• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.69-82
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• 2015

This study is conducted to verify out whether any important differences can be made with factors of service qualities by the population statistics and trait of skin care shops. And this study is conducted to find out the relation that service qualities may influence on switching barrier and customer satisfaction. For this study, 396 questionnaires were used which had been returned from the customers of the skin care shops of Seoul, Gyeonggi and Chungchyung provinces from 15th April to fifth May, 2013. To analyze above data, frequency analysis, t-test, ANOVA, factor analysis, regression analysis are carried out by using an SPSS 18.0 statistical package. The results are as follows : The features of services of the skin care shops are analyzed into four factors which were Assurance, Materiality, Responsiveness, Agreeability. The features of switching barrier are analyzed into three factors which are Alternative attractiveness, Interpersonal relationship, Switching cost. There are important differences in the concept four service qualities of skin care shops by the features of the statistics of population according to sex, marriage, monthly income and the types of job. The four features of service qualities of the skin care shops have positive influences on the three features of switching barrier - Assurance, Responsiveness, Agreeability and the three features of customer satisfaction - Assurance, Materiality, Agreeability. Through this study, We can have the conclusion that the switching barrier made by the building up the qualities of service can prevent the customers from dropping away.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2022

Background: Ginsenosides (GS) have potential value as cosmetic additives for prevention of skin photoaging. However, their protective mechanisms against skin barrier damage and their active monomeric constituents are unknown. Methods: GS monomer types and their relative proportions were identified. A UVB-irradiated BALB/c hairless mouse model was used to assess protective effects of GS components on skin epidermal thickness and transepidermal water loss (TEWL). Skin barrier function, reflected by filaggrin (FLG), involucrin (IVL), claudin-1 (Cldn-1), and aquaporin 3 (AQP3) levels and MAPK phosphorylation patterns, were analyzed in UVB-irradiated hairless mice or HaCaT cells. Results: Total GS monomeric content detected by UPLC was 85.45% and was largely attributed to 17 main monomers that included Re (16.73%), Rd (13.36%), and Rg1 (13.38%). In hairless mice, GS ameliorated UVB-induced epidermal barrier dysfunction manifesting as increased epidermal thickness, increased TEWL, and decreased stratum corneum water content without weight change. Furthermore, GS treatment of UVB-irradiated mice restored protein expression levels and epidermal tissue distributions of FLG, IVL, Cldn-1, and AQP3, with consistent mRNA and protein expression results obtained in UVB-irradiated HaCaT cells (except for unchanging Cldn-1 expression). Mechanistically, GS inhibited JNK, p38, and ERK phosphorylation in UVB-irradiated HaCaT cells, with a mixture of Rg2, Rg3, Rk3, F2, Rd, and Rb3 providing the same protective MAPK pathway inhibition-associated upregulation of IVL and AQP3 expression as provided by intact GS treatment. Conclusion: GS protection against UVB-irradiated skin barrier damage depends on activities of six ginsenoside monomeric constituents that inhibit the MAPK signaling pathway.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.179-191
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• 2008

Background and Objectives : Atopic dermatitis is a recurrent or chronic eczematous skin disease with severe pruritus,and has increased in Korea. Although the pathogenic mechanisms of atopic dermatitis are yet unknown, recently skin barrier dysfunction and hyperresponsive Th2 cells in the acute phase have been reported as important mechanisms. Cheonggi-san(CGS) is used in oriental clinics for treatingacute skin lesions of eczema or urticaria. There have been no studies on the therapeutic mechanism of CGS for curing atopic dermatitis. We aimed to find out the therapeutic effects of its internaluse on atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions, induced in NC/Nga mice by the mite antigen D. pteronyssinus and disrupting skin barrier. Materials and Methods : The NC/Nga mice were classified into three groups: control group, atopic dermatitis elicitated group(AD), and CGS treated group (CT). Atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions were induced on the back of female NC/Nga mice, 12 weeks of age, by tape stripping, 5% SDS applied to disrupt skin barrier and painting 3 times a week with D. pteronyssinus crude extract solution for 3 weeks. CT was treated with CGS orally after atopic dermatitis was elicitated. We observed changes of skin damage, mast cells, substance P, angiogenesis, skin barrier, Th2 cell differentiation, nuclear factor-${\kappa}B(NF-{\kappa}B)$ p65 activation and COX-2 in NC/Nga mice with atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions. Results : The skin damages as eczema were seenin AD, but mitigated in CT. The degranulated mast cells in dermal papillae increased in AD, but decreased in CT. The substance P positive reacted cells in CT remarkably decreased. The angiogenesis increased in AD, but decreased in CT. The decrease of lipid deposition and ceramide in AD was seen, but anincrease of lipid deposition and ceramide in CT was seen. The distribution of IL-4 positive reacted cells in dermal papillae increased in AD, but decreased in CT. The distribution of NF-${\kappa}B$ p65 positive reacted cells & COX-2 positive reacted cells in CT decreased. Conclusion : The results may suggest that the CGS per os decreases the dysfunction of the skin barrier, inhibits Th2 cell differentiation and inhibits NF-${\kappa}B$ p65 activation in NC/Nga mice with atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.463-469
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• 2012

