Association of 20 potential ATP2B1‐interacting genes with blood pressure in Koreans

Kyung‐Won Hong,Hyun‐Seok Jin,Ji‐Eun Lim,Bermseok Oh 한국유전학회 2011 Genes & Genomics Vol.33 No.3

Plasma membrane calcium‐transporting ATPase 1 (ATP2B1)is associated significantly with blood pressure in Caucasians and Asians. ATP2B1 regulates calcium homeostasis and belongs to the P‐type calcium pump family; several studies have identified diverse proteins that bind to ATP2B1. We hypothesized that ATP2B1 regulates blood pressure through ATP2B1‐interacting genes. To this end, 20 potential ATP2B1‐interacting genes were selected, 197 SNPs of which were analyzed for their association of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. These 20 genes were categorized into 2 groups: ATP2B1‐binding genes and ATP2B1‐cleaving calpain family members. Three ATP2B1‐binding genes (CALM1, NOS1, and PDLIM1)were associated with blood pressure, and a SNP in CALM1(rs2401887) generated the strongest association signal (beta=‐3.60±0.92, p=8.9×10^(‐5) for systolic blood pressure and beta=‐1.40±0.62, p=0.02 for diastolic blood pressure). Of the calpain family members, 3 genes (CAPN6, CAPN9, and CAPN10)were associated with blood pressure, and the CAPN10 SNP rs4676348 yielded the strongest association signal (beta=‐0.88±0.27, p=0.001 for systolic blood pressure and beta=‐0.58±0.18, p=0.015 for diastolic blood pressure). Further, the interaction of CALM1 to ATP2B1 was examined using the blood pressure of individuals who carried both variants of CALM1and ATP2B1 genes. Similarly the interaction of CAPN10 to ATP2B1 was also examined. The CALM1 variant (rs2401887)and CAPN10 variants (rs4676348) appear to decrease blood pressure further in addition to the decrease by the variant (rs17249754) of ATP2B1, which suggests that ATP2B1 might regulate blood pressure through the ATP2B1‐interacting genes CALM1 and CAPN10.

Cytokine and Tumor Environments

Jin Tae Hong1*, Ju Kyung Song, Sun Mi Kwon, Byung Woo Ahn, Youngsoo Kim, Sang Bae Han 충북대학교 동물의학연구소 2012 Journal of Biomedical and Translational Research Vol.13 No.1

Cytokines are known to function as regulatory molecules that can be produced by virtually every nucleated cell type in the body, including lymphocytes, monocytes/macrophages, epithelial cells, fibroblasts, and many others. Cytokines include lymphocyte-derived factors (lymphokines), monocyte-derived factors (monokines), hematopoietic factors (colony-stimulating factors), connective tissue/growth factors, and chemotactic chemokines. Cytokines released in response to infection can affect tumor development in different ways. When exposed to infectious agents, cytokines are secreted by sentinel cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells. These cytokines include interleukin 1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor-α, as well as others, such as IL-6, IL-12, and IL-18. When released in sufficient quantities, these molecules can cause inflammation. Chronic inflammation is highly associated with tumor initiation, promotion, and progression. In this article, we review the roles and mechanisms of cytokines in tumor development.

A Study on the appropriate herbal medicine according to Sasang constitution using EAV

Choi,Jin-Wook,Lee,Su-kyung,Hong,Suck-chull,Koh,Byung-hee INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE KYUNG-HEE UNIVERSIT 1997 JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE Vol.2 No.1

1. Objective This is a basic study about the response of herbal medicine to EAV. The purpose was to investigate how the meridian of EAV responded to herbal medicine and how EAV was applied to the diagnosis of Sasang constitution. 2. Materials & Methods The subjects of this study were patients who were being treated in the Dept. of Constitutional Medicine ot Kyung-Hee Medical Center. The study examined how herbal medicine affected the maximum value and the indicator drop and how each constitution responded differently to the constitutional herb medicine. 3. Results & Conclusions 1) When comparing the maximum value and ID of the worst BAP before and after the experiment with herbal medicine, the maximum value significantly went up and the ID significantly went down in all the herbal medicines. So we confirmed that all the herbal medicines positively affected the change of the maximum value and ID. 2) The changes in the maximum value induced by herbal medicines were significantly different according to the constitution of Dokhual Jihwang Tang, and Hyangbuja Palmul Tang. Although Dokhual Jihwang Tang was soyangin's herb medicine in Sasang constitutional medicine, it raised the value of soeumin higher than that of soyangin. Hyangbuja Palmul Tang which was soeumin's herb medicine raised the value of soeumin higher than that of the other constitution. 3) The changes of ID were not significantly different in the constitution.

