• 한국의사학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2005

In "Lingshu Benshen". five vicera are damaged due to changes in emotion having qi flow opposite to five viscera. As a result, it suggests that mental and physical illness could develop. The content of this piece can be explained in relation to five elements but uniformly through qi's flow. The contents can be summarized as follows. 1. The Heart is fire among the five elements and mainly characterized with dispersing. The flow of its qi is characterized facing upward and outward. On the other hand, being afraid or thinking seriously is characterized by making qi to go downward and stop so that the flow of qi is mainly facing toward inward and downward, damaging the heart. 2. The spleen has the conveyance function and spreads qi. On the other hand, worry and emotion inhibit qi function, blocking qi, damaging the spleen. 3. The liver has dispelling and removing functions and the power of sending up. The qi flow goes toward upward and outward. On the other hand, sadness stagnates qi, preventing the flow of liver's qi, damaging the liver. As a result, work is not done accurately. Madness develops with heat accumulated with qi stagnation. When qi is not sending up, mentality is not clear, leading to forgetfulness. 4. The lung has astringent and sending down functions, lowering qi. On the other hand, happy and joyful emotions bring up qi, showing the opposite flow of qi compared with the lung, damaging the lung. 5. The kidney has closing and storing functions, making qi flow to downward and inward. On the other hand, being angry makes qi to go up. Excessive expression of anger damages the kidney. As a result, the yin function of kidney does not work properly, leading to forgetfulness.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2001

본 연구는 상황버섯이 간 손상 물질을 투여한 흰주의 지질 대사에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 수행되었다. 실험군은 $CCl_4$ 투여군, $CCl_4$와 고지방 식이군으로 분류하였고, 상황메탄올 추출물을 병용투여 함으로써 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 실험동물의 체중 증가량, 사료 섭취량, 식이효율은 $CCl_4$투여로 감소되었으나, 추출물 병용투여로 증가되었다. 실험동물의 간의 무게는 $CCl_4$ 투여로 증가되었다. 이런 경향은 특히 $CCl_4$와 고지방 식이시 대조군에 비해 32% 증가하였으나 추출물 투여로 유의적인 감소를 보였다. 콜레스테롤, 중성지질, LDL 및 LDL-인지질은 $CCl_4$ 투여로 증가되었으나 상황추출물 투여로 인하여 감소를 보였다. 한편, 추출물의 투여는 간조직중 HDL-콜레스테롤의 함량을 증가시켰다. 추출물의 투여에 의한 간기능 지표효소인 GOT, GPT, AP 및 LDH의 활성이 감소되었다. 간의 전자현미경적 관찰에서 대조군은 ER이 골고루 분포하고 있으며 정상적인 cytosol의 구조를 하고 있으나, $CCl_4$ 투여군에서는 mitochondria와 ER의 분포가 국부적이고 균일하게 분포하지 않았으며, cytoplasmic matrix의 구조가 퇴화되는 양상을 나타내었다. 일부 조직에서는 fibrous filaments의 출현이 관찰되었다. 그러나, 추출물 투여군은 손상된 세포질의 회복현상이 나타났으며 mitochondria의 증가가 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과에서 상황 추출물이 흰쥐의 지질대사에 생리적인 활성효과를 가지고 있는 것으로 사료되며 간지질 대사의 개선 효과가 있어 고지혈증, 동맥경화, 고혈압 등 순환기계 및 심혈관계 질환의 예방과 치료에 효과가 있을 것으로 생각된다. 또한 건강기능성 식품으로서의 가치가 기대되며 추후 상품으로서의 개발 가치가 충분한 것으로 보인다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.253-263
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• 2023

The biogenesis and biological roles of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the progression of liver diseases have attracted considerable attention in recent years. EVs are membrane-bound nanosized vesicles found in different types of body fluids and contain various bioactive materials, including proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and mitochondrial DNA. Based on their origin and biogenesis, EVs can be classified as apoptotic bodies, microvesicles, and exosomes. Among these, exosomes are the smallest EVs (30-150 nm in diameter), which play a significant role in cell-to-cell communication and epigenetic regulation. Moreover, exosomal content analysis can reveal the functional state of the parental cell. Therefore, exosomes can be applied to various purposes, including disease diagnosis and treatment, drug delivery, cell-free vaccines, and regenerative medicine. However, exosome-related research faces two major limitations: isolation of exosomes with high yield and purity and distinction of exosomes from other EVs (especially microvesicles). No standardized exosome isolation method has been established to date; however, various exosome isolation strategies have been proposed to investigate their biological roles. Exosome-mediated intercellular communications are known to be involved in alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease development. Damaged hepatocytes or nonparenchymal cells release large numbers of exosomes that promote the progression of inflammation and fibrogenesis through interactions with neighboring cells. Exosomes are expected to provide insight on the progression of liver disease. Here, we review the biogenesis of exosomes, exosome isolation techniques, and biological roles of exosomes in alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.321-328
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• 1998

