• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1604-1611
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• 2006

Ostreae concha is natural products of sea that haves good function for anti-stress. WE observed the effect of Otreae concha, Yukkwooltang and yukwool-tang add Ostreae concha for catecholamine, GOT, GPT, LDH and TG after immobilization stress, Ostreae concha depressed the stress response. In immunohistochemical analysis, The area of withe pulp of the spleen decreased in the control groups as compared with control ones. At same time, more severe histological changes of spleen such as the decreased diameter of periarterial lymphoid sheath and splenic node were demonstrated in the rats challenged with emotional stress. But these changes were slightly recovered in rats pretreated with Sample I, Sample II and Sample III. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that the expression of the inflammation-related protein tended to increase. But a decline of these expression, especially TNF-${\alpha}$ by pretreated with Sample I, were observed in the red pulp of spleen of the experimental rats. These results suggest that ostreae concha may act as a therapeutic agent for stress disease through a regulation of stress-related hormones.

• 대한병리학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.416-419
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• 2018

We describe a case of a 61-year-old Korean man who was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma that was discovered on abdominopelvic computed tomography obtained after the patient complained of back pain. A radical nephrectomy was performed, and the surgical specimen showed a relatively well-circumscribed and yellowish lobulated hard mass. Microscopically, the tumor showed sheets and nests of hypercellular pleomorphic cells with thick fibrous septation, frequent mitoses, and areas of adrenal cortical-like tissue. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that the tumor cells were positive for inhibin-${\alpha}$, vimentin, synaptophysin, and melan A. It also revealed that the tumor cells were negative for pan-cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen, paired box 8, ${\alpha}$-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase, CD10, cytokeratin 7, carbonic anhydrase 9, c-Kit, renal cell carcinoma, transcription factor E3, human melanoma black 45, desmin, smooth muscle actin, S-100, chromogranin A, CD34, anaplastic lymphoma kinase, and integrase interactor 1. Based on these histopathological and immunohistochemical findings, we diagnosed the tumor as intrarenal adrenocortical carcinoma arising in an adrenal rest. Several cases of intrarenal adrenocortical carcinoma have been reported, although they are very rare. Due to its poor prognosis and common recurrence or metastasis, clinicians and pathologists must be aware of this entity.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.110-116
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• 2018

Since a transmembrane protein, TMEM16A, also called anoctamin 1 (ANO1), was identified as a bona fide calcium ($Ca^{2+}$)-activated chloride ($Cl^-$) channel (CaCC), there have been many reports on its expression and function. However, limited information on ANO1 expression and function in the brain is still available. In this study, we tried to reexamine expression patterns of ANO1 in the mouse cerebellum and further characterize ANO1-expressing components by immunohistochemical analyses. Strong ANO1 immunoreactivity was observed as large puncta in the granule cell layer and weak to moderate immunoreactivities were observed as small puncta in the molecular and Purkinje cell layers. Double-label experiments revealed that ANO1 did not colocalize with cerebellar neuronal population markers, such as anti-calbindin and anti-NeuN, while it colocalized or intermingled with a presynaptic marker, anti-synaptophysin. These results demonstrate that ANO1 is mainly localized at presynaptic terminals in the cerebellum and involved in synaptic transmission and modulation in cerebellar information processing.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2020

Two suckling piglets, 4 days and 10 days of age, showed lethargy and dyspnea after birth and mortality had been increased after incoming gilts from breeding farm. At necropsy, the lungs showed diffuse fail to collapse with rubbery consistency, edematous dilatation of interlobular septa, and lobular consolidation with purple red color. Heart was diffuse pale in color and had several irregular linear-shaped macules or patches. Histopathologically, diffuse interstitial pneumonia with the proliferation of type II pneumocytes was present in the lungs of 2 piglets. Alveolar lumens contained necrotic cellular debris derived from neutrophils and macrophages. Multifocal hemorrhage and necrotizing pneumonia with protozoan tachyzoites were observed in the lungs. Severe multifocal to confluent necrotic myocarditis, necrotic encephalitis, and necrotic adrenalitis with intralesional protozoan tachyzoites were observed in piglets. According to immunohistochemical analysis (IHC), Toxoplasma (T.) gondii tachyzoites antigens were confirmed in lung, heart, brain, and adrenal gland. And porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) antigens were also detected in the cytoplasm of macrophages in lungs using IHC. Based on the gross, histopathologic and immunohistochemical features, two suckling piglets were diagnosed as co-infection of T. gondii and PRRSV.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2021

