• 제목/요약/키워드: Follicular development

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Regulatory T Cells in B Cell Follicles

  • Chang, Jae-Hoon;Chung, Yeonseok
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • 제14권5호
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    • pp.227-236
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    • 2014
  • Understanding germinal center reactions is crucial not only for the design of effective vaccines against infectious agents and malignant cells but also for the development of therapeutic intervention for the treatment of antibody-mediated immune disorders. Recent advances in this field have revealed specialized subsets of T cells necessary for the control of B cell responses in the follicle. These cells include follicular regulatory T cells and Qa-1-restricted cluster of differentiation $(CD)8^+$ regulatory T cells. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge related to the role of regulatory T cells in the B cell follicle.

Guanosine Regulates Germinal Vesicle Breakdown (GVBD) in Mouse Oocytes

  • Cheon Yong-Pil
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • 제28권4호
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    • pp.267-273
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    • 2004
  • Maturation of oocytes is maintained by complex procedures along with follicular genesis and is a critical step for embryonic development. Purine known as an oocyte maturation regulator is present in follicular fluid. In this study, the roles of guanosine as a strong inhibitor of GVBD and a modulator of cyclic GMP concentration in ooyctes were revealed. Denuded immature oocytes were treated with guanosine, and the maturation rates and cGMP concentration of oocytes were measured. GVBD was blocked in a concentration dependent manner by guanosine, but this effect was reversible. However, GVBD was lagged yet not significant by adenosine. Both guanosine and adenosine modified cGMP concentration in oocytes. The characteristic of the guanosine-treated oocyte was significantly higher cGMP compared with the adenosine-treated oocyes at initial time of the maturation. Based these results, guanosine may be a strong and reversible GVBD inhibitor. Although the precise mechanism of guanosine presently is unclear, the results suggest that guanosine may lead the accumulation of cGMP in oocyte cytoplasm, which in turn suppresses GVBD.

Development of seven secondary neoplasms in a nevus sebaceous: a case report and literature review

  • Kuo, Yi-Wen;Lin, Jung-Chia;Tsai, Wei-Hsuan
    • 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2022
  • Nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn is a congenital cutaneous hamartoma with epidermal, sebaceous, follicular, and apocrine structures that usually appears at birth or in early childhood. It has the potential to generate a variety of secondary neoplasms of different lineages, and the risk increases with patient age. Although multiple neoplasms may occasionally arise within the same lesion, the coexistence of more than five secondary tumors is extremely rare. Here we report a case of seven secondary tumors including syringocystadenoma papilliferum, desmoplastic trichilemmoma, sebaceoma, trichoblastoma, pigmented trichoblastoma, sebaceous adenoma, and tumor of follicular infundibulum arising within a nevus sebaceous. The complete diagnosis relies on the histopathological analysis of multipoint biopsies and delicate pathological sections.

한우 난소의 Follicular Fluid의 특징과 과립막 세포의 스테로이드호르몬 분비에 대한 Anti-Inhibin Serum의 첨가효과 (Effects of Characteristics of Ovarian follicular Fluid and Ant-Inhibin Serum on Steroid Hormone Secretion by Hanwoo Granulosa Cells In Vitro)

  • 성환후;민관식;양병철;노환국;최선호;임기순;장유민;박성재;장원경
    • 한국가축번식학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.119-124
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    • 2001
  • 본 연구는 한우 난포발달에 있어서 난포액 및 inhibin의 생리적 역할을 검토하기 위해 수행되었다. Anti-inhibin serum(AI)생산을 위해 사용된 항원은 porcine inhibin-$\alpha$-subunit 19~32의 peptide를 사용하여 adjuvant 용액을 혼합, 앙고라종 토끼 5두(체중 2.5kg)에게 주 2회 간격으로 면역 실시 후 52일째의 토끼로부터 항혈청을 생산하였다. 과립막 세포의 체외배양을 위해 D-MEM(10% FCS와 antibiotics를 첨가)을 배양액으로 하여 1$\times$$10^{6}$ cells/$m\ell$로 조절하였으며, 호르몬은 RIA 및 ELISA법으로 분석하였다. Western blotting법에 의해 과립막 세포 및 황체조직의 각 세포질을 SDS-PAGE로 분리하여 nitro cellulose membrane에 transfer하여 검토한 결과, 직경 1.0 cm의 성숙 난포의 granulosa cell의 세포질에서 특이하게 Inhibin이 존재하고 있음이 확인되었으나, 황체조직 및 성숙 난포에서는 검출되지 않았다. 난포 크기별 난포액의 progesterone 및 estradiol-17$\beta$을 농도를 분석한 결과, estradiol-17$\beta$농도는 난포 크기가 직경 2.0 cm부터 유의적으로 높았으나 난포 크기가 적을수록 감소되었다. 이에 반해, Progesterone 농도는 직경 2.0 cm 난포에서 가장 높았으며 난포 크기가 적을수록 낮았다. 과립막 세포의 48시간 체외배양에서 bFF 5% 처리구와 bFF 5%+AI 5% 처리구에서는 progesterone은 대조구보다 유의적으로 억제되었으나, AI 5% 단독 처리구에서는 대조구와 큰 차이가 없었다. 또한, estradiol-17$\beta$농도는 5% AI구와 5% AI+5% bFF 처리구에서는 대조구에 비해 증가하였다. 그러나, 5% bFF 단독처리구에서는 대조구와 큰 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로, 한우에 있어서 성숙난포에 존재하는 Inhibin은 AI처리에 의해 내인성 Inhibin의 기능이 약하되어 FSH분비를 조절하는 역할을 함으로써 난포발달 및 난포세포의 스테로이드호르몬합성에 중요하게 관여하고 있는 것으로 사료된다.

