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Lee MH, Hwang YH, Yun CS, Han BS, Kim DY. Altered small-world property of a dynamic metabolic network in murine left hippocampus after exposure to acute stress. Sci Rep 2022; 12:3885. [PMID: 35273207 PMCID: PMC8913833 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07586-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The acute stress response is a natural and fundamental reaction that balances the physiological conditions of the brain. To maintain homeostasis in the brain, the response is based on changes over time in hormones and neurotransmitters, which are related to resilience and can adapt successfully to acute stress. This increases the need for dynamic analysis over time, and new approaches to examine the relationship between metabolites have emerged. This study investigates whether the constructed metabolic network is a realistic or a random network and is affected by acute stress. While the metabolic network in the control group met the criteria for small-worldness at all time points, the metabolic network in the stress group did not at some time points, and the small-worldness had resilience after the fifth time point. The backbone metabolic network only met the criteria for small-worldness in the control group. Additionally, creatine had lower local efficiency in the stress group than the control group, and for the backbone metabolic network, creatine and glutamate were lower and higher in the stress group than the control group, respectively. These findings provide evidence of metabolic imbalance that may be a pre-stage of alterations to brain structure due to acute stress.
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- Min-Hee Lee
- Institute of Human Genomic Study, College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Convergence Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Convergence Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
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Lee MH, Yun CH, Min A, Hwang YH, Lee SK, Kim DY, Thomas RJ, Han BS, Shin C. Altered structural brain network resulting from white matter injury in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 2020; 42:5526734. [PMID: 31260533 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess, using fractional anisotropy (FA) analysis, alterations of brain network connectivity in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Abnormal networks could mediate clinical functional deficits and reflect brain tissue injury. METHODS Structural brain networks were constructed using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) from 165 healthy (age 57.99 ± 6.02 years, male 27.9%) and 135 OSA participants (age 59.01 ± 5.91 years, male 28.9%) and global network properties (strength, global efficiency, and local efficiency) and regional efficiency were compared between groups. We examined MRI biomarkers of brain tissue injury using FA analysis and its effect on the network properties. RESULTS Differences between groups of interest were noted in global network properties (p-value < 0.05, corrected), and regional efficiency (p-value < 0.05, corrected) in the left middle cingulate and paracingulate gyri, right posterior cingulate gyrus, and amygdala. In FA analysis, OSA participants showed lower FA values in white matter (WM) of the right transverse temporal, anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyri, and left postcentral, middle frontal and medial frontal gyri, and the putamen. After culling fiber tracts through WM which showed significant differences in FA, we observed no group difference in network properties. CONCLUSIONS Changes in WM integrity and structural connectivity are present in OSA participants. We found that the integrity of WM affected brain network properties. Brain network analysis may improve understanding of neurocognitive deficits in OSA, enable longitudinal tracking, and provides explanations for specific symptoms and recovery kinetics.
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- Min-Hee Lee
- Translational Imaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI.,Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Human Genomic Study, College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Radiological Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Human Genomic Study, College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.,Department of Pulmonary Sleep and Critical Care Medicine Disorder Center, College of Medicine, Korea University, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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Han BS, Kim KS, Kim YJ, Van Minh N, Jung HY, Sohn MJ, Kim Won G. Nurr1-Activating Daphnane Diterpenes from Daphne genkwa and its Neuroprotective Effect in an Animal Model of Parkinson's Disease. Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- BS Han
- Functional Genomics Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Functional Genomics Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
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Kang WG, Pyo SH, Alkhuraiji TS, Han BS, Kang CM. Radiation shielding analysis of a special linear accelerator for electron beam and X-ray. J Xray Sci Technol 2017; 25:505-514. [PMID: 28157115 DOI: 10.3233/xst-16196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The King AbdulAziz City for Science & Technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plans to build a 10 MeV, 15 kW linear accelerator (LINAC) for electron beam and X-ray. The accelerator will be supplied by EB Tech, Republic of Korea, and the design and construction of the accelerator building will be conducted in the cooperation with EB Tech. This report presents the shielding analysis of the accelerator building using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP). In order to improve the accuracy in estimating deep radiation penetration and to reduce computation time, various variance reduction techniques, including the weight window (WW) method, the deterministic transport (DXTRAN) spheres were considered. Radiation levels were estimated at selected locations in the shielding facility running MCNP6 for particle histories up to 1.0×10+8. The final results indicated that the calculated doses at all selected detector locations met the dose requirement of 50 mSv/yr, which is the United State Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC) requirement.
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- W G Kang
- EB Tech Co., Ltd., 170-9, Techno 2-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- EB Tech Co., Ltd., 170-9, Techno 2-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- King AbdulAziz City for Science & Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- EB Tech Co., Ltd., 170-9, Techno 2-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- EB Tech Co., Ltd., 170-9, Techno 2-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Kim DH, Lee JJ, Han BS, You J. Cortical or Subcortical Neural Networks During Dynamic Neuromuscular Core Stabilization: A fMRI Blood Oxygen-Level Dependent (BOLD) Analysis. j med imaging hlth inform 2016. [DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2016.1880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sung CK, Han BS, Kim SH. Factors influencing the renal arterial Doppler waveform: a simulation study using an electrical circuit model (secondary publication). Ultrasonography 2016; 35:69-77. [PMID: 26732576 PMCID: PMC4701363 DOI: 10.14366/usg.15056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of vascular compliance, resistance, and pulse rate on the resistive index (RI) by using an electrical circuit model to simulate renal blood flow. Methods: In order to analyze the renal arterial Doppler waveform, we modeled the renal blood-flow circuit with an equivalent simple electrical circuit containing resistance, inductance, and capacitance. The relationships among the impedance, resistance, and compliance of the circuit were derived from well-known equations, including Kirchhoff’s current law for alternating current circuits. Simulated velocity-time profiles for pulsatile flow were generated using Mathematica (Wolfram Research) and the influence of resistance, compliance, and pulse rate on waveforms and the RI was evaluated. Results: Resistance and compliance were found to alter the waveforms independently. The impedance of the circuit increased with increasing proximal compliance, proximal resistance, and distal resistance. The impedance decreased with increasing distal compliance. The RI of the circuit decreased with increasing proximal compliance and resistance. The RI increased with increasing distal compliance and resistance. No positive correlation between impedance and the RI was found. Pulse rate was found to be an extrinsic factor that also influenced the RI. Conclusion: This simulation study using an electrical circuit model led to a better understanding of the renal arterial Doppler waveform and the RI, which may be useful for interpreting Doppler findings in various clinical settings.
