• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2012

The technique of SCNT is now well established but still remains inefficient. The in vitro development of SCNT embryos is dependent upon numerous factors including the recipient cytoplast and karyoplast. Above all, the metaphase of the second meiotic division (MII) oocytes have typically become the recipient of choice. Generally high level of MPF present in MII oocytes induces the transferred nucleus to enter mitotic division precociously and causes NEBD and PCC, which may be the critical role for nuclear reprogramming. In the present study we investigated the in vitro development and pregnancy of White-Hanwoo SCNT embryos treated with caffeine (a protein kinase phosphatase inhibitor). As results, the treatment of 10 mM caffeine for 6 h significantly increased MPF activity in bovine oocytes but does not affect the developmental competence to the blastocyst stage in bovine SCNT embryos. However, a significant increase in the mean cell number of blastocysts and the frequency of pregnant on 150 days of White-Hanwoo SCNT embryos produced using caffeine treated cytoplasts was observed. These results indicated that the recipient cytoplast treated with caffeine for a short period prior to reconstruction of SCNT embryos is able to increase the frequency of pregnancy in cow.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.189-207
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• 1988

In almost all biologic systems, mechanically induced electric charge separation is a fundamental phenomenon. Since the hypothesis was established that the generation of electric potentials in bone by mechanical stress including muscular force might control the activity in bone by mechanical stress including muscular force might control the activity of osseous cells and their biopolymeric byproduct, the concept of electrically mediate growth mechanism, which involves biological growth and bone remodeling by any means, in living systems has been applied clinically and experimentally to orthopedic fracture repair, the regulation of orthodontic tooth movement, epiphyseal cartilage regeneration, etc. On the other hand, recent numerous research data available show apparently that the mandibular condyle has the characteristics of growth center as well as growth site. In addition, there exists a considerable difference of opinion as to the role of external pterygoid muscle in condylar growth. In view of these evidences, this. experiment was performed to investigate the effect of the galavic current on the growth of the mandible and condyle for elucidating the nature of condylar growth. The bimetallic device was composed of silver and platinum electrode connected with resistor (3.9 Mohm), which was expected to produce galvanic current of 23.6 nA according to the galvanic principle. The 25 Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two group, 2 week group comprising 8 animals exposed to satanic current for 2 weeks and 3 control animals not exposed for 2 weeks, 4 week group comprising 10 animals in experimental group and 4 animals in control group applied for 4 weeks respectively. The experimental rats were subjected to application of the galvanic current invasively to codylar head surface and the control groups with sham electrode. On the basis of anatomic and histologic data from the mandibular condyle of experimental and control group, the following results were obtained. 1. After 2 weeks, there was no increase of mandibular size in experimental group over that of the control group. 2. After 4 weeks, the size of the condylar head was larger in experimental group than that of the control. 3. In 2 week group, the thickness of the mitotic compartment and hypertrophic chondroblastic layer was increased in experimental group. 4. In 4 week group, the number and the size of the hypertrophic chondroblasts were increased significantly on experimental group over that of the control group. 5. The application of the satanic current caused an increase in chondrocytic hypertrophy and intercellular matrix in both groups.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.279-283
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• 2008

12.6살 된 수컷 Shitzu의 항문주위에 형성된 결절 조직의 생검을 실시하였다. 육안적 소견상 결절은 갈색과 검은색을 나타냈으며 절단면은 흰색의 균질한 물질로 가득 차 있었으며 일부에서는 괴사소견을 관찰 할 수 있었다. 광학적 현미경 상에서 종양세포들은 농축된 핵을 가지고 있으며 일부에서는 원시 종양세포들이 인접 조직을 침습하고 있는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 면역조직 화학적 염색상에서 농축된 종양세포, 주변조직에 침습한 종양세포와 기저세포는 EGFR, HER-2/neu, MMP-9, PKC ${\alpha}$ 등에 양성반응이 나타난 것을 관찰되었다. 일반적으로 개에서의 양성 항문주위선종은 다른 종양보다 4.5배 이상 발생된다는 보고(특히 수캐)가 있으나 조직병리학적 소견과 면역화학적 염색소견상 전형적인 항문주위선 샘암종은 보기 드물게 나타나므로 향후의 종양진단과 종양연구에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.623-629
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• 1996

