• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.413-417
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• 2022

We retrospectively evaluated the clinical and imaging features of 6 patients with bone hydatid disease confirmed by surgery and pathological examination. Among the 6 patients, 2 were infected with Echinococcosis granulosus metacestode and 4 were infected with E. multilocularis metacestode. The 2 cases with cystic echinococcosis were diagnosed by computed tomographic (CT) examination, and other 4 cases were diagnosed by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. On the initial evaluation, 1 case each was misdiagnosed as a giant cell tumor or neurogenic tumor, and 2 were misdiagnosed as tuberculosis. The imaging manifestations of bone hydatid disease are complex, but most common findings include expansive osteolytic bone destruction, which may be associated with sclerosing edges or dead bone formation, localized soft tissue masses, and vertebral lesions with wedge-shaped changes and spinal stenosis. Combining imaging findings with the patient's epidemiological history and immunological examinations is of great help in improving the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of bone hydatid disease.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.308-312
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• 2014

연구에서는 차세대염기서열분석법(Next Generation Sequencing)을 이용하여 상업적으로 농가에 가장 많이 보급되어 있는 요크셔와 랜드레이스를 포함한 두 종의 장내미생물생태 분석을 실시하였다. 박테리아의 16S rRNA 유전자는 분변샘플로부터 추출한 DNA에서 V4 지역을 증폭할 수 있도록 디자인된 유니버설 프라이머 세트를 이용하여 증폭되었다. 두 종에 대한 장내미생물생태 비교분석은 성장단계에 따라 차이를 보이는 반면, 종에 따른 차이는 거의 없다는 것을 확인하였다. 하지만, 두 종간의 장내미생물생태 내에서 특정 미생물의 수가 차이가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 요크셔는 특히 섬유질 소화를 통해 에너지 생산률을 높여준다고 보고된 바가 있는 Xylanibacter 속(Genus)의 미생물을 많이 포함하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 랜드레이스는 숙주 내에서 면역에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려진 Clostridium_IV 종을 상당히 많이 포함하는 것으로 나타났으며, 반면 요크셔는 기회감염미생물들을 많이 포함하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 요크셔와 랜드레이스를 포함한 두 종간의 장내미 생물생태 비교분석을 통해 그 차이점이 종에 의한 차이보다는 성장단계에 따라 큰 차이가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 하지만 두 종 사이에서 성장에 영향을 미칠 가능성이 있는 몇 장내미생물의 수가 차이가 있다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회 및 임시총회
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• pp.50-50
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• 2015

Both agriculture and local tourism of Kagoshima prefecture where is located on the south-western region of the Japanese mainland, are the important industries. Although cabbage (Brassica oleracea) has been cultivated in recent decades in Kagoshima, clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae had never been observed. However, the disease in cabbage was reported in four regions last couple years. Our survey showed that one region is infested severely whereas others are slightly. In the most widely infested region, the disease was also observed in turnip rape (Brassica rapa) which is grown as ornamental plants for landscape design in early spring and important tourist attraction. Consequently, both agriculture and local tourism are damaged by clubroot. The increase of clubroot incidence in this region might be caused by significant increase of cabbage production, the expansion of cropping season throughout the year and continuous turnip rape cultivation in the same fields of cabbage for almost three decades. Therefore we are trying to estimate the risk of clubroot damage cultivation throughout the year in this region. We collected five isolates of resting spores and identified them as race 3, 4 and 9 by Williams' method, and as pathotype group 3 and 4 by classification system using clubroot resistant (CR) $F_1$ cultivars of Chinese cabbage as differential hosts as described in Hatakeyama et al.(2004). Furthermore, we found that these populations were avirulent to commercial CR cabbages. These results indicate that introduction of CR cabbage and breeding of turnip rape are the effective measures to solve our problem.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2005

Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is an infectious viral pathogen on the cruciferous crops, predominantly Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris subsp. pekinensis) and radish (Raphanus sativus). On the basis of the symptom development in selective differential hosts from indicator host species, Chinese cabbage and Korean radish inbred lines, the representative eight isolates of TuMV were divided into two major groups/or six types. Group I includes Th 1, Ca-ad7, and Cj-ca2-1 isolates, while group II includes the other isolates (rg-pfl, r 9-10, Rhcql-2, Stock and Mustard). According to the molecular phylogenetic analysis, these isolates, however, divided into two groups and two independent isolates. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that four isolates (Tu 1, r9-10, Stock and Rh-cql-2) formed a distinct phylogenetic group, and the other two isolates (Ca-ad7 and Cj-ca2-1) also formed another group. Mustard and rg-pfl isolates did not seem to have any relationship with these two groups. Taken together, these results indicated that virulence differentiation on host plants, molecular phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide and the deduced amino acid of TuMV coat proteins did not show any relationship. The multi-resistant lines, Wonyae 20026 and BP058 in Chinese cabbage represent valuable genetic materials that can be used for crucifer breeding programs on TuMV resistance, but not in Korean radish.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.476-488
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• 2021

