• 대한한방종양학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.55-70
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• 1998

It has been known that "Gobongeonyangdan" has a certain effects on male sterility in the field of oriental medicine. This thesis purposes to prove such effects of the medicine especially concerning sex hormones and hematogenesis. In the study were used three groups of rats: two of those were treated with Gobongeonyangdan with a variety of quantity and the other untreated. The experiment spans for 35 days: tests upon those subjects were done three times on the 7th, 21st, and 35th day checking the change of testosterone, estradiol, LH, FSH and iron in the serums, and RBC, hematocrit and hemoglobin levels. The results obtained from the study are as follows: 1. The content of testosterone in the serums marked a significant increase in both treated groups in comparison to the untreated group. 2. The content of estradiol in the serums showed a significant increase in the treated groups as to the untreated. 3. The content of LH in the serums increased significantly in the treated groups as to the untreated. 4. The content of FSH in the serums also increased remarkably in the two treated groups as to the untreated. 5. The content of iron in the serum was seen to be increased in the treated groups rather than the untreated group. 6. The RBC was observed to show a tendency toward a significant increase in both the treated groups in comparison with the untreated group. 7. The hemoglobin levels were also increased significantly in the treated groups as to the untreated. 8. The hematocrit levels were decreased significantly in one of the two treated group(sample A group) and there was no difference in the other group(sample B group) in comparison with the untreated group. Consequently, "Gobongeonyangdan" may well be a favorable medicine for patients two have sexual functional disorder and it is also effective on hematogenesis.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.474-481
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• 2010

The sperm collection time, sex steroid hormones, and gonadal development of protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli, acclimated in freshwater for more than 2 years were investigated to evaluate its reproductive capability. The gonadal development of black porgy reared in seawater and freshwater could each be classified into four successive stages. For black porgy reared in seawater (BSW) as the control, these were the growing (December to February), mature (February to March), spent (March to June), and degeneration and resting (July to December) stages; for black porgy reared in freshwater (BFW), these were the growing (November to January), mature (January to February), spent (February to May), degeneration and resting (June to November) stages. In both BSW and BFW, the plasma cortisol levels were the highest in March. The plasma testosterone (T) levels of BSW and BFW were the highest in March and February, respectively. The plasma estradiol-$17{\beta}$ ($E_2$) levels did not differ significantly between BSW and BFW. The 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) levels in the plasma of BSW and BFW were the highest in April. Sperm was collectible from March to June in BSW and from February to May in BFW. The results indicated that the gonadal maturation of BFW was about 1 month faster than that of BSW.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.513-519
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• 1998

인간의 태반성 성선자극 호르몬(HCG) 또는 성선자극 호르몬-방출 호르몬 유도체(GnRH-a) 단독 주사와 HCG+GnRH-a, GnRH-a+prostaglandin E sub(2) (PGF sub(2)), GnRH-a+pimozide를 복합적으로 주사하여 성숙한 암컷 쏘가리에서 배란 유도 실험을 하였다. 호르몬과 유도체의 반응 효과는 배란후 인공 수정하여 수정율과 배체형성율을 측정하여 결정하였다. 일반적으로 GnRH-a 실험군이 HCG 실험군에 비해서 수정율과 배체형성율 및 부화율이 높았다. HCG(5,000 IU/kg)+(GnRH-a(10 ${\mu}$g), GnRH-a(10 ${\mu}$g/kg)+PG$F^2$(500 ng/kg) 및 GnRH-a(10 ${\mu}$g/kg)+pimozide(1-5 mg/kg)에서 89% 이상의 높은 부화율을 보였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 성성숙 호르몬과 자극물질로 처리된 모든 암컷에서 배란이 유도되었지만, HCG+GnRH-a+dopamine과 GnRH-a+PG$F_2$+indometacin 처리군에서는 배란이 억제되었다. 이들의 결과는 산란시기에 여러 가지 성성숙 호르몬과 관련된 호르몬과 성성숙 억제물질(GRIF)이 분비된다는 점을 시사한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.649-658
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• 2010

