• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2005

This study was performed to investigate the effect of soy isoflavone on plasma nitrite concentration and the antioxidant enzyme activities of erythrocyte and the liver using adult male rats fed high fat diet. Seven-week old male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into three groups and fed high fat diet (15% beef tallow, 1 % cholesterol; control: IF0) or high fat diets containing isoflavone 80 ppm (IF80) or 320 ppm (IF320) for 10 weeks. Plasma nitrite concentration as a vasodilator, and antioxidant enzyme activities in erythrocytes and the liver were measured. Plasma nitrite concentration was increased by 45% and 35%, respectively, in IF80 and IF320 than in IF0 group. Erythrocyte catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities increased by 31 %, 30% and 40% in IF320 compared to IF0 group. Especially, erythrocyte GR activity increased by 61 % in IF80 group. However, catalase activity in the liver was decreased in IF80 group. GPx and GR activities in the liver were not differ among groups. The results suggest that soy isoflavone have the protective effect against risk factors related with cardiovascular disease by improving vasodilator factor, nitrite, and antioxidant enzyme activities in blood. (Korean J Nutrition 38(2): 89～95, 2005)

• 약학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.638-646
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• 1993

A cepfialosporin with an aminothiazoiylmethoxyimino-type side chain at the 7 position and bicyclic quinolone dithicarbamate at the 3' position was synthesized. It has broad and potent antivacterial activity in vitro. The antibacterial spectrum reflects contributions of both the cephalosporin moiety and the quinolone moiety. Thus, this compound was named DACD implying a dualaction cephalosporin derivative. In this paper, the physicochemical proper-ties (lipid-water partition, pKa), stability and pharmacokinetics of DACD were determined and compared with cefotaxime 3'-norfloxacin dithiocarbamate (CENO). Stability tests were studied in pH 1.20, 6.80 and 8.00 buffers and in the presence of AB type human plasma, rat liver homogenate and its .betha.-lactamase. The pharmacokinetic parameters of DACD were evaluated in mice after a single intravenous dose of 40 mg/kg. The results are as follows. The lipid-water partition coefficient of DACD was higher than that of CENO. The calculated pKa values of CENO and DACD, were 6.82$\pm$0.03, 7.53$\pm$0.21, respectively. In the hydrolysis test, half-lives (t$^{1/2}$) of CENO and DACD was 66.0 hr and 80.0 hr in pH 6.80 buffer, 190 hr and 91.4 hr in pH 8.00 buffer. CENO and DACD were rapidly hydrolyzed in human plasma and in rat liver hornogenate. Half-lives (t$_{1/2}$ of CENO and DACD were 1.29 hr and 1.15 hr in hyman plasma, 0.62 hr and 0.71 hr rat liver homogenate. In $\beta$-lactamase stability test, CENO and DACD were very stable to the .betha.-lactamases obtained from three different strains. Half-life (t$_{1/2}$) and areas under the curve (AUC) in mice were 2.33 hr and 15.97 (mg.h/1), respectively.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.380-385
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• 2012

Background: Manganese (Mn) has been found to increase the signal intensity of the globus pallidus (GP) on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images (MRI). We performed this study in order to determine the features of liver disease that correlate with pallidal signal intensities. Methods: We assessed blood Mn levels and pallidal signals in T1-weighted MRI in 49 patients with liver cirrhosis and 23 healthy controls. Results: Increased signal intensity in the GP was observed in 30 of 49 (61.2%) patients with liver cirrhosis, with the pallidal index (PI) in patients with Child-Pugh classes B and C differing significantly from the PI in controls. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that blood Mn concentrations and Child-Pugh scores in cirrhotics were significantly associated with increased PI after controlling for other confounders (p<0.05 each). Conclusions: Pallidal signals on T1-weighted MRI are mainly observed in advanced liver cirrhosis. The present study suggests that advanced liver cirrhosis may be a human model for manganism.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2014

Recent episodes of severe air pollution in eastern Asia have been reported in the scientific literature and news media. Therefore, there is growing concern about the systemic effects of air pollution on human health. Along with the other well-known harmful effects of air pollution, recently, several animal models have provided strong evidence that air pollutants can induce liver toxicity and act to accelerate liver inflammation and steatosis. This review briefly describes examples where exposure to air pollutants was involved in liver toxicity, focusing on how particulate matter (PM) or carbon black (CB) may be translocated from lung to liver and what liver diseases are closely associated with these air pollutants.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.116-125
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• 2021

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common cause of death in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and dyslipidemia is considered at least partially responsible for the increased CVD risk in NAFLD patients. The aim of the present study is to understand how hepatic de novo lipogenesis influences hepatic cholesterol content as well as its effects on the plasma lipid levels. Hepatic lipogenesis was induced in mice by feeding a fat-free/high-sucrose (FF/HS) diet and the metabolic pathways associated with cholesterol were then analyzed. Both liver triglyceride and cholesterol contents were significantly increased in mice fed an FF/HS diet. Activation of fatty acid synthesis driven by the activation of sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP)-1c resulted in the increased liver triglycerides. The augmented cholesterol content in the liver could not be explained by an increased cholesterol synthesis, which was decreased by the FF/HS diet. HMG-CoA reductase protein level was decreased in mice fed an FF/HS diet. We found that the liver retained more cholesterol through a reduced excretion of bile acids, a reduced fecal cholesterol excretion, and an increased cholesterol uptake from plasma lipoproteins. Very low-density lipoproteintriglyceride and -cholesterol secretion were increased in mice fed an FF/HS diet, which led to hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia in Ldlr-/- mice, a model that exhibits a more human like lipoprotein profile. These findings suggest that dietary cholesterol intake and cholesterol synthesis rates cannot only explain the hypercholesterolemia associated with NAFLD, and that the control of fatty acid synthesis should be considered for the management of dyslipidemia.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.711-720
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• 2003

