• 한국의류학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.296-305
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• 2017

Gallnuts are known to exert various pharmaceutical properties that include anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and detoxifying effects. Gallnut extract is thought to be a particularly safe antimicrobial agent for textile application due to its natural origins. Hence, textiles were dyed with gallnut to develop multi-functional clothing material with no harmful effects. In this study, three kinds of cool touch woven fabrics, each comprised of 100% viscose rayon filament, viscose rayon filament/high absorption & quick dry (polyester) filament, and viscose rayon $filament/tencel^{(R)}$ spun yarn, were prepared and used as substrates for gallnut dyeing to especially develop functional cool touch textiles for summer clothing material. On the other hand, gallnut dyeing was conducted with mordanting with iron, lime or alum, which induced different colors on the dyed textiles. Dyed textiles were then investigated by SEM, FTIR, antibacterial test, and antioxidant test. Subsequently, gallnut dyed textiles indicated excellent antibacterial ability and deodorization activity regardless of mordant species. However, only gallnut dyed textiles mordanted with iron and alum showed significant antioxidant ability. In addition, the dyeing processes impair the cool touch feeling of the textiles by changing the micro structure of the textile surface.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.26-34
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• 2018

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of spinal-Z, derived from Peganum harmala seeds and Dracocephalum Kotschyi Boiss leaves, in patients with esophageal and stomach adenocarcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Methods: Sixty-one patients with malignancies of the upper gastrointestinal tract were randomly assigned to one of two groups (treatment or control) in a double-blind fashion. Six capsules of Spinal-Z were prescribed to the patients with the regimen of 600 mg/m2/day, and placebo to the control group, for six months. Results: There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to age, sex, duration of cancer, type of cancer and family history of cancer. There were significant differences in abdominal pain, heartburn, constipation and vomiting between the two groups, following spinal-Z therapy. Evaluation of drug side effects showed no difference in cough or other respiratory symptoms, itching, headache or dizziness between the two groups, both before and after treatment. Conclusion: This study indicates that Spinal-Z is safe and efficacious in the management of patients with upper gastrointestinal tract cancers.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2013

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus, causing diverse progressive symptoms such as infertility, pelvic pain, and dysmenorrhea. Although endometriosis has been described since the 1800s, the mechanisms responsible for its pathogenesis and progression remain poorly understood. It is well established that endometriosis grows and regresses in an estrogen-dependent fashion and the disease can be effectively cured by definitive surgery. However, prolonged medical therapy may be needed in most of the cases since conservative surgery is usually performed especially in young women. This treatment modality is often associated with only partial relief and/or recurrence of the disease. In the present review, up-to-date findings on the treatment of endometriosis will be briefly summarized. The outcomes of surgery in patients with endometriosis will be reviewed in terms of pelvic pain relief as well as infertility treatment largely based on recent Cochrane reviews and clinical reports. The efficacy of newer drugs including aromatase inhibitor, anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and dienogest will be also reviewed based on recent clinical studies.

• 대한한방종양학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2000

Objective : Hedyotis diffusa has been used as an anticancer agent for several decades in oriental medicine. We test whether the methanol extract of the herb affects transcriptional activation factors including $NF-{\kappa}B$ and AP-1. Methods : 1. HL-60 cells were treated with various concentrations(from 200 to $50{\mu}g/ml$) of methanol extract and $H_2O$ extract($200{\mu}g/ml$)of hedyotis diffusa, After 48h later, the cells were tested for viability by MTT assay. 2. The HL-60 cells were treated with $200{\mu}g/ml$ of methanol extract for the indicated periods. First. Nuclear extracts were isolated and incubated with oligonucleotide probe of $NF-{\kappa}B$ and AP-1. Second. Nuclear extracts were isolated and reacted with p50, p65. c-rel pan-Jun, c-Jun, JunB. JunD antibody on ice for 30min. Finally The cell lysates were prepared and analyzed by western blotting using anti-Fas, anti-FasL and anti-p53 antibody. Results : 1. The methanol extract decreases the viability of human lymphoid origin leukemia HL-60 cells in a dose-dependent manner. 2. $NF-{\kappa}B$ is rapidly activated by the addition of the methanol extract, reaches a peak at 30min and gradually returns to resting level. We confirm that $NF-{\kappa}B$ is a heterodimer mainly composed of p65 subunit with c-Rel. 3. Transcriptional activation of AP-1 is detected at 30min and reaches a maximum at 1hr after stimulation of the cells with the methanol extract. AP-1 is mainly composed with Jur-D and partially Jug-B proteins. 4. the methanol extract of Hedyotis diffusa induces the expression of Fas, Fas ligand and p53 proteins of HL-60 cells in a time dependent fashion. Conclusions : These results suggest that the methanol extract of Hedyotis diffusa exerts anticancer effects to induce the death of human leukomic HL-60 cells via activation of trascriptional factors such as $NF-{\kappa}B$ and AP-1, increase in expression of Fas mediated signalling proteins, and induction of tumor suppressor gene. p53.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.130-148
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• 2008

