vaccine efficacy still remain challenging. Fortunately, T cells and memory T cells, which are key components of adaptive immunity appear to contribute substantially in COVID-19 control. SARS-CoV-2 specific CD4⁺/CD8⁺ T cells are induced by natural infection or vaccination, and rapid induction and activation of T cells is mainly associated with viral clearance and attenuated clinical severity. In addition, T cell responses induced by recognition of a wide range of epitopes were minimally affected and conserved against the highly infectious subsets of omicron variants. Polyfunctional SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell memory including stem cell-like memory T cells were also developed in COVID-19 convalescent patients, suggesting long lasting protective T cell immunity. Thus, a robust T-cell immune response appears to serve as a reliable and long-term component of host protection in the context of reduced efficacy of humoral immunity and persistent mutations and/or immune escape.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2002

Sprague-Dawley계 흰쥐의 악하선에서 선세포를 분리하여 fura-2/AM(fura-2)으로 염색한 후 spectrofluorometer로 세포내 $Ca^{2+}$농도를 측정하였다. 악하선 세포를 관류장치(perfusion chamber)에 넣고 표준용액을 관류시키면서 isoproterenol($1{\mu}M$)과 octanol(1mM)을 투여한 후 $Ca^{2+}$농도 변화를 측정하였는데 단독 투여시 $Ca^{2+}$농도는 거의 변화하지 않았으나 함께 투여한 경우 세포 내 $Ca^{2+}$농도가 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다. Adenylate-cyclase를 활성화 시키는 forskolin($10{\mu}M$)과 octanol을 함께 투여하였을 때도 isoproterenol의 경우와 유사한 증가 현상을 보이는 것으로 볼 때 octanol과 isoproterenol 또는 forskolin이 함께 작용할 때 세포 내 $Ca^{2+}$가 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. $Ca^{2+}$의 증가기전을 확인하고자 표준용액의 $Ca^{2+}$를 제거함은 물론 EGTA를 처리하여 세포외부의 $Ca^{2+}$를 제거한 후 상기한 바와 동일한 실험을 반복한 결과 $Ca^{2+}$농도의 증가를 보이지 않았다. 따라서 세포 내 $Ca^{2+}$의 증가는 세포 외부로부터의 $Ca^{2+}$유입 때문인 것으로 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 $Ca^{2+}$의 유입 capacitative entry pathway를 이용하는지 확인코자 gadolinium($10{\mu}M$)을 처리하였을 때 $Ca^{2+}$농도의 증가가 완전히 억제되지는 않았지만 $Ca^{2+}$의 증가속도와 증가량이 감소되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 실험결과들을 정리하면 세포 내 $Ca^{2+}$농도의 증가와 관련 ${\beta}$-아드레날린계 관련 약물과 옥탄올(octanol)을 함께 처리할 경우 세포 내 $Ca^{2+}$는 세포 외부에서 유입되어 증가되고 그 경로는 일부 capacitative entry pathway를 통함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.261-270
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• 1992

