[Retracted] Sevoflurane attenuates brain damage through inhibiting autophagy and apoptosis in cerebral ischemia‑reperfusion rats.

Following the publication of this paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that, regarding the immunohistochemistry experiments shown in Fig. 4A, the 'Tak‑242' and the 'Se+Tak‑242' panels appeared to show an overlapping section of data, and for the western blot data shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the β‑actin data in Fig.

Correlation between ultrasound-measured inferior vena cava diameter and peripherally inserted central catheter measured central venous pressure in low birth weight infants.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between ultrasound-measured inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and central venous pressure (CVP) measured by peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in low birth weight infants (LBWI) and explore potential influencing factors.

Methods: This retrospective study included 120 LBWI with birth weights below 2500 g who required umbilical vein catheterization at Huadu District People's Hospital of Guangzhou from May 2022 to April 2024. Infants were categorized based on PICC catheterization into two groups.

Hmgcs2 is the hub gene in diabetic cardiomyopathy and is negatively regulated by Hmgcs2, promoting high glucose-induced cardiomyocyte injury.

Background: Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) represents a major cause of heart failure and a large medical burden worldwide. This study screened the potentially regulatory targets of DCM and analyzed their roles in high glucose (HG)-induced cardiomyocyte injury.

Methods: Through GEO database, we obtained rat DCM expression chips and screened differentially expressed genes.

Short term outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants from a multicenter cohort study in Guangdong of China.

With the increase in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants, their outcome attracted worldwide attention. However, in China, the related studies are rare. The hospitalized records of ELBW infants discharged from twenty-six neonatal intensive care units in Guangdong Province of China during 2008-2017 were analyzed.

Clinical treatment outcomes and their changes in extremely preterm twins: a multicenter retrospective study in Guangdong Province, China.

Objectives: To investigate the clinical treatment outcomes and the changes of the outcomes over time in extremely preterm twins in Guangdong Province, China.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for 269 pairs of extremely preterm twins with a gestational age of <28 weeks who were admitted to the department of neonatology in 26 grade A tertiary hospitals in Guangdong Province from January 2008 to December 2017. According to the admission time, they were divided into two groups: 2008-2012 and 2013-2017.

Magnetic recyclable heterogeneous catalyst FeO/g-CN for tetracycline hydrochloride degradation via photo-Fenton process under visible light.

Antibiotic pollution of water resources is a global problem, and the development of new treatments for destroying antibiotics in water is a priority research. We successfully manufactured recyclable magnetic FeO/g-CN through the electrostatic self-assembly method. Selecting tetracycline (TC) as the target pollutant, using FeO/g-CN and HO developed a heterogeneous optical Fenton system to remove TC under visible light.

Decreased expression of serum semaphorin 3B is associated with poor prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Semaphorin 3B (SEMA-3B), which belongs to the semaphorin family, has an important role in cell apoptosis and inhibition of angiogenesis. A previous study by our group revealed that SEMA-3B was downregulated in tumor tissues of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and exerts anti-motility and anti-invasion effects on tumor cells. However, the serum levels of SEMA-3B and their clinical significance have remained elusive; therefore, the aim of the present study was to monitor its expression in HCC and investigate its clinical significance.

Sevoflurane attenuates brain damage through inhibiting autophagy and apoptosis in cerebral ischemia‑reperfusion rats.

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of sevoflurane post‑conditioning in a rat brain cerebral ischemia‑reperfusion (I/R) model and examine its possible mechanism. Rats were randomly divided into six groups: Sham control group (Sham), I/R group, sevoflurane group (Se), Toll‑like receptor‑4 (TLR4) inhibitor group (Tak‑242), nuclear factor (NF)‑κB inhibitor group (QNZ) and Sevoflurane post‑conditioning combined with TLR4‑NF‑κB signaling pathway inhibitor group (Se + Tak‑242). Morris water maze test and tetrazolium chloride staining were used to investigate the I/R injury.

Differentially methylated genomic fragments related with sexual dimorphism of rice pests, Sogatella furcifera.

Sogatella furcifera (Hovarth) is a major rice pest with sexual dimorphism. The objective of the current research was to monitor differentially cytosine methylation at CCGG sequences in male and female adults of S. furcifera to determine the association between gene methylation and sexual phenotypes using methylation-sensitive representational difference analysis.

[Imaging assessment of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis].

Objective: To improve the understanding of recognizing and diagnosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), imaging assessment of neonates with NEC was analyzed retrospectively.

Method: Data of 211 cases of NEC were retrospectively collected from the Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University between Jan.1(st) 2006-Dec.