• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2009

Purpose: To detect the progression of experimentally induced periapical lesions on periapical radiograph and cone beam computed tomograph (CBCT) by quantitative analysis. Materials and Methods: After the removal of coronal pulps from premolars of two Beagle dogs, the root canals of premolars were exposed to oral environment during one week and then sealed for 70 days. Digital periapical radiographs and CBCTs were taken at baseline and every 7 days for 77 days after pulp exposure. We examined occurrence and areas of periapical bone resorption. Three comparative groups of CBCT radiographs were prepared by average projection of thin slabs with different bucco-lingual thicknesses (0.1, 3.0, and 8.0 mm) using a 3D visualization software. Radiographic densities were compensated by image normalization. Digital images were processed with mathematical morphology operations. The radiographic density and morphological features of periapical lesions were compared among three groups of CBCT in different time points. Results: In the CBCT group with 0.1 mm thickness, radiographic density (p<0.05) and trabecular bone area (p<0.01) were significantly decreased at the fifth week. However, in the CBCT groups with 3 mm and 8 mm thickness and periapical radiographs, none of densitometric and morphological features showed any significant differences in different time points. Radiographic density of periapical lesion showed increasing tendency at the eleventh week after pulp exposure. Conclusion: Radiographic detection of periapical lesions was possible at the fifth week after pulp contamination by quantitative method and was affected by buccolingual bone thickness.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.828-836
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• 2017

Eukaryotic cells consist of a complex network of thousands of proteins present in different organelles where organelle-specific cellular processes occur. Identification of the subcellular localization of a protein is important for understanding its potential biochemical functions. In the post-genomic era, localization of unknown proteins is achieved using multiple tools including a fluorescent-tagged protein approach. Several fluorescent-tagged protein organelle markers have been introduced into dicot plants, but its use is still limited in monocot plants. Here, we generated a set of multicolored organelle markers (fluorescent-tagged proteins) based on well-established targeting sequences. We used a series of pGWBs binary vectors to ameliorate localization and co-localization experiments using monocot plants. We constructed different fluorescent-tagged markers to visualize rice cell organelles, i.e., nucleus, plastids, mitochondria, peroxisomes, golgi body, endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane, and tonoplast, with four different fluorescent proteins (FPs) (G3GFP, mRFP, YFP, and CFP). Visualization of FP-tagged markers in their respective compartments has been reported for dicot and monocot plants. The comparative localization of the nucleus marker with a nucleus localizing sequence, and the similar, characteristic morphology of mCherry-tagged Arabidopsis organelle markers and our generated organelle markers in onion cells, provide further evidence for the correct subcellular localization of the Oryza sativa (rice) organelle marker. The set of eight different rice organelle markers with four different FPs provides a valuable resource for determining the subcellular localization of newly identified proteins, conducting co-localization assays, and generating stable transgenic localization in monocot plants.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.305-310
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• 1996

유용 취나물 5종류의 종간 유사도 및 종내 변이를 파악하기 위하여 38개체를 대상으로 PCR 방법을 이용하여 비교분석하였다. 사용된 62가지 primer 중에서 38개체 전체에서 band를 보여준 것은 10가지였고, 이를 통해 얻어진 총 band의 수는 176개로 나타났다. 종내변이는 청옥취가 31.1%에 해당하는 15개의 polymorphic band를 가져 변이가 가장 낮았으며 곰취는 61.1%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 군집분석 결과 조사된 38개체는 유사도 0.93에서 5종의 구분이 가능하였으며 38개체 각각은 유사도 0.62-0.99의 유사성을 갖는 것으로 나타났고 종내변이는 0.93이상으로 높게 나타나 변이가 적은 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 PCR방법을 이용한 결과가 취나물 5종류를 구분하는데 유용하게 사용되었으며 군집분석 결과 종내 변이가 매우 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1994

