Which Environmental Factors Caused Lammas Shoot Growth of Korean Red Pine?

Lee, Chang-Seok,Song, Hye-Gyung,Kim, Hye-Soo,Lee, Bit-Na-Ra,Pi, Jeong-Hoon,Cho, Yong-Chan,Seol, Eun-Sil,Oh, Woo-Seok,Park, Sung-Ae,Lee, Seon-Mi The Ecological Society of Korea 2007 Journal of Ecology and Environment Vol.30 No.1

Lammas growth, a rare phenomenon for Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora), occurred in 2006. Lammas shoots showed higher frequency and longer length in Seoul's hotter urban center than in urban boundary or suburban forest sites. Frequency and length showed a close correlation with urbanization density and vegetation cover expressed in NDVI. Air temperature in the late summer of 2006 was more than $1^{\circ}C$ higher than an average year. Of the predominant environmental signals that modulate bud flush, only temperature changed significantly during the year. Differences in temperature between the urban centers, urban boundaries and suburban forests correlated with varying land-use density. The rise in temperature likely spurred lammas growth of the Korean red pine. Symptoms of climate change are being detected throughout the world, and its consequences will be clearer in the future. Considerate interest in the responses of ecological systems to the variable changes is required to prepare for unforeseeable crises. Monitoring of diverse ecological phenomena at Long Term Ecological Research sites could offer harbingers of change.

Effect of Probenecid on the Biliary Excretion of Belotecan

NamKoong, Eun-Mi,Kim, In-Wha,Kim, Dae-Duk,Chung, Suk-Jae,Shim, Chang-Koo 대한약학회 2007 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.30 No.11

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of probenecid, an inhibitor of the MRP2/ABCC transporter, on the pharmacokinetics and transport of belotecan (7-[2-(N-isopropy-lamino)ethyl]-(20S)-camptothecin). The effect of probenecid on the pharmacokinetics of belotecan was studied in rats. When belotecan was injected as a bolus dose of 5 mg/kg after probenecid was infused at a rate of 42.8 mg/2 mL/h/kg, the cumulative biliary excretion amounts and biliary clearance $(CL_b)$ of belotecan decreased ($28.29{\pm}2.83$ versus $19.96{\pm}1.45%$ of dose and $161.01{\pm}26.95$ versus $92.66{\pm}1.45$ mL/min/kg), whereas the systemic pharmacokinetics did not change. This indicates that the MRP2 transporter is involved in the biliary excretion of belotecan. The involvement of MRP2 in the secretory transport was further characterized using Caco-2 cell monolayers expressing MRP2. The apparent permeability across Caco-2 cell monolayers from basolateral to apical was 2.3 times greater than that from the apical to the basolateral side at the $50{\mu}M$ belotecan. In addition, probenecid significantly decreased the basolateral-to-apical transport of belotecan (52.9%). These results indicate that MRP2 is involved in the secretory transport of belotecan in biliary excretion.

환삼덩굴과 호프 꽃가루 알레르겐 간의 관련성 평가

정창규 ( Chang-gyu Jung ),양은미 ( Eun-mi Yang ),이지호 ( Ji-ho Lee ),김현미 ( Hyun Mi Kim ),박해심 ( Hae-sim Park ) 대한천식알레르기학회(구 대한알레르기학회) 2017 Allergy Asthma & Respiratory Disease Vol.5 No.4

Purpose: Humulus japonicus pollen (Hop J) is a major cause of inhalant allergy in autumn of the Far East countries, and its allergenic potency has been increasing with climate changes. Allergen immunotherapy has been considered in Hop J-sensitized allergic patients; however, Hop J allergen extracts for immunotherapy are not commercially available. We speculate that Humulus lupulus pollen (Hop L) belonged to the same genus may share cross-reacting allergens with Hop J and evaluated allergenic relationships between these 2 pollens. Methods: Thirteen patients with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma sensitive to Hop J pollens were enrolled in Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Korea. Hop J pollens were collected locally and lyophilized extracts were prepared, while lyophilized Hop L extracts were provided by Lofarma S.p.A. IgE-ELISA/enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) inhibition tests, sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and IgE-immunoblot/immunoblot inhibition analysis using sera from the enrolled subjects were performed. Results: All patients had high serum specific IgE to both Hop J and Hop L extracts by ELISA, but no significant correlation was found between these 2 extracts. ELISA inhibition tests showed significant dose-dependent inhibitions on IgE-bindings to Hop L with serial additions of Hop J extracts in a dose-dependent manner, while minimal inhibitions of IgE binding to Hop J were noted with additions of Hop L. IgE-immunoblot analysis demonstrated that the major allergenic component of Hop J at 12 kDa was inhibited by Hop J, while no inhibitions were noted by Hop L extracts on IgE-immunoblot inhibition analysis. Conclusion: These findings suggest that there may not be a significant cross-allergenicity between Hop J and Hop L. (Allergy Asthma Respir Dis 2017;5:217-222)

