• 대한수의학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2006

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a disease model of multiple sclerosis (MS) that is characterized by remittance and relapse of the disease and autoimmune and demyelinating lesions in the central nervous system (CNS). Autoimmune inflammation is maintained by secretion of a large number of protein. Previous studies have suggested that transcripts encoding osteopontin (OPN) are frequently detected in the mRNA population of MS plaques. To elucidate the functional role of OPN in initiation and development of EAE, we examined the expression and localization of OPN in the spinal cord during acute EAE. We demonstrated that OPN significantly increased at the early stage of EAE and slightly declined thereafter by western blot analysis. An immunohistochemical study revealed that OPN was constitutively expressed in some glial cells (microglia, astrocytes) of white matter and neurons in the CNS of control rats. OPN expression was shown to be increased in the same cells at the early and peak stage of EAE. To identity cells expressing OPN by double-immunofluorescence labeling, we labeled rat spinal cord sections for OPN with a monoclonal OPN antibody and with mAbs for astrocyte (GFAP), microglia/macrophage (OX42)-specific markers. The major cell types of OPN-expressing cells were activated astrocytes and microglia in the adjacent inflammatory lesions. Interestingly, OPN was mainly expressed in the end feet of astrocytes around vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expressing endothelial cells of CNS blood vessel. These findings suggest that increased levels of OPN in activated glial cell may play an important role in the recruitment of inflammatory cells into the CNS parenchyma during EAE.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.514-521
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• 2007

[ $P2X_3$ ] 수용기는 세포 외에 존재하는 ATP에 의하여 활성화되는 ligand-gated cation channel로서 염증 혹은 조직 손상 시 세포에서 유리된 ATP가 $P2X_3$ 수용기와 결합하여 동통을 유발하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구는 형광면역조직화학기법을 통하여 사람의 치수에서 $P2X_3$의 발현과 바닐로이드 수용기인 TRPV1과의 공존 양상을 확인함으로써 이들의 치수동통전달 기전을 밝히고자 시행되었다. 사람의 치수에서는 치관부 및 치근부 전체에 걸쳐 다수의 $P2X_3$ 면역양성 신경섬유가 관찰되었으며 이 중 약 79.4%에서 TRPV1과의 공존을 보였다. 이상의 결과로 사람의 치수에서 $P2X_3$는 TRPV1과 더불어 치수염증 시 중추로의 동통전달과 유해자극의 증폭에 있어서 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.331-345
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• 2014

Objectives: The exponential growth of chemicals, an area of high concern in developed countries like the US (i.e., the Gore Initiative) and in the EU (i.e., REACH), as well as recent chemical accidents in Korea, have provoked nationwide concerns and resultant legal enforcement. This study aims to compare the laws of the Ministry of Environment (the Chemical Substances Control Act (CSCA), Act on the Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances (ARECS)) with those of the Ministry of the Employment and Labor (Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)). Methods: Each law pertaining to the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of the Employment and Labor was downloaded from the official legal information system (www.law.go.kr). The objectives of each law and the major contents related to chemical management were compared and summarized. Results: The CSCA and the ARECS are focused on the protection of people and the environment, while the OSHA relates to the protection of workers. The right to know of people and workers has been reinforced. The former two laws emphasize prevention, but the OSHA contains both preventive and post-accident measures. The role of the Ministry of Employment was reinforced with the promulgation of the CSCA and ARECS, which contain regulations such as adjacent area impact evaluation, risk control planning, chemical statistical survey and construction and operation of information, provision of risk control plans, response to chemical accidents and registration of chemical substances. Conclusion: We found that the three laws discussed here have several similar clauses designed to protect people and the environment from risks that may be caused by the use of chemicals, even though there are some differences among them in terms of objectives and contents. This review concluded that several clauses that can be regarded as double regulation should be unified in order to minimize the waste of government administrative resources and socio-economic losses.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2012

