• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.633-642
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• 2003

A pain is the symptom which defends against noxious stimulus about a human body, it is known that if the periphery of perceptive nerve were stimulated by a physical or chemical factors, the stimulation is induced by transmission to pain center in the cerebral cortex according to pain conduction tract. The treatment of pain is to decrease a stimulus that causes a pain or block off a nerve transmitting a stimulus or puts on a way to calm down pain center, but It is for adjustment of a pain to be the most representative in acupuncture among various ways to cure a pain in Oriental medicine. However, the analgesic effect of an individual response to acupuncture stimulation shows marked individual variations, so these days genetic a few approach is attempted. On this the author determined that the responding group was appointed those whose tail flick latency (TFL) responding time delayed the minimum of 30 % comparing with basal reaction time. For those whose TFL time had shorter than 30 % was grouped as a non-responding group. And then the hypothalamus of each group was dissected and RNA was further purified. After synthesizing cDNA using oligo dT primer, products were finally applied to the PCR. The results were as follows; The ratio of responding group to non-responding group was 6:4. Ach T (acetylcholinesterase T subunit), BF-I (Brain factor-I), DBH (Dopamine β-hydroxylase) and PNM (Phosphotidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase) were revealed significantly in the responding group. Cathepsin B and Tau were revealed significantly in the non-responding group. The PCR results show that Ach T, BF-I, DBH and PNM are expressed abundantly in the responding group, where as cathepsin B and tau are abundant in the non-responding group. These results suggest that the analgesic effect on acupuncture stimulation is related to regulation of neurotransmitter as well as neurodegeration of cerebrum.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2012

The importance of biological resources has been gradually increasing, and mollusks have been utilized as main fishery resources in terrestrial ecosystems. But little is known about genomic and transcriptional analysis in mollusks. This is the first report on the transcriptomic profile of Meretrix lusoria. In this study, we constructed cDNA library and determined 542 of distinct EST sequences composed of 284 singletons and 95 contigs. At first, we identified 180 of EST sequences that have significant hits on protein sequences of the exclusive Mollusks database through BLASTX program and 343 of EST sequences that have significant hits on NCBI NR database. We also found that 211 of putative sequences through local BLAST (blastx, E < e-10) search against KOG database were classified into 16 functional categories. Some kinds of immune response related genes encoding allograft inflammatory factor 1 (AIF-1), B-cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1), C-type lectin A, thioester-containing protein and 26S proteasome regulatory complex were identified. To determine phylogenetic relationship, we identified partial sequences of four genes (COX1, COX2, 12S rRNA and NADH dehydrogenase) that significantly matched with the mitochondrial genomes of 3 species-Ml (Meretrix lusoria), Mp (Meretrix petechialis) and Mm (Meretrix meretrix). As a result, we found that there was a little bit of a difference between sequences of Korean isolates and other known isolates. This study will be useful to develop breeding technology and might also be helpful to establish a classification system.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.525-531
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 혈관염증 억제 효능이 입증된 원료인 백수오, 우엉, 마를 혼합하여 혈관염증을 완화시키고 동맥경화의 발생 위험을 줄일 수 있는 소재를 개발하기 위하여, 혼합물이 혈관염증을 가장 효과적으로 억제하는 배합비율을 찾아내고자 하였다. 백수오, 우엉, 마 단독투여 및 다양한 혼합비로 혼합물을 제조하여 인간유래 동맥 평활근 세포에 공급하였다. 세포부착인자인 VCAM-1의 mRNA 발현에 미치는 영향을 비교하여 가장 강한 억제효과를 나타낸 CADM5 (백수오:우엉:마=2:1:1)을 선택하였다. 선택된 혼합물이 혈관세포에서 얼마나 독성을 나타내는지 실험하였고, 백수오, 우엉, 마 추출혼합물이 혈관염증에 관여된 단백질 발현에 미치는 영향을 측정하였다. CADM5처리 결과 염증으로 인하여 증가하였던 ICAM-1과 VCAM-1 단백질의 발현이 감소하였다. 또한 CADM5를 처리한 결과 혈관내피세포에서 산화적 손상 및 염증 방어와 관련이 있는 HO-1과 Nrf-2의 발현이 증가되었다. 따라서 CADM5이 염증에 의해 유도된 ICAM-1 그리고 VCAM-1의 발현을 조절하고 산화스트레스의 방어기전을 활성화 함으로써 동맥경화증을 유발하는 혈관염증의 초기단계를 억제하여 항염증 작용에 효과가 있음을 기대할 수 있다. 비교적 저농도인 32 ㎍/㎖에서 효과적으로 혈관염증 관련 단백질 발현을 조절하였으므로 본 연구를 통해 선택된 CADM5의 혈관염증개선 및 혈관건강개선 소재로서의 개발 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.198-207
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• 2007

