• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.273-281
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• 2015

본 연구는 세 종류의 서로 다른 규사와 강모래의 조합이 알칼리-활성화 슬래그(AASC) 시멘트의 압축강도와 건조수축 특성에 주는 영향에 대한 것이다. 모래의 특성은 알칼리 활성화 시멘트의 특성에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 세 종류의 규사 (S1, S2 그리고 S3)와 강모래 (RS)를 사용하였다. 또한 세 종류의 혼합 모래에대해 실험을 수행하였다. 첫 번째 시리즈 (S1)는 강모래(RS)와 규사1 (SS1)을, 두 번째 시리즈 (S2)는 강모래(RS)와 규사2 (SS2)를, 세 번째 시리즈(S3)는 강모래 (RS)와 규사3 (SS3)을 서로 다른 비율로 혼합하였다. 그 결과 혼합 모래는 AASC 모르타르의 특성에 특이할만한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 모래의 입자크기와 혼합율의 관계에 따른 압축강도와 건조수축은 혼합된 모래의 조립률(FM)과 상대 표면적이 충분히 고려되어야 한다. 모래의 종류와 혼합비율은 AASC 모르타르의 배합 설계에 중요하게 고려되어야 할 요소이다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2018

Taste is closely related to intake of food. Taste perception is also influenced by type of food ingested, and nutrition and health status. Bitter taste plays an important role in the survival of human and animals to avoid probable toxic and harmful substances. Vertebrate animals recognize bitter taste through type 2 taste receptors (T2Rs). Several T2Rs have been expressed extra-oral such as the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, urogenital tract, brain and immune cells, and parts of their functions are being revealed. This review will discuss physiological roles of T2Rs in relation to innate immunity, secretion and smooth muscle contraction expressed in extra-oral cells and tissues, and we summarize relationships between polymorphisms in T2Rs and general or oral diseases. It is not a coincidence that animals pay much genetic costs for taste and smell during evolution.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1401-1406
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• 2018

Objective: The uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is a member of the mitochondrial anion carrier superfamily and has crucial effects on growth and feed efficiency in many species. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to examine the association of polymorphisms in the UCP3 gene with feed efficiency in meat-type chickens. Methods: Six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the UCP3 gene were chosen to be genotyped using matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry in meat-type chicken populations with 724 birds in total. Body weight at 49 (BW49) and 70 days of age (BW70) and feed intake (FI) in the interval were collected, then body weight gain (BWG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were calculated individually. Results: One SNP with a low minor allele frequency (<1%) was removed by quality control and data filtering. The results showed that rs13997809 of UCP3 was significantly associated with BWG and FCR (p<0.05), and that rs13997811 had significant effects on BW70 and BWG (p<0.05). Rs13997812 of UCP3 was strongly associated with BW70, FI, and FCR (p<0.05). Furthermore, individuals with AA genotype of rs13997809 had significantly higher BWG and lower FCR (p<0.05) than those with AT genotype. The GG individuals showed strongly higher BW70 and BWG than AA birds in rs13997811 (p<0.05). Birds with the TT genotype of rs13997812 had significantly greater BW70 and lower FCR compared with the CT birds (p<0.05). In addition, the TAC haplotype based on rs13997809, rs13997811, and rs13997812 showed significant effects on BW70, FI, and FCR (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our results therefore demonstrate important roles for UCP3 polymorphisms in growth and feed efficiency that might be used in meat-type chicken breeding programs.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.29.1-29.10
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• 2021

In our previous studies, we have demonstrated the association of certain variants of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR), thyroid peroxidase (TPO), and thyroglobulin (TG) genes with congenital hypothyroidism. Herein, we explored the mechanistic basis for this association using different in silico tools. The mRNA 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) plays key roles in gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. In TSHR variants (rs2268477, rs7144481, and rs17630128), the binding affinity of microRNAs (miRs) (hsa-miR-154-5p, hsa-miR-376a-2-5p, hsa-miR-3935, hsa-miR-4280, and hsa-miR-6858-3p) to the 3'-UTR is disrupted, affecting post-transcriptional gene regulation. TPO and TG are the two key proteins necessary for the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones in the presence of iodide and H₂O₂. Reduced stability of these proteins leads to aberrant biosynthesis of thyroid hormones. Compared to the wild-type TPO protein, the p.S398T variant was found to exhibit less stability and significant rearrangements of intra-atomic bonds affecting the stoichiometry and substrate binding (binding energies, ΔG of wild-type vs. mutant: -15 vs. -13.8 kcal/mol; and dissociation constant, K_d of wild-type vs. mutant: 7.2E^-12 vs. 7.0E^-11 M). The missense mutations p.G653D and p.R1999W on the TG protein showed altered ΔG(0.24 kcal/mol and 0.79 kcal/mol, respectively). In conclusion, an in silico analysis of TSHR genetic variants in the 3'-UTR showed that they alter the binding affinities of different miRs. The TPO protein structure and mutant protein complex (p.S398T) are less stable, with potentially deleterious effects. A structural and energy analysis showed that TG mutations (p.G653D and p.R1999W) reduce the stability of the TG protein and affect its structure-functional relationship.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.142-149
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• 2006

