• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.4.1-4.17
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• 2020

Tregs have a role in immunological tolerance and immune homeostasis by suppressing immune reactions, and its therapeutic potential is critical in autoimmune diseases and cancers. There have been multiple studies conducted on Tregs because of their roles in immune suppression and therapeutic potential. In tumor immunity, Tregs can promote the development and progression of tumors by preventing effective anti-tumor immune responses in tumor-bearing hosts. High infiltration of Tregs into tumor tissue results in poor survival in various types of cancer patients. Identifying factors specifically expressed in Tregs that affect the maintenance of stability and function of Tregs is important for understanding cancer pathogenesis and identifying therapeutic targets. Thus, manipulation of Tregs is a promising anticancer strategy, but finding markers for Treg-specific depletion and controlling these cells require fine-tuning and further research. Here, we discuss the role of Tregs in cancer and the development of Treg-targeted therapies to promote cancer immunotherapy.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3903-3907
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• 2013

Background: Patients with colorectal cancer are usually treated with chemotherapy, which reduces the number of blood cells, especially white blood cells, and consequently increases the risk of infections. Some research studies have reported that aromatherapy massage affects the immune system and improves immune function by, for example, increasing the numbers of natural killer cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes. However, there has been no report of any study which provided good evidence as to whether aromatherapy with Thai massage could improve the immune system in patients with colorectal cancer. The objectives of this study were to determine whether the use of aromatherapy with light Thai massage in patients with colorectal cancer, who have received chemotherapy, can result in improvement of the cellular immunity and reduce the severity of the common symptoms of side effects. Materials and Methods: Sixty-six patients with colorectal cancer in Phichit Hospital, Thailand, were enrolled in a single-blind, randomised-controlled trial. The intervention consisted of three massage sessions with ginger and coconut oil over a 1-week period. The control group received standard supportive care only. Assessments were conducted at pre-assessment and at the end of one week of massage or standard care. Changes from pre-assessment to the end of treatment were measured in terms of white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, CD4 and CD8 cells and the CD4/CD8 ratio and also the severity of self-rated symptom scores. Results: The main finding was that after adjusting for pre-assessment values the mean lymphocyte count at the post-assessment was significantly higher (P=0.04) in the treatment group than in the controls. The size of this difference suggested that aromatherapy with Thai massage could boost lymphocyte numbers by 11%. The secondary outcomes were that at the post assessment the symptom severity scores for fatigue, presenting symptom, pain and stress were significantly lower in the massage group than in the standard care controls. Conclusions: Aromatherapy with light Thai massage can be beneficial for the immune systems of cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy by increasing the number of lymphocytes and can help to reduce the severity of common symptoms.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2017

Objectives: Radiation is one of the most important sources of free radical (such as reactive oxygen species) production, which plays an essential role in the etiology of over hundred diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate some immune parameters and hematological indices in healthy workers of the Radiology Department, University Hospital of Mashhad, Iran. Methods: The study was performed on 50 healthy workers: 30 radiology staff as the case group and 20 laboratory workers as the control group. The radiation dose received by the radiology staff participating in the study was less than the annual maximum permissible level, 50 millisievert. Hematological parameters, lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production were studied in both groups. Results: Among healthy radiology workers, the hematological indices did not differ statistically; however, their proliferation indices and $IFN-{\gamma}$ levels showed significant increases in parallel with decreases in the IL-4 levels as compared to controls. The immune system of workers exposed to low-dose ionizing radiation was found to be shifted from a Type 2 to a Type 1 response to promote cellular immunity. Conclusion: Based on our data, exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation may decrease the prevalence, frequency, and recurrence of various cancers and infectious diseases because of an increase in Th1-cell-based response, thus leading to more protection of the human body against tumor cells and foreign agents and possibly increased longevity. However, due to high rate of fluoroscopy use for interventional radiology, we suggest continuing research projects on radiation protection and hazards to prevent irreversible damage. As a recommendation, in future studies, radiology staff with a weakened immunity due to high radiation exposure should be considered as good choices to be treated using acupuncture techniques because acupuncture has been demonstrated to enhance the function and the number of immune cells.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.468-475
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• 1992

