• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.18-26
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• 2009

Purpose: Recently, the role of serum tumor marker has been studied for an important issue on diagnosing and treating tumors in the head and neck region because tests using tumor markers need relatively simple procedures and are acceptable to patients, compared with other test methods. Tumor marker tests were performed on patients with squamous cell carcinoma, which were known to have the highest prevalence among tumors in the head and neck region. Association between each tumor marker, and diagnosis and prognosis of tumors was assessed. Materials and methods: Tumor marker tests were carried out on 31 patients who visited Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department in Dankook University Dental Hospital between January 2003 and August 2008 and who were diagnosed as primary oral squamous cell carcinoma through out histopathologic diagnosis. Blood sample from these patients was performed to measure tumor markers using nuclear medicine diagnostic equipment. Measured entries were as follows: PSA(prostate-specific antibody), SCCAg( Squamous Cell Carcinoma Related Antigen), CA 19-9(Cancer Antigen 19-9), Ferritin, $\alpha$- FP(Alpha-Fetoprotein), Cyfra 21-1, CA125 (Cancer Antigen 125) and p53. Results: Analyses on each tumor marker indicated that squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck region had statistically significant correlation with p53, SCC-Ag(TA-4), Cyfra 21-1 and Ferritin. p53 demonstrated the highest sensitivity. Especially, 4 cases among 18 cases which Ferritin was measured exhibited metastasis. In all those 4 cases, Ferritin values were higher than the standards (15 - 332ng/ml). Therefore, Ferritin is considered to have a close relation with metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma. Conclusion: This study shows that tumor marker tests are more useful in evaluating progression and prognosis of tumors rather than in diagnosing them. Particularly, serum Ferritin is considered to be beneficial in assessing metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck region and in developing treatment plans based on the assessment.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.269-273
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• 2004

Squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) associated antigen is a subfraction of TA-4, a tumor-associated antigen first described by Kato and Torigoe in 1977. TA-4, obtained from squamous cell carcinoma cancer tissue of the uterine cervix, has been characterized as a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of approximately 45,000 daltons. SCC antigen has been studied in other squamous cell malignancies including lung, esophagus, head and neck, anal canal, and skin. SCC antigen is shed naturally through sweat, saliva and other body fluids. Contamination of specimens, tray, bead dispenser or other accessories with sweat, saliva or aerosols can cause falsely elevated values. To reduce the possibility of contamination, gloves should be worn in all phases of assay preparation, and when handling specimens, accessories or reagents that will be used in SCC and Thyroid function test(TFT).

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.362-368
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• 1998

편평세포폐암 환자 혈청내 SCC항원(squamous cell carcinoma antigen)의 암표지자로서의 유용성을 검정하고 암종이 성장함으로써 정상조직으로 침범하는 기전을 규명하기 위하여 폐암수술후 절제해 낸 폐암조직의 중심부와 말초부 그리고 암세포가 없는 정상 폐조직을 채취하여 SCC항원 농도와 DNA합성을 통해 세포성장과 분화에 관련이 있는 것으로 알려진 EGFr(epidermal growth factor receptor)의 농도를 측정하였다. 편평세포폐암종 조직내 SCC항원의 농도는 69＋25 ng/ml로 정상 폐조직 34＋7 ng/ml, 폐선암 35＋25 ng/ml보다 높았으며(p<0.05), EGFr의 농도는 폐암조직, 즉 편평세포암 47＋6 pmol/min, 선암 69＋20 pmol/min으로 정상 폐조직 34＋5 pmol/min, 39＋8 pmol/min보다 각각 높게는 나타났으나 유의성은 없었다. 암종의 크기에 따른 부위별 SCC항원의 농도는 암종이 직경이 3cm이하인 경우는 암종의 중심부(100＋82 ng/ml)가 말초부(55＋24 ng/ml)보다 높게 나타났으나(p>0.05), 5cm이상인 경우는 암종의 말초부(324＋92 ng/ml)가 중심부(34＋18 ng/ml)보다 현저히 높았다.(p<0.05) 그러나 부위별 EGFr의 농도는 암종의 크기에 따라 차이가 없었다. 암병기에 따른 부위별 SCC항원의 농도는 암중심부에서는 1, 2병기에서 3, 4병기로 암병기가 높아짐에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였으나 통계적 유의성은 없었고(p>0.05), 암말초부에서는 1, 2병기 68＋37 ng/ml, 87＋35 ng/ml에서 3,4병기414＋87 ng/ml, 473＋226 ng/ml로 병기가 높아짐에 따라 현저하게 증가하였다.(p<0.05) 그러나 EGFr은 암중심부에서 1병기에서 2, 3, 4병기로 병기가 높아짐에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였으나 통계적 유의성이 없었고(p<0.05), 암말초부에서는 병기에 따른 농도의 특이한 변화를 관찰할 수 없었다. 이상의 결과로 편평세포폐암종 조직내 SCC항원의 농도는 정상 폐조직이나 폐선암조직에서 보다 높게 나타나 혈청내 SCC항원의 농도가 편평세포폐암의 진단 및 치료효과를 예측하는데 유용한 암표지자로 생각되나, 암종내 부위별 SCC항원의 농도와 EGFr의 농도가 일치하지 않음으로써 암종이 성장함으로써 주위조직으로의 침범과 SCC항원의 농도와의 관계에 대해서는 보다 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.4217-4222
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• 2016