대마(Cannabis sativa L.)의 잎과 암꽃의 포(苞)를 투과 전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 어린 엽육세포에서 관찰되는 원시색소체는 타원형으로서 장축의 크기는 $1.5-2.0{\mu}m$이었으며, 스트로마 기질내에는 100nm 크기의 색소체소구가 많이 나타났다. 파종후 3주후에 채취된 시료의 엽육세포에 있어서는 그라나가 잘 발달된 엽록체가 관찰되었는데, 틸라코이드의 신장과 더불어 엽록체의 형태도 긴 장타원형을 이루고 있었다. 엽육세포가 성숙하면서 전분립의 수와 크기가 점차 증가하였고, 이에 따라서 엽록체의 형태도구형에 가까운 타원형으로 변하였다. 특히 이 시기의 그라나간틸라코이드는 매우 팽창되는 양상을 나타내었다. 엽육세포 가운데 비교적 어린 단계에 있는 세포에서는 원시색소체가 엽록체와 함께 출현하기도 하였는데, 이때의 이들 엽록체는 전분립을 전혀 지니지 않았다. 엽육조직과 암꽃의 포에서 관찰된 표피세포는 전분립을 지닌 엽록체가 세포벽을 따라 나타났으며, 핵은 세포의 기부에 규칙적으로 배열하였다. 비분비모는 세포의 중앙에 큰 액포가 발달하였으며 아주 적은 세포질이 세포벽을 따라 존재하였다. 이들 세포질내에도 옅록체가 나타났는데, 이들은 엽육세포의 엽록체에 비해 현저히 작았고, 형태도 타원형에 가까왔다. 한편, 분비모에서는 매우 특징적인 색소체가 출현하였는데, 이들은 격자구조의 막성구조(reticulate body)를 지니면서 분비작용을 왕성히 하고 있었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2020

This study provides a detailed morphological description of larvae obtained from Urocampus nanus and Syngnathus schlegeli male brood fish over 20 days of culture in the laboratory. In both species, mating takes place when several males each spread their brood pouch like a wing to attract a female's attention. When the female begins to swim upward, the males follow her and receive her eggs in their brood pouches. Newborn larvae of U. nanus and S. schlegeli had already completed formation of dorsal and caudal fin rays, but not of pectoral fin rays. Pectoral fin rays were completely formed 15 days after release in S. schlegeli and 20 days after release in U. nanus. The ratio of caudal fin length to standard length increased until 8 days and decreased thereafter in S. schlegeli, while in U. nanus this ratio declined continuously after hatching. The larvae of the two species were very similar in external morphology, but well distinguished by the number of dorsal fin rays (15-16 in U. nanus vs. 39-43 in S. schlegeli), the presence of a membrane under the tail (absent in U. nanus vs. present in S. schlegeli), and the presence of melanophores in the dorsal fin (present in U. nanus vs. absent in S. schlegeli). Based on this study, U. nanus appears to be evolutionally more similar to pipefish than to seahorse.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.311-321
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• 2016

Chronic or acute alcohol abuse often leads to liver injury associated with alcoholic hepatitis, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. In addition to the liver, alcohol abuse also induces a variety of other tissue injuries including pancreatitis, cardiomyopathy, neurotoxicity and muscle loss. Chronic skeletal muscle myopathy, independent of peripheral neuropathy, is well recognised in alcoholic patients. Several mechanisms may be involved in the pathogenesis of alcoholic myopathy. Ethanol is a potent inhibitor of muscle protein synthesis. Gastrocnemius and plantaris muscles are Type II fiber-predominant and usually considered representative of the musculature as a whole. Whereas, soleus muscle is Type I fiber predominant. Shihosogan-san is a traditional Korean medicine that is widely employed to treat indigestion and liver diseases. Muscle diseases are often related to liver diseases and conditions. We therefore tested the hypothesis that treatment with Shihosogan-san could ameliorate the ethanol-induced changes in muscle protein synthesis. Young male Sprague-Dawley rats were orally given 25% ethanol (5ml/kg, body weight) daily with Ethanol for 28 days. Normal group was similarly administrated with saline. In Shihosogan-san treated group, rats were orally administrated Shihosogan-san extract, and rats of EtOH group were given with the vehicle only. After 4 week, the morphology of gastrocnemius and plantaris muscles were assessed by hematoxylin and eosin staining. For comparative purposes, liver function was also investigated. The muscles from rats of EtOH group displayed a significant reduction in average cross section area compared to Normal group. Shihosogan-san treated group had increased fiber compared to the EtOH group. Moreover, Shihosogan-san treated group compared with EtOH group showed significantly decreased pro-apoptotic BAX expression and increased anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 expression. In conclusion, Shihosogan-san extract showed ameliorating effects on chronic alcohol toxicity in skeletal muscle.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2014

