• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.177-196
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• 2004

Objective : Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that pathogenesis is not fully understood and one of the most intractable musculoskeletal diseases. The concern in the immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis has been increased since 1980's and many immunotherapeutic agents including disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were developed and became the mainstay of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. However, the cure of the disease has hardly been achieved. In oriental medicine, rheumatoid arthritis is related to Bi-Zheng(痺證), that presents pain, swelling, andlor loss of joint function as major clinical manifestations, and also known to be deeply involved in suppression of immune function related to weakness of Jung-Ki(正氣). The herbal medicine, empirically used, could be a potential resource of development of new immunotherapeutic agents for rheumatoid arthritis. Methods : We developed a search strategy using terms to include "rheumatoid arthritis and herbal medicine" combined with "Chinese medicine" and/or "Oriental medicine". The search was focused on experimental studies of herbal medicine (January 1999 to May 2004), which is known to have effects on immune function of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Computerized search used Internet databases including KISS and RISS4U (Korea), CNKI (China), MOMJ (Main Oriental Medicine Journal, Japan), and PubMed. The articles were selected from journals of universities or major research institutes. Results : The literature search for experimental studies on effects of herbal medicine on immunity of rheumatoid arthritis retrieved a total of 21 articles (Korea; 8, China ; 12, Japan ; 1). Of 21 articles, 10 were related to single-drug formula, 2 to drug interaction, and 9 to multi-drug formula. Single-drug formula was mainly used for aqua-acupuncture and researches on active components. Studies of drug interaction emphasized harmony of Ki-Hyul(氣血) and balance of Han-Yeul(寒熱). Multi-drug regimen was mainly found among formulas for Bo-Ki-Hyul(補氣血) and Bo-Sin(補腎). Conclusion : Studies on rheumatoid arthritis were performed both in vitro and in vivo in vitro study, LPS-stimulated splenocytes and synoviocytes were treated with herbal medicine, resulting in proliferation and activation of immune cells and suppression of cytokine activities in vivo study CIA animal model demonstrated that herbal medicine decreased antibody production and improved function of immune cells. In cellular and molecular study herbal medicine showed profound effects on the level of mRNA expression of certain cytokines related to immune function. This study revealed that herbal medicine has significant immune modulatory action and could be used for recovery of immune dysfunction of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2014

목적: 본 교실에서 경험한 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증의 임상적 특징을 알아보고 치료방법 및 예후를 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1996년 8월부터 2013년 6월까지 본 교실에서 수술 후 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증으로 확진 된 총 28례를 대상으로 발병 당시부터 최근까지의 진찰소견, 의무기록, 방사선 사진, 병리소견을 토대로 임상소견과 진단 및 치료결과에 대해 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 총 28례로 소아 22례 성인 6례였다. 발병나이는 0.6세에서 51세 사이에서 발생하였으며 평균연령은 14.8세였다. 추시 기간은 6개월에서 134개월까지 평균 44.6개월 이었다. 환자의 구성은 남자 20명 여자 8명으로 남녀성비는 2.5:1이었다. 초기증상은 동통 18례, 병적 골절 5례, 종괴 3례, 방사선 검사상 우연히 발견된 경우 1례, 사경 1례였다. 방사선학적 소견에서는 모든 증례에서 골 용해 소견을 보였으며 이중 13례에서는 골막 반응이 동반되었으며 1례에서는 연부조직 침범이 관찰되었다. 임상적 분류로 28례 모두 호산구성 육아종 이었으며 조직구 협회가 제시한 분류법으로는 단일계통의 다발 병소 질환 3례, 단일 병소 질환 25례였다. 전례에서 조직 생검술이 시행되었으며 6례에서는 생검술 이후 특별한 치료 없이 골 유합을 얻었으며 11례에서는 스테로이드 국소 주입술을 시행하였으며 11례는 조직생검과 동시에 소파술 및 골이식술을 시행하거나 추가로 금속 내고정술을 시행하였다. 추시기간 중 환자가 사망한 경우는 없었다. 병변이 국소 재발한 경우는 없었으나 신체 다른 부위에 골병변이 생긴 경우가 3례 있었다. 합병증은 총 2례가 있었으며 소파술 및 골 이식술을 시행한 이후 감염소견을 보여 변연절제술을 시행한 경우였다. 결론: 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증 환자에서 급격한 전신적 발병을 가져오는 경우는 매우 드물기 때문에 초기 진단 시에 어린 환아에게 과도한 방사선 노출을 가져오는 검사는 지양해야 할 것으로 생각된다. 질환의 확진을 위해서는 조직 생검이 필요하며 조직학적 확진 이후에는 경과 관찰만으로도 대부분에서 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있으나 술 전 병적 골절이 있거나 골 파괴 병변의 범위가 넓은 경우 소파술 및 골 이식술과 내고정술이 필요할 수도 있다. 3-6개월간의 경과관찰에도 병변의 호전이 느리거나 일상생활에 지장을 주는 통증을 호소하는 경우 스테로이드 국소 주입법이 좋은 치료가 될 수 있다.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2009

