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이비인후, 안, 치아 및 피부증상의 민간요법에 관한 고찰 (Study on the Herb Remedies of ENT, Eyes, Teeth and Skin Problems)

  • 조결자;강현숙
    • 동서간호학연구지
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.50-71
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    • 1997
  • The intention of this study is to apprehend the con. tents and methods of herb remedies that are commonly conducted when there are health-problem cases of ENT, eyes, teeth and skin. Methods of this study are divided into two stages : 1) For a period of six months from December 1994 to June 1995, some 40 persons who are believed to be well versed with herb remedies have been randomly chosen, and we made a survey on herb remedies by symptoms: and 2) we have endeavored to make their grounds evident through the studies on literatures with the focus on the basic data collected. Their results are as follows: 1) When one feels a pain in ears, such herb remedies are employed as pouring the vapor into ears, which is made by steaming Alaska pollack, or as applying or wiping with the juices of radish or the ginkgo, or' alum. Applying the radish juice is effective for sterilization and fever removal: and applying the ginkgo juice is effective for cleanliness. But, plastering alum, sesame oil or castor oil, or pouring the vapor of Alaska pollack into ears are perhaps effective but do not have any pharmacologic grounds. 2) When one bleeds at the nose, such kinds of herb remedies are applied as stimulating nose or head with cold water, pressing nose or ridge of nose, or filling up nares with mashed mugworts. In addition, they have utilized garlic or leeks. Such methods as stimulating with cold water or just pressing nose and ridge of nose is based on reasonable grounds, i.e. vasoconstriction and vascular compression ; and applying mashed garlic on the sole of foot is good for the circulation of Qui ; and the use of mugworts and leeks is based upon the pharmacological function of hemostasis. 3) When one feels a sore throat such kinds of herb remedies are employed as gargling or rinsing throat with brine, drinking hot gruel or water, or drinking the juice of mugwort, radish, ginger or Chinese quince. Gargling with brine or drinking the juice of mugwort, radish or ginger is based upon the pharmacological function of pain alleviation, fever removal, and detoxication. 4) When a boil is formed in mouth, such herb remedies are applied as spreading honey, brine or alum water, and taking gall nut, Chinese matrimony vine, lotus root, etc, for drugs. Spreading honey, brine or water that is made by infusing gallnut, Chinese matrimony vine, lotus root is based upon such functions as hematosis, astriction, antibacterial, and antiphlogistic, Alum, eggplant and licorice are said to be effective, but their pharmacological effects have no grounds. 5) When one has conjunctivitis such herb remedies are commonly applied as irrigation with brine and dropping breast milk in eyes. Moreover, such other drugs are used as plantain. shepherd's purse, and purslane, etc. The use of brine, breast milk, plantain, shepherd's purse and purslane is based upon such functions as sterilization, antiphlogistic, disinfection and pain relieving. Eriocaulon sieboldianum, bean stem, bean pod and narcissus leaves are said to be effective, but their pharmacological action have no basis. When one has a stye, such herb remedies are applied as extracting eyelashes, stimulating by a massage of middle finger, third finger or big toe, as well as sear ing with a heated bamboo comb that is fine-toothed. Other than these, plantain and nightshade's nuts are used as drugs for it. Extracting eyelashes corresponds with exclusing suppurative node and draining the stye of pus ; and the use of plantain is based upon disinfection: and nightshade's nuts are said to be effective, however, their pharmacological action has no grounds. 6) For a treatment of toothache, such herb remedies are commonly employed as rinsing mouth with brine and holding cold water or gasoline in the mouth ; and as the drugs that are believed to be effective have been Welsh onion, ginger and castor-oil, plant, etc. The use of Welsh onion is based upon pain killing, antiinflammatory actions, and the use of ginger is based upon detoxication and disinfection ; and seeds of castor-oil plants are said to be effective, but they have no pharmacological basis. 7) When one has hives, such herb remedies are commonly applied as rubbing burned straw in affected parts, exposing to its smoke, rubbing with salt, sweeping down with a broom, and spreading and drinking boiled water of trifoliate orange. The use of cassia tora seeds, walnut, aloe and radish is said to be effective. The use of cassia tor a seeds has the functions of intestinal order, anti-paralysis, etc. The use of walnut has resulted in an increase of blood by invigorating spirits ; and the use of aloe is based upon disinfection, antibiotic, anti-salt, antihistamine and detoxication action. But, the effects of radish juice and straw's smoke have no pharmacological grounds. 8) When one gets a boil, such herb remedies are commonly used as applying a plaster, paste of flour mixed with yolk, soy sauce or honey, as well as spreading pounded elm tree. Other remedies that have been said to be effective are ; heating with mugwort, brine, wild rocambole, aloe, onion, squid's bone, etc. The use of mugwort is based upon pain killing, astringent antiinflammatory and tranquility. Wild rocambole is based upon the generation and maintenance functions of cell-joining textures ; elm tree upon antiphlogistic ; aloe upon fever removal and antiphlogistic ; onion on pain killing, fever removal, antiphlogistic and tranquility ; squid's bone on astriction: and brine or vinegar on sterilization. Pine resin and gardenia seed are said to be effective, but they have no pharmacological basis. 9) When one cuts his skin, such herb remedies are commonly employed as spreading mugwort's juice or squid's bone powder, or pressing the wounds. In addition, kalopanax, onion and fine soil are employed. The use of mugwort, kalopanax and squid's bone is based upon such functions as hemostasis, sedation, pain killing, antibacterial ; and fine soil is said to be effective, but it has no pharmacological basis. 10) When one suffers from whitlow, such herb remedies are commonly utilized as heating with boiled soy sauce, spreading soybean paste, or dipping into eggs, etc. Other drugs that have been employed are onion root, brine, eggplant, potato, loach, etc. The use of onion is based upon pain killing and antiphlogistic functions ; and that of brine upon antiphlogistic function. The use of soy sauce or soybean paste, fomentation, eggplant, potato and loach is said to be effective, but it has no pharmacblogic ground. 11) For the treatment of frostbite, such herb remedies are commonly used as dipping the affected part into frozen soybean sack, using boiled water of eggplant stem, garlic caulis, onion, hot pepper, caulis. Onion is based upon antiphlogistic and tranquility actions garlic upon disintection, metabolic exacerbation, tonic and aphrodisiac actions and the use of eggplant and hot pepper is based upon help blood circulation, dissolution and excretion of waste matters in vein. 12) For the treatment of burn, such herb remedies or drugs are commonly used as cleansing with Korean gin, spreading eggs, cleansing with cold water and soap water ; and as brine, cactus, moss, soybean paste, oil, etc. The cleansing with Korean gin, cold water, soap water, brine, vinegar is based upon cleaning and sterilizing functions ; and the use of cucumber is based upon nu. trition provision, and strengthening of resisting power by adjustment of metabolism. The use of potato, cactus, moss, oil and eggs is said to be effective, but their phamacological functions are not clarified. In view of the above results, we can realize that the drugs that have been employed in herb remedies are quite diverse. However, in regard to majority of herb remedies that have been employed by symptoms, the pharmacological functions of their drugs have not been clarified, and they are merely known as effective. Furthermore, they have not been recorded in the literature as yet ; and we confirm that there have been many herb remedies that were executed without the proper knowlege of their effects. It is now our view that the results of this survey may be utilized for consulting data in regard to the use of herb remedies.