서울의 PPNG 발생 빈도(1991-1992)

김재홍,윤기범,박평원,김영진,전경민,김영태,김중환,곽호,구상완,송민석,유옥,지혜구,김동원,문상은,박영립,정승호,성범진,성순제,엄주용,황정열,이기홍,이주협,전태진 대한화학요법학회 1994 대한화학요법학회지 Vol.12 No.1

The prevalence of PPNG among pretreated gonorrhea cases isolated at the STD clinic of Choong-Ku Public Health Center in Seoul has been studied and reported annually since 1981. In 1991, 123 strains of N.gonorrhoeae were isolated, among which 58(47.1%) were PPNG. In 1992, 98 starains of N.gonorrhoeae were isolated, among which 51(52.0%) were PPNG. In all, 109(49.3%) strains were found to be PPNG among 221 strains isolated between 1991-1992. The prevalence of PPNG in Seoul showed increased tendency till 1989, thereafter, it has been stationary or slightly decreasing.

여성상품 판매원의 판매방법이 고객만족과 판매 성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

홍경옥 ; 전기환 ; 박진영 김천대학교 2002 김천대학교 논문집 Vol.23 No.-

The sales method of sales person can be strategic service activity concept that produce superior value and maintain it in the market by responding for the customer's 'need'.

알코올 의존 환자의 Tryptophan Hydroxylase 유전자 다형성

홍주봉,이상익,신철진,김헌,지경환,정인원 大韓神經精神醫學會 2001 신경정신의학 Vol.40 No.4

연구목적 : 알코올 의존 환자에서 세로토닌 합성 조절 효소인 tryptophan hydroxylase(TPH) 유전자 다형성 빈도를 정상 대조군과 비교함으로써 알코올 의존의 유전적 요인을 추적하고, 임상변인과 이 유전자 다형성과의 관련성을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : DSM-IV진단기준에 부합되는 알코올 의존 환자 100명과 정상 대조군 100명을 대상으로 TPH유전자 다형성을 증합효소 연쇄반응과 제한효소 처리법을 이용하여 동정하였다. 여기서 분리된 대립 유전자와 유전자형에 따른 빈도의 차이를 서로 비교하였으며, 알코올 의존 환자군의 여러 임상 변인에 따른 차이를 비교하였다. 결 과 : 알코올 의존 환자군과 대조군 간에 TPH의 A216C 유전자형 및 대립유전자 빈도에서의 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 관찰되지 않았으나, 조기 발병한 환자의 경우는 유전자형의 빈도가 AA,AC,CC형이 0.57, 0.39, 0.04, 후기 발병한 환자의 경우 0.34, 0.45, -.21로, 조기 발병한 환자군에서 대조군과 비교하여 통계적으로 유의하게 A 대립 유전자의 빈도가 높은 것이 관찰되었다.(by chi-square test, p<0.05). 결 론 : 이는 조기 발병형 알코올 의존의 경우 TPH유전자 다형성과 관련이 있으며, 일부 알코올 의존 환자에서 유전적으로 세로토닌계의 이상이 있다는 사실을 시사한다. Objectives : This study was performed to explore the association of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) gene with diagnosis of alcohol dependence and/or clinical characteristics such as age of onset, family history, and severity of symptoms in Korean alcoholics. Methods : The genotype and allele frequencies of TPH in 100 male hospitalized patients who met DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence were investigated using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length plymorphism and were compared with 100 age-matched healthy male control subjects. And the associations between gene polymorphisms and clinical characteristics in alcoholic patients were explored. Results : The distributions of TPH genotype and allele in alcohol dependent patients were not different from control subjects. However, the frequencies of TPH genotype in early-onset alcoholic patients, which were 0.57, 0.39, and 0.04(AA, AC and CC, respectively), were significantly different from those of late-onset alcoholics(0.34, 0.45, and 0.21, respectively). "A" allele was found more frequent in early-onset alcoholics. Conclusion : The result suggests that TPH gene polymorphism is associated with early-onset alcioholic patients possibly related with inherited abnormalities of serotonin system.

이동형 생체계측을 위한 임베디드 컴퓨팅

홍주현,진계환,박경순,조명찬,박길선,차은종,이태수 충북대학교 의과대학 충북대학교 의학연구소 2003 忠北醫大學術誌 Vol.13 No.2

연구목적: 초소형 정밀 기계 기술로 제작된 2차원 가속도 센서와 916 MH2 단거리 고주파 데이터 통신 기술을 응용하여 인체의 운동상태를 자동으로 감지하고 분류하는 기법을 제안 하고자 하였다. 재료 및 방법: 인체의 신호를 획득하기 위하여 미국 버클리대에서 제작한 무선 센서를 등 산용 조끼의 전면상단에 부착해서, 대상자의 흉골 부위에 위치하도록 하고, 앉은 상태에서 일어서거나 눕거나 하는 동작 및 그 역동작이 일어날 때, 가속도 센서에서 감지되는 4가지 종류의 파형 현화에 해당되는 데이터를 무선센서 네트웍을 통해 획득하였다. 결과: 획득한 신호를 주성분분석(Principal Component Analysis)과 지원벡터머신(Support Vector Machine)을 사용하여, 2차주성분까지를 도표화하고 클러스터링 함으로써, 4개의 영역으로 분할하는 것이 가능함을 말 수 있었다 결론: 소형 센서들이 작동되는 임베디드 컴퓨팅 환경에서 일상생활 중에 발생하는 인체의 4가지 동작을 자동으로 감지하고 분류하는 것이 가능함을 보였다. Purpose: New monitoring and classifying method of human motion contort was pro- posed by using 2-axial MEMS accelerometer and 916 MHz short-range data communica-tion technology. Materials and Methods: The wireless sensor of MICA mote was attached to a woman mountain vest and located close to the subject's sternum. During four types of sub-ject's motion, that is, sit-to-stand, stand-to-sit, sit-to-tying, and tying-to-sit, waveform changes of the accelerometer data were acquired by wireless sensor network. Results: The acquired signal was analyzed by Principal Component Analysis(PCA) and Support Vector Machine(SVM) technique. By clustering the first and second principal components, four regions corresponding to the four types of motion, were clearly segment-ed. Conclusion: Human motion context during daily life could be monitored and classified automatically by using small sensors in embedded computing environment

