• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.541-549
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• 2012

Objectives: This study was undertaken in order to evaluate a potential mechanism involved in gastro-intestinal problems observed in autistic subjects and uses an animal model of autism investigation. Methods: BTBR T+tf/J, a mouse strain with typical socio-behavioral characteristics of autistic subjects and FVB mice with highly social behaviors as the control strain were used. Both genders of mice aged three weeks and six months were used from four separate litters for each strain. Serum was prepared following cardiac puncture, and mesenteric lymph nodes were collected for in vitro stimulation and enumeration of major immune cell proportion. Results: The level of serum IgA was significantly enhanced in six-month-old BTBR mice compared with three-week-old BTBR, which was not observed with the FVB control mice. The serum IgE level was also higher among BTBR mice than among age-sex matched FVB mice, respectively. Considering the ratio of interleukin-4 vs interferon-gamma production from mesenteric lymph node T cells, skewedness toward type-2 reactivities was observed. In addition, the proportion of B cells in mesenteric lymph nodes was significantly higher in BTBR mice than in FVB mice. Conclusion: Upregulation of mucosal immunity related with enhanced type-2 immune reactivity observed in BTBR mice could be involved with the etiology of gastro-intestinal abnormalities in autism.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5195-5200
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• 2014

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze our series of liver resections for metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC) to determine prognostic factors affecting survival and to evaluate the potential roles of neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: Ninety-nine patients who underwent metastasectomy for liver metastases due to colorectal cancer at the Department of Medical Oncology, 9 Eylul University Hospital between 1996 and 2010 were evaluated in this study. The patients were followed through July 2013. Demographic, perioperative, laboratory, radiological and chemotherapy as well as survival data were obtained by retrospective chart review. Results: In 47 (47.5%) patients, liver metastases were unresectable at initial evaluation; the remaining 52 (52.5%) patients exhibited resectable liver metastases. Simultaneous hepatic resection was applied to 52 (35.4%) patients with synchronous metastasis, whereas 5 (64.5%) patients underwent hepatic resection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Forty-two patients with metachronous metastasis underwent hepatic resection following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. R0 resection was obtained in 79 (79.8%) patients. A second hepatectomy was performed in 22 (23.2%) patients. Adjuvant chemotherapy was given to 85 (85.9%) patients after metastasectomy. The median disease-free and overall survivals after initial metastasectomy were 12 and 37 months, respectively, the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates being 46.5%, 24.3% and 17.9%and 92.3%, 59.0% and 39.0%, respectively. On multivariate analysis, the primary tumor site, tumor differentiation, resection margin and DFS were independent factors predicting better overall survival. Conclusions: In selected cases, hepatic metastasectomy for mCRC to the liver can result in long-term survival. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not exert a positive effect on DFS or OS. Adjuvant chemotherapy also did not appear to impact DFS and OS.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.4339-4345
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• 2015

