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Three Reasons We May Shun the Research Practice That Employs Formative Measurement in the Endogenous Position

  • Kim, Gimun;Shin, Bongsik;Kim, Kijoo
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.129-141
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    • 2013
  • When the formative construct is placed in the endogenous position, there are clear theoretical, mathematical, and empirical issues in model estimation. Nonetheless, scholars who have adopted structural equation modeling for empirical research and those who are engaged in debates on the viability of formative modeling fail to recognize the fundamental problems of employing formative measurement in the endogenous position. This manuscript is intended to set a corrective path by discussing three reasons why this frequented practice may be avoided in both theoretical and empirical research.

Effects of Forskolin on Endogenous Dopamine and Acetylcholine Release in Rat Neostriatal Slices

  • Kim, Hwa-Jung
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • 제19권6호
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    • pp.520-528
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    • 1996
  • The involvement of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) effector system in the release of endogenous dopamine and acetylcholine from the rat neostriatum was assessed. Forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, was used to enhance cAMP production, and the consequence of this enhancement on the spontaneous and potassium stimulated release of dopamine and acetylcholine was evaluated. Neostriatal slices were prepared from Fischer 344 rats and after a preincubation period the release of each endogenous neurotransmitter was measured from the same slice preparation. To measure acetylcholine release the slice acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was inhibited with physostigmine, but the release from slices with intact AChE activity was also determined (choline, instead of acetylcholine was detected in the medium). Under both conditions forskolin induced a significant dose-dependent increase in the potassium-evoked release of dopamine. In the same tissue preparations the release of neither acetylcholine (AChE inhibited) nor choline (AChE intact) was affected by forskolin. The results indicate that the CAMP second messenger system might be involved in neuronal mechanisms that enhance neostriatal dopamine release, but stimulation of this second messenger by forskolin does not further enhance neostriatal acetylcholine release.

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Cross-reactivity of Human Polyclonal Anti-GLUT1 Antisera with the Endogenous Insect Cell Glucose Transporters and the Baculovirus-expressed GLUT1

  • Lee, Chong-Kee
    • 대한의생명과학회지
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    • 제7권4호
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    • pp.161-166
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    • 2001
  • Most mammalian cells take up glucose by passive transport proteins in the plasma membranes. The best known of these proteins is the human erythrocyte glucose transporter, GLUT1. High levels of heterologous expression far the transporter are necessary for the investigation of its three-dimensional structure by crystallization. To achieve this, the baculovirus expression system has become popular choice. However, Spodoptera frugiperda Clone 9 (Sf9) cells, which are commonly employed as the host permissive cell line to support baculovirus replication and protein synthesis, grow well on TC-100 medium that contains 0.1% D-glucose as the major carbon source, suggesting the presence of endogenous glucose transporters. Furthermore, very little is known of the endogenous transporters properties of Sf9 cells. Therefore, human GLUT1 antibodies would play an important role for characterization of the GLUT1 expressed in insect cell. However, the successful use of such antibodies for characterization of GLUT1 expression m insect cells relies upon their specificity for the human protein and lack of cross-reaction with endogenous transporters. It is therefore important to determine the potential cross-reactivity of the antibodies with the endogenous insect cell glucose transporters. In the present study, the potential cross-reactivity of the human GLUT1 antibodies with the endogenous insect cell glucose transporters was examined by Western blotting. Neither the antibodies against intact GLUT1 nor those against the C-terminus labelled any band migrating in the region expected fur a protein of M$_r$ comparable to GLUT1, whereas these antibodies specifically recognized the human GLUT1. Specificity of the human GLUT1 antibodies tested was also shown by cross-reaction with the GLUT1 expressed in insect cells. In addition, the insect cell glucose transporter was found to have very low affinity for cytochalasin B, a potent inhibitor of human erythrocyte glucose transporter.