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HIV 감염인을 위한 완화의료와 호스피스 (The Palliative Care and Hospice for the People Living with HIV)

  • 최재필
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.159-166
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    • 2017
  • 항레트로바이러스제 치료의 확립, 조기치료로 HIV 감염인들의 바이러스의 조절과 면역저하의 개선이 이루어지고 있다. 다수의 환자들이 더 이상 에이즈 관련 합병증으로 사망하지 않고, 심혈관질환, 대사성질환, 간질환, 신장질환, 신경계질환과 같은 만성합병질환을 갖고 고령화되고 있다. 그러나 지금도 여전히 사회적 차별과 낙인이 존재하는 가운데 후기 발현자로 후천면역결핍증 상태로 방문하여 사망하거나 중증의 신경계합병증으로 장애를 갖는 환자들이 있다. 환자의 다양한 증상들에 대해 이른 시기부터의 완화의료적 접근이 필요하다. 원위 대칭성 감각 다발신경병증 등의 환자의 만성 통증은 저평가되어 왔고 이에 대한 적극적인 통증 중재가 필요하다. 이전 호스피스 기준은 현재 시점에서 새롭게 제시한다. 감염인의 약제 지속 등의 의학적 필요, 심리적 상태, 사회적 여건에 대한 이해가 필요하다. 표준주의 감염관리 원칙을 준수한다면 만성질환으로서의 보편적 호스피스 진료의 제공이 가능하겠다. 생의 말기 빠르고 적극적인 호스피스팀의 개입을 통해 환자들이 존엄하게 삶을 마무리하실 수 있도록 임상경험이 늘어나고, 제도가 마련되길 바란다.

