• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2018

Gremlin-1 (GREM1) has been defined as an antagonist of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), particularly during embryonic development and tissue differentiation. However, recent studies have shown that GREM1 has BMPs-dependent or -independent functions in diverse human diseases. GREM1 plays a key role in the process of organ fibrosis, including lungs, kidneys, and so on. The GREM1-induced fibrosis typically promotes the development of other diseases, such as pulmonary hypertension, renal inflammation, and diabetic nephropathy. More recently, considerable evidence has been reported showing that GREM1 is involved in the promotion and/or progression of tumors in vitro and in vivo. It also performs an oncogenic role in the maintenance of cancer stem cells. Although GREM1 is known to function in a variety of diseases, here we focus on the role of GREM1 in cancer, and suggest GREM1 as a potential therapeutic target in certain types of cancer.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2006

Breast reconstruction provides dramatic improvement for patients with severe deformity. The reconstruction not only restores aesthetically acceptable breast for patients with mastectomy deformity but also recovers psychological trauma of 'losing feminity' after the cancer mastectomy. There are many options for breast reconstruction from simple prosthetic insertion to a flap operation using autologous abdominal tissue. The choice of operation method depends on the physical condition of the patient, smoking habits, and economic status. Among the many options, the method that uses the lower abdominal tissue is known as the TRAM (transverse rectus abdonimis myocutaneous) flap. Since the introduction of the TRAM flap in 1982 by Hartrampf, the art of breast reconstruction using lower abdominal tissue has been progressively refined to pedicle flap, muscle-sparinga TRAM flap, and recently there have been exciting and revolutionary changes associated with the adoption of the concept of perforator flap. This refined method of breast reconstruction utilizes lower abdominal tissue nourished by the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP). With the DIEP free flap, almost all of the rectus muscle and anterior rectus sheath are preserved and the donor morbidity is minimized. Different from previous flap methods using lower abdominal tissue, DIEP free flap method preserves function of the rectus muscle completely. 1) Understanding the entire progression of breast reconstruction methods using lower abdominal tissue is necessary for plastic surgeons; the understanding of each step of the exciting progression and the review of the past history of the TRAM flap may provide insight for future development.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.2277-2281
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• 2015

Objectives: To explore the expression of astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) in cervical cancer and analyze its correlation with microvascular density (MVD), nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kB p65) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemical MaxVision method was adopted to detect the expression level of AEG-1, NF-kB p65 and VEGF in 45 samples of invading cervical cancer and 12 samples of cervicitis from The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. Tumor microvascular endothelial marker CD34 combined with Weidner was used to determine the MVD in cervical cancer tissue. The positive expression and staining conditions of AEG-1, NF-kB p65 and VEGF in cervical cancer tissues were observed under a light microscope. Correlations between expression of AEG-1 protein and those of NF-Kb p65 and VEGF, as well as MVD, were analyzed using Pearson correlation. Results: The expression levels of AEG-1 were $0.186{\pm}0.043$ in cervical cancer and $0.051{\pm}0.002$ in chronic cervicitis (p<0.01). Moreover, expression of AEG-1 was related to vascular invasion and lymphatic metastasis of cervical cancer (p<0.01), but not with age of the patients, differentiation degree, tumour size, pathological type and parametrial infiltration (p>0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that the expression of AEG-1 was linked with NF-kB p65 (r=0.501, p=0.000), VEGF (r=0.718, p=0.000) as well as MVD in cervical cancer tissue (r=0.815, p=0.000). Conclusions: AEG-1 is highly expressed in cervical cancer and promotes angiogenesis, which might be related to the fact that AEG-1 activating the signal pathway of NF-kB could up-regulate the level of VEGF expression.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.333-340
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• 1998

