• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2013

멸치젓으로부터 추출한 칼슘이 체내의 칼슘대사에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 흰쥐를 대상으로 칼슘급원을 달리하여 섭취시킨 후 체내의 골격대사에 관련된 지표를 비교 평가하였다. 식이구성은 탄산칼슘군(calcium carbonate, CC), 젖산칼슘군(calcium lactate, CL), 해조칼슘군(seaweed calcium, SC), 멸치칼슘(anchovy calcium, AC), 저칼슘(low calcium, LC)군으로 총 5군으로 구성하였으며, 실험결과는 다음과 같다. 실험 종료까지의 체중은 탄산칼슘을 섭취한 CC군과 AC군에서 가장 많이 증가하였으며, LC군에서 체중 증가가 낮았고 식이섭취량도 LC군에서 가장 낮았으며, 정상칼슘군에서는 차이를 보이지 않았다. 칼슘 섭취량은 LC군에서 가장 낮은 수치를 나타내었고 정상칼슘군들 사이에는 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 칼슘 흡수율은 LC군에서 가장 높게 나타나 식이 칼슘수준이 적을수록 흡수율이 높아지는 것을 알 수 있었다. 칼슘 보유량은 저칼슘군에서 가장 낮았으며, CC군, CL군, AC군은 SC군에 비해 유의적으로 높은 수치를 나타내었다. 혈중 ALP 수준은 LC군에서 유의하게 높은 반면 정상칼슘군에서는 낮게 나타났으며, 특히 CC군과 AC군에서 현저히 낮게 나타났다. 칼시토닌 농도는 LC군에서 정상칼슘군보다 유의적으로 낮게 나타났고(p<0.05) 요중 DPD수치는 LC군에서 가장 높은 수치를 보였으며, CC군과 AC군에서 유의적으로 낮은 수치를 보였다. 대퇴골의 체중 100 g당 습윤무게는 실험군간에는 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, 건조무게는 정상칼슘군보다 LC군에서 유의적으로 낮은 결과를 보였다(p<0.05). 대퇴골의 골밀도는 LC군에서 정상칼슘군에 비해 유의하게 낮았고(p<0.05), 동일한 정상수준의 칼슘이 공급된 실험군 사이에서는 CL군에서 AC, CC, SC보다 유의적인 차이는 아니지만 감소경향을 보였다. 실험동물의 칼슘대사에 관련된 호르몬의 변화나 대퇴골의 골밀도 결과로 보아 멸치젓에서 추출한 칼슘은 기존에 사용해오던 탄산칼슘 수준으로 칼슘대사에 긍정적인 가치를 부여할 수 있을 것으로 사료되고, 멸치 부산물을 활용한 칼슘제 개발에 응용할 수 있을 것으로 본다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.355-363
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• 2009

비정상적인 미토콘드리아에 의해 산화 스트레스가 증가하면 세포내 신호전달 및 유전자 발현에 손상을 일으켜 인슐린 저항성이나 당뇨병 등의 여러 질환들을 유발한다. 그런데 자식작용은 산화 스트레스로 기능이 저하된 미토콘드리아를 제거하여 인슐린 저항성 등을 억제해준다. 한편 운동도 미토콘드리아 생합성을 강화시켜 조직의 기능저하나 퇴행을 회복시켜준다. 따라서 운동과 자식작용이 서로 연관되어 미토콘드리아 생합성을 유도하는 신호체계로 작용할 가능성이 있고, 이 연구를 통해 운동 혹은 AICAR (aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-${\beta}$-D-ribofuranoside)처치로 활성 화된 AMPK(5'-AMP- activated protein kinase) 신호전달체계가 미토콘드리아 생합성을 증가시키는 경로에 자식작용이 관여하는지의 여부를 확인하고자 하였다. 연구결과에 따르면, 6시간의 급성운동으로 쥐의 골격근에서 PGC-1(peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1)과 mtTFA (mitochondrial transcription factor A)의 mRNA 발현이 유의하게 증가하였다. 하지만 자식작용 표지제인 LC3(microtubule-associated proteinl light chain 3)의 mRNA 발현은 증가경향을 나타냈지만 유의하지 않았다. 한편 C2C12 근세포에서도 AICAR 처치에 의해 PGC-1, mtTFA mRNA 발현이 모두 증가하였지만, 이러한 증가는 LC3 SiRNA에 의해서 억제되지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들을 통해 자식작용은 AMPK에 의해 조절되는 신호전달 전달체계와는 다른 경로로 미토콘드리아 생합성에 영향을 미칠 것으로 사료된다.

