• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제60권10호
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• pp.307-311
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• 2017

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating condition of hospitalized preterm infants. Numerous studies have attempted to identify the cause of NEC by examining the immunological features associated with pathogenic microorganisms. No single organism has proven responsible for the disease; however, immunological studies are now focused on the microbiome. Recent research has investigated the numerous bacterial species residing in the body and their role in diseases in preterm infants. The timing of initial microbial colonization is a subject of interest. The microbiome appears to transfer from the mother to the newborn, as well as to the fetus. Cross-talk between the fetus and fetal microbiome takes place continuously to generate a unique immune system. This review examined the transfer of the microbiome to the human fetus, and its potential relationship with NEC.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.168-173
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• 1988

곤충치사 독소를 생성하는 Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. kurstaki HD1과 HD73 균주에 대한 내독소 단백질의 특성을 규명하기 위하여 독소단백질의 항체 생산성, 항원 안정성, 정량 및 교차반응실험을 수행하였다. 곤충치사 내독소 단백질에 대한 항체는 토끼 마리당 약 2mg의 내독소 항원을 4회 주사했을 때 급격히 증가하여 6~7회 투여시에 최대치의 항체가 생성되었다. 내독소의 항원 안정성을 ELISA로 조사했을 때 5일 이내는 안정하였으나 9일 이후는 급격히 감소하였다. 간접 ELISA에 의한 B. t. k. HD1과 HD73 내독소의 정량 감도는 각각 50$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$, 400ng/$m\ell$이었다. HD1과 HD73 균주의 내독소 단백질에 대한 항혈청은 B. t. serovar israelensis 와 침강반응이 일어나지 않았다. B. t. k. 균주의 동일 아종간 내독소 단백질에 대한 항체의 교차반응에서 HD1 내독소 항체는 HD73 균주의 내독소 항원과 부분적으로 반응하였으나 HD73 내독소 항체는 HD1 항원과 100% 반응하였다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.48-58
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• 2023

Interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) integrates both immunological and non-immunological inputs to control cell survival and death. Small GTPases are versatile functional switches that lie on the very upstream in signal transduction pathways, of which duration of activation is very transient. The large number of homologous proteins and the requirement for site-directed mutagenesis have hindered attempts to investigate the link between small GTPases and IRF3. Here, we constructed a constitutively active mutant expression library for small GTPase expression using Gibson assembly cloning. Small-scale screening identified multiple GTPases capable of promoting IRF3 phosphorylation. Intriguingly, 27 of 152 GTPases, including ARF1, RHEB, RHEBL1, and RAN, were found to increase IRF3 phosphorylation. Unbiased screening enabled us to investigate the sequence-activity relationship between the GTPases and IRF3. We found that the regulation of IRF3 by small GTPases was dependent on TBK1. Our work reveals the significant contribution of GTPases in IRF3 signaling and the potential role of IRF3 in GTPase function, providing a novel therapeutic approach against diseases with GTPase overexpression or active mutations, such as cancer.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.70-79
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• 2003

Object : Currently, the alteration of cytokine system has been known to play an important role in regard to depressive symptom. We focused on the relationship between immunological parameters and clinical improvement in major depressive disorder. Method : Data were collected on 26 patients with major depressive disorder using a 8-week prospective follow-up design. After 8-week treatment period with fluoxetine, patients were classified into a response group and a non-response group according to their psychopathological outcome as evaluated by Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. The differences of the immunological parameters between pre-treatment phase and post-treatment phase were compared among patients. The difference of those was also compared within each phase among them. The relationship between socio-demographic variables, depression, cytokine, mononuclear cells was examined by correlation analysis. Multiple regression analyses were performed to explore the predictors of clinical improvement of major depressive disorder. Result : Pre-treatment levels of IL-$1{\beta}$ in the response group were significantly higher than those in the non-response group. Pre-treatment levels of IL-$1{\beta}$ of all patients and in the response group were positively correlated with pre-treatment monocyte counts. Patients with subsequent remission showed significantly lower IL-6 values at baseline than those with non-response. Post-treatment values of IL-6 did not differ significantly among the patients. The correlation test showed more frequent relations among cytokines and mononuclear cells in the response group than in the non-responder group. Especially, serum level of IL-6 in pre-treatment phase was only significantly correlated with HAMD score after 8-week treatement phase, while other cytokines and mononuclear cells were not. Pretreatment level of IL-6 was of paramount importance in predicting clinical improvement of depressive symptom. Conclusion : The immune system of major depressive disorder patients might dichotomize the patients into subsequent responders and non-responders. Immune system might be of great influence on the clinical improvement of major depressive disorder. The mode of interaction between depression and cellular immune function and the mediators responsible for the cytokine production need to be studied further.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1981

면역학적인 방법을 사용하여 가돈 여포액내의 특이단백질의 존재여부와 이들을 추출하여 난자성숙에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과 다음과 같았다. 1. 가돈 혈청 및 혈장에는 존재하지 않는 면역학적으로 특이한 두 단백질이 가돈 여포액내에서 검출되었다. 2. 이들 두 단백질은 전기영동적으로 각각 fast alpha-I globulin 과 beta-globulin 의 이동성을 나타냈다. 3. 이들 두 단백질은 생쥐 여포난자의 성숙을 억제시켰다. 본 실험의 결과로 미루어 가돈 여포액내에는 난자성숙을 억제시키는 특이단백질이 존재하는 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2010

