• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.728-733
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• 2005

The frequency and distribution of lymphoma caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection in various organs were investigated. Lymphoma samples were obtained from slaughtered cattle or from cattle submitted to the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Korea. Thirty female Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle aged over three years with the BLV-associated lymphoma were studied. None of the Korean native cattle (Hanwoo) had lymphoma in this study however. Lymphoma tissues were gray to pink in color, soft in consistency, and bulged from the cut surface. In advanced lymphoma tissues, there was great variety in the appearance of involved structures due to hemorrhage, necrosis, and/or calcification. Neoplastic tissues were observed in lymph nodes in all lymphoma cases. Intestine (96.4%), heart (88.9%), stomach (73.1%), and diaphragm (62.5%) were frequently involved with lymphoma. However, there was no lymphoma detected in liver. Large neoplastic masses, sometimes reaching the size of over 20 cm, were found in the abdominal cavities. It is suggested that metastasis of lymphomas occurs mainly via lymph based on gross observations; neoplasia may have been initiated in the serosal surface of the lung, heart, peritoneum, and numerous hollow organs in the abdominal cavity. Also many organs in the abdominal and thoracic cavity were affected by neoplastic tissues simultaneously. Characteristics observed in this study could be used as criteria to differentiate BLV-associated lymphoma from other nodular lesions in the slaughterhouse and as fundamental data to make clear the mechanism of metastasis or pathogenesis of EBL.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.163-172
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• 1975

생쥐에 400 및 800 R의 X線을 一時全身照射한 뒤, 몇가지 臟器에서 Dische 陽性物質의 放出量과 CdR-aminohydrolase의 活性變化 및 尿중의 CdR量을 照射후의 時間經過에 따라 측정하여 放射線照射후 deoxycytidineuria의 增加機構의 一面을 究明하려고 시도했다. CdR-aminohydrolase의 活性度는 照射후 1時間째에 小腸과 肝에서 顯著한 감소를 보였으며, 5$\\sim$12시간 사이에 정상水準으로 복귀되었다가 3日째에 最大의 증가를 나타냈다. 한편, 脾臟과 血液의 경우는 對照群과 照射群에서 모두 극미한 活性만이 관찰되었다. Dische 陽性物質의 放出量은 小腸의 경우 照射후 3$\\sim$12시간 사이에 증가를 보였으며 6$\\sim$9시간에 最大値를 나타냈다. 이에 반해서 肝, 脾臟 및 賢臟의 경우는 小腸에 비해 1/20 이하에 불과하였으며, 이들 조직은 照射후 증가하는 deoxycytidineuria에 직접 寄與하지는 않는 것으로 생각된다. Deoxycytidineuria는 照射후 9$\\sim$12시간에 最大値를 보였는데, 이의 相當量이 小腸에 연유하는 것으로 믿어지고, 특히 小腸의 CdR-aminohydrolase의 活性度의 변화와 깊은 關連이 있는 것으로 생각된다. 즉 放射線照射후 DNA分解産物중 CdR이 CdR-aminohydrolase의 活性이 격감하는 시기에 조직으로부터 血液으로 放出되고, 血液내에서는 별다른 量的변화를 거치지 않고 尿에 섞여 排泄되는 것으로 思料된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.365-376
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• 1995

일록춘폐흡충(Poragonimus iloktsuenensis)의 표피층, 장상피층 및 난황선의 조직항원 성을 발육단계별로, 면역황금표지법(immunogoldlabelingmethod)으로 관찰하였다. 일록춘폐흡충 으로 감염건 횐쥐(Sprague-Dawley)로 부터, 감염후 2주 3주, 4주, 5주 및 33주에 적출한 충체를 항원으로 사용하였고, 감염 후 10주의 흰쥐혈청을 항체로 사용하였다 조직항원성은 조직에 표지된 황금입자로 판정하였다. 표피층은 유약충으로부터 성충에 이르는 발육과정중 전반적으로 황금입자 표지가 많지 않았고 충체가 성숙되어감에 따라서 황금입자 표지가 다소 드물어지는 경향이 있었으나, 충체 개체별 항원 강도에 차이가 많았다. 장상피층과 난황선은 충체의 발육단계에 관계없이 많은 수의 황금입자가 표지되어 강한 항원성을 나타내었다. 이 실험의 결과, 일록춘폐흡충의 표피층 장강피층, 및 난황선은 중요한 조직항원 부위로 보이나, 표피층은 항원성이 낮은 편이고, 발육단계 및 개체별로 항인강도에 차이가 있었다. 장상피층 및 난황선도 개체별로 황금입자 표지강포에 다소의 차이는 있었으나 충체의 발육단계에 관계없이 계속해서 강한 항원성이 유지되는 조직부위로 보인다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2007