Hydroxycitrate, Carnitine 및 Capsaicin을 함유한 식이 보조제(3D-Relax Diet)의 체중 감량 효과

정은영,정경희,김미자,배윤정,장은재 동덕여자대학교 2004 생활과학연구 Vol.9 No.-

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of 3D-Relax Diet; a proprietary formation containing hydroxycitrate(233mg/g), carnitine(150mg/g); and capsaicin (150mg/g); on body weight, % body fat, fat mass, lean body mass, Resting Metabolic Rate(RMR), body circumference, skinfold thickness, serum glucose and lipid level. Nineteen female college students participated in this 4 weeks weight control program. All subjects were randomly assigned to the Sang sik(S) group or Sang sik & 3D-Relax(3D) group. Mean energy intake of 3D group was l,523.1±300.2 ㎉(carbohydrate: 66.3%, protein: 18.7%, fat: 15.0%) and S group consumed 1,464.8±142.1 ㎉(carbohydrate: 65.1%, protein: 19.0%, fat: 15.9%) during program. The 3D group lost 3.1±1.3 kg of body weight, 2.5±l.4 kg of fat mass, 0.6±1.2 kg of lean body mass and 16.8±183.3 ㎉/d of RMR and the S group lost 1.8±1.0 kg of body weight, 1.1±1.1 kg of fat mass, 0.8±0.3 kg of lean body mass and 19.1±181.9 ㎉/d of RMR. There was no significant differences in the loss of lean body mass and RMR between two groups, however, the total body weight and the fat mass were significantly decreased in the 3D group compared to the S group(p<0.05). The 3D group experienced a significant reduced hip size, total-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol, however, the change of these between groups were not significantly different. There were no differences in the change of body circumference, skinfold thickness, serum glucose and lipid. These results suggest that the intake of 3D-Relax Diet(hydroxycitrate, carnitine, and capsaicin) during the weight control program decreased energy intake, fat intake and total body weight especially fat mass and those effects are presumably linked to the prevention of RMR decline and the inhibitory effects on lipogenesis.

Usefulness of Skin Explants for Histologic Analysis after Fractional Photothermolysis

( Gyeong Hun Park ),( Sung Eun Chang ),( Seunghyun Bang ),( Kwang Hee Won ),( Chong Hyun Won ),( Mi Woo Lee ),( Jee Ho Choi ),( Kee Chan Moon ) 대한피부과학회 2015 Annals of Dermatology Vol.27 No.3

Background: Fractional laser resurfacing treatment has been extensively investigated and is widely used. However, the mechanism underlying its effects is poorly understood because of the ethical and cosmetic problems of obtaining skin biopsies required to study the changes after laser treatment. Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of human skin explants for the investigation of fractional photothermolysis. Methods: Full-thickness discarded skin was treated in 4 ways: no treatment (control), fractional carbon dioxide laser, fractional Er:YAG laser, and fractional 1,550-nm erbium- doped fiber laser. Both treated and non-treated skin samples were cultured ex vivo at the air-medium interface for 7 days. Frozen tissue was sectioned and stained with hematoxylin & eosin for histologic examination and nitro blue tetrazolium chloride for viability testing. Results: Skin explants cultured for up to 3 days exhibited histologic changes similar to those observed in in vivo studies, including microscopic treatment zones surrounded by a thermal coagulation zone, re-epithelialization, and formation of microscopic epidermal necrotic debris. However, the explant structure lost its original form within 7 days of culture. The viability of skin explants was maintained for 3 days of culture but was also lost within 7 days. Conclusion: The skin explant model may be a useful tool for investigating the immediate or early changes following fractional photothermolysis, but further improvements are required to evaluate the long-term and dermal changes. (Ann Dermatol 27(3) 283∼290, 2015)

Free Paper Presentation : OS-53 ; Factors Associated with Smokers` will for Smoking Cessation in Korea

