• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2010

Objective: The purpose of this study is to explain the effect and reciprocal action among tumor necrosis factor (TNF) like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK), fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14), and transforming growth factor-$\beta1$ (TGF-$\beta1$) on degeneration of human intervertebral disc (IVD). Methods: Human intervertebral disc tissues and cells were cultured with Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium/Nutrient F-12 Ham (DMEM/F-12) media in $37^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$ incubator. When IVD tissues were cultured with TWEAK, Fn14 that is an antagonistic receptor for TWEAK and TGF-$\beta1$, the level of sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) was estimated by dimethyl methyleneblue (DMMB) assay and sex determining region Y (SRY)-box 9 (Sox9) and versican messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) levels were estimated by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results: When human IVD tissue was cultured for nine days, the sGAG content was elevated in proportion to culture duration. The sGAG was decreased significantly by TWEAK 100 ng/mL, however, Fn14 500 ng/mL did not change the sGAG production of IVD tissue. The Fn14 increased versican and Sox9 mRNA levels decreased with TWEAK in IVD tissue TGF-$\beta1$ 20 ng/mL elevated the sGAG concentration 40% more than control. The sGAG amount decreased with TWEAK was increased with Fn14 or TGF-$\beta1$ but the result was insignificant statistically. TGF-$\beta1$ increased the Sox9 mRNA expression to 180% compared to control group in IVD tissue. Sox9 and versican mRNA levels decreased by TWEAK were increased with TGF-$\beta1$ in primary cultured IVD cells, however, Fn14 did not show increasing effect on Sox9 and versican. Conclusion: This study suggests that TWEAK would act a role in intervertebral disc degeneration through decreasing sGAG and the mRNA level of versican and Sox9.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.736-741
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• 2014

This study developed probabilistic models to determine the initiation time of growth of Pseudomonas spp. in combinations with $NaNO_2$ and NaCl concentrations during storage at different temperatures. The combination of 8 NaCl concentrations (0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, and 1.75%) and 9 $NaNO_2$ concentrations (0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and 120 ppm) were prepared in a nutrient broth. The medium was placed in the wells of 96-well microtiter plates, followed by inoculation of a five-strain mixture of Pseudomonas in each well. All microtiter plates were incubated at 4, 7, 10, 12, and $15^{\circ}C$ for 528, 504, 504, 360 and 144 h, respectively. Growth (growth initiation; GI) or no growth was then determined by turbidity every 24 h. These growth response data were analyzed by a logistic regression to produce growth/no growth interface of Pseudomonas spp. and to calculate GI time. NaCl and $NaNO_2$ were significantly effective (p<0.05) on inhibiting Pseudomonas spp. growth when stored at $4-12^{\circ}C$. The developed model showed that at lower NaCl concentration, higher $NaNO_2$ level was required to inhibit Pseudomonas growth at $4-12^{\circ}C$. However, at $15^{\circ}C$, there was no significant effect of NaCl and $NaNO_2$. The model overestimated GI times by $58.2{\pm}17.5$ to $79.4{\pm}11%$. These results indicate that the probabilistic models developed in this study should be useful in calculating the GI times of Pseudomonas spp. in combination with NaCl and $NaNO_2$ concentrations, considering the over-prediction percentage.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 일반적으로 여러 종류의 질병에 약리 효과가 있다고 알려진 버섯류 중 표고버섯과 새송이 버섯을 택하여 열수추출하고 이 추출물을 인간의 대장암 세포인 HT-29및 Caco-2와 한국인 위암세포인 SNU484에 첨가한 후 세포증식과 세포사멸을 이끄는 caspase-3 활성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대장암 세포인 H-'29와 Caco-2에 표고버섯과 새송이버섯 추출물을 첨가한 결과 대조군에 비하여 유의 적으로 세포 수가 감소하였으며 첨가량이 많아질수록 유의적으로 세포증식이 더 억제되었다. 표고버섯과 새송이버섯을 HT-29에 첨가 후 배양시간에 따른 세포증식 억제효과를 살펴보았더니 배양시간이 경과함에 따라 세포증식이 억제되는 경향을 나타내었으며 특히 96시간의 처리에 HT-29증식이 매우 억제됨을 볼 수가 있었다. 세포의 caspase-3활성을 측정한 결과 표고버섯과 새송이버섯을 48 mg/mL 이 상의 농도로 첨가하였을 때 2배 이상 casuase-3 활성이 증가였으므로 알에서 본 HT-29세포의 증식억제는 세포사멸의 증가에 기인한다고 짐작된다. 위 암세포인 SNU484에 표고버섯과 새송이버섯을 첨가한 경우에는 세포증식의 억제효과가 없었을 뿐만 아니라 caspase-3 활성도 유의하게 증가하지는 않았다. 즉 위암에는 이 두 종류의 버섯은 효능이 없음을 알 수 있었다. 그러므로 표고버섯과 새송이버섯은 caspase-3 활성 을 증가 시켜 대장암세포의 증식을 억제하므로 대장암에 대한 항암 물질로 개발할 필요가 있을 것으로 사료된다

