Objective To investigate the effects of long-term consumption of Fallopia multiflora on mouse hematopoietic system.Methods Forty 10-month old female C57BL/6J mice were equally divided into two groups at random, the control group fed with normal food , and the experimental group , given food with added Fallopia multiflora. After 10 month, the mice were sacrificed, and the peripheral blood, spleen, thymus and bone marrow cells were examined by flow cytometry.Results In the mice fed with Fallopia multiflora, the percentage of B cells in the spleen and CD 4 +cells in the thymus were increased , and CD8 + cells in the thymus and bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells were decreased , among the bone marrow cells , G0 cells were increased , but G1 and G2/S/M cells decreased .Conclusions Long-term proper consumption of Fallopia multiflora can delay the ageing of the hematopoietic system , and sustain its stability.

Objective: To observe the effect of ultrasound ablation combined with the balloon angioplasty in treatment of patients with arteriosclerosis obliteration of lower extremity and diabetic foot. Methods: The 60 limbs of 47 patients with arteriosclerosis obliteration of lower extremity (AOLE) were treated comprehensively by anti-infection,enlarging blood vessel, improving circulation,and anticoagulation; they also received ultrasound ablation,balloon angioplasty and stenting. Results: The patent rate of the 60 limbs was 93.3%. One month and 3 months after treatment with ultrasound ablation combined with balloon angioplasty,the MRI of artery of lower extremity,ultrasound manifestation,ankle-brachial index (ABI),the skin temperature of lower extremity and the sense to coolness,numbness,pain,ochrodermia or cyanosed were all improved to some extents compared with those before treatment. The healing of the diabetic foot was also accelerated. Conclusion: Ultrasound ablation combined with the balloon angioplasty and stenting, together with conventional treatment like anti-infection, anticoagulation, enlarging blood vessel, improving circulation, can reopen the occluded blood vessels and improve blood supply, thus provides a favourable condition for treatment of diabetic foot.

BACKGROUND:With the development of tissue engineering, porous bioceramics are more and more used to repair bone defects. Current research focuses on the biological synthesis of this bioceramics and its performance evaluation.
OBJECTIVE:To discuss the preparation of a new kind of bone cement and to determine its physicochemical properties and biocompatibility with osteoblasts.
METHODS:Biphasic tricalcium phosphate powders were prepared using co-precipitation method. The powder was turned into granular stuff by arabic gum. After sintering, porous hydroxyapatite/tricalcium phosphate bioceramics were harvested, and then mixed with alpha-hemihydrate to prepare the bone cement.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:X-ray diffraction confirmed that the synthetic substance was a kind of biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic having a porous structure. The bone cement could be in the plastic state within 3 minutes. The curing time was 15 minutes, and the curing temperature was 36.5℃. The maximum compression strength was 5.82 MPa, and the MTT toxicity was level 0. Osteoblasts could grew wel on the material surface.

Under the different load of training stimulating, the changes in center nervous system of rat were observed.This experimental training intensities included normal -load and over-load using a swimming pool with circular water flow in order to investigate the effects on the neuron size and the density of dendritic spine of the large pyramidal cells in layer Ⅴ in motor areas of cerebral cortex.This study lead to the following conclusions:the size of nucleus and nucleolus and the density of spines of apical dendrites, insidal dendrites and basal dendrites of large pyramidal cells in layer Ⅴ in motor areas of cerebral cortex of normal-load and over-load group were higher than those of control group.It improve the capacity of brain in information processing.

Objective To discuss the efficacy and cosmetic effect of laparoscopic thyroidectomy for patients with thyroid diseases. Methods The clinical data of 160 patients who underwent laparoscopic thyroidectomy through the anterior chest approach were analyzed. The operation was performed under a pressure of 8 mm Hg within the surgical space at the neck. After the thyroid was separated completely, the lesions were resected using an ultrasound knife. Results Laparoscopic thyroidectomy was completed in 157 of the patients including 6 cases of papillary adenocarcinoma. The other 3 patients were converted to open surgery because of hyperthyroidisms complicated with intraoperative hemorrhage (1) or thyroid carcinoma complicated with lymph node metastasis (2). No severe complications involving the trachea and parathyroid occurred in this series. One patient with thyroid carcinoma developed transient hoarseness after the operation; one patient with nodular goiter had postoperative subcutaneous hemorrhage and hydrops; both of them were cured spontaneously. Postoperative hospital stay ranged from 3 to 5 days (mean, 4 days). The patients were followed up for 3 to 24 months with a mean of 6.8 months, during which none of them had recurrence. All the patients were satisfied with cosmetic outcomes of the surgery. Conclusion Laparoscopic thyroidectomy via the anterior chest approach is safe and feasible for patients with thyroid diseases with good cosmetic results.