[ $^{18}F$ ]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography (PET) scan has been found to reflect tumor aggressiveness and prognosis in various types of cancer. In this study, the gene expression profiles of glial tumors were evaluated to determine whether glial tumors with high $^{18}F$-FDG uptake have more aggressive biological potential than with low uptake. Surgical specimens were obtained from the 12 patients with glial tumors (4 males and 8 females, age range 42-68 years). The tumor samples were divided into two groups based on the $^{18}F$-FDG uptake PET scan findings: high $^{18}F$-FDG uptake (n=4) and low $^{18}F$-FDG uptake (n=8). The pathological tumor grade was closely correlated with the $^{18}F$-FDG uptake pattern: Glial tumors with high $^{18}F$-FDG uptake were pathologically Edmondson-Steiner grade III, while those with low uptake were grade II. The total RNA was extracted from the frozen tissues of all glial tumors (n=12), and adjacent non-cancerous tissue (n=3). The gene expression profiles were evaluated using cDNA microarray. The glial tumors with high $^{18}F$-FDG uptake showed increase expression of 15 genes compared to those with low uptake (P<0.005). Nine genes were down-regulated. Gene expression is closely related to cell survival, cell-to-cell adhesion or cell spreading; therefore, glial tumors with high $^{18}F$-FDG uptake appear to have more aggressive biological properties than those with low uptake.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.1507-1519
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• 2020

Objective: The current research was aimed to profile the transcriptomic picture of the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) associated with immunity in Chinese Holsteins supplemented orally with coated folic acid during the periparturient period. Methods: The total of 123 perinatal cows were selected for this study and divided into three groups; group A (n = 41, 240 mg/500 kg cow/d), group B (n = 40, 120 mg/500 kg cow/d) and group C (n = 42, 0 mg/cow/d) based on the quantity of folic acid fed. Three samples of PBLs were selected from each folic acid treated group (high, low, and control) and RNA sequencing method was carried out for transcriptomic analysis. Results: The analysis revealed that a higher number of genes and pathways were regulated in response to high and low folic acid supplementation compared to the controls. We reported the novel pathways tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling, antigen processing and presentation, Staphylococcus aureus infection and nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B signaling pathways) and the key genes (e.g. C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10, TNF receptor superfamily member 1A, cluster difference 4, major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta, NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha, and TNF superfamily 13) having great importance in immunity and anti-inflammation in the periparturient cows in response to coated folic acid treatment. Conclusion: Collectively, our study profiled first-time transcriptomic analysis of bovine lymphocytes and compared the involved cytokines, genes, and pathways between high vs control and low vs control. Our data suggest that the low folic acid supplementation (120 mg/500 kg) could be a good choice to boost appropriate immunity and anti-inflammation as well as might being applied to the health improvement of perinatal dairy cows.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1801-1810
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• 2016

Recent discovery showing the presence of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the circulation sparked interest in their use as potential biomarkers. Our previous studies showed the diagnostic potential of miR-451 as a serological marker for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), miR-337-5p and miR-30b for non-inflammatory breast cancer (non-IBC). The aim of this study is to investigate the prognostic values of circulating miRNAs by comparing the amounts of 12 circulating miRNAs in the serum of IBC and non-IBC from Tunisian breast cancer patients, and by determinating whether correlated pairs of miRNAs could provide useful information in the diagnosis of IBC and non-IBC patients. TaqMan qPCR was performed to detect circulating expression of miRNAs in serum of 20 IBC, 20 non-IBC and 20 healthy controls. Nonparametric rank Spearman rho correlation coefficient was used to examine the prognostic value of miRNAs and to assess the correlation profile between miRNAs expression. Further, a large number of miRNAs were highly correlated (rho>0.5) in both patients groups and controls. Also, the correlations profiles were different between IBC, non-IBC and healthy controls indicating important changes in molecular pathways in cancer cells. Our results showed that miR-335 was significantly overexpressed in premenopausal non-IBC patients; miR-24 was significantly overexpressed in non-IBC postmenopausal patients. Patients with previous parity had higher serum of miR-342-5p levels than those without. Furthermore, patients with HER2+ IBC present lower serum levels of miR-15a than patients with HER2-disease. Together, these results underline the potential of miRNAs to function as diagnostic and prognostic markers for IBC and non-IBC, with links to the menopausal state, Her2 status and parity.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2006년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.33 No.2 (B)
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• pp.66-70
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• 2006

