• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2009

The aim of this study was to investigate if dietary Chlorella vulgaris(chlorella) intake would be effective on cadmium(Cd) detoxification in rats fed dietary Cd. Fourteen-week old male Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats weighing $415.0{\pm}1.6\;g$ were randomly divided into two groups and fed slightly modified American Institute of Nutrition-93 Growing(AIN-93G) diet without(n=10) or with(n=40) dietary Cd(200 ppm) for 8 weeks. To confirm alteration by dietary Cd intake, twenty rats fed AIN-93G diet without(n=10) and with(n=10) dietary Cd were sacrificed and compared. Other thirty rats were randomly blocked into three groups and fed slightly modified AIN-93G diets replacing 0 (n=10), 5 (n=10) or 10% (n=10) chlorella of total kg diet for 4 weeks. Daily food intake, body weight change, body weight gain/calorie intake, organ weight (liver, spleen, and kidney), perirenal fat pad and epididymal fat pad weights were measured. To examine Cd detoxification, urinary Cd excretion and metallothonein (MT) concentrations in kidney and intestine were measured. Food intake, calorie intake, body weight change, body weight gain/calorie intake, organ weight and fat pad weights were decreased by dietary Cd intake. Urinary Cd excretion and MT concentrations in kidney and small intestine were increased by dietary Cd. After given Cd containing diet, food intake, calorie intake, body weight change, body weight gain/calorie intake, organ weights and fat pad weights were not influenced by dietary chlorella intake. Renal MT synthesis tended to be higher in a dose-dependent manner, but not significantly. And chlorella intake did not significantly facilitate renal and intestinal MT synthesis and urinary Cd excretion. These findings suggest that, after stopping cadmium supply, chlorella supplementation, regardless of its percentage, might not improve cadmium detoxification from the body in growing rats.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2009

목 적 : 방광요관 역류증 환아의 단회뇨에서 요단백 및 효소(Microalbumin, NAG, ${\beta}_2$ MG)의 배설을 측정하여 방광요관 역류의 정도나 신손상을 조기에 예측 할 수 있는 지표로 의미가 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 요로감염증으로 진단 받았던 91명의 환아 중 방광요관 역류와 신결손이 없었던 환아 I군 (n=62), 신결손은 없이 방광요관 역류만 있었던 환아는 II군(n=10), 신결손 및 방광요관 역류증을 모두 가지고 있었던 환아는 III군(n=19)으로 분류하여 아침첫 소변에서 microalbumin, NAG, ${\beta}_2$ MG를 측정하여 평균값을 비교하였다. 방광요관 역류 grade에 따라 VUR Grade I, II, III은 역류의 정도가 낮은 군으로 VUR grade IV, V는 역류가 높은 군으로 분류하여 요중 Microalbumin, NAG, ${\beta}_2$ MG값을 비교하였다. 결 과 : 단회뇨에서 측정한 microalbumin 값은 역류와 신결손이 있는 군이 없는 군과 비교하여 의미있게 증가되어 있었다(microalbumin: $42.3{\pm}27.2\;mg/gCr$ VS $25.2{\pm}10.9\;mg/gCr$, P<0.05). 단회뇨${\beta}_2$ MG, NAG의 평균값의 각 군간의 비교에서는 통계학적인 유의성이 없었다. 방광요관 역류가 높은 군에서 낮은 군보다 microalbumin 측정치가 의미 있게 증가되었다($23.4{\pm}7.7\;mg/gCr$ VS $39.3{\pm}22.1\;mg/gCr$, P<0.05). 결 론: 요로감염으로 진단받은 방광요관 역류증 환아에서 역류 정도와 역류성 신병증으로의 진행 여부를 예측하는 지표로 단회뇨의 microalbumin 측정이 유용하며, 외래에서 추적 관찰에 간편하게 이용할 수 있고 환아와 보호자의 순응도 상승에도 효과가 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.5-13
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• 1980

A study on the diuretic action of Siegesbeckiae herba in dogs was made using a clearance technique with ethanol extract. Siegesbeckiae herba ethanol extract (SGEE) administered intravenously in doses 6.0 and 60.0mg/kg elicited diuresis and an increase in sodium and potassium excretion, and it simultaneously produced a decrease in the reabsorption rate of sodium and potassium in renal tubules. Neither renal plasma flow nor glomerular filtration rate changed significantly. SGEE, when infused directly into a renal artery in doses of 0.5 and 1.5mg/kg min, exhibited identical results to the intravenous responses confined only to the infused kidney. The above observations lead to the suggestion that SGEE elicits diuresis in dogs by decreasing the reabsorption rates of sodium and potassium in renal tubles.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2017

