Glyoxal-induced exacerbation of pruritus and dermatitis is associated with <i>staphylococcus aureus</i> colonization in the skin of a rat model of atopic dermatitis

Han, Rafael Taeho,Kim, Hye Young,Ryu, Hyun,Jang, Wooyoung,Cha, Seung Ha,Kim, Hyo Young,Lee, JaeHee,Back, Seung Keun,Kim, Hee Jin,Na, Heung Sik Elsevier 2018 Journal of dermatological science Vol.90 No.3

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a highly pruritic, chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with hyperreactivity to environmental triggers. Among those, outdoor air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) have been reported to aggravate pre-existing AD. However, underlying mechanisms of air pollution-induced aggravation of AD have hardly been studied.</P> <P><B>Objective</B></P> <P>To investigate the molecular mechanisms by which glyoxal, a PM-forming organic compound, exacerbates the symptoms of AD induced by neonatal capsaicin treatment.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>Naïve and AD rats had been exposed to either fresh air or vaporized glyoxal for 5 weeks (2 h/day and 5 days/week) since one week of age. Pruritus and dermatitis were measured every week. The skin and blood were collected and immunological traits such as Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization, production of antimicrobial peptides and immunoglobulin, and mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines were analyzed.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>Exposure to glyoxal aggravated pruritus and dermatitis in AD rats, but did not induce any symptoms in naïve rats. Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization was increased in the skin of both naïve and AD rats. Expression of antimicrobial peptides such as LL-37 and β-defensin-2 was also increased by exposure to glyoxal in the skin of both naïve and AD rats. The mRNA expression of Th1-related cytokines was elevated on exposure to glyoxal. However, serum immunoglobulin production was not significantly changed by exposure to glyoxal.</P> <P><B>Conclusion</B></P> <P>In AD rats, exposure to glyoxal exacerbated pruritus and cutaneous inflammation, which was associated with increased colonization of <I>S. aureus</I> and subsequent immunological alterations in the skin.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Exposure to glyoxal aggravated the symptoms in AD rats, but did not induce AD in naïve rats. </LI> <LI> <I>S. aureus</I> skin colonization and subsequent expression of antimicrobial peptides were increased after exposure to glyoxal. </LI> <LI> Exposure to glyoxal elevated the production of Th1-related cytokines such as TNF-α and IFN-γ in the AD lesional skin. </LI> </UL> </P>

여성의 유방자가검진의 지식 정도

구한나,박인경,박하영,성초아,장다엘,홍은민 이화여자대학교 간호과학대학 2012 이화간호학회지 Vol.- No.46

Purpose: This study was to grasp women’s knowledge about Breast Self-examination. Methods: We collected data from 317 women who lives in certain city, Korea using structured questionnaire from 5th, August to 20th, September. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS 19.0. Results: The average score of women’ Breast Self-examination knowledge was 6.79±3.68 (of 17). There are three categories in knowledge about Breast Self-examination. Average score of category is 2.31 ± 0.71(of 4) for knowledge of breast cancer, 2.11 ± 0.57(of 5) for knowledge of breast cancer symptom, 2.37 ± 0.45(of 8) for knowledge of Breast Self-examination. Knowledge about Breast Self-examination according to general characteristics varied significantly for different age, marital status, education, and history of breast disease. Knowledge about Breast Self-examination according to characteristics related Breast examination was higher for women who received Breast Self-examination education, received Breast Self-examination education by lecture, performed Breast Self-examination, and who received Clinical Breast Examination Conclusion: People who are teenager and over sixties, their knowledge of Breast Self-examination was low. Therefore, effective Breast Self-examination education program should be provided for women who are teenager and over sixties to promote their Breast Self-examination practice regularly.

