Hypolipidemic and Antioxidative Effects of Glossogyne tenuifolia in Hamsters Fed an Atherogenic Diet

Yi-Ning Lee,Guoo-Shyng Wang Hsu,Wan-Teng Lin,Yi-Fa Lu 한국식품영양과학회 2016 Journal of medicinal food Vol.19 No.5

Glossogyne tenuifolia (GT) Cassini is a special herbal tea in the Penghu Islands, Taiwan, and has a long history of being used as an antipyretic, detoxifying, and anti-inflammatory remedy in folk medicine among local residents. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hot water extracts from GT on oxidative stress and lipid metabolism in animals. Five- to 6-week-old male Syrian hamsters were divided into four groups (n = 14) for different treatments, that is: control group (C), high-fat/cholesterol (HF) group, HF diet containing 0.5% (GT0.5) and 1.5% (GT1.5) GT extracts for 4 weeks. Hamsters fed with 0.5% GT powder as well as 1.5% GT powder exhibited reduced serum total cholesterol (TC), conjugated diene of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and increased serum antioxidant capacity, but 1.5% GT powder was more potent at loweringserum LDL cholesterol and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance concentrations than 0.5% GT. GT extracts significantly lowered liver triacylglycerol (TG) concentration by diminishing activities of fatty acid synthase (FAS) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH). In addition, fecal excretion of cholesterol and bile acids were increased in GT extract groups. In conclusion, GT extracts increase the antioxidative capacity, decrease serum TC, inhibit the activities of FAS and G-6-PDH, and further reduce liver TG accumulation in hamster fed on atherogenic diets.

Changes in prostate-specific antigen kinetics during androgen-deprivation therapy as a predictor of response to abiraterone in chemonaïve patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Chung-Lin Lee,Ying-Hsu Chang,Chung-Yi Liu,Ming-Li Hsieh,Liang-Kang Huang,Yuan-Cheng Chu,Hung-Cheng Kan,Po-Hung Lin,Kai-Jie Yu,Cheng-Keng Chuang,Chun-Te Wu,See-Tong Pang,I-Hung Shao 대한비뇨의학회 2022 Investigative and Clinical Urology Vol.63 No.5

Purpose: Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) has a poor prognosis. Abiraterone acetate (AA), enzalutamide, and chemotherapy are first-line treatments for patients with mCRPC. This study examined prognostic factors for AA response in the form of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kinetics throughout androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) in chemonaïve patients with mCRPC. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively included data from 34 chemonaïve patients with mCRPC who had received AA at some point between January 2017 and December 2018. We separated patients into two study arms according to the decrease in PSA percentages after use of AA for 3 months. We correlated PSA kinetics parameters with response and compared the two study groups with respect to PSA kinetics. Results: The patients’ median age was 77 years. In the total group of patients, 64% had a response to AA, whereas 35% did not. The ratio of the PSA level at nadir to the level during ADT was significantly higher in the AA-sensitive group (19.78 vs. 1.03, p=0.019). Conclusions: Patients who experienced a dramatic change in PSA level during ADT were more likely to be resistant to AA after progression to mCRPC. Chemotherapy rather than AA might be more suitable as a first-line treatment for these patients.

Effect of propolis on vestibular compensation following unilateral labyrinthectomy in rats

Jin, Lin Yi,Lee, Jae Hyo,Lee, Jae Hee,Kim, Min Sun,Lee, Sung Ho,Park, Byung Rim 圓光大學校 醫科學硏究所 2004 圓光醫科學 Vol.19 No.2

Upper Ordovician and Silurian deposits in the Pyeongnam Basin: Songrim Conglomerate and its paleogeographic implication

이동진(Dong-Jin Lee),최용미(Yong-Mi Choi),이동찬(Dong-Chan Lee),이정구(Jeong-Gu Lee),권이균(Yi-Kyun Kwon),조림(Lin Cao),조석주(Suk-Joo Choh) 대한지질학회 2013 지질학회지 Vol.49 No.1

Upper Ordovician and Silurian deposits in the Pyeongnam Basin: Sangsori and Koksan series

이동진(Dong-Jin Lee),최용미(Yong-Mi Choi),이동찬(Dong-Chan Lee),이정구(Jeong-Gu Lee),권이균(Yi-Kyun Kwon),조림(Lin Cao),조석주(Suk-Joo Choh) 대한지질학회 2013 지질학회지 Vol.49 No.2

임진강대의 중부 고생대층

최용미(Yong-Mi Choi),조석주(Suk-Joo Choh),이정현(Jeong-Hyun Lee),이동찬(Dong-Chan Lee),이정구(Jeong-Gu Lee),권이균(Yi-Kyun Kwon),조림(Lin Cao),이동진(Dong-Jin Lee) 한국암석학회 2015 암석학회지 Vol.24 No.2

