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Chae G, Jun JB, Jung HS, Park CY, Kim JH, Kang BJ, Kang HH, Ra SW, Seo KW, Jegal Y, Ahn JJ, Park SH, Lee T. Histiocytic pleural effusion: the strong clue to malignancy. World J Surg Oncol 2021; 19:180. [PMID: 34134706 PMCID: PMC8210362 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-021-02296-1] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There have been many studies on the clinical characteristics of neutrophilic, lymphocytic, and/or eosinophilic pleural effusion. While caring for patients with pleural effusion, we found that histiocytic pleural effusion (HisPE) was not uncommon. However, few studies have explored HisPE. The purpose of the present study was to determine the clinical characteristics and etiologies of HisPE. METHODS In this retrospective study, HisPE was defined as pleural fluid white blood cells comprised of ≥ 50% histiocytes. Using a clinical data warehouse, patients with HisPE among all patients aged >18 years who underwent thoracentesis and pleural fluid analysis between January 2010 and December 2019 at Ulsan University Hospital were enrolled. A total of 295 (9.0%) of 3279 patients who underwent thoracentesis were identified as HisPE patients. Among them, 201 with exudative HisPE were included. Clinical characteristics and etiologies were extracted from medical records and analyzed. RESULTS Among the 201 patients with exudative HisPE, the major causes were malignant pleural effusion (n = 102 [50.7%]), parapneumonic effusion (n = 9 [4.5%]), and tuberculous pleurisy (n = 9 [4.5%]). In the 102 patients with malignant pleural effusion, the main types of cancer were lung (n = 42 [41.2%]), breast (n = 16 [15.7%]), and stomach cancer (n = 11 [10.8%]). Among lung cancers, adenocarcinoma (n = 34 [81.0%]) was the most common histology. CONCLUSIONS The leading cause of exudative HisPE was malignancy, particularly lung cancer. Physicians should consider the possibility of malignant disease if histiocytes are predominantly present in pleural effusion.
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- Ganghee Chae
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwando-ro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea.
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Jung HS, Chae G, Kim JH, Park CY, Lim S, Park SE, Kim HC, Lee YJ, Kang SK, Kim DH, Lee Y, Lee T. The mechanical characteristics and performance evaluation of a newly developed silicone airway stent (GINA stent). Sci Rep 2021; 11:7958. [PMID: 33846477 PMCID: PMC8041787 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87142-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Central airway obstruction (CAO) can be attributed to several benign or malignant conditions. Although surgery is the preferred therapeutic option for the management of CAO, bronchoscopic treatment can be performed in scenarios where the surgical procedure is not possible. Recent years have witnessed several improvements in the field of bronchoscopic treatment, especially with regard to airway stents. Current research involves new attempts to overcome the existing shortcomings pertaining to the stents (migration, mucostasis, and granulation tissue formation). The authors have recently developed a new silicone airway stent (GINA stent) with an anti-migration design, dynamic structure that enables the reduction of stent cross-sectional area, and radio-opacity. The present study aimed to evaluate the mechanical characteristics and performance of the novel GINA stent using a porcine tracheal stenosis model. In the current study, all the tests involved the comparison of the GINA stent [outer diameter (OD, mm): 14; length (L, mm): 55] with the Dumon stent (OD: 14; L: 50). The mechanical tests were performed using a digital force gauge, in order to determine the anti-migration force, expansion force, and flexibility. The present study evaluated the short-term (3 weeks) performance of the two stents after implantation [GINA (n = 4) vs. Dumon (n = 3)] in the porcine tracheal stenosis model. The results pertaining to the comparison of the mechanical properties of the GINA and Dumon stents are stated as follows: anti-migration force (18.4 vs. 12.8 N, P = 0.008); expansion force (11.9 vs. 14.5 N, P = 0.008); and flexibility (3.1 vs. 4.5 N, P = 0.008). The results pertaining to the comparison of the short-term performance of the GINA and Dumon stents are stated as follows: mucus retention (0/4 vs. 0/3); granulation tissue formation (0/4 vs. 0/3); and migration (1/4 vs. 2/3). The GINA stent displayed better mechanical properties and comparable short-term performance, compared to the Dumon stent.
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- Hwa Sik Jung
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Research and Development Department, S&G Biotech, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Research and Development Department, S&G Biotech, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Digital Contents Design, University of Ulsan College of Design and Architecture, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 877 Bangeojinsunhwan-doro, Dong-gu, Ulsan, 44033, Korea.
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Jo W, Seo KW, Jung HS, Park CY, Kang BJ, Kang HH, Ra SW, Jegal Y, Ahn JJ, Park SE, Jung MS, Park JI, Park EJ, Sim CS, Kim TB, Lee T. Clinical Importance of Work-Exacerbated Asthma: Findings From a Prospective Asthma Cohort in a Highly Industrialized City in Korea. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2021; 13:256-270. [PMID: 33474860 PMCID: PMC7840872 DOI: 10.4168/aair.2021.13.2.256] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Work-related asthma (WRA) occupies about 10%-30% of all asthma cases. Among 2 subtypes of WRA (occupational asthma [OA] and work-exacerbated asthma [WEA]), the rate of WEA has been reported to increase recently. WRA is described as having worse characteristics than non-WRA (NWRA), while WEA is known to show similar severity to OA in terms of symptoms and exacerbations. However, these data were mainly based on indirect surveys. Ulsan is a highly industrialized city in Korea; therefore, it is estimated to have a high incidence of WRA. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of WRA in the city. METHODS This was a prospective asthma cohort study of individuals diagnosed with asthma and treated at Ulsan University Hospital between Jan 2015 and Dec 2016. Baseline characteristics and work-related inquiry (9 questionnaires) were investigated at enrollment. Various severity indices and job change were then investigated for the longitudinal analysis at 12 months after enrollment. RESULTS In total, 217 asthma patients completed the study. WRA accounted for 17% (36/217), with an equal number of WEA and OA (18 patients each). Before the work-related survey, only 33% (n = 12) of WRA patients (22% [4/18] of WEA and 44% [8/18] of OA) were diagnosed with WRA by the attending physicians. Compared to the NWRA group and the OA subgroup, the WEA subgroup had more outpatient visits, more oral corticosteroids prescriptions, and trends of low asthma control test scores and severe asthma. The rate of job change was markedly lower in the WEA subgroup than in the OA subgroup (20% vs. 5%). CONCLUSIONS The overall prevalence of WRA (17%) was similar to those of previous studies, but the share of WEA was high (50% of WRA). WEA was more severe than OA or NWRA. The possible reason for this severity is ongoing workplace exposure.
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- Woori Jo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Metro Silver Hospital, Changwon, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Medical Information Center, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
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Lee K, Lim S, Park H, Woo HY, Chang Y, Sung E, Jung HS, Yun KE, Kim CW, Ryu S, Kwon MJ. Subclinical thyroid dysfunction, bone mineral density, and osteoporosis in a middle-aged Korean population. Osteoporos Int 2020; 31:547-555. [PMID: 31720711 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-019-05205-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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UNLABELLED Thyroid dysfunction is associated with the loss of bone density (osteoporosis). However, the connection between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and osteoporosis remains controversial. This study found no apparent association between subclinical hypothyroidism or subclinical hyperthyroidism and bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and femur. INTRODUCTION The present study examined the relationship between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and BMD in healthy middle-aged adults. METHODS A total of 25,510 healthy Koreans with normal free thyroxine levels were enrolled from January 2011 to December 2016, and 91% of subjects visited only once. The average age of the 15,761 women was 45, and the average age of the 9749 men was 48. Levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and BMD were recorded in all subjects. BMD was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. RESULTS No apparent association was found between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and BMD in the lumbar spine, femur-neck, and proximal femur sites compared with a euthyroid group. Age, body mass index (BMI), and postmenopausal status affected BMD in women, and only BMI affected BMD in men. Subclinical hypothyroidism was independently associated with a lower risk of osteoporosis (odds ratio 0.657, 95% confidence interval 0.464-0.930) in 4710 postmenopausal women. CONCLUSIONS No apparent association was found between subclinical hypothyroidism or subclinical hyperthyroidism defined on single TSH measurement and BMD at the lumbar spine and femur in a large cohort of middle-aged men and women. Subclinical hypothyroidism was independently associated with a lower risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
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- K Lee
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Chen ZQ, Li ZH, Hua H, Watanabe H, Yuan CX, Zhang SQ, Lorusso G, Nishimura S, Baba H, Browne F, Benzoni G, Chae KY, Crespi FCL, Doornenbal P, Fukuda N, Gey G, Gernhäuser R, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jiang DX, Jungclaus A, Jung HS, Jin Y, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kondev FG, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Li XQ, Lou JL, Lane GJ, Li CG, Luo DW, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Niu CY, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Sumikama T, Söderström PA, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Simpson GS, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Taprogge J, Takeda H, Vajta Z, Wang HK, Wu J, Wendt A, Wang CG, Wu HY, Wang X, Wu CG, Xu C, Xu ZY, Yagi A, Ye YL, Yoshinaga K. Proton Shell Evolution below ^{132}Sn: First Measurement of Low-Lying β-Emitting Isomers in ^{123,125}Ag. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:212502. [PMID: 31283301 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.212502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The β-delayed γ-ray spectroscopy of neutron-rich ^{123,125}Ag isotopes is investigated at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory of RIKEN, and the long-predicted 1/2^{-} β-emitting isomers in ^{123,125}Ag are identified for the first time. With the new experimental results, the systematic trend of energy spacing between the lowest 9/2^{+} and 1/2^{-} levels is extended in Ag isotopes up to N=78, providing a clear signal for the reduction of the Z=40 subshell gap in Ag towards N=82. Shell-model calculations with the state-of-the-art V_{MU} plus M3Y spin-orbit interaction give a satisfactory description of the low-lying states in ^{123,125}Ag. The tensor force is found to play a crucial role in the evolution of the size of the Z=40 subshell gap. The observed inversion of the single-particle levels around ^{123}Ag can be well interpreted in terms of the monopole shift of the π1g_{9/2} orbitals mainly caused by the increasing occupation of ν1h_{11/2} orbitals.