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2001년도 Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of Yellow Sea Environment
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• pp.19-29
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• 2001

Nutrients are key environmental factors in marine ecosystem. They limit algal growth when at low concentrations and cause algal bloom when at high contents. They also control the growth and succession of many other biota including bacteria and zooplankton, either directly or indirectly. Nutrient contents therefore affect both the structure and functions of marine ecosystem. To study the contents and distribution of nutrients in Chinese Bohai Sea, two cruise surveys were undertaken in August 2000 (summer) and January 2001 (winter), respectively. A total of 595 water samples were collected from 91 sites. After collection the samples were transported to the laboratory and five nutrients, i.e., nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate and silicate, were analyzed. The results showed that tile average concentration of total inorganic nitrogen (TIN) in Bohai Sea in winter (6.5293.717 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/) was significantly higher than that in summer (3.717 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/). The phosphorus concentration in winter (0.660 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/) was also significantly higher than that in summer (0.329 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/). Mean silicate concentration in winter (7.858 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/) was not significantly different from that in summer (7.200 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/). Nutrients also varied considerable among different areas within Bohai Sea. TIN concentration in Laizhou Bay (4.444 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/), for example, was significantly higher than those in Bohai Bay (2.270 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/) and Bohai Straight (2.431 ${\mu}$mol$.$l$\^$-1/), which probably reflects tile discharge of large amounts of nitrogen into Laizhou Bay via Yellow River. The nutrients also showed vertical distribution pattern. In summer, nutrients in bottom layer were generally higher than those in surface and medium layers. In winter, however. nutrients in different layers were not significantly different Compared with historic data, TIN contents increased continuously since early 1980s, phosphorus arid silicone contents, nevertheless, fell down to some degree. Based on atomic ratios of different nutrients, nitrogen is still the main limiting factor for algal growth in Bohai Sea.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.566-571
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• 2005

담수 식물 수초의 근계에 부착하는 미생물 중 중금속에 높은 저항성을 가지는 균을 분리하고 이들 중 Enterobacter cloaceae K41를 대상으로 생육최적조건을 검토한 결과는 LB배지에 $1\%$ yeast extract, $1\%$ lactose, $1\%$ NaCl, pH7.0, 최적 온도는 $37^{\circ}C$, 24시간 진탕배양 이었으며 중금속 첨가 시에는 침전을 막기 위하여 Nutrient 배지로 대체하였다. 이 분리균주와 표준균주인 Enterobacter cloaceae KCTC2519를 대상으로 중금속인 구리와 카드뮴이온에 대한 최소생육저지농도(MIC)를 비교한 결과 분리균주인 E. cloacear K41은 구리는 150 ppm, 카드뮴은 50 ppm농도까지 생육이 확인되었으나 표준균주는 구리 50ppm에서 생육이 확인되었으나 카르뮴이나 두 혼합 중금속에서는 확인되지 않는 차이를 나타내었다. 두 균주를 대상으로 유전적 성상을 비교한 결과 분리균주에선 plasmid가 검출되었으나 표준균주에는 없었다. 그리고 분리균주에서 6.4Kb 절편의 plasmid를 분리하여 구리, 카드뮴의 중금속에 민감한 균주인 E, coli $DH5{\alpha}$에 형질전환 시켜 생육에 영향을 미치는 정도를 비교하였다. 그 결과 형질전환 균주의 두 중금속에 대 한 최소생육저지농도가 구리는 7배, 카드뮴은 6배로 증가한 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 중금속 흡착률은 형질전환 균주가 E. ccli $DH5{\alpha}$보다 구리가 1.3배, 카드뮴은 1.5배 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 이 plasmid가 중금속 저항성을 증가시키는데 관여하는 것으로 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1554-1560
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• 2006

