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경남 대송리산 홍조 16종의 과포자 및 사분포자의 형성시기 (Formation Periods of Carpospores and Tetraspores of 16 Red Algae in Daesongri, Kyungsangnam-do, Korea)

  • 강래선;손철현
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제25권5호
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    • pp.392-398
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    • 1992
  • 본 연구는 홍조 16종에 대해서 경남 양산군 대송리의 자연개체군을 대상으로 사분포자체 및 과포자체의 출현시기를 파악하였다. 그 결과 G. furcata가 춘$\cdot$하계에 L. intermedia, L. undulata, R. intricata는 하계에, C. dasyphylla, H. charoides는 추계에, C. affinis, P lanceolata, C. ocellatus, A. polyneurum, G. flabelliformis, G. intermedia, C. parvula, C. Paniculatum는 하계와 추계에 사분포자 및 과포자를 형성하여 뚜렷한 계절성을 보였다. 조사대상 16종 중에서 G. flabelliformis, G. intermedia, R. intricate에서는 과포자상(carposporic phase)만 관찰되었고, P. telfairiae, H. charoides, C. parvula, C. Paniculatum에서는 사분포자상(tetrasporic phase)만이 관찰되었다. 이 중 G. flabelliformis는 고수온역인 고리 원자력 발전소취수구에서는 사분포자상만이, 또 C. paniculatum는 과포자상만이 형성되어 자연개체군의 생활사는 불안정하며, 또 수온에 의해 지역적으로 제한됨을 시사하였다. 또한 과포자상 및 사분포자상을 갖는 종 중에서 C. affinis는 과포자상이 우세한 종이며, G. furcata, C. ocellaltus, C. dasyphylla, S. latiuscula는 사분포자상이 우세하였다. 또 C. affinis, C. ocellatus, A. polyneurum, C. dasyphylla, L. intermedia, L. undulata에서는 과포자상의 출현후 1개월 이내에 사분포자상이 출현하는 것으로 나타났다. 생식세포의 형성시기와 생체량의 변동은 생식세포를 형성하는 시점에서 생체량이 극대화되고, 생식세포를 방출하면서 생체량이 점차 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

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안산갈대습지에 서식하는 붉은귀거북(Trachemys scripta elegans)의 활동 요인과 시기에 따른 활동 차이 (Activity Factors and Differences in Activity by Period of Red-eared Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Ansan Reed Wetland)

  • 정지화;이우신
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.645-653
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    • 2019
  • 본 연구는 경기도 안산시 상록구에 위치한 인공 습지인 안산갈대습지에 서식하는 침입외래종 붉은귀거북(Trachemys scripta elegans)의 활동에 영향을 미치는 요인과 시기별 활동의 차이를 파악하기 위해 실시되었다. 연구 지역 내에 총 9개의 그물을 설치하여 2013년 4월 28일부터 9월 28일까지 154일간 총 308회 확인하였으며, 연구 기간 중 총 60개체(미성숙 12개체, 수컷 26개체, 암컷 22개체)를 96회에 걸쳐 포획하였다. 활동 요인 분석을 위해 붉은귀거북의 일별 포획량을 활동량으로 간주하고, 총 12개의 환경적 요인에 대하여 다중 회귀 분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 환경 요인 중 일장(daylength)이 붉은귀거북의 활동에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었으며(multiple regression analysis, p<0.001), 기타 환경적 요인들은 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 붉은귀거북의 활동이 가장 활발해지는 시기는 번식이 시작되는 5월 하순으로 확인되었으며 번식기 동안의 일장이 다른 시기의 일장과 유의한 차이를 보였다(Kruskal-Wallis test, p<0.001). 이렇게 확보된 서식지 내 환경 요인과 종과의 관계에 대한 정보는 향후 침입외래종의 관리방안 마련에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

