• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2008

Mushrooms are regarded as one of the well-known foods and biopharmaceutical materials with a great deal of interest. ${\beta}$-Glucan is the major component of mushrooms that displays various biological activities such as antidiabetic, anticancer, and antihyperlipidemic effects. In this study, we explored the molecular mechanism of its immunostimulatory potency in immune responses of macrophages, using exopolysaccharides prepared from liquid culture of Lentinus edodes. We found that fraction II (F-II), with large molecular weight protein polysaccharides, is able to strongly upregulate the phenotypic functions of macrophages such as phagocytic uptake, ROS/NO production, cytokine expression, and morphological changes. F-II triggered the nuclear translocation of NF-${\kappa}B$ and activated its upstream signaling cascades such as PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways, as assessed by their phosphorylation levels. The function-blocking antibodies to dectin-1 and TLR-2, but not CR3, markedly suppressed F-II-mediated NO production. Therefore, our data suggest that mushroom-derived ${\beta}$-glucan may exert its immunostimulating potency via activation of multiple signaling pathways.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.238-247
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• 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare recycled and unused orthodontic miniscrews to determine the feasibility of reuse. The comparisons included both miniscrews with machined surfaces (MS), and those with etched surfaces (ES). Methods: Retrieved MS and ES were further divided into three subgroups according to the assigned recycling procedure: group A, air-water spray; group B, mechanical cleaning; and group C, mechanical and chemical cleaning. Unused screws were used as controls. Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, insertion time and maximum insertion torque measurements in artificial bone, and biological responses in the form of periotest values (PTV), bone-implant contact ratio (BIC), and bone volume ratio (BV) were assessed. Results: Morphological changes after recycling mainly occurred at the screw tip, and the cortical bone penetration success rate of recycled screws was lower than that of unused screws. Retrieved ES needed more thorough cleaning than retrieved MS to produce a surface composition similar to that of unused screws. There were no significant differences in PTV or BIC between recycled and unused screws, while the BV of the former was significantly lower than that of the latter (p < 0.05). Conclusions: These results indicate that reuse of recycled orthodontic miniscrews may not be feasible from the biomechanical aspect.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.62-68
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• 2010

적외선영상에서 표적을 효율적으로 탐지하는 새로운 자동표적탐지 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이 연구의 목적은 실제 야지환경에서 획득된 적외선영상에서 낮은 오경보 확률로 표적의 위치를 정확히 찾는 것이다. 제안한 방법이 기존의 방법과 다른 점은 초기 탐지단계에서 사용되는 모폴로지 필터링 기법을 밝기정보를 갖고 있는 원래 입력 영상이 아닌 가버(Gabor) 응답 영상에 적용한 것과 표적과 클러터를 구분하기 위해 표적의 정확한 윤곽선 추출을 필요로 하지않는 것이다. 제안한 방법은 크게 3단계로 구성된다. 첫째로, 영상에서 돌출된 영역을 찾기 위해 입력영상으로부터 4 방향의 가버 응답을 구하고 픽셀별로 가버응답 합 영상을 구한다. 이 영상에 모폴로지 기법을 적용하여 돌출된 영역의 위치를 찾는다. 둘째로, 원래의 입력영상의 돌출된 영역에서 지역적인 질감특징 정보들을 찾는다. 마지막 단계로, 찾아진 지역적 특징 정보들이 신경회로망인 다층퍼셉트론 (Multi-Layer Perceptron)으로 입력되어 학습된 훈련 데이터들과의 비교를 통해 실제 표적과 클러터를 구분한다. 실험에서는 제안한 방법을 군사용 적외선 영상장비를 사용하여 실제 야지 환경에 획득된 영상에 적용하여 우수성과 실용가능성을 확인한다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.137-150
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• 2008

