• 핵의학기술
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.64-68
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• 2019

기존에 Millex GS 멸균 필터를 사용하여 방사성 의약품 N-13 암모니아 주사액 제조 시 많은 양의 방사성 의약품이 멸균 필터에 흡착되어 있었다. 이에 Satorious의 Minisart 멸균 필터를 사용하여 흡착률의 차이를 확인하고 합성 수율을 증가시키고자 하였다. 실험 대상은 Millex GS 필터와 Satorious Minisart 필터를 대상으로 하였으며 제조된 N-13 암모니아를 각각의 멸균 필터에 통과시킨 후 선량계를 이용하여 흡착률을 구하였다(n=10). 그리고 품질 관리 시험을 시행하여 본원 기준에 적합한지 확인하였다. 실험 결과 Millex GS와 Sartorious Minisart 필터에 각각 $71.0{\pm}17.6%$와 $19.1{\pm}3.2%$ 흡착되었다. 필터를 제거한 product vial에는 Millex GS와 Sartorious 각각 $29.0{\pm}17.6%$와 $80.9{\pm}3.2%$ 여과되었다. 여과된 암모니아 주사액의 양은 GS 필터보다 Minisart 필터를 사용할 때 약 2.8배 더 많이 획득할 수 있었다. 각 멸균 필터를 통과한 N-13 암모니아 주사액의 방사화학적 이물, 화학적 이물, 이 핵종, pH, 엔도톡신, 무균 시험 등 품질 관리 시험 결과 본원 기준에 적합하였다. Millex GS 필터의 얇은 막은 mixed cellulous easter(MCE)로써 acetic acid, sulfic acid, anhydride에 추가로 Nitrocellulose가 약 80%의 비중을 차지하고 있는 필터이다. 때문에 Nitrocellulose가 포함되지 않은 CA계열인 Sartorious Minisart 필터보다 여과할 수 있는 성능은 Millex GS가 우수하나, 품질시험의 평가상 Satorious Minisart 필터를 사용하여도 문제가 없을 것이다. 따라서 N-13 암모니아 주사액 제조 시, Satorious Minisart 필터를 사용함으로써 필터 흡착으로 인한 손실을 최소화하고, 비용도 절감 할 수 있으며, 보다 안정적으로 N-13 암모니아 주사액을 제조 할 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.230-234
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• 1998

Background: Continuous epidural block is widely used for surgical operation and postoperative pain management. The potential infection due to the epidural catheter is a definite harzard of continous epidural block. We investigated the effectiveness of bacterial filter in prevention of infection due to the epidural catheter. Methods: Patients scheduled for transabdominal hysterectomy were assigned to two groups by simple randomization (50 patients per group). All catheters were placed in the 2nd and 3rd lumbar epidural space, using careful sterile technique. Group 1 received injections by the epidural catheter with a bacterial filter and group 2 received injections by the epidural catheter without a bacterial filter. The infection rate in the tips of epidural catheter left for 3 days were compared between the two groups. Results: There was no significant difference in the infection rate between two groups. Conclusions: A bacterial filter of the epidural catheter for surgical anesthesia and postoperative analgesia dose not prevent all kinds of infection in continuous epidural block.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.183-186
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• 1994

태백벼의 현탁배양세포주로부터 유도된 체세포배를 낱개로 알진산 캡슐화하여 인공종자화하였다. 인공종자는 1/2 MS 고체배지에서 73%의 발아율을 나타내었으며 알진산 캡슐은 체세포배의 발아율에 영향을 주지 않았다. 그러나 멸균되지 않은 여과지에서는 발아율이 60%로 낮아졌다. 캡슐화된 진정종자는 무균상태여부에 관계없이 높은 발아율을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로 무균상태가 유지되지 않을 때 인공종자 발아율이 낮아지는 것은 체세포배가 진정종자의 접합자배보다 오염을 견디기 어렵기 때문인 것으로 사료된다.

