• 대한약침학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2015

Objectives: Bee venom (BV) is a complex mixture of proteins and contains proteins such as phospholipase and melittin, which have an effect on blood clotting and blood clots. The mechanism of action of honey bee venom (HBV, Apis mellifera) on human plasma proteins and its anti-thrombotic effect were studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-coagulation effect of BV and its effects on blood coagulation and purification. Methods: Crude venom obtained from Apis mellifera was selected. The anti-coagulation factor of the crude venom from this species was purified by using gel filtration chromatography (sephadex G-50), and the molecular weights of the anti-coagulants in this venom estimated by using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Blood samples were obtained from 10 rabbits, and the prothrombin time (PT) and the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) tests were conducted. The approximate lethal dose (LD) values of BV were determined. Results: Crude BV increased the blood clotting time. For BV concentrations from 1 to 4 mg/mL, clotting was not observed even at more than 300 seconds, standard deviations $(SDs)={\pm}0.71$; however, clotting was observed in the control group 13.8 s, $SDs={\pm}0.52$. Thus, BV can be considered as containing anti-coagulation factors. Crude BV is composed 4 protein bands with molecular weights of 3, 15, 20 and 41 kilodalton (kDa), respectively. The $LD_{50}$ of the crude BV was found to be $177.8{\mu}g/mouse$. Conclusion: BV contains anti-coagulation factors. The fraction extracted from the Iranian bees contains proteins that are similar to anti-coagulation proteins, such as phospholipase $A_2(PLA_2)$ and melittin, and that can increase the blood clotting times in vitro.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제44권8호
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• pp.1105-1113
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• 2015

혈행 개선 기능성을 평가하기 위하여 8주 동안 일반식이와 고지방식이를 제공하는 그룹에 오메가-3 지방산과 복분자종자유를 일정량 제공하는 실험을 실시하였다. 실험군은 일반식이 그룹과 고지방식이 그룹으로 나누어 각 그룹 내에 음성대조군, 양성대조군(오메가-3 지방산), 복분자종자유(2 g, 4 g/2,000 kcal) 급이군으로 구성하였다. 양성대조군과 복분자종자유는 매일 경구 투여되었고 실험기간 종료 후 동물을 희생시켜 혈액과 장기를 얻어 혈중중성지방 및 콜레스테롤, 혈행 개선에 관련된 바이오마커(coagulation factor7, 12, serotonin과 TXB2)를 측정하였는데, 그 결과 복분자종자유는 혈중지질의 농도 개선을 통해 혈액의 점도를 감소시키고 혈액의 응고를 억제하여 혈행을 개선하는 기능성이 있는 것을 확인하게 되었다. 따라서 복분자종자유를 이용한 건강기능식품 개발은 혈관질환 환자들에게 혈행 개선을 통한 건강증진 효과를 보여줄 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.105-114
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• 1969

This experiment was carried out to study the responses of cellular component of blood and bone marrow to cold and also the changes of coagulation during cooling. Forty-two mongrel dogs were subjected to hypothermia by ice-water surface cooling technique. Lowest body temperature ranged from 21-23 degree. Dogs were divided into 3 groups,Group I, 12 dogs: pentothal anesthesia for 3 hours, Group II, 20 dogs;hypothermic group and Group III,10 dogs;postsplenectomy hypothermic group. Results were summarized as follows: 1. Hemoglobin, hematocrit and red blood cell count significantly increased when animals were cooled, and increase was noted in similar magnitude among the animals of Group I. 2. White blood cell count extremely decreased after cooling and effect of splenectomy on white blood cell count was not apparent. No significant changes were seen among Group I. 3. Differential count of white blood cell when cooled showed relative increase of polymorphonuclear neutrophil and decrease of lymphocyte. 4. There was marked decrease of platelets when body temperature reached to 21-23degree and essentially. no changes was noted in Group I. 5. Clotting time, bleeding time, plasma prothrombin time, recalcification time, and fibrinolysis showed no significant changes when dogs were cooled. Clot retration and prothrombin consumption during hypothermia appeared to be poor. In Group II, bleeding time decreased after splenctomy and when body temperature was lowered, plasma prothrombin time, clot retraction, and prothrombin consumption decreased. Decreased bleeding time and poor clot retraction were noted in Group I. 6. It was found that megacaryocyte count decreased even though platelet count of peripheral blood markedly diminsished when animals were cooled. There was some tendency of erythroid hyperplasia noted during hypothermia.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.792-794
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• 2009