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- Z Q Chen
- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- IRCNPC, School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, Guangdong, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- National Physical Laboratory, NPL, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- LPSC, Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
- Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, R.S.P.E., Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, A.C. 22085, E 46071, Valencia, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- LPSC, Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary
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- College of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, Zhoukou Normal University, Henan 466000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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Lee SH, Jang DH, Jung HS, Kook HD, Joo HJ, Park JH, Hong SJ, Lim DS, Shim WJ, Yu CW. P6387A comparison of procedural and short-term clinical outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion between amplatzer cardiac plug and watchman device in the early learning periods. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6387] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S H Lee
- Mediplex Sejong Hospital, Cardiology, Incheon, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Korea University Anam Hospital, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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Jung HS, Kang BJ, Ra SW, Seo KW, Jegal Y, Jun JB, Jung J, Jeong J, Jeon HJ, Ahn JS, Lee T, Ahn JJ. Corrigendum: Elucidation of Bacterial Pneumonia-Causing Pathogens in Patients with Respiratory Viral Infection. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) 2018; 81:349. [PMID: 30238717 PMCID: PMC6148099 DOI: 10.4046/trd.2017.0044.r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Kim M, Lee EJ, Shin HM, Jung HS, Kim TK, Kim TN, Kwon MJ, Lee SH, Rhee BD, Park JH. The effect of PPARγ agonist on SGLT2 and glucagon expressions in alpha cells under hyperglycemia. J Endocrinol Invest 2017; 40:1069-1076. [PMID: 28391584 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-017-0659-1] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have many beneficial effects for type 2 diabetes, including decreased cardiovascular death, recent reports that they increased glucagon through SGLT2 inhibition raised some concern. Troglitazone, Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ) agonist, was reported to increase SGLT2 in renal proximal tubule cells, but its role on pancreatic alpha cells have not been reported. We investigated the effect of troglitazone on SGLT2 expression in alpha cells and subsequent glucagon regulation in hyperglycemia. METHODS An Alpha TC1-6 cell line was cultured in control (5 mM) or hyperglycemia (HG, 15 mM) for 72 h. We applied troglitazone with or without PPARγ antagonist (GW9662 10 μM). To investigate the involvement of PI3K/Akt pathway, we applied troglitazone with or without Wortmanin. We measured sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) and glucagon (GCG) mRNA and protein expression. PPAR gamma, PI3K and Akt protein were also measured. RESULTS Exposure of alpha TC cells to HG for 72 h increased glucagon mRNA and protein expression. HG decreased SGLT2 mRNA and protein expression. Troglitazone significantly reversed HG-induced reduction of SGLT2 expression and increase of glucagon secretion. PPARγ antagonist (GW9662 10 μM) decreased the expression of SGLT2 and increased glucagon as HG did. Hyperglycemia increased PI3K and pAkt expression in alpha cells. Wortmanin (PI3K inhibitor, 1 μM) reversed HG-induced SGLT2 decrease and glucagon increase. Troglitazone treatment decreased PI3K and pAkt expression in HG. CONCLUSION In conclusion, PPARγ agonist, troglitazone improved glucose transport SGLT2 dysfunction and subsequent glucagon dysregulation in alpha cell under hyperglycemia. Those effects were through the involvement of PI3K/pAkt signaling pathway. This study may add one more reason for the ideal combination of PPARγ agonist and SGLT2 inhibitor in clinical practice.
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- M Kim
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea.
- Molecular Therapy Lab, Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University, Busan, South Korea.
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
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- Molecular Therapy Lab, Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
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- Molecular Therapy Lab, Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, 875, Hauendae-ro, Hauendae-gu, Busan, 612-862, South Korea
- Molecular Therapy Lab, Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
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Jung HS, Kang BJ, Ra SW, Seo KW, Jegal Y, Jun JB, Jung J, Jeong J, Jeon HJ, Ahn JS, Lee T, Ahn JJ. Elucidation of Bacterial Pneumonia-Causing Pathogens in Patients with Respiratory Viral Infection. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) 2017; 80:358-367. [PMID: 28905531 PMCID: PMC5617852 DOI: 10.4046/trd.2017.0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background Bacterial pneumonia occurring after respiratory viral infection is common. However, the predominant bacterial species causing pneumonia secondary to respiratory viral infections other than influenza remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to know whether the pathogens causing post-viral bacterial pneumonia vary according to the type of respiratory virus. Methods Study subjects were 5,298 patients, who underwent multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection of respiratory viruses, among who visited the emergency department or outpatient clinic with respiratory symptoms at Ulsan University Hospital between April 2013 and March 2016. The patients' medical records were retrospectively reviewed. Results A total of 251 clinically significant bacteria were identified in 233 patients with post-viral bacterial pneumonia. Mycoplasma pneumoniae was the most frequent bacterium in patients aged <16 years, regardless of the preceding virus type (p=0.630). In patients aged ≥16 years, the isolated bacteria varied according to the preceding virus type. The major results were as follows (p<0.001): pneumonia in patients with influenza virus (type A/B), rhinovirus, and human metapneumovirus infections was caused by similar bacteria, and the findings indicated that Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia was very common in these patients. In contrast, coronavirus, parainfluenza virus, and respiratory syncytial virus infections were associated with pneumonia caused by gram-negative bacteria. Conclusion The pathogens causing post-viral bacterial pneumonia vary according to the type of preceding respiratory virus. This information could help in selecting empirical antibiotics in patients with post-viral pneumonia.
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- Hwa Sik Jung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
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Sahin E, Bello Garrote FL, Tsunoda Y, Otsuka T, de Angelis G, Görgen A, Niikura M, Nishimura S, Xu ZY, Baba H, Browne F, Delattre MC, Doornenbal P, Franchoo S, Gey G, Hadyńska-Klȩk K, Isobe T, John PR, Jung HS, Kojouharov I, Kubo T, Kurz N, Li Z, Lorusso G, Matea I, Matsui K, Mengoni D, Morfouace P, Napoli DR, Naqvi F, Nishibata H, Odahara A, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Söderström PA, Sohler D, Stefan IG, Sumikama T, Suzuki D, Taniuchi R, Taprogge J, Vajta Z, Watanabe H, Werner V, Wu J, Yagi A, Yalcinkaya M, Yoshinaga K. Shell Evolution towards ^{78}Ni: Low-Lying States in ^{77}Cu. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:242502. [PMID: 28665637 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.242502] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The level structure of the neutron-rich ^{77}Cu nucleus is investigated through β-delayed γ-ray spectroscopy at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory of the RIKEN Nishina Center. Ions of ^{77}Ni are produced by in-flight fission, separated and identified in the BigRIPS fragment separator, and implanted in the WAS3ABi silicon detector array, surrounded by Ge cluster detectors of the EURICA array. A large number of excited states in ^{77}Cu are identified for the first time by correlating γ rays with the β decay of ^{77}Ni, and a level scheme is constructed by utilizing their coincidence relationships. The good agreement between large-scale Monte Carlo shell model calculations and experimental results allows for the evaluation of the single-particle structure near ^{78}Ni and suggests a single-particle nature for both the 5/2_{1}^{-} and 3/2_{1}^{-} states in ^{77}Cu, leading to doubly magic ^{78}Ni.
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- E Sahin
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo 0316, Norway
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro 35020, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo 0316, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo 0316, Norway
- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro 35020, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, Legnaro 35020, Italy
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
- Institut für Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler/Fatih 34134, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Park MJ, Kim JP, Lee HI, Lim TK, Jung HS, Lee JS. Is a short arm cast appropriate for stable distal radius fractures in patients older than 55 years? A randomized prospective multicentre study. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2017; 42:487-492. [PMID: 28490225 DOI: 10.1177/1753193417690464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED We conducted a prospective randomized, multicentre study to compare short arm and long arm plaster casts for the treatment of stable distal radius fracture in patients older than 55 years. We randomly assigned patients over the age of 55 years who had stable distal radius fracture to either a short arm or long arm plaster cast at the first review 1 week after their injury. Radiographic and clinical follow-up was conducted at 1, 3, 5, 12 and 24 weeks following their injury. Also, degree of disability caused by each cast immobilization was evaluated at the patient's visit to remove the cast. There were no significant differences in radiological parameters between the groups except for volar tilt. Despite these differences in volar tilt, neither functional status as measured by the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand, nor visual analogue scale was significantly different between the groups. However, the mean score of disability caused by plaster cast immobilization and the incidence rate of shoulder pain were significantly higher in patients who had a long plaster cast. Our findings suggest that a short arm cast is as effective as a long arm cast for stable distal radius fractures in the elderly. Furthermore, it is more comfortable and introduces less restriction on daily activities. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE II.
