• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 1996

We experienced a case of nephropathy in chronic lead poisoning. The patient was 43-year-old male who has been working in secondary lead smelting plant for 14 years. On admission, blood pressure was 160/90 mmHg and the others were non-specific. In past history, he received chelating agent administration for lead poisoning irregularly and medicated for gout, and the blood lead concentration was $180.0{\mu}g/dl$ on 2 months before admission. Smoking habit has been 1 pack per day for 15 years and drinking habit has been 1 bottle of Soju per day but less flow. In liver function test, AST/ALT were 27/28 IU/l and $\gamma-GT$ was 456 IU/l. In blood test, Hb : 11.5 g/dl, Hct : 34.0% and basophilic stipplings were found in peripheral blood smear. Chest PA was normal and abdominal ultrasonographic finding was non-specific except fatty liver. In the test of lead exposure indices, $PbB:83.0{\mu}g/dl,\;PbU:28.3{\mu}g/l$, and blood ZPP was $300.0{\mu}g/dl$. And in renal function test, BUN : 31.4 mg/dl, blood creatinine : 2.7mg/dl, blood uric acid. 9.1 mg/dl, urinary albumin : 100.0 mg/g creatinine, urinary $\alpha_1-microglobulin$ : 120.5 mg/g creatinine, urinary $\beta_2-microglobulin$ : $183.8{\mu}g/g$ creatinine, and 24 hours urinary creatinine clearance was 31.9 ml/min. The ultrasonoguided renal biopsy showed the global sclerosis of glomerulus, moderate atrophy and loss of tubule, and interstitial fibrosis in light microscopy. There were diffuse losses of brush border of proximal tubule in electronmicroscopy.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.97-101
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• 2005

저자들은 당뇨병성 신병증의 자연경과에 맞지 않는 요검사상 이상 소견을 보인 제 1형 당뇨병을 가진 소아에서 신생검을 시행하여 막증식성 사구체 신염을 진단하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.208-211
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• 2006

Microalbuminuria is most frequently caused by kidney damage from diabetes. Moreover, many other conditions can lead to kidney damage, such as high blood pressure, heart failure, cirrhosis, or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The measurement of the microalbumin in urine may be useful for the early diagnosis or as a predictor of nephropathy in diabetes. The most common method for getting a quantitative measurement of urinary protein relies on a 24-hour urine collection. The result of this method is accurate. But 24hr urine collection is difficult to obtain and variations in volume are frequent. Also the patients complain about urine collection. We tried to measure reference values for microalbumin using fasting urine and compare them with the albumin/creatinine ratio using 24hr urine. The concentrations of microalbumin in fasting urine and 24hr urine were $7.1{\pm}3.8mg/L$, $5.7{\pm}2.9mg/L$ (r=0.61, p=0.27), respectively. The albumin/creatinine ratios using fasting urine and 24hr urine were $8.7{\pm}4.2{\mu}g/mg$, $8.7{\pm}4.0{\mu}g/mg$ (r=0.76, p=0.88), respectively. This study indicated that the measurement of microalbumin in fasting urine was an easy and simple method for early diagnosis or to predict nephropathy in diabetes. Thus, setting up the reference value using fasting urine may be useful in the screening test for the diabetic nephropathy patients instead of using the 24hr albumin excretion rate (AER).

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.367-370
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• 2012

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common bacterial illness in children. Acute pyelonephritis in children may lead to renal scarring with the risk of later hypertension, preeclampsia during pregnancy, proteinuria, and renal insufficiency. Until now, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has been considered the most important risk factor for post-UTI renal scar formation in children. VUR predisposes children with UTI to pyelonephritis, and both are associated with renal scarring. However, reflux nephropathy is not always acquired; rather, it reflects reflux-associated congenital dysplastic kidneys. The viewpoint that chronic kidney disease results from renal maldevelopment-associated VUR has led to questioning the utility of any regimen directed at identifying or treating VUR. Despite the recognition that underlying renal anomalies may be the cause of renal scarring that was previously attributed to infection, the prevention of renal scarring remains the goal of all therapies for childhood UTI. Therefore, children at high risk of renal scar formation after UTI should be treated and investigated until a large clinical study and basic research give us more information.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2006

