• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 1985

In order to judge appropriately the suitability as the second intermediate host of Clonorchis sinensis, the present experiments were proposed to survey the metacercaria of C. sinensis in the fish host, Cuztriculus eigenmanni, in the 6eld, and to observe, by experimental infection of the fish with Clonorchis cercaria, the penetrating ability of the cercaria, maturity, the process of degeneration and extinction, and infectivity of the metacercaria. The following is a brie summary of the leading facts gained through the experiments. 1. All the ten fish (mean body weight $13.4{\pm}3.439$) which were caught in Ok-ku irrigation reservoir were in acted with the metacercariae and the average number of the metacercariae found in the fish body/gram was 4.55. 2. The Bish was easily subject to invasion of the cercaria, and the examination of the cercariae after having the fish infected disclosed that 5:l hours after the infection, all of the cercariae formed their cysts in muscle and the metacercariae kept growing, that 7 days later the metacercariae were found folding their bodies twice, and that in 15 days the characteristic structure of the metacercariae was complete and made a vigorous rotary movement intermittently. 3. In the case of control fish, Pseudorasbora parka, both penetrating ability of the cercariae and the infective degree of the metacercariae to control host were stronger as compared with the 5sh host because that the control fish had higher suceptibility to C. sinensis. 4. Afterwards, the metacercariae in the fish host came to a state of maturity and beyond this stage some metacercariae started the Process of degeneration and extinction in as early as 30 days, and as more days elapsed, mortality of the metacercariae was not uniformly increased but difference of mortality appeared to be according to the individual of Ssh host. That is, in 390, 540 and 586 days, all of the metacercariae in the fish hosts became dead, meanwhile almost all of those found in the fish host of 596 days after the infection survived (mortality; 8, 51%) , Percentage of orally administered metacercariae developing to maturity in rabbit is 10.465 in the last case. 5. As the days were progressed the shapes of the metacercariae in the fish host tended to change from ellipsoid to almost round shapes, the length became shorter while the width was wider. The results shown above revealed that C. eigenmanni was, though it could not be proper host than p. larva. suitable as the second intermediate host in addition to our previous observation results.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2016

본 총설에서는 비-플라보노이드 폴리페놀인 레스베라트롤이 간, 골격근 및 지방조직에서 지질대사에 관계된 다양한 신호전달체계를 조절하여 지질 대사 효과를 유발시키는 과정에 관해 고찰하였다. 구체적으로 in vitro 연구에서 레스베라트롤은 지방생성을 줄여주고 apoptosis를 증가시켜 지방세포의 발달과정에 기인하며, 지방세포의 분화에 있어 중요한 전사인자인 $C/EBP{\beta}$, $C/EBP{\alpha}$, SREBP1c 및 $PPAR{\gamma}$의 활성을 감소시켜 항 비만 효과를 유발하는 효과가 있다는 것이 많은 논문들을 통해 증명되었다(Fig. 2). 또한, in vivo 연구에서 레스베라트롤은 지방 축적 과정을 억제하고 지질 분해 및 산화 경로를 자극하여 체지방 증가율을 감소시킨다는 것이 증명되었다. 최근 다양한 연구의 결과물(Table 2)들은 레스베라트롤이 지방생성, 지방분해, 열발생 및 지방산 산화에 관여하며 또한, 백색 지방을 갈색 지방으로 변화시키는 능력이 있다는 것을 증명하였다. 흥미롭게도 레스베라트롤은 비만뿐만이 아닌 심장발작 및 뇌졸중과 같은 다양한 대사질환을 예방하는데 도움이 되고, 결장암 및 간암 세포의 성장을 억제하는 효능이 있다는 사실이 밝혀지기도 하였다. 하지만 인간에 대한 레스베라트롤의 명확한 메커니즘을 알지 못하고 인간에게 나타나는 부작용에 관한 연구가 없기 때문에, 안전성을 확보하기 위해서는 다양한 실험모델을 이용한 레스베라트롤의 단기간 및 장기간에 대한 깊은 연구가 요구된다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.151-157
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• 2003

