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Naman T, Abuduhalike R, Abudouwayiti A, Sun J, Mahemuti A. Int J Gen Med. 2023;16:4051-4066. We, the Editors and Publisher of International Journal of General Medicine, have retracted the following article. Following publication of the article, concerns were raised that similar findings had been reported previously in an article by the same authors - Naman T, Abuduhalike R, Abudouwayiti A, Sun J, Mahemuti A. Development and validation of a novel nomogram to predict the impact of the polymorphism of the ICAM-1 gene on the prognosis of ischemic cardiomyopathy. Clinical Genetics. 2023;104(3):313-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/cge.14385. The journal found both articles shared the same title and a high degree of text overlap. The same participants were included in both studies and the same analysis was performed. It was also found the authors did not notify the editorial office of their previous article which had been published one month earlier. When approached for an explanation, the authors were cooperative but were unable to sufficiently differentiate the findings of the two studies. Our editorial policies are clear that authors are expected to be transparent about their previously published work and considering this, the decision was made to retract the article and the authors were notified of this. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and COPE guidelines. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.

This paper has been retracted. Naman T, Abuduhalike R, Abudouwayiti A, Sun J, Mahemuti A. Int J Gen Med. 2023;16:4051-4066. We, the Editors and Publisher of International Journal of General Medicine, have retracted the following article. Following publication of the article, concerns were raised that similar findings had been reported previously in an article by the same authors - Naman T, Abuduhalike R, Abudouwayiti A, Sun J, Mahemuti A. Development and validation of a novel nomogram to predict the impact of the polymorphism of the ICAM-1 gene on the prognosis of ischemic cardiomyopathy. Clinical Genetics. 2023;104(3):313-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/cge.14385. The journal found both articles shared the same title and a high degree of text overlap. The same participants were included in both studies and the same analysis was performed. It was also found the authors did not notify the editorial office of their previous article which had been published one month earlier. When approached for an explanation, the authors were cooperative but were unable to sufficiently differentiate the findings of the two studies. Our editorial policies are clear that authors are expected to be transparent about their previously published work and considering this, the decision was made to retract the article and the authors were notified of this. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and COPE guidelines. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.

Limononic acid (3-isopropenyl-6-oxoheptanoic acid, LA), as an important precursor of secondary organic aerosols (SOA), has attracted extensive attention in the field of atmospheric chemistry. However, its microscopic oxidation mechanism is still unclear. In this study, the density functional theory calculations were conducted to study the oxidation mechanism of LA by ·OH in aqueous phase. The results show that the reactions of hydroxylation are more likely to occur than the dehydrogenation reaction, because of the lower free energy barrier (2.3–5.4 kcal mol−1). At 298 K, the total rate constant of the reaction initiated by ·OH is 1.06 × 1010 M−1 s−1, which fits the experimental value well. Among all reactions, the hydroxylation reaction in C9 site of LA is the most favorable pathway, and the corresponding hydroxylation intermediate (IM4) can react with ·OH, H2O, dissolved O2, and HO2·. Three important tropospheric free radicals (R·, RO· and RO2·) are generated during the subsequent reaction process. Meanwhile alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, and oxidized acids can be formed in the overall reaction scheme. These products are the precursor for the formation of SOA, and this transformation process will increase the O/C ratio of aqueous phase SOA. This study has an important significance for understanding the oxidation mechanism of monoterpenoids in the atmospheric aqueous phase.

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a distributed and worldwide soil-borne disease. The application of biocontrol microbes or agricultural chemicals has been widely used to manage tomato bacterial wilt. However, whether and how agricultural chemicals affect the antagonistic ability of biocontrol microbes is still unknown. Here, we combined potassium phosphite (K-Phite), an environmentally friendly agricultural chemical, and the biocontrol agent Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QPF8 (strain F8) to manage tomato bacterial wilt disease. First, K-Phite at a concentration of 0.05% (w/v) could significantly inhibit the growth of Ralstonia solanacearum. Second, 0.05% K-Phite enhanced the antagonistic capability of B. amyloliquefaciens F8. Third, the greenhouse soil experiments showed that the control efficiency for tomato bacterial wilt in the combined treatment was significantly higher than that of the application of B. amyloliquefaciens F8 or K-Phite alone. Overall, our results highlighted a novel strategy for the control of tomato bacterial wilt disease via application and revealed a new integrated pattern depending on the enhancement of the antagonistic capability of biocontrol microbes by K-Phite.

