• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.20-52
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• 1999

In order to investigate the effect of Naetakchungumsankamibang(NTCGS) water extract on the skin tumor induced by 3-MCA and immunological responses in mice, the cytotoxicity against SK-MEL-2 cells and total number of tumors induced by 3-MCA were measured. The numbers of WBC, platelets and RBC, plaque forming cells, hemagglutinin titer, hemolysis titer, carbon clearance, proliferation of splenocyte by thymidine uptake assay, splenic leukocyte by FACS analysis and $TNF-{\alpha}$ were also measured for the evaluation of the immunological responses. The results were obtained as follows: 1. In cytotoxicity against SK-MEL-2 cells, concentration inhibiting cell growth up to below $20\%$ of control was recognized at 1mg/ml of NTCGS. 2. In Inhibitory effect on the skin tumor induced by 3-MCA, the results showed a strong inhibitory effect of NTCGS. 3. In hematological changes in the tumor bearing mice, the numbers of WBC decreased significantly in NTCGS treated group as compared with control. 4. In hematological changes in the tumor bearing mice, the numbers of platelets increased significantly in NTCGS treated group as compared with control. 5. In hematological changes in the tumor bearing mice, the numbers of RBC increased with no significance in NTCGS treated group as compared with control. 6. Effects of the plaque forming cells in the tumor bearing mice, NTCGS treated group exhibited a significant effect compared with control. 7. In terms of the effects on hemagglutinin titer, NTCGS treated group showed higher level than control, without significance. 8. In terms of the effects on hemolysis titer, NTCGS treated group showed higher level than control, without significance. 9. In terms of the effects on phagocytic index K in Balb/C mice, NTCGS treated group showed significant difference from control. 10. In terms of the effects on proliferation of splenocyte by thymidine uptake assay, NTCGS showed significant effect at the concentration of 0.5mg/ml. 11. In terms of the effects on splenic leukocyte of Balb/C mice by FACS analysis, NTCGS treated group showed significantly higher level of helper T cell, B cell and macrophage than in control. 12. In terms of the effects on the secretion of $TNF-{\alpha}$, the treated group showed significant effect at the concentration of 1mg/ml of NTCGS. Based on the results summarized above, NTCGS is considered to have antitumor activity and immunological responses against skin tumor, and to be usable fur the treatment.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.665-671
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• 1998

한국산 표고버섯(Lentinus edodes SR-1) 균사체를 액체배양한 후 균사체로부터 추출, 정제한 PBP의 항암효과 및 면역학적 특성에 대하여 실험하였다. PBP의 항암효과는 in vitro 배양에서 암세포의 배수시간을 2배로 연장하는 활성단위 1 unit은 mouse leukemic cell인 $P_{388}$과 $L_{1210}$의 경우 1 mg 정도였으며, 인체의 장암세포인 HCT-48, HRT-18, HT-29 및 간암세포인 Hep G2의 경우 각각 4.4, 3.6, 6.6, 2.6 mg이었다. 그리고 $P_{388}$과 $L_{1210}$의 경우 배지 1 mL당 4 mg 정도, HRT-18 및 HT-29, Hep G2의 경우 9 mg의 PBP를 첨가했을 때 암세포를 사멸시키는 것으로 나타났다. $P_{388}$과 $L_{1210}$, HCT-48, Hep G-2의 PBP 처리에 따른 암세포의 크기 분포도 변화는 PBP를 처리하지 않은 대조군에 비하여 시간이 경과함에 따라, 그리고 PBP의 농도가 증가함에 따라 비례적으로 적은 쪽으로 이동하였다. In vivo 실험에서 대조군보다 PBP를 첨가한 군에서 비장의 무게가 증가하였으며, 용혈반 형성실험에서 PBP를 투여한 군이 대조군에 비하여 항체 형성세포가 2배로 증가하였다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.427-434
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• 2022

The drug repurposing strategy has been applied to the development of emergency COVID-19 therapeutic medicines. Current drug repurposing approaches have been directed against RNA polymerases and viral proteases. Recently, we found that the inhibition of the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 structural nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) proteins decreased viral replication. In this study, drug repurposing candidates were screened by in silico molecular docking simulation with the SARS-CoV-2 structural N protein. In the ChEMBL database, 1994 FDA-approved drugs were selected for the in silico virtual screening against the N terminal domain (NTD) of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein. The tyrosine 109 residue in the NTD of the N protein was used as the center of the ligand binding grid for the docking simulation. In plaque forming assays performed with SARS-CoV-2 infected Vero E6 cells, atovaquone, abiraterone acetate, and digoxin exhibited a tendency to reduce the size of the viral plagues without affecting the plaque numbers. Abiraterone acetate significantly decreased the accumulation of viral particles in the cell culture supernatants in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, abiraterone acetate significantly decreased the production of N protein and S protein in the SARS-CoV-2-infected Vero E6 cells. In conclusion, abiraterone acetate has therapeutic potential to inhibit the viral replication of SARS-CoV-2.