A Gram-positive, aerobic or facultative anaerobic, non motile, endospore-forming bacterial strain, designated Gsoil $114^T$, was isolated from a soil sample of a ginseng field in Pocheon Province (South Korea), and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. It grew well on nutrient agar medium and utilized a limited number of organic substrates as sole carbon sources, including D-xylose and some other carbohydrates, but did not utilize L-amino acids and organic acids. The isolate was positive for oxidase test but negative for catalase, and negative for degradation of macromolecules such as starch, cellulose, xylan, casein, chitin, and DNA. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 41.8 mol%. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7). The major fatty acids were $anteiso-C_{15:0}$ (32.1%), $iso-C_{15:0}$ (30.5%), and $anteiso-C_{17:0}$ (30.2%). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain Gsoil $114^T$ fell within the radiation of the cluster comprising Bacillus species and joined Bacillus shackletonii LMG $18435^T$ with a bootstrap value of 95%. The highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities were found with Bacillus shackletonii LMG $18435^T$ (97.6%), Bacillus acidicola DSM $14745^T$ (96.9%), Bacillus sporothermodurans DSM $10599^T$ (96.5%), and Bacillus oleronius DSM $9356^T$ (96.5%). The phylogenetic distance from any other validly described species within the genus Bacillus was less than 96%. DNA-DNA hybridization experiments showed that the DNA-similarities between strain Gsoil $114^T$ and closest phylogenetic neighbors were less than 39%. On the basis of its phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain Gsoil $114^T$ (=KCTC $13944^T$=DSMZ $18134^T$) was classified in the genus Bacillus as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Bacillus ginsengihumi sp. nov. is proposed.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제11권
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• pp.49-53
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• 1969

본(本) 연구(硏究)에서 얻어진 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 대략(大略) 다음과 같다. (1) 본균(本菌)의 최적작용(最適作用) pH는 7.2부근(附近)에 위치(位置)하며 (2) 최적작용온도(最適作用溫度)에 있어서는 추출효소(抽出酵素)나 건조균체(乾燥菌體)를 그대로 사용(使用)하거나 다같이 $75^{\circ}C$부근(附近)에 위치(位置) 하며. (3) 본(本) 효소(酪素)는 그 작용(作用)에 있어서 기질(基質)인 Glucose의 농도(濃度)가 포화상태(飽和狀態)에서도 조해(阻害) 현상(現象)을 나타내지 않으며 (4) 본(本) 효소(酵素)의 Glucose에 대(對)한 최고(最高) 이성화율(異性化率)은 약(約) 50%에 달(達)하며 반응조건(反應條件)을 개선(改善)하므로서 더 높은 이성화율(異性化率)을 얻을수 있으리라고 생각되며 (5) 본(本) 효소(酵素)는 $80^{\circ}C$의 온도(溫度)에서는 거의 대부분(大部分)이 실활(失活)됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.186-196
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• 2013

