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1. Biallelic alterations in PLXND1 cause common arterial trunk and other cardiac malformations in humans. [2023]

Guimier A, de Pontual L, Braddock SR, Torti E, Pérez-Jurado LA, Muñoz-Cabello P, Arumí M, Monaghan KG, Lee H, Wang LK, Pluym ID, Lynch SA, Stals K, Ellard S, Muller C, Houyel L, Cohen L, Lyonnet S, Bajolle F, Amiel J, and Gordon CT
Human molecular genetics [Hum Mol Genet] 2023 Jan 13; Vol. 32 (3), pp. 353-356.

Subjects: Humans, Heart Defects, Congenital, and Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent

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2. Diversification patterns of the grasshopper genus Zoniopoda Stål (Romaleidae, Acridoidea, Orthoptera) in open vegetation biomes of South America. [2018]

POCCO, M. A. R. T. I. N. A. E., GUZMÁN, N. O. E. L. I. A., PLISCHUK, S. A. N. T. I. A. G. O., CONFALONIERI, V. I. V. I. A. N. A., LANGE, C. A. R. L. O. S. E., and CIGLIANO, MARÍA M. A. R. T. A.
Systematic Entomology. Apr2018, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p290-307. 18p.

Subjects: BIODIVERSITY, GRASSHOPPER behavior, BIOMES, PHYLOGENY, and SPECIES distribution
Abstract: Abstract: The open vegetation biomes, within the limits of the Chacoan subregion, occur along a diagonal in eastern South America covering a large range of environmental conditions. In order to contribute to the knowledge on the biodiversity of these open biomes, we analysed the phylogenetic relationships of the grasshopper genus Zoniopoda to the remaining South American Romaleinae, and examined the biogeographical patterns of diversification of the genus. The study is based on morphological and molecular (COI and H3) evidence, including 12 species of Zoniopoda and 17 species of four tribes of South American Romaleinae. We describe a new species of Zoniopoda, and test its taxonomic placement within the group. Results of our phylogenetic analyses recovered Zoniopoda as a monophyletic group with high support values. According to the dispersion–vicariance analysis, the ancestor of Zoniopoda may have been distributed in an area corresponding to the Chacoan and Cerrado provinces. A vicariant event, that could be explained by the uplift of the Brazilian Plateau and the subsidence of the Chaco, is hypothesized to have occurred splitting the ancestral distribution of Zoniopoda, resulting in the independent evolution of the Tarsata group within the Cerrado and the Iheringi group in the Chacoan subregion. This published work has been registered in ZooBank, http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FCFB4C5D-1741-46F1-8E25-B37ED2B9D872. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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3. SPEN haploinsufficiency causes a neurodevelopmental disorder overlapping proximal 1p36 deletion syndrome with an episignature of X chromosomes in females. [2021]

Radio FC, Pang K, Ciolfi A, Levy MA, Hernández-García A, Pedace L, Pantaleoni F, Liu Z, de Boer E, Jackson A, Bruselles A, McConkey H, Stellacci E, Lo Cicero S, Motta M, Carrozzo R, Dentici ML, McWalter K, Desai M, Monaghan KG, Telegrafi A, Philippe C, Vitobello A, Au M, Grand K, Sanchez-Lara PA, Baez J, Lindstrom K, Kulch P, Sebastian J, Madan-Khetarpal S, Roadhouse C, MacKenzie JJ, Monteleone B, Saunders CJ, Jean Cuevas JK, Cross L, Zhou D, Hartley T, Sawyer SL, Monteiro FP, Secches TV, Kok F, Schultz-Rogers LE, Macke EL, Morava E, Klee EW, Kemppainen J, Iascone M, Selicorni A, Tenconi R, Amor DJ, Pais L, Gallacher L, Turnpenny PD, Stals K, Ellard S, Cabet S, Lesca G, Pascal J, Steindl K, Ravid S, Weiss K, Castle AMR, Carter MT, Kalsner L, de Vries BBA, van Bon BW, Wevers MR, Pfundt R, Stegmann APA, Kerr B, Kingston HM, Chandler KE, Sheehan W, Elias AF, Shinde DN, Towne MC, Robin NH, Goodloe D, Vanderver A, Sherbini O, Bluske K, Hagelstrom RT, Zanus C, Faletra F, Musante L, Kurtz-Nelson EC, Earl RK, Anderlid BM, Morin G, van Slegtenhorst M, Diderich KEM, Brooks AS, Gribnau J, Boers RG, Finestra TR, Carter LB, Rauch A, Gasparini P, Boycott KM, Barakat TS, Graham JM Jr, Faivre L, Banka S, Wang T, Eichler EE, Priolo M, Dallapiccola B, Vissers LELM, Sadikovic B, Scott DA, Holder JL Jr, and Tartaglia M
American journal of human genetics [Am J Hum Genet] 2021 Mar 04; Vol. 108 (3), pp. 502-516. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 16.

Subjects: Adolescent, Autism Spectrum Disorder genetics, Autism Spectrum Disorder pathology, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosome Deletion, Chromosome Disorders physiopathology, DNA Methylation genetics, Epigenesis, Genetic genetics, Female, Haploinsufficiency genetics, Humans, Intellectual Disability genetics, Intellectual Disability physiopathology, Male, Neurodevelopmental Disorders genetics, Neurodevelopmental Disorders physiopathology, Phenotype, Young Adult, Chromosome Disorders genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, X genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, and RNA-Binding Proteins genetics
Abstract: Deletion 1p36 (del1p36) syndrome is the most common human disorder resulting from a terminal autosomal deletion. This condition is molecularly and clinically heterogeneous. Deletions involving two non-overlapping regions, known as the distal (telomeric) and proximal (centromeric) critical regions, are sufficient to cause the majority of the recurrent clinical features, although with different facial features and dysmorphisms. SPEN encodes a transcriptional repressor commonly deleted in proximal del1p36 syndrome and is located centromeric to the proximal 1p36 critical region. Here, we used clinical data from 34 individuals with truncating variants in SPEN to define a neurodevelopmental disorder presenting with features that overlap considerably with those of proximal del1p36 syndrome. The clinical profile of this disease includes developmental delay/intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, aggressive behavior, attention deficit disorder, hypotonia, brain and spine anomalies, congenital heart defects, high/narrow palate, facial dysmorphisms, and obesity/increased BMI, especially in females. SPEN also emerges as a relevant gene for del1p36 syndrome by co-expression analyses. Finally, we show that haploinsufficiency of SPEN is associated with a distinctive DNA methylation episignature of the X chromosome in affected females, providing further evidence of a specific contribution of the protein to the epigenetic control of this chromosome, and a paradigm of an X chromosome-specific episignature that classifies syndromic traits. We conclude that SPEN is required for multiple developmental processes and SPEN haploinsufficiency is a major contributor to a disorder associated with deletions centromeric to the previously established 1p36 critical regions.
(Copyright © 2021 American Society of Human Genetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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4. BICRA, a SWI/SNF Complex Member, Is Associated with BAF-Disorder Related Phenotypes in Humans and Model Organisms. [2020]

Barish S, Barakat TS, Michel BC, Mashtalir N, Phillips JB, Valencia AM, Ugur B, Wegner J, Scott TM, Bostwick B, Murdock DR, Dai H, Perenthaler E, Nikoncuk A, van Slegtenhorst M, Brooks AS, Keren B, Nava C, Mignot C, Douglas J, Rodan L, Nowak C, Ellard S, Stals K, Lynch SA, Faoucher M, Lesca G, Edery P, Engleman KL, Zhou D, Thiffault I, Herriges J, Gass J, Louie RJ, Stolerman E, Washington C, Vetrini F, Otsubo A, Pratt VM, Conboy E, Treat K, Shannon N, Camacho J, Wakeling E, Yuan B, Chen CA, Rosenfeld JA, Westerfield M, Wangler M, Yamamoto S, Kadoch C, Scott DA, and Bellen HJ
American journal of human genetics [Am J Hum Genet] 2020 Dec 03; Vol. 107 (6), pp. 1096-1112. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 23.

Subjects: Adolescent, Animals, Child, Child, Preschool, Drosophila Proteins genetics, Drosophila melanogaster, Female, Genes, Dominant, Genetic Variation, Haploinsufficiency, Humans, Infant, Male, Microscopy, Confocal, Neuroglia metabolism, Neurons metabolism, Protein Binding, Zebrafish, Zebrafish Proteins genetics, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone genetics, Developmental Disabilities genetics, Mutation, Missense, Phenotype, and Tumor Suppressor Proteins genetics
Abstract: SWI/SNF-related intellectual disability disorders (SSRIDDs) are rare neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by developmental disability, coarse facial features, and fifth digit/nail hypoplasia that are caused by pathogenic variants in genes that encode for members of the SWI/SNF (or BAF) family of chromatin remodeling complexes. We have identified 12 individuals with rare variants (10 loss-of-function, 2 missense) in the BICRA (BRD4 interacting chromatin remodeling complex-associated protein) gene, also known as GLTSCR1, which encodes a subunit of the non-canonical BAF (ncBAF) complex. These individuals exhibited neurodevelopmental phenotypes that include developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and behavioral abnormalities as well as dysmorphic features. Notably, the majority of individuals lack the fifth digit/nail hypoplasia phenotype, a hallmark of most SSRIDDs. To confirm the role of BICRA in the development of these phenotypes, we performed functional characterization of the zebrafish and Drosophila orthologs of BICRA. In zebrafish, a mutation of bicra that mimics one of the loss-of-function variants leads to craniofacial defects possibly akin to the dysmorphic facial features seen in individuals harboring putatively pathogenic BICRA variants. We further show that Bicra physically binds to other non-canonical ncBAF complex members, including the BRD9/7 ortholog, CG7154, and is the defining member of the ncBAF complex in flies. Like other SWI/SNF complex members, loss of Bicra function in flies acts as a dominant enhancer of position effect variegation but in a more context-specific manner. We conclude that haploinsufficiency of BICRA leads to a unique SSRIDD in humans whose phenotypes overlap with those previously reported.
(Copyright © 2020 American Society of Human Genetics. All rights reserved.)

