• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.923-931
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• 2002

Sopungsungi-won (SP) is a known for\mula for senile constipation and diabetes mellitus, based on traditional Korean medicine. The preventive effect of SP on the development of overt diabetes in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats was evaluated. When administered orally through a diet for 8 weeks, diabetic conditions such as hyperglycemia, polydipsia and hypertriglyceridemia were all ameliorated in SP-treated rats. In parallel with the onset and progression of hyperglycemia in the ZDF control rats; there was a marked decline in plasma insulin concentrations from 26.1 $\mu$U/ml, at age 7 weeks, to 14.8 $\mu$U/ml at age 15 weeks. In the SP-treated rats, however, the plasma insulin concentrations did not decline, and SP at a dose of 5 g/kg significantly increased the insulin levels to 31.9 $\mu$U/ml. Early normalization of plasma insulin and a retained ability to subsequently increase plasma insulin were indicative of a pancreatic $\beta$ cell protective action by the SP for\mula. In addition, expressions of an insulin-responsive gene and corresponding protein, glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4), in skeletal \muscle, were also determined in SP- and rosiglitazone-treated ZDF rats. mRNA and protein levels of GLUT4 in SP-treated rats were upregulated in a dose dependent manner. Furthermore, when ZDF rats were treated with 2 g/kg of the SP for\mula, the activity of glucose-6-phosphatase was decreased by 49%, whereas the activity of glucokinase was increased by 196%, compared to the ZDF control rats. Taken together, these data provide evidence that the SP for\mula markedly lowered the plasma glucose levels, probably through an effect not only on improvement of insulin action, but through a combined sti\mulation of glycolysis and an inhibition of gluconeogenesis in the liver, and also suggest the validity of SP's clinical use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus following further toxicological investigation.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2005

저자들은 불규칙한 발열은 주소로 내원한 5개월 된 어린 영아에서 유전자 검사를 통하여 선천성 신성 요붕증을 조기 확진하였으며 thiazide 치료에 반응을 보였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2013

A folk prescription consisting of Alnus hirsuta, Rosa davurica, Acanthopanax senticosus and Panax schinseng has been used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the antidiabetic effects of the herb formula extract (HFE) composed of Alnus hirsuta, Rosa davurica, Acanthopanax senticosus and Panax schinseng in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. The HFE was mixed in the food supply of the healthy and STZ-induced diabetic male Sprague-Dawley rats, and its effects on the body weight, water and food intake, hyperglycemia, hypolipidemic and islet structure were studied. The treatment of the rats with STZ for 6 weeks resulted in marasmus, polydipsia, polyphagia, hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. In addition, the diabetic rats showed an apparent decrease in the insulin immunoreactivity and the number of ${\beta}$-cells in the pancreas. The addition of the HFE to the rats' food supply significantly lowered the serum glucose and the serum triglycerides level and preserved the normal histological appearance of the pancreatic islets. These results indicate that the HEF have a strong antidiabetic potential along with the significant hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects, which may be applicable in the pharmaceutical industry.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.233-236
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• 2003

10년령의 중성화 되지 않은 암컷의 요크셔테리어가 건국대학교 부속 동물병원으로 진료가 의뢰되어 왔다. 환축은 얼굴과 복벽에 심각한 괴사성 피부염을 보였으며 또한 다음다뇨 및 다식증을 나타내었다. 병력청취와 신체검사, CBC, 혈액생화학 검사를 토대로 하여 부신피질기능항진증을 의심하였고, 나아가 ACTH 자극시험을 통하여 쿠싱증후 군이 확진되었다. 또한, High Dose Dexamethasone Suppression lest (HDDST)극 통하여 뇌하수체 의존성 부신피질 기능 항진증임을 알 수 있었다. Mitotane을 이용한 치료가 개시된후 심자한 피부문제와 PUPD등의 임상증상들이 개선되었다. 그 후 mitotane 처치가 적절히 이루어지고 잇는가를 검증하기 위해 ACTH의 추가적인 검사가 수행되었다. 이 임상증례는 심각한 피부문제를 가지고 있던 환축이 오진단되고 치료의 핵심을 찾지못해 1년 이상 지속된 환축이 mitotane을 이용하여 성공적으로 치료되어 유지되고 있음을 보여주는 증례이다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2009

