• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.171-174
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• 2010

The anti-tumorigenic effects of Toxoplasma gondii (RH) antigens were studied in a murine sarcoma-180 tumor model. To determine the anti-tumor effects, the reduction in tumor size and expression of CD31 (an angiogenesis marker in the tumor tissue) were examined after injection of BALB/c mice with T. gondii lysate antigen (TLA) or formalin-fixed, proliferation-inhibited, T. gondii tachyzoites. Tumors were successfully produced by an intradermal injection of sarcoma-180 cells with plain Matrigel in the mid-backs of mice. After injection with TLA or formalin-fixed T. gondii tachyzoites, the increase in tumor size and weight nearly stopped while tumor growth continued in control mice that were injected with PBS. CD31 expression in TLA-treated or formalin-fixed T. gondii-injected mice was lower than the control mice. Accordingly, the present study shows that the treatment of mice with formalin-fixed T. gondii or TLA in the murine sarcoma-180 tumor model results in a decrease of both tumor size and CD31 expression.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.181-186
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• 2013

Background Partial or complete necrosis of a skin flap is a common problem. Polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) can be extracted from trout sperm and used as a tissue repair agent. The aim of this study was to investigate whether PDRN could improve the survival of random pattern skin flaps in rats. Methods Twenty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups: the PDRN treatment group (n=11) and the control group (n=11). Caudally pedicled random pattern skin flaps were elevated on their dorsal skin and resutured. The treatment group received daily intraperitoneal administration of PDRN (8 mg/kg/day), and the control group received fluid vehicle (NaCl 0.9%, 8 mg/kg/day) from day 0 to day 6. On day 7, the flap survival was evaluated and the harvested tissue surrounding the demarcation line of the necrotic area was stained with H&E, anti-rat vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF) antibody, and PECAM-1/CD31 antibody. Results The average necrotic area of the flap in the PDRN group was significantly smaller when compared with that of the control group. Histologic and immunohistochemical evaluation showed that granulation thickness score and VEGF-positive staining cells were marked higher in the PDRN group than in the control group. PECAM-1/CD31-positive microvascular densities were significantly higher in the PDRN group when compared with the control group. Conclusions This study confirms that PDRN improves the survival of random pattern skin flaps in rats. These results may represent a new therapeutic approach to enhancing flap viability and achieving faster wound repair.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.528-533
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 사람 제대혈로부터 간엽줄기세포를 분리하고, 이들을 체외에서 다량 증식시키며, 나아가 이들 간엽줄기세포를 특정한 세포로 분화시키고자 하였다. 사람의 제대혈로부터 단핵세포를 Ficoll-density gradient 법으로 분리하고, 이를 10% 우태아혈청, L-glutamnie, 및 항생제가 첨가된 DMEM 배양액과 Keratinocyte 배양액으로 $37^{\circ}C$ 5% $CO_2$ 배양조건에서 계대배양으로 증식시키고 현미경으로 줄기세포의 발달과 형태학적 성상을 확인하였으며, PAS 염색 및 PACS 분석으로 간엽줄기세포임을 확인하였다. 이들은 체외에서 연골세포로 분화를 유도하였고, 이들 분화된 줄기세포는 면역조직화학적 검사법으로 연골세포 특이 물질에 대한 Safranin O 염색법 및 Type II collagen 염색법을 실시하여 이들의 발현을 확인하였으며 RT-PCR을 실시하여 특이 mRNA 발현을 확인함으로서 연골세포로 분화된 것임을 확인하였다.