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Kim WD, Lee Y, Kim BS, Kim HJ, Shin JH, Park JK, Park HC, Lim YH, Shin J. Electrocardiography score based on the Minnesota code classification system predicts cardiovascular mortality in an asymptomatic low-risk population. Ann Med 2023; 55:2288306. [PMID: 38052061 PMCID: PMC10836241 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2023.2288306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of a single abnormal finding on electrocardiography (ECG) is not recommended for stratifying the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in low-risk general populations because of its low discriminative power. However, the value of a scoring system containing multiple abnormal ECG findings for predicting CV death has not been sufficiently evaluated. METHODS In a prospective community-based cohort study, 8417 participants without atherosclerotic CV diseases (ASCVDs) and any related symptoms were followed for 18 years. The standard 12-lead ECGs were recorded at baseline and the ECG findings were categorized using the Minnesota code classification. CV deaths were defined as death from myocardial infarction (MI), chronic ischemic heart disease, heart failure, fatal arrhythmia, cerebrovascular event, pulmonary thromboembolism, peripheral vascular disease and sudden cardiac arrest and identified using the Korean National Statistical Office (KOSTAT) database. RESULTS In a multivariate Cox proportional hazard (CPH) model, major and minor ST-T wave abnormalities, atrial fibrillation (AF), Q waves in the anterior leads, the lack of Q waves in the posterior leads, high amplitudes of the left and right precordial leads, left axis deviation and sinus tachycardia were associated with higher risks of CV deaths. The ECG score consisted of these findings showed modest predictive values represented by C-statistics that ranged from 0.632 to 760 during the follow-up and performed better in the early follow-up period. The ECG score independently predicted CV death after adjustment for relevant covariates in a multivariate model, and improved the predictive performance of the 10-year ASCVD risk estimator and a model of conventional risk factors including age, diabetes and current smoking. The combined ECG score (Harrell's C-index: 0.852, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.828-0.876) composed of the ECG score and the conventional risk factors outperformed the 10-year ASCVD risk estimator (Harrell's C-index: 0.806; 95% CI, 0.780-0.833) and the model of the conventional risk factors (Harrell's C-index: 0.841, 95% CI, 0.817-0.865) and exhibited an excellent goodness of fit between the predicted and observed probabilities of CV death. CONCLUSIONS The ECG score could be useful to predict CV death independently and may add value to the conventional CV risk estimators regarding the risk stratification of CV death in asymptomatic low-risk general populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wook-Dong Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri City, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri City, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri City, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri City, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri City, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri City, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Cho I, Cha MJ, Kim WD, Hong SJ, Hong GR. Nationwide trends of gatekeeper to invasive coronary angiography in suspected coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac779.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background and Objectives
Real-world trends in the utility and type of gatekeeping studies in invasive coronary angiography (ICA) requires further investigation.
Methods
We identified outpatients who underwent noninvasive cardiac tests or directly ICA for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) from the nationwide Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Patient Sample database between 2012 and 2018.
Results
Among 71,401 patients, the percentage of patients who were evaluated for suspected CAD was 34.7% for treadmill test (TMT), 4.2% for single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), 24.2% for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), 1.6% for multiple gatekeepers, and 32.3% for directly ICA without noninvasive studies (Figure 1). The proportion of CCTA as a gatekeeper showed linear increase, (18.6% in 2012 and 28.8% in 2018; p < 0.001), while those of TMT, SPECT, and direct ICA have decreased (p < 0.001, p = 0.03, and p < 0.001, respectively). The overall incidence of downstream ICA after gatekeeper was 13.8% (6,662/48,346), and SPECT showed higher ICA rate in pairwise comparison with TMT and CCTA (p < 0.001). Patients who performed gatekeepers before ICA showed higher rate of subsequent PCI (34.7% vs. 32.3%; p < 0.001) and CABG (3.5% vs. 1.0%; p < 0.001), compared to those who directly underwent ICA, and CCTA was associated with higher revascularization rate after ICA in pairwise comparison with TMT and SPECT (p < 0.001).
Conclusion
Nationwide database demonstrated that CCTA is utilized increasingly as a gatekeeper for ICA and is associated with high revascularization rate after ICA in outpatients with suspected CAD.
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- I Cho
- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Radiology , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Korea University Anam Hospital , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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Kim WD, Kim BS, Shin JH. Association of anaemia with long-term mortality among patients with hypertensive crisis in the emergency department. Ann Med 2022; 54:2752-2759. [PMID: 36205691 PMCID: PMC9553135 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2128209] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anaemia is frequent in patients with cardiovascular disease and is significantly associated with poor prognosis. However, the prognostic significance of anaemia in hypertensive crisis remains unknown. We conducted this study to determine whether anaemia is a risk factor for all-cause mortality in patients with hypertensive crisis visiting the emergency department (ED). METHODS This retrospective study included patients who visited the ED between 2016 and 2019 for hypertensive crisis, which was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥110 mmHg. A total of 5,512 patients whose serum haemoglobin levels were checked were included in this study and were classified into three groups according to their serum haemoglobin levels at admission to the ED: moderate/severe anaemia (haemoglobin <11 g/dL), mild anaemia (haemoglobin 11 to <13 g/dL in men and 11 to <12 g/dL in women), and non-anaemia (haemoglobin ≥13 g/dL in men and ≥12 g/dL in women). RESULTS Among 5,512 patients, 665 (12.1%) and 668 (12.1%) were classified into the moderate/severe anaemia and mild anaemia groups, respectively. The three-year all-cause mortality rates in the moderate/severe anaemia, mild anaemia, and non-anaemia groups were 46.0, 29.2, and 12.0%, respectively. After accounting for relevant covariates, patients with moderate/severe anaemia group (hazard ratio [HR], 2.15; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.75-2.64) and mild anaemia group (HR, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.07-1.63) had a higher risk of 3-year all-cause mortality than the non-anaemia group. CONCLUSION Anaemia is independently associated with 3-year all-cause mortality in patients with hypertensive crisis. A comprehensive therapeutic approach through more in-depth examination and close follow up are required for patients with hypertensive crisis with anaemia.KEY MESSAGESAnaemia is independently associated with 3-year all-cause mortality in patients with hypertensive crisis.A comprehensive therapeutic approach through more in-depth examination and close follow up are required for patients with hypertensive crisis with anaemia.
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- Wook-Dong Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Republic of Korea
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Cho I, Shin SY, Kim WD, Kim YD, Cha MJ, Jung HG, Won HY, Lee WS, Kim TH, Kim CJ, Kim SW, Choi Y. P997Improving left atrial appendage occluder size determination by using 3-dimensional printing model of the left atrial appendage. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction
Given the complexity of left atrial appendage (LAA) structure, current 2D based LAA occluder (LAAO) size prediction system using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has limitations.
Objective
To assess the accuracy of LAAO size determination method by implantation simulation using a 3D printed model compared with a conventional method based on TEE.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed 57 cases with percutaneous LAAO using Amplatzer Cardiac Plug and Amulet from 2014 to 2018. We excluded cases without cardiac CT (21 cases) or with peri-device leakage or inappropriate position of the device on six months follow up TEE (6 cases), or with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (2 cases). We finally included 28 cases with anatomically and physiologically properly implanted LAAO, using the final size of the implanted devices as a standard for the size prediction accuracy. We generated 3D printing model from cardiac CT images. LAAO size was determined with device implantation simulation using 3D printing model and occluder devices (Figure C), and conventional 2D TEE measurements by two experienced cardiologists who were blinded to the size of the finally implanted device.
Results
The accuracy in size of 3D printed left atrium (LA) models, compared with CT image sources, were validated by measuring the distance between artifacts which were intentionally implanted to LA model during image processing. There was minimal bias (−0.11 mm) between 3D images and printed LA models (Figure A). As plotted in Figure B, LAAO sizing by implantation simulation with 3D printing model showed excellent agreement with actually implanted LAAO size (r=0.927; bias=0.7±2.5), while LAAO sizing by 2D TEE measurements remained poor (r=0.544; bias 2.3±6.7).
Conclusions
LAAO size determination by using 3D printing model of LAA showed excellent accuracy. A prospective study to evaluate the clinical utility of this method should be done in future.
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- I Cho
- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung Ang University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung Ang University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Cho I, Jung MS, Jung HG, Xie Y, Wang N, Kim WD, Li D, Chang HJ. P604Clinical feasibility assessment of a novel Quantitative Multi-contrast Atherosclerosis Characterization (qMATCH) sequence for carotid plaque quantification. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Conventional protocol contrast MRI (cMRI) for evaluating carotid artery atherosclerosis is clinically under-utilized due to complex scanning procedures and long scan time. Recently, the Quantitative Multi-contrast Atherosclerosis Characterization (qMATCH) has been proposed, which allows comprehensive and quantitative assessment of atherosclerosis including MRA, dark-blood vessel wall morphology, and T1/T2 mapping with an 8-minute single scan (Figure1). However, the diagnostic accuracy and feasibility of qMATCH has not been validated in clinical circumstances.
