• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2003

We evaluated the effect of low power GaAsAl laser on re-epithelization in full-thickness excisional wound of rat skin. Two full-thickness excisions were made on the back of the experimental animals. Low power laser applications with 10mW intensity were treated experimental animals twice a day for 7 days. On the seventh postoperative day the quantitative analysis of re-epithelization was performed using immunohistochemical staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The majority of PCNA immunoreactive cells was observed at epithelial cells in the margin of full thickness excisional wound. The low power laser treatments significantly increased the number of PCNA immunoreactive cell as compared to that of non treated animal group (p<0.01). The shape of PCNA immunoreactive cell appeared as small dark, round to ovoid structures. Most PCNA immunoreactive cells exhibited a high intensity of staining that contrasted sharply with the surrounding background. In conclusion, these findings suggest that GaAlAs laser treatments effectively enhance the epithelial wound healing by the stimulating cell proliferation. Furthermore, the majority of cell proliferation occurred in the margin of full thickness excisional wound.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.281-289
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• 1997

The study was designed to investigate the effects of progesterone and estrogen on the uterus of rats by immunohistochemical methods using Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) antibody. Eighteen female rats(Wistar), weighing initially about 300g, were ovariectomized. These rats were divided into four groups, progesterone-treated group, estrogen-treated group, estrogen+progesterone-treated group, and control group, progesterone-treated group was injected with 1mg of progesterone per rat per day for 2 days and estrogen-treated group with $20{\mu}g$ of $17{\beta}-estradiol$ for 3 days and estrogen+progesterone-treated group with $17{\beta}-estrdiol$ for 3 days and then with progesterone for 2 days as above. In gross findings, the uteri were markedly hypertrophied by estrogen treatment but were not affect in size by progesterone treatment. Immunohistochemical investigation was performed on the cell types with higher appearance of PCNA positive reaction cells in four groups. The groups with higher appearance of the stromal cells were ordered as estrogen-treated group, progesterone-treated group, estrogen+progesterone-treated group, and control group. The muscle cells were ordered as progesterone-treated group, estrogen-treated group, estrogen+progesterone-treated group, and control group. Positive reaction cells of the stromal cells were total 4.6 times higher than those of muscle cells. Therefore, the affect of the hypertrophy on the uterus by estrogen was larger than those of progesterone and affect on the uterus by stromal cells were larger than those of muscle cells. The group with more PCNA positive reaction cells of luminal epithelial cells were ordered as control group, progesterone-treated group, estrogen+progesterone-treated group, and estrogen-treated group, and glandular epithelial cells were ordered as estrogen+progesterone-treated group, progesterone-treated group, control group, and estrogen-treated group. It was suggested that estrogen and progesterone did not affect on the proliferating cells of luminal epithelial cells and affection of progesterone on the development of glandular epithelial cell was larger than that of estrogen.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.85-99
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• 2004

Purpose: This study observed the changes in the telomerase activity, it's developmental regulation, PCNA expression, and their correlation in rat's upper digestive organs during growth and aging. Materials and Methods: Upper digestive organs(buccal mucosa, gingiva, palate, submandibular and parotid glands, and tongue) were aseptically removed from Sprague-Dawley rats of fetal(gestational 20 days), growing(1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 weeks after birth) and adult(12 week old). Samples for telomerase activity were frozen on liquid nitrogen immediately after sacrifice, and stored until the use at $-75^{\circ}C$ in order to measure it. Telomerase activity was measured by a PCR-based telomeric repeat amplication protoco(TRAP) assay and quantitated with Photometric Telo TAGGG Telomerase PCR ELISA plus(Roche Diagnostics GmbH. Mannheim. Germany). PCNA expression were measured immunohistochemistry with anti PCNA Ab-1, Clone PC10(NeoMark. California. USA). Results: 1. Telomerase activities in buccal mucosa, palate and gingiva were the highest in fetus and decreased gradually or rapidly after birth and then diminished, but In salivary gland and tongue were the highest in fetus and also high at 1 week and then decreased rapidly. 2. PCNA expression in buccal mucosa, gingiva, Tongue and salivary gland was the highest in fetus and decreased gradually and then diminished. but only in palate decreased rapidly after birth and then diminished. Conclusion: The highest telomerase activity of embryonic stage decreased rapidly after birth in rat's upper digestive organs. There may be a developmental regulation of telomerase activity, but not a tissue-specific. This telomerase activity seems correlated closely with PCNA expression in rat's upper digestive system.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.143-149
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• 1998