본 연구는 식이내 n-6,n-3 지방산과 비타민 A 수준이 흰쥐의 체액면역기능에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위해 평균 체중이 $103pm$2.2g인 Sprague-Dawley종 수컷 흰쥐68마리를 6군으로 나누어 6주간 사육하였다. 실험식이는 지방을 식이무게의 10% 수준으로 하여 어유와 옥수수유를 사용하였고 비타민 A 수준은 결핍식이(1240 IU/kg diet), 적정식이(4000 IU/kg diet), 과잉식이(400,000 IU/kg diet)로 하였다. 비장무게는 체중 100g당, 비타민 A 과잉 어유섭취군이 유외하게 낮았으며 plaque-forming cell 반응은 지방종류와 비타민 A수준에 따른 차이가 없었다. 혈청의 혈구응집반응 결과는 어유군이 옥수수군에 비해 항체가가 낮았으며, 비타민 A 수준에 따른 차이는 없었다. IgG 농도는 지방종류에 의한 차이가 있어 어유군이 옥수수군에 비해 높았으며, 비타민 A 과잉 어유군이 다른 식이군에 비해 현저하게 높았다. 비타민 A 과잉 어유군은 비장의 크기가 작고 혈청 IgG 농도가 높게 나타났으므로 비타민 A 과잉시 어유 섭취는 면역기능에 좋은 영향을 주지 못하였다. 광학현미경으로 살펴본 바에 의하면 비장조직은 어유군이 옥수수유군에 비해 발달이 좋았으며 비타민 A 결핍과 과잉시에 발달이 저해되었다. 그러므로 본 연구 결과로 건강한 사람의 경우 면역기능을 온전히 유지하기 위해서는 비타민 A를 적정량 섭취하는 것이 좋으며 비타민 A과잉시에는 어유섭취를 피하는 것이 바람직하다는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제45권
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• pp.245-268
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• 2016

2008년 개봉된 영화 <도쿄!>는 미셸 공드리 감독의 <인테리어 디자인>, 레오 카락스 감독의 <메르드>, 봉준호 감독의 <흔들리는 도쿄>로 구성되어 있다. 이 세 편의 단편은 모두 도시적 삶에서 비롯된 자기 소외의 경험을 다룬다. 도시에서 어떻게 자기 자신으로 살아남을 것인가? 삶의 문제는 근본적으로 삶의 자기 유지와 관련되어 있다. <도쿄!>에서 세 명의 감독이 펼쳐놓은 이야기는 이러한 도시적 삶이 자기-보존적이면서 동시에 자기-해체적인 양상을 띠고 있음을 보여준다. 도시는 문을 열면서 닫고 닫으면서 여는 이중구속의 역설적 움직임이 지속적으로 이루어지는 공간이다. 도시적 삶은 이러한 움직임 속에서 데리다가 무한하게 확장할 것을 제안했던 자가면역적 논리에 항상 노출되어 있다. 삶의 문제는 근본적으로 삶의 자기 유지와 관련된다. <도쿄!>를 구성하는 세 편의 단편에서 도시적 삶은 전유적, 탈전유적, 비전유적인 존재 양상을 통해 자기성을 드러낸다. 전유적 자기가 타자를 다시 제 소유로 삼음으로써 자기를 더욱 강화한다면 비전유적 자기는 순수하게 동일한 것으로 남고자 스스로를 방어한다. 이러한 도시적 삶의 양상은 필연적으로 자가면역적 반작용에 부딪칠 수밖에 없다. 오직 탈전유적 자기만이 자가면역적 반작용 속에서 약속 안의 위협을 감수하며 자기성의 움직임의 또 다른 양상의 가능성을 예표한다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2018