High-throughput sequencing, culture-dependent workflows, and microbiome transfer experiments reveal whether potassium phosphite (KP), an environmentally acceptable agricultural chemical, could specifically enrich the antagonistic bacterial community that inhibited the growth of the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum. The application of KP enriched the potential antagonistic bacteria Paenibacillus and Streptomyces in soil, but depleted most dominant genera belonging to gram negative bacteria, such as Pseudomonas, Massilia, and Flavobacterium on day 7. Moreover, the KP-modulated soil microbiome suppressed R. solanacearum growth in soil. The predicted functions related to the synthesis of antagonistic substances, such as streptomycin, and the predicted functions related to tellurite resistance and nickel transport system were significantly enriched, but the synthesis of lipopolysaccharide (distinct component lipopolysaccharide in gram negative bacteria) were significantly depleted in the KP-treated soils. In addition, the copy numbers of specific sequences for Streptomyces coelicoflavus and Paenibacillus favisporus were significantly increased in the soil amended with KP, inhibited the growth of R. solanacearum, and had a higher tolerance of KP than R. solanacearum. Our study linked the application of fertilizers to the enrichment of antagonistic bacteria, which could support future work that aims to precisely regulate the soil microbiome to protect the host from infection by soil-borne pathogens.

An understanding of solid-liquid interfaces is of great importance for fundamental research as well as industrial applications. However, it has been very challenging to directly image solid-liquid interfaces with high resolution, thus their structure and properties are often unknown. Here, we report a quasi-liquid phase between metal (In, Sn) nanoparticle surfaces and an aqueous solution observed using liquid cell transmission electron microscopy. Our real-time high-resolution imaging reveals a thin layer of liquid-like materials at the interfaces with the frequent appearance of small In nanoclusters. Such a quasi-liquid phase serves as an intermediate for the mass transport from the metal nanoparticle to the liquid. Density functional theory-molecular dynamics simulations demonstrate that the positive charges of In ions greatly contribute to the stabilization of the quasi-liquid phase on the metal surface.

An understanding of solid-liquid interfaces is of great importance for fundamental research as well as industrial applications. However, it has been very challenging to directly image solid-liquid interfaces with high resolution, thus their structure and properties are often unknown. Here, we report a quasi-liquid phase between metal (In, Sn) nanoparticle surfaces and an aqueous solution observed using liquid cell transmission electron microscopy. Our real-time high-resolution imaging reveals a thin layer of liquid-like materials at the interfaces with the frequent appearance of small In nanoclusters. Such a quasi-liquid phase serves as an intermediate for the mass transport from the metal nanoparticle to the liquid. Density functional theory-molecular dynamics simulations demonstrate that the positive charges of In ions greatly contribute to the stabilization of the quasi-liquid phase on the metal surface.

High-throughput sequencing, culture-dependent workflows, and microbiome transfer experiments reveal whether potassium phosphite (KP), an environmentally acceptable agricultural chemical, could specifically enrich the antagonistic bacterial community that inhibited the growth of the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum. The application of KP enriched the potential antagonistic bacteria Paenibacillus and Streptomyces in soil, but depleted most dominant genera belonging to gram negative bacteria, such as Pseudomonas, Massilia, and Flavobacterium on day 7. Moreover, the KP-modulated soil microbiome suppressed R. solanacearum growth in soil. The predicted functions related to the synthesis of antagonistic substances, such as streptomycin, and the predicted functions related to tellurite resistance and nickel transport system were significantly enriched, but the synthesis of lipopolysaccharide (distinct component lipopolysaccharide in gram negative bacteria) were significantly depleted in the KP-treated soils. In addition, the copy numbers of specific sequences for Streptomyces coelicoflavus and Paenibacillus favisporus were significantly increased in the soil amended with KP, inhibited the growth of R. solanacearum, and had a higher tolerance of KP than R. solanacearum. Our study linked the application of fertilizers to the enrichment of antagonistic bacteria, which could support future work that aims to precisely regulate the soil microbiome to protect the host from infection by soil-borne pathogens.

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a distributed and worldwide soil-borne disease. The application of biocontrol microbes or agricultural chemicals has been widely used to manage tomato bacterial wilt. However, whether and how agricultural chemicals affect the antagonistic ability of biocontrol microbes is still unknown. Here, we combined potassium phosphite (K-Phite), an environmentally friendly agricultural chemical, and the biocontrol agent Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QPF8 (strain F8) to manage tomato bacterial wilt disease. First, K-Phite at a concentration of 0.05% (w/v) could significantly inhibit the growth of Ralstonia solanacearum. Second, 0.05% K-Phite enhanced the antagonistic capability of B. amyloliquefaciens F8. Third, the greenhouse soil experiments showed that the control efficiency for tomato bacterial wilt in the combined treatment was significantly higher than that of the application of B. amyloliquefaciens F8 or K-Phite alone. Overall, our results highlighted a novel strategy for the control of tomato bacterial wilt disease via application and revealed a new integrated pattern depending on the enhancement of the antagonistic capability of biocontrol microbes by K-Phite.