A 10-year-old spayed female Yorkshire terrier dog with a history of pleural effusion and dyspnea for a week was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Radiography revealed pulmonary edema and pleural effusion. A mass infiltrating the right atrial lumen and especially the supra-tricuspid valve was identified with echocardiography. The mass was diagnosed as intracardiac neoplasia. Symptomatic treatment was prescribed to alleviate the symptoms of heart failure. Despite symptomatic treatment, the patient died a few days later. After obtaining consent from the owner, necropsy and histopathological evaluation were performed. The result was consistent with cardiac leiomyoma, and the diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining. To the authors' knowledge, this case is the first report of intracardiac leiomyoma in a dog in Korea.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2010

목 적: 방사선 치료를 받은 코인두암 환자의 치료 전 조직을 면역조직화학염색하여 생체분자적 예후인자를 찾고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년부터 2006년까지 방사선 치료를 받은 코인두암환자는 68명이었다. 이중 38명의 환자에서 면역조직화학염색을 위한 파라핀 블록을 찾을 수 있었다. 전체 환자 중 31명은 미분화암종이었고, 7명은 편평세포암종이었다. 전체 환자의 84%가 2002 American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage III or IV 환자였다. 전체 환자의 파라핀 블록을 이용하여 Met, COX-2, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), nm23-H1에 대해 면역조직화학염색을 시행하였다. 결 과: 전체 환자의 중앙 추적 기간은 30개월이었고 생존 환자의 중앙 추적 기간은 39개월이었다. 높은(${\geq}50%$) Met 발현을 보인 환자들의 5년 생존율은 48%, 낮은 Met 발현을 보인 환자들의 5년 생존율은 84%로 이는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=0.02). Met 발현 정도는 다변량 분석에서도 유의한 인자로 분석되었다(p=0.01). Met 발현은 종양의 병기, 성별, 나이, 항암제나 방사선 치료에 대한 반응 정도와 상관관계를 보이지 않았다. Met 발현 정도는 COX-2 발현과 중등도의 상관관계를 보였으나(Pearson coefficient 0.496, p<0.01), COX-2 발현은 전체생존율에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 nm23-H1이나 EGFR의 발현은 예후인자가 아닌 것으로 분석되었다. 결 론: 방사선치료를 받은 코인두암에서, 높은(${\geq}\;50%$) Met 발현은 전체생존율에 영향을 미치는 독립적인 예후인자일 가능성이 있다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.182-195
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• 2001

연구배경 : IPF에 의한 유병률과 사망률은 점차 증가하는 추세이나 좋은 치료는 없는 상태이다. 폐 섬유화 과정에서 TGF-${\beta}_1$, TNF-$\alpha$, ET-1, IFN-$\gamma$등의 사이토카인이 중요한 역할을 함이 알려져 있다. 본 실험은 파라콰트를 기관지 내로 주입하여 섬유화가 유발되는 과정의 백서의 폐 조직 내에서 ET-1과 TGF-${\beta}_1$의 발현을 살펴보고, 또한 비선택적 ET-1 receptor blocker인 Bosentan이 폐 섬유화의 치료에 효과가 있는지를 보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 웅성 7-8 주령의 백서 120 마리를 세 그룹으로 나누고 제 1그룹은 대조군으로 하여 기관지 내로 생리 식염수를 투여하였고, 제2그룹은 파라콰트를 투여하였으며, 제3그룹은 첫날 파라콰트를 투여한 후 매일 gastric gavage 방법으로 보센탄을 투여하였다. 파라콰트 혹은 생리식염수를 투여한 지 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14일째 각각 세 그룹의 일정 수를 희생하여 폐의 병리조직을 보고 면역세포화학염색으로 ET-1과 TGF-${\beta}_1$의 발현 율을 조사하여 분석하였다. 폐 섬유화의 정도는 H&E 염색과 Masson trichrome 염색을 하여 컴퓨터 영상분석을 시행하였고, 면역세포화학염색은 염색정도에 따라 반정량화하여 분석하였다. 결 과 : 파라콰트를 투여한 군이 대조군에 비해 콜라겐의 침착이 실험 3일째부터 현저히 증가하였고, ET-1과 TGF-${\beta}_1$의 발현이 주로 실험 초기에 증가하였다. 그러나 보센탄을 투여한 경우 콜라겐이 침착된 양에는 유의한 변화가 없었고 파라콰트군과 비교해서 ET-1과 TGF-${\beta}_1$의 발현에 뚜렷한 변화는 없었다. 결 론: 파라콰트를 투여한 경우 폐 섬유화가 증가하였다. 그리고 ET-1과 TGF-${\beta}_1$의 발현이 증가하였다. 그러나 ET-1 에 대한 receptor blocker인 보센탄이 폐 섬유화를 막지는 못하였다. 파라콰트에 의한 폐 섬유화에 ET-1이 연관성이 있으나 그 역할에 대해서는 추후 더 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2011

