• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.256-261
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• 2014

Purpose: We performed invasive thermometry to verify the elevation of local temperature in the liver during hyperthermia. Materials and Methods: Three 40-kg pigs were used for the experiments. Under general anesthesia with ultrasonography guidance, two glass fiber-optic sensors were placed in the liver, and one was placed in the peritoneal cavity in front of the liver. Another sensor was placed on the skin surface to assess superficial cooling. Six sessions of hyperthermia were delivered using the Celsius TCS electro-hyperthermia system. The energy delivered was increased from 240 kJ to 507 kJ during the 60-minute sessions. The inter-session cooling periods were at least 30 minutes. The temperature was recorded every 5 minutes by the four sensors during hyperthermia, and the increased temperatures recorded during the consecutive sessions were analyzed. Results: As the animals were anesthetized, the baseline temperature at the start of each session decreased by $1.3^{\circ}C$ to $2.8^{\circ}C$ (median, $2.1^{\circ}C$). The mean increases in temperature measured by the intrahepatic sensors were $2.42^{\circ}C$ (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.70-3.13) and $2.67^{\circ}C$ (95% CI, 2.05-3.28) during the fifth and sixth sessions, respectively. The corresponding values for the intraperitoneal sensor were $2.10^{\circ}C$ (95% CI, 0.71-3.49) and $2.87^{\circ}C$ (1.13-4.43), respectively. Conversely, the skin temperature was not increased but rather decreased according to application of the cooling system. Conclusion: We observed mean $2.67^{\circ}C$ and $2.87^{\circ}C$ increases in temperature at the liver and peritoneal cavity, respectively, during hyperthermia. In vivo real-time thermometry is useful for directly measuring internal temperature during hyperthermia.

• BMB Reports
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• 제48권7호
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• pp.395-400
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• 2015

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disability caused by a decrease of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Although the etiology of PD is not clear, oxidative stress is believed to lead to PD. Catalase is antioxidant enzyme which plays an active role in cells as a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger. Thus, we investigated whether PEP-1-Catalase protects against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP⁺) induced SH-SY5Y neuronal cell death and in a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-trtrahydropyridine (MPTP) induced PD animal model. PEP-1-Catalase transduced into SH-SY5Y cells significantly protecting them against MPP⁺-induced death by decreasing ROS and regulating cellular survival signals including Akt, Bax, Bcl-2, and p38. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that transduced PEP-1-Catalase markedly protected against neuronal cell death in the SN in the PD animal model. Our results indicate that PEP-1-Catalase may have potential as a therapeutic agent for PD and other oxidative stress related diseases. [BMB Reports 2015; 48(7): 395-400]

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.905-911
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• 2002

A study was carried out to assess the therapeutic effect of ascorbic acid in mastitis of dairy cows. The herd with a population of 250-275 lactating cows was screened for clinical and subclinical mastitis for a period of 5 months. Based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, eighteen animals each with clinical and subclinical mastitis in one quarter only were selected as study population. Twelve cows (group A) with normal udder and health were also selected as a healthy control. Clinical mastitis cows were grouped as B (n=12) and C (n=6). Cows of group B were treated with ascorbic acid at 25 mg/kg, subcutaneously for 5 consecutive days and intramammary infusion (Ampicillin sodium 75 mg and Cloxacillin sodium 200 mg/infusion) based on antibiotic sensitivity test, till complete recovery. Group C cows received only intramammary infusion till the complete recovery. Eighteen subclinical mastitis cows were divided in group D (n=12) and E (n=6). Cows of group D were treated with ascorbic acid at 25 mg/kg subcutaneously for 5 consecutive days while group E did not receive any treatment. California mastitis test (CMT), somatic cell count (SCC), physical changes of udder and milk were used to diagnose and classify the mastitis. Evaluation of the therapy was based on CMT score and physical changes of udder and milk. Sample size calculation was also performed but was not followed for control groups due to scarcity of cases. Adequate blinding was done when and where required to avoid the biases. Confounding variables like herd, age of the cow, stage of the lactation, season and geographical region were duly considered and adequate blocking was followed. Ascorbic acid was administered in clinical and subclinical cases even after cure considering its immunostimulatory and healing inducing effects. The recovery rate was faster in cases of clinical mastitis treated with ascorbic acid along with an intramammary infusion (group B) than the quarters of group C cows. Quarter wise the average duration/number (3.16${\pm}$0.11 days) of antimicrobial intramammary infusion was significantly (p<0.01) less in group B than that of average duration/number (5.33${\pm}$0.20 days) of group C. Subclinical mastitis cows treated with ascorbic acid showed 83.33% recovery while 16.77% did not respond to treatment till last day of study. Cows of group E (untreated) did not recovered from the mastitis. Subjective parameters viz. swelling, pain reflex of udder and physical changes in milk from quarter of ascorbic acid treated cows (group B) disappeared earlier than that of group C cows. It is concluded from this study that the ascorbic acid might be useful as an adjunct in case of clinical mastitis to get quick recovery with less number of intramammary infusions. High recovery rate in subclinical mastitis quarters of group D cows is appreciable and opens a new avenue to conduct further trials in a larger population in various field conditions. However, the pharmacology of ascorbic acid with particular reference to health of mammary gland needs to be investigated.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 1994

