교맥 에탄올 추출물의 멜라닌생성 억제효과

김대성,노성택,이장천,임규상,신미란,우원홍,문연자 한국전통의학연구소 2006 한국전통의학지 Vol.15 No.1

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethanol extract of Fagopyrum escuentum(FE) on the melanogenesis. To determine whether ethanol extract of FE suppress melanin synthesis in cellular level, B16F10 melanoma cells were cultured in the presence of different concentrations of FE ethanol extract. In the present study, the author examined the effects of FE ethanol extract on cell proliferation, melanin contents, tyrosinase activity. Cell proliferation was slightly increased by treatment with ethanol extract of FE (25-200 ㎍/ml). The ethanol extract of FE effectively suppressed melanin contents at a dose of 100 ㎍/ml. It was observed that the color of cell pellets was totally whitened compared with the control. The ethanol extract of FE inhibited tyrosinase activity, regulate melanin biosynthesis as the key enzyme in melanogenesis. These results suggest that the ethanol extract of FE exerts its depigmenting effects through the suppression of tyrosinase activity. And it may be a potent depigmetation agent in hyperpigmentation condition.

진세노사이드 Rd와 사포닌 대사물인 compound K의 항지질과산화 효과

김경현,성금수,문연자,박시준,신미란,장재철 한국전통의학연구소 2006 한국전통의학지 Vol.15 No.1

To study on antioxidant effects in the liver of 40-week-old mouse, the sample were orally pretreated 5mg/kg/day for 5 days with red ginseng saponin components(total saponin, protopanaxadiol saponin, protopanaxatriol saponin, ginsenoside-Rd, ginsenoside-Re, compound-K) for 5 days. The ability of saponin to protect the mouse liver from oxidative damage was examined by determining the activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD), glutathione peroxidase(GPx) and the contents of glutathione, the level of malondialdehyde. The only protopanaxadiol among the ginseng saponin fractions was significantly increased the hepatic SOD activity(p<0.01). The red ginseng saponin induced a slight increase of GPx activity, especially ginsenoside Rd, compound K and protopanaxatriol treatments significantly increased its activity. The content of glutathione was significantly increased by total saponin, protopanaxadiol and ginsenoside Rd(p<0.01), but the oxidized glutathione level was lowered in all the red ginseng saponin. Finally, the level of malondialdehyde was significantly decreased by ginsenoside Rd and protopanaxadiol. In conclusion, protopanaxadiol and ginsenoside Rd among the saponin fraction were especially increased in the activity of hepatic antioxidative enzyme and decreased the lipid peroxidation that was expressed in term of MDA formation. This comprehensive antioxidant effects of red ginseng saponin seems to be by a certain action of saponin other than a direct antioxidant action.

고객의 호텔 컨벤션시설 선택성향에 관한 연구

김미경,이미란 慶南專門大學 2000 論文集 Vol.28 No.1

자가 말초혈액 조혈모세포 이식술의 임상적용

김혁,안명주,오석중,이영열,김인순,정태준,최일영,오미란,임호준,이항,김신규 한양대학교 의과대학 1999 한양의대 학술지 Vol.19 No.1

Responses to chemotherapy correlate with the increased dose of chemotherapeutic agents in some cancers, e.g. breast cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, Hodgkin's disease(HD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(NHL), then for the improvement of the chemotherapy responsiveness, high-dose chemotherapy(HDCT) was proposed. But, it's application was limited due to complications, especially bone marrow suppression. HDCT and succeeding autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation(APBSCT) was introduced to overcome this problem. This study was designed to determine the clinical pictures including clinical parameters and the responsiveness of HDCT followed by APBSCT in Hanyang University Hospital. Ten patients were enrolled. They were 8 adults (3 breast cancers, 3 multiple myelomas, 1 HD, 1 NHL) and 2 children (1 acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), 1 neuroblastoma). Mobilization chemocherapy(MCT) followed by Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor(G-CSF) was administered to mobilize stem cells from bone marrow to peripheral blood. The stem cells were collected by using CS-3000 and cryopreserved at -196℃ with programmed controlled rate freezer as the mixture with 10% dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO). HDCT was administered and cryopreserved peripheral stem cells were infused on day 0 as planned. Patients' mean age was 41 years old. After induction chemotherapy three patients achieved complete response and 5 partial response. The median time for bone marrow recovery after MCT was 11.5 days for neutrophil(〉500/㎣) and 4.8 days for platelet(〉20,000/㎣). There were three cases of neutropenic fever and one case of gingivitis. After HDCT with APBSCT, one patient was converted partial response to complete response, and one patient achieved complete response after HDCT without induction chemotherapy. The median time for bone marrow recovery was 12.7 days for neutrophil(〉500/㎣) and 14.7 days for platelet(〉20,000/㎣). Eight patients developed neutropenic fever and required systemic antibiotics. Transfusion was required 1.6 pints for packed red cell and 23.4 pints for platelet concentrates. Toxicity consisted mainly of vomiting, diarrhea, and mucositis which were mild. HDCT with APBSCT can be performed safely with minimal complications. For the evaluation of the exact role of HDCT with APBSCT in malignant diseases, further studies are required as a large scale of patients and lung-term follow up.

