• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2022

Tertomotide는 hTert의 일부분이며 항암 백신으로 개발된 펩타이드이나 임상시험과 동물실험에서 염증성 질환을 개선하는 활성이 다수 보고된 바 있다. 다양한 연구에서 발견된 항염활성에도 불구하고 약물성이 높지 않아 일반적인 항염약물로의 개발이 어렵다. 다양한 부위에서 일어나는 염증성 증상에 활용하기 위해서는 항염활성과 약물성이 동반되어야 하므로 구조의 개선이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 tertomotide의 구조를 기반으로 12 종의 옥타펩타이드를 설계하고 항염증 활성을 측정하여 약물성이 개선된 tertomotide 유래의 항염 펩타이드를 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 활성화된 단핵구에서 염증성 cytokine인 TNF-α의 분비에 미치는 영향을 측정하여 각 펩타이드의 항염 활성을 평가하였고 양성대조군으로 비교한 estradiol이나 tertomotide 이상의 항염활성을 가진 펩타이드를 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 tertotmotide 유래 펩타이드들을 활용한 신규 항염증 소재 개발 연구에 도움이 될 것으로 예상되며, 항염증 활성 등의 생리활성이 있으나 약물성이 낮은 펩타이드에 대해 계산화학적 접근으로 구조를 변경하여 기능적 잠재력 있는 신규활성물질을 도출하는 융합연구의 좋은 예가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.73-76
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• 2015

Isolated sphenoid sinusitis is a rare disease in children, and its symptoms are often nonspecific and confusing. Rarely, severe headache can be the first or only symptom of isolated sphenoid sinusitis. New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a form of chronic daily headache that may have features of both migraines and tension-type headaches. NDPH is difficult to diagnose and requires a multifaceted approach. Here, we report on a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl who both presented with typical NDPH symptoms. These patients had no nasal symptoms or signs of infection. Neither nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs nor topiramate had any effect on the headaches. Their neurological and ophthalmological examinations were normal. The results of routine blood work, including thyroid function tests, inflammatory markers, complete blood count, tests for viral infection, and a metabolic panel, were normal. A brain magnetic resonance imaging scan showed isolated sphenoid sinusitis. Both patients' symptoms resolved completely after approximately 1 month of oral antibiotics for sinusitis.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2023

본 연구는 노인건강증진을 위한 복합운동프로그램의 효과 검증에 있다. 이를 위해 65세 이상 노인을 대상으로 운동군 10명과 통제군 10명을 선정하였다. 본 연구의 처치프로그램은 12주간 복합운동프로그램으로 유산소운동과 무산소운동을 주 3회 60일간 실시하였다. 운동 참여 전에 혈중지질과 염증지표 검사를 실시하였으며 복합운동프로그램을 종료하면서 혈중지질과 염증지표 검사를 재 실시하였다. 검사결과는 SPSS통계프로그램을 이용하여 기초통계와 집단간의 처치효과를 검증하였다. 이를 기본으로 이와 같은 결과 및 결론을 얻었다. 첫째, 노인건강증진을 위한 복합운동프로그램은 운동군과 통제군의 혈중지질에서 TC, LDL, TG에서 유의미한 차이를 나타내었으며, 처치프로그램에 대한 상호작용효과가 있었다. 둘째, 노인건강증진을 위한 복합운동프로그램은 운동군과 통제군의 염증지표에서 IL-6, TNF-a에서 유의미한 차이를 나타내었으며, 처치프로그램 대한 상호작용효과가 있었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.647-662
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• 2024

