• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.223-227
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• 2016

A static, unilateral, and focal bone depression located lingually within the ascending ramus, identical to the Stafne's bone cavity of the angle of the mandible, is being reported. During development of the mandible, submandibular gland inclusion may lead to the formation of a lingual concavity, which could contain fatty tissue, blood vessels, or soft tissue. However, similar occurrences in the ascending ramus at the level of the parotid gland are extremely rare. Similar cases were previously reported in dry, excavated mandibles, and 3 cases were reported in living patients. A 52-year-old African American male patient was seen for pain in the mandibular teeth. Panoramic radiography showed an unusual concavity within the left ascending ramus. Cone-beam computed tomography confirmed this incidental finding. The patient was cleared for the extraction of non-restorable teeth and scheduled for annual follow-up.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.277-286
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• 1997

저자들은 1988년부터 1996년까지 중앙대학교 부속병원에서 수술적으로 치료한 47례의 타액선 종양환자를 대상으로 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) 호발연령은 50대에서 가장 높았으며 악성종양의 경우 양성종양보다 호발연령이 높았다. 2) 여자에서 남자보다 호발하며 그 비율은 1.5;1 이었다. 3) 발생부위는 이하선이 가장 많아 48.9% 였으며, 악하선, 소타액선의 순이었으며 소타액선 종양은 구개에서 가장 많이 발생하였다. 4) 악성의 빈도는 소타액선에서 발생한 경우가 가장 높았으며, 악하선, 이하선 순이었다. 5) 가장 많은 증상은 무통성의 종물이었다. 6) 세침흡인 세포검사의 진단적 정밀도는 88.9% 였다. 7) 가장 흔한 타액선종양은 혼합종으로 전체의 57.4 %였다. 8) 악성종양 중 경부임파절 전이율은 22.2%였다. 9) 수술적 치료후 합병증의 발생률은 19.1% 였으며 일시적 안면신경마비가 가장 많았다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.305-309
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• 2002

There are some evidences that $K^+$ efflux evoked by muscarinic stimulation is not mainly mediated by large conductance $K^+$ (BK) channels in salivary gland. In this experiment, we therefore characterised non BK channels in rat submandibular gland acinar cells and examined the possibility of agonist effect on this channel using a patch clamp technique. Two types of $K^+$ channels were observed in these cells. BK channels were observed in 3 cells from total 6 cells and its average conductance was $152{\pm}7$ pS (n=3). The conductance of the another types of $K^+$ channel was estimated as $71{\pm}7$ pS (n=6). On the basis of the conductance of this channel, we defined this channel as intermediate conductance $K^+$ (IK) channels, which were observed from all 6 cells we studied. When we increased $Ca^{2+}$ concentration of the bath solution in inside-out mode, the IK channel activity was greatly increased, suggesting this channel is $Ca^{2+}$ sensitive. We next examined the effect of carbachol (CCh) and isoproterenol on the activity of the IK channels. $10^{-5}$ M isoproterenol significantly increased the open probability (Po) from $0.08{\pm}0.02$ to $0.21{\pm}0.03$ (n=4, P<0.05). Application of $10^{-5}$ M CCh also increased Po from $0.048{\pm}0.03$ to $0.55{\pm}0.33$ (n=5, P<0.05) at the maximum channel activity. The degree of BK channel activation induced by the same concentration of CCh was lower than that of IK channels; Po value was $0.011{\pm}0.003$ and $0.027{\pm}0.005$ in control and during CCh stimulation (n=3), respectively. The result suggests that IK channels exist in salivary acinar cells and its channel activity is regulated by muscaricinic and ${\beta}-adrenergic$ agonist. We conclude that IK channels also play a putative role in secretion as well as the BK channels in rat submandibular gland acinar cells.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 1997

Acinic cell carcinoma is a slow-growing solid neoplasm of salivary gland. Although their cytological and histological finding is bland-looking, their biological behavior is unpredictable. We experienced two cases of acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary gland diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy and confirmed by tissue examination. They showed different clinical courses. We compared their cytologic and histologic findings. The first case was a right preauricular mass in a 58 year-old female of 3 years duration. The cytologic smear revealed sheets or small clusters of monotonous cells mimicking normal serous acinar cells with little cellular pleomorphism. She underwent superficial parotid lobectomy. The tumor was a well demarcated 1.5cm sized nodular mass without infiltration into surrounding parenchyme. The second case was a left submandibular mass in a 23 year-old male of 4 years duration. The smear showed more severe pleomorphism of the tumor cells than those of previous case. Excisional biopsy was done. The excised tumor was $5.5{\times}3.5{\times}3cm$ sized multilobulated solid mass with invasion into surrounding parenchyme. The tumor recurred after 20months, thus total excision of the mass and modified radical neck dissection was carried out. From the above findings, cytologic atypism, infiltrative growth pattern and type of initial therapy may be correlated with biologic behavior.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2006

