Kidney Toxicity Induced by 13 Weeks Exposure to the Fruiting Body of Paecilomyces sinclairii in Rats

Jeong, Mi-Hye,Kim, Young-Won,Min, Jeong-Ran,Kwon, Min,Han, Beom-Suk,Kim, Jeong-Gyu,Jeong, Sang-Hee Korean Society of ToxicologyKorea Environmental Mu 2012 Toxicological Research Vol.28 No.3

Paecilomyces sinclairiis (PS) is known as a functional food or human health supplement. However concerns have been raised about its kidney toxicity. This study was performed to investigate the kidney toxicity of PS by 13 week-oral administration to rats. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, and kidney damage biomarkers including beta-2-microglobulin (${\beta}2m$), glutathione S-transferase alpha (GST-${\alpha}$), kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1), tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), calbindin, clusterin, cystatin C, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and osteopontin were measured during or after the treatment of PS. BUN, creatinine and kidney damage biomarkers in serum were not changed by PS. However, kidney cell karyomegaly and tubular hypertrophy were observed dose-dependently with higher severity in males. KIM-1, TIMP-1 and osteopontin in kidney and urine were increased dose dependently in male or at the highest dose in female rats. Increased urinary osteopontin by PS was not recovered at 2 weeks of post-exposure in both genders. Cystatin C in kidney was decreased at all treatment groups but inversely increased in urine. The changes in kidney damage biomarkers were more remarkable in male than female rats. These data indicate that the PS may provoke renal cell damage and glomerular filtration dysfunction in rats with histopathological lesions and change of kidney damage biomarkers in kidney or urine. Kidney and urinary KIM-1 and cystatin C were the most marked indicators, while kidney weight, BUN and creatinine and kidney damage biomarkers in serum were not influenced.

Kidney Toxicity Induced by 13 Weeks Exposure to the Fruiting Body of Paecilomyces sinclairii in Rats

Mihye Jeong,Young-Won Kim,Jeong-Ran Min,Min Kwon,Beom-Suk Han,Jeong-Gyu Kim,Sang-Hee Jeong 한국독성학회 2012 Toxicological Research Vol.28 No.3

Paecilomyces sinclairiis (PS) is known as a functional food or human health supplement. However concerns have been raised about its kidney toxicity. This study was performed to investigate the kidney toxicity of PS by 13 week-oral administration to rats. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, and kidney damage biomarkers including beta-2-microglobulin (β2m), glutathione S-transferase alpha (GST-α), kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1), tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), calbindin, clusterin, cystatin C, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and osteopontin were measured during or after the treatment of PS. BUN, creatinine and kidney damage biomarkers in serum were not changed by PS. However, kidney cell karyomegaly and tubular hypertrophy were observed dose-dependently with higher severity in males. KIM-1, TIMP-1 and osteopontin in kidney and urine were increased dose dependently in male or at the highest dose in female rats. Increased urinary osteopontin by PS was not recovered at 2 weeks of post-exposure in both genders. Cystatin C in kidney was decreased at all treatment groups but inversely increased in urine. The changes in kidney damage biomarkers were more remarkable in male than female rats. These data indicate that the PS may provoke renal cell damage and glomerular filtration dysfunction in rats with histopathological lesions and change of kidney damage biomarkers in kidney or urine. Kidney and urinary KIM-1 and cystatin C were the most marked indicators, while kidney weight, BUN and creatinine and kidney damage biomarkers in serum were not influenced.

위절제술 환자의 표준진료지침 개발 및 적용 효과

김은희,김철규,이순교,김순덕,이혜옥,권정순,이경미,이민미,심순미,유용만,신종식,강은희,이상일,김병식,오성태,육정환,박수길 한국의료QA학회 2003 한국의료질향상학회지 Vol.10 No.2

Background : Gastric cancer is the most common malignant tumor in Korea. surgical operation is one of the major treatment modalities for gastric cancer patients. Therefore, gastrectomy is one of the most common procedures in General Surgery. There were variation in length of hospital stay and medical treatment for gastrectomy between three surgeons at Asan Medical Center. Clinical pathways have received considerable attention as a tool for recucing the medical practice variation, increasing the efficiency of care process, and improving the quality of care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a clinical pathway for gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients. Methods : The clinical pathway for gastrectomy was developed and implemented by a multidisciplinary group in Asan Medical Center. A computerized clinical pathway program was developed and revised after a pilot test. A total of 145 patients underwent gastrectomy by three surgeons at Asan Medical Center. We compared the length of hospital stay, patient satisfaction, and unplanned readmission rate between the pre-pathway group(n=67) and the post-pathway group(n=78). We also investigated the degree of satisfaction among the physicians and nurses who were main end-users of the clinical pathway. Results : The clinical pathway was applied to all target patients. The average length of hospital stay was shortened from 12.7days to 10.6days(p<0.01). The degree of patient satisfaction with the care process changed from 90.3% to 89.2% after the implementation of the clinical pathway, but the difference was of satistically significant(p=0.761). Unplanned readmission rate was 2.9% in the pre-pathway group. More than 90% of physicians and nurses answered that the clinical pathway had been a useful tool in their medical practice. Conclusions : The findings of the study demonstrated that implementation of the clinical pathway for gastrectomy produced substantial reduction in the length of hospital stay while improving the quality of patient outcomes. The computerized clinical pathway program can be used as one of the powerful patient management tools for reducing the practice variations and increasing the efficiency of care process in Korea hospital settings.

