• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.601-606
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• 2015

Background: Prostate cancer is predominately a disease of older men, with a median age of diagnosis of 68 years and 71% of cancer deaths occurring in those over 75 years of age. While prostate cancer screening is not recommended for men >70 years, fit elderly men with controlled comorbidities may have a relatively long life expectancy. We compare the use of age related PSA with the detection of primary malignant circulating prostate cells mCPCs to detect clinically significant PC in this population. Materials and Methods: All men undergoing PC screening with a PSA >4.0ng/ml underwent TRUS 12 core prostate biopsy (PB). Age, PSA, PB results defined as cancer/no-cancer, Gleason, number of positive cores and percentage infiltration were registered. Men had an 8ml blood sample taken for mCPC detection; mononuclear cells were obtained using differential gel centrifugation and mCPCs were identified using immunocytochemistry with anti-PSA and anti-P504S. A mCPC was defined as a cell expressing PSA and P504S; a positive test as at least one mCPC detected/sample. Diagnostic yields for subgroups were calculated and the number of avoided PBs registered. Esptein criteria were used to define small grade tumours. Results: A total of 610 men underwent PB, 398 of whom were aged <70yrs. Men over 70 yrs had: a higher median PSA, 6.24ng/ml versus 5.59ng/ml (p=0.04); and a higher frequency of cancer detected 90/212 (43%) versus 134/398 (34%) (p=0.032). Some 34/134 cancers in men <70yrs versus 22/90 (24%) of men >70yrs complied with criteria for active surveillance. CPC detection: 154/398 (39%) men <70yrs were CPC (+), specificity for cancer 86%, sensitivity 88%, 14/16 with a false (-) result had a small low grade PC. In men >70 years, 88/212 (42%) were CPC (+); specificity 92%, sensitivity 87%, 10/12 with a false (-) had small low grade tumours. False (+) results were more common in younger men 36/154 versus 10/88 (p<0.02). With a PSA cutoff of 6.5ng/ml, in men <70yrs, 108 PB would be avoided, missing 56 cancers of which 48 were clinically significant. Using CPC detection, 124 biopsies would be avoided, missing only 2 clinically significant cancers. In men >70 yrs using a PSA >6.5ng/ml would have resulted in 108 PB with 34 PC detected, of which 14(41%) were small low grade tumours. Conclusions: The use of CPC detection in the fit elderly significantly decreases the number of PBs without missing clinically significant cancers, indicating superiority to the use of age-related PSA.

• 식물병연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2012

Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron.에 의한 뿌리혹병은 배추과 작물에 발생하는 전 세계적으로 가장 중요한 식물병 중 하나이다. 본 연구는 Brassica oleracea에 속하는 양배추와 브로콜리의 뿌리혹병에 대한 효율적인 저항성 검정 방법을 확립하기 위하여, 레이스 9인 GN1 균주를 이용하여 접종원의 농도와 P. brassicae 접종 후 배양 기간 등의 발병 조건에 따른 양배추와 브로콜리 뿌리혹병 발생을 조사하였다. 접종원의 농도는 14일 재배한 유묘에 포트 당 $2.5{\times}10^9$개의 포자를 접종하는 것이 적당하였으며, 안정적인 발병을 위하여 접종한 유묘는 3일 동안 $20^{\circ}C$ 생육상에서 하루에 12시간 광을 처리하며 배양하고, 그 후 온실($20{\pm}5^{\circ}C$)에서 5주 동안 재배한 후에 발병 정도를 조사하는 것이 요구되었다. 위의 검정법을 이용하여 레이스가 다른 P. brassicae 4개 포장 균주에 대한, 시판 중인 양배추 16종과 브로콜리 17종 품종의 저항성 정도를 실험한 결과, 레이스 9인 GN1, GN2 그리고 GS 균주에 대해서는 중도저항성을 보이는 몇 가지 품종이 있었다. 그러나 레이스 2인 YC 균주에 대해서는 실험한 모든 품종이 고도의 감수성 반응을 나타내었다. 따라서 이 방법은 양배추와 브로콜리 뿌리혹병 저항성을 검정하기 위한 효율적인 검정법이라는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.7-10
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• 1999