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5. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. [2018]

Thomson SA, Pyle RL, Ahyong ST, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Ammirati J, Araya JF, Ascher JS, Audisio TL, Azevedo-Santos VM, Bailly N, Baker WJ, Balke M, Barclay MVL, Barrett RL, Benine RC, Bickerstaff JRM, Bouchard P, Bour R, Bourgoin T, Boyko CB, Breure ASH, Brothers DJ, Byng JW, Campbell D, Ceríaco LMP, Cernák I, Cerretti P, Chang CH, Cho S, Copus JM, Costello MJ, Cseh A, Csuzdi C, Culham A, D'Elía G, d'Udekem d'Acoz C, Daneliya ME, Dekker R, Dickinson EC, Dickinson TA, van Dijk PP, Dijkstra KB, Dima B, Dmitriev DA, Duistermaat L, Dumbacher JP, Eiserhardt WL, Ekrem T, Evenhuis NL, Faille A, Fernández-Triana JL, Fiesler E, Fishbein M, Fordham BG, Freitas AVL, Friol NR, Fritz U, Frøslev T, Funk VA, Gaimari SD, Garbino GST, Garraffoni ARS, Geml J, Gill AC, Gray A, Grazziotin FG, Greenslade P, Gutiérrez EE, Harvey MS, Hazevoet CJ, He K, He X, Helfer S, Helgen KM, van Heteren AH, Hita Garcia F, Holstein N, Horváth MK, Hovenkamp PH, Hwang WS, Hyvönen J, Islam MB, Iverson JB, Ivie MA, Jaafar Z, Jackson MD, Jayat JP, Johnson NF, Kaiser H, Klitgård BB, Knapp DG, Kojima JI, Kõljalg U, Kontschán J, Krell FT, Krisai-Greilhuber I, Kullander S, Latella L, Lattke JE, Lencioni V, Lewis GP, Lhano MG, Lujan NK, Luksenburg JA, Mariaux J, Marinho-Filho J, Marshall CJ, Mate JF, McDonough MM, Michel E, Miranda VFO, Mitroiu MD, Molinari J, Monks S, Moore AJ, Moratelli R, Murányi D, Nakano T, Nikolaeva S, Noyes J, Ohl M, Oleas NH, Orrell T, Páll-Gergely B, Pape T, Papp V, Parenti LR, Patterson D, Pavlinov IY, Pine RH, Poczai P, Prado J, Prathapan D, Rabeler RK, Randall JE, Rheindt FE, Rhodin AGJ, Rodríguez SM, Rogers DC, Roque FO, Rowe KC, Ruedas LA, Salazar-Bravo J, Salvador RB, Sangster G, Sarmiento CE, Schigel DS, Schmidt S, Schueler FW, Segers H, Snow N, Souza-Dias PGB, Stals R, Stenroos S, Stone RD, Sturm CF, Štys P, Teta P, Thomas DC, Timm RM, Tindall BJ, Todd JA, Triebel D, Valdecasas AG, Vizzini A, Vorontsova MS, de Vos JM, Wagner P, Watling L, Weakley A, Welter-Schultes F, Whitmore D, Wilding N, Will K, Williams J, Wilson K, Winston JE, Wüster W, Yanega D, Yeates DK, Zaher H, Zhang G, Zhang ZQ, and Zhou HZ
PLoS biology [PLoS Biol] 2018 Mar 14; Vol. 16 (3), pp. e2005075. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 14 (Print Publication: 2018).

Subjects: Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources

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6. Obeticholic acid for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: interim analysis from a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. [2019]

Younossi ZM, Ratziu V, Loomba R, Rinella M, Anstee QM, Goodman Z, Bedossa P, Geier A, Beckebaum S, Newsome PN, Sheridan D, Sheikh MY, Trotter J, Knapple W, Lawitz E, Abdelmalek MF, Kowdley KV, Montano-Loza AJ, Boursier J, Mathurin P, Bugianesi E, Mazzella G, Olveira A, Cortez-Pinto H, Graupera I, Orr D, Gluud LL, Dufour JF, Shapiro D, Campagna J, Zaru L, MacConell L, Shringarpure R, Harrison S, and Sanyal AJ
Lancet (London, England) [Lancet] 2019 Dec 14; Vol. 394 (10215), pp. 2184-2196. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 05.

Subjects: Administration, Oral, Biomarkers analysis, Biopsy, Chenodeoxycholic Acid administration dosage, Chenodeoxycholic Acid therapeutic use, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Liver Function Tests, Male, Middle Aged, Chenodeoxycholic Acid analogs derivatives, and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease drug therapy
Abstract: Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common type of chronic liver disease that can lead to cirrhosis. Obeticholic acid, a farnesoid X receptor agonist, has been shown to improve the histological features of NASH. Here we report results from a planned interim analysis of an ongoing, phase 3 study of obeticholic acid for NASH.
Methods: In this multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, adult patients with definite NASH, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity score of at least 4, and fibrosis stages F2-F3, or F1 with at least one accompanying comorbidity, were randomly assigned using an interactive web response system in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive oral placebo, obeticholic acid 10 mg, or obeticholic acid 25 mg daily. Patients were excluded if cirrhosis, other chronic liver disease, elevated alcohol consumption, or confounding conditions were present. The primary endpoints for the month-18 interim analysis were fibrosis improvement (≥1 stage) with no worsening of NASH, or NASH resolution with no worsening of fibrosis, with the study considered successful if either primary endpoint was met. Primary analyses were done by intention to treat, in patients with fibrosis stage F2-F3 who received at least one dose of treatment and reached, or would have reached, the month 18 visit by the prespecified interim analysis cutoff date. The study also evaluated other histological and biochemical markers of NASH and fibrosis, and safety. This study is ongoing, and registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02548351, and EudraCT, 20150-025601-6.
Findings: Between Dec 9, 2015, and Oct 26, 2018, 1968 patients with stage F1-F3 fibrosis were enrolled and received at least one dose of study treatment; 931 patients with stage F2-F3 fibrosis were included in the primary analysis (311 in the placebo group, 312 in the obeticholic acid 10 mg group, and 308 in the obeticholic acid 25 mg group). The fibrosis improvement endpoint was achieved by 37 (12%) patients in the placebo group, 55 (18%) in the obeticholic acid 10 mg group (p=0·045), and 71 (23%) in the obeticholic acid 25 mg group (p=0·0002). The NASH resolution endpoint was not met (25 [8%] patients in the placebo group, 35 [11%] in the obeticholic acid 10 mg group [p=0·18], and 36 [12%] in the obeticholic acid 25 mg group [p=0·13]). In the safety population (1968 patients with fibrosis stages F1-F3), the most common adverse event was pruritus (123 [19%] in the placebo group, 183 [28%] in the obeticholic acid 10 mg group, and 336 [51%] in the obeticholic acid 25 mg group); incidence was generally mild to moderate in severity. The overall safety profile was similar to that in previous studies, and incidence of serious adverse events was similar across treatment groups (75 [11%] patients in the placebo group, 72 [11%] in the obeticholic acid 10 mg group, and 93 [14%] in the obeticholic acid 25 mg group).
Interpretation: Obeticholic acid 25 mg significantly improved fibrosis and key components of NASH disease activity among patients with NASH. The results from this planned interim analysis show clinically significant histological improvement that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. This study is ongoing to assess clinical outcomes.
Funding: Intercept Pharmaceuticals.
(Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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7. Muscle contractures in patients with cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury are associated with extracellular matrix expansion, pro-inflammatory gene expression, and reduced rRNA synthesis. [2018]

Von Walden F, Gantelius S, Liu C, Borgström H, Björk L, Gremark O, Stål P, Nader GA, and PontéN E
Muscle & nerve [Muscle Nerve] 2018 Aug; Vol. 58 (2), pp. 277-285. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 24.

Subjects: Adolescent, Cell Count, Child, Collagen metabolism, Cytokines biosynthesis, Cytokines genetics, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Male, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal pathology, RNA, Ribosomal genetics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ribosomes genetics, Ribosomes pathology, Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle pathology, Brain Injuries pathology, Cerebral Palsy pathology, Extracellular Matrix pathology, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, and RNA, Ribosomal biosynthesis
Abstract: Introduction: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) and acquired brain injury (ABI) commonly develop muscle contractures with advancing age. An underlying growth defect contributing to skeletal muscle contracture formation in CP/ABI has been suggested.
Methods: The biceps muscles of children and adolescents with CP/ABI (n = 20) and typically developing controls (n = 10) were investigated. We used immunohistochemistry, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and Western blotting to assess gene expression relevant to growth and size homeostasis.
Results: Classical pro-inflammatory cytokines and genes involved in extracellular matrix (ECM) production were elevated in skeletal muscle of children with CP/ABI. Intramuscular collagen content was increased and satellite cell number decreased and this was associated with reduced levels of RNA polymerase I transcription factors, 45s pre-rRNA and 28S rRNA.
Discussion: The present study provides novel data suggesting a role for pro-inflammatory cytokines and reduced ribosomal production in the development/maintenance of muscle contractures, possibly underlying stunted growth and perimysial ECM expansion. Muscle Nerve 58: 277-285, 2018.
(© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

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8. Diagnosis of lethal or prenatal-onset autosomal recessive disorders by parental exome sequencing. [2018]

Stals KL, Wakeling M, Baptista J, Caswell R, Parrish A, Rankin J, Tysoe C, Jones G, Gunning AC, Lango Allen H, Bradley L, Brady AF, Carley H, Carmichael J, Castle B, Cilliers D, Cox H, Deshpande C, Dixit A, Eason J, Elmslie F, Fry AE, Fryer A, Holder M, Homfray T, Kivuva E, McKay V, Newbury-Ecob R, Parker M, Savarirayan R, Searle C, Shannon N, Shears D, Smithson S, Thomas E, Turnpenny PD, Varghese V, Vasudevan P, Wakeling E, Baple EL, and Ellard S
Prenatal diagnosis [Prenat Diagn] 2018 Jan; Vol. 38 (1), pp. 33-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 03.

Subjects: Female, Genes, Recessive, Humans, Male, Pregnancy, Congenital Abnormalities genetics, Genetic Diseases, Inborn diagnosis, Parents, Prenatal Diagnosis methods, and Exome Sequencing
Abstract: Objective: Rare genetic disorders resulting in prenatal or neonatal death are genetically heterogeneous, but testing is often limited by the availability of fetal DNA, leaving couples without a potential prenatal test for future pregnancies. We describe our novel strategy of exome sequencing parental DNA samples to diagnose recessive monogenic disorders in an audit of the first 50 couples referred.
Method: Exome sequencing was carried out in a consecutive series of 50 couples who had 1 or more pregnancies affected with a lethal or prenatal-onset disorder. In all cases, there was insufficient DNA for exome sequencing of the affected fetus. Heterozygous rare variants (MAF < 0.001) in the same gene in both parents were selected for analysis. Likely, disease-causing variants were tested in fetal DNA to confirm co-segregation.
Results: Parental exome analysis identified heterozygous pathogenic (or likely pathogenic) variants in 24 different genes in 26/50 couples (52%). Where 2 or more fetuses were affected, a genetic diagnosis was obtained in 18/29 cases (62%). In most cases, the clinical features were typical of the disorder, but in others, they result from a hypomorphic variant or represent the most severe form of a variable phenotypic spectrum.
Conclusion: We conclude that exome sequencing of parental samples is a powerful strategy with high clinical utility for the genetic diagnosis of lethal or prenatal-onset recessive disorders. © 2017 The Authors Prenatal Diagnosis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
(© 2017 The Authors Prenatal Diagnosis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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9. The role of microRNA-200 in progression of human colorectal and breast cancer. [2013]

Bojmar L, Karlsson E, Ellegård S, Olsson H, Björnsson B, Hallböök O, Larsson M, Stål O, and Sandström P
PloS one [PLoS One] 2013 Dec 20; Vol. 8 (12), pp. e84815. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 20 (Print Publication: 2013).

Subjects: Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Cadherins metabolism, Colorectal Neoplasms genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms metabolism, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic genetics, Homeodomain Proteins metabolism, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, In Situ Hybridization, Laser Capture Microdissection, Liver Neoplasms secondary, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Survival Analysis, Transcription Factors metabolism, Zinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1, Breast Neoplasms physiopathology, Colorectal Neoplasms physiopathology, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition physiology, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic physiology, Liver Neoplasms metabolism, MicroRNAs metabolism, and Signal Transduction physiology
Abstract: The role of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer has been studied extensively in vitro, but involvement of the EMT in tumorigenesis in vivo is largely unknown. We investigated the potential of microRNAs as clinical markers and analyzed participation of the EMT-associated microRNA-200-ZEB-E-cadherin pathway in cancer progression. Expression of the microRNA-200 family was quantified by real-time RT-PCR analysis of fresh-frozen and microdissected formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded primary colorectal tumors, normal colon mucosa, and matched liver metastases. MicroRNA expression was validated by in situ hybridization and after in vitro culture of the malignant cells. To assess EMT as a predictive marker, factors considered relevant in colorectal cancer were investigated in 98 primary breast tumors from a treatment-randomized study. Associations between the studied EMT-markers were found in primary breast tumors and in colorectal liver metastases. MicroRNA-200 expression in epithelial cells was lower in malignant mucosa than in normal mucosa, and was also decreased in metastatic compared to non-metastatic colorectal cancer. Low microRNA-200 expression in colorectal liver metastases was associated with bad prognosis. In breast cancer, low levels of microRNA-200 were related to reduced survival and high expression of microRNA-200 was predictive of benefit from radiotheraphy. MicroRNA-200 was associated with ER positive status, and inversely correlated to HER2 and overactivation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, that was associated with high ZEB1 mRNA expression. Our findings suggest that the stability of microRNAs makes them suitable as clinical markers and that the EMT-related microRNA-200-ZEB-E-cadherin signaling pathway is connected to established clinical characteristics and can give useful prognostic and treatment-predictive information in progressive breast and colorectal cancers.

