• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.3065-3070
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• 2014

Background: Neuroblastoma (NB), is a neuroectodermal tumor derived from neural crest cells, and it is the second most common pediatric malignant tumor. The biological and clinical behavior of NB is very heterogeneous. This study was conducted to evaluate the expression of Ki-67, p53 and VEGF markers in tissues obtained from NB patients with different histologic types and stage. Materials and Methods: Tissue microarray (TMA) blocks were constructed from paraffin blocks of the NB tissues. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on TMA sections to detect the expression of Ki-67, p53 and VEGF markers. The association between the expression of these markers and clinicopathological parameters were then analyzed. Results: We had 18 patients with NB, one patient with ganglioneuroblastoma (GNB) and one with ganglioneuroma. Ki-67 was expressed in 13 (65%) tumors, and negatively correlated with age, prognosis, histologic type and stage of NB (all p<0.05). High and moderate expression of VEGF was found in 5% (1/20) and 65% (13/20) of the tumors, respectively; and it was positively correlated with age, prognosis and histologic types (all p<0.05) and negatively correlated with MKI (mitosis-karyorrhexis index). p53 expression was observed in 10% (2/20) of the tumors, which showed a relative correlation with MKI (p value=0.07). Conclusions: VEGF as a candidate for anti-angiogenic targeted therapy was correlated with the development and progression of NB; therefore, VEGF along with Ki-67 can serve as a valuable marker for the prognosis of this tumor type.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2013

Purpose: Smad4 is a central mediator for transforming growth factor-${\beta}$/bone morphogenetic protein ($TGF-{\beta}/BMP$) signals, which are involved in regulating cranial neural crest cell formation, migration, proliferation, and fate determination. Accumulated evidences indicate that $TGF-{\beta}/BMP$ signaling plays key roles in the early tooth morphogenesis. However, their roles in the late tooth formation, such as cellular differentiation and matrix formation are not clearly understood. The objective of this study is to understand the roles of Smad4 in vivo during enamel and dentin formation through tissue-specific inactivation of Smad4. Methods: We generated and analyzed mice with dental epithelium-specific inactivation of the Smad4 gene (K14-Cre:$Smad4^{fl/fl}$) and dental mesenchyme-specific inactivation of Smad4 gene (Osr2Ires-Cre:$Smad4^{fl/fl}$). Results: In the tooth germs of K14-Cre:$Smad4^{fl/fl}$, ameloblast differentiation was not detectable in inner enamel epithelial cells, however, dentin-like structure was formed in dental mesenchymal cells. In the tooth germs of Osr2Ires-Cre:$Smad4^{fl/fl}$ mice, ameloblasts were normally differentiated from inner enamel epithelial cells. Interestingly, we found that bone-like structures, with cellular inclusion, were formed in the dentin region of Osr2Ires-Cre:$Smad4^{fl/fl}$ mice. Conclusion: Taken together, our study demonstrates that Smad4 plays a crucial role in regulating ameloblast and odontoblast differentiation, as well as in regulating epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during tooth development.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.136-146
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• 1996

Studies on normal human embryos and on malformed human hearts have been two main sources of the information on the developmental cardiology, Recent advances in the biological technology has opened a new era and descriptive embryology is being shifted into dynamic developmental biology. In this review, we discuss the current understanding on the cardiac embryology relevant to clinical practices of pediatric cardiology. Classical cardiac embryology starts with understanding on five segments of a straight heart tube : the sinus venosus, the primitive atria, the embryonic left ventricle, the embryonic right ventricle and the truncus arteriosus. Key steps in the normal morphogenetic process are the complex spiral septation of ventriculoarterial junction and two jumping connections : between the embryonic right atrium and embryonic right ventricle, and between the embryonic left ventricle and the aorta. Only after these two steps are successfully completed, the third fetal stage tak s place, when myocardial growth and remodeling take place There are two outstanding progresses on the cardiac embryology during recent five-year period. One is immunohistochemical mapping of the conduction system in the developing heart and the other is the understanding on the neural crest cell migration followed by molecular detection of the microdeletion of chromosome 22. A balanced progress of classical morphological studies, modern biological technics and advanced clinical medicine is an urgent task for doctors and scientists dealing with children with sick hearts.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2002