배추의 약(anther) 발달에 관여하는 유전자를 분리, 특성을 구명하고, 궁극적인 목표로는 특이 발현을 조절하는 프로모터를 분리 작물의 웅성불임 유기 및 임성화복에 응용하고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 배추 약 cDNA 유전자 은행으로부터 차별화 선별(differential screening)에 의해 얻어진 15개의 약특이 유전자들의 부분 염기서열 결정 후 기존에 보고된 유전자들과 상동성 검색을 통해 그 기능을 추정해 본 결과 cDNA clone BAN52는 polygalacturonase, BAN84는 ascorbate oxidase, BAN101은 $H^+-translocating$ ATPase, BAN2는 pectin esterase 유전자와 상동성을 보였으나, 그 외 유전자들은 상동성이 없어 그 기능을 추정할 수 없었다. 상기 유전자들의 발현시기를 꽃 발달 시기별로 조사한 결과 대부분의 유전자들이 (BAN5, 10, 33, 52, 57, 102, 103, 215, 229) 꽃봉오리 2.1mm 내외에서 발현이 시작하여 성숙화분까지 그 발현양이 증가하였고, BAN32, 54, 62, 84, 101는 꽃봉오리 3.9mm인 약발달 후기부터 나타났고, BAN87 유전자는 그 양은 적지만 약 발달 초기부터 후기까지 발현하였다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2011

볼락의 성장단계에 따른 차등발현 유전자를 탐색하기 위하여 6개월령 및 18개월령 근육조직을 사용하여 subtracted cDNA library를 제작하였고, 각각의 연령에서 발현량 차이를 나타낸 202개의 cDNA 단편을 확보하였으며, 발현량 차이가 뚜렷한 32개의 cDNA 클론은 성장단계별 특이발현 후 보유전자로 선발하여 염기서열을 분석하였다. Myosin, adenylate kinase, calsequestrin, dystrobrevin beta, diphosphate kinase 유전자는 6개월령 근육조직에서 발현량이 많았으며, desmin, TGFBR2 (transforming growth factor-beta receptor), creatine kinase (muscle type), cathepsin D 유전자는 18개월령 근육조직에서 발현량이 많았다. 볼락의 성장초기와 성장절정기에서 차등발현 양상을 나타낸 유전자는 6, 18, 30, 42개월령 근육조직에서 연령 증가에 따른 발현양상을 분석하였으며, dystrobrevin beta와 diphosphate kinase-Z1은 6개월령 이후에는 발현량이 급격히 감소하여 18개월령, 30개월령 및 42개월령에서는 발현량이 극히 적었으며, creatine kinase (muscle type)와 cathepsin D 유전자는 연령 이 증가함에 따라 발현량이 증가되어 18개월령 이후, 30개월령과 42개월령 근육조직에서도 발현량이 많았다. 이와 같이 성장단계에 따른 차등발현 유전자를 탐색하고 연령 증가에 따른 발현양상을 비교 분석한 결과로부터 본 연구에서는 어류의 성장 초기단계 근육조직에서는 근육수축 관련 유전자가 많이 발현되고, 성장 절정기에는 근육 내 에너지 양 조절 관련 유전자가 많이 발현되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.283-287
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• 2001

