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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 714-722, 1998.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-55203

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BACKGROUND: Rifampicin (RFP) is a key component of the antituberculous short-course chemotherapy and the RFP resistance is a marker of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. RpoB gene encodes the beta-subunit of RNA polymerase of M. tuberculosis which is the target of RFP. And the mutations of rpoB gene have been found in about 96% of rifampicin resistant clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis. So in order to find a rapid and clinically useful diagnostic method in identifying the REP resistance, we compared the PCR-line probe method with PCR-SSCP for the detection of the rpoB gene mutation in cultured M. tuberculosis. METHODS: 45 clinical isoLates were collected from patients who visited Sung Kyun Kwan University Hospital. The REP susceptibility test was referred to the referral laboratory of the Korean Tuberculosis Institute. 33 were rifampicin resistant and 12 were rifampicin susceptible. The susceptibility results were compared with the results of the PCR-SSCF and PCR-line probe method. RESULTS: We could find rpoB mutations in 27/33(81.8%) RFP-resistant strains by PCR-line probe method, and in 23/33(69.7%) by PCR-SSCP and there was no significant difference between two methods. There was no mutation in rifampicinn susceptible strains by both methods.: Comparison of PCR-line probe and PCR-SSCP methods for detection rifampicin resistance CONCLUSION: PCR-Iine probe method would be a rapid, sensitive and specific method for the detection of rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


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Humains , DNA-directed RNA polymerases , Résistance aux substances , Traitement médicamenteux , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Mycobacterium , Polymorphisme de conformation simple brin , Orientation vers un spécialiste , Rifampicine , Tuberculose
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 1390-1395, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-148572

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Intravascular lymphomatosis(IVL) which was first described by pfleger and Tappeiner in 1959 is rare malignancy characterized by neoplastic proliferation of lymphoid cell lineage within the vascular lumen with little or no adjacent parenchymal involvement. Its usual sites of involvement are central nervous system and skin or infrequently heart, lungs, pancreas, liver, spleen, kidney, adrenal glands, genitourinary tract, and bone marrow. Pulmonary involvement of IVL is not common. Symptoms of pulmonary involvement include dyspnea, cough and fever. Radiologicially, the disease is manifested with diffuse interstitial infiltrates. We report a recently experienced case of pulmonary intravascular lymphomatosis which was manifested with fever and chest pain.


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Glandes surrénales , Moelle osseuse , Système nerveux central , Douleur thoracique , Toux , Dyspnée , Fièvre , Coeur , Rein , Foie , Poumon , Lymphocytes , Lymphomes , Pancréas , Peau , Rate
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 280-289, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-72650

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BACKGROUND: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) has been reported to diveres spectrum of chinical presentations and radiologic patterns. The three representative radiologic patterns are followings; 1) a solitary nodule or mass, 2) a localized consolidation, and 3) multicentric or diffuse disease. While, the localized consolidation and solitary nodular patterns has favorable prognosis, the multicentric of diffuse pattern has worse prognosis regardless of treatment BAC presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule is often misdiagnosed as other benign disease such as tuberculoma. Therefore it is very important to make proper diagnosis of BAC with solitary nodular pattern, since this pattern of BAC is usually curable with a surgical resection. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical and radiologic features of patients with pathologically-proven BAC with solitary nodular pattern from January 1995 to September 1996 at Samsung Medical Center. RESULTS: Total 11 patients were identified. 6 were men and 5 were women. Age ranged from 37 to 69. Median age was 60. Most patients with BAC with solitary nodular pattern were asymptomatic and were detected by incidental radiologic abnormality. The chest radiograph showed poorly defined opacity or nodule and computed tomography showed consolidation, ground glass appearance, internal bubble-like lucencies, air bronchogram, open bronchus sign, spiculated margin or pleural tag in most patients. The initial diagnosis on chest X-ray were pulmonary tuberculosis in 4 patients, benign nodule in 2 patients and malignant nodule in 5 patients. The FDG-positron emission tomogram was performed in eight patients. The FDG-PET revealed suggestive findings of malignancy in only 3 patients. The pathologic diagnosis was obtained by transbronchial lung biopsy in 1 patient, by CT guided percutaneous needle aspiration in 2 patients, and by lung biopsy via video-assited thoracocopy in 8 patients. Lobectomy was performed in all patients and postoperative pathologic staging were T1N0M0 in 8 patients and T2N0M0 in 3 patients. CONCLUSION: Patients of BAC presenting with solitary nodular pattern were most often asymptomatic and incidentally detected by radiologic abnormality. The chest X-ray showed poorly defined nodule or opacity and these findings were often regarded as benign lesion. If poorly nodule or opacity does not disappear on follow up chest X-ray, computed tomography should be performed. If consolidation, ground glass appearance, open bronchus sign, air bronchogram, internal bubble like lucency, pleural tag or spiculated margin are found on computed tomography, further diagnostic procedures, including open thoracotomy, should be performed to exclude the possiblity of BAC with solitary nodular pattern.


