• 대한수의학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.313-325
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• 1996

Experiments were undertaken to examine the ability of selenium to protect against alcohol and/or paraquat-induced hepatotoxicity and to examine the additive effect between alcohol and paraquat. Protective effect against hepatotoxic functions was measured in serum from alcohol(15% v/v), paraquat(200ppm), alcohol and paraquat, and combination of sodium selenite(4ppm) in drinking water-fed guinea pigs ad libitum for 4 weeks. A total of 68 healthy 7-weeks-old male animals were assigned at random to 8 treatment groups(9~13 animals/group). Body and liver weight losses, and high serum concentrations in aspartate aminotransferase(AST), alanine aminotransferase(ALT, in only paraquat group), $\gamma$-glutamyltranspeptidase($\gamma$-GTP), cholesterol(Cho), creatinine, blood urea nitrogen(BUN), total bilirubin(TB), direct bilirubin(DB), total protein(TP), albumin and globulin as well as low values in alkaline phosphatase(ALP) and glucose were produced in a groups of alcohol or paraquat-fed. These values were not potentiated in a group given the combination of alcohol plus paraquat. Morphological changes in the liver were also observed in the alcohol or paraquat-fed group. Lipid droplet and cell swelling in the hepatocytes were observed in alcohol-fed guinea pig, especially Mallory's hyaline arounded hepatic vein. In the paraquat-fed guinea pig, lipid droplet, pyknosis and karyolysis were observed. When alcohol or paraquat was combined with selenium-fed, hyperplasia of Kupffer cell in liver were observed. However, the mean ALT, $\gamma$-GTP, Cho, BUN, TB, TP, albumin and globulin values were lower in groups given the combination of alcohol and/or paraquat plus selenium, compared with groups given alcohol and/or paraquat. Also, the ratio of liver weight to body weight and ALP values(exception of paraquat plus selenium group) were increased by selenium. These results suggest that an adequate selenium confers marked protection against alcohol and paraquat-induced hepatotoxicity.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.777-786
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• 1998

The purpose of this study to investigate the relationship between nutrient intake and serum lipid levels in 165 healthy women in Taegu. A convenient method was to assess nutritional intake. Anthropometric measurement of body weight and height were measured and average energy expenditure calculated . The mean body mass index (BMI) was 23.4$\pm$3.1 and it was higher than the mean BMI of Korean women. Obesity rates for the study subjects were 15.7% by RBW (relative body weight : >120%) and 28.5% by BMI(body mass index) ; >25). Daily energy intake was sufficient at 106% of recommended dietary allowances and the energy percentage ration of carbohydrate , fat and protein was 68 : 18 : 14. Mean intake of vitamin A, B1 , niacin , and Ca were higher than RDA. The incidence of hypertension(>140mmHg) and hypercholoesterolemia(>240mg/dl) as 18.2% and 23.6% of the subjects, respectively . Postmenopasusal women showed significantly higher blood pressure, RBW, and ALP (alkaline phosphatase) than premenopausal women. The concentration of cholesterol and average blood pressure in the irregular meal eater group were significantly higher than in the regular meal eater group. Skipping meals and unenvendurnal distribution(no breakfast, or no lunch , and large evening meals) are associated with high total cholesterol level in this population . Especially, the atherogenic index was significantly lower in the regular meal eater group than that in irregular meal eaters. The values for serum cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure, BMI, and atherogenic index increased with age in middle-aged women. There was a highly significant correlation between body weight and plasma lipids. HDL -cholesterol was inversely correlated with BMI. The above dta provides valuable information for community program planning and health providers who work with individual female and adults to meet their nutrietional needs to control blood lipids.

• 환경생물
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.124-130
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• 2018

