• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2008년도 춘계종합학술대회 A
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• pp.971-975
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• 2008

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) provokes fatal infections in AIDS patients that have deficient immune functions and patients that have cellular immune responses repressed after bone marrow transplantation. A new candidate for therapeutic against HCMV is needed because conventional treatments as ganciclovir, acyclovir, cidofovir, and foscarnet cytosine used currently are improper due to their side effects and advent of resistant HCMV. In this study, peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) against UL54 (DNA polymerase) and UL97 (phosphotransferase) that were essential in replication of HCMV were applied in inhibition of replication of HCMV. From the results of this study, 4 PNAs $_{PNA}UL97-1$, $_{PNA}UL97-2$, $_{PNA}UL54-3$, and $_{PNA}UL54-4$ showed 3.7, 3.1, 1.7, and 1.6 folds of inhibition effect against replication of HCMV in the human fibroblast cells. These PNA suggest a novel possibility as therapeutic against HCMV.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 1998

One indigenous polyvoltine strain (Nistari) and two bivoltine strains viz. P5 and NB18 along with one bivoltine hybrid (P5$\times$NB18) were subjected for studies on the differences on some physiologically important biomolecules like protein, nucleic acids and cholesterol. Ovarian protein and RNA content remained significantly high in the bivoltine races and their hybrid over multivoltine breed, while, DNA and cholesterol content remained significantly low in all the breeds and the hybrid as compared to Nistari strain. However, the ovarian weight was higher in both the bivoltine breeds and their hybrid than that of Nistari. Higher ovarian weight together with more protein and RNA concentrations reflect the preparatory phase for production of diapausing eggs by the bivoltine silknoths and their hybrid. The variations in biochemical parameters studied herein, thus establish a distinct difference in the overt reproductive physioiogy between multivoltine and bivoltine silkworms.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 1990

용존 유기물 풀(pool)의 구성 성분과 그것들이 인 순환에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 용존 유기인의 구성 성분과 용존 유기인에 대해 수집된 자료를 분석하였다. 용존 핵산은 대양수의 영양단계가 높아짐에 따라 그 중요성이 증가하는 것으로 보였 다. 흥미로운 것은 전체 5'뉴클레오티드와 용존 핵산의 합이 용존 유기인 풀을 우점하 는 것으로 보인다는 것이다. 따라서 용존 핵산의 광물화는 대양 표층수에서 용존 핵산 과 용존 유기인이 생성되는 기작으로서 미생물의 사망에 관련된 프로세스들이 중요하 며 특히 용존 핵산의 생성에 있어던 포식자에 의한 먹이의 불완전 소화가 중요한 기작 으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.157-162
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• 1973

무균(無菌) 상태하에서 습윤한 여지위에 숙성(熟成)시킨 감자 괴경 박편(塊莖 薄片) $(1mm{\times}1.5cm)$을 재료로 방사선(放射線)의 작용기작(作用幾作)연구를 행하였다. Invertase, 핵산 및 호흡작용의 time courses를 결정하고 이들 세작용의 방사선(放射線)에 대한 민감도를 측정하였다. 세 작용 중 어느 것도 세포분열을 억제하는 선량에서 심하게 억제되지 않았다. $^3H-thymidine$의 incorporation 결과는 방사선(放射線)의 작용부위가 mitosis나 $G_2$ period에 존재할지도 모른다는 것을 암시한다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.6.1-6.14
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• 2019

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a unique subset of cells with different functional characteristics compared to classical dendritic cells. The pDCs are critical for the production of type I IFN in response to microbial and self-nucleic acids. They have an important role for host defense against viral pathogen infections. In addition, pDCs have been well studied as a critical player for breaking tolerance to self-nucleic acids that induce autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus. However, pDCs have an immunoregulatory role in inducing the immune tolerance by generating Tregs and various regulatory mechanisms in mucosal tissues. Here, we summarize the recent studies of pDCs that focused on the functional characteristics of gut pDCs, including interactions with other immune cells in the gut. Furthermore, the dynamic role of gut pDCs will be investigated with respect to disease status including gut infection, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancers.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6335-6338
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• 2015

Background: Cancers have dysfunctional redox regulation resulting in production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), damaging DNA, RNA and free NTPs, and causing the accumulation of oxidative nucleic acids in cytoplasm. The major types are 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine(8-oxoGsn) in RNA and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2' deoxyguanosine(8-oxodGsn) in Mt-DNA. The MTH1 protein sanitizes oxidized nucleotide pools from NTPs to monophosphates, preventing the occurrence of transversion mutations. This study concerned cytoplasmic 8-oxodGsn/Gsn and MTH1 expression in gastric cancer and para-cancer tissues and elucidated roles of nucleic-acid oxidation and anti-oxidation. Materials and Methods: A polymer HRP detection system was used to detect 8-oxo-Gsn/dGsn and MTH1 expression in 51 gastric cancer and para-cancer tissue samples. Analyses of patient clinical and pathological data were also performed. Results: The expression of MTH1 and the 8-oxo-dGsn/Gsn ratio were significantly higher in cancer tissues than para-cancer tissues (P<0.05). Cytoplasmic 8-oxo-Gsn and MTH1 were both found to positively correlate (P<0.05) with tumor differentiation, while no significant associations were found with gender, age, invasion depth, lymph node metastasis and clinical stage (P>0.05). Conclusions: We found 8-oxo-dGsn/Gsn and MTH1 are both highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues, especially in well differentiated lesions. In addition, oxidated mtDNA is prevalently expressed in gastric cancers, while 8-oxo-Gsn expression in cytoplasmic RNA is a bit lower, but more selectively.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.107-110
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• 2001

