Modified Skin Incision and Location of Burr-Hole Surgery via a Retrosigmoid Approach: An Anatomical Study.

 This study aims to reduce the tissue damage during craniotomy with retrosigmoid approach. A modified sickle-shaped skin incision was developed, and a new burr-hole positioning method was proposed.  Five adult cadaveric heads (10 sides) were used in this study.

Intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytomas: a clinical analysis of a series of 17 patients.

Objective: Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) and haemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are rare mesenchymal tumors in central nervous system (CNS). Although progressed recognition to the diagnosis and treatment of SFT/HPCs, it still remains many confusions regarding on its occurrence, aggressive evolution, malignant transformation, dedifferentiation phenomenon, distant metastasis and unpredictable propensity.

Patients And Methods: Seventeen cases of CNS SFT/HPCs who underwent surgical treatment from January 2010 to December 2020 were collected in the authors' institute.

S100A8 Promotes Inflammation Toll-Like Receptor 4 After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury.

Introduction: S100 calcium-binding protein A8 (S100A8) is also known as macrophage-related protein 8, which is involved in various pathological processes in the central nervous system post-traumatic brain injury (TBI), and plays a critical role in inducing inflammatory cytokines. Accumulating evidences have indicated that toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is considered to be involved in inflammatory responses post TBI. The present study was designed to analyze the hypothesis that S100A8 is the key molecule that induces inflammation TLR4 in TBI.

FTY720 Reduces Endothelial Cell Apoptosis and Remodels Neurovascular Unit after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. A sequence of pathological processes occurred when there is TBI. Previous studies showed that sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1) played a critical role in inflammatory response in the brain after TBI.

A Novel Partitivirus in the Hypovirulent Isolate QT5-19 of the Plant Pathogenic Fungus .

A pink isolate (QT5-19) of was compared with three gray isolates of for growth and morphogenesis on potato dextrose agar (PDA), and for pathogenicity on tobacco. A double-stranded (ds) RNA mycovirus infecting QT5-19 was identified based on its genome feature and morphology of the virus particles. The results showed that QT5-19 grew rapidly and established flourishing colonies as the gray isolates did.

Characterization of three mycoviruses co-infecting the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia nivalis.

Two dsRNAs of approximately 6.0-kb and 3.0-kb in length were detected in strain SsSn-1 of Sclerotinia nivalis.