• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2023

전염성 F낭병은 닭에서 F낭의 위축 및 염증이 나타나고, 이로 인해 면역억제를 특징으로 하며, 급성, 높은 점염성을 가지는 질병이다. VP2 유전자의 염기서열 분석을 통해 유전형이 분류되고, 유전형에 따라 항원성 및 병원성에 큰 차이를 나타내고 있다. 최근 중국에서 발생한 항원 변이주의 경우, 기존의 미국형 항원 변이주와는 다른 분자 특성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 최근 국내에서도 이러한 중국형 항원 변이주가 발생하고 있고, 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 양계농장에서 분리된 항원 변이주의 유전체 분석을 통한 분자적 특성을 확인하였다. 국내 육계 및 토종닭으로부터 4개의 항원 변이주를 RT-PCR을 통해 확인하였고, chorioallantoic membrane 접종을 통해 분리하였다. VP2 유전자의 hypervariable region의 분석 결과, 4개의 항원 변이주 중 1개는 미국형 항원 변이주로 확인되었고, 이는 2009년 국내에서 보고된 09D243 균주와 유사한 것으로 나타났으며, 3개의 중국형 항원 변이주는 최근 국내 및 중국의 유행주와 유사한 것으로 확인되었다. 우리의 결과에서 국내 양계농장에서 중국형 및 미국형 항원 변이주가 퍼져 있음을 확인하였고, 또한 백신을 접종한 농장에서의 발생도 이뤄지고 있어 항원 변이주에 대한 상용화 백신의 보호 효능에 대한 연구도 필요합니다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.286-295
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• 2020

Respiratory infections are very common and highly contagious. Respiratory infectious diseases affect not only the person infected but also the family members and the society. As medical sciences advance, several diseases have been conquered; however, the impact of novel infectious diseases on the society is enormous. As the clinical presentation of respiratory infections is similar regardless of the pathogen, the causative agent is not distinguishable by symptoms alone. Moreover, it is difficult to develop a cure because of the various viral mutations. Various respiratory infectious diseases ranging from influenza, which threaten the health of mankind globally, to the coronavirus disease 2019, which resulted in a pandemic, exist. Contrary to human expectations that development in health care and improvement in hygiene will conquer infectious diseases, humankind's health and social systems are threatened by novel infectious diseases. Owing to the development of transport and trading activity, the rate of spread of new infectious diseases is increasing. As respiratory infections can threaten the members of the global community at any time, investigations on preventing the transmission of these diseases as well as development of effective antivirals and vaccines are of utmost importance and require a worldwide effort.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.264-268
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• 2021

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major infectious disease that threatens the life and health of people globally. Here, we performed a metabolomic analysis of serum samples from patients with intractable TB to identify biomarkers that might shorten the TB treatment period. Serum samples collected at the commencement of patients' treatment and healthy controls were analyzed using the capillary electrophoresis and time-of-flight mass spectrometry metabolome analysis method. The analysis identified the metabolites cystine, kynurenine, glyceric acid, and cystathionine, which might be useful markers for monitoring the TB treatment course. Furthermore, our research may provide experimental data to develop potential biomarkers in the TB treatment course.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 연령대에 따른 생애주기별 감염병에 대한 지식, 태도, 예방 및 관리에 대한 교육요구도를 파악하여 교육프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료의 제공이다. 2021년 2월 한 달 동안 한국갤럽의 온라인·모바일 조사를 통해 만 19세 이상 성인 328명을 조사하였다. 연구내용은 일반적 특성, 감염 관련 개인위생실천, 감염 관련 지각된 위험성, 감염병에 대한 중요도 및 지식정도, 감염병 예방 및 관리에 대한 교육요구도이다. 조사 자료는 PASW Statistics ver 20.0 통계 프로그램을 이용하였다. Borich 요구도 공식으로 환산하여 중요도와 지식정도를 합산하여 순위를 분석한 결과 1순위(Borich 3.11)는 감염병의 치료 방법, 2순위(Borich 2.15)는 감염병 의심 및 확진 시 처리절차, 3순위(Borich 1.75)는 감염병의 전파경로, 4순위(Borich 1.73)는 감염병의 예방 방법, 5순위(Borich 1.50)는 감염병의 진단 및 검사방법, 6순위(Borich 1.45)는 감염병의 특성, 7순위(Borich1.38)는 감염병의 주요 증상 등으로 조사되었다. 본 연구 결과는 감염병 예방 및 관리에 대한 교육요구도를 반영한 교육프로그램 개발을 통해 대상자의 신체건강, 정신건강 및 심리적 안녕감을 증가시키는 데 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.85-87
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• 2013

An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus infections occurred in a university with an enrollment of 80 students in the city of Daejon, Republic of Korea. All nine S. aureus isolates from patients (n = 7), staff members (n = 1), and the fried chicken served as the lunch (n = 1) harbored the enterotoxin A gene and showed an identical antibioticresistant profile, PFGE banding pattern (STAS16.001), and sequence type, ST 6. These results suggested that the outbreak was associated with eating the fried chicken that had been handled by an infected staff member. This case report demonstrated a practical approach to identifying the source and transmission of an infection.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.540-563
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• 1998