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- Chang Kyu Sung
- Department of Radiology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Lee MH, Shin YI, Lee SH, Cha YJ, Kim DY, Han BS, You SH. Diffusion tensor imaging to determine the potential motor network connectivity between the involved and non-involved hemispheres in stroke. Biomed Mater Eng 2015; 26 Suppl 1:S1447-53. [PMID: 26405907 DOI: 10.3233/bme-151443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hemiparetic stroke is a common motor network disorder that affects a wide range of functional movements due to cortical and subcortical network lesions in stroke patients. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used to examine structural brain damage, but the integrity and connectivity of the whole brain are poorly understood. Hence, advanced neuroimaging with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been developed to better localize fiber architecture and connectivity in the motor network or pathways that are responsible for motor impairments in hemiparetic stroke. To ascertain motor network connectivity between the involved and non-involved hemispheres in stroke patients, we analyzed the DTI data from all right hemiparetic stroke patients using fractional anisotropy (FA) and network parameters, including node degree and edge betweenness centrality (EBC). The FA values were substantially lower in the left hemisphere than the right hemisphere. Similarly, the node degree and EBC were significantly lower in the left hemisphere than the right hemisphere. The present brain network analysis may provide a useful neuropathway marker for accurate diagnosis and therapeutic intervention.
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- Min-Hee Lee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Republic of South Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Republic of South Korea
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- Movement Healing Lab, Department of Physical Therapy Program, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Republic of South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Republic of South Korea
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- Department of Radiological Science, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Republic of South Korea
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- Movement Healing Lab, Department of Physical Therapy Program, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Republic of South Korea
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Hong C, Lee DH, Lee MW, Han BS. A simple method to visualize image quality degradation for off-center regions in open-configuration MR systems. J Am Coll Radiol 2014; 11:742-4. [PMID: 24889473 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Cheolpyo Hong
- Center for Medical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Korea.
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- Center for Medical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Korea; Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Kwangwon-do, Korea
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- Research and Development, Health & Medical Equipment, Samsung Electronics, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Kwangwon-do, Korea
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Hong C, Lee DH, Han BS. Characteristics of geometric distortion correction with increasing field-of-view in open-configuration MRI. Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 32:786-90. [PMID: 24698340 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Open-configuration magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems are becoming increasingly desirable for musculoskeletal imaging and image-guided radiotherapy because of their non-claustrophobic configuration. However, geometric image distortion in large fields-of-view (FOV) due to field inhomogeneity and gradient nonlinearity hinders the practical applications of open-type MRI. We demonstrated the use of geometric distortion correction for increasing FOV in open MRI. Geometric distortion was modeled and corrected as a global polynomial function. The appropriate polynomial order was identified as the minimum difference between the coordinates of control points in the distorted MR image space and those predicted by polynomial modeling. The sixth order polynomial function was found to give the optimal value for geometric distortion correction. The area of maximum distortion was<1 pixel with an FOV of 285mm. The correction performance error was increased at most 1.2% and 2.9% for FOVs of 340mm and~400mm compared with the FOV of 285mm. In particular, unresolved distortion was generated by local deformation near the gradient coil center.
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- Cheolpyo Hong
- Center for Medical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Medical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Kwangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Kwangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we tested whether graded placebo conditions could modulate the degree of placebo effect and brain activation patterns in study participants and whether the placebo effect could be influenced by hormones. Each participant was investigated under three conditions: the control (no placebo) condition, the low-placebo condition, and the high-placebo condition (HPC). Activations of the premotor areas, anterior cingulate cortex, and prefrontal cortex were stronger in the HPC compared with those in the control and low placebo conditions. The premotor areas were activated by increased testosterone levels under the HPC. These results suggest that testosterone may affect the brain activation and response to pain during a high-placebo response, with the data supported by brain imaging.
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- Jae Chan Choi
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Brain Research Group, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Gangwon-do, Wonju 220-701, South Korea.
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Han BS, Hong JH, Hong C, Yeo SS, Lee DH, Cho HK, Jang SH. Location of the corticospinal tract at the corona radiata in human brain. Brain Res 2010; 1326:75-80. [PMID: 20219443 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Bong Soo Han
- Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
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Sung CK, Hong KA, Lin S, Lee Y, Cha J, Lee JK, Hong CP, Han BS, Jung SI, Kim SH, Yoon KS. Dual-modal nanoprobes for imaging of mesenchymal stem cell transplant by MRI and fluorescence imaging. Korean J Radiol 2010; 10:613-22. [PMID: 19885318 PMCID: PMC2770830 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.6.613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2009] [Accepted: 06/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objective To determine the feasibility of labeling human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) with bifunctional nanoparticles and assessing their potential as imaging probes in the monitoring of hMSC transplantation. Materials and Methods The T1 and T2 relaxivities of the nanoparticles (MNP@SiO2[RITC]-PEG) were measured at 1.5T and 3T magnetic resonance scanner. Using hMSCs and the nanoparticles, labeling efficiency, toxicity, and proliferation were assessed. Confocal laser scanning microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to specify the intracellular localization of the endocytosed iron nanoparticles. We also observed in vitro and in vivo visualization of the labeled hMSCs with a 3T MR scanner and optical imaging. Results MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG showed both superparamagnetic and fluorescent properties. The r1 and r2 relaxivity values of the MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG were 0.33 and 398 mM-1 s-1 at 1.5T, respectively, and 0.29 and 453 mM-1 s-1 at 3T, respectively. The effective internalization of MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG into hMSCs was observed by confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. The transmission electron microscopy images showed that MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG was internalized into the cells and mainly resided in the cytoplasm. The viability and proliferation of MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG-labeled hMSCs were not significantly different from the control cells. MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG-labeled hMSCs were observed in vitro and in vivo with optical and MR imaging. Conclusion MNP@SiO2(RITC)-PEG can be a useful contrast agent for stem cell imaging, which is suitable for a bimodal detection by MRI and optical imaging.
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- Chang Kyu Sung
- Department of Radiology, Seoul Metropolitan Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 156-707, Korea.
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Yoon YJ, Jung YJ, Han BS, Kang JW. Performance of electron beam irradiation for treatment of groundwater contaminated with acetone. Water Sci Technol 2009; 59:2475-2483. [PMID: 19542654 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The purposes of this study were to evaluate the efficiency of acetone removal by electron beam irradiation in groundwater and the effect of various conditions. According to the results, the removal kinetics of acetone were pseudo first-order, and the removal efficiencies were expressed to the (%) removal and G-values. By adding sulfite, it was confirmed that acetone was mainly degraded by the reaction with the hydrated electrons. The presence of nitrate caused the removal of acetone to decrease. But there was no significant effect of alkalinity on the removal of acetone. The effect of the initial pH values (pH 5 to 9) on the acetone removal efficiency was negligible, but the pH value decreases due to the formation of acidic compounds after irradiation. Consequently, the radiation-induced removal reactions of acetone followed the pseudo-first-order kinetic model; in addition to the initial concentration of acetone, nitrate and the absorbed dose were important factors in removing acetone from an aqueous solution using electron beam irradiation. The effects of general pH and alkalinity on the degrading acetone were negligible.
