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Interleukin-2/antibody complex expanding Foxp3+ regulatory T cells exacerbates Th2-mediated allergic airway inflammation

  • Hong, Sung-Wook;O, Eunju;Lee, Jun Young;Yi, Jaeu;Cho, Kyungjin;Kim, Juhee;Kim, Daeun;Surh, Charles D.;Kim, Kwang Soon
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제52권4호
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    • pp.283-288
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    • 2019
  • $Foxp3^+$ regulatory $CD4^+$ T (Treg) cells play an essential role in preventing overt immune responses against self and innocuous foreign antigens. Selective expansion of endogenous Treg cells in response to the administration of interleukin (IL)-2/antibody complex, such as the IL-2/JES6-1 complex (IL-2C) in mice, is considered an attractive therapeutic approach to various immune disorders. Here, we investigated the therapeutic potential of IL-2C in allergic airway inflammation models. IL-2C treatment ameliorated Th17-mediated airway inflammation; however, unexpectedly, IL-2C treatment exacerbated Th2-mediated allergic airway inflammation by inducing the selective expansion of Th2 cells and type-2 innate lymphoid cells. We also found that IL-2 signaling is required for the expansion of Th2 cells in lymphoproliferative disease caused by Treg cell depletion. Our data suggest that IL-2C is selectively applicable to the treatment of allergic airway diseases depending on the characteristics of airway inflammation.

Microbial Colonization at Early Life Promotes the Development of Diet-Induced CD8αβ Intraepithelial T Cells

  • Jung, Jisun;Surh, Charles D.;Lee, You Jeong
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제42권4호
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    • pp.313-320
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    • 2019
  • Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) develop through the continuous interaction with intestinal antigens such as commensal microbiome and diet. However, their respective roles and mutual interactions in the development of IELs are largely unknown. Here, we showed that dietary antigens regulate the development of the majority of $CD8{\alpha}{\beta}$ IELs in the small intestine and the absence of commensal microbiota particularly during the weaning period, delay the development of IELs. When we tested specific dietary components, such as wheat or combined corn, soybean and yeast, they were dependent on commensal bacteria for the timely development of diet-induced $CD8{\alpha}{\beta}$ IELs. In addition, supplementation of intestinal antigens later in life was inefficient for the full induction of $CD8{\alpha}{\beta}$ IELs. Overall, our findings suggest that early exposure to commensal bacteria is important for the proper development of dietary antigen-dependent immune repertoire in the gut.

Study of Uniform Beam Formation at ISOL Target Using TRANSPORT

  • 홍성광;김재홍;김종원
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.174.2-174.2
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    • 2013
  • 사이클로트론에서 가속된 70 MeV 양성자 빔은 stripper에서 인출된 후 ISOL 표적에 조사하게 된다. 이 때 희귀동위원소를 생산하기 위한 ISOL 표적의 온도는 평균 $2,000^{\circ}C$ 5%로 유지하여야 한다. 사용하고자 하는 원판형태의 우라늄 표적은 직경이 45 mm 이므로 50 mm 이상의 균일한 양성자 빔이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 stripper에서부터 ISOL 표적 까지 빔전송에 필요한 최적 조건을 연구하였다. 총 길이는 15 m 이며 두 개의 dipole을 사용하여 빔을 90도 전환시키며 3개의 4중극전자석을 사용하였다. ISOL 표적에 균일한 빔을 조사하기 위해 wobbling 방법을 활용하여 직경 50 mm 의 균일빔을 발생하고자 한다. 빔 전송 프로그램 TRANSPORT을 이용하여 stripper에서 wobbler 전까지의 빔 광학을 계산한 결과를 보고자 하고 TRANSPORT의 결과를 TURTLE 프로그램에 적용시켜 ISOL 표적에서의 균일도를 5% 미만으로 유지하는 최적조건을 발표한다.

