• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.506-510
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• 1983

Valve dysfunction can be caused by thickening or contraction of a fibrous sheath covering a cusp of a porcine bioprosthesis, but this is uncommon. This complication appears to more frequent in other bioprostheses, such as fascia late valves and homografts, in which fibrous sheaths seems to grow more rapidly. rapidly. Thus the slow and limited growth of fibrous sheath in porcine bioprostheses is advantageous in this respect. Recently, we experienced a case of valve dysfunction caused by fibrous tissue overgrowth on Hancock mitral xenograft in 45 year old female. 3.5 years ago, the patient was received valve replacement due to mitral stenoinsufficiency. But since 2.5 years elapsed after operation, she has complained of generalized edema and dyspnea, and their symptoms were aggravated progressively. So reoperation was performed under the diagnosis as valve dysfunction of mitral xenograft and newly developed tricuspid insufficiency. Her postoperative courses were good.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.67-70
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• 2010

Purpose: Nerve sheath myxoma is a rare cutaneous neoplasm originating from the peripheral nerve sheath and divided into three groups : myxoid, cellular and mixed type. There is a controversy on it's origin whether schwannian cell or perineurial differentiation, or anything else. Myxoid nerve sheath myxoma is asymptomatic, soft, papule or nodule in middle-age adults. We report a case of myxoid nerve sheath myxoma on the fingertip. Methods: A 53-year-old woman presented with a painful, $0.4{\times}0.4{\times}0.6\;cm $sized, corn shaped nodule on the left 3rd fingertip. We put into surgical excision and studied it by histopathologically and specific immnohistochemical stain. Results: The tumor has well defined nodules separated by thin fibrous connective tissue with abundant myxoid stroma and were positively stainded for S-100 protein, NSE and GFAP. After surgical treatment it was healed without recurrence. Conclusion: Nerve sheath myxoma is rare neoplasm and located mainly on face, but very rarely on the fingertip. We report a case of painful myxoid nerve sheath myxoma located on the 3rd fingertip.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2011

한국산 검은큰집박쥐(Pipistrellus savii velox)의 정자의 형태를 알아보기 위해서 투과전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 검은 큰집박쥐 정자두부의 모양은 탄환형의 형태를 취하고 있었다. 정자두부의 전체길이는 3.1 ${\mu}m$이었으며, 핵의 길이는 3.0 ${\mu}m$, 폭은 1.8 ${\mu}m$으로서 정자두부의 대부분을 차지하고 있었다. 정자경부의 분절와(segmented column)는 약 14~15개로 구성되어져 있었으며, 중편부의 미토콘드리아 회전수는 57개 정도이었다. 또한 중편부의 외측섬유는 1, 5, 6번이 다른 것 보다 크다. 주편부에서는 섬유초(fibrous sheath)와 종 지주(longitudinal column)가 뚜렷하게 관찰되었지만 미부에서는 섬유초가 관찰되지 않았다. 이 연구에서 검은큰집박쥐는 정자두부의 길이가 다른 박쥐류 종보다도 매우 짧은 특징을 갖고 있었다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2014

Cytokeratin 19 (CK19) expressed in epidermis of skin, bulge region of hair follicle, outermost layer of outer root sheath and proximal and distal to bulge. Vimentin is a fibrous protein that localized in cytoplasm of fibroblast and forms cytoskeleton to maintain shape of cell and nucleus. In this study, CK19 and vimentin in skin were confirmed with light, fluorescence and transmission electron microscope. As a result, CK19 was localized epidermis, hair follicles, outer root sheath and nucleus of Merkel's cell. However, vimentin was localized some epidermis, dermis, hypodermis and nucleus of Merkel's cell. The role of CK19 is self-renewal and homeostasis in skin. Also, hair follicle regeneration and hair growth is known to be related. It is supposed that required of structural proteins that make up cytoskeleton is increased. Thereby, expression of CK19 is increased. It is considered that vimentin localized in order to stabilize structure of cell and cytoskeleton of fibroblasts. Also, CK19 and vimentin present in nuclei of Merkel's cell, and to act as a fibrous protein that make up end of a nerve fiber present in Merkel's cell and paracrine function of Merkel's cell.

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2019

Fibroma of the tendon sheath (FTS) was initially described in 1936 by Geschickter and Copeland as a benign firmed soft tissue tumor that is rare and less common than another soft tissue tumors, especially giant cell tumors (GCT) of the tendon sheath. The common distinct feature is a slow-growing least painful rare entity arising from the tendon or tendon sheath. FTS is detected mostly in the fingers, hands and wrists but less commonly in the foot. Very few cases of FTS have been described arising from a flexor tendon of the foot. This article describes a 51-year-old patient with FTS that developed in the extensor tendon of the foot, which is the only known FTS to form in this area. Heterogeneous low signal intensity in both the T1- and T2-weighted images was observed in magnetic resonance imaging. The lesion was excised completely by open surgery. Histologically, it showed randomly arranged, fibroblast-like spindle cells in dense fibrous tissue and had insufficient hemosiderin-laden macrophages that are typical for GCT.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권6호
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• pp.1600-1605
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• 2021

