• 약학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2013

Although statins, inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, have been shown to increase melanin synthesis, the exact mechanism of this action is not fully understood. In this study we investigated the possible involvement of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ signal in the mechanism of stimulation of melanin synthesis induced by lovastatin in B16 cells. Lovastatin stimulated the production of melanin in a dose-dependent manner in the cells. Treatment with mevalonate, FPP and GGPP, precursors of cholesterol, did not significantly suppress the lovastatin-induced melanin production, suggesting that inhibition of cholesterol synthesis may not be involved in the mechanism of the action of lovastatin. In addition, lovastatin did not significantly alter the cAMP concentration and the stimulated production of melanin by lovastatin was not significantly changed by treatment with H89, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase A, which demonstrates that cAMP pathway may not be involved. However, lovastatin increased intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ concentration in a dose-related fashion. Treatment with EGTA, an extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ chelator did not significantly alter the lovastatin-induced intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ increase and melanin synthesis, whereas intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ reduction with BAPTA/AM and intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ release blockers (dantrolene and TMB-8) completely blunted these actions of lovastatin. Taken together, these results suggest that the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ release may play an important role in the lovastatin-induced stimulation of melanin synthesis in B16 cells. These results further suggest that lovastatin may be useful for the treatment of hypopigmentation disorders, such as vitiligo.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.511-521
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to determine whether bromocriptine affects the catecholamines (CA) secretion evoked in isolated perfused rat adrenal glands, by cholinergic stimulation, membrane depolarization and calcium mobilization, and to establish the mechanism of its action. The perfusion of bromocriptine ($1~10{\;}{\mu}M$) into an adrenal vein, for 60 min, produced relatively dose-dependent inhibition in the secretion of catecholamines (CA) evoked by acetylcholine (ACh, 5.32 mM), DMPP ($100{\;}{\mu}M$ for 2 min), McN-A-343 ($100{\;}{\mu}M$ for 2 min), cyclopiazonic acid (CPA, $10{\;}{\mu}M$ for 4 min) and Bay-K-8644 ($10{\;}{\mu}M$ for 4 min). High $K^+$ (56 mM)-evoked CA release was also inhibited, although not in a dose-dependent fashion. Also, in the presence of apomorphine ($100{\;}{\mu}M$), which is also known to be a selective $D_2$-agonist, the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh, high potassium, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclopiazonic acid were also significantly depressed. However, in adrenal glands preloaded with bromocriptine ($3{\;}{\mu}M$) in the presence of metoclopramide ($15{\;}{\mu}M$), a selective $D_2$-antagonist, the CA secretory responses evoked by ACh, high potassium, DMPP, McN-A-343, Bay-K-8644 and cyclopiazonic acid considerably recovered as compared to that of bromocriptine only. Taken together, these results suggest that bromocriptine can inhibit the CA secretion evoked by stimulation of cholinergic receptors, as well as by membrane depolarization, in the perfused rat adrenal medulla. It is thought this inhibitory effect of bromocriptine may be mediated by inhibiting the influx of extracellular calcium and the release from intracellular calcium stores, through the activation of dopaminergic $D_2$-receptors located in the rat adrenomedullary chromaffin cells. Furthermore, these findings also suggest that the dopaminergic $D_2$-receptors may play an important role in regulating adrenomedullary CA secretion.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.285-297
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• 2019

Retail firms have begun to pursue the marketing strategies, which stimulate consumers' sensibility and lead people to purchase their products. The visible effects of visual merchandising (VM) arouse consumers' interest and play an effective role in having busy people efficiently choose products. Apparel retail stores such as SPA use the offline store to be the experiential environment of their branding. Consumers' sensitivity and response toward various visual merchandising strategies needs to be accessed. The purpose of this study is to identify VM consciousness and VM evaluation attribute factors. Relationship of such variables with other variables were accessed. As consequence variables, product satisfaction and unplanned purchase behavior were included in the study. An empirical survey data was collected from men and women of various ages. Results indicated that VM consciousness and VM evaluation attribute factors were not correlated with consumer demographic variables. VM evaluation attributes were factored into appropriateness, attractiveness and functionality dimensions. Clothing involvement and brand orientation significantly influenced product satisfaction and unplanned purchase. The direct and indirect effect (via VM consciousness) were significant. For unplanned purchase, brand orientation only had indirect effect. The influence of VM evaluation attribute factors were significant. Appropriateness had stronger effect on product satisfaction whereas attractiveness had stronger effect on unplanned behavior. Functionality dimension had only indirect effect on product satisfaction but did not show significant direct and indirect effects on unplanned purchase. This study identified the pivotal role of VM consciousness in various shopping and purchasing circumstances in offline retail store of apparel brands.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2004

