• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.148-156
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• 2010

Purpose: Oral mucositis (OM) is a serious consequence of chemotherapy that cancer patients must undergo. The objectives of this study were to find out reliability and validity of patients self-reported daily questionnaires on OM, and the impact OM makes on daily functions. Method: To test the reliability of oral mucositis daily questionnaire (OMDQ), internal consistency of the instrument (Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ and correlation between items) and test-retest reliability were analyzed. Criterion validity and discriminative validity were evaluated using WHO, oral assessment guide, and Nicolatou assessment tool. Forty-eight acute leukemic patients under chemotherapy were enrolled in this study. Result: The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficient indicated sufficient internal consistency. Correlations of Mouth and throat soreness (MTS) and MTSActivity Limitations (MTS-AL) were statistically significant. MTS and MTS-AL scores on consecutive days were highly correlated (days13,14=.84-.96; test-retest reliability). OMDQ scale had high criterion validity and discriminative validity. Patients with more severe WHO OM grades had higher MTS mean scores. Conclusion: Oral mucositis in acute leukemic patients under going chemotherapy can be easily quantified by patient self-administered OMDQ with reliability and validity.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.298-305
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• 2002

목적: 혈액 종양 질환을 가진 한자들에서 과립구에 대한 단일클론항체를 이용한 골수 스캔을 시행하여 혈액 종양 질환의 종류에 따라서 말초 골수의 분포를 등급화하고 중심성 골수의 정량적 섭취율을 구하였으며 또한 이들 상호간의 관련성을 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: 혈액 종양 환자 중에서 골수 조직검사를 시행하여 진단이 확진되고 Tc-99m antigranulocyte monoclonal mouse antibody BW 250/183를 이용한 골수 스캔을 시행한 환자 50명을 대상으로하였다. 환자는 4군으로서 급성 골수성 백혈병 환자 11명, 급성 임파구성 백혈병 환자 12명, 임파선종 환자 15명, 골수이형성증후군 환자 12명이었다. 골수 스캔의 분석은 말초 골수 분포는 골수 확장 소견에 따라 4개의 등급으로 분류하였고, 중심성 골수 기능은 장골과 천골에 관심영역을 그려 섭취율을 계산하였다. 결과: 말초 골수 확장의 정도는 전체 환자 50명 중에서 1등급에 4명, 2등급에 27명, 3등급에 15명, 4등급에 4명 이었다. 말초 골수 확장의 정도는 골수이형성증후군과 임파구성 백혈병에서 3, 4등급이 58% (7/12)로 심하였고 임파종에서는 1, 2등급이 93% (14/15)로 가장 경하였으며 질환별로 특이적인 분포는 보이지 않았다. 중심성 골수의 섭취율은 4가지 질환 중 골수이형성증후군에서 $8.5{\pm}4.0$으로 가장 높았고, 급성 임파구성 백혈병에서 $5.9{\pm}3.6$으로 가장 낮았으나 4군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). 말초 골수 화장 정도에 따른 중심 골수의 정량화는 4가지 등급간에는 섭취율에 있어서 통계적으로도 유의한 차이가 있었으나(p=0.003), 개개의 환자에서 말초 골수 확장 정도와 중심 골수의 정량값의 상관관계는 거의 없었다(r=0.05). 결론: 혈액 종양 질환에서 골수 스캔은 말초 골수의 분포와 중심 골수의 기능에 있어서 질병 특이적인 소견은 보이지 않았으며, 골수의 변화는 말초 골수와 중심 골수에 서로 상관 관계없이 변화를 초래하므로 한 가지 방법으로 보다는 두 가지 방법으로 평가할 필요가 있다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권9호
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• pp.905-911
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• 2007