목적: 방사선에 의한 신장손상은 궁극적으로 신장 섬유화로 인한 신부전으로 나타나며 여기에는 세포외기질의 변화가 동반된다. 방사선 신장손상에서 신사구체 상피세포의 역할을 알아보기 위하여 방사선에 의한 세포외기질과 연관된 여러 유전자 발현의 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 백서 사구체 상피세포 (rat glomerular epithelial cell: GEpC) 에 6 MV 선형가속기 (Siemens, USA)를 이용하여 0, 2, 5, 10, 20 Gy 의 단일 방사선량을 조사한 후 각각 6, 24, 48, 72 시간에 시료를 채취하였다. Northern blot, Western blot, Zymography를 이용하여 fibronectin (Fn), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (Pai-1), matrix metalloproteinases-2, 9 (MMP-2, 9), tissue inhibitor of matrix metallproteinase-2 (TIMP-2), tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA)의 발현을 측정하였다. 결과: GEpC 에 대한 10 Gy 단일 방사선 조사후 24 시간부터 Fn mRNA 가 유의한 증가를 나타냈으며 48 시간에 측정한 Fn 단백질은 5, 10 Gy 의 방사선량에서 유의하게 증가되었다. 방사선조사에 의해서 Pai-1 유전자의 발현도 mRNA 및 단백질 단계에서 증가되었으며, 특히 10Gy 조사 후 24, 48 시간에 측정한 mRNA 의 증가는 통계적으로 유의하였다. GEpC에 방사선조사 후 24 시간에 측정한 MMP-2 활성형은 방사선량에 따라 증가하였으나 통계학적 유의성은 없었다. 그밖의 MMP-9, TIMP-2, t-PA 와 u-PA 는 아무런 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 결론 : 방사선에 의하여 GEpC에서 세포외 기질과 관련된 유전자 발현의 번화가 관찰되었으며 이는 방사선 신장 손상에 GEpC가 관여함을 나타낸다.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.223-251
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• 2017

Objectives : A lot of experiment results of Yugmijihwangtang(YM) are reported in various kinds of journals. Many of them report on the new effects that are not recorded in the traditional medical texts. So it is necessary to take it into consideration that newly reported effects could be of help to clinical practice, because this process of comparison of Donguibogam and scientific experiment results will have basis to lead into the evidence based medicine. Methods : We compared the effects of in Donguibogam and the experiment results of YM. Results : The effects of YM in Donguibogam are to replenish essence and marrow, and to treat red wen, fatigue, treat hypouresis, urinary sediment, urinary urgency, hematuria, hydrocephalus, speech and movement retardation, yin-deficiency, diabetes mellitus, nonalcoholic fatty liver, melanoma, disability to see near and far sight, tinnitus, hearing loss, alopecia, angiogenesis, cough, cough at night, trachyphonia, and, infantile convulsion. The experiment results of YM since 2000 in both Korea and China are to inhibit atopic dermatitis, renal interstitial fibrosis, anti-oxidant, emphysema, stress, glomerulosclerosis, diabetic nephropathy, chronic glomerulonephritis, hemorrhage, plantar sweating, dermal aging, kidney aging, bone loss, breast cancer, pathological myocardial cell, primary liver cancer, thrombosis, osteoporosis, intrauterine growth retardation, chronic renal failure, IgA nepropathy, slow cerebral development, and hippocampal tissue lesions on the one hand, and to help bone formation, renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system, cerebral recovery, cognitive function and expression, osteoblast proliferation and differentiation, learning and memory, cold-tolerance and oxygen deficit-tolerance and anti-fatigue, endometrial formation, humoral and cell-mediated immunity, immune regulation effect, Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Ovary Axis, and spermatogenesis, on the other hand. Conclusion : When we compared the effects of YM with the experiment results of YM, there existed a considerable gap between them. So, from now on, it is expected that a great effort and consideration are needed to solve these gaps from an academic and clinical point of view.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2009

In 2008, baby formula containing melamine was found to be responsible for a large outbreak of renal failure in infants in China. A total of 294,000 infants were hospitalized, and at least 6 babies died due to ingestion of the tainted formula. Melamine contains high levels of nitrogen (>60%), which is used as an indicator of protein content. Therefore, high levels of melamine in infant formula were thought to be the result of deliberate contamination m an attempt to increase its apparent protein content. Following inspections by China's national inspection agency, assorted products from at least 22 dairy manufacturers across China were found to have varied levels of melamine (range: 0.096196.61 mg/kg). Melamine co-exposure with cyanuric acid can induce acute melamine-cyanurate crystal nephropathy, which can lead to renal failure at much lower doses than if either compound were ingested alone. However, currently, there are very few data on melamine analogues other than cyanuric acid. At an expert meeting of the WHO and FAO held to review toxicological aspects of melamine and cyanuric acid on December 14, 2008, a new tolerable daily intake (TDI) of melamine was established that could be applied to the entire population, including infants. Therefore, a risk assessment of the various theoretical melamine contamination levels in infant formula and selected representative foods (other than infant formula and sole-source nutrition products) is urgently needed for Korean babies and children up to 7 years of age. Although the undetectable level regulation for infant formula may be low enough to guarantee the safety of babies under the age of 1 year (including premature babies), the melamine standard of 2.5 ppm for foods other than baby formula could be insufficient to protect the 95th percentile population aged 1~2 years because of this demographic's high consumption of milk, yogurt, and soy milk (hazard index = 1.79). Because TDIs are chronic values intended to protect an individual over his/her lifetime, occasional modest ingestion in excess of the TDI is not likely to be a health concern. However, children aged 1~2 years may have renal systems that are comparatively more sensitive to the crystallization of melamine and its analogues. Therefore, governmental jurisdictions may need to practice more prudent management of food items that could raise the melamine exposure for this population.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.130-144
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• 1999

