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(2002)
Die vegetationskundliche und strukturelle Zuordnung der Lebensraumtypen erfolgt nach der vorrangig von Braun-Blanquet entwickelten Vegetationsklassifizierung, einer hierarchischen Gliederung der Vegetationstypen (Syntaxonomie), die die Ebenen der Assoziation, des Verbandes, der Ordnung und der Klasse umfasst. Hierbei ist die Assoziation die grundlegende Einheit, in der die Pflanzengesellschaften zusammengefasst werden, die sich durch gleiche charakteristische Arten(gruppen)kombinationen auszeichnen. Der Verband vereinigt ähnliche Assoziationen. Das sind bereits umfassendere, jedoch standörtlich noch recht einheitliche Vegetationseinheiten. In Ordnungen werden ähnliche Verbände zusammengefasst. Die Klasse vereinigt ähnliche Ordnungen.
The genetic make-up of an individual contributes to the susceptibility and response to viral infection. Although environmental, clinical and social factors have a role in the chance of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and the severity of COVID-191,2, host genetics may also be important. Identifying host-specific genetic factors may reveal biological mechanisms of therapeutic relevance and clarify causal relationships of modifiable environmental risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and outcomes. We formed a global network of researchers to investigate the role of human genetics in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity. Here we describe the results of three genome-wide association meta-analyses that consist of up to 49,562 patients with COVID-19 from 46 studies across 19 countries. We report 13 genome-wide significant loci that are associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection or severe manifestations of COVID-19. Several of these loci correspond to previously documented associations to lung or autoimmune and inflammatory diseases3,4,5,6,7. They also represent potentially actionable mechanisms in response to infection. Mendelian randomization analyses support a causal role for smoking and body-mass index for severe COVID-19 although not for type II diabetes. The identification of novel host genetic factors associated with COVID-19 was made possible by the community of human genetics researchers coming together to prioritize the sharing of data, results, resources and analytical frameworks. This working model of international collaboration underscores what is possible for future genetic discoveries in emerging pandemics, or indeed for any complex human disease.
Der Kleine Wasserfrosch ist der kleinste der drei heimischen Wasserfrosch- (oder "Grünfrosch"-) Formen, dem erst seit einigen Jahrzehnten ein eigener Artstatus zuerkannt wurde. Das wichtigste Artmerkmal ist der große halbkreisförmige innere Fersenhocker, der stets langer als die halbe Lange der ersten Zehe ist. Wahrend der Paarungszeit fallen die Männchen durch eine markante Gelbfärbung auf. Bei beiden Geschlechtern sind gelb bis orange gefärbte Flecken auf den Hinterseiten der Oberschenkel ausgebildet. Eine vollkommen sichere und zweifelsfreie Artdiagnose ist jedoch nach wie vor nur auf der Basis genetischer Untersuchungen möglich.
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease1. Despite high heritability (60-80%), the majority of the underlying genetic determinants remain unknown2. We analysed data from participants of European, East Asian, African American and Latino ancestries (n=158,036 BD cases, 2.8 million controls), combining Clinical, Community, and Self-reported samples. We identified 298 genome-wide significant loci in the multi-ancestry meta-analysis, a 4-fold increase over previous findings3, and identified a novel ancestry-specific association in the East Asian cohort. Integrating results from fine-mapping and other variant-to-gene mapping approaches identified 36 credible genes in the aetiology of BD. Genes prioritised through fine-mapping were enriched for ultra-rare damaging missense and protein-truncating variations in BD cases4, highlighting convergence of common and rare variant signals. We report differences in genetic architecture of BD depending on the source of patient ascertainment and on BD-subtype (BDI and BDII). Several analyses implicate specific cell types in BD pathophysiology, including GABAergic interneurons and medium spiny neurons. Together, these analyses provide novel insights into the genetic architecture and biological underpinnings of BD.
Untersuchungen zur Rhizommorphologie und Wachstumsstrategie von Geophyten des Göttinger Waldes
(1996)
Das Rhizomwachstum von sieben Pflanzenarten des Göttinger Waldes wurde untersucht. Dabei wurden Wachstumszeiten, Wuchsformen und phänologische Entwicklung festgestellt. Aus den Daten wurde auf die Wachstumsstrategien der Arten geschlossen und die oberirdische Entwicklung mit dem Rhizomwachstum verglichen. Es konnte festgestellt werden, daß das Rhizomwachstum kurz nach Beginn der Blattentfaltung einsetzt. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt liefert die Photosynthese der Blätter genügend Kohlenhydrate zum Aufbau neuer Rhizomabschnitte. Bei den sieben untersuchten Arten konnten drei verschiedene Wachstumsstrategien festgestellt werden. Früh blühende Arten folgen der Dominanzstrategie, um Licht monopolisieren zu können. Arten fleckenhafter Habitate folgen der Explorationsstrategie, die flexibel auf veränderte Umweltbedingungen reagieren kann. Spät blühende Arten folgen der unspezialisierten pragmatischen Strategie.
