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Consequences of climate change on the tree of life in Europe 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Many species are projected to become vulnerable to twenty-first-century climate changes, with consequent effects on the tree of life. If losses were not randomly distributed across the tree of life, climate change could lead to a disproportionate loss of evolutionary history. Here we estimate the consequences of climate change on the phylogenetic diversities of plant, bird and mammal assemblages across Europe. Using a consensus across ensembles of forecasts for 2020, 2050 and 2080 and high-resolution phylogenetic trees, we show that species vulnerability to climate change clusters weakly across phylogenies. Such phylogenetic signal in species vulnerabilities does not lead to higher loss of evolutionary history than expected with a model of random extinctions. This is because vulnerable species have neither fewer nor closer relatives than the remaining clades. Reductions in phylogenetic diversity will be greater in southern Europe, and gains are expected in regions of high latitude or altitude. However, losses will not be offset by gains and the tree of life faces a trend towards homogenization across the continent. 相似文献
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Ricardo F. Antunes Cláudia Brandão Gonçalo Carvalho Cristina Girão Fernando A. Arosa 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2009,66(20):3387-3398
Red blood cells (RBC) have emerged as a novel regulatory cell type endowed with bioactivities toward activated human T cells.
Herein we show that the RBC bioactivities act on intracellular pathways initiated by T cell receptor (TCR)-dependent and -independent
stimuli, including IL-2, IL-15, and the mixture of phorbol dibutyrate and ionomycin. The RBC bioactivities preserve the antioxidant
status and are capable of rescuing activated T cells from cell death induced by serum deprivation. They are not mediated by
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked receptors or sialic acids, and kinetic studies revealed that they hasten the entrance
into the cell cycle. By using cyclosporine A (CsA) and rapamycin (Rapa) we show that the RBC bioactivities are calcineurin-dependent.
Thus, treatment of T cells with CsA, but not Rapa, impaired RBC bioactivities, and preincubation of RBC with CsA completely
abolished their bioactivities. We have demonstrated that RBC carry out bioactivities that are sensitive to CsA. 相似文献
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Musio A Selicorni A Focarelli ML Gervasini C Milani D Russo S Vezzoni P Larizza L 《Nature genetics》2006,38(5):528-530
Cornelia de Lange syndrome is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphisms, upper limb abnormalities, growth delay and cognitive retardation. Mutations in the NIPBL gene, a component of the cohesin complex, account for approximately half of the affected individuals. We report here that mutations in SMC1L1 (also known as SMC1), which encodes a different subunit of the cohesin complex, are responsible for CdLS in three male members of an affected family and in one sporadic case. 相似文献
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Cristina Lanni Marco Racchi Stefano Govoni 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(18):3327-3340
This review examines the role of drug metabolism and drug target polymorphism in determining the clinical response to antidepressants. Even though antidepressants are the most effective available treatment for depressive disorders, there is still substantial need for improvement due to the slow onset of appreciable clinical improvement and the association with side effects. Moreover, a substantial group of patients receiving antidepressant therapy does not achieve remission or fails to respond entirely. Even if the large variation in antidepressant treatment outcome across individuals remains poorly understood, one possible source of this variation in treatment outcome are genetic differences. The review focuses on a few polymorphisms which have been extensively studied, while reporting a more comprehensive reference to the existing literature in table format. It is relatively easy to predict the effect of polymorphisms in drug metabolizing enzymes, such as cytochromes P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) and cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19), which may be determined in the clinical context in order to explain or prevent serious adverse effects. The role of target polymorphism, however, is much more difficult to establish and may be more relevant for disease susceptibility and presentation rather than for response to therapy. 相似文献
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Fernando de Castro Ana Bribián Mª Cristina Ortega 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(22):4355-4368
Oligodendrocytes are the myelin-forming cells in the central nervous system (CNS). These cells originate from oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) during development, and they migrate extensively from oligodendrogliogenic niches along the neural tube to colonise the entire CNS. Like many other such events, this migratory process is precisely regulated by a battery of positional and signalling cues that act via their corresponding receptors and that are expressed dynamically by OPCs. Here, we will review the cellular and molecular basis of this important event during embryonic and postnatal development, and we will discuss the relevance of the substantial number of OPCs existing in the adult CNS. Similarly, we will consider the behaviour of OPCs in normal and pathological conditions, especially in animal models of demyelination and of the demyelinating disease, multiple sclerosis. The spontaneous remyelination observed after damage in demyelinating pathologies has a limited effect. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the biology of OPCs, particularly adult OPCs, should help in the design of neuroregenerative strategies to combat multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases. 相似文献
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Becatti M Taddei N Cecchi C Nassi N Nassi PA Fiorillo C 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(13):2245-2260