동종 골수이식 후 만성 이식편대숙주질환과 동반되어 신증후군으로 발현된 IgA 신병증 1예

정철권,김현수,박준성,정성현,조도연,최진혁,남동기,임호영,김명성,신규태,임현이,김효철 대한조혈모세포이식학회 1999 대한조혈모세포이식학회지 Vol.4 No.2

동종 골수이식 후 발생하는 신기능부전은 원인이 다양하여 감별에 어려움이 있다. 만성 GVHD는 흉선의 기능저하에 따른 면역관용의 실패로 발생되는 자가면역현상에 의해 발생되는 것으로 알려져 있으며 드물게 신장을 침범하여 신증후군을 일으키기도 한다. CaA의 용량을 줄이거나 투약중지 후 발생한 만성 GVHD에 동반된 신증후군의 경우 조기에 신조직검사를 시행하여 감별진단하고 CsA의 용량을 증량하거나 재투약하여 좋은 치료 결과를 보일 것으로 기대된다. 저자들은 문헌고찰을 통해 동종 골수이식 후 발생된 신증후군이 유사한 임상양상을 보이며 발생기전에 만성 GVHD와 자가면역현상이 연관되어 있음을 확인하였으며 동종 골수이식 후 신증후군의 임상양상을 보이는 환자에서 병리조직학적으로 lgA 신병증을 진단하고 이러한 lgA 신병증이 발생기전에 만성 GVHD와 자가 면역현상이 연관되어 있을 가능성을 최초로 확인하였으며 CsA를 이용하여 성공적으로 치료한 경험을 하였기에 보고하는 바이다. Renal insufficiency is occasionally encountered in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and its cause is difficult to ascertain. Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) related to thymic dysfunction is immune-mediated and involves autoreactivity of T-lymphocytes derived from donor marrow to recipient's major histocompatibility complex(MHC) minor antigens. The clinical mainifestations of chronic GVHD are similar to those of autoimmune disease but kidney involvement is rare. Few cases of nephrotic syndrome with membranous nephropathy or minimal change nephrotic syndrome have been reported to be associated with chronic GVHD in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient especially after cyclosporine A(CsA) withdrawal, and these cases have responded well to CsA. Therefore, it is prudent to differentiate the cause of post-transplant renal insufficiency using renal biopsy and to start CsA in a case of nephrotic syndrome associated with chronic GVHD as early as possible. We report a case who had a massive proteinuria during the post-allogeneic marrow transplantation period. The cause of nephrotic syndrome was diagnosed as IgA nephropathy by renal biopsy. The patient was successfully treated with reintroduction of CsA.

임피던스 방법을 이용한 뇌혈류량 측정기기의 개발(Ⅰ)

김덕원,김정래,송철규,김정열,남문현 대한의용생체공학회 1989 의공학회지 Vol.10 No.1

In this study, Rheoencephalography(REG) was designed and constructed. Using the constructed instrument cerebral blood flow(CBF) of left and right brain, CBF change by posture, and reproducibility were studied. Followings are important results. Relative CBF could be measured noninvasively and continuously. Since reproducibility of the constructed REG was found to be quite high (4 %), the accuracy of the instrument itself was proved. REG can be easily applied for testing the effect of drugs for the patients with cerebral vessel diseases since it is quite sensitive to the relative changes of CBF. Various cerebral diseases can be diagnosed by analyzing the REG waveforms. The area of restricted cerebral blood vessels can be located by arranging the electrode configuration. Comparative studies with the standard techniques of measuring CBF are needed to verify the accuracy of REG. Further studies on optimal electrode configuration and various artifacts are also necessary.