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Simulation Study of Optimizing Multicusp Magnetic Line Configurations for a Negative Hydrogen Ion Source

  • 김재홍;홍성광;김종원
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.250.1-250.1
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    • 2014
  • A multicusp ion source has been used widely in negative hydrogen cyclotrons mainly for radioisotope productions. The ion source is designed to have cusp geometries of magnetic field inside plasma chamber, where ions are confining and their mean lifetimes increase. The magnetic confinement produced a number of permanent magnetic poles helps to increase beam currents and reduce the emittance. Therefore optimizing the number of magnets confining more ions and increasing their mean lifetime in plasma has to be investigated in order to improve the performance of the ion source. In this work a numerical simulation of the magnetic flux density from a number of permanent magnets is carried to optimize the cusp geometries producing the highest plasma density, which is clearly indicated along the full-line cusp geometry. The effect of magnetic fields and a number of poles on the plasma structure are investigated by a computing tool. The electron confinement effect becomes stronger and the density increases with increasing the number of poles. On the contrary, the escape of electrons from the loss cone becomes more frequent as the pole number increases [1]. To understand above observation the electron and ion's trajectories along with different cusp geometries are simulated. The simulation has been shown that the optimized numbers of magnets can improve the ion density and uniformity.

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High-Resolution Numerical Simulation of Respiration-Induced Dynamic B0 Shift in the Head in High-Field MRI

  • Lee, So-Hee;Barg, Ji-Seong;Yeo, Seok-Jin;Lee, Seung-Kyun
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.38-45
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: To demonstrate the high-resolution numerical simulation of the respiration-induced dynamic $B_0$ shift in the head using generalized susceptibility voxel convolution (gSVC). Materials and Methods: Previous dynamic $B_0$ simulation research has been limited to low-resolution numerical models due to the large computational demands of conventional Fourier-based $B_0$ calculation methods. Here, we show that a recently-proposed gSVC method can simulate dynamic $B_0$ maps from a realistic breathing human body model with high spatiotemporal resolution in a time-efficient manner. For a human body model, we used the Extended Cardiac And Torso (XCAT) phantom originally developed for computed tomography. The spatial resolution (voxel size) was kept isotropic and varied from 1 to 10 mm. We calculated $B_0$ maps in the brain of the model at 10 equally spaced points in a respiration cycle and analyzed the spatial gradients of each of them. The results were compared with experimental measurements in the literature. Results: The simulation predicted a maximum temporal variation of the $B_0$ shift in the brain of about 7 Hz at 7T. The magnitudes of the respiration-induced $B_0$ gradient in the x (right/left), y (anterior/posterior), and z (head/feet) directions determined by volumetric linear fitting, were < 0.01 Hz/cm, 0.18 Hz/cm, and 0.26 Hz/cm, respectively. These compared favorably with previous reports. We found that simulation voxel sizes greater than 5 mm can produce unreliable results. Conclusion: We have presented an efficient simulation framework for respiration-induced $B_0$ variation in the head. The method can be used to predict $B_0$ shifts with high spatiotemporal resolution under different breathing conditions and aid in the design of dynamic $B_0$ compensation strategies.

Simulation Study of a High Current Proton Beam Transport for a 70MeV Cyclotron Injection

  • Choi, Y.K.;Kim, Y.S.;Hong, S.K.;Kim, J.H.;Kim, J.W.
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.183.1-183.1
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    • 2013
  • 70 MeV 사이클로트론의 인젝션 빔 라인은 Multi-CUSP 이온원에서 인출된 H- 빔을 펄스 또는 번칭하여 인플렉터를 통해 사이클로트론의 가속영역인 Dee로 전송하는 역할을 한다. 이 때, 빔을 번칭 시킴으로써 가속효율을 높이고, 손실을 줄여 높은 전류의 빔을 공급할 수 있도록 해야한다. 인젝션 시스템은 einzel lens, chopper, buncher, solenoid 등으로 구성된다. Einzel lens는 빔을 buncher의 중심으로 집속시켜 buncher의 번칭 효율을 높이고, buncher는 전기장을 이용하여 빔을 진행방향으로 집속시키는 기능을 갖는다. Chopper는 번칭된 빔을 일정 주기로 편향을 시켜 펄스 빔의 형태로 전송하는 역할을 한다. 솔레노이드는 적절한 자기장을 이용하여 빔을 집속시켜 인플렉터로 전송한다. 본 연구에서는 사이클로트론의 고전류 인젝션 시스템을 구축하고 각각의 구성요소에서 빔 envelope를 계산하고 비교하였다. SIMION code는 user가 지정한 특성을 가진 개별 입자의 궤도를 추적하는 프로그램으로 인젝션 시스템을 구성하는 각각의 컴포넌트에서의 입자의 진행모습과 buncher를 이용하여 빔의 전송 밀도가 향상됨을 확인하였다. 아울러 TRANSPORT 및 TURTLE 프로그램을 이용하여 SIMION을 통해 계산된 빔의 envelope과 비교하였다.

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