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- M J Park
- 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, SungKyunKwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- 3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea
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- 4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- 5 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical Center of Chung-Ang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- 5 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical Center of Chung-Ang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Seo K, Choi JW, Kim DW, Han D, Noh SJ, Jung HS. Aminophylline Effect on Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice. Transplant Proc 2017; 49:358-365. [PMID: 28219599 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aminophylline increases the intracellular concentration of cAMP and exerts an anti-inflammatory effect. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of aminophylline on renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice. METHODS Thirty C57BL/6 mice were divided into 3 groups. In the sham group (group S, n = 10), only right nephrectomy was performed. In the control group (group C, n = 10), after right nephrectomy, the mice were subjected to 30 minutes of left renal ischemia. In the aminophylline group (group A, n = 10), an intraperitoneal injection of aminophylline (5 mg/kg) was performed before renal ischemia. Twenty-four hours after reperfusion, the mice were euthanized, and plasma and kidney samples were obtained to analyze the serum creatinine, renal histology, and expression levels of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) and pro-inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS The serum creatinine concentration in group C was markedly elevated at 24 hours after reperfusion. Aminophylline treatment significantly reduced serum creatinine, compared with group C. Aminophylline also reduced the histological evidence of renal damage. The expression levels of NF-kB, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) mRNA were significantly increased in group C (P < .001). Group A showed lower expression of NF-kB, TNF-α, MCP-1, MIP-2, and ICAM-1 mRNA than group C (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS Aminophylline treatment improved the renal function and indexes of renal inflammation, which suggests that it provided reno-protection against renal I/R injury.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- The Research Institute of Medical Science, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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Ko SH, Baeg MK, Jung HS, Kim P, Choi MG. Russian Caucasians have a higher risk of erosive reflux disease compared with East Asians: A direct endoscopic comparison. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2017; 29. [PMID: 27957783 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Erosive reflux disease (ERD) is prevalent in the West, and its incidence is increasing in the East. The differences between the West and East, especially in body composition, have not been investigated thoroughly. METHODS Subjects who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy and body composition analysis during health screening were analyzed retrospectively. Russian Caucasians who visited Korea were propensity matched with native Koreans. Endoscopy results were analyzed to identify ERD and gastroesophageal flap valve (GEFV) status. Body composition and laboratory results were compared to identify risk factors for ERD. KEY RESULTS 32 279 subjects underwent health screening with 1496 Russian Caucasians propensity matched with 1496 Koreans. ERD prevalence was 20.2% for Caucasians and 9.8% for Koreans (P<.001). Caucasians had significantly greater body mass index (BMI) and were more sarcopenic. Significant risk factors for ERD were Caucasian ethnicity (OR 1.629, 95% CI 1.265-2.099, P<.001), male gender (OR 2.374, 95% CI 1.883-2.993, P<.001), greater BMI (OR 1.067, 95% CI 1.041-1.093, P<.001), and abnormal GEFV (OR 2.730, 95% CI 2.194-3.397, P<.001). H. pylori seropositivity (OR 0.614, 95% CI 0.488-0.774, P<.001) and atrophic gastritis (OR 0.547, 95% CI 0.411-0.728, P<.001) were significantly preventive. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Caucasian ethnicity is a significant risk factor for ERD. Greater BMI, male gender and abnormal GEFV are associated with ERD, and H. pylori seropositivity and atrophic gastritis are preventive. Further studies are needed to assess the differences in ERD between Caucasians and East Asians.
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- S-H Ko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Health Promotion, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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Park YT, Park CH, Bae MA, Jung HS, Lee YI, Lim JH, Cha HJ, Seo MJ, Park SH, Choi Y, Kim H, Jo JC. Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome. Am J Case Rep 2016; 17:529-34. [PMID: 27452959 PMCID: PMC4961065 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.897572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Patient: Male, 61 Final Diagnosis: AITL in Klinefelter syndrome Symptoms: — Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Chemotherapy Specialty: Hematology
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- Yong Tae Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
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Jung HS, Jin SH, Cho JH, Han SH, Lee DK, Cho H. UTE-ΔR2 -ΔR2 * combined MR whole-brain angiogram using dual-contrast superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. NMR Biomed 2016; 29:690-701. [PMID: 27061076 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3514] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The ability to visualize whole-brain vasculature is important for quantitative in vivo investigation of vascular malfunctions in cerebral small vessel diseases, including cancer, stroke and neurodegeneration. Transverse relaxation-based ΔR2 and ΔR2 * MR angiography (MRA) provides improved vessel-tissue contrast in animal deep brain with the aid of intravascular contrast agents; however, it is susceptible to orientation dependence, air-tissue interface artifacts and vessel size overestimation. Dual-mode MRA acquisition with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) provides a unique opportunity to systematically compare and synergistically combine both longitudinal (R1 ) and transverse (ΔR2 and ΔR2 *) relaxation-based MRA. Through Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and MRA experiments in normal and tumor-bearing animals with intravascular SPION, we show that ultrashort TE (UTE) MRA acquires well-defined vascularization on the brain surface, minimizing air-tissue artifacts, and combined ΔR2 and ΔR2 * MRA simultaneously improves the sensitivity to intracortical penetrating vessels and reduces vessel size overestimation. Consequently, UTE-ΔR2 -ΔR2 * combined MRA complements the shortcomings of individual angiograms and provides a strategy to synergistically merge longitudinal and transverse relaxation effects to generate more robust in vivo whole-brain micro-MRA. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- H S Jung
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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Park SY, Kim DJ, Yu WS, Jung HS. Robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy with extensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy: experience with 114 consecutive patients with intrathoracic esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus 2016; 29:326-32. [PMID: 25716873 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The study aims to report the operative outcomes of robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy (RATE) with extensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy (ML) for intrathoracic esophageal cancer. We analyzed a prospective database of 114 consecutive patients who underwent RATE with lymph node dissection along recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) followed by cervical esophagogastrostomy. The study included 104 men with a mean age of 63.1 ± 0.8 years. Of these, 110 (96.5%) had squamous cell carcinoma, and the location of the tumor was upper esophagus in 7 (6.1%), middle in 62 (54.4%), and lower in 45 (39.5%). Preoperative concurrent chemoradiation was performed in 15 patients (13.2%). All but one patient underwent successful RATE, and R0 resection was achieved in 111 patients (97.4%). Extended ML and total ML were performed in 24 (21.1%) and 90 (78.9%) patients, respectively. Total operation time was 419.6 ± 7.9 minutes, and robot console time was 206.6 ± 5.2 minutes. The mean number of total, mediastinal, and RLN nodes was 43.5 ± 1.4, 24.5 ± 1.0, and 9.7 ± 0.7, respectively. The most common complication was RLN palsy (30, 26.3%), followed by anastomotic leakage (17, 14.9%) and pulmonary complications (11, 9.6%). Median hospital stay was 16 days, and 90-day mortality was observed in three patients (2.5%). On multivariate analysis, preoperative concurrent chemoradiation was a risk factor for pulmonary complications (odds ratio 7.42, 95% confidence interval 1.91-28.8, P = 0.004). RATE with extensive ML could be performed safely with acceptable postoperative outcomes. Long-term survival data should be followed in the future to verify the oncological outcome of the procedure.
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- S Y Park
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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Watanabe YX, Kim YH, Jeong SC, Hirayama Y, Imai N, Ishiyama H, Jung HS, Miyatake H, Choi S, Song JS, Clement E, de France G, Navin A, Rejmund M, Schmitt C, Pollarolo G, Corradi L, Fioretto E, Montanari D, Niikura M, Suzuki D, Nishibata H, Takatsu J. Pathway for the Production of Neutron-Rich Isotopes around the N=126 Shell Closure. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:172503. [PMID: 26551108 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.172503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Absolute cross sections for isotopically identified products formed in multinucleon transfer in the (136)Xe+(198)Pt system at ∼8 MeV/nucleon are reported. The isotopic distributions obtained using a large acceptance spectrometer demonstrated the production of the "hard-to-reach" neutron-rich isotopes for Z<78 around the N=126 shell closure far from stability. The main contribution to the formation of these exotic nuclei is shown to arise in collisions with a small kinetic energy dissipation. The present experimental finding corroborates for the first time recent predictions that multinucleon transfer reactions would be the optimum method to populate and characterize neutron-rich isotopes around N=126 which are crucial for understanding both astrophysically relevant processes and the evolution of "magic" numbers far from stability.
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- Y X Watanabe
- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34047, Korea
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Torino, and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire (IPN), IN2P3-CNRS, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Jung HS, Park CH, Park YT, Bae MA, Lee YI, Kang BJ, Jegal Y, Ahn JJ, Lee T. Gynecomastia induced by H1-antihistamine (ebastine) in a patient with idiopathic anaphylaxis. Asia Pac Allergy 2015; 5:187-90. [PMID: 26240797 PMCID: PMC4521169 DOI: 10.5415/apallergy.2015.5.3.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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H1-antihistamine is generally a well-tolerated and safe drug. However, in resemblance with all other drugs, H1-antihistamines can also prompt adverse drug reactions (ADRs). We recently encountered the very unusual ADR of H1-antihistamine-induced gynecomastia. A 21-year-old man with idiopathic anaphylaxis was treated with ebastine (Ebastel), a second-generation H1-antihistamine, for the prevention of anaphylaxis. Three months later, the patient remained well without anaphylaxis, but had newly developed gynecomastia. Because anaphylaxis recurred after the cessation of H1-antihistamine, the preventive medication was changed to omalizumab. A few months later, his gynecomastia had entirely disappeared. Physicians should be aware of this exceptional ADR of H1-antihistamine.
