RF 스위치 적용을 위한 박막 PZT 엑추에이터의 d<SUB>31</SUB> 구동과 d<SUB>33</SUB> 구동 특성 비교

신민재(M. J. Shin),서영호(Y. H. Seo),최두선(D-S. Choi),황경현(K-H. Hwang) 한국정밀공학회 2006 한국정밀공학회 학술발표대회 논문집 Vol.2006 No.5월

In this work, we present the comparison between d<SUB>31</SUB> and d<SUB>33</SUB> mode characterization using the PZT micro-actuator for large displacement. The PZT micro-actuator consisted of Si, PZT, and Pt layer on SOI wafer. The electrode shapes were laminated and interdigitated for d<SUB>31</SUB> and d<SUB>33</SUB> mode, respectively. In order to characterize the actuation mode, we measured the displacement using laser interferometer. The maximum displacement of d<SUB>31</SUB> mode was 12.2㎛ at 10V, the actuation characterization of d<SUB>31</SUB> was better than that of d<SUB>33</SUB> mode. We estimated that displacement of d<SUB>33</SUB> mode would be larger than that of d<SUB>31</SUB> above 30V.

재래한우의 보존을 위한 혈청 및 혈구단백질의 유전적 다형현상

한상기(S . K . Han),윤희섭(H . S . Yoon),정의룡(E . Y . Chung),신유철(Y . C . Shin),변희대(H . D . Byun) 한국축산학회 1995 한국축산학회지 Vol.37 No.1

Biochemical polymorphisms of five red cell and semen proteins, Hemoglobin(Hb), Transferrin(Tf), Post-transferrin 2(Ptf2), Post-albumin(Pa) and Albumin(Alb) as genetic markers in Korean cattle were analyzed by Starch and Polyacryamide gel electrophoresis and their phenotypes, genotypes and gene frequencies were estimated in order to analysis the genetic constitution of Korean native cattle population. In the Hemoglobin(Hb) locus four different phenotypes AA, AB, BB and CH were observed and assumed to be controlled by four different alleles designated Hb^A, Hb^B, Hb^C and Hb^H, and the Hb^H type was rare variant of Korean native cattle. The observed distribution of phenotypes were 73.37% for AA type, 23.37% for AB type. 2.72% for BB type and 0.54%r for CH type. Gene frequencies of Hb^A, Hb^B, Hb^C and Hb^H were 0.8505, 0.1440, 0.0027 and 0.0027. Semen Transfetrin(Tf) locus, 11 different phenotypes AA, AD₁, AD₂, AE, AH, D₁D₁, D₁D₂, D₁E, D₂H, D₂D₂, D₂E, EE and EH type were identified, which considered to be controlled by codominant alleles TF,^A Tf^D, Tf^D, Tf^E and Tf^H at a single locus. The frequencies of Tf genotypes AD₁, D₁E, D₁D₂, D₂E, AA, AE, D₁D₂, AD₂, D₁D₁, EE, AH, D₂H and EH were found to be 16.30, 13.33, 11.85, 10.37, 9.69, 8.15, 7.41, 9.63, 5.93, 4.44, 1.48, 0.74 and 0.01%, respectively. Gene frequencies of TF^A, Tf^(D1) Tf^(D2) and Tf^H were 0.2741, 0.2704, 0,2333, 0.2074 and 0.0148, respectively. And TfH gene were newly identified in Korean native cattle. Considering Post-transterrin 2 locus, three different phenotypess FF, FS and SS were identified, which considers to he controlled by two alleles Ptf^F and Ptf^S at a single autosomal locus. The frequencies of Rf genotypes FS, FF and SS were found to be 51.06. 36.88 and 12.06%n, respectively and gene frequencies of Ptf^F and Ptf^S were 0.6241 and 0.3759. In the Postalbumin(Pa) locus, three different phenotypes FF, FS and SS type were observed to be genetically controllled by Pa^F and Pa^S gene. And genotypes frequencies FS. FF amd SS type were 48.65, 36.(H and 1_5.32%, respectively. The gene frequencies of Pa^F and Pa^S were 0.6036 and 0.3964. The Albumin(Alb) locus were observed to lack any individual variation. Therefore, this locus were defined to be monomorphic. In comparison of genetic distance and dendogram calculated from the gene frequencies, close relationship was obtained between the Japanese cattle and the Korean cattle.

