• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.186-189
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• 2005

초음파 히스토그램의 내부 장기에 대한 임상적용을 알아보기 위하여 다주파수 탐촉자의 초음파기기를 이용하여 실험하였다. 9마리의 정상 비글견을 우측전복부의 간과 우측신장, 좌측전복부의 간, 비장과 신장를 검사하였다. 같은 깊이의 B-모드 영상으로 간, 신장의 피질, 비장, 그리고 각 신장의 피질과 수질의 수치를 비교하였다. 우측신장피질의 메아리발생치는 간에 비하여 유의적으로 $15{\%}$ 낮았다. 비장의 메아리발생치는 좌측신장피질보다 $23{\%}$ 높았으며, 간은 좌측 신장피질보다 $30{\%}$ 높았다. 각 신장의 피질과 수질의 비교에서는 피질이 우측과 좌측에서 각각 $47{\%}$와 $65{\%}$ 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 우측신장피질과 간실질간의 메아리발생치 비율은 $0.86{\pm}0.11$, 비장과 좌측신장간에는 $1.37{\pm}0.47$, 간실질과 좌측신장피질간에는 $1.30{\pm}0.19$이었으며, 이들 모두다 유의적인 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 초음파 히스토그램은 간, 비장, 신장 같은 내장장기의 구조물의 초음파적 평가에서 정량적으로 평가하기에 단순하고 유용하고 실질적이다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2001

Present study was undertaken in order to document early renal ultrasonographic changes of gentamicin nephrotoxicosis and to show the value of renal ultrasonography as a contributory means of early diagnosis of acute renal failure in dogs. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with six treatments in two blocks (gentamicin-treated & saline-treated). Acute renal failure was induced by toxic dosage of gentamicin (30 mg/kg) and saline solution sham equivalent in volume to that of the toxic dosage of gentamicin (1.5-3ml). Subjective visualization of increased renal cortex was visible as homogenous echoes that were hypoechoic relative to the surrounding tissues, whereas the renal medulla was anechoic to slightly hypoechoic. After treatment, the renal cortex was hyperechoic relative to the surrounding tissue. Increased renal cortex echogenicity was associated with significant nephrotoxicosis and was superior to serum creatinine elevation in nephrotoxicosis detection. Urine GGT was superior to other clinicopathological data utilized in the diagnosis of nephrotoxicosis. Based on the above results, increased renal cortex echogenicity seemed to be of use in detecting of acute renal failure.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2010

The collecting duct endothelin (ET) system, which involves ET-1 and its two receptors, may play a role in the regulation of renal sodium in association with the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) system. We determined whether sodium retention is associated with changes in the endothelin and NOS systems at different stages (i.e., a sodium retaining stage and a compensatory stage) of nephrotic syndromes. On day 7 after puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) injection, urinary sodium excretion was decreased, ascites had developed, and there was a positive sodium balance. ET-1 mRNA expression was increased in the inner medulla of the kidney, whereas protein expression of ET receptor type B ($ET_BR$) was unchanged. The expression of neuronal NOS (nNOS) was decreased in the inner medulla. On day 14, urinary sodium excretion was unchanged compared with controls. The expression of $ET_BR$ increased, while nNOS expression in the inner medulla was comparable to controls. These findings suggest that decreased nNOS plays a role in the development of sodium retention in the nephrotic syndrome. Recovery of nNOS and increased renal $ET_BR$ synthesis may promote sodium excretion in later stages of the nephrotic syndrome (on day 14).

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.131-160
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• 1987

