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Diagnostic Imaging of Iatrogenic Ureterovaginal Fistula Secondary to Ovariohyterectomy in a Cat (고양이에서 중성화 수술 후 발생한 의인성 요관질루의 영상진단 증례)

  • Jung, Joo-Hyun;Chang, Jin-Hwa;Yoon, Jung-Hee;Choi, Min-Cheol
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.480-483
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    • 2006
  • A spayed female, 1-year-old, Himalayan, weighing 1.89 kg, was referred. The clinical signs included anorexia, depression, vomiting, urinary incontinence and vaginal discharge for 7 days after elective ovariohysterectomy. In laboratory examination, there was moderate azotemia. Abdominal radiographic findings included heterogeneous serosal detail loss and right renomegaly. Abdominal ultrasonography showed hyperechoic ascites, bilateral polycystic kidneys, right hydronephrosis, and right hydroureter. Excretory urography demonstrated an ureterovaginal fistula. Exploratory laparotomy confirmed this diagnosis and explained that the right ureter had been included in a ligature around the cranial vagina.

Obesity-associated Morbidity (비만관련 합병증의 이해)

  • Choi, Kwang Hae
    • Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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    • v.11 no.sup1
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    • pp.149-152
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    • 2008
  • Obesity tracks from childhood into adulthood, and the persistence of obesity rises with age among obese children. Obesity are independent risk factors for increased morbidity and mortality throughout the lifecycle. Obese individuals develop resistance to the cellular actions of insulin, characterized by an impaired ability of insulin to inhibit glucose output from the liver and to promote glucose uptake in fat and muscle. Insulin resistance is a key etiological factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, polycystic ovarian syndrome.

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Cell cycle-related kinase is a crucial regulator for ciliogenesis and Hedgehog signaling in embryonic mouse lung development

  • Lee, Hankyu;Ko, Hyuk Wan
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.53 no.7
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    • pp.367-372
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    • 2020
  • Cell cycle-related kinase (CCRK) has a conserved role in ciliogenesis, and Ccrk defects in mice lead to developmental defects, including exencephaly, preaxial polydactyly, skeletal abnormalities, retinal degeneration, and polycystic kidney. Here, we found that Ccrk is highly expressed in mouse trachea and bronchioles. Ccrk mutants exhibited pulmonary hypoplasia and abnormal branching morphogenesis in respiratory organ development. Furthermore, we demonstrated that Ccrk mutant lungs exhibit not only impaired branching morphogenesis but also a significant sacculation deficiency in alveoli associated with reduced epithelial progenitor cell proliferation. In pseudoglandular stages, Ccrk mutant lungs showed a downregulation of Hedgehog (Hh) signaling and defects in cilia morphology and frequency during progenitor-cell proliferation. Interestingly, we observed that activation of the Hh signaling pathway by small-molecule smoothened agonist (SAG) partially rescued bud morphology during branch bifurcation in explants from Ccrk mutant lungs. Therefore, CCRK properly regulates respiratory airway architecture in part through Hh-signal transduction and ciliogenesis.

Channelopathies

  • Kim, June-Bum
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2014
  • Channelopathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders resulting from the dysfunction of ion channels located in the membranes of all cells and many cellular organelles. These include diseases of the nervous system (e.g., generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, familial hemiplegic migraine, episodic ataxia, and hyperkalemic and hypokalemic periodic paralysis), the cardiovascular system (e.g., long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia), the respiratory system (e.g., cystic fibrosis), the endocrine system (e.g., neonatal diabetes mellitus, familial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis, and familial hyperaldosteronism), the urinary system (e.g., Bartter syndrome, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease, and hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia), and the immune system (e.g., myasthenia gravis, neuromyelitis optica, Isaac syndrome, and anti-NMDA [N-methyl-D-aspartate] receptor encephalitis). The field of channelopathies is expanding rapidly, as is the utility of molecular-genetic and electrophysiological studies. This review provides a brief overview and update of channelopathies, with a focus on recent advances in the pathophysiological mechanisms that may help clinicians better understand, diagnose, and develop treatments for these diseases.

A Case Study on Effect of No mind-therapy(Korean traditional Qigong) on Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease(ADPKD) (다낭성신질환, 한의학으로 어떻게 접근할 것인가? (동의보감을 중심으로-증례보고))

  • Lee, Jung-Eun;Han, Young-Joo;Lim, Do-Hee;Park, Yang-Chun;Bae, Han-Ho
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.192-199
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    • 2004
  • Objective : This study was designed to evaluate the extent of effectivness of no mind-therapy (Korean traditional Qigong) on ADPKD. Method : ADPKD patient were observed for one year, given no Western Treatments, and treated only Josik(調息), Joki(調氣)(Korean traditional therapy). Results : 1. The general condition of patient improved and there were specific symtoms that ceased. 2. Hypertention patient showed a lowering of blood pressure. Conclusion : These results suggest a role for no mind-therapy in treatement of ADPKD.

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