Objectives: In homeopathy, it is claimed that more homeopathically-diluted potencies render more protective/curative effects against any disease condition. Potentized forms of Condurango are used successfully to treat digestive problems, as well as esophageal and stomach cancers. However, the comparative efficacies of Condurango 6C and 30C, one diluted below and one above Avogadro's limit (lacking original drug molecule), respectively, have not been critically analyzed for their cell-killing (apoptosis) efficacy against lung cancer cells in vitro, and signalling cascades have not been studied. Hence, the present study was undertaken. Methods: 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays were conducted on H460-non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells by using a succussed ethyl alcohol vehicle (placebo) as a control. Studies on cellular morphology, cell cycle regulation, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), changes in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and DNA-damage were made, and expressions of related signaling markers were studied. The observations were done in a "blinded" manner. Results: Both Condurango 6C and 30C induced apoptosis via cell cycle arrest at subG0/G1 and altered expressions of certain apoptotic markers significantly in H460 cells. The drugs induced oxidative stress through ROS elevation and MMP depolarization at 18-24 hours. These events presumably activated a caspase-3-mediated signalling cascade, as evidenced by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), western blot and immunofluorescence studies at a late phase (48 hours) in which cells were pushed towards apoptosis. Conclusion: Condurango 30C had greater apoptotic effect than Condurango 6C as claimed in the homeopathic doctrine.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2012

Genetic resource conservation of indigenous species is important to conserve terrestrial, aquatic and avian species throughout the world. The native Korean Oge (KO) chickens are important and protected indigenous avian species in Korea. This KO breed is very popular in Korea because of its external appearances of blackish color. The characterization of morphology and growth performances of KO were performed since 1980s, however the information is still not sufficient for breed selection. In this study, we compared various growth performances including body growth, tibia length, shank length, chest width, chest grith and length of tail feather between male and female chickens of KO and widely known White Leghorn (WL) breeds at 1 week, 2 weeks, 5 weeks, 10 weeks, and 24 weeks. We observed differences on various growth performances at different aged groups between KO and WL chickens. This study may help for the selection of chicken breeds based on age, body growth and meat production.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2011

성숙한 2년산 미꾸라지(Misgurnus mizolepis) 친어로부터 3배체를 유도하여 이들 3배체의 정자형성과정에 따른 생식세포의 미세구조를 조사하여 2배체 숫컷과 비교하였다. 3배체 숫컷의 정자형성과정과 세포학적 미세구조는 2배체와 유사한 특징을 나타내었다. 정자변태과정이 일어나는 시기에 3배체의 정소 소엽내 Sertoli cell은 세포질 내 다수의 미토콘드리아 로제트, 소포체, 그리고 소량의 지방적 등을 함유하는 등 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 3배체 숫컷의 정소에서 일부 성숙한 정자들이 식별되었다. 변태를 완료한 3배체의 정자는 두부, 중편 그리고 미부축사로 구성되어 2배체 정자와 같은 anacrosomal aquasperm으로 나타났으나 생식세포 발달단계별 핵의 크기가 2배체보다 크고, 정자를 구성하는 cytoplasmic cannal의 직경이 크며 cytoplasmic collar의길이가 길고 미부축사의 직경이 굵고 두 개 이상의 미부축사를 가지는 등 비정상적인 구조를 나타내었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.374-380
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• 2017

Properties of coatings produced by warm spray were investigated in order to utilize this technique as a repair method for Al tire molds. $Al-(0-10%)Al_2O_3$ composite powder was sprayed on Al substrate by warm spraying, and the microstructure and mechanical properties of the composite coating layer were investigated. For comparative study, the properties of the coating produced by plasma spray, which is a relatively high-temperature spraying process, were also investigated. The composite coating layers produced by the two spray techniques exhibited significantly different morphology, perhaps due to their different process temperatures and velocities of particles. Whereas the $Al_2O_3$ particles in the warm sprayed coating layer maintained their initial shape before the spray, flattened and irregular shape $Al_2O_3$ particles were distributed in the plasma sprayed coating layer. The coating layer produced by warm spray showed significantly higher adhesive strength compared to that produced by plasma spray. Hardness was also higher in the warm sprayed coating layer compared to the plasma sprayed one. Moreover, with increasing the fraction of $Al_2O_3$, hardness gradually increased in both spray coating processes. In conclusion, an $Al-Al_2O_3$ composite coating layer with good mechanical properties was successfully produced by warm spray.