• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.835-843
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• 2022

Deinococcus radiodurans is an extremophilic bacterium that can thrive in harsh environments. This property can be attributed to its unique metabolites that possess strong antioxidants and other pharmacological properties. To determine the potential of D. radiodurans R1 lysate (DeinoLys) as a pharmacological candidate for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we investigated the antiinflammatory activity of DeinoLys in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) and a colitis mice model. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated BMDCs treated with DeinoLys exhibited alterations in their phenotypic and functional properties by changing into tolerogenic DCs, including strongly inhibited proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-12p70) and surface molecule expression and activated DC-induced T cell proliferation/activation with high IL-10 production. These phenotypic and functional changes in BMDCs induced by DeinoLys in the presence of LPS were abrogated by IL-10 neutralization. Furthermore, oral administration of DeinoLys significantly reduced clinical symptoms against dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis, including body weight loss, disease activity index, histological severity in colon tissue, and lower myeloperoxidase level in mice. Our results establish DeinoLys as a potential anti-inflammatory candidate for IBD therapy.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.145-155
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• 2021

With the recent rapid improvement in the standards of life and westernization of dietary lifestyles, the consumption of high-calorie diets such as high-fat and high-protein red meat and instant foods has increased, while less vegetables containing dietary fiber are consumed. In addition to that, stress, erroneous dietary behaviors, and contaminated environments are linked to the risk of developing ulcerative colitis, which is on the rise. Another cause of ulcerative colitis is that involve laxative abuse, including repeated, frequent use of laxatives, and include such conditions as deteriorated bowel function, irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea, intestinal inflammation, etc. The present study aimed to investigate the comparative evaluation of pharmacological efficacy between sulfasalazine alone and combination with herbal medicine on dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced UC in mice. Balb/c mice received 5% DSS in drinking water for 7 days to induce colitis. Animals were divided into five groups (n = 9): group I-normal group, group II-DSS control group, group III-DSS + sulfasalazine (30 mg/kg), group IV-DSS + sulfasalazine (60 mg/kg), group V-DSS + sulfasalazine (30 mg/kg) + Radish Extract mixture (30 mg /kg) (SRE). DSS-treated mice developed symptoms similar to those of human UC, such as severe bloody diarrhea and weight loss. SRE supplementation, as well as sulfasalazine, suppressed colonic length and mucosal inflammatory infiltration. In addition, SRE treatment significantly reduced the expression of pro-inflammatory signaling molecules through suppression both mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathways, and prevented the apoptosis of colon. Moreover, SRE administration significantly led to the up-regulation of antioxidant enzyme including SOD and Catalase. This is the first report that Radish extract mixture combined with sulfasalazine protects against experimental UC via the inhibition of both inflammation and apoptosis, very similar to the standard-of-care sulfasalazine.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.291-294
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• 2015

잔류성유기오염물질(POPs)은 현재 사용이 금지된 유기염소계 농약을 포함하고 이들은 국내 농업환경 중 발견이 되며 이들의 작물로의 이동 또한 보고되고 있다. 본 연구는 충청도 지역 15곳의 농업용수를 채취하여 이들 시료 중 POPs를 모니터링 하고자 하였으며 이들 시료는 액액분배를 통한 추출 및 정제컬럼을 이용한 정제과정을 거쳐 기체크로마토그래피에 의하여 분석되었다. 농약유래 POPs 중 ${\alpha}$-endosulfan이 0.01-1.13 ng/mL 수준에서 검출되었으며, ${\beta}$-endosulfan과 endosulfan sulfate는 각각 0.01-0.55 ng/mL 및 0.13-1.13 ng/mL 수준에서 검출되었다. 총 endosulfan 검출량은 0.38-1.18 ng/mL이었다. 현재 사용중인 농약 중 triadimefon 은 2.03-2.05 ng/mL 수준에서, tolyfluanid은 0.26-0.33 ng/mL 수준에서, chlorpyrifos는 1.34-3.85 ng/mL 수준에서 검출되었다. 농약계 POPs 중 endosulfan류의 물질들의 잔류가 확인되었고 이들의 환경 중 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.171-176
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• 1975