Proteinuria is common in pediatric and adolescent patients. Proteinuria is defined as urinary protein excretion at levels higher than $100-150mg/m^2/day$ in children. It can be indicative of normal or benign conditions as well as numerous types of severe underlying renal or systemic disease. The school urine screening program has been conducted in Korea since 1998. Since then, numerous patients with normal or benign proteinuria as well as early stage renal diseases have been referred to the hospital. Benign proteinuria includes orthostatic proteinuria and transient proteinuria. Most causes of proteinuria can be categorized into 3 types: 1) overflow, 2) tubular, and 3) glomerular. Although treatment should be directed at the underlying cause of the proteinuria, prompt evaluation, diagnosis, and long-term monitoring of these pediatric patients can prevent potential progression of the underlying disease process. This article provides an overview of proteinuria: its causes, methods of assessment, and algorithmic suggestions to differentiate benign from pathologic renal disease.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 1971

The existence of oxytocin in the pituitary gland of chicken has been ascertained, but its physiological roles are still obscure. In the study the action of oxytocin on renal function of the chicken was investigated during water diuresis, utilizing clearance and the Sperber technique. The results obtained are summarized as follows: Oxytocin, like in many species of mammals, elicited a profound diuretic response in the chicken. Urine flow, excretion of electrolytes, as well as glomerular filteration rate increased, with intravenous infusion of $3{\sim}10\;m{\mu}/kg/min$. Oxtocin, infused into the renal portal circulation via hindleg vein in a dose of $3{\sim}13\;m{\mu}/kg/min$. elicited marked increase in urine flow, glomerular filteration rate and sodium excreted in the urine. The diuretic effect was more pronounced in the infused side. It is suggested that diuretic response to oxytocin in the chicken results from dual action of oxytocin: increase of GFR and inhibition of sodium reabsorption on the renal tubule. The possibility that oxytocin might act through some endogenous substances could be ruled out.

• 약학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.401-406
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• 1990

The Pharmacokinetics of furosemide (5 mg/kg iv) was investigated in rabbits with folate (75 mg/kg, 150 mg/kg 300 mg/ug, iv) induced renal failure. The plasma concentration was increased and urinary excretion was decreased significantly compared with those of normal rabbits. ${\alpha},\;{\beta}\;and\;K_{12},\;K_{21},\;K_{10}$ were decreased, $t_{1/2}$ and AUC were increased significantly. Correlation of serum creatinine concentration and AUC, renal clearance have linear relationship respectively. In short, dosage regimen of furosemide is considered to be adjusted in the dose size and the dosing interval by degree of serum creatinine concentration.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1985

The pharmacokinetics of lithium carbonate were investigated in rabbits with folate-induced renal failure. The blood level, the area under the blood concentration curve (AUC) and the biological half·life were increased significantly, and the urinary excretion was decreased significantly compared with those of normal rabbits. Correlation of serum creatinine concentration and AUC, biological half-life, and correlation of creatinine clearance and renal clearance of lithium carbonate have linear relationship respectively. In short, dosage regimen of lithium carbonate is considered to be adjusted in the dose size and the dosing interval by degree of experimental renal failure.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.125-136
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• 1989

This study was investigated to clarify the effect of Sin Bee Tang (神秘湯) on the renal function, arterial blood pressure and plasma cortisol. The results obtained were follows; 1. Urine volume and glomerular filtration rate were decreased significantly after Sin Bee Tang water extract, 0.1ml/kg, administration. 2. Glomerular filtration rate, renal plasma flow and urinary excretion of electrolytes were increased significantly after Sin Bee Tang water extract, 0.25ml/kg, administration. 3. Plasma cortisol concentration increased significantly after Sin Bee Tang water extract, 0.25ml/kg, administration. These results suggest that the therapeutic action of Sin Bee Tang for 'Su Chun (水喘)' has a relation with the increase of plasma cortisol and renal hemodynamic effect.

• 약학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.174-178
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• 2002

Phellinus linteus (Hymenocaetaceae) is a member of Basidiomycotinae, which has been used for the treatment of gastric cancer, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, diarrhea, and menstrual irregularity. To investigate the diuretic action of Phellinus linteus, urinary volume, serum parameters and urinary electrolytes in HgCl$_2$-induced acute renal failure rats in vivo were measured. The results showed that its MeOH extract produced significant increases on urinary volume, sodium and potassium excretion, and revealed lowering effects of the abnormally elevated BUN, creatinine and uric acid value in acute renal failure rats.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2023

Cystinuria, a genetically inherited disorder, is a rare cause of kidney stones. It is characterized by impaired transport of cystine and amino acids in the proximal renal tubule and the small intestine. Most patients develop cystine stones throughout their lifetime. Recurrent renal stones need to be extracted by repeated urologic interventions. Treatment options of cystinuria for preventing stone recurrence are limited and poorly tolerated. In this study, we report a pediatric case of cystinuria with a heterozygous SLC3A1 mutation diagnosed by stone analysis, measurement of urine cystine excretion, and genetic analysis. There were recurrent renal stones despite repetitive shock wave lithotripsy and retrograde intrarenal surgery. However, the rate of stone formation seemed to be slower after D-penicillamine was added into adequate hydration and urinary alkalinization.