• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.153-158
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• 1998

Arabidopsis thaliana에 beet curly top virus (BCTV)를 인공접종하여 외부병징 및 조직내부구조 변화를 광학현미경으로 검경하였다. BCTV-Logan에 접종된Arbidopsis thaliana ecotype Sei-O 줄기에서 약 2주 후 이상비대현상이 관찰되었고, 약 4주 후에는 캘러스조직이 형성되었다. 감염된 각 시기별로 증상부위의 Sei-O 줄기를 횡단절단하여 관찰한 결과 다음과 같은 순서, (1) 사부조직의 이상비대, (2) 이상비대된 사부의 괴사, (3) 괴사조직의 lacuna 형성, (4) lacuna형성된 사부 주위의 피층과 표피세포 신장 및 확대, (5) 신장된 피층 및 표피세포에서의 세포분열 유도, (6) 캘러스 조직의 유도 순으로 내부구조 변화가 관찰되었다. BCTV에 감염된 Arabidopsis에서의 캘러스 형성은 바이러스의 감염결과로 유도되었으며, azure-A염색법에 의해 바이러스 inclusion body는 사부조직과 캘러스에서도 존재함이 관찰되었다. 본 연구 결과 BCTV에 감염된 Arabidopsis에서 관찰된 캘러스 형성의 원인은 감염된 숙주식물의 사부조직의 괴사에 따른 lacuna 주위 피층세포의 세포분열에 기인한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.473-478
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• 2005

위암은 국내 암발생 및 사망률의 상당 부분을 차지하고 있으며, 이러한 조기 위암의 발견은 치료 및 예후에 있어서 아주 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 조기 위암의 진단을 위해 위 내시경 영상에서 색상 변화를 이용해 이상 부위를 검출하여 검사자에게 조직적인 정보를 제공하는 시스템을 제안한다. 어느 정도의 진행이 이루어진 염증과 암은 쉽게 판단할 수 있지만 조기의 염증이나 암의 경우에는 주의 깊게 보지 않는 경우에는 병변의 진단이 쉽지 않다. 본 논문에서는 위 내시경 영상을 IHb 채널로 변환시키고 조명에 의해 발생하는 잡음을 제거하며 자동으로 암 의심 영역을 검출하여 검사자에게 제공하거나 검사자에 의해 설정된 영역에 대한 조직적인 표면 정보를 제공한다. 본 논문의 연구는 추출된 이상 부위가 암을 확진할 수 없지만, 인간이 쉽게 인지하기 어려운 이상 부위(암 의심 영역)를 추출하여 검사자에게 주의를 요구함으로써 일 처리를 줄이고 부과적인 정보를 제공한다. 그리고 검사자가 지정한 영역에 대해서도 조직적인 정보를 제공한다. 제안된 위 내시경 영상 분석 방법의 효율성을 확인하기 위해서 실제 내시경 영상들을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 제안된 방법이 위 내시경 영상 분석에 효율적임을 확인하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.922-940
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• 2019

비만은 에너지 섭취와 소비의 불균형으로 인해 유발되는 비정상적인 지방 축적으로, 근래에 다양한 만성질환을 초래하는 주요 국제 보건 문제로 부상하였다. 이러한 이유로, 비만 문제에 대한 여러 해결책들이 제시되고 있다. 에너지를 저장하며 내분비 작용을 하는 백색 지방과 달리 열을 생성하여 에너지를 발산하는 두 종류의 지방조직인 갈색 지방과 베이지색 지방이 성인에 존재하며 외부 자극에 의해 유도될 수 있다는 것이 밝혀진 이래로, 이들은 비만 치료의 유망한 표적으로서 각광받고 있다. 이러한 외부 자극 중, 인간 장관계에서 인간과 공존하는 장내 미생물총은 다양한 대사 작용에 참여하며, 이를 조절하는 것이 여러 대사 질환의 치료에 유력한 작용을 할 것으로 보인다. 따라서, 다양한 연구에서 항비만 치료가 장내 미생물 환경 전환이나 갈색 지방 조직 활성화에 미치는 영향에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 본 총설에서는 비만과 체중 증가, 대사 질환을 해소하는 것으로 알려진 자극과, 장내 미생물총의 변화나 갈색지방의 활성화를 야기하는 자극과, 이 자극들과 장내 미생물총의 조작, 지방조직의 갈색화 사이에서 알려져 있거나 있을 수 있는 상관관계를 중점적으로 다루고자 한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.7381-7384
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• 2015