中學 科學敎育의 探究學習에 대한 評價問項 開發 (Ⅱ)

閔庚德,楊洪準,李善行,鄭遠佑,이병교,金裕漢,羅長薰 경북대학교 과학교육연구소 1985 科學敎育硏究誌 Vol.9 No.-

This study was accomplished to develope the evaluation items for inquiry learning in the 2nd grade Middle School Science for the consecutive study of the evaluation items for inquiry learning in the 1st grade Middle School Science(U-Hang Ki et al, 1984). In this study, paper and pencil test items and performance test items are made by analyzing the abilities of inquiry according to the contents and four basic experiments from each unit in the 2nd grade Middle school science. These evaluation items were applied to tke five classes of the 2nd grade of middle school to test their validity. It is desirable that performance test schuld be used for the evaluation for the abilities of inquiry which can not be evaluated by paper and pencil test. In the evaluation methods of performance test, tester evaluation, peer evaluation and self-evaluation can be applied to the science class in a multi-student class. In higher grade, however tester evaluation is more desirable than peer and self evaluation. It is found that peer evaluation and self-evaluation make possible the perfect study by feedback.

Cannabidiol Treatment for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome at a Single Tertiary Center in South Korea

Han Na Jang(Han Na Jang),Min-Jee Kim(Min-Jee Kim),Mi-Sun Yum(Mi-Sun Yum),Tae-Sung Ko(Tae-Sung Ko) 대한소아신경학회 2022 대한소아신경학회지 Vol.31 No.1

Purpose: This study evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of cannabidiol (CBD) as an add-on therapy for childhood-onset Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Methods: This retrospective study enrolled patients who visited the Department of Pediatric Neurology at Asan Medical Center from March 2019 to February 2022 and were treated with CBD. Electronic medical records and clinically relevant factors (including the type of epilepsy and seizures, etiology, and the number of concomitantly used anti-epileptic drugs) were reviewed. The outcome was clinical response to CBD (≥50% or <50% seizure reduction at 1, 3, and 6 months after CBD introduction and the last follow-up visit). Relevant adverse events were monitored. Results: Thirty patients were included. The median age of epilepsy onset was 5.5 years (interquartile range [IQR], 3.3 to 25.3), with a median treatment duration of CBD of 6 months (IQR, 3.3 to 7.0). Sixteen patients (53.3%) showed ≥50% seizure reduction at the last follow-up. In a univariate analysis, patients whose epilepsy commenced after 3 years of age were more likely to respond to CBD (odds ratio, 10.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 to 97.00; P=0.04). Adverse events were observed in 11 patients (36.6%); the most common adverse event was somnolence. Conclusion: CBD could be a treatment option for children and young adults with drug-resistant LGS with a tolerable safety profile. Age at epilepsy onset (>3 years) was associated with a favorable response to CBD treatment. Further prospective studies with larger populations are needed to evaluate the tolerability and efficacy of CBD in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy of various etiologies.

Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies against Heavy and Light Chains of Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Immunoglobulin

Jang, Han-Na,Woo, Jong-Kyu,Cho, Young-Hye,Kyong, Seo-Bong,Choi, Sang-Hoon Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biol 2004 Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology Vol.37 No.3

Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Immunoglobulins (Igs) were purified from the serum of mouse IgG-immunized flounder by using affinity chromatography. Under denaturing conditions in SDS-PAGE, the flounder Igs appeared to be composed of 2 heavy (H) chains (72 and 77 kDa) and two light (L) chains (26 and 28 kDa). Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced by the fusion of myeloma cells (SP2/0) with Balb/c mouse spleen cells that were previously sensitized against affinity-purified flounder Igs. In a Western blot analysis, the produced MAbs, FIM511, FIM519, and FIM562 recognized both the 72 and 77 kDa H chains, 26 kDa, and 28 kDa L chain, respectively. Mouse antiserum against flounder Igs reacted more strongly with the L chain of 28 kDa than with 26 kDa, suggesting that the 28 kDa molecule is more immunogenic than the 26 kDa L chain molecule. In a FACS analysis, the ratios of the Ig+ cell population in the flounder head kidney and spleen cells were 49% and 24%, respectively. Unexpectedly, however, the ratios of the Ig+ B-like cell population in the flounder were not significantly augmented, even after the immunization of an immunogenic antigen. This suggests that the humoral immune response in fish could be considerably different from that in mammals. The produced MAbs in this study would be useful in characterizing flounder Ig+ B-like cells and in developing flounder Ig detecting an immunoassay system.