• 분석과학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2012

소변 중 크레아티닌의 정상적인 농도범위는 30 - 300 mg/dL로 마약류 감정에 앞서 크레아티닌농도를 측정함으로써 소변 시료의 유효성을 확인하고 있다. 크레아티닌 농도 측정을 위해 액체크로마토그래피-질량분량분석법(LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry)을 사용하였다. 우선 소변 시료를 고속으로 원심분리한 후 10 ${\mu}L$를 분취하여 증류수 390 ${\mu}L$와 혼합하여 희석하였다. 희석된 시료 20 ${\mu}L$에 내부표준물질(5 ${\mu}g/mL$) 30 ${\mu}L$와 acetonitrile 10 ${\mu}L$를 첨가하여 혼합한 후 여과한 시료를 LC-MS/MS에 주입하였다. 크레아티닌은 multi-mode ODS column (Scherzo SM-C18, 75 ${\times}$ 2.0 mm, I.D. 3 ${\mu}m$)을 이용하여 분리하였고, 이동상은 0.2% formic acid와 acetonitrile로 구성되었으며 유속은 150 ${\mu}L$/min으로 하였다. 크레아티닌과 내부표준물질은 [M+H]$^+$ precursor ion과 특징적인 product ion을 한 쌍으로 m/z 114.0${\rightarrow}$ 86.0과 m/z 117.0${\rightarrow}$ 89.1에서 모니터링하여 정량에 적합한 크로마토그램을 얻을 수 있었다. 측정불확도 평가에 앞서 정량분석시 측정값에 영향을 주는 인자들을 찾아내고 각각의 요소들이 측정결과에 어떤 영향을 주는가를 살펴보았다. 시료 희석, 검정 곡선, 재현성, 표준물질의 인자 순으로 측정불확도에 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 실제 사람의 소변에서 크레아티닌 농도를 측정한 결과, 측정값에 대한 오차 범위의 상대불확도는 14.2%로 산출되었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.491-499
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• 2019

최근에, 전원 공급 장치에 있어서 파워의 품질에 대한 요구가 높아지고 있다. IEC 61000-3-2 규격은 조명을 위한 AC/DC 전원 공급 장치에 대하여 역률(PF)과 전체 파형 왜곡률(THD)에 대한 규격을 만족하도록 요구하고 있다. 또 출력단의 전류 변화에 의해 발광체 광량이 바뀜에 따라 발생되는 플리커 현상에 대해 유럽권 선진국가는 ripple rate의 기준을 15~30%로 설정해 규제하고 있다. 따라서 국내에서도 기준을 마련하고 규제를 추진 중에 있다. 그래서 본 논문은 PFC 규격을 만족하고, 회로 1차, 2차 간 절연 기능을 가지기 위해 Flyback 컨버터를 적용하며, LED 전류의 저주파 리플을 저감하기 위해 Flyback, Coupled Inductor, LC 병렬 공진 필터, LLC 공진 필터, Cuk을 이용한 각각의 LED 구동회로를 PSIM을 통해 시뮬레이션 함으로써 각각의 방식들을 비교하였으며, 출력측 리플 저감을 위해 1차측에 Coupled Inductor와 2차측에 LC 공진을 적용한 Coupled LC 공진 회로를 제안하였으며, Coupled LC 공진 방식은 출력 커패시터가 78uF으로 작으며, 출력 리플은 전압 2.38V, 전류 0.05A로 기존의 방식보다 22%의 출력 리플 저감을 확인 하였다.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.4-7
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• 2002

