• 대한한의학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.20-28
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• 2000

The purpose of this research is to investigate the synergistic effect of herb medicines with hydrocortisone and the regulation effect on the immune system of Onbitang and Dangguijakyaksan at the supernatant of PHA-P stimulated PBMC in the patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome(MCNS). From the measurement of the concentration rate of IL-4, sCD23 and IL-13, the experiment yielded the following results : The Onbitang group showed a greater tendency to suppress IL-4 and IL-13 levels in MCNS group with no statistical significance. It showed very strong suppression in soluble CD23 compared with control group in MCNS group. The Dangguijakyaksan group, though not statistically significant, was inclined to suppress IL-4 level in MCNS group. It shows stronger suppression in sCD23 and IL-13 levels than these of control group in MCNS group. As for the synergistic effect, the group of hydrocortisone with herb medicines(Onbitang or Danguijakyaksan) produced more suppressive effect to IL-13 level in MCNS group than that of hydrocortisone-only group. They also tended to suppress sCD23 and IL-4 levels, though no statistical significance can be given. As to the suppressive effect of 1L-13 level, the group of Onbitang with hydrocortisone showed an increase of 22.6%, while the group of Dangguijakyaksan with hydrocortisone showed 14.7%. So Onbitang is more effective than Dangguijakyaksan. From the above results, a combinative treatment(herb medicines with hydrocortisone) can be an alternative method to substitute for steroid therapy. It can be a more effective therapy than steroid-only therapy because it is expected to reduce side effects and it shows more special effect to suppress IL-13 level. Based on the present results, further investigation concerning the serum IgE elevation is needed.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2019

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the most common glomerular disorder in childhood, and a vast majority of cases are idiopathic. The precise cause of this common childhood disease is not fully elucidated despite significant advancements in our understanding of podocyte biology. Idiopathic NS has been considered "a disorder of T-cell function" mediated by a circulating factor that alters podocyte function resulting in massive proteinuria since the last four decades. Several circulatory factors released from T-cells are considered to be involved in pathophysiology of NS; however, a single presumptive factor has not been defined yet. Extended evidence obtained by advances in the pathobiology of podocytes has implicated podocytes as critical regulator of glomerular protein filtration and podocytopathy. The candidate molecules as pathological mediators of steroid-dependent NS are CD80 (also known as B7-1), hemopexin, and angiopoietin-like 4. The "two-hit" hypothesis proposes that the expression of CD80 on podocytes and ineffective inhibition of podocyte CD80 due to regulatory T-cell dysfunction or impaired autoregulation by podocytes results in NS. Recent studies suggest that not only T cells but also other immune cells and podocytes are involved in the pathogenesis of MCNS.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2022

Patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) are generally known to be at greater risk for thrombosis, with arterial thrombosis-related complications being relatively rare compared to venous thrombosis-related complications. This report describes a 46-year-old male with historically proven minimal change disease (MCD) complicated by acute aortoiliac thrombosis. He had been diagnosed with MCD 8 months previously and was treated successfully with steroids. He was prescribed a second course of high-dose steroids (prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day) due to a relapse of MCD at the outpatient clinic 8 days before the emergency department visit. The patient presented with severe pain in both lower limbs and was diagnosed with aortoiliac thrombosis that developed during high-dose steroid treatment. He subsequently underwent surgical thromboembolectomy. Hypoalbuminemia has the strongest association with the risk of thromboembolism. According to international clinical practice guidelines, anticoagulant therapy is recommended when serum albumin is ≤2-2.5 g/dL. However, as serum albumin levels may be relatively high in the early phase of NS, as in this case report, an individualized anticoagulation strategy for each patient should be considered, regardless of serum albumin levels.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.25-28
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• 2016

Nephrotic syndrome is associated with a hypercoagulable state, which results in thromboembolism as one of its main complications. Various pathogenetic factors that cause the hypercoagulable state in nephrotic syndrome have been recognized. We report on a 19-year-old female with a minimal-change disease who developed pulmonary thromboembolism combined with intracardiac thrombus while on tapering steroid. Our patient showed hypoalbuminemia with an episode of shock, and was successfully treated with thrombolysis and anticoagulation therapy.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.206-211
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• 2002

윌슨병의 치료제로 구리 흡착제인 D-penicillamine이 주로 사용되고 있으나, 심각한 부작용이 발생할 경우 투약을 중단하고 trientine 등을 대체약으로 사용할 수 있다. 저자들은 윌슨병으로 D-penicillamine 사용 도중 6개월만에 미세변화형 신증후군이 발생한 후 trientine으로 치료약을 대체 후 관해가 유도된 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2018

Purpose: Podocytes are important architectures that maintain the crucial roles of glomerular filtration barrier functions. Despite this structural importance, however, the mechanisms of the changes in podocytes that can be an important pathogenesis of minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) are not clear yet. The aim of this study was to investigate whether apoptosis is induced by interleukin (IL)-13 in cultured human podocytes. Methods: Human podocytes were treated with different IL-13 doses and apoptotic cells were analyzed using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL assay) and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Results: The IL-13 increased the number of TUNEL-positive cells in a dose-dependent manner at 6 and 18 hours (P<0.05 and P<0.05, respectively). The apoptosis rate was appeared to be increased slightly in the IL-13-stimulated podocytes (8.63%, 13.02%, and 14.46%; 3, 10 and 30 ng/mL, respectively) than in the control cells (7.66%) at 12 hours by FACS assay. Conclusion: Our study revealed that IL-13 expression may increase podocyte apoptosis. Blocking the IL-13 signal pathway can potentially play an important role in regulating the apoptosis of podocytes.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2015