( Ah Young Leem ),( Chang Hoon Han ),( Chul Min Ahn ),( Tae Hoon Jung ),( Yu Il Kim ),( Jae Yeol Kim ),( Sang Haak Lee ),( Eun Mi Chun ),( Kwang Ha Yoo ),( Ji Ye Jung ) 대한결핵 및 호흡기학회 2014 대한결핵 및 호흡기학회 추계학술대회 초록집 Vol.118 No.-

Background: Smoking is known to increase the risk of chronic disease. Understanding of factors that contribute to smoking cessation may help to develop strategies for smoking behavior change. Methods: Pooled cross-sectional data of 11,924 subjects from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II-V were analyzed. The stages of change in smoking cessation were categorized into pre-contemplation, contemplation, and preparation. Baseline characteristics, socioeconomic factors, quality of life, psychological characteristics, and tobacco-related factors were compared between the groups. Results: The study population consisted of 32.4% in pre-contemplation, 54.4% in contemplation, and 13.1% in preparation group. While the proportion for pre-contemplation group (37.4% to 28.4%) tended to decrease from 2001 to 2012, that of preparation group (6.4% to 18.1%) tended to increase. The mean age of pre-contemplation group (48.4±16.2) is higher than comtemplation and preparation group (42.2±13.9 and 44.4±15.3; P=0.02). As levels of education and income status increased, the proportion of pre-contemplation tended to decrease, and that of preparation tended to increase. Proportion of blue collar job in pre-contemplation group was higher than in preparation group (67.9% vs 58.1%; P<0.001). In pre-contemplation group, percentage of suicidal ideation within 1 year was higher than contemplation and preparation group (19.3% vs 16.0% and 16.1%). Upon adjusting analysis, the proportion of pre-contemplation group increased with increasing age (OR=1.01; 95%CI 1.01-1.02), and smoking amount (OR=1.04; 95%CI 1.03-1.05). People of pre-contemplation group (vs. preparation) are be less educated (OR=1.99; 95% CI 1.51-2.62), are in single marital status (OR=1.25; 95%CI 1.04-1.50), have lower prevalence of cardiovascular disease (OR=0.48; 95%CI 0.31-0.76), and do less exercise walking (OR=1.36; 95%CI 1.09-1.69) and weight training (OR=1.59; 95%CI 1.35-1.85). Conclusions: We demonstrated a significant association between the stages of change in smoking cessation and age, education, marital status, cardiovascular disease, and amount of exercise.

八味元이 Streptozotocin 糖尿病에 미치는 影響

김희경,문정숙,박귀영,이다미,이은영,장윤경,황미경 曉星女子大學校 藥學大學 學生會 1988 曉星藥誌 Vol.4 No.-

Streptozotocin was injected to rats and rabbits to induce the experimental diabetes mellitus and Palmiwon was administrated to observe the changes of blood sugar, body weight, and serum Zn, Ca, Mg level in order to find out the effect of diabetic tratment by experimental method. And thus, the result was as follows: 1. The blood sugar level of diabetic rat was decreased after administration of Palmiwon. 2. Body weight of diabetic rat was moderately decreased after administratin of Palmiwon. 3. The less streptozotocin, 30 mg/kg, don't easily induce diabetes mellitus in rabbits. We did not find the changes of blood sugar, serum Zn, Ca, Mg level in the rabbits injected by streptozotocin, 30mg/kg of body weight.

MODIS NDVI 시계열 패턴 변화를 이용한 산림식생변화 모니터링 방법론

정명희,이상훈,장은미,홍성욱,Jung, Myung-Hee,Lee, Sang-Hoon,Chang, Eun-Mi,Hong, Sung-Wook 한국공간정보학회 2012 한국공간정보학회지 Vol.20 No.4

