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Bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency

  • Kehrli, Marcus E. Jr.;Park, Yong-ho;Yoo, Han-sang
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.247-256
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    • 1999
  • A disease of young Holstein calves characterized by recurrent pneumonia, ulcerative and granulomatous stomatitis, enteritis with bacterial overgrowth, periodontitis, delayed wound healing, persistent neutrophilia and death at an early age had been originally described in 1983 and again in 1987. Most of these calves had stunted growth and a persistent, progressive neutrophilia (often exceeding 100,000/ml). By investigation of pedigrees, all of the affected calves have now been traced to a common sire and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic DNA testing to be homozygous carriers of a defective allele for bovine CD18. Neutrophils from these calves have several functional deficits and, most importantly, fail to adhere in a ${\beta}_2$-integrin dependent manner. The ${\beta}_2$-integrins represent a family of glycoproteins which participate in various leukocyte adhesion reactions during host defense. The presence or absence of ${\beta}_2$-integrin molecules can be demonstrated on the surface of neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes from normal or affected calves using specific monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry, or by colloidal gold immunolabeling and scanning electron microscopy in backscatter mode. Deficiency of the ${\beta}_2$-integrins on all leukocyte types in Holstein calves is analogous to leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) seen in humans. Neutrophils in bovine (BLAD) and human LAD patients are unable to adhere to the endothelial lining of the cardiovascular system thus interrupting egression of neutrophils into infected tissues. Other leukocytes, while still deficient in expression of the ${\beta}_2$-integrins, are still able to efficiently egress from the blood stream due to interactions of other adhesion molecules that are not as highly expressed on neutrophils. Both BLAD cattle and LAD children (who do not receive bone marrow transplants) often die at an early age as a result of the failure of neutrophils to extravasate into infected tissues. In 1991, Shuster, et $al^{27}$, identified two point mutations within the alleles encoding bovine CD18 in a Holstein calf afflicted with leukocyte adhesion deficiency. One mutation causes an aspartic acid to glycine substitution at amino acid 128 (D128G) in an extracellular region of this adhesion glycoprotein that is highly conserved (> 95% identity) between humans, cattle and mice. The other mutation is silent. Numerous calves with clinical symptoms of leukocyte adhesion deficiency have since been tested and all have been found homozygous for the D128G allele. In addition, calves homozygous far the D128G allele have been identified during widespread DNA testing in the United States. All cattle with the mutant allele are related to one bull, who through artificial insemination (A.I.), sired many calves in the 1950's and 1960's. The carrier frequency of the D128G CD18 allele among U.S. Holstein cattle had reached approximately 15% among active A.I. bulls and 8% among cows. By 1993, the organization of the dairy industry and the diagnostic test developed to genotype cattle, enabled virtually complete eradication of bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency among current and future A.I. bulls.

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A new derivative of phorbaketals isolated from a Marine Sponge Phorbas species

  • Hwang, Buyng-Su;Yang, Cao;Rho, Jung-Rae
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.128-136
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    • 2011
  • A new sesterterpenoid, phorbaketal derivative, was isolated from the marine sponge Phorbas species. Its planar structures was completely determined from a combination of extensive 1D and 2D NMR experiments and MS data, and also the stereochemistry on the chiral centers were established by the ROESY experiment and the comparison with the $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ chemical shifts of the known phorbaketal compounds. This compound 1 moderately showed cytotoxicity effect against hepatoma cancer HepG2 cell.

A Trend of Domestic and Foreign 3DTV Broadcasting Services (국내외 3DTV 방송 서비스 현황)

  • Um, G.M.;Lee, J.H.;Shin, H.C.;Yun, K.J.;Cheong, W.S.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.120-128
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    • 2011
  • 3D 영화 아바타에 의해 활성화되기 시작한 3D 콘텐츠 서비스는 영화, 게임, 방송 서비스 등 다양한 분야로 그 범위를 넓혀가고 있다. 특히 3D 방송 서비스는 post-HD 서비스의 선두 주자로서 국내는 물론 유럽, 일본, 미국 등 전 세계적으로 다양한 방식과 형태의 3DTV 실험방송 및 상용 서비스가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 고에서는 전 세계적으로 현재까지 이뤄지고 있는 국내외 3DTV 방송 서비스 현황에 대해 알아보기로 한다.

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Effect of a polyherbal formulation (Diarun plus) on the glycemic status modified by physiological means in non-diabetic mice and rats

  • G, Senthilvel;M, Jegadeesan;P, Thirugnanasambantham;E, Mayisvren;M, Balasubramanian;N, Narayanan;S, Viswanathan;Austin, Anoop
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.128-132
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    • 2007
  • Diarun plus, a polyherbal formulation containing herbal ingredients of folkloric Antidiabetic effect, was investigated for its effect on glycemic status in rats and mice. In contrast to conventional chemical induced diabetic animal models, changes in glycemic states were induced by physiological maneuvers. Results revealed that in euglycemic animals Diarun plus elicited little change (-10 to +10%), which was insignificant. In food deprivation/swim exercise induced hypoglycemia, Diarun plus reduced the degree of hypoglycemia in both rats and mice (from 38% to 27% in rats and 45% to 32% in mice). Similarly, the marked hyperglycemia induced by dextrose (70% in rats and 95% in mice) was reduced markedly to 8% and 25% respectively. The findings of the present study suggests that the ingredients of Diarun plus have the unique property of maintaining near euglycemic state irrespective of the altered glycemic state, and that have no significant effect in euglycemic condition.