금해특이산성(金海特異酸性) 토양(土壤)에 퇴비(堆肥) 및 볏짚을 시용(施用)하고 요소(尿素)와 석회(石灰)를 첨가(添加)했을 때 시용(施用)된 유기물(有機物)의 분해율(分解率)을 호기(好氣) 또는 혐기적조건하(嫌氣的條伴下)에서 조사(調査)했던바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 혐기적조건하(嫌氣的條件下)에서 퇴비단용(堆肥單用)의 분해(分解)는 볏짚+요소(尿素), 볏짚+석회(石灰), 볏짚 단용(單用) 및 퇴비(堆肥)+석회(石灰) 보다 약(約)2배(培) 이상(以上)높은 분해경향(分解傾向)을 보였다. 2. 퇴비(堆肥)에 석회첨가시(石灰添加時) 혐기적조건하(嫌氣的條件下)에서는 퇴비(堆肥)의 분해(分解)를 저해(阻害)하는 경향(傾向)이나 호기적조건하(好氣的條件下)에서는 분해(分解)를 촉진(促進)하였다. 3. 호기적조건하(好氣的條件下)에서 볏짚에 석회(石灰)나 요소(尿素)의 첨가(添加)는 모두 볏짚의 분해(分解)를 현저(顯著)히 증가(增加)시켰으며 특(特)히 요소처리(尿素處理)가 석회처리(石灰處理) 보다 높은 분해율(分解率)을 보였다. 4. 호기적조건하(好氣的條件下)에서 시용유기물중(施用有機物中)에 들어 있는 총탄소함량중(總炭素合量中) 볏짚의 분해(分解)에 의(依)해 생성(生成)된 탄소량(炭素量)은 10.8%로 퇴비(堆肥)의 23.1%에 비(比)해 약(約) 1/2에 불과하였다. 5. 특이산성토양(特異酸性土壤)에 있어서 질소(窒素)와 석회(石灰)의 시용(施用)으로 인(因)한 유기물(有機物)의 분해(分解)에 미치는 상호작용(相互作用)에 관(關)하여는 더욱 연구(硏究)해 볼 필요(必要)가 있다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2006

Electrokinetic technique was considered in removing arsenic from the abandoned mining tails. In order to estimate the removal characteristics of arsenic, the sequential extraction analysis and desorption experiment were carried out prior to the application of electrokientic process. The result of sequential extraction analysis indicated that the water soluble and exchangeable fraction, easily leachable to ground water, were very low as much as about 2.5% and the fraction except residual (38.3%), possibly extractable under very acidic or alkalic environment, was about 59%. In the result of desorption test using four different kinds of electrolytes, the mixture of citric acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) showed the highest desorption efficiency as much as 77.3%. The removal efficiencies of arsenic from mining tailings by electrokinetic process under the different electrolyte environments were slightly low and resulted in the following order: citric acid + SDS (18.6%) > 0.1 $NHNO_3$ (8.1%) > HAc (7.4%) > Distilled water(6.6%). Also, arsenic in soil matrix was moved favorably in the direction of anodic rather than cathodic region, which is opposite trend with cationic metal ions generally existing in soil, because anionic form of arsenic is dominated in acidic soil caused by the movement of acid front form anode.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.307-310
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• 2004

Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) is a surfactant-based separation process and it can remove heavy metal ions from aqueous stream effectively. However, it is necessary to recover and reuse surfactants for economic feasibility because surfactant is expensive. Foam fractionation was investigated for both anionic and cationic surfactant recovery. Chelating agent such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was studied for the separation of heavy metals from surfactant solution. Anionic surfactants bound with heavy metals can be recovered by lowering pH (acidification). In this study, citric acid and imminodiacetic acid (IDA) were applied to release copper from sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar solution and compared with EDTA. Precipitation of copper by ferricynide and sodium sulfide were also investigated. As a result, ca. 100 % of copper was released from SDS micellar solution by 5 mM of EDTA and citric acid. And 3.3 mM of ferricyanide formed precipitate with 82.7 % of copper. 5 mM of IDA and sodium sulfide released or formed precipitate 82.5 % and 58.9 % of copper, respectively. Citric acid is harmless to environments and ferricyanide precipitates with Cu easily. Therefore, it is considered that citric acid and ferricyanide have competiveness over a famous chelating agent, EDTA, for the separation of Cu from SDS solution.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.52-61
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• 2021

This study using experimental design and linear regression technique was implemented in order to predict the pitting potential of stainless steel in marine environments, with the target materials being AL-6XN and STS 316L. The various variables (inputs) which affect stainless steel's pitting potential included the pitting resistance equivalent number (PRNE), temperature, pH, Cl^- concentration, sulfate levels, and nitrate levels. Among them, significant factors affecting pitting potential were chosen through an experimental design method (screening design, full factor design, analysis of variance). The potentiodynamic polarization test was performed based on the experimental design, including significant factor levels. From these testing methods, a total 32 polarization curves were obtained, which were used as training data for the linear regression model. As a result of the model's validation, it showed an acceptable prediction performance, which was statistically significant within the 95% confidence level. The linear regression model based on the full factorial design and ANOVA also showed a high confidence level in the prediction of pitting potential. This study confirmed the possibility to predict the pitting potential of stainless steel according to various variables used with experimental linear regression design.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.555-567
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• 2013