30마리의 암양에게 surgical embryo collection과정을 통해 oviduct와 uterine horn에 trauma를 생성시켰다. 수술시 절개부위를 봉합하기 직전 노출된 abdominal tissue에 irrigigant로 10% dexamethasone을 사용하였다. 처리군에게는 17mg의 colchicine(1ml/ewe)를 투여했으며, 대조군에게는 1.0ml의 placebo를 처리하였다. 처음 17mg/im의 colchicine를 처리한 15마리 양은 colchicine독성증세를 2∼5일 내에 보였기 때문에 본 연구에서 제외되었다. 17mg에서의 colchicine독성 때문에 colchicine수준은 8, 4 그리고 2mg으로 낮추어졌다. 8mg group에 있던 또 하나의 양은 5일째에 독성증세를 보였기 때문에 나머지 양들은 4와 2mg의 수준으로 이틀에 한번씩 처리되었다. 두 번째 laparotomy는 첫 번째 처리로부터 9주후에 실시되었다. 두 번째 laparotomy후 처리군은 4mg의 colchicine을 이틀에 한번씩 14일 동안 처리되었는데 아무런 독성증세를 나타내지 않았다. 세 번째 laparotomy는 마지막 처리 5주후에 실시되었고 adhesion score로 계산하였다. Adhesion grading은 0∼4의 분포에 근거하여, 4는 가장 심한 adhesion을 나타낸다. 두 번째 laparotomy 결과 adhesion grading( 3)은 두 group 사이에 큰 차리가 없었다(P>0.05). 세 번째 laparotomy결과는 처리군에서 약간 낮은 수치를 보였지만, 통계적으로 두 grouprks에는 큰 차이는 없었다(P>0.05). 10마리의 양(5마리는 대조구, 5마리는 처리구)들은 처리후 5일경에 bone marrow analysis를 통해 cytogenetically분석되었다. 두 grouprks 염색체수와 구조에 있어서 차이가 없었다(p>0.05).

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.380-389
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• 2001

Non-human primates have been increasing in demand as important experimental animals and companion animals, domestically and internationally. The number of non-human primates for these purposes will be much enhanced in the near future. Despite this trend, basic physiological data are scarcely available in these animal species, leading to the difficulty to diagnose diseases when necessary, due to the absence of reference values. Particularly, there is not any report on the total activity of LDH of non-human primates, let alone LDH isoenzyme patterns, in Korea. LDH isoenzymes have a high level of efficaciousness as diagnostic and prognostic aids in various diseases. In this study, total activities and isoenzyme patterns of LDH were measured to obtain their reference values in domestically reared common marmosets, crab-eating macaques and Japanese macaques. There were widespread different values of serum total LDH among the non-human primate species experimented in this study. Serum LDH values of common marmosets and crab-eating macaques were 597.5$\pm$243.1 IU/l and 605.3$\pm$312.6 IU/l, respectively, whereas those of Japanese macaque showed 1,209$\pm$473.8 IU/l. Five isoenzyme fractions of LDH were observed in all experimented non-human primates but their ranks and proportions represented different patterns one another. In common marmosets, the percent of fraction for serum LDH1, LDH$_2$, LDH$_3$, LDH$_4$, and LDH$_{5}$ was 13.7$\pm$6.4%, 23.3$\pm$3.6%, 29.2$\pm$5.0%, 9.4$\pm$1.4% and 24.4$\pm$7.5%, respectively. The rank of LDH isoenzymes was LDH$_3$>LDH$_{5}$>LDH$_2$>LDH$_1$>LDH$_4$, in the descending order. For crab-eating macaques, the fraction of serum LDH$_1$, LDH$_2$, LDH$_3$, LDH$_4$, and LDH$_{5}$ occupied 19.5$\pm$12.7%, 25.3$\pm$9.3%, 23.8$\pm$8.1%, 10.2$\pm$2.8% and 21.3$\pm$14.2%, respectively. The order of LDH isoenzymes was LDH$_2$>LDH$_3$>LDH$_{5}$>LDH$_1$>LDH$_4$, from top to down. On the while, in Japanese macaques, the fraction of serum LDH$_1$ to LDH$_{5}$ showed 23.4$\pm$11.8%, 30.5$\pm$4.1%, 17.4$\pm$3.9%, 11.3$\pm$3.7% and 13.8$\pm$5.6%, respectively. The decreasing order indicated LDH$_2$>LDH$_1$>LDH$_3$>LDH$_{5}$>LDH$_4$. In conclusion, values such as LDH and LDH isoenzyme patterns of investigated for the first time from non-human primates reaared in Korea, could be reference values for the optimal diagnosis and therapy of diseases of the corresponding animal species. Other parameters of hematology and blood biochemistry are urgently needed to study for the benefit of our intimate non-human primates.an primates.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2015