The objective of this study was to develop a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for an adult population for use in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). The 24-hour recall data for 2,939 subjects aged 19 years and over from the fourth KNHANES first year (2007) were used to extract the items included in the questionnaire. The FFQ items were developed by selection of major dishes based on the cumulative contribution rate, between-person variability based on the cumulative R2 of energy and 14 nutrients (carbohydrate, protein, fat, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorous, iron, sodium, potassium, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin C) and the number of consumers of each dish. In addition, the FFQ items were revised with analysis of 24-hour recall data of the fourth KNHANES second and third year (2008, 2009). Finally, 112 items were included in the FFQ and grouped as follows: rice (5 items), noodles and dumplings (6), breads and rice cakes (8), soups and stews (12), soybeans, eggs, meat and fish (23), vegetables, seaweed and potatoes (27), milk and dairy products (4), fruits (13), beverages (5), snacks (6) and alcoholic beverages (3). The food items of FFQ accounted for an average of 87.0% of energy and 14 nutrient intakes and also accounted for 81.7% of the between-person variability. The frequency range of the FFQ items was classified into nine categories (never or seldom, once per month, 2-3 times per month, once per week, 2-4 times per week, 5-6 times per week, once per day, twice per day and three times per day) and the portion size was divided into three categories (small, medium and large). We expect that this developed dish-based FFQ could be used in assessment of longterm dietary intakes of Korean adults.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제78권2호
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• pp.160-167
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• 1989

졸참나무 묘목(苗木)을 대상(對象)으로 모래밭버섯균(菌)의 접종유무(接種有無)와 질소시비(窒素施肥) 수준(水準)에 따른 균근발달(菌根發達), 묘목생장(苗木生長) 및 양분흡수(養分吸收)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 구명(究明)하기 위하여 연구(硏究)를 수행(遂行)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1) 평균(平均) 균근(菌根) 형성율(形成率)은 61.75%로 나타났으며 질소수준(窒素水準)에 따라서는 $300{\mu}g/ml$에서 가장좋은 반응(反應)을 보였다. 2) 뿌리발달(發達)에 있어서 균근균(菌根菌) 접종구(接種區)는 세근수(細根數), 일차측근수(一次側根數) 그리고 전체(全體)뿌리길이가 각각(各各) 평균(平均) 34.3%, 30.7%, 17.2% 증가(增加)하였다. 3) 균근균(菌根菌) 접종(接種)이 묘고(苗高), 엽면적(葉面積), 총건중(總乾重), 그리고 부피생장(生長)에 유리(有利) 하였으며 비접종구(非接種區)에 비(比)해 각각(各各) 평균(平均) 26.9%, 52.3%, 31.7%, 85.7% 증가(增加)하였다. 그리고 대부분(大部分)의 묘목생장(苗木生長)은 질소(窒素) $300{\mu}g/ml$ 수준(水準)에서 가장 좋았다. 4) 균근균(菌根菌) 접종묘목(接種苗木)은 비접종묘목(非接種苗木)에 비해 N. P. K. Ca등(等)의 무기양분(無機養分) 흡수(吸收)가 촉진(促進) 되었으며 묘근발달(苗根發達)과 묘목생장(苗木生長)에서와 같이 균근균(菌根菌) 접종구(接種區)의 $300{\mu}g/ml$ 수준(水準)에서 가장 많은 양료흡수(養料吸收)를 촉진(促進)시켰다.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2011

반수체 육성은 육종연한을 단축시키기 위해 유용한 도구이다. 본 연구는 밀 품종 조기 육성을 위한 반수체 육종 시스템을 개발하기 위해 반수체 육성시 식물생장조절제 처리가 배 배양에 미치는 영향에 대해서 조사한 것이다. 밀 이삭의 제웅 작업을 수행하고 옥수수와 원연교잡한 후 종자결실은 2,4-D 및 2,4,5-T 150 mg/L, dicamba 50 mg/L 처리에서 가장 좋았으며, 배형성은 2,4-D 및 2,4,5-T 100 mg/L, dicamba 50 mg/L 처리에서 양호한 결과를 보였다. 특히 배 형성과 반수체 생산은 2,4-D 100 mg/L에서 가장 양호한 결과를 나타냈으나 2,4-D 150 mg/L에서는 배의 발달과 재분화가 억제되었다. 식물생장조절제의 처리 시기는 옥수수 화분으로 수정한 후 24시간이 지난 후에 처리하는 것이 반수체 생산에 가장 좋은 결과를 나타내었다.