Drug-coated balloons for treating de novo lesions in large coronary vessels: A case report.

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, while an effective intervention, can frequently lead to acute occlusion with severe consequences. Although clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of drug-coated balloons (DCB) in treating acute coronary artery occlusion and in preventing restenosis, there has been limited exploration on the use of DCB in treating de novo lesions in large vessels. Currently, DCB are only recommended for patients with small vessel lesions and in-stent restenosis lesions, those at high risk of bleeding, and other special groups of patients. CASE SUMMARY: This report presents a case of successful drug-coated balloon treatment of de novo lesions in large coronary vessels. Postoperatively, the patient demonstrated favorable recovery, with subsequent examination results revealing no significant differences from the previous examination. CONCLUSION: The successful treatment of the patient in our case highlights the potential of DCB in the treatment of de novo lesions in large coronary vessels.

Traditional Chinese medicine used as anti-aging agent by targeting nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 signaling pathway / 生理学报

The imbalance of redox homeostasis is a major characteristic of aging and contributes to the pathogenesis of various aging-related diseases. As a regulatory hub of redox homeostasis, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) can attenuate oxidative stress by activating the transcription of many antioxidant enzymes. China is the birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) which has been wildly used as medicine for thousands of years. Recently, TCM as anti-aging medicine has attracted enormous attention. Focusing on the NRF2 signaling pathway, this paper summarizes the correlation between various anti-aging TCM and the NRF2 signaling, and discusses the common key mechanisms by which TCM slows the aging process by targeting the NRF2 signaling network.

[Generation and release of Microcystin-lR by Microcystis aeruginosa under hydroquinone inhibition].

The generation and release of algal toxin Microcystin-LR (MCLR), as well as the intracellular organic chemicals were studied during the inhibition processes of Microcystis aeruginosa using hydroquinone as the inhibitor. According to the dose-effect relationship, the corresponding dosages of EC20, EC50, EC70, EC90, EC99 were added to the algae suspension. The TOC was determined by the total organic carbon analyzer, and the three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum was obtained by the fluorescence spectrophotometer. The results showed that the generation of MCLR was inhibited at EC20 and the total MCLR was 72.4%-83.0% of the control samples. Whereas the cells were stimulated to produce higher amount of MCLR, and the total MCLR was 1.77-3.13 times as high as that of the control samples at EC50-EC99. The intracellular MCLR was largely released to the water at EC70-EC99. The release of other intracellular organic chemicals mainly referred to humic-like and fulvic-like substances, which were unstable and had an obvious degradation and transformation after 6 days of cultivation.

[Preparation and characterization of zirconium hydroxide powder for fluoride adsorption].

The method co-precipitation was applied to preparation the zirconium hydroxide as a type drinking-water defluoridation adsorbent. The effect of the preparation conditions on the adsorptive capacity was studied. The optimization of preparation condition for zirconium hydroxide concludes that co-precipitation time is 10 h, pH value is 7.0, drying time is 72 h, calcination temperature is below 100 degrees C. Also, the adsorbent samples were characterized. SEM measurements reveal that zirconium hydroxide powder are constructed by several small particles, with a diameter about 20-30 microm. XRD and TG/DTA measurements show that the zirconium hydroxide samples have amorphous phase and converse to tetragonal phase when calcined at 600 degrees C. Nitrogen adsorption/desorption measurements show that samples have large surface areas of 138.4 m2/g and a 2 nm average pore size distribution in the mesopore region. The performance of zirconium hydroxide regeneration process was investigated. The results show that the regeneration techniques are very suitable to restore the fluorine-removal ability for zirconium hydroxide.

[Study on the variation of algal activity during the electrochemical oxidation as inactivation method].

The paper studied the variation of algal activity during the electrochemical inactivation and the influence factors by the use of TTC-dehydrogenase activity and neutral red staining assays. The treatment reactor was consisted of Ti/RuO2 rod as anode and stainless steel pipe as cathode. The results showed that algal inactivation rate was 45% in cell density after 30 min treatment at 8 mA/cm2. Whereas the decrease of TTC-dehydrogenase activity was 94% and neutral red staining percentage was 100%. The algae after treatment was unable to regrow and it revealed that the algal activity assays can reflect the inactivation effect more correctly than cell density. The electrolytes could influence the inactivation efficiency. The electrolytes of Na2SO4 and NaNO3 had similar effects on algal inactivation and Na2SO4 concentration had small influence on the treatment. However, when the electrolyte contained 0.1 mmol/L NaCl, the algal inactivation was improved obviously with the 87% for TTC-dehydrogenase activity decrease and 82% for neutral red staining ratio. The initial algal concentration also influenced the treatment efficiency. If cell density increased, the inactivation efficiency decreased significantly. All algal cells in samples with cell density of 4.4 x 10(7) cells/L were completely inactivated by the use of natural water as electrolyte within 1 minute.

[Algal inactivation and removal by pulsed magnetic field with varying frequency].

The paper studied the algal inactivation and removal by pulsed magnetic field with varying frequency. The results indicated that algae could be inactivated and killed by the magnetic treatment for the circulating water sample. When the accumulated resident time reached 6 minutes, the algae became to die with the mortality of 94%. If the resident time were 10 minutes, the algal mortality would be more than 96%. The treated algae didn't grow within 120 hours, which indicated that the "magnetic memory time" can reach 120 hours. For the static sample in magnetic field, the inhibition effect became to do the work after 1 hour. Different treatment methods brought about different results. It was more propitious to inactivate the algae for circulating sample.