• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2017

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait leading to loss of the ability to produce fertile pollen and is extensively used in hybrid crop breeding. Ogura-CMS was originally generated by insertion of orf138 upstream of atp8 in the radish mitochondrial genome and transferred to Brassica crops for hybrid breeding. Gene expression changes by dysfunctional mitochondria in Ogura-CMS result in pollen developmental defects, but little is known about gene expression patterns in vegetative tissue. To examine the interaction between nuclear and organellar regulation of gene expression, microarray and subsequent gene expression experiments were conducted with leaves of $F_1$ hybrid Chinese cabbage derived from self-incompatible (SI) or Ogura-CMS parents (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). Out of 24,000 genes deposited on a KBGP24K microarray, 66 genes were up-regulated and 26 genes were down-regulated by over 2.5 fold in the CMS leaves. Up-regulated genes included stress-response genes and mitochondrial protein genes, while genes for ascorbic acid biosynthesis and thylakoid proteins were down-regulated. Most of the major component genes for light reactions of photosynthesis were highly expressed in leaves of both SI and CMS plants, but most of the corresponding proteins were found to be greatly reduced in leaves of CMS plants, indicating posttranscriptional regulation. Reduction in thylakoid proteins and chlorophylls led to reduction in photosynthetic efficiency and chlorosis of Ogura-CMS at low temperatures. This research provides a foundation for studying chloroplast function regulated by mitochondrial signal and for using organelle genome introgression in molecular breeding.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2005

The $Ca^{2+}-activated$ chloride channel (CLCA) was activated by ginseng total saponin (GTS) in Xenopus oocytes. The reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) method was performed with gene specific primers on oocytes. The gene specific primers were deduced from spleen cDNA in expressed sequence tags (EST) database showing high homology to the mouse CLCA. Full length of cDNA sequence was completed by linkage of several 5' and 3'-half cDNA fragments have been sequenced. We named the full cDNA to oCLCA transiently. The oCLCA gene encodes a protein of 911 amino acids with $48.9\%$ identity overall to that of mouse CLCA (mCLCA4). A predicted oCLCA amino acids sequence shows the molecular weight of 108 kDa and has four or more transmembrane domains, and also the one hydrophobic C­terminal domain. oCLCA gene was expressed ubiquitously in various tissues included oocytes, also interfered in oocytes by siRNA for oCLCA. Here, we suggest that oCLCA is a endogenous chloride channel gene in oocytes. We are studying for the identification of oCLCA gene and further physiological research.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.545-552
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• 2003

When a Si PIN diode is exposed to fast neutrons, it results in displacement damage to the Si lattice structure of the diode. Defects induced from structural dislocation become effective recombination centers for carriers which pass through the base of a PIN diode. Hence, increasing the resistivity of the diode decreases the current for the applied forward voltage. This paper involves the development of a neutron sensor based on the phenomena of the displacement effect damaged by neutron exposure. The neutron effect on the semiconductor was analyzed. Several PIN diode arrays with various thickness and cross-section area of the intrinsic layer(I layer) were fabricated. Under irradiation tests with a neutron beam, the manufactured diodes have a good linearity to neutron dose and show that the increase of thickness of I layer and the decrease of cross-section of PIN diodes improve the sensitivity. Newly developed PIN diodes with thicker I layer and various cross section, were retested and then showed the best neutron sensitivity at the condition that the I layer thickness was similar to a side length. On the basis of two test results, final discrete PIN diodes with a rectangular shape were manufactured and the characteristics as neutron detectors were analyzed through the neutron beam test using on-line electronic dosimetry system. Developed PIN diode shows a good linearity as dosimetry in the range of 0 to 1,000cGy(Tissue) and its neutron sensitivity is 13mV/cGy at constant current of 5mA, that is three times higher than that of commercially available neutron detectors. And the device shows little dependency on the orientation of the neutron beam and a considerable stability in annealing test for a long period.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.136-141
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• 2021

Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a complex autoimmune disease with a spectrum of signs. we previously reported that trisialoganglioside (GT)1b is significantly overexpressed in the orbital tissue of TED patients, and that exogenous GT1b strongly induced HA synthesis in orbital fibroblasts. However, the signaling pathway in GT1b-induced hyaluronic acid synthase (HAS) expression in orbital fibroblasts from TED patients have rarely been investigated. Here, we demonstrated that GT1b induced phosphorylation of Akt/mTOR in a dose-dependent manner in orbital fibroblasts from TED patients. Both co-treatment with a specific inhibitor for PI3K and siRNA knockdown of TLR2 attenuated GT1b-induced Akt phosphorylation. GT1b significantly induced HAS2 expression at both the transcriptional and translational level, which was suppressed by specific inhibitors of PI3K or Akt/mTOR, and by siRNA knockdown of TLR2. In conclusion, GT1b induced HAS2 in orbital fibroblasts from TED patients via activation of the PI3K-related signaling pathway, dependent on TLR2.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.120-124
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• 2017

