Objective To observe the effects of dual antiplatelet therapy at different time after cervical artery stenting and to investigate the reasonable time for dual antiplatelet therapy. Methods Sixty-six patients with symptomatic cervical artery artery stenosis ＞50% or asymptomatic stenosis ＞70% performed stenting under local anesthesia. They were randomly allocated into dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin + clopidogrel) for 1 month and for 3-month groups after procedure, and then they began to take aspirin for a long time. The complications, vascular events, and the incidence of restenosis were observed respectively. Results There were no vascular events and death in both groups from 6 to 36 months after procedure. There was no significant difference in the incidence of complication and restenosis (9% vs. 6%, P = 0. 642). Conclusions There was no significant difference in the efficacy of aspirin + clopidogrel treatment after cervical artery stenting between 1 month and 3 months. One month dual antiplatelet therapy may be appropriate, but large-scale randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm it.

BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that bone marrow mcscnchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into osteoblasts after induction of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP).OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to compare the osteogenetic effects between MSCs, bBMP, and fibrin gel alone and their composite.DESIGN: A controlled observation experiment.SETTING: Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province and Second Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University.MATERIALS: This study was performed at the Second Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University between January 2004 and June 2006. Healthy New Zealand rabbits were provided by the Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-sen University.METHODS: Bone marrow was taken from the lilac bone. By density gradient centrifugation, autologous MSCs were in vitro cultured and amplified. A composite was made of fibrin gel and bovine bone morphogenetic protein (bBMP). After adding MSCs, another composite was made. Twelve rabbits underwent lumbar L3/4, LA/5, and LS/6 discectomy and interbody fusion via an anterior retroperitoneal approach. Three fusion sites in each animal were randomly assigned into three of four treatments: composite of MSCs and hBMP and fibrin gel (group A), composite of MSCs and fibrin gel (group B), composite of bBMP and fibrin gel (group C) and fibrin gel alone (group D). The interbodies were observed radiologically and histologically 3 months after surgery.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Bone formation in the spinal interveRebral space of rabbits.RESULTS: Twelve weeks after surgery, bone formation was appasenfly greater in the Group A than in the other groups.Histological findings revealed continuous bone formation. The groups B and C showed equivalent radiological and histological changes. Bone formation was intermittent. Group D had fibrous union, but no bone formation. No residual fibrin gel was found in all groups, but a small amount of residual nucleus gelatinosus with a little cartilaginous tissue was visible in the intervertebral disc.X-ray examination results did not reveal vertebral posterior hyperplasia or spinal stenosis. There was significant difference in range of lumbar motion between the group B and the groups C and D (P ＜ 0.05). No pronounced difference in vertebral posterior height loss existed among the groups.CONCLUSION: The composite of MSCs, fibrin gel and bBMP can promote bone regeneration and achieve osseous spinal fusion.

AIM　To study the characteristic of th e rapidly activating component (Ikr) and the slowly activating compone nt (Iks) of the delayed rectifier K+ current in guinea pig hypertrop hi ed ventricular myocytes induced by thyroxine. METHOD　The whole c ell patch clamp techniques were used. RESULTS　In hypertrophied ve ntricular myocytes, the magnitude of IKr and IKs were great ly augmented with more positive depolarizations, and the degree of increase of IKr tail and IKs were greater than that of IKr an d IKs tail, respectively. By measuring the amplitude of tail currents which reflected the degree of activation, the activation curve of IKs was shifted toward more negative potential, but that of IKr was marked ly unaffected in hypertrophied myocytes. CONCLUSION　Hypertrophied ventricular myocytes induced by thyroxine obviously increased IKr and IKs.

Objective To summarize and explore the clinical value of selective partial neurotomy of muscular branch of triceps in the treatment of spastic talipes equines.Methods Forty-two cases were included in our study from Aug.2000 to Des.2007,all these cases accepted the operation of selective partial neurotomy muscular branch of triceps.In this study,29 cases were male,13 cases were female.Muscle force of legs,muscular tension,pathologic reflex,gesture and function of legs after operation were compared with that of before operation.Results The mean fallow-up was 18 months.During the fallow-up of this study,muscular tension degraded,the function of ankle joints and the gesture of extremitas inferior were improved obviously.The effective power was about 90% after 12 months follow-up.Conclusions Selective partial neurotomy of muscular branch of triceps is a effective method for the treatment of spastic talipes equines.The operation procedure is simple and effective,and could be generalized in the primary level hospital.

ObjectiveTo compare the differences in color， odor， coumarin content and microbial community composition of Angelicae Dahuricae Radix（ADR） during different drying processes， and to explore the correlation between changes in microbial community composition and changes in quality indexes of ADR. MethodsThe fresh ADR was processed at three drying temperatures（50， 70， 100 ℃） by drying and steaming cutting， semi-fresh cutting and drying， fresh cutting and drying， and sulfur fumigation methods. The color values of samples were extracted by Adobe Photoshop 2022 software and subjected to principal component analysis（PCA）， electronic nose was used to identify the odor information of medicinal powders and subjected to loadings analysis， PCA， and linear discriminant analysis（LDA）， and high performance liquid chromatography（HPLC） was used to determine the contents of five coumarins（bergapten， oxypeucedanin， imperatorin， phellopterin， isoimperatorin）. The samples for microbial detection were taken from fresh dried samples， 50 ℃（dried and steamed cut， sulfur fumigated） samples， and 100 ℃（dried and steamed cut） samples when the water content was 50% and 14%， respectively. And the changes of microbial community composition during processing were determined by high-throughput sequencing method. The relationship between the changes of microbial community composition and the changes of odor， color and active component content of ADR during drying process was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. ResultsThe color quantification results showed that an increase in drying temperature led to the decrease of brightness value（L）， and the increases of red-green value（a） and yellow-blue value（b）， and the change of processing method had no obvious effect on the color of medicinal materials. The results of odor quantification showed that W1S， W2S， W5S， W2W and W1W sensor were sensitive to the odor changes of ADR and could be used to distinguish ADR decoction pieces from different processing methods. The results of HPLC showed that the coumarin content of ADR decreased with the increase of drying temperature and the delay of processing time， the optimal processing method was drying and steaming cutting method， and the optimal temperature was 50 ℃. High-throughput sequencing results showed that the dominant bacteria in ADR during processing were Achromobacter， Agrobacterium， Nocardioides， Mycobacterium and Enterobacter， the dominant fungi were Coprinopsis， Meyerozyma and Apiotrichum. The results of correlation analysis showed that the quality indexes of ADR were positively correlated with Agrobacterium， Mycobacterium in bacteria， Candida in fungi， and negatively correlated with Bacillus in bacteria. ConclusionThere are significant differences in the color， odor， coumarin content and microbial community composition of ADR in different drying processes， and the best drying method is drying and steaming cutting at 50 ℃. The relative abundance changes of 9 bacterial genera and 4 fungal genera are closely related to the quality formation of ADR during the drying process.