연구배경: 폐암은 전세계적으로 암중에서도 높은 발생빈도를 보이는 질환이며 흡연, 공해와 환경오염 등으로 인해 점차 증가하고 있다. 폐암에서는 다양한 유전학적 변화가 나타나는데 그중에서도 특히 p53의 유전자 변이와 그에 따른 p53 본래의 종양억제력의 상실은 종양발생에 관련되는 것으로 밝혀져 있다. P53 변이의 확인은 면역조직염색, PCR 분석법과 ESISA 분석 등으로 조사할 수 있다. 방 법: P53의 혈청학적 측정은 69명의 폐암환자와 대조군으로 42명 비폐암 호흡기질환자에서 조사되었다. 혈청 p53 변이단백은 ELISA 방법으로 측정하였고 조직 면역화학염색은 p53의 단크론항체를 이용하였다. 결 과: 혈청학적 검사에서 비소세포 폐암의 p53 변이단백은 0.28ng/mL, 소세포폐암은 0.20ng/mL, 그리고 대조군은 0.34ng/mL로서 세군간의 유의한 차이는 관찰되지 않았다. 또한 폐암의 임상병기에 따른 p53의 농도에는 어떤 상관성도 발견할 수 없었다. 폐암조직에 대한 p53 면역화학염색상 50%의 양성율을 보였으나 혈청학적 검사와는 어떤 상관성을 볼 수 없었다. 결 론: 결론적으로 본 연구의 변이 p53단백에 대한 혈청학적 검사는 폐암에 대한 진단적 가치는 없는 것으로 생각된다. 또한 원발성 폐암의 p53 변이를 확인하기 위한 조직면역화학염색은 50%에서 양성을 확인하였다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2000

목적 : 방사선간염(radiation hepatitis)의 발생에는 방사선 조사량, 조사체적 등의 요인이 작용하는 것으로 알려져 왔으나 이러한 요인들의 관계를 양적으로 나타내지는 못하였다. 그러나 최근 3차원 입체조형 치료계획체계의 발전으로 간암의 방사선조사시 간의 선량-체적에 대한 분석이 가능하게 되었고 나아가 이를 이용한 수학적 변수인 정상조직손상확률을 계산할 수 있게 되었다. 이에 저자들은 정상조직손상확률값을 연계시켜서 방사선간염의 예측 가능성을 평가하고자 본 연구를 진행하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1992년 3월부터 1994년 12월 사이에 방사선 치료를 받은 환자중에서 간암 환자 10명, 담도암 환자 10명을 대상으로 하였다. 치료 전 혈청학적 검사에서 간암 환자 2명에서 간경화가 있었고 (각각의 prothrombin time 73$\%$, 68$\%$) 다른 18명의 간기능은 정상이었다. 조사된 방사선량은 1일 1.8$\~$2.0 Gy씩 22회에서 30회를 시행하여 39.6$\~$60.0 Gy (중앙값은 50.4 Gy)였으며, 조사면수는 2$\~$6 ports (중앙값은 4 ports)였다. 이 환자들의 치료 전 전산화단층촬영을 이용하여 간의 선량체적분석 및 Lyman의 공식을 적용하여 정상조직손상확률값을 구하였다. 방사선간염은 alkaline phosphatase의 값이 2배이상 증가 되고 비암성 복수가 동반된 경우로 정의하였으며 환자의 병력 기록을 이용하여 방사선간염 발생여부를 파악하여 정상조직손상확률값과 상관 관계를 분석하였다. 결과 :정상조직손상확률값은 0.001$\~$0.840까지 분포하였고 중앙값은 0.05였다. 방사선간염은 방사선 치료후 약1주에서 5주사이에 20명중 3명에서 발생하였으며, 이들의 정상조직손상확를값은 각각 0.390, 0.528, 0.844 (평균값 0.58$\pm$0.23)이었고, 방사선간염이 생기지 않은 환자의 정상조직손상확률값은 0.00l$\~$0.308 (평균값 0.09$\pm$0.09) 사이에 분포하였다. 정상조직손상확률을 체적인자가 0.32로 계산한 경우에는 비교적 높은 값인 0.39이상에서 방사선 간염이 발생한 것을 알 수 있으나, n 을 0.69로 하여 계산한 경우에는 비교적 낮은 정상조직손상확률(0.03, 0.18)에서도 방사선 간염이 발생하는 것을 보여 체적인자 0.32가 비교적 임상적 결과와 일치하는 값이었다. 결론: 정상조직손상확률값이 일정값 이상의 환자에서 방사선간염이 발생하는 것으로 보아 정상조직손 상확률값으로 방사선간염의 발생을 예측할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2016

Deep learning enables machines to have perception and can potentially outperform humans in the medical field. It can save a lot of time and reduce human error by detecting certain patterns from medical images without being trained. The main goal of this paper is to build the optimal model for breast mass classification by applying various methods that influence the performance of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Google's newly developed software library Tensorflow was used to build CNN and the mammogram dataset used in this study was obtained from 340 breast cancer cases. The best classification performance we achieved was an accuracy of 0.887, sensitivity of 0.903, and specificity of 0.869 for normal tissue versus malignant mass classification with augmented data, more convolutional filters, and ADAM optimizer. A limitation of this method, however, was that it only considered malignant masses which are relatively easier to classify than benign masses. Therefore, further studies are required in order to properly classify any given data for medical uses.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2949-2953
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• 2012