SIRT1, an ubiquitous NAD(+)-dependent deacetylase that plays a role in biological processes such as longevity and stress response, is significantly activated in response to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Resveratrol (Resv), an important activator of SIRT1, has been shown to exert major health benefits in diseases associated with oxidative stress. In ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, a major role has been attributed to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, which is upregulated in response to a variety of stress stimuli, including oxidative stress. In neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes subjected to simulated IR, the effect of Resv-induced SIRT1 activation and the relationships with the MAPK pathway were investigated. Resv-induced SIRT1 overexpression protected cardiomyocytes from oxidative injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cell death induced by IR. For the first time, we demonstrate that SIRT1 overexpression positively affects the MAPK pathway-via Akt/ASK1 signaling-by reducing p38 and JNK phosphorylation and increasing ERK phosphorylation. These results reveal a new protective mechanism elicited by Resv-induced SIRT1 activation in IR tissues and suggest novel potential therapeutic targets to manage IR-induced cardiac dysfunction. 相似文献
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Dense genotyping identifies and localizes multiple common and rare variant association signals in celiac disease 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Trynka G Hunt KA Bockett NA Romanos J Mistry V Szperl A Bakker SF Bardella MT Bhaw-Rosun L Castillejo G de la Concha EG de Almeida RC Dias KR van Diemen CC Dubois PC Duerr RH Edkins S Franke L Fransen K Gutierrez J Heap GA Hrdlickova B Hunt S Izurieta LP Izzo V Joosten LA Langford C Mazzilli MC Mein CA Midah V Mitrovic M Mora B Morelli M Nutland S Núñez C Onengut-Gumuscu S Pearce K Platteel M Polanco I Potter S Ribes-Koninckx C Ricaño-Ponce I Rich SS Rybak A Santiago JL Senapati S Sood A 《Nature genetics》2011,43(12):1193-1201
Using variants from the 1000 Genomes Project pilot European CEU dataset and data from additional resequencing studies, we densely genotyped 183 non-HLA risk loci previously associated with immune-mediated diseases in 12,041 individuals with celiac disease (cases) and 12,228 controls. We identified 13 new celiac disease risk loci reaching genome-wide significance, bringing the number of known loci (including the HLA locus) to 40. We found multiple independent association signals at over one-third of these loci, a finding that is attributable to a combination of common, low-frequency and rare genetic variants. Compared to previously available data such as those from HapMap3, our dense genotyping in a large sample collection provided a higher resolution of the pattern of linkage disequilibrium and suggested localization of many signals to finer scale regions. In particular, 29 of the 54 fine-mapped signals seemed to be localized to single genes and, in some instances, to gene regulatory elements. Altogether, we define the complex genetic architecture of the risk regions of and refine the risk signals for celiac disease, providing the next step toward uncovering the causal mechanisms of the disease. 相似文献
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Biogenically driven organic contribution to marine aerosol 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
O'Dowd CD Facchini MC Cavalli F Ceburnis D Mircea M Decesari S Fuzzi S Yoon YJ Putaud JP 《Nature》2004,431(7009):676-680
Marine aerosol contributes significantly to the global aerosol load and consequently has an important impact on both the Earth's albedo and climate. So far, much of the focus on marine aerosol has centred on the production of aerosol from sea-salt and non-sea-salt sulphates. Recent field experiments, however, have shown that known aerosol production processes for inorganic species cannot account for the entire aerosol mass that occurs in submicrometre sizes. Several experimental studies have pointed to the presence of significant concentrations of organic matter in marine aerosol. There is some information available about the composition of organic matter, but the contribution of organic matter to marine aerosol, as a function of aerosol size, as well as its characterization as hydrophilic or hydrophobic, has been lacking. Here we measure the physical and chemical characteristics of submicrometre marine aerosol over the North Atlantic Ocean during plankton blooms progressing from spring through to autumn. We find that during bloom periods, the organic fraction dominates and contributes 63% to the submicrometre aerosol mass (about 45% is water-insoluble and about 18% water-soluble). In winter, when biological activity is at its lowest, the organic fraction decreases to 15%. Our model simulations indicate that organic matter can enhance the cloud droplet concentration by 15% to more than 100% and is therefore an important component of the aerosol-cloud-climate feedback system involving marine biota. 相似文献
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Senescence may result from an optimal balance between current reproductive investment and bodily repair processes required for future reproduction, a theoretical prediction difficult to prove especially in large, long-lived animals. Here we propose that teeth that have fixed dimensions early in life, but that wear during chewing, can be taken as a measure of total lifetime 'repair', and their wear rate as a measure of current expenditure in performance. Our approach also considers the sexual selection process to investigate the advance of senescence in males compared with females, when selection favouring competition over mates reduces the reproductive lifespan of males. We studied carcasses of 2,141 male and 739 female red deer (Cervus elaphus) of different ages, finding that male molariform teeth emerged at a far smaller size than expected from body size dimorphism. This led to higher workload, steeper wear rate and earlier depletion of male teeth than in females, in concordance with sex-specific patterns of lifetime performance and reproduction. These findings provide the empirical support for the disposable-soma hypothesis of senescence, which predicts that investment in bodily repair will decrease when the return from this investment may not be realized as a result of other causes that limit survival or reproduction. 相似文献