No abstract available.
Cardiovascular Diseases* ; Echocardiography*

No abstract available.
Holoprosencephaly*

BACKGROUND: Despite the advent of molecular biology and immunogenetics, the biologic behaviors and disease entities of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas(pCBCL) have been undetermined. Moreover, rarity of pCBCL cases and the conflicting datas of current issues have contributed to the dilemmas in understanding of the biology of pCBCL. Until now, a study of the overall features of pCBCL in Korea has been rarely presented. OBJECTIVE: We performed this study in order to identify the histopathologic and immunogenetic characteristics of pCBCL in Korea. METHODS: The histopathologic, immunophenotypic and molecular analysis of preserved specimens of 15 cases with pCBCL were conducted. RESULTS: 1. Of the 15 patients with pCBCL, most common types are follicle center cell lymphomas(73.3%). In REAL classification, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is most common(66.6%). 2. In bcl-2 immunohistochemical staining, 3 cases(20%) were positive. 3. Only one of 15 cases of pCBCL denoted bcl-2 gene rearrangement by t(14;18) in minor cluster region. 4. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated overexpression of p53 protein in 3(20%) of 15 cases. 5. 2 cases(13.3%) with point mutations(one for exon 5; the other for exon 8) in p53 DNA sequencing analysis. CONCLUSION: t(14;18) translocation may be rare in pCBCL in Korea. This finding indicates that bcl-2 expression by tumor cells in pCBCL without t(14;18) may occur by different genetic dysregulation. It seems to be that overexpression of p53 protein might not correspond with p53 mutations in pCBCL.
B-Lymphocytes* ; Biology ; Classification ; Exons ; Genes, bcl-2 ; Humans ; Immunogenetics* ; Korea* ; Lymphoma, B-Cell* ; Molecular Biology ; Sequence Analysis, DNA

No abstract available.
Hantaan virus* ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Breast* ; Estrogens*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the risk factors associated with enucleation or evisceration in endophthalmitis patients. METHODS: The medical records of endophthalmitis cases from January 1995 to July 2006 were reviewed retrospectively. The cases were divided into 2 groups, the enucleation/evisceration group (36 eyes of 36 patients) who underwent enucleation or evisceration and the intraocular procedures group (61 eyes of 60 patients) who received intravitreal antibiotics injection and/or vitrectomy. We analyzed these cases with respect to age, sex, initial visual acuity, causes of endophthalmitis, systemic disease, and causative organisms. RESULTS: Older age (p=0.002), women (17/32, p=0.027), no light perception at presentation (33/37, p<0.001), endophthalmitis associated with corneal ulcer (25/25, p<0.001), and diabetes mellitus (14/20, p=0.001) were significantly associated with enucleation or evisceration. CONCLUSIONS: Older age, poor initial visual acuity, endophthalmitis associated with corneal ulcer, and diabetes mellitus were strongly associated with enucleation or evisceration. If any of these factors are present, more intensive treatments are warranted to prevent loss of the eye.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Corneal Ulcer ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Endophthalmitis* ; Female ; Humans ; Medical Records ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors* ; Visual Acuity ; Vitrectomy

BACKGROUND: Recently, resistance to activated protein C(APC) is known to be an important risk factor for venous leg ulcers. Leiden mutation in clotting factor V is the most common genetic defect leading to APC resistance in western countries. Until now, the prevalence of APC resistance and Leiden mutation in Korean patients with venous ulcers has been ill defined. OBJECTIVE: We performed this study in order to investigate the prevalence of APC resistance and Leiden mutation in Korean patients with venous ulcers. METHODS: The functional analysis for APC resistance(APC resistance ratio) and genetic study for Leiden mutation were conducted in 40 patients with venous ulcers. RESULTS: 1. Of the 40 patients with venous ulcers, resistance to APC was documented in 11 individuals (27.5%). 2. We could not find factor V Leiden mutation in 40 patients. 3. Patients with APC resistance more frequently represented recurrence of venous ulcers and venous thrombosis than in their non-APC resistant counterparts. CONCLUSION: APC resistance may be one of the thrombophilic defects in relation with venous ulcers in Korea. However, Leiden mutation may be rare in Korean patients with venous ulcers than in Caucasians. These findings suggested that the other genetic or non-genetic factors may be involved in the pathogenesis of APC resistance in Korea.
Activated Protein C Resistance* ; Factor V ; Humans ; Korea ; Leg Ulcer ; Prevalence* ; Recurrence ; Risk Factors ; Varicose Ulcer* ; Venous Thrombosis