기관지 비정형 카르시노이드 종양은 임파절 및 다른 장기로의 전이율이 높은 질환으로 특별한 증상 없이 우연히 방사선학적 검사상 발견되어 지는 드문 질환으로 알려져 있으며, 수술적 절제술이 우선적 치료로 되어 있다. 저자들은 흥부 방사선적 검사 및 조직 검사로 진단되어 수술적 절제술을 시행한 간전이를 동반한 폐기관지 비정형 카르시노이드 종양 1예를 경험하였기에 보고한다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2010

Pluripotency of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) is one of the most valuable ability of hESCs for applying cell therapy field, but also showing side effect, for example teratoma formation. When transplant multipotent stem cell, such as mesnchymal stem cell (MSC) which retains similar differentiation ability, they do not form teratoma in vivo, but there exist limitation of cellular source supply. Accordingly, differentiation of hESC into MSC will be promising cellular source with strong points of both hESC and MSC line. In this study, we described the derivation of MSC like cell population from feeder free cultured hESC (hESC-MSC) using direct differentiation system. Cells population, hESC-MSC and bone marrow derived MSC (BM-MSC) retained similar characteristics in vitro, such as morphology, MSC specific marker expression and differentiation capacity. At the point of differentiation of both cell populations, differentiation rate was slower in hESC-MSC than BM-MSC. As these reason, to verify differentially expressed molecular condition of both cell population which bring out different differentiation rate, we compare the molecular condition of hESC-MSC and BM-MSC using 2-D proteomic analysis tool. In the proteomic analysis, we identified 49 differentially expressed proteins in hESC-MSC and BM-MSC, and they involved in different biological process such as positive regulation of molecular function, biological process, cellular metabolic process, nitrogen compound metabolic process, macromolecule metabolic process, metabolic process, molecular function, and positive regulation of molecular function and regulation of ubiquitin protein ligase activity during mitotic cell cycle, cellular response to stress, and RNA localization. As the related function of differentially expressed proteins, we sought to these proteins were key regulators which contribute to their differentiation rate, developmental process and cell proliferation. Our results suggest that the expressions of these proteins between the hESC-MSC and BM-MSC, could give to us further evidence for hESC differentiation into the mesenchymal stem cell is associated with a differentiation factor. As the initial step to understand fundamental difference of hESC-MSC and BM-MSC, we sought to investigate different protein expression profile. And the grafting of hESC differentiation into MSC and their comparative proteomic analysis will be positively contribute to cell therapy without cellular source limitation, also with exact background of their molecular condition.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1654-1663
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• 2014

To examine the effect of tumor suppressor protein p53 on the antitumor activity of 2-methoxyestradiol (2-MeO-$E_2$), 2-MeO-$E_2$-induced cell cycle changes and apoptotic events were compared between the human colon carcinoma cell lines HCT116 ($p53^{+/+}$) and HCT116 ($p53^{-/-}$). When both cell types were exposed to 2-MeO-$E_2$, a reduction in the cell viability and an enhancement in the proportions of $G_2/M$ cells and apoptotic sub-$G_1$ cells commonly occurred dose-dependently. These 2-MeO-$E_2$-induced cellular changes, except for $G_2/M$ arrest, appeared to be more apparent in the presence of p53. Immunofluorescence microscopic analysis using anti-${\alpha}$-tubulin and anti-lamin B2 antibodies revealed that after 2-MeO-$E_2$ treatment, impaired mitotic spindle network and prometaphase arrest occurred similarly in both cell types. Following 2-MeO-$E_2$ treatment, only HCT116 ($p53^{+/+}$) cells exhibited an enhancement in the levels of p53, p-p53 (Ser-15), $p21^{WAF1/CIP1}$, and Bax; however, the Bak level remained relatively constant in both cell types, and the Bcl-2 level decreased only in HCT116 ($p53^{+/+}$) cells. Additionally, mitochondrial apoptotic events, including the activation of Bak and Bax, loss of ${\Delta}{\psi}m$, activation of caspase-9 and -3, and cleavage of lamin A/C, were more dominantly induced in the presence of p53. The Bak-specific and Bax-specific siRNA approaches confirmed the necessity of both Bak and Bax activations for the 2-MeO-$E_2$-induced apoptosis in HCT116 cells. These results show that among 2-MeO-$E_2$-induced apoptotic events, including prometaphase arrest, up-regulation of Bax level, down-regulation of Bcl-2 level, activation of both Bak and Bax, and mitochondria-dependent caspase activation, the modulation of Bax and Bcl-2 levels is the target of the pro-apoptotic action of p53.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 1987

