• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.496-514
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• 2023

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP), a redox modulation tool, is capable of inhibiting a wide spectrum of cancers and has thus been proposed as an emerging onco-therapy. However, with incremental successes consecutively reported on the anticancer efficacy of CAP, no consensus has been made on the types of tumours sensitive to CAP due to the different intrinsic characteristics of the cells and the heterogeneous design of CAP devices and their parameter configurations. These factors have substantially hindered the clinical use of CAP as an oncotherapy. It is thus imperative to clarify the tumour types responsive to CAP, the experimental models available for CAP-associated investigations, CAP administration strategies and the mechanisms by which CAP exerts its anticancer effects with the aim of identifying important yet less studied areas to accelerate the process of translating CAP into clinical use and fostering the field of plasma oncology.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.150-161
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• 2004

The importance of screening or repeat screening for cervical and breast cancer is well known to decrease the chance of death from cancer. Few data is avaliable regarding factors associated with participation in cervical and breast cancer screening and repeat screening examinations. This study was to investigate the associations of demographic factors, health status and cancer risk recognition, attitude to cancer screening, health behaviors, and inhibiting or facilitating factors to cervical and breast cancer screening with participation in the screening tests. Data was collected with self-administrated questionnaires from 342 women, aged 40 to 69 years. The cancer screenings were classified into have had or never groups and repeat or not repeated groups. In the case of cervical and breast cancer screening, the have had group was 90 (26.3%), and 82 (24.0%) and the repeat group was 17 (5.0%), and 13 (3.8%) respectively. According to logistic regression analysis, age (<60 vs ${\geq}60$ : OR=3.25, 95% CI=1.27-8.26), breast cancer screening (Do vs Don't : OR=14.49, 95% CI=7.46-27.78) and other person's cancer (Yes vs No : OR=4.27, 95% CI=1.01-18.05) were statistically significantly associated with participation in screening for cervical cancer. Regular exercise (Do vs Don't : OR=2.76, 95% CI=1.30-5.88) and cervical cancer screening (Do vs Don't : OR=13.70, 95% CI=7.09-26.32) were statistically significantly related to participation in screening for breast cancer.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.28-39
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• 2011

Objectives: SaengRyoSaMulTang is a herbal formula in Oriental Medicine, known anti-allergens. However, its mechanism and cellular targets have not been found yet. Thus the study has developed to investigate the suppressive effect of SaengRyoSaMulTang. Methods: In the study, cellular viability, IL-4, IL-13 mRNA expression, IL-4, IL-13 production, manifestations of GATA-1, GATA-2, NF-AT1, NF-AT2, AP-1 and NF-${\kappa}$B p65 transcription factors were examined by Real-Time PCR, ELISA analysis and western blotting. Results: As a result of treating with SaengRyoSaMulTang extract(SRSMT), the study has shown that the amount of Th2 cytokines, which include PI induced IL-4 and IL-13, plays a significant role in suppressing effect. RBL-2H3 mast cells significantly suppressed the PI-induced Th2 cytokine production including IL-4 and IL-13 in a dose dependent manner. PI-induced IL-4 and IL-13 production was significantly suppressed by SRSMT intervention. Western blot analysis of transcription factors involving IL-4 and IL-13 expression also revealed a prominent decreases of mast cell's specific transcription factors including GATA-1, GATA-2, NF-AT2, c-Jun and c-Fos, but NF-${\kappa}$B p65. Conclusions: The study suggests that the anti-allergenic activities of SRSMT may regulate the transcription factors GATA-1, GATA-2, NF-AT2, c-Jun and c-Fos inhibiting Th2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 in mast cells.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2018

Adipocytes affect obesity through the regulation of lipid metabolism. Physical loading is an important regulator of fat tissue. There are ongoing in vitro studies inducing mechanotransduction on 3T3-L1 preadipocytes with mechanical stimulus in order to treat obesity by inhibiting adipogenesis and provoking cell death. In this study, our goal was to suggest a new therapy for obesity by investigating whether fluid shear stress (FSS) changes transcription factors on 3T3-L1 related with adipogenesis and cell death. FSS loading was applied to 3T3-L1 preadipocytes at 1Pa and 1Hz. After loading, bright field images were taken and an immunofluorescence assay was conducted to observe actin stress fiber formation. Western blot analysis was conducted to identify the activation of the ERK pathway as well as the adipogenic factors, which including C/EBPs and $PPAR{\gamma}$. The expression of osteopontin, a protein related to inflammation in adipose tissue, and cell death related factors, Bax, Bcl-2, and Beclin, were also measured. Results showed that FSS stimulated the formation of actin stress fibers in 3T3-L1 and also that the activation of C/EBPs decreased significantly when compared with the control group. $PPAR{\gamma}$ activation in the 2 hour FSS group was lower than the 1 hour FSS group, which implied that the results were time dependent. Additionally, there were no differences in the expression of cell death factors after FSS loading. In summary, similar to other fibroblasts, the formation of actin stress fibers induced by mechanotransduction may affect the differentiation of 3T3-L1, leading to inhibition of adipogenesis and inflammation.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2004