An Remote Corrosion Monitoring (RCM) system consists of an anode with low potential, the metallic structures against corrosion, an electrode to provide reference potential, and a data-acquisition system to ensure the potential difference for anticorrosion. In more detail, the data-acquisition (DAQ) system monitors the potential difference between the metallic structures and a reference electrode to identify the correct potential level against the corrosion of the infrastructures. Then, the measured data are transmitted to a central office to remotely keep track of the status of the corrosion monitoring (CM) system. To date, the RCM system is designed to achieve low power consumption, so that it can be simply powered by batteries. However, due to memory effect and the limited number of recharge cycles, it can entail the maintenance fee or sometimes cause failure to protect the metallic structures. To address this issue, the low-overhead energy harvesting circuitry for the RCM systems has designed to replenish energy storage elements (ESEs) along with redeeming the leakage of supercapacitors. Our developed energy harvester can scavenge the ambient energy from the corrosion monitoring environments and store it as useful electrical energy for powering local data-acquisition systems. In particular, this paper considers the energy harvesting from potential difference due to galvanic corrosion between a metallic infrastructure and a permanent copper/copper sulfate reference electrode. In addition, supercapacitors are adopted as an ESE to compensate for or overcome the limitations of batteries. Experimental results show that our proposed harvesting schemes significantly reduce the overhead of the charging circuitry, which enable fully charging up to a 350-F supercapacitor under the low corrosion power of 3 mW (i.e., 1 V/3 mA).

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.708-717
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• 2002

해안 등 열악한 환경에 노출되는 구조물들의 건설이 증가되면서 구조물의 내구성 문제가 심각해지고 있다. 특히, 염해만이 아니라 염해와 황산염 그리고 중성화 등 복합작용에 의한 열화문제는 아직도 연구된 바가 거의 없는 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 염해와 황산염 및 중성화가 복합된 환경하에서 콘크리트 구조물의 성능저하 현상을 살피고 이들의 상호작용과 영향을 실험적으로 구명하는데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해서 단일 및 복합열화 실험을 포괄적으로 수행하였다. 본 연구결과, 염소이온 단일열화시 보다 황산염 또는 황산염과 중성화가 복합되었을 경우의 열화현상이 더 두드러졌으며, 모든 열화조건에서 표면염소이온의 농도는 시간에 따라 증가하고 반면에 확산계수는 시간에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 표면염소이온 농도는 복합열화에서 더 증가하며 특히 염소이온 확산계수는 염해와 황산염 2중 복합열화시 더 커지고 여기에 중성화가 복합될 경우 더욱 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 해안 구조물과 같이 염해와 황산염 및 중성화가 복합될 경우 염소이온의 침투가 더욱 커져 이들의 합리적인 고려가 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제28권
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• pp.16.1-16.8
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• 2013

Objectives Fish vitellogenin (VTG) is produced in the female liver during oogenesis through the estradiol cycle and produced in the male liver by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as alkylphenols. In this study, we propose that the VTG concentration in the pale chub could be detected using monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies against vitellin (Vn) in a VTG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system. Methods Monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies were produced using the Vn extracted from the matured ovum of the ovary. The VTG was extracted from the plasma of the male pale chub. The Vn and VTG were confirmed by measuring the molecular weight of their proteins using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and the specificity of the antibodies was checked through western blotting methods. The assay system was validated with respect to optimal assay concentrations, specificity, recovery, and intra- and inter-assay variations. Results The Vn consisted of two protein bands with apparent molecular weights of 64 and 37 kDa. The SDS-PAGE indicated protein weights of 146 and 77 kDa in the VTG. The assay range was 15.6 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL, and the value of the intra- and inter-assay variations were within 10.0% and 14.7%, respectively. The recovery rate was $99.5{\pm}5.5%$. Conclusions A sandwich ELISA was developed that could be used to qualify the VTG of pale chub in screening for EDCs. Pale chub is an ideal species for observing estrogen activity in the environment because of its extensive habitat and extensive food chain. The ELISA developed here would be more favorable than those for other species for determining the effect of long-term food chain accumulation of EDCs in aquatic environments.