Since it will take time for vehicles to be fully automated, research on mixed traffic flow with different levels of vehicles will be the focus in the future. This paper takes L0, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 vehicles as the research object, selects the Intelligent Diver Model (IDM), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) model, F-STCA model and LC2013 model to construct the vehicle's driving behaviour model, builds SUMO (Simulation of Urban Mobility) and Python co-simulation platform to conduct models simulation verification and safety analysis. The results show that: (1) The improved IDM model can realize the error caused by the heterogeneity of driver's personality; the improved ACC model can improve speed and keep a small change range with the interfering vehicle; the improved F-STCA model can expand the vehicle's lane-changing intention and reflect the driver's driving uncertainty. (2) The increase of penetration can increase the number of lane changes in basic sections, but in merging area, they are proportional at low density and inversely proportional at high density; penetration can reduce the occurrence of traffic conflicts and change the distribution of Time-To-Collision (TTC). This paper can predict the evolution law of traffic flow under the new technology, and provide a reference for future traffic planning and management.

Constructing a risk model with the subject of autonomous vehicles to screen out the vehicles of potential conflicts and analyze their choices under different strategies. Based on the co-simulation of Python and SUMO, establishing a model of on-ramp merge driving behaviour of autonomous vehicles based on non-cooperative static game. Under this model, the experiment results that the average speed in the merging area is increased by 12.7%, the standard deviation of the average speed is reduced by 35.46%, and the number of the vehicles successfully merged before the end of the merging area is 4.86 times that of traditional method, indicate that the model can effectively help the vehicles be merged and improve the traffic efficiency to a certain extent.

Lei Zhang,1,* Fengjun He,1,* Lina Gao,1 Minghui Cong,1 Juan Sun,2 Jialu Xu,2 Yutong Wang,2 Yang Hu,1 Sajid Asghar,3 Lihong Hu,1,2 Hongzhi Qiao1,2,4 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Functional Substances of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for TCM Quality and Efficacy, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan; 4Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Efficient Delivery System of TCM, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hongzhi Qiao; Lihong HuSchool of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail qiaohz@njucm.edu.cn; lhhu@njucm.edu.cnBackground: Exosomes are a type of membrane vesicles secreted by living cells. Recent studies suggest exosome-like nanovesicles (ELNVs) from fruits and vegetables are involved in tissue renewal process and functional regulation against inflammatory diseases or cancers. However, there are few reports on ELNVs derived from medicinal plants.Methods: ELNVs derived from Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (ACNVs) were isolated and characterized. Cytotoxicity, antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing capacity of ACNVs against hepatoma carcinoma cell were assessed. The endocytosis mechanism of ACNVs was evaluated on Hep G2 cells in the presence of different endocytosis inhibitors. In vivo distribution of ACNVs was detected in healthy and tumor-bearing mice after scavenger receptors (SRs) blockade. PEG engineering of ACNVs was achieved through optimizing the pharmacokinetic profiles. In vivo antitumor activity and toxicity were evaluated in H

Lei Zhang,1,* Fengjun He,1,* Lina Gao,1 Minghui Cong,1 Juan Sun,2 Jialu Xu,2 Yutong Wang,2 Yang Hu,1 Sajid Asghar,3 Lihong Hu,1,2 Hongzhi Qiao1,2,4 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Functional Substances of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for TCM Quality and Efficacy, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan; 4Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Efficient Delivery System of TCM, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hongzhi Qiao; Lihong HuSchool of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail qiaohz@njucm.edu.cn; lhhu@njucm.edu.cnBackground: Exosomes are a type of membrane vesicles secreted by living cells. Recent studies suggest exosome-like nanovesicles (ELNVs) from fruits and vegetables are involved in tissue renewal process and functional regulation against inflammatory diseases or cancers. However, there are few reports on ELNVs derived from medicinal plants.Methods: ELNVs derived from Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (ACNVs) were isolated and characterized. Cytotoxicity, antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing capacity of ACNVs against hepatoma carcinoma cell were assessed. The endocytosis mechanism of ACNVs was evaluated on Hep G2 cells in the presence of different endocytosis inhibitors. In vivo distribution of ACNVs was detected in healthy and tumor-bearing mice after scavenger receptors (SRs) blockade. PEG engineering of ACNVs was achieved through optimizing the pharmacokinetic profiles. In vivo antitumor activity and toxicity were evaluated in H