• 약학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 1978

In order to study the growth and survival of enteric pathogens causing water-borne infections in sewage, the filter-sterilized and autoclaved sewages of Dae Gu City were inoculated with Salmonella typhimuriuim, Shigella flexneri 2a, Sh. sonnei I, Vibrio eltor and V. parahaemolyticus, as test series and Escherichia coli as control. After varying periods of incubation up to 15 days at $4^{\circ}$, $15^{\circ}$, $25^{\circ}$ and $37^{\circ}C$, viable cells in the inoculated sewages were counted by colony count technique. Distilled water and 0.9% saline were subjected to inoculation of the organisms was observed in the filter-sterilized and autoclaved sewages at $4^{\circ}$ and the sewages became sterile within a few days. At $15^{\circ}$, no growth and rapid inactivation of the organisms in the filter-sterilized sewage and slight or no growth in the autoclaved sewage was noted. Some viable cells were found in the autoclaved sewage after 15 days. A considerable growth was observed in the filter-sterilized and autoclayed sewages, at $25^{\circ}$ and $37^{\circ}$, and large numbers of viable cells were found even after 15days of incubation. In general, the autoclaved sewage supproted the growth more noticeably than the filter-sterilized, except for V.parahaemolyticus which grew well in filter-sterilized sewage. No marked difference was noted between incubations at $25^{\circ}$ and $37^{\circ}$, but V. parahaemolyticus showed a slightly more active growth at $25^{\circ}$ than at $37^{\circ}$. Distilled water inactivated the organisms within a few days, but saline supported the growth at $25^{\circ}$ and $37^{\circ}$. Marked differences were noted in the survival test of sewages pathogens of different origins.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2008

The radiopharmaceuticals are routinely injected to blood vessel for acquiring PET image. For this reason, It is imperative that they undergo strict quality control measures. Especially, Sterility test is more important than any other quality control procedures. According to the FDA guideline, It requires filter integrity test used in the processing of sterile solutions. Among several methods, we can decide to use bubble point test. We usually use vented GS-filters (Millipore co., USA) which are sterilizinggrade (0.22 um pore size) and are placed upper site on product vial. After the synthesis of $^{18}F$-FDG, solutions wet the membrane in filter and then go into the product vial. By all synthesis steps have finished, we can observe the presence of the bubbles in the product vial. Since we have started this study, we have never found any bubbles in the product vial. Because the maximum pressure intensity of the filter which has set by manufacturer is up to 5 bars, but helium gas pressure is up to 1 bar in our module system. So, we can make 5 bars pressure using helium gas bombe and increase pressure up to 5 bars step by step. However, it does not happen to anything in vial.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.124-128
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• 1998

The procedures currently used for determining microbiological quality of natural mineral water recommend filtration through membrane filters. In this study, we evaluated the effect of vacuum pressure for the accurate detection of bacteria from water samples seeded with Escherichia coli. We observed that the number of E. coli detected increased with increasing vacuum pressure. In order to examine the retention rate of bacteria in the holes of the membranes under the different pressures, the membrane filters were removed after filtration, washed with sterile water by vortexing, and placed on m-Endo agar plates. With all the filters tested, the number of E. coli retained within the filters at negative 600 mmHg was approximately 10 to $20\%$ higher than that obtained with 100 mmHg. These results demonstrate that the vacuum pressure exerted during the filtration procedure may affect the fixation of bacteria into some portions of openings in the membrane filter.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

Pfiesteriaand Pfiesteria-like organisms were reported to be linked to major fish kills(involving well over a billion fish) in North Carolina and Maryland estuaries on the U.S. east coast during the 1990s. Occurrences of these species have been recently reported from Korean waters including Chinhae Bay and the coast of Yeosu. In this study, the life cycle of Cryptoperidiniopsis brodyi and Pfiesteria piscicida were examined using DAPI staining. Their excystment and growth were stimulated directly by the addition of prey cells such as Rhodiminas salina. Amoeboid stages in C. brodyi and P. piscicida were never observed in culture, even after addition of filter-sterile fish mucus and tissue. The dominant life cycle stages consisted of motile flagellated zoospores and cysts. A typical dinoflagellate life cycle was demonstrated by direct observation and DAPI staining.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2002년도 제9차 국제심포지움 및 추계정기학술발표회
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• pp.53-53
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• 2002

Shoot tips of in vitro propagated plantlets were cryopreserved using encapsulation/dehydration procedures. Shoot tips were excised under filter sterilized antioxidants solution (0.2M phosphate buffer, pH 5.7 supplemented with 5g/1 ascorbic acid and 15g/1 sodium borate). They were drawn up into a sterile 10 $\textrm{cm}^3$disposable pipette and were dropped into the culture medium with 2.5w/v Na-alginate, then into 100mM CaCl$_2$.2$H_2O$. Encapsulated shoot tips were transferred into 10㎤ of liquid culture medium with a range of sucrose concentrations (0.25-1.0M) and were incubated in dark for 24 hours in 18C at 40rpm. Beads were then dehydrated in silica gel for different time intervals (1-24 hours). Then they were freeze dried either rapidly (plunge directly into liquid N2 or in two stages (samples were kept at 20C for 10 minutes, then reduced to 35C at 1C per minute. Then, plunge into liquid $N_2$). The influence of sucrose and silica gel pre-treatment on pre- and post-freeze shoot growth was examined.(중략)