A recently developed phase separated composite film method has been employed to fabricate a liquid crystal (LC) based electro-optical device using a single glass substrate. The resulting device is made of adjacent parallel layers of LC and polymer maded by phase separation. The LC layer is confined between the solidified polymer layer on one side and the glass substrate on the other. The electro-optical properties of these devices demonstrate their technological potential in light weight and hand-held electronic products.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.737-744
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• 2007

An isotope dilution-liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric method was developed as a candidate reference method for the accurate determination of acrylamide in potato chips, starch-rich foodstuff cooked at high temperature. Sample was spiked with 13C3-acrylamide and then extracted with water. The extract was further cleaned up with an Oasis HLB solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge and an Oasis mixed-phase cation exchange (MCX) SPE cartridge. The extract was analyzed by using LC/ESI/Tandem MS in positive ion mode. LC with a medium reversed-phase (C4) column was optimized to obtain adequate chromatographic retention and separation of acrylamide. MS was operated to selectively monitor [M+H]+ ions of the analyte and its isotope analogue at m/z 72 and m/z 75, respectively. Sample was also analyzed by the LC/MS with selectively monitoring the collisionally induced dissociation channels of m/z 72 → m/z 55 and m/z 75 → 58. Compared to the LC/MS chromatograms, the LC/MS/MS chromatograms showed substantially reduced background chemical noises coming from solvent clusters formed during ESI spray processes and interferences from sample matrix. Repeatability and reproducibility studies showed that the LC/MS/MS method is a reliable and reproducible method which can provide a typical method precision of 1.0% while the LC/MS results are influenced by chemical interferences.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.441-448
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• 2019

This study was aimed at identifying the lower airway microbiota in patients with lung cancer (LC) using protected brush sampling. We enrolled 37 patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy for suspected LC, 26 with LC and 11 with benign diseases. Protected brush specimens were obtained from the contralateral lung and the side of the tumor; these specimens were analyzed by 16S rRNA-based-next-generation sequencing. The results indicated that the biodiversity was not different between groups, and there were no significant differences between the proportion of microorganisms in the tumor and in the contralateral side of patients with LC. In patients with LC, there was a higher abundance of several microorganisms including Capnocytophaga, Haemophilus, Enterococcus, and Streptococcus; whereas, in individuals without LC, Bacteroides, Lactobacillus, or Methylobacterium were more abundant. Malignancy could be determined with an accuracy of 70% by isolating Enterococcus, Capnocytophaga, or Actinomyces. Microbispora indicated benignity with a sensitivity of 55%, specificity of 88%, and accuracy of 78%. Lower airway microbiota in patients with LC is fairly similar in both the tumor and contralateral sites. Endobronchial microbiota is different in patients with and without LC, and these differences may have a potential clinical value as diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.743-752
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• 1995