Purpose
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of quantitative plaque analysis of qMATCH compared with cMRI
Method
We prospectively enrolled 43 patients who have carotid plaques diagnosed by carotid ultrasound. cMRI was performed along with qMATCH scan. All imaging data were acquired with a clinical 3T scanner using a 64-channel head & neck coil. In the current analysis, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of qMATCH in the quantitative assessment of carotid plaque. Plaque area measurements using dark-blood wall images with qMATCH were compared with corresponding cross-sectional T1/T2-weighted images with cMRI as references values (Figure 2). These inter-technique comparisons included linear regression with Pearson correlation and Bland-Altman analyses to assess the mean inter-technique differences (biases) and limits of agreements.
Result
Among 90 segments, mean plaque areas measured by cMRI and qMATCH were 43.83±21.21 mm2 and 42.47±19.23mm2, respectively (mean differences, −1.36±8.12mm2; p for a paired t-test, 0.073). Correlation coefficient showed excellent correlation between plaque areas measured by cMRI and qMATCH (r=0.943, p<0.001) (Figure 3). Bland-Altman plot showed excellent agreement in plaque areas between the two methods (Figure 4).
Conclusion
Quantitative carotid plaque burden analysis by a novel sequence with qMATCH is feasible and accurate compared with conventional MRI. Given that qMATCH can reduce scan time and allow quantitative relaxometry mapping, fast and accurate carotid plaque analysis would be feasible. Further studies to evaluate the accuracy of qualitative plaque analysis should be performed to confirm the “all-in-one” assessment of carotid atherosclerosis using qMATCH.
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- I Cho
- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Chung-Ang University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Severance Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Kim WD, Lee YH, Kim MH, Jung SY, Son WC, Yoon SJ, Lee BW. Human monoclonal antibodies against glucagon receptor improve glucose homeostasis by suppression of hepatic glucose output in diet-induced obese mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50954. [PMID: 23226550 PMCID: PMC3513295 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aim Glucagon is an essential regulator of hepatic glucose production (HGP), which provides an alternative therapeutic target for managing type 2 diabetes with glucagon antagonists. We studied the effect of a novel human monoclonal antibody against glucagon receptor (GCGR), NPB112, on glucose homeostasis in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. Methods The glucose-lowering efficacy and safety of NPB112 were investigated in DIO mice with human GCGR for 11 weeks, and a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp study was conducted to measure HGP. Results Single intraperitoneal injection of NPB112 with 5 mg/kg effectively decreased blood glucose levels in DIO mice for 5 days. A significant reduction in blood glucose was observed in DIO mice treated with NPB112 at a dose ≥5 mg/kg for 6 weeks, and its glucose-lowering effect was dose-dependent. Long-term administration of NPB112 also caused a mild 29% elevation in glucagon level, which was returned to the normal range after discontinuation of treatment. The clamp study showed that DIO mice injected with NPB112 at 5 mg/kg were more insulin sensitive than control mice, indicating amelioration of insulin resistance by treatment with NPB112. DIO mice treated with NPB112 showed a significant improvement in the ability of insulin to suppress HGP, showing a 33% suppression (from 8.3 mg/kg/min to 5.6 mg/kg/min) compared to the 2% suppression (from 9.8 mg/kg/min to 9.6 mg/kg/min) in control mice. In addition, no hypoglycemia or adverse effect was observed during the treatment. Conclusions A novel human monoclonal GCGR antibody, NPB112, effectively lowered the glucose level in diabetic animal models with mild and reversible hyperglucagonemia. Suppression of excess HGP with NPB112 may be a promising therapeutic modality for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Wook-Dong Kim
- Department of New Drug Discovery, Neopharm Co., Ltd., Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Medicine, Graduate School Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of New Drug Discovery, Neopharm Co., Ltd., Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of New Drug Discovery, Neopharm Co., Ltd., Daejeon, Korea
- * E-mail: (B-WL); (S-JY)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Medicine, Graduate School Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- * E-mail: (B-WL); (S-JY)
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Oh SK, Park HS, Kim WD, Pedrycz W. A new approach to radial basis function-based polynomial neural networks: analysis and design. Knowl Inf Syst 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10115-012-0551-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Oh SK, Kim WD, Pedrycz W, Joo SC. Design of K-means clustering-based polynomial radial basis function neural networks (pRBF NNs) realized with the aid of particle swarm optimization and differential evolution. Neurocomputing 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2011.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Onitsuka M, Kim WD, Ozaki H, Kawaguchi A, Honda K, Kajiura H, Fujiyama K, Asano R, Kumagai I, Ohtake H, Omasa T. Enhancement of sialylation on humanized IgG-like bispecific antibody by overexpression of α2,6-sialyltransferase derived from Chinese hamster ovary cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 94:69-80. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3814-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2011] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Omasa T, Onitsuka M, Kim WD. Cell engineering and cultivation of chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2010; 11:233-40. [PMID: 20210750 DOI: 10.2174/138920110791111960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Mammalian cell lines are important host cells for the industrial production of pharmaceutical proteins owing to their capacity for correct folding, assembly and post-translational modification. In particular, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most dependable host cells for the industrial production of therapeutic proteins. Growing demand for therapeutic proteins promotes the development of technologies for high quality and productivity in CHO expression systems. The following are fundamentally important for effective production. 1) Construction of cultivation process. The CHO-based cultivation process is well established and is a general platform of therapeutic antibody production. The cost of therapeutic protein production using CHO cells is equivalent to that using microbial culture. 2) Cell line development. Recent developments in omics technologies have been essential for the development of rational methods of constructing a cell line. 3) Cell engineering for post-translational steps. Improvement of secretion, folding and glycosylaiton is an important key issue for mammalian cell production systems. This review provides an overview of the industrial production of therapeutic proteins using a CHO cell expression system.
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- Takeshi Omasa
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Lew WJ, Jung YJ, Song JW, Jang YM, Kim HJ, Oh YM, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Shim TS. Combined use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay and chest computed tomography in a tuberculosis outbreak. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009; 13:633-639. [PMID: 19383198] [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: 05/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) assay and chest computed tomography (CT), in addition to the conventional use of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and chest radiography (CXR), in a contact investigation of a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak. DESIGN In a contact investigation of a TB outbreak in a high school, TST and CXR were performed on all 1044 employees and students. QFT-G was performed on TST-positive subjects, and CT on QFT-G-positive subjects and students with TST > or =20 mm. RESULTS TST was positive in 388 subjects (37.2%), while QFT-G was positive in 7.6% (30/394). CXR showed abnormal findings suggestive of TB in 10 (1.0%) subjects, all of whom were TST-positive and six of whom were QFT-G-positive. Findings suggestive of active TB were noted in 17 (32.7%) of 52 subjects by CT. Collectively, among 21 (1.1%) TB patients, all were TST-positive, 12 (57.1%) were QFT-G-positive and active TB was diagnosed by CT, and not by CXR, in 11 subjects. CONCLUSION Compared to the conventional approach, the additional use of QFT-G in TST-positive subjects and chest CT in subgroups with a high probability of infection was found to be more effective in the differentiation between active TB, latent TB and non-infected subjects in a contact investigation.
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- W J Lew
- The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Seoul, Korea
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Lee SJ, Yang JW, Cho IJ, Kim WD, Cho MK, Lee CH, Kim SG. The gep oncogenes, Galpha(12) and Galpha(13), upregulate the transforming growth factor-beta1 gene. Oncogene 2009; 28:1230-40. [PMID: 19151758 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2008.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFbeta1) plays a role in neoplastic transformation and transdifferentiation. Galpha(12) and Galpha(13), referred to as the gep oncogenes, stimulate mitogenic pathways. Nonetheless, no information is available regarding their roles in the regulation of the TGFbeta1 gene and the molecules linking them to gene transcription. Knockdown or knockout experiments using murine embryonic fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells indicated that a Galpha(12) and Galpha(13) deficiency reduced constitutive, auto-stimulatory or thrombin-inducible TGFbeta1 gene expression. In contrast, transfection of activated mutants of Galpha(12) and Galpha(13) enabled the knockout cells to promote TGFbeta1 induction. A promoter deletion analysis suggested that activating protein 1 (AP-1) plays a role in TGFbeta1 gene transactivation, which was corroborated by the observation that a deficiency of the G-proteins decreased the AP-1 activity, whereas their activation enhanced it. Moreover, mutation of the AP-1-binding site abrogated the ability of Galpha(12) and Galpha(13) to induce the TGFbeta1 gene. Transfection of a dominant-negative mutant of Rho or Rac, but not Cdc42, prevented gene transactivation and decreased AP-1 activity downstream of Galpha(12) and Galpha(13). In summary, Galpha(12) and Galpha(13) regulate the expression of the TGFbeta1 gene through an increase in Rho/Rac-dependent AP-1 activity, implying that the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-Galpha(12) pathway is involved in the TGFbeta1-mediated transdifferentiation process.
