• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.136-144
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• 2014

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Platycarya strobilacea S. et Z. (PSE) extract on mouse hair growth and to determine the mechanism of action of PSE. PSE was purchased and its antioxidant activities, such as electron donating ability, total polyphenol content, and flavonoid content were tested. Toxicity during topical treatment was determined by the CCK-8 assay, a cell viability test. Fifteen 4-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were assigned to receive one of three treatments: dimethyl sulfoxide (negative control), minoxidil (positive control) or PSE. Test materials were topically applied to the shaved dorsal skin of each mouse daily for 3 weeks. After 21 days, we observed skin tissue hair follicle morphology and length, mast cell number, and stem cell factor (SCF) expression using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), toluidine blue, and immunohistochemical staining, respectively. Furthermore, the expression of cytokines involved in hair growth [i.e., insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), and transforming growth factor (TGF)-${\beta}1$] was determined by PCR. PSE was found to have very high antioxidant activity. The cell viability rate of PSE-treated mice was markedly higher than that of mice in the control group. We also observed an increase in hair follicle length, strong SCF staining, and a decrease in mast cell number in the PSE group. In addition, PSE-treated mice had higher IGF-1 and KGF expression and lower TGF-${\beta}1$ expression than mice in the minoxidil-treated group. These results suggest that topical application of PSE promotes hair growth by intensifying SCF, suppressing mast cell production, and increasing hair growth-promoting cytokine expression.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2009

In an effort to better understand the physiological and ecological differences between warm and cold water copepod species in Korean waters using lipid contents and compositions, two species of copepods (Pleuromamma sp. as a warm water species and Neocalanus plumchrus as a cold water species) were collected from the Northwest Pacific and East Sea/Sea of Japan, respectively. The cold water species showed two fold higher lipid contents than the warm water species (11% vs. 5% of dry weight). Wax esters, known as one of the major storage lipid classes, were found to be the dominant lipid class (accounting for 64% of total lipids) in the cold water species, whereas, in the warm water species, phospholipids, which are known as membrane components, were the dominant lipid class (accounting for 43% of total lipids),with a trace amount of the storage lipids as a form of triacylglycerols (${\leq}1%$ of total lipids). With regard to the fatty acid compositions, saturated fatty acids (SAFA), especially 16:0 (about 30% of total fatty acids), were most abundant in the warm water species, whereas the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), particularly eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA : 20:5(n-3)) (${\geq}16%$ of total fatty acids), were most abundant in the cold water species. Among the neutral fraction of lipids, phytol, originating from the side chain of chlorophyll and indicative of active feeding on phytoplankton, was detected only in the warm water species. Significant quantities of fatty alcohols were detected in cold water species, particularly long-chain monounsaturated fatty alcohols (i.e. 20:1(n-9) and 22:1(n-11)), which are well known to abound in cold water herbivorous copepods. However, only trace amounts of short-chain fatty alcohols were detected in the warm water species. Twelve different kinds of sterols were detected in these copepod species, with cholest-5-en-$3{\beta}$-ol (cholesterol) and cholesta-5, 24-dien-$3{\beta}$-ol (desmosterol) dominating in cold and warm water species, respectively. In addition, for the warm water species (Pleuromamma sp.), we assessed the latitudinal gradients of lipid contents and compositions using samples from three different latitudinal regions (Philippine EEZ, Japan EEZ, and the East China Sea). Although no latitudinal gradients of lipid contents were detected, the lipid compositions, particularly dietary fatty acid markers, varied significantly with the latitude. The findings of this study confirm that the distribution of lipid contents and compositions in copepods may not only indicate their nutritional condition and diet history, but may also provide insights into their living strategies under different environmental conditions (i.e., water temperature, food availability).

• 분석과학
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.321-332
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 우리나라 주요 하천에 서식하는 붕어와 주변 퇴적토에 축적된 HBCDs(hexabromocyclododecanes)의 농도를 분석하고 분포특성을 조사하였다. 조사한 15개 지점에서 구한 모든 붕어 근육 및 퇴적토 시료에서 HBCDs가 검출되었는데 이는 HBCDs가 광범위하게 오염되어 있음을 나타내는 것이다. 붕어 근육과 퇴적토에 축적된 HBCDs의 총 농도(${\Sigma}HBCDs$, ${\alpha}$-, ${\beta}$- 및 ${\gamma}$-HBCD 농도를 모두 합한 값)는 각각 1.3~19 ng/g (lipid wt)과 0.17~30 ng/g (dry wt) 범위로 나타났다. 지금까지 일반적으로 알려진 다른 연구에서와 마찬가지로 붕어에서는 ${\alpha}$-이성질체가 그리고 퇴적토에서는 ${\gamma}$-이성질체가 각각 88%와 60%로 가장 우세하게 축적된 것으로 나타났다. 각 하천의 하류에서 채집한 붕어 근육에 축적된 ${\Sigma}HBCDs$가 상류에서의 시료보다 훨씬 높은 수준으로 검출되었다. 또한 하천 하류에 위치하지만 고립된 지점에서의 붕어 근육에 축적된 ${\Sigma}HBCDs$는 하천의 다른 지점에서 채집한 붕어 근육에 축적된 값보다 크게 낮은 값으로 나타났다. 이는 하천의 주변 환경이 HBCDs 오염에 기여하고 있는 것을 나타내는 것으로 보인다.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2015