목 적 : Ghrelin은 위에서 주로 분비되는 펩타이드로, 성장호르몬의 분비를 촉진시키고, 식욕을 증가시켜 에너지 균형을 조절한다고 알려져 있으며, leptin은 지방세포에서 분비되어 식욕을 억제시키는 작용을 통해 체중 및 에너지 대사에 관여한다. 저자들은 소아 종양으로 진단받고 항암 요법중인 환아의 ghrelin과 leptin 농도를 정상아와 비교해 보았다. 방 법 : 2003년 12월부터 2004년 12월까지 강남 성모병원과 성모병원에서 소아 종양을 진단 받고 방사선 조사나 항암 화학요법을 받은 환아들 중 43명(남아 31명, 여아 12명)을 대상으로 하였으며, 환아군과 성별, 나이, 체중 및 신장이 비슷한 건강한 소아 45명(남아 26명, 여아 19명)을 대조군으로 하였다. 대상아들의 혈중 leptin과 ghrelin 농도를 방사면역측정법으로 측정하였다. 결 과 : 환아군과 대조군에서 BMI와 leptin 농도는 환아군에서 더 높았으며, ghrelin은 대조군에서 더 높았다. 또한 leptin 농도는 환아군(r=0.61, P<0.05)과 대조군(r=0.40, P<0.05) 모두에서 BMI와 양의 상관관계가 있었다. ghrelin 농도는 정상군에서는 연령, 신장, 체중 및 BMI와 음의 상관관계를 보였으나 환아군에서는 의미있는 상관관계는 없었다. 한편, 방사선요법을 받은 군과 화학요법만을 받은 군으로 나누어 비교했을 때에는 두 군간의 의미있는 차이는 없었으며, 급성 골수성 백혈병군과 급성 림프구성 백혈병군으로 나누었을 때 ghrelin의 농도가 골수성 백혈병군에서 훨씬 높았다. 결 론 : 소아 종양으로 항암 요법을 받고 있는 환아는 정상아에 비해 BMI가 더 높고, leptin 농도도 더 높았으나, ghrelin 농도는 더 낮았다. 그러나 본 연구가 한 시점에서의 단기적이고 단편적인 연구이므로 추후 오랜 기간에 걸친 전향적인 연구가 더 필요하다고 생각된다.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2017

Proviral Integration site of Moloney (Pim) murine Leukemia virus kinases is a serine/threonine specific protein kinase. It is largely involved in cell survival and proliferation. Pim-1 phosphorylates multiple cellular substrates to inhibit apoptosis and promote cell cycle progression. Over expression of Pim-1 kinase is observed in a range of malignancies and various solid cancers. High level of Pim-1 expression is seen in myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia, prostate cancer and liver carcinomas. Hence, Pim-1 is considered as an interesting cancer target. In the present study, we have performed region-focused CoMFA study on a series of imidazopyridazine derivatives as Pim-1 kinase inhibitors. A statistically acceptable region-focused CoMFA model ($q^2=0.571$; ONC=3; $r^2=0.909$) was developed. The model was then validated using Bootsrapping and progressive sampling. The contour map highlighted the regions favorable to increase the activity. Bulky substitutions in $R^2$ position of the phenyl ring could increase the activity. Similarly, small negative substitution in the $R^1$ position of the Pyridine ring could increase the activity considerably. Our results will be useful to design novel Pim-1 kinase inhibitors of this series.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2015

A humanized mice (hu-mice) model is extremely valuable to verify human cell activity in vivo condition and is regarded as an important tool in examining multimodal therapies and drug screening in tumor biology. Moreover, hu-mice models that simply received human $CD34^+$ blood cells and tissue transplants are also overwhelmingly useful in immunology and stem cell biology. Because generated hu-mice harboring a human immune system have displayed phenotype of human $CD45^+$ hematopoietic cells and when played partly with functional immune network, it could be used to evaluate human cell properties in vivo. Although the hu-mice model does not completely recapitulate human condition, it is a key methodological factor in studying human hematological malignancies with impaired immune cells. Also, an advanced humanized leukemic mice (hu-leukemic-mice) model has been developed by improving immunodeficient mice. In this review, we briefly described the history of development on immunodeficient SCID strain mice for hu-and hu-leukemic-mice model for immunologic and tumor microenviromental study while inferring the potential benefits of hu-leukemic-mice in cancer biology.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.298-304
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• 1993

To estimate the bone marrow involvement of leukemia, we peformed scintigraphies using $^{99m}Tc$ antimony sulfide colloid and Gallium-67. Total 13 patients were included and obtained 14 study sets of $^{99m}Tc$ antimony sulfide colloid and gallium-67 and compared with bone marrow aspiration biopsy and clinicolaboratory datas. $^{99m}Tc$ Antimony scan showed localized defect in 4 patients who had relapse. No false positive or negative results were observed. Gallium 67 showed localized increased uptake in 2 of 4 relapsed patients. Therefore, bone marrow scan is useful for the evaluation of marrow infiltration in ieukemic patients.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.267-277
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• 2008