Objective : This study was designed to investigate the effect of the water extract of Gamisamgibopae-tang(GMSGBPT), an oriental herbal formulation, on the growth of NCI-H460 and A549 human non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines. Methods : Cytotoxicity and cell morphology were evaluated by MTT assay and inverted microscope, respectively. Apoptosis was detected using agarose gel electrophoresis and flow cytometer. The expression levels of mRNAs and proteins of target genes were determined by RT-PCR and western blot analyses, respectively Result and Conclusion : We found that exposure of A549 cells to GMSGBPT resulted in the growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner as measured by MTT assay, but GMSGBPTdid not affect the growth of NCI-H460 cells. The anti-proliferative effect of GMSGBPT treatment in A549 cells was associated with morphological changes, formation of apoptotic bodies and DNA fragmentation, and flow cytometry analysis confirmed that GMSGBPT treatment increased the populations of apoptotic-sub G1 phase. Growth inhibition and apoptotic cell death by GMSGBPT were connected with a up-regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 (WAF1/CIP1) mRNA and protein in a tumor suppressor p53-independent fashion. However GMSGBPT treatment did not affect other growth regulation-related genes such as early growth response-1 (Egr-1), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-activated gene-1 (NAG-1), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenases (COXs), telomere-regulatory factors in A549 orNCI-H460 cells. Taken together, these findings partially provide novel insights into the possible molecular mechanism of the anti-cancer activity of GMSGBPT.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.307-330
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• 2016

이 논문은 한국의 압축도시화의 한 사례이자 표준으로서 서울의 강남이 어떻게 형성되었는지 설명하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 강남 및 강남 스타일의 도시화는 유례를 찾아 볼 수 없을 정도로 급속한 도시화가 진행되었다는 점에서, 그 이전의 한국의 도시화 양상 및 서구의 도시와 구별된다는 점에서, 그리고 현대 한국의 삶에 정치, 경제, 문화적으로 매우 중요한 하나의 모델을 제공한다는 점에서 연구의 가치가 매우 크다. 하지만 그럼에도 강남의 독특한 도시성(urbanism)이 어떠한 사회적 조건에서 어떻게 형성되었는지에 대한 연구는 그리 많지 않은 편이다. 이 글에서는 먼저 선망이 되는 물질적 풍경이자 생활양식으로서의 강남적 도시성의 특징을 서술한다. 강남적 도시성은 물질적 공간의 측면에서 중상층이 주거와 자산증식을 위해 소유하는 고급 고층 아파트 단지를 특징으로 하고, 사회문화적 생활양식의 측면에서 정치적 보수성, 사적몰입과 공적 무관심, 학력, 외모, 패션 등에서의 경쟁, 유흥문화 등을 특징으로 한다. 이러한 강남적 도시성의 원형은 한국 반공 권위주의 발전국가 전략의 공간선택성 속에서 매우 짧은 시간에 압축적으로 형성되었다. 즉 그것은 북한과 대치상황 및 서울로의 인구집중 속에서 강북개발과 영등포개발을 억제하고 강남개발과 아파트를 통해 인구를 급히 분산하고 수용해야 했던 반공주의 국가의 필요성, 서민과 도시빈민을 도시개발에서 공간적으로 배제하는 권위주의 국가의 특성, 그리고 예외공간과 가격왜곡을 통해 건설자본과 중산층에 특혜를 부여하고 강남의 아파트 건설과 불균등 발전을 촉진한 발전국가의 선별적 주택산업정책이 결합되어 만들어낸 공간 선택성에 의해 상당 부분 설명될 수 있다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.280-288
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• 2023