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: There is growing interest in herbal medicines for managing age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Safflower seeds (Carthamus tinctorius L. seeds, CTS) and dandelions (Taraxacum coreanum, TC) are widely used to treat bone- or inflammation-related diseases in Oriental countries. This study investigated the protective effect of the CTS-TC combination on scopolamine (Sco)-induced memory deficits through inflammatory response and cholinergic function. Moreover, marker components such as serotonin, N-(p-coumaroyl) serotonin, N-feruloylserotonin, chlorogenic acid, and chicoric acid in the CTS-TC combination were analyzed for their potential benefits on memory function. MATERIALS/METHODS: Water extracts of CTS, TC, and the CTS-TC combination at various ratios (4:1, 1:1, and 1:4) (100 mg/kg) were orally administered to mice for 14 days. Sco (1 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally injected into the mice before each behavioral test. T-maze and novel object recognition tests were conducted to monitor behavioral changes after the treatment. Western blotting was performed to detect protein expression. In addition, the presence of 5 biomarkers, serotonin, N-(p-coumaroyl) serotonin, N-feruloylserotonin, chlorogenic acid, and chicoric acid, was analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). RESULTS: Behavioral tests showed that the CTS-TC combination enhanced memory function in Sco-injected mice. Inflammation-related proteins (inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2, and glial fibrillary acidic protein) were downregulated after treatment with the CTS-TC combination. The acetylcholinesterase protein expression was also downregulated. HPLC analysis revealed that N-feruloylserotonin and chicoric acid were the predominant components, followed by N-(p-coumaroyl) serotonin, chlorogenic acid, and serotonin. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the CTS-TC combination protects against Sco-induced memory deficits by inhibiting inflammatory responses and cholinergic dysfunction. N-feruloylserotonin and chicoric acid, along with N-(p-coumaroyl) serotonin, chlorogenic acid, and serotonin, might be biomarkers for the CTS-TC combination, and their effects on memory protection warrant further study.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.395-408
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• 2007

This study reports the analgesic, anti-inflammatory and membrane-stabilizing property of alcoholic extract of Ophiorrhiza nicobarica (ON), a wild herb, used as an anti-infective ethnomedicine of Nicobarese and Shompen tribes of Great Nicobar Island, India. We for the first time investigated the analgesic and antiinflammatory potential of this herb in acute, subacute and chronic model of inflammation in Swiss albino mice and Wistar albino rats, along with sheep RBC-induced sensitivity and membrane stabilization. The acetic acid induced writhing, tail flick and tail immersion tests are used as a model for evaluating analgesic activity; while the carrageenin-induced paw oedema was used as the model for acute inflammation, dextran-induced oedema as sub-acute and cotton-pellateinduced granuloma as chronic inflammatory model. The probable mode by which ON mediate its effect on inflammatory conditions was studied on sheep RBC-induced sensitivity and membrane stabilization. The in vitro results revealed that the ON extract possesses significant (P < 0.05) dose dependent analgesic and antiinflammatory activity at 200 and 300 mg/kg and its fractions at 50 mg/kg, p.o. respectively, compared to the control groups. However, the extract failed to exhibit membrane-stabilizing property as it unable to reduce the level of haemolysis of RBC exposed to hypotonic solution. The acute toxicity studies of ON extract in rats and mice revealed that the extract was nontoxic even up to 3.0 g/kg body weight of the animals, with a high safety profile. We have isolated ursolic acid, ${\beta}$-sitosterol and harmaline respectively, from the bioactive part of the extract. The results indicated that the O. nicobarica is indeed beneficial in primary health care, and suggest that its anti-inflammatory activity may not be related to membrane-stabilization.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.5473-5476
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• 2013

Background: In our study, the LDH, albumin, hemoglobin, neutrophile, thrombocyte, lymphocyte counts and prognostic significance of neutrophile-lymphocyte and thrombocyte-lymphocyte ratios in NSCLC derived from these counts obtained during regular examinations of patients were examined. Materials and Methods: Histopathologically diagnosed non-small-cell-lung cancer patients between 2008 and 2010 were included in the study. Before the treatment, full blood count including routine lymphocyte count, blood biochemistry examinations including liver (AST, ALT, total protein, Albumin), LDH and kidney (BUN, Cre) function tests were performed. Results: A total of 156 patients, 76 of whom (48.7%) were female and 80 of whom (51.3%) were male were included. Mean hemoglobin level was determined as 12. Overall survival was found to be significantly dependent on whether patients were anemic or not (p: 0.005). Mean LDH level was determined as 233.4. There was nosurvival difference between patients with and without high LDH (p: 0.532). In patients where NLR showed systemic inflammatory response, overall survival was 10.8 months whereas this duration was 19.6 months in patients where the systemic inflammatory response was negative (p: 0.012). In patients where TLR showed systemic inflammatory response, overall survival was 13.6 months whereas this duration was 21.9 months in patients where the systemic inflammatory response was negative (p: 0.04). Conclusions: Molecular methods have been changing rapidly in today's world and they manage the treatment besides defining the prognosis of patients. However, easily accessible and cheap laboratory parameters should be considered in the prognosis of patients besides these new methods.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.80-80
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• 2019