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between stress type and Ryodoraku score (RS) in patients with functional dyspepsia. Methods : 92 (30 male, 62 female) patients with functional dyspepsia were included in this study. Degree of stress was evaluated by GARS and BEPSI scale which can assess acute and chronic stress, respectively. RS of the patients was measured, and mean, sum of gaps and standard deviation (SD) in their RS were taken. First, patients were divided into two groups by sex, and by mean RS $40{\mu}A$ (above and below). GARS and BEPSI scale of each group was compared. Second, correlation between stress scales (GARS and BEPSI) and variation indexes of RS (sum of gaps and SD) was examined. Result : 1. The mean RS is higher in male patients than in female ones. 2. No significant difference was noted in GARS and BEPSI scale associated with above end below the mean $40{\mu}A$ RS. 3. The sum of gaps and SD of RS has significant correlation with GARS scale but not with BEPSI scale. Conclusions : These results suggest that the sum of gaps and SD of RS are associated with acute stress in patients with functional dyspepsia. Thus, it is thought that RS can be useful in assessing acute stress in patients with functional dyspepsia.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1736-1748
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• 2018

Brucella abortus can survive and replicate within host macrophages, and great efforts have been made to demonstrate the genes involved in pathogenicity, such as internalization, in Brucella research. Here, intracellular responses were compared between THP-1 macrophage cells stimulated with B. abortus wild-type and four mutants (C1, C10, C27, and C32) using microarray to demonstrate the role of genes related to intracellular survival and replication. These mutants were generated by deleting genes encoding BAB_RS13225 (4-hydrobenzoate 3-monooxygenase, PHBH), BAB_RS00455 (heme exporter protein cytochrome C, CcmC), BAB_RS03675 (exopolyphosphatase, PPX), and BAB_RS13225 (peptidase M24). The results showed that mutants C1 and C10 induced significant suppression of survival levels and cytokine expression relative to wild-type in the THP-1 macrophage cells. These findings suggest that the BAB_RS13225 and BAB_RS00455 genes play important roles in survival within human macrophages. Conversely, mutants C27 and C32 induced significantly higher survival level than wild-type in the cells inhibiting cellular signal transduction. It is assumed that the BAB_RS03675 and BAB_RS13225 genes play a role in cellular resistance to B. abortus. Therefore, the disrupted genes are involved in B. abortus intracellular growth, and especially in its survival, and they could be effective targets for understanding the intracellular bacterium, B. abortus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1904-1915
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• 2019

Resistant starch (RS) is metabolized by gut microbiota and involved in the production of short-chain fatty acids, which are related to a variety of physiological and health effects. Therefore, the availability of RS as a prebiotic is a topic of interest, and research on gut bacteria that can decompose RS is also important. The objectives in this study were 1) to isolate a human gut bacterium having strong degradation activity on non-gelatinized RS, 2) to characterize its RS-degrading characteristics, and 3) to investigate its probiotic effects, including a growth stimulation effect on other gut bacteria and an immunomodulatory effect. Bifidobacterium adolescentis P2P3 showing very strong RS granule utilization activity was isolated. It can attach to RS granules and form them into clusters. It also utilizes high-amylose corn starch granules up to 63.3%, and efficiently decomposes other various types of commercial RS without gelatinization. In a coculture experiment, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron ATCC 29148, isolated from human feces, was able to grow using carbon sources generated from RS granules by B. adolescentis P2P3. In addition, B. adolescentis P2P3 demonstrated the ability to stimulate secretion of Th1 type cytokines from mouse macrophages in vitro that was not shown in other B. adolescentis. These results suggested that B. adolescentis P2P3 is a useful probiotic candidate, having immunomodulatory activity as well as the ability to feed other gut bacteria using RS as a prebiotic.