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Femelle , Humains , Mâle , Adénocarcinome bronchioloalvéolaire , Biopsie , Bronches , Diagnostic , Études de suivi , Verre , Poumon , Aiguilles , Pronostic , Radiographie thoracique , Nodule pulmonaire solitaire , Thoracotomie , Thorax , Tuberculome , Tuberculose pulmonaire
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 391-400, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-72640

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BACKGROUND: Bronchoscopy is an essential procedure for identifying the bleeding site and evaluating cause of hemoptysis. However, it is controversial regarding to the timing of bronchoscopy in patients with hemoptysis. Early bronchoscopy, which was performed during hemoptysis or with 48hour after cessation of bleeding, was better for identifying the site of bleeding compared with delayed bronchoscopy, which was performed 48 hours after cessation of bleeding. The diagnostic yield of identifying the bleeding site by bronchoscopy was variable in reported literature and the safety of early bronchoscopy was not mentioned in previous literature. Therefore, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of early bronchoscopy in patients with hemoptysis. METHOD: From October 1994 to August 1996 in Samsung Medical Center, bronchoscopy was performed in patients with hemoptysis. Early bronchoscopy was performed prospectively during hemoptysis or within 48 hours after cessation of bleeding from May 1995 to August 1996. Delayed bronchoscopy group included patients who did not recieved early bronchoscopy at the same period or in whom bronchoscopy was performed 48 hour after cessation of bleeding from October 1994 to May 1995. RESULTS: Early bronchoscopy group was performed 73 times in 71 patients. Delayed bronchoscopy was performed in 57 times in 55 patients. There was no difference as to amount and underlying cause of hemoptysis between both groups. Indentification of bleeding site by visualizing active bleeding was significantly higher in early bronchoscopy(38.3%) than delayed bronchoscopy group (8.7%) (p0.05). Causes of hemoptysis was found in 18 patients in early and 16 patients in delayed bronchoscopy group. patients who had early bronchoscopy underwent surgery. We diagnosed the site of bleeding in 4 patients preoperatively. In 3 patients we made a treatment plan promptly right after bronchoscopy. Among early bronchoscopy group, bleeding over 100cc during bronchoscopy occurred in 2 patients. In early bronchoscopy group there was no other major complication during bronchoscopy. CONCLUSION: In patients with hemoptysis, early bronchoscopy which performed within 48 hours after cessation of bleeding was more effective procedure for indentifying the bleeding site than delayed bronchoscopy which was performed after 48 hour cessation of bleeding.


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Humains , Bronchoscopie , Hémoptysie , Hémorragie , Études prospectives
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 1146-1157, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-158861

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Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare disease which is characterized by excessive fibrosis of mediastinum and symptoms caused by compression and obstruction of mediastinal structures. Afthough the pathogenesis of this disease is unknown, granulomatous infection is cinsidered to be the most common cause of this disease. Histoplasmosis is the most common etiology, especially in the endemic areas in United States. Tuberculosis is another etiology of fibrosing mediastinitis. We experienced two cases of fibrosing mediastinitis associated with tuberculous infection.


