• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.132-144
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• 2017

Purpose: To identify baseline prognostic factors for survival in patients with disease progression, during or after chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. Materials and Methods: We pooled data from patients randomized between 2009 and 2012 in 2 phase III, global double-blind studies of ramucirumab for the treatment of advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma following disease progression on first-line platinum- and/or fluoropyrimidine-containing therapy (REGARD and RAINBOW). Forty-one key baseline clinical and laboratory factors common in both studies were examined. Model building started with covariate screening using univariate Cox models (significance level=0.05). A stepwise multivariable Cox model identified the final prognostic factors (entry+exit significance level=0.01). Cox models were stratified by treatment and geographic region. The process was repeated to identify baseline prognostic quality of life (QoL) parameters. Results: Of 1,020 randomized patients, 953 (93%) patients without any missing covariates were included in the analysis. We identified 12 independent prognostic factors of poor survival: 1) peritoneal metastases; 2) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score 1; 3) the presence of a primary tumor; 4) time to progression since prior therapy <6 months; 5) poor/unknown tumor differentiation; abnormally low blood levels of 6) albumin, 7) sodium, and/or 8) lymphocytes; and abnormally high blood levels of 9) neutrophils, 10) aspartate aminotransferase (AST), 11) alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and/or 12) lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Factors were used to devise a 4-tier prognostic index (median overall survival [OS] by risk [months]: high=3.4, moderate=6.4, medium=9.9, and low=14.5; Harrell's C-index=0.66; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.64-0.68). Addition of QoL to the model identified patient-reported appetite loss as an independent prognostic factor. Conclusions: The identified prognostic factors and the reported prognostic index may help clinical decision-making, patient stratification, and planning of future clinical studies.

• Mycobiology
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.297-311
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• 2017

Saprolegniasis is one of the most devastating oomycete diseases in freshwater fish which is caused by species in the genus Saprolegnia including Saprolegnia parasitica. In this study, we isolated the strain of S. parasitica from diseased rainbow trout in Korea. Morphological and molecular based identification confirmed that isolated oomycete belongs to the member of S. parasitica, supported by its typical features including cotton-like mycelium, zoospores and phylogenetic analysis with internal transcribed spacer region. Pathogenicity of isolated S. parasitica was developed in embryo, juvenile, and adult zebrafish as a disease model. Host-pathogen interaction in adult zebrafish was investigated at transcriptional level. Upon infection with S. parasitica, pathogen/antigen recognition and signaling (TLR2, TLR4b, TLR5b, NOD1, and major histocompatibility complex class I), pro/anti-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin $[IL]-1{\beta}$, tumor necrosis factor ${\alpha}$, IL-6, IL-8, interferon ${\gamma}$, IL-12, and IL-10), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP9 and MMP13), cell surface molecules ($CD8^+$ and $CD4^+$) and antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase) related genes were differentially modulated at 3- and 12-hr post infection. As an anti-Saprolegnia agent, plant based lawsone was applied to investigate on the susceptibility of S. parasitica showing the minimum inhibitory concentration and percentage inhibition of radial growth as $200{\mu}g/mL$ and 31.8%, respectively. Moreover, natural lawsone changed the membrane permeability of S. parasitica mycelium and caused irreversible damage and disintegration to the cellular membranes of S. parasitica. Transcriptional responses of the genes of S. parasitica mycelium exposed to lawsone were altered, indicating that lawsone could be a potential anti-S. parasitica agent for controlling S. parasitica infection.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.271-277
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• 2012