효소에 의한 꿩고기 가수분해물의 제조

정재홍,김기준,이규희,이석건,오만진 충남대학교 농업과학연구소 1998 농업과학연구 Vol.25 No.1

This studies was carried out to investigate the processing possibility of pheasant meat extracts treated with proteases. The crude protein, aminonitrogen, degree of hydrolysis, yield and amino acid composition of pheasant meat extracts when it was treated with proteases at various temperature and reaction time were analyzed. The crude protein contents of pheasant meat extracts processed in 130℃ were more than when it was done in 100℃, but the contents of aminonitrogen were not quite different between two processing temperature. The content of crude protein and aminonitrogen when pheasant meat was hydrolyzed with protease NP and prozyme A. The yields of pheasant meat extracts, when pheasant meat were treated at 100℃ and 130℃, were from 2.24 to 7.10% and from 5.51 to 10.45%, respectively. And the yield of extraction depended on extraction temperature, kinds of enzyme, amount of enzyme, extraction time. The content of aminonitrogen in pheasant meat extracts treated with enzyme was much higher than any other treatments. And it depended on amount of enzyme, extraction time and temperature. The amount of the amino acids in pheasant meat extracts treated by protease NP were eminently higher than by heat at 100℃ or 130℃.

CFRP복합재료의 적층각에 따른 가공 특성

정성택,박종남,김선진,조규재 한국공작기계학회 2002 한국공작기계학회 춘계학술대회논문집 Vol.2002 No.-

In recent days the more use of CFRP composite is in the airplane, automobile, and sport goods, etc., the more necessity of research on it in this engineering. In this research, the CFRP composite specimen are fabricated by 48 CFRP plies with 8 orientation angles, and the specimens are drilled with 3 tools. The results are analyzed with consideration of cutting force, type of tools and fabrication condition. The specimens with each drilling conditions are also investigated with SEM. The optimal drilling conditions such as drill types and cutting force with respect to the fabricating condition are studied.

교육사회학의 연구 동향 분석

김경식,권민석,김병규,박형진,송승면,황정희 경북대학교 사범대학부속 중등교육연구소 2005 중등교육연구 Vol.53 No.3

한국, 일본, 미국, 영국의 교육사회학 학술지 논문을 주제별 내용분석을 통해 각각의 하위개념을 도출하고 개념의 유사성의 정도에 따라 다시 상위개념으로 분류하여 교육사회학의 주요 연구영역을 탐색하였다. 학술지에서 가장 많이 다루어진 영역은 교육과 평등/지위획득, 교육정책과 제도, 교육사회학의 성격/이론, 학교사회와 학업성취, 페미니스트(여성), 청소년 문제와 문화, 교사교육/교직사회, 공교육의 문제/교육개혁 등의 순으로 나타났다. 특히 교육정책과 제도 문제는 한국과 일본에서, 교육사회학의 발달과 정체성 문제는 영국에서, 학업성취 관련 내용은 미국에서 가장 많이 다루어졌다. The purpose of this study was to explore the research trend in sociology of education. To conduct the purpose of this study, the Korean Journal of Sociology of Education(KJSE), the Journal of Educational Sociology(JES), Sociology of Education(SOE), and Bitish Journal of Sociology of Education(BJSE)'s articles were analyzed. The findings of this study were as follows: First, though the major categories(major domains) of research areas were a few differences among nations, they were education & equality, educational policy, sociology of education theory, school society & academic achievement, feminism, adolescent problem & culture, teacher education, school crisis & education reform, course education, sociology of curriculum, and etc. Second, the most frequent research area was the educational policy & system problems in Korea and Japan; the development and identity of sociology of education in Britain; The school society & academic achievement in U.S.A.