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- S J Lee
- Innovative Drug Research Center for Metabolic and Inflammatory Disease, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, Korea
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Park IN, Jegal Y, Kim DS, Do KH, Yoo B, Shim TS, Lim CM, Lee SD, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim WD, Jang SJ, Kitaichi M, Nicholson AG, Colby TV. Clinical course and lung function change of idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Eur Respir J 2008; 33:68-76. [PMID: 18829672 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00158507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Most studies of idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) have primarily studied mortality. In order to clarify the detailed outcome and prognostic markers in idiopathic NSIP, the clinical course with initial radiological and clinical features was analysed. The clinical course of 83 patients who were classified with idiopathic NSIP (72 fibrotic, 11 cellular; 27 males and 56 females; mean+/-sd age 54.4+/-10.1 yrs) was retrospectively analysed. In fibrotic NSIP, 16 (22%) patients died of NSIP-related causes with a median (range) follow-up of 53 (0.3-181) months. Despite the favourable survival (5-yr 74%), patients with fibrotic NSIP were frequently hospitalised with recurrence rate of 36%. Reduced forced vital capacity at 12 months was a predictor of mortality. On follow-up, lung function was improved or stable in approximately 80% of the patients. The extent of consolidation and ground-glass opacity on initial high-resolution computed tomography correlated significantly with serial changes of lung function, and the presence of honeycombing was a predictor of poor prognosis. During follow-up, eight (10%) patients developed collagen vascular disease. In conclusion, the overall prognosis of fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia was good; however, there were significant recurrences despite initial improvement and a subset of the patients did not respond to therapy. Some patients developed collagen vascular diseases at a later date.
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- I N Park
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics, prognoses and predictors of mortality of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with acute respiratory failure (ARF), and to investigate the adjunctive use of corticosteroids in such cases. TB patients with ARF requiring mechanical ventilation (n = 90) were enrolled retrospectively during 1989-2006. The patients were divided into two groups: tuberculous pneumonia (TBP; n = 66), and miliary TB (MTB; n = 24). The TBP patients were older than the MTB patients (mean age 68.0 versus 54.5 yrs), and the mean+/-SD interval from hospital admission to start of anti-TB treatment was longer for the TBP than for the MTB group (5.0+/-7.0 versus 2.8+/-2.5 days). However, there was no difference in in-hospital mortality rate between the two groups (68.2 versus 58.3%). In the TBP patients, multivariate analysis showed that advanced age and shock unrelated to sepsis were associated with poor outcomes. Even though corticosteroid use was a predictor of survival in TBP patients, it was difficult to conclusively determine the efficacy of corticosteroids in TBP with ARF because of the retrospective study design. The present study reveals the need for randomised controlled trials to clarify the role of corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in the management of tuberculous pneumonia with acute respiratory failure.
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- Y J Kim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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Prabu P, Chaudhari AA, Aryal S, Dharmaraj N, Park SY, Kim WD, Kim HY. In vitro evaluation of poly(caporlactone) grafted dextran (PGD) nanoparticles with cancer cell. J Mater Sci Mater Med 2008; 19:2157-2163. [PMID: 18040758 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-007-3307-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This study dealt with the preparation and characterization of coumarin-6 loaded poly(caprolactone) grafted dextran (PGD) nanoparticles (NPs) and evaluation of cellular uptake by using human gastric cancer cell line (SNU-638), in vitro. The potential application of these PGD NPs for sustained drug delivery was evaluated by the quantification and localization of the cellular uptake of fluorescent PGD NPs. Coumarin-6 loaded PGD NPs were prepared by a modified oil/water emulsion technique and characterized by various physico-chemical methods such as, laser light scattering for particle size and size distribution, atomic force microscopy (AFM), zeta-potential and spectrofluorometry to identify the release of fluorescent molecules from the NPs. SNU-638 was used to measure the cellular uptake of fluorescent PGD NPs. Confocal laser scanning microscopic images clearly showed the internalization of NPs by the SNU-638 cells. Cell viability was assessed by treating the SNU-638 cells with PGD NPs for 48 h. The results reveal, that these biodegradable polymeric NPs holds promise in biomedical field as a carrier.
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- P Prabu
- Department of Bionanosystem Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
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Jo KW, Woo JH, Hong Y, Choi CM, Oh YM, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Shim TS. Incidence of tuberculosis among health care workers at a private university hospital in South Korea. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; 12:436-440. [PMID: 18371271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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SETTING A private university hospital in South Korea. OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among health care workers (HCWs) employed at a university hospital in South Korea. DESIGN The occurrence of TB cases among HCWs over a 6-year period (2001-2006) was reviewed. The prevalence of TB was compared with that of the general population using a prevalence ratio (PR) adjusted by age and sex. RESULTS The study involved 8433 people. TB developed in 61 HCWs (0.72%). The prevalence ratio among all HCWs was 1.05 (95%CI 0.80-1.35). In occupational subgroups, the PRs for doctors, nurses and employees in other departments were respectively 0.58 (95%CI 0.30-1.01), 1.81 (95%CI 1.21-2.59) and 0.95 (95% CI 0.58-1.46). For nurses working in TB-related departments, the relative risk of developing TB was 3.4 times higher (95%CI 1.52-8.25) than for employees in other departments (P=0.005). The PR for nurses working in TB-related department was 5.1 (95%CI 3.23-8.42). CONCLUSION Among HCWs, nurses working in TB-related departments were at increased risk of developing TB. This suggests that some TB develops via in-hospital infection.
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- K-W Jo
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, Korea
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Park IN, Hong SB, Oh YM, Lim CM, Lee SD, Lew WJ, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Shim TS. Impact of short-term exposure to fluoroquinolones on ofloxacin resistance in HIV-negative patients with tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007; 11:319-24. [PMID: 17352099] [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: 05/14/2023] Open
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SETTING Seoul, Korea, a country with an intermediate tuberculosis (TB) burden and low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of ofloxacin (OFX) resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and to assess whether short-term use of fluoroquinolones (FQNs) induces ofloxacin-resistant M. tuberculosis. DESIGN The subject cohort consisted of 2788 patients with culture-confirmed TB with drug susceptibility testing data; only four were HIV-positive. The patients were divided into two groups: those who were or were not recently exposed to FQNs. RESULTS Of the 2788 isolates, the rates of OFX resistance were 1.1% and 8.5% in initially treated and retreated patients, respectively (P < 0.05). Of the 94 OFX-resistant isolates, 83 (88.3%) were multidrug-resistant (MDR). There was no difference in rates of OFX resistance throughout the study period, or between the FQN-exposed (1/39, 2.6%) and control groups (93/2749, 3.4%). The median duration of FQN treatment was 7 days (range 1-47 days). One OFX-resistant isolate in the FQN-exposed group was MDR. CONCLUSION The rate of OFX-resistant M. tuberculosis was low and stationary throughout the study period in Korea. Most OFX resistance was accompanied by MDR, and the frequency of OFX-resistant M. tuberculosis was low in subjects taking short-term FQNs.
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- I N Park
- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Li S, Kim WD, Kaneko S, Prema PA, Nakajima M, Kobayashi H. Expression of rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nipponbare) alpha-galactosidase genes in Escherichia coli and characterization. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2007; 71:520-6. [PMID: 17284836 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Two putative alpha-galactosidase genes from rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nipponbare) belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 27 were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. These enzymes showed alpha-galactosidase activity and were purified by Ni Sepharose column chromatography. Two purified recombinant alpha-galactosidases (alpha-galactosidase II and III; alpha-Gal II and III) showed a single protein band on SDS-PAGE with molecular mass of 42 kDa. These two enzymes cleaved not only alpha-D-galactosyl residues from the non-reducing end of substrates such as melibiose, raffinose, and stachyose, but also liberated the galactosyl residues attached to the O-6 position of the mannosyl residue at the reducing-ends of mannobiose and mannotriose. In addition, these enzymes clipped the galactosyl residues attached to the inner-mannosyl residues of mannopentaose. Thus, alpha-Gal II catalyzes efficient degalactosylation of galactomannans, such as guar gum and locust bean gum.
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- Suhong Li
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Li S, Li T, Kim WD, Kitaoka M, Yoshida S, Nakajima M, Kobayashi H. Characterization of raffinose synthase from rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nipponbare). Biotechnol Lett 2007; 29:635-40. [PMID: 17206375 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The putative raffinose synthase gene from rice was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The enzyme displayed an optimum activity at 45 degrees C and pH 7.0, and a sulfhydryl group was required for its activity. The enzyme was specific for galactinol and p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-galactoside as galactosyl donors, and sucrose, lactose, 4-beta-galactobiose, N-acetyl-D-lactosamine, trehalose and lacto-N-biose were recognized as galactosyl acceptors.