복부 및 골반부의 방사선 조사에서 정상소장의 손상은 대장에 비해 발생빈도는 낮다고 하나 때로는 치명적일수도 있음으로 치료선량을 제한시키는 가장 큰 원인 중의 하나이다. 많은 연구 및 임상보고가 있어 왔으나 동물실험의 경우 대부분이 단일조사 혹은 소수 분할조사에 의한 실험이었으며 인체의 경우 심한 합병증으로 인한 적출물의 생경 혹은 부검소견이 대부분이어서 임상에서와 같은 방법의 체계적인 실험에 의한 보고는 드물다. 이에 저자는 총 396마리의 마우스를 사용하여 전복부에 $2{\times}3cm$의 조사야로 $200{\times}51/wk$로 조사한 후 전 조사량 및 추적기간별로 구분하여 병리조직학적인 소장의 손상정도와 그 회복 및 잔여변화를 관찰하였다. 소낭세포의 분열감소, 융모의 단축, 점막궤양 등의 급성변화는 3,000cGy 이하의 선량에서는 1-2주 이내에 회복되었으나 4,000-5,000cGy군에서 잔여변화가 상당기간 동안 관찰되었다. 소 혈관벽의 비후, 소장점막의 섬유화 및 위축, 만성궤양 등의 후기 면화는 4,000-5,000cGy 조사군의 $2{\sim}3$주 후의 표본에서 현저히 나타나기 시작하여 시간이 경과함에 따라 약간의 회복을 보여주었으나 잔여변화는 15주까지 계속 관찰되었다. 동물실험에서 얻어진 결과를 임상에 직접 적용시키기는 어렵다고 하겠으나 임상에서 흔히 사용되는 선량인 5,000cGy이하에서도 지속적인 만성합병증이 가능함을 보여, 보다나은 임상결과를 위해서는 총선량, 선량율, 분할선량, 조사야 등의 예후에 영향을 줄 수 있는 모든 여건들의 적절한 가감이 필요함을 시사하였다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2016

This report describes the sex differentiation of the Korean rose bitterling, Rhodeus uyekii, from hatching to 170 days post-hatch (DPH) in relation to total length (TL), body weight (BW), and integral water temperature (IWT). The growth curve of TL from just hatching to 83 DPH was $5.144e^{0.045t}$ ($R^2=0.961$; t, time), and that of BW was $2.398e^{0.086t}$ ($R^2=0.725$). Primordial germ cells (PGCs) were observed at 17 DPH (7.9 mm TL, 3.74 mg BW, $374^{\circ}C$ IWT), and thereafter began to protrude into the peritoneal cavity. At 21 DPH ($9.2{\pm}0.14mm$ TL, $4.8{\pm}0.07mg$ BW, $462^{\circ}C$ IWT), some PGCs contained condensed chromatin and oocyte were observed in meiotic prophase. In contrast to the ovaries, which grew gradually after sexual differentiation, testes began multiplying at 25 DPH (10.1 mm TL, 5.42 mg BW, $550^{\circ}C$ IWT), when testicular differentiation was first identified, and multiplied continuously thereafter. At 33 DPH (11.2 mm TL, 10.5 mg BW, $726^{\circ}C$ IWT), the developing testes contained spermatogonia that exhibited mitotic activity. No spermatocyte or sperm cell was observed until 83 DPH (18.9 TL, 48.2 mg BW, $1,826^{\circ}C$ IWT). At 170 DPH (32.5 mm TL, 270.1 mg BW, $3,740^{\circ}C$ IWT), which was the end point of this study, the mature ovaries showed germinal vesicle breakdown, while the mature testes contained observable spermatocytes and sperm cells. These results allow us to identify the sex differentiation type of the Korean rose bitterling as differentiated gonochoristic.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.186-195
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• 1994