Myogenic satellite cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells that activate and differentiate into myotubes. These stem cells are multipotent as they transdifferentiate into adipocyte-like cells, nerve cells and osteocytes. The effects of steroid hormones ($E_2$ and testosterone) were studied as a further step toward understanding the mechanism of MSCs proliferation and differentiation. In this study, MSCs were grown continuously for 87 days, implying that there may be a group of MSCs that continue to proliferate rather than undergoing differentiation. Isolated MSCs were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium supplemented with adult male, female or castrated bovine serum to observe the effect of steroid hormones on MSC proliferation. Cell proliferation was the highest in cultures supplemented with male serum followed by female and castrated serum. The positive effect of male hormone on MSC proliferation was confirmed by the observation of testosterone-mediated increased proliferation of cells cultured in medium supplemented with castrated serum. Furthermore, steroid hormone treatment of MSCs increased lipid accumulation in myotubes. Oil-Red-O staining showed that 17${\beta}$-estradiol ($E_2$) treatment avidly increased lipid accumulation, followed by $E_2$+testosterone and testosterone alone. To our knowledge, this is the first report of lipid accumulation in myotubes due to steroids in the absence of an adipogenic environment, and the effect of steroid hormones on cell proliferation using different types of adult bovine serum, a natural hormonal system. In conclusion, we found that sex steroids affect MSCs proliferation and differentiation, and lipid accumulation in myotubes.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2015

The thyroid hormones act on nearly every cell in the body. Moreover, the thyroid gland continuously interacts with the ovaries, and the thyroid hormones are involved in almost all phases of reproduction. Thyroid dysfunctions are relatively common among women of reproductive age, and can affect fertility in various ways, resulting in anovulatory cycles, high prolactin levels, and sex hormone imbalances. Undiagnosed and untreated thyroid disease can be a cause of subfertility. Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), also known as mild thyroid failure, is diagnosed when peripheral thyroid hormone levels are within the normal reference laboratory range, but serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels are mildly elevated. Thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is characterized by the presence of anti-thyroid antibodies, which include anti-thyroperoxidase and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies. SCH and TAI may remain latent, asymptomatic, or even undiagnosed for an extended period. It has also been demonstrated that controlled ovarian hyperstimulation has a significant impact on thyroid function, particularly in women with TAI. In the current review, we describe the interactions between thyroid dysfunctions and subfertility, as well as the proper work-up and management of thyroid dysfunctions in subfertile women.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.400-403
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• 2012

10년령의 수컷 푸들이 복부팽만, 등쪽 몸통 부위 탈모, 간비대와 혈청 알칼리인산분해효소의 지속적인 상승으로 전북대학교 수의과대학 동물병원에 내원하였다. 간 생검 및 미세침흡인세포 검사법과 PAS 염색을 실시한 결과 공포성 간병증 및 간세포에 글리코겐이 침착된 것을 확인 하였다. ACTH 자극 시험 실시 전 후 코티솔 및 부신과 관련된 성 호르몬의 농도를 측정하였다. 측정결과 안드로스텐디온, 프로게스테론 및 수산화 프로게스테론의 상승을 관찰할 수 있었으며 코티솔농도는 정상 범위내에 존재하였다. 진단은 성호르몬과 관련된 비정형의 부신피질 기능 항진증으로 내렸으며 치료는 트릴로스탄으로 하였다. 치료 8주 후 등 부위의 탈모를 포함한 임상증상들이 개선되었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2001

In order to determine the role of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), the important sex-steroid hormone precursor, in vascular reactivity in rats, animals were treated for two weeks with DHEA or sex hormones, and the vascorelaxant and contractile responses of isolated aorta were examined. DHEA diminished the acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation in female rats, while the drug was without effect in males. Testoterone lowered the vasorelaxant activity to ACh in either sex. 17$\beta$-Estradiol enhanced ACh-induced vasorelaxation in male rats, but this female sex hormone did not influence in females. In male rats, the androgen receptor antagonist flutamide also enhanced vasorelaxant action of ACh. When the male rat aorta was incubated in vitro with a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor L-NAME, phenylephrine-induced contraction was greatly potentiated in DHEA-pretreated rats compared to control ones. The present results suggest that DHEA stimulates mainly androgen in female, but both androgen and estrogen in male rats. The participation of NO In the modulation of vascular reactivity with pretreated DHEA was also considered.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.279-285
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• 1996