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10. AIP mutations in young patients with acromegaly and the Tampico Giant: the Mexican experience. [2016]

Ramírez-Rentería C, Hernández-Ramírez LC, Portocarrero-Ortiz L, Vargas G, Melgar V, Espinosa E, Espinosa-de-Los-Monteros AL, Sosa E, González B, Zúñiga S, Unterländer M, Burger J, Stals K, Bussell AM, Ellard S, Dang M, Iacovazzo D, Kapur S, Gabrovska P, Radian S, Roncaroli F, Korbonits M, and Mercado M
Endocrine [Endocrine] 2016 Aug; Vol. 53 (2), pp. 402-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 31.

Subjects: Adenoma genetics, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Gene Frequency, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma genetics, Humans, Male, Mexico, Mutation, Young Adult, Acromegaly genetics, Gigantism genetics, and Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins genetics
Abstract: Although aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) mutations are rare in sporadic acromegaly, their prevalence among young patients is nonnegligible. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the frequency of AIP mutations in a cohort of Mexican patients with acromegaly with disease onset before the age of 30 and to search for molecular abnormalities in the AIP gene in teeth obtained from the "Tampico Giant". Peripheral blood DNA from 71 patients with acromegaly (51 females) with disease onset <30 years was analysed (median age of disease onset of 23 years) and correlated with clinical, biochemical and imaging characteristics. Sequencing was also carried out in DNA extracted from teeth of the Tampico Giant. Five patients (7 %) harboured heterozygous, germline mutations of the AIP gene. In two of them (a 9-year-old girl with gigantism and a young man with symptoms of GH excess since age 14) the c.910C>T (p.Arg304Ter), well-known truncating mutation was identified; in one of these two cases and her identical twin sister, the mutation proved to be a de novo event, since neither of their parents were found to be carriers. In the remaining three patients, new mutations were identified: a frameshift mutation (c.976_977insC, p.Gly326AfsTer), an in-frame deletion (c.872_877del, p.Val291_Leu292del) and a nonsense mutation (c.868A > T, p.Lys290Ter), which are predicted to be pathogenic based on in silico analysis. Patients with AIP mutations tended to have an earlier onset of acromegaly and harboured larger and more invasive tumours. A previously described genetic variant of unknown significance (c.869C > T, p.Ala299Val) was identified in DNA from the Tampico Giant. The prevalence of AIP mutations in young Mexican patients with acromegaly is similar to that of European cohorts. Our results support the need for genetic evaluation of patients with early onset acromegaly.

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11. Significant Benefits of AIP Testing and Clinical Screening in Familial Isolated and Young-onset Pituitary Tumors. [2020]

Marques P, Caimari F, Hernández-Ramírez LC, Collier D, Iacovazzo D, Ronaldson A, Magid K, Lim CT, Stals K, Ellard S, Grossman AB, and Korbonits M
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism [J Clin Endocrinol Metab] 2020 Jun 01; Vol. 105 (6).

Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma genetics, Humans, Male, Pituitary Neoplasms genetics, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Young Adult, Biomarkers analysis, Genetic Testing methods, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma diagnosis, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins genetics, Mass Screening methods, Mutation, and Pituitary Neoplasms diagnosis
Abstract: Context: Germline mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) gene are responsible for a subset of familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) cases and sporadic pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs).
Objective: To compare prospectively diagnosed AIP mutation-positive (AIPmut) PitNET patients with clinically presenting patients and to compare the clinical characteristics of AIPmut and AIPneg PitNET patients.
Design: 12-year prospective, observational study.
Participants & Setting: We studied probands and family members of FIPA kindreds and sporadic patients with disease onset ≤18 years or macroadenomas with onset ≤30 years (n = 1477). This was a collaborative study conducted at referral centers for pituitary diseases.
Interventions & Outcome: AIP testing and clinical screening for pituitary disease. Comparison of characteristics of prospectively diagnosed (n = 22) vs clinically presenting AIPmut PitNET patients (n = 145), and AIPmut (n = 167) vs AIPneg PitNET patients (n = 1310).
Results: Prospectively diagnosed AIPmut PitNET patients had smaller lesions with less suprasellar extension or cavernous sinus invasion and required fewer treatments with fewer operations and no radiotherapy compared with clinically presenting cases; there were fewer cases with active disease and hypopituitarism at last follow-up. When comparing AIPmut and AIPneg cases, AIPmut patients were more often males, younger, more often had GH excess, pituitary apoplexy, suprasellar extension, and more patients required multimodal therapy, including radiotherapy. AIPmut patients (n = 136) with GH excess were taller than AIPneg counterparts (n = 650).
Conclusions: Prospectively diagnosed AIPmut patients show better outcomes than clinically presenting cases, demonstrating the benefits of genetic and clinical screening. AIP-related pituitary disease has a wide spectrum ranging from aggressively growing lesions to stable or indolent disease course.
(© Endocrine Society 2020.)

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12. Lupus anticoagulant associates with thrombosis in patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units: A retrospective cohort study. [2022]

Noordermeer T, Schutgens REG, Visser C, Rademaker E, de Maat MPM, Jansen AJG, Limper M, Cremer OL, Kruip MJHA, Endeman H, Maas C, de Laat B, and Urbanus RT
Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis [Res Pract Thromb Haemost] 2022 Sep 16; Vol. 6 (6), pp. e12809. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 16 (Print Publication: 2022).

Abstract: Background: Thrombosis is a frequent and severe complication in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Lupus anticoagulant (LA) is a strong acquired risk factor for thrombosis in various diseases and is frequently observed in patients with COVID-19. Whether LA is associated with thrombosis in patients with severe COVID-19 is currently unclear.
Objective: To investigate if LA is associated with thrombosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
Patients/methods: The presence of LA and other antiphospholipid antibodies was assessed in patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU. LA was determined with dilute Russell's viper venom time (dRVVT) and LA-sensitive activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) reagents.
Results: Of 169 patients with COVID-19, 116 (69%) tested positive for at least one antiphospholipid antibody upon admission to the ICU. Forty (24%) patients tested positive for LA; of whom 29 (17%) tested positive with a dRVVT, 19 (11%) tested positive with an LA-sensitive aPTT, and 8 (5%) tested positive on both tests. Fifty-eight (34%) patients developed thrombosis after ICU admission. The odds ratio (OR) for thrombosis in patients with LA based on a dRVVT was 2.5 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-5.7), which increased to 4.5 (95% CI, 1.4-14.3) in patients at or below the median age in this study (64 years). LA positivity based on a dRVVT or LA-sensitive aPTT was only associated with thrombosis in patients aged less than 65 years (OR, 3.8; 95% CI, 1.3-11.4) and disappeared after adjustment for C-reactive protein.
Conclusion: Lupus anticoagulant on admission is strongly associated with thrombosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19, especially in patients aged less than 65 years.
(© 2022 The Authors. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH).)

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13. Heterogeneous genetic background of the association of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma and pituitary adenoma: results from a large patient cohort. [2015]

Dénes J, Swords F, Rattenberry E, Stals K, Owens M, Cranston T, Xekouki P, Moran L, Kumar A, Wassif C, Fersht N, Baldeweg SE, Morris D, Lightman S, Agha A, Rees A, Grieve J, Powell M, Boguszewski CL, Dutta P, Thakker RV, Srirangalingam U, Thompson CJ, Druce M, Higham C, Davis J, Eeles R, Stevenson M, O'Sullivan B, Taniere P, Skordilis K, Gabrovska P, Barlier A, Webb SM, Aulinas A, Drake WM, Bevan JS, Preda C, Dalantaeva N, Ribeiro-Oliveira A Jr, Garcia IT, Yordanova G, Iotova V, Evanson J, Grossman AB, Trouillas J, Ellard S, Stratakis CA, Maher ER, Roncaroli F, and Korbonits M
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism [J Clin Endocrinol Metab] 2015 Mar; Vol. 100 (3), pp. E531-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Dec 12.

Subjects: Adenoma epidemiology, Adrenal Gland Neoplasms epidemiology, Adult, Cohort Studies, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Testing, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Paraganglioma epidemiology, Pheochromocytoma epidemiology, Pituitary Neoplasms epidemiology, Young Adult, Adenoma genetics, Adrenal Gland Neoplasms genetics, Genetic Heterogeneity, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Paraganglioma genetics, Pheochromocytoma genetics, and Pituitary Neoplasms genetics
Abstract: Context: Pituitary adenomas and pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas (pheo/PGL) can occur in the same patient or in the same family. Coexistence of the two diseases could be due to either a common pathogenic mechanism or a coincidence.
Objective: The objective of the investigation was to study the possible coexistence of pituitary adenoma and pheo/PGL.
Design: Thirty-nine cases of sporadic or familial pheo/PGL and pituitary adenomas were investigated. Known pheo/PGL genes (SDHA-D, SDHAF2, RET, VHL, TMEM127, MAX, FH) and pituitary adenoma genes (MEN1, AIP, CDKN1B) were sequenced using next generation or Sanger sequencing. Loss of heterozygosity study and pathological studies were performed on the available tumor samples.
Setting: The study was conducted at university hospitals.
Patients: Thirty-nine patients with sporadic of familial pituitary adenoma and pheo/PGL participated in the study.
Outcome: Outcomes included genetic screening and clinical characteristics.
Results: Eleven germline mutations (five SDHB, one SDHC, one SDHD, two VHL, and two MEN1) and four variants of unknown significance (two SDHA, one SDHB, and one SDHAF2) were identified in the studied genes in our patient cohort. Tumor tissue analysis identified LOH at the SDHB locus in three pituitary adenomas and loss of heterozygosity at the MEN1 locus in two pheochromocytomas. All the pituitary adenomas of patients affected by SDHX alterations have a unique histological feature not previously described in this context.
Conclusions: Mutations in the genes known to cause pheo/PGL can rarely be associated with pituitary adenomas, whereas mutation in a gene predisposing to pituitary adenomas (MEN1) can be associated with pheo/PGL. Our findings suggest that genetic testing should be considered in all patients or families with the constellation of pheo/PGL and a pituitary adenoma.

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14. VAV3 mediates resistance to breast cancer endocrine therapy. [2014]

Aguilar H, Urruticoechea A, Halonen P, Kiyotani K, Mushiroda T, Barril X, Serra-Musach J, Islam A, Caizzi L, Di Croce L, Nevedomskaya E, Zwart W, Bostner J, Karlsson E, Pérez Tenorio G, Fornander T, Sgroi DC, Garcia-Mata R, Jansen MP, García N, Bonifaci N, Climent F, Soler MT, Rodríguez-Vida A, Gil M, Brunet J, Martrat G, Gómez-Baldó L, Extremera AI, Figueras A, Balart J, Clarke R, Burnstein KL, Carlson KE, Katzenellenbogen JA, Vizoso M, Esteller M, Villanueva A, Rodríguez-Peña AB, Bustelo XR, Nakamura Y, Zembutsu H, Stål O, Beijersbergen RL, and Pujana MA
Breast cancer research : BCR [Breast Cancer Res] 2014 May 28; Vol. 16 (3), pp. R53. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 May 28.

