침습성 아스페르길수스증 진단을 위항 갈락토만난 항원검사의 유용성 평가

송경호,이신원,장희창,전재현,박완범,박경운,박상원,오명돈,최강원 대한감염학회 2009 감염과 화학요법 Vol.41 No.2

Background : Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised patients. However, 1A is difficult to diagnose, especially in the aforementioned patient group. Recently, galactomannan assay (GMA) using enzyme immunoassay has been introduced in Korea. We evaluated its diagnostic usefulness in the diagnosis of 1A and we analyzed the results according to the underlying diseases. Materials and Methods : All patients who underwent GMA during the period from October 2007 to June 2008 were evaluated retrospectively. According to the criteria of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group, IA was classified into four clinical categories: proven', probable', possible', and 'non' IA. Patients with 'proven' and 'probable' IA were used as the reference standards for IA. GMA was performed using Platelia Aspergillus EIA (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). Optical density index ≥0.5 was considered positive. Results : Of the 144 patients who underwent GMA, two patients were classificed as proven' IA and sixteen patients were probable' 1A. Overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the assay were 50% (95% confidence interval [C195), 26-74%), 88% (C195, 81-93%), 38% (CI95, 19-59%), and 93% (CI95, 86-97%), respectively. Among the 99 patients with underlying hematologic diseases, GMA showed 67% (C195, 35-90%) sensitivity and 89% (C195, 80-94%) specificity, whereas in 45 patients with underlying diseases other than hematologic diseases, sensitivity and specificity of the assay were 17% (CI95, 0-64%) and 87% (CI95, 73-96%), respectively. Conclusions : GMA showed high specificity, irrespective of the patient population. However, sensitivity of GMA was low and the assay was less sensitive in patients with underlying diseases other than hematologic diseases than in patients with hematologic diseases.

Morin exerts cytoprotective effects against oxidative stress in C2C12 myoblasts via the upregulation of Nrf2-dependent HO-1 expression and the activation of the ERK pathway

Lee, Moon Hee,Han, Min Ho,Lee, Dae-Sung,Park, Cheol,Hong, Su-Hyun,Kim, Gi-Young,Hong, Sang Hoon,Song, Kyoung Seob,Choi, Il-Whan,Cha, Hee-Jae,Choi, Yung Hyun UNKNOWN 2017 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE Vol.39 No.2

<P>In the present study, we investigated the cytoprotective efficacy of morin, a natural flavonoid, against oxidative stress and elucidated the underlying mechanisms in C2C12 myoblasts. Our results indicated that morin treatment prior to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) exposure significantly increased cell viability and prevented the generation of reactive oxygen species. H2O2-induced comet-like DNA formation and gamma H2AX phosphorylation were also markedly suppressed by morin with a parallel inhibition of apoptosis in C2C12 myoblasts, suggesting that morin prevented H2O2-induced cellular DNA damage. Furthermore, morin markedly enhanced the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) associated with the induction and phosphorylation of nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and the inhibition of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keapl) expression. Notably, these events were eliminated by transient transfection with Nrf2-specific small interfering RNA. Additional experiments demonstrated that the activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway by morin was mediated by the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling cascade. This phenomenon was confirmed with suppressed Nrf2 phosphorylation and consequently diminished HO-1 expression in cells treated with a pharmacological inhibitor of ERK. Collectively, these results demonstrated that morin augments the cellular antioxidant defense capacity through the activation of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling, which involves the activation of the ERK pathway, thereby protecting C2C12 myoblasts from H2O2,-induced oxidative cytotoxicity.</P>

Elevational Distribution of Breeding Bird Communities in Seoraksan National Park, Korea

Hwang, Hyun-Su,Lee, Jae-Kang,Eom, Tae-Kyung,Bae, Ho-Kyoung,Lee, Dong-Ho,Lim, Jong-Hwan,Jung, Sung-Cheol,Park, Chan-Ryul,Rhim, Shin-Jae Korean Society of Forest Science 2020 한국산림과학회지 Vol.109 No.1

In this study, the elevational distribution of breeding birds in Seoraksan National Park, Korea was investigated. Forty-six species of birds were documented from line transect surveys taken from Seorakdong at 230 m above sea level (a.s.l.) to the Daechungbong summit at 1708 m asl. Birdspecies richness and diversity were highest in Seorakdong and lowest at the Daechungbong summit. As elevation increased, bird species richness and diversity decreased, with a humped-shape trend being observed between 700 m and 1200 m a.s.l. Stepwise analyses revealed that breeding bird species diversity indices were significantly negatively correlated with elevation (r² = 0.327, P < 0.001) and positively correlated with vegetational coverage (r² = 0.324, P = 0.046). Higher elevations supported fewer birds than low and intermediate elevations. Projections at the local scale, including data on behavior and habitat use by birds, will be necessary for optimal conservation and management of the bird communities in Seoraksan National Park.