A 15-year-old, spayed female maltese dog was presented with polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, abdominal distention, alopecia and hyperpigmentation. The complete blood counts were in normal range, and the serum biochemistry revealed elevated level of glucose and globulin. Mild hepatomegaly was seen on radiography of abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed the uniformly enlarged left adrenal gland measured 2.4 cm in diameter. ACTH stimulation test and LDDST revealed hyperadrenocorticism. HDDST revealed pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism. On CT images, isodense mass with contrast enhancing was seen in left adrenal gland. Cytologic result is consistent with benign tumor. Adrenal mass was surgically removed and evaluated. Histopathologic examination revealed adenocortical adenoma.

• 한국인삼전략화협의회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국인삼전략화협의회 2003년도 제4차 한국인삼약초산업 전략화 세미나
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• pp.77-88
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• 2003

"Ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) has been a popular herbal remedy used in eastern Asian cultures for thousands of years, and a number of health claims are made for it. Modern therapeutic claims for ginseng refer to vitality, immune function, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and sexual function. These claims are mostly based on uncontrolled or non-randomized studies. Among modern therapeutic claims, however, therapeutic effects for diabetes can reasonably be accepted. Following experiment was done recently in our lab: this study was designed to compare the antidiabetic activities between Ginseng Radix Alba (GRA), Ginseng Radix Rubra (GRR) and Panax Quinquefoli Radix (PQR) in multiple low dose (MLD) streptozotocin (STZ) (20mg/kg i.p injection for 5 days) induced diabetic rats. In the glucose tolerance test, 500mg/kg of each ginseng ethanol extract was admoinistered intraperitoneally 30min before glucose challenge. While GRA failed to lower blood glucose level, GRR and PQR both significantly prevented the hyperglycemia when compared with the control group. In the MLD STZ-induced diabetic rats, 300 mg/kg of each ginseng ethanol extract was administered intraperitoneally for 2 weeks. Plasma glucose and insulin levels were markedly improved in all treatment groups. While GRR showed the highest antidiabetic activity, and GRA and PQR revealed somewhat equipotent antidiabetic activities, but less than that in GRR-treated group as for as blood parameters and diabetic symptoms such as polydipsia are concerned. Blood glucose levels were closely associated with plasma insulin levels, and this result may suggest that ginseng ethanol extracts showed the activity to enhance insulin secretion as well as preventing destruction of pancreatic islet cells. To elucidate the relationship between antidiabetic activity and ginsenoside profiles, seven major ginsenoside were quantified by HPLC. We figured out the fact that protopanaxatriol (PPT) : proptopanaxadiol (PPD) ratio might play an important role in its hypoglycemia effects."

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.186-189
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• 2006

7개월된 암컷 Cocker spaniel견이 3주전부터 체중감소, 구토, 탈수, 식욕저하를 보이면서 지속적인 미열을 동반한 다음과 다뇨를 주증상으로 시내 병원에 내원하였다. 담당 수의사의 진료내역을 검토한 결과 복수와 간종대, 혈액 도말 검사에서 비재생성빈혈과 흉부방사선 사진에서 좌측 중심부에 불규칙한 음영이 관찰된 것으로 기록되었다. 이후 prednisolone으로 치료하였지만 증상의 경과가 호전되지 않아 정밀진단을 위하여 환자의 혈액을 강원대학교 부속동물 병원에 분석, 의뢰하였다. 혈액화학검사에서 고칼슘혈증, 고질소혈증, 콜레스테롤혈증, 고인혈증, 저알부민혈증 및 대사성 산증을 보였으며 뇨검사에서 단백뇨를 동반한 약산성의 등장뇨가 관찰되었다. 임상증상과 실험실 소견에 근거하여 간과 신장에 대한 정밀한 검사를 위하여 입원을 요청하였으나 다음 날 환자는 폐사한 상태로 병원에 후송되었다. 보호자의 동의를 얻어 부검과 조직병리학적인 검사를 실시한 결과 간, 신장, 비장 등의 전신 장기에 과량의 아밀로이드가 침착되어 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.362-367
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• 2016