당뇨환자에서 비케톤성 고혈당에 동반하여 나타난 전신성 무도병 1예

신현란,김지훈,박미영 영남대학교 의과대학 2002 Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine Vol.19 No.2

Even thoght the nonketotic hyperglycemia is a metabolic disorder, it complicates hemichorea-hemiballism rarely. Moreover, generalized chorea-ballism associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus is very rare, so has not been reported in Korean literature. Although the precise pathophysiologic mechanisms of these disorders are still poorly understood, deficiency of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) in nonketotic hyperglycemia or reduced GABAnergic inhibition by striatal lesion may increase inhibitory output to subthalamic nucleus. These result loss of pallidal inhibition and produce contralateral hemichorea-hemiballism. The striatal lesions, such as transient ischemia with reactive astrocytosis or small amount of petechial hemorrhage, are related with changes of magnetic resonance image (MRI) findings presumably. We report a diabetic old woman who developed generalized chorea-ballismus as a very rare complication of nonketotic hyperglycemia. Her brain MRI showed high signal intensity in left lentiform nucleus and right pallidum on T1 weighted images and low signal intensity in bilateral putamen on T2 weighted images with highly enhanced corresponding lesions on T1 weighted enhancement images.

라벤더 에탄올 추출물의 피지생성 억제효과

박시준,김호민,한규수,성금수,신미란,문연자,우원홍 한국전통의학연구소 2006 한국전통의학지 Vol.15 No.1

Lavandula vera is indispensable member of the herb family, used for perfumes and potpourri. Androgens have profound effects on the physiology of the sebaceous gland. Sebum is secreted due to the effect of androgen, which starts to be secreted at puberty. Using the human sebocyte cell line SZ95, the author investigated the inhibitory effect of Lavandula vera on the lipid production. Light microscopic finding were examined numerous cytoplasmic lipid droplets SZ95 cells by Oil red staining and lipid droplets were increased markedly by testosterone. On the other hand, combined treatment with Lavandula vera and testosterone resulted in a lower lipid droplets than with testosterone alone in a dose-dependent manner. These findings indicate that Lavandula vera acts antagonistically to testosterone and inhibits the lipid synthesis of SZ95 cells at the cellular level.

면접조사를 통한 초등학생의 영양교육 실태 및 실천도 조사

오유진,이영미,김정현,안홍석,김정원,박혜련,서정숙,김경원,권오란,박혜경,이은주,성현이 대한지역사회영양학회 2008 대한지역사회영양학회지 Vol.13 No.4

This study investigated the experience and practice of elementary school students on nutrition education. The data were collected from 217 male and female students attending 5-6th grade elementary schools in Seoul and Kyunggi-Do from March to June 2007, interviewing face to face by a nutrition teacher and 3 interns of a nutrition teacher. The results were as follows: 86.5% of the subjects learned about ‘Table etiquette’, ‘Reasons for eating fruits and vegetables’ (78.7%), ‘Food waste and environment’ (72.3%), ‘Healthy snacks’ (55.7%), ‘Food sanitation’ (52.3%), ‘Food culture of foreign countries’ (48.1%). Nutrition education experience was significantly different by gender. A total of 43.5% boys responded that they never learned about ‘basic food preperation’ (p < 0.01). They had learned ‘Nutrients for body’ and ‘Food waste and environment’ in school, ‘Healthy weight loss’, ‘Food culture of foreign countries’, ‘Food circulation’ on television, Most content (‘Table etiquette’, ‘Simple cooking’, ‘Food sanitati n’, ‘Eating behaviors for health’, ‘Reasons for eating fruits and vegetables’, ‘Healthy snacks’) was learned from parents. The practice after nutrition education was higher in ‘Table etiquette’ (2.14), ‘Eating fruits and vegetables’ (2.07) than others compared with education experience. The most reason of non-practice on nutrition information was ‘Troublesome’. In ‘Nutrients for body’, a boy answered ‘Difficult for practice’ 20.0%, a girl answered ‘Difficult to understand’ 32.6%, showing a significant difference between the gender groups (p < 0.001). They remembered the ‘Nutrients for body’ (49.6%), ‘Food sanitation’ (44.5%) because of ‘important content’,‘Basic food preparation’ (40.6%), ‘Food culture of foreign countries’ (36.3%) because of ‘interesting content’, ‘Healthy weight loss’ (52.0%), ‘Eating behavior for health’ (44.5%) and ‘Healthy snacks’ (33.7%) because of ‘need for my health’.