Implication of intracellular ROS formation, caspase-3 activation and Egr-1 induction in platycodon D-induced apoptosis of U937 human leukemia cells

Shin, D.Y.,Kim, G.Y.,Li, W.,Choi, B.T.,Kim, N.D.,Kang, H.S.,Choi, Y.H. Masson Pub. USA, Inc 2009 BIOMEDICINE AND PHARMACOTHERAPY Vol.63 No.2

Platycodon D is a major constituent of triterpene saponins found in the root of Platycodon grandiflorum, Platycodi Radix, which is widely used in traditional Oriental medicine for the treatment of many chronic inflammatory diseases. The results of previous studies have shown that this compound has in vitro growth-inhibitory activity in human cancer cells, however, the mechanism by which this action occurs is poorly understood. In this study, we examined the effects of platycodon D on the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and evaluated the association of these effects with apoptotic tumor cell death using a human leukemic U937 cell line. The results of this study demonstrate that platycodon D mediates ROS production, and that this mediation is followed by a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP, ΔΨ<SUB>m</SUB>), activation of caspase-3, and cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Both the cytotoxic effects and apoptotic characteristics induced by platycodon D treatment were significantly inhibited by z-DEVD-fmk, a caspase-3 inhibitor, which demonstrates the important role that caspase-3 plays in the observed cytotoxic effect. Additionally, the transcription factor early growth response-1 (Egr-1) gene was transcriptionally activated and the levels of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-activated gene-1 (NAG-1) protein were elevated in platycodon D-treated U937 cells. However, the quenching of ROS generation in response to treatment with a ROS scavenger, N-acetyl-l-cysteine, reversed the platycodon D-induced apoptosis effects via inhibition of Egr-1 activation, ROS production, MMP collapse, and the subsequent activation of caspase-3. Although further studies are needed to demonstrate that increased expression of Egr-1 by platycodon D leads directly to NAG-1 induction and subsequent apoptosis, our observations clearly indicate that ROS induced through Egr-1 activation are involved in the early molecular events involved in the platycodon D-induced apoptotic pathway.

Vitamin D Is Required for IFN- -Mediated Antimicrobial Activity of Human Macrophages

Fabri, M.,Stenger, S.,Shin, D.-M.,Yuk, J.-M.,Liu, P. T.,Realegeno, S.,Lee, H.-M.,Krutzik, S. R.,Schenk, M.,Sieling, P. A.,Teles, R.,Montoya, D.,Iyer, S. S.,Bruns, H.,Lewinsohn, D. M.,Hollis, B. W.,Hew American Association for the Advancement of Scienc 2011 Science translational medicine Vol.3 No.104

<P>Control of tuberculosis worldwide depends on our understanding of human immune mechanisms, which combat the infection. Acquired T cell responses are critical for host defense against microbial pathogens, yet the mechanisms by which they act in humans remain unclear. We report that T cells, by the release of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), induce autophagy, phagosomal maturation, the production of antimicrobial peptides such as cathelicidin, and antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human macrophages via a vitamin D-dependent pathway. IFN-γ induced the antimicrobial pathway in human macrophages cultured in vitamin D-sufficient sera, but not in sera from African-Americans that have lower amounts of vitamin D and who are more susceptible to tuberculosis. In vitro supplementation of vitamin D-deficient serum with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 restored IFN-γ-induced antimicrobial peptide expression, autophagy, phagosome-lysosome fusion, and antimicrobial activity. These results suggest a mechanism in which vitamin D is required for acquired immunity to overcome the ability of intracellular pathogens to evade macrophage-mediated antimicrobial responses. The present findings underscore the importance of adequate amounts of vitamin D in all human populations for sustaining both innate and acquired immunity against infection.</P>