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Fibrose , Histoplasmose , Médiastinite , Médiastin , Maladies rares , Tuberculose , États-Unis
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Journal of the Korean Medical Association ; : 1075-1082, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-116438

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No abstract available.


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Corée , Tuberculose
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Korean Journal of Medicine ; : 153-159, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-125653

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OBJECTIVES: Although bronchoscopy is an important diagnostic tool for lung disease, patients compliance is low due to discomfort. Recently, midazolam which has a favorable anterograde amnesia effect and short action duration, has been used to relieve patients discomfort during bronchoscopy. Midazolam was investigated in order to see the beneficial effect and safety during bronchoscopy. METHODS: The study design was single blind, randomized, prospective. 102 patients were included, in whom bronchoscopy was performed between June, 19% and October, 1995 at Samsung Medical Center. They were categorized into midazolam group and control group. Patients were asked about the amnesic effect, discomfort of procedure and the willingness to repeat procedure. The consciousness level of patients during procedure, patient cooperation during procedure and ease of procedure were also reported by bronchoscopists. RESULTS: 1) The difference of oxygen saturation between two groups: There was no significant difference in oxygen saturation between midazolam group and control group before and after bronchoscopy. During procedure, however, mean oxygen saturations in midazolam group (90+/-6.4%) was significantly lower than in control group (93+/-4.7%)(p<0.05). 2) Evaluations by patients (1) Effect of amnesia: 41 patients (82%) in midazolam group could not recall the procedure but 52 patients (100%) recalled the entire procedure in control group. A favorable amnesic effects could be found in midazolam group(p<0.05). {2) The discomfort during the procedure: 43 patents(86%) did not experience discomfort from procedure in midazolam group but 25 patients(48%) complained of discomfort in control group (p<0.05). (3) Most patients except two(96%) were willing to repeat fiberoptic bronchoscopy in midazolam group but 13 patients (25%) answered that they would never repeat bronchoscapy. There was a statistically significant difference between two groups in the willingness to repeat bronchocopy (p<0.05). 3) The evaluations by bronchoscopists Cooperations of the patients and ease of procedure were not different between two groups. The patients in midazolam group except eight could not respond to verbal stimuli but most patients were awakened during procedure in control group(p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Midazolam is a good sedative agent for a patient to give a favorable amnesia, reduction of discomfort during bronchoscopy. We concluded that midazolam is a safe and useful sedative agent and midazolam may be used routinely during bronchoscopy. Monitoring of oxygen saturation, however, is essential to prevent severe hypoxia during procedure.


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Humains , Amnésie , Amnésie antérograde , Hypoxie , Bronchoscopie , Compliance , Conscience , Maladies pulmonaires , Midazolam , Oxygène , Observance par le patient , Études prospectives
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 882-893, 1996.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-208491

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METHOD: 34 patients with a solitary pulmonary nodule less than 6 cm of its diameter who visited Samsung Medical Center from Semptember, 1994 to Semptember, 1995 were evaluated prospectively. Simple chest roentgenography, chest computer tomography, FDG-PET scan were performed for all patients. The results of FDG-PET were evaluated comparing with the results of final diagnosis confirmed by sputum study, PCNA, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, or thoracotomy. Results: (1) There was no significant difference in nodule size between malignant (3.1 1.5cm) and benign nodule(2.81.0cm)(P>0.05). (2) Peak SUV (standardized uptake value) of malignant nodules (6.93.7) was significantly higher than peak SUV of benign nodules(2.71.7) and time-activity curves showed continuous increase in malignant nodules. (3) Three false negative cases were found among eighteen malignant nodule by the FDG-PET imaging study and all three cases were nonmucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma less than 2 cm diameter. (4) FDG-PET imaging resulted in 83% sensitivity, 100% specificity, 100% positive predictive value and 84% negative predictive value. Conclusion: FDG-PET imaging is a new noninvasive diagnostic method of solitary pulmonary nodule that has a high accuracy of differential diagnosis between malignant and benign nodule. FDG-PET imaging could be used for the differential diagnosis of SPN which is not properly diagnosed with conventional methods before thoracotomy. Considering the high accuracy of FDG-PET imaging, this procedure may play an important role in making the dicision to perform thoracotomy in diffcult cases.