부산지역 여대생의 월경전 증후군 실태 및 영양섭취상태에 관한 연구 (A Study of Premenstrual Syndrome(PMS) and the Nutritional Intake of College Women Residing in Busan Metropolitan City)

  • 황혜진;김영만
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제7권6호
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    • pp.731-740
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    • 2002
  • This study was designed to identify premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and to investigate the correlation between premenstrual syndrome and nutritional intakes. The subjects of this study were 138 college women residing in Busan Metropolitan City. The subjects were asked to complete Menstrual Discomfort Questionnaire (MDQ) regarding PMS, food intake frequencies and nutritional intake. We studied the correlation between PMS symptoms and nutritional intake. The average height and weight of anemic subjects were 161.42 $\pm$ 3.50 cm and 51.87 $\pm$ 5.42 kg. The average BMI (body mass index, kg/$m^2$) was 19.92 $\pm$ 2.14 and PIBW (percent ideal body weight) were 93.02 $\pm$ 9.75%. Except for phosphorous, vitamin A and vitamin C intakes, the intake levels of all other nutrients were below the Korean RDA. The average calorie intake of the subjects was 1645.65 $\pm$ 352.63 kcal (82.2% of the Korean RDA) and iron intake of the subject was 11.06 $\pm$4.03 mg (69.1% of the Korean RDA) . The calcium and vitamin $B_6$ intakes were 512.26 $\pm$ 183.12 mg (73.1% of the Korean RDA) and 1.12 $\pm$ 0.14 mg (80.0% of the Korean RDA), respectively. With regard to their menstrual state, 45.9% subjects responded that their menstrual cycles were irregular. The frequency of PMS of the subjects was 30.2% (over 3 points) on 5 point scale (1 : no. 5 severe). The common symptoms of PMS of the subjects were pain (2.32 $\pm$ 1.01), negative effects (2.27 $\pm$ 0.87), behavioral changes (2.26 $\pm$ 0.85), water retention (2.07 $\pm$ 0.78) , arousal (1.79 $\pm$ 0.84) , autonomic reactions (1.77 $\pm$ 0.87) , lack of control (1.69 $\pm$ 0.75) and decreased concentration (1.68 $\pm$ 0.75) . There was significant correlation between all the PMS symptoms and calcium (p < 0.01) , vitamin E (p < 0.05) , carbohydrate (p < 0.05) . This suggests that PMS represents the clinical manifestation of nutrient deficiency states especially calcium. Therefore we concluded that calcium supplementation is likely to be of benefit in relieving PMS symptoms.

환자 간호에 대한 간호사의 의사결정 내용과 특성 및 의사결정 장애요인에 관한 분석 (An Analysis of Nursing Decision Tasks, Characteristics, and Problems with Decision Making)

  • 최희정
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.880-891
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to describe nursing decision tasks, their characteristics, and problems associated with decision making. The subjects were 32 nurses who had at least one-year nursing experience and worked on medical-surgical units or intensive care units(ICU). They were asked to describe their decision making experiences in patient care situations and to identify the characteristics of each decisions. They were also asked to describe perceived problems associated with decision making in nursing. The responses on nursing decision tasks and problems were analyzed with content analysis and the decision characteristics were identified by statistical analysis of variance. It was found that there were 16 nursing decisions which are as follows : decisions related to interpreting and selecting appropriate strategies for pain management(6.6%) ; decisions related to providing emotional support (0.7%) ; decisions related to explaining the patient's condition and rationale for procedures(1.1%) ; decisions related to assisting patients to integrate the implications of illness and recovering into their lifestyles(2.9%) ; decisions related to detecting significant changes In patients and selecting appropriate intervention strategies (17.2%) ; decisions related to anticipating problems and selecting preventive measures(4.2%) ; decisions related to identifying emergency situations(0.4%) ; decisions related to effective management of patient crisis until physician assistance becomes available(2.8%) ; decisions related to starting and maintaining intravenous therapy(2.6%) ; decisions related to administering medications(8.1%) ; decisions related to combating the hazards of immobility(7.3%) : decisions related to treating wound management strategies(5.5%) ; decisions related to relieving patient discomfort(13.9) ; decisions related to selecting appropriate strategy according to the changing situation of the patient(18.2%) ; decisions related to selecting the best strategy for patient management(5.3%) ; and decisions related to coordinating, ordering, and meeting the various needs of the patient (3.1%). The nurses reported the fellowing problems in decision making : difficulties due to lack of knowledge and experience (18.6%) ; uncertainty and complexity of decision tasks(15.2%) ; lack of time to make decisions(2.9%) ; personal values which conflict with other staff(15.7%) ; lack of selection autonomy(30.0%) ; and organizational barriers(7.6%). Continuing education programs and decision support systems for frequent nursing decision tasks can be established on the basis of these results. Then decision ability in nurses will increase through the education programs and decision support systems, and then quality of nursing service will be better.