Benzene and ethylbenzene (BE), the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are common constituents of cleaning and degreasing agents, paints, pesticides, personal care products, gasoline and solvents. VOCs are evaporated at room temperature and most of them exhibit acute and chronic toxicity to human. Chronic exposure of benzene is responsible for myeloid leukemia and also ethylbenzene is also recognized as a possible carcinogen. To evaluate the BE effect on human, whole human genome 35 K oligonucleotide microarray were screened for the identification of the differential expression profiling. We identified 280 up-regulated and 201 down-regulated genes changed by more than 1.5 fold by BE exposure. Functional analysis was carried out by using DAVID bioinformatics software. Clustering of these differentially expressed genes were associated with immune response, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, toll-like signaling pathway, small cell lung cancer, immune response, apoptosis, p53 signaling pathway and MAPKKK cascade possibly constituting alternative or subordinate pathways of hematotoxicity and immune toxicity. Gene ontology analysis methods including biological process, cellular components, molecular function and KEGG pathway thus provide a fundamental basis of the molecular pathways through BEs exposure in human lymphoma cells. This may provides a valuable information to do further analysis to explore the mechanism of BE induced hematotoxicity.

• 혜화의학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2002

In the literal study of anti-tumor effects of Jakeumjung. the results were as follows. 1. Jakeumjung is a traditional oriental medical prescription which is composed of Cremastare appeniculatae tuber, Euphorbiae pekinensis radix, Toosendan fructus, Chinensis galla, Moschus, Realgar and Cinnabaris. 2. Jakeumjung is applied to patients by administering or external application. When it is administered for patients, pertinent dose is 0.6~1.5g twice or three times per one day. When it is applied by external application, we melt it by water or vinegar and apply it to patients. 3. Effects of Jakeumjung are expelling toxin and pestilence, counteracting pathogen and relieving stagnation, detumescence and stopping pain. So it is used for detoxification from ancient. In recent, it is often used for cancer such as breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, epigastric cancer, acute leukemia, lymphoma, thymus cancer and skin cancer. 4. From the various experiments, Jakeumjung has been proved to have antifungal and antitumor effects. It inhibits and kills L7212, L1210 cells of leukemia. Especially, it acts in S stage of cell period. 5. Jakeumjung includes mineral medicines such as Realgar, Cinnabaris. So if we execute progressive study for anticancer effects and safety, the boundary of oriental medicine of using mineral medicines for cancer therapy will magnify in the future.

• BMB Reports
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2016

The serine/threonine kinase mTOR is essential for the phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) signaling pathway, and regulates the development and function of immune cells. Aberrant activation of mTOR signaling pathway is associated with many cancers including leukemia. Here, we report the contributions of mTOR signaling to growth of human leukemic cell lines and mouse T-cell acute leukemia (T-ALL) cells. Torin, an ATP-competitive mTOR inhibitor, was found to have both cytotoxic and cytostatic effects on U-937, THP-1, and RPMI-8226 cells, but not on Jurkat or K-562 cells. All cells were relatively resistant to rapamycin even with suppressed activity of mTOR complex 1. Growth of T-ALL cells induced by Notch1 was profoundly affected by torin partially due to increased expression of Bcl2l11 and Bbc3. Of note, activation of Akt or knockdown of FoxO1 mitigated the effect of mTOR inhibition on T-ALL cells. Our data provide insight on the effect of mTOR inhibitors on the survival and proliferation of leukemic cells, thus further improving our understanding on cell-context-dependent impacts of mTOR signaling. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(1): 63-68]

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.369-373
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• 2006

Water extracts obtained from cultured mountain ginseng (CMG) were evaluated for their ability to stimulate immune cells and inhibit cancer cell proliferation. The lymphocyte subpopulation in mouse splenocytes in vivo was significantly increased by the administration of the CMG extract (27.4 mg/mouse). Interleukin-2 and ${\gamma}$-interferon in the mice serum increased up to 30% in CMG extract-treated mice. At a concentration of 1.37 mg/mL, nitric oxide increased up to 400% in the macrophage cell line treated with CMG extract. The CMG extract significantly retarded the proliferation of human acute promyelocytic (HL60), human histiocytic (U937), and mouse lymphocytic (L1210) leukemia cell lines in vitro at concentrations over 2.74-13.7 mg/mL. In addition, CMG extract treatments (1.37 mg/mL and 2.74 mg/mL) lead to the increased expression of the p53 gene and protein in cultured U937 leukemia cell lines. These results indicate that water extracts of CMG are capable of both immune cell stimulation and cancer cell growth inhibition.