Purpose: In this study, we attempted to ascertain the proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (${1}^H$ MRS) peak characteristics of human gastric tissue layers and finally to use the metabolic peaks of MRS to distinguish between normal and abnormal gastric specimens. Materials and Methods: Ex-vivo ${1}^H$ MRS examinations of thirty-five gastric specimens were performed to distinguish abnormal gastric tissues invaded by carcinoma cells from normal stomach-wall tissues. High-resolution 400-MHz (9.4-T) ${1}^H$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of two gastric layers, a proper muscle layer, and a composite mucosasubmucosa layer were compared with those of clinical 64- MHz (1.5-T) MR spectra. Three-dimensional spoiled gradient recalled (SPGR) images were used to determine the size and the position of a voxel for MRS data collection. Results: For normal gastric tissue layers, the metabolite peaks of 400-MHz ${1}^H$ MRS were primarily found to be as follows: lipids at 0.9 ppm and 1.3 ppm; alanine at 1.58 ppm; N-acetyl neuraminic acid (sialic acid) at 2.03 ppm; and glutathione at 2.25 ppm in common. The broad and featureless featureless spectral peaks of the 64-MHz MRS were bunched near 0.9, 1.3, and 2.0, and 2.2 ppm in human specimens without respect to layers. In a specimen (Borrmmann type III) with a tubular adenocarcinoma, the resonance peaks were measured at 1.26, 1.36 and 3.22 ppm. All the peak intensities of the spectrum of the normal gastric tissue were reduced, but for gastric tumor tissue layers, the lactate peak split into 1.26 and 1.39 ppm, and the peak intensity of choline at 3.21 ppm was increased. Conclusion: We found that decreasing lipids, an increasing lactate peak that split into two peaks, 1.26 ppm and 1.36 ppm, and an increasing choline peak at 3.22 ppm were markers of tumor invasion into the gastric tissue layers. This study implies that MR spectroscopy can be a useful diagnostic tool for gastric cancer.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2007

역분화성 방골성 골육종은 골육종의 드문 변이로서, 국소 재발 및 원격 전이와 관련하여 불량한 예후와 연관된 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러므로 종양의 역분화성을 진단하는 것은 치료 방침을 결정하는데 있어서 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 29세 여자 환자로 2년 전부터 발생한 좌측 대퇴 근위부의 종창 및 불편감으로 내원하여 시행한 검사상 방골성 골육종으로 진단되어, 종괴 절제 및 재건술 시행하였다. 환자 병력상 수술 2주 전부터 대퇴부 통증이 심해졌고, 종괴 크기의 증가가 있었으며, 이에 수술직전 시행한 자기공명영상(MRI) 상 종괴의 크기 증가 및 인접 근육으로의 침범 소견 관찰되었고, 술 후 시행한 절제 표본의 조직검사 상 미분화성 방골성 골육종으로 진단되어 결국 환자는 수술적인 절제 후 불량한 병의 경과로 사망하게 되었다. 술전 조직 검사상 방골성 골육종으로 진단된 경우라도 급격한 통증의 증가나 종괴 크기의 증가 등의 임상양상의 변화가 있을 때는 종양의 역분화 가능성을 고려해야 한다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2006

In the primary sensory neuron of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN), the peripheral axon supplies a large number of annulospiral endings surrounding intrafusal fibers encapsulated in single muscle spindles while the central axon sends only a few number of synapses onto single ${\alpha}-motoneurons({\alpha}-MNs)$. Therefore, the ${\alpha}-{\gamma}$ linkage is thought to be very crucial in the jaw-closing movement. Spike activity in a ${\gamma}-motoneuron\;({\gamma}-MN)$ would induce a large number of impulses in single peripheral axons by activating many intrafusal fibers simultaneously, subsequently causing an activation of ${\alpha}-MNs$ in spite of the small number of synapses. Thus, the activity of ${\gamma}-MNs$ may be vital for modulation of jaw-closing movements. Independently of such a spindle activity modulated by ${\gamma}-MNs$, somatic depolarization in MTN neurons is known to trigger the oscillatory spike activity. Nevertheless, the trafficking of these spikes arising from the two distinct sources of MTN neurons is not well understood. In this short review, switching among multiple functional modes of MTN neurons is discussed. Subsequently, it will be discussed which mode can support the ${\alpha}-{\gamma}$ linkage. In our most recent study, simultaneous patch-clamp recordings from the soma and axon hillock revealed a spike-back-propagation from the spike-initiation site in the stem axon to the soma in response to a somatic current pulse. The persistent $Na^+$ current was found to be responsible for the spike-initiation in the stem axon, the activation threshold of which was lower than those of soma spikes. Somatic inputs or impulses arising from the sensory ending, whichever trigger spikes in the stem axon first, would be forwarded through the central axon to the target synapse. We also demonstrated that at hyperpolarized membrane potentials, 4-AP-sensitive $K^+$ current ($IK_{4-AP}$) exerts two opposing effects on spikes depending on their origins; the suppression of spike initiation by increasing the apparent electrotonic distance between the soma and the spike-initiation site, and the facilitation of axonal spike invasion at higher frequencies by decreasing the spike duration and the refractory period. Through this mechanism, the spindle activity caused by ${\gamma}-MNs$ would be safely forwarded to ${\alpha}-MNs$. Thus, soma spikes shaped differentially by this $IK_{4-AP}$ depending on their origins would reflect which one of the two inputs was forwarded to the target synapses.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.1159-1165
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• 2006