장 운동은 장근 및 점막하 신경총으로 구성된 내인성 신경계와 외인성 신경계가 합세하여 균형을 이루면서 장관이 팽창하면 상부는 수축하고 하부는 이완되어 장 내용물이 하방으로 이 동하는 운동이 연속적으로 이어지는 것이다. 신경절 세포가 없으면 내인성 신경계 억제작용 매체인 NO의 결손으로 평활근이 이완되지 않을 뿐더러 외인성 신경계 작용이 장벽에 현저히 증가되어 평소의 2-3배가 되는데 특히 adrenergic 계가 더 작용이 강하여 장벽 긴장도가 증가된 것이 무신경절 장관에서 나타나는 장 운동장애 현상의 병태생리로 설명되고 있다. 이러한 신경총의 부재는 NCC의 이동, 정착 및 성숙에 관여하는 여러 인자들의 복합적인 병적 작용 발현으로 일어나는 발생학적인 현상이며, 이러한 각종 인자들의 결함은 이와 관련된 염색체 혹은 유전자들의 변이 현상에 의한 것으로 밝혀짐에 따라 유전적인 요인들이 깊이 내재되어 있는 것이 하나씩 증명되어가고 있는 단계라고 말 할 수 있다. 지금까지는 HD와 동반되어 나타나는 이러한 현상들을 밝혀 나가고 있는 단계에 불과하며, 이러한 분자생물학적인 지식을 기초로 한다고 하여도 아직은 발병 예방이나 유전적인 치료를 고려할 수 있는 수준에는 미치지 못하는 실정이다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.407-413
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• 1999

구강악안면부위의 선천성 기형은 복잡한 발생학적 과정과 연관이 있으며 비정상적인 기형을 적절한 시기에 치료하지 못할 경우 이로 인한 이차적인 기형을 유발하여 치료를 더욱 어렵게 할 수 있다. 저자 등은 우측 상악돌기 후외하방에 중복 발생된 상악돌기와 과잉치로 인하여 저작장애를 보이며, 안와, 관골 및 상하악골의 심한 안모 비대칭 소견을 보이는 악안면기형환자를 골절제와 발치, 교정치료, 관골과 안와재건술, 악교정수술 및 반흔교정술 등의 4회에 걸친 수술을 통해 심미적, 기능적으로 만족스러운 결과를 얻었다. 악안면영역의 선천성 기형의 치료는 매우 난이하며 수차례의 수술을 요하고 수술 결과가 만족스럽지 못한 경우가 많으므로 사전 철저한 분석이 요구되며, 환자의 심리적 부담을 덜어주기 위한 특별한 배려가 요구된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.477-480
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• 2010

Purpose: Ganglioneuromas are well-differentiated tumors derived from neuroectodermal neural crest cells. Although these tumors can occur anywhere along the sympathetic chain from the base of the skull to the pelvic cavity, they usually develop in the posterior mediastinum and retroperitoneum these tumors are rarely found in the cervical region. Method: We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 who was admitted because of a palpable mass centrally located on the left side of the neck. A preoperative contrast-enhanced neck computed tomography image showed a low-density homogeneous mass on the parapharyngeal space along with marked displacement of the trachea and carotid vessels. Round and soft masses were also detected on both axillae. Results: The patient subsequently underwent complete excision of the neck mass via the transcervical approach. The mass was smooth and well encapsulated between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trachea. Further, the mass appeared to arise from the cervical sympathetic chain, which was preserved during surgery. Both the axillary masses were also excised. The histopathological findings were ganglioneuroma for the neck mass and neurofibroma for both the axillary masses. Conclusion: Cervical ganglioneuromas are rare tumors that present as enlarging parapharyngeal cervical masses in the oropharynx or neck. To our knowledge, a case of cervical ganglioneuroma associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 has never been reported. In patients with neurofibromatosis, multiple tumors may develop, and therefore periodic clinical and radiological follow-up is recommended. Further, repeated imaging analysis should be performed if the presence of another tumor is suspected.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2022

Although there have been advances in cancer therapy and surgical improvement, lung cancer has the lowest survival rate (19%) at all stages. This is because most patients are diagnosed with concurrent metastasis, which occurs due to numerous related reasons. Especially, lung cancer is one of the most common and malignant cancers in the world. Although there are advanced therapeutic strategies, lung cancer remains one of the main causes of cancer death. Recent work has proposed that epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is the main cause of metastasis in most cases of human cancers including lung cancer. EMT involves the conversion of epithelial cells, wherein the cells lose their epithelial abilities and become mesenchymal cells involved in embryonic development, such as gastrulation and neural crest formation. In addition, recent research has indicated that EMT contributes to altering the cancer cells into cancer stem cells (CSCs). Although EMT is important in the developmental stages, this process also activates lung cancer progression, including complicated and diverse signaling pathways. Despite the numerous investigations on signaling pathways involved in the progression of lung cancer, this malignancy is considered critical for treatment. EMT in lung cancer involves many transcription factors and inducers, for example, Snail, TWIST, and ZEB are the master regulators of EMT. EMT-related factors and signaling pathways are involved in the progression of lung cancer, proposing new approaches to lung cancer therapy. In the current review, we highlight the signaling pathways implicated in lung cancer and elucidate the correlation of these pathways, indicating new insights to treat lung cancer and other malignancies.