This study was conducted to 1206 women who had cervical cancer screening at Chonburi Cancer Hospital. The spilt-sample study aimed to compare the efficacy of abnormal cervical cells detection between liquid-based cytology (LBC) and conventional cytology (CC). The collection of cervical cells was performed by broom and directly smeared on a glass slide for CC then the rest of specimen was prepared for LBC. All slides were evaluated and classified by The Bethesda System. The results of the two cytological tests were compared to the gold standard. The LBC smear significantly decreased inflammatory cell and thick smear on slides. These two techniques were not difference in detection rate of abnormal cytology and had high cytological diagnostic agreement of 95.7%. The histologic diagnosis of cervical tissue was used as the gold standard in 103 cases. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, false positive, false negative and accuracy of LBC at ASC-US cut off were 81.4, 75.0, 70.0, 84.9, 25.0, 18.6 and 77.7%, respectively. CC had higher false positive and false negative than LBC. LBC had shown higher sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy than CC but no statistical significance. In conclusion, LBC method can improve specimen quality, more sensitive, specific and accurate at ASC-US cut off and as effective as CC in detecting cervical epithelial cell abnormalities.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.3087-3091
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• 2014

Purpose: To determine the utility of digital rectal examination (DRE), serum total prostate specific antigen (tPSA) estimation, and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) for the detection of prostate cancer (PCa) in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Materials and Methods: All patients with abnormal DRE, TRUS, or serum tPSA >4ng/ml, in any combination, underwent TRUS-guided needle biopsy. Eight cores of prostatic tissue were obtained from different areas of the peripheral prostate and examined histopathologically for the nature of the pathology. Results: PCa was detected in 151 (50.3%) patients, remaining 149 (49.7%) showed benign changes with or without active prostatitis. PCa was detected in 13 (56.5%), 9 (19.1%), 26 (28.3%), and 103 (74.6%) of patients with tPSA <4 ng/ml, 4-10 ng/ml, 10-20 ng/ml and >20 ng/ml respectively. Only 13 patients with PCa had abnormal DRE and TRUS with serum PSA <4 ng/ml. The detection rate was highest in patients with tPSA >20 ng/ml. The association between tPSA level and cancer detection was statistically significant (p<0.01). Among 209 patients with abnormal DRE and raised serum PSA, PCa was detected in 128 (61.2%). Conclusions: The incidence of PCa increases with increasing serum level of tPSA. The overall screening and detection rate can be further improved by using DRE, TRUS and TRUS-guided prostate needle biopsies.

• 대한구강악안면병리학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2018

A 31 years old female had been suffered from a bony swelling in right premolar region of the mandible for 12 years, recently grown rapidly. A fistula tract developed on the right anterior mandibular border, but the lesion was relatively asymptomatic. In the radiological examination, the tumor mass was irregularly mixed with radiolucent and radiopaque areas, forming multiple cystic spaces. Under the diagnosis of calcifying odontogenic cyst, the mandibular mass was resected and examined pathologically. After decalcification, the dissected tumor mass showed multiple small cystic spaces and calcifying fibrous tissue, mimicking calcifying odontogenic cyst or ameloblastoma. Histological observation showed many calcifying cementoid materials and ossifying trabeculae. The cystic spaces were turned out to be dilated vascular channels lined by endothelial cells, containing plasma fluid. However, the main lesion was diagnosed as cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF), and the atypical vascular channels were greatly dilated and gradually expanded the whole tumor mass. The present COF was examined through immunohistochemical (IHC) array, and investigated for tumor cell characteristics, exhibiting abnormal ossification and aneurysmal cystic changes. IHC array disclosed that the tumor cells grew progressively in the lack of apoptosis, and that they showed lower expression of RUNX2 than BMP-2, RANKL, and OPG, and increases of protein expression in $HIF-1{\alpha}$, VEGF-A, and CMG2. These data suggested that the reduced expression of RUNX2, osteoblast differentiation factor, be relevant to abnormal ossification of COF, and that the consistent expressions of angiogenesis factors be relevant to de novo angiogenesis in COF, subsequently resulted in aneurysmal cystic changes.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.317-323
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 요통으로 추간공 접근법과 추궁간판 접근법을 사용하여 요부 경막외 신경차단술을 받은 환자를 대상으로 시술 후 자기공명영상 소견이 어떻게 다른지 조사하는 것이었다. 연구 방법은 신경차단술 후 자기공명영상의 이상 소견에 대해 분석한 관찰 연구이다. 연구 대상자는 2007년 1월에서 2016 12월 사이에 일개 대학병원 통증클리닉에서 요부 경막외 신경차단술 24시간 후에 요추부 자기공명영상을 촬영한 78명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 신경차단술을 받은 대상자 중에서 추궁간판 접근법을 사용한 환자는 36명이었고, 추간공 접근법을 사용한 환자는 42명이었다. 경막외 신경차단술 후 자기공명영상에서 비정상적인 소견을 보인 환자들의 비율은 추간공 접근법을 사용한 군(7%)에 비해 추궁간판 접근법을 사용한 군(53%)에서 많았다. 비정상적인 자기공명영상 소견은 경막외 공기, 유체, 연부 조직의 변화, 바늘 자국 등이었다. 전체 비정상소견 중에서는 경막외 공기가 72%로 다수를 차지했다. 위의 연구결과를 고려할 때 요부 경막외 신경차단술을 시행 후 24시간 이내에 자기공명영상을 촬영할 경우에는, 시술 시 추간공 접근법을 이용하는 것이 자기공명영상의 판독 오류 또는 해석의 어려움을 줄이는데 도움이 될 것이다. 또한 추궁간판 접근법을 이용하여 시술하는 경우에는 자기공명영상에서 경막외 공기 등의 이상 소견이 발견될 가능성에 주의할 필요가 있다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2020

