• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.71-82
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• 1996

This study has been undertaken to evaluate hydrophobic cyclodextrin(CD) derivatives as a sustained release carrier of azidothymidine(AZT), AZT, which has potent activity against AIDS and AIDS-related complex as thymidine analogue, has been reported that it has significant toxicity and short half life. Therefore, it is necessary to design sustained release oral dosage form to avoid undesirable side effects attributable to an excessive plasma concentration and to reduce the frequency of administration of AZT. Inclusion complexes of AZT with $acetyl-{\beta}-cyclodextrin\;(AC{\beta}CD)$ and $triacetyl-{\beta}-cyclodextrin(TA{\beta}CD)$ were prepared by solvent evaporation method. Interactions of AZT with CD were investigated by Differential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC) and Infrared Spectrophotometry(IR). The decreasing order of water solubilities of AZT and AZT-CD inclusion complexes were as follows; $AZT\;(27.873{\pm}0.015,mg/ml)\;>\;AZT-AC{\beta}CD\;(3.377{\pm}0.003)\;>\;AZT-TA{\beta}CD\;(2.528{\pm}0.001)$. Partition coefficients of $AZT-AC{\beta}CD\;and;\AZT-TA{\beta}CD$ inclusion complexes were increased by 1.27-fold, 1.54-fold in pH 1.2 and 1.32-fold, 1.47-fold in pH 6.8 in comparison with that of AZT. The mean dissolution time (MDT, min) which represents the rapidity of dissolution rate of AZT, $AZT-AC{\beta}CD,\;AZT-TA{\beta}CD$ were 5.12, 14.02 and 19.38 min in pH 1.2 and 2.52, 15.19 and 18.19 min in pH 6.8. AZT was very rapidly and completely dissolved in pH 1.2 and pH 6.8 within 5 minutes. But AZT-CD inclusion complexes showed the sustained release pattern in comparison with AZT alone. The simultaneous in situ nasal and jejunal recirculation study to compare the intrinsic absorptivity and the property of absorption sites revealed that the absorption of $AZT-TA{\beta}CD\;(N:35.35{\pm}1.08%,\;J:27.47{\pm}1.18%)$ was more than that of $AZT\;(N:16.89{\pm}2.25%,\;J:15.86{\pm}2.33%)$. The above results suggest that $TA{\beta}CD$ which is a hydrophobic cyclodextrin may serve as sustained release carrier with absorption enhancing effect.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2007

한반도 중부지방인 충청남북도 7개 지역에서 재배되고 있는 벼 시료 21점을 채집하여 이들의 뿌리를 표면살균 한 후 내생균을 44주 분리하고 내생성 검정 시스템을 통해 정착력이 상대적으로 우수한 균주를 최종 16주 확보 하였다. 이들의 분리빈도는 뿌리 생체중 1g당 $10^{3-5}$ CFU로 나타났다. 흥미롭게도 이중 7주가 Eurkholderia 속 균으로 동정되어 기존의 다른 벼 내생세균 연구 결과와는 다른 특징을 보였다. 또한 GFP tagging 방법을 이용하여 분리균주 중 하나인 Enterobacter sp. KJ001 균주에 대해 뿌리조직 내 colonization 위치를 확인해본 결과 뿌리 조직 중 관다발 주변에 군락을 이루고 있음을 관찰하였다. Burkholderia 분리주들은 국내 재배 벼에서 높은 빈도로 분리되며 in vitro상에서 광범위한 진균성 식물병원균에 대해 우수한 길항력과 더불어 대부분 질소고정 관련 유전자인 nifH를 가지는 점으로 보아 질소고정에 의해 식물생육에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 예측되며 실제로 오이 유묘의 생장을 30% 이상 촉진하는 효과를 보여 식물병 억제 및 감소와 더불어 작물의 생장 촉진 및 생산성 증대에 활용가치가 높은 내생균으로 사료된다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.402-408
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• 2013

PURPOSE. The aim of this study was to evaluate the surface properties and in vitro bioactivity to osteoblasts of magnesium and magnesium-hydroxyapatite coated titanium. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Themagnesium (Mg) and magnesium-hydroxyapatite (Mg-HA) coatings on titanium (Ti) substrates were prepared by radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering.The samples were divided into non-coated smooth Ti (Ti-S group), Mg coatinggroup (Ti-Mg group), and Mg-HA coating group (Ti-MgHA group).The surface properties were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The surface roughness was evaluated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Cell adhesion, cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity were evaluated using MC3T3-E1 cells. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis was performed. RESULTS. Cross-sectional SEM images showed that Mg and Mg-HA depositionson titanium substrates were performed successfully. The surface roughness appeared to be similaramong the three groups. Ti-MgHA and Ti-Mg group had improved cellular responses with regard to the proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and bone-associated markers, such as bone sialoprotein (BSP) and osteocalcin (OCN) mRNA compared to those of Ti-S group. However, the differences between Ti-Mg group and Ti-MgHA group were not significant, in spite of the tendency of higher proliferation, ALP activity and BSP expression in Ti-MgHA group. CONCLUSION. Mg and Mg-HAcoatings could stimulate the differentiation into osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells, potentially contributing to rapid osseointegration.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.395-405
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• 2014

