• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.607-612
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• 1999

Cigarette smoking is the potential risk factor for lung cancer and chronic pulmonary disease, as well as inflammatory bowel disease and reproductive malfunction. Nicotine and tar have been im plicated as a major factor in the pathogenesis of the diseases. Nicotine increases heart rate and blood pressure due to stimulation sympathetic neurotransmission and tar also accounts for the severe damage of peridontal diseases and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Portulaca oleracea, which contains significant amount of K+, noradrenaline and dopamine as well as various nutrients, has been used for many medicinal purposes and one of which is the detoxification of insect or snake toxins. The purpose of this study was to investigate the action of Portulaca oleracea extracts on the reduction of harmful materials of tabacco. The reduction percentages were measured in the presence and absence of each solvent extract of Portulaca oleracea using reversed C18 column of HPLC. Nicotine reduction effects were obtained from aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts of Portulaca oleracea as 89%, 55% and 51%, respectively. The results suggest that the polar extracts of Portulaca oleracea affects the reduction of nicotine which is responsible for many diseases.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2003

Nicotine is one of the major hazardous components in cigarettc smoke. Nicotine deals a harmful effect to smokers and passive smokers due to its rapid conversion to various carcinogenic metabolites. Nitrosamine-4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) is believed to cause lung cancers among the nicotine-derived carcinogens. Recent studies report that NNK synthesis can be inhibited by the metabolism pathway to produce a stable metabolite cotinine from nicotine. Tea polyphenols have been known to contain factors to prevent cancers and to retard progression of cancers. This study aims to correlate tea polyphenol's potential for cancer prevention with an accelerated formation of cotinine. The conversion from nicotine to cotinine in the presence of tea extracts or three polyphenols (Catechin, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin gallate) was measured in established cell lines and in Xenopus oocytes. Among three lines of cell used, PLC/PRF5 and HEK293 cells showed a fast turnover from nicotine to cotinine while HepG2 cell line showed a marginal difference between groups treated and non-treated with tea polyphenols. When Xenopus oocytes were microinjected with nicotine, tea polyphenols appear to accelerate the conversion of nicotine to cotinine. Among the polyphenols tested in this study, (＋)－catechin showed the best efficiency overall in accelerating conversion from nicotine to cotinine both in the cell lines and in the oocytes. In summary, the present study indicated that tea polyphenols have a positive effect on conversion of nicotine to cotinine.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권sup2호
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• pp.337-339
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• 2001

The development of completely new intracranial aneurysms after previous successfully treated aneurysm is uncommon. A 50-year-old female presented with a case of multiple de novo aneurysm which were an aneurysm of right ophthalmic segment of internal carotid artery and an aneurysm of right A1 artery, 6 years after the clipping of an aneurysm of right posterior communicating artery. She had no history of hypertension, cigarette smoking and use of oral contraceptives, and had no evidence of genetic disorder. The laboratory findings were normal. All de novo aneurysms were clipped by basal anterior interhemispheric approach in one stage due to the direction of the aneurysm of the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery.

• 지질동맥경화학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.88-97
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• 2018

The prevalence of atherothrombotic disease continues to rise, presenting an increasing number of challenges to modern society and creating interest in functional foods. Platelet activation, adhesion, and aggregation at vascular endothelial disruption sites are key events in atherothrombotic disease. Physiological challenges such as hyperlipidemia, obesity, and cigarette smoking are associated with vascular changes underlying platelet aggregation and inflammatory processes. However, it is difficult to determine the beneficial response of functional foods in healthy subjects. To address this problem, challenge models and high-risk models related to smokers, obesity, and dyslipidemia are proposed as sensitive measures to evaluate the effects of functional foods in healthy subjects. In this review, we construct a model to evaluate the effects of functional food such as natural products on blood flow based on a human intervention study.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제87권1호
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• pp.40-51
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• 2024