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common chronic disease in children; in 90 percent of cases, the condition is primary (idiopathic). Toxic nephropathy can be induced by herbal medicines, and is mainly manifested as tubulointerstitial nephritis and rarely, as glomerulopathy. Here in, we describe two cases of steroid-sensitive NS, which developed after the patients received herbal medicines. A 5-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were separately admitted within a short time period with acute onset of generalized edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hypercholesterolemia. Each patient had previously taken herbal medicine, which had been prescribed by different oriental medical clinics for different conditions. The patients were diagnosed with herbal medicine-induced NS and were treated empirically by a standard steroid therapy, with subsequent resolution of their NS. One patient relapsed, but her NS again responded to steroid therapy. We described two unusual cases of prototypical pediatric, steroid-sensitive NS, which was presumed to be minimal-change disease that developed after the administration of herbal medicines. We also reviewed the literature.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2009

저자들은 1세 이하에 발병한 신증후군 환아 7명의 진단 및 치료를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다. 1996년부터 2007년까지 본원에서 1세 이전에 신증후군으로 진단 받은 환아 7명을 대상으로 병록 고찰을 통해 후향적으로 조사하였다. 선천성 신증후군은 3명, 영아형 신증후군은 4명 이었고, 남아가 1명, 여아가 6명으로 여아가 많았다. 6명에서 신생검을 시행하였고, 2명에서 미만성 메산지움 경화증, 2명에서 국소분절사구체경화증, 1명에서 Finnish형 신증후군 그리고 나머지 1명에서는 미세 변화형으로 확인되었다. 4명의 환아에서 NPHS2, PLCE1, 그리고 WT1의 유전자 분석을 시행하였고 2예에서 WT1 변이가 확인되었다. 선천성 신증후군으로 진단받은 3명 중 1명은 Finnish형 신증후군, 2명은 DDS로 진단받았고, 3명 모두 패혈증으로 사망하였다. 영아형 신증후군으로 진단받은 4명 중 2명은 사망하였고, 다른 1명은 관해가 되어 치료되었고, 나머지 1명은 치료 4개월 경 말기 신부전으로 진행하여 복막투석을 하고 있다. 1세 이전에 발병하는 선천성 신증후군은 소아 신증후군에 비하여 예후가 나쁘지만, 병력의 세밀한 검토, 임상소견 및 조직검사, 유전자 분석을 통한 정확한 진단이 빠르게 이루어져 조기 투석 및 신이식 등 적극적인 치료를 한다면 생존률의 향상을 기대할 수 있을 것이다. 대부분의 1세 이전 진단받는 신증후군은 유전적 신질환으로 추후 이들 환아들에 대한 유전형-표현형의 상관관계에 대한 추가 연구가 필요하다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2003

목적 : 미세변화신증후군은 소아 원발성 신증후군의 가장 흔한 원인이다. 최근 $TNF-{\alpha}$가 미세변화신증후군의 병인기전과 밀접한 관계가 있다고 보고되고 있다. 이에 저자들은 미세변화신증후군 환아에서의 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 변화를 살펴보고 $TNF-{\alpha}$가 사구체 기저막의 투과성에 미치는 직접적인 영향을 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 대상 환아는 신생검으로 미세변화신증후군이 확진된 만 2-15세 사이의 소아로서 이들에게서 혈액과 요를 채취하여 ELISA 방법으로 $TNF-{\alpha}$를 측정하였고, Millicell system을 사용하여 알부민에 대한 투과성을 측정하였다. 결과 : 재발시에 요중 $TNF-{\alpha}$는 대조군과 관해시에 비하여 유의하게 증가되어 있었으나(P<0.01), 혈중 $TNF-{\alpha}$는 유의한 변화를 보여주지 않았다. Millicell system을 이용한 알부민 투과성에 대한 실험결과 생리적인 농도 이상의 $TNF-{\alpha}$에서 알부민에 대한 투과성에 특이한 변화가 관찰되지 않았다. 결론 : 이상의 결과를 종합할 때 $TNF-{\alpha}$는 미세변화신증후군의 발병기전에서 일차적인 역할을 한다기 보다는 아마도 질환자체에 의한 이차적인 현상에 의하여 요중에서 증가된 것으로 생각된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2007

목적 : 저감마글로불린혈증은 모든 신증후군에서 관찰되고 있으나 그 병태생리는 알려져 있지 않다. 미세 변화 신증후군 환아들의 혈청 IgG와 알부민 값 간의 상관관계를 분석하고자 하였다. 방법 : 신증후군으로 진단된 46명의 환아들(단백뇨 $>40mg/m^2/h$, 혈청 알부민 값 <2.5g/dL의 초발 입원 시의 IgG, 알부민 및 층 콜레스테롤 값을 취하고, 각 지표간의 상관관계를 통계학적으로 분석하였다. 결과 : 신증후군 환아들의 평균 알부민, IgG 및 총 콜레스테롤 값은 각각 $1.7{\pm}0.3g/dL,\;368{\pm}143mg/dL,\;431{\pm}78mg/dL$이었다. 혈청 알부민과 총 콜레스테롤 값의 관계에서, 두 지표는 서로 반비례를 보였다(r=0.58, P=0.0001), 한편 알부민과 IgG 값들 간의 관계에서 정비례 관계를 보였다. (r=0.37, P=0.01). 결론 : 신증후군에서 IgG 값은 알부민 값과 연관이 있으며, 소변 내 단백 손실의 정도를 반영한다. 이러한 현상을 밝히기 위한 추가 연구가 필요 할 것으로 보인다.