• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.762-767
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• 2016

Fasciclin II (FasII), the Drosophila ortholog of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), plays a critical role in synaptic stabilization and plasticity. Although this molecule undergoes constitutive cycling at the synaptic membrane, how its membrane trafficking is regulated to ensure proper synaptic development remains poorly understood. In a genetic screen, we recovered a mutation in Drosophila mical-like that displays an increase in bouton numbers and a decrease in FasII levels at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Similar phenotypes were induced by presynaptic, but not postsynaptic, knockdown of mical-like expression. FasII trafficking assays revealed that the recycling of internalized FasII molecules to the cell surface was significantly impaired in mical-like-knockdown cells. Importantly, this defect correlated with an enhancement of endosomal sorting of FasII to the lysosomal degradation pathway. Similarly, synaptic vesicle exocytosis was also impaired in mical-like mutants. Together, our results identify Mical-like as a novel regulator of synaptic growth and FasII endocytic recycling.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2012

Tetrazolium violet is a tetrazolium salt and has been proposed as an antitumor agent. In this study, we reported for the first time that tetrazolium violet not only inhibited human lung cancer A549 cell proliferation but also induced apoptosis and blocked cell cycle progression in the G1 phase. The results showed that tetrazolium violet significantly decreased the viability of A549 cells at $5-15{\mu}M$. Tetrazolium violet -induced apoptosis in A549 cells was confirmed by H33258 staining assay. In A549, tetrazolium violet blocked the progression of the cell cycle at G1 phase by inducing p53 expression and further up-regulating p21/WAF1 expression. In addition, an enhancement in Fas/APO-1 and its two forms of ligands, membrane-bound Fas ligand (mFasL) and soluble Fas ligand (sFasL), as well as caspase, were responsible for the apoptotic effect induced by tetrazolium violet. The conclusion of this study is that tetrazolium violet induced p53 expression which caused cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. These findings suggest that tetrazolium violet has strong potential for development as an agent for treatment lung cancer.

• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2013

목적: FasT-Fix (Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, Andover, Massachusetts, USA)를 이용하여 all-inside 방법으로 반월연골판을 봉합하는 방법은 흔히 시행되고 있으나, 국내에서는 수술 후 임상적 결과를 발표한 논문이 전무하다. 따라서 본 후향적 연구 논문의 목적은 FasT-Fix를 이용한 all-inside 봉합술로 반월연골판을 봉합한 후 임상적 결과를 보고하는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: 슬괵건을 이용한 전방십자인대 재건술을 시행한 환자 중에서 내측 또는 외측 반월연골판 후각 파열이 동반되어 FasT-Fix를 이용하여 반월연골판 봉합술을 시행한 25명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 수술 후 Lysholm 점수, Tegner 활동도를 이용하여 수술 후 상태를 평가하였다. 삼출이나 관절선의 압통이 없었고, McMurray 검사가 음성이며 어긋나는 느낌이 없는 경우에 봉합한 반월연골판이 치유된 것으로 판정하였다. 결과: 평균 추시 기간은 47.9 개월(40.0~61.0개월) 이었다. 추시간 평균 Lysholm 점수는 91.8 그리고 평균 Tegner 활동도는 5.6이었다. 봉합한 반월연골판은 임상적인 기준에 의해 20명(80%)에서 치유되었고, 5명(20%)에서 치유가 되지 않은 것으로 판정하였다. 결론: 슬괵건을 이용한 전방십자인대 재건술 환자에서 FasT-Fix를 이용한 all-inside 반월연골판 봉합술은 만족할만한 결과를 보여주었다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2001

Purpose: This study was to observe whether the apoptotic function of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is induced in human gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma according to the role of FasL expression. Materials and Methods: A total of 56 gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma patients were enrolled in this study: 9 cases of gastric epithelial dysplasia, 18 cases of early gastric carcinomas (EGC) and 29 cases of advanced gastric carcinomas (AGC). Immunohistochemical staining was performed for FasL and CD45, and the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) method was used to detect cell death in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Results: 1) Positive reactions of FasL to neoplastic cells were $88.9\%$ (8/9) in gastric epithelial dysplasia, $83.3\%$ (15/18) in EGC, and $75.9\%$ (22/29) in AGC. 2) Expression of TIL was decreased in the FasL positive region and was increased in the FasL negative region, and significant expression of TIL was observed in the AGC group (P=0.001). 3) Expression of apoptotic TIL was very similar to the FasL expression, and $100\%$ expression was observed in gastric epithelial dysplasia group. 4) Expression of apoptotic TIL was increased in the FasL positive region and decreased in the FasL negative region, and significant apoptotic expression was observed in the gastric epithelial dysplasia and EGC groups (P=0.0420, P=0.0263, respectively). Conclusion: These results suggest that FasL is a prevalent mediator of immune privilege in epithelial dysplasia and cancer of the stomach.

