• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.1000-1010
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• 2008

Objective : Hypothyroidism is a syndrome characterized by symptoms such as cold intolerance, or weight gain. Because of side effects of Western medicine treatment, interest in oriental medicine has been increasing. In this study, we examined the therapeutic effects of Evodiae fructus and histological modification in hypothyroidism rat model induced by PTU(6-propyl, 2-thiouracil). Methods : After inducing hypothyroidism in the rats by PTU injections, we divided the rats into four groups, the Evodiae fructus 100 500, control, and $LT_4$ (levothyroxine) groups. After 2 weeks Evodiae fructus and $LT_4$ were administered, respectively. The weight was measured once a week. After sampling the blood for biochemical analysis to check the levels of $T_3$, $T_4$ and TSH, the thyroid tissue was removed, stained with H&E, and an image was obtained using an optical microscope. Results : Compared with normals, controls showed low $T_4$ and high TSH. The Evodiae fructus group showed a statistically meaningful $T_3$ increase to be dose related. But the levels of TSH showed no meaningful difference between the Evodiae fructus group and normals. About the biochemical tests(liver, kidney etc) and weight change, there was no meaningful difference between the Evodiae fructus group and controls. In the biopsy, the Evodiae fructus group showed thyroid tissue improvement compared to controls. Conclusions : These results show that Evodiae fructus stimulates the decreased functions of the thyroid, and also has thyroid cell protecting effects. The lab results also showed that Evodiae fructus is a safe substance that doesn't cause hepatotoxicity or nephrotoxicity. Therefore it is an effective substance in the treatment of hypothyroidism.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.976-988
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• 2002

The aim of this study was to examine the memory and attention enhancement effect of YMG-1 and YMG-2, which are modified herbal extracts from Yukmijihwang-tang (YMJ). YMJ, composing six herbal medicine, has been used for restoring the normal functions of the body to consolidate the constitution, nourishing and invigorating the kidney functions for hundreds years in Asian countries. A series of studies reported that YMJ and its components enhance memory retention, protects neuronal cell from reactive oxygen attack and boost immune activities. Recently the microarray analysis suggested that YMG-1 protects neurodegeneration through modulating various neuron specific genes. A total of 55 subjects were divided into three groups according to the treatment of YMG-1 (n=20), YMG-2 (n=20) and control (C; n=15) groups. Before treatments, all of subjects were subjected to the assessments on neuropsychological tests of K-WAIS test, Rey-Kim memory test, and psychophysiological test of Event-Related Potential (ERP) during auditory oddball task and repeated word recognition task. They were repeatedly assessed with the same methods after drug treatment for 6 weeks. Although no significant effect of drug was found in Rey-Kim memory test, a significant interaction (P = .010, P < 0.05) between YMG-2 and C groups was identified in the scores digit span and block design, which are the subscales of K-WAIS. The very similar but marginal interaction (P = .064) between YMG-1 and C groups was found too. In ERP analysis, only YMG-1 group showed decreasing tendency of P300 latency during oddball task while the others tended to increase, and it caused significant interaction between session and group (p= .004). This result implies the enhancement of cognitive function in due to consideration of relationship between P300 latency and the speed of information processing. However, no evidence which could demonstrate the significant drug effect was found in neither amplitude or latency. These results come together suggest that YMG-1, 2 may enhance the attention, resulting in enhancement of memory processing. For elucidating detailed mechanism of YMG on learning and memory, the further studies are necessary.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.118-122
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• 2003

