• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8623-8629
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• 2014

Background: As an important component of the NDC80 kinetochore complex, NUF2 is essential for kinetochore-microtubule attachment and chromosome segregation. Previous studies also suggested its involvement in development of various kinds of human cancers, however, its expression and functions in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are still unclear. Materials and Methods: In the present study, we aimed to test the hypothesis that NUF2 is aberrant in human HCCs and associated with cell growth. Results: Our results showed significantly elevated expression of NUF2 in human HCC tissues compared to adjacent normal tissues, and high expression of NUF2 in HCC cell lines. Using lentivirus-mediated silencing of NUF2 in HepG2 human HCC cells, we found that NUF2 depletion markedly suppressed proliferation and colony formation capacity in vitro, and dramatically hampered tumor growth of xenografts in vivo. Moreover, NUF2 silencing could induce cell cycle arrest and trigger cell apoptosis. Additionally, altered levels of cell cycle and apoptosis related proteins including cyclin B1, Cdc25A, Cdc2, Bad and Bax were also observed. Conclusions: In conclusion, these results demonstrate that NUF2 plays a critical role in the regulation of HCC cell proliferation and apoptosis, indicating that NUF2 may serve as a potential molecular target for therapeutic approaches.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2008

해수클로렐라 (Chlorella elliposidea C020) 에탄올 추출물로부터 항균 및 항곰팡이 활성, 항산화활성, tyrosinase inhibitory 활성 (미백효과)과 용혈활성을 실험하였다. 효율적인 추출을 위해서 동결건조 후 95% 에탄올로 2시간 추출하는 것이 가장 좋다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 해수클로렐라 에탄올 추출물의 항균 및 항곰팡이에 대한 활성을 측정한 결과, B. subtilis PM125와 B. licheniformis, V. parahemolyticus와 E. tarda NUF251에서 활성을 나타내었다. 그러나, 곰팡이인 C. albicanse에 대하여서는 활성을 나타내지 않았으며, 인간의 적혈구로 용혈활성 실험한 결과, 아주 낮은 활성을 나타내었다. DPPH방법을 이용하여 항산화 능력을 측정한 결과, 2 mg/mL에서 75% 라디칼 소거능력을 나타내었다. 해수클로렐라 에탄올 추출물의 tyrosinase 저해활성 $IC_{50}$는 10.87 mg/mL로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 해수클로렐라 에탄올 추출물로부터 다양한 생리활성물질을 개발하여 고부가가치 제품을 창출할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1991년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.57-60
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• 1991

A new approach to texture classification for ultrasound liver diagnosis using run difference matrix was developed. The run difference matrix consists of the gray level difference along with distance. From this run difference matrix, we defined several parameters such as LDE, LDEL, NUF, SMO, SMG, SHP etc. and three vectors namely DOD, DGD and DAD. Each parameter value calculated in fatty cirrhotic, chronic hepatitic and normal liver mage was plotted in two dimensional plane. We compared our results with run length method. There are several advantages of run difference matrix method over the run lengths. 1) It is more sensitive to small difference of gray level distribution. 2) The parameters provide more statistically significant value. Images were classified with the extracted parameters to each diseases using neural networks. In preliminary clinical exprements, this approach showed satisfying results.