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the skin with increased transepidermal water loss. Both an abnormal inflammatory response and a defective skin barrier are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis. Protease activated receptor 2 (PAR2) belongs to a family of G-protein coupled receptors and is activated by both trypsin and a specific agonist peptide, SLIGKV-$NH_2$. PAR2 is expressed in suprabasal layers of the epidermis and regulates inflammatory responses and barrier homeostasis. In this study, we show that nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) inhibits the PAR2-mediated signal pathway and plays a role in skin barrier recovery in atopic dermatitis. Specifically, NDGA reduces the mobilization of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ in HaCaT keratinocytes by down-regulating inflammatory mediators, such as interleukin-8, thymus and activation-regulated chemokine and intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 in HaCaT keratinocytes. Also, NDGA decreases the protein expression of involucrin, a differentiation maker of keratinocyte, in both HaCaT keratinocytes and normal human epidermal keratinocytes. We examined NDGA-recovered skin barrier in atopic dermatitis by using an oxazolone-induced atopic dermatitis model in hairless mice. Topical application of NDGA produced an increase in transepidermal water loss recovery and a decrease in serum IgE level, without weight loss. Accordingly, we suggest that NDGA acts as a PAR2 antagonist and may be a possible therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2019

레몬그라스와 자소엽 추출물은 다양한 생리 효과를 나타내는 것으로 알려져 있지만, 피부보습과 피부장벽에 미치는 영향은 아직까지 연구되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 레몬그라스와 자소엽 추출물의 피부보습과 피부장벽에 미치는 영향과 페놀성 화합물을 분석하였다. 피부각질형성세포에서 각 추출물이 피부보습에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 두 추출물 모두 물보다 에탄올 추출물에서 히알루론산 생성이 많았다. HPLC를 이용한 19종 페놀성 화합물 분석 결과는 레몬그라스 에탄올 추출물(CCE)에서 chlorogenic acid와 p-coumaric acid가 검출되었으며 자소엽 에탄올 추출물(PFE)에서 rosmarinic acid와 caffeic acid가 검출되었다. 피부보습에 관련된 HAS1, HAS2, HAS3 및 AQP3와 피부장벽에 관련된 filaggrin, loricrin 발현은 PFE보다 CCE에서 높았다. 또한, CCE, PFE 모두 피부보습과 표피분화 조절에 관여하는 $PPAR-{\alpha}$ 단백질의 발현이 농도 의존적으로 증가하였으며 CCE의 주요성분인 chlorogenic acid와 p-coumaric acid가 $PPAR-{\alpha}$ 발현을 증가시켰다. 결론적으로 피부보습과 피부장벽보호 효과에 있어서 CCE가 PFE보다 우수한 효과를 나타내었고, 두 추출물은 피부보습과 피부장벽개선에 대한 기능성 소재로써 활용될 수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1177-1182
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• 2004

The effect of poly[2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine] (pMPC) on the skin permeation property was investigated by performing in vitro skin permeation study of a model drug, nicotinic acid (NA). Effect of pMPC polymer in donor solution on skin permeation rates was evaluated using side-by-side diffusion cells. Also, the structural alterations in the stratum corneum (SC), inter-lamellar bilayer (ILB) and dermis layers in pMPC-treated and -untreated skin sections were investigated with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The permeation profile of NA without pMPC in donor solution showed biphasic mode: initial $1^{st} phase and 2^{nd}$ hydration phase. The sudden, more than 10-fold increase in flux from the initial steady state (43.5 $\mu g/cm^2$/hr) to the $2^{nd}$ hydration phase (457.3 $\mu g/cm^2$/hr) suggests the disruption of skin barrier function due to extensive hydration. The permeation profile of NA with 3% pMPC in the donor solution showed monophasic pattern: the steady state flux (10.9 $\mu g/cm^2$/hr) without abrupt increase of the flux. The degree of NA permeation rate decreased in a concentration-dependent manner of pMPC. TEM of skin equilibrated with water or 2% pMPC for 12 h showed that corneocytes are still cohesive and epidermis is tightly bound to dermis in 2% pMPC-treated skin, while wider separation between corneocytes and focal dilations in inter-cellular spaces were observed in water-treated skin. This result suggests that pMPC could protect the barrier property of the stratum corneum by preventing the disruption of ILB structure caused by extensive skin hydration during skin permeation study.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.351-357
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• 2009

