• BMB Reports
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2018

In carcinoma, cancer-associated fibroblasts participate in force-mediated extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, consequently leading to invasion of cancer cells. Likewise, the ECM remodeling actively occurs in glioblastoma (GBM) and the consequent microenvironmental stiffness is strongly linked to migration behavior of GBM cells. However, in GBM the stromal cells responsible for force-mediated ECM remodeling remain unidentified. We show that tumor-associated mesenchymal stem-like cells (tMSLCs) provide a proinvasive matrix condition in GBM by force-mediated ECM remodeling. Importantly, CCL2-mediated Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) activation increased phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2 in tMSLCs and led to collagen assembly and actomyosin contractility. Collectively, our findings implicate tMSLCs as stromal cells providing force-mediated proinvasive ECM remodeling in the GBM microenvironment, and reminiscent of fibroblasts in carcinoma.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2011

본 연구는 초탄성 니켈-타이타늄 wire로 수직적 높이 차이가 있는 치아의 leveling 과정을 재현하여 wire의 size와 결찰방법에 따른 force system의 변화를 알아보고 여기에 마찰력의 영향에 대해서 알아보고자 하였다. 브라켓은 0.018" slot의 standard twin bracket을 사용하였으며 교정용 wire는 0.014", 0.016" 그리고 0.016" ${\times}$ 0.022" NiTi를 이용하였고 수직적인 높이는 0에서 5 mm까지 1 mm 간격으로 부하와 탈부하 과정을 실험하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 마찰력은 loading 시 wire의 stiffness를 증가시켰으며, 0.014" NiTi를 O-ring 결찰을 한 경우에 현저한 stiffness의 증가를 나타내었다. Light wire (0.014)는 수직적으로 5 mm 변위된 치아의 이동 시 2 mm, 0.016"는 3 mm, 0.016" ${\times}$ 0.022"는 4 mm까지의 이동에 유용한 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구결과는 수직적 변위가 큰 경우에 light wire조차도 적절한 힘을 발휘하지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2017

Background: Scapular winging is a prominence of the entire scapular medial border, mainly caused by insufficient activity of the serratus anterior (SA) and imbalance of scapulothoracic muscles. Push-up plus (PUP) exercise has been commonly used to increase SA muscle activity. The facilitation of abdominal muscle may affect scapular muscle activity by myofascial connections. Thus, the sequential activation of the turnk muscles is suggested to facilitate the transition of proper force from upper limb and restore force couple of scapular muscles. The abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) has been effective in improving activation of the deep trunk muscles during movement. Objects: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of ADIM on the activity of the upper trapezius (UT), lower trapezius (LT), and SA during PUP exercises in subjects with scapular winging. Methods: Fourteen men with scapular winging (determined as a of distance between the scapular medial border and thoracic wall over 3 cm) volunteered for our study. The subjects performed the PUP exercise with and without ADIM. Surface electromyography was used to collect the electromyography data of the UT, LT, and SA. A scapulometer was used to measure the amount of scapular winging. Results: SA activity was significantly greater and scapular winging significantly lower during the PUP exercise with ADIM than during those without ADIM. Conclusion: PUP exercise with ADIM can be used as an beneficial method to improve SA activation and to reduce the amount of scapular winging in subjects with scapular winging.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2004

Endothellial cells are subjected to hemodynamic shear stress, the dragging force generated by blood flow. Shear stress regulates endothelial cell shape, structure, and function, including gene expression. Since endothelial cells must be anchored to their extracellular matrices(ECM) for their survival and growth, we hypothesized that ECMs are crucial for shear-dependent activation of extracellular signalactivated regulated kinase(ERK) that is important for cell proliferation. Shear stress-dependent activation of ERK was observed in cells plated on two different matrices, fibronectin and vitronectin(the two most physiologically relevant ECM in endothelial cells). We then treated bovine aortic endothelial cells(BAECs) with Arg-Gly-Asp(RGD) peptides that block the functional activation of integrin binding to fibronectin and vitronectin, and a nonfunctional peptide as a control. Treatment of cells with the RGD peptides, but not the control peptide, significantly inhibited ERK activity in a concentration-dependent manner. This supports the idea that integrin adhesion to the ligands, fibronectin and vitronectin, mediates shear stress-dependent activation of ERK. Subsequently, whereas antagonists of vitronectin(LM 609, an antibody for integrin ${\alpha}_{\gamma}$/${\beta}_3$ and XT 199, an antagonist specific for integrin ${\alpha}_{\gamma}$/${\beta}_3$) did not have any effect on shear-dependent activation of ERK, antagonists of fibronectin(a neutralizing antibody for integrin ${\alpha}_5$/${\beta}_1$or ${\alpha}_4$${\beta}_1$ and SM256) had an inhibitory effect. These results clearly demonstrate that mechanoactivation of ERK requires anchoring of endothelial cells to fibronectin through integrins.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 1995

이 연구는 다양한 형태의 closing loops의 activation에 따른 치주조직에서의 응력분포를 평가하고 상악 절치의 이동 양상을 예측하기 위하여 3차원 유한요소법에 의하여 시행되었다. 동시에 상악 절치의 견인시 사용되는 bull loop, key-hole loop, T-loop, combination loop 그리고 asymmetrical T-loop도 3차원 유한요소법에 의해 분석 되었다. 이 연구로부터 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 여러가지 형태의 공간폐쇄용 루프중 bull loop에서 가장 큰 수평력을 나타냈으며 , key-hole, combination loop, T-loop 순이었다. 이들 모두 치아이동의 양상은 uncontrolled tipping을 나타냈다. 2. Asymmetrical TMA T-loop에서는 수평력이 현저히 감소하였으며, 절치부위에 함입력이 나타났다. 3. 절치부에서 torque의 증가에 따라 모멘트가 증가하였고, 선형적인 증가를 보였다. 4. 모멘트의 증가에 따라 치아의 초기 이동양상은 uncontrolled tipping에서 치근이동 양상으로 변화되었다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.262-274
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• 2005

