Resolution of the clinical features of tyrosinemia following orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatoma

The clinical history before transplantation and subsequent clinical and biochemical course of 3 children and one adult with hereditary tyrosinemia treated by orthotopic hepatic transplantation is described. All four patients are now free of their previous dietary restrictions and appear to be cured of both their metabolic disease and their hepatic neoplasm. © 1986 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved

Biotechnology in Lausanne: The Rh D Project

Hemolytic disease of the newborn is an often fatal condition of some newborn babies due to the immunogenicity of their Rh D positive erythrocytes in the Rh D negative mother. This condition can be prevented by injecting anti-Rh D antibodies. The current source of these antibodies is blood from immunized human donors. In order to avoid problems with limited supply and donor safety, the Rh D project was set up to develop recombinant monoclonal anti-Rh D antibodies as a possible replacement. In a multidisciplinary collaboration between the Zentrallaboratorium Blutspendedienst (ZlB) of the Swiss Red Cross, the Center of Biotechnology of the University and the EPFL (CBUE), and the Institute of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (EPFl), co-funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and ZLB, a candidate monoclonal anti-Rh D antibody has been selected, expressed in CHO cells, and a manufacturing process for large-scale production has been developed

Differential spatiotemporal targeting of Toxoplasma and Salmonella by GBP1 assembles caspase signalling platforms

Human guanylate binding proteins (GBPs), a family of IFNγ-inducible GTPases, promote cell-intrinsic defence against pathogens and host cell death. We previously identified GBP1 as a mediator of cell death of human macrophages infected with Toxoplasma gondii (Tg) or Salmonella Typhimurium (STm). How GBP1 targets microbes for AIM2 activation during Tg infection and caspase-4 during STm infection remains unclear. Here, using correlative light and electron microscopy and EdU labelling of Tg-DNA, we reveal that GBP1-decorated parasitophorous vacuoles (PVs) lose membrane integrity and release Tg-DNA for detection by AIM2-ASC-CASP8. In contrast, differential staining of cytosolic and vacuolar STm revealed that GBP1 does not contribute to STm escape into the cytosol but decorates almost all cytosolic STm leading to the recruitment of caspase-4. Caspase-5, which can bind LPS and whose expression is upregulated by IFNγ, does not target STm pointing to a key role for caspase-4 in pyroptosis. We also uncover a regulatory mechanism involving the inactivation of GBP1 by its cleavage at Asp192 by caspase-1. Cells expressing non-cleavable GBP1D192E therefore undergo higher caspase-4-driven pyroptosis during STm infection. Taken together, our comparative studies elucidate microbe-specific spatiotemporal roles of GBP1 in inducing cell death by leading to assembly and regulation of divergent caspase signalling platforms

Evaporação potencial de florestas.

A procedure adequated to the study of forest potencial evaporation is presented. Meteorological datas were obtained by automatic weather stations installed on the tower's top, at level 45 m, and constitute part of a large whole of information, which come being formed in the scope of Micrometeorological Experiment, at Ducke Reserve near from Manaus-AM. Observational period was August/83 - April/85, and stations provided houvly measurements of wind velocity, air temperature and specific humidity, solar and net radiation.", 'enUm procedimento para o estudo da evaporação potencial, horária de florestas é apre sentado. As informações meteorológicas analisadas, foram obtidas através de estações automáticas instaladas no topo de uma torre de 45 m, e fazem parte de um conjunto mais amplo de dados, que vem sendo formado no âmbito de um experimento de micrometeorologia se desenrola na Reserva Florestal Ducke nas proximidades de Manaus. As informações utilizadas cobrem o período de agosto de 1983 até abril de 1985 e são compostas por valores médios horários de velocidade do vento, temperatura e umidade especifica do ar, radiação solar e saldo de radiação

Impact of the timing of hepatitis B virus identification and antiâ hepatitis B virus therapy initiation on the risk of adverse liver outcomes for patients receiving cancer therapy

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138209/1/cncr30729_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138209/2/cncr30729.pd

Auswertung Niedrigwasser 2018, 2019 und 2020 – Spree, Schwarze Elster und Lausitzer Neiße: Länderübergreifende Auswertung des Niedrigwassers 2018, 2019 und 2020 in den Flussgebieten Spree, Schwarze Elster und Lausitzer Neiße

Der Bericht beinhaltet eine länderübergreifende Auswertung der Niedrigwassersituation 2018 – 2020 in den vom Braunkohlenbergbau beeinflussten Einzugsgebieten der Spree, Schwarzen Elster und Lausitzer Neiße. Die Trockenheit zeigte sich 2018 in allen Bereichen besonders deutlich, während die Durchflüsse im Jahr 2019 sogar noch weiter zurückgingen. In dieser extremen Niedrigwassersituation hat es sich bewährt, eine konkrete Wasserbewirtschaftung nach Menge und Güte in den vom Braunkohlenbergbau beeinflussten Einzugsgebieten der Spree, Schwarzen Elster und Lausitzer Neiße länderübergreifend abzustimmen. Die getroffenen Maßnahmen in den Flussgebieten wurden evaluiert und sind in diesem Bericht für interessiertes Fachpublikum festgehalten. Redaktionsschluss: 24.02.202

Focal adhesion is associated with lithium response in bipolar disorder: evidence from a network-based multi-omics analysis

Lithium (Li) is one of the most effective drugs for treating bipolar disorder (BD), however, there is presently no way to predict response to guide treatment. The aim of this study is to identify functional genes and pathways that distinguish BD Li responders (LR) from BD Li non-responders (NR). An initial Pharmacogenomics of Bipolar Disorder study (PGBD) GWAS of lithium response did not provide any significant results. As a result, we then employed network-based integrative analysis of transcriptomic and genomic data. In transcriptomic study of iPSC-derived neurons, 41 significantly differentially expressed (DE) genes were identified in LR vs NR regardless of lithium exposure. In the PGBD, post-GWAS gene prioritization using the GWA-boosting (GWAB) approach identified 1119 candidate genes. Following DE-derived network propagation, there was a highly significant overlap of genes between the top 500- and top 2000-proximal gene networks and the GWAB gene list (Phypergeometric = 1.28E–09 and 4.10E–18, respectively). Functional enrichment analyses of the top 500 proximal network genes identified focal adhesion and the extracellular matrix (ECM) as the most significant functions. Our findings suggest that the difference between LR and NR was a much greater effect than that of lithium. The direct impact of dysregulation of focal adhesion on axon guidance and neuronal circuits could underpin mechanisms of response to lithium, as well as underlying BD. It also highlights the power of integrative multi-omics analysis of transcriptomic and genomic profiling to gain molecular insights into lithium response in BD.publishedVersio