딸기는 과육을 제외한 부위는 폐기될 수밖에 없어 활용도가 떨어지는 실정이다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 부산물로서 폐기되는 딸기 줄기를 활용하고자 이를 이용하여 항산화 및 항염증 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 용매별로 추출하여 딸기 줄기의 열수 및 70% 에탄올을 이용하여 추출 후 실험을 진행하였다. 먼저 딸기 줄기의 열수 및 에탄올 추출물의 총 폴리페놀 함량을 확인하였으며, 그 결과 265.4 ± 0.12 mg TAE/100 g, 503.88 ± 0.2 mg TAE/100 g의 폴리페놀 함량을 확인하였다. 항산화 활성을 측정하기 위해 전자공여능 및 2,2'-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) 라디칼 소거능을 이용하여 항산화력을 측정하였다. 두 추출물 모두 농도 의존적으로 증가함을 확인할 수 있었으며, 고농도에서는 항산화력이 우수함을 확인하였다. 이후 항염증 효능을 확인하기 위해 대식세포를 이용해 실험을 진행하였다. 먼저 시료의 세포 독성을 확인하고 농도를 설정하고자 하였다. 세포 생존율을 측정한 결과, 대식세포인 RAW 264.7에서 딸기 줄기 열수 및 에탄올 추출물 둘다 500 ㎍/ml 농도에서 99% 이상의 세포 생존율을 확인하였다. 이후 세포 생존율이 99% 이상인 농도구간(50, 100, 500 ㎍/ml)을 설정하여 이하의 실험을 진행하였다. 염증성 매개 물질로 알려진 nitric oxide (NO)의 생성 억제 효과를 확인한 결과, 딸기 줄기의 열수 추출물은 37.9%의 억제 효과가 나타났고, 에탄올 추출물은 38.8%의 억제 효과를 확인하여 딸기 줄기 추출물의 NO 생성을 저해하는 효과를 확인하였다. 항염증 활성을 확인하기 위해 RAW 264.7 세포를 이용하여 염증 매개 인자인 iNOS, COX-2의 단백질 및 mRNA 발현량을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 단백질 및 mRNA의 발현에서 LPS 단독 처리군에 비해 딸기 줄기의 열수 및 에탄올 추출물을 처리하였을 때 iNOS와 COX-2의 단백질 발현량이 억제됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과들을 토대로 딸기 줄기의 열수 및 에탄올 추출물이 항산화 및 항염증 활성이 우수함을 확인하여 천연 소재로서 활용하여 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2007

This study focused on the properties natural dyeing and natural material and on the development of functional material for well-being in apparel industry. Comus officinalis Siebold et Zuccarini is used as natural dyeing material which had been reported that have curable effect for unbalanced immunity, geriatric diseases like urinary tract system, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, tinnitus, hyperhidrosis and women's diseases like hypermenorrhea. And this material also has anti-cancer effect so that can restraint cancer cells. 3 kinds tester of cotton, wool and silk are dyed by boiled with each dye (flower, fruits, bark of tree) as first dyeing and dried in the shade. These testers are done by post-mordanting method. Aluminium Potassium(Alk(SO4)2), Cuprie Sulfate($CuSO4{\cdot}5H2O$), Stannous Chloride($SnCl2{\cdot}2H2O$), Ferrous Sulfate($FeCl2{\cdot}4H2O$), Titanium Sulfate 24% aqueous solution(Ti(SO4)2) are used as mordants. Dyeing results of Comus officinalis Siebold et Zuccarini flower and bark are shown as yellow color series. And dyeing result of fruits is pink color series. Silk shows the best dyeing property. As the point of view for dyeing property, Ti, Sn, Fe would be the properchoice for mordant. Following results are extracted in this study. Yellow color is resulted in dyeing with Cornus officinalis flower as non-mordanting condition. Yellowish red color is come from dyeing with Comus officinalis fruit as non-mordanting condition. Grayish yellow tone is resulted in dyeing with bark as non-mordanting condition. Orange tone color with Ti-mordanting, green tone color with Sn-mordanting and gray tone color with Fe-mordanting is resulted respectively. However light-fastness of Comus officinalis(flower, fruit, bark) is very low as 1 or 2 level in non-mordanting condition, Comus officinalis flower dyeing is turned out 3 or 4 level and fruit dyeing is 4 or 5 level, bark dyeing is 2 or 3 level with Ti-mordanting respectively. Eventually Comus officinalis fruit has the best light-colorfastness property among all of dyes. dry cleaning colorfastness of Cornus officinalis(flower, fruit, bark) is good as 4 or 5 level in Ti-mordanting condition, perspiration-colorfastness of Cornus officinalis(flower, fruit, bark) is good as 4 or 5 level in Ti-mordanting condition, With these results, this study could conclude that dye-ability, colorfastness problem is getting better after mordanting process and practical usage would be possible.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2004