본 연구는 넙치 치어(평균 체장 $13.3{\pm}1.6cm$, 평균 체중 $25.6{\pm}3.7g$)를 수중 6가크롬에 10일간 0, 0.5,1.0, $2.0mg\;L^{-1}$의 농도로 노출시켜 독성영향 판단하기 위해 수행되었다. 넙치 hemoglobin과 hematocrit와 같은 혈액학적 성상은 수중 크롬노출에 의해 유의적으로 감소하였다. 혈장 무기성분인 calcium과 magnesium은 크롬노출에 의해 유의적인 변화는 나타나지 않았다. 혈장 무기성분인 glucose와 cholesterol과 같은 $1.0mg\;L^{-1}$ 이상의 크롬노출에 의해 유의적으로 증가하였지만, total protein은 유의적인 변화는 나타나지 않았다. 혈장 효소성분인 AST, ALT, ALP는 크롬노출에 의해 유의적인 증가가 나타났다. 본 실험의 결과는 수중 크롬노출은 넙치의 혈액 및 혈장성분에 유의적인 변화를 유발하며, 이러한 지표의 변화는 수중 크롬노출의 독성영향을 판단하는 주요한 지표가 될 것이다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.475-489
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• 1998

The main goal for the treatment of periodontal diseases is the regeneration of lost cementum, bone and connective tissue. Clinical and histological research suggests that it is possible to restore periodontal structures. Seeds of Carthamus tinctorius L. has been used for the treatment of bone fracture and osteoporosis in traditional Korean medicine. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of extract of seeds of Carthamus tinctorius L. on mineralization in periodontal ligament cells and osteoblastic cells. Periodontal ligament cells were primarily obtained from a extracted premolars with non-periodontal diseases, Osteoblastic cells were obtained from calvariae of a fetal rat, Cells were cultured with DMEM at $37^{\circ}C$ with 5% $CO_2$ in 100% humidity incubator. Alkaline phosphatase(ALP) level and the number of calcification nodules were examined and western blot analysis using osteonectin was performed, Measurements of ALP levels and calcification nodules showed that extract of seeds of Carthamus tinctorius L. had significantly higher activity than control in all of both cells. In western blot analysis, protein expression of osteonectin indicated that extract of seeds of Carthamus tinctorius L. showed an increased pattern than control in all of both cells. From the above results, it seems that extract of seeds of Carthamus tinctorius L. has excellent effect on mineralization in periodontal ligament cells and osteoblastic cells.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.575-581
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• 2018

Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is a common systemic skeletal disease characterized by reduced bone mass and microarchitecture deterioration. Although differentially expressed SOX5 has been found in bone marrow from ovariectomized mice, its role in osteogenic differentiation in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from bone marrow in PMOP remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the biological function of SOX5 and explore its molecular mechanism in hMSCs from patients with PMOP. Our findings showed that the mRNA and protein expression levels of SOX5 were upregulated in hMSCs isolated from bone marrow samples of PMOP patients. We also found that SOX5 overexpression decreased the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and the gene expression of osteoblast markers including Collagen I, Runx2 and Osterix, which were increased by SOX5 knockdown using RNA interference. Furthermore, $TNF-{\alpha}$ notably upregulated the SOX5 mRNA expression level, and SOX5 knockdown reversed the effect of $TNF-{\alpha}$ on osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs. In addition, SOX5 overexpression increased Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) gene expression, which was decreased by SOX5 silencing. KLF4 knockdown abrogated the suppressive effect of SOX5 overexpression on osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs. Taken together, our results indicated that $TNF-{\alpha}$-induced SOX5 upregulation inhibited osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs through KLF4 signal pathway, suggesting that SOX5 might be a novel therapeutic target for PMOP treatment.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2024

Hydroxychavicol, a primary active phenolic compound of betel leaves, previously inhibited bone loss in vivo by stimulating osteogenesis. However, the effect of hydroxychavicol on bone remodeling induced by osteoclasts is unknown. In this study, the anti-osteoclastogenic effects of hydroxychavicol and its mechanism were investigated in receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclasts. Hydroxychavicol reduced the number of tartrate resistance acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive multinucleated, F-actin ring formation and bone-resorbing activity of osteoclasts differentiated from RAW264.7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Furthermore, hydroxychavicol decreased the expression of osteoclast-specific genes, including cathepsin K, MMP-9, and dendritic cell-specific transmembrane protein (DC-STAMP). For mechanistic studies, hydroxychavicol suppressed RANKL-induced expression of major transcription factors, including the nuclear factor of activated T-cells 1 (NFATc1), c-Fos, and c-Jun. At the early stage of osteoclast differentiation, hydroxychavicol blocked the phosphorylation of NF-κB subunits (p65 and Iκβα). This blockade led to the decrease of nuclear translocation of p65 induced by RANKL. In addition, the anti-osteoclastogenic effect of hydroxychavicol was confirmed by the inhibition of TRAP-positive multinucleated differentiation from human peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In conclusion, hydroxychavicol inhibits osteoclastogenesis by abrogating RANKL-induced NFATc1 expression by suppressing the NF-κB signaling pathway in vitro.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.662-668
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• 2007

