• 한국측량학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.365-374
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• 2017

SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) is an effective tool for monitoring areas damaged by disasters. Full PolSAR (Polarimetric SAR) enhances SAR's capabilities by providing specific scattering mechanisms. Thus, full PolSAR data have been widely used to analyze the situation when disasters occur. To interpret full PolSAR data, model-based decomposition methods are frequently used due to its easy physical interpretation of PolSAR data and computational efficiency. However, these methods present problems. One of the key problems is the overestimation of the volume scattering component. To minimize the volume scattering component, the OA (Orientation Angle) compensation method is widely utilized. This paper shows that the effect of the OA compensation was analyzed over landslide affected areas. In this paper, the OA compensation is applied by using the OA estimated from the maximum relative Hellinger distance. We conducted an experiment using two full polarimetric ALOS/PALSAR (Advanced Land Observing Satellite/Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar)-2 data collected over Mocoa, Colombia which was seriously damaged by the 2017 Mocoa landslide. After OA compensation, the experimental results showed volume scattering power decreased, while the double-bounce and surface scattering power increased. Particularly, significant changes were noted in urban areas. In addition, after OA compensation, the separability of the double-bounce and surface scattering components are improved over the damaged building areas. Furthermore, changes in the OA can discriminate visually between the damaged building areas and undamaged areas. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the effect of OA compensation improved the influence of the double-bounce and surface scattering components, and OA changes can be useful for detecting damaged building areas.

• 생약학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2012

Osteoarthritis (OA) is an age-related joint disease characterized by degradation of articular cartilage and its association with chronic pain. Purified Bee venom (PBV) has been traditionally used to the treatment for inflammatory diseases. The purpose of the current study is to examine whether PBV regulates the pro-inflammation against a mouse model of knee OA induced by papain. We studied the effect of PBV on papain-induced OA in the knee joints of mice. Mice were split into following groups: normal control, papain induced OA, OA treated with PBV, OA treated with meloxicam as positive control. Proteoglycan deposition was analyzed by safranin O-fast green staining and H&E staining. Papain injection significantly degraded the proteoglycan in OA mice at 42 days. Cartilage proteoglycan density was significantly higher in PBV treated OA group than those of the positive control groups. These results demonstrate that PBV efficiently suppresses pathological processes in an OA model. Thus, PBV could be a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of OA.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.165-166
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• 2018

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and is a leading cause of disability with a large socioeconomic cost. OA is a whole-joint disease characterized by cartilage destruction, synovial inflammation, osteophyte formation, and subchondral bone sclerosis. To date, however, no effective disease-modifying therapies for OA have been developed. The estrogen-related receptors (ERRs), a family of orphan nuclear receptor transcription factors, are composed of $ERR{\alpha}$, $ERR{\beta}$, and $ERR{\gamma}$, which play diverse biological functions such as cellular energy metabolism. However, the role of ERRs in OA pathogenesis has not been studied yet. Among the ERR family members, $ERR{\gamma}$ is markedly upregulated in human and various models of mouse OA cartilage. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of $ERR{\gamma}$ in the mouse knee joint tissue caused OA pathogenesis. Additionally, cartilage-specific $ERR{\gamma}$ transgenic (Tg) mice exhibited enhanced experimental OA. Consistently, $ERR{\gamma}$ in articular chondrocytes directly caused expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 3 and MMP13, which play a crucial role in cartilage destruction. In contrast, genetic ablation of Esrrg or shRNA-mediated Esrrg silencing in the joint tissues abrogated experimental OA in mice. These results collectively indicated that $ERR{\gamma}$ is a novel catabolic regulator of OA pathogenesis and can be used as a therapeutic target for OA.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.528-533
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• 2021

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disorder that can result in the loss of articular cartilage. No effective treatment against OA is currently available. Thus, interest in natural health products to relieve OA symptoms is increasing. However, their qualities such as efficacy, toxicity, and mechanism are poorly understood. In this study, we determined the efficacy of avenanthramide (Avn)-C extracted from oats as a promising candidate to prevent OA progression and its mechanism of action to prevent the expression of matrix-metalloproteinases (MMPs) in OA pathogenesis. Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), a proinflammatory cytokine as a main causing factor of cartilage destruction, was used to induce OA-like condition of chondrocytes in vitro. Avn-C restrained IL-1β-mediated expression and activity of MMPs, such as MMP-3, -12, and -13 in mouse articular chondrocytes. Moreover, Avn-C alleviated cartilage destruction in experimental OA mouse model induced by destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) surgery. However, Avn-C did not affect the expression of inflammatory mediators (Ptgs2 and Nos) or anabolic factors (Col2a1, Aggrecan, and Sox9), although expression levels of these genes were upregulated or downregulated by IL-1β, respectively. The inhibition of MMP expression by Avn-C in articular chondrocytes was mediated by p38 kinase and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling, but not by ERK or NF-κB. Interestingly, Avn-C added with SB203580 and SP600125 as specific inhibitors of p38 kinase and JNK, respectively, enhanced its inhibitory effect on the expression of MMPs in IL-1β treated chondrocytes. Taken together, these results suggest that Avn-C is an effective candidate to prevent OA progression and a natural health product to relieve OA pathogenesis.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제34권
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• pp.10.1-10.11
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• 2022