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- Y J Yoon
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Gangwon-do 220-710, Republic of Korea
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Han BS, Ahn SH, Jang SH. Cortical reorganization demonstrated by diffusion tensor tractography analyzed using functional MRI activation. NeuroRehabilitation 2008. [DOI: 10.3233/nre-2008-23206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Bong Soo Han
- Department of Radiation Science, Yonsei University College of Health Science, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University 317-1, Daemyungdong, Namku, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University 317-1, Daemyungdong, Namku, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Han BS, Ahn SH, Jang SH. Cortical reorganization demonstrated by diffusion tensor tractography analyzed using functional MRI activation. NeuroRehabilitation 2008; 23:171-174. [PMID: 18525138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) allows the corticospinal tract(CST) to be visualized at the subcortical level and functional MRI (fMRI) is capable of precisely identifying activation sites at the cortex. Therefore, it seems that combined DTT/fMRI would allow more accurate evaluation of the state of the CST. We have attempted to demonstrate cortical reorganization in a patient with cortical hemorrhage using DTT analyzed by fMRI activations. Six normal subjects and a 12-year-old female patient with a hemorrhage in the left fronto-parietal cortex were recruited. fMRI was performed at 1.5-T with timed hand grasp-release movements, and DTT was performed using 1.5-T with a Synergy-L Sensitivity Encoding head coil. Three-dimensional reconstructions of the fiber tracts were obtained using the fMRI activation as the seed region of interest and the CST area of the anterior pons as the target region of interest. The tract of the affected hemisphere originated from the lateral area of the injured precentral knob and descended along the known corticospinal tract pathway. It seems that the motor function of the affected hand was reorganized into the lateral area of the injured precentral knob. Therefore, these combined modalities would be helpful in elucidating the state of the CST.
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- Bong Soo Han
- Department of Radiation Science, Yonsei University College of Health Science, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The traditional paradigm has regarded essential tremor (ET) as a benign disorder. However, recent clinical, neuroimaging, and neuropathologic studies suggest that ET may be a progressive neurologic disorder. Based on clinicopathologic findings that cerebellum and its outflow are the key structures in ET and degeneration of gray matter in cerebellum is followed by consequent wallerian degeneration of white matter (WM) fibers, the aim of the present study was to investigate changes in anisotropy in patients with ET. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fractional anisotropy (FA) images were generated from DTI data acquired at 1.5T in 10 patients with ET compared with 8 control subjects by using statistical parametric mapping to make voxel-by-voxel comparisons. RESULTS Compared with the control subjects, the patients with ET exhibited significantly reduced FA (P(uncorrected) < .005) in the anterolateral portion of the right pons and decreased FA in the bilateral cerebellum, left retrorubral area of the midbrain, and bilateral deep WM, including the orbitofrontal, lateral frontal, parietal, and temporal WM. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that structural changes in the WM are extensive in patients with ET, supporting the findings of previous functional neuroimaging and pathologic studies.
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- D H Shin
- Department of Neurology, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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Han BS, Uhm YR, Kim GM, Rhee CK. Novel synthesis of nanorod ZnO and Fe-doped ZnO by the hydrolysis of metal powders. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2007; 7:4158-4160. [PMID: 18047141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Fe-doped ZnO nanorods have been synthesized by a novel process employing a hydrolysis of metal powders. Zn and Fe nano-powders were used as starting materials and incorporated into distilled water. The solution was refluxed at 60 degrees C for 24 h to obtain the precipitates from the hydrolysis of Zn and Fe. X-ray diffraction patterns for all the samples showed a pure wurtzite single phase, without any segregation of the Fe into the particulates within the instrumental resolution limit. The TEM results for ZnO with and without an Fe-doping showed that the produced powders had a rod-like shape. The rod shape was attributable to the zinc oxide from the hydrolysis of Zn. With an increasing Fe content, the UV-vis spectra were shifted to a long wave length and this result indicates that the band gap was changed by an Fe-doping.
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- B S Han
- Nuclear Nanomaterials Development Lab, Korea Atomic Energy Reseach Institute(KAERI), Daejeon 305-600, Korea
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Yin L, Chen CQ, Peng CH, Chen GM, Zhou HJ, Han BS, Li HW. Primary small-bowel non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a study of clinical features, pathology, management and prognosis. J Int Med Res 2007; 35:406-15. [PMID: 17593870 DOI: 10.1177/147323000703500316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The records of 34 patients diagnosed with primary small bowel non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during a 10-year period between January 1996 and December 2005, including 27 cases for which complete follow-up records were available, were studied. Abdominal pain (70.6% of patients) was the main presenting symptom, followed by intestinal obstruction (38.2%). The most common primary site was the ileum (58.8%), followed by the jejunum (26.5%) and duodenum (17.6%); one case had tumours at two sites in the small bowel. Twenty-seven patients had small bowel B-cell lymphoma (24 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; three mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue B-cell lymphoma) and seven patients had small bowel T-cell lymphoma. Cumulative survival in patients with small bowel B-cell lymphoma was higher than that in patients with small bowel T-cell lymphoma. Data on 16 male and eight female patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma showed that 62.5% of these patients presented with disease stages I or II and 37.5% with stages III or IV. Cumulative survival in patients at stages IE or IIE was significantly higher than that of patients at stages IIIE or IVE. Four of five patients who died from diffuse large B-cell lymphoma had abnormal levels of lactate dehydrogenase and serum albumin.
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- L Yin
- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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Han BS, Kim SH, Kim OL, Cho SH, Kim YH, Jang SH. Recovery of corticospinal tract with diffuse axonal injury: A diffusion tensor image study. NeuroRehabilitation 2007. [DOI: 10.3233/nre-2007-22212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Bong Soo Han
- Department of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Health Science, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Wang G, Zhao DQ, Bai HY, Pan MX, Xia AL, Han BS, Xi XK, Wu Y, Wang WH. Nanoscale periodic morphologies on the fracture surface of brittle metallic glasses. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 98:235501. [PMID: 17677915 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.235501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Out-of-plane, nanoscale periodic corrugations are observed in the dynamic fracture surface of brittle bulk metallic glasses with fracture toughness approaching that of silica glasses. A model based on the meniscus instability and plastic zone theory is used to explain such dynamic crack instability. The results indicate that the local softening mechanism in the fracture is an essential ingredient for controlling the formation of the unique corrugations, and might provide a new insight into the origin of fracture surface roughening in brittle materials.