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Diurnal Variation in Endogenous Gibberellin Levels of Rice Shoots

  • Hwang, Sun-Joo;Hamayun, Muhammad;Kim, Ho-Youn;Kim, Kil-Ung;Shin, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Jang-Eok;Kim, Sang-Yeol;Lee, In-Jung
    • Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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    • 제10권3호
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    • pp.163-166
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    • 2007
  • Diurnal changes in levels of endogenous gibberellins(GAs) were investigated in three rice cultivars i.e. Sangjubyeo, Shingeumobyeo(photo-neutral) and Chucheongbyeo(photosensitive). The rice cultivars were grown under a 12-hr photoperiod and endogenous GA levels were assayed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS-SIM) every 3 h for 24 h. The endogenous bioactive $GA_1$ and its immediate precursor $GA_{20}$ contents were significantly different in both photosensitive and photo-neutral rice cultivars, though less pronounced differences were observed for endogenous $GA_{12},\;GA_{53},\;GA_{19}$, and $GA_8$ levels with in the three rice cultivars. The levels of bioactive $GA_1$ and its immediate precursor $GA_{20}$ were significantly higher in Chucheongbyeo than in the other two cultivars. In Chucheongbyeo, the $GA_1$ contents increased significantly from 11.00 to 17.00 o'clock, thus indicating a correlation with light. In Shingeumobyeo, $GA_1$ contents slightly increased during morning hours, while a similar hike in $GA_1$ contents was observed for Sangjubyeo during evening hours. $GA_{19}$ was found to be the most abundant GA form in the three rice cultivars. Our results suggested that GA production in rice depends upon the response potential of rice cultivars and that light positively correlated to GA production in photosensitive rice cultivar.

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공적분 관계를 고려한 연구개발과 경제성장의 상호관계 연구 (Long-run Relationship between R&D Expenditures and Economic Growth)

  • 한웅용;전용일
    • 국제지역연구
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.147-165
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 OECD 21개 국가의 패널 자료(1981~2011)를 활용하여 제2세대내생적성장이론의 실증적 타당성을 검정하였다. 모든 변수들이 비정상성을 지니므로 변수들 간의 공적분 검정을 수행한 결과 연구개발수준은 총요소생산성에 유의한 영향을 미친다는 준 내생적성장이론이 강력히 지지되는 반면, 완전한 내생적 성장이론에 따른 연구개발집약도와 총요소생산성 성장 간의 유의한 관계는 일부 모형에 국한하여 적합한 것으로 분석되었다. 총요소생산성성장 함수 추정 결과 국내 및 국외 연구개발수준의 증가는 총요소생산성에 모두 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나, 연구개발집약도의 경우는 일부 모형에서만 국내 및 국외 연구개발집약도가 총요소생산성에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 준 내생적 성장이론이 강하게 지지되었다. 다만 국가 간의 기술격차는 총요소생산성 격차를 줄이는 효과가 있는 것으로 분석되어 완전한 내생적 성장이론의 기술격차가설은 타당한 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 분석결과를 바탕으로 준 내생적 성장이론적 관점에서 정책적 함의를 살펴보면 OECD 국가들의 경제는 총연구개발투자에 대한 생산성 체감의 가정이 타당하며, 따라서 지속적인 경제성장을 유지하기 위해서는 연구개발투자의 지속적인 증가가 수반되어야 한다는 시사점을 얻을 수 있다.

인간 내성 리트로 바이러스(HERV)와 인간 면역 결핍 바이러스(HIV)의 상관관계 (Interactions between Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV))

  • 옥미선;김희수;차희재
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.481-485
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    • 2015
  • 수백만 년 전부터 인간의 유전체에는 retrovirus의 유전자들이 삽입되기 시작하였다. 이러한 retrovirus의 유전자들은 결실 혹은 nonsense mutation등 여러 영향으로 지금은 더 이상 활동성 있는 바이러스로서의 역할을 못하는 흔적으로만 남아 있는 형태로 존재하며 이러한 내생(endogenous) retrovirus를 human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)라 부른다. HERV의 각 유전자들은 완성된 활동성을 지닌 바이러스를 만들어 내지는 못하지만 여전히 부분적으로 발현이 가능하고 심지어는 바이러스 particle 까지 만들어지는 것이 관찰되었다. 이러한 내성 retrovirus 에 반해 실질적으로 감염되고 활동하여 질병을 야기하는 외인성(exogenous) retrovirus들이 있는데 이 중 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)는 인간의 생명을 위협하는 대표적 바이러스로 가장 많이 연구되고 있는 바이러스중의 하나이다. 최근 흔적으로만 존재하는 것으로 보고된 HERV가 실질적으로 활성화된 바이러스인 HIV의 감염에 의해 활성화되고 발현이 증가할 뿐 아니라 HIV 감염의 여러 과정에 관여하고 있다는 연구 결과가 보고되고 있다. 또한 이러한 현상을 이용하여 HIV의 백신 및 치료 방법으로 HERV를 이용하고자 하는 시도가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 이 리뷰에서는 HIV 감염에 의한 HERV의 활성화 및 관련 상호 기작에 관한 연구를 소개하고 HERV를 이용한 HIV의 백신 및 치료제 개발을 위한 시도들을 함께 소개하고자 한다.

