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Korean Red Ginseng water extract inhibits COX-2 expression by suppressing p38 in acrolein-treated human endothelial cells

  • Lee, Seung Eun;Park, Yong Seek
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제38권1호
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    • pp.34-39
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    • 2014
  • Cigarette smoke is considered a major risk factor for vascular diseases. There are many toxic compounds in cigarette smoke, including acrolein and other ${\alpha},{\beta}$-unsaturated aldehydes, which are regarded as mediators of inflammation and vascular dysfunction. Furthermore, recent studies have revealed that acrolein, an ${\alpha},{\beta}$-unsaturated aldehyde in cigarette smoke, induces inflammatory mediator expression, which is known to be related to vascular diseases. In this study, we investigated whether Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) water extract suppressed acrolein-induced cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Acrolein-induced COX-2 expression was accompanied by increased levels of phosphorylated p38 in HUVECs and KRG inhibited COX-2 expression in HUVECs. These results suggest that KRG suppresses acrolein-induced COX-2 expression via inhibition of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway. In addition, KRG exhibited an inhibitory effect on acrolein-induced apoptosis, as demonstrated by annexin Vepropidium iodide staining and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling assay. Consistent with these results, KRG may exert a vasculoprotective effect through inhibition of COX-2 expression in acrolein-stimulated human endothelial cells.

투석혈관 수술시기 예측을 위한 인공지능 알고리즘 개발 (Developing an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Predict the Timing of Dialysis Vascular Surgery)

  • 김도형;김현숙;이선표;오인종;박승범
    • 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.97-115
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    • 2023
  • In South Korea, chronic kidney disease(CKD) impacts around 4.6 million adults, leading to a high reliance on hemodialysis. For effective dialysis, vascular access is crucial, with decisions about vascular surgeries often made during dialysis sessions. Anticipating these needs could improve dialysis quality and patient comfort. This study investigates the use of Artificial Intelligence(AI) to predict the timing of surgeries for dialysis vessels, an area not extensively researched. We've developed an AI algorithm using predictive maintenance methods, transitioning from machine learning to a more advanced deep learning approach with Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM) models. The algorithm processes variables such as venous pressure, blood flow, and patient age, demonstrating high effectiveness with metrics exceeding 0.91. By shortening the data collection intervals, a more refined model can be obtained. Implementing this AI in clinical practice could notably enhance patient experience and the quality of medical services in dialysis, marking a significant advancement in the treatment of CKD.

소아뇌졸중의 보험의학적 고찰 (Review of pediatric cerebrovascular accident in terms of insurance medicine)

  • 안계훈
    • 보험의학회지
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    • 제29권2호
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2010
  • Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a progressive occlusive disease of the cerebral vasculature with particular involvement of the circle of Willis and the arteries that feed it. MMD is one of cerebrovacular accident,which is treated with sugical maeuver in pediatic neurosurgery. Moyamoya (ie, Japanese for "puff of smoke") characterizes the appearance on angiography of abnormal vascular collateral networks that develop adjacent to the stenotic vessels. The steno-occlusive areas are usually bilateral, but unilateral involvement does not exclude the diagnosis. The exact etiology of moyamoya disease is unknown. Some genetic predisposition is apparent because it is familial 10% of the time. The disease may be hereditary and multifactorial. It may occur by itself in a previously healthy individual. However, many disease states have been reported in association with moyamoya disease, including the following: 1) Immunological - Graves disease/thyrotoxicosis 2) Infections - Leptospirosis and tuberculosis 3) Hematologic disorders - Aplastic anemia, Fanconi anemia, sickle cell anemia, and lupus 4) Congenital syndromes - Apert syndrome, Down syndrome, Marfan syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, Turner syndrome, von Recklinghausen disease, and Hirschsprung disease 5) Vascular diseases - Atherosclerotic disease, coarctation of the aorta and fibromuscular dysplasia, 6)cranial trauma, radiation injury, parasellar tumors, and hypertension etc. These associations may not necessarily be causative but do warrant consideration due to impact on treatment.(Mainly neurosurgical operation.) The incidence of moyamoya disease is highest in Japan. The prevalence of MMD is 1 person per 100,000 population. The prevalence and incidence of moyamoya disease in Japan has been reported to be 3.16 cases and 0.35 case per 100,000 people, respectively. With regard to sex, the female-to-male ratio is 1.4:1. A bimodal peak of incidence is noted, with symptoms occurring either in the first decade(5-10yr) or in the third and fourth decades (30-40yr)of life. Mortality rates of moyamoya disease are approximately 10% in adults and 4.3% in children. Death is usually from hemorrhage. In aspect of life insurance, MR is 1700%, EDR is 16 per 1000 persons. Children and adults with moyamoya disease (MMD) may have different clinical presentations. The symptoms and clinical course vary widely from asymptomatic to transient events to severe neurologic deficits. Adults experience hemorrhage more commonly; cerebral ischemic events are more common in children. Children may have hemiparesis, monoparesis, sensory impairment, involuntary movements, headaches, dizziness, or seizures. Mental retardation or persistent neurologic deficits may be present. Adults may have symptoms and signs similar to those in children, but intraventricular, subarachnoid, or intracerebral hemorrhage of sudden onset is more common in adults. Recently increasing diagnosis of MMD with MRI, followed by surgical operation is noted. MMD needs to be considered as the "CI" state now in life insurance fields.