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경추성(頸椎性) 두통(頭痛)에 대한 임상적(臨床的) 연구(硏究) (A Clinical study for cervical headache)

  • 조은희;황유진;유동수;윤민영;김현중;진신영;조남근;이병철;이인;이건목
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • 제18권6호
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    • pp.114-124
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    • 2001
  • Objective : To evaluate the effect of treatment for cervical headache by using Cathami Flos herbal acupuncture that are known for anti-inflammatory and function of relieving the pain. Methods : Evaluated the result of Cathami Flos herbal acupuncture treatment twice in a week for patients who have cervical headache with cervical MRI abnormality at Gun-Po Oriental medical hospital in affiliation with wonkwang university. Results : 1. In the distribution of sex; Female rate was 45.9% and male rate was 54.1%., In the distribution of age, Thirties and forties group was the largest group by each 32.8%. 2. In the distribution of Cervical MRI abnormality; Abnormality of C2/3, C3/4, C4/5 was 94.6%, disk bulging and disk protrusion was 94.5%. 3. The effect of treatment by age was as follows; Thirties and forties group were each 31.1%, total 62.2%. 4. In the distribution of treatment period and curative value; 'Two weeks to four week' was 63.9%. Conclusion : These results shows that it is possible for headache to be occurred by cervical abnormality and that the effect of treatment by Cathami Flos herbal acupuncture is exellent by relaxing contracted muscles, strengthening weakened' ligaments and improving inflammatory parts.

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일문전(Stephania delavayi Diels.) 메탄올, 부탄올, 에틸아세테이트 분획물의 항산화 및 세포증식억제 효과 (Antioxidative Effects and Anti-proliferative Effects of MeOH, BuOH and Ethyl Acetate Fractionated from Stephania delavayi Diels)

  • 이용순;김경희;서홍덕;박대훈;최연식;황혜림;이민재;최종진;권명상;육홍선
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제38권3호
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    • pp.297-301
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구에서는 중국에서 급성 위장염에 대한 약제로 사용되어 오던 일문전의 메탄올 추출물을 이용하여 물, 에틸 아세테이트, 부탄올 층으로 분획한 뒤 항산화 활성과 항암활성을 측정하였다. DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 $1,000{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 부탄올(75.23%)> 메탄올(68.11%)> 에틸아세테이트 (63.58%)> 물(50.13%) 순으로 나타났으며 환원력의 경우 용매 분획물의 농도가 증가함에 따라 환원력이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. DPPH 라디칼 소거능 및 환원력 모두 부탄올 분획층에서 좋은 활성을 나타내었다. 항암활성 측정결과 메탄올 추출물과 부탄올 분획물, 에틸 아세테이트 분획물에서 MDA-MB-231 cell과 MCF-7 cell에 대한 세포증식억제효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과에서 일문전의 용매 분획물은 항암 후보물질로의 가능성이 있을 것으로 사료된다.