폐 선암의 일부에서 EGFR 돌연변이 활성화의 발견은 폐 선암의 생물학적 이해와 티로신 키나아제 억제제 치료에 대한 획기적인 연구에 중요하다. 세포 검체 검사는 폐암 진단에 중요한 역할을 하고 있으나 세포 검체로 부터 얻은 종양세포가 소량으로 돌연변이검사 및 다른 전문연구의 시행에 제한적이다. 본 연구에서는 폐선 암으로 알려진 76명의 환자로부터 얻은 세포슬라이드에서 미세절제기법을 통해 소량의 종양세포를 분리한 후 EGFR 돌연변이 검사를 시행하였다. 본 연구 결과는 이전 초기임상 진단의 일환으로 세포 및 조직으로 시행되었던 EGFR 돌연변이 검사 결과와 비교 분석하였다. 미세절제 기법으로 분리된 모든 종양세포는 파이로시퀀싱을 통하여 EGFR 돌연변이 분석이 가능했을 뿐만 아니라 25개의 종양세포에서도 EGFR 돌연변이 분석이 가능했다. 또한, 돌연변이 분석에서 미세절제기법을 통해 순수한 종양세포의 양을 증가시킨 검체에서 돌연변이 검출 감도가 증가하였다. 따라서, 미세절제기법은 세포 검체로 EGFR 돌연변이 분석을 시행 할수 있는 폐 선암 환자의 수를 증가시킬 뿐만 아니라 폐 선암 환자의 분자기반 맞춤치료에 세포 검체가 용이하게 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2012

살모넬라와 부루셀라는 가축에 심각한 질병을 유발하며, 축산업과 식품산업에 많은 경제적 손실을 초래하고 있다. 본 연구에서는, 이산화염소와 베타인 염산염을 주성분으로 한 소독제 바이탈옥사이드의 $Salmonella$ $typhimurium$과 $Brucella$ $ovis$에 대한 효력시험을 수행하였다. 배지희석법을 이용한 살균효력시험은 $4^{\circ}C$에서 30분 동안 시험 세균을 희석 소독제에 노출시켜 소독제의 가장 효과적인 낮은 희석배수를 결정하는 시험이다. 바이탈옥사이드와 시험 세균들을 처리조건에 따라 증류수, 경수, 그리고 유기물 등으로 희석하여 반응을 시켰다. 유기물 조건에서, $Salmonella$ $typhimurium$과 $Brucella$ $ovis$에 대한 바이탈옥사이드의 살균력은 경수조건에서의 살균력과 비교하여 낮게 나타났는데, 이는 유기물들에 의한 소독제의 살균 유효성분에 대한 저해작용에 따른 것으로 생각된다. 바이탈옥사이드는 $Salmonella$ $typhimurium$과 $Brucella$ $ovis$와 같은 가축병원성 질병들에 대해 살균효과를 갖고 있기 때문에, 이 소독제는 세균성 질병의 확산을 제어하는데 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2006