• 약학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.202-211
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• 1996

Experiments were performed on male Sprague-Dawley rats to investigate the immunobiological effects on route of administration of amygdalin(AM). Rats were administered orally at 12.5, 25, or 50mg/kg/day of AM or injected wtih 25,50, or 100mg/kg/day of AM intravenously for 2 weeks. Rats were immunized and challenged with sheep red blood cells(SRBC). The results of this study were summarized as follows;(1) In oral administration of AM, body weight gains were significantly increased by 50mg/kg AM as compared with controls, the relative weights of liver and thymus also were significantly increased by 12.5 and 25mg/kg AM. However, 2-mercaptoethanol-resistant hemagglutination titier (2-MER HA), Plaque forming cells (PFC) and rosette forming cells (RFC) were non-dose dependently decreased. Phagocytic activity and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction also were significantly decreased by 50mg/kg AM. (2) In intravenous injection of AM, body weight gains, hemagglutination titer (HA), 2MER-HA, DTH reaction, PFC, RFC and circulating leukocytes were not influenced by AM. However, the relative weights of liver, spleen and thymus were significantly enhanced 100mg/kg AM. These results indicated that oral administration of AM non-dose dependently suppresses humoral and cell-mediated immunity in SD rats, and that intravenous injection of AM is unaffected humoral and cell-mediated immunity, however, the high dose of it significantly enhances phagocytic activity.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제24권2호통권77호
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• pp.142-148
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• 1996

고등균류 균사체에 대한 면역조절기능과 항알레르기성 물질을 탐색하기 위해서 우선 단백다당류를 추출 회수해서 몇 가지 관련된 실험을 수행하였다. 면역감수성이 우수한 BALB/C 마우스를 통해서 적혈구 응집과 용혈반응, 항체생산능을 확인하기 위해서 PFC와 RFC실험, 마크로파아지와 임파구 세포들의 탐식능력 실험을 수행한바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 탐식능의 결과는 상황버섯(Phellinus igniarius), 장수버섯(Fomitella fraxinea), 버들송이(Agrocybe cylindracea), 균사다당체 모두가 복강탐식세포, 말초임파구, 비장의 식세포에 대해서 유의성 있는 식작용을 확인했다 상황은 복강식세포, 버들송이는 비장식세포에 대해서 식작용을 활성화시키는 결과를 나타냈다. 2. PFC와 RFC의 실험결과에서도 대조군에 비해 시료를 투여한 실험군에서 면역세포가 상황 130%, 장수 90%, 버들송이 70% 정도로 증강된 활성을 보였다. 3. 용혈소가와 응집소가는 전반적으로 대조군에 비해 균사단백다당체가 $2{\sim}3$배의 높은 값을 보였다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1975

Despite a number of recent studies on appendix its function appears to remain unknown. The present studies were undertaken in order to extend and confirm the previous studies concerning the role of appendix in immune response. An early hemagglutinin response of mercaptoethanol sensitive antibody(IgM antibody) in rabbit injected intravenously(i.v.) with 200mcg of bovine gamma globulin(BGG) was abolished by lethal whole body irradiation(900 r), but preserved in animals whose appendix and bone marrow were shielded during irradiation. Late formation of mercaptoethanol resistant antibody(IgG antibody) and the development of memory in bone marrow shielded animals were not affected by irradiation of the appendix. Formation of either IgM or IgG antibody to sheep red blood cells(SRBC) injected i.v. as determined by direct plaque forming cell(DPFC) technique in spleen were effectively abolished by appendectomy, thymectomy, or both followed by irradiation. When bone marrow was shielded in combination with autologous appendix reconstitution, DPFC response was about 5 times greater than the sum of two. Lysed appendix cells failed to restore the response. Lethally irradiated rabbits restored with combination of autologous appendix and thymus cells showed DPFC responses which were essentially normal. Three pools of appendix were obtained by manual separation technique and were stimulated with soluble concanavalin A(Con A), phytohemagglutinin-P(PHA) and pokeweed mitogen(PWM). Rabbit appendix cells responded to Con A, PHA and PWM. Cells of thymus dependent area(TDA) of the appendix were relatively enriched in their response to T cell mitogens compared to dome and follicle cells. The PHA/Con A responsive ratio of appenix TDA subpopulation was high, indicating that Con A responsive cells have a wider distribution among appendix. This finding showed that interfollicular area of the appendix is thymus-dependent. The present studies confirmed other evidence that the rabbit appendix cells itself are unable to form antibody and T lymphocytes in appendix TDA may be heterogenous, and that the appendix cells are synergistic with either bone marrow or thymus cells in the early hemagglutinin on splenic antibody response to BGG or SRBC.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 1987

