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Histamine Signaling Pathway in Sensory Neurons is Similar to Bradykinin

  • Lee, Sang-Hee;Koo, Jae-Yeon;Kim, Sang-Sung;Lee, Jung-Youn;Cho, Ha-Won;Kim, Byung-Moon;Oh, Uh-Taek
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.192.1-192.1
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    • 2003
  • Histamine is found in most tissues of the body and activates polymodal nociceptors via unmyelinated afferent C-fibres. We have demonstrated that bradykinin. acting at B2 bradykinin receptors. excites sensory nerve endings by activating capsaicin receptors via production of 12-lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid in dorsal root ganglion. Histamine is known to the activator of phospholipase A2- arachidonic acid pathway via a G-protein- coupled H1 receptor. (omitted)

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Role of metabolism by flavin-containing monooxygenase in thioacetamide-induced immunosuppression

  • Lee, Jeong W.;Ki D. Shin;Shin W. Cha;Kim, Jong-C.;Kim, Eun J.;Sang S. Han;Tae C. Jeong;Woo S. Koh
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.121-121
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    • 2001
  • Thioacetamide has been known to cause immune suppression. In this report we studied the role of metabolic activation by flavin-containing monooxygenase in the thioacetamide-induced immune response. To determine whether the metabolites of thioacetamide produced by flavin-containing monooxygenase result in the immunosuppression, methimazole, a flavin-containing monooxygenase inhibitor, was used to block the flavin-containing monooxygenase pathway.(omitted)

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A Study on the Ordered Subsets Expectation Maximization Reconstruction Method Using Gibbs Priors for Emission Computed Tomography (Gibbs 선행치를 사용한 배열된부분집합 기대값최대화 방출단층영상 재구성방법에 관한 연구)

  • Im, K. C.;Choi, Y.;Kim, J. H.;Lee, S. J.;Woo, S. K.;Seo, H. K.;Lee, K. H.;Kim, S. E.;Choe, Y. S.;Park, C. C;Kim, B. T.
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.441-448
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    • 2000
  • 방출단층영상 재구성을 위한 최대우도 기대값최대화(maximum likelihood expectation maximization, MLEM) 방법은 영상 획득과정을 통계학적으로 모델링하여 영상을 재구성한다. MLEM은 일반적으로 사용하여 여과후역투사(filtered backprojection)방법에 비해 많은 장점을 가지고 있으나 반복횟수 증가에 따른 발산과 재구성 시간이 오래 걸리는 단점을 가지고 있다. 이 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 계산시간을 현저히 단축시킨 배열된부분집합 기대값최대화(ordered subsets expectation maximization. OSEM)에 Gibbs 선행치인 membrance (MM) 또는 thin plate(TP)을 첨가한 OSEM-MAP (maximum a posteriori)을 구현함으로써 알고리즘의 안정성 및 재구성된 영상의 질을 향상시키고자 g나다. 실험에서 알고리즘의 수렴시간을 가속화하기 위해 투사 데이터를 16개의 부분집합으로 분할하여 반복연산을 수행하였으며, 알고리즘의 성능을 비교하기 위해 소프트웨어 모형(원숭이 뇌 자가방사선, 수학적심장흉부)을 사용한 영상재구성 결과를 제곱오차로 비교하였다. 또한 알고리즘의 사용 가능성을 평가하기 위해 물리모형을 사용하여 PET 기기로부터 획득한 실제 투사 데이터를 사용하였다.

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Development of Tetracycline-regulated Adenovirus Expression Vector System

  • Son, Kyung-Hwa;Lee, Seung-Hoon;Kim, Jong-Sik;Choi, Jung-Joo;Lee, Je-Ho
    • Journal of Genetic Medicine
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 1999
  • Recombinant adenovirus vector systems with strong promoters have been used to achieve high level production of recombinant protein. However, this overexpression system cause some problems such as disturbance of cell physiology and increment of cellular toxicity. Here, we showed a tetracycline-regulated adenovirus expression vector system. Our results showed that the expression level of transgene(p-53) was high and easily regulated by tetracycline. In addition, the maximal gene expression level of the tetracycline-controlled gene expression system was higher than that of the wild type CMV promoter system. Therefore, tetracycline-regulated adenoviral vector system could be applicable for regulatory high-level expression of toxic gene. Also, this system will be useful for functional studies and gene therapy.

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