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia with a very poor prognosis. Accurate diagnosis of IPF is essential for good outcomes but remains a major medical challenge due to variability in clinical presentation and the shortcomings of existing diagnostic tests. Medical history collection is the first and most important step in the IPF diagnosis process; the clinical probability of IPF is high if the suspected patient is 60 years or older, male, and has a history of cigarette smoking. Systemic assessment for connective tissue disease is essential in the initial evaluation of patients with suspected IPF to identify potential causes of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Radiologic examination using high-resolution computed tomography plays a pivotal role in the evaluation of patients with ILD, and prone and expiratory computed tomography images can be considered. If additional tests such as surgical lung biopsy or transbronchial lung cryobiopsy are needed, transbronchial lung cryobiopsy should be considered as an alternative to surgical lung biopsy in medical centers with experience performing this procedure. Diagnosis through multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) is strongly recommended as MDD has become the cornerstone for diagnosis of IPF, and the scope of MDD has expanded to monitoring of disease progression and suggestion of appropriate treatment options.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.292-300
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• 1993

연구배경 : 흡연으로 인한 건강의 위해를 줄이기위한 금연운동의 일환으로 의사의 금연권고에 대한 환자의 순응도와 효율성을 알아보기 위해 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 1989년 1월부터 1990년 말까지 2년간 부산 대동 병원 내과에서 통원 치료한 환자 남자 922명, 여자 1059명 도합 1981명을 대상으로 해서 흡연 양상과 의사 권고에 의한 금연 성공률을 조사해 보았다. 결과: 1) 남자 환자에서 현 흡연률은 64.43%, 비흡연자는 27.00%, 기금연자는 8.57% 이었다. 20세이하군에선 흡연률이 36.11% 이였다. 2) 여자 환자에선 현흡연률이 겨우 2.83%, 비흡연자는 96.79%, 기금연자는 0.38% 이였다. 20세 이하군에선 흡연자가 1명도 없었다. 3) 일일 흡연량은 남자에서 10개 이하가 2.69%, 11~20개가 39.23%, 21~39개가 46.30%, 40개 이상이 11.78% 이였으며, 20세 이하에서는 각기 11.54%, 61.54%, 23.08%, 3.84%로서 흡연량이 약간 적었다. 여자에선 흡연자수가 겨우 30명으로 너무 적었으나 각기 3.33%, 60.00%, 30.00%, 6.67% 이였다. 4) 계통적 질환군별 흡연 양상은 여자는 대상수효가 너무 적어서 제외하고 남자만에서 보았는데 기금연자가 호흡기계에서는 15.21%로서 타군에서 4.35%내지 8.11% 인데 비해서 월등히 높았고 (p<0.001), 현 흡연자는 순환기계 질환자군이 81.08%로 가장 높았다 (p=0.23), 소화기계 질환자군이 68.93%로 그 다음이고 호흡기계 질환자군은 60.84% 이었다. 흡연량에 있어서는 호흡기계 질환자군에서 하루에 40개 이상 흡연자가 16.25%로 가장 많았고 (p<0.05), 그 다음이 소화기계 질환자군으로 13.01% 이였다. 5) 금연 성공률은 흡연자로서 3개월 이상 계속 치료하는 자 중에서 여자는 제외했고 남자에서만 보았는데, 총체적으로 62.03% 이였으며 각 연령군별로 큰 차이는 없었으나, 41~60세군에서 75%로 가장 높았다 (p=0.19). 계통적 질병군별로는 호흡기계 질환군에서 78.13% (p<0.03) 인데 비해서 소화기계 질환군에선 41.94%로서 가장 저율이였다. 결론 : 이상을 총괄하면 종합병원 내과에서 통원 치료하는 환자들에서 남여 각기 현 흡연률은 일반인에서와 비슷하였다. 담당 의사의 권유에 의한 금연 성공률은 제한된 소수관찰대상자라는 특수조건이 있지만 과반수 이상의 순응도를 보였으므로 의사의 금연 설득이 상당한 효과를 보였다고 하겠다. 그리고 3개월 이상 치료를 계속하지 않아서 제외된 환자들에 대해서도 금연에 대한 일반 계몽교육이상의 효과는 있었을 것으로 추측된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.1254-1262
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• 1998