A-49-year-old male patient with no specific medical history was admitted to the clinic because of persistent epigastric pain radiating to back for 4 months. He had multiple parenchymal tumors in body and tail of pancreas, para-spinal muscle, and mediastinum on abdomen CT image. Cytologic examination of the pancreas which was done by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) showed adenocarcinoma, whereas histological examination of the para-spinal mass showed undifferentiated sarcoma. Histologic examination of the pancreatic mass was made through endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) for accurate diagnosis, and the histologic examination of both the pancreas and posterior mediastinal mass showed the same undifferentiated sarcoma. Therefore, we reviewed the cytopathic tissue obtained from the pancreas for the first time, and it was confirmed to be similar to histologic findings in the mediastinal mass.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2005

목적: 작은 뇌전이 종양의 조기 발견은 중요하다. 이 연구의 목적은 1.5 T MRI와 3.0 T MRI 간의 크기에 따른 뇌전이 종양의 발견율을 비교하는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: 폐암으로 진단 받은 162명의 환자를 대상으로 TNM 병기를 위해 뇌 MRI를 시행하였다. Gd-DTPA 를 2배 용량으로 투여 후, 3.0 T MRI에서 훼손경사회복획득으로 촬영하였으며 그 후 1.5 T MRI에서 T1 스핀 에코로 촬영하였다. 3명의 방사선과 전문의가 합의하여 MRI를 판독하였으며 정성 평가를 시행하였다. 3.0 T와 1.5 T MRI에서 크기에 따라 민감도, 양성 예측률, 정확도를 평가하였다. 신호 강도를 사용하여 전이 종양과 인접 조직간의 신호강도 비를 계산하였다. 결과: 162명의 환자 중 31명에서 1.5 T 또는 3.0 T MR에 뇌전이 종양이 발견되었다. 3.0 T MRI에서 143개의 종양이 발견되었으나 1.5 T MRI에서 137개의 종양이 발견되었다. 6개의 종양이 3.0 T MRI에서만 발견되었으며 크기는 모두 3 mm 미만이었다. 3.0 T MRI의 민감도, 양성 예측률, 정확도는 각각 100%, 100%, 100%이며, 1.5 T MRI에서는 각각 95.8%, 88.3%, 85.1% 이다. SI ratio는 1.5 T MRI보다 3.0 T MRI에서 유의하게 높았다(p=0.025). 결론: Double dose Gd-DTPA를 이용한 3.0 T MRI는 3 mm미만의 뇌전이 종양을 발견하는데 있어서 1.5 T MRI 보다 우수하다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.868-873
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• 2004

Renal dysfunction could be developed as the secondary disease of liver cirrhosis. Delayed or suppresed lipid peroxidation by the treatment with physiological active substances could be explained as the antioxidative and protective effect in tissue damage. In this study, we investigated an antioxidative effect and renal function improvement of Hovenia dulcis in liver fibrosis(cirrhosis) induced rats. The female Sprague-Dawley rats (180∼210 g) were divided into 3 groups (Normal, AC: CCl₄ mixture treated group, AC-HV: CCl₄ mixture+ Hovenia dulcis treated group) and renal damage was developed by CCl₄ mixture administration in 4 weeks (0.8 ㎖/rat). The tissue of kidney and liver and sera were used for quantitative measurement of enzyme activity, MDA and Hyp. The histological change and gene expression of collagen α1(III) mRNA and a1(IV) mRNA were observed by Masson's trichrome staining and RT-PCR. As a result, the clinical biochemical parameters of liver function (AST and ALT) in sera of AC-HV group showed significantly 46.4% and 104.8% lower (p<0.005), and the level of ALP and BUN as the parameter of protein urine and azotemia showed 17.8 % and 25.8 % lower than in AC group. In AC-HV group, the concentration of MDA in kidney and liver was decreased significantly 15.8% and 21.3% when compared with AC group (p<0.01 -0.005). The content of Hyp in kidney of AC-HV group is merely higher than in AC group, in contrast to liver tissue. The expression of collagen α1(III) mRNA and collagen α1(IV) mRNA was decreased in AC, but both of collagen mRNA in normal and AC-HV group expressed fast similar. More massive lipid droplets, thicker collagen fiber bundles in portal triads and more formation of portal central septum were observed in the liver of AC group than in AC-HV group. In conclusion, CCl₄ mixture intoxication could be developed not only liver fibrosis(cirrhosis) but also renal dysfunction by the massive lipid peroxidation and suppression of interstitial collagen and basement membrane collagen synthesis. And the water extract of Hovenia dulcis may be possessed the antioxidative and protective effect and improvement of kidney function in renal dysfunction induced rats.