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- Suhong Li
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Lee JY, Choi HJ, Park IN, Hong SB, Oh YM, Lim CM, Lee SD, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Shim TS. Comparison of two commercial interferon- assays for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Eur Respir J 2006; 28:24-30. [PMID: 16611658 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00016906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The clinical usefulness of ex vivo interferon-gamma assays may largely depend on the assay format and epidemiological status of tuberculosis (TB) in the region studied. From July 2004 to June 2005 a prospective comparison study was undertaken at a tertiary referral hospital in South Korea. The results of tuberculin skin tests (TST) and the commercially available QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) and T SPOT-TB (SPOT) assays were compared in an intermediate TB-burden country. Of the 224 participants studied, results from all three tests (TST, QFT-G, and SPOT) were available in 218; 87 with active TB and 131 at a low risk for TB. Using 10 mm as a cut-off for TST, SPOT sensitivity (96.6%) was significantly higher than that seen for TST (66.7%) and QFT-G (70.1%). QFT-G showed superior specificity over TST (91.6 versus 78.6%). Although the specificity of QFT-G was higher than that of SPOT (91.6 versus 84.7%), the difference was not statistically significant. Whilst some differences were found in the performance of the two commercialised interferon-gamma assays, they seemed to be superior in their detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection compared with tuberculin skin tests. The most appropriate choice of interferon-gamma assay to use may depend on the clinical setting.
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- J Y Lee
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, 388-1 Pungnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea
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Kondoh K, Morisaki K, Kim WD, Park GG, Kaneko S, Kobayashi H. Cloning and expression of the gene encoding Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) alpha-galactosidase belonging to family 36. Biotechnol Lett 2005; 27:641-7. [PMID: 15977071 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-005-3660-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Revised: 02/25/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The alpha-galactosidase gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) was cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli and characterized. It consisted of 1497 nucleotides encoding a protein of 499 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 57,385. The observed homology between the deduced amino acid sequences of the enzyme and alpha-galactosidase from Thermus thermophilus was over 40%. The alpha-galactosidase gene was assigned to family 36 of the glycosyl hydrolases. The enzyme purified from recombinant E. coli showed optimal activity at 40 degrees C and pH 7. The enzyme hydrolyzed p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D -galactopyroside, raffinose, stachyose but not melibiose and galactomanno-oligosaccharides, indicating that this enzyme recognizes not only the galactose moiety but also other substrates.
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- Kenji Kondoh
- Graduated school of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0006, Japan
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Kader MA, Kim WD, Kaang S, Nah C. Morphology and dynamic mechanical properties of natural rubber/nitrile rubber blends containingtrans-polyoctylene rubber as a compatibilizer. POLYM INT 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.1655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fujimoto Z, Kim WD, Kaneko S, Park GG, Momma M, Kobayashi H, Mizuno H. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of alpha-galactosidase I from Mortierella vinacea. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2003; 59:2289-91. [PMID: 14646097 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444903019681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2003] [Accepted: 09/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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alpha-Galactosidases catalyze the hydrolysis of a galactosyl residue from galactooligosaccharides and galactopolysaccharides. alpha-Galactosidase I from Mortierella vinacea was crystallized in two crystal forms using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Type 1 crystals belonged to space group I422, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 142.4, c = 131.5 A, and diffracted to beyond 2.1 A resolution, while type 2 crystals belonged to space group P4, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 100.9, c = 102.7 A, and diffracted to beyond 1.6 A resolution. This enzyme crystallized as a glycoprotein tetramer and the tetrameric structure was located around the crystallographic fourfold axis.
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- Zui Fujimoto
- Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan
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Lim CM, Hong SB, Koh Y, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. Hypothermia attenuates vascular manifestations of ventilator-induced lung injury in rats. Lung 2003; 181:23-34. [PMID: 12879337 DOI: 10.1007/s00408-002-0111-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/10/2002] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Alveolar hemorrhage and pulmonary edema induced by mechanical ventilation are partly dependent on cardiac output. Because cardiac output is low during hypothermia, we hypothesized that hypothermia may protect against these vascular manifestations of ventilator-induced lung injury. Twenty-seven Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to either normothermia (37 +/- 1 degrees C)-injurious ventilation (NT; n = 10), hypothermia (27 +/- 1 degrees C)- injurious ventilation (HT; n = 10), or nonventilated control ( n = 7). The two ventilated groups were subjected to injurious ventilation of peak airway pressure 30 cm H(2)O with zero end-expiratory pressure for 20 min. Compared with the NT group, the hemorrhage/congestion score of the lung (11.2 +/- 1.5 vs. 4.7 +/- 1.6; p < 0.001) and the ratio of wet/dry lung weight (6.1 +/- 0.8 vs. 5.0 +/- 0.1; p = 0.046) of the HT group were lower. Compared with the NT group, protein concentration (3,471 +/- 1,985 micro g/ml vs. 1,374 +/- 726 micro g/ml; p = 0.003) and lactate dehydrogenase level (0.43 +/- 0.22 U/ml vs. 0.18 +/- 0.1 U/ml; p = 0.046) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of the HT group were lower. Whereas pressure-volume curve was shifted to the right in the NT group after injurious ventilation, it was not shifted in the HT group. In conclusion, hypothermia in rats attenuated the degrees of vascular manifestations and alveolar epithelial injuries induced by injurious ventilation, and preserved the mechanical properties of the lung.
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- C-M Lim
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 138-600.
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The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between varying depths of the patellar tendon bar in trans-tibial prosthesis sockets and the pressures exerted by other regions within the socket, such as the tibial crest, medial and lateral tibial condyles, lateral femoral condyle and the distal tibial end. Five (5) patients selected from a population of trans-tibial amputees in Singapore. Patellar-tendon-bearing (PTB) sockets were made for them. Polypropylene spacers 2 mm thick were used to simulate the increasing depths of the patellar tendon bar. P-Scan pressure transducers were inserted into the sockets to measure the pressures exerted by the socket and the data collected were analysed statistically to see if there was a relationship between varying PTB depths and pressures exerted from selected parts of the socket.
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- W D Kim
- School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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From 100 g sunflower seeds, 1.2 mg purified alpha-galactosidase was obtained with an overall yield of 51%. The alpha-galactosidase acted on both terminal alpha-galactosyl residues and side-chain alpha-galactosyl residues of the galactomanno-oligosaccharides and galactomannans. The cDNA coding for sunflower alpha-galactosidase was cloned and the deduced amino acid sequence revealed that the mature enzyme consisted of 363 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 40,263. Seven cysteine residues were found but no putative N-glycosylation sites were present in the sequence. The deduced amino acid sequences of mature enzyme and alpha-galactosidases from coffee, guar and Mortierella vinacea alpha-galactosidase II showed over 81%, 77%, and 47% homology, respectively. These enzymes are classified into the third group in which the enzyme has no insertion sequence and a broad specificity on galactomanno-oligosaccharides compared to the other groups.
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- Wook-Dong Kim
- Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Kim WD, Kobayashi O, Kaneko S, Sakakibara Y, Park GG, Kusakabe I, Tanaka H, Kobayashi H. alpha-Galactosidase from cultured rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nipponbare) cells. Phytochemistry 2002; 61:621-630. [PMID: 12423882 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(02)00368-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The alpha-galactosidase from rice cell suspension cultures was purified to homogeneity by different techniques including affinity chromatography using N-epsilon-aminocaproyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosylamine as the ligand. From 11 l of culture filtrate, 28.7 mg of purified enzyme was obtained with an overall yield of 51.9%. The cDNA coding for the alpha-galactosidase was cloned and sequenced. The enzyme was found to contain 417 amino acid residues composed of a 55 amino acid signal sequence and 362 amino acid mature alpha-galactosidase; the molecular weight of the mature enzyme was thus calculated to be 39,950. Seven cysteine residues were also found but no putative N-glycosylation sites were present. The observed homology between the deduced amino acid sequences of the mature enzyme and alpha-galactosidases from coffee (Coffea arabica), guar (Cyamopsis tetragonolooba), and Mortierella vinacea alpha-galactosidase II were over 73, 72, and 45%, respectively. The enzyme displayed maximum activity at 45 degrees C when p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-galactopyranoside was used as substrate. The rice alpha-galactosidase and Mortierella vinacea alpha-galactosidase II acted on both the terminal alpha-galactosyl residue and the side-chain alpha-galactosyl residue of the galactomanno-oligosaccharides.
