• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2003

Background and objectives; Esophageal cancer is one of the most malignant tumors and has a poor prognosis. Many clinical studies have been tried for improving prognosis of esophageal cancer. Some clinical studies used molecular markers as the predictor of prognosis & the indicator for the choice of multimodality treatments. We investigated the relationship between some molecular markers, including p53 mutation, expression of bc12, Ki67 index, expression of E-Cadherin and the prognosis of esophageal cancer, Materials and Method; The materials used in this study were the tumor specimens from 72 esophageal cancer patients who underwent esophagectomy from 1987 to 2002 in our institute. The mutation of p53, expression of bc12, Ki67 index, and expression of E-cadherin were examined by using the tissue array and immunohistochemical staining method. The patients were subgrouped into higher Ki67 index group if the index was higher than 30. The patients were also subgrouped into grade 1(>90%), grade 2(50∼90%), grade 3 (10∼50%), and grade 4(<10%) according to the rate of E-Cadherin expression. We studied the relationship between the rates of immunohistochemical staining and the survival rate. Results: Seventy two tumor specimens from 72 patients were studied. (mean age ; 59.6 years, male female = 69 : 3) The histologic type of the specimens was all squamous cell carcinoma. The patient's number of stage IIA, IIB, and Ⅳ was 30, 37, and 7 respectively, Thirty patients were alive and overall 5 year-survival rate was 28%. The mutation of p53 was shown in 54.2% of the patients. Five year survival rates of negative and positive groups were 29% and 28% respectively.(p=0.4) Expression of bc12 gene was found in 13.9% of the specimens. Five year survival rates of negative and positive groups were 30% and 21%.(p=0.3) Higher Ki67 index was correlated to poorer differentiation.(p=0.05) Five year survival rates of higher and lower groups of Ki67 index were 47% and 30%.(p=0.15) Higher expression rate of E-Cadherin showed better differentiation.(p=0.04). However we couldn't find any survival differences between these 4 groups.(p=0.23) Conclusion; We could not find any molecular markers meaningful in the prognosis of esophageal cancer patients. We just found the tumor markers correlated to the differentiation of esophageal cancer. However, we knew that we need further study with some more samples to stratify other important prognostic factors of esophageal cancer.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1993년도 제27차 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.89-89
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• 1993

후두의 상피세포에서 발생하는 질환중 전암성병변은 이형성(dysplasia)과 상피내암(carcinoma in situ)등이 있으며, 이들은 진행하게되면 침윤성 악성병변으로 전환하게 된다. 따라서 전암성 병변의 정도를 정확히 구분 및 파악함으로써 침윤성 암종으로의 전환여부를 미리 예견한다는 것은 악성 후두질환의 병태파악 및 예방에 중요한 역할을 차지한다. 이에 저자들은 최근 후두경하에 절제생검을 시행한 26례(침윤성 편평상피세포암 14례, 상피증식증 5례, 성대결절 7례)를 대상으로, 22례에서는 생검조직을 touch imprint법으로 도말하여 Feulgen염색한 후 CAS 200 화상분석기로 DNA함량분석을 시행하였고, 전례에 대하여 파라핀 포매조직에서 Ki-67 단크론성 항체(M1B1)를 이용하여 면역효소염색을 시행한 후 화상분석기로 양성표현율을 측정분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) Ki-67 양성표현율은 침윤성 암종에서 31.65$\pm$11.59%, 상피증식증에서는 20.14$\pm$3.38%, 성대결절에서는 11.66$\pm$3.02%이었다. 2) 핵산지수(DNA index)는 침윤성 암종의 경우 비배수성이 10례 중 7례(70%), 상피증식증에서는 5례중 2례(40%), 성대결절에서는 7례 모두 이배수성을 보였다. 3) DNA함량분석에서 5기와 G2/M기를 합한 증식지수(PI)는 침윤성 암종에서 23.42$\pm$11.33%, 상피증식증에서는 13.09$\pm$10.90%, 성대결절에서는 4.50$\pm$1.19%로 침윤성 암종에서 가장 높았다. 이상의 성적에서 성대의 생검조직과 같은 미세조직으로부터도 DNA함량검사와 함께 Ki-67 양성표현율을 측정함으로써 전암성병변의 악성화 가능성 정도를 예견할 수 있었으며, 악성종양 환자의 예후판정에 도움을 얻을 수 있으리라 생각된다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the value of proliferation factors, Ki67 and PCNA, as prognostic markers predicting the survival and neck metastasis in patients with oral cancer. Methods: 101 patients with HNSCCs, were followed retrospectively for a median period of 60 months(from 16 to 82 months). All tumors were resected surgically and examined by conventional light microscopy, immunohistochemistry. The age, sex, tumor location, clinical stage(size), metastasis, proliferative activity index(assessed by proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) and Ki67 immunoreactivity) were considered as potential prognostic factors and were correlated with patient survival. Results: Ki67 staining results ranged from 5% to 80% of tumor cell nuclei, with a median of 25%. PCNA staining results ranged from 1% to 90% with a median of 50%. With a cut-off point of 25%, patients with lower Ki67 scores showed survival advantages over those with higher Ki67 scores (p=0.0089). With cut-off point of 50%, patients with lower PCNA scores showed survival advantages over those with higher PCNA scores (p=0.0104). Pathologically neck node positive patients(n=27) showed higher PCNA expression(p=0.02) than pathologically negative neck node patients(n=39). Conclusions: The lower expressions of Ki67 and PCNA were associated with favorable prognosis such as higher survival rate and lower neck node metastasis.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3479-3482
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• 2013

