• BMB Reports
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• 제56권12호
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• pp.669-674
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• 2023

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection leads to various clinical symptoms including anemia. Lipocalin-2 has various biological functions, including defense against bacterial infections through iron sequestration, and it serves as a biomarker for kidney injury. In a human protein array, we observed increased lipocalin-2 expression due to parental SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Calu-3 human lung cancer cell line. The secretion of lipocalin-2 was also elevated in response to parental SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants similarly induced this phenomenon. In a Calu-3 implanted mouse xenograft model, parental SARSCoV-2 and Delta variant induced lipocalin-2 expression and secretion. Additionally, the iron concentration increased in the Calu-3 tumor tissues and decreased in the serum due to infection. In conclusion, SARS-CoV-2 infection induces the production and secretion of lipocalin-2, potentially resulting in a decrease in iron concentration in serum. Because the concentration of iron ions in the blood is associated with anemia, this phenomenon could contribute to developing anemia in COVID-19 patients.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제74권3호
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• pp.120-123
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• 2013

Inhalation of toxic gases can lead to pneumonitis. It has been known that methane gas intoxication causes loss of consciousness or asphyxia. There is, however, a paucity of information about acute pulmonary toxicity from methane gas inhalation. A 21-year-old man was presented with respiratory distress after an accidental exposure to methane gas for one minute. He came in with a drowsy mentality and hypoxemia. Mechanical ventilation was applied immediately. The patient's symptoms and chest radiographic findings were consistent with acute pneumonitis. He recovered spontaneously and was discharged after 5 days without other specific treatment. His pulmonary function test, 4 days after methane gas exposure, revealed a restrictive ventilatory defect. In conclusion, acute pulmonary injury can occur with a restrictive ventilator defect after a short exposure to methane gas. The lung injury was spontaneously resolved without any significant sequela.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.307-315
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• 1988

A clinical analysis was performed on 97 cases of chest injuries experienced at Department of Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery, Armed Forces Capital Hospital during 2 years period from 1986 to 1988. Of 97 patients of chest trauma, 39 cases were result from penetrating injuries whereas 58 cases were from non-penetrating injuries, and there were 77 cases of hemothorax and / or pneumothorax, 47 of rib fracture, 8 of foreign body, 6 scapular and clavicle fracture, 5 of diaphragmatic injuries, 4 of paraplegia. The majority of chest injuries were encounted in the age group between 21 and 30 years-old, mean age was 25.9 years-old and all cases were male except one. Gun-shot wound was the most common cause in the penetrating injuries and the majority of non-penetrating chest injury patients were traffic accident and fist or kick accounted for next. The principles of therapy for chest trauma were rapid expansion of the lung by closed thoracostomy[45 cases] and thoracentesis only[3 cases] but thoracotomy done at 27 cases because of massive bleeding or intrapleural hematoma, foreign body, cardiac injury, diaphragmatic injury and bronchial rupture. The over-all mortality was 2.07 percent[2 cases among all], a case was from penetrating injuries and another was from non-penetrating injuries.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.424-429
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• 2017

Background: The surgical treatment of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) can be complicated by fragile lung parenchyma. The preoperative prediction of air leakage could help prevent intraoperative lung injury during manipulation of the lung. Common sites of bulla development and ruptured bullae were investigated based on computed tomography (CT) and intraoperative findings. Methods: The study enrolled 208 patients with SSP who underwent air leak control through video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). We retrospectively reviewed the sites of bulla development on preoperative CT and the rupture sites during VATS. Results: Of the 135 cases of right-sided SSP, the most common rupture site was the apical segment (31.9%), followed by the azygoesophageal recess (27.4%). Of the 75 cases on the left side, the most common rupture site was the apical segment (24.0%), followed by the anterior basal segment (17.3%). Conclusion: The azygoesophageal recess and parenchyma along the cardiac border were common sites of bulla development and rupture. Studies of respiratory lung motion to measure the pleural pressure at the lung surface could help to determine the relationship between cardiogenic and diaphragmatic movement and bulla formation or rupture.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.248-255
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• 2021

