Leading with purpose: Unraveling the impact of responsible leadership on employee green behavior in the workplace.

Although sustainability has been a priority for organizations, there is still a lack of research on how leaders with a stakeholder perspective can motivate employees to adopt green behavior for sustainability in a complex and changing environment. This paper introduced social cognitive theory to describe two mechanisms by which responsible leadership predicts employee green behavior. Our research considers felt obligation for constructive change and stakeholder value as mediations with cognitive perspective in this process.

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibits Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells by Airway Epithelial Cells.

Professional phagocytes such as dendritic cells and macrophages can ingest particles larger than 0.5 m in diameter. Epithelial cells are nonprofessional phagocytes that cannot ingest pathogenic microorganisms, but they can ingest apoptotic cells.

Yes-associated protein upregulates filopodia formation to promote alveolar epithelial-cell phagocytosis.

Cells engulf particles larger than 0.5 μm in diameter by phagocytosis, which is driven by cytoskeletal rearrangements. Phagocytosis by alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) helps to maintain the alveolar homeostasis.

[Phagocytosis of alveolar macrophages is suppressed in a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury].

Objective: To investigate the changes in phagocytic function of alveolar macrophages (AMs) in mice with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and explore the possible mechanism.

Methods: Kunming mice were randomly divided into normal control group and ALI (induced by LPS instillation in the airway) model group. AMs were obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in both groups, and phagocytosis of the AMs was observed using flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy.

SCF promotes the production of IL-13 via the MEK-ERK-CREB signaling pathway in mast cells.

Mast cells serve a key role in the occurrence and development of allergy. As an important growth factor of mast cells, stem cell factor (SCF) has an effect on the apoptosis, chemotaxis, adhesion, degranulation and other biological characteristics of mast cells. However, there are few studies regarding the effect of SCF signal on the production of cytokines from mast cells, particularly Th2 type cytokines.

miR‑20b negatively regulates VEGF expression by targeting STAT3 in H22 hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes angiogenesis during tumor growth, and its expression involves multiple signaling pathways and transcription factors. In the present study, transforming growth factor (TGF)‑β1 promoted upregulation of VEGF and downregulation of microRNA (miR)‑20b expression in mouse H22 hepatocellular carcinoma cells. miR‑20b negatively regulated both constitutive VEGF expression and TGF‑β1‑induced VEGF expression.

[SCF/c-Kit signaling promotes invasion of T24 cells via PI3K pathway].

Objective: To explore the role of SCF/c-Kit signaling in the invasion of bladder cancer T24 cells.

Methods: Western blotting was used to detect the expression of c-Kit and PI3K pathway activation stimulated by stem cell factor (SCF) in T24 cells. The invasiveness of T24 cells before and after SCF stimulation and Wortmannin (aspecific PI3K inhibitor) treatment was evaluated using Transwell invasion assay (direct and indirect counting methods).