This Study has been carried out to make a recommendation for the next amendment of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act with a specific focus on the kind of notifyable disease. Korean, Japanese, German, U.S, English and French acts on infectious diseases prevention were reviewed, compared with and analized in regards of numbers and kinds of notifyable infectious diseases and their tendency of amendments. An criteria was designed to assess the level of validity of diseases to be designated in the act. Four items, the fatality (greater than 10% or not), the possibility to make a big epidemic, the availability of efficient vaccination and the usefulness of isolation, are used in the assessment. This index is applied to the diseases in Korean and other countries' Infectious Disease Prevention Acts. Results are as follows: 1. The Korean Infectious Disease Preventon Act has a unique way of classifying the notifyable infectious disease, that is, the first, the second and the third class. But the author cannot find the basis of classification. No other countries reviewed have the similar classification. 2. The ten diseases, cholera, plague, yellow fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, rabies, tetanus, malaria, and meningococcal meningitis are designated as the notifyable diseases not only in Korea but also in Japan, Germany, United States, England and france. 3. Thirty seven diseases including small pox, Lassa fever, anthrax, influenza, German measles, Legionellosis, infection with E. coli O157:H7, Q-fever, brucellosis, Lyme disease are designated as legal disease at least one of the above mentioned countries. 4. The Korea has been coped with the change of the infectious disease occurrence for last fifty years in amendment of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act. 5. Japan has a special infectious surveillance system composed of 3,880 clinics throughout the whole country. 6. Germany has classified infectious diseases in five categories which are based on seriousness of disease. Any confirmed death, cases and suspected cases in class I should be reported within 24 hours. But only confirmed death and cases in class II, but not suspected cases, are reportable in Germarny. 7. Plague, bacillary dysentery, pertussis, mumps, Japanese encephaltis and Korean hemorrhagic fevers are diseases with high credits validity index among Korean legal disease. 8. German measles, anthrax, E. coli O157 : H7 infection, Lassa fever, Q-fever, brucellosis are high in validity index among those which are not designated in Korea but designated in other countries. In conclusion, the Korean Infectious Disease Prevention Act has well been coped with the changes of infectious disease occurrence for last fifty years, but the classification basis and the validity of diseases to be designated as legal diseases is worth reevaluating.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.5-9
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• 2013

Rhomboids were identified as the first intramembrane serine proteases about 10 years ago. Since then, the study of the rhomboid protease family has blossomed. Rhomboid domain containing 1 (RHBDD1), highly-expressed in human testis, contains a rhomboid domain with unknown function. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that RHBDD1 was associated with proliferation and apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma using recombinant lentivirus-mediated silencing of RHBDD1 in HepG2 cells. Our results showed that down-regulation of RHBDD1 mRNA levels markedly suppressed proliferation and colony formation capacity of HepG2 human hepatoma cancer cells in vitro, and induced cell cycle arrest. We also found that RHBDD1 silencing could obviously trigger HepG2 cell apoptosis. In summary, it was demonstrated that RHBDD1 might be a positive regulator for proliferative and apoptotic characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.623-632
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• 2006

To find potential targets of novel antimicrobial agents, we identified essential genes of Staphylococcus aureus N315 by using comparative genomics and allele replacement mutagenesis. By comparing the genome of S. aureus N315 with those of Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Streptococcus pneumoniae, a total of 481 candidate target genes with similar amino acid sequences with at least three other species by >40% sequence identity were selected. of 481 disrupted candidate genes, 122 genes were identified as essential genes for growth of S. aureus N315. Of these, 51 essential genes were those not identified in any bacterial species, and 24 genes encode proteins of unknown function. Seventeen genes were determined as non-essential although they were identified as essential genes in other strain of S. aureus and other species. We found no significant difference among essential genes between Streptococcus pneumoniae and S. aureus with regard to cellular function.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2010

We evaluated the immunomodulatory effects of proanthocyanidin-rich extract (PAE) from Pinus radiata bark in broiler. Proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and thymocytes was significantly enhanced in 2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg PAE-treated broiler chickens. Proliferation of splenocytes was significantly enhanced in 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg PAE-treated broiler chickens. These effects were markedly enhanced by the presence of LPS, which acts on B cells responsible for humoral immunity, and Con A, which acts directly on T cells involved in cell mediated immunity. PAE significantly promoted the expression of interleukin-18 and interleukin-$1\beta$. Thus, PAE from P. radiata possesses immunomodulatory effects in broiler chickens.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2020

The zoonotic transmission of viral diseases to humans is a serious public health concern. Pigs are frequently a major reservoir for several zoonotic viral diseases. Therefore, periodic surveillance is needed to determine the infection rates of zoonotic diseases in domestic pigs. Hepatitis E virus (HEV), rotavirus, sapovirus (SaV), and norovirus (NoV) are potential zoonotic viruses. In this study, 296 fecal samples were collected from weaned piglets and growing pigs in 13 swine farms, and the viral RNA was extracted. Partial viral genomes were amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or nested-PCR using virus-specific primer sets under different PCR conditions. HEV-3, rotavirus A, and SaV genogoup 3 were detected from 11.5, 2.7, and 3.0% of the samples, respectively. On the other hand, NoV was not detected in any of the samples. Genetic analysis indicated that the nucleotide sequences of swine HEV-3 and rotavirus A detected in this study were closely related to those of human isolates. However, swine SaV was distant from the human strains. These results suggest that HEV-3 and rotavirus A can be transmitted from pigs to humans. Therefore, strict preventive measures should be implemented by workers in the swine industry to prevent infections with HEV-3 and rotavirus A excreted from pigs.