Production of d-psicose from d-fructose by whole recombinant cells with high-level expression of d-psicose 3-epimerase from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Park, C.S.,Park, C.S.,Shin, K.C.,Oh, D.K. Society for Bioscience and Bioengineering, Japan ; 2016 Journal of bioscience and bioengineering Vol.121 No.2

<P>The specific activity of recombinant Escherichia coli cells expressing the double-site variant (133L-S213C) D-psicose 3-epimerase (DPEase) from Agrobacterium tumefaciens was highest at 24 h of cultivation time in Terrific Broth (TB) medium among the media tested. The contents of crude protein and DPEase in recombinant cells at 24 h were 37.0 and 8.6% (w/w), respectively, indicating that the enzyme was highly expressed. The reaction conditions for the production of D-psicose from D-fructose by whole recombinant cells with the highest specific activity were optimal at 60 degrees C, pH 8.5, 4 g/l cells, and 700 g/l D-fructose. Under these conditions, whole recombinant cells produced 230 g/I D-psicose after 40 min, with a conversion yield of 33% (w/w), a volumetric productivity of 345 g/l/h, and a specific productivity of 86.2 g/g/h. These are the highest conversion yield and volumetric and specific productivities of D-psicose from D-fructose by cells reported thus far. (C) 2015, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.</P>

Functional characterization of a common CYP4F11 genetic variant and identification of functionally defective CYP4F11 variants in erythromycin metabolism and 20-HETE synthesis

Yi, M.,Cho, S.A.,Min, J.,Kim, D.H.,Shin, J.G.,Lee, S.J. Academic Press 2017 Archives of biochemistry and biophysics Vol.620 No.-

CYP4F11, together with CYP4F2, plays an important role in the synthesis of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) from arachidonic acid. We identified 21 variants by whole exome sequencing, including 4 non-synonymous variants in Korean subjects. The proteins of the wild-type CYP4F11 and the four coding variants (C276R, D315N, D374Y, and D446N) were expressed in Escherichia coli DH5α cells and purified to give cytochrome P450-specific carbon monoxide difference spectra. Wild-type CYP4F2 was also expressed and purified to compare its activity with the CYP4F11 wild-type. Wild-type CYP4F11 exhibited the highest maximal clearance for erythromycin N-demethylase activity followed by the variants D374Y, D446N, C276R, and D315N. In particular, the CYP4F11 D315N protein showed about 50% decrease in intrinsic clearance compared to the wild type. The ability of wild-type CYP4F11 and the variants to synthesize 20-HETE from arachidonic acid was similar; the CYP4F11 D315N variant, however, showed only 68% of wild-type activity. Furthermore, the ability of CYP4F2 to synthesize 20-HETE was 1.7-fold greater than that of CYP4F11. Overall, our results suggest that the metabolism of CYP4F11 substrates may be reduced in individuals carrying the CYP4F11 D315N genetic variant and individuals carrying the common D446N CYP4F11 variant likely exhibit comparable 20-HETE synthesis as individuals expressing wild-type CYP4F11.

Predictors of survival for patients with cancer after cryptogenic stroke

Shin, Y. W.,Lee, S. T.,Jung, K. H.,Kim, D. Y.,Park, C. K.,Kim, T. M.,Choi, S. H.,Chu, K.,Lee, S. K. M. Nijhoff 2016 Journal of neuro-oncology Vol.128 No.2

<P>Patients with active cancer experience ischemic stroke via cryptogenic mechanisms, with cancer-associated hypercoagulability being considered a major contributor to such strokes. Despite the remarkably shortened survival of these patients, the clinical predictors of survival are poorly understood. We determined the clinical factors including D-dimer levels serving as the predictors of overall survival in these patients. Retrospective study was conducted on cancer patients who visited our hospital for acute ischemic stroke with cryptogenic mechanisms from April 2012 through November 2014. Demographics, clinical characteristics, imaging and laboratory results including coagulation markers were collected, and overall survival was calculated from the patient medical records and a governmental national database. A high D-dimer level was defined as a D-dimer level exceeding the median value from the study population (> 5.50 mu g/ml). A total of 93 patients were identified, with a median survival of 62 days (interquartile range 32-223 days). A high D-dimer level (p = 0.004; hazard ratio [HR] 2.01, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.26-3.21), systemic metastases (p = 0.02; HR 2.08, 95 % CI 1.11-3.90), and diabetes mellitus (p = 0.03; HR 1.78, 95 % CI 1.03-3.10) were identified as independent predictors of poor overall survival using multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis. Most of the patients (87 %) were primarily treated with low-molecular-weight heparin (dalteparin, n = 49; enoxaparin, n = 32). The type of low-molecular-weight heparin had no association with survival. A high D-dimer level, systemic metastases, and diabetes are independent predictors of poor survival in cancer patients with cryptogenic stroke.</P>