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the immunopotentiating activity of combine extract that Silkworm and Cinnamomum cassia. Recently, acute epidemic diseases such as cold and viral respiratory diseases have been emerging. So, interested in immunity enhancement has been increasing, and research on natural products to promote immunity activity has been actively conducted. Methods : To confirm the immunopotentiating activity effect, Silkworm (SW), Cinnamomum cassia (CC), and SWCC combined extracts were treated 14 days at 300 mg/kg/day. The changes of glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvate transaminase (GPT) in serum were analyzed after experiment. The changes in the total spleen cell number were measured. Immune cells in spleen were analyzed using fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS). also, analyzed the expression of cytokines in spleen. Results : Total number of cells in the spleen and FACS analysis of T lymphocytes activated in the spleen showed that the SWCC combined treated group had much higher frequency of active cells than both single groups. The ratio of CD4+CD8+, CD4+CD69+ and CD4+CD25+ T cells in spleen, SWCC is higher than other groups except Nor in CD4+, CD4+CD69+, CD4+CD25+ T cells. The results of this study suggest that SWCC can help immune function via IL-2, IL-10, IL-12, IFN-${\gamma}$ cytokine production, increased T lymphocytes and splenocyte proliferation. Conclusion : Therefore, these results suggested that the SWCC combined extracts administration increase stronger immunity enhancement than when SW and CC adminstration.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.666-672
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• 2024

식물 세포에 존재하는 수용체(receptor)가 외부의 병원체를 인식하면 빠르게 세포 내 신호전달이 시작된다. 식물의 면역 수용체인 NLR단백질(Nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat receptor)은 병원성 분자(effectors)를 특이적으로 인식하여 신호 전달을 활성화시키며, 식물 세포 사멸(cell death)을 포함한 식물 면역반응(effector-triggered immunity)을 유도한다. TNL-의존적 면역 신호전달은 lipase-like proteins로 알려진 EDS1 (Enhanced Disease Susceptibility 1)과 파트너인 PAD4 (Phytoalexin Deficient 4), SAG101 (Senescence-Associated Gene 101)이 관여하며 ADR1 (Activated Disease Resistance 1), NRG1(N requirement gene 1)이 필요하다. TIR 도메인 단백질 촉매 반응은 여러 형태의 소분자를 생성해 내며, 이들은 식물 면역반응의 효과적인 활성을 촉매하는 것으로 보고되었다. 이들은 EDS1-PAD4 및 EDS1-SAG101의 특정 위치에 결합하여 EP도메인의 구조 변화를 유도하며, 그 결과 ADR1 또는 NRG1과의 상호작용이 가능한 것으로 여겨진다. 따라서 소분자들과 단백질 복합체의 안정된 형태에 의하여 식물의 면역 반응이 활성화될 수 있는지 연구하는 것은 중요한 연구 주제이다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 소분자에 대해 알아보고, 이들과 단백질 복합체의 관계를 구조적 및 생화학적 특징에 기반해 기술하고자 한다. 또한, EDS1-PAD4와 EDS1-SAG101복합체의 구조적 차이에 의하여 각각 고유한 역할을 수행하며, 이와 관련된 특정 상호작용을 통해 신호 전달 경로를 활성화하는 방식에 영향을 미칠 수 있는지에 대하여 고찰해 보고자 한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of enzymolytic products of soybean meal (ESBM), as one of the protein sources in the diet, on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility and immune function of weaned piglets. Soybean meal produced by bioprocessing with fermentation and enzymolysis contains reduced anti-nutritional factors and improved protein utilization. A total of 240 weaned piglets (Duroc${\times}$Landrace${\times}$Yorkshire, $9.01{\pm}0.22\;kg$ body weight) were randomly allocated to 4 treatments with 6 pens per treatment and 10 piglets per pen. The diets were based on corn-soybean meal and ESBM partially replaced soybean meal and soybean protein isolate at the inclusion level of 5, 10 or 15% in the basal diet. Feed intake and body weight were measured weekly. On days 24 to 27, faeces of each replicate were proportionally collected to determine the nutrient digestibility. On day 28 of the experiment, one piglet from each replicate was slaughtered humanely to collect immune organs. The results showed that inclusion of ESBM increased (p<0.05) the final weight, daily feed intake and daily gain of weaned pigs compared with the control diet, and ESBM at the inclusion levels of 10 and 15% improved (p<0.05) the feed/gain compared with the control diet. There were no differences (p>0.05) in daily feed intake among the levels of ESBM, but increasing the levels of ESBM from 5 to 15% improved (p<0.05) the final weight, average daily gain of pigs and feed/gain. The inclusion of ESBM at 5 to 15% increased (p<0.05) the digestibility of crude protein (CP) by 5 to 16%, and ESBM at 15% increased (p<0.05) the digestibility of digestible energy (DE), Ca and P compared with the control diet. ESBM increased (p<0.05) the relative weights of thymus and mandibular lymph nodes by 57.7 and 29.6%, respectively. The percentages of T lymphocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ in peripheral blood of weaned piglets were also increased (p<0.05) by feeding ESBM. The results suggest that ESBM can be a better protein source in improving growth performance, nutrient digestibility and immune function of weaned piglets.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1425-1431
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• 2015