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Humains , Adénocarcinome bronchioloalvéolaire , Bronchoscopie , Diagnostic , Diagnostic différentiel , Antigène nucléaire de prolifération cellulaire , Études prospectives , Radiographie , Sensibilité et spécificité , Nodule pulmonaire solitaire , Expectoration , Thoracotomie , Thorax
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 936-944, 1996.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-208486

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Background: Neutrophils or monocytes separated in vitro by the adherence to plastic surface are known to be activated by surface adherence itself and subsequent experimental data might be altered by surface adherence. Adhesion molecules and gene transcription of the inflammatory mediators are known to be associated in this process. To evaluate whether adhesion molecule and transcriptional activation of the inflammatory substances are also involved in the activation of human alveolar macrophage by the adherence procedure, we designed this experiment. Method: Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed in the person whose lung of either side was confirmed to be normal by chest CT and alveolar macrophage was harvested. To measure the expression of Interleukin-8(IL-8) mRNA, manganese superoxide dismutase(SOD) mRNA and CD11/CD18 mRNA in human alveolar macrophage of both adherence state and suspension state, Northern blot analysis was done at 0, 2, 4, 8 and 24hrs after the adherence to plastic surface and during suspension state. Then, phorbol myristate acetate(PMA) and N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl- phenylalanine(fMLP) were added respectively in the same experimental condition. Result: 1) Human alveolar macrophages in the adherent state induced IL-8 mRNA and SOD mRNA expression which was maximal at 8 hours after the adherence to plastic surface. But we could not observe the upregulation of CD18 mRNA by surface adherence. 2) PMA induced these mRNA expression both in the adherent cell and the nonadherent cells, but the induction of mRNA expression by fMLP occurred only in the adherent cells. Conclusion: These results suggest that adherence of huamn alveolar macropahge is an important cell-activating event that may play a critical role in the modulation of lung inflammatory response.


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Humains , Technique de Northern , Lavage bronchoalvéolaire , Expression des gènes , Interleukine-8 , Poumon , Macrophages alvéolaires , Manganèse , Monocytes , Acide myristique , Granulocytes neutrophiles , Matières plastiques , ARN messager , Superoxydes , Tomodensitométrie , Activation de la transcription , Régulation positive
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 46-53, 1996.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-112243

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BACKGROUND: Endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide(LPS) can prime phagocytic cells such as polymorphonuclear leukocytes, monocytes or animal peritoneal macrophages to generate increased amounts of secretory products such as oxygen free radicals and tumor necrosis factor, which play an important role in developing adult respiratory distress syndrome in gram negative sepsis. Human alveolar macrophages(HAM) are continuously exposed to various stimuli inhaled into the alveoli, and the response to LPS might be different in HAM. Therefore, we investigated the effect of LPS pre-exposure on HAM adhered to plastic surface and A549 cell(type II human alveolar epithelial cell line) monolayer. METHODS: HAM were isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from normal lung of the patients with localized lung cancer and esophageal cancer. LPS was exposed to HAM for 2hrs before or after adherence to plastic surface of 24-well Linbro plate and A549 cell monolayer. And then HAM was stimulated with PMA(phorbol myristate acetate) or fMLP(N-formyl-methionyl- leucyl-phenylalanine). The amount of hydrogen peroxide(H2O2) production in the supernatant was measured on the principle of peroxidase-dependent oxidation of phenol red by hydrogen peroxide. RESULTS: LPS pre-exposure could not enhance H2O2 production in neither HAM adhered to plastic surface nor one to A549 cell monolayer. But LPS even in the absence of PMA or fMLP stimulation directly increased H2O2 release in HAM if added after the adherence to A549 cell monolayer. CONCLUSION: Endotoxin does not prime HAM, but may directly activate HAM adhered to alveolar epithelial cells. Further investagation will be necessary.


