• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.244-250
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 소형화된 대칭형 다이폴 안테나와 이를 이용한 배열 구조를 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나 배열 구조는 표재성 암 치료를 위한 고온 온열 치료의 전자기파 방사체에 사용된다. 소형화된 다이폴 안테나는 가온 균일성 향상을 위하여 양 갈래 다이폴과 정합 구조가 대칭형으로 설계되었고 이를 이용하여 $2{\times}2$ 배열 구조가 제작 및 측정되었다. 제작된 배열 구조는 전자파 흡수율과 생체열 방정식에 의하여 모의 실험되고, 다중 채널 온도계를 사용하여 30분 및 60분 간의 온도 분포가 측정되었다. 그 결과, 다이폴 안테나에 각각 2 W의 전력을 공급하였을 때 2.7도와 3.3도의 온도가 상승하였다. 측정 환경에서의 모의 실험 결과와 측정 결과가 일관성을 보였으며, 실제 치료 환경을 가정한 모의 실험을 통하여 실제 의료 기기 활용에 많은 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2017

With the explosive increase in exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by mobile phones, public concerns have grown over the last few decades with regard to the potential effects of EMF exposure on the nervous system in the brain. Many researchers have suggested that RF-EMFs can effect diverse neuronal alterations in the brain, thereby affecting neuronal functions as well as behavior. Previously, we showed that long-term exposure to 835 MHz RF-EMF induces autophagy in the mice brain. In this study, we explore whether shortterm exposure to RF-EMF leads to the autophagy pathway in the cerebral cortex and brainstem at 835 MHz with a specific absorption rate (SAR) of 4.0 W/kg for 4 weeks. Increased levels of autophagy genes and proteins such as LC3B-II and Beclin1 were demonstrated and the accumulation of autophagosomes and autolysosomes was observed in cortical neurons whereas apoptosis pathways were up-regulated in the brainstem but not in the cortex following 4 weeks of RF exposure. Taken together, the present study indicates that monthly exposure to RF-EMF induces autophagy in the cerebral cortex and suggests that autophagic degradation in cortical neurons against a stress of 835 MHz RF during 4 weeks could correspond to adaptation to the RF stress environment. However, activation of apoptosis rather than autophagy in the brainstem is suggesting the differential responses to the RF-EMF stresses in the brain system.

• 환경생물
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.507-512
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• 2004

This study was focused on the risk assessment of whether radiofrequency electromagnetic fields generated by mobile phone is cytogenetically toxic or not. We conducted the effects of 835-MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) on DNA strand breaks in mouse thymic lymphoma L5178Y $Tk^{+/1-}$ cells using alkaline comet assay. EMF frequency 835-MHz we chosen is one of the most popular communication frequency bands in Korean code-division multiple-access (CDMA) mobile phone system. The cells were exposed to 835-MHz EMF alone or 835-MHz EMF combined with cyclophosamide(CPA) or 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO) at specific absorption rate (SAR) of 4.0 W $kg^{-l}$ for 24 and 48hrs. DNA damage expressed as tail moment was increased more than two-fold after exposure to 835-MHz EMF for 24 and 48hr. In particular, CPA for 48hr and 4NQO for 24 hr enhanced notably the tail moment to 9-fold and 16-fold in the presence of 835-MHz EMF, respectively, compared to each single treatment. From these results, it appears that exposure to CDMA-mobile phone radiation at 835-MHz frequency may potentiate DNA strand breaks of mouse thymic lymphoma L5178Y $Tk^{+/1-}$;cells under the defined conditions of this study.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2015

