• 한국동물학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.478-487
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• 1994

The developmental changes of three enteroendocrine cells, i.e. gastrln, somatostatin and serotonin, of gastric and small intestinal mucosa in pre- and postnatal rat were examined by peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method. In the course of development, gastrin cells were obsenred in the pyloric gland region and the whole part of small intestine, while somstostatin and serotonin cells in the whole gastric gland region and small intestine. More entroendocrine cells were detected in the pyloric gland region and duodenum than in the other portion. In the stomach, gastrin, somatostatin and serotonin ceils were first obsenred in the pyloric Bland region on 17, 19 and 19 days of gestation respectively. The small intestinal gastrin and serotonin cells were first appeared in the duodenum and iriunum on 17 and 15 days of gestation respectively, and somatostBtin cells in duodenum on 17 days of gestation. The number of cells examined from the stomach were increased from fetal to weanling period and showed a decrease during adult period: the notable increase was shown at the end of suckling period or at early weanling period. The cells of the small intestine increased from fetal to suckling period, especially, these cells markedly increased at the end of fetal period or at early suckling period, and decreased from weanling period. The shape of these cells was oval or fusiform during fetal period. In the stomach, most of gastrin cells turned out to be oval and open-type from suckling period, while the remaining two tripes of cells were oval and open- or closed-type. In the small intestine, 311%Ves of cells examined were changed to fusiform and open-type from the end of fetal period. Three types of cell were distributed over the stratified epithelium on 15 and 17 days of gestation. In the stomach, these cells were distributed lower gastric pit and gland from the following fetal period, and were detected mainly on the upper part of gland from suckling period, and then obsenred on the whole part of gland. In the small intestine, most of cells distributed over only between epithelium of villi on 19 days of gestation, increased in number on the crypt from following fetal period, and also observed abundantly in the crypt at adult period.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.215-222
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• 1994

요코가와흡충 감염시 장상피내 림프구(inkaepithelial Iympho%rotes: IEL)의 증감과 장 병변의 상관관계를 알아보기 위하여 흰쥐(Sprague-Dawley)에 피낭유충을 실험 감염시킨 다음 5일 부터 70일까지 소장 점막에서 IEL 수와 위치, V/C ratio(villus/crypt ratio; 융모/선와의 비) 등을 관찰하였다. 피낭유충은 은어(Plecoglossus altivelis)에서 획득하여 흰쥐 15마리에 각각 3,000개씩 경구 감염시켰고 동일계 흰쥐 3마리를 비감염 대조군으로 사용하였다 감염 5일, 10일, 15일, 24 일 및 70일에 각각 3마리씩 희생시킨 다음 소장 여러 부위에서 조직을 획득하여 절편으로 제작하였고, Giemsa 염색한 후, 병리학적 관찰과 함께 IEL수 및 위치의 변동을 경시적으로 관찰하였다. 응모 위축과 선와 증식. V/C ratio의 감소 등을 특징으로 하는 장병변은 감염 후 5일에서 15일 사이에 가장 심하였으며 감염 24일째부터는 점차 회복되었다. IEL은 감염 초기에 일시적으로 증가하였으나, 장병변이 진행되면서 대조군보다 감소하였다가, 장병변의 회복과 함께 다시 증가하였다 대조군에서 IEL은 대부운 장상피층의 기저부에 위치하였으나, 감염 초기에는 많은 IEL이 장상괴세포의 핵주변부와 상층부에 분포하는 점이 특이하였다 이와 같이 요코가와흡충 감염시 나타나는 IEL수 및 위치의 변동은 장병변의 진행 과정과 밀접한 관련이 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 1998