Anatomical features of the renal papilla and pelvis and ultrastructures of the epithelium covering these areas in four species of mammals were studied by means of light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. In terms of the morphology of mammalian kidney types distinguished by Sperber(1944), Pfeiffer(1968) and Schmidt-Nielsen(1977), the kidneys of animal species used in this experiment were; 1) the mouse kidney with the fornix between a long conical papilla and the funnel-shaped pelvis, 2) the guinea pig kidney with the peripelvic column and pelvic pouch between a short conical papilla and the funnel-shaped pelvis, 3) the dog kidney with the peripelvic column and pelvic pouch between the crest-shaped papilla and the funnel-shaped pelvis, and 4) the cattle kidney which is divided into multiple renculi with minor and major calyces and pelvis. The renal papilla was lined with the simple or pseudostratified columnar epithelium which covered the inner zone of the renal medulla. The epithelial cells with numerous short microvilli on the surface contained a few organelles. In the mouse, the fornix was lined with one to two cell-layered cuboidal epithelium which covered the outer zone of the renal medulla and a part of the cortex. The epithelial cells of the fornix with numerous short microvilli or microridges on the surface had well-developed organelles. In the guinea pig, the peripelvic column was lined with the simple cuboidal or low columnar epithelium which covered the outer zone of the renal medulla. The epithelial cells with numerous short microvilli on the surface contained well-developed organelles. The pelvic pouch was lined with the pseudostratified columnar epithelium which was composed of four kinds of cells; the secretory cell with small electron-dense granules (310 nm), the secretory cell with large granules (720 nm) showing various electron densities, the mitochondria-rich cell with a single cilium, and the basal cell. Pelves of the mouse and guinea pig, peripelvic column, pelvic pouch and pelvis of the dog, and minor and major calyces and pelvis of the cattle were lined with the transitional epithelium. The fusiform vesicles in the superficial cells of the epithelium were highly developed in the dog, relatively well developed in the mouse and guinea pig, and poorly developed in the cattle. From the above findings, it is suggested that the transport of solutes and water of the urine in the pelvic cavity can take place through the epithelia covering the renal papilla and fornix of the mouse, papilla and peripelvic column of the guinea pig, and papillae of the dog and the cattle. And specialized cell types in the epithelium of the guinea pig pelvic pouch, two kinds of secretory cells and mitochondria-rich cell with a single cilium, could have peculiar functions in the renal pelvis, respectively.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2007

Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70)은 다양한 질병상태와 치명적인 열 손상에서 세포 및 조직을 보호하는데 중요한 역할을 하며, 또한 외부의 stress로부터 세포내 단백질의 파괴와 변화를 감소시키는 단백질로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 오랜 기간 동안 조혈기관의 치료제로 콩팥에서도 세포보호효과가 있는 것으로 알려진 Erythropoietin(EPO)을 투여하여 콩팥내의 HSP70의 발현변화를 세포수준에서 관찰하고자 하였다. Sprague-Dawley계 흰쥐를 사용하여 전자현미경적 면역조직화학법으로 rHuEPO투여군과 대조군에서 HSP70의 발현변화를 관찰하였다. 대조군에서 HSP70은 콩팥의 바깥수질과 속수질에서 관찰되었으며, 특히 속수질에서 강하게 발현되었고 그 부위는 속수질집합관세포와 헨레고리의 내림가는 부분이었다. EPO 투여군에서는 속수질과 바깥수질의 내림가는 부분에서는 발현변화가 관찰되지 않았으나, 바깥수질의 집합관 세포에서 발현이 급격히 증가함을 관찰되었다. 특히 대조군에서의 핵주변부위뿐 아니라 세포내 핵상부분을 비롯한 세포막주변부위에도 강한 면역 염색성을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 콩팥의 바깥수질에서 stress성 단백질인 HSP70의 조절기전이 EPO에 의해 매개됨을 보여주면, 세포 stress및 질병상태에서도 이러한 기전이 작용할 것으로 생각된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2007

Hypertonicity (hypernatremia) of extracellular fluid causes water movement out of cells, while hypotonicity(hyponatremia) causes water movement into cells, resulting in cellular shrinkage or cellular swelling, respectively. In most part of the body, the osmolality of extracellular fluid is maintained within narrow range($285-295 mOsm/kgH_2O$) and some deviations from this range are not problematic in most tissue of the body except brain. On the other hand, the osmolality in the human renal medulla fluctuates between 50 and $1,200 mOsm/kgH_2O$ in the process of urine dilution and concentration. The adaptation of renal medullary cells to the wide fluctuations in extracellular tonicity is crucial for the cell survival. This review will summarize the mechanisms of urine concentration and the adaptation of renal medullary cells to the hyper tonicity, which is mediated by TonEBP transcription factor and its target gene products(UT-A1 urea transporter etc.).

• 한국수의병리학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 1999

We investigated the effect of a single intravenous dose of Fumonisin $B_1(FB_1$) of rat kidney on the time sequence. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were intravenouslyin jected with FB$_1$at 1.25 mg/kg and were euthanized at 12 hrs, 1, 2, 4, and 6 days after the injection. In $FB_1$ treated rats, serum BUN and creatinine were elevated from 12 hrs. Microscopically, the initial target site was tubules of inner stripe, with mild degenerative and necrotic changes at 12 hrs, but the tubules recovered on day 4. In outer stripe, there were only a few scattered necrotic cells on day 1. These changes became more obvious over the time passed and most severe on day 4. On day 6, regeneration occurred, manifest as hypertrophic, basophilic tubular cells. The dying cells were proved to necrotic cells instead of apoptotic cells by TUNEL. Ultrastructural changes were cytoplasmic vacuole, dilated endoplasmic reticulum, swollen mitochondria, ballooned microvilli of the tubular cell in the outer stripe. These results showed that the renal tubules of outer medulla were the target to $FB_1$-induced nephrotoxicity in the rat. However, initial target was mner stnpe of medulla.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.271-280
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• 2007