Elevational Distribution of Breeding Bird Communities in Seoraksan National Park, Korea

( Hyun-su Hwang ),( Jae-kang Lee ),( Tae-kyung Eom ),( Ho-kyoung Bae ),( Dong-ho Lee ),( Jong-hwan Lim ),( Sung-cheol Jung ),( Chan-ryul Park ),( Shin-jae Rhim ) 한국산림과학회(구 한국임학회) 2020 한국산림과학회지 Vol.109 No.1

In this study, the elevational distribution of breeding birds in Seoraksan National Park, Korea was investigated. Forty-six species of birds were documented from line transect surveys taken from Seorakdong at 230 m above sea level (a.s.l.) to the Daechungbong summit at 1708 m asl. Birdspecies richness and diversity were highest in Seorakdong and lowest at the Daechungbong summit. As elevation increased, bird species richness and diversity decreased, with a humped-shape trend being observed between 700 m and 1200 m a.s.l. Stepwise analyses revealed that breeding bird species diversity indices were significantly negatively correlated with elevation (r² = 0.327, P < 0.001) and positively correlated with vegetational coverage (r² = 0.324, P = 0.046). Higher elevations supported fewer birds than low and intermediate elevations. Projections at the local scale, including data on behavior and habitat use by birds, will be necessary for optimal conservation and management of the bird communities in Seoraksan National Park.

Slide Session : OS-IFD-07 ; Infectious Disease : In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Ribavirin Against Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus

( Myung Jin Lee ),( Kye Hyung Kim ),( Jong Youn Yi ),( Su Jin Choi ),( Chung Jong Kim ),( Nak Hyun Kim ),( Kyoung Ho Song ),( Pyoeng Gyun Choi ),( Ji Hwan Bang ),( Wan Beom Park ),( Eu Suk Kim ),( San 대한내과학회 2014 대한내과학회 추계학술발표논문집 Vol.2014 No.1

In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Ribavirin Against Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Myung Jin LEE1, Kye-Hyung KIM1, Jongyoun YI2, SuJin CHOI1, Chung-Jong KIM1, Nak- Hyun KIM1, Kyoung-Ho SONG1, Pyoeng Gyun CHOI1, Ji-Hwan BANG1, Wan Beom PARK1, Eu Suk KIM1, Sang-Won PARK1, Hong Bin KIM1, Nam Joong KIM1, Myoung- Don OH1 Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea1, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea2 Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a novel Bunyavirus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). No effective antiviral therapy is proven yet, but clinical use of ribavirin (RBV) has been tried. We investigated the antiviral effect of RBV against SFTSV in vitro. Methods: To test for cytotoxicity of RBV, Vero cells were treated with different concentrations of RBV (3.90 to 500 μg/mL, two-fold dilution) and analyzed by cell viability MTS assay 48h post-infection. To determine antiviral activity of RBV against SFTSV, Vero cells were infected with SFTSV strain Gangwon/Korea/2012 at 100 TCID50 (50% tissue culture infective dose) per well in a 96-well plate, and RBV was added at the concentrations showing no or minimal cytotoxicity. Viral RNAs were extracted from the culture supernatants and quantifi ed using one-step real-time reverse transcription- PCR to amplify the partial large segment of SFTSV. Statistical analysis was done by one-way ANOVA with Tukey`s post hoc test. Results: Cytotoxicity due to RBV was not observed at RBV concentration =31.3 μg/ mL. Viral RNAs at 24h post-RBV treatment were reduced with increasing RBV concentrations (1-32 μg/mL), compared with those of mock-treated cells (P <0.01, Figure). Half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of RBV was 3.69 μg/mL at 24h post-RBV treatment. Conclusions: Our study shows that RBV has antiviral effect against SFTSV in a dose-dependent manner. Further studies are required to evaluate the effi cacy of RBV in SFTS.

개에서 발생한 다중심성 T 세포 림프종 증례

이기호,박형진,송근호,서경원 忠南大學校 獸醫科大學 附設 動物醫科學硏究所 2012 動物醫科學硏究誌 Vol.19 No.1

A 5-year-old Jindo dog (13.7 kg, intact female) with history of cervical mass was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University. Complete blood cell count showed mild anemia thrombocytopenia. And serum biochemistry showed increased ALP. On radiologic evaluation, multicentric lymph nodes' enlargement. Based on the findings, the dog was diagnosed as multicentric T-cell lymphoma. The dog was treated with LCOAP-short protocol, but survived 7 months since first finding.

