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Detection Property of Red Blood Cell-Magnetic Beads Using Micro Coil-Channel and GMR-SV Device

  • Park, Ji-Soo;Kim, Nu-Ri;Jung, Hyun-Jun;Khajidmaa, Purevdorj;Bolormaa, Munkhbat;Lee, Sang-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.161-163
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    • 2015
  • The micro device, coil, and channel for the biosensor integrated with the GMR-SV device based on the antiferromagnetic IrMn layer was fabricated by the light lithography process. When RBCs coupled with several magnetic beads with a diameter of $1{\mu}m$ passed on the micro channel, the movement of RBC + ${\mu}Beads$ is controlled by the electrical AC input signal. The RBC + ${\mu}Beads$ having a micro-magnetic field captured above the GMR-SV device is changed as the output signals for detection status. From these results, the GMR-SV device having the width magnitude of a few micron size can be applied as the biosensor for the analysis of a new magnetic property as the membrane's deformation of RBC coupled to magnetic beads.

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Immunomodulatory effect of Tinospora cordifolia and Centella asiatica and its modulation on cyclophosphamide challenge

  • Siddiqui, NA;Ali, Mohd;Singh, Shobhna
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.380-385
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    • 2008
  • Ethanolic extracts of T. cordifolia and C. asiatica were evaluated for immunostimulatory effect in mice against sheep RBCs as antigen by three models viz. delayed type hypersensitivity reaction, ercent change in neutrophil count and haemagglutination titre. Immunostimulatory effect in the presence of immunosuppressant agent, cyclophosphamide (100 mg/kg, i.p.) was also investigated. T. cordifolia and C. asiatica significantly (p < 0.001, p < 0.05 respectively) enhanced foot pad thickness when measured after 24 hours of sheep RBC antigen challenge. Both the plant materials increased foot pad thickness even after being subjected to immunosuppressant exposure. T. cordifolia revealed enhanced neutrophil counts, while C. asiatica had no significant effect on neutrophil counts. T. cordifolia exhibited significantly (P < 0.01) elevated neutrophil levels even in the presence of cyclophosphamide administration. Both the plants exhibited humoral antibody response, as haemagglutination titre values were significantly high as compared to control. T. cordifolia and C. asiatica could combat immunosuppressant effect of cyclophosphamide (P < 0.01). This suggests that T. cordifolia and C. asiatica can be regarded as biological response modifiers and can be utilized for the development of immunostimulating agent among plant sources.

Anti-inflammatory effects of herbal medicines(Rubus coreanus, Rehmanniae Radix, Houttuynia cordata, Betulae cortex) EtOH extract on acute atopic dermatitis mice (급성 아토피 피부염 마우스 모델에서 한약조합약물의 염증반응 진정효과)

  • Jung, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Gyung-Jun
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.68-84
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    • 2015
  • Object : The object of this study was effected of composed of 4 herbal medicines(Rubus coreanus, Rehmanniae Radix, Houttuynia cordata, Betulae cortex) on acute atopic dermatitis mice. Methods : BALB/c mice were divided 4 groups ; normal group, negative control group of acute atopic dermatitis mice induced by DNCB, treated apply to the back skin with the herbal medicine group, and treated orally with herbal medicine group. Treated with herbal medicine and DNCB during 2 weeks. After treated, measured WBCs, RBCs, and platelet in the blood, and analysed mRNA expression of spleen. Result : Composed herbal medicines could reduce WBCs, lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils in the mouse blood. And, could down TNF-${\alpha}$ levels in spleen. In the skin tissue histology results, herbal medicines reduce the cells and T cells. Conclusion : Composed herbal medicines help to another inflammatory disease because they reduce the cells and T cells in the skin tissues. And they have inhibitory effects of TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA expression, and Th 2 immune responses. Therefore herbal medicines use for an acute atopic dermatitis treatment.

