• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2003

목 적: 만성 반복성 복통, 식사 후 상복부 불쾌감, 잦은 구토나 구역질이 있는 소아를 대상으로 위내시경을 시행하여 위십이지장 병변을 확인하고, 생검체를 이용한 위십이지장 조직학적 검사와 H. pylori 검출 그리고 면역블롯팅을 통해 혈청 내에 H. pylori 특이 항체 존재를 확인하여 한국에서 관찰되는 소아의 위장관 증세와 위십이지장병변 및 H. pylori 감염과의 관계를 조사하고자 하였다. 방 법: 1990년 6월부터 1991년 4월까지 경상대학교병원 소아과에서 상부 위장관 증상으로 위내시경을 시행 받은 184명 중 위 전정부에서 생검이되었고, 요소분해효소 검사, Warthin-Starry 은염색 혹은 Hematoxylin-Eosin 염색으로 조직학적에서 H. pylori의 존재유무를 확인할 수 있었던 107명을 대상으로 위십이지장 조직학적 검사와 IgG 면역블롯팅에 의한 항-H. pylori 항체 보유 유무를 확인하였다. 결 과: 1) 대상 환아 107명 중 남아가 61명(57%), 여아가 46명(43%)이었으며, 연령은 2세부터 15세까지 분포하였고 평균연령은 10.7세로서 10세에서 15세 사이가 가장 많았다. 2) 내시경상 15%에서 위출혈 반점, 위궤양, 십이지장궤양, 십이지장 미란, 출혈성 십이지장염 등이 관찰되었고 대부분은 다양한 정도의 위점막 발적이 관찰되었다. 3) 107명 중 94명(88%)에서 경도 이상의 조직학적 만성위염이 있었으며, 십이지장 조직이 검사 가능하였던 99명 전원에서 만성십이지장염이 있었다. 4) 요소분해효소 검사는 위에서는 45%, 십이지장에서는 25.6%에서 양성으로 판정되었다. H&E 염색 검사에서 38.7%, Warthin-Starry 은염색 검사에서는 40%에서 HPLO 양성이었다. 이 세가지 검사 중 1개 검사에서 양성인 경우인 조직학적 H. pylori 양성은 57%이었다. 5) IgG 면역블롯팅 양성은 96%이었다. 6) 연령군별 조직학적 H. pylori 양성은 0∼4세 군에서는 29%, 5∼9세 군에서는 41%, 10∼15세 군에서는 68%로 연령이 증가할수록 양성률이 증가하였으나, 조직학적 만성위염 및 만성십이지장염 빈도와 면역블롯 양성 빈도는 연령군별 차이가 없이 높은 양성률을 유지하였다. 결 론: 상부 위장관 증세가 있는 소아의 대부분은 조직학적 만성위염 및 만성십이지장염과 동시에 H. pylori에 대한 특이 IgG 항체를 보유하고 있었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 1997

Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped, microaerophilic human gastric pathogen causing chronic-active gastritis in association with duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer. To investigate the possibility of H. pylori outer membrane proteins (OMPS) as the oral vaccine antigens, sarcosine-insoluble outer membrane fraction has been prepared from H. pylori NCTC 11637. The major OMPs having apparent molecular masses of 62 kDa, 54 kDa and 33 kDa were detected by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), which were identified as urease B subunit (UreB), heat shock protein (Hsp54 kDa) and urease A subunit (UreA), respectively. Minor protein bands of 57 kDa, 52 kDa, 40 kDa, 36 kDa and 31 kDa were also observed. The antigenicity of H. pylori OMPs and antigenic cross-reactivity among the strains were determined by immunoblot analysis using anti-H. pylori OMPs antisera or intestinal lavage solutions. The results showed that UreB, Hsp54 kDa, UreA and 40 kDa proteins vigorously stimulated mucosal immune response rather than systemic immunity. From this results, these proteins seemed to be useful as the antigen candidates for the oral vaccine. The immunoblotting results with surface proteins from eight isolated H. pylori strains were similar to that of H. pylori NCTC 11637. The IgA which had been arised from oral administration of H. pylori OMPs, was able to bind H. pylori whole-cells.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.219-233
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• 2018