The aim of the study was to evaluate ultrasonographic findings, affected age, hematology, blood chemistry and clinical signs according to open or closed cervix in 102 bitches presented for treatment of pyometra. The prevalence of pyometra according to breed was observed in Maltese 22.5%, Yorkshire Terrier 13.7% and Shih Tzu 12.7%. The mean age of dogs was $9.6{\pm}0.3years$, and open cervix pyometra was more prevalent than closed cervix pyometra. Clinical signs included anorexia, vaginal discharge, depression, polyuria/polydipsia, vomiting, and abdominal distension. The concentration of BUN and the activity of ALP in dogs with closed cervix pyometra were significantly higher than those in dogs with open cervix pyometra (p < 0.05). The white blood cell and neutrophils in dogs with closed cervix pyometra were significant higher than those in dogs with open cervix pyometra (p < 0.05). Ultrasonographic findings of the uterus with open or closed cervix pyometra showed variable patterns. The uterine wall was variable in appearance, from thick and irregular to smooth and thin. The uterine wall was thicker in open cervix pyometra than in closed cervix pyometra. The luminal cavity included smaller amount of anechoic fluid in open cervix pyometra than in closed cervix pyometra.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.398-401
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• 2004

10년령의 암컷 요크셔테리어 개가 간헐적인 구토와 만성 채중감소, 다갈증 그리고 쇠약증으로 건국대학교 수의과대학 부속 동물병원에 내원하였다. 방사선 검사에서 가스와 액체가 찬 위 확장이 확인 되었고, 조영제 투여 후 60분이 경과하여도 조영제가 위에서 소장으로 내려가지 않았다. 초음파 상에서는 위체 부위에 상당량의 액체가 저류 되어 있었고, 유문부 점막이 부후되어 있는 것이 확인되었다. 그래서 유문부 협착으로 의한 위 폐쇄가 강력하게 의심되었다. 수술에서 비대된 위점막은 충분히 제거하였고, Heineke-Mikulicz 유문성형술을 적용하였다. 조직학적 소견상 위점막의 비후와 미약한 미만성의 림포구성 형질세포성 위염을 나타내었다. 모든 소견을 종합하여 볼 때, 만성 비후성 유문 위장애로 진단하였다. 간혈적인 구토와 활력저하는 수술 후 9일간 보였다. 이후 환축은 점차적으로 회복되었다. 한달 뒤 환축은 정상적인 식욕과 활력을 나타내었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.462-467
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• 2010

A Maltese (5-years old, castrated male) and a Yorkshire Terrier (8-years old, intact female) were referred to Seoul National University Hospital for Animals with ataxia, circling, depression and anorexia. It was suspected to meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology (MUE) based on neurological signs, magnetic resonance imaging findings, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and canine distemper virus antigen test. Immunosuppressive dose of corticosteroid was initially chosen to treat in two dogs. However, the clinical signs were relapsed and side effects had arisen including polyuria, polydipsia, calcinosis cutis, liver enzyme elevation, weight gain and abdominal distension. Combination therapy of cytosine arabinoside (CA) and prednisolone (PDS) was tried. With this combination, the clinical signs were resolved and the side effects were alleviated. The dose of PDS was tapered to 0.5 mg/kg q48h in one case and the PDS was discontinued in the other case. These cases suggested that combined CA and PDS therapy may be significantly useful for the treatment of MUE uncontrolled by PDS alone.