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Christina Prell Klaus Hubacek Claire Quinn Mark Reed 《Systemic Practice and Action Research》2008,21(6):443-458
Environmental applications of social network analysis (SNA) are just beginning to emerge, and so far have focussed on understanding
the characteristics of social networks that increase the likelihood of collective action and successful natural resource management.
We move beyond this discussion to demonstrate how knowledge gained from analysing the social networks of stakeholders can
be harnessed for selecting stakeholders, and further, how these analyses can be influenced by the expressed wishes and concerns
of stakeholders. Although we began our SNA using concepts derived from the resource-management literature, stakeholder involvement
in the interpretation of the results led to the use of SNA techniques that had not previously been applied in the context
of resource management. We thus re-analysed our data and modified our selection of research participants. Re-analysis led
to the selection of research participants who (1) had unique positions in the network, thus occupying non-redundant communication
roles in the network, (2) came from different stakeholder categories and (3) were relatively well-connected to others and
tended to broker across different segments of the network. By combining insights from researchers and stakeholders in this
way, it was possible to use SNA in an innovative and sensitive way to better meet the needs of the stakeholders and the research
project.
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Eva C. Schwarz Christina Backes Arne Knörck Nicole Ludwig Petra Leidinger Cora Hoxha Gertrud Schwär Thomas Grossmann Sabine C. Müller Martin Hart Jan Haas Valentina Galata Isabelle Müller Tobias Fehlmann Hermann Eichler Andre Franke Benjamin Meder Eckart Meese Markus Hoth Andreas Keller 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2016,73(16):3169-3181
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Christina Ulm Mona Saffarzadeh Poornima Mahavadi Sandra Müller Gerlinde Prem Farhan Saboor Peter Simon Ralf Middendorff Hildegard Geyer Ingrid Henneke Nils Bayer Susanne Rinné Thomas Lütteke Eva Böttcher-Friebertshäuser Rita Gerardy-Schahn David Schwarzer Martina Mühlenhoff Klaus T. Preissner Andreas Günther Rudolf Geyer Sebastian P. Galuska 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(19):3695-3708
Posttranslational modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) by polysialic acid (polySia) is well studied in the nervous system and described as a dynamic modulator of plastic processes like precursor cell migration, axon fasciculation, and synaptic plasticity. Here, we describe a novel function of polysialylated NCAM (polySia-NCAM) in innate immunity of the lung. In mature lung tissue of healthy donors, polySia was exclusively attached to the transmembrane isoform NCAM-140 and located to intracellular compartments of epithelial cells. In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, however, increased polySia levels and processing of the NCAM carrier were observed. Processing of polysialylated NCAM was reproduced in a mouse model by bleomycin administration leading to an activation of the inflammasome and secretion of interleukin (IL)-1β. As shown in a cell culture model, polySia-NCAM-140 was kept in the late trans-Golgi apparatus of lung epithelial cells and stimulation by IL-1β or lipopolysaccharide induced metalloprotease-mediated ectodomain shedding, resulting in the secretion of soluble polySia-NCAM. Interestingly, polySia chains of secreted NCAM neutralized the cytotoxic activity of extracellular histones as well as DNA/histone-network-containing “neutrophil extracellular traps”, which are formed during invasion of microorganisms. Thus, shedding of polySia-NCAM by lung epithelial cells may provide a host-protective mechanism to reduce tissue damage during inflammatory processes. 相似文献
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In this second paper, I continue my discussion of the problem of reference for scientific realism. First, I consider a final objection to Kitcher’s account of reference, which I generalise to other accounts of reference. Such accounts make attributions of reference by appeal to our pretheoretical intuitions about how true statements ought to be distibuted among the scientific utterances of the past. I argue that in the cases that merit discussion, this strategy fails because our intuitions are unstable. The interesting cases are importantly borderline—it really isn’t clear what we ought to say about how those terms referred. I conclude that in many relevant cases, our grounds for thinking that the theoretical terms of the past referred are matched by our grounds for thinking that they failed to refer, in such a way that deciding on either result is arbitrary and bad news for the realist. In response to this problem, in the second part of the paper I expand upon Field’s (1973) account of partial reference to sketch a new way of thinking about the theoretical terms of the past—that they partially referred and partially failed to refer. 相似文献
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Zielinski CE Mele F Aschenbrenner D Jarrossay D Ronchi F Gattorno M Monticelli S Lanzavecchia A Sallusto F 《Nature》2012,484(7395):514-518
