Overexpression of CENPL mRNA potentially regulated by miR-340-3p predicts the prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients.

Background: In our previous study it was found that CENPL was overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and significantly predicted patient's prognosis. However, the expression and prognostic value of CENPL in other gastrointestinal tumors remain unknown. Therefore, we investigated the expression and prognostic value of CENPL in esophageal carcinoma (ESCA), stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD), pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD), colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) and rectum adenocarcinoma (READ).

Communication mode preference paradox among native Chinese speakers.

Previous researchers have detected a phenomenon called communication mode preference (CMP) paradox (i.e., preferring to receive information about the probabilities of chance events numerically but convey such information verbally) among native English speakers (I.