Many herbicides that are applied at the soil before weed emergence inhibit plant growth soon after weed germination occurs. Plant growth has been known as an irreversible increase in size as a result of the processes of cell divison and cell enlargement. Herbicides can influence primary growth in which most new plant tissues emerges from meristmatic region by affecting either or both of these processes. Herbicides which have sites of action during interphase($G_1$, S, $G_2$) of cell cycle and cause a subsequent reduction in the observed frequency of mitotic figures can be classified as an inhibitor of mitotic entry. Those herbicides that affect the mitotic sequence(mitosis) by influencing the development of the spindle apparatus or by influencing new cell plate formation should be classified as causing disruption of the mitotic sequence. Sulfonylureas, imidazolinones, chloroacetamides and some others inhibit plant growth by inhibiting the entry of cell into mitosis. The carbamate herbicides asulam, carbetamide, chlorpropham and propham etc. reported to disrupt the mitotic sequence, especially affecting on spindle function, and the dinitroaniline herbicides trifluralin, nitralin, pendimethalin, dinitramine and oryzalin etc. reported to disrupt the mitotic sequence, particularly causing disappearence of microtubles from treated cells due to inhibition of polymerization process. An inhibition of cell enlargement can be made by membrane demage, metabolic changes within cells, or changes in processes necessary for cell yielding. Several herbicides such as diallate, triallate, alachlor, metolachlor and EPTC etc. reported to inhibit cell enlargement, while 2, 4-D has been known to disrupt cell enlargement. One potential danger inherent in the use of soil acting herbicides is that build-up of residues could occur from year to year. In practice, the sort of build-up that would be disastrous is unikely to occur for substances applied at the correct soil concentration. Crop injury caused by soil applied herbicides can be minimized by (1) following the guidance of safe use of herbicides, particularly correct dose at correct time in right crop, (2) by use of safeners which protect crops against injury without protecting any weed ; interactions between herbicides and safeners(antagonists) at target sites do occur probably from the following mechanisms (1) competition for binding site, (2) circumvention of the target site, and (3) compensation of target site, and another mechanism of safener action can be explained by enhancement of glutathione and glutathione related enzyme activity as shown in the protection of rice from pretilachlor injury by safener fenclorim, (3) development of herbicide resistant crops ; development of herbicide-resistant weed biotypes can be explained by either gene pool theory or selection theory which are two most accepted explanations, and on this basis it is likely to develop herbicide-resistant crops of commercial use. Carry-over problems do occur following repeated use of the same herbicide in an extended period of monocropping, and by errors in initial application which lead to accidental and irregular overdosing, and by climatic influence on rates of loss. These problems are usually related to the marked sensitivity of the particular crops to the specific herbicide residues, e.g. wheat/pronamide, barley/napropamid, sugarbeet/ chlorsulfuron, quinclorac/tomato. Relatively-short-residual product, succeeding culture of insensitive crop to specific herbicide, and greater reliance on postemergence herbicide treatments should be alternatives for farmer practices to prevent these problems.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영과학회/대한산업공학회 2003년도 춘계공동학술대회
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• pp.375-380
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• 2003

This study is concerned with the machine part grouping m cellular manufacturing. To group machines into the set of machine cells and parts into the set of part families, new p-median model considering the production data such as the operation sequences and production volumes for parts is proposed. Unlike existing p-median models relying on the classical binary part-machine incidence matrix which does not reflect the real production factors which seriously impact on machine-part grouping, the proposed p-median model reflects the production factors by adopting the new similarity coefficient based on the production data-based part-machine incidence matrix of which each non-binary entry indicates actual intra-cell or inter-cell flows to or from machines by parts. Computation test compares the proposed p median model favorably.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.403-406
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• 2009

Rev is an essential regulatory protein for HIV-1 replication. Rev (11-20) is known as the significant region regarding the function of a nuclear entry inhibitory signal (NIS) of Rev. In this study, anticandidal effects and mechanism of action of Rev (11-20) were investigated. The result exhibited that Rev (11-20) contained candidacidal activities. To understand target site(s) of Rev (11-20), the intracellular localization of the peptide was investigated. The result showed that Rev (11-20) rapidly accumulated in the fungal cell surface. The cell wall regeneration test also indicated that Rev (11-20) exerted its anticandidal activity to fungal plasma membrane rather than cell wall. The fluorescent study using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) further confirmed the membrane-disruption mechanism(s) of Rev (11-20). The present study suggests that Rev (11-20) possesses significant potential regarding therapeutic agents for treating fungal diseases caused by Candida species in humans.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.251-258
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• 2021

Flos magnoliae (FM), the dry flower buds of Magnolia officinalis or its related species, is a traditional herbal medicine commonly used in Asia for symptomatic relief of and treating allergic rhinitis, headache, and sinusitis. Although several studies have reported the effects of FM on store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) via the ORAI1 channel, which is essential during intracellular calcium signaling cascade generation for T cell activation and mast cell degranulation, the effects of its isolated constituents on SOCE remain unidentified. Therefore, we investigated which of the five major constituents of 30% ethanoic FM (vanillic acid, tiliroside, eudesmin, magnolin, and fargesin) inhibit SOCE and their physiological effects on immune cells. The conventional whole-cell patch clamp results showed that fargesin, magnolin, and eudesmin significantly inhibited SOCE and thus human primary CD4+ T lymphocyte proliferation, as well as allergen-induced histamine release in mast cells. Among them, fargesin demonstrated the most potent inhibitory effects not only on ORAI1 (IC50 = 12.46 ± 1.300 μM) but also on T-cell proliferation (by 87.74% ± 1.835%) and mast cell degranulation (by 20.11% ± 5.366%) at 100 μM. Our findings suggest that fargesin can be a promising candidate for the development of therapeutic drugs to treat allergic diseases.