Helicobacter pylori plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric cancer, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. In Korea, the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori infection in adults were revised in 2013. The European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group and Consensus panel released the fifth edition of the Maastricht Consensus Report for the management of H. pylori infection in 2015, and the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the North American Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition released the updated joint guidelines for children and adolescents in 2016. Considering these recommendations and recent progress in our research and that of other research teams, this study aimed to discuss the diagnostic strategies for H. pylori infection in children and adolescents.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1631-1635
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• 2016

Helicobacter pylori infection plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric malignancy. A diagnosis of infection is thus an important part of a treatment strategy of many gastrointestinal tract diseases. Many diagnostic tests are available but all have some limitations in different clinical situations and laboratory settings. A single gold standard cannot available, but be used for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in daily clinical practice in all areas, so several techniques have been developed to give reliable results, especially focusing on real time endoscopic features. The narrow band imaging system (NBI) and high resolution endoscopy are imaging techniques for enhanced visualization of infected mucosa and premalignant gastric lesions. The aim of this article is to review the current diagnostic options and possible future developments detection of Helicobacter pylori infection.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2007

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an important bacterial pathogen that causes chronic gastritisand is associated with gastroduodenal ulcer disease, adenocarcinoma of the distal stomach, and gastricH. pylori infection associated with host agehave not been well-defined in human. To evaluate the difference in host susceptibility to infection in relationto age of acquisition of H. pylori infection, we designed an experiment involving inoculation of H. pyloriATC 43504 at different ages of Mongolian gerbils. H. pylori was inoculated at 5 weeks and 18 monthsof age, as representatives of early and late infection, respectively. Animals were sacrificed 1 week and 4weeks after challenge, and the stomach was removed from each animal for bacterial culture, histologicalexamination, and polymerase chain reaction test. 5 week-old gerbils revealed infection andmaintained continuously its infection until 4 weeks. However, old gerbils did not maintained H. pyloriinfection. These data suggest the insusceptibility of H. pylori in old Mongolian gerbils and the importanceof animal ages for successful animal experimental infection. Also, the results demonstrated that earlyinfection of H. pylori increases its host susceptibility, as compared to the case with later infection, possiblybecause of differences in host gastric mucosal factors and imunologic responses.

• 약학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.160-167
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• 2011

Cirsium japonicum var. ussuriense (CJ) is used as a folk medicine for diuretic, arthritis, dyspepsia, and bleeding in Korea. Until now, more than fifteen kinds of CJ were identified and among them, Cirsium japonicum var. nakaianum Nakai was selected as experimental material. Both that from The Medical Herb Garden of Seoul National University located at Gayang-dong, Koyang city and native that from a hillock near Dangjin, Chungnam were collected and analyzed to determine whether it is varied in efficacy on their habitats. Extracts and fractions of CJ had a strong effect of antibacterial activity on H. pylori and antioxidant effects. And the CJ from Garden and Dangjin were showed to be more efficient in acute gastritis through the HCl${\cdot}$ethanol-induced gastric lesion test and chronic gastritis through the indomethacin-induced gastric lesion test, respectively. This study proved that the effects of CJ are varied by their habitats. Also, these results suggest that the CJ has potentials for use as functional food and medicine.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.280-284
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• 2010

배경: 폐 이식 수술 후 관리가 급속하게 발전함에도 불구하고 이식 후 소화기계 합병증은 여전히 중요한 문제점으로 남아있다. 저자들은 폐 이식 후 발생한 소화기계 합병증과 그의 치료법에 대해 후향적으로 연구하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1996년 7월부터 2009년 3월까지 23명의 환자에서 시행한 25예의 폐 또는 심폐이식에 대한 의무 기록을 검토하였다. 소화기계 합병증은 폐 이식 후 발생한 소화기계 질환으로 정의 하였다. 30일내 사망한 8명의 환자는 연구에서 제외하였다. 결과: 추적 관찰 기간은 중앙값 6.9개월(범위: 2개월 부터 111개월)로 수술 사망을 제외한 17예 중 11예(64.7%)에서 23회의 소화기계 합병증이 발생하였다. 만성 위염이 17예 중 4예(23.5%)에서 발생하여 가장 많았고, 2주 이상의 심한 설사가 3예에서 발생하였다. 3예에서 위궤양이 있었고 이중 1명의 환자는 궤양으로 인한 위천공으로 위 봉합술을 시행 받았다. 또한, 이 환자는 복부 수술 후 2개월 만에 궤양이 재발하여 위 출혈이 발생하였다. Cytomegalovirus에 의한 위염과 식도염이 각각 2예와 1예 있으며 식도 궤양은 2예 있었다. 식도 협착은 2예가 있었는데 스텐트를 삽입하여 치료하였다. 그밖에 장폐쇄, 황달을 동반한 담석, 위막성 대장염(pseudomembranous colitis), 내시경하 점막 절제술로 치료한 조기 위암이 각각 1예씩 있었다. 결론: 폐 이식 후 발생하는 소화기계 합병증은 발병률이 비교적 높은 편이며 폐 이식 후 환자의 영양 상태를 악화시켜 이환율과 사망률을 높이는 결과를 가져올 수 있기 때문에 적극적인 검사를 통한 조기 진단과 치료가 필요하다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.264-265
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• 2000

Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori) is the causative agent of chronic gastritis and the single most important factor in peptic ulcer disease, however, the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying H, pylori infection are not well understood. Futhermore, there is a strong association between H. pylori infection and gastric cancer. Various diagnostic methods for detecting H. pylori infection are available. These can be divided into invasive methods, requiring endoscopy, and non-invasive tests, mainly 13C-urea breath tests and serologic detection of antibodies. Rapid urease test is the most recommendable endoscopic test for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection, presently. CLO test kit is the represent of rapid urease test kits. The principles of CLO test kit is that hydrolysis of urea by urease Is detected by a dye indicators showing a color change. Our device is used same principle but we improved the reaction time is more faster and positive color change is more distinctive from the color of the negative specimen. So, this kit is more reliable because it response faster and accuracy.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2006

Lots of cases relating Helicobacter pylori infection to iron-deficiency anemia have been described in the literature and H. pylori infection has emerged as a cause of refractory iron-deficiency anemia which is unresponsive to oral iron therapy. H. pylori-associated iron-deficiency anemia can be treated by H. pylori eradication. It is not thought to be attributable to gastrointestinal blood loss, such as duodenal ulcer. The mechanism by which H. pylori infection contributes to iron-deficiency anemia remains unclear. However, four possible explanations can be posited for this relationship; occult blood loss secondary to chronic gastritis, reduced iron absorption due to hypo- or achlorhydria, increased iron consumption by H. pylori, and iron sequestration in gastric mucosa. H. pylori-associated iron-deficiency anemia seems to develop in populations at increased risk for iron depletion. When pubescent girls, including athletes, are found to have iron-deficiency anemia refractory to iron administration, they should be evaluated for H. pylori infection.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2004

Backgrounds & Methods : Asthma is considered to be chronic inflammatory disease characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and pulmonary eosinophilia. Recently, there has been many researches about asthma. IBS(Irritable Bowel Syndrome), PUD(peptic Ulcer disease) and GERD(gastroesophageal reflux disease) are the most common diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Recent studies suggest that IBS, PUD and GERD are associated with bronchial hyper-responsiveness and bronchial asthma might be more prevalent in IBS and GERD patients than in control subjects. In addition, there are many comments about the interrelationship between the gastrointestinal problem and asthma in the oriental medical books. Actually, many oriental medical doctors don$^{\circ}$Øt consider the gastrointestinal condition when they deal with the asthmatic patients these days. So, we assessed the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and histories in a cohort of patients with asthmatic symptoms. We evaluated 128 outpatients with asthmatic symptoms(60 males and 68 females, aged 13-75). All subjects enrolled completed the GSRS(Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale). GSRS is an interview based rating scale consisting of 15 items for assessment of gastrointestinal symptoms in IBS and PUD developed by Jan Svedlund. Results : The limit of total score of GSRS in asthmatic patients is zero to 30. The number of patients with no GI symptoms is 66(51.5%). The number of patients with GSRS>5 is 62(48.4%), GSRS>10 is 24(18.8%), GSRS>15 is 8(6.25%). The number of patients with history of gastritis is 54(42.2%), gastric ulcer is 13(10.2%), gastroptosis is 8(6.25%), IBS is 6(4.68%), others is 6(4.68%). Conclusions : This study suggests that patients with bronchial asthma have an significant prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms. Additional studies are needed to find the mechanism of the association between gastrointestinal symptoms and asthma.