This research proposes the on-stage costumes for the play Hamlet of Shakespeare performed by Yunheedan Guhri Pae - the Street Theater Troupe. Stage costumes have an important role in displaying the characteristics of each characters to the audience and has big visual effects. However, in order to design the costumes in the object viewpoints of the audience, the survey on the images of the characters who had actually watched the performance was taken place and proposed the costume design according to the results of the survey. Hamlet a: This result was applied to propose a sweater in black color, black leather pants and vest. Hamlet b: This result was applied to propose hooded coat in purple in middle level of brightness and color spectrum and yellow coat. For free image, loose pants in blue and vest in the same color tone were proposed. Gertrude a: This result was applied to use purple (violet) with reddish tone to propose the formation of a dress applying tailored suit. Gertrude b: This result was applied to propose purple gown and the one-piece dress with black laces. Ophelia a: This result was applied to propose feminine white dress and cape in purple color tone. Ophelia b: This result was applied to propose dyed and weaved clothes. Through the surveys as above, the images of each character was driven in adjectives, and using the results driven from the brightness, coloration, and color, color images were proposed. Only one costume cannot make up for the stage costumes and because it exists as an element of stage production, it is true that costumes are limited in some areas. However, that limit can become the motive of the costume. There is a limit, which the designer cannot produce the costumes as he or she had designed but I believe it is the center of the on-stage customers to display the characteristics of the characters according to the given concept. The limit of this research is the fact that because the costumes were designed so they fit the conditions already given, thus it was difficult to regard the process of designing and producing the costume as a project done according to the interaction. And in the future, if it is possible, I wish for the joint research with the people responsible for stage art to take place as a practical stage art. It was possible to produce practical costume since they were produced for actual performance and the production of costumes considering the dance steps, line of flow, and acting, was able to reduce the trial and error on stage. Through this research, I felt that the understanding and smooth interaction on diverse other areas not limited to the costume design should be taken place and believe that this was a research that proposes new research method since there had been only a few previous research regarding the on-stage costumes for actual performances. Therefore, this research had depended on the surveys given to the audiences to endow objectivity, however, I wish this research can contribute to defining effective process and methods for the on-stage costumes with more active researches with diverse methods and in diverse areas. I am sorry that the costume production for all the characters and all the scenes in Hamlet couldn't be done due to many limitations. As the following research assignment, I am planning on designing the costumes for all the scenes.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.319-327
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• 1994

연구배경: 폐포-모세혈관 투과성의 증가에 의한 폐부종을 특징으로하는 성인성 호홉곤란증후군(ARDS)의 발병기전은 아직 명확히 밝혀져 있지 않다. 폐포-모세혈관 투과성의 증가는 폐 혈관 내피세포의 손상에 의한 것으로 알려져 있어 폐포-모세혈관 투과성 증가의 기전을 이해하기 위해서는 폐혈관 내피세포 손상의 기전을 규명하는 것이 필요하다. 혈관 내피세포 손상은 주로 활성화된 호중구에서 분비된 염증매개성 물질에 의한다고 생각되고 있다. 그러나 최근 들어 내피세포 손상에서 호중구와 무관한 새로운 기전의 존재를 시사하는 결과들이 알려지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 호중구나 활성화된 보체의 도움없이 내독소만에 의해 혈관 내피세포의 손상이 발생하는 지, 내독소에 의해 혈관 내피세포에서 산소기가 유리되는 지를 관찰하고, 이것이 혈관 내피세포의 손상에 관여하는지를 규명하고자 하였다. 방법: 내독소가 호중구의 도움없이 혈관 내피세포에 손상을 가져오는지를 관찰하기 위해 내독소 투여후 세포독성지표를 측정하였다. 이때 산소기가 관여하는지를 평가하기 위해 여러 항산화제로 전처치한 후 내독소에 의한 세포독성을 측정하였다. 다음 단계로 내독소에 의한 혈관 내피세포에서의 산소기 분비 유무를 관찰하고자 내독소 처치후 배양액내의 과산화수소 농도를 측정하였다. 마지막으로 과산화수소의 세포독성 유무를 관찰하고자 과산화수소 처치후 세포독성검사를 시행하였다. 모든 실험에서 일차 배양한 HUVE의 제4세대 계대배양 세포를 사용하였고 세포독성검사는 51Cr유리법을 사용하였다. 결과: 1) 내독소 단독 처치시 혈관 내피세포의 손상이 관찰되었는데, 이는 용량-반응관계를 보였다. 2) 내독소에 의한 혈관 내피세포의 손상은 catalase와 DMTU에 의하여 각각 유의하게 억제되었다. 3) 내독소에 의해 혈관 내피세포로 부터 과산화수소가 용량-반응관계를 보이면서 분비되었다. 4) 과산화수소는 혈관 내피세포독성을 보이고 이는 catalase와 DMTU 전처치로 완화되었다. 결론: 내독소는 단독으로 혈관 내피세포독성을 보이며 이때 혈관 내피세포에서 분비된 산소기가 세포독성에 관여할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1554-1561
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• 2004