This study has done to investigate the relationship between the icreased lipid oncentration caused by smoking and plama levels of vitamin A and vitamin E, antiodative enzyme activity, and lipid peroxidation , in 52 male smokers and 32 non-smokers, Dietary vitamin A and vitamin E intake was imilar in both smokers and non-smokers. Absolute plasma concentrations of vitamin A and vitamin E were not significantly different between two groups, whereas vitamin E/cholesterol ration in plasma was low or in smokers than in that of non-smokers(p<0.05). It was considered that this lowered effect was due to the elevated plasma lipid concentration rather than oxidant stress derived from smoking, in view of the fact that smokers had higher cholesterol (15.2%) adn LDL-C(26.6%) levels than non-smokers. In non-smokers, plasma thiobarbiturin acid reactive substances(TBARS) conrrelated positively with total cholesterol(r=0.63466, p<0.001), LDL-C level(r=0.57166, p<0.01) , and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio(r=0.45926, p<0.05) . Activities of glutathione perosidase(GSH-Px) , superoside dismutase(SOD), and catalse made no difference in both groups. However, it was observed in non-smokers that GSH-Px activity had negative correlations with total cholesterol(r=-0.67293, p<0.001), LDL-C level(r=-0.62878, p<0.001), and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio (r=-0.58824, p<0.01), indicating that there was a dependent relationship between lipid perosidation and plasma lipid level. The smokers also showed negative correlations for GSH-Px activity with total cholesterol (r=-0.29946, p<0.05) and LDL-c level (r=0.45914, p<0.001), and LDL-C/HDL-c ratio(r=-0.35438, p<0.05). It seemed that the lipid that the lipid level elevated by sustaines smoking resulted in reducing vitamin E/cholesterol ratio and proportion of antioxidant to oxidant load, and then GSH-Px activity, with insufficient removal of free radicals(TBARS 2.43$\pm$0.51 and 1.81$\pm$0.15nmol/ml in smokers and non-smokers, respectively). These findings suggest that higher plasma lipid levels may play a more important role in perturbing the antioxidant defense system including vitamin E status and GSH-Px activity, at least in circumstances that increase lipid concentration . In addition, in exposure to free radicals like those in cigarette smoke. In those cases the ratio of vitamin E/lipid in plasma can be a more indicator of vitamin E status than plasma levels of vitamin E alone.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.523-532
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• 2004

영양소의 섭취를 포함한 여러 식이성요인에 따라 일부 지역 남자 노인의 인체 임파구 SCE 빈도수가 어떤 영향을 받는지를 조사해 보고자하여 60세 이상의 노인 45명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 후 채혈하여 임파구 SCE 시험을 실시하였다. 조사 대상자의 식이성 요인이 SCE 빈도수에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 채혈 대상자를 흡연여부에 따라 흡연군(n=14), 담배를 피우다가 현재는 끊은 금연군(n=16), 비흡연군(n=15)으로 나눈 후 SCE 빈도수를 비교한 결과 흡연군의 SCE빈도수가 비흡연군에 비해 유의적으로 높았으며 노인의 나이가 많을수록 DNA 손상정도가 증가하였다. 대상 노인의 인구학적 요인 중 신장, 혹은 체중이 전 대상자군에서 SCE 빈도수와 각각 역의 상관관계를 보였으며 흡연군에서는 신장과 SCE빈도수가 역의 상관관계, 그리고 pack years로 본 흡연력과 SCE 빈도수가 정의 상관관계 를 보였다. 2. 전 대상자군에서는 24시간 회상법으로부터 구한 영양소의 섭취와 SCE빈도수 간에 상관관계가 없었으나 흡연군의 경우는 식이섬유질 섭취량, 금연군의 경우는 비타민 C 섭취량과 SCE 빈도수가 각각 정의 상관관계를 보였다. 그러나 비 흡연군에서는 지방, 인 혹은 비타민 A 섭취량과 SCE빈도수 간에 역의 상관관계를 보였다. 3. 흡연군에서 육어류 섭취빈도와 SCE빈도수 간에 정의 상관관계를 보였고, 비 흡연군에서 식 사균형도가 SCE 빈도수와 역의 상관관계를 보였다. 세 군을 모두 합한 전대상자군의 경우, 혈당수준과 SCE 빈도수 사이에 정의 상관관계가 나타났다. 금연군에서 감미료를 섭취하는 군의 SCE 빈도수가 섭취하지 않는 군보다 유의적으로 높았다. 나머지 식이성 요인들은 SCE 빈도수와 상관성을 보이지 않았다. 본 연구 결과는 앞으로 DNA손상도가 높은 노인 대상으로 이의 회복을 위하여 식이성 요인을 이용한 영양중재실험을 계획할 때, 혹은 노인 대상의 영양교육 시에 중요한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6429-6438
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• 2015