웹은 단순한 텍스트와 이미지의 저장소에서 서비스의 제공자로 진화하고 있다. 사용자들은 자신이 필요로 하는 서비스를 찾기 위해 웹 검색을 이용한다. 그러나, 현재의 검색 엔진은 주어진 질의어에 대해 모든 사람들에게 보편적으로 타당한 문서에 높은 우선 순위를 부여해 검색 결과의 상위에 위치시키기 때문에, 사용자의 관심과는 무관한 정보가 검색 결과의 상위에 나타나게 되는 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 사용자의 방문 내역을 사용자 프로파일에 저장하여, 이후 검색에서 사용자가 방문했던 웹 페이지들에 높은 우선 순위를 부여하여 검색 결과의 상위에 위치시키는 방식이 사용되고 있다. 기존의 사용자 프로파일은 단순 방문 페이지와 사용자가 실제 서비스를 제공받은 페이지에 대한 구별없이, 모든 검색 세션에 대해 동일한 방문 내역을 저장하고 있다. 그러나 이 경우, 잦은 방문 횟수를 가지나 실제 사용자가 서비스를 이용하지 않은 웹 페이지가 적은 방문 횟수를 가지나 실제 사용자가 서비스를 이용한 웹 페이지보다 높은 우선 순위를 갖게 될 수 있는 문제점을 지니고 있다. 본 논문에서는 필요로 하는 서비스를 웹에서 찾고자 할 때, 사용자가 과거에 이용했던 서비스 제공자들의 목록을 이용하여, 사용자 프로파일 기반 웹 서비스 검색의 정확도를 향상시키는 시스템을 설계하였다. 이를 위해 사용자가 웹 서핑 중 서비스를 이용했던 웹 페이지 정보를 서비스 제공자 목록에 저장하였다. 검색 엔진이 특정 질의어에 대해 제공하는 검색 결과는, 우선 사용자 프로파일을 이용해 과거에 자주 방문했던 웹 페이지가 높은 우선 순위를 갖도록 조정된 후, 서비스 제공자 목록을 이용해 과거에 사용자가 서비스를 이용했던 웹 페이지가 가장 높은 우선 순위를 갖도록 재조정된다. 사용자에게 제공되는 최종 검색 결과는 사용자의 과거의 방문 경향 및 실제 서비스 이용 경향을 모두 반영하게 된다.고려할 때 가장 효과적인 라우팅 프로토콜이라고 할 수 있다.iRNA 상의 의존관계를 분석할 수 있었다.수안보 등 지역에서 나타난다 이러한 이상대 주변에는 대개 온천이 발달되어 있었거나 새로 개발되어 있는 곳이다. 온천에 이용하고 있는 시추공의 자료는 배제하였으나 온천이응으로 직접적으로 영향을 받지 않은 시추공의 자료는 사용하였다 이러한 온천 주변 지역이라 하더라도 실제는 온천의 pumping 으로 인한 대류현상으로 주변 일대의 온도를 올려놓았기 때문에 비교적 높은 지열류량 값을 보인다. 한편 한반도 남동부 일대는 이번 추가된 자료에 의해 새로운 지열류량 분포 변화가 나타났다 강원 북부 오색온천지역 부근에서 높은 지열류량 분포를 보이며 또한 우리나라 대단층 중의 하나인 양산단층과 같은 방향으로 발달한 밀양단층, 모량단층, 동래단층 등 주변부로 NNE-SSW 방향의 지열류량 이상대가 발달한다. 이것으로 볼 때 지열류량은 지질구조와 무관하지 않음을 파악할 수 있다. 특히 이러한 단층대 주변은 지열수의 순환이 깊은 심도까지 가능하므로 이러한 대류현상으로 지표부근까지 높은 지온 전달이 되어 나타나는 것으로 판단된다.의 안정된 방사성표지효율을 보였다. $^{99m}Tc$-transferrin을 이용한 감염영상을 성공적으로 얻을 수 있었으며, $^{67}Ga$-citrate 영상과 비교하여 더 빠른 시간 안에 우수한 영상을 얻을 수 있었다. 그러므로 $^{99m}Tc$-transierrin이 감염 병소의 영상진단에 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.리를 정량화 하였다. 특히 선조체에서의 도파민 유리에 의한 수용체 결합능의 감소는 흡연에 의한 혈중 니코틴의 축적 농도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다(rho=0.9, p=0.04). 결론: $[^{11}C]raclopride$ PET을 이용하여 비

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.898-908
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• 2016