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- Hwa Sik Jung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 682-714, Korea
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Lorusso G, Nishimura S, Xu ZY, Jungclaus A, Shimizu Y, Simpson GS, Söderström PA, Watanabe H, Browne F, Doornenbal P, Gey G, Jung HS, Meyer B, Sumikama T, Taprogge J, Vajta Z, Wu J, Baba H, Benzoni G, Chae KY, Crespi FCL, Fukuda N, Gernhäuser R, Inabe N, Isobe T, Kajino T, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kondev FG, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Lane GJ, Li Z, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Schury P, Shibagaki S, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Wendt A, Yagi A, Yoshinaga K. β-Decay Half-Lives of 110 Neutron-Rich Nuclei across the N=82 Shell Gap: Implications for the Mechanism and Universality of the Astrophysical r Process. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:192501. [PMID: 26024165 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.192501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The β-decay half-lives of 110 neutron-rich isotopes of the elements from _{37}Rb to _{50}Sn were measured at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The 40 new half-lives follow robust systematics and highlight the persistence of shell effects. The new data have direct implications for r-process calculations and reinforce the notion that the second (A≈130) and the rare-earth-element (A≈160) abundance peaks may result from the freeze-out of an (n,γ)⇄(γ,n) equilibrium. In such an equilibrium, the new half-lives are important factors determining the abundance of rare-earth elements, and allow for a more reliable discussion of the r process universality. It is anticipated that universality may not extend to the elements Sn, Sb, I, and Cs, making the detection of these elements in metal-poor stars of the utmost importance to determine the exact conditions of individual r-process events.
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- G Lorusso
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Division of Theoretical Astronomy, NAOJ, 181-8588 Mitaka, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- IRCNPC, School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4JG, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 51, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Division of Theoretical Astronomy, NAOJ, 181-8588 Mitaka, Japan
- Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute for Basic Science, Rare Isotope Science Project, Yuseong-daero 1689-gil, Yuseong-gu, 305-811 Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Basic Science, Rare Isotope Science Project, Yuseong-daero 1689-gil, Yuseong-gu, 305-811 Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Basic Science, Rare Isotope Science Project, Yuseong-daero 1689-gil, Yuseong-gu, 305-811 Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, R.S.P.E., Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Division of Theoretical Astronomy, NAOJ, 181-8588 Mitaka, Japan
- Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Han SH, Cho JH, Jung HS, Suh JY, Kim JK, Kim YR, Cho G, Cho H. Robust MR assessment of cerebral blood volume and mean vessel size using SPION-enhanced ultrashort echo acquisition. Neuroimage 2015; 112:382-389. [PMID: 25818683 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Intravascular superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION)-enhanced MR transverse relaxation rates (∆R2(⁎) and ∆R2) are widely used to investigate in vivo vascular parameters, such as the cerebral blood volume (CBV), microvascular volume (MVV), and mean vessel size index (mVSI, ∆R2(⁎)/∆R2). Although highly efficient, regional comparison of vascular parameters acquired using gradient-echo based ∆R2(⁎) is hampered by its high sensitivity to magnetic field perturbations arising from air-tissue interfaces and large vessels. To minimize such demerits, we took advantage of the dual contrast property of SPION and both theoretically and experimentally verified the direct benefit of replacing gradient-echo based ∆R2(⁎) measurement with ultra-short echo time (UTE)-based ∆R1 contrast to generate the robust CBV and mVSI maps. The UTE acquisition minimized the local measurement errors from susceptibility perturbations and enabled dose-independent CBV measurement using the vessel/tissue ∆R1 ratio, while independent spin-echo acquisition enabled simultaneous ∆R2 measurement and mVSI calculation of the cortex, cerebellum, and olfactory bulb, which are animal brain regions typified by significant susceptibility-associated measurement errors.
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- S H Han
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang, South Korea
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- Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang, South Korea
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- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea.
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Shi SF, Zeng B, Han HL, Hong X, Tsai HZ, Jung HS, Zettl A, Crommie MF, Wang F. Optimizing broadband terahertz modulation with hybrid graphene/metasurface structures. Nano Lett 2015; 15:372-377. [PMID: 25483819 DOI: 10.1021/nl503670d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate efficient terahertz (THz) modulation by coupling graphene strongly with a broadband THz metasurface device. This THz metasurface, made of periodic gold slit arrays, shows near unity broadband transmission, which arises from coherent radiation of the enhanced local-field in the slits. Utilizing graphene as an active load with tunable conductivity, we can significantly modify the local-field enhancement and strongly modulate the THz wave transmission. This hybrid device also provides a new platform for future nonlinear THz spectroscopy study of graphene.
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- S-F Shi
- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Li HY, Oh YS, Lee YJ, Lee EK, Jung HS, Jun HS. Amelioration of high fat diet-induced glucose intolerance by blockade of Smad4 in pancreatic beta-cells. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2014; 123:221-6. [PMID: 25502579 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395583] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we investigated whether Smad4 signaling is involved in the regulation of beta-cell function using a high fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity mouse model. METHODS Beta-cell-specific Smad4-knockout mice (Smad4(-/-)RIP-Cre(+); β-Smad4KO) were generated by mating Smad4 (flox/flox) mice with rat insulin promoter (RIP)-Cre mice. Mice were fed a HFD beginning at 6 weeks of age for 16 weeks. Body weight, food intake, fasting and fed glucose levels, and glucose and insulin tolerance were measured. RESULTS The expression of Smad4 mRNA was significantly decreased in the islets of β-Smad4KO mice. In wild-type mice, Smad4 mRNA was significantly decreased at 18 weeks of age as compared with 8 weeks of age. On a regular chow diet, β-Smad4KO mice showed no differences in body weight, fed and fasting blood glucose levels, and glucose tolerance compared with wild-type mice. When fed a HFD, body weight gain was significantly reduced in β-Smad4KO mice as compared with wild-type mice, although the amount of food intake was not different. During the HFD, fed and fasting blood glucose levels, glucose stimulated insulin secretion, disposition index and glucose tolerance were significantly improved in β-Smad4KO mice as compared with wild-type mice. However, insulin tolerance tests showed no differences between the 2 groups. CONCLUSION Inhibition of Smad4 in beta-cells conferred mild but significant improvements in glucose levels and glucose tolerance in HFD-induced obese mice. Therefore, regulation of Smad4 expression may be one of the mechanisms regulating physiological expansion of beta-cells during development of type 2 diabetes.
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- H Y Li
- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-ku, Incheon, Korea
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-ku, Incheon, Korea
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-ku, Incheon, Korea
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-ku, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-ku, Incheon, Korea
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Simpson GS, Gey G, Jungclaus A, Taprogge J, Nishimura S, Sieja K, Doornenbal P, Lorusso G, Söderström PA, Sumikama T, Xu ZY, Baba H, Browne F, Fukuda N, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jung HS, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Li Z, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Shimizu Y, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Vajta Z, Watanabe H, Wu J, Yagi A, Yoshinaga K, Bönig S, Daugas JM, Drouet F, Gernhäuser R, Ilieva S, Kröll T, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Mücher D, Naïdja H, Nishibata H, Nowacki F, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Steiger K, Wendt A. Yrast 6⁺ seniority isomers of (136,138)Sn. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:132502. [PMID: 25302883 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.132502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Delayed γ-ray cascades, originating from the decay of (6⁺) isomeric states, in the very neutron-rich, semimagic isotopes (136,138)Sn have been observed following the projectile fission of a ²³⁸U beam at RIBF, RIKEN. The wave functions of these isomeric states are proposed to be predominantly a fully aligned pair of f(7/2) neutrons. Shell-model calculations, performed using a realistic effective interaction, reproduce well the energies of the excited states of these nuclei and the measured transition rates, with the exception of the B(E2;6⁺→4⁺) rate of ¹³⁶Sn, which deviates from a simple seniority scheme. Empirically reducing the νf(7/2)(2) orbit matrix elements produces a 4₁⁺ state with almost equal seniority 2 and 4 components, correctly reproducing the experimental B(E2;6⁺→4⁺) rate of ¹³⁶Sn. These data provide a key benchmark for shell-model interactions far from stability.
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- G S Simpson
- School of Engineering, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom and Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France and Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain and Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 Rue du Loess 67037 Strasbourg, France CNRS, UMR7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4JG, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea and Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043, Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Instituto de Fíisica Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 Rue du Loess 67037 Strasbourg, France CNRS, UMR7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany and Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique, Constantine 1 University, Constantine 25000, Algeria
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043, Toyonaka, Japan
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 Rue du Loess 67037 Strasbourg, France CNRS, UMR7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043, Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern, en StralingsFysica, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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Watanabe H, Lorusso G, Nishimura S, Otsuka T, Ogawa K, Xu ZY, Sumikama T, Söderström PA, Doornenbal P, Li Z, Browne F, Gey G, Jung HS, Taprogge J, Vajta Z, Wu J, Yagi A, Baba H, Benzoni G, Chae KY, Crespi FCL, Fukuda N, Gernhäuser R, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jungclaus A, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kondev FG, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Lane GJ, Moon CB, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Nishimura D, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Simpson GS, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Wendt A, Yoshinaga K. Monopole-driven shell evolution below the doubly magic nucleus 132Sn explored with the long-lived isomer in 126Pd. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:042502. [PMID: 25105611 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.042502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A new isomer with a half-life of 23.0(8) ms has been identified at 2406 keV in (126)Pd and is proposed to have a spin and parity of 10(+) with a maximally aligned configuration comprising two neutron holes in the 1h(11/2) orbit. In addition to an internal-decay branch through a hindered electric octupole transition, β decay from the long-lived isomer was observed to populate excited states at high spins in (126)Ag. The smaller energy difference between the 10(+) and 7(-) isomers in (126)Pd than in the heavier N=80 isotones can be interpreted as being ascribed to the monopole shift of the 1h(11/2) neutron orbit. The effects of the monopole interaction on the evolution of single-neutron energies below (132)Sn are discussed in terms of the central and tensor forces.