Oxidative stress and its consequent lipid peroxidation exert harmful effects, which have been currently involved in the generation of carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄)-induced fibrosis(cirrhosis). In this study, it was investigated whether dried extract of 田螺(Concha Cipangopaludinae; CC) has liver functional improvement, antioxidative and antifibrotic effect in rats those were induced liver fibrosis by CCl₄ administration. The female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 3 groups(Normal, AC, AC-CC) and were observed in 6 weeks. Except for normal group, liver fibrosis(cirrhosis) in rats were developed by CCl₄ administration(0.8 ㎖/rat/week). And the rats were treated with prepared CC(p. o. 2 ㎖/day/rat). At the time of sacrifice, the liver, kidney and spleen were weighed and the ratio of organ weight/body weight was calculated. The MDA, hyp and biochemical parameters(AST, ALT, ALP, t-bili) were measured in sera and liver tissue of rats. The strong yellow color of urine was observed in all CCl₄-treated group compared with normal group, but jaundice didn't appear in CCl₄-treated group. The mortality of CCl₄-treated group is very low(<13%) during 6 weeks of observation time. The ratio of liver/body as well as the weight of liver in CCl₄-treated rats significantly increased compared with that in normal group(p<0.001). The level of clinical parameters in sera of all liver fibrosis(cirrhosis) developed rats were significantly higher than that of normal group(p<0.001-0.05). Especially the value of BUN, ALP, t-bilirubin in AC-CC group showed 20.9%, 19.6%, 47.9% lower than that in AC group. The content of hyp in CCl₄-treated rats was significantly higher than normal group(p<0.001～<0.05), and showed 12.2% lower value in the AC-CC group than AC group(p<0.05). The production of lipid peroxidation(MDA) in sera and liver tissue significantly increased under the fibrotic(cirrhotic) condition(p<0.001～<0.05). Especially the MDA value of AC-CC group in sera significantly 46.5% decreased compared with that of AC group(p<0.05), and the MDA value of AC-CC in liver tissue showed 21.4% lower than that of AC group. Concha Cipangopaludinae can be improved hepatic function, and maybe have effect of liver protection, antioxidation and antifibrosis.

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2010

Chemerin is a novel adipokine which is abundant in adipose tissue to promote adipocyte differentiation and with significant relativity to BMI and insulin sensitivity. We report here the molecular characterization of porcine chemerin and its receptors ChemR23 and GPR1, as well as their transcriptional regulation during lipogenesis. Chemerin was mainly expressed in liver, intestine, kidney and adipose tissue, consistent with the expression pattern of GPR1, but not ChemR23, which was predominantly present in spleen and temperately in adipose tissue. We further investigated the lipogenesis-related transcriptional activation of $PPAR{\gamma}$ and KLF15 on chemerin and its receptors. The data showed that KLF15, but not $PPAR{\gamma}$, can up-regulate the mRNA level of chemerin, ChemR23 and GPR1, which was consistent with the results of luciferase assay that confirmed the effect of KLF15 on ChemR23 promoter. Taken together, our data provide basic molecular information for the further investigation on the function of chemerin in lipogenesis.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2008

인삼의 지용성 성분을 2개월 및 6개월 동안 암환자에게 복용시킨 결과, 인삼의 지용성 성분은 CD4/CD8 비율과 자연살해세포의 수를 정상적으로 유지시킴으로써 암환자의 면역기능 유지에 효과가 있음을 보여주었다. 인삼의 지용성 성분을 2개월간 투여한 실험군의 87.5%에서, 6개월간 투여한 실험군의50%에서 암환자의 종양수치가 낮아지거나 정상범위에서 안정하게 유지되는 긍정적인 효과가 나타났다. 인삼의 지용성 성분을 6개월간 투여한 실험군에서 간 기능을 나타내는 GOT,GPT 및 ALP 수치와 신장 기능을 나타내는 BUN과 creatinine수치도 역시 정상 범위로 유지되어 인삼의 지용성 성분의 장기 복용이 간과 신장 기능에 긍정적인 효과를 가짐을 확인하였다. 따라서 인삼의 지용성 성분이 암환자들의 면역성 강화,간·신장 기능을 유지 및 개선시켜 건강에 도움을 주는 것으로 평가됨으로써 인삼의 지용성 성분을 암환자의 식이 및 항암보조제로서 적용할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다. 이러한결과는 비록 통계학적인 유의성은 없지만 본격적인 임상실험의 수행을 위한 기초 자료로서 충분한 가치를 가지므로, 이를바탕으로 대단위 개체를 대상으로 하는 본격적인 추가 임상실험 연구를 수행하여 인삼의 지용성 성분이 암환자의 항암및 면역기능 강화에 효과가 있음을 임상적으로 증명할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.362-366
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• 2007