목적: 우리나라 케톤분해이상질환군의 연령별분포, 임상양상 등을 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법: 2007년 1월부터 2015년 9월 사이에 소변유기산분석을 시행하였던 2,794명의 환자 중에서 반복부하 유기산분석으로 진단된 67명의 케톤분해이상질환군환자들의 임상양상을 분석하였다. 결과: 케톤분해이상질환군 환자의 분포는 신생아기 1명, 영아기 30명, 소아기 31명, 청소년기 5명으로 나타났고, 가장 많은 주증상은 경련발작이었으며 발달지연을 동반한 경련발작, 발달지연 등이 뒤를 이었다. 결론: 우리나라의 발병빈도는 다른 나라에 비하여 높은 것으로 판단되며, 소아청소년과 의사들의 관심이 필요하다고 판단된다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2003

메품종의 거대배아미인 화청거대배아미, 남풍거대배아미, 그리고 찰품종인 화청찰거대배아미, 신선찰거대배아미 등 4품종의 거대배아미 품종의 볍씨를 각각 $27^{\circ}C$에서 3일간 발아시켜, 발아에 따른 전분 가수분해 효소의 활성 및 전분입자의 이화학적 특성을 각각 비교하였다. 3일간 발아시킨 벼의 ${\alpha}-amylase$의 활성은 맥아에 비해서 활성이 높게 나타났으며, 특히 화청거대배아미 및 신선찰거대배아미는 맥아보다 약 2배 정도의 활성을 나타내고 있었다. 이에 비해서 ${\beta}-amylase$의 경우는 일반품종보다는 거대배아미품종의 활성이 높기는 하지만 비교군인 맥아에 비해서 상당히 낮은 활성을 나타내고 있었다. 전분분자 중 아밀로오스 분자 유래의 긴 포도당 사슬의 양은 발아와 더불어 메품종 거대배아미에서는 줄어들고 있었으며, 찰품종에서는 증가하고 있었다. 아밀로펙틴 분자 유래의 포도당 사슬길이 분포는 찰벼와 메벼 품종에 관계없이 발아와 더불어 중합도가 14부터 60가지 비율은 증가하고 있었으며, 중합도 130이상 또는 13이하의 비율은 감소하고 있었다. Glucoamylase에 의한 가수분해도는 거대배아미메품종의 경우에는 발아와 더불어 현저히 낮아지고 있었고, 찰품종의 경우에는 오히려 증가하고 있었다. 그리고 호화개시온도, 호화종료 및 호화엔탈피는 감소하고 있었다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2005

Objectives : We analyzed the changes from 1996 to 2002 in distributive equity of the contribution burden in the Korean National Health Insurance. Methods : The study subjects were a total of 8,923 employee households and a total of 7,296 self-employed households over the period from 1996 to 2002. Those were the households meeting the two criteria as completing each annual survey and having no change in the job of head of the household during that period from the raw data of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey annually conducted by the Korean National Statistical Office. The unit of analysis was a household, and this was the standard for assessing the contribution that is now applied on a monthly basis. Deciles Distribution Ratio, Contribution Concentration Curve and Contribution Concentration Index were estimated as the index of inequality. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to compare the annual ability-to-pay elasticity of the contribution to the reference year of 1996 for three groups (all households, the employee households, and the self-employed households). Results : For the index of inequality, the distributive equity of contribution was improved in all three groups. In particular, the employee group experienced a substantial improvement. Using multiple regression analysis, the ability-to-pay elasticity of the contribution in the employee group significantly increased ($\beta$=0.232, p<0.0001) in the year 2002 as compared to the reference year of 1996. The elasticity in the self-employed group also significantly increased ($\beta$=0.186, p<0.05), although its change was smaller than that in the employee group. Conclusions : The employee group had a greater improvement for the distributive equity of the contribution burden than the self-employed group. Within the observation period, there were two important integration reforms: one was the integration of 227 self-employed societies in 1998 and the other was the integration of 139 employee societies in 2000. We expected that the equity of the contribution burden would be improved for the self-employed group since the integration reform of 1998. However, it was not improved for the self-employed group until the year 2000. This result suggests that capturing exactly the beneficiaries' ability-to-pay such as income is the precedent for distributive equity of the contribution burden, although a more sophisticated imposition standard of contribution is needed.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2002

