Myxococcus xanthus is a Gram-negative bacterium with a complex life cycle that includes vegetative swarming and fruiting-body formation. Social (S)-motility (coordinated movement of large cell groups) requires both type IV pili and fibrils (extracellular matrix material consisting of polysaccharides and protein). Little is known about the role of this extracellular matrix, or fibril material, i...

Marc W. Halterman, MD, PhD G. Edward Vates, MD, PhD Garrett Riggs, MD, PhD Idiopathic aqueductal stenosis (AS) may account for up to 59% of cases presenting with triventricular noncommunicating hydrocephalus.1 The clinical presentations associated with triventricular hydrocephalus differ depending on age at onset and the acuity of obstruction. Acute syndromes include Parinaud’s syndrome (vertic...

Purpose: A retraction is the removal of a published article from scientific record. It an admission failure. Yet, every retraction, regardless its cause(s), instructive. Using oxymoron/concept celebrating failure, this study investigates retractions in Journal Consumer Research ( JCR ). Method: The content each notice was examined to determine initiator(s) retractors, reason(s) for and time-to-...

The triad of the Klippel-Feil anomaly, Duane's retraction syndrome, and deaf-mutism was described by Wildervanck (1960) as the cervico-oculoacusticus syndrome. The Klippel-Feil anomaly essentially comprises a variety of bony deformities of the cervical spine, usually involving fusion, which appear clinically as a short neck with a limited range of movements of the head and neck and a low poster...

PURPOSE To describe phenotyping and linkage analysis results for available members from a consanguineous nuclear family with hereditary congenital strabismus. METHODS Both parents and all 12 children underwent clinical examination. Available affected and several unaffected family members had venous blood sampling for DNA extraction and 10K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping (Affy...

A Retraction of the Original research article “Astragali Radix Isoflavones Synergistically Alleviate Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Via Activating Estrogen Receptor-PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway”Gu Y, Chen X, Fu S, Liu W, Wang Q, K-J Shen J (2021) Astragali Receptor□PI3K-Akt Pathway. Front. Pharmacol. 12:533028. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.533028"Following publication, concerns were raised r...