Sun Gyoo Park

Effects of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Expression and C4d Deposition in Implantation Biopsies on Renal Allograft

Upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) in response to ischemic states has been suggested to have a role in the development of chronic allograft nephropathy. Deposition of C4d in the peritubular capillaries of renal allografts has been reported to be a sensitive marker of acute humoral rejection. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of HIF-1alpha expression and C4d deposition in implantation biopsies of renal allografts. Implantation biopsies and 22 rejection proved biopsies were performed in 54 renal transplant recipients between December 1996 and July 1999. The mean follow-up was 82.8 months. Immunohistochemical studies were performed using a mouse monoclonal antibody for HIF-1alpha expression and a rabbit polyclonal antibody for C4d detection. HIF-1alpha was demonstrated in 19 of 54 implantation biopsies (35%), and C4d deposition in one (1.9%). The HIF-1alpha-positive group included a higher percentage of deceased donor organs (66.4% vs 17.1%; P = .002) and longer mean cold ischemia times (261.3 +/- 231 vs 103 +/- 40 min; P = .008) compared with the HIF-1alpha-negative group. The relative risks (95% confidence intervals) of expression of HIF-1alpha for allograft rejection, chronic allograft nephropathy, and graft loss were 1.53 (0.82-2.87), 0.61 (0.06-5.50), and 2.45 (0.62-9.85). The C4d-positive patient developed acute accelerated rejection on postoperative day 4. In the present study, the expression of HIF-1alpha showed a significant correlation with the use of a deceased donor kidney and with cold ischemia time. However, there were no significant effects on the prognosis for a graft after implantation of a kidney with HIF-1alpha expression.

Physicochemical Properties of the Poorly Soluble Isoflavone Class-loaded Hydrocolloid Patch

Genistein and daidzein, phytoestrogens belonging to the isoflavone class, have a role in the treatment and prevention of various cancers, antioxidant and anti-inflammation activity. However, it is difficult to deliver through the skin from applying the emulsion such as cream containing them because these drugs are nearly insoluble in aqueous solutions. In this study, the hydrocolloid patch including poorly soluble drugs such as genistein and daidzein was used as the transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS) to deliver them through the skin. It was confirmed that the patches are helpful for the drugs to be absorb much and more deeply than the cream due to the occlusive effect of patch, which was verified from the porcine skin and the confocal microscopy. The hydrocolloid patch is a better way to deliver the poorly soluble drugs through the skin than the general cosmetics such as emulsion-based cream, and is valuable as effective cosmetics due to its convenient usage.

A Study on Skin Status with Acoustic Measurements of Skin Friction Noise

화장품 사용 전후의 피부 상태는 주로 시각과 촉각 및 피부 구조에 기초한 정성적, 정량적 방법에 의해 평가되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 화장품을 피부에 도포할 때 문지름으로 인한 마찰 소음이 발생한다는 사실을 기반으로, 피부 문지름에서 발생하는 소리를 측정하여 청각을 기반으로 하는 새로운 피부 상태 평가법을 개발...

Forsythiae Fructus Induces VEGF Production via p38 MAPK Activation in Human Keratinocytes

진피 상층부 모세혈관은 젊은 사람에 비해 노인에서 그 수와 크기가 감소되어 있어 피부에서 모세혈관이 차지하는 비율이 나이에 따라 급격히 낮아진다. 연교는 물푸레나무과에 속하는 개나리 열매를 건조한 것으로 주로 염증성 또는 항균성 질환에 오랫동안 사용되어져온 약재로서 지금까지 피부 혈관신생과 관련된 효능은...

The Effect of Photomodulation in Human Dermal Fibroblasts

Skin is exposed to sunlight or artificial indoor light on a daily. The reached solar light on the earth surface consist of 50% visible light and 45% infrared (IR) except for ultra violet (UV). The negative effects of UV including UVB and UVA have been steadily investigated within the last decades. However, little is known about the effects of visible or IR light. In this study, we irradiated human dermal fibroblasts using light emitting diode (LED) to investigate the optimal parameter for enhancing cell growth and collagen synthesis. We found that red of 630 nm and green of 520 nm enhance the cell proliferation, but irradiation with purple and blue light exerts toxic effects. To examine the response of irradiation time and light intensity on the fibroblasts, cells were exposed to red or green light with intensities from 0.05 to . Procollagen secretion was increased of 1.4 fold by 10 min irradiation, while 30 min treatment decreased the collagen synthesis of dermal fibroblasts. Treatment with red of and green of 0.15 and resulted in enhancement of collagen mRNA. Lastly, we investigated the combinatorial effect of red and green light on dermal fibroblasts. The sequential irradiation of red and green light is an efficient way for the purpose of the increase in the number of fibroblasts than single light treatment. On the other hand, the exposure of red light alone was more effective method for enhancing of collagen secretion. Our study showed that specific light parameters accelerated cell proliferation, gene expression and collagen secretion on human dermal fibroblasts. In conclusion, we demonstrate that light exposure with specific parameter has beneficial effects on the function of dermal fibroblasts, and suggests the possibility of its cosmetically and clinical application.

Development of Lecithin Organogel to Improve Solubility of Genistein

Abstract: Organogels are semi-solid systems that consist of an apolar solvent as the liquid phase within a three-dimen-sional networked structure. In this study, we developed a stable and skin penetration-enhanced Lecithin Organogel (LO) containing genistein, which is one of the poorly soluble active ingredients in both polar and apolar phase. After screen-ing of various components (type of gelators, organic and aqueous phase), hydrogenated lecithin (HL), sunflower oil (SO), dipropylene glycol (DPG), and polyethylene glycol (PEG) were mainly used in this formulation. Phase ternary diagram was employed for optimization of the composition in the LO. The formulated LO were evaluated for its organoleptic characteristics, stability, pH, rheology, phase transition temperatures, microscopic analysis and skin penetration. The opti-mized stable LO system can be utilized as an effective and stable cosmetic formulation that can carry poorly soluble active ingredients at high concentration for topical dermal delivery.