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Purpose:Transglutaminase type 2 (TG2) is an extracellular matrix crosslinking enzyme with a pivotal role in kidney fibrosis. We tested whether quantification of urinary TG2 may represent a noninvasive method to estimate the severity of kidney allograft fibrosis. Methods:We prospectively collected urine specimens from 18 deceased donor kidney transplant recipients at 1-day, 7-day, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month posttransplant. In addition, kidney allograft tissue specimens at 0-day and 6-month posttransplant were sampled to analyze the correlation of urinary TG2 and kidney allograft fibrosis. Results:Thirteen recipients had increased interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA) scores at the 6-month protocol biopsy (IFTA group). The mean level of urinary TG2 in the IFTA group was higher compared to that of 5 other recipients without IFTA (no IFTA group). Conversely, the mean level of urinary syndecan-4 in the IFTA group was lower than levels in patients without IFTA. In the IFTA group, double immunofluorescent staining revealed that TG2 intensity was significantly upregulated and colocalizations of TG2/heparin sulfate proteoglycan and nuclear syndecan-4 were prominent, usually around tubular structures. Conclusion:Urinary TG2 in early posttransplant periods is a potent biomarker for kidney allograft inflammation or fibrosis.
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Ann Surg Treat Resjournal_title
Annals of surgical treatment and researchauthors
Kim JY,Wee YM,Choi MY,Jung HR,Choi JY,Kwon HW,Jung JH,Cho YM,Go H,Han M,Kim YH,Han DJ,Shin Sdoi
10.4174/astr.2019.97.1.27subject
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2019-07-01 00:00:00pages
27-35issue
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2288-6575issn
2288-6796journal_volume
97pub_type
杂志文章abstract:PURPOSE:Little is known about the clinicopathological features of early mucinous gastric carcinoma (MGC). The purpose of this study was to compare the clinicopathological features and prognosis between patients with early MGC and those with early nonmucinous gastric carcinoma (NMGC). METHODS:We reviewed the records of...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2014.87.1.5
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:A soft texture of the pancreas is one of the most important predisposing factors for a pancreatic fistula. Thus, in a porcine model, we investigated a method to harden the pancreas locally by directly injecting an artificial material. Methods:During the laparotomy, 51 samples from 17 pigs, including 13 surviva...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2018.95.4.175
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:There has been an increasing trend in the use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) among women diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer or mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 to reduce the occurrence of contralateral breast cancer. This study aimed to examine trends in the CPM rate according to clinicopatholog...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2019.97.3.113
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Severe local and systemic tissue damage called ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury occurs during the period of reperfusion. Free oxygen radicals and proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for reperfusion injury. IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) is a natural inhibitor of IL-18. The balance between IL-18 and IL-18...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2015.88.2.92
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endovascular aneurysm repair is a minimally invasive, durable and effective alternative to open surgery for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). However, in patients who do not have an adequate sealing zone, open surgical repair is required, which may increase mortality and morbidity. An alternative treatmen...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type:
doi:10.4174/astr.2014.86.5.274
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Skin grafts have been widely used in managing extensive chest wall defects after mastectomy for advanced breast cancer. However, their durability and tolerability to radiotherapy is still controversial. A thoracoabdominal (TA) flap with a few technical refinements can safely transfer a larger flap while minimiz...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2019.97.4.168
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforations (SGIPs; not associated with injury or disease) occur rarely in pediatric patients. This study aimed to define age-specific features associated with SGIPs in pediatric patients. Methods:Retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of children (before adolescence) who rece...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2018.95.3.141
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:The incidence of colonic diverticular disease is increasing, and several grading systems based on CT findings have been developed. The objective of this study was to define the impact of various CT findings of colonic diverticulitis and to demonstrate which factors affect the need for operative treatment. Meth...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2018.94.6.322
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::[This corrects the article on p. 106 in vol. 88, PMID: 25692122.]. ...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 已发布勘误
doi:10.4174/astr.2015.88.3.178
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Recent studies have suggested microscopic positive resection margin should be revised according to the presence of tumor cells within 1mm of the margin surface in resected specimens of pancreatic cancer. However, the clinical meaning of this revised margin status for R1 resection margin was not fully clarified....
