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Jing Wang 1,*, Fengshan Si 2, Yuling Wang 3,* and Shide Duan 3 1 Department of Mathematics and Physics, Bengbu University, Bengbu 233030, China 2 School of Management Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu 233030, China; [email protected] 3 School of Economics, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China; [email protected] * Correspondence:...

S ince their discovery in the 1990s, many microRNAs (miRs) have been found to control key cellular processes, many of which are relevant to the cardiovascular system. 1 miRs regulate the expression of extensive networks of genes by binding to mRNA molecules in the cytoplasm to inhibit their expression. Therefore, it was quite a surprise when miRs were found in the blood or in the supernatant of...

Xing R Kou ([email protected]) Ying Y Jing ([email protected]) Wei J Deng ([email protected]) Kai Sun ([email protected]) Zhi P Han ([email protected]) Fei Ye ([email protected]) Guo F Yu ([email protected]) Qing M Fan ([email protected]) Lu Gao ([email protected]) Qiu D Zhao ([email protected]) Xue Zhao ([email protected]) Rong Li ([email protected]) Meng C Wu (wumengchao2012...

Jing Xu 1, Zhongbin Wang 1,*, Chao Tan 1,2 and Xinhua Liu 1 1 School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1 Daxue Road, Xuzhou 221116, China; [email protected] (J.X.); [email protected] (C.T.); [email protected] (X.L.) 2 Xuyi Mine Equipment and Materials R&D Center, China University of Mining & Technology, No. 12-8 Jingui Road, Huai’an 211700, Chin...

BACKGROUND Increasing studies found that miR-126 expression may be associated with the prognosis of cancers. Here, we performed a meta-analysis to assess the prognostic role of miR-126 in different cancers. METHODS Eligible studies were identified by searching in PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CNKI, and Wan Fang databases up to March 2015. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and their correspon...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that can induce neurological defects in infants and children via placental and lactational transfer. To investigate the lactational transfer of PCBs and compare pharmacokinetic interactions among nonpregnant, lactating mice and suckling pups, quantitative time-course measurements of PCB accumulation in tissues were perfo...

Our previous study showed that circulating microvesicles (cMVs) of diabetic mice have negative effects on the function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). Whether this is true in diabetic patients deserves further study. In this study, the effects of cMVs and EPC-derived MVs (EPC-MVs) on EPC migration, apoptosis, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in healthy controls, well-control...

The contribution of resuscitation before admission to hospital, coronary care units, treatment with beta blockers after myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery, and the treatment of hypertension to the decline in mortality from coronary heart disease in Auckland between 1974 and 1981 was assessed by using data from several population based studies. There were 126 fewer deaths from...

Monoclonal antibodies prepared against a 50 kDa antigen found in Plasmodium falciparum culture supernatants identify a 126 kDa polypeptide which can be localized by immunofluorescence and immunoelectronmicroscopy at the periphery of the schizonts. This polypeptide is released from the infected erythrocytes by mild saponin lysis and is probably a component of the parasitophorous vacuole. Pulse c...