To explore the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field on the fate of neuronal cells, we investigated whether exposure to 915 MHz radiofrequency identification (RFID) caused morphological changes in neuronal cells in rat hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). A reverberation chamber was used as a whole-body RFID exposure system. Rats were assigned to two groups: sham- and RFID-exposed groups. Rats in the RFID-exposed group were exposed to RFID at 4 W/kg specific absorption rate (SAR) for 8 hours daily, 5 days per week, for 2 weeks. Morphological evaluation of DG was performed using immunohistochemistry with doublecortin (DCX) as a neuronal precursor cell marker and neuronal nuclei (NeuN) as a mature neuronal cell marker. No significant morphological changes in DCX+ or NeuN+ cells in the DG of RFID-exposed rats were observed. These results suggest that RFID exposure induces no significant change in DCX+ neuronal precursor or NeuN+ neuronal cells in DG of rats.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.940-946
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 휴대용 컴퓨터 내 WWAN 대역에서 동작 가능한 평판 회로 기판형 내장형 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나는 GSM850/900 대역에서의 안테나 특성을 개선하기 위하여 평판 회로 기판 위에 인쇄되어 있는 기판을 제거한 후 패턴의 일부를 금속 구조체로 대체하였다. 제안된 안테나는 가로 74 mm, 세로 11 mm, 높이 0.5 mm의 크기로 금속 구조체를 사용하지 않은 평판 회로 기판형 안테나와 비교하였을 때 유사한 크기를 가졌음에도 불구하고 해당 주파수 대역에서 약 42 %의 대역폭 증가 특성을 보였다. 금속 구조체를 사용한 GSM850/900 대역에서 측정된 방사 이득의 경우 -4.45~-2.29 dBi로 금속 구조체를 사용하지 않은 안테나보다 높은 방사 이득 특성을 보였다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.102-106
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• 2007

Radiofrequency (RF) radiation at the frequency of mobile phones has been not reported to induce cellular responses in in vitro and in vivo models. We exposed HEI-OC1, conditionally-immortalized mouse auditory cells, to RF radiation to characterize cellular responses to 1763 MHz RF radiation. While we could not detect any differences upon RF exposure, whole-genome expression profiling might provide the most sensitive method to find the molecular responses to RF radiation. HEI-OC1 cells were exposed to 1763 MHz RF radiation at an average specific absorption rate (SAR) of 20 W/kg for 24 hr and harvested after 5 hr of recovery (R5), alongside sham-exposed samples (S5). From the whole-genome profiles of mouse neurons, we selected 9 differentially-expressed genes between the S5 and R5 groups using information gain-based recursive feature elimination procedure. Based on support vector machine (SVM), we designed a prediction model using the 9 genes to discriminate the two groups. Our prediction model could predict the target class without any error. From these results, we developed a prediction model using biomarkers to determine the RF radiation exposure in mouse auditory cells with perfect accuracy, which may need validation in in vivo RF-exposure models.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2006

We have investigated biological responses to radiofrequency (RF) radiation in in vitro and in vivo models. By measuring the levels of heat shock proteins as well as the activation of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs), we could not detect any differences upon RF exposure. In this study, we used more sensitive method to find the molecular responses to RF radiation. Jurkat, human T-Iymphocyte cells were exposed to 1763 MHz RF radiation at an average specific absorption rate (SAR) of 10 W/kg for one hour and harvested immediately (R0) or after five hours (R5). From the profiles of 30,000 genes, we selected 68 differentially expressed genes among sham (S), R0 and R5 groups using a random-variance F-test. Especially 45 annotated genes were related to metabolism, apoptosis or transcription regulation. Based on support vector machine (SVM) algorithm, we designed prediction model using 68 genes to discriminate three groups. Our prediction model could predict the target class of 19 among 20 examples exactly (95% accuracy). From these data, we could select the 68 biomarkers to predict the RF radiation exposure with high accuracy, which might need to be validated in in vivo models.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.277-289
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• 2018

The exponential increase in the use of mobile communication has triggered public concerns about the potential adverse effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by mobile phones on the central nervous system (CNS). In this study, we explored the relationship between calcium channels and apoptosis or autophagy in the hippocampus of C57BL/6 mice after RF-EMF exposure with a specific absorption rate (SAR) of 4.0 W/kg for 4 weeks. Firstly, the expression level of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), a key regulator of the entry of calcium ions into the cell, was confirmed by immunoblots. We investigated and confirmed that pan-calcium channel expression in hippocampal neurons were significantly decreased after exposure to RF-EMF. With the observed accumulation of autolysosomes in hippocampal neurons via TEM, the expressions of autophagy-related genes and proteins (e.g., LC3B-II) had significantly increased. However, down-regulation of the apoptotic pathway may contribute to the decrease in calcium channel expression, and thus lower levels of calcium in hippocampal neurons. These results suggested that exposure of RF-EMF could alter intracellular calcium homeostasis by decreasing calcium channel expression in the hippocampus; presumably by activating the autophagy pathway, while inhibiting apoptotic regulation as an adaptation process for 835 MHz RF-EMF exposure.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.440-452
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• 2005