To investigate the alleviative effects of jujube water extract (JWE) on the inflammation and skin barrier damage, both the irradiation of UVB and the application of squalene monohydroperoxide (Sq-OOH) were applied to the back skin of experimental animals for 4 weeks. And at the same time experimental materials were applied topically. Six weeks female SKH-1 hairless mice were divided into five groups (five animals for each group) including normal (N; saline), control (C; UVB+Sq-OOH+saline), vehicle control (VC; UVB+Sq-OOH+vehicle), positive control (PC; UVB+Sq-OOH+0.01% retinoic acid) and experimental (E; UVB+Sq-OOH+JWE) groups. The skin erythema index in the E group was significantly low compared to the C group (p<0.05). Lipid (p<0.05) and water (p<0.01) capacities in the E group were significantly high compared to the C group. In comparison with the C group, E group showed a relatively well preserved lipid lamellae in the epidermis and a relatively much less infiltration of mast cells in the dermis or hypodermis. As for the both absolute and relative weights of the spleen, PC group were significantly higher than the other groups. These results suggest that JWE have a considerably inhibitory effect on the inflammation and the skin barrier damage induced by UVB irradiation and Sq-OOH application.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.361-369
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• 2020

아토피성 피부염은 피부장벽 기능장애, 염증 및 만성 소양증을 특징으로 하는 다인성의 염증성 피부질환이다. 아토피성 피부염은 유전적, 면역학적, 환경적 요인 등의 복합적인 요인으로 피부장벽 기능과 면역기능의 장애를 유발한다고 알려져 있다. 고삼 추출물은 중국전통의학에서 사용되고 있으나, 이의 항아토피 효능에 대한 연구는 거의 진행되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 아토피성 피부염의 주요 증상인 피부장벽 기능과 면역이상 개선에 대한 고삼추출물의 효과를 평가하였다. 고삼추출물은 피부장벽 기능에서 중요한 역할을 하는 각질세포막의 형성을 강화하는 결과를 나타내었다. 또한 피부의 보습작용에 있어서 중요한 히알루론산의 발현을 증가시키는 결과를 나타내었다. 아토피성 피부염 병변에서 특이적으로 증가하는 황색포도상구균에 대한 고삼추출물의 효능도 확인하였으며, 고삼추출물이 황색포도상구균으로부터 유도된 전염증성사이토카인의 생성을 억제함을 확인하였다. 또한 피부 스트레스 등으로 부터 생성되는 신경전달 물질인 substance P에 의해 유도된 전염증성사이토카인의 발현도 억제하는 것을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과들은 고삼추출물이 피부장벽기능과 면역반응 개선을 통해 아토피 피부염 치료에 사용될 수 있는 잠재적 후보물질임을 제시한다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.799-807
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• 2020

Background: The skin acts as a barrier to protect organisms against harmful exogenous agents. Compound K (CK) is an active metabolite of ginsenoside Rb1, Rb2 and Rc, and researchers have focused on its skin protective efficacy. In this study, we hypothesized that increased expression of the serine protease inhibitor Kazal type-5 (SPINK5) may improve skin barrier function. Methods: We screened several ginsenosides to increase SPINK5 gene promoter activity using a transactivation assay and found that CK can increase SPINK5 expression. To investigate the protective effect of CK on the skin barrier, RT-PCR and Western blotting were performed to investigate the expression levels of SPINK5, kallikrein 5 (KLK5), KLK7 and PAR2 in UVB-irradiated HaCaT cells. Measurement of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and histological changes associated with the skin barrier were performed in a UVB-irradiated mouse model and a 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DNCB)-induced atopic dermatitis-like model. Results: CK treatment increased the expression of SPINK5 and decreased the expression of its downstream genes, such as KLKs and PAR2. In the UVB-irradiated mouse model and the DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis model, CK restored increased TEWL and decreased hydration and epidermal hyperplasia. In addition, CK normalized the reduced SPINK5 expression caused by UVB or DNCB, thereby restoring the expression of the proteins involved in desquamation to a level similar to normal. Conclusions: Our data showed that CK contributes to improving skin-barrier function in UVB-irradiated and DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis-like models through SPINK5. These results suggest that therapeutic attempts with CK might be useful in treating barrier-disrupted diseases.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2013

칼슘, 마그네슘과 같은 양이온은 피부 장벽을 보호하는 기능이 있다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 칼슘, 마그네슘, 망간, 불소로 이루어진 미네랄워터의 피부 장벽 보호 기능을 확인하기 위한 것이다. 피부가 자외선에 노출되게 되면 밀착연접(tight junction, TJ)이 파괴되며, 밀착연접으로 이루어진 피부 장벽도 손상 받게된다. 미네랄워터가 자외선에 의해 손상된 피부의 장벽기능을 보호할 수 있는지 평가하기 위해 인공피부 모델을 이용한 실험을 진행하였다. 인공피부에 자외선을 조사하고 미네랄워터를 처리하면 피부 장벽 손상을 막아준다. TJ permeability assay를 통하여 자외선 처리 시 손상된 밀착연접 장벽이 미네랄워터 처리에 의해 유지되는 것을 확인하였다. 각질형성세포를 이용한 실험에서 미네랄워터가 밀착연접 구조를 유지시켜 주고, 자외선에 의해 감소된 occludin 단백질의 생성량이 회복되는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 미네랄워터는 자외선에 의한 피부 장벽 파괴를 막아주는 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.