Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. consciousness), social (i.e., self-perceived vegetarian and environmental concern), and information perspectives (i.e., labeling and social media information). Besides, a novel insight is presented for marketers on how to deepen the relationship between consumers' purchase intention and purchase decision via the moderating effect of word-of-mouth (WOM).
The current study primarily aims to identify the critical purchase factors that affect Chinese consumer purchase intention and purchase decision with regard to organic food consumption, in accordance with a modified theory of planned behavior and the alphabet theory. Specifically, this study builds a conceptual research framework by which to delve into the relationships between purchase factors and purchase intention, and elucidate the mediating roles of purchase factors in the relationships between purchase intention and purchase decision. Moreover, by leveraging a modified theory of planned behavior and the alphabet theory, the current study also determines the critical roles of subjective norms and reveals the information and knowledge that impact consumer attitude toward the purchase of organic food. The current study leverages the purposive sampling method and captures 310 records within Beijing, China. The results indicate that purchase attitude correlates positively with subjective norms and knowledge, while purchase intention correlates positively with purchase attitude, perceived behavior control, and food therapy culture. Furthermore, purchase intention can significantly mediate relationships between each of purchase attitude, perceived behavior control, food therapy culture, and purchase decision. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical significance of the framework, and propose subsequent research directions regarding organic food purchase behavior.
Chromodomain helicase/ATPase DNA-binding protein 1-like gene (
CHD1L
) is a new oncogene which has been confirmed to be crucial to the progression of many solid tumors. In the present study, the expression of
CHD1L
was found to be upregulated in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), which was significantly associated with histological differentiation (P=0.011), vascular invasion (P=0.002), lymph node metastasis (P=0.008) and TNM stage (P=0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that ICC patients with positive
CHD1L
expression had shorter overall and disease-free survival than those with negative
CHD1L
expression. Functional study found that
CHD1L
exhibited strong oncogenic roles, including increased cell growth by CCK-8 assay, colony formation by plate colony formation assay, G1/S transition by flow cytometry and tumor formation in nude mice. In addition, RNAi-mediated silencing of
CHD1L
inhibited ICC invasion and metastasis by wound healing, Transwell migration and Matrigel invasion assays
in vitro
and
in vivo
. Collectively, our results show that
CHD1L
is upregulated and promotes the proliferation and metastasis of ICC cells.
CHD1L
acts as an oncogene and may be a prognostic factor or therapeutic target for patients with ICC.
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