Background: Proliferation markers widely have been used to diagnose and determine the behaviour and prognosis of benign and malignant tumours. Minichromosome maintenance 3 (MCM3) is a novel proliferation marker. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare MCM3 with Ki-67 in diagnosis of salivary gland tumours. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, immunohistochemical expression of MCM3 and Ki-67 was evaluated in 15 pleomorphic adenomas (PA), 17 mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) and 18 adenoid cystic carcinomas (ADCC). Labeling indices (LIs) for the two markers were calculated and compared. Results: MCM3 and Ki-67 LIs were significantly higher in MEC and ADCC compared to PA. The LI of MCM3 was significantly higher than that of Ki-67 in MEC and PA. There was no significant difference between the two markers in ADCC. A cut-off point of 8% with 74.3% sensitivity and 93.3% specificity for MCM3 was obtained to discern between benign and malignant tumors. Conclusions: These results suggest that MCM3 might be a useful proliferation marker for differential diagnosis and recognition of clinical behavior of salivary gland tumors.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6979-6983
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• 2013

Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is categorized as premalignant lesion although its malignant potential is a matter of controversy. The objective of this study was to investigate Ki67 expression in OLP, oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Materials and Methods: Expression of Ki67 was evaluated through immunohistochemistry (IHC) in groups of A (17 cases of epithelial hyperplasia), B (16 cases of OLP), C1 (10 cases of mild epithelial dysplasia), C2 (10 cases of severe epithelial dysplasia), D1 (10 cases of well-differentiated OSCC), and D2 (10 cases of poorly-differentiated OSCC). Results: There was a significant difference in Ki67 expression based on quantitative analysis among the six studied groups as well as group B compared bilaterally with groups C2, D1 and D2 (p< 0.0001). However, there was no significant difference between groups B and C1 or between groups D1 and D2 (p> 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the results of the present study it may not be possible to definitely consider malignant transformation potential for OLP. However, expression of Ki67 was significantly higher in OLP than that of epithelial hyperplasia with no significant difference from that of mild epithelial dysplasia. This should be considered by clinicians to carefully and regularly follow up OLP lesions to detect potential subtle changes at an early stage.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.5155-5159
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• 2012

Objective: To investigate the association between CD105 and tumor cell proliferation in salivary gland tumors. Methods: In this study, 59 samples of salivary tumors from Khalili Hospital archive, including 20 cases of pleomorphic adenoma (PA), 20 cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and 19 cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma, as well as 10 cases of normal salivary gland tissue, were reviewed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for CD105 and Ki67 staining. Results: CD105 positive vessels were absent in normal salivary gland tissue in the vicinity of tumors (51.6% of all tumors were positive). There was a statistically significant difference in frequency of CD105 staining between PA and malignant tumors and between four groups of different lesions (p<0.000) being highest in MEC. Intratumoral microvessel density was also elevated in malignant neoplasms ($2.61{\pm}3.1$) as compared to PA ($0.46{\pm}0.6$). Normal salivary glands did not express Ki67. There was a statistically significant difference in frequency and percentage of Ki67 immunoreactivity in malignant neoplasms (86.5% and $10.7{\pm}10.8$ respectively) compared to PA (50% and $0.78{\pm}0.2$) and among the four groups values were highest in MEC (p<0.000). Conclusion: n this study, it was observed a higher rate of angiogenesis and cellular proliferation was noted in malignant tumors compared to benign tumors, but no correlation was observed between these two markers.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.499-506
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• 2022