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- Wook-Dong Kim
- Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Shim TS, Lee JH, Kim SY, Lim TH, Kim SJ, Kim DS, Kim WD. Cerebral metabolic abnormalities in COPD patients detected by localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Chest 2001; 120:1506-13. [PMID: 11713127 DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.5.1506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To investigate changes in the cerebral metabolism of patients with COPD, using localized in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H MRS), and to evaluate the clinical significance of cerebral metabolic abnormalities in COPD patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventeen symptomatic COPD patients and 21 age-matched healthy volunteers participated in this study. All subjects underwent (1)H MRS, and neuropsychological tests (Wechsler memory scale-revised [WMS-R], color trail test, and grooved pegboard test) were performed by COPD patients. Magnetic resonance spectra were obtained from localized regions of parietal white matter (PWM) and occipital gray matter (OGM). Absolute levels of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), and myo-inositol (mI) were calculated. RESULTS In COPD patients, the mean (+/- SD) FEV(1) was 38 +/- 10% predicted, the PaCO(2) was 39 +/- 7 mm Hg, and the PaO(2) was 89 +/- 18 mm Hg, and these values did not exhibit statistical correlation with the levels of cerebral metabolites. NAA, Cr, and Cho levels in PWM were all significantly lower in COPD patients than in control subjects (p < 0.0125 [Bonferroni adjusted]). Neuropsychological parameters were lower in COPD patients compared with standardized values. However, they were not correlated with the levels of cerebral metabolites except for a positive correlation between the Cho level in PWM and the general memory quotient of WMS-R (r = 0.52; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that the cerebral metabolism is significantly altered in symptomatic COPD patients. The relationship between decreased Cho levels and memory dysfunction, and the clinical significance of other cerebral metabolic changes in COPD patients need to be further investigated.
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- T S Shim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Han Yang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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Lim CM, Kim EK, Lee JS, Shim TS, Lee SD, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. Comparison of the response to the prone position between pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med 2001; 27:477-85. [PMID: 11355115 DOI: 10.1007/s001340000848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether the response to the prone position differs between acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) resulting from a pulmonary cause (ARDSp) and that from an extrapulmonary cause (ARD-Sexp). DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective observational study in a medical ICU of a university-affiliated hospital. SUBJECTS A consecutive series of 31 patients with ARDSp and 16 with ARDSexp within 3 days of onset of ARDS. INTERVENTION Prone position for at least 2 h. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS In ARDSp, compared with the supine position (121 +/- 49 mmHg), PaO2/FIO2 was not increased after 0.5 h but was increased after 2 h in the prone position (158 +/- 60 mmHg). In ARDSexp, compared with the supine position (106 +/- 53 mmHg), PaO2/FIO2 was increased after 0.5 h (155 +/- 91 mmHg), but was not further changed after 2 h. Marked oxygenation response (increase in PaO2/FIO2 > 40% from baseline) after 0.5 h was 23% in ARDSp and 63% in ARDSexp, and that after 2 h was 29% and 63%, respectively. Static respiratory compliance decreased in the prone position in ARDSexp (30 +/- 11 ml/cmH2O at baseline, 27 +/- 11 after 0.5 h and 25 +/- 9 after 2 h) but not in ARDSp. Consolidation score as determined on the first chest radiography taken in the prone position decreased to a greater degree in ARDSexp (-2.4 +/- 4.1) than in ARDSp (0.3 +/- 4.1). CONCLUSION Pulmonary ARDS and extrapulmonary ARDS in their early stages respond differently to the prone position with regard to the time course of oxygenation, respiratory mechanical behaviour, and radiographic change. These findings suggest that the early pathophysiology of ARDS differs according to the type of primary insult to the lung.
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- C M Lim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Centre, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul 138-600, Korea.
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Lee JH, Chun YG, Lee IC, Tuder RM, Hong SB, Shim TS, Lim CM, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Lee SD. Pathogenic role of endothelin 1 in hemodynamic dysfunction in experimental acute pulmonary thromboembolism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:1282-7. [PMID: 11673223 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.7.2011011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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The plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) level is elevated in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism (APE). Whether ET-1 is a pathogenic mediator or a simple marker of APE is not known. We investigated the role of ET-1 in hemodynamic dysfunction in APE through evaluating the effects of ET(A) receptor antagonist in an experimental APE model. We also examined ET-1 expression in embolized lungs. In a canine autologous blood clot pulmonary embolism model, ET(A) receptor antagonist ZD2574 (10 mg/kg, intravenous; ZD2574 group; n = 6) or vehicle (control group; n = 5) was administered. Hemodynamic and gas exchange parameters and plasma levels of ET-1 were serially measured. Prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression and the distribution of ET-1 peptide in lung tissues were also examined. With ZD2574 pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance significantly decreased, and were lower compared with the control group. The decrease in cardiac output was also less in the ZD2574 group. Plasma ET-1 levels increased after embolization. Prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression increased in embolized lungs and ET-1 peptide expression also increased in embolized lungs, particularly in the muscular pulmonary arteries, compared with normal lungs. These findings suggest that ET-1 partially contributes to hemodynamic derangements of APE, and that ET(A) receptor antagonists might constitute a useful therapeutic tool for APE.
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- J H Lee
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Park JH, Na JO, Kim EK, Lim CM, Shim TS, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Koh Y. The prognosis of respiratory failure in patients with tuberculous destroyed lung. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5:963-7. [PMID: 11605892] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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SETTING The medical intensive care unit of a tertiary referral hospital. OBJECTIVE To determine the prognosis of patients whose lungs are damaged by previous and/or present tuberculosis infection and who have subsequently been presented with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. DESIGN A consecutive series of 38 patient cases with retrospective data analysis. RESULTS Pulmonary function test results for tests performed within the previous year were made available in 21 of the 38 cases (55%). These showed a mean (+/- SD) forced vital capacity (FVC) of 1.52 +/- 0.46 L (41.0 +/- 14.5% predicted), a forced expiratory volume/second (FEV1) of 0.77 +/- 0.18 L (29.3 +/- 13.6% predicted), and an FEV1/FVC ratio of 55.1 +/- 16.2%. The acid-fast bacilli (AFB) positive group had a significantly higher mortality and more severe lung destruction when compared with the AFB-negative group. Patients with positive AFB were significantly more hypocapnic than those with negative AFB (6.4 +/- 2.7 vs. 9.3 +/- 3.9 kPa, P = 0.020). In multivariate analysis, the level of PaCO2 on admission was identified as the only significant prognostic index (OR 0.76, 95%CI 0.60-0.96). CONCLUSION Patients with positive AFB smears or cultures may have higher mortality rates than those with negative AFB in the tuberculosis destroyed lung patients with acute respiratory failure. A higher PaCO2 measurement could indicate a better survival rate in this group of patients.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Centre, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Lee SD, Lee DS, Chun YG, Shim TS, Lim CM, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. Cigarette smoke extract induces endothelin-1 via protein kinase C in pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2001; 281:L403-11. [PMID: 11435215 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2001.281.2.l403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We examined the mechanism of endothelin (ET)-1 regulation by cigarette smoke extract (CSE) and the effect of platelets on CSE-induced stimulation of ET-1 gene expression in human and bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAECs). Our data show that CSE (1%) induces ET-1 gene expression (after 1 h) and ET-1 peptide synthesis (after 4 h) in bovine PAECs. The induction of preproET-1 mRNA level was due to de novo transcription, and new protein synthesis was not required for this induction. The protein kinase C inhibitors staurosporine (10(-8) mol/l) and calphostin C (10(-7) mol/l) abolished the induction of ET-1 gene expression by CSE in bovine and human PAECs. Although a lower concentration of platelets (10(6) cells/ml in bovine PAECs; 10(7) cells/ml in human PAECs) did not significantly alter ET-1 gene expression in PAECs, incubation of platelets with CSE (1%) and PAECs produced a significant increase in preproET-1 mRNA and ET-1 peptide compared with the values in the presence of CSE (1%) alone. CSE (1%) induced platelet aggregation and increased the expression of platelet membrane glycoproteins ex vivo. Thus our data suggest that CSE stimulates ET-1 gene expression via PKC in PAECs. CSE and platelets showed a synergistic effect on ET-1 gene expression, possibly through the activation of platelets by CSE.
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- S D Lee
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine Ulsan University, Songpa-gu, 138-736 Seoul, Korea.
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Koh Y, Lee YM, Lim CM, Lee SS, Shim TS, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. Effects of heat pretreatment on histopathology, cytokine production, and surfactant in endotoxin-induced acute lung injury. Inflammation 2001; 25:187-96. [PMID: 11403210 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011040515262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/12/2022]
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To determine the effect of heat stress on histopathology of acute lung injury (ALI) caused by administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and to determine the roles of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta, interferon (IFN)-gamma, IL-10 and surfactants in heat-induced tolerance to ALI, we administered either saline or LPS (3 mg/kg of body weight) intravenously to male Sprague-Dawley rats without and with heat pretreatment. Five hours after LPS or saline treatment (23 h after heat-pretreatment), samples were obtained. We found that the histopathologic features of LPS-induced ALI were attenuated by heat-pretreatment. Heat-pretreatment did not decrease the elevated plasma or BAL fluid levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IFN-gamma by LPS. The plasma level of IL-10 in LPS-treated rats with heat-pretreatment, however, was increased compared to that of LPS-treated rats without heat-pretreatment (P = 0.001). There were no differences in the BAL fluid concentrations of light or heavy density pulmonary surfactant phospholipids depending on heat-pretreatment in LPS-treated rats. These observations suggest that IL-10 might play a role in decreasing LPS-induced acute lung injury after heat-pretreatment.