정규식생지수(NDVI)는 식생자원을 모니터링할 수 있도록 설계된 식생지수(VI-Vegetation Index) 중 하나로 여러 응용 분야에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 지수이다. 산림 분야에서도 NDVI가 많이 활용되고 있는데 본 논문에서는 산림 변화 모니터링을 위해 MODIS NDVI를 활용하는 방법론이 연구되었다. 특정 시점을 기준으로 NDVI 값을 비교 및 분류하여 변화를 탐지하는 방법은 기계나 기상상태의 영향으로 자료의 정확성이 떨어질 수 있고 장기적인 변화를 탐지하는데도 어려움이 있다. 이러한 점을 고려하여 본 논문에서는 하모닉 모형을 이용하여 NDVI 시계열 자료를 통해 NDVI 패턴을 고려하는 방법론을 제시하였다. 먼저 하모닉 모형을 적용하여 미관측 자료나 자료의 오류를 보정한 NDVI 시계열 자료를 재구축하고 추정된 하모닉 요소의 모수를 기준으로 장기적 패턴을 통해 식생의 변화를 모니터링할 수 있다. 제안된 방법은 한반도 지역의 2009년 8월 21일부터 2011년 9월 6일까지 총 49개의 MODIS NDVI 시계열 자료에 적용하여 모형의 유용성을 입증하였다. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) has been used to measure and monitor plant growth, vegetation cover, and biomass from multispectral satellite data. It is also a valuable index in forest applications, providing forest resource information. In this research, an approach for monitoring forest change using MODIS NDVI time series data is explored. NDVI difference-based approaches for a specific point in time have possible accuracy problems and are lacking in monitoring long-term forest cover change. It means that a multi-time NDVI pattern change needs to be considered. In this study, an efficient methodology to consider long-term NDVI pattern is suggested using a harmonic model. The suggested method reconstructs MODIS NDVI time series data through application of the harmonic model, which corrects missing and erroneous data. Then NDVI pattern is analyzed based on estimated values of the harmonic model. The suggested method was applied to 49 NDVI time series data from Aug. 21, 2009 to Sep. 6, 2011 and its usefulness was shown through an experiment.

Gene flow of GM pepper

Sun-Hee Shin,Min Jung,Jung-Mi Park,Eun-Mi Jeon,Chang-Gi Kim,Chee-Hark Harn 한국육종학회 2013 한국육종학회 심포지엄 Vol.2013 No.07

CMVP1 (cucumber mosaic virus pathotype 1) has been frequently occurring virus causing damage in pepper farms, and it is hard to control the outbreak due to lack of the genetic source resistant to this specific pathotype. Therefore, we have developed transgenic peppers tolerant of CMVP1 using a CP gene of CMVP0 pathogen. In order to fulfill the requirement of the biosafety assessment criteria, we have studied the horizontal gene flow from GM pepper to non-GM pepper by monitoring the transgene movement. If the pepper farms are located closely each other and the pollen moves from GM pepper to non-GM pepper, it would cause unintended fertilization. Therefore, a buffer zone to separate the cultivation regions is required to avoid the contamination of transgene. Previously, several data regarding the movement distance of pepper pollen were reported by judging the phenotypic change. However, no tool as a trace marker was available. The objective of this study was to assess the frequencies of gene flow from GM peppers to non-GM peppers in neighboring farms using the transgene of CP as a trace marker. The GM and non-GM peppers were cultivated in the isolated farm of Nongwoo Bio Co. (NW GM pepper field) and pepper fruits were collected from the NW GM pepper field as well as the neighboring pepper farms. The pepper seeds collected from the farms were planted and the massive PCR analysis was performed to answer the question how far the pollen of GM pepper migrates. The conclusive data based on the consecutive experiments for 6 years is that the gene flow by pollen movement did not occur in peppers that were separated each other over 30 m.

교내 실내 공기에서 부유 미생물의 분포

박창은,임미소,이다은,김설아,강재원 남서울대학교 2010 남서울대학교 논문집 Vol.16 No.2

The pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganism have been isolated from the indoor airborne, the closest environment of human beings. Our purpose were to investigate the distribution of fungi and bacteria in indoor airborne sampled from 7 locations in Namseoul University for 2 months from September to October, 2010. The isolated bacteria were identified by Gram stain and biochemical test using VITEKTM system, also The fungus were identified by LPCB. The experiment on microorganism concentration of indoor air carried out and the average of total microorganism was measured. When airborne bacteria were isolated and identified. The isolation rates of Gram positive cocci, Gram positive bacilli, Gram negative bacilli, and Gram negative cocci were 38.3%, 22.4%, 2.7%, 0%, respectively. In Gram positive cocci, the most strains were identified as Micrococcus spp. In Gram positive bacilli, the most strains were identified as Bacillus spp. The frequently isolated fungi were Aspergillus sp, Penicillium sp, Alternaria sp, Rhizopus sp, Mucor sp. respectively. Further systematic studies are necessary with an emphasis on species identification. Key Words : Microorganism, Fungus, Indoor Airborne, Micrococcus, Aspergillus