[Ploidy and whole genome Survey of Pinellia ternata].

Pinellia ternata, a widely distributed species in China, has been used as a herbal medicine for centuries, with the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm. However, its complex ploidy and lack of whole-genome map limit in-depth research on molecular-assisted breeding and multi-omics. In this study, flow cytometry was employed to evaluate the genome sizes of 144 P.

Data Fusion of Fourier Transform Mid-Infrared (MIR) and Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopies to Identify Geographical Origin of Wild var. .

Origin traceability is important for controlling the effect of Chinese medicinal materials and Chinese patent medicines. var. is widely distributed and well-known all over the world.

Comparison and Identification for Rhizomes and Leaves of Paris yunnanensis Based on Fourier Transform Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Chemometrics.

, as a traditional herb with long history, has been widely used to treat diseases in multiple nationalities of China. Nevertheless, the quality of fluctuates among from different geographical origins, so that a fast and accurate classification method was necessary for establishment. In our study, the geographical origin identification of 462 rhizome and leaf samples from Kunming, Yuxi, Chuxiong, Dali, Lijiang, and Honghe were analyzed by Fourier transform mid infrared (FT-MIR) spectra, combined with partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), random forest (RF), and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) methods.

[Fibrin glue embolization treating intra-operative type I endoleak of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: long-term result].

Objectives: To analyze the long-term results of fibrin glue embolization to eliminate type I endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), and to assess the feasibility and durability of this technique.

Methods: From August 2002 to June 2010, among the 953 EVAR patients, 51 (5.4%) patients underwent intraoperative transcatheter fibrin glue sac embolization to resolve type I endoleak persisting after initial intraoperative maneuvers to close the leak or in necks too short or angulated for cuff placement.

Overexpression of interleukin-1β and interferon-γ in type I thoracic aortic dissections and ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms: possible correlation with matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and apoptosis of aortic media cells.

Objective: To examine the expression of interleukin-1β and interferon-γ and their possible roles in aortic dissections and aneurysms.

Methods: Aortic specimens were obtained from patients with type I thoracic aortic dissection, ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms, and control organ donors. The expression of interleukin-1β, interferon-γ, matrix metalloproteinase-9, and signal transduction factors phospho-p38 and phosphorylated c-jun N-terminal kinase (phospho-JNK) were detected by real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (real time RT-PCR), Western blot, and immunohistochemistry, respectively.

[Effect of the size of abdominal aortic aneurysm on endovascular exclusion and its results].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the diameter of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) on endovascular exclusion (EVE) and its results.

Methods: From March 1997 to June 2007, 429 AAA patients were treated with endovascular stent-graft exclusion. According to the maximal diameter of abdominal aortic aneurysm, the patients were divided into two groups: group A (diameter < 55 mm, n = 274) and group B (diameter > or = 55 mm, n = 155).

[Endovascular exclusion of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with one-piece customized fenestrated endovascular stent-graft].

Objective: To evaluate the technical feasibility of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair with fenestrated endovascular stent-graft

Methods: A 64-year-old male was diagnosed with juxtarenal AAA with severe coronary artery stenosis, fenestrations was customized according to precise helical CT data to accommodate visceral and renal arteries. Under general anesthesia and dynamic supervision of digital subtraction angiography (DSA), juxtarenal AAA was excluded with the customized fenestrated stent-graft and balloon expandable mini stent-grafts were deployed into bilateral renal arteries respectively.

Results: After operation, DSA showed the patency of the super mesenteric artery, bilateral renal arteries and left hypogastric artery, no endoleak was found.