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Animaux , Humains , Liquide de lavage bronchoalvéolaire , Cellules épithéliales , Tumeurs de l'oesophage , Radicaux libres , Hydrogène , Peroxyde d'hydrogène , Poumon , Tumeurs du poumon , Macrophages alvéolaires , Macrophages péritonéaux , Monocytes , Acide myristique , Granulocytes neutrophiles , Oxygène , Phagocytes , Phénolsulfonephtaléine , Matières plastiques , , Sepsie , Facteur de nécrose tumorale alpha
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 504-512, 1994.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-209149

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BACKGROUND: It is well known that severe hypoxemia is often associated with liver cirrhosis without preexisting cardiac or pulmonary diseases. Pulmonary vascular impairments, more specifically, intrapulmonary shunting have been considered as a major mechanism. Intrapulmonary shunting arises from pulmonary vascular dilatation at the precapillary level or direct arteriovenous communication and has relationship with the characteristic skin findings of spider angioma. However, these results are mainly from Western countries where alcoholic and primary biliary cirrhosis are dominant causes of cirrhosis. It is uncertain that tie same is true in viral hepatitiss associated liver cirrhosis, which is dominant causes of liver cirrhosis in Korea. We investigated the incidences of hypoxemia and orthodeoxia in Korean cirrhotic patients dominantly composed of postnecrotic cirrhosis and the significance of intrapulmonary shunting as the suggested mechanism of hypoxemia. METHOD: We performed the arterial blood gas analysis separately both at the supine and errect position in 48 stable cirrhotic patients without the evidences of severe complications such as ascites, variceal bleeding, and hepatic coma. According to the results of arterial blood gas analysis, all patients were divided into hypoxemic and normoxemic group. In each group, pulmonary function test and Tc-99m-MAA whole body scan were performed. The shunting fraction was calculated based on the fact that the sum of cerebral and bilateral renal blood flow is 32% of the systemic blood flow. RESULTS: The hypoxemia of PaO2 less than 80 mmHg was observed in 9 patients(18.8%) and Orthodeoxia more than 10 mmHg was observed in 8 patients(16.7%). Hut there was no patient with significant hypoxemia of PaO2 less than 60 mmHg. PaO2 was significantly decreased in the patients with spider angioma than the patients without spider angioma and showed no correlation with the serologic type and severities of liver function test findings. Any parameters of pulmonary function test did not demonstrate the difference between normoxemic and hypoxemic group. But hypoxemic group showed significantly increased shunt fraction of 11.4+/-4.1% than normoxemic group of 4.1+/-2.0% (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Hypoxemia is not infrequently observed complication in liver cirrhosis and intrapulmonary shunting is suggested to play a major role in the development of hypxemia. But there was no great likelihood of clinically significant hypoxemia in our domestic cirrhotic patients predominantly composed of postnecrotic type.


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Humains , Alcooliques , Hypoxie , Ascites , Gazométrie sanguine , Dilatation , Varices oesophagiennes et gastriques , Fibrose , Hémangiome , Encéphalopathie hépatique , Incidence , Corée , Cirrhose du foie , Cirrhose biliaire , Tests de la fonction hépatique , Foie , Maladies pulmonaires , Circulation rénale , Tests de la fonction respiratoire , Peau , Araignées , Agrégat d'albumine marquée au technétium (99mTc) , Imagerie du corps entier
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 215-221, 1994.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-226833