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Alagille 증후군 환아에서 발생한 Moyamoya병 1례 (A Case of Moyamoya Disease in a Child with Alagille Syndrome)

  • 임미랑;이소연;김덕수;김경모;고태성
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제46권1호
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    • pp.86-90
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    • 2003
  • Alagille 증후군은 간내 담도 형성 부전으로 인한 만성 담즙 정체, 말초 폐동맥 협착, 골격 이상, 눈의 이상, 특징적인 얼굴 모양 등을 주요 증상으로 하는 상염색체 우성 유전 질환으로 말초 폐동맥 협착 이외에도 여러 말초 혈관 병변들이 동반된다. 관련된 유전자로 20번 염색체 위에 존재하는 JAG1이 발견되었고, 이 유전자의 결손으로 인한 Notch 신호전달체계의 결함이 혈관형성에 영향을 미친다고 생각되고 있다. Alagille 증후군에서 만성 뇌동맥 폐색질환인 moyamoya병이 발생한 예들이 보고된 바 있는데, Alagille 증후군의 혈관병증의 또 다른 한 발현으로 이해되어야 할 것이다. 저자들은 생후 2개월에 Alagille 증후군을 진단받고 추적 관찰 중에 갑자기 편측 마비가 발생하여 뇌혈관 조영술을 통해 moyamoya병을 진단받은 25개월 여아를 경험하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

허혈성 심질환으로 인해 병원 내에서 발생한 심정지 혹은 심정지 혹은 심인성 쇼크에 있어서의 경피적 심폐 보조장치의 치료 경험 (Experiences with Emergency Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support in In-hospital Cardiac Arrest or Cardiogenic Shock due to the Ischemic Heart Disease)

  • 이일;권성욱;조성우;권현철;이영탁;박표원;박계현;이상훈;성기익
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • 제39권3호
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    • pp.201-207
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    • 2006
  • 배경: 경피적 심폐 보조장치(PCPS)는 체내의 가스교환과 혈액의 관류를 간접적으로 도와줌으로써, 장기를 회복시키기 위한 다른 치료법의 사용을 용이하게 하고, 여러 다양한 임상 상황에서 출혈의 위험성을 최소화하면서 심각한 심폐부전에 빠진 환자의 생명을 구해준다. 본 저자들은 허혈성 심질환자들에서 발생한 심인성 쇼크 혹은 심정지를 PCPS로 치료한 경험을 보고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법:1999년 5월부터 2005년 6월까지 발생한 심정지 혹은 심인성 쇼크 환자들을 대상으로 연구가 진행되었고, 환자들 중 7명에서 원심펌프인 Biopump (Medtronic inc., Minneapolis, MN), 나머지 13명에게는 자가 priming이 되는 헤파린-코팅된 EBS (Terumo, Japan)를 사용하였다. 삽관은 모든 환자에서 대퇴동맥과 대퇴 정맥을 통해서 이루어졌으며, 동맥용 케눌라는 17 Fr에서 21 Fr까지, 정맥용은 21 Fr에서 28 Fr까지 의 DLP (Medtronic inc., Minneapolis, MN) 또는 RMI (Edwards lifescienc LLC, Irvine, CA)의 비교적 긴 정맥용 케눌라를 사용하였다. 결과: 소생을 목적으로 PCPS가 시도되었던 총 20명의 환자들 중에서 심정지가 13명이었으며, 심인성 쇼크였던 환자가 7명이었다. 이들 중 11명에서 관동맥 우회술이 시행되었고, 나머지 9명의 환자에서 PCPS한 상태에서 경피적 관동맥 중재술이 시도되었다. 평균 PCPS가동 시간은 38$\pm$42시간이었으며, 총 20명의 환자들 중 PCPS 이탈이 가능하였던 11명($55\%$)의 환자 중 총 8명($40\%$)의 환자가 특별한 합병증 얼이 평균 27$\pm$17일만에 퇴원하였다. 퇴원한 환자는 현재 모두 생존하여 치장 31개월째 외래 추적관찰 중이다. 결론: PCPS를 시행함으로써 혈역학적 회복을 가져옴으로써 다른 방법으로는 살리기 힘들었던 심정지 또는 심인성 쇼크로부터 환자를 구할 수 있고, 일단 회복된 환자들은 장기 생존율을 보인다.