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- H Watanabe
- IRCNPC, School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China and RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan and Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain and Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen, H-4001, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea and Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, R.S.P.E., Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Department of Display Engineering, Hoseo University, Chung-Nam 336-795, Republic of Korea
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, A.C. 22085, E 46071, Valencia, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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Taprogge J, Jungclaus A, Grawe H, Nishimura S, Doornenbal P, Lorusso G, Simpson GS, Söderström PA, Sumikama T, Xu ZY, Baba H, Browne F, Fukuda N, Gernhäuser R, Gey G, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jung HS, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Li Z, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Vajta Z, Watanabe H, Wu J, Yagi A, Yoshinaga K, Benzoni G, Bönig S, Chae KY, Coraggio L, Covello A, Daugas JM, Drouet F, Gadea A, Gargano A, Ilieva S, Kondev FG, Kröll T, Lane GJ, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Mücher D, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Wendt A. 1p3/2 proton-hole state in 132Sn and the shell structure along N = 82. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:132501. [PMID: 24745408 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.132501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A low-lying state in 131In82, the one-proton hole nucleus with respect to double magic 132Sn, was observed by its γ decay to the Iπ=1/2- β-emitting isomer. We identify the new state at an excitation energy of Ex=1353 keV, which was populated both in the β decay of 131Cd83 and after β-delayed neutron emission from 132Cd84, as the previously unknown πp3/2 single-hole state with respect to the 132Sn core. Exploiting this crucial new experimental information, shell-model calculations were performed to study the structure of experimentally inaccessible N=82 isotones below 132Sn. The results evidence a surprising absence of proton subshell closures along the chain of N=82 isotones. The consequences of this finding for the evolution of the N=82 shell gap along the r-process path are discussed.
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- J Taprogge
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain and Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain and RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4JG, United Kingdom
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France and Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea and Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and State key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and MTA Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan and School of Physics and State key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon cedex, France
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- LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Instituto de Fsica Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Instituto de Fsica Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama-machi 1-1, Osaka 560-0043 Toyonaka, Japan
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- Instituut voor Kern- en StralingsFysica, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium and Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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Watanabe H, Lorusso G, Nishimura S, Xu ZY, Sumikama T, Söderström PA, Doornenbal P, Browne F, Gey G, Jung HS, Taprogge J, Vajta Z, Wu J, Yagi A, Baba H, Benzoni G, Chae KY, Crespi FCL, Fukuda N, Gernhäuser R, Inabe N, Isobe T, Jungclaus A, Kameda D, Kim GD, Kim YK, Kojouharov I, Kondev FG, Kubo T, Kurz N, Kwon YK, Lane GJ, Li Z, Moon CB, Montaner-Pizá A, Moschner K, Naqvi F, Niikura M, Nishibata H, Nishimura D, Odahara A, Orlandi R, Patel Z, Podolyák Z, Sakurai H, Schaffner H, Simpson GS, Steiger K, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Wendt A, Yoshinaga K. Isomers in 128Pd and 126Pd: evidence for a robust shell closure at the neutron magic number 82 in exotic palladium isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:152501. [PMID: 24160593 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.152501] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The level structures of the very neutron-rich nuclei 128Pd and 126Pd have been investigated for the first time. In the r-process waiting-point nucleus 128Pd, a new isomer with a half-life of 5.8(8) μs is proposed to have a spin and parity of 8(+) and is associated with a maximally aligned configuration arising from the g(9/2) proton subshell with seniority υ=2. For 126Pd, two new isomers have been identified with half-lives of 0.33(4) and 0.44(3) μs. The yrast 2(+) energy is much higher in 128Pd than in 126Pd, while the level sequence below the 8(+) isomer in 128Pd is similar to that in the N=82 isotone 130Cd. The electric quadrupole transition that depopulates the 8(+) isomer in 128Pd is more hindered than the corresponding transition in 130Cd, as expected in the seniority scheme for a semimagic, spherical nucleus. These experimental findings indicate that the shell closure at the neutron number N=82 is fairly robust in the neutron-rich Pd isotopes.
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- H Watanabe
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China and School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China and RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Lee KH, Park HJ, Seo HG, Kim JH, Lim GS, Lee WY, Kim NH, Kim JH, Lee JH, Jung HS, Sung SH, Song H. Immune modulation effect of porcine placenta extracts in weaned the pig. J Anim Sci 2013; 91:2405-13. [PMID: 23463569 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In a previous study, we established a collection of appropriate porcine placental extracts using PBS at 80°C (PE-PBS80) as a food supplement to increase immune activities in a mice model. In this study, piglets were treated with 0.1%, 0.3%, and 0.5% PE-PBS80 for 3 wk after weaning. Experiments were performed at 2 separate farms using 2 different pig varieties. Composition of white blood cells, lymphocyte activation, and cytokine concentrations were analyzed to assess the immune modulation effect. In Exp. 1, the number of white blood cells increased significantly in the PE-PBS80 treatment and T- and B-cell activation increased as well (P < 0.01). Interestingly, piglets in all treatments in Exp. 2 were naturally infected by a rotavirus at the third day of the experiment but recovered after d 10. Increased lymphocyte activation was observed in the PE-PBS80 treatment (P < 0.01) regardless of viral infection. Additionally, unlike in Exp. 1, the percentage of granulocytes and concentrations of interferon-γ, IL-1β, and IgG increased in the PE-PBS80 treatment (P < 0.01) and were more active in the 0.3% PE-PBS80 treatment compared with the control and the other treatment. In conclusion, 0.3% PE-PBS80 treatment modulated immune activities in antigen-infected piglets. Therefore, the PE-PBS80 pig placental extract, particularly the 0.3% supplement to the normal diet, could be useful as an alternative feed supplement to modulate immune activity during the early piglet period.
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- K H Lee
- Department of Animal and Food Bioscience, College of Natural Science, Konkuk University, Chung-ju 380-701, Korea.
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Hong SH, Park CS, Jung HS, Choi H, Lee SR, Lee J, Choi JH. A comparison of intra-operative blood loss and acid-base balance between vasopressor and inotrope strategy during living donor liver transplantation: a randomised, controlled study. Anaesthesia 2012; 67:1091-100. [PMID: 22950390 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Administration of vasopressors or inotropes during liver transplant surgery is almost universal, as this procedure is often accompanied by massive haemorrhage, acid-base imbalance, and cardiovascular instability. However, the actual agents that should be used and the choice between a vasopressor and an inotrope strategy are not clear from existing published evidence. In this prospective, randomised, controlled and single-blinded study, we compared the effects of a vasopressor strategy on intra-operative blood loss and acid-base status with those of an inotrope strategy during living donor liver transplantation. Seventy-six adult liver recipients with decompensated cirrhosis were randomly assigned to receive a continuous infusion of either phenylephrine at a dose of 0.3-0.4 μg.kg(-1).min(-1) or dopamine and/or dobutamine at 2-8 μg.kg(-1).min(-1) during surgery. Vascular resistance was higher over time in the phenylephrine group than in the dopamine/dobutamine group. Estimated blood loss was significantly lower in the phenylephrine group than in the dopamine/dobutamine group (mean (SD) 4.5 (1.8) l vs 6.1 (3.4) l, respectively, p=0.011). Patients in the phenylephrine group had lower lactate levels in the late pre-anhepatic and the early anhepatic phase and needed less bicarbonate administration than those in the dopamine/dobutamine group (median (IQR [range]) 40 (0-100 [0-160]) mEq vs 70 (40-163 [0-260]) mEq, respectively, p=0.018). Postoperative clinical outcomes and laboratory-measured hepatic and renal function did not differ between the groups. Increased vascular resistance and reduction of portal blood flow by intra-operative phenylephrine infusion is assumed to decrease the amount of intra-operative bleeding and thereby ameliorate the progression of lactic acidosis during liver transplant surgery.
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- S H Hong
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Kim JH, Jin SM, Oh SH, Lee S, Oh BJ, Kim SK, Suh S, Lee JH, Jung HS, Lee MS, Lee MK, Kim KW. Counting small hypointense spots confounds the quantification of functional islet mass based on islet MRI. Am J Transplant 2012; 12:1303-12. [PMID: 22299723 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Iron-containing fragmented islets or free iron released from dying cells could confound the interpretation of MRI of iron nanoparticle-labeled islets. Exclusion of small hypointense spots could be a useful strategy to avoid such artifact. We investigated whether this strategy could improve the estimation of functioning islet mass after islet transplantation. Using a rat syngeneic intraportal islet transplantation model, we quantitatively assessed the relationships between total area, number of hypointense spots on MRI that belong to each size quartile and glycemic control of the recipients. The total area of hypointense spots on MRI was greater in the recipients that achieved diabetes reversal (p = 0.002), whereas the total number of hypointense spots was not different (p = 0.757). Exclusion of small hypointense spots improved the association between the number of hypointense spots and the blood glucose level of the recipients (p < 0.001). Ex-vivo imaging and histologic study confirmed that some small hypointense spots represent the phagocytosed free iron. Exclusion of small hypointense spots improved the quantification of the functional islet mass based on islet MRI. This would be a useful principle in the development of an algorithm to estimate functioning islet mass based on islet MRI.