Life expectancy has dramatically increased around the world over the last few decades, and staying healthier longer, without chronic disease, has become an important issue. Although understanding aging is a grand challenge, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the degeneration of cell and tissue functions with age and its contribution to chronic disease has greatly advanced during the past decade. As our immune system alters with aging, abnormal activation of immune cells leads to imbalance of innate and adaptive immunity and develops a persistent and mild systemic inflammation, inflammaging. With their unique therapeutic properties, such as immunomodulation and tissue regeneration, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been considered to be a promising source for treating autoimmune disease or as anti-aging therapy. Although direct evidence of the role of MSCs in inflammaging has not been thoroughly studied, features reported in senescent MSCs or the aging process of MSCs are associated with inflammaging; MSC niche-driven skewing of hematopoiesis toward the myeloid lineage or oncogenesis, production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and weakening their modulative property on macrophage polarization, which plays a central role on inflammaging development. This review explores the role of senescent MSCs as an important regulator for onset and progression of inflammaging and as an effective target for anti-aging strategies.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 1982

The term hamartoma was first used by Albrecht to describe what he considered to be localized errors of development involving one or more tissue native to the organ of origin. The definition was meant to encompass not only abnormal local growth rate, but also the spatial arrangement, relative proportions and degree of the component tissue. But lately the major conclusions are that this group of lesion is neoplastic than developmental in origin. The Importance of pulmonary hamartoma is that they are relatively common among the benign tumor of the lung, but they usually present as asymptomatic coin lesion on chest x-ray film and were find out In routine check up and frequently mimic clinically the more common lung tumor such as cancer. Recently, we have experienced three cases of pulmonary hamartoma which were all discovered during routine chest film check up for certificate of health and evaluation of other disease. All of these were surgically resected with good result. Among the operations, one of these was mass enucleation and the others were lobectomy of lung involved by the mass.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.1111-1116
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• 1988

Neurofibromatosis is very rare syndrome characterized by abnormal cutaneous pigmentation and numerous skin tumors was described by Smith in 1849, which is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Von Recklinghausen reported 2 cases of multiple skin and subcutaneous tumors in 1982. Malignant peripheral nerve tumors, although generally rare, are one of the most characteristic malignant tumors associated with Neurofibromatosis. We have experienced 3 cases of malignant Schwannoma in neurofibroma patients from 1982 to 1988 for 6 years at Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery department, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. l. One is 62 years old female who was taken total hysterectomy followed by irradiation treatment due to Uterine Carcinoma 21 years ago. She had a large bulging mass on left anterior chest wall and was taken enbloc resection of tumor including rib confirmed malignant Schwannoma. 2. Another is 18 years old female who had large bulging mass on right chest wall and pleural effusion in right thoracic cavity. Thoracentesis revealed a large amount of lymphocytes misdiagnosed of Tbc, pleurisy with Neurofibromatosis. We performed tissue biopsy on bulging mass and the specimen was confirmed malignant Schwannoma 2 months after first diagnosis of Tbc. pleurisy. She was not accessible to radical resection because of far advanced malignant Schwannoma at that time. 3. Third case is 28 years old male who was taken enbloc resection of tumor including rib due to Neurofibroma with Neurofibromatosis at M. hospital 6 months ago. But he had rapid growing mass at operation site again and taken tissue biopsy confirmed of malignant Schwannoma. He was not accessible to enbloc resection due to malignant Schwannoma extending to mediastinal structures.