Fibromatosis is benign fibroblastic proliferative lesion with abundant collagenous neo-formation located principally in the abdominal wall and in the upper and lower extremities (Masson & Soule, 1966). Wilkins and Waldron, in 1975, suggested that the title aggressive fibromatosis was a more appropriate term, reflecting the invasive characteristics of the disease. Synonyms listed were extra-abdominal desmoid, juvenile fibromatosis, aggressive infantile fibromatosis and congenital fibrosarcoma. A total of 12% of all fibromatosis arise in head and neck. Fibromatosis of the oral cavity is uncommon and is even more rare when in involve the mandibule. It is a locally aggressive fibrous tissue tumor, generally does not metastasize, but may cause considerable morbility and even death due to local infiltration. The degree of microscopic cellularity is variable, not only from tumor to tumor but also from area to area in the same tumor. Some tumors present with proliferation of mature fibroblasts and a dominating collagenous component : others may show a lack of the tumor in both types. The common histologic denominator appears to be cellular interlacing bundles of elongated fibroblasts, showing little or no mitotic activity and no pleomorphism. Mitosis are not a consistent index of malignancy when found in younger age groups. Fibromatosis still posses difficult problems of diagnosis and treatment. It is frequently recurrent and infliltrates neighbouring tissues. These lesion infliltrate widely and replace muscle, fat, and even bone with fibrous tissue of varying cellularity. Lesion representing fibromatosis in the oral cavity must be carefully evaulated by both surgeon and pathologists to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment planning. When these lesions involve bone, surgeon must be aware of the lesion's potential to perforate the cortex and expand while remaining hidden from the surgeon's view. Careful and precise clinical correlation with histologic appearance is essential to preclude misdiagnosis of fibrosarcoma yet provide surgical treatment plan that provides adequate local excision and long-term follow up. As regards cause, little is known. It is attributed to trauma or alteration in the sex hormone(Carlos, et al, 1986). Clinially, the lesion is reported to be not painful in most cases, but capable of rapid growth. The treatment is essentially surgical excision with wide margin of adjacent uninvolved tissue. Radiotherapy, hormone treatment or chemotherapy are of no use (WIkins et al, 1975 ; Majumudar and Winiarkl, 1978). We report a case of aggressive fibromatosis of 15-year-old with a lesion in the soft tissue of the parotid area that invaded the underlying bone of the mandibular body.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.43-56
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• 1999

태생기 간 적혈구형성 중 혈관밖공간의 미성숙 적혈구모세포의 일부는 동굴모세혈관 속공간으로 이주하며, 별큰포식세포에 의해 영향을 받는다. 본 연구에서는 혈관속공간에 이주한 미성숙 적혈구모세포와 별큰포식세포의 관계를 규명하고자 간 적혈구형성의 활성도가 높게 유지되는 태령 제 11주부터 태령 제 20주에 이르는 태아 간과 쥐 태자 간의 연구재료를 대상으로 투과 및 주사전자현미경 관찰을 통해 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) 별큰포식세포는 성인 간이나 다른 태령 시기에 비해 비대하였고 많은 세포질돌기들을 갖고 있었다. 이 세포는 부분적으로 세포분열에 의해 증식되고 있었으며 성인 간의 별큰포식세포와 다르게 자가종식을 할 수 있었다. 3) 호산성적혈구모세포에서 탈출된 핵은 별큰포식세포의 속공간쪽과 간세포쪽 세포막에서 포식되었다. 포식된 핵은 주변 부위에 층판이 형성되거나 및 개의 작은 조각으로 파괴되는 등 다양한 소화과정을 보였다. 3) 동굴모세혈관 속공간에서 별큰포식세포는 미성숙적혈구모세포들과 직접으로 접촉하거나, 미성숙 적혈구 모세포들 사이에 별큰포식세포의 긴 세포질돌기가 뻗쳐 있어 골수 적혈구형성에서 관찰되는 적혈구모세포섬과 비슷하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 태아 간 적혈구형성이 왕성한 시기의 별큰포식세포는 적혈구를 포식하는 것 외에도, 세포가 비대해져서 동굴모세혈관을 통한 혈액흐름을 감소시키고, 적혈구모세포섬을 구성하여 태아 간 적혈구형성에서 미성숙 적혈구모세포의 성숙과 관련된 기계적 및 생리학적 기능을 수행한다고 생각된다.