Potatoes were first introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's food. Potatoes were first introduced into Europe in the 16th century and Korea in the early 19th century. It is the world's fourth-largest crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. In the nutritional aspects, potatoes contain abundant vitamins and minerals, as well as an assortment of phytochemicals such as carotenoids and natural phenols. Chlorogenic acid constitutes up to 90% of potato natural phenols. Due to the high content of potato functional compounds, it has known that potatoes are effective in the prevention of various human diseases. Recently, potato 'Seohong' was developed by RDA, and it has reported that they have a high-yield and dry matter content. Processing industry of potato generates high amounts of peel as a byproduct. It was reported as a good source of several beneficial functional ingredients including antioxidant effect. This study was conducted to enhance the utilization of the peel of Potato 'Seohong'. The anti-inflammatory effects on solvent fraction was evaluated. The anti-inflammatory activities of Ethylacetate fraction was evaluated for inhibitory activities against lipopolysacchride (LPS) induced nitric oxide (NO) in RAW264.7 cell lines. The fraction inhibitory activity for tests with $IC_{50}$ values showed in the ranges of $50{\mu}g/ml$. This result revealed that n-butanol fraction of 'Seohong's peel is expected to be good candidate for development into source of anti-inflammatory agent.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.140-151
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• 2022

Background: Essential oils are of great interest for their analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. We aimed to study the content of the essential oil of the Origanum vulgare of the Armenian highlands (OVA) in different periods of vegetation and to investigate its antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects in mice (in vivo) and cytotoxic action in cultured cells (in vitro). OVA essential oil was extracted from fresh plant material by hydro-distillation. Methods: For OVA essential oil contents determination the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method was used. Formalin and hot plate tests and analysis of cell viability using the methyl-thiazolyl-tetrazolium (MTT) assay were used. Results: The maximal content of β-caryophyllene and β-caryophyllene oxide in OVA essential oil was revealed in the period of blossoming (8.18% and 13.36%, correspondently). In the formalin test, 4% OVA essential oil solution (3.5 mg/mouse) exerts significant antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects (P = 0.003). MTT assay shows approximately 60% cytotoxicity in HeLa and Vero cells for 2.0 µL/mL OVA essential oil in media. Conclusions: The wild oregano herb of Armenian highlands, harvested in the blossoming period, may be considered as a valuable source for developing pain-relieving preparations.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2024

시호는 약용작물의 하나로 해열, 진정, 간 장애 억제, 항염, 항암 등 우수한 약리 활성을 지니고 있다. 현재 식품 또는 약용으로 사용되고 있지만 화장품으로서의 사용은 미비하여 화장품 소재로서의 적합성 및 이용 가치를 검토하였다. 시호 추출물을 이용하여 폴리페놀, 플라보노이드, 항산화, 항염 실험을 진행하였다. 폴리페놀 함량은 14.71±0.16 mg·TAE/g, 플라보노이드 함량은 1.42±0.05 mg·QE/g를 나타내었다. 항산화 활성은 농도 의존적으로 우수한 활성을 보였으며, NO 발현 억제능은 1,000 ㎍/mL에서 61.21%의 저해율을 나타내어 항염 활성이 뛰어남을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 시호 추출물의 항산화, 항염 효능이 뛰어나기에 화장품의 천연 소재로서 충분한 가치가 있다고 본다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.10-12
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• 2003

In the present study, dikamali resin (obtained from the leaf buds and the young shoots of Gardenia gummifera Linn.) was extracted with diethyl ether and the extract was vacuum dried. Qualitative tests confirmed the presence of flavonoids and free phenolic compounds in the extract. The antioxidant property (qualitative) of the extract was performed by TLC method $({\beta}-carotene-linoleate method)$. The $LD_{50}$ of the extract was found to be 2227 mg/kg by Karber's arithmetic method. The extract was screened for analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) and anthelmintic (0.1,0.2 and 0.5%w/v) activities by standard methods. The extract exhibited antioxidant property and prevented oxidation of ${\beta}-carotene$. The extract exhibited significant graded dose response for analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and anthelmintic activities. The extract caused the death of earthworms in all experimental concentration whereas the standard drug (piperazine) only effected paralysis. The present study proved the claims of dikamali resin mentioned in the Indian system of medicine.