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난자성숙시간에 따른 처녀발생유기 돼지난자의 초기발생 (Early Development of Parthenogenetically Activated Porcine Oocyte after In Vitro Maturation for Various Periods)

  • 김승범;이황;변태호;전진태;이상호;송해범
    • 한국수정란이식학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 1994
  • In vitro development of parthenogenetic embryo was examined after ethanol treatment of follicular oocytes matured in vitro for 42, 48, 54 and 60h in the pig. The follicular oocytes were matured in TCM 199 containing 15% FCS and gonadotrophins in an atmosphere of 39 $^{\circ}C$ 5% $CO_2$. The cumulus-free oocytes were activated by 10% ethanol treatment in M2+4mg /ml BSA for 10 min. The ethanol-activated oocytes were washed and further cultured in TCM199+20%FCS containing granulosa cell monolayer. Maturation rates at 42, 48, 54 and 60h of IVM were 75.0, 86.5, 81.6 and 87.9%, respectively. Thus the oocytes maturated in vitro for longer periods did not improve nuclear maturation much. Pronuclear formation rates at 18h post-activation in ethanol-activated oocytes were 21.9, 25.0, 47.4 and 32.6%. The cytoplasmic maturation leading to pronuclear formation upon activation increased when the I VM period was extended from 42 to 54h. When the activated oocytes were cultured for 96~120h to analyse early development of the activated oocytes, the rates of embryonic development upto $\leq$ 5~8 cell were 5.3, 5.8, 12.0 and 11.7% among the cultured embryos. The result indicate that earlier development of activated porcine occyte is dependent on the duration of oocyte maturation, and that better development could be obtained from the oocyte matured for 54h.

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Prognostic Scores for Predicting Recurrence in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

  • Somboonporn, Charoonsak
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제17권5호
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    • pp.2369-2374
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    • 2016
  • Background: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a cancer group that shares molecular and cellular origin but shows different clinical courses and prognoses. Several prognostic factors have been reported for predicting recurrence for individual patients. This literature review aimed to evaluate prognostic scores for predicting recurrence of DTC. Materials and Methods: A search of the MEDLINE database for articles published until December 2015 was carried out using the terms "thyroid neoplasms AND (recurrent OR persistent) AND (score OR model OR nomogram)". Studies were eligible for review if they indicated the development of prognostic scoring models, derived from a group of independent prognostic factors, in predicting disease recurrence in DTC patients. Results: Of the 308 articles obtained, five were eligible for evaluation. Two scoring models were developed for DTC including both papillary and follicular carcinoma, one for papillary carcinoma, and the other two for papillary microcarcinoma. The number of patients included in the score development cohort ranged from 59 to 1,669. The number of evaluated potential prognostic factors ranged from 4 to 25. Tumor-related factors were the most common factors included in the final scores, with cervical lymph node metastases being the most common. Only two studies showed internal validation of the derived score. Conclusions: There is a paucity of prognostic scores for predicting disease recurrence in patients with DTC, in particular for follicular thyroid carcinoma. Several limitations of the created scores were found. Performance of the scores has not been adequately studied. Comprehensive validation in multiple cohorts is recommended before widespread use.

Expression and Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone(GnRH) and Its Receptor mRNA Transcripts During the Mouse Ovarian Development

  • Shim, Chanseob;Khang, Inkoo;Lee, Kyung-Ah;Kim, Kyungjin
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제5권3호
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    • pp.217-224
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    • 2001
  • The present study examines the expression and regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and its receptor (GnRH-R) mRNA levels during mouse ovarian development. A fully processed, mature GnRH mRNA together with intron-containing primary transcripts was expressed in the immature mouse ovary as determined by Northern blot analysis and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The size of ovarian GnRH mRNA was similar to that of hypothalamus, but its amount was much lower than that in the hypothalamus. Quantitative RT-PCR procedure also revealed the expression of GnRH-R mRNA in the ovary, but the estimated amount was a thousand-fold lower than that in the pituitary gland. We also examined the regulation of ovarian GnRH and GnRH-R mRNA levels during the follicular development induced by pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and/or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Ovarian luteinizing hormone receptor (LH-R) mRNA was abruptly increased st 48 h after the PMSG administration and rapidly decreased to the basal level thereafter. Ovarian GnRH mRNA level was slightly decreased at 48 h after the PMSG administration, and then returned to the basal value. GnRH-R mRNA level began to increase at 24 h after the PMSG treatment, decreased below the uninduced basal level at 48 h, and gradually increased thereafter. HCG administration did not alter ovarian GnRH mRNA level, while it blocked the PMSG-induced increase in GnRH mRNA level. Taken together, the present study demonstrates that the expression of GnRH and GnRH-R mRNA are regulated by gonadotropin during follicular development, suggesting possible intragonadal paracrine roles of GnRH and GnRH-R in the mouse ovarian development.

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