• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2005

Age-related changes in bone metabolism are well established by biochemical markers of bone matrix in serum and urine, but analysis of the residual bone matrix, which is still turning over, has not been investigated. In the present study, we measured in vivo rates of bone protein synthesis using a precursor-product method based on the exchange of ²H from ²H₂O into amino acids. Four percent ²H₂O was administered to mice in drinking water after intraperitonial (i.p) bolus injection of 99.9% ²H₂O. Mice were divided into the two groups: growing young mice were administered 4% ²H₂O for 12 weeks after an i.p bolus injection at 5 week of age, whereas weight stable adult mice started drinking 4% ²H₂O 8 weeks later than the growing group and continued 4% ²H₂O drinking for 8 weeks. Mass isotopomer abundance in alanine from bone protein was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Body ²H₂O enrichments were in the range of 1.88-2.41% over the labeling period. The fractional synthesis rates (ks) of bone protein were 2.000±0.071%/d for growing mice and 0.243±0.014%/d for adult mice. These results demonstrate that the bone protein synthesis rate decreases with age and present direct evidence of age-related changes in bone protein synthesis.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.300-310
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• 1997

편평상피세포암종은 악성종양 중 가장 중요한 비중을 차지하고 있는 암종이다. 하지만 편평상피세포암종의 세포주는 다른 악성종양에 비하여 아직까지 많이 개발되어지지 않았다. 또한 동물실험모델을 만들기 위한 이종이식에 있어서 편평상피세포암종은 매우 낮은 생착율을 보이고 있다. 구강암 중에서도 편평상피세포암종은 가장 많은 부분을 차지하나, 개발된 세포주는 그리 많지 않으며, 더 더욱이 동물실험 모델의 제작은 쉽지 않아, 새로운 치료 약제의 개발이나 치료 방법 개발 등에 많은 제약이 있어왔다. 본 실험에서는 수종의 구강 편평상피세포암종의 세포주를 배양하였고, 특별히 고안된 사육시설을 이용하여 BALB/C nude mice를 사육하였다. 여러 농도의 구강암 세포주를 nude mice의 등에 피하로 이식하였다. 어떤 세포주는 계속적인 성장을 보였으나 어떤 세포주는 완전히 흡수되기도 하였다. 5주 이상을 관찰하였으며, 이식된 종양의 크기를 측정하고, 부피를 계산하였다. 또한 또 다른 동물모델의 제작 방법으로서 특별히 고안된 cap을 nude mice의 등에 이식하고, 그 안에 구강암 세포주를 배지와 함께 이식하였으며, 1주 후에 cap을 제거하였고, 4주 이상을 관찰하였으며, 성장하는 종양의 모습과 크기를 관찰하였다. 본 연구는 구강암 연구에 적절한 동물실험모델을 개발하여 다른 악성종양에 비해 동물실험적으로 연구할 기회가 적었던 구강암 영역의 연구를 활발히 하며, 향후 한국인의 구강암연구에 가장 적절한 동물실험모델을 개발하여, 보다 진보된 구강암 치료방법의 개발 및 신약 등의 개발에 이용하기 위함이다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-34
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• 1998

The N-methylpurine-DNA glycosylase (MPG), a ubiquitous DNA repair enzyme, removes N-methylpurine and other damaged purines induced in DNA. Tissue-specific mRNA levels of the N-methylpurine-DNA glycosylase (MPG) were investigated in Balb/c mice of four different growing stages; newborn, 1, 4 and 8-weeks postpartum. MPG expressions in the newborn and the 8-week-old mice were the highest in thymus and testis, respectively. The tested tissues of the newborn mice had consistently higher MPG mRNA level than 8-week-old adults except in testis and thymus. The MPG mRNA level in testis was the lowest in the newborn mice, but it attained the highest in the 8-week-old mice. The levels of MPG mRNA among the different tissues in the newborn and the 8-week-old mice were more than 9.0 and 19.0-fold respectively. These results suggest that the of MPG expression was dependent on the growing stage and had tissue-specificity.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 1986

In order to know when the cumulus cells of mouse follicles get ability to expand in vitro, the oocyte cumulus complexes obtained from different growing ages of mice were cultured in the medium containing HCG and their rate of expansion were observed and at the same time their maturation rate was examined. The growth of follicles was also checked by histological method. It was impossible to isolate the oocyte-cumulus complexes from 13 or 15 days old mouse ovaries. The oocyte-cumulus complexes collected from 17 days old mouse were partially induced to expanded by HCG, and from 19 days, most of the complexes were induced to full expansion. The rate of cumulus cell expansion by HCG and the oocyte maturation increased steadly during the growing ages to adult. Thus, the time for follicles to get competence for expansion and maturation seems to be closely related. Antral follicles were appeared from 17 days old mice and Graafian follicles were seen from 21 days old mice. The competence for cumulus expansion increased during follicle growth up to 21 days old mice.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2009

The aim of this study was to investigate, through a longitudinal tracking, whether gender influences morphological characteristics on trabeucular bone of tibia during unloading. 12 male and 15 female ICR mice at 6 week of age were used and randomly allocated into two groups in each gender; unloading and normal group, respectively Mice in unloading group were operated on denervation (sciatic neurectomy). The tibiae were scanned by using in vivo micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) at 0 day (before denervation) and after 14 days. Structural parameters and BMD on tibia were measured. In female, BV/TV (65%), Tb. Th (5%), Tb.N (61%) and BMD (62%) were significantly decreased and BS/BV (17%), Tb.Sp (54%), SMI (19%) and Tb.Pf (75%) were significantly increased after unloading (p<0.05). In male, BV/TV (1%) and Tb.N (10%) were significantly decreased and SMI (5%) was significantly increased after unloading (p<0.05). In addition, trabeuclar bone loss of female was significantly bigger than that of male (p<0.05). These results indicated that effects of unloading on trabecular bone in growing mice might have difference between female and male, although unloading result in loss of quantity and quality on trabecular bone both female and male.