배경: 골육종은 소아 및 청소년기에 가장 흔하게 발생하는 악성 골종양 중 하나이다. 최근 수술적 치료와 항암 화학요법을 병행하여 생존률이 증가하였지만, 아직까지도 항암제는 항암제 내성 및 이차성 악성 종양의 발생 등 여러 문제점을 가지고 있다. 일부 종양은 matrix metalloproteinase(MMPs)의 발현이 증가되어 있고, MMP inhibitor에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 반면 bisphosphonate(BPs) 제제는 골흡수를 억제하는 능력이 있으며, 파골세포와 관계된 골 병변에 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 또 bisphosphonate 제제는 직접적인 항암효과를 가지고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 대상 및 방법: 골육종 세포주(U2OS)를 ibandronate(0, 0.1, 1, 10M)를 이용하여 48시간 동안 처치하였다. 세포의 생존능은 MTT assay를 이용하여, MMP-2와 MT1-MMP의 mRNA level은 reverse-transciption polymerase chain reaction을 이용하여 측정하였으며, MMP-2와 MT1-MMP 단백의 양은 Westernblot을, MMP-2의 활성은 Gelatin zymography를 이용하여 측정하였다. 또, ibandronate 처치 전후의 골육종 세포주의 침습성은 Matrigel invasion assay를 이용하여 측정하였다. 결과: 48시간 ibandronate 처치 후 U2OS 세포주의 침습력은 ibandronate에 대해 용량 의존적으로 감소하였다. 특히 10M 이내의 ibandronate는 세포독성이 나타나지 않았다. 젤라틴 융해능과 MMP-2 및 MT1-MMP의 단백 및 mRNA 정도역시 ibandronate 농도가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 결론: Ibandronate는 골육종 세포주의 MMP-2 및 MT1-MMP의 발현을 억제하였으며, 종양세포의 침습력을 감소시켰다. Bisphosphate의 종양세포 침습 억제 능력은 새로운 전이 억제제의 개발에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2023

Objectives: Objectives: In this study, we define a medical service type that combines Western medicine, Korean medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as an integrated medical service. This study, as part of tertiary hospital-based integrated medical service model and clinical field application, aims to collect status and opinions on integrated medical service for medical staff in the field. Methods: This is a survey study, and was conducted on doctors from Kyung Hee University Hospital and Korean medicine doctors from Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital. Respondents were recruited on a first-come, first-served basis until the number of respondents reached 120. The investigation was conducted for a total of 16 days from October 4, 2021 to October 19, 2021 by e-mail. Results: Recognition of integrated medical services was confirmed to be 45.8%, and 49.2% responded positively to the necessity of it. As a group of diseases that require the establishment of integrated medical services in the future, 'disorders of musculoskeletal systems and connective tissues' was the highest. The most expected advantages of providing integrated medical services were 'increased satisfaction of patients and guardians' and 'increased treatment effects.' Conclusions: In this study, we investigated the perception of doctors and Korean medicine doctors on integrated medical services that combine Western medicine, Korean medicine, and CAM. It has been confirmed that medical staff generally have a positive perception of integrated medical services, and if the scientific basis for the effect of integrated medical services is supported, the rate of positive perception is expected to increase.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제3권호
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• pp.54-70
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• 1993