Variations in protein and nucleic acid concentrations were observed in 24 hrs old eggs and hatched larvae of Nistari strain, Bombyx mori, exposed to starvation. Three starvation treatments of 24,48 and 60 hrs were given separately from 0 hr old fifth instar larvae. Biochemical variations were studied in the resultant hatched larvae of one time starved parent, while the eggs obtained from parents receiving starvation in two successive generations were considered for the study. In hatched larvae, protein levers in 24 hrs starvation groups remained significantly higher over control (never starved) while the same was found to be lower in 48 and 60 hrs starvation individuals. The RNA concentration remained significantly higher in all the treated lots. However, DNA content was not found to be significantly altered in hatched larvae after exposure to feeding stress. Protein, RNA and DNA concentration of 24 hrs old eggs produced by all the starved groups of Nistari, which had deceived two consecutive starvation during parental generations, showed higher concentrations of these biomolecules over control. Hence, starvation induced alterations in protein and nucleic acids in eggs and hatched Iarvae are indicative of a preparatory phase adopted by the insect to acclimatise itself and its progeny to stress situations.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3657-3661
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• 2012

HBV infection is contagious and may be transmitted vertically or horizontally by blood products and body secretions. Over 50% of Iranian carriers have contracted the infection prenatally, making this the most likely route of transmission of HBV in Iran. This study assesses the resistance to Lamivudine in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection using a new ZNA probe Real Time PCR method. To evaluate the effectiveness of Lamivudine therapy for chronic hepatitis B infection, a study was conducted on 70 patients (63 men and 7women), who had received the drug first line. All patients were tested for the presence of HBsAg and HBeAg, the serum ALT level and the HBV DNA load before and after treatment. In all samples resistance to Lamivudine was tested with the ZNA Probe. Our results showed that ZNA Probe Real Time PCR method could detect wild type,YMDD, and its mutants, tyrosine-isoleucine-aspartate-aspartate and tyrosine-valine-aspartate-Aspartate. Among an estimated seventy patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, 18 (25.7%) were resistant to lamivudine. Only one patient was negative for presence of HBS-Ag (5.6%) and two patients were negative for HBe-Ag (11.1%). Real-time PCR with Zip nucleic acid probes is a sensitive, specific and rapid detection method for mutations in the YMDD motif, which will be essential for monitoring patients undergoing Lamivudine antiviral therapy.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.227-232
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• 1990

The effects of alachlor [2-chloro-2', 6' diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl) acetanilide] treatment on nucleic acid, amino acid and protein synthesis were studied. The amide herbicide alachlor blocks the biosynthesis of the amino acids isoleucine, valine and aromatic amino acid in oat root tips. Nucleic acid was inhibited, but was not proportional to reduction in protein synthesis. $1{\times}10^{-4}M$ of alachlor treatment of oat roots inhibited 36% DNA synthesis, but DNA synthesis was not inhibited at $1{\times}10^{-5}M$. RNA synthesis was inhibited by $1{\times}10^{-5}M$ and $1{\times}10^{-4}M$ of alachlor 16 and 27%, respectively, while inhibition of protein synthesis did occur at same concentrations. Inhibition of protein synthesis also did not occur at concentration below $1{\times}10^{-4}M$ alachlor. It suggest that inhibition of protein sythesis caused significantly by alachlor($1{\times}l0^{-3}M$) result from secondary action.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2014

일반성분 중 조회분 함량은 버섯이 균사체 보다 높은 조회분 함량을 보였다. 조단백질은 모든 시험구에서 19% 내외로 나타났고, 조지방 함량은 동충하초 균사체에서 가장 높았으며, 조섬유는 팽이버섯에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 가용성물질소물은 팽이버섯균사체와 동충하초균사체에서 60% 이상의 함량을 나타내었다. 각 시료별 총단백질과 총당의 구성 비율은 팽이버섯과 팽이버섯 균사체의 단백다당류의 구성이 다름을 확인하였다. 시료별 핵산관련물질 함량은 팽이버섯에서 5'-GMP, 5'-XMP, 5'-IMP순으로 높게 나타났고, 팽이버섯 균사체는 5'-XMP, 5'-GMP, 5'-IMP, 동충하초 균사체는 5'-XMP, 5'-IMP, 5'-GMP순으로 높게 나타났다. 모든시료에서 각각 17종의 아미노산이 검출되었다. 각 시료의 총 아미노산 함량을 살펴보면 팽이버섯 18,980 mg%, 팽이버섯 균사체 17,604 mg%, 동충하초 균사체 18,429 mg%로 나타났고 모든 시료에서 glutamic acid 함량이 가장 높았다. 유리아미노산 함량도 구성아미노산과 유사하게 팽이버섯, 팽이버섯 균사체, 동충하초 균사체 순으로 높게 나타났다. 본 실험결과 팽이버섯, 팽이버섯 균사체 및 동충하초 균사체는 핵산관련 물질과 아미노산 함량이 높게 나타나, 아미노산 함유 식품 개발에 적합한 자원으로 활용도가 기대된다.