• 생물정신의학
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2009

Objectives : Serum and plasma BDNF levels have been shown to be decreased in patients with mood disorder such as major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. We investigated whether platelet BDNF levels would be lower in patients with acute bipolar manic episode compared with those of normal controls. Methods : BDNF levels were examined in platelet-rich plasma(PRP) and platelet-poor plasma(PPP) in 20 healthy controls and 20 hospitalized patients who were diagnosed as bipolar I disorder, most recent episode manic using a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. And severity of manic symptoms was measured using Young Mania Rating Scale(YMRS). Platelet BDNF level was calculated by subtracting PPP BDNF from PRP BDNF level, and dividing the result by the total platelet count, and it was expressed as pg/$10^6$ platelet. Results : Platelet BDNF levels were significantly lower in patients with acute bipolar manic episode(4.55${\pm}$3.36pg/$10^6$ platelet) than in normal controls(6.84${\pm}$2.32pg/$10^6$ platelet)(p=0.008). However we failed to reveal the significant negative correlation between platelet BDNF levels and YMRS scores in patients with acute bipolar episode. Conclusion : Our finding suggests that there is a decrease in the platelet BDNF of patients with acute bipolar manic episode.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2002

배경: 혈액이 이물질과 접촉을 하면 체내에서 응고 및 염증기전을 활성화 시키게 되고 임상적으로 폐 및 신장 기능의 저하, 출혈 등을 유발할 수 있고 심한 경우 다발성 장기기능 저하까지 발생할 수 있다. 이 때문에 혈액-이물질 접촉표면을 개선하는 여러 가지 시도들이 이루어지고 있고 혈액접촉표면의 적합성을 평가하는 지표의 선택은 대단히 중요하다. 접촉면의 응고기전에서 혈소판의 침착이 가장 중요한 단계이고 혈소판의 침착을 확인하기 위하여 표면흡착 정도를 비교하는 방법이 흔히 사용되고 있는데, 대부분 in-vitro 혹은ex-vivo조건에서 시행되고 있으므로 생체 내 in-vivo상황을 정확히 대변한다고 보기 힘들다. 따라서 본 연구는 in-vivo 실험조건에서 동위원소(radioisotope)를 이용하여 혈소판의 표면흡착 정도를 정량 분석하는 방법의 유용성을 분석하고자 계획되었다. 대상 및 방법: 돼지(20-25 kg, n=6)를 이용하여 하행대동맥 우회회로를 구성하였다. 우회회로는 헤파린 표면처리가 안된 일반 PVC 도관(대조군; Capiox, Terumo, Japan)과 이온결합 헤파린 표면 처리된 PVC 도관(실험군; Duraflo ll, Baxter, USA)을 Y-connector로 연결하여 2개의 회로를 동시에 구성하였다. 수술 전날 동종의 실험동물로부터 혈액을 채취하여 원심분리를 통해 고농도 혈소판 용액(platelet concentrate)을 추출하였고, 수술 당일 동위원소(Tc-99m-HMPAO, 180 $\mu$Ci)을 섞어 30분간 방치한 다음, 10분간 원심분리하여 침전층의 labeling efficiency를 측정하였다. 분리된 침전층에 혈장을 섞어(5 ml) 실험동물에 정맥주사한 후, 전신 헤파린 처치 상태에서(1 mg/kg) 하행대동맥을 차단하여 우회도관 쪽으로 2시간 동안 혈액을 순환시키고 분리하였다. 각 도관의 내강을 생리식염수 500 ml로 동시에 세척한 다음, 일정 간격으로10$\times$10 mm 크기의 절편을 5개 채취하였다. 절편을 세분하여 측정튜브에 담아 동위원소 측정기(gamma counter, Cobra II , Packard ,USA)를 이용하여 Tc-99m-HMPAO의 분당 count수를 측정함으로써 혈소판의 흡착정도를 정량분석 비교하였다. 결과: 동위원소 측정기를 이용한 평균 count수는 각각의 실험군과 대조군의 비율을 이용하여 비교하였다. 평균 count수는 대조군에서 537.3 Ci/min였고 실험군에서는 311.1Ci/min로 측정되었으며, 두 군 사이의 비율은 대조군에 비하여 실험군이 1: 0.58로 통계적으로 유의하였다.(p=0.004) 결론: 위결과를 통하여 실험군이 대조군에 비하여 혈소판 표면흡착측면에서 우수하다는 것을 정량적으로 증명할 수 있었다. 저자 등이 사용한 in-vivo 동위원소 측정법으로 혈소판 흡착정도의 생체 내 실험으로 유용하며 의료용 고분자 재료의 혈액적합성 판정의 지표로 제시하고자 한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.505-511
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• 2002

