• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.26-36
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• 2005

Objectives: Maier symptoms of allergic rhinitis are nasal obstructions, sneezing and watery rhinorrhea. When exposed to certain allergens, the IgE covered mast cells degranulate and release inflammatory mediators and cytokines which result in a local inflammatory reaction. In many recent studies, molecular biological methods have been used to investigate the role of cytokines in pathogenesis and new therapeutic targets of allergic rhinitis. This experimental study was done to reveal the effects of the Bojungikgi-tang on the allergic rhinitis. We have studied effect of mice on OVA-induced production of IL-4, IL-5, $INF-{\gamma}$ by murine splenocytes and effect of OVA-induced Total IgE and OVA-specific IgE Meterial and Metheds: 21 BALB/c rats were divided into three groups: normal group, control group, experimental group. To induce the allergic rhinitis in control group and experimental group, rats were sentitized intraperitioneally with 0.1% ovalbumin solution 3 times at intervals of 2 weeks. Then intranasal sensitization was performed by diffusing 0.1% ovalbumin solution 3 times at intervals of 2 days for a week. After that time, rats in experimental group were oral administration treated by the Bojuogikgi-tang fer 28 days. We observed changes of IL-4, IL-5, $INF-{\gamma}$, Total IgE and OVA-specific IgE. We used independent-test statistically. Results: 1. In IL-4 study, Bojungikgi-tang treated group didn't show significant differences. 2. In IL-5 study, Bojungikgi-tang treated group shows significant differences. 3. In $INF-{\gamma}$ study, Bojungikgi-tang treated group shows significant differences. 4. In Total IgE, Bojungikgi-tang treated group shows significant differences. 5. In OVA-specific IgE, Bojungikgi-tang treated group didn't show significant differences. According to this result, Bojungikgi-tang was concluded to be effective on lowering the total IgE. Through this. Bojungikgi tang seems to reduce the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. More studies are required to know exact mechanism of Bojungikgi tang to show the anti allergenic effect.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.7433-7438
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• 2013

Aim: To identify new biomarkers for NPC diagnosis with an anti-EBV Western blot test kit. Methods: Serum samples from 64 NPC patients and healthy subjects with four specific VCA-IgA/EA-IgA profiles were tested with an anti-EBV Western blot test kit from EUROIMMUN AG. Proteins were quantified with scores of intensity visually assigned to the protein bands. The markers which showed statistical differences between the NPC and non-NPC subjects were further evaluated in another 32 NPC patients and 32 controls in comparison with established biomarkers including VCA-IgA, EA-IgA, EBV-related protein IgG, and EBV DNA. Results: Among the markers screened, EA-D p45-IgG showed a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between NPC and non-NPC subjects with VCA-IgA positivy. In 32 VCA-IgA positive NPC patients and 32 control subjects, the diagnostic accuracy of EA-D p45-IgG was 78.1% with a positive predictive value of 77.8% and a negative predictive value of 78.6%. In the verification experiment, the specificity and sensitivity of EA-D p45-IgG were 75.0% and 90.6 %, respectively. Conclusions: EA-D p45-IgG might be a potential biomarker for NPC diagnosis, especially among VCA-IgA positive subjects.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.195-201
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• 2002

Background: IgE is closely related to the development of allergies. However, the poor relationship between the specific IgE level and the severity of allergic diseases suggests the possibility of functionally different IgE isoforms. With this in mind, rat basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 activation was analyzed with each type of rat IgE for two parameters, exocytosis and IL-4 mRNA production. RBL-2H3 has been well documented in the rat mucosal mast cell line. Methods: RBL-2H3 cells sensitized with each kind of rat IgE was activated by cross-linking FcRI with B5 (monoclonal anti-rat IgE mouse IgG antibodies). The RBL-2H3 exocytosis was measured by analyzing the ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase level, and the level of IL-4 mRNA synthesis was analyzed using semiquantitative RT-PCR. Rat IgE, which was produced by a parasite infection (REP), was prepared using either Paragonimus westermani metacercariae (REP-PW) or Anisakis simplex third stage larvae (REP-AS). A rat IgE prototype of IR162 was prepared by a peritoneal injection of immunocytoma. Results: The level of exocytosis showed a linear relationship with the rat IgE concentration when REP-PW or REP-AS was applied. However, it exhibited a biphasic response with IR162. In addition, the time course of heating at $56^{\circ}C$ illustrated the similarity between REP-PW and REP-AS, which differed from that of IR162. In contrast, the level of IL-4 mRNA synthesis in the RBL-2H3 cells with IR162 was comparable to that of either REP-PW or REP-AS. Conclusion: These results suggest that functionally different rat IgE isoforms exists in RBL-2H3 exocytosis.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2016