본 연구는 만성폐쇄성폐질환(COPD)의 동물 모델을 이용하여 Celecoxib의 폐 손상 개선효과를 연구하였다. COPD는 LPS와 담배연기추출물(CSE)로 유도하여 in vitro와 in vivo에서 병행 연구하였다. In vitro는 인간 섬유아세포(MRC5)에서 MTT assay, real-time PCR를 하였고 in vivo는 mRNA 발현, 기관지폐포세척액(BALF), collagen content, 단백질 발현을 확인하였다. 실험을 통해 Celecoxib는 BALF에서 염증세포 수의 감소와 사이토카인, soluble protein의 축적을 감소시켰고 동물모델에서는 체중과 폐 무게를 감소시켰으며, 폐 콜라젠 축적도 개선하였다. 또 웨스턴 블로팅과 real-time PCR을 통해 EMT 표지자의 감소를 확인하였다. 결과적으로 Celecoxib는 EMT를 조절하여 LPS+CSE로 유도된 COPD의 폐 손상에서 개선제로 작용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2023

Background: Chronic exposure to silica is related with the provocation of an inflammatory response and oxidative stress mechanism. Vitamin D has multiple benefits in biological activities particularly respiratory system disease. Method: In this research, 20 male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into four groups (5 rats /group) as follow: Group1 received saline as (negative control) group. The group 2 received a single IT instillation of silica (positive control) group; the group 3 was co-administrated with single IT silica and Vitamin D (20 mg/kg/day) daily for a period of 90 days. The rats of group 4 received Vitamin D daily for a period of 90 days. Results: Silica significantly increased serum and lung total Oxidant Status (TOS). Meanwhile, silica reduced serum and lung total antioxidant capacity (TAC), GSH and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-a). Vitamin D treatment meaningfully reversed oxidative stress, antioxidants status and inflammatory response. Also, Vitamin D improved histopathological changes caused by silica. Conclusion: These findings indicate that Vitamin D exerts protective effects against silica-induced lung injury. It seems that Vitamin D has potential use as a therapeutic object for silica induced lung injure.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2005

Background: Traumatic rupture of the aorta is a life-threatening injury that must be diagnosed as rapidly as possible and treated immediately. The chest X-ray is a valuable tool for screening traumatic rupture of the aorta in blunt chest trauma. And various chest radiologic parameters are being used as diagnostic tools for aortic injury. The purpose of this study is to identify chest radiographic parameters that may assist in the detection of traumatic rupture of the aorta and to compare these findings with those of other reports. Methods: This study involved 30 adult patients with traumatic rupture of the aorta seen at the emergency department of the Asan Medical Center from 1997 to 2004. The control subjects were 30 healthy patients with neither lung nor cardiovascular disease. We retrospectively assessed over 14 parameters on chest X-rays. Results: In 11 of the 14 parameters, there were significant differences between the study group and the control group. There was no significant difference in the M/C ratio (mediastinumto-chest width ratio) between the two groups, and neither the left nor the right paraspinal interface was statistically significant (p value>0.05). Our study indicates that new criteria for the MC ratio and for the paraspinal interfaces are needed for screening traumatic aorta injury. The other radiographic parameters for traumatic rupture of the aorta need to be further assessed through a prospective study.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.130-135
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• 2021

Celiac artery compression is a rare condition in which the celiac artery is compressed by the median arcuate ligament. Case reports of compression after trauma are hard to find. Blunt traumatic pericardium rupture is also a rare condition. We report a single patient who experienced both rare conditions from a single blunt injury. An 18-year-old woman was brought to the trauma center after a fatal motorcycle accident, in which she was a passenger. The driver was found dead. Her vital signs were stable, but she complained of mild abdominal pain, chest wall pain, and severe back pain. There were no definite neurologic deficits. Her initial computed tomography (CT) scan revealed multiple rib fractures, moderate lung contusions with hemothorax, moderate liver injury, and severe lumbar spine fracture and dislocation. She was brought to the angiography room to check for active bleeding in the liver, which was not apparent. However, the guide wire was not able to pass through the celiac trunk. A review of the initial CT revealed kinking of the celiac trunk, which was assumed to be due to altered anatomy of the median arcuate ligament caused by spine fractures. Immediate fixation of the vertebrae was performed. During recovery, her hemothorax remained loculated. Suspecting empyema, thoracotomy was performed at 3 weeks after admission, revealing organized hematoma without pus formation, as well as rupture of the pericardium, which was immediately sutured, and decortication was carried out. Five weeks after admission, she had recovered without complications and was discharged home.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.133-135
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• 2020

