1.The Role of nm23-H1 Gene in Urologic Cancer (II): Expression and Mutation of nm23-H1 Gene in Urothelial Cancer.
Woo Chul MOON ; Young Jin KEE ; Kyung Keun SEO
Korean Journal of Urology 1996;37(6):607-618
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We had previously demonstrated by immunohistochemical study (IHS) that nm23-H1 gene may play an important role in disease prognosis as well as its participation in metastasis of urothelial cancer. The purpose of present study was 1) to reexamine the role of nm23-H1 gene in urothelial cancers at molecular level, 2) to identify the molecular mechanism of decreased immunoreactivity for nm23-H1 protein in metastatic urothelial cancers, and 3) to identify whether IHS is reliable in studying the expression of nm23-H1. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied expression level and mutation profiles of nm23-H1 gene in 25 fresh surgical specimens of urothelial cancer by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)-Southern blotting analysis, and PCR of genomic DNA followed by single strand conformation polymorphism and sequencing analysis. The results of RT-PCR-Southern blotting were comparatively analyzed with those of IHS. RESULTS: mRNA transcript levels of nm23-H1 gene were significantly decreased in tumor tissues with metastasis as compared with those without metastasis. The transcript levels of nm23-H1 gene were also significantly decreased in metastatic tumor tissues as compared with primary tumor tissues. Point mutation of nm23-H1 gene was detected in only 1 of 13 urothelial cancer tissues with metastasis, whereas, mutation was observed in none of those without metastasis. The results of IHS corresponded with those of RT-PCR-Southern blotting analysis in 23 of 25 specimens. CONCLUSIONS: The nm23-H1 gene may play an important role in metastasis of urothelial cancer. Decreased transcription at mRNA level may be a major molecular mechanism of loss of immunoreactivity for nm23-H1 protein in urothelial cancer. IHS used in the present study may be a clinically useful method to study the expression of nm23-H1 and to predict metastasis potential and prognosis of urothelial cancers.
DNA
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Point Mutation
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Prognosis
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Reverse Transcription
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RNA, Messenger
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Urologic Neoplasms*
2.Recanalization of Superficial Femoral Artery By Retrograde Approach Via Popliteal Artery.
Heoung Keun KANG ; Jeong Jin SEO ; Jae Kyu KIRN ; Hyung Kil KIM ; Ung YUN
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1995;33(3):357-360
PURPOSE: To recanalize the occlusive lesion of superficial femoral artery at origin site by retrograde approach via popliteal artery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 15 patients, who were poor surgical candidates due to coronary artery disease and who had severe occlusive lesion of superficial femoral artery close to its origin with good distal runoffs to popliteal artery, were selected. Patients were all~men and range of age were from 53 years to 66 years (mean age:63 years). Range of lesion length were from 15cm to 30cm (mean length:22.4cm). Localization of popliteal artery was done with Doppler stethoscope or "road-map" DSA. The method of recanalization were transluminal endarterectomy catheter (TEC), TEC and angioplasty, thrombolysoangioplasty (TLA). RESULT: Retrograde puncture of popliteal artery were done in 15 patients successfully. TEC & PTA was performed in 9 patients, TEC only in 2 patients, and TLA & PTA in 2 patients. During the follow-up period of 5 months to 2 years reocclusion did not occurr in 10 patients except for 1 patient with poor cardiac output in whom it occured 1 day later. Remained 4 patients were lost in follow up. Any neurologic or vascular complication did not occur. CONCLUSION: Retrograde approach of superficial fernoral artery via popliteal artery in patients with difficult vascular intervention by common method provides a useful, alternative recanalization method.
Angioplasty
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Arteries
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Cardiac Output
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Catheters
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Coronary Artery Disease
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Endarterectomy
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Femoral Artery*
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Popliteal Artery*
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Punctures
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Stethoscopes
3.Antenatal screening for gestational diabetes.
Jin LEE ; Keun Young PARK ; Hyun Mi BAE ; Seo Yoo HONG
Korean Journal of Perinatology 1992;3(1):63-68
No abstract available.
Diabetes, Gestational*
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Female
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Pregnancy
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Prenatal Diagnosis*
4.A Clinical Study of Serologically Diagnosed Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Chidren.
Yong Kyu LEE ; Jeong Wan SEO ; Jin Keun CHANG ; Hoan Jong LEE
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1994;37(1):26-32
A retrospective analysis of clinical findings in 23 patients with Y. pseudotuberculosis infection who visited Department of Pediatrics of Han Il Hospital from May. 1990 to June, 1992 was performed. 1) The most prevalent age group was 7 to 12 years (16 case: 69.6)and male-to-female ratio was 1.1:1. 2) Monthly distribution showed a high frequency in April, May and June (22 cases:95.7%) 3) The common symptoms were fever(23 cases:100%), abdominal pain (18 cases: 78.3%) vomiting(16 cases: 69.6%), diarrhea (13 cases: 56.7%), rash (13 cases: 56.5%)and acute renal failure (6 cases: 26.1%) in order of frequency, respectively. 4) The laboratory findings were anemia (17.4%), WBC>1(10E4/mm((73.9%), ESR>20mm/hr (91.3%), CRP>3+(91.3%), Positive Widal test (13.0%), BUN>20mg/dl (26.1%) and creatinine> 1.2mg/dl (26.1%). 5) The most common serotype was 4a (30.4%), followed by 4b, 5b, 2b, 2c, 5a, 1b, 1a, 6 in order of frequency. The results suggest that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection is one of the important causes of the important causes of fever, eruptive skin diseases and acute renal failure in Korean children and further studies including epidemiology, pathogenesis, etc, are needed.