Isoflavones have been a central subject in research on the natural phytoestrogens found in Leguminosae. Their effects on bone formation and remodeling are important in that they can act like estrogen by binding on estrogen receptors on the target cell surface. We, therefore, believed that isoflavones may help in the treatment of patients with estrogen deficiency disease such as estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) for osteoporosis. As commonly known, osteoporosis is one of the hormonal deficiency diseases, especially in menopausal women. When estrogen is no longer produced in the body a remarkable bone remodeling process occurs, and the associated events are regulated by growth factors in the osteoblast lineage. In the present study, we investigated whether isoflavones (Isocal) extracted from Sophorae fructus affect the growth factors IGF-I and TGF-$\beta$ that have been known to be related with bone formation. In the study, we found that the active control (PIII) effectively enhanced the level of nitric oxide (NO) and growth factors, and thereby inhibited osteoclastogenesis. The most efficient concentration was $10^{-8}$% within five days, whereas the comparative control (soybean isoflavone) was not as effective even at a lower concentration. In conclusion, the products which contain enriched glucosidic isoflavone and nutrient supplements such as shark cartilage and calcium can be used for osteoporosis therapy by enhancing the production of IGF-I and TGF-$\beta$. Furthermore, the NO produced through endothelial constitutive NO synthase (ecNOS) may playa role in inhibiting bone reabsorption.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.419-434
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common prostate disease and one of the most common chronic diseases caused by aging in men. On the other hand, there has been no research on BPH using Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai (A. distichum). Therefore, this study investigated the effects of A. distichum on BPH. MATERIALS/METHODS: A. distichum leaves were extracted with distilled water, 70% ethanol, and 95% hexane as solvents. Subsequently, the inhibitory effects of each A. distichum extract on androgen receptor (AR) signaling were evaluated in vitro. The testosterone-induced BPH model was then used to confirm the efficacy of A. distichum leaves in 70% ethanol extract (ADLE). RESULTS: ADLE had the strongest inhibitory effect on AR signaling. A comparison of the activity of ADLE by harvest time showed that the leaves of A. distichum harvested in autumn had a superior inhibitory effect on AR signaling to those harvested at other times. In the BPH rat model, the administration of ADLE reduced the prostate size and prostate epithelial cell thickness significantly and inhibited AR signaling. Subsequently, the administration of ADLE also reduced the expression of growth factors, thereby inactivating the PI3K/AKT pathway. CONCLUSIONS: An analysis of the efficacy of ADLE to relieve BPH showed that the ethanol extract grown in autumn exhibited the highest inhibitory ability of the androgen-signaling related factors in vitro. ADLE also inhibited the expression of growth factors by inhibiting the expression of the androgen-signaling related factors in vivo. Overall, ADLE is proposed as a functional food that is effective in preventing BPH.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.38-52
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• 2018

본 연구는 유아교사의 심리적소진과 관련하여 지난 20여년 간 국내에서 연구된 석 박사 학위논문과 학술지 논문을 중심으로 심리적소진 관련요인들의 효과크기를 메타분석을 통해 검증하였다. 검증결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유발요인과 억제요인들의 전체효과크기와 요인군, 하부요인, 정적 부적효과요인 모두 유의미한 큰효과크기를 나타냈다. 둘째, 유발요인군은 큰효과크기를 가진 업무상문제요인군이 중간효과크기를 가진 부정적관계요인군 보다 상대적으로 큰 효과크기를 나타냈다. 셋째, 부정적관계요인군의 하부요인 중, 큰효과크기를 가진 원장과의 부정적 관계를 제외한 모든 하부요인이 중간효과크기를 나타냈다. 넷째, 업무상문제요인군의 하부요인은 상대적으로 업무스트레스가 가장 큰 효과크기를 그 다음 역할갈등, 업무과다, 역할모호 순으로 나타났다. 다섯째, 억제요인군 별 효과크기는 상대적으로 회복탄력성요인군이 가장 큰효과크기를 그 다음 조직지원요인군, 교사효능감요인군, 사회적지지요인군, 감정노동요인군 순으로 나타났다. 여섯째, 억제요인군 중 중간효과크기를 보인 감정노동요인군의 내면적, 자연적, 표면적행동요인, 조직지원요인군의 하부요인인 조직지원요인과 교사효능감요인군의 일반교사효능감요인, 사회적지지의요인군의 직장 내 외요인, 사회적지지전체요인을 제외한 모든 요인군이 큰효과크기를 나타냈다. 일곱째, 효과요인에 있어, 직무만족, 우울, 이직의도요인은 모두 큰효과크기를 보인 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 선행된 연구들을 통합적으로 정리하여 객관적 결과를 살피기 위한 수량적 통합을 시도했다는데 의의가 있다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제33권2호통권90호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2000