• 폴리머
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.282-288
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• 2010

소장점막하조직(SIS)은 면역반응이 없어 생체물질로 널리 사용되고 있다. 히알루론산(HA)은 천연 보습제라 불릴 정도로 친수성이 매우 뛰어나고 조직을 수복하기 위한 체내이식용 구조물로써 널리 사용되고 있는 천연고분자이다. 본 연구에서는 섬유륜세포를 이용한 조직공학 디스크 재생을 위해 HA를 함유한 SIS/HA 스폰지를 제조하였다. 제조된 스폰지 내부의 전자현미경 관찰 결과 열린 다공구조를 하고 있음을 확인하였고, FTIR 분석을 통해 C-O 관능기가 관찰 되어 SIS/HA 스폰지 내부의 HA가 빠져나가지 않고 고르게 분포되어 있음을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 SIS/HA 스폰지는 SIS와 HA 각각의 특성을 유지하며 섬유륜세포의 성장에 유익한 환경을 제공함을 확인하였고, 이는 HA의 우수한 생체적합성 및 수분 보유능력에 기인된 것으로 사료된다.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2014

감자('수미') 괴경을 종단으로 절단하고, 상 중 하 및 주변부와 중심조직으로 구분하여 합계 11개 부위를 혈당측정기로 포도당 수치를 구하였다. '수미' 감자는 개체간(변이계수 = 37.4%) 및 부위별(변이계수 = 34.1%)로 포도당 수치가 달랐으나, 주변부의 포도당 농도가 중심부보다 높게 측정되었다. 괴경 전체와 각 부위 사이의 포도당 농도 상관관계는 중앙부위에서 높게 측정되어(r = 0.921), 중앙 부위의 당 수치가 괴경 전체를 대표할 수 있었다. 수확 후 $2.0{\pm}1.0^{\circ}C$에서 4개월간 저장한 감자의 포도당 함량은 상온에서 저장한 감자의 당 함량보다 5.5배나 높았다. 저온에 저장한 감자의 칩 색깔은 진한 갈색이었고, 상온 저장 감자의 칩은 밝은 미색이었다. 이러한 결과는 혈당측정기로 감자 중심부 조직의 포도당 함량을 측정하여 수확 당시 및 저장 중인 감자의 가공적합성을 신속하게 판정하는 기술로서 그 활용가치가 크다고 판단되었다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.395-402
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• 2012

호흡조절 방사선치료는 호흡이나 장기의 움직임을 극복하기 위하여 환자의 호흡주기를 획득하여 종양조직에 처방선량을 부여하며 동시에 주위 정상조직에는 적은 방사선량을 부여하는 방법이다. ABCHES를 이용한 호흡조절 방사선 치료는 호흡을 얕은 호흡으로 유도하며 종양조직의 움직임을 최소화 하는데 도움을 줄 수 있는 부속 장비이다. 한편 복부 압박 기구는 환자의 복부에 압박을 실시함으로 호흡에 제한을 두는 치료보조용 기구이다. 본 논문에서는 ABCHES를 단독으로 사용한 것과 ABCHES와 복부압박 장비를 이용하여 간세포암 환자의 종양의 움직임을 정량적으로 분석하고 그에 해당하는 치료효과를 선량체적곡선으로 분석하려 하였다. ABCHES를 사용한 경우와 ABCHES와 복부압박기구를 동시에 사용한 경우를 비교해본 결과 상하 방향과 앞뒤 방향 그리고 좌우 향으로 각각 평균 1.0 mm, 0.2 mm, 0.2 mm 정도로 그 움직임을 제한 할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 체적 감소율 또한 ABCHES를 사용한 경우 HPTV와 LPTV가 체적의 변화율을 $16{\pm}2%$ 정도로 줄일 수 있었고, LPTV의 경우 $15.8{\pm}0.8%$의 체적을 제어할 수 있었다. 선량체적 곡선을 분석한 경우 ABCHES만을 사용한 경우보다 ABCHES와 복부압박 기구를 동시에 사용한 경우가 종양조직에는 처방선량에 가까운 선량값을 보였으며 정상조직인 동측 폐, 콩팥, 정상 간조직에는 보다 적은 선량이 부여된 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 본 논문에 결과 ABCHES를 단독으로 사용하는 것보다 복부압박기구와 ABCHES를 동시에 사용한 경우가 종양 및 정상조직에 부여된 선량 기준에 적합하다고 판명 되었고, 향후 ABCHES와 복부압박 기구에 대한 제한점 즉, 복부의 압박강도에 따른 환자의 불편감, 호흡주기가 정확하지 않은 환자들에게 적용하여야 하는 방법 등이 추후에 논의 되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.