No abstract available.
Cell Line* ; Hantaan virus* ; Humans*

Vascular leak syndrome(VLS) is characterized by endothelial damage, which causes extravasation of plasma proteins and fluid from capillaries into the extravascular space. It has been suggested that the increased vascular permeability is the result of an IL-2-induced suppression of endothelin-1 secretion by endothelial cells, an IL-2-induced activation of the complement cascade or TNF-alpha release from IL-2-activated T-cells. A 13-year-old male patient visited our hospital with abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(T cell type) by bone marrow study on his 2 nd day in hospital. On the 3 rd day of induction chemotherapy(prednisone, L-asparaginase, vincristine, intrathecal methotrexate), pulmonary edema and pleural effusion, ascites and generalized edema developed and lasted for 53 days without responding to supportive care. The laboratoy finding was that TNF-alpha was increased without evidence of infection and hypoalbuminemia was noted. It was suggested that the patient's clinical feature was induced by VLS.
Abdominal Pain ; Adolescent ; Ascites ; Blood Proteins ; Bone Marrow ; Capillaries ; Capillary Permeability ; Complement System Proteins ; Edema ; Endothelial Cells ; Endothelin-1 ; Humans ; Hypoalbuminemia ; Induction Chemotherapy* ; Male ; Pleural Effusion ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* ; Pulmonary Edema ; T-Lymphocytes ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; Vincristine

No abstract available.
Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Korea* ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length*

No abstract available.
Animals ; Cell Line* ; Guinea Pigs* ; Guinea* ; Hantaan virus* ; Humans*

We immunized sixty two healthy subjects with the five different viral titers (300, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 plaque forming unit; pfu) of the MAV/06 strain of live attenuated Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in order to gain sufficient information on safety and immuogenicity as a vaccine strain. Humoral immunity of all vaccine recipients was tested by the fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen (FAMA) assay and Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantitative detection of IgG antibody. We tested neutralized antibody in 62 subjects by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT50). All of thirty two subjects with initial seronegative response had antibody by FAMA method at four weeks after immunization with four different preparations of dosage. The geometric mean titers (GMTs) of VZV antibody to membrane antigen was 160.9 in 6 subjects with 1500 pfu group; 83.3 in 14 subjects with 1000 pfu group: 116.2 in 7 subjects with 500 pfu groups and 72.0 in 6 subjects with 300 pfu group. Thirty subjects who had VZV antibody at the time before immunization demonstrated elevated antibody titer by FAMA assay and PRNT50 test. Side reactions of the vaccination was not demonstrated in all cases.
Chickenpox* ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Herpesvirus 3, Human ; Immunity, Humoral ; Immunization ; Immunoglobulin G ; Membranes ; Neutralization Tests ; Vaccination

No abstract available.
Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Korea*

No abstract available.
Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Korea*

Sclerosing panniculitis refers to indurated erythema with hyperpigmented scleroderma-like hardening on the medial lower third of the legs. It has been called indurated cellulitis, chronic cellulitis, hypodermitis sclerodermiformis or lipodermatosclerosis. It has been suggested that sclerosing panniculitis is associated with venous insufficiency. The treatment of sclerosing panniculitis is very difficult. Stanozolol is valuable in treating intractable sclerosing panniculitis, giving relief of pain, reducing induration, inflammation, tenderness and pigmentation by its fibrinolytic activity. We report a case of sclerosing panniculitis, clinically improved by stanozolol.

Kimura's disease is a chronic, inflammatory disorder of unknown origin. It is characterized by clinically recurrent painless swelling on head and neck region, histopathologically multiple lymphoid follicles, increased serum IgE levels, and eosinophilia of tissue and peripheral blood. It has been known that Kimura's disease is the reactive immunological disease. Recently, however, it was suggested the clonal T cell proliferation might contribute to the pathogenesis in the Kimura's disease. But, it is still uncertain that Kimura's disease is of reactive nature or neoplastic origin. A 71-year-old woman visited our clinic with painless violaceous swelling on her right cheek. Skin biopsy was performed and, taken together, Kimura's disease was diagnosed. Tissue section was examined with immunohistochemical stains with markers of lymphocytes, plasma cell, and periendothelial cell, and polymerase chain reaction for the TCR gene rearrangement was performed. We present a case of Kimura's disease investigated by the immunohistochemical study and TCR gene rearrangement test and suggest this case is in the limited favor of the reactive nature of Kimura's disease.
Aged ; Biopsy ; Cell Proliferation ; Cheek ; Coloring Agents ; Eosinophilia ; Female ; Genes, T-Cell Receptor ; Head ; Humans ; Immune System Diseases ; Immunoglobulin E ; Lymphocytes ; Neck ; Plasma Cells ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Skin

BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain produced by nerve injury has the characteristics of enhanced pain responses - allodynia. To understand the pathophysiology of the neuropathic pain, We evaluated the effect of NMDA antagonists and chemical sympathectomy on the c-fos mRNA expression. METHODS: We have divided rats(Sprague-Dawley, N=24) that their left L5 and L6 nerve were tightly ligated into two groups. In NMDA antagonist group(N=17), We injected 10 g MK801 and 10 g 5-amino-phosphonovalerate in three ways, intrathecally before the ligation, after ligation and subcutaneous continuously. Then behavioral tests for mechanical allodynia and cold allodynia were performed. After the test of allodynia,the expression of c-fos were assessed by Northern blot hybridization. In chemical sympathectomy group(N=7), We injected 70 mg/kg guanethidine into the peritoneum in two ways, before the ligation and after ligation. Then same methods were performed in NMDA antagonist group as well. RESULTS: Intrathecal NMDA antagonists before the ligation supressed the elevation of c-fos mRNA expression. Intrathecal NMDA antagonists on the 7 days after the ligation reduced the c-fos mRNA expression and neuropathic pain. Continuous treatment of subcutaneous NMDA antagonists supressed the development of neuropathic pain and the elevation of c-fos mRNA expression. Chemical sympathectomy before the ligation did not supress the elevation of c-fos mRNA expression. Chemical sympathectomy on the 7 days after the ligation reduced neuropathic pain and the elevation of c-fos mRNA expression. CONCLUSIONS: NMDA receptor is related to the induction and maitenance of neuropatic pain, and sympathetic nervous system has a main role in the already induced neuropathic pain.
Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Dizocilpine Maleate ; Guanethidine ; Hyperalgesia ; Ligation ; N-Methylaspartate* ; Neuralgia ; Peritoneum ; Rats* ; RNA, Messenger* ; Sympathectomy* ; Sympathectomy, Chemical ; Sympathetic Nervous System