• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.375-381
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• 2005

기존의 치과용 핸드피스를 대체할 수 있는 효과적인 치아 삭제 방법인 Er:YAG 레이저를 이용하여 보다 효과적으로 치아를 삭제하기 위해 여러 가지 변수들, 즉 펄스에너지, 조사반복율 및 레이저 조사 동안의 물분사량에 대한 다양한 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 특히 이 중에서도 물분사량은 삭제 효율이 높이면서 치수를 보호할 수 있는 중요한 요소로 여겨지고 있다. 레이저 조사 동안 분사되는 물의 양이 적으면 치아에 균열이나 탄화를 유발하고 치수손상을 야기할 수 있는 위험이 있는 반면, 물의 양이 지나치게 많으면 삭제효율이 저하되고 레이저 시술동안 치과의사의 시야확보를 방해할 수 있으므로, 조사조건에 따른 가장 적절한 물 분사량을 결정하는 것이 아주 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 특정조사조건에서 치아법랑질 삭제에 가장 효과적인 물분사량을 결정하고, 그 물분사량을 적용하였을 때 치수내에서 발생하는 온도변화를 측정하여 안전성 여부를 함께 평가하고자 하였다. 발거된 건전치아를 표본으로 하여, 20 Hz의 조사반복율, 200 mJ 및 300 mJ의 펄스에너지의 조사조건에서 1.6, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 10.0 ml/min의 서로 다른 물분사량을 적용하여 치아삭제 효과를 평가하였다. 이때 레이저 조사시간은 3초로 고정하였다. 삭제효율은 조사 전후의 치아무게를 측정하여 그 차이로 결정하였으며 온도측정을 위해서는 별도의 치아를 준비하여 온도측정장치를 조사측과 반대측의 치수벽에 위치하여 레이저조사 동안의 온도변화를 추적하였다. 실험결과, 200 mJ과 300 mJ 모두에서 1.6 ml/min의 가장 적은 물분사량이 치아삭제효율이 가장 좋았다. 또한 이 조건에서의 온도변화를 측정한 경우에도 치수손상을 일으키지 않을 정도의 미미한 온도상승만을 보여주었다. ANOVA 분석의 결과 조사부위(조사측과 비조사 반대측)에 따른 유의한 차이가 나타났으나(p<0.05), 펄스에너지에 따라 각각 비교하였을 때는 유의한 차이를 보여주지 않았다. 그러므로 본 실험의 결과에 따르면, 1.6 ml/min의 비교적 적은 양의 물을 레이저 조사시에 함께 분사해 준다면 200$\sim$300 mJ의 펄스에너지, 20 Hz의 조사반복율, 3초의 레이저조사시간이라는 조건에서는 치수손상을 일으키지 않는 안전한 범위에서 가장 효과적으로 치아를 삭제할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제37권
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• pp.13.1-13.7
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• 2015

Background: This study evaluated Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP), Quantitative sensory testing (QST), and thermography as diagnostic methods for nerve injury. Methods: From 2006 through 2011, 17 patients (mean age: 50.1 years) from ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ Hospital who sought care for altered sensation after dental implant treatment were identified. The mean time of objective assessment was 15.2 months after onset. Results: SEP of Inferior alveolar nerve(IAN) was $15.87{\pm}0.87ms$ on the normal side and $16.18{\pm}0.73ms$ on the abnormal side. There was delayed N20 latency on the abnormal side, but the difference was not statistically significant. In QST, the abnormal side showed significantly higher scores of the current perception threshold at 2 KHz, 250 Hz, and 5 Hz. The absolute temperature difference was $0.55^{\circ}C$ without statistically significance. Conclusion: These results indicate that QST is valuable as an objective method for assessment of nerve injury.