Purpose: To compare the expression level of CK 15 in normal esophageal and esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues and analyse possible functions of CK15 in occurrence and development. Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to compare CK14, CK15 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression levels in ESCCs. Expression level of CK15 was also assessed by Western blotting. In addition, levels of CK15, cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA21-1) and PCNA were detected in serum by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and chemiluminescence methods. Relationships between clinicopathological parameters and CK14 and CK15 expression were then analyzed. Results: According to immunohistochemistry, in esophageal and intraepithelial neoplasia (SIN) tissues, the expression of CK14, CK15 and PCNA localized to basal layer of the epithelium. CK14 and CK15 levels were higher in normal esophageal squamous epithelial tissue than in SIN and ESCC, and greater in highly differentiated than poorly differentiated carcinoma tissue. By Western blotting, we found more pronounced expression of CK15 in normal esophageal tissue, compared with carcinoma tissue. The specificity of changed CK15 and CYFRA21-1 expression was respectively 90.0% and 96.7% in serum of ESCC patients. Joint detection could improve the sensitivity of esophageal carcinoma diagnosis. Relationships between CK14, CK15 expression and clinical parameters were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Postoperative survival in patients of CK14, CK15 positive expression was longer than with negative expression ($x^2=4.35$, P=0.037; $x^2=9.852$, P=0.002). Conclusions: CK15 expression decreased in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue and serum of esophageal squamous carcinoma patients. We infer that CK15 may play an important role for the occurrence and development of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma. In the future, CK15 may be used for the diagnosis, treatment and prognostic evaluation of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.4719-4722
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• 2015

Background: This study aimed to determine the utility and a cut-off level of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) to predict lymph node metastasis in locally advanced cervical cancer cases. We also investigated the correlation between SCC-Ag level and lymph node status. Materials and Methods: From June 2009 to June 2014, 232 patients with cervical cancer stage IB2-IVA, who were treated at Ramathibodi Hospital, were recruited. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to identify the best cut-off point of SCC-Ag level to predict lymph node metastasis. Quantile regression was performed to evaluate the correlation between SCC-Ag levels and pelvic lymph node metastasis, paraaortic lymph node metastasis, and parametrial involvement as well as tumor size. Results: Pelvic lymph node metastasis and paraaortic lymph node metastasis were diagnosed in 46.6% and 20.1% of the patients, respectively. The median SCC-Ag level was 6 ng/mL (range, 0.5 to 464.6 ng/mL). The areas under ROC curves between SCC-Ag level and pelvic lymph node metastasis, paraaotic lymph node metastasis, parametrial involvements were low. SCC-Ag level was significantly correlated with paraaortic lymph node status (p=0.045) but not with pelvic lymph node status and parametrial involvement. SCC-Ag level was also related to the tumor diameter (p<0.05). Conclusions: SCC-Ag level is not a good predictor for pelvic and paraaortic lymph node metastasis. However, it is still beneficial to assess the tumor burden of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.400-406
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• 1992