감자 (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Irish Cobbler)의 괴경형성과정 (tuberization) 동안에 발현하는 유전자들의 발현양상을 조사하고자 differential display법을 실시하였다. Differential display를 이용하여 분리된 eIF5A DNA단편을 probe로 사용하여 감자의 cDNA library screening을 통하여 eIF5A full-length cDNA를 감자에서 처음으로 분리하였다. 감자의 eIF5A, clone은 토마토의 eIF5A cDNA 염기서열과 94.8%. 아미노산 서열에서는 97.5%로 매우 높은 유사성을 나타내었다. 감자의 eIF5A 유전자는 길이가 716 bp로 하나의 단백질 code영역 (ORF)을 포함하고 있었다. 이 영역은 분자량 17.4 kD, pI 5.5로 추정되는 160개의 아미노산으로 구성된 eIF5A단백질을 code하고 있었다. eIF5A 단백질들에서 12개의 아미노산 서열 (STSKTGKHGHAK)은 효모에서 사람에 이르기까지 완벽하게 보존되어 있는 것으로 알려져 있는데, 감자에서도 또한 잘 보존되어 있었다. 이 영역은 eIF5A 단백질의 활성을 나타내는 데 있어서 필수적인 hypusine을 생성하는 전사 후 수식 부위가 들어 있는 아주 중요한 곳이다. 감자에서 eIF5A 유전자의 발현양상을 조사한 결과 감자의 전조직에서 발현을 보였는데, 성숙잎이나 괴경보다는 세포분열 및 물질축적이 활발히 일어나고 있는 꽃기관들 (stamen, ovary, petal. sepal), 과실 (fruit)과 stolen 등의 조직들에서 비교적 활발히 발현되고 있었다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.144-152
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• 2004

With technological advances in automatic hematology analyzers, primary and screening differential counts of white blood cells (WBC) are done with automatic hematology analyzers. They are using different measurement and analysis principles, so differences in WBC differentials and WBC morphology flag exist. This study was carried out to analyze WBC differential counts and WBC morphology flags comparing them with the manual method. Patient EDTA samples in Vacutainer requested for WBC differentials were analyzed with XE-2100. And those samples with suspect flags messages index over 100 were selected and were analyzed with ADVIA-120. Peripheral blood smear film was subsequently made. Three investigators counted 200 cells each (600 cells) in 111 Wright-Giemsa stained blood films. Between two automatic hematology analyzers, neutrophil, lymphocyte, eosinophil, and monocyte showed good correlations, but basophil had moderate correlation. Among automatic hematology analyzers and manual count, neutrophil, lymphocyte, and eosinophil had good correlations, but monocyte had moderate correlation. XE-2100 had higher monocyte, which was due to atypical lymphocyte and myeloblast. LUC in ADVIA-120 was not due to monocyte in XE-2100. Morphology flagging rates were 146.9% in XE-2100 and was 93.2% in ADVIA-120. Positive predictive values of morphology flag were 58.2% in XE-2100 and 54.4% in ADVIA-120. Flags such as atypical lymphocyte, immature granulocyte, and left shift had higher predictive values and those such as N-RBC, platelets clump, and blast had lower ones. Between automatic hematology analyzers, WBC differentials showed good correlations. Predictive values for morphology flags can be variable with changing criteria. Reviewing criteria for WBC differentials and morphology flags should be established in each laboratory with regards to size of laboratory and patients it serves.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.259-268
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• 2000

Senescence is a sequence of biochemical and physiological events that lead to death of a cell, organ, or whole organism. Senescence is now clearly regarded as a genetically determined and evolutionarilly acquired developmental process comprising the final stage of development. However, in spite of the biological and practical importance, genetic mechanism of senescence has been very limited. Through forward and reverse genetic approaches, we are trying to reveal the molecular and genetic mechanism of senescence in plants, employing leaf organs of Arabidopsis as a model system. Using forward genetic approach, we have initially isolated several delayed senescence mutants either from T-DNA insertional lines or chemical-mutagenized lines. In the case of ore 4 and ore 9 mutants, the mutated genes were identified. The recent progress on characterization of mutants and identification of the mutated genes will be reported. We are also screening mutations from other various sources of mutant pools, such as activation tagging lines and promoter trap lines. Two dominant senescence-delayed mutants were isolated from the activation tagging pool. Cloning of the genes responsible for this phenotype is in progress. For reverse genetic approach, the genes that induced during leaf senescence were first isolated by differential screening method. We are currently using PCR-based suppression subtractive hybridization, designed to enrich a cDNA library for rare differentially expressed transcripts. Using this method, we have identified over 35 new sequences that are upregulated at leaf senescence stage. We are investigating the function of these novel genes by systemically generating antisense lines.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2006