Subjects: Androstadienes therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal pharmacology, Aromatase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Biomarkers, Tumor genetics, Breast pathology, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Cell Survival drug effects, Enzyme Activators pharmacology, ErbB Receptors antagonists inhibitors, Erlotinib Hydrochloride, Estrogen Receptor alpha antagonists inhibitors, Estrogen Receptor alpha genetics, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Variation, Humans, Letrozole, MCF-7 Cells, Nitriles therapeutic use, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacology, Quinazolines pharmacology, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering, Tamoxifen pharmacology, Tamoxifen therapeutic use, Toremifene pharmacology, Toremifene therapeutic use, Triazoles therapeutic use, Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm genetics, Estrogen Receptor alpha metabolism, Indazoles pharmacology, and Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav genetics
Abstract: Introduction: Endocrine therapies targeting cell proliferation and survival mediated by estrogen receptor α (ERα) are among the most effective systemic treatments for ERα-positive breast cancer. However, most tumors initially responsive to these therapies acquire resistance through mechanisms that involve ERα transcriptional regulatory plasticity. Herein we identify VAV3 as a critical component in this process.
Methods: A cell-based chemical compound screen was carried out to identify therapeutic strategies against resistance to endocrine therapy. Binding to ERα was evaluated by molecular docking analyses, an agonist fluoligand assay and short hairpin (sh)RNA-mediated protein depletion. Microarray analyses were performed to identify altered gene expression. Western blot analysis of signaling and proliferation markers, and shRNA-mediated protein depletion in viability and clonogenic assays, were performed to delineate the role of VAV3. Genetic variation in VAV3 was assessed for association with the response to tamoxifen. Immunohistochemical analyses of VAV3 were carried out to determine its association with therapeutic response and different tumor markers. An analysis of gene expression association with drug sensitivity was carried out to identify a potential therapeutic approach based on differential VAV3 expression.
Results: The compound YC-1 was found to comparatively reduce the viability of cell models of acquired resistance. This effect was probably not due to activation of its canonical target (soluble guanylyl cyclase), but instead was likely a result of binding to ERα. VAV3 was selectively reduced upon exposure to YC-1 or ERα depletion, and, accordingly, VAV3 depletion comparatively reduced the viability of cell models of acquired resistance. In the clinical scenario, germline variation in VAV3 was associated with the response to tamoxifen in Japanese breast cancer patients (rs10494071 combined P value = 8.4 × 10-4). The allele association combined with gene expression analyses indicated that low VAV3 expression predicts better clinical outcome. Conversely, high nuclear VAV3 expression in tumor cells was associated with poorer endocrine therapy response. Based on VAV3 expression levels and the response to erlotinib in cancer cell lines, targeting EGFR signaling may be a promising therapeutic strategy.
Conclusions: This study proposes VAV3 as a biomarker and a rationale for its use as a signaling target to prevent and/or overcome resistance to endocrine therapy in breast cancer.

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15. Evaluation of genome-wide loci of iron metabolism in hereditary hemochromatosis identifies PCSK7 as a host risk factor of liver cirrhosis. [2014]

Stickel F, Buch S, Zoller H, Hultcrantz R, Gallati S, Österreicher C, Finkenstedt A, Stadlmayr A, Aigner E, Sahinbegovic E, Sarrazin C, Schafmayer C, Braun F, Erhart W, Nothnagel M, Lerch MM, Mayerle J, Völzke H, Schaller A, Kratzer W, Boehm BO, Sipos B, D'Amato M, Torkvist L, Stal P, Arlt A, Franke A, Becker T, Krawczak M, Zwerina J, Berg T, Hinrichsen H, Krones E, Dejaco C, Strasser M, Datz C, and Hampe J
Human molecular genetics [Hum Mol Genet] 2014 Jul 15; Vol. 23 (14), pp. 3883-90. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Feb 20.

Subjects: Aged, Female, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hemochromatosis complications, Hemochromatosis pathology, Hemochromatosis Protein, Homozygote, Humans, Iron metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, Hemochromatosis genetics, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I genetics, Liver Cirrhosis genetics, Membrane Proteins genetics, and Subtilisins genetics
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed genetic determinants of iron metabolism, but correlation of these with clinical phenotypes is pending. Homozygosity for HFE C282Y is the predominant genetic risk factor for hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) and may cause liver cirrhosis. However, this genotype has a low penetrance. Thus, detection of yet unknown genetic markers that identify patients at risk of developing severe liver disease is necessary for better prevention. Genetic loci associated with iron metabolism (TF, TMPRSS6, PCSK7, TFR2 and Chr2p14) in recent GWAS and liver fibrosis (PNPLA3) in recent meta-analysis were analyzed for association with either liver cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis in 148 German HFE C282Y homozygotes. Replication of associations was sought in additional 499 Austrian/Swiss and 112 HFE C282Y homozygotes from Sweden. Only variant rs236918 in the PCSK7 gene (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 7) was associated with cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis (P = 1.02 × 10(-5)) in the German cohort with genotypic odds ratios of 3.56 (95% CI 1.29-9.77) for CG heterozygotes and 5.38 (95% CI 2.39-12.10) for C allele carriers. Association between rs236918 and cirrhosis was confirmed in Austrian/Swiss HFE C282Y homozygotes (P = 0.014; ORallelic = 1.82 (95% CI 1.12-2.95) but not in Swedish patients. Post hoc combined analyses of German/Swiss/Austrian patients with available liver histology (N = 244, P = 0.00014, ORallelic = 2.84) and of males only (N = 431, P = 2.17 × 10(-5), ORallelic = 2.54) were consistent with the premier finding. Association between rs236918 and cirrhosis was not confirmed in alcoholic cirrhotics, suggesting specificity of this genetic risk factor for HH. PCSK7 variant rs236918 is a risk factor for cirrhosis in HH patients homozygous for the HFE C282Y mutation.
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16. The Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor KRP6 Induces Mitosis and Impairs Cytokinesis in Giant Cells Induced by Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Arabidopsis. [2014]

Vieira P, De Clercq A, Stals H, Van Leene J, Van De Slijke E, Van Isterdael G, Eeckhout D, Persiau G, Van Damme D, Verkest A, Antonino de Souza JD, Júnior, Glab N, Abad P, Engler G, Inzé D, De Veylder L, De Jaeger G, and Engler JD
The Plant cell [Plant Cell] 2014 Jun; Vol. 26 (6), pp. 2633-2647. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 24.

Abstract: In Arabidopsis thaliana, seven cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors have been identified, designated interactors of CDKs or Kip-related proteins (KRPs). Here, the function of KRP6 was investigated during cell cycle progression in roots infected by plant-parasitic root-knot nematodes. Contrary to expectations, analysis of Meloidogyne incognita-induced galls of KRP6-overexpressing lines revealed a role for this particular KRP as an activator of the mitotic cell cycle. In accordance, KRP6-overexpressing suspension cultures displayed accelerated entry into mitosis, but delayed mitotic progression. Likewise, phenotypic analysis of cultured cells and nematode-induced giant cells revealed a failure in mitotic exit, with the appearance of multinucleated cells as a consequence. Strong KRP6 expression upon nematode infection and the phenotypic resemblance between KRP6 overexpression cell cultures and root-knot morphology point toward the involvement of KRP6 in the multinucleate and acytokinetic state of giant cells. Along these lines, the parasite might have evolved to manipulate plant KRP6 transcription to the benefit of gall establishment.
(© 2014 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.)

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17. Thermal Biology of Liorhyssus hyalinus (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) and Nysius simulans (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), Fed on the Milky Stage of Maize Grains. [2022]

Cruces L, de la Peña E, and De Clercq P
Journal of insect science (Online) [J Insect Sci] 2022 Jul 01; Vol. 22 (4).

Subjects: Animals, Biology, Diet, Female, Nymph growth development, Ovum, Heteroptera growth development, Temperature, and Zea mays
Abstract: When quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa Willd., is cultivated in South America outside of its Andean origin, the heteropterans Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius) and Nysius simulans Stål may emerge as important pests. Here we studied the development and reproduction of both species at different constant temperatures in the laboratory. Egg and nymphal development were investigated at 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, and 36°C. For both species, egg incubation time significantly decreased as the temperature increased. Nymphs did not successfully develop at 18°C and the total nymphal time significantly decreased as the temperature increased from 22 to 36°C. Based on a linear day-degree (DD) model, the lower developmental threshold (LDT) temperatures for eggs and nymphs were estimated to be 16.0 and 17.9°C for L. hyalinus, and 16.1 and 19.7°C for N. simulans, respectively. Thermal requirements for egg and nymphal development were 68.6 and 114.8 DD for L. hyalinus, and 77.7 and 190.3 DD for N. simulans, respectively. Reproduction and adult longevity were studied at 22, 26, 30, and 34°C. For both species preoviposition time decreased as temperature increased, and the oviposition period was longest at 26°C. The highest fecundity and egg viability were observed at 30°C, whereas longevities were higher at 22-26°C than at 30-34°C. As the lowest tested temperatures were not suitable to both heteropterans and 30°C was found to be the optimal temperature for development and reproduction, peak densities are expected in warm areas and seasons.
(© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America.)

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18. Development, Predation, and Prey Preference of Chrysoperla externa on Liorhyssus hyalinus and Nysius simulans, Two Emerging Pests of Quinoa. [2022]

Cruces L, de la Peña E, Livia C, and De Clercq P
Neotropical entomology [Neotrop Entomol] 2022 Jun 21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 21.

Abstract: In recent years, Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) and Nysius simulans Stål (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) have emerged as important pests of quinoa in Peru, when the crop started to be cultivated at relatively low elevations. The potential of the native lacewing Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) was evaluated as a biological control agent of these two pest species. Prey consumption on all immature stages of L. hyalinus and N. simulans was assessed, as well as development on first instars of these heteropterans and eggs of Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) as a factitious prey. In addition, prey preference was examined in the absence and presence of a preferred prey, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Larvae of the predator were not able to feed on L. hyalinus eggs, but they effectively did on N. simulans eggs as well as on all nymphal instars of both species. Nymphs of L. hyalinus were less suitable prey for larval development of C. externa than eggs of S. cerealella, whereas N. simulans was overall an unsuitable prey. There was a clear prey preference of C. externa for aphids over the two heteropteran species, as well as a preference for N. simulans over L. hyalinus. The predation rates in this study indicate the potential of C. externa as a predator of these heteropteran pests that can play a role in both conservation and augmentation biological control programs.
(© 2022. Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil.)

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19. HNF1B deletions in patients with young-onset diabetes but no known renal disease. [2013]

Edghill, E. L., Stals, K., Oram, R. A., Shepherd, M. H., Hattersley, A. T., and Ellard, S.
Diabetic Medicine. Jan2013, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p114-117. 4p. 1 Diagram.