The study was carried out to characterize the properties of Korean isolates of EHV from aborted fetuses and determine envelope protein profiles. The results obtained were summarized as follows; 1. Two strains of EHV was isolated from 2 liver samples among 10 aborted fetuses from which the virus isolation was attempted. 2. Morphological and some enzymatic properties of the Korean isolates of EHV which was designated as $LC_1$ and $LC_2$ was identical to those of a reference strain of Australia-N of EHV-1. The Korean isolates of EHV could be propagated on ED cell culture and they formed typical plaques 1 to 2 days after infection in the ED cells from which typical cuboidal particles of 150~170 nm diameter herpesvirus were observed. The virus could be detected specifically from neucleus and cytoplasm of infected cells by flourescent antibody technique using FITC labelled anti-Aust IV(EHV-1) antiserum. The Korean isolates, $LC_1$ and $LC_2$ were specifically neutralized by anti Aust IV antiserum and reacted positively to CELISA. 3. The structural polypeptides of purified enveloped virions of $LC_1$ and $LC_2$ isolates of EHV were determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to identify the envelope glycoproteins. $LC_1$ and $LC_2$ strains revealed 14 glycoproteins ranging in molecular weight from 190 kD to 31 kD while 17 structural proteins of Aust IV(EHV-1), of which 14 were identical to those of $LC_1$ and $LC_2$, were identified. Upon immunoblotting by rabbit antiserum against EHV isolates and EHV-1(Aust IV), 4 immunogenic proteins of $LC_1$ and $LC_2$ were 135 kD, 88 kD, 64 kD and 59 kD, of which 135 kD, 88 kD and 64 kD proteins were also found in Aust IV(EHV-1).

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2013

Microglia play a role in maintaining and resolving brain tissue homeostasis. In pathological conditions, microglia release pro-inflammatory cytokines and cytotoxic factors, which aggravate the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Autophagy pathway might be involved in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and cytotoxic factors in microglia, though details of the mechanism remain largely unknown. In the present study, we examined the role of the autophagy pathway in activated BV2 microglia cells. In BV2 cells, rapamycin treatment activated the formation of anti-LC3-labeled autophagosomes, whereas the ATG5 depletion using siRNA-ATG5 prevented the formation of LC3-labeled autophagosomes, indicating that BV2 cells exhibit an active classical autophagy system. When treated with LPS, BV2 cells expressed an increase of anti-LC3-labeled dots. The levels of LC3-labeled dots were not suppressed, instead tended to be enhanced, by the inhibition of the autophagy pathway with siRNA-ATG5 or wortmannin, suggesting that LPS-induced LC3-labeled dots in nature were distinct from the typical autophagosomes. The levels of LPS-induced expression of iNOS and IL6 were suppressed by treatment with rapamycin, and conversely, their expressions were enhanced by siRNA-ATG5 treatment. Moreover, the activation of the autophagy pathway using rapamycin inhibited cell death of LPS-stimulated microglia. These results suggest that although microglia possess a typical autophagy pathway, the glial cells express a non-typical autophagy pathway in response to LPS, and the activation of the autophagy pathway suppresses the expression of iNOS and IL6, and the cell death of LPS-stimulated microglia.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2019

Background: Ginseng is believed to have antitumor activity. Autophagy is largely a prosurvival cellular process that is activated in response to cellular stressors, including cytotoxic chemotherapy; therefore, agents that inhibit autophagy can be used as chemosensitizers in cancer treatment. We examined the ability of Korean Red Ginseng extract (RGE) to prevent autophagic flux and to make hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells become more sensitive to doxorubicin. Methods: The cytotoxic effects of total RGE or its saponin fraction (RGS) on HCC cells were examined by the lactate dehydrogenase assay in a dose- or time-dependent manner. The effect of RGE or RGS on autophagy was measured by analyzing microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain (LC)3-II expression and LC3 puncta formation in HCC cells. Late-stage autophagy suppression was tested using tandem-labeled green fluorescent protein (GFP)-monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRFP)-LC3. Results: RGE markedly increased the amount of LC3-II, but green and red puncta in tandem-labeled GFP-mRFP-LC3 remained colocalized over time, indicating that RGE inhibited autophagy at a late stage. Suppression of autophagy through knockdown of key ATG genes increased doxorubicin-induced cell death, suggesting that autophagy induced by doxorubicin has a protective function in HCC. Finally, RGE and RGS markedly sensitized HCC cells, (but not normal liver cells), to doxorubicin-induced cell death. Conclusion: Our data suggest that inhibition of late-stage autophagic flux by RGE is important for its potentiation of doxorubicin-induced cancer cell death. Therapy combining RGE with doxorubicin could serve as an effective strategy in the treatment of HCC.