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- G Wang
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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Han BS, Kim SH, Kim OL, Cho SH, Kim YH, Jang SH. Recovery of corticospinal tract with diffuse axonal injury: a diffusion tensor image study. NeuroRehabilitation 2007; 22:151-5. [PMID: 17656842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to identity the recovery process of the corticospinal tract with diffuse axonal injury (DAI) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). DESIGN A 47-year-old female patient and six age-matched control subjects were evaluated. The patient presented with quadriparesis (more severe in the right extremities than the left ones) due to DAI at the onset of traumatic brain injury. Over the 24-month period following the onset of the injury, motor function of the four extremities slowly recovered to range which was close to normal. Two longitudinal DTIs were acquired from the patient (at 10 weeks and 24 months from onset) and from the control subjects. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and an apparent diffusion coefficient were measured using the region of interest (ROI) method. RESULTS On the 10-week DTI, FAs of ROIs of the brainstem in both hemispheres of the patient were significantly lower than those of the control subjects. Compared to normal controls, the patient showed significantly increased FA in both sides of the brainstem at 24 months after the onset, which occurred in parallel with the improvement in motor function. CONCLUSIONS Recovery in this patient could be attributed to the recovery of the corticospinal tract with diffuse axonal injury.
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- Bong Soo Han
- Department of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Health Science, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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Ahn YH, Kim SH, Han BS, Kim OL, Ahn SH, Cho YW, Kwon YH, Jang SH. Focal lesions of the corticospinal tract demonstrated by diffusion tensor imaging in patients with diffuse axonal injury. NeuroRehabilitation 2006. [DOI: 10.3233/nre-2006-21307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Young Hwan Ahn
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon city, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Ahn YH, Kim SH, Han BS, Kim OL, Ahn SH, Cho YW, Kwon YH, Jang SH. Focal lesions of the corticospinal tract demonstrated by diffusion tensor imaging in patients with diffuse axonal injury. NeuroRehabilitation 2006; 21:239-43. [PMID: 17167193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with fiber tractography (FT) could be useful for exploration of the state of the corticospinal tract (CST) at the subcortical white matter level. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate focal lesions of the CST in patients with diffuse axonal injury (DAI), using DTI with FT. DESIGN Two patients with DAI and six normal control subjects were recruited to this study. DTI was performed using 1.5-T with a synergy-L Sensitivity Encoding (SENSE) head coil. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) were measured using a region of interest (ROI) method. FTs were obtained with FA <0.3 and an angle change >45 degrees as termination criteria. RESULTS On the DTI with FT, the focal lesions, which could not observed using routine brain MRI, were detected in the left brainstem of patient 1 and in the right pons and the left and right medulla of patient 2. The patients showed significantly decreased FA values in the focal lesions compared to normal controls. CONCLUSIONS DTI with FT demonstrated focal lesions at the brainstem that had not been revealed by conventional brain MRI; these focal lesions explained the weaknesses of the patients. We conclude that DTI with FT may be a useful modality for use in investigating the status of CST in patients with DAI.
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- Young Hwan Ahn
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon city, Republic of Korea
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Jang SH, Byun WM, Han BS, Park HJ, Bai D, Ahn YH, Kwon YH, Lee MY. Recovery of a partially damaged corticospinal tract in a patient with intracerebral hemorrhage: a diffusion tensor image study. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2006; 24:25-9. [PMID: 16518025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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PURPOSE We hypothesized that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) could be useful for exploring corticospinal tract (CST) regeneration if longitudinal changes of diffusion anisotropy can be detected. In this study, we explored the recovery of a CST partially damaged by intracerebral hematoma in a patient by DTI. METHODS A 61-year-old female patient and six age-matched control subjects were evaluated. The patient presented with complete paralysis of the left extremities, which occurred at the onset of a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in the right corona radiata and internal capsule. Over the five-month period following onset, motor function of the affected extremities slowly recovered to the normal range. Two longitudinal DTIs were acquired from the patient (at 3 weeks and 5 months from onset) and one DTI from the control subjects. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were measured using a region of interest (ROI) method. RESULTS On the 3-week DTI, FA values of ROIs in the ICH regions in the affected hemisphere were significantly lower, and ADC values of ROIs in the same areas were significantly higher than those of the control subjects (p<0.002). However, both mean FA and ADC values of the affected hemisphere in the 5-month DTI showed no significant differences versus those of the control.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University 317-1, Daemyungdong, Namku, Taegu, 705-717, Republic of Korea.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Jang SH, Cho SH, Kim YH, Han BS, Byun WM, Son SM, Kim SH, Lee SJ. Diffusion anisotrophy in the early stages of stroke can predict motor outcome. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2005; 23:11-7. [PMID: 15846028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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PURPOSE This study examined whether the degree of impairment of diffusion anisotrophy in the early stages of a stroke can predict the motor function outcome. METHODS Thirty-one hemiplegic stroke patients were enrolled to this study. Diffusion anisotropy was measured by determining fractional anisotropy (FA) in the two ROIs (region of interests) at corona radiata (CR) and in the posterior limb of internal capsule (IC) during the early stages of stoke (average 7.9 days after stroke onset) and compared with motor outcome of the affected hand 3 months after stroke onset. RESULTS Both ROIs (CR or IC) and lesion types (hemorrhage or infarction) did not have significant effect on the SBFA (symmetry of bilateral FA) and dMRC (medical research council score improvement), either. Patients with greater initial MRC score had significantly greater SBFA and dMRC. The regression equation between the dMRC (Y axis) and the SBFA (X axis) was semi-linear and significant (P < 0.05); for CR group, Y = 3.296 - 0.1192X + 0.0015X2; for IC group, Y = 2.342 - 0.0533X +0.0007(2). The regression lines had 'threshold points' where a minute SBFA change would make a steep increase in dMRC. CONCLUSION The degree of impairment in diffusion anisotropy during the early stages of stroke appears to have the potential to predict motor outcome.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea.
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Kim YH, Jang SH, Byun WM, Han BS, Lee KH, Ahn SH. Ipsilateral motor pathway confirmed by combined brain mapping of a patient with hemiparetic stroke: A case report11No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85:1351-3. [PMID: 15295764 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.08.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study investigated the motor control pathway using both functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in a patient with left hemiparesis with an infarction on the posterior limb of the right internal capsule. fMRI was performed using the blood oxygen level-dependent technique at 1.5 T with a standard head coil. The motor activation task consisted of hand grasp-release movements in 1-Hz cycles. TMS was performed using a butterfly coil; the intersection of the wings (center of the coil) was applied tangentially to the scalp 1.0 cm apart. Stimulation was performed at 100% of maximal output. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) from both abductor pollicis brevis (APB) muscles were obtained simultaneously. fMRI showed that the unaffected (left) primary sensorimotor cortex (SM1) was activated by movements of the unaffected (right) hand. Conversely, the bilateral SM1 were activated by movements of the affected (left) hand. Brain mapping using TMS showed that ipsilateral MEPs were obtained at the affected (left) APB muscle when the unaffected (left) motor cortex was stimulated. We concluded that the ipsilateral motor pathway from the unaffected motor cortex to the affected hand was present in this patient.