Subjects: DIAGNOSIS of diabetes, KIDNEY disease diagnosis, LIVER, GENETIC polymorphisms, GENETICS, GENETIC mutation, and ANATOMY
Abstract: Diabet. Med. 30, 114-117 (2013) Abstract Aims Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1β ( HNF1B) mutations cause a syndrome of renal cysts and diabetes, with whole gene deletions accounting for approximately 50% of cases. The severity of the renal phenotype is variable, from enlarged cystic kidneys incompatible with life to normal renal development and function. We investigated the prevalence of HNF1B deletions in patients with diabetes but no known renal disease. Methods We tested 461 patients with familial diabetes diagnosed before 45 years, including 258 probands who met clinical criteria for maturity-onset diabetes of the young (two generations affected and at least one family member diagnosed under 25 years). A fluorescent polymerase chain reaction assay was used to analyse two intragenic polymorphic HNF1B markers and identify heterozygous patients who therefore did not have whole gene deletions. Those patients homozygous for both markers were then tested for an HNF1B deletion using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification. Results Heterozygous HNF1B intragenic polymorphisms were identified in 337/461 subjects. Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis showed an HNF1B gene deletion in three of the remaining 124 probands, all of whom met the criteria for maturity-onset diabetes of the young. Testing of their relatives identified three additional deletion carriers and ultrasound scanning showed renal developmental abnormalities in three of these six patients. Conclusions We estimate that HNF1B mutations account for < 1% of cases of maturity-onset diabetes of the young. Although HNF1B mutations are a rare cause of diabetes in the absence of known renal disease, a genetic diagnosis of renal cysts and diabetes syndrome is important as it raises the possibility of subclinical renal disease and the 50% risk of renal cysts and diabetes syndrome in the patient's offspring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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20. Dietary iron overload inhibits carbon tetrachloride-induced promotion in chemical hepatocarcinogenesis: effects on cell proliferation, apoptosis, and antioxidation. [1999]

Wang GS, Eriksson LC, Xia L, Olsson J, and Stål P
Journal of hepatology [J Hepatol] 1999 Apr; Vol. 30 (4), pp. 689-98.

Subjects: Animals, Antioxidants metabolism, Apoptosis drug effects, Body Weight drug effects, Carbon Tetrachloride antagonists inhibitors, Carcinogens toxicity, Cell Division drug effects, Diet, Diethylnitrosamine toxicity, Iron administration dosage, Iron metabolism, Kupffer Cells drug effects, Kupffer Cells pathology, Liver metabolism, Liver pathology, Liver Neoplasms, Experimental chemically induced, Liver Neoplasms, Experimental pathology, Male, Necrosis, Organ Size drug effects, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Ubiquinone metabolism, Vitamin E metabolism, Carbon Tetrachloride toxicity, Iron pharmacology, Liver drug effects, and Liver Neoplasms, Experimental prevention control
Abstract: Background/aims: The aim of this study was to investigate if feeding with carbonyl iron would facilitate the development of preneoplastic lesions initiated by diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and promoted by CCl4-induced liver cirrhosis.
Methods: Male Wistar rats were fed a diet with 1.25%-2.5% carbonyl iron for 23 weeks and received intragastric injections of CCl4 (1.0 or 2.0 ml/kg per week) for 13 weeks, followed by one i.p. injection of DEN (200 mg/kg), after which CCl4 was administered for 8 additional weeks. Animals were killed 48 h after the first CCl4 injection to evaluate liver necrosis, 8 weeks later to evaluate fibrosis, and 9 weeks after DEN to determine formation of glutathione S-transferase 7,7 (GST-7,7) positive foci.
Results: Treatment with iron counteracted the increased serum alanine aminotransferase levels and liver necrosis following CCl4 administration. Hepatic levels of reduced Q9 and alpha-tocopherol were elevated in rats treated with CCl4 and decreased in rats treated with iron compared to the controls. Fibrogenesis was not altered by iron treatment. Nine weeks after DEN initiation, the number and volume density of GST-7,7-positive foci in rats treated with CCl4 were significantly increased as compared with controls, but co-treatment with iron inhibited this increase. Apoptotic index was increased in iron-loaded livers, and labelling index (the fraction of S-phase hepatocytes) was decreased by co-treatment with iron in livers exposed to CCl4.
Conclusion: Carbonyl iron depleted hepatic levels of antioxidants, it decreased CCl4-induced necrosis and cell proliferation, it enhanced apoptosis and did not facilitate fibrogenesis. These effects together may explain the suppression of CCl4-induced promotion after DEN initiation exerted by carbonyl iron in the present study.

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21. Targeted interactomics reveals a complex core cell cycle machinery in Arabidopsis thaliana. [2010]

Van Leene J, Hollunder J, Eeckhout D, Persiau G, Van De Slijke E, Stals H, Van Isterdael G, Verkest A, Neirynck S, Buffel Y, De Bodt S, Maere S, Laukens K, Pharazyn A, Ferreira PC, Eloy N, Renne C, Meyer C, Faure JD, Steinbrenner J, Beynon J, Larkin JC, Van de Peer Y, Hilson P, Kuiper M, De Veylder L, Van Onckelen H, Inzé D, Witters E, and De Jaeger G
Molecular systems biology [Mol Syst Biol] 2010 Aug 10; Vol. 6, pp. 397.

Subjects: Computational Biology, Cyclin-Dependent Kinases metabolism, Cyclins metabolism, DNA Replication, Luciferases metabolism, Mitosis, Models, Biological, Multiprotein Complexes metabolism, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Mapping, Reproducibility of Results, Arabidopsis cytology, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Cell Cycle, and Cell Cycle Proteins metabolism
Abstract: Cell proliferation is the main driving force for plant growth. Although genome sequence analysis revealed a high number of cell cycle genes in plants, little is known about the molecular complexes steering cell division. In a targeted proteomics approach, we mapped the core complex machinery at the heart of the Arabidopsis thaliana cell cycle control. Besides a central regulatory network of core complexes, we distinguished a peripheral network that links the core machinery to up- and downstream pathways. Over 100 new candidate cell cycle proteins were predicted and an in-depth biological interpretation demonstrated the hypothesis-generating power of the interaction data. The data set provided a comprehensive view on heterodimeric cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-cyclin complexes in plants. For the first time, inhibitory proteins of plant-specific B-type CDKs were discovered and the anaphase-promoting complex was characterized and extended. Important conclusions were that mitotic A- and B-type cyclins form complexes with the plant-specific B-type CDKs and not with CDKA;1, and that D-type cyclins and S-phase-specific A-type cyclins seem to be associated exclusively with CDKA;1. Furthermore, we could show that plants have evolved a combinatorial toolkit consisting of at least 92 different CDK-cyclin complex variants, which strongly underscores the functional diversification among the large family of cyclins and reflects the pivotal role of cell cycle regulation in the developmental plasticity of plants.

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22. A technology platform for the fast production of monoclonal recombinant antibodies against plant proteins and peptides. [2004]

Eeckhout D, De Clercq A, Van De Slijke E, Van Leene J, Stals H, Casteels P, Persiau G, Vercammen D, Van Breusegem F, Zabeau M, Inzé D, Jespers L, Depicker A, and De Jaeger G
Journal of immunological methods [J Immunol Methods] 2004 Nov; Vol. 294 (1-2), pp. 181-7.

Subjects: Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology, Antibody Affinity immunology, Carrier Proteins genetics, Gene Expression, Humans, Immunoglobulin Variable Region immunology, Immunoglobulin Variable Region isolation purification, Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains genetics, Recombinant Fusion Proteins genetics, Recombinant Fusion Proteins immunology, Recombinant Fusion Proteins isolation purification, Substrate Specificity genetics, Substrate Specificity immunology, Antibodies, Monoclonal genetics, Antibody Affinity genetics, Gene Library, Immunoglobulin Variable Region genetics, Peptides immunology, and Plant Proteins immunology
Abstract: The application of recombinant antibodies in plant biology research is limited because plant researchers have minimal access to high-quality phage display libraries. Therefore, we constructed a library of 1.3 x 10(10) clones displaying human single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) that is available to the academic community. The scFvs selected from the library against a diverse set of plant proteins showed moderate to high antigen-binding affinity together with high specificity. Moreover, to optimize an scFv as immunodetection agent, two expression systems that allow efficient production and purification of bivalent scFv-Fc and scFv-CkappaZIP fusion proteins were integrated. We are convinced that this antibody platform will further stimulate applications of recombinant antibodies such as the diagnostic detection or immunomodulation of specific antigens in plants.

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23. Characterization of aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) mutations in familial isolated pituitary adenoma families. [2010]

Igreja S, Chahal HS, King P, Bolger GB, Srirangalingam U, Guasti L, Chapple JP, Trivellin G, Gueorguiev M, Guegan K, Stals K, Khoo B, Kumar AV, Ellard S, Grossman AB, and Korbonits M
Human mutation [Hum Mutat] 2010 Aug; Vol. 31 (8), pp. 950-60.

Subjects: Adult, Alternative Splicing genetics, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Line, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases metabolism, Family, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins chemistry, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutant Proteins genetics, Mutant Proteins metabolism, Mutation, Missense genetics, Pedigree, Pituitary Neoplasms enzymology, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, RNA Splice Sites genetics, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Rats, Signal Transduction, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins genetics, Mutation genetics, and Pituitary Neoplasms genetics
Abstract: Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) is an autosomal dominant condition with variable genetic background and incomplete penetrance. Germline mutations of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene have been reported in 15-40% of FIPA patients. Limited data are available on the functional consequences of the mutations or regarding the regulation of the AIP gene. We describe a large cohort of FIPA families and characterize missense and silent mutations using minigene constructs, luciferase and beta-galactosidase assays, as well as in silico predictions. Patients with AIP mutations had a lower mean age at diagnosis (23.6+/-11.2 years) than AIP mutation-negative patients (40.4+/-14.5 years). A promoter mutation showed reduced in vitro activity corresponding to lower mRNA expression in patient samples. Stimulation of the protein kinase A-pathway positively regulates the AIP promoter. Silent mutations led to abnormal splicing resulting in truncated protein or reduced AIP expression. A two-hybrid assay of protein-protein interaction of all missense variants showed variable disruption of AIP-phosphodiesterase-4A5 binding. In summary, exonic, promoter, splice-site, and large deletion mutations in AIP are implicated in 31% of families in our FIPA cohort. Functional characterization of AIP changes is important to identify the functional impact of gene sequence variants.

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24. Landscape of Familial Isolated and Young-Onset Pituitary Adenomas: Prospective Diagnosis in AIP Mutation Carriers. [2015]

Hernández-Ramírez LC, Gabrovska P, Dénes J, Stals K, Trivellin G, Tilley D, Ferrau F, Evanson J, Ellard S, Grossman AB, Roncaroli F, Gadelha MR, and Korbonits M
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism [J Clin Endocrinol Metab] 2015 Sep; Vol. 100 (9), pp. E1242-54.

Subjects: Adenoma genetics, Adenoma pathology, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Genetic Testing, Germ-Line Mutation, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma genetics, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma pathology, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Pituitary Neoplasms genetics, Pituitary Neoplasms pathology, Prospective Studies, Young Adult, Adenoma diagnosis, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma diagnosis, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins genetics, and Pituitary Neoplasms diagnosis
Abstract: Context: Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) due to aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene mutations is an autosomal dominant disease with incomplete penetrance. Clinical screening of apparently unaffected AIP mutation (AIPmut) carriers could identify previously unrecognized disease.
Objective: To determine the AIP mutational status of FIPA and young pituitary adenoma patients, analyzing their clinical characteristics, and to perform clinical screening of apparently unaffected AIPmut carrier family members.
Design: This was an observational, longitudinal study conducted over 7 years.
Setting: International collaborative study conducted at referral centers for pituitary diseases.
Participants: FIPA families (n 216) and sporadic young-onset (30 y) pituitary adenoma patients (n 404) participated in the study.
Interventions: We performed genetic screening of patients for AIPmuts, clinical assessment of their family members, and genetic screening for somatic GNAS1 mutations and the germline FGFR4 p.G388R variant.
Main Outcome Measure(s): We assessed clinical disease in mutation carriers, comparison of characteristics of AIPmut positive and negative patients, results of GNAS1, and FGFR4 analysis.
Results: Thirty-seven FIPA families and 34 sporadic patients had AIPmuts. Patients with truncating AIPmuts had a younger age at disease onset and diagnosis, compared with patients with nontruncating AIPmuts. Somatic GNAS1 mutations were absent in tumors from AIPmut-positive patients, and the studied FGFR4 variant did not modify the disease behavior or penetrance in AIPmut-positive individuals. A total of 164 AIPmut-positive unaffected family members were identified; pituitary disease was detected in 18 of those who underwent clinical screening.
Conclusions: A quarter of the AIPmut carriers screened were diagnosed with pituitary disease, justifying this screening and suggesting a variable clinical course for AIPmut-positive pituitary adenomas.