Abdominal Pain
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Acute Kidney Injury
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Anemia
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Child
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Diarrhea
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Epidemiology
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Exanthema
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Fever
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Humans
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Pediatrics
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Retrospective Studies
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Skin Diseases
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis*
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Yersinia*
5.Epidemiological Characteristics of Field Tick-Borne Pathogens in Gwang-ju Metropolitan Area, South Korea, from 2014 to 2018
Jung Wook PARK ; Seung Hun LEE ; Gi Seong LEE ; Jin Jong SEO ; Jae Keun CHUNG
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 2020;11(4):177-184
The importance of tick-borne diseases is increasing because of climate change, with a lack of long-term studies on tick-borne pathogens in South Korea. To understand the epidemiological characteristics of tick-borne diseases, the monthly distribution of field ticks throughout the year was studied in South Korea between May 2014 and April 2018 in a cross sectional study. The presence of various tick-borne pathogens ( During the study period there were 11,717 ticks collected and 4 species identified. In conclusion, due attention should be paid to preventing tick-borne infections in humans whilst engaged in outdoor activities in Spring and Autumn, particularly in places where there is a high prevalence of ticks.
6.Thrombolysoangioplasty in chronic, long segmental occlusive arterial disease.
Tae Woong CHUNG ; Jae Kyu KIM ; Byung Kwan KOH ; Jin Yup KIM ; Jeoung Jin SEO ; Hyeoung Keun KANG
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1993;29(5):954-960
From July 1988 to September 1992, we experienced 15 cases of thrombolysoangioplasty (TLA) at Chonnam University Hospital. Among 15 cases, 5 had claudication (Clinical stage II according to Modified Fontaine Classification), pain at rest (III), and gangrene(IV). Duration of symptoms was 1-7 months except patients of clinical stage IV unable to guess occlusion age. The occlusion length was 5-10cm in 8 cases, 10-20cm in 4 cases, and above 30cm in 2 cases. In all cases, thromolytic therapy was performed with intraarterial urokinase infusion. The total amount of urokinase ranged from 300,000 IU to 2,000,000 IU and infusion time ranged from 2 to 50 hours except three cases infused bolus dose only. Complete successful TLA was defined as technical (less than 50% of residual stenosis) and clinical success. Partial success was defined as technical success but clinical failure. Follow-up angiography could be performed in 8 cases. Overall initial success rate was 86.6% (13/15). Among them. Complete success was in 11 cases and partial success was in 2 cases. Recurrence of disease was not noted on all cases(n=8). Severe complications, such as hemorrhage, did not occurred. TLA was considered to be effective and safe way to recanalized chronic long artery occlusion in lower extremity.
Angiography
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Arteries
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Follow-Up Studies
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Jeollanam-do
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Lower Extremity
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Recurrence
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Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
7.Detection of A-V shunting with CO2-DSA in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Byung Kwan KOH ; Jae Kyu KIM ; Jin Yeob KIM ; Tae Woong CHUNG ; Jeong Jin SEO ; Heoung Keun KANG
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1993;29(5):1015-1019
The presence of A-V shunting in hepatocellular carcinoma is an important factor for deciding the prognosis and in the management with transarterial chemoembolization. Twenty-four patients with hepatocellular carcinoma performed with CO2-DSA and iodinated-DSA were reviewed for the evaluation of visibility of A-V shunting. It was classified by the visibility into clearly visible, faintly visible and invisible. Also the authors evaluated neovascularity and tumor staining. And we checked side effects after the injection of CO2 gas during CO2-DSA. A-V shunting was noted in 19 cases(63%), which were clearly visible in 15 of 19 cases(79%) on CO2-DSA and in 7 of 19 cases(37%) on iodinated-DSA. In 3 cases, A-V shunting was noted only on CO2-DSA. CO2-DSA(17%)was inferior to iodinated-DSA in detection of neovasculaity and tumor staining. Side effects from CO2-DSA were abdominal pain(1 case) and chest discomfort(1 case) but improved within several minutes. In conclusion, CO2-DSA is a sensitive and effective method for the detection of A-V shunting in hepatoma.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*
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Humans
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Methods
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Prognosis
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Thorax
8.Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Enterovirus Infections in Children: A Single Center Analysis from 2006 to 2010.