Sexually mature male and female rats were orally intubated with the organophosphorus insecticide, Pestban at a daily dosage of 7.45 or 3.72 mg/kg bwt, equivalent to 1/20 and 1/40 $LD_{50}$, respectively. Male rats were exposed for 70 days, while the female rats were exposed for 14 days, premating, during mating and throughout the whole length of gestation and lactation periods till weaning. The results showed depressed acetylcholinesterase(AChE) activity in the brain of parents, fetuses and their placentae in a dose-dependent manner. The fertility was significantly reduced with increasing the dose in both treated groups, with more pronounced suppressive effects in the male treated group. The number of implantation sites and viable fetuses were significantly reduced in pregnant females of both treated groups. However, the number of resorptions, dead fetuses, and pre-and postimplantation losses were significantly increased. The incidence of resorptions was more pronounced in treated female compared to male group and was dose dependant. The behavioral responses as well as fetal survival and viability indices were altered in both treated groups during the lactation period. The incidence of these effects was more pronounced in the treated female group and occurred in a dose-related manner. The recorded morphological, visceral, and skeletal anomalies were significantly increased with increasing the dose in fetuses of both treated groups, with more pronounced effects on fetuses of treated females. In conclusion, the exposure of adult male and female rats to Pestban would cause adverse effects on fertility and reproduction.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.1179-1187
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• 2001

In fish both humoral and cell mediated immune responses have been reported whereas antibodies recognizing specific cellular populations have not yet been developed except for ones recognizing surface Ig molecules on B lymphocytes. Our aim was to develop and characterize monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) specific for the immune-related cells. Mabs were produced by fusion of myeloma cells (SP2/0) with Balb/c mouse spleen cells previously sensitized against Israeli carp (I. carp) kidney mononuclear cells. We obtained 44 Mabs positively reacting with I. carp kidney mononuclear cells and partially characterized 7 Mabs in the morphological and mitogen-based proliferative aspects. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis against I. carp kidney cells by using 7 different Mabs showed 80.3% for ICK 17-4, 65.1% for ICK 2-3, 64.1% for ICK 25-1, 67.5% for lCK 22-1, 70.8% for ICK 16-2, 76.8% for ICK 13-2, 79.7% for ICK II-I. Panning method was used for the isolation of Mabs specific mononuclear carp spleen cells followed by Wright's stain. The stained cell populations were identified as monocytes (ICK 17-4, ICK 2-3, ICK 25-1, ICK 22-1 and ICK 16-2), lymphocytes (ICK 11-1), and a mixed cell population of monocytes and lymphocytes (ICK 13-2). In cell proliferation assay, monocytes purified by ICK 17-4, 2-3 and 22-1 efficiently responded to Con A and PHA, while ones separated by ICK 25-1 did not react with any mitogens. Lymphocytes isolated by ICK 11-1, though it is not known whether they are T or B cells, were more responsive to Con A than PHA or LPS, suggesting that fish immune cells are somewhat different from mammalian cells in responding to mammalian T or B cell mitogens.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2014

Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) are aquatic mammals that experienced drastic changes during the transition from terrestrial to aquatic environment. Morphological changes include streamlined body, alterations in the face, transformation of the forelimbs into flippers, disappearance of the hindlimbs and the acquisition of flukes on the tail. For a prolonged diving, cetaceans acquired hypoxia-resistance by developing various anatomical and physiological changes. However, molecular mechanisms underlying these adaptations are still limited. CREB-binding protein (CREBBP) is a transcriptional co-activator critical for embryonic development, growth control, metabolic homeostasis and responses to hypoxia. Natural selection analysis of five cetacean CREBBPs compared with those from 15 terrestrial relatives revealed strong purifying selection, supporting the importance of its role in mammals. However, prediction for amino acid changes that elicit functional difference of CREBBP identified three cetacean specific changes localized within a region required for interaction with SRCAP and in proximal regions to KIX domain of CREBBP. Mutations in CREBBP or SRCAP are known to cause craniofacial and skeletal defects in human, and KIX domain of CREBBP serves as a docking site for transcription factors including c-Myb, an essential regulator of haematopoiesis. In these respects, our study provides interesting insights into the functional adaptation of cetacean CREBBP for aquatic lifestyle.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 1968