고정화 세포를 이용한 황화수소 제거공정 최적화

박양호,손효진,김경주,권규혁,이중헌 한국공업화학회 2003 응용화학 Vol.7 No.1

In this study, the hybitd reactor has used to remove H_2S from the toxic gas. Since the oxidation and reduction reactors were combined, theri sizes were important to stabilize developed process. The optimal sizes of oxidation and reduction reactors were determined considering iron oxidation rate and H_2S removal rate. The optimal ratio of reactor size was 4 L for oxidation reactor to 1 L for reduction reactor.Immobilized Thiobacillus ferrooxidans has been developed to minimize the size of oxidation reactor. Since the immobilized cell enhanced the oxidation rate, it was possible to incrase H_2S removal efficiency. It was possible to incerase operation time because immobilized cell can survie lger than free cell.

최대/최소 경계 스키마 추출 기법을 이용한 XML 문서의 DTD 추출

박경현,최은선,이종연,박정석,류근호 충북대학교 컴퓨터정보통신 연구소 2000 컴퓨터정보통신연구 Vol.8 No.2

XML이 인터넷상의 데이터 교환의 표준으로 대두되면서 데이터 모델이나 플랫폼에 관계없이 데이터의 전송이 가능하게 되었다. 특히 데이터 중심의 XML 문서의 경우 전송시의 부하를 줄이기 위해 DTD없이 전송되는 경우가 일반적이다. 그러한 이유로 전송받은 XML 데이터의 저장 효율을 높이고 질의를 최적화하며 사용자에게 편의성을 제공해주기 위해서는 XML 데이터로부터 DTD 추출이 필수적으로 요구된다. 이 논문에서는 이러한 DTD를 추출하기 위해 반구조적 데이터의 스키마 추출 기법을 적용한다. 특히, 반구조적 데이터의 최소 경계 스키마를 추출하는데 데이터로그를 이용하는 기존의 방법보다 효율적인 방법인 시뮬레이션을 적용함으로써 보다 향상된 DTD 추출 기법을 제시한다. XML makes it possible for data to be exchanged regardless of the data model in which it is represented or the platform on which it is stored, serving as a standard for data exchange format on the internet. Especially, It is natural to send XML data without DTD on the internet when XML is data-centric XML. Therefore it is needed to extract DTD to store XML data efficiently, to optimize queries, and to help users browse XML data. In this paper, Techniques for upper/lower bound schema extraction are applied to extract DTD from XML data. Especially we propose an efficient technique for extracting DTD by using simulation which is better than datalog as a lower bound schema extraction method.

RESEARCH : Estimation of effective population size using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data in Jeju horse

( Kyoung Tag Do ),( Joon Ho Lee ),( Hak Kyo Lee ),( Jun Kim ),( Kyung Do Park ) 한국동물자원과학회(구 한국축산학회) 2014 한국축산학회지 Vol.56 No.28

This study was conducted to estimate the effective population size using SNPs data of 240 Jeju horses that had raced at the Jeju racing park. Of the total 61,746 genotyped autosomal SNPs, 17,320 (28.1%) SNPs (missing genotype rate of >10%, minor allele frequency of <0.05 and Hardy?Weinberg equilibrium test P-value of <10?6) were excluded after quality control processes. SNPs on the X and Y chromosomes and genotyped individuals with missing genotype rate over 10% were also excluded, and finally, 44,426 (71.9%) SNPs were selected and used for the analysis. The measures of the LD, square of correlation coefficient (r2) between SNP pairs, were calculated for each allele and the effective population size was determined based on r2 measures. The polymorphism information contents (PIC) and expected heterozygosity (HE) were 0.27 and 0.34, respectively. In LD, the most rapid decline was observed over the first 1 Mb. But r2 decreased more slowly with increasing distance and was constant after 2 Mb of distance and the decline was almost linear with log-transformed distance. The average r2 between adjacent SNP pairs ranged from 0.20 to 0.31 in each chromosome and whole average was 0.26, while the whole average r2 between all SNP pairs was 0.02. We observed an initial pattern of decreasing Ne and estimated values were closer to 41 at 1 ~ 5 generations ago. The effective population size (41 heads) estimated in this study seems to be large considering Jeju horse`s population size (about 2,000 heads), but it should be interpreted with caution because of the technical limitations of the methods and sample size.

상시관측소를 이용한 Single RTK-GPS 정밀도 비교

박운용,차성렬,배경호 東亞大學校建設技術硏究所 2004 硏究論文集 Vol.28 No.1

The plenty of availability and high precision of GPS CORS is the reason why it become important more and more in the fields of surveying widely. In this study. I extracted the arbitrary point's coordinate which is using GPS CORS data. now served in RINEX FORMAT via Inter-Net, with observation network of the existing triangulation and GPS CORS data. Then. with this arbitrary point as reference station. RTK GPS was performed. And I will study VRS-GPS concept which reduces the time and cost in the fields of surveying.