Purpose: Clotting factor X deficiency is one of the most uncommon coagulation disorders. The authors describe a case of cleft palate in a patient with a congenital clotting factor X deficiency. Methods: In pediatric patients with a cleft palate, the coagulation problem is more worrisome, because they are more sensitive to blood than adults, and because postoperative bleeding can cause blood ingestion with subsequent vomiting, aspiration, and airway obstruction. To prevent hemorrhagic complications in the described case, fresh frozen plasma (FFP) was administered every 24 hrs from the day before surgery to the second postoperative day. Results: Good hemostasis, normal healing, and no complications was shown postoperatively. Conclusion: The replacement of fresh frozen plasma was useful in the case of congenital clotting factor deficiency for bleeding prophylaxis in cleft palate operation.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.177-177
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• 1998

In the previous report, tetrandrine (TET) and fangchinoline (FAN) showed antithrombotic and antiplatelet aggregation activities. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of tetrandrine and fangchinoline on human platelet aggregation, formation of thromboxane B$_2$ and coagulation of platelet poor plasma. TET and FAN inhibited platelet activating factor (PAF) induced human platelet aggregation, but didn't inhibit the specific binding of PAF to its receptor. Meanwhile, TET and FAN also inhibited PAF, thrombin and arachidonic acid induced thromboxane B$_2$ formation in human washed platelets. In addition, neither TET nor FAN showed any anticoagulation activities in the measurement of the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), prothrombin time (PT) and thrombin time (TT) using human platelet poor plasma. These results suggest that antithrombotic effects of TET and FAN in mice may be mainly related to the antiplatelet aggregation activities, and the antiplatelet aggregation effects may be related to the intracellular messenger system such as TXA$_2$ formation etc., but not to the binding of PAF to PAF-receptor on the platelet membrane directly.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.521-527
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• 2005

Surface modification of polypropylene hollow fiber membranes was peformed in order to develop blood-compatible biomaterials for use in the blood contacting and oxygenation membranes of a lung-assist device(LAD). Blood compatibility was determined by using anticoagulation blood and evaluating formation of blood clots on their surfaces as well as activation of plasma coagulation cascade, platelet adhesion, and aggregation. It was verified that the number of platelets on the silicone coated fibers was significantly lower than those on polypropylene. It was also found that the polypropylene hollow fiber membranes using plasma treatment exhibited suppression of complement activation in blood compatibility test.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2012

Objective : This is prospective study of clinical outcomes of percutaneous plasma disc coagulation Therapy (PDCT) in patients with herniated lumbar disc disease (HLD) to evaluate the safety and efficacy in its clinical application and usefulness as a reliable alternative to microscopic discectomy. Methods : Forty-six patients were enrolled in this study from April 2006 to June 2010. All patients had one-level HLD. Disc degeneration was graded on routine T2-weighted magnetic resonance Image (MRI) using the Pfirrmann's grading system and all index levels were grade 3 and grade 4. Indications for surgery were radiculopathy caused by disc protrusion with soft consistency. MRI was done at one month after the procedure in all patients to check post-PDCT change. The clinical outcomes were evaluated using Visual Analog Scales (VAS) score and MacNab's criteria. Results : This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of our institution. The age of the study population ranged from 16 to 59 years with a mean age of 37.2 years. There were 29 males and 17 females in this study. The mean period of clinical follow-up was 21 months. The average preoperative VAS score for radiculopathy was $7.4{\pm}1.4$, while the final follow-up VAS score was $1.4{\pm}0.7$ (p<0.001). In MacNab's criteria, 41 patients (89.1%) had achieved favorable improvement (excellent and good) until later follow-up. There were one patient from infection and two patients who needed to convert to open discectomy. Conclusion : PDCT is a safe and efficient treatment modality in a selective patient with HLD.

