• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.289-295
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• 2016

국내 시판중인 인스턴트 커피에서 다당류를 추출하여 새로운 면역 활성 물질을 확인하고자 하였다. 시판중인 인스턴트 커피를 구입하여 냉수추출 후, 에탄올 침전과 투석을 통하여 약 24%의 높은 수율로 다당류(ICP-0)를 얻을 수 있었다. ICP-0은 중성당 89.9%, 산성당 10.1%로 이루어진 다당체로써, 구성 성분으로는 갈락토스 55.5%, 만노스 25.7%와 소량의 아라비노스, 람노스 등으로 이루어진 것을 확인하였으며, 갈락토만난(galactomannan)이나 팩틴 다당류(pectic polysaccharide)가 혼합된 구조일 것이라고 추정되었다. 인스턴트 커피 유래 ICP-0에 대하여 대식세포 자극에 대한 세포증식능을 확인한 결과, NC 대비 유의적으로 높은 증식활성을 보였으며, IL-6, IL-12 및 TNF-${\alpha}$의 경우, $10{\mu}g/mL$에서도 NC 대비 우수한 사이토카인 분비 유도능을 보임이 확인되었다. 또한 NO, ROS를 분석한 결과에서도 NO의 경우 $10{\mu}g/mL$ 이상에서 NC 대비 양호한 활성을 보여 주었다. ICP-0에 대하여 2차 면역기관 중 하나인 비장세포상의 증식능을 확인한 결과, NC 대비 115% 정도 증식하는 것이 확인되어 면역세포를 직접 증진시키는 마이토겐 활성이 있음을 나타내었다. 인스턴트 커피 유래 ICP-0가 장관 내 분포되어 있는 Peyer's patch를 경유하여 장관면역에 공헌할 수 있는지 여부를 확인한 결과, NC 대비 유의적으로 골수세포의 증식능을 확인하였으며 GM-CSF와 같은 관련 사이토카인의 분비 유도가 확인되었다. 이상의 결과는 시판 인스턴트 커피로부터 분리한 다당류가 대식세포의 기능과 장관면역계를 증진시킬 수 있는 가능성을 제시한다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2001

Background: A large number of diseases occur in association with specific HLA-B or-C alleles. Recently a new gene, termed maj or histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA), has been identified in close proximity to HLA-B. The function of this gene is still unknown. However, it is structurally similar to HLA class I genes. MICA gene is polymorphic and is potentially associated with several diseases. Methods: To evaluate the association of MICA gene in Korean patients with human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infections, Polymerase chain reaction-Sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) was done for MICA alleles in the extracellular exons, and a microsatellite analysis for GCT repeat polymorphisms in the TM exon was also completed. Results: In 199 Korean healthy controls, 7 alleles were observed and the frequencies for each allele were MICA008 (44.7%), MICA0 10 (34.2%), MICA002 (31.7%), MICA004 (23.6%), MICA0 12 (2 1.6%), MICA009 (19.6%), and MICA007 (6.5%). When 65 HIV seropositive patients were analyzed, MICA007 allele frequency was significantly higher than in controls (15.4% vs 6.5 %, RR=2.6, p<0.04). In contrast, the frequencies of other MICA alleles and microsatellite alleles in the transmembrane region of MICA gene were not significantly different between HIV seropositive patients and controls. The tight linkage between MICA alleles in the extracellular exons and GCT repeat polymorphisms in the TM exon was observed as follows; MICA002/A9, MICA004/A6, MICA007/A4, MICA008/A5.1, MICA0 10/A5, and MICA0 12/A4 in both groups. No significant difference between patients and controls was observed in the haplotype frequencies of MICA alleles in the extracellular exons and GCT repeat polymorphisms in the TM exon. Conclusion: The data suggest that immune functions related with MICA gene may affect a HIV infections.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2008