Refukaiti Abuduhalike, Juan Sun, Ailiman Mahemuti Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Ailiman Mahemuti Department of Cardiovascular MedicineThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86-991-4366426Email xinjiangailiman@163.comBackground: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death worldwide, following coronary heart disease and stroke, and many risk factors for VTE are not yet clear. Our study investigated the association between multiple inflammatory gene polymorphisms and VTE prognosis, aiming to find a new predictor of VTE prognosis.Methods: Based on our previous studies, we detected the plasma levels of serum amyloid A protein (SAA), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) and their 8 gene polymorphisms by ELISA and a multiplex ligation detection reaction (iMLDR) method in 284 patients with VTE. All subjects were followed up for 5 years.Results: The 5-year follow-up results of this study showed that 62 of the 284 patients (21.83%) had reached the endpoint (all-cause death). Kaplan–Meier survival analyses revealed that the mortality rate of VTE patients with a high Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (SPESI) score and carrying IL-1 rs1800587 mutation genotypes was significantly increased (log-rank p=0.000 and 0.034 respectively). The multifactor Cox regression results confirmed that the mortality rate of patients who carrying IL-1 rs1800587 mutation genotypes was significantly increased (HR=2.982; 95% CI: 1.681– 5.100). The mortality rate of those carrying IL-1 rs1143634 mutation genotypes was significantly decreased (HR=0.294; 95% CI: 0.132– 0.652). There were no significant differences in mortality rates between wild-type and mutant genotypes of IL-1 rs1143634, IL

Juan Sun, Jian Wang, Luoman Hu, Jinfeng Yan Rehabilitation Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao City, Shandong Province 266000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Juan SunRehabilitation Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 1677 Wutaishan Road, Qingdao City, Shandong Province 266000, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail yg4170@163.comBackground/Aims: Ischemic stroke is the main cause of nerve damage and brain dysfunction, accompanied by strong brain cell apoptosis. This study aimed to investigate the effect of kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside (K-3-rh) on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.Methods and Materials: A rat model of cerebral I/R injury was established. The effects of K-3-rh on cerebral infarction size, brain water content and neurological deficits in rats were evaluated. Apoptosis of ischemic brain cells after mouse I/R was observed by TUNEL staining and flow cytometry. Western blot and qRT-PCR were used to detect the effect of K-3-rh on the expression of apoptosis-related proteins.Results: K-3-rh can improve the neurological deficit score, reduce the infarct volume and brain water content, and inhibit cell apoptosis. In addition, K-3-rh significantly downregulated the expression of Bax and p53 and upregulated the expression of Bcl-2, and the phosphorylation level of Akt. Blockade of PI3K activity by the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin not only reversed the effects of K-3-rh on infarct volume and brain water content but also reversed the expression level of p-Akt.Conclusion: K-3-rh had obvious neuroprotective effects on brain I/R injury and neuronal apoptosis, and its mechanism may be related to activation of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.Keywords: kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside, PI3K; Akt, apoptosis, cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury

Yan Guo,1 Juan Sun,2 Juan Ye,1 Wenyu Ma,1 Hualing Yan,1 Gang Wang1 1Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, 2Department of Anatomy, Qinghai University Medical College, Xining, People’s Republic of China Objective: To investigate whether Saussurea tridactyla Sch. Bip.-derived polysaccharides and flavones exert apoptosis-inhibiting effects in ultraviolet B (UVB)-irradiated HaCaT cells.Methods: We divided HaCaT cells into low radiation UVB and high radiation UVB groups. Low radiation UVB and high radiation UVB groups were further divided into a control group, UVB radiation group (UVB group), S. tridactyla Sch. Bip.-derived polysaccharides and flavones low-dose group, and S. tridactyla Sch. Bip.-derived polysaccharides and flavones high-dose group. Cell viability and morphology were assayed by MTT and trypan blue staining. Superoxide dismutase activity, glutathione content, malondialdehyde content, and catalase activity test kits were used to detect superoxide dismutase activity, glutathione content, malondialdehyde content, and catalase activity, respectively. Cell apoptosis, intracellular Ca2+ levels, and mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ) were detected by flow cytometry. Protein levels were analyzed by Western blotting and immunofluorescence.Results: S. tridactyla Sch. Bip.-derived polysaccharides and flavones were found to increase the absorbance of MTT, decrease cell death, alleviate the degree of cell edema, restore the cell morphology, reduce cell death fragments and chip phenomenon, increase superoxide dismutase activity, glutathione content, and catalase activity while decreasing the content of malondialdehyde, lowering the population of apoptotic cells, reducing the intracellular Ca2+ fluorescence, increasing the mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ), increasing the expressions of p-38, p-53, Bcl-2, and decreasing the expressions of Bax and active-caspase-3.Conclusio