• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2005

Deep neck infections mean infection in the potential spaces and facial planes of the neck, either abscess formation or cellulitis. Deep neck infections are caused by dental, salivary gland, pharyngeal and tonsillar infections. Sometimes, deep neck infection may be caused by tuberculosis in case of immunodefiecient patients. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) is a disease associated with defective cell-mediated immunity after infected with human immunodeficiency virus(HIV). The chance of opportunistic infection in patients of AIDS increases as the level of immunodeficienty progresses. Human immunodeficiency virus infection is the most single significant risk factor for progression of pulmonary tuberculosis to extrapulmonary sites. In patients infected with HIV, the rate of extrapulomonary tuberculosis rises upto $60\%$. We report a case of a 47 year old male patient with AIDS associated with deep neck infection by tuberculosis.

• BMB Reports
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.473-480
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• 2022

Neutrophils, the most abundant innate immune cells, play essential roles in the innate immune system. As key innate immune cells, neutrophils detect intrusion of pathogens and initiate immune cascades with their functions; swarming (arresting), cytokine production, degranulation, phagocytosis, and projection of neutrophil extracellular trap. Because of their short lifespan and consumption during immune response, neutrophils need to be generated consistently, and generation of newborn neutrophils (granulopoiesis) should fulfill the environmental/systemic demands for training in cases of infection. Accumulating evidence suggests that neutrophils also play important roles in the regulation of adaptive immunity. Neutrophil-mediated immune responses end with apoptosis of the cells, and proper phagocytosis of the apoptotic body (efferocytosis) is crucial for initial and post resolution by producing tolerogenic innate/adaptive immune cells. However, inflammatory cues can impair these cascades, resulting in systemic immune activation; necrotic/pyroptotic neutrophil bodies can aggravate the excessive inflammation, increasing inflammatory macrophage and dendritic cell activation and subsequent T_H1/T_H17 responses contributing to the regulation of the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease. In this review, we briefly introduce recent studies of neutrophil function as players of immune response.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.599-610
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• 2007

근육내 파두유를 주입한 육계병아리에서 사료 중 크릴 밀 수준이 세포성 면역반응에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 갓 부화한 육계병아리(Ross) 수컷에 크릴 밀 0.0(기초사료), 0.5, 1.0 및 2.0% 사료를 급여하고 3주간 사육하였다. 20일령에 10㎕의 파두유를 정강이 근육내에 주입하였고, 24시간 뒤(21일령)에 혈중 TNF-α 활성과 오보트렌스훼린 수준 및 PBMC와 비장세포의 증식도를 올리브유를 주입한 대조구와 비교하였다. 크릴 밀 사료는 육계병아리의 생산성과 혈장 오보트렌스훼린 수준에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았으나, 크릴 밀 0.0% 사료에 비해서 유의하게(p<0.0001) 혈장 TNF-α 활성을 감소시키고 PBMC 증식도를 높였다. 비장 세포증식도는 크릴 밀 1.0% 사료에서 유의하게(p=0.01) 높았다. 파두유 주입은 혈중 TNF-α 활성(p<0.0001), 오보트랜스훼린 수준 및 PBMC증식도(p<0.0001)를 높였다. 파두유 주입 시에 PBMC 증식도는 사료중 크릴 밀 수준에 따라 점차 감소(p<0.05) 하였고 비장세포 증식도는 크릴 밀 1.0 및 2.0% 사료에서 유의하게(p< 0.05) 감소하였다. 본 연구는 사료중 크릴밀이 파두유 주입으로 활성화한 선천 면역과 세포성 면역을 변화시킨다는 것을 나타내었다. (색인:파두유(croton oil), tumor necrosis factor -α(TNF-α), PBMC와 비장세포의 증식, 크릴 밀, 육계 병아리)

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.197-203
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• 1998

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a disease occuring predominantly in patients with defects in immunity such as neutropenia, hematologic malignancies or with defects in cell-mediated immunity. The isolation of Aspergillus from respiratory tract of normal host usually signifies tracheobronchial colonization, making this diagnosis difficult. There are isolated case reports occuring in normal hosts but most of them were diagnosed postmortem at autopsies indicating that early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in normal host is difficult. We describe here a case of invasive aspergillosis in a immunocompetent host diagnosed by lung biopsy which was successfully treated with Amphotericin-B. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis should be included as one of the differential diagnosis if a patient with pneumonic consolidation does not respond to usual therapy, even if the patient does not have any defect in immunity.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.112-124
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• 2002