인삼의 지용성 성분을 2개월 및 6개월 동안 암환자에게 복용시킨 결과, 인삼의 지용성 성분은 CD4/CD8 비율과 자연살해세포의 수를 정상적으로 유지시킴으로써 암환자의 면역기능 유지에 효과가 있음을 보여주었다. 인삼의 지용성 성분을 2개월간 투여한 실험군의 87.5%에서, 6개월간 투여한 실험군의50%에서 암환자의 종양수치가 낮아지거나 정상범위에서 안정하게 유지되는 긍정적인 효과가 나타났다. 인삼의 지용성 성분을 6개월간 투여한 실험군에서 간 기능을 나타내는 GOT,GPT 및 ALP 수치와 신장 기능을 나타내는 BUN과 creatinine수치도 역시 정상 범위로 유지되어 인삼의 지용성 성분의 장기 복용이 간과 신장 기능에 긍정적인 효과를 가짐을 확인하였다. 따라서 인삼의 지용성 성분이 암환자들의 면역성 강화,간·신장 기능을 유지 및 개선시켜 건강에 도움을 주는 것으로 평가됨으로써 인삼의 지용성 성분을 암환자의 식이 및 항암보조제로서 적용할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다. 이러한결과는 비록 통계학적인 유의성은 없지만 본격적인 임상실험의 수행을 위한 기초 자료로서 충분한 가치를 가지므로, 이를바탕으로 대단위 개체를 대상으로 하는 본격적인 추가 임상실험 연구를 수행하여 인삼의 지용성 성분이 암환자의 항암및 면역기능 강화에 효과가 있음을 임상적으로 증명할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2004

본 연구에 사용한 아라비녹실란화합물은 미강에서 추출한 헤미셀룰로즈에 표고버섯균사체 배양물에서 분리한 효소를 작용시켜 생성된 식물성다당류이며, PSP(polysaccharide peptide)는 담자균류의 일종인 Coliolus versicocor Sov-1의 균사체에서 추출 정제하여 얻은 단백다당체 성분이다. 이들에 대한 면역세포 활성화 효과, 항암 효과 및 알레르기 억제효과 등에 관한 실험 결과는 다음과 같다. 비장세포의 B cell과 T cell에 arabinoxylane과 PSP의 항체생성과 세포활성능을 조사한 결과 PFC형 성은 10 ∼ 15%, RFC검출은 10 ∼ 30% 증가하였다 복강침출세포로부터 대식세포의 탐식능 효과는 대조군에 비하여 PSP는 약 18%, arabinoxylane은 22% 정도 증가하였다. S-180 고형암에 의한 항암실험에서 arabinoxylane은 66.2%(p<0.01), PSP는 49.0%(p<0.05)의 억제 효과를 확인할 수 있었다. 복수암에 의한 수명 연장효과는 PSP, arabinoxylane이 대조군에 비해 다소의 수명연장효과가 나타났으며, PSP가 아라비녹실란에 비해 약간의 높은 수명연장효과가 나타났다. 항알레르기 효과를 보기 위한 PCA 역가를 측정한 결과는 대조군이 80인데 비해 PSP군은 40, arabinoxylane군은 20으로 대조군에 비하여 다소 경감되었으며, arabinoxylane군이 다소 우수한 결과를 보였다. 혈중 histamine 함량도 PCA와 유사한 결과로 arabinoxylane군과 PSP군이 히스타민 함량을 다소 감소시키는 경향을 보였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제56권7호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2013