Objective To clarify the actions of tranilast,an anti allergic drug,on chronic constriction mononeuropathy through an experiment using an animal model according to the method of Bennett et al. Methods 36 rats were divided into 2 groups: one was treated with tranilast(200mg/kg?d-1,p.o every experimental day),the other was controlled with solvent only. Chronological changes of heat evoked withdrawal latencies on a hot plate,nerve coducting velocitics, and histopathological changes were compared between the two groups from one to four weeks after loose ligation in the sciatic nerve. Results The changes of the withdrawal latency and nerve conducting velocities in the tranilast treatment group were significantly longer than those in the control. The rats without tranilast treatment showed inflammation in and around the constricted nerve bundles,axonal degeneration,phagocytes invasion and interstitial edematous changes at 7 days,numerous axonal sprouts and remyelination at 14 days,and regeneration in the nerve bundles at 28 days. In contrast,the rats treated with tranilast showed less inflammation or nerve fiber degeneration,and better regeneration than those of the control. Conclusion The actions of tranilast appear to have beneficial effects on prophylaxis of a chronic constriction mononeuropathy and on preservation of the nerve functions in rats.

Objective To compare the usefulness of contrast-enhanced T1 high resolution isotropic volume excitation (THRIVE) sequence and fat-saturated TSE sequence in detection of spinal metastases.Methods Thirty-one consecutive patients with spinal metastases were recruited.All patients received post-contrast TSE T1WI followed by a fat-suppressed THRIVE sequence.The number of lesions,SNR and CNR for both sequences,and the scoring of image quality concerning motion-artifact and tumor conspicuity were compared.Results Acquisition time of the post-contrast TSE T1W sequence and the THRIVE sequence was 2 min 55 s and 33 s,respectively.No significant difference was found in the number of lesions detected between the two sequences (Z=-0.816,P=0.414).The SNR (432.54±271.60) and CNR (233.27± 197.65) of the THRIVE sequence were significantly lower than the SNR (674.32±375.79) and CNR (312.38±207.49) of the TSE T1W sequence respectively (t=-4.366,-2.660,P＜0.001,0.012).Tumor conspicuity of the post-contrast TSE sequence was better than that of THRIVE sequence (Z=-4.082,P＜0.001),while the motion-artifact in TSE sequence was more severe (Z=2.291,P=0.022).Conclusion The post-contrast THRIVE sequence is capable of decreasing acquisition time and motion-artifact.Besides,its detected efficacy is equal to that of TSE sequence.There is practical possibility to replace the conventional post-contrast TSE T1WI sequence with the THRIVE sequence in the imaging of spinal metastases.

0.05).Its presence was focal and they coexisted closely with that of the recipient in the biopsy.Conclusion There was no correlation between the percentage of recipient endothelial cells in vascular endothelial cells and the type of graft rejection.

Objective To make clear the relationship between the genetic polymorphism of MMP-1 and implant early failure.Methods We conducted a case control study,53 cases patients (no smoking history and without periodontitis) who have underwent dental implant were divided into experimental group(with dental implant failure) and control group(with dental implant success) according to early failure of dental implant (within one month).DNA of 53 patients in Han nationality were extracted by using Chelex-100 method and polymorphisms of the mmp-1-1607 gene were detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism after polymerase chain reactions.Results Patients with MMP-1-1607(1G/2G) genotype exhibited a significantly higher occurrence of implant early failure than those with MMP-1-1607(1G/1G) gene type(P＜0.05).The OR of the 1G/2G versus the 1G/1G of the MMP-1-1607 genotype was 13.894(P＜0.05).Conclusion MMP-1-1607(1G/2G) genotype is associated with implant early failure.

Objective:To design a new automatic cap opening device consists of holding mechanism, open mechanism, improve mechanism, rotating mechanism and recycling mechanism in order to resolve the poor adaptability, complex structure and lower liability problem for specimen container in the biological specimen pretreatment system.Methods: This paper designed a automatic equipment to remove the rubber cap and screw cap. This equipment is compatible with the different specification specimen containers and the container cap, and the specimen container cap was stepped up and rotated with same power component.Results: The application of equipment has reduced the manufacturing cost and maintenance cost for specimen container, improved the system reliability, solved the current technical problems of the equipment, such as poor adaptability and lower liability. Conclusion: The design of equipment mainly adapts to CS-6400 series of automatic biochemical analyzer, and it can improve the detection efficiency of biological specimen, reduce the cross contamination and satisfy the practice necessity for clinical detection.