목 적: 우유 과민성 장병증(cow's milk-sensitive enteropathy, CMSE)은 우유를 식이 하였을 때 유해 반응과 함께 발생하는 상부 소장 점막의 손상이 병리적 특징으로 관찰되며, 이러한 점막의 손상은 우유를 제거하면 회복될 수 있고, 다시 유발시험을 하면 재발될 수 있다. CMSE 환자에서 소장 점막 손상의 정도를 형태학적 계측을 이용하여 정량적으로 분석하여 보고, 이를 이용한 CMSE의 진단적 가치 및 병리적 특성에 관하여 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1994년 3월부터 1996년 6월까지 만성 설사와 성장 장애를 주소로 대구효성가톨릭 대학병원 소아과에 입원한 환자에서 우유에 대한 유발, 제거시험에 따른 임상적 반응 및 상부위장 관내시경을 시술하여 얻게 된 십이지장부의 생검조직 소견을 통하여 CMSE로 진단된 생후 $30.4{\pm}11.7$(14~56)일된 13명의 환아를 대상으로 하였다. 소장 생검조직의 형태학적 계측을 이용하여 융모 높이(villous height, VH), 음와 영역 깊이(crypt zone depth, CZD), 점막전체 두께(total mucosal thickness, TMT), 음와 영역에 대한 융모의 상대적 높이(VH/CD), 융모 1 mm당 상피세포간 림프구의 수(interepithelial lymphocytes, IEL), 0.5 mm의 점막근육판(muscularis mucosa)에 해당하는 상피 표면의 길이(length of surface epithelium, LSE), 상피층의 호산구 침윤(EOS-EP), 고유층(lamina propria)의 호산구 침윤(EOS-LP)을 측정하고, 대조군 및 회복기 생검 조직과 비교하였다. 결 과: 1) VH는 CMSE 환자군에서 $135{\pm}59\;{\mu}m$으로 대조군 $408{\pm}48\;{\mu}m$에 비하여 유의하게 낮았으며(p<0.001), 전례에서 융모 위축의 소견이 관찰되었다. 2) CZD는 CMSE 환자군에서 $311{\pm}65\;{\mu}m$으로 대조군 $188{\pm}24\;{\mu}m$에 비하여 유의하게 깊었다(p<0.05). 3) TMT는 CMSE 환자군에서 $449{\pm}56\;{\mu}m$으로 대조군 $596{\pm}71\;{\mu}m$에 비하여 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.001). 4) VH/CD는 CMSE 환자군에서 $0.46{\pm}0.28$로 대조군 $2.17{\pm}0.12$에 비하여 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.001). 5) LSE는 CMSE 환자군에서 $889{\pm}231\;{\mu}m$으로 대조군 $2547{\pm}378\;{\mu}m$에 비하여 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.001). 6) IEL은 CMSE 환자군에서 $34.1{\pm}10.5$개로 대조군 $13.6{\pm}3.6$개에 비하여 유의하게 높았다(p=0.001). 7) EOS-EP는 CMSE 환자군에서 $0.47{\pm}0.83$개로 의미 있는 침윤은 관찰되지 않았으며, 대조군 $0.80{\pm}0.84$개와 유의한 차이는 보이지 않았다. EOS-LP는 환자군에서 $2.67{\pm}3.72$개로 의미 있는 침윤은 관찰되지 않았으며, 대조군 $4.0{\pm}2.5$개와 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 8) 회복기의 형태학적 변화는 VH $320{\pm}34\;{\mu}m$, CZD는 $194{\pm}19\;{\mu}m$, TMT $514{\pm}21\;{\mu}m$, VH/CD $1.41{\pm}0.25$, LSE $1840{\pm}210\;{\mu}m$, IEL $10.8{\pm}2.3$개로 관찰되었다. 결 론: 소장 조직의 생검은 상부위장관내시경을 이용하여도 그 임상적 유용성이 높으며, CMSE 환자에서 소장 점막의 손상은 형태학적 계측을 통하여 정량적으로 평가할 수 있으며 진단적 민감도가 높다. CMSE에서 점막의 손상은 빠른 융모 상피의 손상에 대한 음와 세포의 충분한 보상의 실패로 사료되며, 단백질 가수분해물의 수유후 빠른 회복이 관찰되었다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.119-119
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• 1997