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate 1) somatotopic arrangement of the second and third fingers in SI area 2) difference of neural activation in the SI area produced by stimulation with different frequencies 3) correlation between the intensity of tactile perception by different stimulus intensity and the level of brain activation measurable by means of fMRI. Background: Somatosensory cortex can obtain the information of environmental stimuli about "where" (e.g., on the left palm), "what" (e.g., a book or a dog), and "how" (e.g., scrub gently or scrub roughly) to organism. However, compared to visual sense, the neural mechanism underlying the processing of specific electrotactile stimulus is still unknown. Method: 10 right-handed subjects participated in this study. Non-painful electrotactile stimuli were delivered to two different finger tips of right hand. Functional brain images were collected from 3.0T MRI using the single-shot EPI method. The scanning parameters were as follows: TR and TE were 3000, 35ms, respectively, flip angle 60, FOV $24{\times}24cm$, matrix size $64{\times}64$, slice thickness 4mm (no gap). SPM5 was used to analyze the fMRI data. Results: Significant activations produced by the stimulation were found in the SI, SII, the subcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, and the insula. In all participants, statistically significant activation was observed in the contralateral SI area and the bilateral SII areas by the stimulation on the fingers but ipsilaterally dominant. The SI area representing the second finger generally located in the more lateral and inferior side than that of the third finger across all the subjects. But no difference in brain area was found for the stimulation of the fingers by different frequencies. And two typical patterns were observed on the relationship between the perceived psychological intensity and the amount of voxels in the primary sensory cortex during the stimulation. Conclusion: It was possible to discriminate the representation sites in the SI by electrotactile stimulation of digit2 and digit3. But we could not find the differences of the brain areas according to different stimulation frequencies from 3 to 300Hz. Application: The results of the study can provide a deeper understanding of somatosensory cortex and offer the information for tactile display for blinds.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

다이아몬드는 radiation hardness가 크고, 화학적으로 안정하고, 특히 조직 등 물질이기 때문에, 선량계 분야에서 각광을 받고 있다. 화학증착법(CVD)에 의해 다이아몬드 박막을 성장시켰고, 선량계로 응용될 수 있는 열자극발광 특성을 조사하였다. 다이아몬드 박막의 라만 스펙트럼은 1332 cm-1에서 peak를 가졌고, X-선 굴절 패턴은 (111) 면을 보였다. 전자주사사진으로부터 다이아몬드박막은 pyramidal hillock을 가지는 unepitaxial crystallite 로 성장됨을 알았다. X-선 조사된 CVD 다이어몬드 박막의 파장 분해된 열자극발광은 430 nm 및 560 K에서 하나의 봉우리를 가졌다. 560 K에서 주된 봉우리를 가지는 CVD 다이어몬드 박막의 열자극발광 곡선은 1st-order kinetics에 기인한다. 이 봉우리의 활성화 에너지 및 이탈진동수는 각각 0.92 ～ 1.05 eV 및 1.34 $\times$ $10^{7}$ sec$^{-1}$ 이다. 560 K에서 방출되는 스펙트럼은 1.63-eV, 2.60-eV 및 3.07-eV 방출 띠로 분해되며, 이들은 각각 silicon-vacancy center, A center 및 H3 center에 기인한다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.240-245
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• 2013

Electrochemical surface treatment is commonly used to form a thin, rough, and porous oxidation layer on the surface of titanium. The purpose of this study was to investigate the formation of nanotubular titanium oxide arrays during short anodization processing. The specimen used in this study was 99.9% pure cp-Ti (ASTM Grade II) in the form of a disc with diameter of 15 mm and a thickness of 1 mm. A DC power supplier was used with the anodizing apparatus, and the titanium specimen and the platinum plate ($3mm{\times}4mm{\times}0.1mm$) were connected to an anode and cathode, respectively. The progressive formation of $TiO_2$ nanotubes was observed with FE-SEM (Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy). Highly ordered $TiO_2$ nanotubes were formed at a potential of 20 V in a solution of 1M $H_3PO_4$ + 1.5 wt.% HF for 10 minutes, corresponding with steady state processing. The diameters and the closed ends of $TiO_2$ nanotubes measured at a value of 50 cumulative percent were 100 nm and 120 nm, respectively. The $TiO_2$ nanotubes had lengths of 500 nm. As the anodization processing reached 10 minutes, the frequency distribution for the diameters and the closed ends of the $TiO_2$ nanotubes was gradually reduced. Short anodization processing for $TiO_2$ nanotubes of within 10 minutes was established.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.403-407
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 mobil crystalline material-41(MCM-41)의 함량 변화에 따른 고체 고분자 전해질(solid polymer electrolyte, SPE)의 이온전도도의 변화를 고찰하기 위하여, poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO), 메조포러스 기공 구조를 가지는 MCM-41 분자체, 그리고 리튬염을 이용하여 SPE를 제조하였다. SPE의 결정화도는 X-선 회절분석(XRD) 및 시차주사열량계(DSC)를 통하여 살펴보았으며, 주파수반응분석(FRA)으로 이온전도도를 측정하여 이온 전도거동을 고찰하였다. 그 결과, MCM-41을 고분자 혼합물에 첨가함에 따라 PEO의 견정성 영역의 성장을 억제할 수 있었으며, 이는 MCM-41이 메조포러스한 구조를 가지고 있기 때문이다. 또한, $P(EO)_{16}LiClO_4$/MCM-41 전해질 복합체의 이온 전도도는 8$wt\%$의 MCM-41을 첨가한 경우 가장 큰 이온전도도를 가지며, 8$wt\%$이상에서는 다소 감소된 이온전도도를 가짐을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이러한 이온전도도의 특성은 MCM-41의 첨가에 따른 고분자의 결정화도 변화와 밀접한 관계를 맺고 있다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2010