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) has been reported to exert detrimental toxicities on various organ systems including reproductive, cardiovascular, nervous, or dermal system. Immunomodulatory effects of TCDD is thymic atrophy, downregulation of cytotoxic T or B lymphocyte differentiation and activation, which were demonstrated using experimental animals, whereas immunotoxicity in human has not been investigated well. This study was proceeded to evaluate general immunologic spectrum of the Korean Vietnam War veterans exposed to TCDD during their operation, and compare with that of the non-exposed control subjects with similar age. Regarding composition and quantity, immune cells in peripheral blood collected from the TCDD-exposed was not much different from those of the control except decreased red blood cell, hemoglobin and hematocrit level. Furthermore, plasma IgG2, G3, and G4 isotype distribution was similar between two groups, but IgG1 level was significantly lowered in the TCDD-exposed, indicating a TCDD-mediated functional alteration of B cells. Significantly enhanced level of IgE in plasma, a hallmark of dermal or respiratory allergic response, was also observed in the TCDD-exposed compared with that of the control. Elevated generation of IL-4 and IL-10 was resulted from in vitro stimulation of T cells with PMA plus ionomycin or PHA, respectively, from the TCDD-exposed in comparison to those of the control, suggesting a skewed type-2 response. In addition, the level of IFN${\gamma}$, a multifunctional cytokine for T cell-mediated immunity, was lowered in the TCDD-exposed with upregulation of tumor necrosis factor $\alpha$. The present study suggests that TCDD exposure disturbs immunohomeostasis in humans observed as an aberrant plasma IgE and IgG1 levels and dysregulation of T cell activities.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.85-90
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• 1990

질트리코모나스(Trichomenas vaginalis)에 대한 마우스의 복강 대식세포 및 림포카인으 로 활성화시킨 대식세포의 세포독성을 각각 관찰하였다. 세포독성은 질트리로모나스를 3H-TdR로 label시킨 후 대식세포와 반응시켜 사멸한 원충에서 방출되는 방사능 양을 비교하여 측정하였다. 대식세포의 원충에 대한 비율을 1 : 1, 5 :1, 10 : 1, 20 : 1 및 50 : 1로 증가시키고 반응시간을 12시간 및 24시간으로 변화시켰을 때, 대식세포와 원충의 비율 10 : 1 및 24시간 반응의 경우 가장 놓은 세포독성을 보였다. 마우스 비장세포를 phytohemagglutinin으로 자극시켜 얻은 림포카인으로 활성화시킨 대식세포에서는, 아무 처리를 하지 않은 대조 대식세포와 비교하였을 때 세포독성이 유의하게 증가되었으나 세포독성이 림포카인의 희석정도와는 비례하지 않았다. 또한 질트리코모나스에 세포독성을 나타내는 세포는 주로 플라스틱에 부착하는 대식세포임을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.335-349
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• 2002

The immune response against Salmonella gallinarum infection was investigated in immunosuppresed chickens. Newly hatched chickens were treated with cyclophosphamide at the first and second day after birth and were challenged intraperitoneally with S gallinarum ($1{\times}10^7CFU/m{\ell}$) on day 6. Group 1, Immunosuppresed and Challenged group, was treated with cyclophaiphamide and challenged with S gallinarum; group 2, Immunosuppressed group, was only treated with cyclophsphamide; group 3, Challenged group, was only challenged with S gallinarum; group 4, Control group. In each group, the localization of lymphocytes of the lymphoid organs and intestine was immunohistochemically compared using a variety of monoclonal antiboies ($CD4^+$, $CD8^+$, and B lymphocyte). Also, S gallinarum were assessed by Maccallum-Goodpasture stain and immunohistochemical analysis in the paraffin-embedded intestinal tissues. In S gallinarum challenged chickens, $CD4^+$ and $CD8^+$ lymphocytes of the intestinal organs such as duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon were increased. However, in cyclophophamide treated chickens, $CD4^+$ and $CD8^+$ lymphocytes and especially B lymphocytes of the lymphoid organs such as thymus, spleen, and bursa of Fabricius were dramatically decreased. These results suggest that cyclophsophamide is an immunosuppressive agent that especially causes depletion of B lymphocytes, suppress humoral immunity and eventually suppresses avian immune responses. Its protection against S gallinarum infection is mainly dependent on both cell-mediated mechanism and the humoral immune response.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1728-1735
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• 2014

