• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.364-367
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• 2006

In order to enhance the repair of defects in articular cartilage via cell therapy with autologous chondrocytes, as well as with periosteum-derived progenitor cells (PDPCs), silkworm hemolymph (SH) and a variety of cartilage-specific extracellular matrices (ECMs) including type II collagen, proline, chondroitin 4-sulfate, and chondroitin 6-sulfate were assessed with regard to their efficacy as media supplements. SH, a known anti-apoptotic agent, was found to enhance cell growth, as was shown by the results of a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. According to the results of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses, the cartilage-specific ECMs were found to stimulate the expression of hyaline cartilage-specific genes, most notably type II collagen and Sox9, in monolayer cultures of PDPCs.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 관상의 Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) 담체에 대한 인간의 초자연골과 탄성연골의 형성정도를 살펴보았다. 담체는 PLGA의 분자량에 따라서는 110,000 g/mol과 220,000 g/mol을 비교하였고 내경 유지를 위하여 내경측에는 220,000 g/mol, 외경측에는 110,000 g/mol 의 복합체를 만들거나, 비분해성 고분자 폴리에틸렌 튜브와 110,000 g/mol PLGA의 담체와의 결합도 시도하였다. PLGA 담체들은 주사전자현미경으로 단면 구조를 관찰하였다. 각각의 담체에 20세 미만의 환자들의 비중격에서 채취된 초자연골과 귀에서 채취된 탄성연골에서 분리한 연골세포를 심었다. 분리된 연골세포는 두 번의 계대배양을 거쳐 각각의 PLGA 담체에 심었고 일주일동안 생체 외 환경에서 배양하였다. 각각의 세포와 담체의 복합체를 nude mouse의 배부 좌, 우로 피하조직에 이식하고 8주 뒤 H&E 염색으로 조직 검사를 시행하였다. 110,000 g/mol의 PLGA담체의 연골조직은 잘 형성되어 있었지만 그 내경은 유지되지 못하였다. 반면 220,000 g/mol의 PLGA담체의 연골조직은 내경은 유지하였으나 연골조직이 부분적으로 형성되어 있고 성숙한 연골조직의 양이 많지 않았다. 초자연골 세포에 비교하여 탄성연골 세포가 같은 조건하에서 연골조직을 더 많이 형성한 것으로 나타났다. 관상의 유지를 위하여 220,000 9/mol PLGA 담체를 내경측에 110,000 g/mol PLGA 담체를 외경측으로 한 담체에서는 연골조직 형성이 잘 되지 않았으나 내경측에 폴리에틸렌 튜브를 끼운 110,000 g/mol PLGA 담체에서는 조직 형성과 내경유지가 잘 되었고 원래의 담체와 거의 유사한 형태로 유지되었다. 분화된 연골세포도 조직 소견으로 확인할 수 있었다. 이 1mm 내경의 관상 연골조직은 인공 기관지나 식도 등을 위한 동물 실험과 인공 합성 튜브의 대체 등 앞으로 많은 응용분야가 기대된다.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 2003년도 제3차 추계학술대회
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• pp.107-107
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• 2003

Purpose; Tracheal transplantation is necessary in patients with extensive tracheal stenosis, congenital lesions and many oncologic conditions but bears many critical problems compared with other organ transplantations. The purpose of this study was to make an intestine-cartilage composite graft for potential application for tracheal reconstruction by free intestinal graft. Methods; Hyaline cartilage was harvested from trachea of 2 weeks old New Zealand White Rabbits. Chondrocytes were isolated and cultured for 8 weeks. Cultured chodrocytes were seeded in the PLGA scaffolds and mixed in pluronic gel. Chondrocyte bearing scaffolds and gel mixture were embedded in submucosal area of stomach and colon of 3kg weighted New Zealand White Rabbits under general anesthesia. 10 weeks after implantation, bowels were harvested for evaluation. Results; We could identify implantation site by gross examination and palpation. Developed cartilage made a good frame for shape memory Microscopic examinations include special stain showed absorption of scaffold and cartilage formation even though not fully matured Conclusion; Intestine-cartilage composite graft could be applicable to future tracheal substitute and needs further Investigations.

• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2005

슬관절의 연골 결손에 대한 치료로 여러가지 방법이 시행되어 왔는데, 기존의 방법들은 치 유된 결손 부위가 섬유연골로 덮히는 것으로 알려져 있다. 최근 시행되는 자가 골연골 이식술과 자가 연골세포 이식술은 결손 부위가 대부분 초자연골로 덮힌다고 알려져 있다. 이 논문에서는 자가 골연골 이식술의 기초적 연구, 적응증, 수술 기법, 수술 후 결과를 기술하고자 한다.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2008

슬관절의 연골 결손에 대한 치료로 여러가지 방법이 시행되어 왔는데, 기존의 방법들은 치유된 결손 부위가 섬유연골로 재생되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 최근 시행되는 자가 골연골 이식술과 자가 연골세포 이식술은 결손 부위가 대부분 초자연골로 재생된다고 알려져 있다. 이 논문에서는 자가 골연골 이식술의 기초적 연구, 적응증, 수술 기법, 수술 후 결과를 기술하고자 한다.

• 대한구강악안면병리학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2018

A 57 years old female complained of severe pain on the right temporomandibular joint (TMJ) area. Her right condyle had been partly resected under surgical operation 13 years ago due to condyle hypertrophy, thereafter she felt dull pain on TMJ area and recently the lesion became severely swelled and painful leading to cancer phobia. The present radiological views showed slightly enlarged and sclerosed condyle with increased radiopacity, but its articular sliding function was almost disable during mouth opening. The patient's TMJ lesion was carefully managed with conservative physiotherapy and pain treatment. The microsection of condyle head obtained from the previous operation was re-evaluated histologically, and it was finally diagnosed as osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD), exhibiting hyperplastic proliferation of cartilage in condyle head and marked vascular dilatation in epiphyseal zone. This abnormal cartilage tissue was distinguishable from normal cartilage tissue found in the peripheral cartilaginous cap of the same microsection. The involved cartilage cap showed thick hypertrophic chondrocyte zone with horizontal and vertical clefts accompanying diffuse hyaline degeneration. The superficial fibrous zone of cartilage cap was thickened and frequently peeled off, while lower hypertrophic zone of cartilage cap was highly cellular and proliferative. Consequently, the endochondral ossification became aberrant and resulted pre-mature apoptosis of many hypertrophic chondrocytes, followed by diffuse and mild inflammatory reaction in the underlying marrow tissue. Therefore, it was suggested that this hypertrophic condyle lesion, OCD, be differentiated depending on radiological and histological features from ordinary condyle hyperplasia, osteochondroma, and osteoarthritis, and that the pathological confirmation of OCD may provide a reliable modality for dental and medical treatment of chronic and painful TMJ lesion.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2008

연골 세포는 무혈관성, 신경과 림프계가 없는 해부학적 특성으로 인해 연골 손상에 대한 치료가 어렵다. 연골 손상에 대한 수술적 치료는 간단한 변연 절제술로부터 천공술, 미세 골절술, 연골 이식술, 자가 연골 이식술 등 다양한 방법이있으며 이들 중 자가 연골 세포 이식술은 장기적 예후에서 여러 가지 이점이 기대되는 수술로 신체적 활동 요구도가 높은 15 ~ 55 세의 환자에게 좋은 적응이 된다. 자가 연골 세포 이식술은 1984년 Peterson 등의 동물 실험 결과를 토대로 발전하여 1994년에 사람을 대상으로 한 임상 실험에서 좋은 결과를 보였다. 성공적인 수술 결과를 얻기 위해서는 시술자는 자가 연골 세포 이식술의 적응증, 수술 술기 등을 잘 숙지하여야 하며, 수술 후 연골 세포의 재생 과정에 따른 술 후의 관리 및 환자 교육이 필요하다.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.175-179
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• 2012

