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The animal experiment is an important form of acupuncture research, which is of great significance for revealing the regularities and mechanisms of acupuncture effects. The ethical principle of animal welfare is the important guarantee of animal rights and experimental scientificity in the process of research. Starting from the "3R principle" and "five welfare" rules, and the specific operation process of acupuncture animal experiments, we, in this paper, proposed the implementation methods of animal ethics in acupuncture experiments, including ethical execution before acupuncture experiments, and ethical requirements during the experimental stage (such as animal fixation method that meets the needling needs, selection of acupuncture apparatus, acupuncture manipulations, acupuncture stimulation intensity, and sampling of animal tissues). These proposed methods may provide some appropriate references for the guarantee of animal ethics in acupuncture research, and provide ideas for establishing a new paradigm of animal welfare ethics in acupuncture animal experiments, and finally promote the standardization and scientificity process of the implementation of animal welfare ethics in acupuncture animal experiments.

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BACKGROUND: Early studies have confirmed that multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubules are excellent in osteogenesis. Angiogenesis is critical in the process of osteogenesis. It is significant to explore the role of tube structure with multi-scale microtubules in its vascularization and related mechanisms. OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubule structure on rabbit bone defect repair and vascularization. METHODS: Multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubule structure and hydroxyapatite/chitosan monomer structure were constructed and co-cultured with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for 21 days. The adsorption ability of the material to cells and the cell state were observed under the electron microscope. Bone defect models were made on the radius of 48 adult New Zealand white rabbits. Rabbits in the experimental group (n=24) were implanted with multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubule structure material. Rabbits in the control group (n=24) were implanted with hydroxyapatite/chitosan monomer structure material. Emission computed tomography, X-ray, histomorphological examination, and immunohistochemistry for CD31 and vascular endothelial growth factor protein detection were performed at 4, 8, and 12 weeks after surgery. The animal experiment was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Under the electron microscope, the multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubule structure materials were interlinked and had a good spatial structure. The number of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on the multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubule structure material was more than that on the hydroxyapatite/chitosan monomer structure material. (2) Emission computed tomography exhibited that the blood pool image was higher in the experimental group than that in the control group at various time points after surgery (P < 0.05). (3) X-ray films showed that the formation of multi-scale microtubules was more obvious in the experimental group than that in the control group. (4) Hematoxylin-eosin staining demonstrated that at 12 weeks after surgery, the appearance of osteoblasts and angiogenesis was obvious in the experimental group; only a few regenerated blood vessels and osteoblast attachment were found at the fractured end in the control group. Immunohistochemistry for CD31 exhibited that the microvessel density of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group at each time point (P < 0.05). (5) Western blot assay results displayed that the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor protein in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group at each time point (P < 0.05). (6) The results showed that the multi-scale hydroxyapatite/chitosan microtubule structure had better osteogenesis and vascularization ability than its monomer structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]