Valacyclovir is a L-valyl ester prodrug of acyclovir which is a highly effective and selective antiviral agent in the treatment of herpes virus diseases. Valacyclovir is rapidly and almost completely converted to acyclovir and increases the oral bioavailability of acyclovir three to five fold. However, the intestinal absorption mechanism of valacyclovir is not clear. If the improved absorption mechanism of valacyclovir is fully understood, it will provide a rationale of designing the amino acid ester prodrugs of polar drugs containing hydroxyl group. The main objective of our present study is to characterize the membrane transport mechanism of valacyclovir. Methods : Intestinal absorption of valacyclovir was investigated by using in-situ rat perfusion study and its wall permeability was estimated by modified boundary layer model. The membrane transport mechanism was also investigated through the uptake study in Caco-2 cells and in CHO-hPepTl cells. Results : In the rat perfusion study, the wall permeability of valacyclovir was ten times higher than acyclovir and showed concentration dependency, Valacyclovir also demonstrated a D,L stereo-selectivity with L-isomer having an approximately five-fold higher permeability than D-isomer. Mixed dipeptides and cephalexin, which are transported by dipeptide carriers, strongly competed with valacyclovir for the intestinal absorption, while L-valine did not show any competition with valacyclovir. This indicated that the intestinal absorption of valacyclovir could be dipeptide carrier-mediated. In addition, the competitive uptake study in Caco-2 cells presented that dipeptides reduced the valacyclovir uptake but valine did not. Also, in IC$\sub$50/ study, valacyclovir showed strong inhibition on the $^3$H-gly-sar uptake in CHO-hPepTl cells over-expressing a human intestinal peptide transporter. Taken together, the result from our present study indicated that valacyclovir utilized the peptide transporter for the intestinal absorption.

• BMB Reports
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2016

The gastrointestinal tract forms the largest surface in our body with constantly being exposed to various antigens, which provides unique microenvironment for the immune system in the intestine. Accordingly, the gut epithelium harbors the most T lymphocytes in the body as intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs), which are phenotypically and functionally heterogeneous populations, distinct from the conventional mature T cells in the periphery. IELs arise either from pre-committed thymic precursors (natural IELs) or from conventional CD4 or CD8αβ T cells in response to peripheral antigens (induced IELs), both of which commonly express CD8α homodimers (CD8αα). Although lineage commitment to either conventional CD4 T helper (Th) or cytotoxic CD8αβ T cells as well as their respective co-receptor expression are mutually exclusive and irreversible process, CD4 T cells can be redirected to the CD8 IELs with high cytolytic activity upon migration to the gut epithelium. Recent reports show that master transcription factors for CD4 and CD8 T cells, ThPOK (Th-inducing BTB/POZ-Kruppel-like factor) and Runx3 (Runt related transcription factor 3), respectively, are the key regulators for re-programming of CD4 T cells to CD8 lineage in the intestinal epithelium. This review will focus on the unique differentiation process of IELs, particularly lineage re-commitment of CD4 IELs. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(1): 11-17]

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.450-454
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• 1998

We have studied Meckel's diverticulum(MD) of the duck(Anas platyrhynchos platyrhyncos, Linne) by histological and immunohistochemical methods. Because MD were first observed in 2 weeks after hatching, tissues were taken from 2 weeks to 32 weeks after hatching groups. MD were observed as like any parts of intestinal tract that composed with simple columnar epithelium and numerous mucosal gland especially, cecum except that many lymphocytes were exist in this study. Also a number of bovine chromogranin(BCG)-, serotonin, and somatostatin(SOM)-immunoreactive cells were observed in epithelium and submucosal gland in this study, so it could be suggest that the MD of the duck serve as some digestive and lymphatic functions.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2019

Small intestine has a structure called villi that increases the mucosal surface area for nutrient absorption. Intricate and tight epithelial-mesenchymal interactions are required for villi development. These interactions are regulated by signaling molecules, physical forces, and epithelial deformation. Signaling molecules include hedgehog (Hh), bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and Wnt ligands. The Hh ligand is expressed from the epithelium and binds to the underlying mesenchymal cells, resulting in aggregation into mesenchymal clusters. The clusters express BMP and Wnt ligands to control its size and spacing between clusters. The clusters then form villi. Despite the fact that the villi formation is studied extensively, we do not have a complete understanding. In addition, the recent study shows there is a great relationship between the overexpression of the Hh signal and development of cancer in the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, signaling between epithelial and mesenchymal cells and their physical interactions will be discussed on this review.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권6호
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• pp.1105-1116
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• 2022