Occupational exposure to wood dust is one cause of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC); however, assessing this exposure remains problematic. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop a semi-quantitative exposure assessment method and then utilize it to evaluate the association between occupational exposure to wood dust and the development of NPC. In addition, variations in risk by histology were examined. A case-control study was conducted with 327 newly diagnosed cases of NPC at the National Cancer Institute and regional cancer centers in Thailand with 1:1 controls matched for age, gender and geographical residence. Occupational information was obtained through personal interviews. The potential probability, frequency and intensity of exposure to wood dust were assessed on a job-by-job basis by experienced experts. Analysis was performed by conditional logistic regression and presented in odds ratio (ORs) estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Overall, a non significant relationship between occupational wood dust exposure and NPC risk for all subjects was observed (ORs=1.61, 95%CI 0.99-2.59); however, the risk became significant when analyses focused on types 2 and 3 of NPC (ORs=1.62, 95%CI 1.03-2.74). The significant association was stronger for those exposed to wood dust for > 10 year (ORs=2.26, 95%CI 1.10-4.63), for those with first-time exposure at age > 25 year (ORs=2.07, 95%CI 1.08-3.94), and for those who had a high cumulative exposure (ORs=2.17, 95%CI 1.03-4.58) when compared with those considered unexposed. In conclusion, wood dust is likely to be associated with an increased risk of type 2 or 3 NPC in the Thai population. The results of this study show that semi-quantitative exposure assessment is suitable for occupational exposure assessment in a case control study and complements the information from self-reporting.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.421-432
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 초등학교 고학년 학생의 인터넷 게임 및 스마트폰 이용실태를 파악하고자 하였다. 2018년 10월 6일부터 2019년 9월 30일까지 K 지역 소재 16개 초등학교에 재학 중인 4~6학년 1,618명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였고, 기술통계와 빈도분석, Chi-square를 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과, 인터넷 게임중독 자가진단척도(I-GUESS)는 고위험군이 6.1%로 나타났고, 스마트폰 과의존 척도(S-scale)는 잠재적 위험군 10.1%, 고위험군 0.8%로 나타났다. 인터넷 게임 및 스마트폰 사용과 관련된 신체적 문제는 36.0%가 경험했다고 응답했고, 눈의 피로가 20.4%로 가장 높았다. 정서적 문제는 18.5%에서 경험했다고 응답했으며, 분노가 6.8%로 가장 높았다. 사회적 문제는 21.8%가 경험한 것으로 파악되었고, 부모와의 갈등이 10.3%로 가장 높게 보고되었다. S-scale 점수와 I-GUESS 점수에 따른 주 사용 콘텐츠를 조사한 결과, S-scale 점수와 I-GUESS 점수가 높을수록 중계방송콘텐츠를 가장 많이 사용하는 것으로 나타났다. I-GUESS와 S-Scale 간의 상관관계에서는 I-GUESS와 S-Scale 간의 상관관계에서는 I-GUESS 점수가 고위험군 일수록, S-scale의 고위험군 비율도 높게 나타났으며, S-scale 점수가 고위험군 일수록 I-GUESS 점수의 고위험군 비율도 높은 것으로 나타났다. 향후, 이러한 변수를 고려하여 예방의 관점에서 초등학생을 위한 중재 프로그램 및 부모 교육 컨텐츠 개발이 시급함을 제언코자 한다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.174-182
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• 2004

The zinc intake and status of South Koreans from rural, urban and metropolitan areas were compared to evaluate the zinc nutritional status in different regional areas in South Korea. The dietary habits of 721 healthy adult subjects (271 from rural, 240 from urban, 210 from metropolitan city) with an age range 30 ∼ 64 (mean age 54$\pm$18) were assessed using a food frequency questionnaire. Mean daily Zn intake for rural, urban, and metropolitan areas was 6.5 mg, 7.3 mg, and 11.4 mg (p<0.05), respectively, which was 54%,61% and 95% of the Korean RDA for man (12 mg/d). Mean phytate: zinc molar ratios for rural, urban, and metropolitan city were 41, 34, and 30, respectively (p < 0.05), which were higher than the cutoff level of 20 for poor zinc status. The zinc intake and phytate: Zn molar ratio in the rural area were 0.5 and 1.3-fold compared to those of the metropolitan city, which can cause poor zinc nutriture in the rural area. Most of the zinc biomarkers were lower in the rural area than in the metropolitan city (p < 0.05) (mean rural and metropolitan values for plasma Zn: 80.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/dL and 119.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/dL, respectively; RBC Zn: 7.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/dL and 8.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/dL, respectively; plasma alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity: 87 mU/mL and 100.4 mU/mL, respectively). It seems that a lower zinc intake in the rural area decreased zinc biomarker levels, such as plasma and RBC zinc, and plasma alkaline phosphatase activity, and caused the poor zinc nutritional status in this area. Most of the zinc biomarkers, such as RBC zinc and urinary and plasma zinc levels, in the subjects from the three localities, were within the normal range even when zinc intake of rural and urban subjects was low. The exception was plasma ALP activity in the rural area, which was lower than the reference level. Thus, marked zinc deficiency in these subjects were not observed, however, the potential for marginal zinc deficiency should be considered, especially for the rural area, because of the low zinc intake and the biomarker levels for marginal zinc deficiency.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권14호
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• pp.5773-5779
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• 2014