• 한국환경생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경생물학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.38-45
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• 2005

The egg bags of Korean salamander(Hynobius leechii) were collected from farmlands in Gyeongsangnam-do area. The assumed breeding time, numerical variation of embryos in each egg bag, mortality and the rates of abnormalities were investigated. The toxicity of benomyl, the metabolite carbendazim and BIC which were frequently spread in agricultural area and caused spontaneous embryonic malformation was investigated. The assumed breeding time between the end of February and the end of March has the difference about a month because of a habitat and it takes about 2 or 3 weeks from laying eggs to hatching. The length of each egg bag and the number of embryos were very varied in each area. It is due to geographical variation. Among egg bags in total study area, only 406 of egg bags(17.70% of total egg bags) developed all of embryos to normal larvae, and 78.49% of total embryos were normally developed. The patterns of spontaneous embryonic malformation were 26 species from A to Z and the abnormal patterns in individual were 8 species and above. the geographical differences about the abnormal pattern were identified and 11 habitats categorized 4 groups. The most frequent abnormality in Gyeongsangnam-do area is the dysplasia of external gill. The caudal dysplasia, abdominal blister and dysplasia of fin were also frequently observed. Individuals showing severe external defect were histologically studied and they showed retinal hypo-pigmentation, thyroid carcinoma, somatic muscular dysplasia, degeneration of cephalic neuron and various organ dysplasia. Benomyl and carbendazim were treated by 10pM$^{\sim}$10uM and BIC was treated by 1$^{\sim}$40ppm to know the effect of toxicity about toxic substance of salamander. After benomyl was treated, a survival rate was sharply dropped from 2 to 8 days. $LC_{100}$ identified in $1{\mu}M$, $LC_{50}$ identified between 100nM and $1{\mu}M$. $EC_{50}$ was assumed between 10nM and 100nM. The prevalent external malformation was abdomen swelled abnormally and histo-pathological effects were abdomen, neural tube and lens hernia. This suggests that benomyl is the toxicitic substance which inhibits the development of digestive system and nervous system. The result of treated carbendazim was similar to that of the treated benomyl. The survival rate is sharply dropped between 2 and 6 days. $LC_{100}$ was identified $1{\mu}M$ and $LC_{50}$ was identified between 10nM and 100nM. This shows that cabendazim has stronger lethal toxicity than benomyl. Ventral blister, eye dysplasia and cephalic dysplasia in the individual of external malformation mean that cabendazim affected nervous system much more than benomyl. Because the toxicity of BIC affected less in the beginning but affected more in the near hatching period, the period causing toxicity is somewhat different. $LC_{100}$ identified near 40ppm and $LC_{50}$ identified near 25ppm. The external defect shows mainly ventral blister and histo-pathological results show intestinal deformities. This result suggests the BIC inhibited strongly the development of digestive system. These abnormal developments may be caused by antimitotic action, inhibition of tubulin complex, destruction of microtubule, inhibitions of neurulation and closing of neural fold, and by the inhibition of movement of neural crest cells of benomyl. These abnormal developments may be caused by the rupture of epithelium, the loss of microtubule, the reduction of spindle size, the inhibition of spindle assembly formation, the destruction of spindle poles of carbendazim. These abnormal developments may be caused cytotoxicity by inhibition of the synthesis of a number of macromolecules and similar reaction the inhibition of benomyl.

• 생태와환경
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• 제35권3호통권99호
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• pp.198-212
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• 2002