The Effects of Miyairi (Clostridium butyricum Miyairi II 588) on the Hematology and Growth of Cultured Fishes (미야이리균 첨가에 따르는 양식어류의 성장과 혈액성상에 대하여)

  • Chun, Seh-Kyu;Oh, Myoung-Joo;Chung, Joon-Ki
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.91-98
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    • 1989
  • The effects of Miyairi (Clostridium butyricum) on blood constituents and growth of cultured freshwater fishes, such as carp, tilapia and israeli carp were studied and then the following results were obtained : 1) All fishes produced the most efficient growth in 0.1% Miyairi-treated group. 2) Blood constituents of Miyairitreated group compared with those of contrul gruop showed no changes in RBCs. hemoglobin and hemato crit. and the increase in plasma protein and glucose. and the decrease in plasma cholesterol. 3) GOT level and GPT level in blood of Miyairi-treated group were almost equal to those in blood of control group.

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Flow Visualization of Blood Cell and Detection of Cell Depleted Layer Using a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (공초점 레이저 주사 현미경을 이용한 혈구 유동가시화 및 세포공핍층 측정에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Soo-Hee;Kim, Wi-Han;Lee, Ho;Lee, Choon-Young;Park, Cheol-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.46-52
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    • 2010
  • In the present study, we employed the confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) system to visualize the blood flow field with $1{\times}1{\mu}m^2$ spatial resolution. Based on the confocal microscopic image of red blood cells (RBCs), we performed the velocity vector field measurement and evaluated characteristics of cell migration from the cell depleted layer thickness calculation. The rat and mouse's blood were supplied into a micro glass tubes in vitro. The line scanning rate of confocal microscopy was 15 kHz for a $500{\times}500$ pixels image. As a result, the red blood cell itself can be used as a tracer directly without any kind of invasive tracer particle to get the velocity vector field of blood flow by performing particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique.

Fabrication and Experiment of Piezoelectric Micro Cantilever Applicable to Thrombolysis (혈전분해 응용을 위한 압전형 마이크로 외팔보의 제작 및 실험)

  • Baek, Kun-Hoon;Seo, Young-Tai;Bang, Yong-Seung;Kim, Jong-Man;Kim, Sung-Hyun;Kim, Yong-Kweon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.152-153
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    • 2007
  • This paper describes a resonant driving piezoelectric micro cantilever practicable to ultrasound thrombolysis device for the treatment of ischemic stroke. The proposed piezoelectric cantilever was designed to be a unimorph structure of Si/$SiO_2$/Ti/Pt/PZT/Pt, and fabricated by top-down sequence etching process. The red blood cell (RBC) lysis experiment was carried out to confirm the usability of the proposed cantilever. Total 87.76 % of RBCs were ruptured using the ultrasound generated by up-down actuations of the fabricated cantilever with AC voltage having the frequency of 19.36 Hz and the magnitude of $30V_{p-p}$.

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In-vivo Measurements of Blood Flow Characteristics in the Arterial Bifurcation Cascade Networks of Chicken Embryo (유정란 태아외부혈관의 단계적으로 분기되는 동맥 분지관 내부 혈액 유동특성의 in-vivo 계측)

  • Lee, Jung-Yeop;Lee, Sang-Joon
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.12a
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    • pp.121-124
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    • 2006
  • The arteries are very important in cardiovascular system and easily adapt to varying flow and pressure conditions by enlarging or shrinking to meet the given hemodynamic demands. The blood flow in arteries is dominated by unsteady flow phenomena due to heart beating. In certain circumstances, however, unusual hemodynamic conditions cause an abnormal biological response and often induce circulatory diseases such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis and inflammation. Therefore quantitative analysis of the unsteady pulsatile flow characteristics in the arterial blood vessels plays important roles in diagnosing these circulatory diseases. In order to verify the hemodynamic characteristics, in-vivo measurements of blood flow inside the extraembryonic arterial bifurcation cascade of chicken embryo were carried out using a micro-PIV technique. To analyze the unsteady pulsatile flow temporally, the (low images of RBCs were obtained using a high-speed CMOS camera at 250fps with a spatial resolution of $30{\mu}m\times30{\mu}m$ in the whole blood vessels. In this study, the unusual flow conditions such as flow separation or secondary flow were not observed in the arterial bifurcations. However, the vorticity has large values in the inner side of curvature of vessels. In addition, the mean velocity in the arterial blood vessel was decreased and pulsating frequency obtained by FFT analysis of velocity data extracted in front of the each bifurcation was also decreased as the bifurcation cascaded.

