• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.309-313
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to determine whether immunosuppresant, rapamycin could inhibit corneal angiogenesis induced by angiogenin and to evalutate the its role by micropocket assay. The rabbit's eye was implanted intrastromally into the superior cornea with pellet for the control group, pellet containing of angiogenin for the angiogenin group, and pellet containing of angiogenin and rapamycin for the rapamycin group. We could observed that the angiogen induced corneal angiogenesis was inhibited by rapamycin. The score of neovascularization was significantly decreased in the rapamycin group than in the angiogenin group at 7 and 10 days after pellet implantation (p < 0.05). Histologically, the cornea treated with rapamycin group also showed much less new vessels than the cornea treated with angiogenin. In conclusion, rapamycin appears to inhibit angiogenin induced angiogenesis in a rabbit corneal micropocket assay and may have therapeutic potential as an antiangiogenic agent.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.324-328
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• 2001

This study was performed to evaluate the effects of $AS_2O_3$ upon antiangiogenesis in rat cornea, to examine it\`s possible application as an anticancer drug and to provide basic data for further studies of antiangiogenetic mechanism of $AS_2O_3$ . Angiogenesis was induced by cornea micropocket assay, as previously described. Sixteen of forty-eight eyes of Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to one of three groups, namely, only a bFGF group(control group), and a group treated by $AS_2O_3$ ($AS_2O_3$ group). After pellet implantation, we measured the number of new vessels, vessel length and clock hour of neovascularization, and area of neovascularization was determined using a mathematical formula. New vessels growing began at day 3, number of vessels in $AS_2O_3$ group were significantly more less than those in control group (p<0.05). The length of vessels of $AS_2O_3$ group was significantly shorter than that of control group after day 3(p<0.05). The clock hours of all group were slowly increased at all days but $AS_2O_3$ group was inhibited more than control group. Neovascularization areas of $AS_2O_3$ group were more significantly inhibited than those of control group (p<0.05). This study showed that $AS_2O_3$ had powerful antiangiogenetic effects and it would be useful in the choice of anticancer drug.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2005

본 연구는 VEGF로 유발된 랫드 각막 미세낭 모델에서 As₄O/sub 6/와 As₂O₃ 혈관신생 억제효과를 비교하기 위해 실시하였다. 20ng VEGF가 함유된 펠렛을 이식하여 혈관신생을 유도하였다. 안과 검사후 정상적인 각막을 가진 Sprague-Dawley 랫드의 안구 60안을 이용하여 각 20안씩 무작위로 선정하여 대조군(비투약군), As₂O₃군(50mg/kg As₂O₃, 경구투여, 1일 1회), 그리고 As₄O/sub 6/군(50mg/kg As₄O/sub 6/, 경구투여, 1일 1회)으로 나누어 실시하였다. 이식이 완료된 후, 신생혈관의 개수, 길이 및 신생혈관의 각도를 미세수술현미경하에서 이식 3일째부터 9일째까지 매일 검사하였다. 신생혈관의 넓이는 신생혈관의 길이와 각도를 수학적인 공식에 적용하여 계산하였다. 실험 기간동안 As₄O/sub 6/군의 신생혈관 개수, 길이, 각도 및 넓이가 대조군과 As₂O₃군에 비하여 유의성 있게 억압되었다. (P<0.05). 이러한 결과 As₄O/sub 6/는 랫드 각막에서 VEGF에 의해 유도된 신생혈관에 As₂O₃보다 더 뛰어난 억제효과를 가지고 있음을 보여주었다.