골퍼들은 레저활동의 특성상 장시간 자외선에 노출이 되므로 피부 보호를 위한 햇빛 노출 예방에 대한 관심이 미국에서 고조되고 있다. 본 연구는 자외선 차단의복을 예방혁신제품으로 하여, 제품의 인지된 속성이 잠재적 소비자의 수용의도에 미치는 영향을 Rogers의 혁신확산이론에 비추어 연구하였다. 또한 혁신제품이 건강관련 제품이므로, 수용의도에 미치는 골퍼들의 현재 자외선 차단행동의 영향을 고찰하였다. 임의 표집 방법을 이용, 미국내 골퍼들을 표본으로 하여 설문지 조사법으로 자료를 수집하였다. 최종 158 명의 응답자 중 $91\%$가 남성골퍼 였으며, 평균나이는 30세 였다. 응답자의 $25\%$정도만이 피부노출 방지를 위한 차단행동을 하는 것으로 나타났으며, 대부분의 응답자들은(약$70\%$) 자외선 차단의복 특성에 대해 부정적인 태도를 보였다. 현재의 자외선 차단 행동 및 인지된 다섯개의 혁신속성을 회귀분석법으로 측정한 결과, 시용의 용이성, 자외선 차단 행동, 일치성, 상대적 우월성 순으로 자외선 차단 의복 수용의도를 예측하는데 중요한 변인으로 나타났다. 피부보호와 관련된 예방혁신제품의 수용정도는 현재의 자외선차단 행동이 영향을 주며, 또한 제품의 외관적, 성능적 속성들도 일반 의류제품과 마찬가지로 소비자의 제품 수용시 고려되는 중요한 변인임을 알수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2001

Since NNK is one of the most abundant tobacco-specific alkaloids and a strong carcinogenic nitrosamine, it has been used for evaluating a potential of carcinogenicity in the animal models. The present study has attempted to examine the potential of carcinogenicity of NNK in human epithelial cells, from which the cell type the most of cancers including oral cancer and nasal cavity cancer are originated. The cellular model used for the study is a human keratinocyte cell system immortalized by Ad12-SV40 hybrid virus. The cellular system has successfully been used for the carcinogenicity studies because of its limitless life span, epithelial morphology and nontumorigenicity. When cells were treated with a variety of NNK concentrations, levels of saturation density and soft agar colony formation were increased in a dose-dependent fashion. Colonies of large cell aggregates were above 5 at the higher doses. The results indicate that exposure of human cells with NNK induced loss of contact inhibition and increases of anchorage independence and cellular adhesion, which are typical characteristics of the neoplatically transformed cells. When cells were exposed with 100uM NNK for 2hr, mRNA levels of IL-1 and PAI-2 were increased in a dose-dependent manner, but expression of TGF- 1 was not affected. While expression of growth regulatory factors were altered with a short-term exposure, there was no alteration of these factors in the NNK-transformed cells. However, mRNA levels of fibronectin were increased both in the short-term treatment and in the transformation. The results suggest that altered expression of extracellular matrix such as fibronectin following short-term exposure might be fixed in the genome and these altered properties be continuously transfered throughout the cell division. Western blot analysis showed a translocation of PKC- from cytosolic fraction to the particulate fraction, indicating a possible role of NNK in the signal transduction pathway. The present study provided an evidence that NNK in the smoking may be associated with epithelial origin cancer such as oral and nasal cavity cancers. In addition, this study suggested that altered expression of extracellular matrix and PKC may play an important role in the carcinogenic mechanism of NNK.

