• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2000

To investigate the alteration of airway mucin in airway disease patients, immunoassay procedures were employed using monoclonal antibodies HM02 and HM03 (Hybridoma, 18,457-463, 1999). Alteration of mucin release was determined by ELISA and the integrity of mucin was determined by Western blot. In ELISA, it was found that mucin release increased from pneumonia, chronic cough, bronchiectasis, eosinophilic pneumonia, lung cancer and bronchial asthma patients. In Western blot, the increase in immunoreactivity was observed in case of pneumonia, chronic cough, bronchiectasis and bronchial asthma. In bronchial asthma, there was no obvious degradation of mucin while in other diseases, varying degree of mucin degradation was observed. The data from the present study implicate that HMO2 and HM03 are suitable for the immunological analysis of mucin in airway disease patients. The role of increased mucin release and varying degree of mucin degradation on airway diseases should be further investigated in the future.

• 한국당과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국당과학회 2006년도 제1회 연례학술대회
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• pp.27-27
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• 2006

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2006

Echinostoma hortense (E. hortense) is an intestinal trematode with the highest infection rate in South Korea. However, the immune response against E. hortense infection has not been explained well. In the present study, we investigated the effect of treatment with cyclosporin A (CsA) and histamine receptor antagonists on the cytokine expression and mucosal goblet cells in E. hortense-infected C3H/HeN mice. The alteration of cytokine mRNA expression ($TNF-{\alpha},\;IL-l{\beta},\;IL-4\;and\;IL-5$), intestinal worm recovery rate and goblet cell responses were measured weekly from 0 to 5 weeks post-infection (P.I.) in the control and the following three drug-treated groups: CsA, hydroxyzine and cimetidine. Compared with the control group, the expression of $TNF-{\alpha}$, IL-4 and IL-5 mRNAs decreased in the CsA- and hydroxyzine-treated groups, but only IL-4 mRNA expression did in the cimetidine-treated group. Worm recovery rate was significantly increased in the drug-treated groups. Mucosal goblet cells and their mucin response significantly decreased in the CsA-treated group (P<0.01), but significantly increased in the cimetidine- (P<0.05) and hydroxyzine- (P<0.01) treated groups. These data suggest that CsA treatment inhibits production of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines which are necessary for the worm expulsion. Histamine receptor increases goblet cells and their mucin activation, although it remains to be elucidated whether it directly affects the worm expulsion period of E. hortense in C3H/HeN mice.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2827-2832
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• 2015

Oxidative stress is associated with colon carcinogenesis including aberrant crypt foci (ACF) formation and it plays an important role in pathophysiological changes in cancer cells. The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of dietary unpolished Thai rice (UTR) on ACF formation and dysplastic progression in azoxymethane (AOM)-treated rats. Anti-cancer efficacy of UTR regarding apoptotic induction and oxidative redox status in human colon cancer (CaCo-2) cells was also investigated. Rats given 20% and 70% of UTR in the diet showed significantly and dose-dependently decreased total number of ACF. UTR treatment also was strongly associated with the low percentage of dysplastic progression and mucin depletion. In addition, we found that UTR significantly induced cancer cell apoptosis, increased cellular oxidants, and decreased the level of GSH/GSSG ratio in CaCo-2 cells. Our study suggests that UTR supplementation may be a useful strategy for CRC prevention with the inhibition of precancerous progression, with induction of cancer cell apoptosis through redox alteration.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.109-120
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• 1998

서울주걱흡충 (Weodiplostomum seoulense)에 감염된 BALB/c 및 C3H 마우스의 소장에서 비만 세포 및 배세포 반응 양상을 관찰하고, 이들 반응이 숙주 방어기전 및 충체 배출에 영향을 줄 수 있는지 알아보았다. 마우스 1마리당 피낭유충 200개씩을 감염시킨 후 28일까지 충체회수율을 관 찰한 바 BALB/c 마우스가 C3H 마우스에 비해 월등히 높은 충체회수율을 보였다 그러나, 마우스 주에 관계없이 충체의 주 기생부위인 십이지장에서 감염 7일에 비만세포수가 최고에 달하였고 곧 바로 감소하였다. 이러한 비만세포수의 반응 양상은 공장 및 회장에서도 비슷하게 나타났으며, 반응의 강도는 십이지장이나 공장이 회장에 비해 높았다. 또한, 비만세포수의 최고치는 BALB/c 마우스에서 C3H 마우스보다 오히려 높게 나타났다. 배세포 증식은 BALB/c 마우스의 경우 감염 14 일을 제외하고는 십이지장에서 뚜렷이 관찰되었고, C3H 마우스의 경우에는 감염 7일에 공장 및 회장에서 관찰되었다. 배세포의 점액 (mucin) 활성은 BAkBlc 및 C3H 마우스 모두에서 인정되었으나, 그 강도는 BALBlc 마우스에서 더욱 뚜렷하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합할 때, 이들 마우스의 장점막 비만세포 및 배세포 반응은 서울주걱흡충 감염에 대한 국소적인 면역반응으로 나타나지만 숙주 방어나 충체 배출에의 관여도는 낮을 것으로 추측되었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6447-6453
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• 2012

Background: The mucin components of the gastric gel layer function as a protective and lubricating factor against luminal acid and proteolytic enzymes. Alteration of mucin expression in gastric preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions has suggested potential roles in neoplastic processes. This study aimed to assess the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of MUC-2, MUC-4 and MUC-5AC in Japanese gastric cancer. Methods: Expression of MUC-2, -4 and -5AC was evaluated on tissue microarrays of gastric carcinomas and adjacent non-cancerous mucosa specimens by immunohistochemistry and compared with clinicopathological parameters and survival time of the patients. Results: The three mucins were found to be expressed to a lesser extent in gastric carcinomas in comparison with non-cancerous mucosa (p<0.05). MUC-2 expression was negatively correlated with tumor size, depth of invasion, and TNM staging of gastric cancer (p<0.05), while that of MUC-5AC was negatively associated with the depth of invasion, venous invasion, lymph node metastasis and TNM staging (p<0.05), but positively with MUC-4 and MUC-2 expression (p<0.05). There was higher MUC-2 expression in intestinal- than diffuse-type carcinomas (p<0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated no relationship between expression of the three mucins and the cumulative survival rate of patients, even stratified according to the depth of invasion (p>0.05). Conclusion: Down-regulated expression of MUC-2, -4 and -5AC may be involved in pathogenesis, invasion, metastasis or differentiation of gastric carcinoma. Their altered expression might therefore be employed as an indicator of pathobiological behavior.