넙치의 전 암컷 집단의 생산을 위한 연구의 일환으로 실제 양식 어민이 손쉽게 이용할 수 있는 성전환 처리방법을 개발하고자, 부화 후 30일째부터 90일까지 60일간 $17{\beta}-methyltestoste-rone$ (MT)과 $estradiol-17{\beta}\;(E_2)$을 $1\~100$ ppb로 매일 2시간 동안 침지하여 성전환을 유도하였다. 부화 후 200일째의 실험군의 성비는 대조군에서 수컷이 $46.7\%$로 나타나 암수비가 거의 1 : 1이었으나, MT에 의한 수컷 유도율은 1 ppb 처리군이 $72.5\%$, 그리고 10 ppb 처리군이 $87.2\%$로 나타났고, 특히 100 ppb 처리군의 경우 $100\%$로 나타났다. $E_2$에 의한 암컷 유도율은 1 ppb 처리군에서 $75.5\%$ ,10 ppb 처리군에서 $91.9\%$였고, 가장 높은 농도인 100 ppb에서는 $97.2\%$로 나타났다. 호르몬 농도에 따른 각 처리군별 생존율 및 성장은 유의한 차이가 없었다(P>0.05).

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.373-377
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• 2000

조피볼락, S. schlegeli 치어에 $estradiol-l7{\beta}\;(E_2)$와 $17{\alpha}-methyltestosterone$ (MT) 그리고 고수온을 처리하여 성분화에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 실험어는 출산 후 56일부터 72일까지 $E_2\;20,\;40,\;60\;{mu}g/g\;diet$ 농도로 경구투여 하였고, MT는 $20, 50{\mu}g/g diet$ 농도로 경구투여 하였다. 고수온 처리는 대조구 그리고 호르몬 처리구와 비교하여 약 $10^{\circ}C$ 이상인 $27.0{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$로 사육하였다. 출산 후 56일까지 성분화 과정에서, 생식소는 대부분 생식원세포로 구성되어 있어 성적으로 미분화 단계였다. 그러나 출산후 128일째에, 난소는 난소강파 난소박판으로 구성되어 있고, 난원세포와 주변인기난모세포는 난소박판에 분포하고 있다. 그리고 정소는 많은 정세관으로 이루어 졌고, 이들 세관내에는 정원세포들이 무리를 지어 분포하고 있긴 또한 색소포들이 정소의 수질층과 기부에 드문드문 분포하고 있다. 성비에 있어, 대조구와 비교하였을 때 모든 $E_2$, 처리구는 더 많은 암컷이 관찰되었고, 반면에, 모든 MT 처리구와 고수온 처리구에서는 더 많은 수컷이 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과들에서, 성스테로이드 호르몬의 농도와 종류 그리고 고수온 사육이 조피볼락의 성분화 과정에 있어서 성결정에 영향을 주고 있다고 볼 수 있다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2005

Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease that leads to the destruction, one of the major cause of tooth loss in human. Osteoclast Differentiation Factor(ODF), also called as Receptor activator of NF-${\kappa}B$ ligand(RANKL), a surface-associated ligand on bone marrow stromal cells and osteoblasts, activates its cognate receptor RANK on osteoclast progenitor cells, which leads to differentiation of these mononucleated precursor cells. Osteoprotegerin(OPG), a decoy receptor, is released from stromal cells and osteoblasts to inhibit the interaction between RANKL and RANK. The experiment for the effect of pregnancy on gingival health showed greater gingival inflammation and edema during pregnancy, despite similar plaque index. There should be many factors affecting the periodontal health in pregnancy. In this experiment, we examined the direct effects of sex hormones(estrogen and progesterone) on the ODF/OPG expression in human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells at the serum concentration of pregnancy. The ratio was high in the 1st trimester of pregnancy by estrogen and in the late 2nd trimester by progesterone. Therefore, the local periodontal destruction might be accelerated by these hormonal effect on the periodontal cells.