[Retracted] Downregulation of microRNA‑195 promotes angiogenesis induced by cerebral infarction via targeting VEGFA.

Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn to the Editors' attention by a concerned reader that the western blotting data shown in Fig. 3C were strikingly similar to data appearing in different form in another article by different authors at a diferent research institute. Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the above article were already under consideration for publication prior to its submission to , the Editor has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal.

Comparison of T lymphocyte subsets in aplastic anemia and hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndromes.

Aims: This study aims to compare the proportion of peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and related blood cell and bone marrow cytology indexes between patients with aplastic anemia (AA) and hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome (hypo-MDS), and investigate the clinical identification significance.

Materials And Methods: A total of 41 patients with AA and 46 patients with hypo-MDS were collected, and the proportions of peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets, CD3CD16/CD56NK cells, CD3CD57T-LGL cells and CD19B lymphocytes were detected by flow cytometry.

Key Findings: The CD4/CD8 ratio decreased in the AA and hypo-MDS groups, and the difference was statistically significant when compared with that in the control group (P<0.

Downregulation of microRNA-195 promotes angiogenesis induced by cerebral infarction via targeting VEGFA.

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting endothelium, is a process that involves a series of interassociated and mutually interactive pathophysiological processes. It is accepted that microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate endothelial cell behavior, including their involvement in angiogenesis. However, it remains unclear whether miRNAs are involved in the regulation of angiogenesis following cerebral ischemia.

PEDIATRIC OCULAR TOXOCARIASIS IN JIANGSU PROVINCE, EASTERN CHINA.

Ocular toxocariasis is caused by migration of a Toxocara larva through the posterior eye. We report the first case of pediatric ocular toxocariasis caused by T. canis in Jiangsu Province, eastern China.

[Study on the effect of vibsane-type diterpenoids of Viburnum odoratissimum on human HepG2 cell growth and its underlying mechanism].

Objective: To study the antiproliferation effect on HepG2 cells and its underlying mechanism of the active chemical composition of the Viburnum Odoratissimum.

Methods: 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction assay and trypan blue dye exclusion assay were used to assess the effect of vibsane-type diterpenoids on the proliferation of various tumor cells. Alterations in cell cycle and apoptosis were determined by flowcytometry.

[Effects of different vegetation restoration patterns on the diversity of soil nitrogen-fixing microbes in Hulunbeier sandy land, Inner Mongolia of North China].

By using polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) and sequence analysis, this paper studied the nifH gene diversity and community structure of soil nitrogen-fixing microbes in Hulunbeier sandy land of Inner Mongolia under four years management of five vegetation restoration modes, i. e., mixed-planting of Agropyron cristatum, Hedysarum fruticosum, Caragana korshinskii, and Elymus nutans (ACHE) and of Agropyron cristatum and Hedysarum fruticosum (AC), and mono-planting of Caragana korshinskii (UC), Agropyron cristatum (UA), and Hedysarum fruticosum (UH), taking the bare land as the control (CK).

[Diagnosis and treatment of one patient infected with Thelazia callipaeda].

This paper reports the diagnosis and treatment of one patient infected with Thelazia callipaeda, which suggests that in the diagnosis, the ophthalmologists should combine the epidemiological contact history with the examination so as to avoid misdiagnosis.

[Clinical efficiency of tanshinone IIA-sulfonate in treatment of liver fibrosis of advanced schistosomiasis].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficiency of tanshinone IIA-sulfonate (STS) in the treatment of liver fibrosis of advanced schistosomiasis.

Methods: A total of 73 advanced schistosomiasis patients were selected into a treatment group and 55 cases of advanced schistosomiasis were selected into a control group, and dipstick dye immunoassay assay (DDIA) for schistosomiasis and HBsAg of all the patients were negative. The patients in the treatment group received STS for 14 days, and all the patients in both groups received the conventional liver-protecting treatment for 14 days.

Case report: Bone tumor of the scapula in a patient undergoing liver transplantation.

Background: De novo malignancies are serious complications in the late postoperative period after liver transplantation. The most common de novo tumors are skin malignancies, posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, tumors of the head and neck, and Kaposi's sarcoma. Such posttransplant de novo malignancies are apparently rarely found in bone.

Effect of enteral nutrition on dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in rats.

Objective: To study the effect of enteral nutrition (EN) on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in rats.

Methods: Eighty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 7 groups (12 rats in each group). The blank control group was given ordinary laboratory feed and drinking water.

Effect of puerarin on retinal pigment epithelial cells apoptosis induced partly by peroxynitrite via Fas/FasL pathway.

Aim: To evaluate the peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) of puerarin on retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells apoptosis induced partly by peroxynitrite via Fas/FasL.

Methods: RPE cells from C57BL/6 mice eyes were cultured. Diabetes was induced in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats by streptozotocin (STZ) intraperitoneal injection.