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BACKGROUND: It is well known that oxygen free radicals (OFR) play a vital role in the various type of acute lung injury. Among various antioxidant defense mechanisms, the superoxide dismutases (SOD) are thought to be the first line of antioxidant defense by catalyzing the dismutation of two superoxide radicals to yield hydrogen peroxide and oxygen. Eukaryotic cells contain two types of intracellular SOD : cytosolic, dimeric copper/zinc- containing enzyme (CuZnSOD) and mitochondrial, tetrameric manganese-containing enzyme (MnSOD). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the time-dependent gene expression of MnSOD and CuZnSOD in the endotoxin-treated rats, and to compare with the manifestations of LPS-induced acute lung injury in rats. METHODS: Total RNA from rat lung was isolated using single step phenol extraction 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 18, 24 hours after E. coli endotoxin injection (n=3, respectively). RNA was separated by formaldehyde-containing 1.2% agarose gels elctrophoresis, transblotted, baked, prehybridized, and hybridized with 32P-labeled cDNA probes for rat MnSOD and CuZnSOD, which were kindly donated by Dr. Ho (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA). The probes were labeled by nick translation. Blots were washed and autoradiography were quantitated using laser densitometry. Equivalent amounts of total RNA/gel were assessed by monitoring 285 and 185 rRNA. RESULTS: Endotoxin caused a rise in steady-state MnSOD mRNA levels by 4h with peak mRNA accumulation by 6h. Continued MnSOD mRNA expression was observed at 12h. CuZnSOD mRNA expression was observed from 1h to 24h with peak levels by 18h. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that SOD palys an important defensive role in the endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in rats.


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Animaux , Rats , Lésion pulmonaire aigüe , Autoradiographie , Cytosol , Mécanismes de défense , Densitométrie , ADN complémentaire , Cellules eucaryotes , Radicaux libres , Gels , Expression des gènes , Peroxyde d'hydrogène , Poumon , Oxygène , Phénol , ARN , ARN messager , Agarose , Superoxide dismutase , Superoxydes
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 87-96, 1994.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-212120

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BACKGROUND: Since tumor necrosis factor was discovered in 1975, TNF has been well known about its cytotoxic effect on tumor cells in vivo and in vitro. According to the recent improvement of molecular biological techinques, it is possible that exogenous TNF gene is transferred to tumor cells and is expressed in theirs. By virtue of TNF gene transfer, we have expected that TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cells would kill tumor cells in vivo without systemic side effect. The expected mechanisms in which antitumor effects of TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cells are working would be as followings. In the first mechanism, TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cells would kill tumor cells around (like homicide). In the second mechanism, TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cells would kill themselves (like suicide). In the third mechanism, TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cells would recruit immune effector cells and kill tumor cells indirectly. In the last mechanism, TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cells would augment cytokine such as interferon-γ to kill tumor cells. Among these four mechanisms of antitumor effect, only the second mechanism has not been established yet. Therefore, to elucidate the second mechanism, We performed this study. METHOD: We transferred TNF-α gene to NCI-H2058, a human mesothelioma cell line and WEHI164, a murine fibrosarcoma cell line by using retroviral vector(pLT12SNTNF). And, We determined by using MTT assay whether TNF expressed in TNF-gene-transferred tumor cell lines would kill themselves like suicide or not. Then, if TNF-gene-transferred tumor cell lines would not suicide themselves, 1 would know more about the TNF sensitivity of TNF-gene-transferred tumor cell lines to exogenous TNF also by MTT assay. RESULT: NCI-H2058 and WEHI164 which were sensitive to TNF, became far less sensitive to endogenous and exogenous TNF after being transferred TNF-α gene to. CONCLUSION: TNF-gene-transfer to NCI-H2058 and WEHI164 gaffe them resistance to TNF.