Objectives: To investigate the distribution of $ER{\alpha}$, $ER{\beta}$, c-fos and c-jun in the uterine myoma and myometrium in oder to know how the tamoxifen cause the growth of myoma. Methods: Myoma and myometrial tissue were obtained from the postmenopausal women treated with tamoxifen in the patients with breast cancer and in the premenopausal patients, who were undergoing myoma of uterus from 1998 through 2000. The espression of each gene was quantitated with quantitative RT-PCR. Results: The expression of $ER{\alpha}$ was slightly increased in the myoma than the myometrium in the proliferative phase, and was slightly decreased in the myometrium than the myoma in the secretory phase. However it was not significant statistically. In the postmemopausal women treated with tamoxifen, $ER{\alpha}$ was expressed in all myoma and myome1rial tissues and the expression was not statistically significant. The expression ofER~ was slightly increased in the myome1rium than the leiomyoma in the proliferative and secretory phase, but it was not significant statistically. In the postmemopausal women treated with tamoxifen, the expression of ER~ was significantly incresed in the myome1rium than the leiomyoma. The expression of c-fos was significantly increased in the myome1rium than the leiomyoma in the proliferative and secretory phase. In the postmemopausal women treated with tamoxifen, the expression of c-fos was slightly increased in the leiomyoma than the myomelrium, however, it was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Tamoxifen may cause the growth of leiomyoma by $ER{\alpha}$ with AP-l pathway reducing the counteraction of 6$ER{\beta}$ to $ER{\alpha}$.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.563-567
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• 2011

We report the structural characterization of $Bi_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films grown on c-plane sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. By increasing the Bi flux during the growth process, $Bi_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films with various Bi contents (x = 0~13.17 atomic %) were prepared. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements revealed the formation of Bi-oxide phase in (Bi)ZnO after increasing the Bi content. However, it was impossible to determine whether the formed Bi-oxide phase was the monoclinic structure ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ or the tetragonal structure ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ by means of XRD ${\theta}-2{\theta}$ measurements, as the observed diffraction peaks of the $2{\theta}$ value at ~28 were very close to reflection of the (012) plane for the monoclinic structure ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ at 28.064 and the reflection of the (201) plane for the tetragonal structure ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ at 27.946. By means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) using a diffraction pattern analysis and a high-resolution lattice image, it was finally determined as the monoclinic structure ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ phase. To investigate the distribution of the Bi and Bi-oxide phases in BiZnO films, elemental mapping using energy dispersive spectroscopy equipped with TEM was performed. Considering both the XRD and the elemental mapping results, it was concluded that hexagonal-structure wurtzite $Bi_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films were grown at a low Bi content (x = ~2.37 atomic %) without the formation of ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$. However, the increased Bi content (x = 4.63~13.17 atomic %) resulted in the formation of the ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ phase in the wurtzite (Bi)ZnO matrix.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.361-367
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• 2013

Hizikia fusiformis을 80% EtOH 추출물을 용매의 극성에 따라 n-hexane, ethyl acetate, n-BuOH, Aqueous n-BuOH fraction으로 순차적으로 분리하였다. 분리된 4개의 분획물 중에 항산화 활성이 높은 n-BuOH 분획물을 reserve-phase column chromatography를 실시하여 분리된 3개의 BA, BB, BC 분획물에 대한 항산화 활성을 검토하였다. 가장 항산화능이 높은 BB 분획물은 모든 실험에서 농도의존적으로 활성이 증가하는데, 시료의 농도가 1.0 mg/ml일때 DPPH radical scavenging activity와 Reducing power activity는 $45{\pm}0.14%$, $1.34{\pm}0.23$로 가장 높게 나타난다. ${\beta}$-carotene-linoleic acid activity와 Hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity도 $76{\pm}0.12%$와 $82{\pm}0.06%$로 가장 높았으며, ABTS radical scavenging activity도 $65{\pm}0.17%$의 활성을 나타낸다. 이상의 연구 결과에서, 최종 분리된 BB분획물은 높은 항산화능을 가진 물질을 함유하고 있을 것으로 예상되며, 이는 앞으로 새로운 천연 기능성 식품으로서의 이용 가능성을 시사하고 있다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.130-135
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• 2000

순천만 갯벌의 3개 지점의 표층(5cm)과 심층(20 cm)토양의 물리화학적 요인과 종속영양세균의 분포, 섬유소 분해율과 체외효소의 활성을 측정하였다. 온도, 수분함량, 인산염 인 그리고 유기물함량은 각각 -1~$30^{\circ}C$, 42.1~53.1%, 0.0779~0.1961mg/g, 그리고 1.99~7.64%로 나타나었다. 섬유소 films의 분해율은 7.7%~100%/month 범위로 1~2월에 최저 그리고 8~9월에 최고의 분해율을 나타냈다. 종속영양세균의 분포는 $0.87{\times}10^6 ~ 3.6{\times}10^7 $CUFs/g dry soil의 범위에 속해Tdmu 심층의 경우 표층에 비해 낮았다. MUF-기질의 분해율로 측정한 phoshatase, $\alpha$-D-gluocosidase, $\beta$-D-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase 활성의 변화는 각각 152.23~1779.80 nMi/hr 2.67~202.18 nM/hr, 5.03~258.26 nM/hr, 3.42~63.07 nM/hr으로 모두 하계에 상대적으로 높은 값을 나타내었다. 섬유소 분해는 수온상승이 주된 요인이었으며, 정점간, 깊이간 큰 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 체외효소의 활성은 온도 및 섬유소 분해율과 높은 양의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 종속영양세균의 분포는 섬유소 분해와 체외효소의 활성과 높은 상괸은 나타나지 않았다.