Dietary Habits Contributing to Breast Cancer Risk Among Iranian Women

  • Mobarakeh, Zahra Sheikhi;Mirzaei, Khadijeh;Hatmi, Nadia;Ebrahimi, Mandana;Dabiran, Sohaila;Sotoudeh, Gity
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권21호
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    • pp.9543-9547
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    • 2014
  • Background: The aim of this study was to investigate demographic features, dietary habits, and some possible risk factors for being susceptible to breast cancer in Iranian women. Materials and Methods: A study of dietary habits and breast cancer was conducted among 53 Iranian women with histological confirmed disease and 40 matched controls. A dietary habits questionnaire was used to evaluate the pattern of selected food intakes. The risk of cancer was analyzed after adjustment for confounding factors. Age, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, educational status, parity, lactation, marital status, menopause, history of estrogen therapy, and family history of breast disease or cancer were assessed among participants. Special attention was given to the relationship between consumption of high fat meat, milk, yogurt and cheese as well use of frying oils for frying foods, use of olive/liquid oils for cooking, removing fat from meat and poultry, removing chicken skin and not use of mayonnaise as salad dressing and the risk of breast cancer. Moreover, salad, vegetable and fruit consumption, and eating outdoors owere investigated. Results: Our results revealed significant lower education and higher BMI and waist circumference levels in patients with breast cancer. There was significantly increased breast cancer risk in overweight women in comparison with normal weight (OR=2.91, 95%CI 1.24 to 6.82). High intake of fat dairy products including milk and cheese was found to be a statistically significant factor for increasing breast cancer risk in models adjusting for age, BMI and education. Use of olive/liquid oils for cooking and avoidance of mayonnaise as salad dressing are related to lower risk of breast cancer. The frequency of vegetable and fruit consumption was significantly lower in patients with breast cancer compared to healthy women. Conclusions: Dietary habits might be risk factors for breast cancer among Iranian women. Adoption of a prudent diet could be an appropriate strategy for preventing breast cancer.

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 노출과 관련한 인체면역기능 변화를 판단할 수 있는 지표치 개발에 관한 연구 (Immune-alteration Demonstrated at the Korean Vietnam War Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange)

  • 허용;김은미;유지연;홍승권;전성훈;김형아;조대현;한순영
    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.112-124
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    • 2002
  • 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) has been reported to exert detrimental toxicities on various organ systems including reproductive, cardiovascular, nervous, or dermal system. Immunomodulatory effects of TCDD is thymic atrophy, downregulation of cytotoxic T or B lymphocyte differentiation and activation, which were demonstrated using experimental animals, whereas immunotoxicity in human has not been investigated well. This study was proceeded to evaluate general immunologic spectrum of the Korean Vietnam War veterans exposed to TCDD during their operation, and compare with that of the non-exposed control subjects with similar age. Regarding composition and quantity, immune cells in peripheral blood collected from the TCDD-exposed was not much different from those of the control except decreased red blood cell, hemoglobin and hematocrit level. Furthermore, plasma IgG2, G3, and G4 isotype distribution was similar between two groups, but IgG1 level was significantly lowered in the TCDD-exposed, indicating a TCDD-mediated functional alteration of B cells. Significantly enhanced level of IgE in plasma, a hallmark of dermal or respiratory allergic response, was also observed in the TCDD-exposed compared with that of the control. Elevated generation of IL-4 and IL-10 was resulted from in vitro stimulation of T cells with PMA plus ionomycin or PHA, respectively, from the TCDD-exposed in comparison to those of the control, suggesting a skewed type-2 response. In addition, the level of IFN${\gamma}$, a multifunctional cytokine for T cell-mediated immunity, was lowered in the TCDD-exposed with upregulation of tumor necrosis factor $\alpha$. The present study suggests that TCDD exposure disturbs immunohomeostasis in humans observed as an aberrant plasma IgE and IgG1 levels and dysregulation of T cell activities.