목 적 : 소아 ITP 환아에서 진단 및 IVIg 치료시의 MPV 및 PDW의 변동을 관찰하여 정상아과 비교하고자 하였고 진단 및 초기 치료시의 MPV와 PDW값 분석을 통하여 급성과 만성 ITP의 구분이 예측 가능한지와 면역글로불린에 대한 초기반응이 예측 가능한지를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1995년 12월부터 2001년 5월까지 아주대학교병원 소아과에서 ITP로 진단 받고 치료 중이거나 치료 후 추적 관찰 중인 환아 71명을 대상으로 하였다. 치료는 IVIg를 하루에 400 mg/kg 용량으로 5일간 투여하였고 Coulter Counter STKS를 사용하여 매일 말초혈액검사를 시행하여 혈소판, MPV, PDW 를 확인하였고 치료 후 주기적으로 추적검사 하였다. 정상 대조군으로 38명의 정상 환아의 MPV와 PDW를 측정하였다. 급성 ITP는 치료 후 혈소판수가 $100,000/{\mu}L$ 이상으로 증가되어 유지된 경우로, 만성 ITP는 혈소판수가 발병 6개월내에 일시적인 증가가 있을 지라도 발병 후 6개월 이상 경과 중에 $100,000/{\mu}L$ 이상으로 유지되지 않는 경우로 정의하였다. 또한 혈소판 수치가 치료 5일째 $100,000/{\mu}L$ 이상 증가된 환아들을 A군, $100,000/{\mu}L$ 이하인 환아들을 B군으로 정의하여 위와 같은 MPV, PDW를 분석하였다. 동기간 중 ITP로 내원 하였으나 IVIg 투여 없이 호전된 환아의 MPV, PDW 수치를 IVIg 치료군과 비교하였다. 결 과: 급성 ITP는 53례, 만성 ITP는 18례로 총 71례였으며 진단시 혈소판수는 $20,000/{\mu}L$ 이하가 65례(91.5%)로 대다수를 차지하였다. ITP 환아의 진단 당시 MPV와 PDW의 평균값은 6.77 fL, 15.16%로 정상 대조군의 7.29 fL, 15.96% 보다 의의 있게 낮았고(P<0.05), 만성보다는 급성에서, A군보다는 B군에서 MPV와 PDW값이 낮았으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 전체 환아에 대해서 치료 후 1일째 MPV가 의의 있게 증가하고 그 이후 유지되었고 급성과 만성으로 나눠서 봤을 때 두 군간에 의의 있는 차이는 없었다. 하지만 IVIg 치료의 반응에 따라 구분하여 보면 A군에서 치료 후 1일째 MPV가 급격히 증가 후 감소하는 경향을 보였으나 B군은 치료 후 4일째까지 천천히 증가하는 양상을 보였다(P<0.05). 전체환아에서 PDW는 치료 후 2일에 걸쳐 의의 있게 증가한 후 유지되는 경향을 보였다. 정상 대조군에서는 혈소판과 MPV간에 의의 있게 반비례 관계를 보였으나(r=-0.415, P<0.05) ITP 환아의 진단시에는 혈소판과 MPV간에 의의 있게 비례 관계를 나타내었다(r=0.646, P<0.05). 동기간에 자연 회복된 9례의 ITP 환아와 IVIg로 치료한 대상 환아를 비교해 봤을 때 자연 회복된 환아들은 진단시 MPV가 증가되어 있었고 혈소판이 증가되면서 점차로 감소되는 양상을 보였다. 결 론 : 소아 ITP 환아에서 IVIg 치료 후에 혈소판 증가와 함께 MPV와 PDW는 증가하였다. IVIg 치료후 MPV와 PDW를 관찰하는 것이 치료 초기에 급성과 만성을 예측하는 데는 유용하지 않으나 MPV는 초기 치료 반응의 예측인자로서 유용한 것으로 사료된다. 본 연구결과에서 관찰된 소아 ITP 환아에서 진단시 MPV와 PDW가 정상 대조군에 비해 낮은 것과 IVIg 투여 후의 MPV 및 PDW의 증가에 대해서는 향후 더욱 광범위한 연구를 통해 더 많은 논의를 거쳐야 할 것이다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.39-42
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• 2011