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of liver damage on toluene metabolism in rats pretreated with carbon tetachloride. Liver damage in rats was induced by administration of 0.1ml of carbon tetrachloride per 100g of body wight intraperitoneally every day for four weeks except the last day before sacrifice. One day before sacrifice, toluene was administered to the animals instead of carbon tetrachloride. Rats were sacrificed at the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th week after the first administration of carbon tetachloride. Based on the histopathological findings, liver weight and serum alanine aminotransferase, the $CCl_4$-preteated group was found to have gradual severe liver damage. Especially the degree of liver injury became increasingly severe throughout the whole course of the experiment. The contnts of hippuric acid in urine lower in the all groups pretreated with $CCl_4$than that of the control. The contents of hepatic cytochrome P450(CYP), benzylalcohol dehydrogenase and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase activities were decreased in $CCl_4$-pretreated rats than those of the control. The $CCl_4$treated animals showed the gradual decreased activities of these enzyme as injection times elapsed. Km values of the benzylalcohol dehydrogenase in pooled liver samples from $CCl_4$-pretreated or control groups were similar. On the other hand, Vmax values of the $CCl_4$-pretreated group was lower than of the control. Therefore, it can be concluded that reduction of the toluene metabolism in damaged rat liver induced with $CCl_4$was due to the inhibition of CYP content, bezylalcohol and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase activities which related with toluene metabolic enzyme system.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 1999

실험동물에 있어서 $CCl_4$에 의한 급성 간손상시 피부조직의 oxygen free radical 대사효소 활성 변동을 검토하기 위해 흰쥐에 $CCl_4$와 olive oil의 동량 혼합액을 체중 100g당 0.1 ml씩 복강으로 투여하여 처치하였다. $CCl_4$ 투여로 인한 혈청 alanine aminotransferase 및 xanthine oxidase (XO) 활성은 현저히 증가되었으며 체중당 간무게 (%)및 간조직의 malondialdehyde함량 역시 유의하게 증가되었다. 그리고 병리조직 검사에서도 $CCl_4$투여군에서 간조직의 괴사성 병변이 관찰되었다. 따라서 $CCl_4$를 투여한 실험동물이 급성 간손상 모델로 확인되었다. 이와 같은 간손상 실험동물의 피부조직중 oxygen free radical의 생성 효소인 XO 활성은 대조군과 별다른 차이를 볼 수 없었으나 oxygen free radical의 scavenging 효소인 superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase 및 catalase 활성은 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 감소되었다. 또한 세포화학적 검사에서 cerrous perhydroxide과립이 간손상 실험동물의 피부조직에서 많이 나타났다. 이상 실험결과는 $CCl_4$에 의한 급성 간손상 유도 실험동물의 피부조직에 $H_2O$$_2$의 축적이 나타나는 현상을 시사해주고 있다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권8호
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• pp.686-693
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• 2020

Autophagy is an intracellular degradation system that breaks down damaged organelles or damaged proteins using intracellular lysosomes. Recent studies have also revealed that various forms of selective autophagy play specific physiological roles under different cellular conditions. Lipid droplets, which are mainly found in adipocytes and hepatocytes, are dynamic organelles that store triglycerides and are critical to health. Lipophagy is a type of selective autophagy that targets lipid droplets and is an essential mechanism for maintaining homeostasis of lipid droplets. However, while processes that regulate lipid droplets such as lipolysis and lipogenesis are relatively well known, the major factors that control lipophagy remain largely unknown. This review introduces the underlying mechanism by which lipophagy is induced and regulated, and the current findings on the major roles of lipophagy in physiological and pathological status. These studies will provide basic insights into the function of lipophagy and may be useful for the development of new therapies for lipophagy dysfunction-related diseases.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1784-1794
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• 2004