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흰쥐 자궁에서 Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide와 수용체 유전자의 발현 (Expressions of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and Its Receptor Gene in the Rat Uterus)

  • 이성호
    • 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 1998
  • 본 연구에서는 흰쥐 자궁에서 pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)과 그 수용체 유전자들이 발현되는가와 각각 어떠한 유형의 transcript들이 발현되는가를 조사하였고, 이를 위해 역전사 중합효소 연쇄반응 (RT-PCR)을 시행하였다. 시상하부와 정소에서 공통적으로 존재함이 알려진 PACAP common exon 부위에 해당되는 primer를 사용하여 PCR을 시행한 결과 자궁을 포함한 모든 조직에서 에상대로 297 bp의 band가 확인되었다. 흰쥐 자궁에서 발현되는 PACAP mRNA에 정소 특이적인 exon 1이 포함되는가를 조사하기 위해 정소 특이적인 primer를 사용하여 PCR을 시행한 결과, 정소에서만 예상대로 586 bp의 band가 검출되었고 자궁을 포함한 다른 조직에서는 발견되지 않았다. 흰쥐의 PACAP 수용체 PCR에서는 자궁에서 923 bp와 839 bp크기의 band를 확인할 수 있었으며, 이는 알려진 PACAP type I수용체의 splicing variant 들 가운데 hip-hop (923bp)과 hip- 또는 nop-type (839bp)의 예상 크기와 일치하였다. 인위적으로 성적인 성숙을 유도한 PMSG 주사모델하에서 자궁내 PACAP transcript 수준은 주사 24 시간 후 실험군에서 증가하여 생식주기상 proestus 시기에 해당되는 주사 48 시간까지 증가하였다가 72 시간후에는 control 보다 낮은 수준을 보였는데, 이는 자궁의 PACAP 유전자발현이 생리적으로 조절됨을 나타내는 것이다. 본 연구는 흰쥐의 자궁에서 PACAP과 그 수용체 isoform들의 유전자가 발현됨을 최초로 보고한 것으로 자궁 자체에서 발현되는 PACAP이 autocrine 또는 paracrine하게 자궁의 생리 및 기능 조절을 담당함을 시사한다.

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Effects of root nodules on the plant type in soybean-Especially internode length and petiole length on the main stem

  • Ohashi, Shuma;Kurita, Haruna;Takahashi, Yukitsugu;Nagasuga, Kiyoshi;Nagaya, Yuichi;Umezaki, Teruhisa
    • 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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    • pp.358-358
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    • 2017
  • The plant type is generally one of the most important factor for crop production and be influenced by nitrogen absorption. Soybean plants have nodules in their roots, supplying nitrogen at the vegetative and reproductive stages. Root nodules seem to effect plant type of soybean plants, but there are few reports on the relation nodules and plant type. We tried to clarify the effects of root nodules on the plant type, especially internode length and petiole length, comparing non-nodule soybean with normal soybean. The pot experiment and field experiment were carried out at Mie University and Utsunomiya University in 2015 and 2016. Enrei, a popular cultivar in central Japan, and En1282, non-nodulating isogenic line of Enrei, were used. The petiole length on main stem was measured after defoliation and internode length and yield components were measured after harvest. In the field experiment, the patterns of the final length in internode and petiole on main stem were consistent in both cultivars, and a positive correlation was found between the Nth petiole length and the N-1th internode length, belong to the same phytomere. Therefore, the petiole and internode on the main stem make similar response for environmental factors. In pot experiment, Enrei grew with the same pattern as field experiments, but in En1282, the elongation of petiole and internode in the upper part was suppressed, especially the petiole was suppressed greatly. The main stem becomes the basis of the plant type. These results were considered that the nitrogen is distributed preferentially to the internode than the petiole. It seems that the pot cultivation restricted the rhizosphere and caused nitrogen deficiency in En1282. These results suggested that the slight nitrogen deficiency provided from the root nodules was compensated by the increase of the amount of inorganic nitrogen absorption due to the expansion of the rhizosphere, and the severe nitrogen deficiency suppressed elongation of petiole and internode. It is clear that root nodules effect the plant type by supplying nitrogen to internodes and petioles.