배경: 폐암은 근치적 절제술이 가장 좋은 치료법이나 수술 후에 재발한 경우나 수술 시기가 지난 경우에는 항암 화학요법의 중요성이 강조된다. 항암 치료 전에 감수성 있는 항암 화학 치료제가 선별되어진다면 치료 효과를 극대화할 수 있다. 신피막하 분석법은 흉, 복부 종양의 생체 내 검사법으로 중요성이 인정되고 있고 항암 감수성 검사로서도 짧은 기간 내에 판별이 가능한 이점이 있다. 신장은 각종 암세포의 이식 장소로 잘 알려져 있으나 비장이나 간에서의 이식 성적을 비교한 연구는 없는 실정이다. 인체 암세포 이식의 실험방법 중에 비장과 간장에 암 세포주를 이식하였을 경우와 신장에 시행되는 신피막하 분석법에 의한 성장의 차이점 유무를 평가하였다. 대상 및 방법: 인체 폐암 세포주(SW-900 G IV)를 RPMI 1640 (Leibovitz L-15 medium)배지에서 배양하여 fibrin clot으로 만들어 $10^{8}$ 개의 암세포가 포함되도록 한 후 3${\times}$${\times}$3mm의 크기로 Spague Dawely (S.D.) 암컷 쥐의 신, 비장 및 간 피막하에 이식하였다. 이식 후 1일부터 6일간 면역억제를 위하여 cyclosporin-A (80 mg/kg)를 피하투여하였다. 이식 전후 실험동물의 체중 변화, 종양의 성장 여부 및 종양의 크기를 계측하고 병리 조직 검사와 혈청 내 암 표지자 검사를 실시하여 비교하였다. 걸과: 실험 5.D. 쥐의 체중 변화는 대조군이나 실험 군 모두에서 체중 증가가 있었다. 혈청 내 암 표지자의 정량 검사 결과 Cyfra 21-1은 검출되지 않았고, CEA및 NSE는 의미 있는 변화가 없었으며, SCC-Ag이 실험 군에서 유의한 증가가 있었다. 비장에 이식한 폐암 세포주의 성장이 신장 및 간장에 비해 더 증가된 결과를 보였다. 표면적, 두께와 용적 모두가 비장에서 유의한 증가를 나타내었다. 이식 성공률은 신장이 80%, 비장이 76.7%, 간장이 43.3%이었다. 병리학적 검사 결과 신장에는 비교적 둥글게 성장하며 크기는 제일 작았으며 성장 방향이 일정한 모양을 보이는 특징이 있으며 비장은 성장이 잘되어 제일 큰 종양을 형성하나 불규칙한 성장과 위성 종양(satellite tumor)이 빈번히 발견되었으며 현미경적으로는 혈관 신생과 함께 종양 혈전이 발견되었다. 간장은 간 내부로 침투 성장하여 이식 성공률이 가장 저조하며 현미경적 소견은 응고성 괴사와 점액양 섬유성 병변을 가지는 특징을 보였다. 걸론: 이식 성공률은 신장과 비장이 높으나, 성장이 일정하고 계측이 용이한 것은 신장이었다. 혈청 암 표지자는 SCC-Ag이 가장 조기에 반응하였으며, Cyfra 21-1은 조기에 검출되지 않았다. 이상에서 감수성 검사를 위한 종양이식 실험에 이용하기에 가장 적합한 장기는 신장을 이용한 신피막하 이식법으로 생각되며, 조기에 유용한 암표지자 검사는 SCC-Ag 정량법이라고 판단된다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 1990

The ability of many toxigenic fungi to invade and develop in a wide variety of raw ingredients of human diet renders human exposure to mycotoxing very difficult to avoid. Most of the energy-rich commodities, such as cereal grains, oil seeds, tree nuts, and dehydrated fruits, are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination. Mycotoxins therefare have been recognized as an important class of hazardous substances in the human food chain. Although human exposure to mycotoxins is largely through ingestion, inhalation and skin contact may also be significant under conditions other than consumption of foods. Human ingestion of mycotoxins is due to consumption of contaminated dietary ingredients and the edible tissues and products of domestic animals that have been exposed to mycotoxins in moldy feed. Large scale acute human mycotoxicoses, such as ergotism in France, alimentary toxic aleukia in Russia, yellow rice syndrome in Japan, endemic nephropathy in Balkan countries, and acute aflatoxin poisonings in India and Taiwan, have been well documented, indicating that mycotoxicosis is a global problem. In some incidents, hundreds of victims were killed and many more became seriously ill. The mycotoxins that have been implicated in the etiology of these human diseases include aflatoxins, citreoviridin, cyclopiazonic acid, ergot alkaloids, moniliformin, ochratoxin A, trichothecenes, tenuazonic acid, and zearalenone. Among these, aflatoxins have been also implicated in the etiology of human primary liver cancer in those high-incidence countries in Africa and southeast Asia. It is well recognized that cause-effect relationship between mycotoxins and human diseases is very difficult to establish, especially for the cancer connection. Careful risk assessment must be performed to determine whether a mycotoxin indeed warrants costly regulatory actions.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전력기술부문
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• pp.46-50
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• 2004

This paper analysed the induced current density inside human body of hot-line worker for 765kV double circuit transmission line according to locations of human body Human was modelled by several organs, which included brain, heart, lungs, liver and intestines. We applied the 3 dimensional boundary element method to calculate induced electric fields.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2001년도 Proceedings of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
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• pp.240.1-240.1
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• 2001

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2000년도 춘계총회 및 학술대회
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• pp.219.1-219.1
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• 2000