• 치과방사선
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.249-260
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• 1994

The purpose of this study was to aid in the radiation therapy of head and neck cancer patients. For this study, radiation survival curves were generated for Bl6, MG-63 and YAC-l cell lines using semiautomated MTT assay and Dye Exclusion Assay. Irradiation of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10Gy were delivered at room temperature at a dose rate of 210.2cGy/min using / sup 60/Co γ-ray Irradiator ALOORAOO 8. The viable cells were determined for each radiation dose and compared to control values. The obtained results were as follows: 1. There was significantly different absorbance at 10Gy on B16 cell line in MTT assay(P<0.05). 2. There was significantly different absorbance at 4, 6, 8, 10Gy on MG-63 cell line in MTT assay(P<0.05). 3. YAC-l cell line was more sensitive than B16 or MG-63 cell line to all doses of radiation(P<0.05). 4. There was significantly different absorbance among all tumor cell lines except between B16 and MG-63 cell line at ZGy in MTT assay(P<0.05). 5. Good correlation was obtained between MTT assay and DEA(P<0.05). The efficient of correlation of B16, MG-63 and YAC-l cell line was 0.845, 0.824 and 0.906, respectively.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.359-363
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• 2004

This study provides more information about the potential toxicological risk of Bacillus sp. A9184 isolated from soybean paste. The evaluation was based on the guidelines of acute oral toxicity/pathogenicity for microbial pesticide and was to get more comprehensive understanding on the acute toxicity of the potential probiotic in Sprgue-Dawley rats. No dead animal was observed in rats after single oral administration with bacteria ($10^8$ CFU per animal). There were neither no treatment-related changes in clinical signs, nor changes in body weight and body temperature as com-pared with the untreated group. All tested animal showed the increase in body weight with time. The results obtained in this study suggest that the potential probiotic, Bacillus sp. A9184, is non-toxic for rat.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.85-88
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• 2002

구강에서 분리한 세균에 대한 오미자 추출물의 증식저해를 조사하였다. 물을 추출용매로 사용할 때의 추출수율은 53.8%로 메탄올보다 높았고, 추출온도가 높은 것이 보다 유리하였다. 구강에서 분리된 세균의 생육에 대한 오미자 물추출물의 영향을 조사한 결과, 오미자 물추출물은 강한 항균력을 보였다. 구강에서 분리된 세균에 대한 오미자 물추출물의 최소저해 농도는 ${125{\sim}1000{\mu}g/ml}$의 범위인 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.262-265
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• 2022

Penile Mondor disease (MD) is a palpable, painful, subcutaneous induration caused by superficial dorsal penile vein thrombosis. We report a case of penile MD that was suspected to be related to prolonged oral sildenafil use. A 46-year-old man visited our emergency department with sustained penile pain and swelling that began 7 hours after sexual intercourse. He had used oral sildenafil intermittently for 11 years and engaged in sexual intercourse the previous night after taking sildenafil. Examination revealed no evidence of intercourse-related trauma to the genital area or an increase in penile skin temperature. However, penile swelling and tenderness over the protruding dorsal penile vein were noted. A color Doppler ultrasound examination was performed immediately, which showed hyperechoic thrombosis in the right superficial dorsal penile vein that was dilated, with soft tissue swelling and no detectable flow signal in the thrombotic lesion. The patient was diagnosed as having penile MD. The patient was treated conservatively. Some reports have indicated the involvement of sildenafil in thrombogenesis. Physicians should be aware that prolonged oral sildenafil use may be associated with penile MD.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.328.2-328.2
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• 2002

This paper presents stability of tyhoid vaccine -attenuuated vaccine(oral) and killed vaccine{vi polysaccharide)- 5 classes with various temperature(3 points: iced temperature, refrigeration temp.. indoor temp.). Analytical techniques -vi polysaccharide content. pH. sterility. assay - have been used for the quantity of pharmacologically active chemical entries. From this study. we have found the attenuated vaccine is show iced temp. 258% and indoor temp. 0.02% compare with refrigeration temp. in assay examination and the killed vaccine is not found different. (omitted)

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권19호
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• pp.8377-8382
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• 2014

