Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens

Copyright 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). hR gene-mediated host resistance against apoplastic fungal pathogens is not adequately explained by the terms pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI) or effector-triggered immunity (ETI). Therefore, it is proposed that this type of resistance is termed ‘effector-triggered defence’ (ETD). Unlike PTI and ETI, ETD is mediated by R genes encoding cell surface-localised receptor-like proteins (RLPs) that engage the receptor-like kinase SOBIR1. In contrast to this extracellular recognition, ETI is initiated by intracellular detection of pathogen effectors. ETI is usually associated with fast, hypersensitive host cell death, whereas ETD often triggers host cell death only after an elapsed period of endophytic pathogen growth. In this opinion, we focus on ETD responses against foliar fungal pathogens of cropsPeer reviewe

Multiple traces of monkeypox detected in non-sewered wastewater with sparse sampling from a densely populated metropolitan area in Asia

The monkeypox virus is excreted in the feces of infected individuals. Therefore, there is an interest in using viral load detection in wastewater for sentinel early surveillance at a community level and as a complementary approach to syndromic surveillance. We collected wastewater from 63 sewered and non-sewered locations in Bangkok city center between May and August 2022. Monkeypox viral DNA copy numbers were quantified using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confirmed positive by Sanger sequencing. Monkeypox viral DNA was first detected in wastewater from the second week of June 2022, with a mean copy number of 16.4 copies/ml (n = 3). From the first week of July, the number of viral DNA copies increased to a mean copy number of 45.92 copies/ml. Positive samples were Sanger sequenced and confirmed the presence of the monkeypox virus. Our study is the first to detect monkeypox viral DNA in wastewater from various locations within Thailand. Results suggest that this could be a complementary source for detecting viral DNA and predicting upcoming outbreaks

Comparing Presenting Clinical Features in 48 Children With Microscopic Polyangiitis to 183 Children Who Have Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's) : an ARChiVe Cohort Study

OBJECTIVE: To uniquely classify children with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), to describe their demographic characteristics, presenting clinical features, and initial treatments in comparison to patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA). METHODS: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) classification algorithm was applied by computation to categorical data from patients recruited to the ARChiVe (A Registry for Childhood Vasculitis: e-entry) cohort, with the data censored to November 2015. The EMA algorithm was used to uniquely distinguish children with MPA from children with GPA, whose diagnoses had been classified according to both adult- and pediatric-specific criteria. Descriptive statistics were used for comparisons. RESULTS: In total, 231 of 440 patients (64% female) fulfilled the classification criteria for either MPA (n\u2009=\u200948) or GPA (n\u2009=\u2009183). The median time to diagnosis was 1.6 months in the MPA group and 2.1 months in the GPA group (ranging to 39 and 73 months, respectively). Patients with MPA were significantly younger than those with GPA (median age 11 years versus 14 years). Constitutional features were equally common between the groups. In patients with MPA compared to those with GPA, pulmonary manifestations were less frequent (44% versus 74%) and less severe (primarily, hemorrhage, requirement for supplemental oxygen, and pulmonary failure). Renal pathologic features were frequently found in both groups (75% of patients with MPA versus 83% of patients with GPA) but tended toward greater severity in those with MPA (primarily, nephrotic-range proteinuria, requirement for dialysis, and end-stage renal disease). Airway/eye involvement was absent among patients with MPA, because these GPA-defining features preclude a diagnosis of MPA within the EMA algorithm. Similar proportions of patients with MPA and those with GPA received combination therapy with corticosteroids plus cyclophosphamide (69% and 78%, respectively) or both drugs in combination with plasmapheresis (19% and 22%, respectively). Other treatments administered, ranging in decreasing frequency from 13% to 3%, were rituximab, methotrexate, azathioprine, and mycophenolate mofetil. CONCLUSION: Younger age at disease onset and, perhaps, both gastrointestinal manifestations and more severe kidney disease seem to characterize the clinical profile in children with MPA compared to those with GPA. Delay in diagnosis suggests that recognition of these systemic vasculitides is suboptimal. Compared with adults, initial treatment regimens in children were comparable, but the complete reversal of female-to-male disease prevalence ratios is a provocative finding

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Production and pathogenicity to wheat of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides conidia

Weekly estimates of numbers of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides conidia on naturally infected wheat straw, made from February to July 1982, showed there were most conidia (8.1 × 106 per straw) in February and least (1.9 × 104 per straw) at the end of June. The viability of these spores remained high throughout this period, with an average of 85 % germination after 24 h. After removal of spores produced in the field, straws were incubated at 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25°C and subsequent sporulation assessed after 3 or 5 weeks. The optimum temperature for spore production was 5°C and very few spores were produced at 25°C. There was no difference in viability between spores produced at different temperatures. Wheat seedlings placed amongst infected straw collected and retained spores on the upper and lower surfaces of all leaf blades and on outer leaf sheaths. Both naturally dispersed spores and spores sprayed on to plants were not removed by subsequent rainfall When wheat seedlings were inoculated between the coleoptile and outer leaf sheath with different numbers of P. herpotrichoides spores, lesion development was most rapid in seedlings inoculated with the greatest numbers of spores. However, after incubation for 12 weeks visible lesions were present on all plants inoculated with > c. 10 spores.Peer reviewe

Pathogenicity of Pseudocerocosporella herpotrichoides isolates to wheat seedlings and adult plants

S. Higgins and B. D. L. Fitt , 'Pathogenicity of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides isolates to wheat seedlings and adult plants' , Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, Vol. 92, No. 2 (April 1985), pp. 176-185. Published by Verlag Eugen Ulmer KG Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/43383028Peer reviewe

The development of eyespot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides) lesions in winter wheat crops

The development of eyespot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides) lesions on main shoots of plants in winter-sown wheat crops in 1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84 was studied by recording the incidence and penetration of leaf sheath infections from January to April/May and the incidence and severity of stem lesions from April/May until harvest in July/August. The incidence of leaf sheath infection in a late-sown (3 Nov 1982) crop increased from 15 per cent in January to 60 per cent in March 1983, but decreased during April and May. The mean number of leaf sheaths penetrated per mains shoot increased from 1 in January to 3.5 in May. The crop was sown earlier (9 Sept) in 1983 and after a wet, mild autumn 80 per cent of the plants were infected, with three leaf sheaths penetrated on the main shoots, by January 1984. The incidence of infection changed little in the following 3 months and four leaf sheaths had been penetrated by late April. In 1982, eyespot lesions had become established in main stems of 70-80 per cent of the plants in the crop before the last leaf sheaths at the stem base had withered in mid-June. These lesions became more severe during June and July. In 1983 and 1984, only 20-40 per cent of plants had visible lesions on their mains stems when leaf sheaths had withered and, although the incidence of visible stem lesions increased subsequently, the lesions never became severePeer reviewe