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) play an important role in detoxification of carcinogenic electrophiles. The null genotypes in GSTM1 and GSTT1 have been implicated in carcinogenesis. Present study was planned to evaluate the influence of genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene loci in cervical carcinogenesis. The study was conducted in Lok Nayak hospital, New Delhi. DNA from clinical scrapes of 482 women with minor gynaecologic complaints attending Gynaecology OPD and tumor biopsies of 135 cervical cancer cases attending the cancer clinic was extracted. HPV DNA was detected by standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using L1 consensus primer pair. Polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 were analysed by multiplex PCR procedures. Differences in proportions were tested using Pearson's Chi-square test with Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). The risk of cervical cancer was almost three times in women with GSTM1 homozygous null genotype (OR-2.62, 95%CI, 1.77-3.88; p<0.0001). No association of GSTM1 or GSTT1 homozygous null genotypes was observed in women with normal, precancerous and cervical cancerous lesions among ${\leq}35$ or >35 years of age groups. Smokers with null GSTT1 genotype had a higher risk of cervical cancer as compared to non-smokers (OR-3.01, 95% CI, 1.10-8.23; p=0.03). The results further showed that a significant increased risk of cervical cancer was observed in HPV positive smoker women with GSTT1 (OR-4.36, 95% CI, 1.27-15.03; p=0.02) and GSTM1T1 (OR-3.87, 95% CI, 1.05-14.23; p=0.04) homozygous null genotypes as compared to HPV positive non smokers. The results demonstrate that the GST null genotypes were alone not associated with the development of cervical cancer, but interacted with smoking and HPV to exert effects in our Delhi population.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.149-163
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• 2005

Family has emerged as a key concept for health, and it has been identified as one of the most important conditions. The relationship between health habit and its management is different depending on family. The odd pair family, mostly rural lower income class, worry to have poor health because of no spouse and small family size. One thousand eight hundred and seventy(1870) subjects were collected in 9 provinces through the sampling of Probability Proportional to Size (PPS). Questionnaire method was conducted on health checking, bath states, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and the prevalence of farmer's health related problems. The main results were as follows: 1) The characteristics of odd pair families are that the head of household is female(77% ), the size of family is small(1.76 persons), the education level is low(7.5 years for male, 3.1 years for female) and the age group is old (male: 89.78 year old, female: 73.69 year old). 2) For the odd pair family, the frequency of health checking is quite low with one or two times per year(l0.2%) and the rate of no-health checking is much higher(35.8%) .3) Bathing utility is not available 29.6% of the odd pair family and only cold water is supplied at home for the 11.5 % of them. However, for the paired family, 9.8 % of them has no bathing utility and the rate of the family supplied with only cold water is just 7.9%. 4) The bathing frequency score of odd pair family is l.74points for male and 1.25 points for female. 5) The rate of smoking habits for odd pair family is 68.5 % and specially it is 7.6% for female, which is higher comparing with that of pair family. 6) The smoking frequency score of odd pair family is 1.57 points. 7) Alcohol drinking frequency score of odd pair family is 1.79 points for male, and 3.24points for female. 8) Farmers' syndrome(FS) revealed 38.7% of odd pair family and it is lower than that of pair family(57.3%). Special pain of FS was huckle bone and muscle(28.4%) and articular pain(24.l %). The pain rate of huckle bone and muscle(43.l %) and articular pain(33.5%) were higher in a year in odd pair family were lower than those of pair family: farming machine caused accidents(6.5%) and pesticide poisoning(5.7%). l0) The odd pair family use more frequently medical clinic or public health center for the treatment of FS(74.7%) and pesticide poisoning(62.5%) than the pair family for FS(69.0%) and for pesticide poisoning(.53.6%). The score of FS treatment is 5.70 points for odd pair family and it is not significantly different from 5.62 points of the paired family. The result of pesticide poisoning treatment score is as same as that of FS.