• 한방비만학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2023

Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the effects of Hominis placenta (Jahage, J) and wild ginseng (SanSam, S) pharmacopuncture drugs on muscle differentiation and energy metabolism regulation in C2C12 myotubes. Methods: The C2C12 myoblasts were differentiated into myotubes for 5 days by replacing in medium containing 2% horse serum and then treated with J and S pharmacopuncture extract at different concentrations for 24 hr. The expression of myosin heavy chain and energy metabolism-regulating factors, myosin heavy chain (MHC), nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1), and proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1α) were determined in C2C12 myotubes by western blot. Additionally, the phosphorylation of AMPK and the expression of mitochondrial biogenesis, including sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) were determined in the myotubes. Results: As a result, treatment with J and S pharmacopuncture extract at 0.1 and 1 mg/mL increased the MHC expression in C2C12 myotubes compared with non-treated cells, but only S pharmacopuncture was shown a significant and distinct increase in the expression. Expression of TFAM and NRF-1 was also shown significant increases in S and J pharmacopuncture in C2C12 myotubes compared to non-treated cells. The phosphorylation of AMPK and the expression of PGC-1α and SIRT1 showed increased expression in S and J pharmacopuncture compared to non-treated cells. The effect of low-dose of J pharmacopuncture on the phosphorylated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and PGC-1α expression was greater than that of S pharmacopuncture. Conclusions: In conclusion, both J and S pharmacopuncture promote muscle differentiation in C2C12 myoblasts into myotubes and energy metabolism through the AMPK/SIRT1 signaling pathway. This indicates that the pharmacopuncture with tonic herbal medicines can help to improve skeletal muscle function.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.536-542
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• 2007

베체트 병은 여러 장기에서 발생하는 만성 염증성 질환이다. 베체트병에서 염증은 T-helper type 1 (Th1) 림프구에서 분비된 싸이토카인에 의해 유도된다. 베체트병의 발병원인이나 기전에 대해 확실히 밝 혀지지는 않았으나 유전적인 소인이 있는 사람에서 감염 등 환경적인 요인이 면역 반응에 이상을 일으켜 질병의 여러 증상이 발현된다. 주조직복합체(major histocompatibility complex, MHC)와 non-MHC gene 등 다양한 유전자들이 베체트병의 병인으로 관여한다. 이 연구에서는 HLA-B51, IL-18, SLC11A1, TNF-α의 유 전적 다형성이 한국인 베체트병의 감수성에 관여하는지를 확인하였다. 실험 결과, HLA-B51이 베체트병과 가장 연관성이 큰 유전인자로 나타났지만, HLA 분자가 베체트병의 직접접인 병인인지는 확실하지 않다. IL- 18은 베체트병 환자와 대조군 간에 연관성은 없었으나 안구병변을 가지고 있는 환자에서 -137 G/G 유전자 형이 높게 나타났다. SLC11A1 유전자에서 (GT)n의 다형성의 allele 3과 genotype allele 3/ allele 3이 한국 인 베체트병의 방어 효과를 갖는 것으로 추정된다. TNF-α gene의 유전자 다형성은 베체트병 감수성에 있 어서의 연관성을 찾지 못하였다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.324-330
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• 1998

We Previously reported that Polysaccharide Isolated from panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, stimulates murine splenocytes to proliferate and to be cytotoxic against a wide range of tumor cells in MHC non-restricted manner:) Therefore, we examined the cytokine mRNA expression induced by the ginseng polysaccharide in this paper. This study demonstrates that the ginseng polysaccharide stimulates Thl type cytosine expression such as IL-2 and IFNY, and macrophage type cytokine expression such as IL-lc and GM-CSF in a dose-dependent manner at different time: IL-2 mRNA was induced at 30 min, IL-la, GM-CSF mRNA at 3 hr, IFNY at 6 hr after the ginseng polysaccharide treatment. In contrast with these, Th2 type cytokine expression such as IL-4 and IL-5 was not induced. The generation of the ginseng polysaccharide-activated killer cells which was induced at the optimal doses of 50 pEyml was neutralized in the presence of anti-lL-2, anti-lFNy, anti-IL-l ${\alpha}$ antibodies, showing the importance of these cytokines produced by the ginseng polysaccharide. In flow cytometry analysis, the blastogenesis of IgM+ cells was induced on day 3 and the number of Thy 1.21 cells, CD4+ and CD8+ cells was increased on day 5. The ginseng polysaccharide also induced blastogenesis of T cells. In conclusion, the ginseng polysaccharide may have considerable antitumor immunotherapeutic modality by stimulating the cytokine production from Thl cells and macrophage and by proliferating lymphocytes.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.298-306
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 식물 추출물 혼합 분말의 근육세포 분화 및 산화적 스트레스에 대한 세포 보호 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 추출물을 최대 1,000 ㎍/mL 농도까지 세포에 처리한 결과, 세포 생존율이 감소하지 않음을 확인되었다. 식물 추출물 혼합분말이 근육세포 분화 인자에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해 myogenin과 MHC의 발현 여부를 확인한 결과, 무처리군에 비해 발현이 증가함을 확인하였다. H₂O₂에 의해 유도된 산화적 스트레스에 대한 세포 보호 효과를 확인한 결과, 식물 추출물 혼합 분말 처리에 의해 H₂O₂ 단독 처리군보다 세포 생존율이 증가하였으며, LDH와 creatine kinase의 활성이 감소하였다. 또한, Bax와 Bcl-2의 발현을 조절하여 caspase-9와 -3 활성화를 억제함을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 식물 추출물 혼합 분말의 근육세포 분화 효과 및 H₂O₂에 의해 유도된 산화적 스트레스에 대한 세포 보호 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 식물 추출물 혼합 분말은 근감소증 개선을 위한 기능성 소재로써 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단되며, 향후 근감소증 개선을 위한 기능성 소재로서의 유효성 확보를 위해서 근감소증 세포 및 동물모델을 이용한 효능 및 기전 분석 연구가 더 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2003년도 제2차 연례학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.183-192
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• 2003