This study was done to investigate the effects of Gamisojaganggi-tang(GSGT) on immunopathologic changes in OVA-induced asthma model of mice. Pathologic indicators associated with this immune disease, which include cytokines, the number of immune-cells, immunoglobin E (IgE), were examined, and histological changes of bronchial tissues were also examined. The administration of GSGT significantly reduced the lung weight compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT significantly reduced the number of total cells in BALF compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT significantly reduced the number of eosinophil in BALF compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT insignificantly increased the number of monocyte in BALF compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT significantly reduced the number of lymphocyte in BAL compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT significantly reduced the gene expression of eotaxin in lung tissue compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT insignificantly reduced the IL-4 and IL-5 production in BALF compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT insignificantly reduced the levels of total IgE and ovalbumin-specific IgE in BALF. The administration of GSGT significantly reduced the levels of ovalbumin-specific IgE whereas the serum levels of total IgE were insignificantly reduced compared with control mice of OVA-induced asthma model. The administration of GSGT moderately reduced bronchial alveolar narrowing, bronchiovascular edema and increase in the size of alveolar space, which shown in control mice of OVA-induced asthma model, in a dose dependent manner. Furthermore, GSGT reduced invasion of inflammatory cells, and proliferation of smooth muscle cells in bronchial tissue. These results suggested that GSGT has suppressive effects on pathologic changes associated with disease progression in asthma through the modulation of immune system. GSGT has potential to use as an anti-asthmatic agents.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.175-188
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• 2022

혈관과 섬유증 기관들의 평활근과 세포외기질에 대한 릴랙신의 조절기능이 입증되어왔다. 본 총설에서는 저항성 소동맥과 방광을 포함한 섬유증 기관들의 세포외기질에 작용하는 릴랙신의 다양한 기전들을 고찰한다. 릴랙신은 혈관 평활근육의 수축을 억제하고, 콜라겐과 같은 세포외기질의 구성성분들을 감소키켜 혈관벽의 수동적 신전성을 증가시킴으로써, 혈관확장을 유도한다. 릴랙신이 동맥의 혈관확장을 유도하는 주된 세포기전은 RXFP1/PI3K의 활성화, Akt 인산화 및 eNOS 활성화를 통한 내피세포-의존성 산화질소의 생성에 의해 매개된다. 추가적으로, 릴랙신은 또한 다른 대체경로들을 작동하여 신장과 장간막 동맥의 혈관확장을 증가시킨다. 신장 소동맥에서, 릴랙신은 내피세포의 MMPs 및 EtB 수용체의 활성화와 VEGF 및 PlGF의 생성을 촉진하여, 평활근의 수축성과 콜라겐의 침착을 억제함으로써 혈관확장을 초래한다. 이와 달리, 장간막 소동맥에서, 릴랙신은 bradykinin (BK)-유도 이완을 시간-의존적으로 증강시킨다. BK-매개 이완의 신속 증가는 IK_Ca 이온통로와 뒤이은 EDH 유발에 의존하는 반면, BK에 의한 지속적 이완은 COX 활성과 PGI₂에 의존한다. 릴랙신의 항섬유화 효과는 염증유발 면역세포의 침투, endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) 및 근섬유아세포의 분화와 활성을 억제하여 매개된다. 릴랙신은 또한 근섬유아세포 내 NOS/NO/cGMP/PKG-1 경로를 활성화하여, TGF-β1-유도 ERK1/2 및 Smad2/3 신호의 활성과 ECM 콜라겐의 침착을 억제한다.