성인의 급성 심장사에서 정상 심장례의 분석

강신몽,이원태,이한영,서중석,최영식,권일훈,정낙은 大韓法醫學會 2000 대한법의학회지 Vol.24 No.2

The authors analysed 53 cases of sudden cardiac death(SCD) without prominent structural abnormalies of heart out of witnessed 300 cases. Thirty four cases were associated with sleep and 19 with activity or rest. Twenty one cases were classified as having normal hearts, and the rest as structurally mild abnormal ones. Male was predominant, and almost of the victims were suffered in their twenties or thirties. All cases collapsed instantaneously or in very short time with various and not specific terminal symptoms. Inducing or trigger factors are not clarified in almost of the cases. Mechanisms or causes of death could not be defined clearly. We concluded that careful heart examination with detailed clinical history under the appropriate postmortem investigation system is only effective approach for the true mechanism and cause of death.

多變量解釋法에 依한 고추의 品種群 分類

Y. M. Lee(李榮萬),D. Y. Shin(申東永) 한국육종학회 1984 한국육종학회지 Vol.16 No.1

Mahalanobis’s Distance(D²) statistic in all possible comparisons among fifty varieties of pepper (Capsicum annunm L.) for sixteen morphological characters were compiled of the genetic differences among the varieities and varietal classification was made by single link cluster analysis based on the D²S. Mahalanobis’s Distance revealed great variation from 5.327 to 888.440 in 1,125 inter-varietal comparisons. According to the dendrogram based on the D²S, fifty varieties were classified into fourteen varietal groups, of which three (V, VIII, XIV) consisted of single variety. The averages of intra-group D²S except varietal group X, XI and XII were lower than those of inter-group D²S. Factors mostly contributing to the inter-group D²S were number of days to flowering, fruit length, fresh/dry fruit-weight ratio, and plant height. Most of the varietal groups were not associated with, their geographical origin, but several varieties collected from adjacent localities were grouped in the same varietal group or in neighboring varietal groups. Each varietal group was distinctly characterized by many major morphological characters.

Zigzag strip bundles and crystals

Kim, J.A.,Shin, D.U. Academic Press 2013 Journal of combinatorial theory. Series A Vol.120 No.5

We introduce new combinatorial models, called zigzag strip bundles, over quantum affine algebras U<SUB>q</SUB>(B<SUB>n</SUB><SUP>(1)</SUP>), U<SUB>q</SUB>(D<SUB>n</SUB><SUP>(1)</SUP>) and U<SUB>q</SUB>(D<SUB>n+1</SUB><SUP>(2)</SUP>), and show that the sets of all zigzag strip bundles for U<SUB>q</SUB>(B<SUB>n</SUB><SUP>(1)</SUP>), U<SUB>q</SUB>(D<SUB>n</SUB><SUP>(1)</SUP>) and U<SUB>q</SUB>(D<SUB>n+1</SUB><SUP>(2)</SUP>) realize the crystal bases B(~) of U<SUB>q</SUB><SUP>-</SUP>(B<SUB>n</SUB><SUP>(1)</SUP>), U<SUB>q</SUB><SUP>-</SUP>(D<SUB>n</SUB><SUP>(1)</SUP>) and U<SUB>q</SUB><SUP>-</SUP>(D<SUB>n+1</SUB><SUP>(2)</SUP>), respectively. Further, we discuss the connection between zigzag strip bundle realization, Nakajima monomial realization, and polyhedral realization of the crystal B(~).