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- J H Kim
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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AIM To investigate dental pulp healing after tooth replantation in rats using nestin as an odontoblastic marker for immunohistochemical analysis. METHODOLOGY Twenty-five maxillary right first molars from 25 female Sprague-Dawley rats, aged 4 weeks post-natally, were extracted and immediately repositioned in the original socket within 5 s. Five rats each were later killed on days 3, 5 and weeks 1, 2 and 4. The maxillae were removed en bloc and the tissue samples containing the maxillary right first molars were decalcified, sectioned, mounted and stained with anti-nestin antibody to be observed under a light microscope. RESULTS At 3 days after replantation, there was a localized inflammatory reaction, but pulp revascularization and healing had begun in the root area. At 5 days after replantation, odontoblast-like cells were observed. Reparative dentine deposition was observed beneath the pulp-dentine border from 1 week after replantation, and gradually increased until 2 weeks after replantation. The presence of odontoblast-like cells and the formation of reparative dentine continued from the first week throughout the experimental period. At week four, deposition of osteodentine and cementum-like tissues were observed. CONCLUSIONS Pulpal mineralization after replantation initially occurred via the deposition of reparative dentine, followed by the deposition of osteodentine and cementum-like tissues in rat teeth.
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- Department of Dentistry, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
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Jung HS, Choi YL, Choi JS, Roh JH, Pyon JK, Woo KJ, Lee EH, Jang KT, Han J, Park CS, Park YS, Shin YK. Detection of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinomas and small cell carcinomas by PCR and immunohistochemistry. Histol Histopathol 2011; 26:1231-41. [PMID: 21870327 DOI: 10.14670/hh-26.1231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recently, the clonal integration of a new human polyomavirus (Merkel cell polyomavirus or MCPyV) has been reported in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). In order to investigate the presence of MCPyV in small cell carcinomas (SCCs) and small round cell tumors (SRCTs), we collected formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens including 14 MCCs, 24 SCCs, 7 Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors (ES/PNETs) and 5 neuroblastomas. We also collected specimens of other cancers including 12 malignant melanomas, 10 breast, 10 ovarian and 20 gastric cancers. We used 3 primer sets for which the sequences were previously published (LT1, LT3, and VP1) and 3 newly designed primer sets (LT1-1, LT1-1a, and LT3a). Quantitative real-time PCR was also performed with the LTq primer set. Nested PCR using the LT3a primer set detected more cases of MCPyV infection in MCC. In total, 12 of 14 (85.7%) MCC cases were positive for MCPyV by PCR, which was consistent with published data. Some SCC specimens were also positive for MCPyV (37.5%) by PCR. PCR products from MCC and SCC cases showed premature truncation and frameshift mutation. Furthermore, one case of ES/PNET and one gastric carcinoma showed MCPyV DNA. However, MCPyV DNA and transcript were only detected in MCCs with quantitative real-time PCR analysis. In addition, 11 of 13 (84.6%) MCC cases and 6 of 23 (26.1%) SCC cases showed immunoreactivity with monoclonal antibodies against MCPyV large T-antigen. Considering both PCR and IHC results, MCPyV was detected in all MCCs tested. The presence of MCPyV in all MCC cases tested and in some SCC cases suggests that MCPyV may be involved in the malignant transformation.
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- H S Jung
- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University College of Pharmacy, Seoul, Korea
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Yoon DS, Kim YH, Jung HS, Paik S, Lee JW. Importance of Sox2 in maintenance of cell proliferation and multipotency of mesenchymal stem cells in low-density culture. Cell Prolif 2011; 44:428-40. [PMID: 21951286 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2011.00770.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study has aimed to repopulate 'primitive' cells from late-passage mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) of poor multipotentiality and low cell proliferation rate, by simply altering plating density. MATERIALS AND METHODS Effects of low density culture compared t high density culture on late-passage bone marrow (BM)-derived MSCs and pluripotency markers of multipotentiality were investigated. Cell proliferation, gene expression, RNA interference and differentiation potential were assayed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS We repopulated 'primitive' cells by replating late-passage MSCs at low density (17 cells/cm(2) ) regardless of donor age. Repopulated MSCs from low-density culture were smaller cells with spindle shaped morphology compared to MSCs from high-density culture. The latter had enhanced colony-forming ability, proliferation rate, and adipogenic and chondrogenic potential. Strong expression of osteogenic-related genes (Cbfa1, Dlx5, alkaline phosphatase and type Ι collagen) in late-passage MSCs was reduced by replating at low density, whereas expression of three pluripotency markers (Sox2, Nanog and Oct-4), Osterix and Msx2 reverted to levels of early-passage MSCs. Knockdown of Sox2 and Msx2 but not Nanog, using RNA interference, showed significant decrease in colony-forming ability. Specifically, knockdown of Sox2 significantly inhibited multipotentiality and cell proliferation. Our data suggest that plating density should be considered to be a critical factor for enrichment of 'primitive' cells from heterogeneous BM and that replicative senescence and multipotentiality of MSCs during in vitro expansion may be predominantly regulated through Sox2.
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- Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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Jung HS, Joo JD, Jeon YS, Lee JA, Kim DW, In JH, Rhee HY, Choi JW. Comparison of an Intraoperative Infusion of Dexmedetomidine or Remifentanil on Perioperative Haemodynamics, Hypnosis and Sedation, and Postoperative Pain Control. J Int Med Res 2011; 39:1890-9. [DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This prospective, randomized, double-blind study compared the effects of dexmedetomidine and remifentanil on haemodynamic stability, sedation and postoperative pain control in the postanaesthetic care unit (PACU). Fifty consecutive patients scheduled for total laparoscopic hysterectomy were randomly assigned to receive infusions of either dexmedetomidine (1 μg/kg) i.v. over 10 min followed by 0.2-0.7 μg/kg per h continuous i.v. infusion or remifentanil (0.8-1.2 μg/kg) i.v. over 1 min followed by 0.05-0.1 μg/kg i.v. per min, starting at the end of surgery to the time in the PACU. Modified observer's assessment of alertness scores were significantly lower in the dexmedetomidine group than in the remifentanil group at 0, 5 and 10 min after arrival in the PACU. Blood pressure and heart rate in the dexmedetomidine group were significantly lower than that recorded in the remifentanil group in the PACU. Dexmedetomidine, at the doses used in this study, had a significant advantage over remifentanil in terms of postoperative haemodynamic stability.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Park SH, Kim EJ, Oh SA, Kim CK, Choi SS, Cho SJ, Han KY, Lee JI, Kim MY, Jung HS, Chun DS, Kim HS. Viral agents associated with acute gastroenteritis in Seoul, Korea. Clin Lab 2011; 57:59-65. [PMID: 21391466] [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: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The present study was carried out to describe the epidemiologic characteristics of viral gastroenteritis and determine the phylogenetic composition of norovirus strains detected in hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Seoul, Korea. METHODS AND RESULTS In total, 10,603 stool samples were collected from 2004 to 2008 and tested by RT-PCR or ELISA. In 4,170 (39.3%) samples at least one viral pathogen was present. Rotavirus (RoV) (1,864, 17.5%) was found to be the causative agent followed by norovirus (NoV) (1,845, 17.4%), human adenovirus (HAdV) (266, 2.5%), human astrovirus (HAstV) (194, 1.8%), and sapovirus (SV) (1, 0.009%). Five GI genotypes (GI-1, GI-3, GI-4, GI-8, and GI-9) and eight GII genotypes (GII-2, GII-3, GII-4, GII-6, GII-7, GII-12, GII-16, and GII-17) of NoV were identified in acute gastroenteritis patients in 2008. CONCLUSIONS The genetic characteristics of norovirus and the epidemiologic patterns of a viral pathogen from acute gastroenteritis patients may give potentially effective data for epidemiological studies in Seoul, Korea.
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Virus team, Republic of Korea.
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by decreased insulin secretion and action. Decreased insulin secretion results from a reduction in pancreatic β-cell mass and/or function. Apoptosis, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses including JNK activation have been suggested as mechanisms for the changes of pancreatic β-cells in T2D; however, the underlying causes were not clearly elucidated. Autophagy is an intracellular process that plays crucial roles in cellular homeostasis through degradation and recycling of organelles. We have reported increased apoptosis and decreased proliferation of β-cells with resultant reduction in the β-cell mass in β-cell-specific autophagy-deficient mice. Morphological analysis of β-cells revealed accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins, swollen mitochondria and distended ER. Insulin secretory function ex vivo was also impaired. As a result, β-cell-specific autophagy-deficient mice showed hypoinsulinaemia and hyperglycaemia. These results suggested that autophagy is necessary to maintain the structure, mass and function of pancreatic β-cells. In addition, as autophagy may play a protective role against ER stress and rejuvenates organelle function, impaired autophagy may lead to mitochondrial dysfunction and ER stress, which have been implicated as potential causes of insulin resistance. Therefore, in addition to β-cell homeostasis, dysregulated autophagy may possibly be involved in diverse aspects of the pathogenesis of diabetes.