The effects of adenosine triphosphate(ATP) on salivary glands have been recognized since 1982. The presence of purinergic recepetors(P2Rs) that mediate the effects of ATP in various tissues, including parotid and submandibular salivary gland, has been supported by the cloning of receptor cDNAs and the expression of the receptor proteins. P2Rs have many subtypes, and the activation of these receptor subtypes increase intracellular $Ca^{2+}$, a key ion in the regulation of the secretion in the salivary gland. The apical pores of taste buds in circumvallate and foliate papillae are surrounded by the saliva from von Ebner salivary gland(vEG). Thus, it is important how the secretion of vEG is controlled. This study was designed to elucidate the roles of P2Rs on salivary secretion of vEG. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (about 200 g) were used for this experiment. vEG-rich tissues were obtained from dissecting $500-1,000\;{\mu}m$ thick posterior tongue slices under stereomicroscope view. P2Rs mRNA in vEG acinar cells were identified with RT-PCR. To observe the change in intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ activity, we employed $Ca^{2+}-ion$ specific fluorescence analysis with fura-2. Single acinar cells and cell clusters were isolated by a sequential trypsin/collagenase treatment and were loaded with $10\;{\mu}M$ fura -2 AM for 60 minutes at room temperature. Several agonists and antagonists were used to test a receptor specificity. RT-PCR revealed that the mRNAs of $P2X_4$, $P2Y_1$, $P2Y_2$ and $P2Y_3$ are expressed in vEG acinar cells. The intracellular calcium activity was increased in response to $10\;{\mu}M$ ATP, a P2Rs agonist, and 2-MeSATP, a $P2Y_1$ and $P2Y_2R$ agonist. However, $300\;{\mu}M\;{\alpha}{\beta}-MeATP$, a $P2X_1$ and $P2X_3R$ agonist, did not elicit the response. The responses elicited by $10\;{\mu}M$ ATP and UTP, a $P2Y_2R$ agonists, were maintained when extracellular calcium was removed. $10\;{\mu}M$ suramin, a P2XR antagonist, and reactive blue 2, a P2YR antagonist, partially blocked ATP-induced response. However, when extracellular calciums were removed, suramin did not abolish the responses elicited by ATP. These results suggest that P2Rs play an important role in salivary secretion of vEG acinar cells and the effects of ATP on vEG salivary secretion may be mediated by $P2X_4$, $P2Y_1$, $P2Y_2$, and/or $P2Y_3$.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.66-69
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• 2015

$K{\ddot{u}}ttner$ tumor is a benign inflammatory disease of the salivary gland that clinically mimics a malignant tumor because of its presentation as a unilateral painless hard mass. However the precise cause of this disease is still unknown. Pathologically, it is characterized by infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells. Also, it is accompanied with an elevated level of plasma IgG4. We report one case of $K{\ddot{u}}ttner$ tumor of the right submandibular gland in a 37 year old woman.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.153-159
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• 2012

The effects of the an immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine A (CsA), on the salivary gland are largely unknown, even though clinical trials for the stimulation of salivation using CsA have been attempted. Cyclophilin A (CypA) is known to be a binding protein for CsA. CypA has cell proliferation and tissue matrix change activities. In our present study, the presence of CypA in the gland and effects of CsA on CypA expression were investigated by immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting and RT-PCR analyses. CypA was immunohistochemically detected in various kinds of ducts in the submandibular glands of Sprague Dawley rats. The CypA mRNA level was highest at postnatal day 1 and gradually decreased in a time-dependent manner up to adulthood. The expression of CypA increased after a 10 day subcutaneous administration of CsA in postnatal day 1 rats. Surgical sections of the chorda-lingual nerve with impaired salivation showed no changes in CypA expression. A cell proliferation assay using PCNA anti-serum showed increased cell division following CsA treatment. These results suggest that CsA and CypA may act on ductal cells to regulate saliva composition rather than salivation levels.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.157-162
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• 1994

It is the purpose of this paper to determine the relative frequency of the neoplastic vs. non-neoplastic disease in a series of surgically removed parotid and submandibular masses. The study was conducted a retrospective review of 249 consecutive, operated patients' records seen over a 9-year period from 1985 through 1993 at Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital. One hundred and fifteen patients had parotid mass and 134 patients had submandibular mass. All the specimen surgically removed were studied histopathologically. The numbers and percentages of patients are reported along with a pathological classification of the lesions encountered: neoplastic(benign, malignant) and non-neoplastic (inflammatory, non-inflammatory). There were 59 benign, 46 malignant, 6 inflammatory, 4 non-inflammatory in 115 parotid mass, and 33 benign, 48 malgnant, 47 inflammatory, 6 non-inflammatory in 134 submandibular mass. One-hundred-eighty-six of entire 249 patients had tumor involvement, for a 74.7% incidence of neoplasia. There was a neoplastic predominance in parotid mass(91.3%) and a relative inflammatory predominance in submandibular mass(35.1%).