1996-1997년 겨울철에 유행한 인플루엔자의 임상역학적 분석 및 원인 바이러스의 분리

김수정,정규영,이용화,기창석,이남용,이상일,김지희 대한감염학회 1997 감염 Vol.29 No.4

목적: 인플루엔자는 매년 겨울 전 세계적인 유행을 일으키는 급성 호흡기 질환으로 높은 이환률과 사망율을 보인다. 국내에서도 1996-1997년 겨울철에 다수의 보고가 있었으나 아직 체계적인 감시가 이루어지고 있지 못하다. 저자들은 이 기간 동안 인플루엔자 바이러스 감염의 역학적 특성과 임상상을 연구하여 인플루엔자 감시의 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 방법: 1996년 10월부터 1997년 4월까지 삼성서울병원 임상병리과에 인플루엔자 바이러스 배양 검사가 의뢰된 모든 검체를 대상으로 인플루엔자 바이러스의 분리율과 유행 양상, 그리고 환자들의 임상상을 후향적으로 조사, 분석하였다. 결과: 총 461명의 환자로부터 525례의 검체가 의뢰되어 총 98명의 환자로부터 인플루엔자 바이러스가 분리되었다. 인플루엔자 A형은 54명의 소아 환자와 4명의 소아 환자로부터 분리되었다. 아형과 항원 특성 검사를 시행한 31례의 인플루엔자 A형 중 한 예에서 A/Wuhan/359/95 유사주로 확인되었고 12례의 인플루엔자 B형 중 5례에서 B/Guangdong/8/97 유사주로 확인되었다. 인플루엔자의 유행 양상은 3월과 4월 중순, 두 번의 인플루엔자 최고 분리 시점이 관찰되었고, 가장 많은 불리 빈도를 보인 연령층은 인플루엔자 A형의 경우 1세 미만이었고 인플루엔자 B형의 경우 3-5세였으며 폐렴이 가장 흔한 호흡기 질환이었다. 결론: 저자들은 3차 의료기관에서 분리된 인플루엔자 바이러스에 대한 역학적, 임상적 특성을 연구하였다. 지역사회에 대한 광범위한 연구가 아니므로 국내의 전반적 상황과는 차이가 있을 것으로 생각되지만 우리나라에서도 인플루엔자 바이러스의 이환률이 낮지 않을 것으로 생각되며, 보다 조직적이고 전국적인 인플루엔자 감시가 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다. Background: Although influenza has been a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, we have few data regarding the epidemioloical and clinical characteristics of influenza activity in korea. Since an outbreak of influenza was recognized during winter of 1996-1997, we analysed the epidemiological and clinical features of influenza activity in the hospital seeting. Methods: All clinical specimens requested for isolation of influenza virus at Samsung Medical Center from October 1996 to April 1997 were included. Mardin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell line was used for virus culture. Isolated viruses were confirmed with immunostain followed by subtyping. The demograpic and clinical characteristics of the patients were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Ninety eight influenza viruses were isolatd from 461 patients (21.3%). Influenza A and B virus were isolated from 58 (54 children and 4 adults) and 40 pediatric patients, respectively. One of 31 influenza A viruses was confirmed as A/Wuhan/359/95-like strain and 5 of 12 influenza B viruses were confiremd as B/Guangdong/8/97-like strains. Two distinctive peaks of influenza activity were recognized and the most common age of patients was less than 1 year for influenza A, and 3 to 5 years for influenza B. Common lower respiratory infections were pneumonia followed by croup, bronchiolitis and laryngitis. Conclusion: We analyzed the epidemiological and clinical features of influenza activity during winter of 1996-1997. Although this study was performed not in the community but in the hospital setting, the morbidity caused by influenza may not be low in Korea. Therefore, nationwide surveillance for influenza activity is warranted.

관상동맥 질환에서 SDF-1α의 농도

김보영,박용규,박형서,노상필,정승현,이유선,이정우,이재환,최시완,정진옥,성인환 충남대학교 의과대학 의학연구소 2003 충남의대잡지 Vol.30 No.1

Atherosclerosis is now viewed as an inflammatory disease of the vascular system. Expression of several chemokines, including monocyte chemoattractant protein(MCP)-1, MCP-4, RANTES(regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted), and interleukin-8(IL-8) are increased in human atherosclerotic plaques compared with normal vessels. They are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and plaque rupture by activating and directing leukocytes into the atherosclerotic lesions. However, some are involved in homeostatic functions such as normal leukocyte traffic and growth regulation. SDF-la is a multi-functional cytokine that is involved in myelogenesis, hematopoiesis, angiogenesis and injured gastric mucosal regeneration in the gastric ulcer patient. SDF-la is recently shown to be highly expressed in atherosclerotic plaques and a potent platelet agonist. At least in high concentrations, SDF-la may mediate antiinflammatory and matrix stabilizing effects in unstable angina. Many studies are going on to know the function of SDF-la in coronary artery diseases. I investigated the difference of the plasma level of SDF-la between control group and coronary artery disease group. Total 75 subjects were enrolled. The diagnosis of coronary artery disease was confirmed in all patients by coronary angiography. Control subjects in this study were confirmed normal by coronary angiography. Clinical profile and risk factors were also reviewed. Control subjects in this study were 27 (M=10, F=17). Plasma for the study was collected before the angiography and centrifuged. SDF-la analysis was performed by ELISA. Plasma level of SDF-la is significantly increased in patients with stable angina(n=20) and unstable angina group(n=28) compared with healthy control group(n=27). the risk factors do not influence the plasma level of SDF-la in coronary artery diseases. In this study, plasma level of SDF-la is increased in patients with stable angina and unstable angina groups compared with healthy control group(P<0.05). the risk factors do not influence the plasma level of SDF-la in coronary artery diseases.