1962년 북한 연구자들은 휴전선 이북에 분포된 임진강 유역의 상부고생대 평안계 지층에서 데본기의 것으로 추정되는 완족동물과 극피동물 화석을 찾아 이 화석들을 포함하는 지층을 평안계로부터 분리하여 ‘임진계’로 설정하였다. 이후 임진계의 여러 분포지에서 발견된 중기 데본기의 차축조(車軸藻, 윤조(輪藻)와 동의어)화석은 그 지질시대를 확정하는 결정적 요소가 되었다. 평남분지와 경기육괴 사이에 분포하는 임진계는 강원도 철원군, 황해북도 금천군, 판문군 및 토산군에 걸치는 동부와, 황해남도 강령군과 옹진군 일원의 서부지역에 대상으로 분포하며, 경기도 북부의 연천층군(변성암복합체)을 포함한다. 해성 무척추 동물화석만 산출되는 하부 고생대층과는 달리 임진계는 다양한 육상 식물화석을 포함한다. 임진계에서 흔히 산출되는 완족동물화석은 남중국대지 데본기 지층에서 알려진 것과 종의 구성에서 유사할 뿐 아니라 남중국대지의 풍토종을 포함하고 있어 두 지역 사이의 고지리적 근연관계를 지시한다. 임진계의 지질시대는 연구자에 따라 견해차는 있으나, 데본기 중-후기로 보는 견해가 지배적이며, 일부 연구자는 데본기 중기-석탄기로 추정하기도 한다. 북한의 연구자들은 데본기에 남중국의 바다가 한반도까지 확장된 ‘임진해’가 존재하였으며, 따라서 임진계가 현위치에서 퇴적된 것으로 해석하였다. 임진계는 분포 지역에 따라 심한 층서적 편차를 보이며 국지적으로 두꺼운 층후를 보인다. 최근 북한의 임진계 분포지 도처에서 충상에 의한 지층의 역전과 반복이 보고되었으며, 남한에 분포한 임진계의 연장부인 연천층군의 퇴적기원 변성암 또한 고도의 압축변형작용에 기인한 것으로 알려져, 임진계 분포지 전반에 걸쳐 광범위한 습곡-충상단층대가 형성되었음을 시사한다. 연천층군이 임진강대의 북부로 가면서 점진적으로 고변성대에서 저변성대로 바뀌는 사실로 미루어볼 때, 경기육괴의 북부지역 및 임진강대는 다비-술루(Dabie-Sulu) 벨트의 연장부로 남중국대지와 한중대지의 충돌대였으며, 임진계는 남중국대지의 연장선상에 있었던 경기육괴에서 발달한 퇴적층으로, 남중국대지와 한중대지가 충돌하면서 첨합(accretion)된 잔재로 해석된다. 향후 한반도와 동아시아의 고생대 고지리의 복원과 지각진화사를 심도 있게 이해하기 위하여 임진계의 층서, 퇴적 및 조구조적 진화에 대하여 남북한 관련분야 연구자들이 함께 참여하는 후속연구가 필요하다. The ‘Imjin System’ (or Rimjin System) was established in 1962 as a new stratigraphic unit separated from the Upper Paleozoic Pyeongan System based on the discovery of brachiopods and echinoderms of possible Devonian age. Subsequent discoveries of the Middle Devonian charophytes confirmed the Devonian age of the system. The Imjin System is distributed in the Imjingang Belt between the Pyongnam Basin and the Gyeonggi Massif, spans from the eastern areas including Cholwon-gun of the Gangwon Province, Gumchon-gun, Phanmun-gun, and Tosan-gun of the Hwanghaebuk Province, to the western areas of Gangryong-gun and Ongjin-gun of the Hwanghaenam Province, and includes the Yeoncheon Group (metamorphic complex) to the south. Unlike the lower Paleozoic strata in the Pyongnam Basin which solely produce marine invertebrate fossils, the Imjin System yields diverse non-marine plant and algal fossils. Brachiopods of the system are similar to those from the Devonian of the South China Block and include taxa endemic to the platform, implying a close paleogeographic affinity to the South China Block. The Imjin System is generally considered as of Middle to Late Devonian in age, although there have been suggestions that the system is of the Middle Devonian to Carboniferous in age. North Korean workers postulated that the Imjin System was deposited in the current geographic position, where the “Imjin Sea” (an extension of the South China Platform) was located during the Devonian. The Imjin System displays strong local variations in stratigraphy and its thickness. It has recently been reported that the strata are repeated and overturned by thrust faults in many exposures. The Yeoncheon Group a southward extension of the Imjin System, also experienced intense tight folding and contractional deformation. Northward decrease in metamorphic grade within the system suggests that the northern part of the Gyeonggi Massif and the Imjingang Belt are probably an extension of the Dabie-Sulu Belt between the South China and Sino-Korean blocks, and the Imjin System is an remnant of accretion resulted from the collision between the two blocks. In order to understand tectonic evolution and Paleozoic paleogeography of eastern Asia, further studies on stratigraphic, sedimentologic and tectonic evolution of the Imjin System involving scientists from the two Koreas are urgently needed.