수화의 소멸과정에서 수계에 분포하는 세균의 역할을 확인하기 위하여 대청호의 주요 정점에서 환경요인과 종속영양세균 군집, Anabaena cylindrica 생장억제세균의 수층별 연중 변화를 조사하였다. 평균수심은 정점 1에서 25.5m, 정점 2에서 15.0m, 정점 3에서는 12.3m였다. 모든 정점에서 수층별 온도는 하절기를 중심으로 하는 온대지방 수계에서의 전형적인 변화를 나타내었다. 용존산소량은 하절기에 불규칙하게 변화하긴 했지만 수온과 비교적 반비례적인 양상으로 변화하였다. 대체적으로 모든 정점에서 5월 초순까지 점차 감소하던 용존산소량은 이후에는 급격한 변화를 나타내다가 9월 중순 이후에는 점차 증가하는 양상을 보였으며, 특히 이러한 변화양상은 표층에서 더욱 뚜렷하였다. 용존산소량이 불규칙적으로 큰 변화를 보이는 하절기에는 다른 수층에 비하여 표층에서 용존산소량이 매우 높았다. 표층에서의 클로로필 a농도는 하절기에 변동폭이 크게 나타났으며, 용존산소량이 높은 시기에 비교적 높은 수치를 나타내었다. 종속영양세균의 분포도는 모든 수층에서 봄부터 가을까지는 대체로 높게 유지되다가 수온이 급격히 하락하는 9월 이후에는 매우 낮은 개체군 크기를 보였다. 특히 모든 표층에서 이러한 변화는 두르러졌다. Anabaena cylindrica 생장억제세균은 6월 이전에는 거의 분포하지 않다가 7월에 분포도가 큰 폭으로 증가하였고, 이후부터는 정점별로 상이한 분포 변화를 보였다. 모든 정점에서 A. cylindrica생장억제세균의 분포값이 높았던 7월과 10월에는 표층보다는 중층과 하층에서 더 많은 생장억제세균이 검출되었는데, 이러한 결과는 숙주인 A. cylindrica의 활력이 상대적으로 떨어질 때 억제세균의 활성이 높아지는 것을 암시한다. 이상의 결과로부터 자연수계에서 세균은 남조세균 분포에 대한 조절자로서의 역할을 하며, 특히 남조세균의 활력이 떨어질 때 그 역할이 더욱 두드러진다는 사실을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 3 개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 트리펩타이드의 미세먼지에 의한 인간각질형성세포의 손상 억제 효과에 대해 확인하였다. 실험 결과 트리펩타이드 처리 시 미세먼지에 의한 세포 사멸이 억제되어 생존율 증가가 관찰되었으며, aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) 기전 활성이 억제 되어 독성 대사체 생성과 염증반응에 관여하는 하위 인자인 cytochrome P450 family 1 subfamily A member 1 (CYP1A1) 및 cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)의 발현이 저해되었다. 또한 미세먼지에 의한 산화적 스트레스 억제 효과를 나타내어 염증성 사이토카인의 발현을 저해하였고, 피부 구성 단백질의 분해를 유도하는 matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1)의 발현을 저해하였으며, 세포 사멸 인자의 수준을 저해하였다. 이 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 본 연구의 트리펩타이드는 미세먼지에 의한 인간각질형성세포의 사멸 및 주변 피부 조직의 손상을 유도할 수 있는 기전들을 억제하여 보호 효과를 나타내는 것으로 보인다. 트리펩타이드의 이러한 안티폴루션 효과는 신규 기능성 화장품 소재로 응용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1156-1168
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• 2007

The somatotropic (GH-IGF-I) axis consists of many hormonal and nutritional factors that control GH release from the somatotrophs in the anterior pituitary. The GH-releasing substances are GHRH and GHS (GHRP or ghrelin), while the GH release-inhibiting substances are somatostatin (SRIF), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), leptin and glucocorticoids. However, there is evidence showing that nutrition is involved in the control of the somatotropic axis. In addition, weaning is a drastic event for neonates because their alimentary and endocrine circumstances are changed due to the switch, even if gradual, from a liquid milk diet to one composed of such solids as hay and grains. The biological role of ghrelin is one of the hormonal factors that have been focused on ever since ghrelin was discovered at the end of the last century. A 27-amino acid peptide that is mainly synthesized and released from the abomasum epithelium, ghrelin has not been fully evaluated in relation to the somatotropic axis of the ruminant. It has also proven difficult even to investigate the cellular mechanisms of ghrelin action, because this hormone exerts animal-species-dependent actions via a complex set of intracellular signaling pathways. This is also the case for the action of leptin. Another substance, IGF-I, shows a partial inhibitory action on GH secretion in the ruminant. The effect of nutrition is also different among animal species. This is evident by the fact that undernutrition suppresses the circulating GH levels in rodents, but increases it in ruminants and humans. Recently, weaning has been shown to change the postprandial GH responses in ruminants; milk feeding increases, but hay and concentrate feeding suppress, the postprandial circulating GH levels. Even if the postprandial GH level is increased, the ghrelin level is decreased by milk feeding. Macronutrients also possess stimulatory and inhibitory actions on GH secretion in vivo and in vitro. These findings indicate the complexity of the control mechanisms of the somatotropic axis. In the present review, we summarize recent findings on the factors controlling the axis of the ruminant.