IL-17-producing CD4+ T helper cells (TH17) have been extensively investigated in mouse models of autoimmunity. However, the requirements for differentiation and the properties of pathogen-induced human TH17 cells remain poorly defined. Using an approach that combines the in vitro priming of naive T cells with the ex vivo analysis of memory T cells, we describe here two types of human TH17 cells with distinct effector function and differentiation requirements. Candida albicans-specific TH17 cells produced IL-17 and IFN-γ, but no IL-10, whereas Staphylococcus aureus-specific TH17 cells produced IL-17 and could produce IL-10 upon restimulation. IL-6, IL-23 and IL-1β contributed to TH17 differentiation induced by both pathogens, but IL-1β was essential in C. albicans-induced TH17 differentiation to counteract the inhibitory activity of IL-12 and to prime IL-17/IFN-γ double-producing cells. In addition, IL-1β inhibited IL-10 production in differentiating and in memory TH17 cells, whereas blockade of IL-1β in vivo led to increased IL-10 production by memory TH17 cells. We also show that, after restimulation, TH17 cells transiently downregulated IL-17 production through a mechanism that involved IL-2-induced activation of STAT5 and decreased expression of ROR-γt. Taken together these findings demonstrate that by eliciting different cytokines C. albicans and S. aureus prime TH17 cells that produce either IFN-γ or IL-10, and identify IL-1β and IL-2 as pro- and anti-inflammatory regulators of TH17 cells both at priming and in the effector phase. 相似文献
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Mackay TF Richards S Stone EA Barbadilla A Ayroles JF Zhu D Casillas S Han Y Magwire MM Cridland JM Richardson MF Anholt RR Barrón M Bess C Blankenburg KP Carbone MA Castellano D Chaboub L Duncan L Harris Z Javaid M Jayaseelan JC Jhangiani SN Jordan KW Lara F Lawrence F Lee SL Librado P Linheiro RS Lyman RF Mackey AJ Munidasa M Muzny DM Nazareth L Newsham I Perales L Pu LL Qu C Ràmia M Reid JG Rollmann SM Rozas J Saada N Turlapati L Worley KC Wu YQ Yamamoto A Zhu Y Bergman CM Thornton KR 《Nature》2012,482(7384):173-178
A major challenge of biology is understanding the relationship between molecular genetic variation and variation in quantitative traits, including fitness. This relationship determines our ability to predict phenotypes from genotypes and to understand how evolutionary forces shape variation within and between species. Previous efforts to dissect the genotype-phenotype map were based on incomplete genotypic information. Here, we describe the Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP), a community resource for analysis of population genomics and quantitative traits. The DGRP consists of fully sequenced inbred lines derived from a natural population. Population genomic analyses reveal reduced polymorphism in centromeric autosomal regions and the X chromosome, evidence for positive and negative selection, and rapid evolution of the X chromosome. Many variants in novel genes, most at low frequency, are associated with quantitative traits and explain a large fraction of the phenotypic variance. The DGRP facilitates genotype-phenotype mapping using the power of Drosophila genetics. 相似文献
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Manske M Miotto O Campino S Auburn S Almagro-Garcia J Maslen G O'Brien J Djimde A Doumbo O Zongo I Ouedraogo JB Michon P Mueller I Siba P Nzila A Borrmann S Kiara SM Marsh K Jiang H Su XZ Amaratunga C Fairhurst R Socheat D Nosten F Imwong M White NJ Sanders M Anastasi E Alcock D Drury E Oyola S Quail MA Turner DJ Ruano-Rubio V Jyothi D Amenga-Etego L Hubbart C Jeffreys A Rowlands K Sutherland C Roper C Mangano V Modiano D Tan JC Ferdig MT Amambua-Ngwa A Conway DJ Takala-Harrison S Plowe CV 《Nature》2012,487(7407):375-379
Malaria elimination strategies require surveillance of the parasite population for genetic changes that demand a public health response, such as new forms of drug resistance. Here we describe methods for the large-scale analysis of genetic variation in Plasmodium falciparum by deep sequencing of parasite DNA obtained from the blood of patients with malaria, either directly or after short-term culture. Analysis of 86,158 exonic single nucleotide polymorphisms that passed genotyping quality control in 227 samples from Africa, Asia and Oceania provides genome-wide estimates of allele frequency distribution, population structure and linkage disequilibrium. By comparing the genetic diversity of individual infections with that of the local parasite population, we derive a metric of within-host diversity that is related to the level of inbreeding in the population. An open-access web application has been established for the exploration of regional differences in allele frequency and of highly differentiated loci in the P.?falciparum genome. 相似文献
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Nusbaum C Zody MC Borowsky ML Kamal M Kodira CD Taylor TD Whittaker CA Chang JL Cuomo CA Dewar K FitzGerald MG Yang X Abouelleil A Allen NR Anderson S Bloom T Bugalter B Butler J Cook A DeCaprio D Engels R Garber M Gnirke A Hafez N Hall JL Norman CH Itoh T Jaffe DB Kuroki Y Lehoczky J Lui A Macdonald P Mauceli E Mikkelsen TS Naylor JW Nicol R Nguyen C Noguchi H O'Leary SB O'Neill K Piqani B Smith CL Talamas JA Topham K Totoki Y Toyoda A Wain HM Young SK Zeng Q Zimmer AR Fujiyama A Hattori M 《Nature》2005,437(7058):551-555
Chromosome 18 appears to have the lowest gene density of any human chromosome and is one of only three chromosomes for which trisomic individuals survive to term. There are also a number of genetic disorders stemming from chromosome 18 trisomy and aneuploidy. Here we report the finished sequence and gene annotation of human chromosome 18, which will allow a better understanding of the normal and disease biology of this chromosome. Despite the low density of protein-coding genes on chromosome 18, we find that the proportion of non-protein-coding sequences evolutionarily conserved among mammals is close to the genome-wide average. Extending this analysis to the entire human genome, we find that the density of conserved non-protein-coding sequences is largely uncorrelated with gene density. This has important implications for the nature and roles of non-protein-coding sequence elements. 相似文献