Despite recent groundbreaking advances in multiple myeloma (MM) treatment, most MM patients ultimately experience relapse, and the relapse biology is not entirely understood. To define altered gene expression in MM relapse, gene expression profiles were examined and compared among 16 MM patients grouped by 12 months progression-free survival (PFS) after autologous stem cell transplantation. To maximize the difference between prognostic groups, patients at each end of the PFS spectrum (the four with the shortest PFS and four with the longest PFS) were chosen for additional analyses. We discovered that integrin-${\alpha}8$ (ITGA8) is highly expressed in MM patients with early relapse. The integrin family is well known to be involved in MM progression; however, the role of integrin-${\alpha}8$ is largely unknown. We functionally overexpressed integrin-${\alpha}8$ in MM cell lines, and surprisingly, stemness features including $HIF1{\alpha}$, VEGF, OCT4, and Nanog, as well as epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related phenotypes, including N-cadherin, Slug, Snail and CXCR4, were induced. These, consequently, enhanced migration and invasion abilities, which are crucial to MM pathogenesis. Moreover, the gain of integrin-${\alpha}8$ expression mediated drug resistance against melphalan and bortezomib, which are the main therapeutic agents in MM. The cBioPortal genomic database revealed that ITGA8 have significant tendency to co-occur with PDGFRA and PDGFRB and their mRNA expression were up-regulated in ITGA8 overexpressed MM cells. In summary, integrin-${\alpha}8$, which was up-regulated in MM of early relapse, mediates EMT-like phenotype, enhancing migration and invasion; therefore, it could serve as a potential marker of MM relapse and be a new therapeutic target.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.158-161
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• 2015

세균성 피부염은 항생제 치료가 필요한 흔한 질환이다. 최근 항생제 내성 세균이 전 세계적으로 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 개 피부염 병변에서 분리한 S. pseudintermedius의 항생제 내성 유전자 발현을 조사하고, 이를 디스크 감수성 시험결과와 비교하였다. 총 7개의 S. pseudintermedius 균주가 연구에 포함되었다. 세균 동정은 16S rDNA 염기 서열 분석으로 실시하였다. 조사 결과 분리한 S. pseudintermedius 모두가 1개 이상의 항생제 내성유전자(mecA, blaZ and aac[6']/aph[2"])를 보유하였다. 전체 분리균주가 blaZ 유전자에 양성을 보였으나, 두 개 균주만이 amoxicillin/clavulanate에 내성을 나타냈다. Gentamicin 내성을 나타낸 5개 균주 중, 1개는 aac(6')/aph(2") 유전자에 대한 PCR 검사에서 음성을 나타냈다. 이 결과는 내성 유전자 검출 PCR 기법과 디스크 감수성 시험 기법이 항생제 내성을 검사하는 데에 있어 상호보완적인 관계를 가짐을 제시한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.323-335
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• 2002

Object: The present study was accomplished to obtain a gene expression profile of the luminal epithelium during embryo apposition in comparison of implantation (1M) and interimplantation (INTER) sites. Material and Method: The mouse uterine luminal epithelium from IM and INTER sites were sampled on day 4.5 (Day of vaginal plug = day 0.5) by Laser Captured Microdissection (LCM). RNA was extracted from LCM captured epithelium, amplified, labeled and hybridized to microarrays. Results from microarray hybridization were analyzed by Significance Analysis of Microarrays (SAM) method. Differential expression of some genes was confirmed by LCM followed by RT-PCR. Results: Comparison of IM and INTER sites by SAM identified 73 genes most highly ranked at IM, while 13 genes at the INTER sites, within the estimated false discovery rate (FDR) of 0.163. Among 73 genes at IM, 20 were EST/unknown function, and the remain 53 were categorized to the structural, cell cycle, gene/protein expression, immune reaction, invasion, metabolism, oxidative stress, and signal transduction. Of the 24 structural genes, 14 were related especially to extracellular matrix and tissue remodeling. Meanwhile, among 13 genes up-regulated at INTER, 8 genes were EST/unknown function, and the rest 5 were related to metabolism, signal transduction, and gene/protein expression. Among these 58 (53+5) genes with known functions, 13 genes (22.4%) were related with $Ca^{2+}$ for their function. Conclusions: Results of the present study suggest that 1) active tissue remodeling is occurring at the IM sites during embryo apposition, 2) the INTER sites are relatively quiescent than IM sites, and 3) the $Ca^{2+}$ may be a crucial for apposition. Search for human homologue of those genes expressed in the mouse luminal epithelium during apposition will help to understand the implantation process and/or implantation failure in humans.