• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.136-144
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• 2003

Oral administration of antigen has long been considered as a promising alternative for the treatment of chronic autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and oral application of type II collagen (CII) has been proven to improve pathogenic symptoms in RA patients without problematic side effects. To further current understandings about the immune suppression mechanisms mediated by orally administered antigens, we examined the changes in IgG subtypes, T-cell proliferative response, and proportion of interleukin (IL)-10 producing Th subsets in a time course study of collagen induced arthritis (CIA) animal models. We found that joint inflammation in CIA mouse peaked at 5 weeks after first immunization with CII, which was significantly subdued in mice pre-treated by repeated oral administration of CII. Orally tolerized mice also showed increase in their serum level of IgG1, while the level of IgG2a was decreased. T-cell proliferation upon CII stimulation was also suppressed in lymph nodes of mice given oral administration of CII compared to non-tolerized controls. When cultured in vitro in the presence of CII, T-cells isolated from orally tolerized mice presented higher proportion of $CD4^+IL-10^+$ subsets compared to non-tolerized controls. Interestingly, such increase in IL-10 producing cells were obvious first in Peyer's patch, then by 5 weeks after immunization, in mesenteric lymph node and spleen instead. This result indicates that a particular subset of T-cells with immune suppressive functions might have migrated from the original contact site with CII to inflamed joints via peripheral blood after 5 weeks post immunization.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.95-108
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• 2014

화장품은 일반인이 장기간 연용하는 제품으로 인체 피부에 대한 안전성이 매우 중요하다. 화장품에 의한 접촉피부염은 자극성 물질이 피부에 접촉 후 침투하여 유발하는 염증반응으로 활성화된 면역세포에서 염증을 매개하는 다양한 인자를 분비함으로써 시작된다. 본 연구에서는 국산 생약 추출물을 이용하여 RAW264.7 대식 세포에서 염증 관련 인자에 대한 영향을 통해 항염증 활성을 스크리닝 하였다. 51종의 국산 생약 추출물 중 측백, 측백엽(초), 향부자, 형개, 동과자, 산약, 산약(초), 상지, 송절, 택사의 에탄올 추출물 10종이 lipopolysaccharide(LPS)에 의해 유도된 세포독성을 감소시킴과 동시에 염증 관련 인자인 Nitric oxide (NO), interleukin (IL)-1${\beta}$, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$의 생성을 억제하는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 이들 생약 추출물은 인체피부에서도 자극을 유발하지 않음을 인체 첩포시험을 통해 검증하였다. 따라서, 항염증 활성이 확인된 10종 국산 생약 추출물은 피부 자극을 예방할 수 있는 화장품 소재로서의 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.578-582
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• 2009

Purpose: In extensive deep burn of the lower limb, due to less amount of soft tissue, bone is easily exposed. When it happens, natural healing or reconstruction with skin graft only is not easy. Local flap is difficult to success, because adjacent skins are burnt or skin grafted tissues. Muscle flap or free flap are also limited and has high failure rate due to deep tissue damage. The authors acquired good outcome by performing one - stage operation on bone exposed soft tissue defect with AlloDerm$^{(R)}$(LifeCell, USA), an acellular dermal matrix producted from cadaveric skin. Methods: We studied 14 bone exposed soft tissue defect patients from March 2002 to March 2009. Average age, sex, cause of burn, location of wound, duration of admission period, and postoperative complications were studied. We removed bony cortex with burring, until conforming pinpoint bone bleeding. Then rehydrated AlloDerm$^{(R)}$(25 / 1000 inches, meshed type) was applicated on wound, and thin split thickness(6 ~ 8 / 1000 inches) skin graft was done at the immediately same operative time. Results: Average age of patients was 53.6 years(25 years ~ 80 years, SD = 16.8), and 13 patients were male(male : female = 13 : 1). Flame burn was the largest number. (Flame burn 6, electric burn 3, contact burn 4, and scalding burn 1). Tibia(8) was the most affected site. (tibia 8, toe 4, malleolus 1, and metatarsal bone 1). Thin STSC with AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ took without additional surgery in 12 of 14 patients. Partial graft loss was shown on four cases. Two cases were small in size under $1{\times}1cm$, easily healed with simple dressing, and other two cases needed additional surgery. But in case of additional surgery, granulation tissue has easily formed, and simple patch graft on AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ was enough. Average duration of admission period of patients without additional surgery was 15 days(13 ~ 19 days). Conclusion: AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ and thin split thickness skin graft give us an advantage in short surgery time and less limitations in donor site than flap surgery. Postoperative scar is less than in conventional skin graft because of more firm restoration of dermal structure with AlloDerm$^{(R)}$. We propose that AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ and thin split thickness skin graft could be a solution to bone exposured soft tissue defects in extensive deep burned patients on lower extremities, especially when adjacent tissue cannot be used for flap due to extensive burn.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 마이크로 또는 나노 입자 형상을 폴리디메틸실록산 (PDMS)에 전사시켜 건식접착제를 제조하고 특성에 대하여 고찰하였다. 20 nm, 40 nm, 70 nm의 직경을 가지는 구리 나노 입자형상과 $5{\mu}m$의 직경을 가지는 폴리메틸메타아크릴레이트 (PMMA) 마이크로 입자 형상을 전사시켜 PDMS 건식 접착제를 제조하였다. 입자의 종류 및 크기가 변화함에 따라 건식 접착제의 기계적 특성, 인장 접착강도, 표면 형상, 접촉각, 광학적 성질에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 20 nm 직경을 가지는 구리 나노 입자를 전사시켜 얻은 건식 접착제는 bare PDMS 필름에 비하여 300% 이상 향상된 인장 접착강도를 가졌다. 나노 입자를 전사시켜 얻은 큰 표면적 건식 접착제 구조가 높은 인장 접착강도를 부여하는 원인으로 추정된다. 본 연구결과는 나노 입자를 전사시키는 방법이 PDMS 건식 접착제의 제조에 있어 쉽고 효과적임을 시사한다.