[Retracted] MicroRNA‑425 is downregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and regulates tumor cell viability and invasion by targeting hepatoma‑derived growth factor.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.

An International Comparative Study on the Resilience of Urban Communities after COVID-19 Pandemic: A One-Year Case Study between Lanzhou, China and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After the prevailing of the COVID-19 pandemic, urban communities around the world took initiatives to bring their cities back to life. In this research, 45 indicators and 55 elements were selected to make comparisons between urban communities in Lanzhou, China and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from five dimensions of social resilience, economic resilience, institutional resilience, infrastructural resilience, and community capital resilience. At the same time, the ArcGIS platform tool was used for spatial interpolation analysis.

Inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor alleviates LPS-induced inflammation response of HEI-OC1 cells via suppressing NF-κB signaling.

Background: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is acute and unexplained. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine in several inflammatory diseases. However, its role in SSNHL remains elusive.

Scenario analysis on optimal farmed-fish-species composition in China: A theoretical methodology to benefit wild-fishery stock, water conservation, economic and protein outputs under the context of climate change.

Fish production from aquaculture and wild captures suffers from the rising risk of climate change. This impacts the livelihoods of fishers and fish farmers by shrinking wild fishery stocks, inland water scarcity, and consequent declines in economic and protein productions. China, feeding the most fish of the world with water-intensive crops, faces challenges of water scarcity but still be premature in developing strategies to adapt to climate change.

China's sponge city development for urban water resilience and sustainability: A policy discussion.

China recently introduced a national policy initiative called sponge city development as a holistic, ecosystem-based approach integrated with urban planning and development to address storm-induced pluvial flooding as well as other urban water and environmental issues. The initiative, while following the U.S.

Correlations of polymorphism and serum levels of MIF with glucocorticoid sensitivity of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Objective: This study explored the relationship between macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene polymorphism (-173G/C) and glucocorticoid sensitivity in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL).

Methods: A total of 120 patients with SSNHL were divided into a glucocorticoid-sensitive group and a glucocorticoid-resistant group. A group of 93 healthy individuals served as the control group.

CUL4A expression is associated with tumor stage and prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Cullin 4A (CUL4A) is a protein of E3 ubiquitin ligase with many cellular processes. CUL4A could regulate cell cycle, development, apoptosis, and genome instability. This study aimed to analyze the expression of CUL4A in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) tissues and the associations of CUL4A expression with prognostic significance.

MIF protects against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced ototoxicity in HEI-OC1 cochlear cells by enhancement of Akt-Nrf2-HO-1 pathway.

Ischemia and oxidative stress play crucial roles in the pathophysiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine and serves an important role in hearing function. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of MIF on oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced ototoxicity and to elucidate its molecular mechanism.

MicroRNA-425 is downregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and regulates tumor cell viability and invasion by targeting hepatoma-derived growth factor.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), which arises from the nasopharynx epithelium, is most common in Southeast Asia, particularly in Southern China. To date, a variety of microRNAs have been demonstrated to serve key functions in the progression and development of NPC. microRNA-425 (miR-425) has previously been reported to be frequently abnormally expressed in a number of different types of human cancer, including lung, gastric, cervical, breast and prostate cancer.