주목 메커니즘 기반의 멀티 스케일 조건부 적대적 생성 신경망을 활용한 고해상도 흉부 X선 영상 생성 기법 (Generation of High-Resolution Chest X-rays using Multi-scale Conditional Generative Adversarial Network with Attention)

  • 안경진;장영걸;하성민;전병환;홍영택;심학준;장혁재
    • 방송공학회논문지
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2020
  • 의료분야에서 질환별 유병률 차이로 인한 데이터 수적 불균형은 흔하게 발생되는 문제로 인공지능 학습 성능을 저하시켜 개발의 어려움을 초래한다. 최근 이러한 데이터 수적 불균형문제를 해결하기 위한 한 방법으로 적대적 생성 신경망(GAN) 기술이 도입되었고 다양한 분야에 성공적으로 적용되어왔다. 그러나 수적 불균형에 의해 저하된 성능 문제를 해결하는데 있어서 기존 연구들의 영상 해상도가 아직 충분하지 않고 영상 내 구조가 전역적으로 일관성 있게 모델링 되지 않아 좋은 결과를 얻기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는, 흉부 X선 영상 데이터의 수적 불균형문제를 해결하기 위하여 고해상도 영상을 생성할 수 있는 주목 메커니즘 기반 멀티 스케일 조건부 적대적 생성 네트워크를 제안한다. 해당 네트워크는 질환제어 조건변수에 의해 하나의 네트워크만으로 다양한 질환 영상을 생성할 수 있어 각 클래스별로 학습을 하는 비효율성을 줄였고, 자기 주목 메커니즘을 통해 영상 내 장거리 종속성 문제를 해결하였다.

식방풍의 혈관성 치매에 대한 예방과 치료효과 검증 (The Protective and Recovery Effects of Peucedanum Japonicum Thunberg for Vascular Dementia)

  • 김가나;최민지;이영혁;조성훈
    • 동의신경정신과학회지
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : During several thousand years, Peucedanum Japonicum Thunberg has been considered as a vegetable side dish in Korea. There is folk knowledge that Peucedanum Japonicum Thunberg prevents vascular disease such as stroke. To identify the effects Peucedanum Japonicum Thunberg, we made up its extract and named it as KH020. Then, we employed common carotid artery ligation (CCAl) surgery for vascular dementia model (VDM), and two types doses of per os (per oral: p.o) treatment. Methods : To confirm prevention and recovery effects for vascular dementia, we treated two doses (100, 400 mg/kg) KH020 in male C57BL/6 mouse during 7 days. After treatment, animals were CCAl operated, and given time to recover. Then, animal were tested in a Y-maze and passive avoidance test. Results : Y-maze results demonstrated that cognition and memory performance were decreased in the VDM group, compared to the sham group. KH020 treatment abolished these effects significantly. The results from the passive avoidance test showed the same phenomenon, but it was not statically significant. Conclusions : Therefore, KH020 prevents the onset of vascular dementia. In future studies, we will evaluate KH020 in regard to alzheimer dementia.