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25. High-throughput determination of malondialdehyde in plant tissues [2005]

Davey, M.W., Stals, E., Panis, B., Keulemans, J., and Swennen, R.L.
Analytical Biochemistry. Dec2005, Vol. 347 Issue 2, p201-207. 7p.

Subjects: MALONDIALDEHYDE, PEROXIDATION, CRYOBIOLOGY, and ALCOHOLS (Chemical class)
Abstract: Abstract: Malondialdehyde (MDA) is a widely used marker of oxidative lipid injury whose concentration varies in response to biotic and abiotic stress. Commonly, MDA is quantified as a strong light-absorbing and fluorescing adduct following reaction with thiobarbituric acid (TBA). However, plant tissues in particular contain many compounds that potentially interfere with this reaction and whose concentrations also vary according to the tissue type and stress conditions. As part of our studies into the stress responses of plant tissues, we were interested in developing a rapid, accurate, and robust protocol for MDA analysis using reverse-phased HPLC to avoid these problems with reaction specificity. We demonstrate that a partitioning step into n-butanol during sample preparation is essential and that gradient HPLC analysis is necessary to prevent sample carryover between injections. Furthermore, the starting composition of the mobile phase must be sufficiently hydrophobic to allow direct injection of the n-butanol extracts without peak splitting, tailing, and other artifacts. To minimize analysis times, we used a short, so-called “Rocket” HPLC column and high flow rates. The optimized HPLC separation has a turnaround time of 2.5min per sample. Butanolic extracts of MDA(TBA)2 were stable for at least 48h, and recoveries were linear between 0.38 and 7.5pmol MDA added. Importantly, this procedure proved to be compatible with existing extraction procedures for l-ascorbate and glutathione analysis in different plant species, allowing multiple “stress metabolite” analyses to be carried out on a single tissue extract. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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26. Development and Life History of Zelus tetracanthus Stål: A Potential Predator of Diorhabda spp. in Tamarix spp. L.. [2020]

Ferguson, M. E., Berro, A. M., Lindenmayer, J. C., Singleton, C., and Royer, T. A.
Southwestern Entomologist. Mar2020, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p17-30. 14p.

Subjects: TAMARISKS, ASSASSIN bugs, LIFE history theory, PREDATORY animals, BODY size, and NATURAL history
Abstract: The harpactorine assassin bug, Zelus tetracanthus (Stål) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is an insect predator frequently found in surveys of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in Oklahoma. Previous studies in a laboratory showed it could prey on Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a recently introduced biological control agent for Tamarix. An F2 cohort of Z. tetracanthus was reared from egg to adult to measure stage-specific development rates and describe immature stages at 22 ± 1.0°C and 16:8 light:dark hours. The mean times for development of the five instars were 6.96 ± 0.13, 5.18 ± 0.13, 6.94 ± 0.29, 10.92 ± 0.43, and 17.93 ± 0.76 days, respectively. Several anatomical characters to distinguish instars, including body size, body color, and select morphological characters were described. Data from museum collections of Z. tetracanthus suggested the insect has a univoltine life cycle. The development data contrast with a previous description of Z. socius (= Z. tetracanthus) and illustrate the need to further study the variable morphology, natural history, and genetic makeup of the species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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27. Potential of Melia azedarach L. (Meliaceae) as a Host Plant for Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). [2019]

Tillman, P. Glynn, Cottrell, Ted E., and Buntin, G. David
Florida Entomologist. Apr2019, Vol. 102 Issue 1, p222-226. 5p.

Subjects: MELIACEAE, HOST plants, HEMIPTERA, STINKBUGS, and INSECT antifeedants
Abstract: Currently, the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is considered an agricultural and nuisance pest in Georgia. The invasive chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach L. (Meliaceae), commonly grows in dense thickets along roadsides, and in woodlands adjacent to agricultural crops across the southeastern USA. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the potential of M. azedarach to serve as a host plant of H. halys by examining mortality and feeding of first and second instars on M. azedarach leaves vs. carrot (i.e., a control diet), and documenting presence of H. halys on M. azedarach in woodlands at 2 locations in Georgia where this stink bug has become established. Over all sampling dates and locations, the number of H. halys in chinaberry was very low (0.1 per tree), and only 3 late instars and 1 adult were observed feeding on M. azedarach at 1 field site late in the season. Percentage feeding by second instars of H. halys was lower for individuals given M. azedarach leaves vs. those provided with carrot, most likely indicating that compounds in M. azedarach have an antifeeding effect. In fact, mortality for second instars on M. azedarach leaves was very high, and thus we conclude that M. azedarach is an unsuitable host plant for H. halys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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28. Tumor co-expression of progranulin and sortilin as a prognostic biomarker in breast cancer. [2021]

Berger K, Rhost S, Rafnsdóttir S, Hughes É, Magnusson Y, Ekholm M, Stål O, Rydén L, and Landberg G
BMC cancer [BMC Cancer] 2021 Feb 22; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 185. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 22.

Subjects: Adult, Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal therapeutic use, Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism, Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Female, Humans, Lymphatic Metastasis, Middle Aged, Neoplastic Stem Cells pathology, Prognosis, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Retrospective Studies, Survival Rate, Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport metabolism, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Neoplastic Stem Cells metabolism, Progranulins metabolism, and Tamoxifen therapeutic use
Abstract: Background: The growth factor progranulin has been implicated in numerous biological processes such as wound healing, inflammation and progressive tumorigenesis. Both progranulin and its receptor sortilin are known to be highly expressed in subgroups of breast cancer and have been associated with various clinical properties including tamoxifen resistance. Recent data further suggest that progranulin, via its receptor sortilin, drives breast cancer stem cell propagation in vitro and increases metastasis formation in an in vivo breast cancer xenograft model. In this retrospective biomarker analysis, we aimed to determine whether tumor co-expression of progranulin and sortilin has prognostic and treatment predictive values for breast cancer patients.
Methods: We explored how co-expression of progranulin and sortilin was associated with established clinical markers by analyzing a tissue microarray including 560 randomized premenopausal breast cancer patients receiving either 2 years of tamoxifen treatment or no adjuvant treatment, with a median follow-up time of 28 years. Breast cancer-specific survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox Proportional Hazards regression models to assess the prognostic and predictive value of progranulin and sortilin in relation to known clinical markers.
Results: Co-expression of progranulin and sortilin was observed in 20% of the breast cancer samples. In untreated patients, prognostic considerations could be detailed separately from treatment prediction and the high progranulin and sortilin expressing subgroup was significantly associated with breast cancer-specific death in multivariable analyses (HR=2.188, CI: 1.317-3.637, p=0.003) along with tumor size, high tumor grade and lymph node positivity. When comparing the untreated patients with tamoxifen treated patients in the ERα positive subgroup, co-expression of progranulin and sortilin was not linked to tamoxifen resistance.
Conclusion: Data suggest that co-expression of progranulin and its receptor sortilin is a novel prognostic biomarker combination identifying a highly malignant subgroup of breast cancer. Importantly, this subpopulation could potentially be targeted with anti-sortilin based therapies.

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29. Studies on probing stimulants for the green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix nigropictus (Stål) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in the rice plant (Oryza sativa L.). [2016]

Zhi-Hui ZHAN, Akane MATSUO, and Chul-Sa KIM
Journal of Pesticide Science. 2016, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p163-166. 4p. 5 Black and White Photographs, 1 Graph.

Subjects: STIMULANTS, LEAFHOPPERS, RICE diseases & pests, BIOLOGICAL assay, and METHANOL
Abstract: A crude rice extract caused a higher probing response than did the control in the green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix nigropictus. Bioassay-guided separation led to the isolation of four active compounds, isoscoparin 2"-O-glucoside, isoscoparin 2"-O-(6"'-(E)-feruloyl)glucoside, isoscoparin 2"-O-(6"'-(E)-p-coumaroyl)glucoside, and isovitexin 2"-O-(6"'- (E)-feruloyl)glucoside from ODS 40% methanol in water faction. Each of the compounds, or any combination without one of the four compounds, caused weaker probing responses than the crude rice extract. The activity was recovered only when all the compounds were combined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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30. Identification of a novel locus, BPH38(t), conferring resistance to brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stal.) using early backcross population in rice (Oryza sativa L.). [2019]

Balachiranjeevi, C. H., Prahalada, G. D., Mahender, A., Jamaloddin, Md., Sevilla, M. A. L., Marfori-Nazarea, C. M., Vinarao, R., Sushanto, U., Baehaki, S. E., Li, Z. K., and Ali, J.
Euphytica. 2019, p1-14. 14p.

Subjects: NILAPARVATA lugens, SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms, LOCUS (Genetics), GENOTYPES, INSECT pests, and RICE
Abstract: Rice is the most important staple food crop, and it feeds more than half of the world population. Brown planthopper (BPH) is a major insect pest of rice that causes 20–80% yield loss through direct and indirect damage. The identification and use of BPH resistance genes can efficiently manage BPH. A molecular marker-based genetic analysis of BPH resistance was carried out using 101 BC1F5 mapping population derived from a cross between a BPH-resistant indica variety Khazar and an elite BPH-susceptible line Huang–Huan–Zhan. The genetic analysis indicated the existence of Mendelian segregation for BPH resistance. A total of 702 high-quality polymorphic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, genotypic data, and precisely estimated BPH scores were used for molecular mapping, which resulted in the identification of the BPH38(t) locus on the long arm of chromosome 1 between SNP markers 693,369 and id 10,112,165 of 496.2 kb in size with LOD of 20.53 and phenotypic variation explained of 35.91%. A total of 71 candidate genes were predicted in the detected locus. Among these candidate genes, LOC_Os01g37260 was found to belong to the FBXL class of F-box protein possessing the LRR domain, which is reported to be involved in biotic stress resistance. Furthermore, background analysis and phenotypic selection resulted in the identification of introgression lines (ILs) possessing at least 90% recurrent parent genome recovery and showing superior performance for several agro-morphological traits. The BPH resistance locus and ILs identified in the present study will be useful in marker-assisted BPH resistance breeding programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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31. Inventory of some families of Hemiptera, Coleoptera (Curculionidae) and Hymenoptera associated with horticultural production of the Alto Valle de Río Negro and Neuquén provinces (Argentina). [2021]

ÁLVAREZ, Leopoldo J., BERNARDIS, Adela M., DEFEA, Bárbara S., DELLAPÉ, Pablo M., DEL RÍO, María G., GITTINS LÓPEZ, Cecilia G., LANTERI, Analía A., LÓPEZ ARMENGOL, María F., MARINO DE REMES LENICOV, Ana M., MINGHETTI, Eugenia, PARADELL, Susana L., and RIZZO, María E.
Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 2021, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p48-69. 22p.