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- Y Koh
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Lim CM, Koh Y, Park W, Chin JY, Shim TS, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. Mechanistic scheme and effect of "extended sigh" as a recruitment maneuver in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a preliminary study. Crit Care Med 2001; 29:1255-60. [PMID: 11395617 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200106000-00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [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: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To devise a new form of sigh ("extended sigh") capable of providing a sufficient recruiting pressure x time, and to test it as a recruitment maneuver in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. DESIGN Prospective uncontrolled clinical trial. SETTING Medical intensive care unit of a university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS Twenty consecutive patients diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (18 men, 2 women, age 59 +/- 10 yrs). INTERVENTIONS From baseline settings of tidal volume (Vt) 8 mL/kg and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 10 cm H2O on volume control mode with the high pressure limit at 40 cm H2O, the Vt-PEEP values were changed to 6-15, 4-20, and 2-25, each step being 30 secs (inflation phase). After Vt-PEEP 2-25, the mode was switched to continuous positive airway pressure of 30 cm H2O for a duration of 30 secs (pause), after which the baseline setting was resumed following the reverse sequence of inflation (deflation phase). This extended sigh was performed twice with 1 min of baseline ventilation between. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Airway pressures and hemodynamic parameters were traced at each step during the extended sigh. Arterial blood gases and physiologic parameters were determined before the extended sigh (pre-extended sigh), at 5 mins after two extended sighs (post-extended sigh), and then every 15 mins for 1 hr. In our average patient, the recruiting pressure x time of the inflation phase was estimated to be 32.8-35.4 cm H2O x 90 secs. Compared with the inflation phase, inspiratory pause pressure of the deflation phase was lower at Vt-PEEP 6-15 (28.9 +/- 2.7 cm H2O vs. 27.3 +/- 2.8 cm H2O) and 4-20 (31.8 +/- 2.9 cm H2O vs. 31.1 +/- 2.9 cm H2O; both p <.05). Compared with pre-extended sigh, Pao2 (81.5 +/- 15.3 mm Hg vs. 104.8 +/- 25.0 mm Hg; p <.001) and static respiratory compliance both increased post-extended sigh (27.9 +/- 7.9 mL/cm H2O vs. 30.2 +/- 9.7 mL/cm H2O; p =.009). Improvement in these parameters was sustained above pre-extended sigh for the duration of the study. Major hemodynamic or respiratory complications were not noted during the study. CONCLUSION We present a new form of sigh (i.e., extended sigh) capable of achieving an augmented recruiting pressure x time through a prolonged inflation on a gradually increased end-expiratory pressure. In view of the sustained effect and absence of major complications in our patients, extended sigh could be a useful recruitment maneuver in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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- C M Lim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was reported to be associated with increased risk of lung cancer as a result of the occurrence of atypical or dysplastic epithelial changes in fibrosis which progressed to invasive malignancy. In that situation, the cancer will develop in the area of major fibrosis. To investigate the direct relationship between fibrosis and cancer development, the real concordance rate of the two lesions in the chest computed tomography (CT) was analysed and compared to the histological types of lung cancer. The subjects included 63 patients with combined lung cancer and IPF (IPF-CA), 218 patients with lone IPF, and 2,660 patients with primary lung cancer. All patients were diagnosed at Asan Medical Center during the same period. The age, percentage of smokers, and the male sex were significantly higher in IPF-CA compared with lone IPF. The odds ratio of smoking was 2.71 compared to nonsmoking IPF controls. In IPF-CA, 56% of the cancer was located in the periphery of the lung and 52% in the upper lobe. The majority of the cancers (64%) were found in the nonfibrotic area at chest CT. The most frequent cell type was squamous cell carcinoma (35%), and there was no significant difference in the cancer cell type between IPF-CA and total lung cancer population. These findings suggest that in combined lung cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients, the features of the lung cancer are similar to the total lung cancer population.
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- Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Asan Medical Center, School of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
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Lee SD, Lee DS, Chun YG, Paik SH, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD, Tuder RM, Voelkel NF. Transforming growth factor-beta1 induces endothelin-1 in a bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell line and rat lungs via cAMP. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2001; 13:257-65. [PMID: 11061980 DOI: 10.1006/pupt.2000.0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/23/2023]
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We investigated the mechanism of Endothelin-1 regulation by transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) in bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAECs) and in isolated perfused rat lungs. Our data show that TGF-beta1 induces ET-1 gene expression and ET-1 peptide synthesis in BPAECs. The induction of preproET-1 mRNA level was due to de novo transcription, as well as mRNA stabilization, and new protein synthesis was not required for this induction. To investigate the role of cAMP-protein kinase A pathway in TGF-beta1-stimulated-ET-1 induction, we exposed BPAECs to various compounds which modulate this pathway. Dibutyryl-cAMP led to an increase in preproET-1 mRNA and Rp-cAMP abolished the induction of preproET-1 mRNA and ET-1 peptide by TGF-beta1. TGF-beta1 increased cAMP in BPAECs. Dexamethasone up-regulated preproET-1 mRNA expression and ET-1 peptide synthesis under basal and TGF-beta1-stimulated conditions. In isolated perfused rat lungs, TGF-beta1 increased preproET-1 mRNA abundance whereas Rp-cAMP inhibited the TGF-beta1-induced ET-1 gene activation. Thus our data suggest that TGF-beta1 stimulates ET-1 gene expression in BPAECs and in rat lungs via a cAMP dependent mechanism.
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- S D Lee
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine Ulsan University, 388-1 Poongnab-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea.
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Lee SD, Kim DS, Shim TS, Lim CM, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim WD. Nitric oxide and molsidomine in the management of pulmonary hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis. Chest 2001; 119:302-7. [PMID: 11157624 DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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We present three patients with pulmonary hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis who showed long-term favorable response, clinically and hemodynamically, to nitric oxide donor molsidomine. In these patients, nitric oxide inhalation was effective in reducing pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). Molsidomine (single dose of 4 mg p.o.) was also effective in reducing PAP and PVR, but nifedipine was not. With molsidomine, 4 mg tid, dyspnea, exercise capacity, and hemodynamic parameters were improved. These favorable responses have lasted during the 3-month follow-up period in all patients.
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- S D Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, Ulsan University, Seoul, Korea.
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Kim DS, Jeon YG, Shim TS, Lim CM, Lee SD, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim WD. The value of interleukin-12 as an activity marker of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2000; 17:271-6. [PMID: 11033843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis is characterized by hyperactivity of T-helper lymphocytes and recent studies showed that they were mainly Th1 cells. IL-12 is a major cytokine inducing Th1 differentiation of naive T cells. This study was performed to test whether IL-12 can be a marker for disease activity and possibly a prognosis in sarcoidosis. METHODS IL-12 levels of BALF (BALF-IL-12) and conditioned medium of alveolar macrophages (AM) were measured by ELISA in 36 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis (14 males and 22 females, mean age: 39.6 +/- 11.0 years) and eleven normal controls. Clinically, 16 patients had active sarcoidosis and 20 had an inactive disease. RESULTS BALF-IL-12 of sarcoidosis patients (41.3 +/- 43.9 pg/ml) was significantly higher than that of normal controls (2.5 +/- 0.4 pg/ml) (p < 0.001). The patients with active disease (71.3 +/- 54.3 pg/ml) had a higher BAL-IL-12 level than those with inactive disease (17.3 +/- 13.8 pg/ml) (p = 0.0001). It had a significant correlation with the number of T4 cells (p = 0.0001), total cell number, number and percentage of lymphocytes (p = 0.0001) and AM (p = 0.001) in BALF. It was also significantly correlated with soluble ICAM-1 levels in serum (p = 0.0001) and BALF (p = 0.002), and ICAM-1 expression of AM (p = 0.001). Furthermore the patients whose condition worsened without therapy had a significantly higher initial BALF-IL-12 level than the patients whose condition improved spontaneously. The AM of sarcoidosis secreted significantly more IL-12 (133 +/- 177 pg/ml) than AM of controls (68.3 +/- 43.7 pg/ml) (p = 0.038). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that the BALF-IL-12 level can be used as a marker of the activity of pulmonary sarcoidosis and possibly prognosis.