Background: Repetitive hand use increases the risk of hand osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed to investigate characteristics of and risk factors for hand OA in Korean women farmers. Methods: This cross-sectional study included women farmers resident in Jeollanam-do, Korea. The participants were interviewed, and radiographs were taken of both hands. Radiological hand OA was defined based on the Osteoarthritis Research Society International imaging criteria of joint space narrowing or the presence of osteophytes. The participants were divided into age groups of < 60 and ≥ 60 years. Obesity was defined as body mass index of > 25 kg/m². Annual working time was divided into < 2,000, 2,000-2,999, and ≥ 3,000 hours. Agricultural working type was divided into rice farming and field farming. Robust Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with radiographic hand OA, with adjustment for age, obesity, annual working time, and agricultural classification. Results: A total of 310 participants with a mean age of 58.1 ± 7.6 years, were enrolled. The prevalence of radiologically confirmed OA was 49.0%, with an OA prevalence of 39.4% the interphalangeal joint in the thumb (IP1). The prevalence of OA was higher in the distal interphalangeal joint than in the proximal interphalangeal, metacarpophalangeal, and carpometacarpal joints. The prevalence of OA varied by age, annual working time, and agriculture type. Conclusions: Korean women farmers have a high prevalence of OA, particularly in the IP1 joints. OA is associated with age, working hours, and agriculture type.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.492-496
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• 2001

혈청 중성지질 저하작용을 가지고 있는 것으로 알려진 OA식 및 DEHP식을 각각 투여한 흰쥐의 간장 및 소장에서 MTP 활성과 mRNA 수준을 검토하였다. 간장 중성지질 농도는 대조군에 비교해서 OA군에서 유의하게 증가하였으나, DEHP군에서는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 혈청 중성지질 농도는 대조군에 비해서 OA군 및 DEHP군에서 유의하게 감소하였는데, 이러한 저하는 OA군에서 더욱 현저하였다. 간세포에서의 MTP 활성과 mRNA 수준은 대조군에 비해서 OA군에서 유의하게 저하하였으나, 소장에서의 MTP 활성은 증가하였다. 그러나, 간장 및 소장의 MTP 활성과 mRNA 수준은 대조군과 DEHP군 사이에서는 유의적인 변화가 없었다. 간장에 있어서 중성지질 합성의 중요 조절효소인 microsomal PAP 활성은 대조군에 비해 OA군에서 유의하게 증가하였으나, DEHP군에서는 cytosolic PAP 활성이 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로부터, OA에 의한 혈청 중성지질 저하 작용에는 간장 MTP 활성과 mRNA 유전자 발현이 깊이 관여하였으나, DEHP에 의한 혈청 중성지질 저하 작용에는 MTP 대사와는 무관한 것으로 사료되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1256-1266
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• 2004

2-Bromooctanoic acid (2-BrOA) is known to block the formation of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) in Pseudomonasfluorescens BM07 without any influence on the cell growth when grown on fructose, but it inhibits the cell growth when grown on octanoate (OA) (Lee et al., Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 4963- 4974, 2001). We investigated the role of 2-BrOA in the PHA synthesis of the bacterium grown with mixtures of fructose and fatty acids. OA, 11­phenoxyundecanoic acid (1 1-POU), and 5-phenylvaleric acid (5-PV) were selected as model substrates. When supplemented with 50 mM fructose, all these carboxylic acids suppressed the formation of PHA from fructose, however, the ~-oxidation coenzyme A monomers derived from the carboxylic acids were efficiently polymerized, but the conversion yield [(mol of carboxylate substrate converted into PHA)/(mol of carboxylate substrate in the feed)] was low (e.g., maximally $\~53\%$ for 5 mM 11-POU). Addition of 2-BrOA (up to 5 mM) to the mixed carbon sources raised the conversion yield sensitively and effectively only at low levels of the acid substrates (e.g., 2 mM 1 1-POU or 5 mM OA): For instance, $100\%$ of 2 mM ll-POU were converted into PHA in the presence of 5 mM 2-BrOA, whereas only $\~10\%$ of the 1 1-POU were converted in the absence of 2-BrOA. However, at highly saturated suppressing levels (e.g., 5 mM ll-POU), 2-BrOA inhibitor showed no significant additional effect on the conversion ($60- 70\%$ conversion irrespective of 2-BrOA level). The existence of competitive and compensative relationship between 2­BrOA and all the carboxylic acid substrates used may indicate 'Present address: Section on Brain Physiology and Metabolism, Bldg. 10, Rm. 6N202, National Institute on Agmg, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, U.S.A. that all the acid substrate-derived inhibiting species bind to the same site as the 2-BrOA inhibiting species does. We, therefore, suggest that 2-BrOA can be used for efficiently increasing the yield of conversion of expensive substituted fatty acids into PHA and then substituted 3-hydroxyacids by hydrolyzing it.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.572-577
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• 1991