면역 시스템의 림프구는 B 림프구와 T 림프구 두 종류로 나눌 수 있다. B 림프구는 플라즈마 세포로 분화하여 항체를 생성하는 체액성 면역을 담당하며, T 림프구는 다른 세포나 세균을 죽이는 세포성 면역을 담당한다. 고전적으로 B 림프구와 T 림프구의 작용은 한 방향으로 이뤄졌다. T 림프구는 B 림프구의 분화를 촉진하고 면역글로불린종류의 전환을 조절한다. T 림프구가 부족한 경우 B 림프구의 부족을 초래함이 보고되어 있다. 그러나 최근에 역으로 B 림프구가 T 림프구의 분화와 활성을 조절할 수 있다는 보고가 있다. 예를 들어, B 림프구는 CD8+ T 림프구의 tolerance를 직접 조절할 수 있고, TGF-β의 분비를 통해 T 림프구의 anergy를 유도할 수 있다. 본 연구는 LPS에 의해 자극된 B 림프구가 수지상세포에서 IL-12의 분비를 억제하여 Th1 림프구의 분화를 억제할 수 있음을 보여준다. 이 억제는 B 림프구와 수지상세포의 직접적인 interaction에 의해 일어나는 것이 아니며 B 림프구가 수지상세포의 성숙을 조절하여 일어나는 것도 아니다. B 림프구에서 분비되는 soluble factor가 LPS에 의해 증가되는 수지상세포의 IL-12p35 transcription을 억제한다. 이 결과들은 B 림프구가 매개하는 새로운 면역억제 기전이 존재함을 보여준다. 이것은 고전적인 방향성을 가진 T 림프구에 의한 B 림프구 작용조절로 면역반응이 결정되는 것이 아니라 T 림프구와 B 림프구가 서로 작용을 하여 면역평형을 결정하는 기전이 존재함을 보여준다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.376-384
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• 2023

Background: Hepatic lipid disorder impaired mitochondrial homeostasis and intracellular redox balance, triggering development of non-alcohol fatty liver disease (NAFLD), while effective therapeutic approach remains inadequate. Ginsenosides Rc has been reported to maintain glucose balance in adipose tissue, while its role in regulating lipid metabolism remain vacant. Thus, we investigated the function and mechanism of ginsenosides Rc in defending high fat diet (HFD)-induced NAFLD. Methods: Mice primary hepatocytes (MPHs) challenged with oleic acid & palmitic acid were used to test the effects of ginsenosides Rc on intracellular lipid metabolism. RNAseq and molecular docking study were performed to explore potential targets of ginsenosides Rc in defending lipid deposition. Wild type and liver specific sirtuin 6 (SIRT6, 50721) deficient mice on HFD for 12 weeks were subjected to different dose of ginsenosides Rc to determine the function and detailed mechanism in vivo. Results: We identified ginsenosides Rc as a novel SIRT6 activator via increasing its expression and deacetylase activity. Ginsenosides Rc defends OA&PA-induced lipid deposition in MPHs and protects mice against HFD-induced metabolic disorder in dosage dependent manner. Ginsenosides Rc (20mg/kg) injection improved glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, oxidative stress and inflammation response in HFD mice. Ginsenosides Rc treatment accelerates peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α, 19013)-mediated fatty acid oxidation in vivo and in vitro. Hepatic specific SIRT6 deletion abolished ginsenoside Rc-derived protective effects against HFD-induced NAFLD. Conclusion: Ginsenosides Rc protects mice against HFD-induced hepatosteatosis by improving PPAR-α-mediated fatty acid oxidation and antioxidant capacity in a SIRT6 dependent manner, and providing a promising strategy for NAFLD.