수산 해적생물인 불가사리의 주정추출물을 농도별로 사료에 첨가하여 조피볼락의 성장, 혈액성상 및 식세포 활성산소 생산에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 불가사리추출물의 함량이 다른 사료를 급여한 조피볼락의 1일성장율(SGR), 사료계수(FCR), 비만도(CF), 생존율(SR)을 비교한 결과, 실험군별 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이는 불가사리추출물에 의한 먹이 기피현상을 방지하기 위해 사료를 코팅을 하였기 때문인 것으로 사료된다. 불가사리추출물이 조피볼락의 체내 대사계에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 혈청 중의 glucose, total cholesterol의 함량과 GOT를 측정한 결과, glucose와 total cholesterol의 함량은 불가사리추출물의 함량이 증가할수록 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 한편, 혈청 GOT는 실험군별로 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으며 이는 불가사리추출물이 독성이 거의 없기 때문인 것으로 추정된다. 불가사리추출물 첨가사료의 급이가 조피볼락의 면역계에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 식세포의 활성산소 생산량을 측정한 결과, 불가사리추출물의 첨가에 따라 농도 의존적으로 증가하였다. 이상의 실험결과에서 불가사리추출물은 면역증강 기능성 사료첨가제로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2016

섬유모세포성장인자-23(fibroblast growth factor 23, FGF23)은 뼈를 형성하는 세포에서 주로 생성되지만 그 작용은 신장에서 이루어진다. FGF23은 신장의 나트륨-인산염 공동수송체(Na-phosphate cotransporter)를 억제하여 인산염 재흡수를 감소시킨다. 이렇게 함으로써 인산염 항상성을 조절하는 작용과는 별개로 이것은 in vivo에서 뼈 형성을 억제하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 두개골 조골세포를 이용한 연구에서도 FGF23은 조골세포의 발달, 즉 분화 및 기질의 광화(mineralization)에 악영향을 미쳤다. 본 연구는 FGF23이 골수 유래 간엽줄기세포에서 조골세포로의 발달에 있어서도 유사한 영향을 줄 것인지를 조사한 것이다. 간엽줄기세포주인 D1 세포를 β-glycerophosphate, ascorbic acid, dexamethazone이 포함된 조골배(osteogenic medium)에 배양하여 alkaline phosphatase (Alp) 염색으로 분화를, Alizarin red 염색과 기질의 칼슘 함량의 분석을 통해 광화를 평가하였다. 분화 촉진 유전자인 Runx2, osteocalcin, Alp와 광화 억제 유전자인 Enpp1, Ank의 발현은 RT-PCR로 분석하였다. D1 세포의 증식과 조골세포로의 분화는 생리학적 농도를 훨씬 초과하는 FGF23의 농도에 의해서도 달라지지 않았다. FGF23 처치 1주, 2주, 3주 후 Alizarin red 염색에 의한 광화 정도의 평가에서도 대조군과 실험군의 차이는 발견되지 않았다. 그러나 두 군 모두 시간이 경과함에 따라 광화는 증가되었다. 기질에 침착된 칼슘의 양 또한 차이가 없었다. 분화 촉진 유전자와 광화 억제 유전자의 발현도 양 군 간에 다르지 않았다. 이러한 부정적인(negative) 결과는 FGF23에 의한 세포 내 신호전달의 장애가 아님이 Erk 인산화로 확인되었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 두개골의 조골세포와 달리 FGF23은 간엽줄기세포에서 조골세포로의 분화와 광화에는 영향을 미치지 않을 것으로 사료된다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1580-1584
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• 2004

On the basis of the widely collected fork prescriptions, long clinical practice of himself, together with integration of all the good points of earlier medical specialists, 孫思邈 wrote 『千金方』 of thirty volumes. Among them Volumes 『食治』 (Food Therapy) and 『養性』(Cultivating the Character) are especially meaningful for in gerontology. Thirty years after its completion, as a supplement, he wrote another thirty volumes of 『千金翼方』. Mr. Sun integrated his discoveries in the treatments of the aged patients, and his opinions for longevity into the Volumes 『養性』 (Cultivating the Character), 『?穀』(Fasting), 『退居』(Retirement), 『補益』(Supplementation). Thus he laid down the basic foundation for the gerontology of Chinese medicine. 『千金要方』 and 『千金翼方』 by Mr. Sun discuss mainly the prevention of illness for aged patients. As for the function of food therapy, he explains: 'Food can dispel evil elements of the body and settle down its organs. It can further bring pleasure to man's spirit and help the circulation of blood and breath.' He then propose the major method of food therapy: 'For a medical doctor, he should understand the causes of disease, then treat it with food. Only after the food treatment fails, medicine is employed.' He thinks that medicine does work in treatment, but it also creates imbalance in the body, and makes the latter vulnerable to outside harms. Therefore, a good doctor is the one who cures the disease and bring pleasure to the patient with food. He stresses that food therapy is always a priority. Mr. Sun prefers animal's organs in the food therapy for aged. For example, he uses powder of sheep's kidney to treat the lumbago. He suggests the viewpoint of 'Curing man's organs with animal's organs' and 'Strengthening man's organs with animal's organs,' and sets the theoretical foundation of 'Organic Treatment.' Mr. Sun's gerontology and food therapy received further development latter. The prescriptions contained therein had been widely used in 王懷隱's 『太平聖惠方』 and 陳直's 『養老奉親書』, both in the Song Dynasty. Eventually they had become a science of food therapy for aged patients.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.130-146
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• 1994