This study was carried out to evaluate the testicular toxicity of 2-bromopropane (2-BP), which recently caused occupational intoxication on the reproductive and hematopoietic system in Koreans, using light microscopy, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry. 10 weeks old male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were treated with 0.5 g/㎏/day of 2-BP orally for 8 consecutive weeks. The testes of the rats were vascularly perfused with Karnovsky's solution or immersed in Bouin's solution, embedded in plastic and evaluated with light microscopy. And relative proportions of haploid, diploid, and tetra-ploid states of DNA ploidy in the testicular cell suspensions of the SD rats were examined by flow cytometry. 2-BP induced severe testicular atrophy, depletion and degeneration of spermatogonia, spermatocytes, and spermatids and mild hyperplasia of Leydig cells without significant morphological changes. The Leydig cell hyperplasia was confirmed by immunohistochemistry using proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The immunopositive cells against PCNA were observed in the nuclei oj some interstitial cells. Relative proportions of haploid states of DNA ploidy decreased in the atrophic testicular cell suspensions comparing with those of the control. In conclusion, 2-BP induced testicular atrophy with Leydig cell hyperplasia as examined by histopathology, immunohistochemistry and DNA flow cytometry.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2012

Human placenta extract (hPE) has therapeutic potential against certain diseases such as burn injury, liver cirrhosis and chronic wound through stimulating tissue repair processes. However, the effects of hPE on liver regeneration in animals are unknown. This study investigated the effect of hPE on the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) during liver regeneration induced by partial hepatectomy (PH) in rats. The activities of AST, ALT and ALP increased during a few days after PH. A high level of ALP was particularly seen at day 3 in the control group. All the levels of experimental groups were normalized by day 5 after PH. On immunohistochemistry, the expression of PCNA increased at the early days, showed a peak at day 3 after PH. The PCNA staining was more obvious in the experimental group over the whole period. By western blotting, PCNA seemed to be more strongly expressed in the hPE injected group in the early stage and fell to almost undetectable levels at day 7. On immunocytochemical observations, the number of PCNA-gold particles in the nuclei at day 1 of the hPE treated groups was more than those of the untreated groups. The results suggest that hPE could accelerate liver regeneration induced by PH involving the expression of PCNA in rats.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2018

The investigation of the embryonic development of the cerebellum has a long history. The postnatal normal development of the cerebellum in rodents and other animals became a popular topic for morphological investigations nearly a century ago. However, surprisingly, only a few studies are available regarding the prenatal normal development of the rodent cerebellum, especially in guinea pigs. Cell proliferation is essential for the development of the nervous system. The assessment of cell proliferation can be achieved by using various methods. In this study, we investigated the cell proliferation of the cerebellar cortex in guinea pigs at different stages of pregnancy and in postnatal life. Fetuses were obtained by cesarean section at 50 or 60 days of gestation (dg). Immunohistochemistry was performed with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) antibody in the cerebellum. Strong PCNA immunoreactivity was observed in the external granular layer (EGL), which is a neurogenic zone in the cerebellum. The proportion of PCNA-IR cells was greater at 1 week than at 60 dg in lobule I, but not lobule VIII. After 50 dg, the width of the EGL continued to decline until 1 week, due to the maturation of the EGL cells. These results demonstrate the pattern of PCNA immunoreactivity in the developing cerebellum of guinea pigs. This serves as a guideline to study abnormal cerebellum development.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 1993