본 연구는 프로폴리스가 방사선에 조사된 랫드의 여러 조직에 미치는 방사선 방어 효과를 조사하였다. 혈장성분 중 백혈구의 수는 방사선 조사 20일 경과 후에 방사선만 조사한 실험군보다 프로폴리스 섭식 실험군에서 높은 증가를 나타냈으며, 혈장 성분 중 GOT의 활성도는 GPT에 비해 낮아지고 있다. 간 조직 내 미량원소 중 Mg, Fe, Ca, Mn, Cu, Mo, Ni, As의 함량은 대조 군에 비해서는 증가하였으나 방사선만 조사한 실험군에 비해서는 낮은 수준을 유지하고 있다. 즉 프로폴리스는 백혈구 수의 회복에 효과적이며 방사선으로 인한 간세포의 손상을 보호해 줌으로서 미량원소의 방출을 억제하고 GOT의 활성을 낮춰주는 것으로 생각된다. 조직학적으로 방사선조사 전에 프로폴리스를 섭식하면 정소에서는 훼손된 미분화 세포의 수가 감소하였고, 소장에서도 손상된 배상세포와 점막근판 조직의 형태가 부분적으로 정상적인 형태를 갖추는 것으로 관찰되었다. 따라서 프로폴리스의 섭식은 방사선으로부터 직접적으로 조직을 보호하거나 훼손된 세포의 회복에 영향을 미치는 것으로 조사되었다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.1517-1529
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• 2023

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the phylogenetic and expression analysis of the angiopoietin-like (ANGPTL) gene family and their role in lipid metabolism in pigs. Methods: In this study, the amino acid sequence analysis, phylogenetic analysis, and chromosome adjacent gene analysis were performed to identify the ANGPTL gene family in pigs. According to the body weight data from 60 Jinhua pigs, different tissues of 6 pigs with average body weight were used to determine the expression profile of ANGPTL1-8. The ileum, subcutaneous fat, and liver of 8 pigs with distinct fatness were selected to analyze the gene expression of ANGPTL3, ANGPTL4, and ANGPTL8. Results: The sequence length of ANGPTLs in pigs was between 1,186 and 1,991 bp, and the pig ANGPTL family members shared common features with human homologous genes, including the high similarity of the amino acid sequence and chromosome flanking genes. Amino acid sequence analysis showed that ANGPTL1-7 had a highly conserved domain except for ANGPTL8. Phylogenetic analysis showed that each ANGPTL homologous gene shared a common origin. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that ANGPTL family members had different expression patterns in different tissues. ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8 were mainly expressed in the liver, while ANGPTL4 was expressed in many other tissues, such as the intestine and subcutaneous fat. The expression levels of ANGPTL3 in the liver and ANGPTL4 in the liver, intestine and subcutaneous fat of Jinhua pigs with low propensity for adipogenesis were significantly higher than those of high propensity for adipogenesis. Conclusion: These results increase our knowledge about the biological role of the ANGPTL family in this important economic species, it will also help to better understand the role of ANGPTL3, ANGPTL4, and ANGPTL8 in lipid metabolism of pigs, and provide innovative ideas for developing strategies to improve meat quality of pigs.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.688-696
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• 2018

Ginseng and probiotics have anti-obesity effects in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD). Absorption of ginsenoside and colonization of probiotics occur in the intestine. In this study, a mixture of fermented ginseng and two probiotics, Bifidobacterium longum BORI and Lactobacillus paracasei CH88, was administered to HFD-fed mice for 9 weeks. The mixture significantly suppressed weight gain (p < 0.05, n = 8) and lipid deposition in the liver and adipose tissues as well as increased the mice's food intake. The adipocyte size of the adipose tissue was significantly decreased in the mixture-fed group, especially when 0.5% fermented ginseng and $5{\times}10^8/ml$ of the two probiotics were used (p < 0.05, n = 10). The expression of TNF-${\alpha}$ in adipose tissue was efficiently downregulated in the mixture-fed group (p < 0.05, n = 4). The supplement also improved the mice's fasting blood glucose levels (p < 0.05, n = 8) and total cholesterol feces excretion (p < 0.05, n = 8). The mixture of fermented ginseng and B. longum BORI and L. paracasei CH88 could have an anti-obesity effect and suppress lipid deposit in the liver and adipose tissues.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2015