Purpose: Although chronic and recurrent rhinosinusitis is prevalent in children, little is known about its causes. Here, we investigated the humoral immunity in children with chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis. Methods: We examined 16 children attending the outpatient clinic at the CHA Bundang Medical Center including 11 boys and 5 girls, aged 3-11 years (mean age, 5.6 years), who had rhinosinusitis for >3 months or >3 times per year. The complete blood count with differential and total serum concentrations of Immunoglobulin (Ig) E, IgA, IgD, IgM, IgG, and IgG subclasses ($IgG_1$, $IgG_2$, $IgG_3$, and $IgG_4$) of all children were measured. All subjects received 23-polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccination (PPV), and the levels of antibodies to 5 serologic types (4, 6B, 14, 18C, and 23F) of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide antigens were measured before and after vaccination. Post-PPV antibody titers ${\geq}0.35{\mu}g/mL$ or with a ${\geq}4$-fold increase were considered as positive responses. Results: The titers of IgG, IgA, IgD, and IgM were within normal range in all 16 children, whereas the total IgE concentration was higher than normal in 2 children. $IgG_1$ deficiency was observed in 1 patient and $IgG_3$ deficiency in 3. After PPV, 1 patient failed to respond to all 5 serologic types, 2 failed to respond to 4 serologic types, and 2 failed to respond to 3 serologic types. Conclusion: Clinicians should consider the evaluation of humoral immune functions in children with chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis who do not respond to prolonged antibiotic treatment.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.304-312
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 면역 억제 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있는 조절 T 세포 (regulatory T cell, Treg)의 새로운 생리학적 기능 대하여 확인해보고자 하였다. 시험관내나 동물실험에서 조절 T 세포가 분비하는 transforming growth factor ${\beta}1$ ($TGF-{\beta}1$)에 의하여 이식 직전까지 췌장섬세포의 생존률을 향상시키면서 동시에 혈당조절 기능이 향상될 수 있을 것이라는 가설이다. 이를 증명하기 위하여 마우스를 이용한 1형 당뇨병 모델을 제작한 뒤, 180 IEQ (islet equivalents)의 췌장섬세포를 동종간 이식하였다. 췌장섬세포는 이식 수술 시행 전까지 48시간 동안 $4{\times}10^6$의 Treg 세포와 함께 배양하여 Treg 유래 $TGF-{\beta}1$에 충분히 노출시킨 뒤 사용하였다. Treg 단독군, 췌장섬세포 단독군 및 Treg/islet 동시 배양군에서 각각 $TGF-{\beta}1$, IL-6 및 인슐린 분비 수준의 변화를 측정하였다. Treg/islet 동시 배양군에서 IL-6와 인슐린 분비는 증가하였고 (P<0.0005, P<0.005), 췌장섬세포 단독군과 비교하여 생존율이 향상되었다(P<0.005). 또한, 이식 후, 동시 배양된 췌장섬세포는 1형 당뇨병 마우스 모델에서 혈당 수치를 보다 효율적으로 조절하였다. 이러한 결과는 Treg 세포가 $TGF-{\beta}1$ 분비를 통하여 췌장섬세포의 기능과 생존력을 향상시킬 수 있음을 시사한다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.484-488
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• 2001

STATs are proteins with a dual function: signal transducers in the cytoplasm and transcriptional activators in the nucleus. Among the six known major STATs (STAT1-6), STAT3 has been implicated in the widest range of signaling pathways that regulate cell growth and differentiation. As a part of our on-going investigation on the pleiotropic functions of STAT proteins, we examined the role of STAT3 as a molecular adaptor that links diverse cell growth signaling pathways. We observed that STAT3 can be specifically activated by multiple cytokines, such as IL-3, in transformed fibroblasts and IL-4 or IFN-$\gamma$ in primary immune cells, respectively. The selective activation of STAT3 in H-ras-transformed NIH3T3 cells is associated with an increased expression of phosphoserioe STAT3 in these cells, compared to the parental cells. Notably phosphoresine-STAT3 interacts with oncogenic ras, shown by immunoprecipitation and Western blots. The results suggest the role of STAT3 in rasinduced cellular transformation as a molecular adaptor linking the Jak/STAT and Ras/MAPK pathways. In primary immune cells, IL-4 and IFN-$\gamma$ each induced (in addition to the characteristic STAT6 and STAT1 homodimers) the formation of STAT3-containing complexes that bind to GAS probes, which correspond to the $Fe{\varepsilon}$ Rll and $Fe{\gamma}$ RI promoter sequences, respectively. Since IL-4 and IFN-$\gamma$ are known to counter-regulate the expression of these genes, the ability of STAT3 to form heterodimeric complexes with STAT6 or STAT1 implies its role in the fine-tuned control of genes that are regulated by IL-4 and IFN-$\gamma$.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2002