힘줄의 섬유종은 천천히 자라는 양성 종양이다. 드물지만, 상지에 생길 수 있고 특히 손가락 굽힘 힘줄에 잘 생긴다. 섬유종은 대부분 경계가 좋은 원형 혹은 타원형의 종괴로 보이며, 풍부한 섬유조직에 의해 자기공명영상의 모든 영상에서 어둡게 보이는 것이 특징이다. 대부분의 섬유종은 무증상의 종괴로서 나타나지만, 드물게 증상을 야기하기도 한다. 우리는 손목의 반복적인 움직임에 의해 손목터널증후군을 유발하는 힘줄의 섬유종과, 그와 관련된 영상 소견에 대해 보고하고자 한다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2009

Cricetinae 아과 Clethrionomys 아속에 속하는 한국산 대륙밭쥐(Clethrionomys rufocanus)의 정자의 형태적 특징을 알아보기 위하여 주사 및 투과형전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. C. rufocanus정자머리의 모양은 날카롭게 굽은 하나의 dorsal hook를 가지며, 전체적인 머리모양은 마치 도끼모양의 형태를 취하고 있었다. C. rufocanus정자의 전체길이는 95.8 ${\mu}m$이었으며, 정자머리의 길이는 7.8 ${\mu}m$, 꼬리는 88.0 ${\mu}m$이었다. 꼬리는 경부 (1.0 ${\mu}m$), 중편부(22.0 ${\mu}m$), 주편부와 미부 (65.0 ${\mu}m$)로 각각 구성되어져 있었다. 분절주 (segmented columns)는 약 10~12개의 마디로 이루어져 있었으며, 미토콘드리아의 수는 약 170~178개 정도이었다. 첨체 후 덮개는 핵의 1/2을 점유하고 있었으며, 적도절은 핵 표면의 첨체 후 덮개(post-nuclear cap)와 첨체덮개(acrosomal cap) 사이에 위치하고 있었다. 1, 5, 6번의 외측섬유들은 다른 것보다 더 크며, 섬유초 (fibrous sheath)와 종 지주(longitudinal column)은 주편부에서 관찰되어졌으며, 미부에서는 섬유초가 존재하지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아, 정자두부와 꼬리의 형태적인 구조는 정자의 진화 패턴과 종을 분류하는데 유용한 정보를 제공하리라 여겨진다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제44권8호
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• pp.541-546
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• 2011

It is generally accepted that spermatozoa capacitation is associated with protein kinase A-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation. In our previous study, we identified the fibrous sheath CABYR binding protein (FSCB), which was phosphorylated by PKA. However, the phosphorylation status of FSCB protein during spermatozoa capacitation should be further investigated. To this aim, in this study, we found that phosphorylation of this 270-kDa protein occurred as early as 1 min after mouse spermatozoa capacitation, which increased over time and remained stable after 60 min. Immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that the tyrosine and Ser/Thr phosphorylation of FSCB occurred during spermatozoa capacitation. The extent of phosphorylation and was closely associated with the PKA activity and spermatozoa motility characteristics. FSCB phosphorylation could be induced by PKA agonist DB-cAMP, but was blocked by PKA antagonist H-89.Therefore, FSCB contributes to spermatozoa capacitation in a tyrosine-phosphorylated format, which may help in further elucidating the molecular mechanism of spermatozoa capacitation.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.276-279
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• 2009

건초 섬유종은 수부나 상지에서 발생하는 양성 연부조직 종양으로 관절내에서 발생하는 경우는 아주 드물다. 대부분 천천히 자라는 섬유성 결절 조직으로 조직학적으로는 산재한 섬유모세포및 치밀한 기질과 미세 혈관세포들로 구성된다. 저자들은 54세 남자환자의 관절와 상완 관절 후상방 관절막에서 기시한 건초 섬유종을 경험하였다. 자기 공명 영상에서 저 강도 신호의 결절성 종물로 관찰되었으며 관절경하에서 절제하여 조직검사로 확진하였다. 관절내 건초 섬유종은 견관절 관절경 시술시 관절 내에서 관찰될 수 있는 종양의 하나로 감별해야 할 것으로 사료된다. 있는 술식으로 전방십자인대 수술시 좋은 치료 선택의 하나로 사료된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.264-269
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• 2003

The rhizome of Acorus calamus Linn. is commonly known as "Vacha" in indigenous systems of medicine. It is distributed in marshy tracts of Kashmir, Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Manipur and the Naga hills. It is regularly cultivated in Koratagere Taluk in Karnataka and other parts of India. This study deals with the detailed pharmacognostical evaluation of the dried rhizomes of Acorus calamus collected from DehraDun (Uttaranchal), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh). The commercial sample procured from Delhi market was also evaluated to observe the difference between collected and market samples. Dried rhizome is vertically compressed, pale yellow to dark brown and occasionally orangish brown in colour. Transverse section showed two distinct region with scattered, concentric vascular bundles surrounded by fibrous bundle sheath. Some vascular bundles just beneath the endodermis devoid of bundle sheath. Though the botanical and physico-chemical characters of all the samples were quite similar but some variations were observed in High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) fingerprint profile, the essential oil content and total percentage of asarone which was found to be highest in Lucknow and lowest in Delhi market sample. These variations may be explained due to some edaphic factors or storage conditions. An attempt was also made to test antioxidant activity (in vitro) and it was found to be 88% at 0.2 g/ml concentration.