In Soo PARK ; Hae Sung LEE ; Soo Han CHOI ; Hye Jin KIM ; Seo Yeon HWANG ; Doo Sung CHEON ; Jin Keun CHANG
Korean Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2013;20(2):81-88
PURPOSE: This study was performed to investigate the epidemiology of enterovirus (EV) infections in children at a secondary hospital during recent 5 years. METHODS: We collected the cerebrospinal fluid, stool and throat swab samples from the pediatric patients with suspected EV infections in KEPCO Medical Center, Seoul, Korea from July 2006 to September 2010. EV detection and genotype identification were performed by RT-PCR at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. RESULTS: A total of 386 samples were collected from 277 patients during study period. Ninety-eight patients (35.4%) were diagnosed with EV infections. The RT-PCR positive rate was the highest in throat swab samples (48.3%). The median age of patient was 4.7 years (range, 0.1-12.5 years). Aseptic meningitis (50, 51.0%) was the most common clinical manifestation; herpangina (22, 22.4%) and hand-foot-mouth disease (18, 18.4%). One hundred EVs were isolated from 98 patients and 20 genotypes of EV were identified; Echovirus 30 (28 cases, 28%), Enterovirus 71 (12 cases, 12%), Echovirus 25 (10 cases, 10%), Echovirus 9 (9 cases, 9%) and Coxsackievirus A6 (8 cases, 8%). Aseptic meningitis caused by Echovirus 30 was the most common manifestation in 2008. There was no complicated case caused by Enterovirus 71. CONCLUSION: This study showed the epidemiology of confirmed EV infection in children from 2006 to 2010. There is a need for continuous surveillance of EV infections and its clinical manifestations.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Child
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Echovirus 9
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Enterovirus
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Enterovirus B, Human
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Enterovirus Infections
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Genotype
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Herpangina
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Humans
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Korea
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Meningitis, Aseptic
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Pharynx
9.Colonic wall abnormalities on enhanced CT:Differentiation between inflammatory and neoplastic diseases.
Heoung Keun KANG ; Jeong Jin SEO ; Jae Kyu KIM ; Jin Gyoon PARK ; Byung Lan PARK ; Hyon De CHUNG
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1993;29(6):1253-1259
The computed tomographic(CT) findings of fourteen patients with inflammatory disease and 28 with neoplasm who had an abnormal colonic wall thickening, were retrospectively studied to establish CT criteria for each disorder in differentiating inflammatory from neoplastic lesions. According to homogeneity, density and contour of mural thickening and pericolic inflammatory change in enhanced CT scans, we classified colonic wall abnormalities into 6 patterns: I) multilayering with inner and outer hyper- and middle hypodensities, II) homogeneously hyperdense with pericolic inflammatory change, III) heterogeneously hyperdense with pericolic inflammatory change, IV) homogeneously heperdense with lobulated contour, V) heterogeneously hypodense with lobulated contour and VI) heterogeneously mixed densities with irregular lobulated contour. Type I, II and III were distinctively identified in inflammatory disease, type IV, V in neoplasm, and type VI in boty diseases. We conclude that enhanced CT could be helpful in the initial diagnosis and/or suggestion of abnormal colonic wall disease and differentiation of inflammatory from neoplastic diseases.
Colon*
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Diagnosis
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Humans
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Retrospective Studies
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
10.Role of Gd-DTPA Enhanced Fat-Suppression MR Imaging in Ovarian Tumors.
Heoung Keun KANG ; Jeong Jin SEO ; Jae Kyu KIM ; Woong Jae MOON ; Ho Sun CHOI ; Jin Gyoon PARK
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1995;32(2):315-320
PURPOSE: To determine the value of Gd-DTPA enhanced fat-suppression(GEFS) MR imaging in the characterization and differentiation of benign from malignant ovarian tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI findings of thirty-seven patients with surgically proved 44 ovarian tumors (30 benign, 14 malignant) were studied retrospectively. MR imaging with conventional spin echo (CSE;Tl-weighted image TR/TE 450/20, T2-weighted image TR/TE 3500/30, 90) and GEFS were performed with a 1.5T GE signa. MRI findings of tumors including cystic or solid, wall and septal thickness, necrosis, invasion to adjacent organ, ascites and lymphadenopathy were assessed separately by using CSE and GEFS images, and then tumors were characterized as benign or malignant. RESULTS: Compared with CSE image, GEFS MR image showed better visualization of solid component in 5 malignant lesions, wall thickness in 5 malignant and 1 benign lesions, septal thickness in 3 malignant and 1 benign lesions, necrosis in 1 malignant lesion, and adjacent soft tissue invasion in 5 malignant lesions. Correct characterization of malignant tumors was increased from 71% on CSE image to 93% on GEFS image. However, correct characterization of benign tumors was 93% on both images. CONCLUSION: GEFS MR imaging could be useful for characterization of ovarian tumors, especially in malignant cases, and employed for differentiation of benign from malignant tumors.
Ascites
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Gadolinium DTPA*
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Humans
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Lymphatic Diseases
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
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Necrosis
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Retrospective Studies