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- Yun-Hee Kim
- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Taegu, South Korea
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Kim YH, Jang SH, Han BS, Kwon YH, You SH, Byun WM, Park JW, Yoo WK. Ipsilateral motor pathway confirmed by diffusion tensor tractography in a patient with schizencephaly. Neuroreport 2004; 15:1899-902. [PMID: 15305133 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200408260-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We evaluated the hand motor function of a right hemiparetic patient with schizencephaly using a combination of fMRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). Only the unaffected (right) primary sensori-motor cortex was found to be activated during either affected (right) or unaffected hand movements. Evoked motor potentials with similar characteristics were obtained from both abductor pollicis brevis muscles simultaneously when stimulating the unaffected motor cortex. Moreover, a tract presumed to be a corticospinal tract was observed in the unaffected hemisphere by DTT, however, no tract was observed in the affected hemisphere. Our results indicate that the ipsilateral corticospinal tract extended from the unaffected (right) motor cortex to both hands. This finding may reflect functional reorganization of motor function in a patient with congenital brain disorder.
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- Yun-Hee Kim
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea
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Jang SH, Kim YH, Chang Y, Han BS, Byun WM, Chang CH. The predictive value of cortical activation by passive movement for motor recovery in stroke patients. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2004; 22:59-63. [PMID: 15272140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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PURPOSE Contralateral primary sensori-motor cortex (SM1) activation by passive movement was investigated by functional MRI (fMRI) at the early stage of stroke, to determine whether SM1 activation can be used to predict the degree of motor recovery of the hemiplegic hand. METHODS We studied 17 stroke patients who showed complete paralysis of a hemiplegic hand at onset. The motor function of the hemiplegic hand was assessed on 4 separate occasions (at onset, at fMRI evaluation (performed < 4 weeks after onset), and 3 and 6 months after onset). Significant motor recovery was defined as recovery of the affected hand to the extent of it being able to prehend an object against gravity at least at 6 months after onset. RESULTS The patients having an activated contralateral SM1 showed better motor recovery than those who did not. Only a fourth of the patients with an activated contralateral SM1 experienced a significant motor recovery, whereas none of the patients with an inactivated SM1 showed an improvement 6 months after onset, however, the incidence of significant motor recovery was not significantly difference between the two groups. CONCLUSION It appears that contralateral SM1 activation by passive movement in the early stage of stroke has a low predictive value for the motor recovery of the hemiplegic hand, because the activation of the contralateral SM1 by passive movement appears to be mediated by somatosensory input to the cortex from the thalamus rather than from the motor pathway.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea.
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Han BS, Jang SH, Chang Y, Byun WM, Lim SK, Kang DS. Functional magnetic resonance image finding of cortical activation by neuromuscular electrical stimulation on wrist extensor muscles. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 82:17-20. [PMID: 12510180 DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200301000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects that neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the wrist extensor muscles have on the cerebral cortex. DESIGN A functional magnetic resonance imaging study was performed on eight normal volunteers. The activation task was the maximum wrist extension by neuromuscular electrical stimulation, applied through a two-channel electrical stimulator. Monophasic square-wave pulses were used. The activation maps were generated by the threshold test maps. The level of primary motor cortex and primary sensory cortex activations was estimated. RESULTS Among the eight subjects, seven showed significant activation on contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex by neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the wrist extensor muscles. In these seven subjects, additional bilateral or contralateral supplementary motor area activations were also observed. The number of activated pixels on the primary sensory cortex was slightly greater than that on the primary motor cortex. CONCLUSION Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, when applied to the peripheral muscles, seems to have a direct effect on the cerebral cortex.
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- Bong Soo Han
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yeungham University School of Medicine, Taegu, South Korea
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Jang SH, Han BS, Chang Y, Byun WM, Lee J, Ahn SH. Functional MRI evidence for motor cortex reorganization adjacent to a lesion in a primary motor cortex. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2002; 81:844-7. [PMID: 12394996 DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200211000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The object of this study was to verify motor cortex reorganization in patients with primary motor cortex injury using functional magnetic resonance imaging. DESIGN Ten control subjects and two patients with primary motor cortex injury, caused by a traumatic brain injury in patient 1 and meningioma in patient 2, were evaluated. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed using the blood oxygenation level-dependent technique at 1.5 T with hand movements. RESULTS The contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex was activated by unaffected hand movements. However, only the contralateral primary sensory cortex in patient 1 and the premotor area in patient 2 were activated by affected hand movements, which were totally absent in control subjects. CONCLUSION We believe that the hand motor function of injured primary motor cortex was shifted into the primary sensory cortex in patient 1 and premotor area in patient 2. In conclusion, this finding may reflect a functional reorganization of the motor area in patients with a primary motor cortex injury.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yeungnam University School of Medicine, Taegu, South Korea
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Jang SH, Byun WM, Ahn SH, Chang Y, Han BS. The authors reply. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9993(02)70027-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kim JE, Han BS, Choi WS, Eom DS, Lee EH, Oh TH, Markelonis GJ, Saido TC, Lee GE, Chung IK, Oh YJ. Temporospatial sequence of cellular events associated with etoposide-induced neuronal cell death: role of antiapoptotic protein Bcl-X(L). J Neurosci Res 2001; 66:1074-82. [PMID: 11746439 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Etoposide-induced death comprises such nuclear events as the formation of topoisomerase II-DNA cleavable complex and cytosolic events including caspase activation. By first establishing the temporospatial death sequence triggered by etoposide in a neuronal cell line, MN9D overexpressing Bcl-X(L) (MN9D/Bcl-X(L)) or control vector (MN9D/Neo), we examined whether formation of this complex is primarily responsible for cell death and at which strategic points and how Bcl-X(L) blocks etoposide-induced neuronal death. Etoposide induced death that was dependent on caspase, cycloheximide, and calpain in MN9D/Neo cells. Etoposide also induced death in enucleated MN9D/Neo cells, although this was less severe. The level of topoisomerase II-DNA cleavable complex reached at a maximum of 2 hr after etoposide treatment was identical in MN9D/Neo and MN9D/Bcl-X(L) cells. In MN9D/Neo cells, cytochrome c release into the cytosol and caspase activation occurred as early as 2 hr and 3-6 hr after etoposide treatment, respectively. Etoposide-induced DNA laddering potentially via caspase appeared as early as 12 hr after drug treatment, followed by nuclear swelling in MN9D/Neo cells (>18-20 hr). Subsequently, nuclear condensation started by 24-28 hr and became apparent thereafter. All of these events except for nuclear swelling were substantially blocked in MN9D/Bcl-X(L). At the later stage of cell death (<32-36 hr), a specific cleavage of Bax and fodrin appeared that was completely blocked by calpain inhibitor or by Bcl-X(L). Taken together, our data suggest that Bcl-X(L) prevents etoposide-induced neuronal death by exerting its anticaspase and anticalpain effect on cellular events after the formation of topoisomerase II-DNA cleavable complex that may not be a major contributor to cell death.