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소규모 사업장 여성근로자의 우울, 자아존중감과 건강실천행위 (A Study on Depression, Self-esteem and Health Practice of Female Workers in Small Workplace)

  • 한수정
    • 한국보건간호학회지
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.454-468
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    • 2002
  • Historically, women's health needs have been viewed primarily as reproductive, and all other health needs have been dealth with without considering their responses to disease and treatment(Strickland & Giger, 1994). It has mostly been through the efforts of women's group, especially health care team, that more recognition has been given to the overall health of women worker in recent years. The purpose of this study was to examine the depression, self-esteem and health practice in order to identify health care strategies to improve health promotion among women workers in small workplace. The consisted of 94 women workers who work at small manufacturing industry. The data were collected from January to February, 2002. The instruments for this study was Rogenburgs self-esteem scale, Zung s depression self-reporting scale and Breslow & Enstrom s health habits scale. The analysis of data were performed with frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA. $\chi^2$ test, pearson correlation and multiple regression using SPSS Win 10.1 program. 1. The average depression score was 1.87 which is relatively low and the average self-esteem score was 2.75 which is relatively moderate. The total mean score for health practice was 4. 10(range 0-7) which is relatively high moderately. 2. Health practice had not a statistically significant correlation with depression and self-esteem, but the depression had a statistically significant correlation with self-esteem(r=-.401, p=.000). 3. There was not a significant difference In depression, self-esteem and health practice according to the general characteristics 4. There was a significant difference in sub category of health practice according to the status of living with family and status of marriage. As far as the health practice of women workers living with family practiced better health than women workers no living with family concerning breakfast(p=.03) and as far as the health practice of women workers no living with family practiced better health than women workers living with family concerning sleeping time(p=.04). There was a significant difference in breakfast(p=.04), smoking(p=.00), and BMI(p=.05) according to the status of marriage. 5. The major factor was age and explained for $7\%$ of health practice. The repeated study should be carried out to figure out the health practice and its related factors of female workers at small manufacturing industry.

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Correlation of Breast Cancer Incidence with the Number of Motor Vehicles and Consumption of Gasoline in Korea

  • Park, Boyoung;Shin, Aesun;Jung-Choi, Kyunghee;Ha, Eunhee;Cheong, Hae-Kwan;Kim, Hyun Jeong;Park, Kyung Hwa;Jang, Sungmi;Moon, Byung-In;Ha, Mina
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권7호
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    • pp.2959-2964
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    • 2014
  • While several reproductive and lifestyle-related factors are already well-known as established risk factors for breast cancer, environmental factors have attracted attention only recently. The objective of the current study was to assess the association between the breast cancer incidences in females, the mortality rate and the number of motor vehicles on the one side and the consumption of gasoline which could work as a major source of air pollution at the other side. The breast cancer incidences and the mortality trends were compared with various indices of westernization like dietary patterns or industrialization with 10 years lag of time. Geographical variations with 10, 15 and 20 years lag of time were assessed between the breast cancer incidence in 2010 and the number of motor vehicles as well as the consumption of gasoline. The upward trend of motor vehicle numbers proved to be comparable to those of breast cancer incidence and mortality. However, the consumption of gasoline started to decrease since the mid-1990s. The geographic distribution of motor vehicle numbers and gasoline consumption in 1990 is in a positive correlation with the breast cancer incidence rates in 2010 and the 20-year lag time ($R^2$ 0.379 with the number of motor vehicles and 0.345 with consumption of gasoline). In a linear relationship between the breast cancer incidences in 2010 and the log transformed number of motor vehicles, the log transformed consumption of gasoline in 2000 also showed a positive relationship ($R^2$ 0.367 with the number of motor vehicles and 0.329 with consumption of gasoline). The results of the current study indicate that there may be a positive relation between the number of vehicles, gasoline consumption and the incidence of breast cancer from the aspects of long-term trends and geographical variation.