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Koh Y, Kim TH, Lim CM, Kim W, Kim YH, Kim DS, Kim WD. Risk factors for the development of hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias in patients with mechanical ventilation. J Crit Care 2000; 15:46-51. [PMID: 10877364 DOI: 10.1053/jcrc.2000.7899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this article was to identify the risk factors related to development of hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias in patients with mechanical ventilation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Holter recording and echocardiogram were performed within 24 hours of ventilator initiation in patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) owing to respiratory failure (RF) from various reasons. RESULTS From 68 patients, hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias were detected in 18 patients (26.5%). Initial mean arterial pressure, maximal heart rate, and initial pH were identified as risk factors for hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias. Additionally, the patients with pressure-controlled ventilation as an initial ventilatory mode developed hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias less frequently than the patients with other modes (15.8% vs. 40%, P = .03). In multivariate analysis, initial mean arterial pressure (< 70 mm Hg, odds ratio [OR]: 5.5; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2 to 24.2, P = .026), maximal heart rate (> 120/min, OR: 19.7; 95% CI: 2.0 to 190.9, P = .01), and pressure-controlled ventilation (OR: 0.13; 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.55, P = .006) were associated with the development of hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that during the early stages of mechanical ventilation with acute respiratory failure, hemodynamically significant cardiac arrhythmias are directly associated with tachycardia (> or = 120/min), initial MAP (<70 mm Hg), and, inversely, the initial use of pressure-controlled ventilation.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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PURPOSE The purpose of this article was to investigate the effect of an additional 1-hour T-piece trial at the level of minimum pressure support (PSmin) on weaning outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Open, randomized, prospective study of 44 patients who had received mechanical ventilation for more than 3 days.Thirty-six patients satisfied the protocol. There were 42 weaning trials. The patients were randomized into an intervention group (additional 1-hour period of T-piece trial) and a control group (extubation directly) at PSmin. Blood gas analysis and estimation of respiratory and hemodynamic variables were performed at the 15 cm H2O level of pressure support. Measurements were repeated at PSmin and during weaning process (in intervention group). RESULTS Mean PSmin level was 7.6 (+/- 1.9) cm H2O. There were no differences in total ventilation time (TVT), acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II score, nutritional indices, and respiratory mechanics on PSmin between the two groups. The weaning success rate and the reintubation rate were similar for the intervention group (55% and 18%, respectively) and control group (70% and 20%, respectively). Work of breathing, pressure time product, and tidal volume significantly worsened after a 1-hour T-piece trial when compared with those values measured at PSmin in the intervention group (P < .05). For the combined patient sample, TVT and tidal volume at PSmin were significantly different between the patients with weaning success (246 +/- 195 hours, 0.43 +/- 0.11 L) and those with weaning failure (407 +/- 248 hours, 0.35 +/- 0.10 L) (P < .05 in each). CONCLUSION There were no advantages in weaning outcome by the addition of a 1-hour T-piece trial compared with prompt extubation at PSmin.
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- Y Koh
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Choe KH, Kim YT, Shim TS, Lim CM, Lee SD, Koh Y, Kim WS, Kim DS, Ryu JS, Kim WD. Closing volume influences the postural effect on oxygenation in unilateral lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:1957-62. [PMID: 10852773 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.6.9909067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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In normal adults, both blood flow and ventilation are distributed preferentially to the dependent lung zones. In adults with unilateral lung disease, arterial oxygenation improves when they are positioned with their good lung down because of improved matching of ventilation and perfusion. When the closing volume is increased, dependent airways are closed during tidal breathing, so that reduced ventilation-perfusion ratio and hypoxia develops and ventilation is preferentially distributed to the upper lung zones. We undertook an observational study on the effects of lateral recumbency on arterial oxygenation in adult patients with unilateral lung disease and tested the hypothesis that oxygenation in lateral recumbency might be influenced by an increase in closing volume. Arterial blood gases were analyzed in the supine, right and left lateral decubitus positions and the AaPO(2) was calculated in 44 randomly selected patients 49.9 +/- 18.7 yr of age with unilateral pneumonia (23 cases) or pulmonary tuberculosis (21 cases). In 26 patients, individual Pa(O(2)) with the normal lung in the dependent position was higher than that with the diseased lung; the opposite was true for 18 patients. The difference in Pa(O(2)) and AaPO(2) between the two positions was statistically significant in both groups. In 16 patients (10 men and six women 49.2 +/- 18.2 yr of age), we measured closing volume and determined the fractional ventilation to each lung by (133)Xe lung scan in the three positions. In these 16 patients, the difference in Pa(O(2)) between the normal and the diseased lung in the dependent position was related significantly to the difference in the fractional ventilation going to the normal lung between the dependent and the supine position (r = 0.642, p = 0. 007). The latter was related significantly to the % predicted closing volume (CV/VC) (r = -0.597, p = 0.015). This study has shown that closing volume, as well as posture, might be involved in determining oxygenation in lateral recumbency in patients with unilateral lung disease.
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- K H Choe
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kim WD, Jacobson Z, Nathanson D. In vitro stress analyses of dental implants supporting screw-retained and cement-retained prostheses. IMPLANT DENT 2000; 8:141-51. [PMID: 10635156] [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: 02/15/2023]
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A photoelastic and strain gauge analysis was performed to evaluate the stress transferred to implants through the provisional-cement-retained, the permanent-cement-retained, and the screw-retained prostheses. The deflections of the prostheses at the time of the loading were also measured. In the single crown test, the provisional-cement-retained crowns transferred less stress. In the two-unit fixed partial denture test, there were no differences between the three different prostheses. In the two-implant supported distal cantilevered prostheses, the screw-type and the permanent-cement-retained prostheses developed more stress around the apex of both implants. The permanent-cement-retained prostheses acted almost the same as the screw-type.
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- W D Kim
- Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, USA
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Lim CM, Koh Y, Jung BO, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. An optimal dose of perfluorocarbon for respiratory mechanics in partial liquid ventilation for dependent lung-dominant acute lung injury. Chest 2000; 117:199-204. [PMID: 10631220 DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.1.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite increasing knowledge about partial liquid ventilation (PLV), the optimal dose of perfluorocarbon (PFC) is not yet established. Because there exist normal regions in the lung with ARDS and because PLV in the normal lung results in worsened gas exchange, we postulated that the optimal dose of PFC for PLV may be less than the functional residual capacity (FRC) dose in the lung with limited disease. DESIGN AND SETTING Animal study at the Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Seoul, Korea. SUBJECTS Twelve rabbits in which dependent lung-dominant lung injury was created by a modified saline solution lavage. INTERVENTIONS PLV performed at six different doses of perfluorodecalin in sequence (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 mL/kg every 15 min). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Our modified saline solution lavage induced atelectasis and hemorrhage confined to the dependent lung with severe hypoxia (PaO(2)/fraction of inspired oxygen = 37 +/- 6 mm Hg). Peak airway pressure (Ppeak) and inspiratory pause pressure (Ppause) with PLV were lower at doses of 3 to 15 mL/kg (all p < 0.05), but not different at a dose of 18 mL/kg, when compared with gas ventilation. Ppeak increased at doses of 12, 15, and 18 mL/kg, when each was compared with the preceding PFC dose. At increasing PFC doses, the change in the elastic component of airway pressure (Ppause after minus Ppause before) was negative until the dose of 9 mL/kg, but was positive at doses of 12 mL/kg and above. The change in the resistive component ([Ppeak minus Ppause] after minus [Ppeak minus Ppause] before) was negative until the dose of 6 mL/kg, but was positive at the dose > or = 9 mL/kg. CONCLUSION Respiratory mechanics during PLV for dependent lung-dominant lung injury were optimal at a PFC dose less than the FRC.
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- C M Lim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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OBJECTIVE Transient whole-body hyperthermia was reported to reduce lung damage in a rat with intra-abdominal sepsis produced by caecal perforation. METHODOLOGY In order to determine the effect of heat shock response on acute lung injury induced by endotoxin, which plays a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis, we instilled either saline or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) intravenously with and without heat pretreatment in rats. The heated rats had their rectal temperature raised to more than 40 degrees C for 13 min 18 h before intravenous administration of saline or LPS. RESULTS We found that the lung leak was significantly increased among the rats given LPS intravenously with (median, 0.17; range, 0.15-0.22; n = 10) and without heat pretreatment (0.23; 0.17-0.30; n = 10) compared with those of saline-treated rats (0.13; 0.10-0.14; n = 10) (P < 0.05 in each). However, rats given LPS after heat pretreatment had significantly decreased lung leak index compared with those of LPS-treated rats without heat pretreatment (P < 0.05). Rats administered LPS intravenously showed increased myeloperoxidase activity without heat pretreatment (19.01; 9.34-28.00 U/g; n = 10) compared with that of saline-treated rats (7.09; 4.49-10.56 U/g; n = 5) (P < 0.05) (Fig. 2). Myeloperoxidase activity of the rats treated with LPS with heat pretreatment (5.57; 2.87-8.96 U/g; n = 10) was significantly decreased to the level of normal control compared with that of LPS-treated rats without heat pretreatment (P < 0.05). The levels of heat shock proteins (HSP72) in lung tissue, which were examined by western blot analysis, were increased over baseline levels at 23 h after hyperthermic stress. CONCLUSIONS These observations show that brief heat shock response is associated with the induction of HSP72 protein synthesis and attenuated neutrophil recruitment and acute lung leak is induced by endotoxin in rats.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Zang DY, Lee KH, Lee JS, Lee JH, Kim WK, Kim SH, Kim WD, Kim DS, Kim JH, Kim BS, Cho YB, Kim DK, Kim KH. Phase II trial of a novel platinum analog, SKI 2053R, in patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 1999; 22:495-8. [PMID: 10521066 DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199910000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A phase II trial of a novel platinum analog, SKI 2053R, was performed in patients with previously untreated extensive-stage disease (ED) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). SKI 2053R was administered at the dose of 400 mg/m2 every 3 to 4 weeks as a 1-h infusion. After the first cycle, the dose was escalated to 440 mg/m2 based on toxicity. Thirty-eight patients (31 male) were enrolled between June 1995 and August 1997. The median age was 61 years (range, 36-70 years). Six of 37 evaluable patients achieved a partial response (16.2%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.4-28.0%). The durations of response were 1.1, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 3.4, and 4.6 months. The estimated median survival time was 7.4 months (95% CI, 5.1-9.7 months). Grade 3 or 4 toxicities were not observed. Grade 1 to 2 leukopenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia were seen in 5 of 68 cycles, 16 of 68, and 2 of 68, respectively. Nonhematologic toxicities included grade 1 to 2 nausea or vomiting (30 of 68 cycles), nephrotoxicity (27 of 68), and hepatotoxicity (13 of 68). SKI 2053R showed a modest antitumor activity with limited toxicities in patients with ED SCLC. Further clinical trials are warranted in SCLC with a higher dose of SKI 2053R.