Differentiating Uterine Sarcoma From Atypical Leiomyoma on Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Logistic Regression Classifier: Added Value of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging-Based Quantitative Parameters

Kim Hokun,Rha Sung Eun,Shin Yu Ri,Kim Eu Hyun,Park Soo Youn,Lee Su-Lim,Lee Ahwon,Kim Mee-Ran 대한영상의학회 2024 Korean Journal of Radiology Vol.25 No.1

Objective: To evaluate the added value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)-based quantitative parameters to distinguish uterine sarcomas from atypical leiomyomas on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods: A total of 138 patients (age, 43.7 ± 10.3 years) with uterine sarcoma (n = 44) and atypical leiomyoma (n = 94) were retrospectively collected from four institutions. The cohort was randomly divided into training (84/138, 60.0%) and validation (54/138, 40.0%) sets. Two independent readers evaluated six qualitative MRI features and two DWI-based quantitative parameters for each index tumor. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify the relevant qualitative MRI features. Diagnostic classifiers based on qualitative MRI features alone and in combination with DWI-based quantitative parameters were developed using a logistic regression algorithm. The diagnostic performance of the classifiers was evaluated using a cross-table analysis and calculation of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Results: Mean apparent diffusion coefficient value of uterine sarcoma was lower than that of atypical leiomyoma (mean ± standard deviation, 0.94 ± 0.30 10-3 mm2/s vs. 1.23 ± 0.25 10-3 mm2/s; P < 0.001), and the relative contrast ratio was higher in the uterine sarcoma (8.16 ± 2.94 vs. 4.19 ± 2.66; P < 0.001). Selected qualitative MRI features included ill-defined margin (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 17.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.41–503, P = 0.040), intratumoral hemorrhage (aOR, 27.3; 95% CI, 3.74–596, P = 0.006), and absence of T2 dark area (aOR, 83.5; 95% CI, 12.4–1916, P < 0.001). The classifier that combined qualitative MRI features and DWI-based quantitative parameters showed significantly better performance than without DWI-based parameters in the validation set (AUC, 0.92 vs. 0.78; P < 0.001). Conclusion: The addition of DWI-based quantitative parameters to qualitative MRI features improved the diagnostic performance of the logistic regression classifier in differentiating uterine sarcomas from atypical leiomyomas on preoperative MRI.

Essential role of an adenylate cyclase in regulating <i>Vibrio vulnificus</i> virulence

Kim, Young Ran,Kim, Soo Young,Kim, Choon Mee,Lee, Shee Eun,Rhee, Joon Haeng Elsevier 2005 FEMS microbiology letters Vol.243 No.2

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P><I>Vibrio vulnificus</I>, a halophilic estuarine bacterium, causes a fatal septicemia and necrotizing wound infection. To investigate the role of cAMP in <I>V. vulnificus</I> virulence regulation, an in-frame deletion mutant of the <I>cya</I> gene encoding adenylate cyclase was constructed. The <I>cya</I> null mutation resulted in a pleiotropic change of virulence phenotypes. The production of hemolysin and protease, the motility, and the cytotoxicity were decreased by the <I>cya</I> mutation. The defects in the <I>cya</I> mutant were functionally complemented <I>in trans</I> by a plasmid carrying the wild type <I>cya</I> allele. The <I>V. vulnificus cya</I> mutant exhibited a 100-fold increase in LD<SUB>50</SUB> to mice. The result indicates that cAMP plays an essential role in the global regulation of <I>V. vulnificus</I> virulence.</P>

<i>Ex Vivo</i> Characteristics of Human Amniotic Membrane-Derived Stem Cells

Kim, Jiyoung,Kang, Hyun Mi,Kim, Haekwon,Kim, Mee Ran,Kwon, Hyuck Chan,Gye, Myung Chan,Kang, Sung Goo,Yang, H. Seung,You, Juice Mary Ann Liebert 2007 Cloning & stem cells Vol.9 No.4

<P>Cells were isolated from four human amniotic membranes, and their biological characteristics analyzed during ex vivo expansion. Morphologically homogenous populations of fibroblast-like cells were obtained from the second or third passage. Under the appropriate culture conditions, these human amniotic membrane-derived mesenchymal cells (HAM) were shown to differentiate into adipocytes, osteocytes, chondrocytes and neuronal cells, as visualized by Oil Red O, von Kossa, alcian blue, anti-Neu N, and anti-Gal C antibody staining, respectively. Immunophenotype analysis of HAM cells revealed the presence of antigens for SSEA-3, SSEA-4, collagen type-I, -II, -III, -IV, -XII, fibronectin, alpha-SMA, vimentin, desmin, cytokeratin18 (CK18), HCAM-1, fibroblast surface protein, and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) ABC. ICAM-1 protein was weakly detectable, and proteins of TRA-1-60, VCAM-1, von Willebrand factor, PECAM-1, and HLA DR were not detected. HAM cells reached senescence after 14.5+/-0.9 passages, over a period of 146.8+/-8.9 days, and underwent an average of 36.9 4.7 population doublings. RT-PCR analysis showed that all four HAM cell lines consistently expressed genes of Oct-4, Rex-1, SCF, NCAM, nestin, BMP-4, GATA-4, HNF-4alpha, vimentin, and CK18, regardless of the passage number. The genes of Brachyury, FGF-5, Pax-6, and BMP2 were never expressed. Strikingly, alpha-fetoprotein (alphaFP), HLA ABC, and HLA DR genes were expressed in an earlier passage but not expressed in later passages. Telomerase activity of two HAM lines was discernable upon the third passage. These observations strongly suggest that HAM might be immune-privileged and, thus, advantageous as therapeutic cells.</P>