According as the automation of clerical work(OA ; Office Automation) develops, the use of VDT(Visual or Video Display Terminal) is increasing suddenly. But, in proportion to the spread of office automation(OA tendency), the self-conciousness syptom attendant upon the work is appearing also (Kim, Jung Tae, Lee, Young Ook, 1990). The apparatuses of office enable the clerical workers to be convenient and perform mass businesses. But, they are increasing the opportunity to be exposed to VDT syndrom, techno stress, computer terminal disease, pain by muscle strain(RSI), bradycausia of noise nature, and electromagnetic waves, etc. which are referred to as the new type of occupational diseases to the workers. It is the real situation that the workers to use VDT is complaining of the physical inconvenience sense in the recent newspaper and literature, it is the point of time that the sydrome to come from VDT use and computer terminal disease, etc. must be classified into the occupational disease(Lee, Kwang Young 1990, Lee, Kyoo Hak 1990, Lee, Won Ho 1991, Lee, Si Young 1991, Lee, Joon 1991, Choi, Young Tae 1991, Heo, Seung Ho 1989). In addition, it is the real situation that the scientifitic study result about the scope that electromagnetic waves has influence on the human body has not been suggested yet, and criticism on the stable exposure permission standard about electromagnetic waves to be emitted from VDT and on the problem in the health about electromagnetic waves is continuing. (IEEE Spectrum, 1990). In addition according to the experience of nursery business of industry field, it is the real situation that the patients who consult complaining of physical and mental inconvenience sence, among the users of apparatus of office automation, are reaching 10% of the patients coming to doctor's room. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complain of multilaterally with the actual state examination about the use of the apparatuses of offices automaton. Thus, this study was tried as th basic data for the cosultation and education for the maintenance and furtherance of the health of workers as the nurse of industry field, by confirming the contents of self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of the apparatus for office outomation making the financial institution in which the spparatus for office automation in most frequently used as the subject, and by examining whether there is the difference according to the subject of study, the data were collected, by using the questionnaire method, making 200 workers who consented to the study participation as the subject, among the persons who have spent over 3 months since they used the apparatuses for office automation and didn't receive the treatment in hospital due to the clerical disease for recent 3 years. The period of data collection was from Oct. 9, 1991 to Oct. 12. As for the measurement instrument about the complaint if self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of apparatuses fo office automation, the question item on the complaint symptom of health problem attendant upon the treatment of VDT that Kim(1991) developed and on CMI health problem and the question items on the fatigue degree due to industry were used by previous examination to 25 persons. Collected data were analyzed with the statistical method such as percentage, arithmetic mean, Person correlation coeffient, Kai square verfication, t-test, ANOVA, etc. by using SPSS/PC+ program, and the result is as follows : 1. The self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complained of most frequetly appeared high in 'My eyes are tired'(99.4%), 'I feel fatigue and weariness'(99.4%), 'I feel that my head is heavy5(90.0%), 'eyesight fell'(88.8%), 'I have a stiff neck'(88.8%), 'I fell pain in the shoulder'(85.0%), 'I feel cold and painful in the eyes'(76.9%), 'I feel the dry sense of eyeball'(76.2%), 'My nerves are edgy, and I an fretful, (75.6%), 'I feel pain in the waist'(73.2%) and 'I fell pain in the back'(72.8%). It emerged that the subject use the apparatuses for office automation complained of self-consciousness symptoms related to visual symptoms and musculoskeletal symptoms. 2. As for the general feature of examination subjects, the result to see the distribution by classifying into sex, age, school career, use career of apparatuses for office automation, skillfulness degree of the use of apparatus for office automation, use hours of the apparatuses for office automation per 1 day, type of business of the apparatus for office automation, rest hours during the use of apparatus for office automation, satifaction degree of business of office automation, and work circumstance, etc. emerged as follows : As for the sex of subjects, the distribution showed that men were 58.8% and women were 41.3%, Age was average 26.9. As the distribution of school career, the distribution showed that4below the graduation of high school' was 58.8%, 'graduation from junior college-university' was 35.0%, and 'over graduate school' was 6.3%. In the question to ask the existence or non-existence of experience of health consultation in connection with the work of office automation, the response that I had the consultation exprience and I feel the necessity emergerd as 90.1% And, the case that the subject who didn't wear the glasses or lens before using the OA apparatus wear glasses or lens after using OA apparatus emerged as 28.3% of whole. As for the existence or non-existence of use career of OA apparatus, the case under 3 years was highest as 52. 7%. As for the skillfulnness degree about the use of apparatus for office automation, most of them are skillful with the fact that 'common' was 44.4%, 'skill' was 42.5%, and 'unskillful' was 13.1% As for the use average hours of the apparatus for office automation per 1 day, the distribution showed that the case under 3-6 hours was 33.1%, the case under 6-9 hours was 28.1%, the case under 3 hours was 30.6%, and the case over 9 hours was 8.1% Main OA business and the use hours for 1 day showed in the order of keeping and retrieval, business of information transmission(162min), business of information transmission(79.3 min), business of document framing(55.5 min), and business of duplication and printing(25.4min). as for the rest during the use of apparatus for affice automation, that I take rest occasion demands the major portion, but that I take after completing the work emerged as 33.8%. Though the subiness gets to be convenient by the use of the apparatus for of office automation, respondents who showed the dissatisfaction about the present OA business emergd high as 78.1%. The work circumstances of each office was good with the fact that the temperature of office was 21.8, noise was average 42.7db, and the illumination was average 364.4 lx, in the light of ANSi/HFS 100 Standard. 3. Sight syptom, musculoskeletal symptom, skin and other symptoms showed the significant difference according to the extent of skillfulness of the apparatus for office automation. All the symptoms exept skin symptom showed the difference according to the use hours of the apparatus for office automation. All the question items exept the sytoms of digestive organs and the rest hours during the apparatus for office automation showed the signicant difference. The question item which showed the signicant difference from the satisfaction degree of present OA business showed the significant difference from all the question item classified into 6 groups. But, age and school career didn't significant difference from the complaint of any self-consciousness symptoms.