• 한국수의병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수의병리학회 2005년도 Proceedings of The 2nd Asian Society of Veterinary Pathology Symposium(Vol.2) and 2005 Annual Meeting of The Korean Society of Veterinary Pathology(Vol.9)
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• pp.83-83
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• 2005

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1999년도 학술발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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• pp.21-21
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• 1999

A signal of Fas-mediated apoptosis is transferred through an adaptor protein FADD by interactions between death domains of Fas and FADD. To understand the signal transduction mechanism of Fas-mediated apoptosis, we solved the solution structure of a murine FADD death domain.(omitted)

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2009

지진파의 푸리에 가속도스펙트럼(Fourier Acceleration Spectrum)에 기반한 계측진도 평가방법(Sokolov and Wald, 2002)의 국내 적용성을 평가하기 위해 관련 논문(연관희 등, 2009)에서 평가된 국내 지진의 진도 MMI ${leq}$ IV 범위에 대한 진도별 FAS 평균(m)과 표준편차(${\sigma}$) 모델을 이용하여, FAS 진도평가방법의 타당성을 평가하여 보았다. FAS 통계특성 모델 평가시 사용된 지진관측자 료의 FAS를 이용하고 본 연구에서 프로그램으로 구현된 FAS 진도평가기법을 적용할 경우 관측된 진도를 ${\sigma}$ = 0.74 MMI의 오차로 추정할 수 있었으며, 오차의 지진규모-거리 의존성을 추가로 보정할 경우 오차를 ${\sigma}$ = 0.61 MMI 까지도 저감할 수 있었다. 또한 본 방법을 MMI ${\leq}$ IV에 대한 국내 FAS 통계특성 모델과 MMI ${\geq}$ V에 대한 전 세계 FAS 통계특성 모델을 함께 이용하여, 진도 VI 이상인 국내 피해지진의 진도를 미소지진관측자료의 지진원특성을 이론적으로 증가시켜 도출된 스펙트럼을 이용하여 추정한 결과 최대 진도추정 오차 0.63 이내로 예측할 수 있었다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 생체 외 조건에서 12개의 관형 피질골 샘플에 대하여 피질골 샘플의 축방향을 따라 전파하는 first arriving signal (FAS) 및 slow guided wave (SGW)와 같은 유도초음파의 위상속도를 측정하고, 각각의 위상속도와 피질골 두께 사이의 상관관계를 고찰하였다. FAS 및 SGW의 위상속도는 12.7 mm의 직경 및 200 kHz의 중심 주파수를 갖는 한 쌍의 비집속형 초음파 변환기와 함께 공기중에서 축방향 전파법을 이용하여 측정되었다. 200 kHz에서 측정된 FAS의 위상속도는 피질골 두께와 매우 높은 음의 상관관계를 나타냈으며, FAS 이후에 수신되는 SGW의 위상속도는 피질골 두께와 높은 양의 상관관계를 나타냈다. FAS 및 SGW의 위상속도를 독립변수로 하고, 피질골 두께를 종속변수로 하는 단순 및 다중선형회귀모델의 결과로부터 다중선형회귀모델의 결정계수가 단순선형회귀모델의 결정계수보다 높게 나타났다. 또한 12개의 관형 피질골 샘플에 대하여 200 kHz에서 측정된 FAS 및 SGW의 위상속도는 각각 판형 피질골에 대하여 200 kHz에서 계산된 S0 및 A0 램 모드의 위상속도와 잘 일치하였다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.121-125
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• 2003

Objective:Recently, many experimental evidences have been reported that psychiatric diseases are closely related with neurodevelopmental abnormalities and this can be properly explained by apoptosis. It is known that Apo-1/Fas is one of the genes in charge of apoptosis related with neurodevelopmental abnormalities. In this study, the association between bipolar disorder and functional polymorphism in Apo-1/Fas promoter gene has been investigated. Method:For 81 bipolar disorder patients and 217 healthy control subjects, MvaI restriction fragment length polymorphism(RFLP) of Apo-1/Fas promoter gene was analyzed after polymerase chain reaction(PCR) amplification. Result:There was a statistical significant difference in genotypic distribution(${\chi}^2$=16.656, df=2, p=0.0002) and allelic frequencies(${\chi}^2$=14.225, df=1, p=0.0002) between bipolar disorder patients and healthy control subjects. Conclusion:Our results suggest an association between functional polymorphism in Apo-1/Fas promoter gene and bipolar disorder and provide the important genetic information related with the pathogenesis of the disease. Further studies employing larger samples are required to clarify the present results.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.677-683
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• 2005

The aim of this study was to investigate the apoptotic effect and its mechanism on Radix Aconiti (RA) extract in HL-60 human leukemia cell line. RA extract induced apoptosis as confirmed by discontinuous fragmentation of DNA. To clarify the mechanisms on RA extract-induced apoptosis, we examined the caspase-3, -8 enzyme activity and protein levels including Fas, FasL in HL-60 cells. Treatment with RA extracts resulted in the increase of caspase-3 enzyme activity in a time and dose-dependent manners, which was accompanied by the cleavage of poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). This activation of caspase-3 enzyme resulted from cleavage of procaspase-8, which was followed by increases of FasL, Fas protein expression in RA extracts-treated HL-60 cells. In conclusion, RA extract induced apoptosis of HL-60 human leukemia cell line. This results suggest that the apoptotic mechanisms of RA extract on HL-60 cells involved in FasL, Fas activation, procaspase-8 cleavage, activation of caspase-3 and cleavage of PARP. Collectively, these results suggest that RA may be a valuable agent as a anti-cancer drug.