Immune responses associated with bacterial infection involve various inflammatory cells. Clinical symptoms and pathologic features are particularly influenced by the predominant cells Among inflammatory cells, T cells have the heterogenity. T cells may develop into the mature cells expressing the cell surface markers with different functions and T helper cells are categorized into Th1 and Th2 cells based on their different patterns of cytokine production. The objective of this study was to investigate the change of expression of surface markers on T cells and the Th1/Th2 immune response in pulpal inflammation associated with specific bacteria. We experimentally induced pulpal inflammation in rat incisors by drilling without coolant and innoculated with Streptococcus mutans (S.M. group), Porphyromonas endodontalis (P.E. group), or only sterile cotton (control group). After 1, 2, and 5 days, mandibular incisors were extracted and the pulp tissues were extirpated The expressions of IL-2 recepters (CD25) and ICAM-1 (CD54) on CD4+ and CD8+ cells in the pulps were determined using a flow cytometer, and the concentration of IL-2, IFN-$\gamma$ and IL-4 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results were as follows: 1 In the S.M. group, CD4+ cells were more increased at 2nd day than 1st day and in the P.E. group, CD8+ cells were more increased at 2nd day than 1st day. 2. The percentages of CD4+, CD4+25+ and CD4+54+ cells were decreased in the pulp tissues at 5th day after irritation in all groups. 3. The ratios of CD4+/CD8+, CD4+/CD4+25+ and CD4+/CD4+54+ in the pulps at 2nd day after irritation by P. endodontalis were significantly lower than the other groups. 4. The higher concentrations of IFN-$\gamma$ than IL-4 in the pulps at 2nd day after irritation by P. endodontalis showed that T helper 1 reaction were predominant in the early stage of the pulpal inflammation induced by P. endodontalis. 5. The higher concentrations of IL-4 than IFN-$\gamma$ in the pulps at 1st day and 5th day after irritation by S. mutans were measured but the differences were not significant.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1401-1407
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• 2009

Many Lactobacillus strains have been promoted as good probiotics for the prevention and treatment of diseases. We engineered recombinant Lactobacillus casei, producing biologically active canine granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (cGM-CSF), and investigated its possibility as a good probiotic agent for dogs. Expression of the cGM-CSF protein in the recombinant Lactobacillus was confirmed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting methods. For the in vivo study, 18 Beagle puppies of 7 weeks of age were divided into three groups; the control group was fed only on a regular diet and the two treatment groups were fed on a diet supplemented with either $1\times10^9$ colony forming units (CFU)/day of L. casei or L. casei expressing cGM-CSF protein for 7 weeks. Body weight was measured, and fecal and blood samples were collected from the dogs during the experiment for the measurement of hematology, fecal immunoglobulin (Ig)A and IgG, circulating IgA and IgG, and canine corona virus (CCV)-specific IgG. There were no differences in body weights among the groups, but monocyte counts in hematology and serum IgA were higher in the group receiving L. casei expressing cGM-CSF than in the other two groups. After the administration of CCV vaccine, CCV-specific IgG in serum increased more in the group supplemented with L. casei expressing cGM-CSF than the other two groups. This study shows that a dietary L. casei expressing cGM-CSF enhances specific immune functions at both the mucosal and systemic levels in puppies.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.403-411
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• 2015

Plasmodium falciparum can invade all stages of red blood cells, while Plasmodium vivax can invade only reticulocytes. Although many P. vivax proteins have been discovered, their functions are largely unknown. Among them, P. vivax reticulocyte binding proteins (PvRBP1 and PvRBP2) recognize and bind to reticulocytes. Both proteins possess a C-terminal hydrophobic transmembrane domain, which drives adhesion to reticulocytes. PvRBP1 and PvRBP2 are large (>326 kDa), which hinders identification of the functional domains. In this study, the complete genome information of the P. vivax RBP family was thoroughly analyzed using a prediction server with bioinformatics data to predict B-cell epitope domains. Eleven pvrbp family genes that included 2 pseudogenes and 9 full or partial length genes were selected and used to express recombinant proteins in a wheat germ cell-free system. The expressed proteins were used to evaluate the humoral immune response with vivax malaria patients and healthy individual serum samples by protein microarray. The recombinant fragments of 9 PvRBP proteins were successfully expressed; the soluble proteins ranged in molecular weight from 16 to 34 kDa. Evaluation of the humoral immune response to each recombinant PvRBP protein indicated a high antigenicity, with 38-88% sensitivity and 100% specificity. Of them, N-terminal parts of PvRBP2c (PVX_090325-1) and PvRBP2 like partial A (PVX_090330-1) elicited high antigenicity. In addition, the PvRBP2-like homologue B (PVX_116930) fragment was newly identified as high antigenicity and may be exploited as a potential antigenic candidate among the PvRBP family. The functional activity of the PvRBP family on merozoite invasion remains unknown.