연구배경 : 최근 연구가 활발한 SCC 항원을 이용하여 폐암환자의 진단적 의미, 치료효과 판정, 예후를 예측할 수 있는 지표로써의 가능성을 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 정상대조군, 양성 폐질환 환자군과 폐암환자에서 SCC 항원을 측정하였으며 폐암 환자를 대상으로 치료전과 치료후 SCC Riabeap radioimmunoassay kit를 이용하여 SCC 항원을 측정하였다. 결과 : 1) SCC 항원치는 편평세포 폐암환자인 경우 $2.26{\pm}1.53\;ng/ml$, 기타 폐암은 $0.62{\pm}0.53\;ng/ml$, 양성 폐질환 환자는 $0.67{\pm}0.38\;ng/ml$, 정상 대조군은 $0.53{\pm}0.36\;ng/ml$ 이었다. 2) SCC 항원이 양성을 보인 편평세포 폐암환자는 42%(5/12)이었고 기타 폐암환자 양성 폐질환환자, 정상 대조군은 1명도 없었다. 3) 편평 세포폐암 환자의 SCC 항원 평균치는 병기에 따라 I기에 $2.07{\pm}1.56\;ng/ml$, $III_a$기는 $5.04{\pm}0.53\;ng/ml$, $III_b$기는 $1.94{\pm}0.7\;ng/ml$, IV기는 $1.07{\pm}0.64\;ng/ml$ 이었다. 4) 치료에 따른 항원역가는, 치료에 반응을 보인 환자에게서 치료 전보다 치료후 유의하게 감소하는 것을 볼 수가 있었다. 결론 : 이상의 결과로 SCC 항원은 편평세포 폐암을 진단하는 보조적인 수단으로서 이용 가능성과 치료에 따른 효과를 판정할 수있는 추적검사 방법으로서의 가능성을 제시하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10299-10306
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• 2015

The esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is thought to develop through a multi-stage process. Epigenetic gene silencing constitutes an alternative or complementary mechanism to mutational events in tumorigenesis. Posttranscriptional regulation of human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) and antigen processing machinery (APM) proteins expression may be associated with novel epigenetic modifications in cancer development. In the present study, we determined the expression levels of HLA-I antigen and APM components by immunohistochemistry. Then by a bisulfite-sequencing PCR (BSP) approach, we identified target CpG islands methylated at the gene promoter region of APM family genes in a ESCC cell line (ECa109), and further quantitative analysis of CpG site specific methylation of these genes in cases of Kazakh primary ESCCs with corresponding non-cancerous esophageal tissues using the Sequenom MassARRAY platform. Here we showed that the development of ESCCs was accompanied by partial or total loss of protein expression of HLA-B, TAP2, LMP7, tapasin and ERp57. The results demonstrated that although no statistical significance was found of global target CpG fragment methylation level sof HLA-B, TAP2, tapasin and ERp57 genes between ESCC and corresponding non-cancerous esophageal tissues, there was significant differences in the methylation level of several single sites between the two groups. Of thesse only the global methylation level of LMP7 gene target fragments was statistically higher ($0.0517{\pm}0.0357$) in Kazakh esophageal cancer than in neighboring normal tissues ($0.0380{\pm}0.0214$, p<0.05). Our results suggest that multiple CpG sites, but not methylation of every site leads to down regulation or deletion of gene expression. Only some of them result in genetic transcription, and silencing of HLA-B, ERp57, and LMP7 expression through hypermethylation of the promoters or other mechanisms may contribute to mechanisms of tumor escape from immune surveillance in Kazakh esophageal carcinogenesis.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 1999

