Hee Suk Jung

You are already at the latest version After repair of Boerhaave syndrome, assessment of repair integrity is important because occult dehiscence may progress to mediastinitis or pleural sepsis. Water-soluble contrast esophagography is commonly used before resuming oral intake, but absence of contrast extravasation does not necessarily exclude a small or contained defect.

Galectin-9 is a multifaceted regulator of various pathophysiological processes that exerts positive or negative effects in a context-dependent manner. Here, we elucidated the distinctive functional properties of galectin-9 on myeloid cells within the brain tumor microenvironment. Galectin-9-expressing cells were abundant at the hypoxic tumor edge in the tumor-bearing ipsilateral hemisphere compared to the contralateral hemisphere in an intracranial mouse brain tumor model.