국내에서 재래적인 방법에 의하여, 생산 시판되고 있는 전통 발효식품인 메주(12종), 된장(28종) 및 간장(28종)을 수거하여 이들로부터 OA를 생성하는 fungi를 분리 및 동정하였고, 동정된 fungi 중 OA를 가장 많이 생성하는 4 isolates을 선택하여 이들의 생육과 OA 생성 특성을 조사하였다. 각 시료에서 불리해낸 222 fungi 중 OA를 생성하는 것은 39 isolates로, 곰팡이의 OA 생성률이 17.7%(39/222)이며, 이들 중 가장 많은 OA를 생성하는 4 Fungi는 Penicillium spp., Phialotubus microsporus, Eupenicillium lapidosum 및 Paecilomyces variotti이었다. 이들 균주는 $a_{w}$ 0.99에서 가장 잘 자랐고 $a_{w}$ 0.85에서 OA의 생성이 중지되었다. 또한 $30^{\circ}C$에서 억제되었다. Toxin 생성 최적 pH는 Paecilomyces variotti을 제외하고는 6.5이었으며 pH에 의해서 toxin 생성은 $a_{w}$와 달리 영향을 크게 받지 않았다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 1994

서해안 일원의 가온 양만장 사육조로부터 분리한 E. tarda균에 대한 약제내성검사 및 내성균의 내성인자 전달 시험을 실시하였다. 공시한 항생제에 대한 내성률은 LM, PM, SD, SF 등에는 100%, AP, CH, SM, OT 및 CP 등에는 89% 이상, OA 및 KM에는 70% 정도 그리고 AK, GM 및 EF 등에는 30% 이하의 내성률을 보였으며, 이와같은 내성률은 각 양만장에서 분리한 균주간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 내성유형은 총 34유형으로 모든 분리균주가 8~14제의 다제내성을 보였으며, 그 중 LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA KM(22주, 21.4%) 및 LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA(12주, 11.7%) 유형등이 고빈도로 출현하였다. 내성균의 내성인자 전달유형은 총 55형으로 단제에서 13제까지의 다양한 내성인자가 전달되었는데, 그 중 LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA(10주. 10%), LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA KM(7주, 7%) 및 LM PM SD SF CP CH AP OA(7주, 7%) 등의 다제내성유형이 고빈도의 전달률을 보였으며, 약재별로는 GM, EF 및 AK 등에는 저빈도(0~20%), OT, SM, KM 및 OA 등에는 중등도(49~62%), AP, PM, LM, SF, CP, CH 및 SD 등에는 고빈도(71~94%)로 내성인자를 전달하였다.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 1994

Phosphatase의 저해제로 알려진 okadaic acid(OA)가 한국산 개구리(북방산개구리 참개구리) 난자의 성숙에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 북방산개구리 난자에 약 50 nl의 okadaic acid(0 5-500 mM)를 미세주입한 후 18시간 배양한 결과 0.5 mM의 농도에서 부터 난자의 핵붕괴를 일으키기 시작하였다 동면초기에 처리한 progesterone에 반응하지 않는 난자들도 OA에 의하여 성숙을 일으켰으며. 이 성숙은 배양액에 첨가한 cycloheximide(10 mg/ml)에 영향을 받지 않았다 또한 OA의 처리를 받고 일정시간 배양한 난자의 세포질에는 미성숙 난자의 성숙을 유도하는 maturation promoting factor (MPF)의 활성이 생기었다 참개구리의 난자도 역시 OA에 의해 성숙이 유도되었으며, 주입 후 6시간에서부터 핵붕괴가 일어나기 시작하였다 참개구리에서도 OA의 처리가 MPF의 활성을 촉진하는 것을 세포질내에 Hl histone kinase의 활성도가 증가하는 것으로 확인할 수 있었다 참개구리에서도 OA에 의한 성숙은 cycloheximide나 CAMP에 의해 영향을 받지 않았다 이러한 결과들은 개구리 난자의 MPF 활성화와 성숙과정에 phosphatase가 관여함을 보여주는 것이다.