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Lee SK, Jung HS, Eo WK, Lee SY, Kim SH, Shim BS. Rhus verniciflua Stokes extract as a potential option for treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: report of two cases. Ann Oncol 2010; 21:1383-1385. [PMID: 20363807 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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- Mμ Integrative Cancer Center, East West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
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- Mμ Integrative Cancer Center, East West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Mμ Integrative Cancer Center, East West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Oakwood, VA, USA
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- Graduate School of East West Medical Science
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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Kim HJ, Lee JY, Jung HS, Kim DK, Lee SM, Yim JJ, Yang SC, Yoo CG, Chung HS, Kim YW, Han SK, Shim YS, Lee CH. The impact of insulin sensitisers on lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010; 14:362-367. [PMID: 20132629] [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: 05/28/2023] Open
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SETTING It has been reported that diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with poor pulmonary function, which could be explained by insulin resistance. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether insulin sensitisers (ISs) have beneficial effects on lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and DM. DESIGN This retrospective study included patients with both COPD and DM who attended Seoul National University Hospital for treatment between 1 January 2000 and 31 August 2007. They were treated with inhalers for COPD and oral hypoglycaemia agents, including ISs or insulin, for DM. The primary outcome was a change in lung function in spirometric examinations. RESULTS Among 61 patients enrolled, 32 were in the no IS group, while 29 were in the IS group. On multivariable regression analysis, the IS group showed a significantly greater change in forced vital capacity (FVC) than the no IS group (adjusted beta-coefficient 131.9, 95%CI 8.5-255.4, P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Treatment with an IS was independently associated with improvements in FVC in patients with both COPD and DM, compared with treatment without IS.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Konkuk University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ihn CH, Joo JD, Choi JW, Kim DW, Jeon YS, Kim YS, Jung HS, Kwon SY. Comparison of Stress Hormone Response, Interleukin-6 and Anaesthetic Characteristics of Two Anaesthetic Techniques: Volatile Induction and Maintenance of Anaesthesia using Sevoflurane versus Total Intravenous Anaesthesia using Propofol and Remifentanil. J Int Med Res 2009; 37:1760-71. [DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This prospective randomized study compared the effects of two types of anaesthesia on peri-operative anaesthetic profiles from induction to recovery and on immunological and neurohormonal responses to anaesthesia and surgical stress. Forty patients were assigned to undergo either volatile induction and maintenance of anaesthesia (VIMA) with sevoflurane or total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) with propofol and remifentanil. Plasma adrenaline, noradrenaline, cortisol, glucose and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were measured at baseline, induction, incision and extubation. TIVA produced a significantly lower intubation score, shorter time to intubation and faster waking time than VIMA, but recovery profiles did not differ. Adrenaline, noradrenaline, cortisol and glucose levels were significantly lower with TIVA than VIMA, but there was no difference in IL-6 levels between the two groups. TIVA with propofol and remifentanil may be preferable to VIMA with sevoflurane alone because it leads to smoother, more rapid induction, more rapid awakening and lower stress responses to surgical stimuli.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Jung HS, Huh K, Shin YH, Kim JK, Yun CS, Park CH, Jang JB. Left-sided gallbladder: a complicated percutaneous cholecystostomy and subsequent hepatic embolisation. Br J Radiol 2009; 82:e141-4. [PMID: 19541942 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/59092209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A 68-year-old male patient with chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure was diagnosed with acute calculous cholecystitis. A percutaneous cholecystostomy using a transperitoneal approach was performed after two failed attempts with a right-sided transhepatic approach. Subsequent hepatic embolisation was performed for the treatment of haemoperitoneum due to hepatic injury after the percutaneous cholecystostomy. The presence of a left-sided gallbladder was confirmed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy after 1 week. Prior identification of this anomaly would have prevented hepatic injury through the use of a cautious procedure against mobility or careful selection of the approach routes. In conclusion, the transperitoneal approach can be easier or more preferable to perform for a percutaneous cholecystostomy of a left-sided gallbladder.
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Bongsaeng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea.
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Jung HS, Jung HS. Design of liquid container handles in accordance with user preferences. Ergonomics 2008; 51:247-260. [PMID: 18311606 DOI: 10.1080/00140130701636157] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this study, a prototype liquid container combined with auxiliary handles was designed to increase the safety of manual handling and to protect users of these containers from hand contamination. A Likert summated rating method as well as a pairwise ranking test was applied to evaluate the user preferences for handles provided for the container under the conditions of different shapes and positions. The results show that the participants preferred perpendicular orientation of the handle on the top of the liquid container while carrying the containers and the crosswise position of the handle at the side of the container while pouring the liquid. In order to satisfy both conditions, the container needs to be designed with handles in perpendicular as well as crosswise positions for selective application. A prototype liquid container with provided auxiliary handles was developed based on the results of the evaluation. It is recommended that a liquid container provides extra handles to reduce musculoskeletal stress and in turn increase user satisfaction.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Dongshin University, Naju, Chonnam, Korea
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Jung HS, Choi SH, Noh JH, Ohi SH, Ahn YR, Lee MK, Kim KW. Healthy twin birth after autologous islet transplantation in a pancreatectomized patient due to a benign tumor. Transplant Proc 2007; 39:1723-5. [PMID: 17580233 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Received: 10/18/2006] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 03/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Autologous islet transplantation has been reported to show favorable outcomes on glucose metabolism. The objective of this study was to describe successful delivery of twins in an islet recipient who had undergone distal pancreatectomy. PATIENT A 35-year-old woman who underwent distal pancreatectomy owing to a solid pseudopapillary neoplasm received an autologous islet transplantation (140,000 islet equivalents). After 2.5 years, she unexpectedly became pregnant. Cesarean section was performed at 35 weeks delivering male twins without complications. Plasma glucose and insulin levels, insulinogenic index, and hemoglobin A1c were measured from the preoperative to the postpartum state as the main outcome. RESULTS The patient showed impaired glucose tolerance before pancreatectomy, but improved to a normal glucose tolerance after transplantation, maintaining euglycemia until pregnancy. Because her fasting glucose levels were within the normal range during pregnancy, fasting insulin represented insulin resistance. Her fasting insulin levels abruptly increased in the third trimester of pregnancy, but returned after delivery. Insulinogenic index increased over 1 year after transplantation, but gradually decreased thereafter. During pregnancy, it increased again, but could not compensate for the insulin resistance. Therefore, gestational diabetes mellitus developed: glucose homeostasis recovered to normal after delivery. CONCLUSIONS The current report suggested a successful pregnancy after autologous islet transplantation that did not itself permanently deteriorate graft function.
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sung Kyunkwan University School of Medicine, #50 Ilwon-Dong Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Park EK, Jung HS, Yang HI, Yoo MC, Kim C, Kim KS. Optimized THP-1 differentiation is required for the detection of responses to weak stimuli. Inflamm Res 2007; 56:45-50. [PMID: 17334670 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-007-6115-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 411] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The differentiation of THP-1 monocytes into macrophages is mainly conducted at a phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) concentration of 10-400 ng/ml. However, this concentration might be high enough to upregulate the expressions of some genes in differentiated macrophages, which could overwhelm gene expression increases induced by other stimuli. The present study was performed to optimize the PMA concentration required to differentiate monocytes whilst minimizing gene upregulation. METHODS THP-1 cells were treated with 2.5-100 ng/ml PMA and analyzed for the extent of cell adherence, the surface marker of macrophages, and stable differentiation without undesirable gene upregulation. The stably differentiated THP-1 cells at the minimum PMA concentration were treated with 10 ng/ml LPS or 125 nM amyloid beta (Abeta(1-42)). RESULTS The treatment of THP-1 with 5 ng/ml PMA was found to be sufficient to induce stable differentiation without undesirable gene upregulation. These macrophages differentiated at 5 ng/ml responded well to secondary weak stimuli like 10 ng/ml LPS or 125 nM of amyloid beta (Abeta(1-42)). CONCLUSIONS This finding suggests that THP-1 cells are well differentiated by 5 ng/ml PMA, and that the resulting differentiated macrophages respond well to secondary weak stimuli without being overwhelmed by undesirable gene upregulation induced by PMA.
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- East-West Bone and Joint Research Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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OBJECTIVE For the successful organ transplantation, immune rejection has to be considered. Autogenic transplantation of human teeth is generally carried out free of clinical difficulty because of the lack of immune reaction, whereas allogenic tooth transplantations easily induce host immune rejection to donor tissues. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the replacement of donor tissue by host cells after allogenic tooth transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS First molars extracted from lacZ transgenic ROSA26 mice were transplanted into the alveolar socket and the tongue of host wildtype mice, where the first molar had existed. RESULTS Donor cells from lacZ transgenic mice were not detected in the periodontal ligament space, but rather in the pulp chamber of the donor tooth. Furthermore, if the pulp chamber was widely open to an affluent blood supply, odontoblasts and fibroblasts in the donor tissue survived in the dental pulp. CONCLUSIONS Our experimental models using lacZ transgenic ROSA26 mice clearly demonstrate that donor periodontal tissue cells are replaced by host cells and that periodontal tissue can regenerate after allogenic tooth transplantation. Furthermore, our models suggest that donor pulpal cells can survive if the vascular supply into the pulp chamber is sufficient.