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the sixth most common malignancy worldwide. Cancer development and progression require inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and activation of proto-oncogenes. The well recognized mechanism of action demonstrated for chemotherapeutic agents is induction of apoptosis via reactivation of p53. In this context, we evaluate the efficacy of IV and oral routes of our novel PH and temperature sensitive doxorubicin-methotrexate-loaded nanoparticles (DOX-MTX NP) in affecting p53 profile in an OSCC rat model. Methods: In this study, 120 male rats were divided into 8 groups of 15 animals each. The new formulated DOX-MTX NP and free doxorubicin were IV and orally given to rats with 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide induced OSCC. Results: Results showed that both DOX and DOX-MTX-NP caused significant increase in mRNA levels of P53 compared to the untreated group (p<0.000). With both DOX and DOX-MTX NP, the IV mode was more effective than the oral (gavage) route (p<0.000). Surprisingly, in oral mode, p53 mRNA was not affected in DOX treated groups (p>0.05), Nonetheless, both IV and oral administration of MTX-DOX NP showed superior activity (~3 fold) over free DOX in reactivation of p53 in OSCC (p<0.000). The effectiveness of oral route in group treated with nanodrug accounts for the enhanced bioavailability of nanoparticulated DOX-MTX compared to free DOX. Moreover, in treated groups, tumor stage was markedly related to the amount of p53 mRNA (p<0.05). Conclusion: Both oral and IV application of our novel nanodrug possesses superior activity over free DOX-in up-regulation of p53 in a OSCC model and this increase in p53 level associated with less aggressive tumors in our study. Although, impressive results obtained with IV form of nanodrug (-21 fold increase in p53 mRNA level) but both forms of nanodrug are effective in OSCC, with less toxicity normal cells.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.139-144
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• 1993

Microencapsulation of acyclovir, an effective antiviral agent which acts as a specific inhibitor of herpes DNA polymerase, by carbopol-gelatin complex coacervation has been carried out to develop an oral controlled release preparation, which could improve the absorption characteristics in GI tract. After dissolving carbopol and gelatin separately in distilled water at $40^{\circ}C$, gelatin solution was mixed with carbopol solution while stirring at the same temperature. The pH of the mixture was lowered gradually by dropwise addition of 10% HCI with continuous stirring, and then, at pH 3.5, positively charged gelatin molecules were attracted to negatively charged carbopol. These coacervation processes were observed by optical microscopy during preparation. Plasma concentrations of acyclovir in rats after an oral administration of microcapsule suspension were assayed by HPLC, and pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated based on the model-independent analyses. Two standard formulations, oral solution and intravenous bolus injection, were used as references to compare the bioavailability. It has been revealed that $C_{max}$, $T_{max}$, and MRT of microcapsule suspension were greater than those of oral solution, which results in about two-fold increases in bioavailability. Therefore, in conclusion, the carbopol-gelatin microcapsule of acyclovir might be evaluated as an effective oral controlled release preparation which could increase the bioavailability of acyclovir.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9355-9360
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• 2014

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains as one of the most difficult malignancies to control because of its high propensity for local invasion and cervical lymph node dissemination. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of our novel pH and temperature sensitive doxorubicin-methotrexate-loaded nanoparticles (DOX-MTX NP) in affecting HER2 expression profile in OSCC model in rat. Results: DOX-MTX- nanoparticle complexes caused significant decrease in mRNA level of HER2 compared to untreated cancers (p<0.05) and this finding was more pronounced with the IV mode (p<0.000). Surprisingly, HER2 mRNA was not affected in DOX treated as compared to the control group (p>0.05). On the other hand, in the DOX-MTX NP treated group, fewer tumors characterized with advanced stage and decreased HER2 paralleled improved clinical outcome (P<0.05). Moreover, the effectiveness of the oral route in the group treated with nanodrug accounted for the enhanced bioavailability of nanoparticulated DOX-MTX compared to free DOX. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in mRNA level of HER2 (p>0.05). Conclusions: Influence of HER2 gene expression is a new feature and mechanism of action observed only in dual action DOX-MTX-NPs treated groups. Down-regulation of HER2 mRNA as a promising marker and prognosticator of OSCC adds to the cytotoxic benefits of DOX in its new formulation. Both oral and IV application of this nanodrug could be used, with no preferences in term of their safety or toxicity. As HER2 is expressed abundantly by a wide spectrum of tumors, i DOX-MTX NPs may be useful for a wide-spectrum of lesions. However, molecular mechanisms underlying HER2 down regulation induced by DOX-MTX NPs remain to be addressed.