Revision of and a new lecanorine genus in Lecideaceae (lichenised Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes).

The species has been included in . This caused us to reconsider the relationships between and the lecanorine species of and to question the monophyly of . Amongst 25 genera of the family Lecideaceae, most have lecideine apothecia, the exceptions being and , which have lecanorine apothecia.

LncRNA NEAT1 promotes Alzheimer's disease by down regulating micro-27a-3p.

Objective: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease. This study was designed to investigate the roles of lncRNA NEAT1/miR-27a-3p axis in AD.

Methods: Amyloid protein was used to treat SH-SY5Y cells and rats to construct AD model.

RETRACTED: MicroRNA-16-5p/BTG2 axis affects neurological function, autophagy and apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in Alzheimer's disease.

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RETRACTED: Inhibition of interleukin-1β plays a protective role in Alzheimer's disease by promoting microRNA-9-5p and downregulating targeting protein for xenopus kinesin-like protein 2.

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Silenced lncRNA H19 and up-regulated microRNA-129 accelerates viability and restrains apoptosis of PC12 cells induced by Aβ in a cellular model of Alzheimer's disease.

Accumulating data manifest that long non-coding RNA (lncRNAs) are involved in all kinds of neurodegenerative disorders, consisting of the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study was for the research of the mechanism of lncRNA H19 (H19) in viability and apoptosis of PC12 cells induced by Aβ in a cellular model of AD with the regulation of microRNA (miR)-129 and high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1). An AD cellular model of PC12 cells was established using Aβ.

Structural features of pectic polysaccharides from stems of two species of Radix Codonopsis and their antioxidant activities.

In this study, two pectic polysaccharides from stems of Codonopsis pilosula (CPSP-1) and C. tangshen (CTSP-1) were obtained by ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The molecular weight of CPSP-1 and CTSP-1 were 13.

(lichenised fungi) species described from China belong to at least three unrelated genera.

New collections of six species from type localities in China were studied. The comparison of morphological characteristics and secondary metabolites with those of the type specimens and phylogenetic analyses suggest that and belong to , belongs to and should be retained in temporarily. Only two species, and , remain in .

Two New Species of (Lichenized Ascomycota) from China.

Two new species of the lichen genus are discovered in China, namely An. C. Yin & Li S.

A Polysaccharide Isolated from with Immunomodulation Effects Both In Vitro and In Vivo.

In this study, an acidic polysaccharide from Nannf. var. (Nannf.

New species and records of (Caliciaceae) in China.

In this study, the diversity of Fr. in China was assessed based on morphological and chemical traits and molecular data are inferred from ITS and mtSSU sequences. Nineteen species were recognised, including three that are new to science (i.

Weight Management Belief is the Leading Influential Factor of Weight Monitoring Compliance in Congestive Heart Failure Patients.

Background: Daily weight monitoring is frequently recommended as a part of heart failure self-management to prevent exacerbations. This study is to identify factors that influence weight monitoring compliance of congestive heart failure patients at baseline and after a 1-year weight management (WM) program.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of an investigative study and a randomized controlled study.

Gastric cancer cells induce human CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells through the production of TGF-β1.

Aim: To elucidate the molecular and cellular features responsible for the increase of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in gastric cancer.

Methods: The frequencies of CD4(+)Foxp3(+) Tregs and the level of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) were analyzed from 56 patients with gastric cancer by flow cytometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay respectively. Foxp3 gene expression was analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

[GM-CSF gene-modified dendritic cell vaccine enhances antitumor immunity in vitro].

Objective: To investigate if granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene-modified dendritic cells (DC) enhance antitumor immunity in vitro.

Methods: Mice were injected with chemokine ligand 3 (CCL3) via the tail vein. Fresh B220(-)CD11c(+) cells were sorted from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and cultured into DCs by cytokines.

[Immune response of melanoma antigen gene-3 modified dendritic cell vaccines in gastric carcinoma].

Objective: To investigate the anti-gastric carcinoma immunological efficacy of dendritic cells (DC) precursors, that were mobilized into the peripheral blood by injection of macrophage inflammation protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), and induced by DC vaccine expressing melanoma antigen gene-3 (MAGE-3) ex vivo and in vivo.

Methods: 615 mice were injected with MIP-1 alpha via the tail vein. Freshly isolated B220(-) CD11c+ cells were cultured with cytokines and assayed by phenotype analysis and mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR).

Tumor cell lysate-pulsed dendritic cells induce a T cell response against colon cancer in vitro and in vivo.

To investigate whether tumor cell lysate-pulsed (TP) dendritic cells (DCs) induce cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity against colon cancer in vitro and in vivo. Hematopoietic progenitor cells were magnetically isolated from BALB/c mice bone marrow cells. These cells were cultured with cytokines GM-CSF, IL-4, and TNFalpha to induce their maturation.

Bone marrow-derived dendritic cells pulsed with tumor lysates induce anti-tumor immunity against gastric cancer ex vivo.

Aim: To investigate whether bone marrow-derived denritic cells pulsed with tumor lysates induce immunity against gastric cancer ex vivo.

Methods: c-kit(+) hematopoietic progenitor cells were magnetically isolated with a MiniMACS separator from BALB/c mice bone marrow cells. These cells were cultured with cytokines GM-CSF, IL-4, and TNFalpha to induce their maturation.

An effective vaccine against colon cancer in mice: use of recombinant adenovirus interleukin-12 transduced dendritic cells.

Aim: To investigate the effect of a vaccine with recombinant adenovirus interleukin-12 (AdVIL-12) transduced dendritic cells (DCs) against colon cancer in mice.

Methods: DCs and AdVIL-12 were incubated together at different time intervals and at different doses. Supernatant was collected and tested for IL-12 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Increased circulating CD11b+CD11c+ dendritic cells (DC) in aged BWF1 mice which can be matured by TNF-alpha into BLC/CXCL13-producing DC.

Dendritic cells (DC) play a pivotal role in regulating immune responses. We previously reported aberrant high production of B lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC/CXCL13) by DC in aged BWF1 mice, amurine model for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe here that CD11b+CD11c+ cells were markedly increased in the peripheral blood (PBL-DC) in aged BWF1, but not in similarly aged NZB or NZW mice.