Subjects: HYMENOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE, HOMOPTERA, PEST control, INSECT collection & preservation, BEETLES, and HEMIPTERA
Abstract: The knowledge of the entomological fauna in productive systems is important for the agroecological management since beneficial insects are a key resource for pest management in horticultural systems. Scientific information on the biodiversity present in a given area is essential as well as the ecological function and/or feeding habits of the insects. In Alto Valle de Río Negro and Neuquén, horticultural production systems can be described as highly dependent on chemical inputs for pest management and fertilization. The aim of this study is to carry out an inventory of the biodiversity of some families of Hemiptera, Coleoptera (Curculionidae) and Hymenoptera present in peri-urban and rural farms located in Neuquén and Río Negro, respectively. Insects were collected through pitfall and sweeping net on tomato and pepper crops and the surrounding non-cultivated areas. Idiosystatus Berg (Auchenorrhyncha) was cited for the first time from Argentina. Species cited for the first time from Neuquén: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Acanalonia chloris (Berg), Syncharina punctatissima (Signoret), Amplicephalus dubius Linnavuori, Exitianus obscurinervis (Stål), Agalliana ensigera Oman and Bergallia signata (Stål); Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Harmostes (Harmostes) prolixus Stål and Atrachelus (Atrachelus) cinereus (Fabricius); Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hypurus bertrandi (Perris), Naupactus leucoloma Boheman, Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Goeze) and Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal and Hymenoptera: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier and Pseudagapostemon (Neagapostemon) singularis Jörgensen. Species cited for the first time from Río Negro: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Amplicephalus dubius Linnavuori, Amplicephalus marginellanus Linnavuori, Circulifer tenellus (Baker) and Xerophloea viridis (Fabricius); Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus (Spinola), Atrachelus (Atrachelus) cinereus (Fabricius), Dichelops furcatus (Fabricius) and Harmostes (Harmostes) prolixus Stål; Coleptera: Curculionidae: Naupactus xanthographus (Germar) and Hymenoptera: Diadasia pereyrae (Holmberg) and Dialictus autranellus (Vachal). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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32. Survey of Florida Olive Groves during Olive Fruit Development: Monitoring for Stink Bugs and Olive Fruit Flies. [2021]

Phillips, Eleanor F., Allan, Sandra A., and Gillett-Kaufman, Jennifer L.
Florida Entomologist. Dec2021, Vol. 104 Issue 4, p265-273. 9p.

Subjects: STINKBUGS, OLIVE fly, OLIVE, FRUIT development, BROWN marmorated stink bug, INTRODUCED organisms, and LEAFHOPPERS
Abstract: Olives, Olea europaea L. (Oleaceae), are an emerging commercial crop in Florida; however, potential arthropod threats during olive tree establishment and fruit development remain uncharacterized. Two potential pests that may threaten olive fruit production directly are native and invasive pentatomid stink bugs, which are important pest species of many crops in the southeast, and the invasive olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) (Diptera: Tephritidae),which is not known to be established in Florida. Monitoring for stink bugs during fruit maturation was done using dual funnel tube traps baited with stink bug lures. Yellow sticky card traps baited with food and pheromone lures were used to monitor for the olive fruit fly. Both trap types were placed in tree canopies in 4 North Central Florida olive groves during the anticipated fruit development period for 2 growing seasons. Whereas neither of the invasive species targeted (Halyomorpha halys Stål [Hemiptera: Pentatomidae] or B. oleae) were detected, several other potential pests were identified including brown stink bugs (Euschistus spp.; Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), glassy winged sharpshooters, Homalodisca vitripennis Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), and grasshoppers. No fruit damage attributable to arthropod pests was detected although fruit production was very low with limited samples. These results contribute to awareness of potential pests that may jeopardize olive fruit production and aid in the future studies to develop effective monitoring activities for Florida growers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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33. Lantana camara L. and its biocontrol agent, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, in Botswana. [2015]

Assefa, Yoseph, Tiroesele, Bamphitlhi, Segwagwe, Amogelang, and Madisa, Mogapi E.
African Journal of Ecology. Sep2015, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p381-384. 4p.

Subjects: LANTANA camara, ORNAMENTAL plants, BIOSAFETY, QUARANTINE, ECOSYSTEM dynamics, NATURALIZATION, and WEEDS
Abstract: The article presents a research focused on analyzing the status of ornamental plant lantana camara that grows in the urban areas and also discusses its implication on the biosafety and quarantine of the region. Various topics discussed in the research includes natural enemies of lantana, natural ecosystem of Botswana and impact of naturalization on weed removal.

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34. Population growth parameters of three Neotropical mirid predators (Hemiptera: Miridae) at five temperatures on tobacco with Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs as food. [2018]

BUENO, V. H. P., CALIXTO, A. M., MONTES, F. C., and VAN LENTEREN, J. C.
Israel Journal of Entomology. 2018, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p1-22. 22p.

Subjects: MIRIDAE, EGGS as food, PREDATORY animals, TEMPERATURE effect, and MEDITERRANEAN flour moth
Abstract: Three Neotropical predators Campyloneuropsis infumatus (Carvalho), Engytatus varians (Distant) and Macrolophus basicornis (Stål) (Hemiptera: Miridae) are considered in Brazil as potential biological control agents of Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and other tomato pests. This study evaluated the effect of five constant temperatures (16, 20, 24, 28 and 32°C, all ±1°C) on the reproduction, population growth and longevity of these predatory mirids. Adults freshly emerged from nymphs reared at each temperature, were separated in couples and kept in 1.7 l glass pots with tobacco plant seedlings (Nicotiana tabacum L., cv. TNN) as oviposition substrate and ad libitum Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs as food. The shortest pre-oviposition and the longest oviposition periods were observed at 24°C and 28°C in all three mirid species. At 24°C all three species showed the highest daily and total fecundities. The population growth parameters represented by the intrinsic rate of increase (rm) and the finite rate of increase (λ) were highest at 24°C and 28°C, and the net reproductive rate (R0) was highest at 24°C for all three species. Longevities of both males and females were longest at 24°C and 28°C in all three mirids. The size of tibia and adult weight in the three species were greatest at 20°C and 28°C, respectively. Differences in values for all above variables were small and often statistically non-significant for the three mirid species at the same temperature. Also, not a single significant difference was found for any of the growth parameters at each of the temperatures, including rm. The results indicate that temperatures in the range from 24-28°C are best for reproduction and population growth of C. infumatus, E. varians and M. basicornis. The factitious prey E. kuehniella is an excellent food source and tobacco plants provide a good rearing substrate for these mirids. The obtained results may assist in developing a mass rearing method for C. infumatus, E. varians and M. basicornis, in determining optimal timing and frequency of mirid releases in the crop, and in determining whether they are active at the temperature spectrum observed during tomato production in the field or greenhouse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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35. New records and update on the geographic distribution of fifteen species of Lincus Stål, 1867 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) associated with palms and coconut trees in the Neotropics. [2017]

Roell, Talita, Winter, Ingrid C., Asipuela, René, and Campos, Luiz A.
Check List. 2017, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p1-9. 9p.

Subjects: HEMIPTERA and STINKBUGS
Abstract: The Neotropical genus Lincus Stål, 1867 is frequently associated with the transmission of diseases to palms and coconut trees (Elaeis guineensis and Cocos nucifera) in commercial plantations in South America. Here we update the geographical distribution of 15 species of Lincus collected in E. guineensis and C. nucifera in the Neotropics. The geographical range of five species is expanded with new countries recorded for L. malevolus and L. styliger, and detailed geographic information is given for the first time for L. lobuliger and L. securiger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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36. Role of hydroperoxide lyase in white-backed planthopper ( Sogatella furcifera Horváth)-induced resistance to bacterial blight in rice, Oryza sativa L. [2010]

Gomi, Kenji, Satoh, Masaru, Ozawa, Rika, Shinonaga, Yumi, Sanada, Sachiyo, Sasaki, Katsutomo, Matsumura, Masaya, Ohashi, Yuko, Kanno, Hiroo, Akimitsu, Kazuya, and Takabayashi, Junji
Plant Journal. Jan2010, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p46-57. 12p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs.

Subjects: LYASES, PLANTHOPPERS, RICE, GENES, and XANTHOMONAS
Abstract: A pre-infestation of the white-backed planthopper (WBPH), Sogatella furcifera Horváth, conferred resistance to bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae ( Xoo) in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) under both laboratory and field conditions. The infestation of another planthopper species, the brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens Stål, did not significantly reduce the incidence of bacterial blight symptoms. A large-scale screening using a rice DNA microarray and quantitative RT-PCR revealed that WBPH infestation caused the upregulation of more defence-related genes than did BPH infestation. Hydroperoxide lyase 2 ( OsHPL2), an enzyme for producing C6 volatiles, was upregulated by WBPH infestation, but not by BPH infestation. One C6 volatile, ( E)-2-hexenal, accumulated in rice after WBPH infestation, but not after BPH infestation. A direct application of ( E)-2-hexenal to a liquid culture of Xoo inhibited the growth of the bacterium. Furthermore, a vapour treatment of rice plants with ( E)-2-hexenal induced resistance to bacterial blight. OsHPL2-overexpressing transgenic rice plants exhibited increased resistance to bacterial blight. Based on these data, we conclude that OsHPL2 and its derived ( E)-2-hexenal play some role in WBPH-induced resistance in rice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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37. Thyanta custator subsp. accerra McAtee 1919 [2021]

Rider, David A. and Swanson, Daniel R.

Subjects: Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Thyanta, Thyanta custator, and Thyanta custator accerra mcatee, 1919
Abstract: Thyanta custator accerra McAtee, 1919 Distribution: Canada: MB (Maw et al. 2000), ON (Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), QC, SK (Scudder 2013). United States: AL, AR, AZ, CA (Van Duzee 1917, Johnson & Ledig 1918, Norland 1931, Goeden 1971, Rider & Chapin 1992), CO, CT (Van Duzee 1917, Parshley 1923 a, O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), DE (Rider & Chapin 1992), DC (Rider & Chapin 1992), FL, GA, IA (Osborn, 1892, Stoner 1915, Van Duzee 1917, Hendrickson 1930, Knight 1936, Rider & Chapin 1992), IL, IN, KS, KY (Rider & Chapin 1992), LA (Rider & Chapin 1992, Temple, Davis, Micinski et al. 2013), MA (Uhler 1878, Parshley 1917, Van Duzee 1917), MD (Rider & Chapin 1992), ME (Phipps 1930, Rider & Chapin 1992, Roch 2020), MI, MN (Rider & Chapin 1992, Koch et al. 2014), MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE (Uhler 1872, 1876; Van Duzee 1917; Rider & Chapin 1992), NH (Rider & Chapin 1992, Roch 2020), NJ (Van Duzee 1917, Rider & Chapin 1992), NM, NV, NY, OH (Osborn 1900, Adkins 1917, Balduf 1923, Furth 1974, Rider & Chapin 1992), OK (Ortenburger 1927; Carpenter 1937; Smith 1940a, b; Fenton & Howell 1957; Stoner et al. 1962; Arnold & Drew 1988; Rider & Chapin 1992; Kondratieff et al. 2005), PA (Van Duzee 1917, Rider & Chapin 1992), SC (Jones & Sullivan 1981, Rider & Chapin 1992), SD, TN (Stål 1872, Van Duzee 1917, Howden & Crossley 1961, Rider & Chapin 1992, Lambdin et al. 2003), TX, UT, VA (Hoffman 1971; Allen & Hoffman 1975, 1976; Rider & Chapin 1992; Basnet et al. 2014), WV (Rider & Chapin 1992), WI (Rider & Chapin 1992), WY. (Mexico, Guatemala, Hawaii) Comments: At the time of the Froeschner (1988) catalog, the status of the different U.S. forms within Thyanta was confused. Rider & Chapin (1992) determined that Thyanta custator is composed of two subspecies - the nominate subspecies occurs along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, whereas Thyanta custator accerra occurs throughout the rest of the U.S., except it is replaced by Thyanta pallidovirens in the western U.S. This form was listed in Froeschner (1988) as Thyanta accerra and also the records for Thyanta pallidovirens spinosa Ruckes refer to this form. Additionally, most records of Thyanta perditor from the desert southwestern states should be referred here. The Idaho record for this species should be referred to Thyanta pallidovirens.
Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on pages 38-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
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38. Assessment of chemical resistance of wild and cultivated Vigna species to the brown pod-bugClavigralla tomentosicollis Stal (Hem., Coreidae). [2003]

Koona, P., Osisanya, E. O., Lajide, L., Jackai, L. E. N., and Tamo, M.
Journal of Applied Entomology. Jun2003, Vol. 127 Issue 5, p293. 6p.