Objective : We conducted this study with the aim of predicting the biological behavior of meningiomas, and determining the benefits of associating histological subtype and grade with the expression of proliferative markers and tumor suppressor proteins. Methods : The study included 29 patients with primary intracranial and intraspinal meningioma diagnosed in the pathology laboratory of Konya City Hospital between January 2014 and December 2020. Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients including parameters such as age and gender were obtained from the hospital records. Histopathological findings were obtained by re-evaluating the preparations stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin, which were extracted from the archive, and by evaluating new sections obtained from paraffin blocks of patients stained with Ki67, p53, and p57 immunohistochemical stains. Results : A moderate correlation was found between tumor size and Ki67 proliferation index (PI) (p=0.003, r=0.530). There was no significant difference between grade I and grade II tumors in terms of p53 (p=0.184) and p57 (p=0.487) expressions. There were higher levels of Ki67 PI in grade II tumors. The histological subtypes of the tumor had no significant difference with Ki67 PI (p=0.018), p53 (p=0.662), and p57 (p=0.368) expressions. Conclusion : In order to obtain more definitive results, there is a need for studies, which are conducted with a greater number of patients and in multiple centers, and in which a long prospective follow-up is planned. The combination of histological, surgical, and imaging markers could make a more sensitive tool for predicting recurrence, and this could also be tested in future studies.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2008

Recently, the number of patients with prostate cancer has been increased gradually by both the change of living environment and the increase of aged population. In this study the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level was compared to the Gleason score known as a prognostic factor for the prostate cancer. In the Gleason score 6 and $9{\sim}10$, the average age was 69.68 years old and 69.52 years old, respectively and there was no statistically difference in both of age and Gleason score. the PSA serum consistency appeared <4 ng/mL as example 1, $4{\sim}20ng/mL$ as example 17 and ${\geq}20ng/mL$ as example 4 in the Gleason score 6, and In the Gleason score $9{\sim}10$, it appeared <4 ng/mL as example 1, $4{\sim}20ng/mL$ as example 6 and ${\geq}20ng/mL$ as example 15. PSA serum consistency in the Gleason score $9{\sim}10$ showed higher value than those of Gleason score 6 (P<0.05). Next, expression ratios of bcl-2, Ki-67 and p53 were examined in the Gleason score 6 and $9{\sim}10$. the p53 expression ratio, a tumor suppression gene, appeared the significance statistically by the classification of the Gleason score as example 7 (28%) in the Gleason score 6 and as example 16 (64%) in the Gleason score $9{\sim}10$ (P<0.05). but not different in the expression ratios of the Ki-67 and bcl-2. The expression ratio of p53 by the expression ratio of bcl-2 and the expression ratio of Ki-67 by the expression ratio of p53 had a positive relationship in all of the Gleason score 6 and the Gleason score $9{\sim}10$ (P<0.05). However, the expression ratio of Ki-67 by the expression ratio of bcl-2 did not show any significance in the Gleason score $9{\sim}10$ (P<0.05). Therefore, the results suggested that p53 expression could be used as an independent prognostic factor.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2012

방사선 노출은 해마 기능이상으로 인한 인지장애와 기억력 감퇴가 나타난다. 본 연구에서는 마우스에 방사선 노출(감마선 0.5 또는 2 Gy) 후 passive avoidance 및 object recognition test를 적용한 행동이상, apoptosis 측정 및 신경발생 관찰지표로서 Kiel 67 (Ki-67) 및 doublecortin (DCX)에 대한 면역염색 방법을 적용하여 diethyldithiocarbamate(DDC)의 학습기억 장애 경감효과를 관찰하였다. DDC는 방사선 조사 30분 전에 1회(체중 kg당 1,000 mg) 복강 내 주사하였다. Passive avoidance 및 object recognition test 결과, 정상대조군에 비해 방사선 단독조사군(2 Gy)에서 유의성 있는 학습기억 장애를 나타냈으며, 방사선 조사 후 12시간에 치아이랑 부위의 apoptosis 발생세포의 수가 증가하였고, Ki-67 및 DCX 양성세포의 수는 현저히 감소하였다. 방사선 노출 전 DDC 처리군에서는 유의성 있는 행동장애 완화, apoptosis 발생 감소가 관찰되었고, 평균치를 기준으로 Ki-67 및 DCX 양성세포의 수도 약간 증가하였다. DDC는 성숙마우스에서 방사선에 의한 해마 신경세포발생 및 학습기억 장애 개선효과가 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• 대학교육
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• 통권127호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2004