연구배경 : 암화 과정상의 한 요소는 조절되지 않는 세포의 증식인바 그 증식성을 알아볼 수 있는 많은 방법들이 소개되었는데 그중 한 방법이 소위 증식표지인 PCNA를 검색해 보는 것이다. PCNA는 36KD의 핵단백질로서 세포의 증식과정에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있는데 암세포에선 그 발현성이 잘 조절되지 않으므로 이를 이용하여 암세포의 생물학적 성상을 보다 잘 이해하려는 연구들이 시도되었다. 지금까지 알려진 바로는 암세포에서의 PCNA 발현율은 암세포중 증식세포 비율뿐 아니라 암세포의 분화정도, DNA의 배수성, 항암제에 대한 감수성 등과 관련된다고 보고되었다. 또한 그 방법의 단순성 및 신속성과 아울러 통상적 조직 보관법인 파리핀 포매 절편을 이용하므로써 조직형태를 그대로 유지한다는 장점이 있다. 이에 저자들은 폐암조직에서 PCNA 발현양상을 조사 분석하여 그 병태 생물학적 의의를 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 연구 대상은 폐암으로 진단받고 폐절제술로 적출되어 파라핀에 포매된 43예의 폐암조직을 사용하여, 면역조직화학 염색법으로 PCNA 발현을 조사하여 암세포형, 병기, 병소 종류, 생존율 등과 어떤 관계가 있는지 분석하였다. 결과: 1) 세포형에 따른 구분 : 편평상피암은 89%, 선암은 54%의 양성율을 나타내어 세포형에 따른 차이를 보였고 대세포암은 1예인데 양성이었다. 2) 병기에 따른 구분 : 병기가 진행할수록 즉 1기에서 보다 2, 3기에서 양성율은 높은 경향을 보이나 통계적 의미는 없었다. 3) 병소에 따른 구분 : 원발암 부위와 전이 임파절 부위에서의 양성율은 각각 77%와 62%로서 큰 차이가 없었고, 전이 병소를 가진 13예에서 두 부위간의 양성율은 92%와 62%로서 원발부위에서 높으며, 전이 병소를 가진 원발 부위에서의 양성율이(92%) 전이 병소가 없는 원발 부위의 양성율보다(70%) 높았다. 4) 생존 기간에 따른 구분 : 12개월 생존율을 비교할 때 양성율에 따른 차이는 없었다. 결론 : 본 연구 결과 폐암조직에서의 PCNA의 발현은 편평상피암에서 보다 높으며, 전이병소를 가진 원발 부위에서 높게 나타났으나, 병기 및 생존율 등에서는 차이가 나지 않았으므로 향후 더많은 예수에 대한 검증, 여러 다른 치료를 받은 경우에서의 검증, 더 오랜 기간의 생존율 관찰 및 다른 생물학적 지표와의 비교 검토가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.4217-4222
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• 2016

Purpose: To compare the expression level of CK 15 in normal esophageal and esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues and analyse possible functions of CK15 in occurrence and development. Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to compare CK14, CK15 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression levels in ESCCs. Expression level of CK15 was also assessed by Western blotting. In addition, levels of CK15, cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA21-1) and PCNA were detected in serum by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and chemiluminescence methods. Relationships between clinicopathological parameters and CK14 and CK15 expression were then analyzed. Results: According to immunohistochemistry, in esophageal and intraepithelial neoplasia (SIN) tissues, the expression of CK14, CK15 and PCNA localized to basal layer of the epithelium. CK14 and CK15 levels were higher in normal esophageal squamous epithelial tissue than in SIN and ESCC, and greater in highly differentiated than poorly differentiated carcinoma tissue. By Western blotting, we found more pronounced expression of CK15 in normal esophageal tissue, compared with carcinoma tissue. The specificity of changed CK15 and CYFRA21-1 expression was respectively 90.0% and 96.7% in serum of ESCC patients. Joint detection could improve the sensitivity of esophageal carcinoma diagnosis. Relationships between CK14, CK15 expression and clinical parameters were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Postoperative survival in patients of CK14, CK15 positive expression was longer than with negative expression ($x^2=4.35$, P=0.037; $x^2=9.852$, P=0.002). Conclusions: CK15 expression decreased in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue and serum of esophageal squamous carcinoma patients. We infer that CK15 may play an important role for the occurrence and development of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma. In the future, CK15 may be used for the diagnosis, treatment and prognostic evaluation of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2005