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Korea
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Lee HB, Kim Y, Kim JC, Choi GJ, Park SH, Kim CJ, Jung HS. Activity of some aminoglycoside antibiotics against true fungi, Phytophthora and Pythium species. J Appl Microbiol 2006; 99:836-43. [PMID: 16162234 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02684.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [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: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the in vitro antifungal and antioomycete activities of some aminoglycosides against true fungi and Phytophthora and Pythium species and to evaluate the potential of the antibiotics against Phytophthora late blight on plants. METHODS AND RESULTS Antifungal and antioomycete activities of aminoglycoside antibiotics (neomycin, paromomycin, ribostamycin and streptomycin) and a paromomycin-producing strain (Streptomyces sp. AMG-P1) against Phytophthora and Pythium species and 10 common fungi were measured in potato dextrose broth (PDB) and on seedlings in pots. Paromomycin was the most active against Phytophthora and Pythium species with a minimal inhibitory concentration of 1-10 microg ml(-1) in PDB, but displayed low to moderate activities towards other common fungi at the same concentration. Paromomycin also showed potent in vivo activity against red pepper and tomato late blight diseases with 80 and 99% control value, respectively, at 100 microg ml(-1). In addition, culture broth of Streptomyces sp. AMG-P1 as a paromomycin producer exhibited high in vivo activity against late blight at 500 microg freeze-dried weight per millilitre. CONCLUSIONS Among tested aminoglycoside antibiotics, paromomycin was the most active against oomycetes both in vitro and in vivo. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Data from this study show that aminoglycoside antibiotics have in vitro and in vivo activities against oomycetes, suggesting that Streptomyces sp. AMG-P1 may be used as a biocontrol agent against oomycete diseases.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
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Lee HY, Jung HS, Fujikawa K, Park JW, Kim JM, Yukimasa T, Sugihara H, Kawai T. New antibody immobilization method via functional liposome layer for specific protein assays. Biosens Bioelectron 2005; 21:833-8. [PMID: 16242625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2005.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Received: 12/14/2004] [Revised: 01/26/2005] [Accepted: 01/26/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A specific protein assay system based on functional liposome-modified gold electrodes has been demonstrated. To fabricate such assay system, a liposome layer was initially grown on top of a gold layer. The liposome layer contained two kinds of functional molecules: biotin molecules for the binding sites of streptavidin and N-(10,12-pentacosadiynoic)-acetylferrocene molecules for the facile redox probe in electrochemical detections. Then, streptavidin was attached on the functional liposme-modified layer using the interaction of streptavidin-sbiotin complex. On the streptavidin-attached surface, antibody molecules, anti-human serum albumin antibodies could be immobilized without any secondary antibodies. AFM imaging of the streptavidin-attached liposome surface revealed a uniform distribution of closely packed streptavidin molecules. In situ quartz-crystal microbalance and electrochemical measurements demonstrated that the wanted antibody-antigen reactions should occur with high specificity and selectivity. Our specific antibody assay system, based on a functional liposome modified electrode, can be developed further to yield sophisticated structures for numerous protein chips and immunoassay sensors.
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- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
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Moon MK, Cho YM, Jung HS, Park YJ, Yoon KH, Sung YA, Park BL, Lee HK, Park KS, Shin HD. Genetic polymorphisms in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma are associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in the Korean population. Diabet Med 2005; 22:1161-6. [PMID: 16108843 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS We examined whether the common polymorphisms of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) gene are associated with Type 2 diabetes or obesity in the Korean population. METHODS We genotyped two common PPARgamma polymorphisms (Pro12Ala and 161C > T) and examined their association with the clinical phenotypes found in 684 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and 291 non-diabetic control subjects. RESULTS The 12Ala allele was less frequent in the Type 2 diabetic patients than in the non-diabetic control subjects (0.036 vs. 0.053, P = 0.024). The allele frequencies of the 161C > T polymorphism did not differ between the control and Type 2 diabetic group (0.158 vs. 0.173). In the non-diabetic controls, those with the T allele had lower BMI and fasting serum triglyceride (TG) concentrations than those with the C/C homozygote (22.7 +/- 2.9 vs. 23.8 +/- 3.2 kg/m2, P = 0.002; 1.45 +/- 0.81 vs. 1.65 +/- 0.83 mmol/l, P = 0.03, respectively). The 12Ala-161T haplotype was associated with a decreased risk for Type 2 diabetes (OR = 0.47, P = 0.009), whereas the 12Pro-161T haplotype was associated with lower BMI and lower fasting serum TG (22.5 +/- 2.8 vs. 23.7 +/- 3.2 kg/m2, P = 0.004; 1.41 +/- 0.87 vs. 1.64 +/- 0.79 mmol/l, P = 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The PPARgamma 12Ala allele was associated with a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes, whereas the PPARgamma 161T allele was associated with lower BMI and fasting serum TG concentrations in the Korean subjects. The subjects with 12Ala-161T haplotypes had a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Chongno-Gu, Seoul, Korea
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Sutton DA, Thompson EH, Rinaldi MG, Iwen PC, Nakasone KK, Jung HS, Rosenblatt HM, Paul ME. Identification and first report of Inonotus (Phellinus) tropicalis as an etiologic agent in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:982-7. [PMID: 15695724 PMCID: PMC548074 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.2.982-987.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although isolates of filamentous basidiomycetes can usually be recognized in a clinical laboratory setting, identification is problematic, as they seldom exhibit diagnostic morphological features formed in nature. This paper is the first report of Inonotus (Phellinus) tropicalis inciting human disease and describes the methods used to support the identification.
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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AIMS To identify a new fungal strain, Hypocrea sp. F000527 producing a trichothecene metabolite, harzianum A, and to evaluate its cytotoxicity to tumour cell lines. METHODS AND RESULTS A fungal strain, F000527, with cytotoxic activity was identified as a new Hypocrea strain based on morphological characteristics and internal transcribed spacers rDNA sequence data. Harzianum A was isolated from wheat bran culture by 50% acetone extraction, silica gel chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography and HPLC. The chemical structures were determined by ESI- or HRFAB-MS and (1)H and (13)C-NMR analyses. Harzianum A showed cytotoxicity to HT1080 and HeLa cell lines with IC(50) value of 0.65 and 5.07 Łg ml(-1) respectively. CONCLUSIONS Harzianum A with a chemical formula of C(23)H(28)O(6) was isolated from a new Hypocrea strain and showed moderate to strong cytotoxicity to human cancer cell lines. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This is the first report of the production of cytotoxic harzianum A by a new Hypocrea strain.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Lee YY, Lee NS, Cho YM, Moon MK, Jung HS, Park YJ, Park HJ, Youn BS, Lee HK, Park KS, Shin HD. Genetic association study of adiponectin polymorphisms with risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Korean population. Diabet Med 2005; 22:569-75. [PMID: 15842511 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01460.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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AIMS To investigate any association between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the adiponectin gene, T45G and G276T, in the Korean population. METHODS We genotyped 427 non-diabetic controls and 493 Type 2 diabetic patients for SNPs T45G and G276T of adiponectin gene, measured plasma adiponectin concentrations, and examined clinical parameters in Koreans. RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences in allele frequencies of SNPs 45 and 276 comparing control with Type 2 diabetic subjects (T frequency 68.3% vs. 71.6%, P=0.13 for SNP45, G frequency 72.2% vs. 68.9%, P=0.12 for SNP276). The genotype distributions of these SNPs had no association with the risk of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic parameters of insulin resistance. Plasma levels of adiponectin were not statistically different according to T45G and G276T either, in both control and Type 2 diabetic subjects. CONCLUSION The T45G and G276T of the adiponectin gene may not be an important determinant of Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance in Korean subjects.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kim HJ, Jung HS, Kwak HH, Shim KS, Hu KS, Park HD, Park HW, Chung IH. The discomallear ligament and the anterior ligament of malleus: An anatomic study in human adults and fetuses. Surg Radiol Anat 2004; 26:39-45. [PMID: 14564479 DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0170-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2002] [Accepted: 01/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
According to some reports, movement of the malleus, resulting from anterior hypertension on the discomallear ligament (DML), could produce aural symptoms related with damage to middle ear structures. The aim of this study was to examine the topographic relationship of the DML and the anterior ligament of malleus (ALM). Four fetuses and 16 adult hemi-sectioned heads were used to determine the anatomic-clinical relevance of DML and ALM in temporomandibular disorder. In fetal specimens, the DML was distinctly interposed between the malleus and the disc of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and the ALM had a structure apparently composed of the superior and inferior lamellae, running anteriorly in continuation with the sphenomandibular ligament (SML) through the future petrotympanic fissure (PTF). In all adult specimens, the DML was inserted into the malleus, and it expanded broadly toward the disc and capsular region of the TMJ in a triangular shape and inserted into the disc and capsule of the TMJ. The two-lamellae structure of the ALM was not distinguishable in adult specimens. The overstretched ALM resulted in movement of the malleus in five cases, but similar tension applied to the DML did not cause any movement of the malleus. This result provides an indication of the clinical significance of the ALM, a ligamentous structure continuous with the SML. It is apparent that the ALM has the potential to cause aural symptoms as a result of damage to the middle ear structure.
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Affiliation(s)
- H J Kim
- Division in Anatomy and Histology, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, 120-752 Seoul, Korea.
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