• 충청수학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.397-408
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• 2015

In this paper, we solve the Hyers-Ulam stability problem for the following cubic type functional equation $$f(rx+sy)+f(rx-sy)=rs^2f(x+y)+rs^2f(x-y)+2r(r^2-s^2)f(x)$$in quasi-Banach space and non-Archimedean space, where $r={\neq}{\pm}1,0$ and s are real numbers.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.99-109
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• 2008

Protein phosphorylation at tyrosine residues is a key regulatory event that modulates insulin signal transduction. We studied the PTPN1 gene with regard to susceptibility to Korean type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its related quantitative traits. A total of seven SNPs [g.36171G>A (rs941798), g.58166G>A (rs3787343), g.58208A>G (rs2909270), g.64840C>T (rs754118), g.69560C>G (rs6020612), g.69866G>A (rs718050), and g.69934T>G (rs3787343)] were selected based on frequency (>0.05), linkage disequilibrium (LD) status, and haplotype tagging status. We studied the seven SNPs in 483 unrelated patients with type 2 diabetes (age: $64{\pm}2.8$ years, onset age: $56{\pm}8.1$ years; 206 men, 277 women) and 1138 nondiabetic control subjects (age: $64{\pm}2.9$; 516 men, 622 women). The SNP rs941798 had protective effects against T2DM with an odds ratio of 0.726 (C.I. $0.541{\sim}0.975$) and p-value=0.034, but none of the remaining six SNPs was associated with T2DM. Also, rs941798 was associated with blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, insulin sensitivity. rs941798 also has been associated with T2DM in previous reports of Caucasian-American and Hispanic-American populations. This is the first report that shows an association between PTPN1 and T2DM in the Korean as well as Asian population.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.684-691
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• 2010

본 연구는 저항전분이 Loperamide 유도 변비 쥐의 대장내 환경과 혈중지질 농도에 미치는 영향에 대해 실험 조사하였다. 실험동물은 Sprague-Dawley계 수컷 쥐를 사용하였으며 60마리를 정상 셀룰로오스군, 변비 셀룰로오스군, 변비 펙틴군, 변비 RS2군, 변비 고RS2군, 변비 RS3군의 6개 군으로 나누었다. AIN-76 식이를 기본으로 각각 다른 식이 섬유원 즉, 셀룰로오스, 펙틴, RS2, RS3를 첨가하여 에너지 밀도가 동일한 실험식을 변비 유발 쥐에 5주 동안 투여하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. RS3 투여군과 고농도 RS2 투여군은 맹장 내용물의 비피더스균 수를 정상대조군에 비해 유의적으로 높이는 효과를 나타내었다. 맹장 내용물의 단쇄지방산총량은 셀룰로오스 군에 비해 펙틴과 저항전분군들에서 유의적으로 높았고, 개별 단쇄지방산은 프로피온산의 경우 펙틴군에서 가장 높았으며 부티르산은 CR3군에서 가장 높았다. 저항전분의 투여는 맹장 내용물의 pH를 셀룰로오스군에 비해 유의적으로 낮추었다. RS3 투여는 대장 관내 점막의 두께를 정상대조군에 비해 증가시키는 경향을 보였고, 점액분비 세포의 활성도를 정상대조군과 비슷한 수준으로 나타내었다. 염증지표 $PGE_2$의 수준은 저항전분 보충군들이 정상셀룰로오스군에 비해서는 높았으나 변비 셀룰로오스군이나 펙틴군에 비해서는 유의적으로 낮았다. 뿐만 아니라 저항전분들의 투여는 종류에 관계없이 변비동물에서 혈중 중성지질과 총 콜레스테롤 농도를 낮추고 HDL-콜레스테롤의 비율을 높임으로써 동맥경화지수를 낮추어 지질대사를 개선하는 유익한 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과들에서 저항성 전분들은 장내 비피더스균과 같은 유용균의 증식을 활성화 시키며 단쇄지방산의 생산을 증가시킴으로써 장내 pH를 낮추는 효과를 나타낼 수 있으며, 또한 대장 점막층의 두께와 점액분비 세포수를 증가시키고 염증지표 수준을 낮춤으로서 변비동물의 대장 내의 환경을 건강하게 유지하고 장 기능을 효과적으로 개선시킬 뿐 아니라 혈중지질의 개선효과를 함께 나타낼 것으로 사료된다.