Objectives : Cyclooxygenase (COX) plays a central role in the inflammatory cascade by converting arachidonic acid into prostaglandin. COX-2 is typically induced by inflammatory stimuli in the majority of tissues, it is responsible for propagating the inflammatory response and thus, considered as the best target for anti-inflammatory drugs. The present study investigated the modulatory effect of ginsenoside Rg3, a principle active ingredient in Panax ginseng, on COX-2 expression in the brain tissue induced by systemic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment in C57BL/6 mice. Methods : Because systemic LPS treatment induces COX-2 expression immediately in the brain, ginsenoside Rg3 was treated orally with doses of 10, 20, and 30 mg/kg at 1 hour before the LPS (3 mg/kg, i.p.) injection. At 4 hours after the LPS injection, COX-2 mRNA was measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction method, COX-2 protein levels were measured by Western blotting. In addition, COX-2 expressions in brain tissue were observed with immunohistochemistry and double immunofluoresence labeling. Results : Ginsenoside Rg3 (20 and 30 mg/kg) significantly attenuates up-regulation of COX-2 mRNA and protein expression in brain tissue at 4 hours after the LPS injection. Moreover, ginsenoside Rg3 (20 mg/kg) significantly reduced the number of COX-2 positive neurons in the cerebral cortex and amygdala. Conclusion : These results indicate that ginsenoside Rg3 plays a modulatory role in neuroinflammation through the inhibition of COX-2 expression in the brain and suggest that ginsenoside Rg3 and ginseng may be effective on neurodegenerative diseases caused by neuroinflammation.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.104-120
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the therapeutic mechanism of acupuncture and bee venom acupuncture (BVA) in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) using positron emission tomography (PET) and arterial spin labeling (ASL). Methods: Patients with IPD who received a stable dose of anti-parkinsonian medication for at least 4 weeks were recruited and randomly divided into one of two groups: treatment and control. The treatment group (11 subjects) received acupuncture and BVA at acupoints, and the control group (9 subjects) received sham acupuncture and normal saline injections at non-acupoints, twice per week for 12 weeks. The patients were examined using PET and ASL at baseline and after the 12-week treatment. In addition, age- and sex-matched healthy subjects without neurological symptoms and history were recruited to compare ASL data of patients with IPD. Results: PET results revealed that striatal dopamine transporter binding increased in each group after 12 weeks. Although the change was larger in the treatment group, the difference was not statistically significant. In ASL results, the treatment group exhibited hyperperfusion in specific regions compared with the healthy control group. After 12 weeks' intervention, hyperperfusion regions were recovered only in the treatment group. In contrast, significant changes were not found in hyperperfusion regions in the control group after 12 weeks. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture and BVA in IPD are different from placebo and operate by altering dopamine availability and recovering hyperactivity in cerebral blood flow.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.681-692
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• 1996

The present study was conducted to isolate Babesia gibsoni by culture method of the microaerophilous stationary phase(MASP) and analyse the antigenic properties of the parasite by SDS-PAGE and immunoblot. The results obtained were summarized as follows. The protozoan parasite Babesia gibsoni multiplied in canine erythrocytes in RPMI 1640 medium(pH7.0) containing 20 40% normal canine serum under the MASP condition of 5% CO2 and 95% air at $37^{\circ}C$ incubator. The levels of parasitaemia in the erythrocytes were shown more higher by exchanging the medium at 24 hours interval. Under the above condition of MASP, the percentage of parasitized erythrocytes(PPE) after incubation for 8 days increased about 14 times more than that in the initiation of the 1% infected canine erythrocyte culture. The parasites were purely isolated from the MASP culture of red blood cells collected from dogs infected with Babesia gibsoni naturally or artificially. Among the total of 36 canine(Pit-bullterier) blood samples the parasites were isolated from 17 cases(47.2%) in the MASP culture while the parasites were detected from 20 cases(56%) and 12 cases(33.3%), respectively, by indirect fluorescent antibody(IFA) test and direct light microscopy(DLM). On the other hand, Babesia gibsoni was isolated by MASP culture from 15 cases(75%) and 11 cases(92%) of positive cases of IFA and DLM, respectively. In the analysis of the erythrocytic merozoite(AEOM) antigen derived from infected dog approximately 11 antigenic bands in molecular weight of 130, 120, 97.4, 92, 80, 52, 50, 42, 36, 30 and 29 KDa were observed on SDS-PAGE. Antigenic bands in the endoerythrocytic merozoite(CEOM) antigen derived from infected erythrocyte (sediment) in MASP culture were much similar to those of AEOM bands. In the exoerythrocytic merozoite(CEEM) antigen derived from supernatant of the infected erythrocyte culture approximately 20 antigenic bands were observed and the molecular weight of the major bands among these were 140, 120, 114, 105, 96, 93, 92, 80, 60, 52, 50, 38, 36, 30, 24, 18.5 and 16 KDa. In the protein patterns of AEOM and CEOM antigen by immunoblot 15 bands were observed and these patterns were much similar between each other. The molecular weight of the major bands in the both antigens were 130, 120, 80, 60, 52, 50, 42, 30, 29, 18.5 and 16 KDa. Approximately 21 bands were observed in CEEM antigen and the molecular weight of the major bands were 140, 120, 96, 92, 85, 80, 76, 60, 52, 50, 37, 30, 24, 16 and 15 KDa. The specific antigenic bands in the artificially infected dogs were firstly observed at 3 weeks afrer inoculation of infected blood and these antigenic bands were maintained up to 18 months after inoculation. In the immunoblot of the sera of the splenectomized dogs the specific antigenic bands with the molecular weight of 93 KDa and 52 KDa, respectively, were observed weakly comparing to those of non-splenectomized dog. In immunoblot of the sera collected from the naturally infected dogs the antigenic bands were observed as same as those of artificially infected dogs while antigenic band of 29 KDa in some individual dog showed strongly. In comparison of immunoblot of the sera collected from dogs non-treated and treated with diminazene aceturate(7mg/kg, IM) after artificial infection no differences of antigenic bands were observed. In analysis of antigenic bands by digoxigenin glycan/protein double labeling, antigenic bands in the molecular weight of 106, 60 58, 36, 30 and 29 KDa were determined as glycoproteins.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.161-174
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• 1997