자가 Fibrin Glue와 연골세포를 이용한 연골조직 공학 기법에 관한 연구

홍성표,범진식,박재경,김진영,이두형 大韓成形外科學會 1999 Archives of Plastic Surgery Vol.26 No.3

Neomorphogenesis of cartilage using chondrocyte-polymer constructs is a potential source for development of cartilage reconstruction. Current tissue engineering techniques of neocartilage rely on in vivo implantation of polymer-chondrocyte constructs. The purpose of this study was to find a way to bioengineer cartilage in vitro by entrapping chondrocytes in a molded autologous fibrin glue. Chondrocytes isolated from the cartilage of rabbit joints were combined with fibrinogen extracted by a single cryoprecipitation of autologous plasma, and they were then polymerized with thrombin to create a fibrin glue with a final cell density of 2.5x10?? cells/ml. The collagen for a control study was used as a polymer. The polymer-chondrocyte constructs were cultured for 4 weeks and the fibrin-chondrocyte constructs molded in the shape of a human ear were cultured for 6 weeks in vitro. Morphometric, histochemical, and histomorphometric analysis including glycosaminoglycan quantitation confirmed the following results: 1) Highly-concentrated autologous fibrinogen was easily extracted by a single cryoprecipition of autologous olasma. 2) The fibrin-chondrocyte constructs demonstrated the presence of actively proliferating chondrocytes with the production of cartilaginous matrix(collagen and glycosaminoglycan) at 1 week after culture, as well as gross and histologic evidence similar to those of normal cartilage at 3∼4 weeks after culture. 3) The collagen-chondrocyte constructs demonstrated lower degrees of hardness and transparency, as well as a lower density of cells and glycosaminoglycan during the culture period. 4) Neocartilage generated from fibrin-chondrocyte constructs in the shape of a human ear nearly retained their original configuration and size without degeneration for 6 weeks of culture in vitro. This study demonstrated a novel method for bioengineering the molded cartilage in vitro using autologous fibrin glue as a matrix scaffold. The generated cartilage showed gross and histologic evidence similar to those of normal cartilage, retaining the original gross dimension. With further refinement, this may be a new application of tissue engineering for the reconstruction of cartilage.

관광호텔의 리더쉽 유형이 조직유효성에 미치는 영향

홍경욱 ; 박진영 ; 이현정 김천대학교 2000 김천대학교 논문집 Vol.21 No.-

The Leadership is very important for organizational behavior in every organization. Excellent leadership guide an organization to achievement. The leadership is more important in hotel organizations because which are highly dependent on human resources compare with other organizations. The Purpose of this research is to examine what influence leader-ship has on organizational performance. The variables of leadership are initiation structure leadership and consideration leadership. And the factors of organizational effective-ness are job satisfaction and job commitment. The results of this study revealed the followings : First, the initiation structure leadership and consideration leader-ship both effect on job satisfaction and the consideration leadership is more influence than initiation structure leadership. Second, the consideration leadership has positive effect on organi-zational commitment, but initiation structure leadership has not positive. This results means employees recognize more important the consideration leadership consist of friendship. confidence and respect.

온주밀감(Citrus unshiu Marc. var. Okitsu) 미분화 종바로부터 callus 유기 및 증식

진성범,홍경애,부경환,이도승,류기중 제주대학교 방사능이용연구소 2000 연구보고 Vol.14 No.-

조직배양을 통한 기관분화나 식물체 재분화 가 어려운 것으로 알려져 있는 온주밀감(Citrus unshiu Marc. var.Okitsu) 미분화 종자로부터 callus 유기 조건을 확립하였다. 온주밀감 성숙과실의 미분화 종자를 MT(Murashige and Tucker, 1969) 기본배지에 치상 6주 후에 미숙종자 양쪽 가장자리에 유기된 조그만white callus를 gibberellin 1mg/L, adenine 25mg/L, malt extract 500mg/L가 첨가된 MT 기본배지에 치상 하여 2주간격으로 계대배양하여 캘러스를 유지할 수 있었고, EME(Grosser and Gmitter, 1990a ) 배지에 4주 간격으로 계대배양함으로써 증식시킬 수 있었다.