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2019.96.1.19
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Laparoscopic antireflux surgery is not widely used in Korea, but published data suggest that its results are comparable to those of Western countries. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical characteristics, medical utilization, and medical costs of antireflux surgery and proton pump inhibitor (PP...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2020.98.5.254
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Downstaging after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for rectal cancer usually occurs. The present study aimed to evaluate pathologic y-stage (yp-stage) and its influence on local recurrence and systemic recurrence in rectal cancer patients treated with CRT followed by surgical resection. METHODS:We retrospectively analy...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2015.88.1.15
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of monitored anesthesia care (MAC) using dexmedetomidine for its sedative and analgesic effect during varicose vein surgery. METHODS:Forty-two patients, who underwent varicose vein surgery, were divided into the MAC group (n = 20) or the...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2014.87.5.245
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gastrointestinal (GI) tract metastasis of primary breast cancer is very rare. We present a patient with small bowel obstruction from distant metastasis of primary breast cancer. Each characteristic features of concern of GI tract distant metastasis from many pervious studies has been reported differently. We should re...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type:
doi:10.4174/astr.2018.94.2.102
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Recent studies investigating new strategies to modulate the immune system have utilized animal models of liver transplantation (LT). However, the anhepatic phase (AHP) remains a crucial problem in LT. The aim of the present study is to introduce a technique for successful orthotopic LT in cynomolgus monkeys usi...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2018.94.1.8
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Many patients with cytology proven node-positive breast cancer receive a neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) treatment. We developed a nomogram to predict the breast and axillary pathologic complete responses (pCR) in patients with a cytologically proven axillary node positive breast cancer with NAC. Methods:We sel...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2019.96.4.169
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (DN) has been established as a useful alternative to the traditional open methods of procuring kidneys. To maximize the advantages of the laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) method, we applied natural orifice specimen extraction to LESS-DN. A 46-year-old woman with no previous abdom...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type:
doi:10.4174/astr.2016.90.2.111
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:We conducted a multi-institutional analysis to establish the epidemiological characteristics of recurrent inguinal hernia following hernia repair in patients across 4 institutions in Korea. Methods:The retrospectively reviewed data included patient characteristics, hernia location, year of primary operation, t...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2020.98.1.51
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Infection remains the main cause of morbidity and mortality in liver transplantation (LT) recipients; however infection is notoriously difficult to diagnose because its usual signs and symptoms of infection may be masked or absent. This study comprises an analysis of bacterial infections in the early period aft...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2018.94.3.154
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:This study aimed to determine which factors affect the prognosis of hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) larger than 5 cm, including the prognostic difference between tumor sizes from 5-10 cm and larger than 10 cm. METHODS:The medical records of 114 patients who underwent hepatectomy for single HCC l...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2016.91.3.104
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:To compare high and low inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) ligation in a large number of patients, and investigate the short-term and long-term outcomes. Methods:This retrospective study compared outcomes between high IMA ligation and low IMA ligation with dissection of lymph nodes (LNs) around the IMA origin. A...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2019.97.5.254
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The concept of complete mesocolic excision and central vascular ligation for colonic cancer has been recently introduced. The paper describes a technique of right-sided complete mesocolic excision and intracorporeal anastomosis by using a single-port robotic approach with an additional conventional robotic port. We pe...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2016.91.4.212
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to know whether silibinin has an anticancer effect on triple negative breast cancer xenograft model using MDA-MB-468 cells. METHODS:To establish the xenograft model, we injected the MDA-MB-468 cells into female Balb/c-nude mice. After establishing a xenograft model, oral silibinin was ...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2014.87.4.167
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Preoperative chemoradiation therapy (CRT) has become the standard treatment for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, 15%-30% of patients still progress while being treated with CRT. The aim of this study was to identify as important biomarker of poor response and evaluate the mechanism associated with ...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2019.97.2.83
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hepatic tuberculosis (TB) is usually associated with pulmonary or miliary TB, but primary hepatic TB is very uncommon even in countries with high prevalence of TB. The clinical manifestation of primary hepatic TB is atypical and imaging modalities are unhelpful for differential diagnosis of the liver mass. Image-guide...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type:
doi:10.4174/astr.2015.89.2.98
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Evaluating the risk of lymph node metastasis (LNM) is critical for determining subsequent treatments following endoscopic resection of T1 colorectal cancer (CRC). This study analyzed histopathologic risk factors for LNM in patients with T1 CRC. Methods:This study involved 745 patients with T1 CRC who underwent...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2017.93.5.266
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The postoperative treatment after appendectomy is usually decided on the basis of the surgeons' intraoperative findings. Comparatively, the pathologic diagnosis of appendicitis is confirmed several days after the surgery; therefore, it usually does not affect the postoperative treatment strategy. The aim of thi...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2017.93.1.43
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:The anatomical variations of the thyroid gland including separate thyroidal remnant at the thyrothymic area are of significance during thyroid surgery for "total" thyroidectomy, and for recurrent goitre. In the present study, we aimed to detect the separate rests of thyroidal tissue in the thyrothymic region. ...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2020.98.3.111
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:Purpose:Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is accepted as an effective and tolerable drug for treatment of HBV, similar to entecavir. However, there are some concerns about the nephrotoxicity of tenofovir. The aim of this study is to compare the renal-function change of liver recipients who received tenofovir or entecavir f...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2020.99.3.180
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To analyze the benefit and feasibility of this procedure compared with those of open method. METHODS:Abdominal procedure includes laparoscopic gastric mobilization, celiac axis lymph node dissection, formation of the gastric tube, and pyloromyotomy. The actual procedure performed during open surgery is the sam...
journal_title:Annals of surgical treatment and research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4174/astr.2015.89.3.117
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00