Thyroid gland is composed of follicles surrounded by basement membrane, which is known to be related to the regenerative processes in several organs. This study was performed to observe the morphological details and changes of the basement membrane components, which are the presumtive factors in thyroid regeneration, with time sequences after partial thyroidectomy and then the relations between the components and thyroid regeneration were confirmed. Thyroid galnds of adult male rats were examined before and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 days after bilateral partial[50-60%] thyroidectomy. The basememnt membranes of follicles were prominent with high eosinophilicity at later stage when H & E stained. But in PAS and EM staining, the basement membrane of the operated groups didn`t show any specific changes comparing with control group but the dense collagenous fibers at the interfollicular space outside the membrane. Immunostaining of proliferating cell nuclear antigen[PCNA], which reflects the growth fraction, showed 2.3% positivity of total follicular cells in control group. The PCNA positive ratio in experimental groups were 10.3%, 15.9%, 19.9%, 12.2%, 10.5%, 1.9%, 2.7% on postoperative 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 days respectively. In unilaterally thyroidectomized rats, the resected lobe revealed 18.2% of PCNA positive ratio 3 days after operation, while that in the unresected lobe was only 5.9%. This suggested the predominence of local factors in thyroid regeneration. Meanwhile, with the double immunostaining of calcitonin and PCNA discriminate between follicular cells and C-cells among the PCNA positive cells, PCNA positive C-cells were very rare. The immunostaining of laminin, fibronectin, and collagen IV showed varying intensity with the progress of regeneration. Stainability for collagen IV was maintained in all groups with some increase in 5- and 7-day groups. Laminin was well localized to the basement membrane of the control follicle, and the staining intensity for laminin was markedly increased with additional cytoplasmic staining in follicular cells in 1- to 3-day groups and then decreased to attain the control level in 10-day group. In case of fibronectin, the control follicle showed scarce staining, but the resected group showed strong positivity for fibronectin with the most intense staining in 1- to 3-day groups. Immunostaining for fibronectin still showes in 10-day group with the gradual disappearance of immunoreactivity in the center of the lobe. This study revealed the accompaning changes of the basement membrane components during the regeneration process of partially resected thyroid glands. Among them, collagen IV seems to support the structural integrity of the basement membrane. Laminin and fibronectin were supposed to be related to the thyroid follicular regeneration.
Adult ; Animals ; Basement Membrane ; Calcitonin ; Collagen ; Collagen Type IV ; Cytoplasm ; Eosinophils ; Extracellular Matrix* ; Fibronectins ; Humans ; Laminin ; Male ; Membranes ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ; Rats* ; Regeneration ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroidectomy

No abstract available.
Sciatic Nerve*

The technique of in situ hybridization using synthetic oligonucleotides labelled by non-radioactive method was developed to localize vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, arginine-vasopressin and oxytocin mRNAs in the rat brain. Also double in situ hybridization technique where combination of non-radioactive and radioactive probes were applied was developed to localize 2 neuropeptide mRNAs in single tissue section. The results were as follows; In non-radioactive in situ hybridization methods using digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotide probe, alkaline-phosphates method using NBT and BCIP as substrates gave the best result that specific hybridization signals were observed. In radioactive in situ hybridization methods using 35S-labelled oligonucleotide probe, specific hybridization signals were observed in both nuclear track emulsion and X-ray film autoradiography. In double in situ hybridization methods using combination of 35S-labelled and digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotide probes, specific hybridization signals were observed in the group where K5 emulsion was applied as nuclear track emulsion. The technique of in situ hybridization using digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotide applied in this study will be useful as alternative for radioactive in situ hybridization technique. Moreover, combination of non-radioactive and radioactive labelled probes in double in situ hybridization technique will be a useful tool for the simultaneous localization of various mRNAs in single section for the study of various neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, receptors and signal transduction molecules.
Aging ; Animals ; Autoradiography ; Brain* ; Corpus Callosum ; Digoxigenin ; In Situ Hybridization* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Mesencephalon ; Neuropeptides ; Neurotransmitter Agents ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; Oligonucleotides ; Oxytocin* ; Pons ; Rats* ; RNA, Messenger* ; Signal Transduction ; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide* ; Vasopressins* ; X-Ray Film