Background: Since cervical cancer can be prevented and controlled through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, it is important to train health care providers and provide them with appropriate knowledge. This study aimed to understand the level of HPV related knowledge among medical students and correlates in Southwest China in order to address any potential gap in their knowledge base. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among medical students in six selected universities across Southwest China based on a pretested questionnaire regarding HPV infection, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccines. Results: We successfully surveyed 1, 878 medical students, of whom 32.1% were males and 67.9% were females. Their mean age was 20.8 (standard deviation: 1.3) years. 91.8% of them were ethnic Han Chinese, and 43.8% were students in clinical medicine. While 76.5% had heard of HPV only 48.8% knew that the prevention of cervical cancer was possible through HPV vaccination. Only 42.9% of the male and 49.2% of the female students correctly answered over 10 out of 22 questions on HPV related knowledge. Female students appeared to know more about HPV and HPV vaccination (OR: 1.39; 95% CI: 1.11-1.75). In addition, the student knowledge improved with the grade (p<0.001). University courses were the most selected source of knowledge about HPV vaccination (66.4%). 83.6% of males and 91.4% of females were willing to have more HPV related education by experts (p<0.001). Only 10.1% of the students acknowledged that people had asked for their advice regarding HPV vaccination. Conclusions: Our survey indicates that medical students from Southwest China have poor knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccination, but are willing to receive more relevant information. Targeted education should be incorporated into school courses to inform these future health care providers and ensure success of programs for cervical cancer control and prevention.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2008

사철쑥 (Artemisia capillaris Thunberg)이 암세포의 세포고사에 미치는 영향을 보기 위하여 인체 자국경부 상피암 세포주인 HeLa 세포를 이용하여 사철쑥의 메탄올, 에틸아세테이트, 부탄올 추출물의 농도를 각각 0, 100, 500, 1,000 및 $2,000{\mu}g/ml$로 처리하여 세포활성도, 세포형태 변화, DNA분절, DNA 함량을 알아보았다. 세포활성도는 사철쑥의 메탄올, 에틸아세테이트 추출물이 농도에 비례하여 HeLa세포생존율을 감소시켰지만 부탄올 추출물에서는 그 정도가 약하였고 물 추출물에서는 거의 관찰되지 않았다. 사철쑥의 메탄올, 에틸아세테이트, 부탄올과 물 추출물은 각 추출물의 농도에 의존적으로 배양된 HeLa 세포에 세포부착을 방해하고 세포막의 blobbing 및 핵의 분절화 등 세포고사의 특징들을 나타냈다. 사다리형 DNA 분절현상은 사철쑥의 메탄올 추출물 $1,000{\mu}g/ml$, $2,000{\mu}g/ml$ 처리군에서 관찰되었다. 유세포분석기 (FACS)를 이용하여 측정한 고사세포의 DNA 함량은 메탄올과 에틸아세테이트, 부탄올 추출물이 농도 의존적으로 증가하였다. 이상의 결과는 사철쑥이 암세포의 세포고사를 증가시킴으로서 암 억제 작용이 있을 것을 시사해 준다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.117-129
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• 2012

도로교통 안전진단은 도로의 계획 및 설계단계에서부터 교통사고가 발생할 수 있는 요소를 찾아내 미리 개선하고 건설 후 운영단계에도 도로구조나 안전시설이 사고방지에 적정한지를 평가하는 예방적 차원의 안전성 강화 제도이다. 이 제도는 2000년대 초에 우리나라에 소개된 이래 다양한 사업이 진행되어 왔고 법제화되었으며, 사업의 지속화를 위해 현재까지 진행된 사업에 대한 평가가 필요한 시점이다. 이러한 필요성에 따라 본 연구에서는 공용중인 고속도로의 교통안전진단사업에 대한 효과 평가를 수행하였다. 연구의 공간적 범위는 영동고속도로이며 2005년과 2006년도에 시행된 안전진단사업에 대해 전후 2년을 평가기간으로 하여 분석하였다. 평가방법은 관찰적 사전 사후 평가방법 중 경험적 베이즈 방법을 적용하였다. 효과평가 결과 사업이 시행된 대부분의 구간에서 개선효과가 있는 것으로 나타났으나 일부 구간에서는 효과가 없거나 미미한 것으로 나타났다. 이를 각 구간별 개선조치 내용과 비교하여 검토한 결과 해당 구간에 여러 개선조치가 시행된 경우 효과가 양호하게 나타났으며, 효과가 나타나지 않는 구간은 개선조치가 적거나 단일한 경우가 일반적이었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 개선효과가 나타나지 않는 구간에 대해서는 구체적인 분석과 대응책 마련이 가능할 것이다. 또한 향후 공용중인 고속도로 안전진단사업의 사업내용 및 방향설정 등에 참고로 활용될 수 있다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2010