오메가 3계 지방산의 섭취가 동맥경화, 고혈압 및 뇌졸중 등의 심혈관질환을 비롯하여 당뇨병, 류마티즘 등의 성인병 예방과 치료에 효과가 있슴이 여러 가지 역학조사 결과 밝혀지면서 의 학계를 위시한 여러 생명과학 분야에서 관심을 모으는 연구주제가 되고 있다. $\omega$3계 지방산은 인체내에서 생성이 되지 않고 외부로부터 섭취해야 하는 필수 지방산으로서 이러한 필수성은 식이로부터 섭취 부족시 생겨나는 결핍증의 치료효과에 기인 한다기 보다는 합성과정에 필요한 적당한 desaturase가 존재하지 않거나 효소활성이 제한되어 있기 때문에 그 필수성이 강조되는 물질로서 이 분야에 대한 관심이 더 많이 요구된다. 또한 $\omega$3계 지방산이 필수지방산 이므로 심혈관질환의 치료 및 예방과 관련, 어느 정도 섭취 해야 하며 부족시 인체에 나쁜 영향을 막기에 충분한 양은 얼마인지에 대한 구체적 자료가 제시되어 있지는 않은 실정이라 이에 대한 연구도 활성화되어야겠다. $\omega$3계 지방산이 심혈관질환 등에 유익한 효과를 보여주는 기전은 혈액지방 분획에 바람직한 변화를 유도하기 때문으로 혈액 중성지 방, 초저밀도지단백-콜레스테롤, 초저밀도지단백-중성지방 등의 감소나 고밀도지단백-콜레스테롤의 상승을 초래하므로써 얻어 지는 효과로 보이며 이에 대한 결과가 항상 일관되게 만 보고되고 있지는 않다. 또한 $\omega$3계 지방산은 AA로부터 대사되는 혈소판 응집반응 촉진물질의 생성을 억제하며 항혈전생성물질의 합성을 도모하는 기능을 하게 되므로 $\omega$6/$\omega$3계 지방산의 적정한 섭취비율이 고려되어야만 한다. $\omega$3계 지방산의 식이급원으로는 LNA가 풍부한 식물성유나 장쇄 불포화지방산인 EPA, DHA 등의 급원으로 생선 및 어유가 있다. LNA는 EPA와 DHA로의 전환이 일어나나 사람에서는 전환율이 여러 가지 조건에 따라 다르며 제한적이다. 생선의 경우 비록 EPA, DHA가 타식품에 비해 풍부한 편이나 생선종류나 동일한 생선내에서도 부위별로 그 함량이 다르므로 $\omega$3계 지방산 급원으로 섭취 할 때에는 이점을 잘 고려해야 하겠다. $\omega$3계 지방산 강화식품의 연구 개발 동향은 $\omega$3계 지방산의 인체에 대한 유익한 효과에 대한 연구결과에 힘입어 이루어진 것으로 여러 가지 식품에 정제 혹은 농축된 $\omega$3계 지방산을 첨가하는 경우와 사료에 $\omega$3계 지방산 급원을 첨가, 동물에게 이행시켜 $\omega$3계 지방산 강화식품을 제조하는 두 가지 방법이 있을 수 있는데 전자는 통조림, 과자, 건강보조식품류에 다용되며 후자는 다양한 기능성 축산식품에 활용되고 있다. $\omega$3계 지방산 강화 축산식품에는 돼지고기, 우유, 치이즈, 계란, 분유, 햄 등 다양한 제품에 활용, 개발되고 있으며 최근에는 이러한 식품 개발에 더욱 박차가 가해지고 있다 그러나 이와 같은 기법을 이용해 생산, 시판된 제품의 현황조사에 따르면 식품별로 함량표시가 없는 제품이 있어 제품에 대한 소비자의 신뢰도 제고에 장애가 될 수 있으며 제품의 품질관리면에서도 이러한 미비점은 개선되어야 할 것으로 보인다. 한편 소비자 입장에서도 $\omega$3계 지방산이 강화된 식품의 개발로 다양하면서도 차별화된 식품을 선택, 소비할 수 있는 잇점이 있으나 강화식품이 아닌 $\omega$3계 지방산이 풍부한 천연식품을 일상의 식탁에서 섭취하는 대신 가공된 제품을 무차별적으로 소비하거나 첨가된 $\omega$3계 지방산 함량이 일반식품에 비해 그다지 높지 않은 경우 이들 식품의 소비가 더 이상 장점이 되지 못하므로 이들 식품 소비에만 의존하는 식생활은 지양되어야 하겠다.