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- J E Kim
- Department of Biology, Yonsei University College of Science, 134 Shinchondong Seodaemoonku, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Jang SH, Byun WM, Chang Y, Han BS, Ahn SH. Combined functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation evidence of ipsilateral motor pathway with congenital brain disorder: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; 82:1733-6. [PMID: 11733891 DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.25101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We present the case of 28-year-old man with schizencephaly who had mild left hemiparesis with mirror movement. Brain mapping using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for both hand muscles was done to evaluate his neurologic state. Motor evoked potential (MEP) from both abductor pollicis brevis (APB) muscles was obtained simultaneously. fMRI showed that the left primary sensorimotor cortex became active when the right fingers performed the flexion-extension exercise. The left primary sensorimotor cortex, left prefrontal area, and both supplementary motor areas were activated with flexion-extension exercise of the left hand. Brain mapping for both APB muscles using TMS showed that no MEP was evoked in the right hemisphere, but a APB total of 5 sites were evoked in the left hemisphere simultaneously. The optimal scalp site for both APB muscles was present at the same site. The MEPs of both muscles which were evoked by stimulation of the optimal scalp site, showed similar latencies, amplitudes, and figures of potential. The similarities in both MEPs and the same optimal scalp site support the assumption that MEPs of both APB muscles are produced by the corticospinal tract originating from the same motor cortex. Our results showed that the ipsilateral motor pathway extended from the unaffected left hemisphere to both hand muscles. This finding may reflect functional reorganization of motor area in a patient with congenital brain disorder.
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- S H Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Yeungnam School of Medicine, Taegu, South Korea
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Toriyama-Baba H, Iigo M, Asamoto M, Iwahori Y, Park CB, Han BS, Takasuka N, Kakizoe T, Ishikawa C, Yazawa K, Araki E, Tsuda H. Organotropic chemopreventive effects of n-3 unsaturated fatty acids in a rat multi-organ carcinogenesis model. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001; 92:1175-83. [PMID: 11714441 PMCID: PMC5926667 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb02137.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Organotropic chemopreventive effects of n-3 unsaturated fatty acids were studied using a multi-organ carcinogenesis model in male rats. Rats were treated with diethylnitrosamine (DEN), N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU), N-butyl-N-4-hydroxybutylnitrosamine (BBN), 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) and dihydroxy-di-n-propylnitrosamine (DHPN) during the first 7 weeks, and then given unsaturated fatty acid (UFAs), docosahexaenoic acid (n-3, C(22:6)) (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (n-3, C(20:5)) (EPA), linoleic acid (n-6, C(18:2)) (LA) or oleic acid (n-9, C(18:1)) (OA) at a dose of 1.0 ml/rat, 3 times a week by gavage for the consecutive 30 weeks. All rats were fed a low LA basal diet throughout the experiment and a calorie-restricted basal diet during the period of UFAs feeding administration. DHA significantly reduced tumor size and numbers in the large intestine as compared to OA treatment. Furthermore, DHA showed a tendency to inhibit carcinogenesis in the small intestine and lung. EPA also showed a tendency to inhibit intestinal carcinogenesis. On the other hand, LA showed a tendency to inhibit lung carcinogenesis, but to promote large intestinal carcinogenesis. However these UFAs did not influence preneoplastic and neoplastic lesion development in the liver, kidney, and urinary bladder. Levels of the administered fatty acids were clearly increased in the serum and organs. In contrast, arachidonic acid (AA) levels in the large and small intestines and liver were markedly decreased by treatment with DHA and EPA. Decreased levels of AA in the large intestine correlated well with tumor incidence, although the number of glutathione S-transferase-positive (GST-P(+)) foci showed an inverse correlation with AA levels. The data thus provide evidence that an organotropism exists with regard to the influence of UFAs on carcinogenesis, which correlates with reduction of tissue AA levels in the target organs.
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- H Toriyama-Baba
- Experimental Pathology and Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo
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Han BS, Park CB, Takasuka N, Naito A, Sekine K, Nomura E, Taniguchi H, Tsuno T, Tsuda H. A ferulic acid derivative, ethyl 3-(4'-geranyloxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-propenoate, as a new candidate chemopreventive agent for colon carcinogenesis in the rat. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001; 92:404-9. [PMID: 11346462 PMCID: PMC5926721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb01109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The inhibitory influence of ferulic acid (FA), a rice germ component, and its geranylated derivative 3-(4'-geranyloxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-propenoate (EGMP) on the post-initiation stage of azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon carcinogenesis was studied in male F344 rats given two s.c. injections of AOM (15 mg / kg body weight) during week 1. Diets containing EGMP or FA at doses of 0.1 or 0.2% were then fed for 3 weeks from week 2 to 5, when the animals were sacrificed. The numbers of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and aberrant crypts (AC) per rat in the group given 0.2% FA were significantly decreased (P < 0.001) as compared to the AOM alone group. Furthermore, the numbers of ACF and AC per rat fed the 0.2% and 0.1% EGMP were significantly reduced (P < 0.001 and P < 0.01, respectively). Colonic epithelial cells in S-phase, as measured by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling, in rats fed EGMP were significantly decreased in the 0.2 and 0.1% EGMP groups as compared to the AOM alone group (P < 0.05). BrdU labeling indices in rats fed FA and EGMP assessed by a test using a coefficient for linear contrast were also significantly decreased as compared to the AOM alone value (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, respectively). The results indicate that FA and EGMP have inhibitory effects on ACF and AC development, EGMP being more potent, possibly due to stronger suppressive effects on cell proliferation. No toxic effects were observed in rats given either compound in terms of body and organ weights, and liver or kidney histology. The findings thus suggest that EGMP and FA, especially the former, might have potential as chemopreventive agents against colon tumor development.