Comprehensive quarterly serosurveillance on scrub typhus in small mammals collected from military training sites located near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), northern Gyeonggi-do (Province), ROK was conducted to determine the potential rodent-borne and associated ectoparasite disease risks to military personnel. A total of 1,196 rodents and insectivores representing 8 species, Apodemus agrarius (87.3%, n = 1,044), Mus musculus (5.4%, n = 65), Crocidura lasiura (3.3%, n = 40), Microtus fortis (2.6%, n = 31), Micromys minutus (0.3%, n = 4), Tscherskia triton (0.3%, n = 4), Rattus norvegicus (0.3%, n = 4), and Myodes regulus (0.3%, n = 4) were assayed for the presence of antibodies to Orientia tsutsugamushi. O. tsutsugamushi antibodies were detected in 6 of 8 species and seroprevalence determined; A. agrarius (45.6%), M. musculus (23.1%), M. fortis (48.4%), M. minutus (50.0%), T. triton (50.0%), and R. norvegicus (25.0%). A total of 31,184 chigger mites collected from 508 rodents and insectivores were slide-mounted and 10 species belonging to 4 genera were identified. Leptotrombidium pallidum (53.4%) was the most frequently collected, followed by L. pal pale (15.7%), Neotrombicula tam/yai (14.3%), L. orientate (10.7%), L. zetum (3.1%), Walchia fragilis (2.1%), and L. gemiticutum (0.8%), while the remaining 3 species, L subintennedium, N. gardellai, and Euschoengastia koreaensis were rarely observed (prevalence < 10%). In contrast to previous surveys, higher chigger indices of the primary scrub typhus vectors, L. pallidum (165.4), L. orientale (45.0), and L. palpate (21.4), were observed during the spring season.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2014

In this study, we prepared cordycepin-enriched (CE)-WIB801C, a n-butanol extract of Cordyceps militaris-hypha, and investigated the effect of CE-WIB801C on collagen-induced human platelet aggregation. CE-WIB801C dose-dependently inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation, and its $IC_{50}$ value was $175{\mu}g/ml$. CE-WIB801C increased cAMP level more than cGMP level, but inhibited collagen-elevated $[CA^{2+}]_i$ mobilization and thromboxane $A_2$ ($TXA_2$) production. cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) inhibitor Rp-8-Br-cAMPS increased the CE-WIB801C-downregulated $[CA^{2+}]_i$ level in a dose dependent manner, and strongly inhibited CE-WIB801C-induced inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor ($IP_3R$) phosphorylation. These results suggest that the inhibition of $[CA^{2+}]_i$ mobilization by CE-WIB801C is resulted from the cAMP/A-kinase-dependent phosphorylation of $IP_3R$. CE-WIB801C suppressed $TXA_2$ production, but did not inhibit the activities of cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and $TXA_2$ synthase (TXAS). These results suggest that the inhibition of $TXA_2$ production by WIB801C is not resulted from the direct inhibition of COX-1 and TXAS. In this study, we demonstrate that CE-WIB801C with cAMP-dependent $CA^{2+}$-antagonistic antiplatelet effects may have preventive or therapeutic potential for platelet aggregation-mediated diseases, such as thrombosis, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, and ischemic cerebrovascular disease.