Genotyping of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli by DNA fragment analysis for the differences in simple sequence repeats

Han, Mi Na,Byeon, Hyeon Seop,Han, Seong Tae,Jang, Rae Hoon,Kim, Chang Seop,Choi, Seok Hwa The Korean Society of Veterinary Service 2018 韓國家畜衛生學會誌 Vol.41 No.4

Avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) causes severe economic losses in the poultry farms, due to systemic infections leading to lethal colisepticemia. It causes a variety of diseases from air sac infection to systemic spread leading to septicemia. Secondary infection contains opportunistic infections due to immunosuppression disease. Collibacillosis causes the great problems in the poultry industry in Korea. Thus, it is necessary to identify and classify the characteristics of E. coli isolate of chicken origin to confirm the diversity of symptoms and whether they are transmitted among the farms. Fragment analysis is identify the difference in the number of Variable-Number Tandem-Repeats (VNTRs) for genotyping. VNTRs have repeating structure (Microsatellite, Short tandem repeats; STR, Simple sequence repeats; SSR) in the chromosome. This region can be used as a genetic marker because of its high mutation rate. And various lengths of the amplified DNA fragment cause the difference in the number of repetition of the DNA specific site. The number of repetition sequences indicates the separated size of fragments, so the each fragments can be distinguished by specific samples. The results of the sample show that there is no difference in six microsatellite loci (yjiD, aidB, molR_1, ftsZ, b1668, yibA). There are differences among the farms in relation of the number of repetitions of other six microsatellite loci (ycgW, yaiN, yiaB, mhpR, b0829, caiF). Four (ycgW, yiaB, b0829, caiF) of these six microsatellite loci show statistically significant differences (P<0.05). It means that the analysis using four microsatellite loci including ycgW, yiaB, b0829, and caiF can confirm among the farms. Five E. coli samples in one farm have same SSR repetition at all markers. But, there are significant differences from other farms at Four (ycgW, yiaB, b0829, caiF) microsatellite loci. These results emphasize again that the four microsatellite loci makes a difference in the amplified DNA fragments, enabling it to be used for E. coli genotyping.

Synthesis of Novel Y-type Nonlinear Optical Polyesters with Enhanced Thermal Stability of Dipole Alignment

Jang, Han-Na,Lee, Ju-Yeon Korean Chemical Society 2008 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.29 No.5

2,4-Di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)benzylidenemalononitrile (3) was prepared and polymerized with terephthaloyl chloride and adipoyl chloride to yield novel Y-type polyesters 4 and 5 containing dioxybenzylidenemalononitrile groups as NLO-chromophores, which constituted parts of the polymer backbone. The resulting polymers 4 and 5 are soluble in common organic solvents such as acetone and N,N-dimethylformamide. Polymers 4 and 5 showed thermal stability up to 300 ${^{\circ}C}$ in thermogravimetric analysis with glass-transition temperatures obtained from differential scanning calorimetry in the range 83-94 ${^{\circ}C}$. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficients ($d_{33}$) of poled polymer films at the 1064 nm fundamental wavelength were around $6.48\;{\times}\;10^{-9}$ esu. The dipole alignment exhibited high thermal stability even at 10 ${^{\circ}C}$ higher than $T_g$ and no significant SHG decay was observed below 105 ${^{\circ}C}$ partially due to the main-chain character of polymer structure, which is acceptable for NLO device applications.