• 핵의학기술
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.84-87
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• 2018

핵의학과에서 사용하는 방사성의약품은 판매를 하지 않고 의사의 처방이나 지시에 따라 특정 환자에게만 사용하므로 조제에 해당하고, 이를 분배하여 검사에 이용한다. 환자에게 투여되는 방사성의약품은 조제와 분배과정에서 방사선안전관리 뿐만 아니라 무균 작업도 동시에 이루어져야한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 방사성의약품의 조제 및 분배과정에서 적절한 환경오염균 관리가 이루어지고 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 먼저 일반작업대와 무균작업대에서 조제 및 분배되어진 방사성의약품의 미생물배양시험을 각각 5회 실시하였다. 두번째로 양쪽 작업대 내에서의 낙하균시험을 배기필터 사용 전과 후 각각 3회 실시하였다. 마지막으로 세균수를 측정할 수 있는 아데노신삼인산(Adenosine Tri-Phosphate, ATP) 측정시험을 양쪽 작업대에 각각 실시하였다. 추가로 분배 및 조제의 과정에서 오염 가능성이 있을 수 있는 위치와 물품을 지정하여 ATP측정시험을 실시하였다. 미생물배양시험은 양쪽의 샘플 모두 어떠한 미생물도 검출되지 않았다. 낙하균시험에서는 일반작업대에서 배기필터 사용하지 않았을 때 1회 균이 검출되었다. ATP측정시험에서는 양쪽 작업대 모두에서 오염기준치인 400 RLU 이하의 수치로 측정되었다. 추가로 실시한 ATP측정시험에서는 분배실 내 냉장고 손잡이1217 RLU, 테크네슘 제너레이터의 진공바이알 차폐체 435 RLU, 실린지홀더에서 1357 RLU로 기준치 이상 측정되었고 환경소독제로 소독 후 다시 측정한 결과 각각 311 RLU, 136 RLU, 291 RLU로 낮게 측정됨을 알 수 있었다. 무균작업을 위한 청결한 작업구역을 설정하고 작업대의 배기필터는 항상 사용해야 하며, 적절한 손위생과 보호구를 착용한다면 미생물오염이 발생할 가능성을 낮출 수 있으므로 자체적으로 무균처리를 위한 정기적인 점검과 관리가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.189-200
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• 2010

Objectives : Regulatory T cells can reduce inflammation and allergic reactions through their inhibitory functions. Gardeniae Fructus(GF) is a Heat-clearing herb used in traditional Korean medicine, and a wide range of studies on its antiinflammatory effects are being carried out. The authors investigated the effect that Gardeniae Fructus has on regulatory T cells. Methods : The authors screened 14 herbs for their effects on regulatory T cells. 100mg of each herb were separately dissolved in 1ml of sterile saline and the supernatant was harvested after 10 minutes of centrifuge at 15,000 rpm. The supernatant was filtered through a 0.2 ${\mu}m$ syringe filter, and the resulting stock was refrigerated at $4^{\circ}C$. The stock was diluted before testing and used at a final concentration of $0.01{\mu}g/ml$. CD4+CD25+ T cells from healthy BALB/c spleens were used as natural regulatory T cells (nTreg), and CD4+CD25- T cells were used as reactive T cells. CD4+CD25+ and CD4+CD25- T cells were activated with anti-CD3e ($10{\mu}g/m{\ell}$)/anti-CD28 ($1{\mu}g/m{\ell}$) and cultured. IL-10 from supernatant of the culture medium was measured by IL-10 cytokine ELISA. The percentages, cell numbers, phenotype and function of CD4+CD25+ Treg cells were determined by flow cytometry. Results : Gardeniae Fructus was shown to be the most potent herb among the 14 herbs tested for suppressing CD4+CD25- reactive T cell proliferation by stimulating CD4+CD25+ natural regulatory T cells. Gardeniae Fructus induces IL-10 secretion increase by stimulating CD4+CD25+ natural regulatory T cells, and indirectly suppresses CD4+CD25- reactive T cell proliferation through increasing CD25 (IL-2 receptor $\alpha$) expression and thus promoting bonding with IL-2. Gardeniae Fructus did not directly affect CD4+CD25- reactive T cell proliferation. Conclusions : Gardeniae Fructus suppressed reactive T cell proliferation through inducing increases in IL-10 secretion and CD25 (IL-2 receptor $\alpha$) expression.