• Medical Lasers
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2019

Periorbital melasma is often refractory to treatment and highly associated with rebound hyperpigmentation or mottled hypopigmentation after laser treatment in Asian patients. In this report, we describe 2 patients with cluster-1 periorbital melasma and 1 patient with cluster-2 periorbital melasma who experienced remarkable clinical improvements after microwave-generated, atmospheric-pressure, non-thermal nitrogen plasma treatments. All patients exhibited limited clinical responses after combination treatments with topical bleaching agents, systemic oral tranexamic acid, and low-fluenced Q-switched neodymium (Nd):yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) lasers. Low-energy nitrogen plasma treatment at 0.75 J elicited remarkable clinical improvement in the periorbital melasma lesions without post-laser therapy rebound hyperpigmentation and mottled hypopigmentation. We deemed that a single pass of nitrogen plasma treatment at 0.75 J induces mild microscopic thermal tissue coagulation and modification within the epidermis while preserving the integrity of the basement membrane in patients with periorbital melasma. Accordingly, nitrogen plasma-induced dermal tissue regeneration could play a role in the treatment of melasma lesions.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2018

Nonthermal atmospheric plasma has been studied for its many biomedical effects, such as tooth bleaching, wound healing, and coagulation. In this study, the effects of dentinal tubules occlusion were investigated using fluoride-carboxymethyl cellulose (F-CMC) gel, nano-sized hydroxyapatite (n-HA), and nonthermal atmospheric plasma. Human dentin specimens were divided to 5 groups (group C, HA, HAF, HAP, and HAFP). Group HA was treated with n-HA, group HAF was treated with n-HA after a F-CMC gel application, group HAP was treated with n-HA after a plasma treatment and group HAFP was treated with n-HA after a plasma and F-CMC gel treatment. The occlusion of dentinal tubules was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), which shows Ca/P ratio. In the EDS results, a higher Ca/P ratio was shown in the groups including n-HA than in the control group. The specimens of group HAP and HAFP had a higher Ca/P ratio in retentivity. In the SEM results, there was not a significant difference in the amount of times applied. Therefore, this study suggests F-CMC gel and n-HA treatment using nonthermal atmospheric plasma will be a new treatment method for decreasing hypersensitivity.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.625-630
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• 2006

배 경: COPD 환자에서 흡연은 폐혈관에 직접 작용하여 혈관 수축, 확장 및 혈관세포 증식을 조절하는 매개물질을 분비하여 혈관의 부적절한 개형 및 생리 현상을 초래하여 폐성고혈압을 유발한다. COPD 환자에서는 종종 급성 및 만성 폐혈전증이 일어나고 혈장내 응고전구물질 및 섬유소용해계의 표지자들이 증가되어 있다. 그러나 COPD 환자에서 혈액 응고계 및 섬유소용해계가 우심실 기능 장애에 어떤 기여를 하는지는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 진행된 COPD 환자에서 multidetector CT scan (MDCT)을 이용하여 측정한 우심실 기능에 따른 혈액내 응고계 및 섬유소용해 계의 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: GOLD 지침에 따라 COPD로 진단한 26명에서 심장 MDCT scan을 이용하여 우심실 박출계수를 구하였다. 혈액내 thrombin antithrombin (TAT) 및 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1은 enzyme linked immunoassay 방법으로 측정하였다. 결 과: COPD 환자의 혈중 TAT는 $10.5{\pm}19.8{\mu}g/L$으로 정상인의 혈중 TAT $3.4{\pm}2.5{\mu}g/L$보다 의미 있게 증가되었으나 (p<0.01) COPD 환자의 혈중 PAI-1는 $29.6{\pm}20.7ng/mL$으로 정상인의 혈중 PAI-1 $25.9{\pm}17.9ng/mL$와 비교하여 의미 있는 변화가 없었다. COPD 환자에서 혈중 TAT는 MDCT scan으로 측정한 우심실 박출계수와 의미 있는 역 상관관계를 보였으나 (r=-0.645, p<0.01) 혈중 PAI-1은 우심실 박출계수와 상관관계를 보이지 않았다 (r=0.022, p=0.92). 결 론: COPD 환자에서 혈중내 응고계는 활성화되어 있으며 혈중 TAT는 우심실 기능 장애의 의미있는 표지자로 사료된다.