The working mechanism of bisphosphonate on bone cells is unclear despite its powerful inhibitory activity on bone resorption. The differentiation and activation of osteoclasts are essential for bone resorption and are controlled by the stimulatory RANKL and inhibitory OPG molecules. Teeth exhibit a range of movement patterns during their eruption to establish their form and function, which inevitably accompanies peripheral bone resorption. Hence, the mandible, which contains the teeth during their eruption processes, is a good model for revealing the inhibitory mechanism of bisphosphonate upon bone resorption. In the present study, RANKL and OPG expression were examined immunohistochemically in the mandible of rats with developing teeth after alendronate administration (2.5 mg/kg). The preeruptive mandibular first molars at postnatal days 3 to 10 showed the developing stages from bell to crown. No morphological changes in tooth formation were observed after alendronate administration. The number of osteoclasts in the alveolar bone around the developing teeth decreased markedly at postnatal days 3, 7 and 10 compared with the control group. RANKL induced strong positive immunohistochemical reactions in the dental follicles and stromal cells around the mandibular first molar. In particular, many osteoclasts with strongly positive reactions to RANKL appeared above the developing mandibular first molars at postnatal days 3 and 10. Immunohistochemical reactions with RANKL after alendronate administration were weaker than the control groups. However, the immunohistochemical reactivity to OPG was stronger after alendronate administration, at postnatal days 3 and 10. These results suggest that alendronate may decrease bone resorption by regulating the RANKL/OPG pathway in the process of osteoclast formation, resulting in a delay in tooth eruption.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.337-349
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• 1999

The extracellular matrix(ECM) is a complex network of different combination of collagens, glycosaminoglycans, laminin, fibronectin, and many other glycoproteins including proteolytic enzymes. The composition and organization of the ECM contributes to the uniques physical or biomechanical properties of a tissue. Fibronectins(FN) are dimeric glycoproteins located on cell surfaces, in the matrix of connective tissue, and in blood. Fibronectins mediate cell attachment to collagen substratum and have been implicated in a variety of important biological processes, including embryogenesis and cell differentiation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgical induction of anterior disk displacement(ADD) on distribution of fibronectin in the rabbit temporomandibular joint(TMJ) tissues included the articular cartilage, disc, retrodiscal tissue, articular eminence using an immunohistochemical technique. The left TMJ was exposed surgically, and all discal attachments were severed except for the posterior attachment. The disk was then repositioned anteriorly and sutured to the zygomatic arch. The right TMJ served as a shamoperated control. Normal joints were used as a nonoperated control. Fourty-five rabbits were used for experiments in total. For fibronectin immunohistochemical study, eighteen rabbits (one normal group and 5 experimental groups, each group consists of 3 rabbits) were used. The experimental rabbits were sacrified after operation period of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 weeks on fibronectin. The obtained results were as follows ; 1. Fibronectin immunoreaction on all TMJ tissues(mandibular condyle, articular disc, retrodiscal tissue, articular eminence) in the normal rabbit was observed. Especially the reverse cell layer and proliferation zone of articular cartilage of condyle show strong positive reaction. 2. Depletion of fibronectin in the all TMJ tissues except hypertrophic zone of articular cartilage occurred at 2 weeks following induction of ADD. 3. The restoration of immunoreaction at 4 weeks was observed and a progressive increasing reaction at 6 weeks, 8 weeks also was found. Our study generally showed degenerative changes in TMJ tissues after ADD although TMJ tissues adapted or degenerated to abnormal loads and stress distribution according to the remodeling capacity of TMJ tissues.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.56-65
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• 2002

국내에서 폐 유상피 혈관내피종이 악성으로 진행하여 사망한 예는 1예만 보고되어 있다. 단일 폐결절이 있는 환자에서 개흉 폐절제술후 병리조직학적으로 종양세포의 유사분열과 괴사를 동반하여 악성 유상피 혈관내피종으로 진단하고 예후가 불량할 것으로 예상되는 1예와 단순 흉부 촬영상 양측 다발성 폐결절이 있는 무증상 환자에서 비디오 흉강경 폐생검으로 폐 유상피 혈관내피종을 진단 후 조직학적 및 임상적으로 악성 소견 없이 경과를 관찰 중인 1예 및 양측 폐의 다발성 결절성 병변과 늑막액을 동반하여 개흉 폐생검으로 폐 유상피 혈관내피종을 진단 후 호흡부전으로 사망한 1예의 폐 유상피 혈관내피종 3예를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.