We investigated whether maternal antibodies (mAbs) elicited by dams immunized with recombinant vaccine candidates against avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) can passively confer protective immunity to chicks. In the present study, pBP244 plasmids carrying selected antigens of APEC were transformed into Salmonella Typhimurium JOL912, which was used as a vaccine candidate against APEC. The hens were immunized with the vaccine candidates using prime or booster doses. The levels of IgG and sIgA specific to the selected antigens increased significantly following prime immunization. To evaluate the persistence of passively transferred mAbs, the levels of IgY and IgA were determined in egg yolks and whites, respectively. The eggs from the immunized group showed consistently increased levels of IgY and IgA until week 16 post-laying (PL) and week 8 PL, respectively, relative to the control group. The presence of mAbs was observed in chicks that hatched from the hens, and titers of plasma IgY were consistently raised in those from the immunized hens by day 14 post-hatching. Further, chicks from the immunized hens were protected from challenge with a virulent APEC strain, whereas those from non-immunized hens showed acute mortality.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.163-167
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• 2013

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) are known to cause extraintestinal disease in poultry, leading to substantial losses in the industry. IutA, iron-regulated aerobactin receptor is firmly associated with APEC. To assess the potential of IutA to induce protective immune responses, attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium strain expressing IutA was constructed and administered orally to BALB/c mice. The IutA-specific immune responses were measured with sera, vaginal and fecal samples by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We found that the Salmonella-IutA vaccine induced significantly higher immune responses as compared to the control inoculated with the attenuated S. Typhimurium containing the plasmid only. The IutA-specific immune responses were increased by second immunization at third week after initial immunization, whereas triple immunization induced lower immune responses than those induced by the double immunization. The Salmonella-IutA vaccine induced a nature of immunity biased to the Th1-type, as judged by the ratio of IutA-specific IgG isotypes (IgG2a/IgG1). Overall, these results suggest that the Salmonella-IutA vaccine appear to be suitable candidate for a vaccine against APEC.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2011

Objective : Allergic asthma is a chronic airway disease that affects millions of people in the developed world. The disease is characterized by concurring airway inflammation, Th2 cytokine production, increased mucus secretion, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to inhaled antigen, and pulmonary fibrosis. To investigate the therapeutic and anti-asthmatic effects of Drynariae Rhizoma (DR), we examined the influence of DR on the development of pulmonary eosinophilic inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness in a mouse model of allergic asthma. Methods : In this study, BALB/c mice were systemically sensitized to ovalbumin (OVA) followed intratracheally, intraperitoneally, and by aerosol allergen challenges. We investigated the effect of DR on airway hyperresponsiveness, pulmonary eosinophilic infiltration, various immune cell phenotypes, Th2 cytokine production and OVA specific IgE production in a mouse model of asthma. Results : In asthmatic mice, we found that DR.treated groups had suppressed eosinophil infiltration, allergic airway inflammation and AHR by suppressing the production of IL-5, IL-13 and OVA specific IgE. Conclusions : Our data suggest that the therapeutic mechanism by which DR effectively treats asthma is based on reductions of Th2 cytokines (IL-5), eotaxin, OVA-specific IgE production and eosinophil infiltration.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.349-355
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• 2006

Dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM) has been widely used as a nonopioid antitussive drug with low toxicity and low potential for drug dependency. DXM is a psychotropic drug since 2003 in our country. This study was performed to investigate the immunotoxicity induced by abuse of DXM. Mice were orally exposed to DXM dissolved in saline as concentration of 30, 60, and 120 mg/kg b.w. before (day-2) or after (day+2) immunization (OVA-antigen, day 0). Thereafter, we measured the increased rate of body weight, relative weight of organ (thymus, spleen, liver, kidney) and OVA-specific IgM level in sera. In addition, mouse splenocytes were exposed to various concentration of DXM $(0.001{\sim}100{\mu}M)$ and cultured with B cell mitogen (LPS) and splenocytes proliferations (SP) were measured by MTT-assay. Thymus-weight were slightly changed on day 9 after administration of DXM, but body-, spleen-, liver-, and kidney-weight were not different between control group and DXM-treated group. SP to LPS were significantly decreased at high concentration $(100{\mu}M)$ when compared with controls. When DXM was administered before or after immunization with OVA-antigen, OVA-specific IgM levels were significantly lowered in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that DXM nay depress the primary humoral immune response to the initial antigenic challenge.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2002