목적 : Cyclosporine A(CsA)의 장기적인 치료에서 CsA의 신독성에 의하여 나타나게 되는 만성적인 신조직의 변화는 구심성 소동맥의 수축으로 인한 신혈류의 감소에서 시작되어, 신세뇨관의 위축과 간질조직의 섬유화를 포함하는 비특이적인 간질성 신염과 비교적 특징적이라 할 수 있는 사구체 주위 소동맥의 변화로 나타나게 된다. 본 연구에서는 원발성 및 이차성 신증후군의 CsA치료에서 치료기간 및 원발성 질환에 따른 조직학적인 신독성의 빈도 및 임상적인 신독성과의 관계를 알아보고 최적의 치료기간을 결정하고자 하였다. 방법 : 1986년부터 1997년까지 본원 소아과에서 신장조직검사로 확진된 신증후군 환아 중 스테로이드 저항성, 빈발 재발형 혹은 스테로이드 의존성으로 인하여 CsA로 치료받았던 102례(미세변화신증후군 58례, 국소성분절성 사구체신염 10례, 막성사구체신염 10례, 자반성신염 15례, IgA신병증 9례)를 대상으로 하였다. CsA를 미세변화신 증후군은 1년간 24례, 1.5년간 12례 2년간 22례에서 투여하였고, 국소성 분절성 사구체 경화증은 1년간 2례, 1.5년간 2례, 2년간 6례에서, 막성사구체신염은 1년간 8례, 2년간 2례에서 투여하였다. 자반성신염 과 IgA신병증은 모든 례에서 1년간 사용하였다. 전체 대상 환아에서 치료전과 치료 종료후 1개월 째 신장조직검사를 시행하여 신독성 여부를 조사하였다. 결과 : 전체대상 환아에서 신증후군의 완전관해율은 86%였다(미세변화증후군 96%, 막성사구체신염 90%, 국소성분절성사구체경화증 60%, 자반성신염 80%, IgA 신병증 55%). 스테로이드 반응성의 미세변화신증후군 및 국소성분절성사구체경화증 환아에서 CsA치료후 6개월간의 재발의 빈도는 각각 $0.5{\pm}0.7$회, $0.8{\pm}0.3$회로 치료전 6개월간(각각 $1.8{\pm}0.8$회, $2.0{\pm}0.7$회)에 비하여 의미있게 감소하였다(P<0.0001). 전체 102례의 신증후군 환아중 71례(69.6%)에서 치료전후에 조직학적인 변화를 보이지 않았고 24례(23.5%)에서 간질성 신염을 보였으며 7례(6.8%)에서 혈관변화를 보였다. 미세변화신증후군 환아에서 CsA치료후 관찰된 간질성 신염의 빈도는 1년, 1.5년, 2년 치료군이 각각 16.6%, 33.3%, 27.2%였고, 혈관변화의 빈도는 1년, 1.5년, 2년 치료군이 각각 0%, 16.6%, 9%였다. 임상적인 신독성의 소견은 한례에서도 보이지 않았으며 1년이상 사용군에서 1년이하의 사용군에 비하여 통계적으로 유의하게 조직학적 신독성의 빈도가 증가함을 보였다(P=0.03). 발병연령, 성별, 원인질환에 따른 조직학적인 신독성의 빈도의 의미있는 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결론 : 소아의 원발성 및 이차성 신증후군의 CsA치료에서 치료기간이 의미 있는 만성조직학적 신독성의 위험인자로 나타났으며, 신독성의 위험을 최소화 할 수 있는 적절한 CsA 치료기간은 1년 이하가 바람직 하며, CsA에 의한 신장의 조직학적인 변화는 임상적인 신기능의 감소와 무관하게 나타날 수 있으므로, 조직학적인 신독성을 찾아내는뎨 있어서 신장조직검사의 중요성이 반드시 고려되어야 할 것으로 생각되었다.