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Effect of hematocrit on hemorheological characteristics of blood flow in a microtube (헤마토크릿에 따른 혈액의 유변학적 특성 변화)

  • Ji, Ho-Seong;Lee, Jung-Yeop;Lee, Sang-Joon
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.12a
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    • pp.111-112
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    • 2006
  • In order to investigate flow characteristics of blood flow in a micro tube ($100{\mu}m$ in diameter) according to hematocrit, in-vitro experiments were carried out using a micro-PIV technique. The micro-PIV system consists of a microscope, a 2 head Nd:YAG laser, a 12 bit cooled CCD camera and a delay generator. Blood was supplied into the micro tube using a syringe pump. Hematocrit of blood was controlled to be 20%, 30% and 40%. The blood flow has a cell free layer near the tube wall and its thickness was changed with increasing the flow rate and hematocrit. The hemorheological characteristics such as shear rate and viscosity were evaluated using the velocity field data measured. As the flow rate increased, the blunt velocity profile in the tube center was sharpened. The viscosity of blood was rapidly increased with decreasing shear rate, especially in the region of low shear rate, changing RBC rheological properties. The variation of velocity profile and blood viscosity shows typical characteristics of Non-Newtonian fluids. On the basis of inflection points, the cell free layer and two-phase flow consisting of plasma and suspensions including RBCs were clearly discriminated.

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Dietary Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria on Growth, Hematological and Immune Responses of Grey Mullet, Mugil cephalus (유산균 배양액 첨가 사료에 의한 숭어, Mugil cephalus의 성장, 혈액 및 비특이적 면역학적 반응 효과)

  • Min, Eun-Young;Kim, Young-Sug;Kang, Ju-Chan
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.343-355
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    • 2010
  • This study was conducted to investigate the dietary effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) supplementation on growth, hematological and immune responses of grey mullet, Mugil cephalus. Three replicate groups of grey mullet (body length, $62.8{\pm}1.04\;mm$ ; body weight, $3.2{\pm}0.13\;mg$) were fed the experimental diets with 0 (control), 1, 2.5 and 5,0 % of LAB for 3 months. Total body length growth rate was increased in 2.5 % supplementation group compared to control (P<0.05). No differences were observed in hematological parameters (hematocrit, hemoglobin, RBCs) and serum chemistry (calcium, magnesium, total protein, glucose, GOT and GPT). The antioxidant activity of grey mullet fed the 5.0 % LAB diets was significantly higher than that of other groups (P<0.05). Both intracellular superoxide anion production and lysozyme activity of kidney were higher in the 2.5 % LAB diet than in the control (P<0.05).

Study of LNG Reliquefaction Process in LNG Carriers (LNG 선박에서 천연가스 재액화공정의 재액화량에 관한 연구)

  • Ko, Byoung-Seok;Kim, Bum-Su;Lee, Heon-Seok;Kang, Yun-Jin;Kim, Min-Seop;Ko, Jae-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 2010
  • In the past vaporized gases from a carrier were burned or used for fuel. Due to the movement of bigger LNG carriers and using diesel engine, it is limited that ways of deposing vaporizes gases from the carrier by the act of environment. For getting over the problem, a reliquefaction process is considered. Even though the reliquefaction process was created to three generation process, it has been researched and developed to optimize the process. Basically the reliquefaction process is compartmentalized into Reverse Brayton Cycle System and Claude Cycle System. This research is focused on the reliquefaction efficiency with the systems and changing equipments arrangement by using HYSYS. The result could be use for a design of a reliquefaction process.