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is the causal agent of black rot for cruciferous vegetables worldwide, especially for the cole crops such as cabbage and cauliflower. Due to the lack of resistant cabbage cultivars, black rot has brought about considerable yield losses in recent years in China. Understanding of the pathogen features is a key step for disease prevention, however, the pathogen diversity, population structure, and virulence are largely unknown. In this study, we studied 50 Xcc strains including 39 Xcc isolates collected from cabbage in 20 regions across China, using multilocus sequence genotyping (MLST), repetitive DNA sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR), and pathogenicity tests. For MLST analysis, a total of 12 allelic profiles (AP) were generated, among which the largest AP was AP1 containing 32 strains. Further cluster analysis of rep-PCR divided all strains into 14 DNA groups, with the largest group DNA I comprising of 34 strains, most of which also belonged to AP1. Inoculation tests showed that the representative Xcc strains collected from diverse regions performed differential virulence against three brassica hosts compared with races 1 and 4. Interestingly, these results indicated that AP1/DNA I was not only the main pathotype in China, but also a novel group that differed from the previously reported type races in both genotype and virulence. To our knowledge, this is the first extensive genetic diversity survey for Xcc strains in China, which provides evidence for cabbage resistance breeding and opens the gate for further cabbage-Xcc interaction studies.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.138-146
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• 2023

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite which can infect most warm-blooded animals and humans. Among the different mouse models, C57BL/6 mice are more susceptible to T. gondii infection compared to BALB/c mice, and this increased susceptibility has been attributed to various factors, including T-cell responses. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most prominent type of antigen-presenting cells and regulate the host immune response, including the response of T-cells. However, differences in the DC responses of these mouse strains to T. gondii infection have yet to be characterized. In this study, we cultured bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) from BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. These cells were infected with T. gondii. The activation of the BMDCs was assessed based on the expression of cell surface markers and cytokines. In the BMDCs of both mouse strains, we detected significant increases in the expression of cell surface T-cell co-stimulatory molecules (major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II, CD40, CD80, and CD86) and cytokines (tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-12p40, IL-1β, and IL-10) from 3 h post-T. gondii infection. The expression of MHC II, CD40, CD80, CD86, IFN-γ, IL-12p40, and IL-1β was significantly higher in the T. gondii-infected BMDCs obtained from the C57BL/6 mice than in those from the BALB/c mice. These findings indicate that differences in the activation status of the BMDCs in the BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice may account for their differential susceptibility to T. gondii.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.172-182
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• 2023

At the time of host attachment, ticks are very sensitive to histamine, but during rapid blood sucking they paradoxically require histamine. Using a rabbit model, we studied the effects of histamine and antihistamine during attachment and fast-feeding in different life stages of Haemaphysalis longicorns. We examined how they responded to histamine and antihistamine by analyzing the detachment rate, histology of feeding lesions, and post-feeding behavior. A significant difference (P<0.01) was found in the detachment rate between experimental and control treatments throughout the observation period. Ticks exhibited a higher detachment rate (30.1%) at 12 h after histamine application during attachment time and on antihistamine-treated skin (25.4%) at 96 h during fast-feeding. After feeding on histamine-treated rabbits, the fully engorged body weights of larvae and nymphs were 0.7±0.36 mg and 3.5±0.65 mg, respectively. An average increase in body weight of 0.6±0.05 mg and 3.2±0.30 mg was observed for larvae and nymphs compared to the respective control weights. Nymphs and adults engorged after antihistamine treatment had an average body weight of 1.3±0.54 mg and 54±0.81 mg, respectively. An average decrease in body weight was observed in antihistamine-treated H. longicornis compared with control nymphs (3.3±0.42 mg) and adults (174±1.78 mg). Skin biopsies were collected after treatment, and differential histopathological characteristics were found between the treatment and control groups. Tick-infested skin collected from rabbits in the antihistamine-treated group lacked erythrocytes in the feeding pool, indicating that antihistamine impaired tick fast-feeding stage.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.98-116
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• 2024

Epigenetic writers including DNA and histone lysine methyltransferases (DNMT and HKMT, respectively) play an initiative role in the differentiation and development of eukaryotic organisms through the spatiotemporal regulation of functional gene expressions. However, the epigenetic mechanisms have long been suspected in helminth parasites lacking the major DNA methyltransferases DNMT1 and DNMT3a/3b. Very little information on the evolutionary status of the epigenetic tools and their role in regulating chromosomal genes is currently available in the parasitic trematodes. We previously suggested the probable role of a DNMT2-like protein (CsDNMT2) as a genuine epigenetic writer in a trematode parasite Clonorchis sinensis. Here, we analyzed the phylogeny of HKMT subfamily members in the liver fluke and other platyhelminth species. The platyhelminth genomes examined conserved genes for the most of SET domain-containing HKMT and Disruptor of Telomeric Silencing 1 subfamilies, while some genes were expanded specifically in certain platyhelminth genomes. Related to the high gene dosages for HKMT activities covering differential but somewhat overlapping substrate specificities, variously methylated histones were recognized throughout the tissues/organs of C. sinensis adults. The temporal expressions of genes involved in eggshell formation were gradually decreased to their lowest levels proportionally to aging, whereas those of some epigenetic tool genes were re-boosted in the later adult stages of the parasite. Furthermore, these expression levels were significantly affected by treatment with DNMT and HKMT inhibitors. Our data strongly suggest that methylated histones are potent epigenetic markers that modulate the spatiotemporal expressions of C. sinensis genes, especially those involved in sexual reproduction.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.966-974
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• 2015