Sirtuin proteins are evolutionary conserved Sir2-related $NAD^+$-dependent deacetylases and regulate many of cellular processes such as metabolism, inflammation, transcription, and aging. Sirtuin contains activity of either ADP-ribosyltransferase or deacetyltranfease and their activity is dependent on the localization in cells. However, the expression pattern of Sirtuins has not been well studied. To examine the expression levels of Sirtuins, RT-PCR was performed using total RNAs from various tissues including liver, small intestine, heart, brain, kidney, lung, spleen, stomach, uterus, ovary, and testis. Sirtuins were highly expressed in most of tissues including the testis. Immunostaining assay showed that Sirt1 and Sirt6 were mainly located in the nucleus of germ cells, spermatocytes, and spermatids in the seminiferous tubules, whereas Sirt2 and Sirt5 were exclusively present in the cytoplasm of germ cells and spermatocytes. Our results indicate that Sirtuins may function as regulators of spermatogenesis and their activities might be dependent on their location in the seminiferous tubules.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2017

Ultrasonic surgical devices are routinely used for surgical procedures. The incision and coagulation of tissue generate a temperature of $40^{\circ}C-150^{\circ}C$ and depend on the controllable output power level of the surgical device. Recently, research on the classification of grasped tissues to automatically control the power level was published. However, this research did not consider the specific characteristics of the surgical device, tissue denaturalization, and so on. Therefore, this research proposes a robust algorithm that simulates noise to resemble real situations and classifies tissue using conventional classifier algorithms. In this research, the bioimpedance spectrum for six tissues (liver, large intestine, kidney, lung, muscle, and fat) is measured, and five classifier algorithms are used. A signal-to-noise ratio of additive white Gaussian noise diversifies the testing sets, and as a result, each classifier's performance exhibits a difference. The k-nearest neighbors algorithm shows the highest classification rate of 92.09% (p < 0.01) and a standard deviation of 1.92%, which confirms high reproducibility.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.232-237
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• 2009

The expression of SGLT-1 mRNA has been reported in the small intestine of mammals and the rectum of chickens. However, the expression and functional significance of SGLT-1 in bovine rectum is not known. In this study, we studied the effects of fasting and grazing on SGLT-1 gene expression in biopsy epithelial tissue of bovine rectum. In Japanese Black beef cattle, i) SGLT-1 gene expression was measured by quantitative real-time PCR in the biopsy rectal epithelia samples obtained through an endoscope, ii) SGLT-1 gene expression in the rectal epithelial tissues increased at 48 and 72 h after fasting correlating with a decrease in body weight. iii) SGLT-1 gene expression decreased after one month from the start of grazing (May to June) and then stabilized until the end of the grazing period (June to October) in the rectal epithelial tissues of grazing cattle. In conclusion, it is clear that SGLT-1 gene expression in the rectal epithelial tissue is increased by a restricted dietary condition.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2007

Myostatin (MSTN; also known as GDF8) is a member of the transforming growth factor ${\beta}-superfamily$ of proteins. MSTN negatively regulates mammalian skeletal muscle growth and development by inhibiting myoblast proliferation. Mice and cattle possessing mutant MSTN alleles display a 'double muscling' phenotype characterized by extreme skeletal muscle hypertrophy and/or hyperplasia. We isolated the full-length cDNA of a novel MSTN gene from S. schlegeli muscle tissue and examined its expression pattern in various tissues. The full-length gene (GenBank DQ423474) consists of 1941bp with an open reading frame of 1134 bp, encoding 377 amino acids that show 62-92% amino acid similarity to other vertebrate MSTNs. The predicted protein contains a conserved proteolytic cleavage site (RXRR) and nine conserved cysteine residues at the C terminus. RT-PCR revealed that the unprocessed and prodomain myostatin mRNAs were predominantly present in muscle, with limited expression in other tissues. However, the mature myostatin mRNA was highly expressed in brain and muscle, intermediately expressed in the gills, intestine, heart, and kidney, and weakly expressed in the liver and spleen.