The EGF/hnRNP Q1 axis is involved in tumorigenesis via the regulation of cell cycle-related genes

Yu-Chu Wang,Kung-Chao Chang,Bo-Wen Lin,Jenq-Chang Lee,Chien-Hsien Lai,Li-Jyuan Lin,Yun Yen,Chang-Shen Lin,Shiang-Jie Yang,Peng-Chan Lin,Chung-Ta Lee,Liang-Yi Hung 생화학분자생물학회 2018 Experimental and molecular medicine Vol.50 No.-

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) Q1, an RNA-binding protein, has been implicated in many posttranscriptional processes, including RNA metabolism and mRNA splicing and translation. However, the role of hnRNP Q1 in tumorigenesis remains unclear. We previously performed RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP)-seq analysis to identify hnRNP Q1-interacting mRNAs and found that hnRNP Q1 targets a group of genes that are involved in mitotic regulation, including Aurora-A. Here, we demonstrate that altering the hnRNP Q1 level influences the expression of the Aurora-A protein, but not its mRNA. Stimulation with epidermal growth factor (EGF) enhances both binding between hnRNP Q1 and Aurora-A mRNA as well as the efficacy of the hnRNP Q1-induced translation of Aurora-A mRNA. The EGF/hnRNP Q1-induced translation of Aurora-A mRNA is mediated by the mTOR and ERK pathways. In addition, we show that hnRNP Q1 up-regulates the translation of a group of spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) genes. hnRNP Q1 overexpression is positively correlated with the levels of Aurora-A and the SAC genes in human colorectal cancer tissues. In summary, our data suggest that hnRNP Q1 plays an important role in regulating the expression of a group of cell cycle-related genes. Therefore, it may contribute to tumorigenesis by up-regulating the translation of these genes in colorectal cancer.

Multiple tuned mass dampers for controlling coupled buffeting and flutter of long-span bridges

Lin, Yuh-Yi,Cheng, Chii-Ming,Lee, Chung-Hau Techno-Press 1999 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.2 No.4

Multiple tuned mass dampers are proposed to suppress the vertical and torsional buffeting and to increase the aerodynamic stability of long-span bridges. Each damper has vertical and torsional frequencies, which are tuned to the corresponding frequencies of the structural modes to suppress the resonant effects. These proposed dampers maintain the advantage of traditional multiple mass dampers, but have the added capability of simultaneously controlling vertical and torsional buffeting responses. The aerodynamic coupling is incorporated into the formulations, allowing this model to effectively increase the critical speed of a bridge for either single-degree-of-freedom flutter or coupled flutter. The reduction of dynamic response and the increase of the critical speed through the attachment of the proposed dampers to the bridge are also discussed. Through a parametric analysis, the characteristics of the multiple tuned mass dampers are studied and the design parameters - including mass, damping, frequency bandwidth, and total number of dampers - are proposed. The results indicate that the proposed dampers effectively suppress the vertical and the torsional buffeting and increase the structural stability. Moreover, these tuned mass dampers, designed within the recommended parameters, are not only more effective but also more robust than a single TMD against wind-induced vibration.

Performance Analysis of the Distributed Location Management Scheme in Large Mobile Networks

Lee, Dong-Chun,Kim, Hong-Jin,Lee, Jong-Chan,Lin, Yi-Bing Korea Information Processing Society 2005 Journal of information processing systems Vol.1 No.1

In this paper we propose a distributed location management scheme to reduce the bottleneck problem of HLR in Large Mobile Networks (LMN). Using analytical modeling and numerical simulation, we show that replicating location information is both appropriate and efficient for small mobile networks. Then, we extend the scheme in a hierarchical environment to reduce the overhead traffic and scale to LMN. In numerical results, we show the superiority of our scheme compared to the current IS-95 standard scheme in IMT-2000 networks.

Basic Emotions Elicited by Korean Affective Picture System Can be Differentiated by Autonomic Responses

( Lin Hun Sohn ),( Estate Sokhadze ),( Kyug Hwa Lee ),( Imgap Yi ) 한국감성과학회 2000 춘계학술대회 Vol.2000 No.-

Autonomic responses were analyzed in 32 college students exposed to visual stimulation with Korean Affective Picture System (KAPS). Cardiac, vascular and electrodermal variables were recorded during 30 sec of viewing affective pictures. The same slides intended to elicit basic emotions (fear, anger, surprise, disgust, sadness, happiness) were presented to subjects in 2 trials with different experimental context. The first time slides were shown without any instructions (passive viewing), while during the second with instruction to exert efforts to magnify experienced emotion induced by pictures (active viewing). The aim of the study was to differentiate autonomic manifestations of emotions elicited by KAPS stimulation and to identify the role of instructed emotional engagement on physiological response profiles. The obtained results demonstrated reproducibility of responses in both trials with different contexts. Pairwise comparison of physiological responses in emotion conditions revealed the most pronounced differentiation for "fear-anger" and "fear-sadness" pmrs (in electrodermal and HR variability parameters). "Fear-surprise" pmr was also well differentiable. The typical response profile for all emotions included HR acceleration (except happiness and surprise), an increase of electrodermal activity, and a decrease of pulse volume. Higher cardiovascular and electrodermal reactivity to fear observed in this study, e.g., as compared to data with IAPS as stimuli, can be explained by cultural relevance and higher effectiveness of KAPS in producing certain emotions such as fear in Koreans.