Preparation of Novel T-type Polyurethanes with High Thermal Stability of Second Harmonic Generation and Their Nonlinear Optical Properties

Jang, Han-Na,Lee, Ga-Young,Lee, Ju-Yeon Korean Chemical Society 2008 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.29 No.4

2,5-Di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)benzylidenemalononitrile (3) was prepared and polymerized with 2,4-toluenediisocyanate and 3,3'-dimethoxy-4,4'-biphenylenediisocyanate to yield novel T-type polyurethanes 4 and 5 containing 2,5-dioxybenzylidenemalononitrile, nonlinear optical (NLO)-chromophores as part of the polymer backbones. Polyurethanes 4 and 5 were soluble in common organic solvents such as acetone and N,Ndimethylformamide and showed a thermal stability up to $250{^{\circ}C}$ with glass-transition temperatures ($T_g$) in the range $119-146{^{\circ}C}$. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficients ($d_{33}$) of poled polymer films at 1064 nm fundamental wavelength were around $5.82{\times}10^{-9}$ esu. The dipole alignment exhibited high thermal stability up to $T_g$, and there was no SHG decay below $140{^{\circ}C}$ due to the partial main-chain character of the polymer structure, which was acceptable for nonlinear optical device applications.

Synthesis of Novel Y-Type Nonlinear Optical Polyurethane Containing Tricyanovinylthiophene with High Thermal Stability of Dipole Alignment

Jang, Han-Na,No, Hyo Jin,Lee, Ju-Yeon TaylorFrancis 2009 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Vol.504 No.1

<P> A novel Y-type polyurethane 7 containing 1-(2,4-dioxyethoxy)phenyl-2-{5-(1,2,2-tricyanovinyl)-2-thiophenyl)}ethenyl groups as nonlinear optical (NLO)-chromophores, which are components of the polymer backbones, was prepared. Polyurethane 7 is soluble in common organic solvents such as DMF and DMSO. It showed a thermal stability up to 280°C in TGA thermogram and the Tg value obtained from DSC thermogram was around 163°C. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficient (d33) of poled polymer film at 1560 nm fundamental wavelength was around 3.72 × 10-9 esu. The dipole alignment exhibited a thermal stability up to near Tg, and there was no SHG decay below 150°C due to the partial main-chain character of the polymer structure, which is acceptable for nonlinear optical device applications.</P>

Sequence analysis of the fusion protein gene of Newcastle disease virus isolated from breeder ducks in Korea

Han, Mi Na,Byeon, Hyeon Seop,Lee, Cho Yeon,Jo, Nam Sin,Lee, Jong Hwa,Jang, Rae Hoon,Kim, Chang Seop,Na, Ki Jeong The Korean Society of Veterinary Service 2019 韓國家畜衛生學會誌 Vol.42 No.4

Newcastle disease (ND) is an infectious poultry disease that caused high mortality and reduced egg production. NDVs are regularly present in the domestic duck population. And ducks play a possible role in the maintenance and transmission of NDVs. While we were monitoring the Avian Influenza, NDVs were isolated from field samples by accident. So we analysed the biological and genetic characteristics of these viruses. Lentogenic NDVs were isolated from two farms among twenty breeder duck farms. The ages of ducks were 39 weeks old in the 'A' farm and 3~72 weeks old in the 'B' farm. And they were not inoculated with the NDVs vaccine. In the biological characteristics, the both viruses which separated from the farm 'A' and 'B' were thermostable. The amino acid sequence of a site from 112 to 119 in the fusion (F) protein was 'GKQGRLIG' which has monobasic motif in the samples of both farms. And this means the separated NDVs are lentogenic. Phylogenetic analysis was performed by entire nucleotide sequence of F protein. The virus strains from the A farm (MN095239) and the B farm (MN095240) belonged to class II genotype I. Using the analysis of whole F protein nucleic acid sequence, the MN095239 (GenBank) had homology with Ulster strain about 99.95% and the MN095239 (GenBank) had homology with KR/CK/KU_LBM255/09 strain about 99.89%. NDV surveillance is needed to investigate epidemiological relationship of domestic breeder duck isolates in Korea.