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), particularly the highly selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitors have been shown to decrease the growth of tumor, in part, by inhibition of neovascularization. Recently, besides mature endothelial cells, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been shown to contribute neovascularization in angiogenic tissues. In this study, we addressed a question whether nimesulide, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, could affect differentiation of EPCs into adhesive endothelial cells in vitro. Total mononuclear cells were isolated from cord blood by Ficoll density gradient centrifugation, and then the cells were incubated with nimesulide or vehicle control for 7 days. The number of adherent and spindle-shaped cells decreased by nimesulide treatment in a concentration-dependent fashion at a concentration range of 5 - 200 ${\mu}M$. Moreover, the adherent cells double positive for DiI-ac-LDL uptake and lectin binding significantly decreased upon nimesulide treatment. There was no change of expression of CD31 between treatment and control groups, whereas slight reduction was detected upon treatment in expression of VE-cadherin, ICAM-1, vWF, ${\alpha}v$, and ${\alpha}5$. Nimesulide also reduced cell viability during first 3 days' culture and induced apoptosis in adherent EPCs, resulting in increased annexin-V-positive and propidium iodide-negative cells. Taken together, these results suggest that nimesulide could be applied for the inhibition of new vessel formation, in part, by inhibiting differentiation and survival of EPCs.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.825-831
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• 2007

당귀로부터 분리한 decursin을 환경호르몬에 의해 증식을 유도한 인체 유방암세포(MCF-7)에 처리한 후 그 억제효과를 조사하였다. 인체 유방암세포주인 MCF-7은 20, 40, 60, 80 및 100 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 decursin의 처리 시 20 ${\mu}g/mL$ 이상에서 농도 의존적으로 그 증식이 억제되었다. 호르몬이 제거된 배지로 배양한 세포에 0, 0.01, 0.1 및 1 ${\mu}M$의 농도로 환경 호르몬 $17{\beta}$-estradiol과 bisphenol을 처리한 결과 호르몬이 제거된 배지로 배양한 세포에 비해 세포의 증식을 유도하였으며, Yamada(21)와 본 실험 결과가 유사한 세포성장을 보여 암세포의 성장억제 효과를 측정하기 위한 환경호르몬의 농도를 0.1 ${\mu}M$로 하였다. 환경호르몬에 의해 증식이 유도된 MCF-7 세포에 당귀 메탄올추출물 및 decursin을 1, 3, 10 및 30 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 처리한 결과 농도에 비례하여 세포의 증식을 억제하였으며, 10 ${\mu}g/mL$의 농도 이상에서는 대조구의 증식보다도 낮은 생존율을 나타내어 강한 세포독성을 나타내었다. 또한 hoechst 염색을 통하여 세포 핵의 변화를 알아본 결과 decursin 처리군에서 핵의 응축과 apoptic body가 관찰되어 decursin은 apoptosis를 유도함으로써 환경호르몬이 처리된 MCF-7 세포의 증식을 억제하는 것으로 판단된다. 이들 결과는 decursin이 환경호르몬에 의해 증식이 유도되는 MCF-7 세포의 성장을 apoptosis에 의해 억제한다는 것을 나타낸다.