혈당 강하 요구르트의 개발을 위해 Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus와 Lactobacillus acidophilus145, bifido-bacterium infantis 혼합균주에 사균인 FK-23 유산구균, 피니톨, 식이섬유, 백강낭콩 추출 분말, 에리스리톨, 바나바 추출물 등의 기능성 성분을 포함한 요구르트를 제조하여 정상인과 혈당치가 높은 당뇨환자를 대상으로 간이 임상시험을 실시하였다. 1. 정상인의 식후 혈당치는 일반 요구르트를 섭취했을 때보다 혈당 강하 요구르트 음용 시 더 낮게 측정되었으여 임상대상자 대부분에서 동일한 현상이 나타났다. 2. 혈당치가 높은 당뇨환자 10명을 대상으로 식후 혈당치변화 및 음용기간 중 혈당치 변화를 확인한 결과 혈당 강하요구르트를 음용하기 전보다 음용 후 혈당치가 식후 30분, 식후 60분, 식후 120분 각각 19 mg/dL, 30 mg/dL, 31 mg/dL 감소하였다. 또한, 혈당 증가 억제율도 임상대상자의 80%가 감소하는 효과를 나타냈다. 3. 30일간 혈당 강하 요구르트를 음용한 후 식후 혈당치의 변화를 확인한 결과 음용전보다 음용 후 120분 경과 때, 혈당치가 59 mg/dL 감소하였으며 음용기간이 증가할수록 지속적으로 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.354-360
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• 1999

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a multifactorial disorder with unknown etiology and pathogenesis. DA-6034,$ 7-carboxymethyloxy-3^{l}, 4^{l},$ 5-trimethoxy flavone, is a synthetic flavonoid known to possess anti-inflammatory activity. This study was performed to evaluate the oral therapeutic effect of DA-6034 in three experimental animal models of IBD : two chemical-induced IBD models of rats and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 transgenic rat model known to develop spontaneous colitis without the use of exogenous agents. Acute chemical colitis was induced by intracolonic instillation of 1.2 ml of 4% acetic acid solution. Prednisolone (1 mg/kg), sulfasalazine (100 mg/kg) and DA-6034 (0.3~3 mg/kg) were orally administered twice daily for 6 days in these rats. In addition, chronic chemical colitis was induced by intracolonic administration of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) 30 mg in 50% ethanol and agents were orally administered for 6 or 20 days. In chemical-induced IBD models, all of these agents reduced the severity of colitis and specially, DA-6034 (3 mg/kg) showed more potent effect than other drugs in macroscopic lesion score. In HLA-B27 transgenic rats, DA-6034 (3 mg/kg) and prednisolone (0.5 gm/kg) were treated orally twice daily for 6 weeks. The HLA-B27 transgenic rats showed only mild colitis, compared with the chemical-induced colitis models. DA-6034 ameliorated the loose stool and decreased microscopic damage, which is the important indicator of this model. In conclusion, oral therapy of DA-6034 attenuated the macroscopic and histologic damages of the colon in all three experimental models of IBD, which suggest that DA-6034 could be a promising drug in the treatment of IBD.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2010

A neurotoxin, 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) has been widely used to create animal model for Parkinson's disease (PD). The present study was undertaken to examine whether depletion of brain dopamine (DA) stores with 6-OHDA can make alteration in the activities of the testicular steroidogenesis in adult rats. Young adult male rats (3 months old) were received a single dose of 6-OHDA (200 ${\mu}g$ in 10 ${\mu}{\ell}$/animal) by intracerebroventricular (icv) injection, and sacrificed after two weeks. The mRNA levels of steroidogenesis-related enzymes were measured by qRT-PCRs. Serum testosterone levels were measured by radioimmunoassay. Single icv infusion of 6-OHDA significantly decreased the mRNA levels of CYP11A1 (control:6-OHDA group=$1:0.68{\pm}0.14$ AU, p<0.05), CYP17 (control:6-OHDA group=$1:0.72{\pm}0.13$ AU, p<0.05). There were no changes in the mRNA levels of $3{\beta}$-HSD (control:6-OHDA group=$1:0.84{\pm}0.08$ AU) and $17{\beta}$-HSD (control: 6-OHDA group=$1:0.63{\pm}0.20$ AU), though the levels tended to be decreased in the 6-OHDA treated group. Administration of 6-OHDA decreased significantly the mRNA level of StAR when compared to the level of saline-injected control animals (control:6-OHDA group=$1:0.72{\pm}0.08$ AU, p<0.05). Treatment with single dose of 6-OHDA remarkably lowered serum testosterone levels compared to the levels of control group (control:6-OHDA group=$0.72{\pm}0.24:0.13{\pm}0.03ng/m{\ell}$, p<0.05). Taken together with our previous study, the present study demonstrated that the activities of hypothalamus-pituitary-testis hormonal axis could be negatively affected by blockade of brain DA biosynthesis, and suggested the reduced reproductive potential might be resulted in the animals. More precise information on the testicular steroidogenic activities in PD patients and PD-like animals should be required prior to the generalization of the sex steroid hormone therapy to meet the highest standards for safety and efficacy.