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- B S Han
- Experimental Pathology and Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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Shen W, Jiang B, Han BS, Xie S. Investigation of the radial compression of carbon nanotubes with a scanning probe microscope. Phys Rev Lett 2000; 84:3634-3637. [PMID: 11019164 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.3634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Efforts have been made to characterize the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes. Previous work has concentrated on the tubes' longitudinal properties, and studies of their radial properties have lagged behind. We have used a scanning probe microscope with an indentation/scratch function to investigate the radial compression of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under an asymmetric stress. In particular, we have determined the radial compressive elastic modulus at different compression levels and have estimated the compressive strength to be well beyond 5.3 GPa.
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- W Shen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, USA
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Milk and dairy products constitute an important part of the western style diet. A large number of epidemiological studies have been conducted to determine effects of consumption on cancer development but the data are largely equivocal, presumably reflecting the different included components. It has been proposed that whereas fats in general could promote tumor development, individual milk fats like conjugated linoleic acid could exert inhibitory effects. There is also considerable evidence that calcium in milk products protects against colon cancer, while promoting in the prostate through suppression of circulating levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Whey protein may also be beneficial, as shown by both animal and human studies, and experimental data have demonstrated that the major component bovine lactoferrin (bLF), inhibits colon carcinogenesis in the post-initiation stage in male F344 rats treated with azoxymethane (AOM) without any overt toxicity. The incidence of adenocarcinomas in the groups receiving 2% and 0.2% bLF were thus 15% and 25%, respectively, in contrast to the 57.5% control value (P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively). Results in other animal models have provided further indications that bLF might find application as a natural ingredient of milk with potential for chemoprevention of colon and other cancers.
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- H Tsuda
- Experimental Pathology and Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tsukiji 5-1-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ahn B, Han BS, Kim DJ, Ohshima H. Immunohistochemical localization of inducible nitric oxide synthase and 3-nitrotyrosine in rat liver tumors induced by N-nitrosodiethylamine. Carcinogenesis 1999; 20:1337-44. [PMID: 10383909 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.7.1337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Human liver cancers have been associated mainly with chronic inflammations such as viral hepatitis B or C. This suggests that prolonged cell damage by chronic inflammation is critical in cancer development. Overproduction of nitric oxide (NO.) and its derivative (NOx, peroxynitrite) has been implicated as a cause of tissue damage by inflammation, thus contributing to tumor promotion. We have demonstrated the expression of the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and 3-nitrotyrosine, a marker of peroxynitrite formation, by immunohistochemistry in preneoplastic and neoplastic rat liver tissues induced by continuous infusion of N-nitrosodiethylamine with mini-pumps. The preneoplastic lesions were characterized by proliferation of phenotypically altered hepatic foci (PAHF), dysplastic hepatocytes and oval cells. Histologically, the tumors were hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) of trabecular, (pseudo)glandular and solid types with or without cholangiocellular involvement. iNOS was located mainly in oval cells, capillary endothelial and muscular cells, epithelia of cholangiomas and glandular HCCs. 3-Nitrotyrosine was observed in the cytoplasms of PAHF and dysplastic hepatocytes in preneoplasias and in the cytoplasms of some living or apoptotic HCC cells, connective tissues, proteinaceous fluids, sinusoidal endothelia of tumorous hepatocytes and cholangiomas in tumors. From these observations, we suggest that: (i) chronic tissue damage by chemical carcinogens may act to induce iNOS and peroxynitrite formation; (ii) oval cells play a key role in development and/or growth of tumor tissues by producing NO. via iNOS, which may also cause tissue damage by peroxynitrite; (iii) iNOS can be considered as a phenotypic marker in cells of oval cell lineage and neovascularized capillaries in tumor tissues.
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- B Ahn
- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Toxicology Research, Korea Food and Drug Administration, 5 Nokbun-Dong, Eunpyung-Ku, Seoul 122-704, Korea
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Han ES, Oh HY, Ha KW, Han BS, Hong SM, Han JW, Hong S, Noh SH, Lee HW. Farnesylcysteine methyltransferase activity and Ras protein expression in human stomach tumor tissue. Arch Pharm Res 1998; 21:378-84. [PMID: 9875463 DOI: 10.1007/bf02974630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The processing pathway of G-proteins and Ras family proteins includes the isoprenylation of the cysteine residue, followed by proteolysis of three terminal residues and alpha-carboxyl methyl esterification of the cysteine residue. Farnesylcysteine methyltransferase (FCMT) activity is responsible for the methylation reaction which play a role in the membrane attachment of a variety of cellular proteins. Four kinds of Ras protein (c-Ha-ras, c-N-Ras, c-Ki-Ras, pan-Ras) expression were detected in adenocarcinoma of human tissue by immunohistochemical method, and hematoxylin and eosin staining. The level of Ras protein in human stomach tumor tissues was much higher than in normal and peritumoral regions of the same biopsy samples. The FCMT activities of each cellular fractions were high in mitochondrial fraction followed by microsomal fraction, whole homogenate and cytosolic fraction. The inhibitory effect on FCMT activity on stomach tumor tissue was determined after treatment with 0.25 microM of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine. S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine inhibited FCMT activity from 11.2% to 30.5%. These results suggested that FCMT might be involved in Ras proteins activity.
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- E S Han
- Department of Pharmacy, National Institute of Toxicological Research, Korea Food and Drug Administration, Seoul, Korea
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Kim DJ, Han BS, Ahn B, Hasegawa R, Shirai T, Ito N, Tsuda H. Enhancement by indole-3-carbinol of liver and thyroid gland neoplastic development in a rat medium-term multiorgan carcinogenesis model. Carcinogenesis 1997; 18:377-81. [PMID: 9054632 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.2.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The modification potential of indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a naturally occurring compound found in cruciferous vegetables, on neoplastic development was assessed using a rat medium-term multiorgan carcinogenesis model. One-hundred male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into three groups and sequentially treated with diethylnitrosamine (DEN; 100 mg/kg b.w., a single i.p.), N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU; 20 mg/kg b.w., four times i.p., at days 5, 8, 11 and 14), and dihydroxy-di-N-propyl-nitrosamine (DHPN; 0.1% in the drinking water during weeks 1 and 3) (DMD treatment; groups 1 and 2) or the vehicles alone (group 3) in the first 3-week initiation period. Animals of groups 1 and 3 were then given diet containing 0.25% I3C from week 4 until week 24, followed by a return to basal diet for 28 weeks, and subgroups were killed at weeks 24 and 52. I3C caused significant increases in both number (no./cm2) and area (mm2/cm2) of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P)-positive liver cell foci assessed at week 24 of the experiment (P<0.01, 0.001). The incidence of hepatocellular adenomas in the DMD and I3C group at week 52 showed a tendency for elevation as compared to the DMD alone group, but this was not statistically significant. The thyroid gland tumour incidences in the DMD and I3C groups were significantly increased compared with the DMD alone group values at week 52 (P<0.01). In conclusion, I3C enhanced liver and thyroid gland neoplastic development when given during the promotion stage in the present rat medium-term multiorgan carcinogenesis model.