Scrub typhus, caused by infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a mite-borne zoonotic disease endemic to the Asian-Pacific region. In Korea, the incidence of this disease has increased with climate changes, and over 10,000 cases of infection were reported in 2013. Although this infection is treatable with antibiotics such as doxycycline and azithromycin, an effective prophylactic vaccine against O. tsutsugamushi would be more desirable for preventing scrub typhus in endemic areas. In this study, we investigated the 56-kDa type-specific antigen (TSA56), which is a major outer membrane protein of O. tsutsugamushi, as a vaccine candidate. Intranasal immunization of recombinant TSA56 (rec56) induced a higher level of TSA56-specific IgG than that induced by intramuscular immunization of tsa56-expressing DNA (p56). Both types of immunization induced a cell-mediated immune response to TSA56, as demonstrated by the splenic cell proliferation assay. Mice immunized with p56, followed by rec56 plus heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit from E. coli, had a stronger protection from a homologous challenge with the O. tsutsugamushi Boryong strain than with other combinations. Our preliminary results suggest that an effective human vaccine for scrub typhus can include either recombinant TSA56 protein or tsa56-expressing DNA, and provide the basis for further studies to optimize vaccine performance using additional antigens or different adjuvants.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2005

Pollen has been used for Prevention or treatment of certain diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, or cancer in traditional medicine. In addition, pollen is under investigation as a host cell for a gene expression. This study was undertaken to evaluate the immunologic safety of pollen intake. BALB/c mice were administered with 500, 50,5, or 0.5 mg/kg bw of lily pollen for five times a week for four weeks through gastric intubation. Comparing the control mice administered with distilled water, no significant changes were observed in body weight gain, weight of liver, spleen, lung, and his-topathological findings of liver and kidney of the mice groups administered with the pollen. Plasma level of IgG1, IgG2a, and IgE was not different among the groups. When splenic B lymphocytes were stimulated in vitro with lipopolysaccharides for 7 days, level of IgGl and IgGwa produced in the culture supernatants was not significantly different among the groups. Furthermore, no significant alteration was observed in IL-4 and $IFN{\gamma}$ producing ability with splenic T lymphocytes stimulated in vitro with phytohemagglutinins for 48 hours between the pollen-administered and the control mice. Overall, this study suggests that the lily pollen intake is Inducing no significant modulation of humoral and cell-mediated immunity in mice.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.257-262
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• 1998

발암물질인 benzo(a)pyrene(B(a)P)이 암세포에 대한 세포성 방어능을 나타내는 자연살해(natural killer(NK))세포 활성에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위하여 사료를 C57BL/6마우스에 노출시킨 후 NK세포활성을 MTT시험법을 이용하여 측정하였다. 정상 및 시료노출군 마우스의 NK세포활성은 표적세포인 Yac-1세포에 대한 사멸세포백분율(percent dead cell)로서 측정하였다. 정상마우스의 비장세포에 B(a)P를 노출시켰을 때 노출군들은 시료농도에 따른 활성도에 큰 변화는 없었으니 낮은 농도($2.5^{\mu}g/ml$)의 노출에서도 정상에 비하여 현격히 낮은 활성치를 보였다. 정상마우스에 시료를 투여한 후에 분리한 비장세포의 NK세포활성치는 E/T ratio 200/1에서, 1회 투여보다는 2-3회 투여군에서 유의한 감소를 나타냄으로서 반복노출의 효과를 보였다. 본 시험을 통하여 B(a)P는 마우스 면역계에 미치는 효과중 암형성에 지대한 영향을 주는 NK세포활성을 크게 저하시킴을 알 수 있었다.