To study the effects between Cd inhalation toxicity and methanol extract of Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, 4 rat groups were exposed to Cd aerosol by whole-body inhalation exposure for 6 hours/day, 5 days/week, and 4 weeks. Cd concentration in air was 0.98㎎/㎥ and mass median diameter(MMD) was 1.78㎛. 3 different dose intraperitoneal injections of methanol extract of Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae to 3 inhalation exposure groups applied for 4 weeks and the results were as follows: The highest body weight gain for 4 weeks and food intake per day were from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ(p<0.05). The highest lung weight was from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ and the highest liver and kidney weight were from inhalation exposure group Ⅱ(p<0.05). The lowest Cd content in lung was 22.77㎍/g from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ(p<0.05). The highest Cd concentration in blood was 11.71㎍/㎗ from inhalation exposure group Ⅰ(p<0.05). Cd concentrations of 14.87㎍/g in liver and 17.91㎍/g in kidney were the highest from inhalation exposure group Ⅰ(p<0.05). The lowest Cd concentration in liver and kidney were 5.71㎍/g and 3.17㎍/g from the control(p<0.05). For weekly Cd concentration in urine, the highest value was 0.48㎍/㎖ from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ of the 3rd week and inhalation exposure group Ⅰ, Ⅱ of the 4th week. For weekly Cd concentration in feces, the highest value was 0.32㎍/g from inhalation exposure group Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ. The highest metallothionein concentration in lung was 89.02㎍/g from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ(p<0.05). The highest metallothionein concentrations in liver and kidney were 265.47㎍/g and 214.21㎍/g from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ, respectively(p<0.05). The highest Hct, Hb, and WBC values were from inhalation exposure group Ⅱ and the highest RBC value was from inhalation exposure group Ⅲ(p<0.05). Mostly damaged part in liver tissue was hepatic lobule and the degrees of damage were lessened by the intraperitoneal injection of methanol extract of Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae. Proximal, distal convoluted tubules and glomerulus in kidney tissue were mostly damaged part. Degeneration and swelling were partially observed but the degrees of kidney tissue damage were lessened more or less by the intraperitoneal injection of methanol extract of Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.539-547
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• 2015

본 연구는 다슬기(Semisulcospira libertine) 열수 추출물이 D-galactosamine에 의해 급성 간독성이 유도된 흰쥐에 미치는 보호 효과를 조사하였다. 다슬기 열수 추출물은 D-galactosamine에 의해 유발된 간 조직 내 국소적 지방변성과 염증세포 침윤을 크게 완화하여 대조군과 유사하게 보호하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 다슬기 열수 추출물을 처리한 실험군은 간 손상 지표 효소인 AST와 ALT, LDH 및 ALP의 활성이 대조군 수준으로 유지되었으며 간조직 내 지질함량과 과산화지질함량이 감소되는 것으로 나타나 다슬기 열수 추출물이 D-galactosamine으로 인한 혈중 효소 활성과 조직 내 지질함량을 개선하는 것으로 조사되었다. 또한 다슬기 열수 추출물을 처리한 실험군은 염증반응을 촉진시켜 조직 상해 및 괴사를 유도하는 TNF-α의 발현을 억제하고 있어 염증 반응에서 세포 손상을 감소시키는 데 관여하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 다슬기 열수 추출물은 D-galactosamine에 의한 조직 괴사를 감소시키고 혈중 효소의 활성과 조직 내 지질함량을 개선하는 효과를 나타내고 있으며 염증 반응 인자의 발현과 항산화효소 활성을 조절하여 간독성에 대해 보호 효과가 높을 것으로 생각된다.

• 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.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.203-207
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• 2008

The present study aimed at assessing the protective effect of water extract from fruit body of the Grifola frondosa (GFW) on carbon tetrachloride ($CCl_4$)-induced hepatotoxicity. Rats orally administered with GFW 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 g/kg for 14 days were treated with $CCl_4$ to induce hepatotoxicity. Pretreatment with GFW remarkably prevented the elevation of serum AST, ALT, ALP, LDH, $\gamma$-GTP, and liver lipid peroxides in $CCl_4$-treated rat and GFW administration in liver injured rats by $CCl_4$ showed significant (p<0.05) protection of liver as evidenced from normal serum enzymes and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. In the ultrastructural changes, administration of $CCl_4$-induced damage of hepatocytes with vacuolation, a highly damaged endoplasmic reticulum, and degenerating nuclei. However, pre-administration with GFW preserved normal ultrastructure of hepatocytes. These results suggest that GFW had an effect to inhibit $CCl_4$-induced liver injury in rat, and that it could be used as an effective hepatoprotective agent against chemical-induced liver damage.