2012년 5월에서 11월 사이에 우리나라 넙치, 조피볼락, 무지개송어, 뱀장어, 흰다리새우, 전복 양식장에서 발생하는 폐사피해를 표본조사를 통해 모니터링하였다. 조사의 방식은 해당 양식장과 거래하고 있거나 관계를 맺고 있는 전국의 수산질병관리사 조사요원의 직접 현장 방문을 통한 면접과 표준 매뉴얼을 통한 진단을 통하여 실시하였다. 조사기간 중 넙치 양식장에서는 총 27.9%의 누적 피해율을 보여주었고, 이중 스쿠티카병, 연쇄구균병, VHS, 비감염성 원인에 의한 폐사, 비브리오병, 활주세균병의 순으로 폐사피해가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 조피볼락 양식장에서는 13.6%의 누적 피해율을 보여주었고, 아가미 흡충병, 연쇄구균병, 비브리오병, 활주세균병, 비감염성 원인에 의한 폐사 순의 폐사피해가 나타났다. 무지개송어의 경우 총 17.1%의 피해율을 기록하였고, 비감염성 원인에 의한 폐사와 백점병이 주된 폐사 원인으로 집계되었다. 뱀장어의 경우 비교적 낮은 0.6%의 피해율을 기록하였으며, 에드워드병, 백점병, 아가미흡충병이 주된 피해요인이었다. 흰다리새우는 71.2%의 피해율을 보였으며, 대부분 비감염성 원인에 의한 폐사으로 집계되었고, 바이러스성 흰반점병도 12.5%의 피해를 준 것으로 나타났다. 전복의 경우 10.7%의 피해율 모두가 비감염성 원인에 의한 폐사 피해인 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2021

IHNV는 국내 연어 양식업에서 경제적 손실을 발생시켜왔으며, 연어과 어류에 높은 폐사율을 초래한다. 본 연구에서는 강원도의 연어과 어류로부터 분리된 IHNV 분리주의 계통발생적 분류와 병원성을 조사하였다. 계통발생학적 분석은 IHNV의 303bp를 해당하는 mid-G 영역을 염기 분석하여 수행되었다. 바이러스주 모두 J 유전자형으로 RTDH1709, RTJS1709, MSOK1711, RTYK1711, RTCC1801 그리고 RTHC1802는 J-Nagano형이며, RTYK1801는 J-Shizuoka형에 속하는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 결과는 이전 연구와 일치하게 강원도에서는 두 가지 유전형이 분포한다는 것을 시사한다. 또한, 6개 분리주를 무지개송어 치어의 복강에 주사하여 병원성을 시험한 결과, J-Nagano형인 RTCC1801와 RTJS1709 바이러스주로 주사된 그룹은 100%의 폐사율을 나타냈다. 그 뒤로, J-Nagano형인 RTHC1802, RTDH1709 그리고 MSOK1711 분리주가 주사된 그룹들은 50%, 30% 그리고 20%의 폐사율을 나타났다. 그러나 J-Shizuoka형인 RTYK1711 분리주와 대조군에서는 폐사가 발생하지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 J-Shizuoka형이 J-Nagano형 바이러스 분리주보다 높다고 보고한 기존의 연구결과와 상반되며 J 유전자형 내에서 유전자형과 병원성간의 상관관계가 없는 것을 시사한다. 하지만 본 연구에서는 1개의 J-Shizuoka형 분리주만이 분석되었기 때문에 J 유전자형 내에서 유전자형과 병원성간의 상관관계를 확실하게 알기 위해서는 J 유전자형의 병원성에 대한 추가 조사가 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권5_2호
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• pp.875-883
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• 2023

이 단보에서는 PlanetScope 영상을 사용하여 Red-Green-Blue (RGB) 히스토그램 (histogram) 분석을 통해 해양 유출유의 색상 특성과 유종 구분에 대한 실험을 수행하였다. 해양 유출유의 히스토그램은 각 밴드 화소값 분포에 따라 세 가지 카테고리(어두운 검은색 톤, 밝은 은색 톤, 밝은 무지개색 톤)로 나눌 수 있으며, 어두운 검은색 톤의 두꺼운 기름층은 중유(heavy oil)로 구분할 수 있고, 밝은 은색 및 무지개색 톤의 얇은 기름층은 경유(light oil)로 구분할 수 있다. 향후 보다 많은 영상에 대한 분석이 이루어진다면, 이러한 유출유 탐지와 유종 구분이 보다 더 일반화되고 신뢰도를 높일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.437-440
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• 2007

$OGL-20P^T$-358 is a novel 66 amino acid residue protein from the hyperthermophile Thermococcus thioreducens sp. nov., strain $OGL-20P^T$, which was collected from the wall of the hydrothermal black smoker in the Rainbow Vent along the mid-Atlantic ridge. This protein, which has no detectable sequence homology with proteins or domains of known function, has a calculated pI of 4.76 and a molecular mass of 8.2 kDa. We report here the backbone $^1H$, $^{15}N$, and $^{13}C$ resonance assignments of $OGL-20P^T$-358. Assignments are 97.5% (316/324) complete. Chemical shift index was used to determine the secondary structure of the protein, which appears to consist of primarily ${\alpha}$-helical regions. This work is the foundation for future studies to determine the three-dimensional solution structure of the protein.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.508-513
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• 2008