• 벤처혁신연구
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.101-115
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• 2020

4차 산업혁명시대를 살고 있는 고객들은 구매 깔때기 안에 있는 것이 아니라 밖으로 나오기 시작했다. 풍부한 정보로 무장한 현명한 고객의 등장과 맞물려 제품 선택의 폭과 디지털 채널의 폭발적인 증가로 인해 정보를 탐색하고 구매하는 방식이 혁신적으로 변화되고 있는 것이다. 디지털 시대의 고객여정은 전통적인 깔때기 모형이 제시하는것보다 훨씬 복잡하게 되었다. 그래서 직선형이 아닌 다양한 상호작용을 하는 비선형적인 정교한 접근이 요구되어지고 있다. 기존의 많은 연구와 달리 본 연구는 패션, 자동차, 화장품, 온라인 쇼핑몰의 4개 상품군 이용고객 1,200을 대상으로 진행된 것으로 상품군에 상관없이 일반적으로 적용할 수 있는 디지털고객경험 속성을 도출하고 검정하였다. 디지털경험이 고객만족에 영향을 미치며, 최종적으로 구매에 영향을 미치는 일련의 과정 속에서 디지털 자기효능감이 구매에 어떠한 역할을 하는지를 규명하였다. 이론적 시사점으로는 디지털 자기 효능감을 조절된 매개변수로 도입하여 검정한 결과 고객만족도와 고객 충성도 간 디지털 자기효능감은 조절된 매개역할을 하는 것으로 검정 되었다. 실무적으로는 디지털 자기효능감이 높은 고객에게 디지털 마케팅을 적극적으로 활용할 필요가 있고다, 그러나 디지털 자기 효능감이 낮은 고객에게는 디지털 마케팅 피로도를 조심해야 할 필요가 있다는 시사점을 도출하였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.1167-1174
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• 2013

암세포를 포함한 생체 내 빠른 분열을 요구하는 세포 집단에서 세포 내 구성요소 및 에너지원으로서 글루타민의 요구량이 증대되지만, 종양세포의 글루타민 의존적 대사작용에 관한 기전은 여전히 잘 알려진 바 없다. 본 연구에서는 LnCaP 전립선 암세포의 이동성 및 침윤성에 미치는 글루타민 결핍효능을 조사하였다. 본 연구의 결과에 의하면 LnCaP 세포에서 글루타민 결핍에 의하여 세포의 이동성 및 세포의 침윤성이 현저하게 억제되었으며, 이러한 이동성 및 침윤성 억제는 TIMPs의 발현 증대에 의한 MMPs의 발현 감소 및 그들의 효소적 활성 저하와 연관성이 있었다. 또한 글루타민이 결핍된 조건에서 배양된 LnCaP 세포에서 TER의 현저한 증가가 관찰되었는데, 이는 TJs의 조절인자인 claudin family 발현의 차단에 의한 것으로 생각되어진다. 본 연구의 결과에 의하면 암세포의 증식에서 글루타민의 결핍은 TJ의 결합력 증대와 MMPs의 활성을 저하시킴으로써 암세포 전이에 가장 기본적인 과정인 암세포의 이동성과 침윤성을 억제시킬 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.492-501
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• 2001

The use of alginate impression materials today is prevalent because of its efficiency and simplicity in clinical settings. Unfortunately, the simplicity of the procedure tends to lull the dentist into a sense of well-being, and lead him into using careless or sloppy technique. Alginate impression materials are used to fabricate diagnostic and preliminary casts, and the final cast. Incorrect use of this material is known to affect the accuracy of the final prosthesis. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of different mixing methods of alginate impression material and tray adhesive on the accuracy of the stone cast produced by each method. A total of 30 stone casts were produced by using 3 different types of mixing methods (10 stone cast for each mixing method, respectively). The first method utilized an automatic-mixing machine to mix alginate while the second method was carried out manually, strictly following manufacturer's instructions. The third method also involved manual mixing, but did not follow the manufacturer's instructions and was done in a random fashion. Also, 20 additional stone casts were produced by using alginate with or without tray adhesives were included in the study to evaluate effects of tray adhesives on the accuracy of alginate impression. 10 stone casts were produced by adding tray adhesives to the interior surface of the impression tray prior to taking the impression. The other 10 excluded this step. A total of 50 stone casts were analyzed by the three-dimensional measuring machine to measure and compare the dimensional changes of the impression material of each group. The results are as follows. 1. No significant difference was found between the automatic mixing group and the manually-mixing group(p>0.05). 2. For the group that followed manufacturer's instructions, less dimensional changes were record ed than the group that didn't in measuring distanced 4(p<0.05). 3. The group that used tray adhesives showed less dimensional changes(p<0.05). The findings revealed that mechanical methods of mixing alginate impression materials had little influence on dimensional changes. However, it is proven that following manufacturers instructions in alginate impression taking is an important step in acquiring accurate impressions and tray adhesives may play an important role in enhancing the results.