The glutathione S transferase (GST) family is a major part of cellular defense mechanisms against endogenous and exogenous substances, many of which have carcinogenic potential. Alteration in the expression level or structure of the glutathione-S-transferase (GST) enzymes may lead to inadequate detoxification of potential carcinogens and consequently contribute to cancer development. A member of the glutathione-S-transferase (GST) family, GSTP1, is an attractive candidate for involvement in susceptibility to carcinogen-associated colorectal cancer. An $Ag{\rightarrow}G$ transition in exon 5 resulting in an Ile105Val amino acid substitution has been identified which alters catalytic efficiency. The present study investigated the possible impact of Ile105Val GSTP1 polymorphism on susceptibility to colorectal cancer. in Jordan We examined 90 tissue samples previously diagnosed with colorectal carcinoma, and 56 non-cancerous colon tissues. DNA was extracted from paraffin embedded tissues and the status of the GSTP1 polymorphism was determined using a polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method. No statistically significant differences were found between colorectal cancer cases and controls for the GSTP1 Ile/Ile, Ile/Val and Val/Val genotypes. The glutathione S-transferase polymorphism was not associated with risk in colorectal cancer cases in Jordan stratified by age, sex, site, grade or tumor stage. In conclusion, the GSTP1 Ile105Val polymorphism is unlikely to affect the risk of colorectal cancer.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2021

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in Korea. Although the smoking rate has decreased over time, the prevalence of lung cancer still remains high. In this study, we reviewed recent trends on the incidence, epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer in Korea by analyzing data from the national lung cancer registry and recently-published studies. Although approximately 40% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were diagnosed as stage IV, the 5-year relative survival rate improved from 11.3% (1993-1995) to 30.2% (2013-2017), possibly due to advances in methods of diagnosis and therapy. In addition, the 2019 implementation of the national lung cancer screening program with low-dose computed tomography may have also contributed to these improvements in survival rates. Recently, molecular diagnosis has become more widely used in the identification of genetic mutations in tissue specimens. Target therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors have also been successfully used, particularly in cases of advanced NSCLC. In the future, further research on the optimal management of lung cancer remains necessary.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.82-91
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• 2022

Gastrointestinal cancer accounts for one-third of the overall cancer occurrence worldwide. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a type of gastrointestinal cancer that is known to be one of the most fatal among all cancer types, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 8%. Chemotherapy combined with surgical resection is its probable curative option. However, surgery is accessible for only 10-15% of patients diagnosed with PDAC. Organoids show self-organizing capacities and resemble the original tissue in terms of morphology and function. Organoids can also be cultured with high effectiveness from tumor tissues derived from each patient, making them an extremely fitting model for translational uses and improving personalized cancer medicine. Enhancing drug screening platforms is necessary to apply personalized medicinebased organoids in clinical settings.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.518-524
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• 2008

Chromosome 18q alteration plays a key role in colorectal tumorigenesis, and loss of heterozygosity at 18q is associated with a poor prognosis in colon cancer. DCC(Deleted in Colorectal Cancer) is a putative tumor- suppressor gene at 18q21 that encodes a transmembrane protein with structural similarity to neural cell adhesion molecule that is involved in both epithelial and neuronal cell differentiation. DCC is implicated in regulation of cell growth, survival and proliferation. Thus, tumor progression in squamous cell carcinoma, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer correlates with downregulation of DCC expression. The mechanism for DCC suppression is associated with hypermethylation of the DCC gene promoter region. Hence, the goal of this study is to identify the promoter methylation responsible for the down-regulation of DCC expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma. 12 of tissue specimens for the study are excised and gathered from 12 patients who are diagnosed as SCC in department of OMS, dental hospital, dankook university. To find expression of DCC in each tissue samples, immunohistochemical staining, RT-PCR gene analysis and methylation specific PCR are processed. The results are as follows. 1. In the DCC gene RT-PCR analysis, 5(41.6%) of 12 specimens of oral squamous cell carcinoma did not expressed DCC gene. 2. In the promoter methylation specific PCR analysis, 5(41.6%) of 12 specimens showed promoter methylation of DCC gene. 3. In the immunohistochemical staining of poor differentiated and invasive oral squamous cell carcinoma, loss of DCC expression was observed. These findings suggest that methylation of the DCC gene may play a role in loss of gene expression in invasive oral squamous cell carcinoma.