Serum levels of bone sialoprotein correlate with portal pressure in patients with liver cirrhosis
(2020)
Liver cirrhosis represents the common end-stage of chronic liver diseases regardless of its etiology. Patients with compensated disease are mostly asymptomatic, however, progression to a decompensated disease stage is common. The available stratification strategies are often unsuitable to identify patients with a higher risk for disease progression and a limited prognosis. SIBLINGs, soluble glycophosphoproteins, are secreted into the blood by immune-cells. While osteopontin, the most prominent member of the SIBLINGs family, has been repeatedly associated with liver cirrhosis, data on the diagnostic and/or prognostic value of bone sialoprotein (BSP) are scarce and partly inconclusive. In this study, we analyzed the diagnostic and prognostic potential of circulating BSP in comparison to other standard laboratory markers in a large cohort of patients with liver cirrhosis receiving transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Serum levels of BSP were similar in patients with different disease stages and were not indicative for prognosis. Interestingly, BSP serum levels did correlate inversely with portal pressure, as well as its surrogates such as platelet count, the portal vein cross-sectional area and correlated positively with the portal venous velocity. In summary, our data highlight that BSP might represent a previously unrecognized marker for portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Im Juni spricht der Leipziger Schriftsteller Clemens Meyer im Rahmen der Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen über den „Untergang der Äkschn GmbH“. Meyers ungewöhnliche Biographie und seine Romane über Leipziger Jugendgangs, Prostituierte und Zuhälter versprechen interessante Vorträge. Wir haben ihm vorab einige Fragen gestellt – seine mitunter forschen Antworten deuten jedenfalls an, dass der Autor sein Publikum bestimmt nicht langweilen wird.
Introduction: The optimal treatment of patients with spinal infections remains a controversial topic. Within Europe, fundamentally different therapeutic concepts are found. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the outcome of patients who received surgical vs. antibiotic treatment alone for primary pyogenic spondylodiscitis in an international cohort analysis.
Materials and Methods: The retrospectively compiled databases of tertiary high-volume spine centers served as the baseline for this study. All documented cases of primary spondylodiscitis treated surgically and conservatively in the period of 2017-2022 were included and grouped according to the therapeutic concept: conservative vs. surgical treatment. Independent investigators collected the relevant clinical and radiological data. The primary endpoint of this study was mortality rate; secondary endpoints were relapse rate and persisting neurological deficit.
Results: A total of 392 patients were included in the analysis (155 females with a mean age of 68 years). Of these, 95 cases were treated conservatively (CoT) and 297 cases were treated surgically (SuT). There was no significant difference (p<0.01) related to patient’s disease characteristics: Lumbar was the main location (n=240, CoT 58/ SuT 182, p=0.97) followed by thoracic (n=70, CoT 24/ SuT 46, p=0,03) and cervical (n=47, CoT 7/ SuT 40, p=0.11) region. A multilocular spinal infection was present in 32 patients (CoT 3/ SuT 29, p=0.04). 181 cases (CoT 36/ SuT 145, p=0.06) presented with an epidural abscess. Neurological deficits were recorded in 100 cases (CoT 26/ SuT 74, p=0.63), and septic conditions in 88 cases (CoT 26/ SuT 62, p=0.19). Pre-existing conditions like Diabetes (p=0.57), renal failure (p= 0.97), hepatopathy (p= 0.15), malignoma (p=0.39) or i.v. drug abuse (p=0.93) did also not differ between the groups. The mortality rate of all conservatively treated was 24.2% (23 cases) and 6.7% (20 cases) in all surgically treated patients (p<0.001). A follow-up of ≥ 6 weeks was available in 289 cases (CoT 83, SuT 206 ). In this subset of patients relapse of infection occurred in six (7.2%) and 23 (11.2%) cases in the conservative and early surgical treatment group, respectively (p=0.69). Persisting neurological deficit was recorded in 21 (25.3%) of conservatively treated and 51 (24.8%) of surgically treated cases (p=0.92).
Conclusion: Whereas relapse rates and persisting neurological deficit were not found to differ significantly, the results of this international data analyses, with their respective limitations, clearly support the growing evidence of a significantly reduced mortality rate after surgical therapy for primary pyogenic spondylodiscitis when compared to conservative treatment regimen.
Novel treatment options are needed for the successful therapy of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma. Here, we investigated the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor SNS-032 in a panel of 109 neuroblastoma cell lines consisting of 19 parental cell lines and 90 sublines with acquired resistance to 14 different anticancer drugs. Seventy-three percent of the investigated neuroblastoma cell lines and all four investigated primary tumor samples displayed concentrations that reduce cell viability by 50% in the range of the therapeutic plasma levels reported for SNS-032 (<754 nM). Sixty-two percent of the cell lines and two of the primary samples displayed concentrations that reduce cell viability by 90% in this concentration range. SNS-032 also impaired the growth of the multidrug-resistant cisplatin-adapted UKF-NB-3 subline UKF-NB-3rCDDP1000 in mice. ABCB1 expression (but not ABCG2 expression) conferred resistance to SNS-032. The antineuroblastoma effects of SNS-032 did not depend on functional p53. The antineuroblastoma mechanism of SNS-032 included CDK7 and CDK9 inhibition-mediated suppression of RNA synthesis and subsequent depletion of antiapoptotic proteins with a fast turnover rate including X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP), myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (Mcl-1), baculoviral IAP repeat containing 2 (BIRC2; cIAP-1), and survivin. In conclusion, CDK7 and CDK9 represent promising drug targets and SNS-032 represents a potential treatment option for neuroblastoma including therapy-refractory cases.