• 약학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.105-110
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• 1997

Two protein-polysaccharide fractions, GLA and GLB, respectively, were prepared from the pileus of the fully grown carpophores and the tips of the growing carpophores of Ganod erma lucidum. At a dose of 100mg/kg/day ip, GLA and GLB inhibited the growth of sarcoma 180 solid tumor in ICR mice by 56.3% and 81.8%, respectively. In a flow cytometric (FCM) analysis, GLA and GLB enhanced the formation of lymphoblasts of BALB/c, splenic leukocytes at a concentration of 100 ${\mu}$g/ml, by 38.3% and 61, 3%, respectively. When ip injected into ICR mice, GLB exerted anti-leukopenic effect against cyclophospamide (75mg/kg, ip) in that the leukocyte counts of the peripheral blood of the normal and the cyclophosphamide-treated mice. respectively. was (11.1 ${\pm}$ 3.8) ${\times}$ 10$^3$ and (4.0 ${\pm}$ 1.8) ${\times}$ 10$^3$, while the GLB-cyclophosphamide treated mice showed a leukocyte count of (10.8 ${\pm}$ 5.1) ${\times}$ 10$^3$ CELLS/${\mu}$l. These results suggest that GLB is a promising candidate for an effective, cancer immunotherapeutic agent.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.487-493
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• 1998

In the previous study we described the antitumor effect of GLB, a protein-polysaccharide fraction separated from the growing tips of Ganoderma lucidum, against sarcoma 18 0 solid tumor in ICR mice. In this study, we separated an acidic protein-polysaccharide fraction, GLB-A, and a basic protein-polyaccharide fraction, GLB-B, from GLB by differential precipitation, and elucidated their antitumor and immunomodulatory activities. When ip injected at the dose of 50mg/kg/day into the ICR mice, GLB-A and GLB-B inhibited the growth of ip implantated sarcoma 180 cells by 32.4% and 21.0%, respectively. Of these, GLB-A increased the % lymphoblast in the spleen of the tumor-bearing and the normal mice by 20.9% and 123.0%, and the CD4/CD8 ratio by 73.3% and 22.4%, respectively. GLB-A also increased the expression of CD25 (IL-2 receptor alpha ch0ain) in normal mice by 82.0%. These results strongly suggest that GLB-A is a promising candidate for antitumor immunomodulatory medicine.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2006

Cordyceps, one of the well-known traditional Chinese medicines, consists of the dried fungus C. sinensis growing on the larva of caterpillar. It is commonly used as a tonic of restoring vital body functions. In order to evaluate the pharmacological effects of C. militaris, the anti-oxidation and antiaging effect of cultured C. militaris growing on pupa of silkworm Bombyx mori, were investigated. The results showed! that the contents of lipofusin in myocardium were reduced and the SOD activity in the liver were elevated in a dose-dependent manner while no effect was observed for blood GSH-Px activity and liver MDA content in mice perfused with the cultured C. militaris compared to those untreated mice. Furthermore, the average life span, maximum life span and 50% death time of the fruit flies treated with cultured C. militaris were markedly prolonged. The results suggest that the cultured C. militaris growing on pupa of silkworm possesses anti-oxidation and delay senescence activity.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권9호
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• pp.506-511
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• 2014

We investigated the effects of high calorie and low calorie diets on skeletal integrity, and whether ${\beta}$-adrenergic blockade (BB) attenuates bone loss induced by dietary calorie alteration. Male 6-week-old C57BL/6 mice were assigned to either an ad-lib fed control diet (CON), a high calorie diet (HIGH), or a low calorie diet (LOW) group. In each diet group, mice were treated with either vehicle (VEH) or propranolol, a ${\beta}$-adrenergic antagonist. Over 12-weeks, ${\beta}$-blockade mitigated body weight and fat mass increases induced by the high calorie diet. Femoral trabecular bone mineral density and the expression levels of osteogenic marker genes in bone marrow cells were reduced in HIGHVEH and LOWVEH mice, and BB significantly attenuated this decline only in HIGH mice. In summary, the magnitude of bone loss induced by low calorie diet was greater than that caused by high calorie diet in growing mice, and ${\beta}$-blockade mitigated high calorie diet-induced bone loss.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.269-291
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• 2008

비즈니스 성격의 회의, 인센티브관광, 컨벤션, 전시를 아우르는 MICE산업은 수익성이 낮은 우리나라 관광구조를 개선시키기 위해 육성할 필요가 높은 산업으로 제시되고 있다. 이를 위해 개선이 요구되는 발전요인과 정부 및 전담기구의 역할, MICE산업의 파급효과 간 관계를 전문가들의 인식을 바탕으로 파악해 보았다. 그 결과, MICE산업 발전요인으로 마케팅요인과 인적자원 육성 요인이 제시되었으며, MICE 산업의 파급효과는 경제적 효과와 국가홍보 효과요인으로 압축되었다. 요인들 간의 구조모형분석결과, 여러 가지 시사점을 도출할 수 있었다. MICE 발전의 마케팅요인은 정부의 역할에 유의한 영향을 끼친 반면, 전담기구의 역할과는 유의한 영향관계를 보이지 않았다. 반면, 인적자원 육성요인은 정부와 전담기구의 역할 모두에 유의한 영향관계를 가지는 것으로 분석되었다. 그리고, 정부의 역할은 전담기구의 역할에 유의한 영향관계에 있으며, 정부의 역할과 전담기구의 역할은 MICE산업의 경제적 효과와 국가홍보의 효과에 모두 유의한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.