According to recent observations of Cohen et al. the patterns of vestibular eye movements of rabbits are different from those of cats. However, the causes of such difference of the reflex eye movements in these species are not wholly explained. While the accumulated data obtained from cats appear to be established, experimental evidences in rabbits are rather meager. The author had re-examined the reflex eye movements of rabbits and attempted to find a mechanism which causes such difference in the reflex eye movements between two species. In anesthesized rabbit, unilateral individual semicircular canal nerve was stimulated selectively with a fine insulated electrode which was inserted through a hole made on the corresponding osseous canal, under a dissecting microscope. When an individual canal nerve was stimulated, the reflex movements of both eyes were observed, photographed, and recorded kymographically. Extraocular muscles were also studied to find their morphological characteristics and to correlate them with the function of the muscles. 1. At the beginning of the stimulation, both eyes moved to a specific direction depending upon the canal stimulated, and such directional eye movements were sustained during the whole course of stimulation. Amplitude of the eye movement showed graded responses to the increasing frequency of the stimulus, reaching to the maximal response at 200-300 cps. 2. Stimulation of the unilateral horizontal canal nerve caused conjugate eye movements, which was also observed in cats and other species by other investigators. 3. Stimulation of the unilateral vertical canal nerve caused a pattern of non-conjugate eye movements, which are different from those observed in cats. Such different patterns of vestibular eye movements in two different species are ascribable to the functional difference of the inferior and superior oblique muscles.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 1996

누에의 사료에 대한 섭식성 반응이 다른 2계통에 대한 두부의 형태적 차이를 전자현미경적 관찰을 하였다 이들 2계통의 두부와 촉각의 형태적 차이는 변이가 심하고 다양하다. 섭식성 반응이 높은 계통에 있어서는 소시지의 돌기가 매우 잘 발달되어 있는 반면 섭식성 반응이 낮은 계통에 있어서는 형태적으로 퇴화되어 있다. 또한 촉각의 셋째마디의 유병돌기가 발달되어 있지 않으며 사료에 대한 섭식 반응이 낮고 극단적으로 퇴화되어 있는 개체는 사료를 감지하지 못하여 결국에는 굶어 죽은 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.143-149
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• 1986

담배종자의 생태를 깊게 이해하기 위한 기초자료를 얻고자 NC 2326을 공시하여 종자의 형성과정과 명, 암조건하에서의 발아과정을 관찰하고 몇가지 품종의 종자크기를 조사한 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 종자의 발달은 개화후 7일경에 접합자의 세포분열이 시작되었고, 개화후 12일경에는 떡잎, 배축, 유근 등을 갖춘 최소한의 발아능력을 가진 종자로 형성되었다. 개화후 15일에는 발아율이 30％이하, 개화후 17일 및 21일까지는 발아율이 70%이상의 완전한 종자로 성숙하였다. 2. 종자의 입경은 0.3∼0.6mm 절위에 분포하였으며 품종간 크기의 차이를 보였다. 3. 담배종자는 광조건에서 분리흡수 2일째부터 유근이 신장하기 시작하여 3 일째부터 발아가 시작되었으며 암조건에서는 수분흡수 6일째까지 발아하지 않았다.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2003

The objective of this study was to investigate the potential application of the separated refining system in the papermaking process using cotton pulps. The cotton staple and linter fibers were expected to show a great difference in their refining responses due to their morphological and physical differences. Experiments were conducted to examine the differences in flocculation tendency, CED viscosity, fiber length, handsheet properties and the SEM surface images between staple and linter fibers at a given refining degree. These fibers were also subjected to separated refining in a laboratory-scale beater and in a mill-scale refiner as well. The effect of the separated refining on the refining rates and papermaking properties were evaluated. Results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. Fiber flocculation tendency of cotton staple was estimated to be significantly greater than that of linter fibers; 2. The staple fibers showed higher cellulose DP, longer fiber length and higher sheet strength at a given refining degree compared to linter fibers, but remarkably slower refining rate was observed; 3. The separated refining system exhibited a significant increase in sheet strengths, especiauy in folding endurance, with an increase in the fibrillation on the surface of staple fibers, but slightly lower or comparable fiber length after refining to the mixed refining system; 4. Similar results were also obtained from the machine trial in which about 7-8％ energy saving effects were achived in the separated refining system. On the basis of the results observed in this study, it was concluded that a significant increase in paper strength and a substantial reduction in refining energy consumption could be achieved using the separated refining system for the cotton staple and linter fiber stock refining.