Moderating effect of corporate financialization on the impact of climate policy on corporate green innovation:Evidence from China

With intensifying global climate change,humanity is confronted with unparalleled environmental challenges and risks.This study employs the staggered difference-in-difference model to examine the relationship between climate policy and green innovation in the corporate financialization context.Using Chinese-listed company data from 2008 to 2020,our analysis reveals a favorable correlation between China’s carbon emission trading policy(CCTP)and advancements in green innovation.Furthermore,we find that the level of corporate financialization moderates this correlation,diminishing the driving effect of CCTP on green innovation.Additionally,results of heterogeneity analysis show that this moderating consequence is more evident in non-state owned and low-digitization enterprises compared with state-owned and high-digitization ones.Our findings contribute to the existing literature by clarifying the interaction between CCTP,green innovation,and corporate financialization.Our research provides valuable insights for policymakers and stakeholders seeking to strengthen climate policies and encourages green innovation in different types of businesses.

Prognostic and clinical value of circPRKCI expression in diverse human cancers

Background:Highly expressed in various human cancers,circular RNA Protein Kinase C Iota(circPRKCI)has been reported to play an important role in cancer development and progression.Herein,we sought to reveal the prognostic and clinical value of circPRKCI expression in diverse human cancers.Methods:We searched the Pubmed,Web of Science,and the Cochrane Library databases from inception until May 16,2021.The relationship between circPRKCI expression and cancer patients’survival,including overall survival(OS)and disease-free survival(DFS),was assessed by pooled hazard ratios(HR)with corresponding 95%confidence interval(CI).The correlation between circPRKCI expression and clinical outcomes was evaluated using odds ratios(OR)with corresponding 95%CI.The data were analyzed by STATA software(version 12.0)or Review Manager(RevMan 5.3).Results:A total of 15 studies with 1109 patients were incorporated into our meta-analysis.The results demonstrated that high circPRKCI expression was significantly related to poor OS(HR=1.96,95%CI:1.61,2.39,P<0.001)when compared with low circPRKCI expression in diverse human cancers.However,elevated circPRKCI expression was not associated with DFS(HR=1.34,95%CI:0.93,1.95,P=0.121).Furthermore,the patient with a higher circPRKCI expression was prone to have a larger tumor size,advanced clinical stage,and lymph node metastasis,but it was not significantly correlated with age,gender,and distant metastasis.Conclusion:Elevated circPRKCI expression was correlated with worse OS and unfavorable clinical features,suggesting a novel prognostic and predictive role of circPRKCI in diverse human cancers.

RETRACTED ARTICLE:Human H9N2 Avian Influenza Infection:Epidemiological and Clinical Characterization of 16 Cases in China

The authors are retracting this paper owing to errors in the reported data.The paper claimed that 16 patient cases were infected with H9N2 virus.However,when the authors recently further investigated all the thirteen sera samples,no anti-H9N2 antibodies were found by the haemagglutination inhibition assay.Moreover,re-sequencing of the remaining five throat swabs showed all five samples were H1N1 virus.

Defining a highly conserved cryptic epitope for antibody recognition of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Dear Editor,In recent months,additional Omicron variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),including the BA.5 sublineage BF.7 and BQ.1.1 and the BA.2 linage recombination XBB,XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16,have emerged following the BA.2 and BA.5 subvariants.Remarkably,BQ.1.1 and XBB showed substantial neutralization escape as compared with the previous variants,and have gradually become the dominant variants worldwide.1 These facts emphasize the urgency of identifying highly conserved SARS-CoV-2 epitopes,which would be essential for the design of universal vaccines and broadly neutralizing antibodies.