당뇨병 환자의 하지 혈관 질환 검사에서 색도플러 초음파의 이용 (Color Doppler Ultrasonogram for the Peripheral Vascular disease in Diabetes Patients)

  • 이경태;최윤선;양기원;배상원;이승환
    • 대한족부족관절학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.80-85
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    • 2002
  • Purpose: This study is to assess the involvement of vessels in lower extremity in diabetics, using color doppler ultrasonogram. Materials and Methods: Arteries of both lower extremities were divided into 3 groups-large vessel (above-knee arteries), popliteal vessel, and small vessel(below-knee arteries) -, and evaluated using color doppler ultrasonogram in 60 diabetics. In color doppler ultrasonogram, the wave forms of all vessels were divided into 5 grades; grade I was triphasic wave form, grade II was spectral broadening form, grade III was monophasic wave form, grade IV was pulsus tardus et parvus form, grade V was absence of wave. Grade III, IV, V were grouped into vessel obstruction. We reviewed the correlationships among the degree of the peripheral vascular involvement, duration of dibetes, existence of bilaterality, types of dibetes. Results: Bilateral involvement was high in both lower extremity. Luminal stenosis, vascular calcification and vessel obstruction were high incidence in the patients over ten years of diabetic duration. Prevalence of vascular calcification and vessel obstruction were high in the small vessel of ankle level. But, insulin injection was not related to the incidence of vascular abnormality. Conclusion: Color doppler ultrasonogram seems to be useful for evaluation of peripheral vascular status, decision making for necessity of additional test, periodic follow -up tool in diabetes patients.

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IL-8/CXCL8 Upregulates 12-Lipoxygenase Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

  • Kim, Jung-Hae;Kang, Young-Jin;Kim, Hee-Sun
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.106-113
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    • 2009
  • Background: We previously demonstrated remarkable differences in the expression of IL-8/CXCL8 in aortic tissues and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) compared to VSMC from normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). In the present study, we investigated the direct effect of IL-8/CXCL8 on expression of 12-lipoxygenase (LO), a hypertensive modulator, in SHR VSMC. Methods: Cultured aortic VSMC from SHR and WKY were used. Expression of 12-LO mRNA was determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Phosphorlyation of ERK1/2 and production of 12-LO and angiotensin II subtype 1 ($AT_1$) receptor were assessed by Western blots. IL-8/CXCL8-stimulated DNA synthesis was determined by measuring incorporation of [$^3H$]-thymidine. And effect of IL-8/CXCL8 on vascular tone was determined by phenylephrine-induced contraction of thoracic aortic rings. Results: Treatment with IL-8/CXCL8 greatly increased 12-LO mRNA expression and protein production compared to treatment with angiotensin II. IL-8/CXCL8 also increased the expression of the $AT_1$ receptor. The increase in 12-LO induced by IL-8/CXCL8 was inhibited by treatment with an $AT_1$ receptor antagonist. The induction of 12-LO mRNA production and the proliferation of SHR VSMC by IL-8/CXCL8 was mediated by the ERK pathway. The proliferation of SHR VSMC and the vascular contraction in the thoracic aortic ring, both of which were induced by IL-8/CXCL8, were inhibited by baicalein, a 12-LO inhibitor. Conclusion: These results suggest that the potential role of IL-8/CXCL8 in hypertensive processes is likely mediated through the 12-LO pathway.

Clinical assessment and management of auricular arteriovenous malformation: retrospective study

  • Kim, Do Gon;Cho, Hyun Geun;Ryu, Jeong Yeop;Lee, Joon Seok;Lee, Seok Jong;Lee, Jong Min;Lee, Sang Yub;Huh, Seung;Kim, Ji Yoon;Chung, Ho Yun
    • 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2021
  • Background: Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) which is a high-blood-flow lesion with connections between arteries and veins without an intervening capillary bed, is difficult to manage. The ear is the second most common site of extracranial AVM. However, studies regarding the management of this condition remain lacking. The purpose of this study was to share managing experiences in our center and to investigate the treatment effect through a retrospective analysis of cases. Methods: Among 265 patients with AVM treated in our vascular anomalies center between January 2008 and January 2021, 10 patients with auricular AVM were included in the study to investigate the lesion distribution, clinical stage, and treatment methods by performing a retrospective evaluation. Results: Among 10 patients, five patients had AVMs distributed in the upper half of the ear, one patient in the lower half of the ear, and four patients in whole ear, respectively. Seven patients had Schobinger stage II, and three had stage III. One patient received surgical treatment only, four patients received sclerotherapy only, and five patients received both surgical treatment and sclerotherapy. The posttreatment status was checked as controlled in two patients, improved in seven patients, persistent in one patient. There were no worsening patients. Conclusion: Auricular AVM is a disease that is difficult to manage by one specific department, thus requiring a collaborative management effort from multidisciplinary team.