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2001

목적: 이번 연구는 임상적으로 구내 건조증을 호소하는 환자에서 Tc-99m pertechnetate를 사용하여 역동적 타액선 신티그라피를 얻어 기능적 변수를 정량화 하고자 하였으며 그 결과를 정적 타액선 신티그라피와 비교하여 그 유용성을 비교하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 임상적으로 구내 건조증을 호소하는 환자 26명의 52개의 이하선과 52개의 악하선을 대상으로 하였다. 각각의 환자에서 역동적 타액선 신티그라피와 정적 타액선 신티그라피를 얻었다. 비교를 위하여 10명의 정상 대조군에서 같은 방법으로 타액선 신티그라피를 획득하였다. 370 MBq Tc-99m pertechnetate를 정주한 다음 10분 후에 자극 전 정적영상을 획득하였고 이어서 20분간 역동적 영상을 획득하였는데 이때 최타 자극을 위해 레몬 주스를 사용하였다. 역동적 영상을 획득한 후에 정적영상을 다시 획득하여 재섭취 영상으로 하였다. 역동적 영상에서는 섭취율, 분비율 및 재섭취율과 같은 기능적 변수를 획득하여 정상과 비정상을 판별하였다. 마지막으로 정적영상과 동적영상의 결과를 비교하였다. 결과: 모든 증례에서 역동적 타액선 신티그라피에서 섭취율, 분비율 및 재섭취율을 성공적으로 획득할 수 있었다. 역동적 신티그라피에서 각각 52개의 이하선과 악하선 중 22개의 이하선과 22개의 악하선이 비정상으로 판독되었다. 정적 신티그라피에서는 다른 결과가 초래 되었는데 역동적 타액선 신티그라피의 결과를 참조하여 그 원인을 추정할 수 있었다. 결론: Tc-99m perechnetate를 사용한 역동적 타액선 신티그라피는 정적 신티그라피보다 타액선의 기능적인 평가에 더 유리하다고 생각되며 임상적으로 구강건조증이 있는 환자에서 타액선의 기능적인 변화를 평가하는데 유용하다고 생각된다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2005

타액선에서 교감 신경과 부교감 신경이 나트륨 운반체와 수분 통로의 조절에 어떠한 기능을 하는지 알아 보고자 흰쥐 악하선을 지배하는 교감 신경과 부교감 신경을 절제하고 나서 타액선내 나트륨 운반체와 수분 통로의 발현을 조사하여 다음과 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1. Na,K-ATPase의 ${\alpha}1,\;{\beta}1$ 소단위는 교감 신경 절제에 의해 크게 영향받지 않았으나 부교감 신경 절제에 의해서는 두 소단위의 발현이 모두 감소되었다. 2. ENaC ${\alpha}-,\;{\beta}-,\;{\gamma}-$ 소단위는 그 발현이 교감 신경 절제에 의해 영향 받지 않았으나 부교감 신경 절제에 의해서 도리어 증가하였다. 3. NHE3는 교감 신경 및 부교감 신경 절제에 의해 모두 크게 감소했다. 4. 교감 신경 절제시 AQP1의 발현이 크게 증가했으나, 부교감 신경 절제시 영향 받지 않았다. 5. 교감 신경 절제 및 부교감 신경 절제는 AQP4 발현을 크게 증가시켰다. 6. AQP5는 교감 신경 절제시 영향을 받지 않았으나, 부교감 신경 절제시 크게 감소되었다. 이상의 실험성적을 요약할 때 악하선을 지배하는 교감 신경 및 부교감 신경은 선의 나트륨 운반체 및 수분 통로 발현에 긴장성 조절을 영위함으로써 타액의 전해질 및 수분 조성을 결정하는 데 공헌함을 알 수 있다. 그리고 이 신경의 절제시 보이는 나트륨 운반체와 수분 통로의 변화는 기능적으로 신경 절제 타액선에서의 타액 분비량과 타액의 무기질 조성 변화의 원인이 될 것이라 생각된다.