• 생물정신의학
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.170-180
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• 1996

Lowered immune function in the senile dementia patients may be related to the abnormal metabolism of amyloid precursor protein(APP). To investigate the passibility of an abnormal metabolism of APP in lymphocytes and the possible role of APP in the activation of lymphocytes in senile dementia patients, immunohistochemical study of rat spleen and fluorescence activated cell sorter analysis(FACS) of human lymphocytes with the specific antigen far each lymphocyte and double fluorescent marker with antibody to APP were performed. After stimulating lymphocyte with phytohemagglutinin(PHA), APP mRNA and protein were extracted and quantitfied and the influence of ${\beta}$-amyloid protein($A{\beta}$) specific antibody on lymphocyte division was investigated. In spleen, the majority of cells showing $A{\beta}$ immunoreactivity was found in the T-sell dependent zone. FACS indicated that around 90% $CD_4(+)$ T-cells and 60% of $CD_8(+)$ T-sell were immunoreactive to $A{\beta}$ specific antibody(mAb 4G8). Northern blot analysis shows that lymphocyte APP mRNA was gradually increased to reach a maximum at 3 days after activation with lectin mitogen PHA. However, the $A{\beta}$ immunoreactivity an cell surface remained constant during stimulation with PHA, indicating that the release of APP(secreted farm of APP) might be increased. A very large increase in soluble APP secretion was observed in T-lymphocyte upon activation, but only law levels in the resting stale. Immunoblot was carried out an the protein obtained from cell lysate after stimulating lymphocyte by applying PHA to the cultured lymphocyte, and the result was that $A{\beta}$ band of immature farm under 116 KDa marker decreased as the duration of culture was increased after PHA stimulation. The monoclonal $A{\beta}$ specific(4G8) and polyclonal APP antibodies did not inhibit the [$^3H$]-thymidine uptake of mitogen-treated lymphocytes significantly, suggesting that mitogenesis can not be inhibited by specific $A{\beta}$ and polyclonal APP antibody. These results suggest that APP is expressed in T-cell and might be closely associated with the function of T-cells.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2006

Preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy using cisplatin and 5-FU is generally given in oral and maxillofacial cancer. At tissue level both inflammation and fibrosis occur after chemotherapy. The cellular changes mimic those of a granulating wound, with activated macrophages and fibroblasts replacing the malignant cells as they are erradicated. Stromal cells, together with extracellular matrix components, provide the microenvironment that is pivotal for tumor cell growth, invasion, and metastatic progression. Vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF), an important regulator of angiogenesis in cancer, induces mitogenesis of vascular endothelial cells, and vascular permeabilization and microvessel formation in a tumor are associated with tumor nutrition and oxygenation. Also, they are associated with chemotherapeutic drug delivery. Oxygen delivery to tumor appears to rely on a network of microvessels, On the other hand, the tumor microvessel is clearly an important factor in chemotherapeutic drug delivery to cancer cells, and the efficacy of drug delivery can be high in richly vascularized tumors. So, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on microvessel density from 11 patients with tongue cancers. Our results showed that neoadjuvant chemotherapy was seemed to decrease VEGF expression in tumor cells, however, it did not significantly alter VEGF expression in tumor-associated macrophages. Also, Neoadjuvant chemotherapy had little effect on the microvessel density using CD34, and tumor-associated macrophage level using CD68. Thus, tumorassociated macrophages seem to be the key factor associated with the maintenance of microvessel density after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in tongue cancer.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.697-703
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• 1997

본 연구는 급원이 다른 n-3 지방산 섭취가 휜쥐에서 면역반응과 PGE$_2$ 및 LTB$_4$ 생성에 미치는 영항을 알아보기 위해 시도되었다. 실험동물은 생후 4주 정도의 Sp-rague-Dawley종 수컷을 사용하였으며 실험식 이를 4 주간 섭취 시 킨 후 희생하여 면역 실험을 행하였다. 실험 군간의 식이 섭취량, 체중 증가량, 식이 효율, 비장무게는 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 비장세포의 ConA와 PWM에 대한 증식능력 실험 결과는 ConA의 경우, 대조군과 FO군의 증식비율은 비슷하였고 PO군이 약간 높게 나타났으나 유의적인 차이는 없었다. PW의 경우는 대조군 보다 FO군과 PO군이 높게 나타나 n-3 지방산을 섭취한 군들이 증식 능력이 높은 유의적인 차이를 보였다. 그리고 PGE$_2$의 농도는 대조군이 FO군과 PO군에 비해 유의적으로 높았으며, LTB$_4$의 농도는 실험군간의 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 그러므로 비장세포의 PWM에 대한 증식능력이 n-3 지방산을 섭취한 경우에 대조군보다 높았던 것이 PGE$_2$ 농도와 관련이 있는 것으로 보이며 들기름과 어유는 같은 정도의 효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다.