목 적 : 최근 2~3년 주기로 홍역이 유행하고 있으며, 특히 2000년 말부터 2001년 초까지는 홍역의 집단발생으로 방역당국과 의료계가 비상이었다. 이에 저자들은 홍역에 이환된 환아의 혈청 항홍역 항체를 측정하고 홍역 예방 접종 유무에 따른 차이를 조사하여, 홍역 예방 접종의 효과를 보고, 추가접종의 필요성 및 시기를 살펴보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2000년 6월부터 2001년 6월까지 임상적으로 홍역이 의심되어 원주기독병원에 입원 또는 외래 방문한 298명의 환아 중, criteria for disease control을 만족하는 201명의 환아를 대상으로 홍역 발생의 성별, 월별분포, 예방접종 유무에 따른 연령별 분포 및 항홍역 항체의 양상을 조사하였다. 항홍역 항체의 측정은 발진시기에 채혈한 혈액을 Immunofluorescent Assay로 시행하였으며 IgG 항체는 역가가 1 : 10 이상인 경우를 양성으로 판정하였고, IgM 항체는 양성인 경우를 양성으로 하였다. 결 과 : 1) 대상군은 남아 117명, 여아 84명으로 남녀비는 1.4 : 1이었다. 2) 월병 발생 빈도는 5월에 38례(18.9%)로 가장 많이 발생하였으며, 2000년 11월부터 2001년 1월까지 증가 추세에 있다가 2월과 3월에 감소한 후 4월부터 다시 증가하였다. 3) 대상군 중 예방 접종을 시행한 경우는 93례(46.3%), 시행하지 않은 경우는 108례(53.7%)로 비접종군이 더 많았으나, 통계학적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 4) 접종군에서의 연령별 분포는 10세 이상에서 54례(58.1%), 7~10세가 15례(16.0%), 15개월~3세가 12례(12.9%), 4~6세 및 6~14개월이 각각 6례(6.5%)였다. 5) 비접종군에서의 연령별 분포는 6~14개월이 88례(81.5%), 15개월~3세가 9례(8.3%), 6개월 미만이 7례(6.5%), 10세 이상 3례(2.8%), 7~10세가 1례(0.9%)였다. 6) 예방접종 유무에 따른 항홍역 항체 IgG, IgM의 분포는 접종군에서 IgG, IgM 모두 양성인 경우가 78례(87.6%), IgG(+) IgM(-)인 경우가 11례(12.4%)였으며, 비접종군에서는 IgG, IgM 모두 양성인 경우가 69례(63.9%), IgG(-), IgM(+)인 경우는 39례(36.1%)로 나타났다. 결 론 : 홍역에 이환된 환아 중 비접종군에서는 6~14개월에 이환율이 가장 높았으며 이는 6~14개월에 모체로부터 받은 항체가 가장 많이 소실되기 때문으로 사료된다. 접종군에서는 10세 이상에서 이환율이 가장 높았고, IgG, IgM 모두 양성이면서 홍역에 이환된 경우가 대부분인 점으로 보아, 홍역 특이 IgG 항체 역가가 10세 이후에 가장 많이 감소하는 것으로 추측할 수 있다. 따라서 홍역의 퇴치를 위해서 홍역의 초기 예방접종 뿐만 아니라 재접종이 중요하며, 특히 재접종의 시기가 매우 중요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.798-803
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• 2011

난황에 포함된 IgY는 포유동물에 있는 바이러스나 항원에 반응하는 항체와 같은 역할을 한다. IgY 분리를 위해 난황을 전처리한 후 3-zone SMB를 이용하여 지질단백질들로 부터 분리하는 전산모사연구를 수행하였다. 회분식 크로마토그래피와 pulse input method(PIM) 실험을 이용하여 전산모사 매개변수와 흡착 등온식을 얻었다. Aspen simulator를 이용하여 전산모사를 수행하여 IgY를 분리할 수 있는 SMB 운전조건을 다음과 같이 제시할 수 있었다. 삼각형 이론의 $m_2$와 $m_3$ 값은 각각 0.18, 1.0이고 스위칭 타임은 419 초이었다. 전산모사 결과 raffinate의 IgY 순도가 98.39%이고 두번째 싸이클에서 순도가 정상상태에 도달하였다.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2004

Allergic rhinitis is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa which is triggered by an allergic reaction. When exposed to certain allergens, the IgE covered mast cells degranulate releasing inflammatory mediators and cytokines which results in a local inflammatory reaction. In many recent studies, molecular biological methods have been used to investigate the role of cytokines in pathogenesis and new therapeutic targets of allergic rhinitis. This experimental study was done to research effects of Sochungryong-tang. We have studied effect of mice on OVA-induced production of IL-4, IL-5, IFN-${\gamma}$ by murine splenocytes and effect of OVA-induced total IgE and OVA-specific IgE. The results were as follows; 1. In IL-4 study, Sochungryong-tang treated group was proved significant inhibitory effect(p〈0.005). 2. In IL-5 study, Sochungryong-tang treated group was proved significant inhibitory effect(p〈0.05). 3. In JFN-${\gamma}$ study, Sochungryong-tang treated group was proved significant inhibitory effect(p〈0.000001). 4. In Total IgE, Sochungryong-tang treated group was proved significant inhibitory effect(p〈0.000001). 5. In OVA-specific IgE, Sochungryong-tang treated group didn't showed significant inhibitory effect. Depending upon above results, it is considered that Sochungryong-tang has the inhibitory effect on the allergic rhinitis of mice and suggested that it could be used in relieving patients of the symptoms which are caused by allergic rhinitis.