본 연구는 치주인대 세포에 지속적이고 점진적 인장력을 가하여 치아 이동 시 형성되는 인장부위의 기계적 자극에 대한 생화학적 전달과 치조골 흡수와 생성 조절 기전을 이해하고자 하였다 치주인대 세포가 배양된 유연한 성장 표면을 가진 배지에 지속적이고 점진적인 인장력을 가하고 골흡수 인자인 $PGE_2$와 골형성 인자인 ALP의 생성량을 1 3 5. 12시간 후에 측정하여 정량비교하였고 파골세포 분화기전을 조절하는 OPG RANKL의 인자들과 matrix metalloproteinase(MMP)-1, -8, -9, -13, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase(TIMP)-1의 인자들을 역전사 중합효소 연쇄반응 검사하여 m-RNA 발현을 비교한 결과 치주인대 세포에 인장력을 가한 경우 대조 군보다 $PGE_2$의 농도가 적었고 (p<0.05) ALP의 농도 변화는 없었으며 OPG의 mRNA 발현이 증가하였으나, RANKL의 mRNA 발현은 감소하였다 그리고 TIMP-1과 MMP-1 -8 -9, -13의 mRNA 발현이 대조군과 차이가 없었다. 이상의 연구에서 사람의 치주인대 세포는 점진적이고 지속적인 인장력에 대한 반응으로 $PGE_2$의 생성과 RANKL의 mRNA 발현은 감소하고 OPG의 mRNA 발현은 증가하여 골흡수를 억제하는 효과를 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.617-634
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• 1991

The retraction of anterior teeth is one of the fundamental methods in orthodontic treatment and a proper position and angulation of anterior teeth after the retraction are very important for esthetics, stability, and function of teeth. In this research we analyzed, by Finite Element Method, the stress distribution on the periodontal ligament according to the variation of force and moment applied on the crown and predict the pattern of movement of maxillary central incisor. At the same time, the amount of force and moment caused by activation of the loop which was used for retraction of maxillary central incisor was analyzed by Finite Element Method. We observed the following results: 1) We could control the stress distribution on the periodontal ligament by proper moment/force ratio on maxillary right central incisor and predict the pattern of movement of maxillary right central incisor. 2) The amount of stress on the periodontal ligament as well as the moment/force ratio demanded by each pattern of movement increased as the destruction of alveolar bone was worse. 3) The moment/force ratio demanded by each pattern of movement decreased as the angle between the maxillary central incisor and occlusal plane decreased. 4) The force with the open loop was shown to be large compared to that with the closed loop. Also, the force with the helix decreased by 30% compared to that without the helix. 5) Under the same conditions we observed a larger moment/force ratio when the open loop and/or the helix were used.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2011

Purpose: The study was designed to investigate the effects of landing heights on muscle activities and ground reaction force during drop landing. Methods: Sixteen healthy adults were recruited along with their written informed consent. They performed a drop-landing task at the height of 20, 40, and 60cm. They completed three trials in each condition and biomechanical changes were measured. The data collected by each way of landing task and analyzed by One-way ANOVA. Ground reaction forces were measured by force flate, muscle activities measured by MP150 system. Results: There were significant differences in ground reaction forces, and significant increases in muscle activities of tibialis anterior, medial gastrocnemius and biceps femoris with landing heights. Conclusion: These findings revealed that heights of landing increases risk factors of body damage because of biomechanical mechanism and future studies should focus on prevention from damage of external conditions.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.216-221
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• 1989

조리조건이 익혀진 콩의 품질에 미치는 영향을 알아보고저 인스트론을 사용하여 텍스쳐의 변화를 측정하였고 puncture force와 shear force의 측정결과를 사용하여 조리온도를 달리하였을 때의 cooking kinetics를 검토하였다. 관능검사에 의해 알맞게 익혀졌을 때 황색콩의 puncture force는 0.15kg, shear force는 1.2kg/g-soybean으로 나타났으며 활성화에너지 값은 각각 14,540, 21,374 cal/g-mole이었고 z값은 $42.1,\;37.4^{\circ}C$이었다. 이러한 결과로 조리된 콩의 텍스쳐는 침지와 조리 조건에 따라 크게 영향받음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2008

In this paper, nanocrystallization of CuNiTiZr bulk metallic glass (BMG) subjecting to a kinetic spraying, dependent on impact velocity, was investigated by numerical and experimental approaches. The crystallization fraction and nucleation activation energy of initial feedstock and as-deposited coating were estimated by DSC and Kissinger method, respectively. The results of numerical modeling and experiment showed that the crystalline fraction and nucleation activation energy in BMG coatings were depended on kinetic energy of incident particle. Upon impact, the conversion of particle kinetic energy leads to not only decreasing free energy barrier but also increasing the driving force for an amorphous to crystalline phase transformation. The nanocrystallization of BMGs is associated with the strain energy delivered by a plastic deformation with a high strain rate.