Purpose: The present study was performed to clarify the relationship between periodontal disease severity and selected immunological parameters consisting of serum IgG titer against periodontopathogenic bacteria, the expression of the helper T-cell cytokine by gingival mononuclear cells, and patients' immunoreactivity to cross-reactive heat shock protein (HSP) epitope peptide from P. gingivalis HSP60. Methods: Twenty-five patients with moderate periodontitis had their gingival connective tissue harvested of gingival mononuclear cells during an open flap debridement procedure and peripheral blood was drawn by venipuncture to collect serum. The mean level of interproximal alveolar bone was calculated to be used as an index for periodontal disease severity for a given patient. Each of selected immunologic parameters was subject to statistical management to seek their correlations with the severity of periodontal disease. Results: A significant correlation could not be identified between serum IgG titers against specific bacteria (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, and Streptococcus mutans) and the severity of periodontal disease. Expression of interleukin (IL)-10 by gingival mononuclear cells was statistically significant in the group of patients who had higher levels of alveolar bone height. However, a similar correlation could not be demonstrated in cases for IL-4 or interferon-$\gamma$. Patients' serum reactivity to cross-reactive epitope peptide showed a significant correlation with the amount of alveolar bone. Conclusions: It was concluded that expression of IL-10 by gingival mononuclear cells and patients' sero-reactivity to the cross-reactive HSP peptide of P. gingivalis HSP60 were significantly correlated with alveolar bone height.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제80권2호
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• pp.113-135
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• 2017

Asthma is traditionally regarded as a chronic airway disease, and recent literature proves its heterogeneity, based on distinctive clusters or phenotypes of asthma. In defining such asthma clusters, the nature of comorbidity among patients with asthma is poorly understood, by assuming no causal relationship between asthma and other comorbid conditions, including both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. However, emerging evidence suggests that the status of asthma significantly affects the increased susceptibility of the patient to both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Specifically, the impact of asthma on susceptibility to noncommunicable diseases such as chronic systemic inflammatory diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis), may provide an important insight into asthma as a disease with systemic inflammatory features, a conceptual understanding between asthma and asthma-related comorbidity, and the potential implications on the therapeutic and preventive interventions for patients with asthma. This review discusses the currently under-recognized clinical and immunological phenotypes of asthma; specifically, a higher risk of developing a systemic inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and their implications, on the conceptual understanding and management of asthma. Our discussion is divided into three parts: literature summary on the relationship between asthma and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis; potential mechanisms underlying the association; and implications on asthma management and research.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.154-162
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• 1992

수산물 폐기물을 이용하기 위하여 대롱 새우껍질에서 추출하여 만든 키토산을 마우스에 이식한 sarcoma 180을 이용하여 in vivo와 in vitro에서 항암 효과 및 면역기능에 미치는 영향에 대하여 실험하였다. 키토산의 sarcoma-180에 대한 고형암 성장 저지율을 40mg/kg투여시 63.84%의 저지율을 나타내었다. 수명 연장효과는 대조군에 비하여 키토산을 40mg/kg 투여하였을 때 26.84%로 그다지 높지 않았다. In vivo에서의 항암효과를 근거로 하여 in vitro에서는 sarco-ma-180에 대한 직접적인 세포의 독성 작용은 거의 없었다. 키토산은 30mg/kg과 40mg/kg을 투여시 혈중 백혈구수와 총복강세포수가 대조군에 비하여 다소 증가 하였고 장기인 간, 비장 및 흉선의 무게도 투여한 용량에 따라 증가하는 용량 의존성 반응을 보였다. 항체 유도염증 반응인 항체매개형 과민반응과 지연형 과민반응은 족척의 두께가 키토산에 의해 거의 정상 수준까지 회복되었다. Macrophage의 식작용에 미치는 영향은 phagocytic index 와 corrected phagocytic index에서 거의 차이가 없었고, 용혈성 반응 세포수(plaque forming cell, PFC)는 대조군에 비하여 PFC/$10^{7}$ spleen의 경우 18.88%와 31.83%로 다소 증가하였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.97-106
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• 1986

Pesticides constitute a unique group of biologically active chemicals in that they are produced for deliberate release into the environment, usually to produce some specific biocidal effect. Workers at all stages of pesticide production and application become exposed, at least on an occasional basis, while some experience routine exposure. The general population is, in turn, exposed to the residues, in air, water and food. This review is intended to survey the present knowledge of the immunotoxicity of 20 pesticides. As will be readily seen, knowledge of pesticide immunotoxicology to date is largely descriptive with only modest beginnings toward understanding mechanisms underlying the effects. In most cases the effects have not yet to be defined in immunological state, and just as little is presently known about how these chemicals exert their effects. There is an equally great gap in perceiving any relationship between the structure of a chemical and immunotoxicological potential.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.415-416
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• 2004

Crystals of six new Bacillus thuringiensis serovarieties [coreanensis (H25), konkukian (H34), leesis (H33), seoulensis (H35), sooncheon (H41), and yosoo (HI8a18c)] with different H-antigens, which are toxic to Bombyx mori and/or mosquito larvae, were serologically quite distinct from each other.