한국산 도롱뇽의 알주머니를 농경지에서 채집하여 그 길이와 배의 수에 대한 변이를 조사하였으며 배의 이상 발생 패턴과 조직학적 이상을 연구하였다. 아울러 비 농경지로부터 채집한 도롱뇽의 배에 살균제 benomyl을 처리하여 기형발생을 비롯한 독성효과를 밝혔다. 알주머니의 길이 변이 폭은 10${\sim}$23 cm이었으며 상대빈도가 가장 높은 것은 19cm길이였다. 알주머니 당 배의 수는7${\sim}$43개의 변이 폭을 나타냈으며 22${\sim}$26개 사이가 가장 빈번하게 나타났다. 조사된 층 144개의 알주머니, 3418개을 일으킨 배중에서 116개의 알주머니, 406개의 배에서 발생정지 또는 외형적 이상 발생을 일으킨 배가 나타났다. 외형적 이상발생은 미부형성부전, 외새형성부전, 복부수포 등 24종류의 발생이상 패턴으로 정리되었다. 그 중 외형상 심각한 이상을 보이는 개체들의 조직절편을 관찰한 결과 눈의 불완전 발달, 갑상선종, 중배엽성 체절의 불완전 발달, 부분적인 이 축 발생, 심장의 비정상 발달, 적혈구 감소증, 뇌의 붕괴와 장의　발달부진　등이 관찰되었다. 포배 또는 낭배 초기 단계에 있는 도롱뇽 정상 배에 12일 동안 200 nM${\sim}$ 1 ${\mu}$M의 benomyl을 처리하였으며 모든 배는 1 ${\mu}$M의 농도에서 치사되었다. Benomyl처리의 특징적인 이상은 머리의 발달이 부진하거나 전혀 나타나지 않는 것이며, 이러한 이상은 benomyl이 도롱뇽의 발생과정에서 신경계의 발달을 크게 저해한다는 것을 뜻하며 이러한 조직발달의 비정상 현상은 benomyl의 유사분열억제, tubulin중합의 저해, microtubule의　파괴 등과 같은 세포내 작용과 신경배형성, 신경습의 폐쇄, 신경제세포의 이동을 저해하는 작용에 의해 일어나는 것으로 생각된다.의 4종이었다.. 결과적으로, 조사기간 중 하계에 지속적으로 관찰된 DO와 pH가 감소하는 것은 수생부유식물의 번성과 수중 퇴적물의 분해에 따른 영향인 것으로 나타났다.낮게 나타났다. 정화효율과 수리학적조건간의 상관계수($R^2$)는 수리학적 체류시간과 0.016-0.731,일처리유량과는 0.015-0.868을 나타내었으며, 시간당 정화량과 수리학적 조건간의 상관계수($R^2$)는 수리학적 체류시간과는 0.173-0.763,일처리유량과는 0.209-0.770의 범위를 나타내었다. 정화효율과 수리학적 부하조건간의 상관계수($R^2$)Tt 0.5 이상을 나타내는 각 수생식물 습지별 수질항목은 체류시간과 일처리유량에 대해각각 20%,정화속도와 수리학적 조건간의 상관계수는 체류시간에 대해 53%, 일처리유량에 대해73%가 0.5이상을 보이고 있어 시간당 정화량과 수리학적 조건간의 상관관계가 정화효율과의 상관관계보다 좀더 유의성 있게 나타났다. 이것은 높은 수리학적 부하조건이 영양염류 등의 정화효율에는 크게 영향을 미치지 않음을 보여주고 있으며, 따라서 비교적 낮은 농도의 영양염류를 가지고 있고, 많은 처리수량을 요구하는 부영양화된 저수지의 수질개선을 위해서는 높은 수리학적 부하조건에서 시간당 정화량을 늘리는 관리방법이 경제적이며, 이에 초점을 맞추어 나가야 할 것으로 사료된다.도로 검출되어 이를 고려한정수공정의 관리가 필요하리라 생각된다.$yr^{-1}$)의 71%가 감소되어야 할 필요성이 제기되었다. 또한 여름철 심층 산소 고갈이 야기되었고, 이 시기에 퇴적물로 용출된 인이 식물플랑크톤 성장에 이용될 수 있기때문에 퇴적물에 대한 관리도 수행될 필요가 있다.rsity)지수는 2000년 7월에 2.22로 가장 높았으며, 생물량도 조사기간중 36,640 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$로 가장 많았다.의 후기에 광(光)

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.94-98
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• 2010

저자는 Axenfeld-Rieger 증후군을 가지는 5세 8개월 연환에 대한 구강 및 두개 안면에 대한 임상적, 방사선학적 관찰을 통해 다음과 같은 지견을 얻었다. 1. 본 증례의 환아는 Axenfeld-Rieger 증후군의 전형적인 안과적, 구강적, 전신적 특징인 녹내장, 동공이상, 제탈장, 지연된 골령, 다수 치아 및 치배 결손, 상악 저성장 등을 보였다. 2. 이에 대한 주기적인 관찰과 적절한 시기의 치료개입이 중요하다. 3. 치과의사에 의한 조기진단이 녹내장 등에 의한 시력상실을 방지하기 위해 중요하다.