국립원예특작과학원에서 분양받은 토마토 18계통을 공시하여 재분화가 잘되는 적정 품종을 탐색한 결과, 계통번호 2001-58에서의 재분화율이 93%로 양호하였다. 또한 식물체로의 재분화 과정에서 보여 지는 갈변현상과 phenolic compound에 의한 식물조직의 괴사현상을 막기 위하여 항산화제인 ascorbic acid와 cystein을 단용 또는 혼용으로 첨가한 후 토마토 재분화에 미치는 영향을 살펴 본 결과, ascorbic acid $200{\sim}300\;{\mu}M/L$ 처리구에서 줄기형성율 및 생체중이 증가되는 현상을 관찰할 수 있었다. 토마토 엽록체 형질전환체 선발을 위해 spectinomycin의 적정 농도를 살펴본 결과, 재분화배지에 spectinomycin 20~25 mg/L 농도가 첨가되어진 처리구에서 재분화가 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 토마토 엽록체 형질전환을 위해 토마토 엽록체 게놈 일부를 분리하여 염기서열을 분석하여 담배와 비교 분석한 결과, homology가 매우 높음을 알 수 있었다. Homologous recombination에 의한 엽록체 형질전환이 되기 위해서 분리한 토마토 엽록체 게놈 일부를 border sequence로 이용하였고, transient assay를 위해 GFP 유전자가 포함된 토마토 엽록체 형질전환용 운반체 pKRT22-AG를 제작하였다. Bombardment을 한 후 원형질체를 나출하여 공초점 현미경하에서 관찰한 결과 엽록체 내에서만 GFP가 발현됨을 알 수 있었으며, DNA 농도 $1\;{\mu}g$, $0.6\;{\mu}m$ gold particle 1 mg, target distance 9 cm 조건이 가장 좋았다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권2호
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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.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.251-258
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• 2006

침엽수재에 있어서는 결정을 지니는 세포가 드물게 존재하기 때문에 전나무속, 가문비나무속, 은행나무속 및 소나무속과 같은 경우 이들의 존재 여부는 수종 식별 인자로 귀중한 가치를 지니게 된다. 따라서 본 연구는 광학현미경과 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 북미산 전나무속 수종의 목재에 존재하는 결정의 분포와 형태를 조사하여 목재 해부 및 식별에 필요한 정보를 추가적으로 제공하기 위해 실시하였다. 출현 빈도 측면에서 볼 때 다각형 결정, 신장형 결정 및 주정이 Abies concolor, A. grandis 및 A. magnifica, A. nobilis(=A. procera), A. lasiocarpa 그리고 A. amabilis의 순으로 적게 관찰되었지만 A. balsamea 및 A. fraseri에서는 그 존재가 전연 확인되지 않았다. 다른 수종과는 달리 A. lasiocarpa는 다각형 결정보다는 신장형 결정 및 주정이 더 많이 지니고 있었다. A. concolor에서는 사정, 다각형 결정, 신장형 결정 및 주정이 축방향유세포 및 방사유세포 모두에서 관찰된 반면 나머지 수종 모두에서는 다각형 결정, 신장형 결정 및 주정이 방사유세포에만 존재하였다. 사정을 지니는 방사유세포 그리고 사정, 다각형 결정, 신장형 결정과 주정을 지니는 축방향유세포는 아마 본 연구에서 최초로 밝혀진 것으로 여겨진다. 결론적으로 결정의 존재 여부는 A. nobilis (=A. procera), A. lasiocarpa, A. amabilis, A. balsamea 및 A. fraseri로부터 A. concolor, A. grandis 및 A. magnifica를 식별해 내는데 있어 중요한 가치를 지니는 것으로 밝혀졌다.