We describe a phage display strategy, based on the differential resistance of proteins to denaturant-induced unfolding, that can be used to select protein variants with improved conformational stability. To test the efficiency of this strategy, wild-type and two stable variants of ${\alpha}_1$-antitrypsin (${\alpha}_1AT$) were fused to the gene III protein of M13 phage. These phages were incubated in unfolding solution containing denaturant (urea or guanidinium chloride), and then subjected to an unfavorable refolding procedure (dialysis at $37^{\circ}C$). Once the ${\alpha}_1AT$ moiety of the fusion protein had unfolded in the unfolding solution, in which the denaturant concentration was higher than the unfolding transition midpoint ($C_m$) of the ${\alpha}_1AT$ variant, around 20% of the phage retained binding affinity to anti-${\alpha}_1AT$ antibody due to a low refolding efficiency. Moreover, this affinity reduced to less than 5% when 10 mg/mL skimmed milk (a misfolding-promoting additive) was included during the unfolding/refolding procedure. In contrast, most binding affinity (>95%) remained if the ${\alpha}_1AT$ variant was stable enough to resist unfolding. Because this selection procedure does not affect the infectivity of M13, the method is expected to be generally applicable to the high-throughput screening of stable protein variants, when activity-based screening is not possible.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 1984

A total of 466 foremilk from dairy farms in Chonnam district was examined for the subclinical mastitis over a period of one year, using a method of the electrical conductivities(EC); absolute conductivity(AC) and differential conductivity(DC) and quarter difference value(QD), in relation to the California mastitis test(CMT) and the direct somatic cell count(DSCC). The compatibility and efficiency rating between the EC values and the other screening tests was conducted. Obtained results are summarized as follows. 1. A linear relationship was found between the EC values and the CMT scores and direct somatic cell counts and it was found that electrical conductivity measurements were comparable with other screening tests for diagnosing animals with mastitis. 2. Compatibilities between the EC and CMT were 70.4% in AC, 74.6% in DC and 70.7% in QD, and that of the EC and DSCC were 53.0% in AC, 63.1% in DC and 53.2% in QD. On the other hand, relative efficiency ratings of Postle's equation between EC and CMT were 37.3% in AC, 26.5% in DC and 13.6% in QD, and that of the EC and DSCC were 33.1% in AC, 20.2% in DC and 11.9% in QD. 3. In the foremilk samples collected from damaged quarters determined by EC, the false positive rate wart higher than the false negative rate, and consequently tests of EC produced lower compatibility or efficiency rating scores. These tendencies suggested that any factors other than the mastitic condition influencing the EC values might be existed.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2011

열매체유는 화학공장의 가열시스템, 열교환 시스템, 가스플랜트 공정, 사출성형 시스템 및 펄프제지 공정 등에 사용된다. 열매체유는 고열이나 산화분해에 아주 안정하고 저항성이 있으며, 누출이나 방출의 경우 점화원을 만나면 쉽게 발화한다. 본 논문은 열메체유의 신유와 사용유에 대해 인화성과 열적 안정성을 고찰하였다. 열매체유의 인화성은 인화점과 자연발화점을 측정하여 평가하였고, 열적안정성은 열안정성시험기와 시차주사열량기를 사용하여 평가하였다. 실험결과로부터 열매체유의 적절한 사용과 취급과 관련된 안전대책 수립을 위해 화재 위험 특성을 제시하였다.