Recently, we reported the robust in vitro three-dimensional (3D) expansion of intestinal organoids derived from adult bovine (> 24 months) samples. The present study aimed to establish an in vitro 3D system for the cultivation of intestinal organoids derived from growing cattle (12 months old) for practical use as a potential alternative to in vivo systems for various purposes. However, very few studies on the functional characterization and 3D expansion of adult stem cells from livestock species compared to those from other species are available. In this study, intestinal crypts, including intestinal stem cells, from the small intestines (ileum and jejunum) of growing cattle were isolated and long-term 3D cultures were successfully established using a scaffold-based method. Furthermore, we generated an apical-out intestinal organoid derived from growing cattle. Interestingly, intestinal organoids derived from the ileum, but not the jejunum, could be expanded without losing the ability to recapitulate crypts, and these organoids specifically expressed several specific markers of intestinal stem cells and the intestinal epithelium. Furthermore, these organoids exhibited key functionality with regard to high permeability for compounds up to 4 kDa in size (e.g., fluorescein isothiocyanate [FITC]-dextran), indicating that apical-out intestinal organoids are better than other models. Collectively, these results indicate the establishment of growing cattle-derived intestinal organoids and subsequent generation of apical-out intestinal organoids. These organoids may be valuable tools and potential alternatives to in vivo systems for examining host-pathogen interactions involving epithelial cells, such as enteric virus infection and nutrient absorption, and may be used for various purposes.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1102-1108
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• 2003

We studied the effects of phytolaccosides, saponins from Phytolacca americana, on the intestinal absorption of heparin in vitro and in vivo. The absorption enhancing activity of these compounds (phytolaccosides B, $D_2$, E, F, G and I) was determined by changes in transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) and the transport amount of heparin disaccharide, the major repeating unit of heparin, across Caco-2 cell monolayers. With the exception of phytolaccoside G, all of them decreased TEER values and increased the permeability in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. In vitro, phytolaccosides B,$D_2$, and E showed significant absorption enhancing activities, while effects by phytolaccoside F and I were mild. In vivo, phytolaccoside E increased the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and thrombin time, indicating that phytolaccoside E modulated the transport of heparin in intestinal route. Our results suggest that a series of phytolaccosides from Phytolacca americana can be applied as pharmaceutical excipients to improve the permeability of macromolecules and hydrophilic drugs having difficulty in absorption across the intestinal epithelium.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.161-166
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• 1997

From January of 1991 to December of 1992, 42 chickens collected from 21 poultry farms and also diagnosed as necrotic enteritis(NE) was examined clinical signs, gross and histopathological findings. Main clinical signs were characterized by decreased appetite, mild to severe depression, reductance to move, ruffled feathers, greenish to yellow-browinish diarrhea sometimes including blood. As progressed, diseased chickens showed feces mixed with necrotic debris which detached from the intestinal mucosa and mostly resulted in the death. In chronic cases, there were dirty feathers around cloaca due to diarrhea and notably retarded growth. Principle gross lesions were usually confined to the jejunum and ileum, especially toward the lower part of Meckel's diverticulum. The part of small intestine was frequently distended with gas, and also showed mucosal congestion and hemorrhages with varying degrees. Sometimes, the intestinal mucosa was thickened, and also covered with fibronecrotic psuedomembrane. In addition, there were focal necrosis and severely multifocal ulcreation in the mucosa of small intestine. Major histopathological findings included villous necrosis and erosion of the small intestine covering with lots of bacterial colonies, inflammatory cell infiltration in the lamina propria, and dilatation and hyperplasia of crypts. Luminal exudate contained bacterial colonies, fibrin, erythrocytes, and desquamated epithelium. Thirteen(61.9%) out of 21 NE-occurring farms were complicated with intestinal coccidiosis.