Objective: In the winter of 2002, severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS) began to spread throughout the world. More than 5,000 cases were reported in China, including over 1,700 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(Hong Kong SAR). The total number of cases reported from Canada and Singapore was more than 200. The total number of SARS cases world-wide reached 8,437 with incidences in 29 counties. Mortality from SARS is estimated at $10{\sim}12%$. When the SARS outbreak occurred in China, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China immediately initiated clinical research projects on the use of integrated herbal medicine and Western medicine for treating SARS. and, in Hong Kong SAR, research on the use of herbal medicine for the prevention and treatment of SARS. Reports were released during convalescence. The objective of this study is to overview twelve clinical SARS reports of WHO on the treatment of SARS with herbal medicine and evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment of SARS with herbal medicine, and further to share experiences and knowledge of the treatment of SARS. Methods: Twelve clinical reports about SARS from the WHO were selected, overviewed and evaluated for efficacy and safety of treatments of SARS. Results and Conclusion: Twelve clinical reports about SARS showed that the integrated treatment may have advantages, and the advantages are reflected in the following findings: Firstly, herbal medicine is not targeted only at a specific etiology or a certain pathological link, but also at the pathological status of the patients at that particular time. Therefore, comprehensive readjustment was made through various angles, targets and channels to restore the balance of the body. Secondly, there are advantages in the differentiation of the disease and the treatment. Based on the various symptoms, herbal medicine enables the physician to adopt the most suitable principle, provide individual treatment, and to administer medicine in accordance with the actual process and nature of the illness. Thirdly, there are advantages in the results of the treatment; herbal medicine can relieve symptoms, promote absorption of lung inflammation, improve the degree of blood oxygen saturation, regulate immunological functions, reduce the required dosage of glucocorticoid and other Western medicines, and reduce case fatality rate, in addition to lowering the cost of treatment.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 1990

원자력병원 치료방사선과에서는 자입온열치료 등을 위한 역동적 조직 등가물을 자체 고안하여 제작된 역동적 조직등가물에서 얻은 결과와 실제 가묘 대뇌실질에 자입온열치료를 시행해서 얻은 결과에서 다음과 같은 결론에 도달하여 향후 인위적으로 유발시킨 가묘 대뇌실질 내 악성종양에 대한 실험적 연구의 기초가 되고 암치료율 향상을 위한 시발로 삼으려 한다. 1, 915MHz 극초단파를 이용한 자입온열기 단말의 치료가능 용적은 $50\%$ S.A.R. (specific absorption rate)에 의하면 $2\;cm\times\;cm\times6\;cm$이었다. 2, 순환이 되지 않는 정적 조직등가물에서는 공기 중 압력분포와 같았고 자입온열치료기 가동후 $5\~10$분 내에 극초단파에 의해 간섭받지 않는 Ga-As fiberoptic thermistor로 측정되지 않는 $55^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도 이상으로 상승됨이 관찰되었다. 3, 생리식염수를 순환시킨 역동적 조직등가물에서 자입온열치료기 가동 후 5분 이내의 경과기(transit period)를 거쳐 45분 이상의 안정기 (steady peroid)를 얻을 수 있었다. 4, 역동적 조직등가물에서 순환을 차단하면 정적 등가물과 같은 온도 상승이 관촬되었다. 5, 가묘 대뇌실질에 대한 자입온열치료를 5 Watts이하의 출력으로 사용하는 경우 비교적 안정되게 시행 가능했고 순환차단에 의한 급격한 온도상승이 관찰되었고 최고 $55^{\circ}C$ 이상까지 걸리는 시간이 출력 5, 10 및 15 Watts에서 각각 15.2 (SE 0.4), 9.7 (SE 0.3) 그리고 6.3 (SE 0.4)분 이었다. 본 연구는 기초 생물학적 실험이지만, 그 결과는 임상 암치료 방법에 직접 이용되는 것이며 또한 치료수행을 위해 반드시 필요한 과정이다. 따라서 치료방법의 결정, 성적분석, 치료 부작용의 예측 및 대책확립 등에 적용될 뿐만 아니라, 외국의 치료결과와 비교시 본원 온열치료의 특성제시에 활용될 수 있다.