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- D Y Zang
- Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan, and College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Lim CM, Koh Y, Shim TS, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. The effect of varying inspiratory to expiratory ratio on gas exchange in partial liquid ventilation. Chest 1999; 116:1032-8. [PMID: 10531171 DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.4.1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In partial liquid ventilation (PLV), the nondependent lung was observed to be inflated first and the dependent lung later. The inflational time difference between the lung regions can lead to maldistribution of tidal gas and inefficient gas bubbling in the slow-inflating region during PLV. In this situation, increasing the inspiratory to expiratory (I:E) ratio of the mechanical ventilator would lessen the heterogeneity of regional ventilation and improve gas exchange possibly to a greater degree than in gas ventilation (GV). DESIGN AND SETTING Animal study at the Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Seoul, Korea Subjects: Eighteen rabbits (2.6 +/- 0.5 kg) with acute lung injury by saline solution lavage. INTERVENTIONS Three I:E ratios were tried in GV and then in PLV. I:E ratios were changed by adjusting pause (1:2, 1:1, and 2:1; group 1) or by adjusting inspiratory flow rate (1:3, 1:1, and 2:1; group 2). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS With increasing I:E ratio in all animals, PaO(2)/FIO(2) increased (80 +/- 24, 143 +/- 74, and 147 +/- 88 mm Hg; p = 0.001), and PaCO(2) decreased (74 +/- 15, 66 +/- 16, and 66 +/- 15 mm Hg; p = 0.006). The increases of PaO(2)/FIO(2) from 1:2/1:3 to 1:1 (p = 0.006) and from 1:1 to 2:1 (p = 0.036) were both greater in group 1 than in group 2. PaCO(2) decreased with increasing I:E ratio in group 1, but not in group 2. The change of PaO(2)/FIO(2) by varying the I:E ratio was 49 +/- 65% in PLV and 14 +/- 14% in GV (p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS Extending the I:E ratio, especially by adding pause, improved gas exchange in PLV. Oxygenation in PLV was affected by the I:E ratio to a greater degree than in GV.
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- C M Lim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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BACKGROUND The natural course of sarcoidosis is variable, but no single parameter has been generally accepted as a good marker for disease activity. Adhesion molecules are required for the migration of inflammatory cells; thus, they may be markers of activity in sarcoidosis. METHODS In 16 patients with active sarcoidosis and 11 with inactive disease (10 were male, 17 were female; mean age [-/+ SD], 39.6+/-11.0 years; mean follow-up, 21+/-16 months), the expression of adhesion molecules on cells obtained with BAL (measured by flow cytometry) and the level of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) in the serum and BAL fluid (BALF) were measured at the time of diagnosis and during the follow-up. The changes in serum sICAM-1 level and ICAM-1 expression on cells obtained with BAL were compared with the clinical course of the disease. RESULTS In patients with active disease, the ICAM-1 on alveolar macrophage (AM) (relative linear median fluorescence intensity [RMFI], 3.21+/-1.55) and sICAM-1 levels in serum (575+/-221 ng/mL) and BALF (47.3+/-19.3 ng/mL) were higher than those for patients with inactive disease (RMFI, 1.67+/-0.66; p = 0.0034; serum, 263+/-98.5 ng/mL; p = 0.0001; BALF, 27.5+/-19.0 ng/mL; p = 0.0209). In the patients with active disease, ICAMN-1 on AM and serum sICAM-1 decreased (RMFI, 1.51+/-0.84; 284+/-118 ng/mL, respectively) after steroid therapy, but no significant change was noted in patients with inactive disease. We also found that the initial ICAM-1 on AM and serum sICAM-1 had a significant correlation with the degree of improvement in pulmonary function tests after the therapy. The disease relapsed in four patients after the discontinuation of steroids, and the serum sICAM-1 level was elevated again at the time of relapse. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that the serum sICAM-1 level and the ICAM-1 expression on AM may be good markers of disease activity and also a predictor of outcome in sarcoidosis.
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- D S Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University, Seoul, Korea.
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Park MH, Kim YW, Yoon HI, Yoo CG, Han SK, Shim YS, Kim WD. Association of HLA class I antigens with diffuse panbronchiolitis in Korean patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159:526-9. [PMID: 9927368 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9805047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of unknown etiology. Observations of significantly increased frequency of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B54 in Japanese patients and occurrence of familial cases suggest possible genetic predisposition to the disease susceptibility. To evaluate the possible association of HLA with the disease in Koreans, we have analyzed 30 patients for HLA class I (A, B, C) and class II (DR) antigens by the serologic and DNA typing methods, respectively. The most significant change in the patients compared to the control subjects was increased frequency of HLA-A11 (53.3% versus 17.5%, corrected p [pc] = 1.2 x 10(-)4, odds ratio [OR] = 5.4). In addition, B55 showed significant positive association (16.7% versus 3.5%, pc = 0.05, OR = 5.5), and B62 and Cw4 showed rather weak association with the disease. Certain A11-associated haplotypes showed much stronger positive association with the disease, compared to A11 antigen itself. Observations of a strong association of HLA-A11 in Koreans and B54 in Japanese with DPB suggest that the candidate gene(s) responsible for the disease susceptibility is located within the HLA class I region, most probably between HLA-A and HLA-B loci.
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- M H Park
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul,
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Lim CM, Koh Y, Chin JY, Lee JS, Lee SD, Kim WS, Kim DS, Kim WD. Respiratory and haemodynamic effects of the prone position at two different levels of PEEP in a canine acute lung injury model. Eur Respir J 1999; 13:163-8. [PMID: 10836342 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13a30.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study was designed to examine whether the oxygenation response in the prone position differs in magnitude depending on the level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) applied in the supine position, and whether cardiac output (CO) increases in the prone position. In seven supine dogs, acute lung injury was established by saline lavage (arterial oxygen tension (Pa,O2)/inspiratory oxygen fraction (FI,O2) 17.8+/-9.6 kPa (134+/-72 mmHg)), and inflection point (Pflex) of the respiratory system was measured (6.6+/-1.4 cmH2O). Pa,O2/FI,O2 and CO of the supine and prone positions were obtained under the application of low PEEP and then under optimal PEEP (2 cmH2O below and above Pflex, respectively). The net increase in Pa,O2/FI,O2 by prone positioning was greater at low PEEP (27.3+/-12.0 kPa (205+/-90 mmHg)) than at optimal PEEP (4.4+/-13.0 kPa (33+/-98 mmHg)) (p=0.006). CO decreased significantly with optimal PEEP in the supine position (2.4+/-0.5 versus 3.1+/-0.4 L x min(-1) at baseline, p<0.001), and increased to 3.4+/-0.6 and 3.6+/-0.7 L x min(-1) in the prone position at 5 min and 30 min, respectively (both p=0.018). When the dogs were turned supine at optimal PEEP, CO again decreased (2.4+/-0.5 L x min(-1), p<0.001). In conclusion, the prone position augmented the effect of relatively low positive end-expiratory pressure on oxygenation, and attenuated the haemodynamic impairment of relatively high positive end-expiratory pressure in a canine acute lung injury model.
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- C M Lim
- Dept of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
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A 27 yr old man presented with productive cough, fever and manifestations of superior vena cava syndrome. He was an alcoholic but had been in good health until 3 days prior to admission. The physical examination, the chest radiograph and the results of the sputum culture were compatible with Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia of the right upper lobe. The superior vena cava scintigram using technetium-99m showed near total occlusion of the superior vena cava, while sputum cytology, chest computed tomography, and bronchoscopy were all negative for malignant aetiology. Antibiotic therapy brought about slow resolution of the pneumonia and also of the superior vena caval obstruction. The follow-up scintigram showed normalized venous flow of the superior vena cava. To our knowledge, this is the first case of superior vena cava syndrome developed in probable association with Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia.
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- J Y Kim
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
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