Tonicity responsive enhancer binding protein(TonEBP)는 콩팥에서 osmolyte의 세포내 축적을 촉매해 주는 전사조절인자로 높은 삼투농도에서 세포를 보호하는데 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 고장성환경은 TonEBP의 양적 증가와 핵 내 분포의 증가를 통해 TonEBP의 활성을 자극한다. 또한 TonEBP는 콩팥 수질내 요소축적에 중요한 역할을 하는 UT-A의 전사를 조절하는 것으로도 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 콩팥수질내 TonEBP와 UT-A의 기능과 상관관계를 밝히는 연구의 일환으로 다른 동물보다 급수가 제한된 환경에서 더 오래 살아남을 수 있는 수분대사능력을 가지고 있는 Mongolian gerbil을 이용하여, 절수로 인한 고장성환경의 유발에서 TonEBP와 UT-A에 대한 발현 변화를 관찰하고자 하였다. 절수에 따른 TonEBP와 UT-A의 발현 양상을 연구하기 위해, 먼저 Mongoian gerbil 각 5마리씩 3그룹으로 나누어 절수 실험을 실시하였고, 면역조직화학법을 실시하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 정상대조군에서 TonEBP의 면역반응성은 속수질 세포들의 핵 내에 주로 분포하였으며, 절수 7일군에서 면역조직화학검사 결과, 속수질집합관에서의 염색성은 대조군에 비해 증가하였고, 특히 바깥수질 부위에 속수질에서 요세관의 가는 부분에서의 증가가 두드러졌다. 절수 14일군에서 염색성이 대조군보다 오히려 감소하였으며, 콩팥의 조직학적 손상이 관찰되었다. UT-A의 경우 바깥수질 속줄무늬층의 짧은-헨레고리가는내림부분과 정상군에서는 미약한 양성반응을 나타낸 속수질 초기부분의 긴-헨레고리가는내림부분에서 강한 발현 양상을 나타내었고, 속수질의 초기에서 중간부위의 속수질집합관도 강한 발현 양상을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 속수질 말단부위의 속수질집합관은 콩팥유두 끝으로 갈수록 발현량이 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과는 Mongolian gerbil을 이용한 절수모델에서 증가된 콩팥수질의 Tonicity에 의해 TonEBP의 발현이 증가하고 이에 따라 UT-A의 발현도 동반하여 증가하는 것을 확인하였고, 또한 이렇게 증가된 TonEBP는 UT의 전사를 조절하여 UT를 증가시켜 오줌농축기전을 향상시키는 것으로 생각된다. 이는 속수질 세포의 스트레스에 대한 세포방어기전으로 생각된다. 그러나 절수가 계속되면 이런 적응반응에 한계를 지나쳐 오히려 TonEBP와 UT-A의 발현이 감소함을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.270-274
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• 2000

A seven-year-old female Jindo-dog was presented with a history of progressive abdominal distension. Except for severe bilateral abdominal swelling, other abnormal signs were not detected. The patient showed normal appetite and defecation. In the radiographic examination, the abdomen was filled with large masses. Suspected a certain neoplastic disease, laparotomy was taken through the cranial abdominal midline. Large pale-yellow masses were proliferated to fill the abdomen. In the masses, grey-brown or black portion presumed hemorrhagic or necrotic spots were found. Even though neoplastic tissues were not detected in the right kidney, they were infiltrated in the left kidney except for a part of the cortex. Obtaining the owner's consent, the patient was euthanized and samples were collecte for further study. In microscopic examination, the parenchyma of the medulla was substituted with tumor cells and the cortex was impressed by the expansive proliferation of the neoplastic tissues. This neoplasm was estimated as renal carcinoma originated from tubular epithelium, being based upon that tumor cells were largely cuboidal cells and they had obscure tubular forms.

• 한국수의병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수의병리학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.22-22
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• 2000

A case of renal candidiasis is reported in a 4-year-old male Masked Palm civet (Paguma larvata). On necropsy, the kidneys were bilaterally swollen, pale and had numerous 1 to 3 mm diameter white foci throughout the parenchyma on cut section. The urinary bladder was filled with opaque and milky exudate. Histologically, severe infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages and necrosis were noted in the interstitial areas of both cortex and medulla and in the lumens of renal tubules and collecting duct often resulting in cystic dilation of the tubules. (omitted)