With the availability of complete whole-genomes such as the human, mouse, fugu and chimpanzee chromosome 22, comparative analysis of large genomes from cross-species at varying evolutionary distances is considered one of a powerful approach for identifying coding and functional non-coding sequences. Here we describe a fast and efficient global alignment method especially for large genomic regions over mega bases pair. We used an approach for identifying all similarity regions by HSP (Highest Segment Pair) regions using local alignments and then large syntenic genome based on the both extension of anchors at HSP regions in two species and global conservation map. Using this alignment approach, we examined rearrangement loci in human chromosome 21 and chimpanzee chromosome 22. Finally, we extracted syntenic genome 30 Mb of human chromosome 21 with chimpanzee chromosome 22, and then identified genomic rearrangements (deletions and insertions ranging h size from 0.3 to 200 kb). Our experiment shows that all jnsertion/deletion (indel) events in excess of 300 bp within chimpanzee chromosome 22 and human chromosome 21 alignments in order to identify new insertions that had occurred over the last 7 million years of evolution. Finally we also discussed evolutionary features throughout comparative analyses of Ka/ks (non-synonymous / synonymous substitutions) rate in orthologous 119 genes of chromosome 21 and 53 genes of MHC-I class in human and chimpanzee genome.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.428-434
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• 1995

Target-sensitive(TG-S) liposomes, which have the antibodies coupled on the surface of liposome and can release their entrapped contents by the binding of antibodies with the specigic target cells, were prepared and employed to study the release of calcein and the selective delivery of an anticancer agent, doxorubicin(DOX). The monoclonal antibody, Y3, used for the preparation of the TG-S liposome was one against major histocompatibility complex class 1 of mouse(MHCI, H-2Kｂtype) and the target cells were EL-4 and RMA, which have the MHC1, H-2Kbtype on their membrane surfacem. The release of calcein from TG-S liposome occurred when the target cells were contacted with liposomes and it was proportionally increased with the rise of binding capacity of antibody coupled on the surface of liposome to the target cells. The experimental results of drug delivery were similar to the cases of calcein release. The viability of specific target cell, EL-4 with liposomal DOX was not so different from that with the free DOX, while for the non-specific target cell, Yacl(H-2Kf), the cell viability with Iiposomal DOX was much higher than that with free DOX. This shows the fact that the liposomal DOX can be efficiently delivered to the specific target cells, while it was not the case for the non-specific target cells. And the drug delivery was lnhibited when the free antibody of Y3 was added in the contact process between EL-4 and TG-S liposomes, which means the drug delivery occurred mainly by the destabilization of TG-S liposomes. From these results, we could conclude that the selective drug delivery to specific target cell using the TG-S liposome would be feasible.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2008

목 적 : 기관지폐이형성증은 미숙한 폐에서의 혈관과 폐포발달의 저해로 특징 질 수 있다. 폐 발달의 결과를 고려하면 줄기세포의 투여로 자가 회복기전을 이용한 폐 발달의 촉진의 가능성은 유망하고 이로 폐 기관지이 형성의 유병률과 합병증을 줄일 수 있다. 강화된 Green fluorescent protein (EGFP)를 표기인자로 표시한 줄기세포를 비 EGFP 마우스에 주사하여 생착 여부를 보고자 하였다. 방 법 : VEGFR2 억제제인 SU1498을 생후 3일된 마우스에 주사하여 폐포발달이 저해된 모형을 만들었다. 생후 4일에 $1{\times}10^6$ EGFP 양성 줄기세포를 복강 내로 주입하였다. 줄기세포를 투여한 폐의 형태학적인 분석과 면역염색을 시행 하였고, 주입된 줄기 세포의 생착을 확인하기 위해서 동일초점 현미경으로 분석하였다. 결 과 : SU1498을 주사한 신생마우스에서 폐포 표면적과 평균 폐포 용적이 감소되었다. 폐 발달이 억제된 마우스 모형에서 주입한 EGFP 양성 줄기세포가 발견 되었고, 내피세포와 외피세포로 분화함을 공초점 현미경으로 확인하였다. 결 론 : 주입된 EGFP 양성 줄기세포가 혈관생성억제제를 이용하여 만든 마우스의 폐 발달 저해 모형에서 생착 하여 내피세포와 외피세포로 분화함을 확인하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2447-2451
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• 2014