Erythromycin has been used to treat Streptococosis, Edwardsiel1osis, Vibriosis, Bacterial enteritis in the cultured fish. In this study, a rapid and effective erythromycin analysis method with new sample treatment protocol and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) system for fish products was developed. For the erythromycin extraction from fish muscle, the solvent mixture composed of 0.2% meta-phosphoric acid and methanol (6:4) showed good recovery rate, and the optimum extraction solvent volume was 20 mL. Erythromycin detection using LC/MS/MS were carried out under electro spray ionization (ESI) positive condition and erythromycin mass value 576.2 and 157.9. And the detection limit of the established method was 0.005 mg/kg in fish products. The recovery rate of the developed method applied to the fish species were as following, olive flounder, $87.6{\pm}5.0%$; black rockfish, $87.2{\pm}6.4%$; eel, $85.2{\pm}4.8%$; and rainbow trout, $86.0{\pm}6.2%$. In the established method in this study, the correlation of coefficient values ($R^2$) of erythromycin calibration curve (n=11) was 0.9998.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2009

In fresh water fish hatcheries and farms, Saprolegniales often cause serious mortality to the fish and their eggs. Malachite green is an effective antifungal agent, but is carcinogenic to fish and humans. Alternative antifungal agents are needed. Presently, we tested various concentrations of MBT-01108 (Opuntia ficus-indica extracts) alone and in combination with bronopol, formalin and sodium chloride (MBT-01108 mixture) on in vitro mycelial growth and in vivo remediation of adult eel, Anguilla japonica, infected with Saprolegnia sp. and fertilized eggs of chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, to evaluate the compounds' antifungal efficacy on eyed-egg and hatching rates. MBT-Oll08 mixtures incorporating bronopol and formalin at respective concentrations of 50 and 30 parts per million (ppm), and 100 and 20 ppm were most effective in controlling Saprolegnia in vitro and in vivo (P<0.05). Repeated daily exposures to 50 ppm and 100 ppm MBT-01108 were more effective than exposure every 2-3 days post-fertilization for the inhibition of Saprolegnia infection of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss eggs as compared with control (0 ppm).

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.20-21
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• 2003

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are mitogenic peptide hormones that regulate embryonic development, postnatal growth and cellular differentiation in vertebrates IGFs are initially translated as pre-pro-peptides and then proteolytically processed to yield the mature IGFs and E-peptides. Like the C-peptide of pro-insulin, the E-peptides of pro-IGFs are generally believed to possess little or no biological activity other than their potential roles in the biosynthesis of the mature IGFs. Like human IGF-1, previous studies in our laboratory showed that the recombinant trout Ea4-peptide of pro-IGF-1 exhibited a dose-dependent mitegenic activity in cultured BALB/3T3 fibroblasts and other non-oncogenic transformed cells (Tian et al., 1999) We have also shown by in vitro and in vivo studies that Ea4-peptide possessed novel anti-tumor activities (Chen et al., 2002, Kuo and Chen, 2002; Kuo and Chen 2003). Recent results of studies conducted in chorionicallantoic membrane of developing chicken embryos revealed that Ea4-peptide of trout pro-IGF-1 also possesses a dose-dependent antiangiogenic activity. Together these results raised the question whether Ea4-peptide of trout pro-IGF-1 may affect heart and blood vessel development and hematopoiesis in fish embryos. (중략)

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.627-633
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• 1994

A study on efficacy and safety of Bio-Gammamix was performed to use for the preventive drug against bacterial diseases to mirror carp(Cyprinus carpio), rainbow trout(Salmo gairdneri), eel(Anguilla japonica) and flounder(Paralichthys olivaceus). The main ingredients of Bio-Gammamix were ferrous fumarate and mixed extrated powders of licorice root, ox bile and garlic. The test drug was proved to improve feeding habit and feed efficiency and decrease cumulative mortality remarkably. After administration, no side effects and histopathological changes were observed. We can prevent outbreaks of bacterial diseases of fish by the dosage of 1kg/ton of fish body weight perorally once or two times in a day for 7 days and Bio-Gammamix is thought to be used effectively an widely against most bacterial fish pathogens.