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a potentially life-threatening condition characterised by thrombocytopenia and mediated by an autoimmune mechanism. Several recent studies have suggested that an association exists between H. pylori eradication and improvement in platelet count in a significant proportion of patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. This study confirmed the efficacy of H. pylori eradication in increasing the platelet count in steroid refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura patients. Eradication therapy is simple and inexpensive, with limited toxicity and the advantage of avoiding long-term immunosuppressive treatment.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.749-752
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• 1993

The 26 patients were randomly selected among patients who underwent valve replacement from February 1992 through September 1993 at National Medical Center. They were divided into two groups, one control group[n=13], the other aprotinin group[n=13]. The aprotinin group recieved 15000 KIU/kg aprotinin in the CPB priming volume and 35000 KIU/kg aprotinin intravenously during operation. We checked preoperative and postoperative hemoglobin, platelet, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, creatinine phosphokinase and lactic dehydrogenase. There was no difference in the patient`s above clinical parameters between both groups. The platelet count in both groups decreaced after operation. These findings demonstrated that the effectiveness of aprotinin was not associated with platelet number but probably associated with a protection of platelet function and a prevention of hyperfibrinolysis. The intraoperative and postoperative blood loss and requirement of blood were significantly reduced in aprotinin group.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.431-438
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the periodontal health indexes of some college students and awareness of periodontal health by conducting a survey and complete blood count(CBC) to evaluate periodontal health status. Methods : The study subjects were 133 college students. After receiving informed consent, the health-related majoring students voluntarily participated in this study from May 1 to 30, 2012. Results : 1. In order to assess periodontal health indexes, total scores of all the 15 items were calculated and mean was 3.06 of 5 points. Mean of periodontal health was 3.48. 2. High hemoglobin and high hematocrit revealed high periodontal health indexes and high platelet resulted in low peridontal health indexes. 3. Red blood cell, hemoglobin, and hematocrit of the male, older, smoking, and high periodontal index students showed higher range of score in the meanwhile white blood cell and platelet was low range. The range of female students were not statistically significant. Conclusions : Periodontal health education program is very important to periodontal care and can motivate the oral health behavior change.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.469-473
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate the effects of calcium administration on the blood coagulation mechanism through APTT in the calf. Five male calves (70~90 kg) were used in this experiment. In the control group, heparinized normal saline (1 IU/kg/min) had been infusing into the jugular vein for 100 minutes. For the analysis of calcium effects on the APTT, the same solutions had been infusing during the first 40 minutes, subsequently the solution including calcium gluconate (3.3 mg/ml/min) had been infusing for 60 minutes. Blood samples were serially collected every 10 minutes for the APTT and platelets count and every 20 minutes for the calicum level during the infusion. In the calcium-treated group, after 70 minutes the APTT ratio (APTT heparin/APTT baseline) was higher than the therapeutic range. APTT was significantly increased at 50, 60 and 70 minutes in the calcium-treated group as compared to the control group (p<0.01). In the control group, calcium level was decreased significantly after heparin infusion (p<0.01). The platelet count was gradually decreased without significant variation in the both control and calcium-treated groups. These results suggested that APTT is slightly increased in combined heparin and calcium administration.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2005