감작복강삼출세포가 BALB/c마우스에서 간흡충에 대한 면역을 이입 할 수 있는지 규명하기 위해 10마리의 donor마우스를 5마리씩 2군으로 나누어 한 군에는 20개의 간흡충 피낭유충을 강구감염시켰고 다른 군에는 20마리의 본 탈낭유충을 간강내 주입한 30일 후에 도살하여 복강삼출세포를 얻었다. 제1차 감작을 하기위해 20마리의 recipient마우스를 4마리씩 4군으로 나누어 제1군은 간흡충 피낭유충을 가구감염시킨 donor마우스의 복강삼출세포를 recipient마우스의 복강내 주입하였고, 제2군은 본 탈낭유충을 간강내 주입한 donor마우스의 복강삼출세포를 recipient마우스의 복강내 주입하였으며, 제3군은 20개의 본 피낭유충을 경구감소시켰다. 제4군은 비처치대조군으로 하였다. 제1차 감작한 4일후에 전 recipient마우스에 20개의 본 피낭유충을 challenge강구감소시켜 30일후에 모두 도살하여 대조군의 대편 g당 충란수, worm burden 및 비장당에 의한 면역이입의 여부를 판정하였다. Donor마우스의 복강삼출세포를 recipient마우스의 복강내 주입하였을 때 제1군과 제2군마우스에서는 제4군마우스에 비해 대편 g당 충란수의 현저한 감소를 나타내었으나 제3군에서는 그 충란수가 감소되지 않았다. Worm burden은 제2군 마우스에서만 제4대조군에 비해 유의적 감소를 나타내었으며 plaque형성세포는 제1군보다 제2군에서 많이 검출되었고 특히 간흡충 피낭유충으로 감작한 복강삼출세포를 복강내 주입받은 BALB/c마우스에서는 면역에 이입됨을 알았다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.108-108
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• 1997

The effects of nalbuphine.HCI on the spontaneous locomotor activity and primary humoral immune response were investigated in ICR mice. Nalbuphine was intraperitoneally administered with the dose of 130, 260, 360 mg/kg in mice. The locomotor activity such as distance traveled was observed for 90min at 10min intervals. Nalbuphine showed the biphasic dose-response relationship on the spontaneous locomotor activity. IgM plaque forming cells(PFC) in splenocytes and IgM level in antiserum were significantly decreased depending on the dose of nalbuphine when nalbuphine was administered after the immunization, but slightly increased only at the low dose in the case of nabuphine administration after the immunization(SRBC).

• 약학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2004

Mancozeb, a polymeric complex of zinc and manganese salts of ethylene bisthiocarbamate (EBDC), is used widely in agriculture as fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides. Mancozeb can be occupationally and environmentally exposed to human and has been reported to induce estrogenic activity, therein it is considered as an endocrine disrupter, We investigated the effects of acute exposure of Mancozeb on the immune function in mice. After single oral administration of Mancozeb to female ICR mice, the immunopathological parameters (body- and organ-weight, splenic cellularity hematological parameters), mitogen (Con A, PHA+IL-2, LPS)-induced splenocyte proliferation (SP) and splenic IgM plaque forming cell (PFC). WBC and splenic cellularity were decreased, but liver-, kidney-, and spleen-weight were increased when compared with control group. Splenic IgM PFC against SRBC was slightly lowered. Mitogen-induced proliferation of spleen cells from Mancozeb-treated mice was not signifcantly changed ex vivo, however, SP in vitro were significantly lowered in concentration dependent manner. These results indicate that Mancozeb could affect the immune function in mice.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

Antitumor effect of LC43, a protein-bound ploysaccharide (M.W. 43 kDa) that was purified from intergeneric protoplast fusant of Lentinus edodes and Coriolus versicolor, was elucidated against mouse sarcoma 180 cell in vitro and in vivo. By injecting LC43 into ICR mice bearing solid or ascitic sarcoma 180, tumor regression and survival rates were investigated. To examine the effects of LC43 on immunopotentiation activity. immunoorgan weight, B cell differentiation, T cell activity and macrophage activation were determined. LC43 showed antitumor effects against both solid tumor and ascitic tumor of sarcoma 180. It did not change significantly the immunoorgan weight but potentiated immune responses such as B cell differentiation and the release of superoxide anion from macrophages. These results suggest that the protein-bound polysaccharide of LC43 exhibited antitumor activities through the activation of immune-related cells and acted as an immunmodulator.