활막 연골종증(synovial chondromatosis)은 관절 활막에 존재하는 활액막 세포가 연골모세포로의 화생에 의해 발생하는 것으로 슬관절, 고관절 등의 큰 관절에 주로 발생하며 견관절에 발생하는 경우는 드물다. 술전에 진단하기는 어려운 경우가 많으며, 수술적 활액막 절제술이 치료에 효과적이다. 저자들은 어깨 관절의 불편감과 통증을 호소하는 44세 여자환자에서 초자연골로 구성된 유리체를 동반한 견봉하 공간의 연골종증을 경험하여 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.815-818
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• 2010

Purpose: Soft tissue chondroma is a rare benign tumor, found mainly on the palm and sole and grows slowly. Typically, mature hyaline cartilage is the dominant pathological feature. There are reports that assert soft tissue chondromas to be a cause of median nerve entrapment syndrome. However, this is the first case report showing soft tissue chondroma to be a cause of simultaneous median and ulnar neuropathy. Methods: A 62 year-old woman presented with chief complaints of numbness and hypoesthesia of her right palm for 4 to 5 years, and a palpable mass on her right palm that had been increasing in size slowly for 3 years. Physical examination revealed a firm, mobile, non-tender and about $3{\times}3\;cm^2$ sized mass in the center of the right palm. Electromyography showed entrapment neuropathy of the median and ulnar nerve. Ultrasonography showed an approximately $5.7\;cm^2$ mass below the flexor tendon of ring finger. Upon surgical excision, a $3{\times}3\;cm^2$ mass attached to the flexor digitorum profundus of ring finger and redness and hypertrophy of both the median and ulnar nerve were discovered. Mass excision was performed gently and the specimen was referred for histopathologic study. Mass excision resulted in median and ulnar nerve release. Results: The pathology report confirmed the mass to be a soft tissue chondroma with mature hyaline cartilage. The patient exhibited post-operative improvement of her symptoms and did not show any complications. Conclusion: This is the first case report showing soft tissue chondroma to be a cause of simultaneous median and ulnar neuropathy.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.247-255
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• 2007

The bone morphogenic protein(BMP) can promote migration and growth of mesenchymal cells and initiate process for bone and cartilage formation. Cartilage-derived morphogenic protein(CDMP)-1 and -2 belong to the bone morphogenetic protein family in the transforming growth factor(TGF)-${\beta}$ superfamily. Although pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands is an epithelial tumor, it frequently shows ectopic cartilaginous formation with biomolecular studies. The mechanism of pathogenesis in cartilaginous formation is still controversy. We examined the expression and localization of CDMP-1 and -2, in comparison with the localization of cartilaginous matrix proteins, in human normal salivary glands and 20 cases of pleomorphic adenoma using immunohistochemical methods. The results were followed. 1. CMP-1 was immunolocalized in the striated ducts and the intercalated ducts, but not expressed in excretory duct, CDMP-2 was not expressed in the normal salivary glands. 2. CMP-1 was immunolocalized in the ductal cell and cuboidal neoplastic myoepithelial cells around the chondroid areas of the pleomorphic adenomas, whereas these molecules were not localized in the spindle-shaped neoplastic myoepithelial cells of the myxoid element in these tumors. CDMP-2 was expressed neither in normal salivary glands nor in any elements of the pleomorphic adenomas. 3. In transmission electron microscopic view, the tumor cells are composed of modifed myoepithelial cells between hyaline and myxoid stroma. 4. In Immuno-blot analysis, strong overexpression of CDMP-1 was frequently seen in pleomorphic adenomas, but the level of CDMP-2 was expressed minimally in pleomorphic adenoma. From the these results, it should be suggested that undifferentiated neoplastic myoepithelial cells around the chondroid areas expressed CDMP-1 and suggested that this molecule may play a role in the differentiation of neoplastic myoepithelial cells in pleomorphic adenoma, but not CDMP-2.