목적 : 자궁경부암의 치료후의 재발이나 병소의 지속을 발견하기 위한 종양표지자로서의 squamous cell carcinoma antigen(SCC) 와 carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) 의 의의를 확인하고 향후의 치료시에 참고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 1995년 10월부터 1998년 8월까지 단국대학병원 치료방사선과에서 원발성 자궁경부암으로 근치적 방사선치료를 시행 받은 환자 중 22례를 대상으로 하였고 방사선치료전에 MRI 나 초음파를 시행하여 종양의 체적을 구하였으며 방사선치료 전에 SCC 와 CEA를 측정하였고 치료 후에도 주기적으로 SCC 와 CEA를 측정 하여 분석 하였다 결과 : 방사선 치료전에 측정한 SCC 치는 전체 22례 중 68.2$\%$ 에서 상승되어 있었으며, CEA 치는 측정이 이루어진 21례 중 19.0$\%$에서 상승되어 있었다. 종괴의 부피와 치료전의 SCC 치의 관련성은 극단적으로 벗어난 1례를 제외하면 상관계수가 0.59382 로 상당히 컸다. 종괴의 부피증가에 따른 CEA 치의 증가경향은 없었다. 치료후의 SCC 치는 9.1$\%$ 에서 CEA 치는 측정이 이루어진 21례 중 4.8$\%$ 에서 상승되어 있었다. 방사선치료 전에SCC 치가 상승되어 있었던 15례 중 14례에서 완전관해의 소견을 보였으며 그 14례 중 SCC 치가 정상 범위로 낮아진 경우가 13례(92.9$\%$) 였다. SCC 치가 치료 전에 상승되어 있다가 치료 후에 정상화 된 13례 중 5례에서 SCC 치의 정상 범위 이상의 재상승이 나타났는데 그 중 4례는 국소실패(3례) 혹은 국소 및 주변 림프절 실패(1례) 였고 나머지 1례는 임상적으로 무병상태(NED) 이다. 따라서 재발과 관련된 SCC 치 상승의 민감도는 100$\%$, 특이도는 93.8$\%$, 양성예측도는 85.7$\%$ 였다. SCC 의 재상승이 있은 후 임상적 재발을 발견할 때까지의 시간차이(lead time) 는 평균 1.2개월이었다. CEA 는 치료전 높았던 4례 모두에서 치료 후 완전 관해시에 정상화 되었고 이들 중 재발한 경우는 없었다. 결론 : 본 연구에서 SCC 와 CEA 는 치료전의 값이 상승되어 있었던 경우는 치료에 대한 반응과 재발을monitor 하는데 좋은 종양표지자로 나타났다. 그러나 치료전 SCC 치가 민감도가 높은데 비해 CEA 치는 민감도가 낮으며 CEA 와 SCC 를 모두 측정한 경우가 SCC 만 측정한 경우에 비해 예후의 관찰에 유리한 점이 없었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.299-310
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• 1986

3M KCl을 이용하여 면양 squamous cell carcinoma 및 정상면양 조직(組織)에서 획득(獲得)한 추출액(抽出液)의 성상을 sephadex column chromatography, lymphocyte blastogenicity assay, acid dissociation method 및 gradient polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis 등을 이용하여 연구하였다. Sephadex column chromatography에서 얻은 5개의 종양분획(腫瘍分劃)중 분획(分劃)III은 가장 종양특이(腫瘍特異)한 항원(抗原)을 보유하고, 분획(分劃)V lymphocyte reactivity를 저하(低下)시키는 성분을 함유하고 있었다. 각 분획(分劃)을 분자량(分子量) > 100,000, 10,000~100,000 및 < 10,000의 3군(群)으로 분리한 바 종양특이항원(腫瘍特異抗原) 및 면역저지물질(免疫沮止物質)은 10,000~100,000분획(分劃)에서 나타났다. 분획(分劃)I tumour specific antigen - antibody complex를 내포하고 있음이 밝혀졌다. Gradient gel electrophoresis를 이용하여 분획(分劃)을 더욱 세분했을 때 분획(分劃)III은 Slice No 4~6에서 종양특이물질(腫瘍特異物質)이 인정되었고, 분획(分劃)V Slice No 9~11에서 면역기능저하물질(免疫機能低下物質)이 있음이 밝혀졌다.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2001

The presence of HPV DNA and the expression of p53 protein and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were determined to evaluate the relationship of these factors and their association with their pathologic stages and cervical lymph node metastasis. Among 65 patients the presence of HPV DNA was found in 12 cases(18.5%), p53 was found positive in 32 cases(49.2%) and expression of PCNA was observed in 24 cases(36.9%). The expression of PCNA was more frequent in the HPV positive cancers compared with the HPV negative ones(p =0.0018), and p53 revealed its higher rate of cooccurrence with the expression of PCNA(p =0.008), which might suggest that PCNA expression has a positive relationship with HPV and p53 mutation in head and neck cancer. There might be inverse relationship between HPV and p53 mutation(p =0.063), but 3 cases showed both HPV DNA positivity and p53 expression. HPV was detected at a higher rate in the early pathologic stages than in the advanced stages of cancer, and p53 expression was more frequently found in the advanced stages(p =0.044). These results suggests that HPV and p53 mutation might have different etiologic roles in the development of head and neck cancer, or cases with p53 mutation might have more aggressive behavior. PCNA expression showed no difference between early and late stages of cancer, and between cases with and without cervical lymph node metastasis.