Expression Patterns of $TGF-{\beta}1,\;TGF-{\beta}$ Receptor Type I, II and Substrate Proteins Smad 2, 3, 4 and 7 in Bovine Oocytes and Embryos

  • Chung, Hak-Jae;Kim, Bong-Ki;Kim, Jong-Mu;Lee, Hyun-Gi;Han, Joo-Hee;Kim, Nam-Hyung;Park, Jin-Ki;Seong, Hwan-Hoo;Yang, Boh-Suk;Chang, Won-Kyong;Ko, Yeoung-Gyu
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2006
  • Transforming growth $factor-{\beta}\;(TGF-{\beta})$ has been shown to have a positive effect on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and has been reported to stimulate meiosis at follicular level in variety of species. The study was designed to determine the expression patterns of $TGF-{\beta}1,\;TGF-{\beta}$ receptors type I, II and Smads gene in bovine oocytes and embryos. $TGF-{\beta}1$ and their receptors were observed in the unfertilized oocytes. $TGF-{\beta}1$ and type II receptor were not expressed at the blastocyst stage, however, only type I receptor was exclusively observed at the same stage. The blastocyst stage, in particular, showed high levels of mRNA expression patterns containing a $TGF-{\beta}1$ type I receptor. The mRNA expression pattern of Smad 2 at all stages of embryonic development was similar in all respect with $TGF-{\beta}1$ type I receptor. On the contrary, Smad 3 and 4 were expressed with high and low level mRNA at the blastocyst stage. In conclusion. it is suggested that $TGF-{\beta}1$ signaling may be regarded as an important entity during the preimplantation embryo development.

Advancement and Application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technique in Dog

  • Oh, H.J.;Hong, S.G.;Park, J.E.;Kim, M.J.;Gomez, M.N.;Kim, M.K.;Kang, J.T.;Kim, J.E.;Jang, G.;Lee, B.C.
    • 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국발생생물학회 2009년도 특별 Symposium
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2009
  • The cloning of canids was succeeded in 2005, several years after the birth of Dolly the sheep and also after the cloning of numerous other laboratory and farm animal species. The delay of successful somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)was due to the unique reproductive characteristics of the female dogin comparison to other domestic mammals, such as ovulation of immature canine oocyte and a requirement of 25 days for the completion of meiosis within the oviduct (Holst & Phemister, 1971). When the technology for the recovery of in vivo matured oocyte was established, the application of cloning also became possible and cloned dog offspring were obtained. This report summarizes the progress of technical procedures that are required for cloning canids and the application of this technique. The first cloned dog, Snuppy, was achieved using an in vivo-matured oocyte which was enucleated and transferred with an adult skin cell of male Afghan hound. After establishment of a criterion of well-matured oocyte for the improvement of SCNT efficiency, we obtained three cloned female Afghan hound and a toy poodle cloned from 14 year-old aged Poodle using SCNT through this factor. To date, cloned dogs appeared to be normal and those that have reached puberty have been confirmed to be fertile. Through application of canine SCNT technique, first, we demonstrated that SNCT is useful for conserving the breed of endangered animal from extinction through cloning of endangered gray wolves using inter-species SCNT and keeping the pure pedigree through the cloning of Sapsaree, a Korean natural monument. Secondly, we showed possibility of human disease model cloned dog and transgenic cloned dog production through cloning of red fluorescent protein expressing dog. Finally, SCNT can be used for the propagation of valuable genotypes for making elite seed stock and pet dog. In summary, dog cloning is a reproducible technique that offers the opportunity to preserve valuable genetics and a potential step towards the production of gene targeted transgenic cloned dogs for the study of human diseases.

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