OECD국가의 준 내생적 성장이론 및 완전한 내생적 성장이론에 대한 실증고찰 (Empirical Study on the Semi-Endogenous Growth Theory and Fully Endogenous Growth Theory in OECD Countries)

  • 조상섭;양영석;강신원
    • 국제지역연구
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    • 제12권3호
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    • pp.153-169
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구는 두 가지 형태의 내생적 성장이론에 대한 실증분석을 실시하는 데 있다. 이 연구목적을 위하여 1981부터 2000년까지 OECD 19개 국가를 대상으로 패널 단위근과 패널 공적분방법을 이용하여 두 이론의 함의에 대하여 실증분석을 시시하였다. 먼저 패널 단위근 실증분석결과를 보면, 총 요소생산성 수준에 대한 세 패널 단위근 검정결과는 비 정상상태를 나타내는 것으로 보이며, 총 요소생산성 증가율에 대한 패널 단위근 검정결과는 정상상태를 나타내는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 준 내생적 성장이론에 근거한 Durbin-Hausman 통계량은 공적분 관계가 존재하지 않는다는 귀무가설을 기각하는 것으로 나타났다. 이 분석결과는 총 요소생산성 대비 연구개발비를 사용하거나 연구원수를 사용한 경우에도 동일하게 나타났으나, 패널 공적분 분석결과는 사용변수와 분석통계량에 따라서 서로 상반된 결과를 보였다. 준 내생적성장이론을 뒷받침하는 본 실증분석결과는 연구개발지출과 같은 내생적인 통제변수에 의하여 지속적인 경제성장을 이룩할 수 있다는 이론적 기반을 제공한다. 그러나 지속적인 총 요소생산성증대를 통한 경제성장은 지속적인 연구개발투입량증가만으로 뒷받침 될 수 있으며, 연구개발기여도체감(수확체감)을 극복하기 위한 연구개발투입증가를 더욱 증가시켜야 한다는 이론적 함의를 실증적으로 뒷받침한다고 볼 수 있다.

Targeting of Large-molecule Radiopharmaceuticals across the Blood-brain Barrier Using Endogenous Transport Systems

  • Lee, Hwa-Jeong
    • 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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    • pp.94-95
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    • 2002
  • Drug targeting to the central nervous system (CNS) is the limiting factor in CNS drug development because most of drug do not cross the brain capillary endothelial wall, which forms the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in vivo. One strategy for drug targeting to the brain is to use endogenous BBB transport systems. (omitted)

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A Role of Endogenous Somatostatin in Exocrine Secretion Induced by Intrapancreatic Cholinergic Activation

  • Park, Hyung-Seo;Park, In-Sun;Kwon, Hyeok-Yil;Lee, Yun-Lyul;Park, Hyoung-Jin
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 1998
  • A role of endogenous somatostatin in pancreatic exocrine secretion induced by intrapancreatic cholinergic activation was studied in the isolated rat pancreas perfused with modified Krebs-Henseleit solution. Intrapancreatic neurons were activated by electrical field stimulation (EFS: 15 V, 2 msec and 8 Hz). Pancreatic exocrine secretion, including volume flow and amylase output, and release of somatostatin from the pancreas were respectively determined. Somatostatin cells in the islet were stained with an immunoperoxidase method. EFS significantly increased pancreatic volume flow and amylase output, which were reduced by atropine by 59% and 78%, respectively. Intraarterial infusion of either pertussis toxin or a somatostatin antagonist resulted in a further increase in the EFS-evoked pancreatic secretion. EFS also further elevated exocrine secretion in the pancreas treated with cysteamine, which was completely restored by intraarterial infusion of somatostatin. EFS significantly increased not only the number of immunoreactive somatostatin cells in the islet but also the concentration of immunoreactive somatostatin in portal effluent. It is concluded from the above results that intrapancreatic cholinergic activation elevates pancreatic exocrine secretion as well as release of endogenous somatostatin. Endogenous somatostatin exerts an inhibitory influence on exocrine secretion induced by intrapancreatic cholinergic activation via the islet-acinar portal system in the isolated pancreas of the rat.

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