Despite the presence of toll like receptor (TLR) expression in conventional $TCR{\alpha}{\beta}$ T cells, the direct role of TLR signaling via myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) within T lymphocytes on graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) remains unknown. In the allo-SCT model of C57BL/6 ($H-2^b$) ${\rightarrow}$ B6D2F1 ($H-2^{b/d}$), recipients received transplants of wild type (WT) T-cell-depleted (TCD) bone marrow (BM) and splenic T cells from either WT or MyD88 deficient (MyD88KO) donors. Host-type ($H-2^d$) P815 mastocytoma or L1210 leukemia cells were injected either subcutaneously or intravenously to generate a GVHD/GVL model. Allogeneic recipients of MyD88KO T cells demonstrated a greater tumor growth without attenuation of GVHD severity. Moreover, GVHD-induced GVL effect, caused by increasing the conditioning intensity was also not observed in the recipients of MyD88KO T cells. In vitro, the absence of MyD88 in T cells resulted in defective cytolytic activity to tumor targets with reduced ability to produce IFN-${\gamma}$ or granzyme B, which are known to critical for the GVL effect. However, donor T cell expansion with effector and memory T-cell differentiation were more enhanced in GVHD hosts of MyD88KO T cells. Recipients of MyD88KO T cells experienced greater expansion of Foxp3- and IL4-expressing T cells with reduced INF-${\gamma}$ producing T cells in the spleen and tumor-draining lymph nodes early after transplantation. Taken together, these results highlight a differential role for MyD88 deficiency on donor T-cells, with decreased GVL effect without attenuation of the GVHD severity after experimental allo-SCT.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.1199-1213
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• 1998

연구배경 : 최근 면역기능저하 환자들이 급증하고 있으며 이들에 있어서 새로 발생된 설명이 불가능한 폐침윤은 매우 흔하면서도 환자의 생명을 위협할 수 있는 상황으로 발전할 수 있다. 폐진균증은 이런 임상상에서 폐침윤의 중요한 원인으로 대두되고 있으나 이에 대한 연구가 많지 않아 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 1996년 10월부터 1998년 4월까지 삼성서울병원에서 면역기능저하 환자 중 새로운 폐침윤이 있었던 환자로 조직학적으로 폐에서 진균이 증명되었거나 정상적으로 균이 자리지 않는 부위(sterile)에서 시행한 배양검사장 진균이 배양된 환자들을 대상으로 임상적 특정, 방사선학적 소견, 진단적 검사, 치료 및 그 결과에 대해 후향적인 조사를 시행하였다. 결 과 : 총 13명의 환자 (M : F=8 : 5, 연령 중앙값 47세)에서 14예의 폐진균증이 진단되었다. 진단은 asperogillosis가 12예였고 mucormycosis가 2예였다. 혈액암 환자 9명에서 10예, 장기이식 환자에서 4예의 폐진균증이 진단되었다. 3예에서는 진단당시 경험적 amphotericin B를 중앙값 9일(8-21일)간 투여받고 있었다. 혈액암군 10예 중 9예에서 폐침윤 발견당시 백혈구 감소증이 중앙값 16일동안 지속되었으며 발열(9/10), 기침(6/10), 가래(5/10), 호흡곤란(4/10), 흉통 (5/10), 악설음(4/10) 등의 증상과 징후가 흔하게 관찰되었다. 반면에 장기이식환자군에서는 증상 및 징후가 뚜렸하지 않은 경우가 많았다(p<0.05). 단순 흉부촬영상으로 새로운 폐침윤은 단일 혹은 다발성의 결절(6/14)이나 경결(consolidation)(8/14)의 형태로 나타났으며 흉부 단층촬영상에서는 간유리음영(14/14), 흉수(5/14), 동공형성(7/14) 등의 소견이 관찰되었다. 확진한 방법으로는 개흉술이 10예, 비디오 흉강경술이 2예, 경피적침흡인술이 1예, 농양의 농 배양검사가 1예였다. 모든 환자는 amphotericin B(591-2806mg) 투여를 받았으며 1예에서 liposomal amphotericin B, 1예에서 경구 itraconazole로 치료를 부분적으로 시행하였다. Amphotericin B 투여 후 12/14예에서 폐병변의 호전이 관찰되었으며 14예중 4예에서 사망하거나 회복이 불가능한 상태로 퇴원하였다. 결 론 : 혈액암의 치료로 과립구감소증이 있는 환자나 장기이식 환자에서 새로운 폐침윤이 결절이나 경결의 형태로 발현하면, 증상이 미미하거나 경험적 amphotericin B를 투여하고 있더라도 폐진균증을 의심을 해야하며 적극적인 진단과 치료로써 예후를 호전시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.