양파추출물이 알코올성 지방간에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 흰쥐를 meal-feeding 방법으로 모든 쥐가 매일 같은 양의 식이를 공급받는 실험조건 하에서 에탄올 없이 정상식이만 섭취한 대조군, 에탄올과 정상식이와 함께 투여한 에탄올군, 양파추출물과 에탄올을 정상식이와 함께 투여한 에탄올양파추출물군으로 5마리씩 3그룹으로 나누어 사육하였다. 양파 추출물을 28일간 흰쥐에게 먹여 체중의 변화, 장기 무게 변화, 혈청 중의 glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GTP), total bilirubin, total protein, total cholesterol, triglyceride를 생화학적 검사를 통해 양파추출물이 에탄올로 유도된 지방간을 예방, 개선하는지 연구하였다. 대조군과 실험군 둘다 연구 시작부터 끝까지 지속적으로 체중 증가를 보였으나 그룹 간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 장기 무게는 각각의 그룹 간장, 신장, 심장, 비장, 고환 등의 무게에서 유의적인 차이점이 없었다. 혈중의 지방 변화를 보면 에탄올군에서는 혈중 중성지방이 유의적으로 증가하였고, 에탄올양파추출물군에서는 혈중 중성지방이 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다. 그러나 대조군과 에탄올양파추출물군 간에는 유의점이 없었다. GOT, GPT, ALP, GTP 의 4주간 실험한 혈중 농도에서 GOT와 GPT가 에탄올군에서 유의적으로 높았고, 에탄올양파추출물군에서는 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다. 이상의 실험 결과들을 종합해 볼 때, 양파추출물을 에탄올 식이와 함께 흰쥐에게 28일간 공급하였을 때, 지방간 관련 대표적인 혈액 지표인, 중성지방, GOT, GPT의 농도가 유의적으로 감소한다는 것을 이 실험을 통해서 확인할수 있었다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2009

본 연구는 rotifer가 가진 소화효소환성과 영양적인 측면에서 자어의 소화력을 평가하기 위한 실험을 하였다. 그래서 rotifer의 소화력을 증가시켜 주기 위해 배양수에 starch를 첨가하여 rotifer (starch-rotifer)의 소화효소 활성을 향상시켰으며 지질 영양강화 rotifer (CE-rotifer)와 비교하여 넙치자어를 이용하여 먹이효율 실험을 하였다. 이들 rotifer의 소화효소 (lipase 제외), 총 단백질, 필수아미노산 총량, 필수아미노산(methionin과 phenylalanine)에서 starch-rotifer가 높게 나타났다. 하지만 총지질, 지질 클래스(sterol 제외)및 DHA, EPA와 같은 지방산은 CE-rotifer에서 높게 나타났다. 그러나 sterol과 ST/TG 비는 starch-rotifer에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났다P<0.05). 이 두 가지 rotifer를 공급받은 넙치자어는 부화 후 6일까지 체장과 체중에서 $3.72{\sim}3.79\;mm$와 $32.9{\sim}37.8\;mg$/larva의 범위로 유의적인 차이가 없었다(P>0.05). 그러나 부화 후 12일째는 CE-넙치에서 starch-넙치가 보다 높은 $5.94{\pm}0.249\;mm$, $144.0{\pm}23.86\;mg$/larva 및 $26.2{\pm}2.13%$의 생존율을 보였다. 이들 두 rotifer를 공급받은 넙치자어의 가수분해 효소 활성은 부화 후 5일째 acidic -amylase, neutral -amylase, TG-lipase, lysozyme 및 acidic Phosphatase에서 starch-넙치에서 유의적으로 높게 조사되었으나, 부화 후 11일째는 CE-넙치의 neutral $\alpha$-amylase, three pretenses, two phosphatases에서 starch-넙치보다 유의적으로 높은 활성을 보였다. 결과적으로 넙치자어는 부화 후 6일까지 영양강화 rotifer를 공급하는 것보다 소화효소 활성을 향상시킨 먹이를 공급하는 것이 자어의 소화력 측면에서 유익하며, 이후 소화기관의 발달로 영양의 흡수가 원활해져서 영양강화 효과가 자어의 성장으로 나타났다고 판단된다. 따라서 이후 소화효소활성과 영양의 측면에서 부화 후 6일 이후에 대한 상세한 고찰이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.747-761
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• 1994