한방간호연구 논문분석 (An Analysis of Research Trend about Oriental Nursing Published in Korea)

  • 이향련;강현숙
    • 동서간호학연구지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.102-113
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    • 2000
  • The study attempts to analyze the trends of study related with oriental nursing. This article reviewed 81 researches on oriental nursing from 1985 to July 2000, by examining them according to the articles' characteristics, sources by publication period, research design, nursing intervention effect of experimental study and concept, and content of literature review. The findings of the analysis can be summarized as follows; 1. The number of studies related with oriental nursing has progressively increased by year from 1985, and that of articles was the highest during the period between 1995 to 1999. Since the 1990s, the number of articles including thesis and dissertation increased, and a third of subject articles were thesis among them. 2. The majority of research design were survey and correlational studies, and most of them were published in the 1990s. Literature review articles also occupied a certain portion, and most of them were published after 1995. In addition, the research design of dissertation revealed in various types. 3. Nursing intervention used in the experimental study was Dan Jeon Breathing, San-Yin-Jiao (SP-6) Pressure, Percutanous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Guided Imagery, Diet for Sasang Constitution, Yoga Exercise, Qigong Exercise, Meridian Massage, Bed Exercise Program, Health Contract and Structured Rehabilitation Education. Among the study subjects, patients with chronic illness were at the highest rate, and the most nursing intervention effects presented physiological effect, activities of daily living and relieving pain. In most studies, the affirmative effect proved. 4. The key concept of literature review articles is energy, oriental nursing, health promotion, oriental medicine management of illness and etc. Being important concepts to understand oriental nursing, they confirm similar perspective of oriental medicine and nursing and show simultaneously the importance of nursing considered into the cultural perspective. The summary of the above results shows a tendency that the thesis and dissertation have been relatively considered with various research designs, while the others have focused on literature review. Especially, experimental study proved affirmative effect through various experimental treatment of nursing intervention related with oriental medicine. Besides in the literature review, inquiry of theories and practical perspective, which is necessary for the establishment of oriental nursing, was introduced. However, for the establishment of oriental nursing, more studies are to be required along with development of nursing intervention related with health promotion.

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사별에 대한 한국 문화적 접근

  • 임승희
    • 호스피스학술지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2005
  • To determine which are the culturally specific factors of Korean bereavement, this chapter focuses on the view of death and the traditional mourning process which reflect Korean values and norms. The formation of the Korean view and understanding of death has been strongly influenced by three of its major traditional religions: Shamanism, Buddhism, and Confucianism (Park:1994: Hao:1999) and Christianity more recently. Each religion has a different view of death and the appropriate expression of mourning. Korea accommodates funeral customs and rules strictly as a cultural system and has retained these traditions over a long period; hence, some of the traditional funeral rituals still remain in modern Korean life, although some of the rites have been simplified. We have looked at the various ways in which grief and mourning is displayed and shared in a collective manner over a long period of time. This fits in well within the other Eastern cultures that are collectively organized, and contrary to the Eurocentric models do not hastily seek to detach the living from the dead and recognize that grief is a long process, and different individuals may take different amounts of time to recover from the grief. The view of death and bereavement in Korea has sprung from the roots of three Korean religions, together with the recent addition of Christianity, although they mainly result from the three earlier religions. The beliefs of these religions are still closely linked together in the rituals of Korean bereavement on both conscious and unconscious levels. The influence of these religions is evident in practice through the bereaved family's mourning reactions, funeral rites and customs and its views about death. Korea used to have a period of mourning for three years, following traditional mourning rites; then the chief mourner and the bereaved families could return to their normal life. In spite of this long mourning process for the bereaved family, once the funeral ceremony is finished, people expect the bereaved family not to express their grief in public; even the bereaved family does not like to talk about death. The process for bereaved people is related to mourning processes in terms of detachment from the deceased in order to start a new life. Relatives and the community recommend the performance of the kut ceremony for relieving the grief of the bereaved. When one family member dies in an unlucky way, the bereaved family may have some fear or other psychological reactions of grief such as pain, depression, insomnia and nightmares, hallucinations or other physical reactions. Unlucky deaths give the bereaved a very painful time and these types of reactions are often more serious than reactions to natural death. But through the kut ceremony, the bereaved family can start to make a new relationship with the deceased. The taboo of this type of death and death generally remains a crucial aspect of the isolation that bereaved people might face and the collective nature of mourning(even where it is still present) is unable to address this aspect of the privatization of grief.