Our medical care system is trying to diversify in order to meet the client's needs, and to adjust to a medical environment which is changing very rapidly. Because current nursing theory and practice focus on holistic care, health care management, education, and research, contrary to the traditional emphasis on only assisting a physician, more autonomy and specialization for the implementation of nursing are required. Considering these trends and actual needs, the category of clinical nurse specialist should be established as soon as possible. In order to develop strategies for implementing this new professional specialty, the authors conducted a field survey and literature review of the current system in Korea. As a result, various obstacles and constraints were discovered as follows : 1) There are few accredited educational programs for the training of CNS's. 2) Several hospitals already have staff designated as clinical nurse specialist (CNS) even though the term CNS is not yet standardized or adopted in nationwide. 3) The role of the CNS is not clearly understood by the medical societies, or even nursing societies. A nurse who works in specific nursing areas such as central supply, kidney dialysis, intensive care, coronary care, etc. for a long time, considers herself /himself a CNS. Based upon the above findings, the following alternatives are recommended. 1) The role of the CNS should be defined according to specified functions and authority : professional autonomy ; counselling and educating patients and their familes, nurses, and even other medical personnel ; research on improvement of nursing ; and management of the nursing environment including medical resources, information, and cases. 2) the qualification of CNS should be attained only by a nurse who has an RN license and clinical experience of more than 3 years in a specific nursing field: passes a qualifying examination; and contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others. A master's degree should only be optional, because of the insufficient of graduate programs which are well designed for the CNS. 3) The CNS should initially be a head nurse rather than line staff in order to deal with as wide an experience base as possible. 4) The nursing specialty could be divided into two areas such as a clinical field and a community field. The clinical field could then be categorized by the Styles' classification such as diseases and pathogenics, systems, ages, acuity, skills/techniques, and function/role ; the community field could be classified according to work site.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.140-146
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• 2009

This study was performed to evaluate the toxicity of cadmium selenide for a period of 28 days in Sprague-Dawley rats. Each of 10 healthy male and females rats per group received daily oral administration for 28-day period at dosage levels 30, 300 and 1,000 mg/kg of body weight. Mortality and clinical signs were checked, and body weight, water intake and food consumption were also recorded weekly. There were no dose-related changes in food consumption or urine volume. All animals survived to the end of study with no clinical signs or differences in body weight gain observed when compared with the control group. At the end of study, all animals including control group, were subjected to necropsy. Blood samples were collected for hematology tests including coagulation time and biochemistry analysis. Blood coagulation time and relative organ weight were unaffected by all received doses. White Blood Cell (WBC) counts significantly increased in the 300 mg/kg administered male animal group when compared to the control. Monocyte (MO) value were also increased significantly in both 300 and 1,000 mg/kg male animal group. However, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) were significantly decreased compared with the control in the 1,000 mg/kg dose groups for male and female animals. Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) decreased significantly for female in the 300 and 1,000 mg/kg group compared to the control. Blood biochemical values of Inorganic phosphorus (IP) were significantly increased in both the 300 and 1,000 mg/kg dose groups in male animals when compared to the control. Creatinine (CRE) levels indicated significant increase in kidney function for the female, 30 mg/kg dose group when compared with control. There was a significant decrease in thymus absolute organ weight in the female, 1,000 mg/kg dose group when compared with control. Histopathological findings revealed no evidence of injury related to cadmium selenide except for one case of focal hepatic inflammation in the high dose (1,000 mg/kg) group. One case of lung inflammation was also seen in the control group. Basis on these result, the No Observable Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) of cadmium selenide was determined to be more than 1,000 mg/kg/day for male and female rats under conditions in this study.