Intercostal nerve injury is known to occur during thoracotomy; however, rectus abdominis muscle atrophy has rarely been reported. We describe a 52-year-old man who underwent primary closure of esophageal perforation and lung decortication via left thoracotomy. He was discharged 40 days postoperatively without any complications. He noticed an abdominal bulge 2 months later, and computed tomography revealed left rectus abdominis muscle atrophy. We report thoracotomy induced denervation causing rectus abdominis muscle atrophy.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.379-390
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• 1997

연구배경 : 급성호흡곤란증후군의 병인론은 확실치 않으나 일반적으로호중구와 호중구에서 생산된 매개물들이 중심적 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 지속적이며 심한 호중구강소증에도 불구하고 실제 임상에서 급성 호흡증후군이 발생한 경우가 상당수 보고되어 있으며 특히 환자의 병리조직학적 검사상에서도 침윤이 없었다는 잠을 고려해볼때 급성호흡곤란증후군의 병리기전에 호중구외의 다른 효과세포가 작용하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 따라서 저자들은 백서에 약물을 투여하여 호중구를 거의 제거한다음 호중구 감소증하에서 내독소에 의한 급성폐손상의 발병기전을 알아 보고자하였다. 방 법 : 웅성 Sprague-Dawley률 정상 대조군과 (내독소군), cyclophosphamide (CPA)를 주입하여 호중구를 결핍시킨군 (CPA군)으로 분류하였다. LPS 5mg/kg를 미부정맥을 통하여 주입하여 급성폐손상를 유발시킨후 3시간 및 6시간째에 급성폐손상지표로서 기관지폐포세척액내 단백질 농도를 측정하였고 병리기전을 이해하기 위하여 기관지폐포세척액내 염증 세포의 변화를 관찰하고 TNF-alpha와 IL-6를 측정하였으며 기관지폐포세척액내 염증세포의 과산화수소 분비능을 각군간에서 비교하였다. 결 과 : Cyclophosphamide (CPA) 투여후 말초혈액내 백혈구수의 변화CPA투여후 전체 백혈구와 호중구수가 각각 95%이상 감소하였다. 기관지폐포세척액내의 전체및 감별 세포수의 변화내 독소군에서는 총세포수가 3시간 및 6시간째 모두 정상군에 비해 매우 유의하게 상승하였으나 (p < 0.01) CPA군에서는 세포종가를 관찰할수 없었다. 내독소군에서 대식세포수와 호중구수는 모두 증가를 보였으나 (p < 0.05), CPA군에서는 대조군과 비교시 대식세포의 수와 구성비는 차이가 없었고 호중구의 수가 매우 감소하여 (p < 0.01), 대식세포가 99.7%이상을 차지하였다. 기관지폐포세척액내의 단백질 농도의 변화 : 내독소군에서는 3시간째부터 유의한 증가를 보였고 (p < 0.05), 6시간째에는 더욱 증가하였다 (p < 0.01). CPA군 역시 3시간째에 단백질농도가 대조군에 비해 유의하게 상승되었으나 (p < 0.05) 내독소군과는 차이가 없었으며, 6시간째에는 내독소군에 비해 유의하게 감소하였으나 (p < 0.05), 대조군에비해서는 여전히 높은 값을 보였다 (p < 0.05). 기관지폐포세척액내의 cytokine농도의 변화 종양괴사인자와 IL-6는 내독소군 및 CPA군 모두에서 대조군에 비해 유의하게 증가되었고 내독소군과 CPA군간의 차이는 없었다. 기관지폐포세척액내 염증세포의 과산화수소 분비능 측정 각군에서 상태에서는 서로 유의한 차이가 없었으나 zymosan으로 자극한 상태에서는 모두 자극전에 비해 유의한 차이로 증가하였으며 내독소군의 경우 약 89.0%로서 가장 큰 증가를 보였고 (p < 0.0008), CPA군도 42.85로서 내독소군에 비해서는 그 정도가 다소 작았으냐 (p = 0.033) 대조군에 비해서는 역시 큰 증가를 보였다 (p = 0.003). 결 론 : 호중구 결핍상태의 급성폐손상은 단핵구, 그 중에서도 기존의 폐포대식세포의 활성화에 있는 것으로 생각된다.