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Wedelolactone Promotes the Chondrogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Suppressing EZH2

  • Wei Qin;Lin Yang;Xiaotong Chen;Shanyu Ye;Aijun Liu;Dongfeng Chen;Kunhua Hu
    • International Journal of Stem Cells
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.326-341
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    • 2023
  • Background and Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease that leads to the progressive destruction of articular cartilage. Current clinical therapeutic strategies are moderately effective at relieving OA-associated pain but cannot induce chondrocyte differentiation or achieve cartilage regeneration. We investigated the ability of wedelolactone, a biologically active natural product that occurs in Eclipta alba (false daisy), to promote chondrogenic differentiation. Methods and Results: Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemical staining, and immunofluorescence staining assays were used to evaluate the effects of wedelolactone on the chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). RNA sequencing, microRNA (miRNA) sequencing, and isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation analyses were performed to explore the mechanism by which wedelolactone promotes the chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs. We found that wedelolactone facilitates the chondrogenic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived MSCs and rat bone-marrow MSCs. Moreover, the forkhead box O (FOXO) signaling pathway was upregulated by wedelolactone during chondrogenic differentiation, and a FOXO1 inhibitor attenuated the effect of wedelolactone on chondrocyte differentiation. We determined that wedelolactone reduces enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2)-mediated histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation of the promoter region of FOXO1 to upregulate its transcription. Additionally, we found that wedelolactone represses miR-1271-5p expression, and that miR-1271-5p post-transcriptionally suppresses the expression of FOXO1 that is dependent on the binding of miR-1271-5p to the FOXO1 3'-untranscribed region. Conclusions: These results indicate that wedelolactone suppresses the activity of EZH2 to facilitate the chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs by activating the FOXO1 signaling pathway. Wedelolactone may therefore improve cartilage regeneration in diseases characterized by inflammatory tissue destruction, such as OA.

스테로이드 치료에 반응하지 않는 심한 위장관 증세의 Henoch-Schönlein 자반증 환아에서 정맥 면역글로불린 치료 (Intravenous immunoglobulin for severe gastrointestinal manifestation of Henoch-Schönlein purpura refractory to corticosteroid therapy)

  • 양혜란;최원정;고재성;서정기
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제49권7호
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    • pp.784-789
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    • 2006
  • 목 적 : HSP는 피부, 관절, 위장관, 신장을 포함한 전신의 소혈관을 침범하는 혈관염이다. HSP의 위장관 증상은 때로 다량의 위장관 출혈, 장천공, 장중첩 등의 위중한 형태로 나타날 수 있는데, 이 중 일부 환자는 corticosteroid 치료에도 불구하고 증상이 호전되지 않는 경우가 있다. 저자들은 심한 위장관 증세를 보이면서 스테로이드에 반응하지 않는 HSP 환아에서 IVIG 치료의 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1999년 4월부터 2005년 1월까지 심각한 위장관 증상으로 입원한 22명의 HSP 환아들의 의무기록을 조사하였다. 이들 모두에서 처음엔 methylprednisolone(2 mg/kg)을 정맥 투여하였으며, 스테로이드 치료에 반응이 없는 환아들을 대상으로 하여 IVIG(2 g/kg)을 투여하였다. 결 과 : 대량의 위장관 출혈과 복통 등이 동반된 심한 위장관 증상을 나타낸 22명의 환아(연령 : 2.3-15세, 성별 M : F=12 : 10)중에 12명이 스테로이드 치료에도 불구하고 증상이 호전되지 않아 고용량 IVIG 치료를 받았다. IVIG 투여 전, methylprednisolone 정맥주사의 평균 투여기간은 $5.6{\pm}4.9$일이었으며 12명 중 11명에서 IVIG 투여 후 1시간에서 5일 사이에 위장관 증상이 호전되었다. 나머지 1명은 IVIG 투여 후에도 복통이 있었으나, 혈변은 소실되었다. IVIG을 투여받은 환아들과 corticosteroid만을 투여받은 환아들간에 입원기간의 차이는 없었다($12.8{\pm}7.6$일 vs. $13.2{\pm}7.8$일, P=0.777). 복통이 지속되었던 총기간은 IVIG 투여군이 짧았으나 통계적으로는 유의하지 않았다($8.8{\pm}8.1$일 vs. $14.8{\pm}16.9$일, P=0.306). Methylprednisolone 정맥주사만을 단독으로 치료받은 10명 중 2명(20%)은 장천공으로 수술을 받았으나, IVIG 투여군 12명에서는 장천공이 전혀 발생하지 않았다. 결 론 : 심한 위장관 침범이 있는 HSP 환아의 복부증상이 기존의 스테로이드 치료에도 불구하고 호전되지 않을 때에는 고용량 정맥 면역글로불린 투여를 고려해 볼 수 있을 것이다.