Automatic hematology analyzers provide the leukocyte differential count and the useful flags of the various hematological parameters. We compared LH 750 (Beckman Coulter Co., Miami, FL, USA) with manual method on differential leukocyte counts and evaluated the usefulness of the suspect flags, provided by this instrument. The comparison of leukocyte differential counts between two methods showed good correlation coefficient (r), which were 0.95 (neutrophil), 0.92 (lymphocyte), 0.82 (monocyte) and 0.95 (eosinophil). The frequency of the total flags displayed on LH 750 were 15.5%, which included immature granulocyte/left shift 63.5%, nucleated RBC 14.6%, platelet clumps 13.1%, variant lymphocyte 50% and blast 16.6%. This instrument showed higher positive predictive value in the flags such as platelet clumps 68.8%, immature granulocyte/left shift 61.5%, nucleated RBC 27.3%, variant lymphocyte 50% and blast 16.7%. In this study, the leukocyte differential counts of LH 750 showed good correlation with manual method and the suspect flags also showed a good performance for applying the criteria of re-examination in the clinical laboratory.

• 생약학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.385-389
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• 1995

MeOH extract of Gastrodia elata was fractionated to five solvent fractions, hexane fr (fr I), 90% MeOH fr (fr II), EtOAc fr (fr III), BuOH fr (fr IV) and $H_2O$ fr (fr V). Among the five fractions, fr II, III and IV showed platelet anti-aggregating effects against ADP or collagen induced rat platelet aggregation in vitro. Fr II , III and IV were also tested in vivo, in the mouse and rat models of thrombosis. Oral administration of fr II, III or IV enhanced the recovery from the thrombotic shock in the mouse model of thrombosis to 32-40% from 17% of recovery with the control group of mice. Treatment with fr II, III or IV also attenuated the sudden reduction in the blood platelet count following intravenous collagen injection to rat. The above results were indicative of the presence of anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic components in this plant.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권13호
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• pp.5397-5400
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• 2015

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of white blood cells (WBC), the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet indices including mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), platelet crit (PCT) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in discrimination between benign and malign endometrial lesions, and early and advanced stage endometrial adenocarcinomas. Materials and Methods: Data for 105 patients undergoing total abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy for benign uterine diseases and 114 patients surgically staged for endometrium adenocarcinoma at Ondokuz Mayis University, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, between 2008 and 2014, were collected. Parameters were preoperative and postoperative complete blood counts in the week prior to surgery with differentials including WBC, platelet count, platelet indices (MPV, PCT, PDW), NLR and PLR. Pathologic evaluations for both benign and malign endometrium lesions, grade of endometrium adenocarcinoma, tumor stage, presence of lymphovascular space invasion (LVI) were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Regarding definitive factors in discriminating patients with endometrium cancer from those with benign diseases, MPV was significantly increased in the malign group whereas there was a significant decrease in the PDW value compared to the benign group. The best cut-off value in differentiation of the benign and malign groups, malign cases were found to increase over the value of 7.54 for MPV, and under 37.8 for PDW. When definitive factors in discrimination of early stage endometrium cancer from advanced stage disease and LVI in the malign group were evaluated according to the ROC analysis, no significant relation was detected between blood parameters and the stage and the LVI of the disease. Conclusions: MPV and PDW may have predictive value in the discrimination of benign and malign endometrium diseases. Nevertheless, since there have been few reports on this topic, further large-scale prospective studies are necessary.