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Humains , Lignée cellulaire , Lignée cellulaire tumorale , Fibrosarcome , Mésothéliome , Nécrose , Retroviridae , Suicide , Facteur de nécrose tumorale alpha , Vertus , Zidovudine
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 97-102, 1994.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-212119

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OBJECTIVES: Since Mountain proposed the new staging system of non-small cell lung cancer in 1986, the indications for operation of NSCLC have been extended. However, operative mortality is from 3 to 6%. Therefore it is important to reduce unnecessary operation and to evaluate unresectability of tumor correctly, preoperatively The purpose of this study is to find out the causes of unresectability in patients who were initially thought to be resectable preoperatively. METHODS: By retrospective analysis, 64 patients out of 291 NSCLC patients who were undergone operation for curative resection in Seoul National University Hospital from Jan. of 1987 to Dec. of 1991, ware found to be unresectable at operating roost were selected for this study. Out of 64 patients,42 were evaluable. The analysis was focused on the change of pre- & post-operative staging and the causes of unresectability of tumors. RESULTS: Among B2 patients with unresectable tumor who could be evaluated, preoperative CT finding showed resectable tumors in 55% (23 patients) and suspicious for unresectable tumors in 45% (19 patients). The causes of unresectability were technically unresectable T3 lesions in 7% (3 patients), T4 lesions in 62% (26 patients), N2 lesions in 17% (7 patients) and N3 lesions in 14% (6 patients). CONCLUSION: The major causes of unresectability of NSCLC were pulmonary artery invasions. It is suggested that careful evaluation of mediastinal structure, especially great vessels by additional imaging technique other than CT (like MRI) is indicated in selected NSCLC cases.


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Humains , Carcinome pulmonaire non à petites cellules , Mortalité , Artère pulmonaire , Études rétrospectives , Séoul
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 127-134, 1994.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-212115

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BACKGROUND: Diffuse panbronchiolitis(DPB) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease of unknown etiology which has characteristic clinical, radiological and pathological features, and is distinguished from bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchiectasis, or alveolitis. Clinically, patients with DPB have chronic cough, purulent sputum, exertional dyspnea, and finally respiratory failure. Until a few years ago, the prognosis of DPB had been thought to be very grave, because there had been no effective treatment for the disease. But recently, low-dose long-term erythromycin was found to be very effective on DPB. Even though DPB is prevalent in Japan, and is known to be rare outside of Japan, we have already reported the clinical features of 16 DPB cases in Korea. We tried low-dose long-term erythromycin on DPB patients and analyzed the clinical effect of erythromycin. METHODS: We analyzed the changes of subjective symptoms, physical signs, pulmonary function tests and chest X-rays on 14 DPB patients with more than 6 months erythromycin treatment during the period from September 1989 to August 1992 in Seoul National University Hospital. RESULTS: 1) Subjective symptoms improved in all patients within 2-3 months, and 54.5% of the patients shorted no symptom after one year of treatment. 2) Crackles and wheezing decreased in 92.9% of the patients after 3 months and completely disappeared in 63.5% of the Patients after one year of treatment. 3) FVC and FEV1 increased remarkably during the first 3 months, and slowly increased thereafter, reaching normal level after one year of treatment. 4) Small nodular lesions on chest X-ray decreased in all patients, and chest PA was normal in 36.4% of the patients after one year of treatment. 5) There was side effect in one patient, stopping medication because of dyspepsia. One patient stopped medication because of no symptom after 16 months of treatment, but her symptom recurring after one month, improving again after retreatment. CONCLUSION: Low-dose long-term erythromycin showed ramarkable effectiveness on DPB. Further studies are needed on the mechanism of the drug and the duration of the treatment.


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Humains , Asthme , Dilatation des bronches , Bronchite chronique , Toux , Dyspepsie , Dyspnée , Érythromycine , Japon , Corée , Maladies pulmonaires , Pronostic , Emphysème pulmonaire , Tests de la fonction respiratoire , Insuffisance respiratoire , Bruits respiratoires , Reprise du traitement , Séoul , Expectoration , Thorax
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 79-83, 1993.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-126889

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No abstract available.

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 390-394, 1993.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-86556

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No abstract available.


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Érythromycine
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