Workers' periodic health examination is the main tools used to manage the health problems of most workers in Korea. The most common health problem found in workers' periodic health examination is liver disorder. Liver disorder is also one of the most common health problems in general population and one of the leading causes of mortality in adult population. Regulation proposed by government (No. 207, Ministry of Labor, 1992) defines the criteria for selection of workers with the liver dysfunction for further evaluative examination and the examination items used for diagnosis of the workers with liver dysfunction. This study was designed to evaluate the proficiency of each examination items presently defined in Regulation and propose the optimal examination items for detection of the liver disorders found by workers' periodic health examination. Study subjects are 186 workers with abnormal liver function tests in screening examination of workers' periodic health examination. Questionnaire survey including past history of liver disorder, drinking history, height and weight was done. Physical examination by physician, routine test items defined by Regulation (SGOT, SGPT, $\gamma$-GTP, protein, albumin, total and direct bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, $\alpha$-feto protein, HBsAg and anti-HBs), anti-HCV antibody test and liver ultrasonography were done. Results are as follows; 1. Result of evaluative examination utilizing only the items defined in Regulation was; There were 75 workers with suspected live. disorder(40.3%), 63 with no liver dysfunction (33.9%), 13 with suspected hepatitis B(7.0%), 10 workers with hepatitis B(5.4%), 10 workers with hepatitis B carrier state(5.4%), 10 with alcoholic liver disorders(5.4%), 5 with fatty liver(2.7%). When alternative diagnostic criteria applying additional examination items (drinking history, body mass index, anti-HCV antibody and ultrasonography) diagnosability of liver disorder was increased. When all four items were included, final results were; 23 workers (17.8%) with hepatitis B (10 carriers, 13 suspects and 10 hepatitis B), 10 (5.4%) with hepatitis C(4 carriers, 5 suspects and 1 hepatitis C), 13(7.0%) with alcoholic liver disorder, 45(24.2%) with fatty liver (40 suspects, 5 fatty liver), 410%) with suspected liver disorders and 44 (23.7%) with normal liver. 2. Of examination items defined by Regulation, only SGOT, SGPT, $\gamma$-GTP and HBsAg were significantly different in abnormal rate and mean value, and all other laboratory findings did not showed significant difference between two groups. Drinking history, body mass index and anti-HCV antibody test which are the items that authors included in this study, also showed significant difference between two groups. Utilization of body mass index (BMI) for abnormal liver function group in diagnosis of fatty liver had high specificity (97.6%) but sensitivity (22.3%) was low. Therefore we suggest that SGOT, SGPT, $\gamma$-GTP, HBsAg, alcohol drinking history, BMI and anti-HCV Ab were useful for diagnosis of liver disorders among worker's periodic health examination.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.187-195
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• 2022

붕어(무게 28.1±3.7 g, 길이 10.0±1.0 cm)에 0, 2.0×10⁴, 2.0×10⁵, 2.0×10⁶, 2.0×10⁷ CFU/ml의 Aeromonas hydrophila를 주사 후 2주간 실험을 실시하였다. A. hydrophila로 인위감염한 Carassius carassius의 2주 뒤 반수치사농도는 19.776×10⁵ CFU/ml이었다. 혈액학적 지표에서는 A. hydrophila에 의해 혈색소와 적혈구 수가 유의하게 감소한 반면, 적혈구 용적은 유의적 변화가 없었다. 마그네슘, 칼슘과 같은 혈장 무기 성분은 유의적으로 감소하였다. 유기 혈장 성분에서 A. hydrophila 인위감염에 의해 혈장 포도당과 콜레스테롤이 유의하게 증가한 반면, 총 단백질은 유의하게 감소하였다. 혈장 효소 성분인 ALP는 A. hydrophila 인위감염에 의해 유의하게 증가하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 C. carassius에 대한 A. hydrophila의 인위감염이 치명적인 병원성 세균으로 혈액학적 성상 및 혈장 성분에 유의한 생리학적 변화를 유도하였음을 의미한다.