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary etiologic agent of cervical cancer. Consideration of safety and non human leukocyte antigen restriction, protein vaccine has become the most likely form of HPV therapeutic vaccine, although none have so far been reported as effective. Since tumor cells consistently express the two proteins E6 and E7, most therapeutic vaccines target one or both of them. In this study, we fabricated DC vaccines by transducing replication-defective recombinant adenoviruses expressing E6/E7 fusion gene of HPV-16, to investigate the lethal effects of specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) against CaSki cells in vitro. Mouse immature dendritic cells (DC) were generated from bone marrow, and transfected with pAd-E6/E7 to prepare a DC vaccine and to induce specific CTL. The surface expression of CD40, CD68, MHC II and CD11c was assessed by flow cytometry (FCM), and the lethal effects of CTL against CaSki cells were determined by DAPI, FCM and CCK-8 methods. Immature mouse DC was successfully transfected by pAd-E6/E7 in vitro, and the transfecting efficiency was 40%-50%. A DC vaccine was successfully prepared and was used to induce specific CTL. Experimental results showed that the percentage of apoptosis and killing rate of CaSki cells were significantly increased by coculturing with the specific CTL (p <0.05). These results illustrated that a DC vaccine modified by HPV-16 E6/E7 gene can induce apoptosis of CaSki cells by inducing CTL, which may be used as a new strategy for biological treatment of cervical cancer.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.801-806
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• 2001

최근 컴퓨터의 사용이 보편화되면서 악의적 사용자에 의해 발생하는 컴퓨터 바이러스와 해킹에 의한 피해가 급속히 증가하고 있다. 남의 컴퓨터에 침입하는 해킹이나 데이터를 파괴하는 컴퓨터 바이러스에 의한 피해를 막기 위해 최근에 생명체의 면역시스템의 특징을 이용해 인공면역계를 구성해 시스템 침입탐지와 바이러스 탐지 및 치료에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행 중에 있다. 생체 면역계는 외부에서 침입해 세포나 장기에 피해를 주는 물질인 항원을 스스로 자기세포와 구분해 인식, 제거하는 기능이 있다. 이러한 면역계의 특징인 항원을 인식하는 기능은 자기세포의 확실한 인식을 가지고 있는 상태에서 다른 물질을 구분하는 자기/비자기(self/non-self) 인식방법으로 볼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 생체 면역계에서 세포독성 T세포의 생성과정의 하나인 Positive Selection을 모델링하여 침입에 의한 데이터 변경과 바이러스에 의한 데이터 감염 등을 탐지할 때 가장 중요한 요소인 자기-인식 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 큰 파일에서의 Detection을 구성하기 용이한 점을 가지며 극소변경과 블록변경에 대한 자기인식률을 통해 알고리즘을 유효성을 검증한다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.248-261
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• 2021

Attributable to their major function in pathogen recognition, the use of bovine leukocyte antigens (BoLA) as disease markers in immunological traits in cattle is well established. However, limited report exists on polymorphism of the BoLA gene in zebu cattle breeds by high resolution typing methods. Thus, we used a polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing (PCR-SBT) method to sequence exon 2 of the BoLA class II DRB3 gene from 100 animals (Boran, n = 13; Sheko, n = 20; Fogera, n = 16; Horro, n = 19), Hanwoo cattle (n = 18) and Bangladesh Red Chittagong zebu (n = 14). Out of the 59 detected alleles, 43 were already deposited under the Immuno Polymorphism Database for major histocompatibility complex (IPD-MHC) while 16 were unique to this study. Assessment of the level of genetic variability at the population and sequence levels with genetic distance in the breeds considered in this study showed that Zebu breeds had a gene diversity score greater than 0.752, nucleotide diversity score greater than 0.152, and mean number of pairwise differences higher than 14, being very comparable to those investigated for other cattle breeds. Regarding neutrality tests analyzed, we investigated that all the breeds except Hanwoo had an excess number of alleles and could be expected from a recent population expansion or genetic hitchhiking. Howbeit, the observed heterozygosity was not significantly (p < 0.05) higher than the expected heterozygosity. The Hardy Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) analysis revealed non-significant excess of heterozygote animals, indicative of plausible over-dominant selection. The pairwise FST values suggested a low genetic variation among all the breeds (FST = 0.056; p < 0.05), besides the rooting from the evolutionary or domestication history of the cattle. No detached clade was observed in the evolutionary divergence study of the BoLA-DRB3 gene, inferred from the phylogenetic tree based on the maximum likelihood model. The investigation herein indicated the clear differences in BoLA-DRB3 gene variability between African and Asian cattle breeds.