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- D J Kim
- Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Centre Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kim DJ, Ahn B, Han BS, Tsuda H. Potential preventive effects of Chelidonium majis L. (Papaveraceae) herb extract on glandular stomach tumor development in rats treated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and hypertonic sodium chloride. Cancer Lett 1997; 112:203-8. [PMID: 9066729 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(96)04571-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The modifying effects of Chelidonium majis L. (Papaveraceae) herb extract (CH), an analgesic traditionally prescribed for gastric and duodenal ulcer patients, on gastric tumor development were studied in rats given N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). Sixty-four male 6-week-old Wistar rats were used. Group 1 rats were initially given MNNG (200 mg/kg b.w.) by gavage at days 0 and 14 as well as saturated sodium chloride solution (S-NaCl, 1 ml per rat) every 3 days during weeks 0-3 (six times), and then placed on basal diet containing 0.1 or 0.2% CH for 16 weeks from week 4. Rats of Group 2 and 3 were treated with MNNG together with S-NaCl or saline (0.9% NaCl, 1 ml per rat), respectively, timed as in Group 1 but without further treatment. All surviving animals were killed at week 20 and histopathologically investigated. In the glandular stomach, the number of preneoplastic pepsinogen 1 altered pyloric glands (PAPGs) in the MNNG + S-NaCl-->CH (0.1%) group (Group 1) was significantly smaller than in the MNNG + S-NaCl group (Group 2) (P < 0.02). The incidences of forestomach neoplastic lesions (papillomas and squamous cell carcinomas) also showed a tendency to decrease with the CH treatment. The results thus indicate that CH exerts inhibitory effects on glandular stomach carcinogenesis in the rat, so that it may have potential as a chemopreventive agent for stomach cancer in man.
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- D J Kim
- Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Cheoun MK, Han BS, Yu BG, Cheon IT. Kaon photoproduction near threshold and their coupling constants. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1996; 54:1811-1824. [PMID: 9971529 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.54.1811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Kim DJ, Han BS, Ahn B, Lee KK, Kang JS, Tsuda H. Promotion potential of tamoxifen on hepatocarcinogenesis in female SD or F344 rats initiated with diethylnitrosamine. Cancer Lett 1996; 104:13-9. [PMID: 8640739 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04222-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The liver promotion potential of tamoxifen (TAM), which has been widely used in the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancers, was investigated using female SD or F344 rat initiated with diethylnitrosamine (DEN). In Experiment 1, 45 newborn female SD rats were administered DEN (100 mg/kg, i.p.) (Groups 1 and 2) or saline (Group 3) 24 h after birth. After weaning at week 3, Groups 1 and 3 were subcutaneously injected with TAM citrate (1 mg/rat per day), suspended in corn oil, in the subscapular region, while Group 2 was given the vehicle alone (s.c.) daily for 9 weeks, and killed at week 12. In Experiment 2, 70 female F344 rats at 7 weeks of age were divided into five groups. All animals were initially given DEN (200 mg/kg i.p.) for initiation. Two weeks later Groups 1-4 were given diets containing 100, 250, 500 ppm TAM, or 500 ppm PB for 6 weeks, respectively, while Group 5 was administered basal diet as a control for the same period. The rats were subjected to two-thirds partial hepatectomy (PH) at week 3 and were killed at week 8. The enhanced development of glutathione S-transferase-placental form (GST-P)-positive liver cell foci after DEN exposure in both newborn SD and adult F344 rat medium-term liver bioassay models (Experiments 1 and 2). This suggests that TAM exerts promotion potential for hepatocarcinogenesis in female rats.
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- D J Kim
- Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Kim DJ, Lee KK, Han BS, Ahn B, Bae JH, Jang JJ. Biphasic modifying effect of indole-3-carbinol on diethylnitrosamine-induced preneoplastic glutathione S-transferase placental form-positive liver cell foci in Sprague-Dawley rats. Jpn J Cancer Res 1994; 85:578-83. [PMID: 8063610 PMCID: PMC5919519 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1994.tb02399.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The biphasic modifying effects of indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a naturally occurring constituent of edible cruciferous vegetables, on the development of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P)-positive liver cell foci were investigated by using a medium-term liver bioassay system and a newborn rat hepatocarcinogenesis system. In Experiment 1, a total of 65 male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into 5 groups. Animals were given a single intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of 200 mg/kg diethylnitrosamine (DEN) dissolved in saline for groups 1, 2, and 3 or a single i.p. injection of saline for groups 4 and 5. Group 1 was given the diet containing 0.25% I3C for 2 weeks prior to DEN initiation and then basal diet for 8 weeks. Group 2 was given basal diet for 4 weeks prior to and after DEN initiation and then the diet containing 0.25% I3C for 6 weeks. The rats of group 3 were placed on basal diet during the experiment. Animals of groups 4 and 5 were treated in the same manner as those of groups 1 and 2 except for injection with saline instead of DEN solution. All rats were subjected to two-thirds partial hepatectomy at week 3 and were killed at week 8 after DEN or saline injection. In Experiment 2, a total of 45 female SD rats were dosed with DEN (100 mg/kg, i.p.) or saline at 24 h after birth. After weaning at week 3, the rats were fed diet containing 0.25% I3C for 9 weeks and then were killed at week 12. In Experiment 1, preinitiation exposure to 0.25% I3C caused a significant decrease in numbers of GST-P-positive liver cell foci (P < 0.05), while postinitiation exposure to 0.25% I3C caused significant increases in both number (No./cm2) and area (mm2/cm2) of GST-P-positive liver cell foci (P < 0.05 or 0.01). In Experiment 2, the relative liver weight in the DEN + I3C group was significantly increased (P < 0.001). The numbers and areas of GST-P-positive liver cell foci in the DEN + I3C group were significantly increased as compared to the values of the DEN-alone group (P < 0.001). These results clearly demonstrated that I3C exerts a promoting effect on the postinitiation stage as well as an inhibitory effect on the preinitiation stage in the medium-term liver bioassay.
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- D J Kim
- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Safety Research, Seoul, Korea
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Han BS. [An analysis of 60 misdiagnosed cases of lung cancer admitted to a tuberculosis hospital]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Xi Ji Bing Za Zhi 1985; 8:202-4, 254. [PMID: 4075922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Han BS, Alberts ME. Congenital nephrotic syndrome: case with electron microscopic and family studies. J Iowa Med Soc 1970; 60:760-3 passim. [PMID: 5482404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Han BS, Caterine JM, Overton RW. Granular cell myoblastoma in the thyroid gland. Report of a case. J Iowa Med Soc 1969; 59:928-32. [PMID: 4310411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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