This study examined the effect of viable bifidobacteria and non-digestible carbohydrates on the cecal pH, colonic neoplastic lesion (aberrant crypt) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) labeling index in carcinogen-treated mts. Animals received s.c. injection of dimethylhydrazine (DMH) (15 mg/kg body weight) twice 3 days apart. Three days after the second carcinogen administration, the treatments were begun. 1he treatments were basal diet (AIN-76) with skim milk (Basal/skim), or the following diets with daily gavage of $10^8$ bifidobacteria: basal (Basal/bifido), $2\%$ fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS/bifido), $2\%$ soybean oligosaccharide (SBO/bifido), $2\%$ wheat bran oligosaccharide (WBO/bifido) and $8.4\%$ wheat bran (WB/bifido). After 4 weeks of treatment, cecal pH was measured using a pH probe. The number of aberrant crypt (AC), aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and crypt multiplicity were enumerated and colonic PCNA labeling index was determined using immunohistochemistry. Cecal pH was significantly reduced in SBO/bifido and FOS/bifido groups compared to control group. However, there were no significant differences in either number of AC or rates of cell proliferation as shown by PCNA labeling index among the groups, although mts fed FOS/bifido reduced the numbers of ACF compared to Basal/skim group. The SBO/bifido group did not reduce the number of ACF or PCNA labeling index. Also, other oligosaccharides did not reduce the risk of colon cancer compared to control group. The concomitant reduction of cecal pH and number of ACF suggest that the combination of bifidobacteria and FOS may reduce the risk of colon cancer.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.756-765
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• 1997

연구배경 : 종양세포 성장의 역동학적 성상은, 종양의 분열능을 직접적으로 반영하므로 종양의 예후 예견에 임상적 의의가 있다. PCNA는 DNA 합성에 관여하는 36KD의 핵단백질로서, 종양 조직에서 면역조직화학적 방법으로, 그 발현 정도를 계측하여 종양세포 증식정도의 반영으로서 이용하고 있다. 이에 저자들은 폐암의 조직에서 면역조직화화적 방법으로 PCNA의 세포의 분열능을 반영하는 다른 분자생물학적 인자 즉 S-주기비율과의 관계를 확인하고, PCNA의 발현정도에 따른 폐암환자들의 생존률을 검색하였다. 방 법 : 대상군은 원발성 비소세포 폐암으로 확진 받고, 외과적 절제술 후 파라핀에 보관된 57례의 폐암 조직을 사용하여 면역조직화학 염색법으로 PCNA의 암세포형, TNM 병기, 세포 분화도, S-주기 비율과 생존률과의 관계를 분석하였다. 결 과 : 본 병원에서 외과적 절제술을 시행한 57례중 남녀비는 43 : 14였고, 평균연령은 60세였다. PCNA의 발현 정도는 25%를 기준으로 하여 +, ++, +++, ++++로 구분하였다. PCNA의 발현은 편평상피암에서 선암보다 강하게 발현되었으며, TNM 병기에 따른 PCNA 발현의 차이는 없었다. 세포의 분화도에 따라서 미분화일수록 PCNA의 발현 정도는 높았으나, 유의한 차이는 없었다. S-주기 비율은 -17.9%, +18.3(${\pm}9.7$)%, ++18.6(${\pm}11.1$)%, +++19.6(${\pm}9.0$)%, ++++24.7(${\pm}8.2$)% 였으나 서로간의 유의성있는 차이는 없었다. PCNA의 발현 정도에 따른 2년 생존률과 중간 생존기간은 -50% 13.0개월, +75% 41.3개월, ++73% 33.6개월, +++67% 29.0개월, ++++25% 9개월로서 서로간에 유의한 차이를 보여주고 있다(P<0.05, Kaplan-Meier법, generalized Wilcox). 결 론 : 비소세포 폐암에서 PCNA의 발현정도는 편평상피암에서 선암보다 높았고, TNM 병기와 세포분화도에 따른 차이는 없었다. PCNA 발현정도에 따라 S-주기 비율은 증가한 듯하나 유의성은 없었다. PCNA 발현이 높을수록 2년 생존률과 중간 생존기간은 유의하게 불량하였다. 즉 결과적으로 PCNA 염색법은 비소세포폐암의 예후인자로서의 이용이 가능하리라 생각된다.