Subjects: PLANT chemical defenses, VIGNA, and COREIDAE
Abstract: The effects of secondary metabolites in different Vigna species on the development of Clavigralla tomentosicollis were investigated in an artificial seed system using different fractions of crude pod extracts, while the orientation response of this pod-bug to volatile extracts was studied using a dual-choice olfactometer. Feeding on the neutral fraction extracts, in contrast to the basic and acidic fractions, resulted in significantly higher mortalities, longer total developmental time, and lower growth index of the insects in comparison with controls. All volatile extracts elicited an avoidance reaction by C. tomentosicollis, except the volatile from the susceptible genotype IT84S-2246 which generally attracted as many insects as controls. Extracts from wild Vigna species showed higher activity than those from their cultivated relatives. The present study which has established that most secondary metabolites in cowpea pods were localized in the neutral fraction of the crude extract, could facilitate experiments on the separation and characterization of the toxic factors involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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39. Essential oils as spatial repellents for the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys ( Stål) ( Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). [2014]

Zhang, Q.‐H., Schneidmiller, R. G., Hoover, D. R., Zhou, G., Margaryan, A., and Bryant, P.
Journal of Applied Entomology. Aug2014, Vol. 138 Issue 7, p490-499. 10p.

Subjects: ESSENTIAL oils, REPELLENTS, STINKBUGS, HEMIPTERA, LEMONGRASS oil, SPEARMINT oil, and METHYL benzoate
Abstract: The brown marmorated stink bug ( BMSB), Halyomorpha halys ( Stål), native to Northeastern Asia, is a serious invasive pest in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Germany and France. Several common essential oils and their compositions were tested against BMSBs as potential repellents. All the tested individual essential oils and a ternary oil blend showed significant repellency to both BMSB nymphs and adults. Clove oil, lemongrass oil, spearmint oil, ylang-ylang oil, and the ternary oil mixture (clove, lemongrass and spearmint) almost completely blocked attraction of BMSBs to the stink bug attractant-baited traps; whereas wintergreen oil, geranium oil, pennyroyal oil and rosemary oil resulted in 60-85% trap catch reductions. Over 20 BMSB antennally active compounds were identified from SPME headspace samples of the eight repellent essential oils using GC- EAD and GC- MS techniques. Among the synthetic EAD-active compounds tested in the field, eugenol, l-carvone, p/l-menthone, pulegone, methyl salicylate, trans/ cis-citral, methyl benzoate and β-caryophyllene significantly reduced trap catches of BMSBs by 72-99%; these compounds are likely responsible for the repellency of their corresponding essential oils. Surprisingly, a synthetic mixture of the predacious spined soldier bug ( SSB) [ Podisus maculiventris (Say)] aggregation pheromone ( trans-2-hexenal, α-terpineol and benzyl alcohol) also showed a significant inhibition of BMSB response to its attractants. These repellent essential oils and their active compounds, as well as the synthetic SSB pheromone, are potentially useful as part of an efficient, environmentally sound semiochemical-based IPM programme to combat this serious invasive stink bug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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40. Herbivory-induced plant volatiles from Oryza sativa and their influence on chemotaxis behaviour of Tibraca limbativentris stal. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and egg parasitoids. [2014]

Melo Machado, R.C., Sant'Ana, J., Blassioli-Moraes, M.C., Laumann, R.A., and Borges, M.
Bulletin of Entomological Research. Jun2014, Vol. 104 Issue 3, p347-356. 10p.

Subjects: HEMIPTERA, ORYZA, PARASITOIDS, RICE, PLANTING, STINKBUGS, and PARASITES
Abstract: The rice stem bug, Tibraca limbativentris Stal. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is one of the most important pests of rice crops, especially irrigated crops. Plant defence strategies against these bugs may involve the emission of chemical compounds, which are released following herbivore attacks, directly or indirectly harming pest performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of constitutive and herbivory-induced volatiles from rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) on the behavioural responses of T. limbativentris adults and egg parasitoids Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) and Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae). Plant volatiles were collected from undamaged plants of the rice cultivar IRGA 424 and from plants that suffered herbivory by five males or five females of T. limbativentris. Air-entrainment extracts were analysed by GC–flame ionization detector and GC–MS, and insect responses evaluated in a ‘Y’ olfactometer. T. limbativentris feeding damaged on rice plants induced the release of 16 volatiles compounds in a higher amounts compared to undamaged plants The main compounds induced were (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-octen-1-ol, methyl salicylate and α-muurolene. Female bugs were significantly attracted to air-entrainment extracts containing volatiles from undamaged plants compared with air-entrainment extracts containing volatiles emitted from plants damaged by T. limbativentris, whereas males showed no preference. Telenomus podisi females were significantly attracted to volatiles from air-entrainment extracts of plants damaged by females, whereas T. basalis showed no preference. These results suggest that rice plants may be emitting defence compounds, which could be avoided by T. limbativentris females and also acted indirectly by attracting natural enemies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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41. Disease characteristics of MCT8 deficiency: an international, retrospective, multicentre cohort study. [2020]

Groeneweg S, van Geest FS, Abacı A, Alcantud A, Ambegaonkar GP, Armour CM, Bakhtiani P, Barca D, Bertini ES, van Beynum IM, Brunetti-Pierri N, Bugiani M, Cappa M, Cappuccio G, Castellotti B, Castiglioni C, Chatterjee K, de Coo IFM, Coutant R, Craiu D, Crock P, DeGoede C, Demir K, Dica A, Dimitri P, Dolcetta-Capuzzo A, Dremmen MHG, Dubey R, Enderli A, Fairchild J, Gallichan J, George B, Gevers EF, Hackenberg A, Halász Z, Heinrich B, Huynh T, Kłosowska A, van der Knaap MS, van der Knoop MM, Konrad D, Koolen DA, Krude H, Lawson-Yuen A, Lebl J, Linder-Lucht M, Lorea CF, Lourenço CM, Lunsing RJ, Lyons G, Malikova J, Mancilla EE, McGowan A, Mericq V, Lora FM, Moran C, Müller KE, Oliver-Petit I, Paone L, Paul PG, Polak M, Porta F, Poswar FO, Reinauer C, Rozenkova K, Menevse TS, Simm P, Simon A, Singh Y, Spada M, van der Spek J, Stals MAM, Stoupa A, Subramanian GM, Tonduti D, Turan S, den Uil CA, Vanderniet J, van der Walt A, Wémeau JL, Wierzba J, de Wit MY, Wolf NI, Wurm M, Zibordi F, Zung A, Zwaveling-Soonawala N, and Visser WE
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology [Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol] 2020 Jul; Vol. 8 (7), pp. 594-605.

Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, International Agencies, Male, Mental Disorders etiology, Middle Aged, Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters genetics, Muscular Diseases etiology, Mutation, Neurodevelopmental Disorders etiology, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Survival Rate, Symporters genetics, Young Adult, Biomarkers analysis, Mental Disorders pathology, Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters deficiency, Muscular Diseases pathology, Neurodevelopmental Disorders pathology, and Symporters deficiency
Abstract: Background: Disordered thyroid hormone transport, due to mutations in the SLC16A2 gene encoding monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), is characterised by intellectual and motor disability resulting from cerebral hypothyroidism and chronic peripheral thyrotoxicosis. We sought to systematically assess the phenotypic characteristics and natural history of patients with MCT8 deficiency.
Methods: We did an international, multicentre, cohort study, analysing retrospective data from Jan 1, 2003, to Dec 31, 2019, from patients with MCT8 deficiency followed up in 47 hospitals in 22 countries globally. The key inclusion criterion was genetically confirmed MCT8 deficiency. There were no exclusion criteria. Our primary objective was to analyse the overall survival of patients with MCT8 deficiency and document causes of death. We also compared survival between patients who did or did not attain full head control by age 1·5 years and between patients who were or were not underweight by age 1-3 years (defined as a bodyweight-for-age Z score <-2 SDs or <5th percentile according to WHO definition). Other objectives were to assess neurocognitive function and outcomes, and clinical parameters including anthropometric characteristics, biochemical markers, and neuroimaging findings.
Findings: Between Oct 14, 2014, and Jan 17, 2020, we enrolled 151 patients with 73 different MCT8 (SLC16A2) mutations. Median age at diagnosis was 24·0 months (IQR 12·0-60·0, range 0·0-744·0). 32 (21%) of 151 patients died; the main causes of mortality in these patients were pulmonary infection (six [19%]) and sudden death (six [19%]). Median overall survival was 35·0 years (95% CI 8·3-61·7). Individuals who did not attain head control by age 1·5 years had an increased risk of death compared with patients who did attain head control (hazard ratio [HR] 3·46, 95% CI 1·76-8·34; log-rank test p=0·0041). Patients who were underweight during age 1-3 years had an increased risk for death compared with patients who were of normal bodyweight at this age (HR 4·71, 95% CI 1·26-17·58, p=0·021). The few motor and cognitive abilities of patients did not improve with age, as evidenced by the absence of significant correlations between biological age and scores on the Gross Motor Function Measure-88 and Bayley Scales of Infant Development III. Tri-iodothyronine concentrations were above the age-specific upper limit in 96 (95%) of 101 patients and free thyroxine concentrations were below the age-specific lower limit in 94 (89%) of 106 patients. 59 (71%) of 83 patients were underweight. 25 (53%) of 47 patients had elevated systolic blood pressure above the 90th percentile, 34 (76%) of 45 patients had premature atrial contractions, and 20 (31%) of 64 had resting tachycardia. The most consistent MRI finding was a global delay in myelination, which occurred in 13 (100%) of 13 patients.
Interpretation: Our description of characteristics of MCT8 deficiency in a large patient cohort reveals poor survival with a high prevalence of treatable underlying risk factors, and provides knowledge that might inform clinical management and future evaluation of therapies.
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, and the Sherman Foundation.
(Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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42. Diversity and distribution of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) haplotypes of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), along the eastern front of its invasive range in Eurasia. [2021]

Gariepy, Tara D., Musolin, Dmitry L., Konjević, Aleksandra, Karpun, Natalia N., Zakharchenko, Vilena Y., Zhuravleva, Elena N., Tavella, Luciana, Bruin, Allison, and Haye, Tim
NeoBiota. 9/30/2021, Vol. 68, p53-77. 25p.

Subjects: STINKBUGS, BROWN marmorated stink bug, CYTOCHROME oxidase, GENETIC variation, and HEMIPTERA
Abstract: The arrival, establishment and pest status of Halyomorpha halys in Europe and non-native countries in Asia have been well-documented, with thorough characterisation of the genetic diversity and occurrence of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) haplotypes in Switzerland, France, Hungary, Italy and Greece. However, a number of gaps exist in terms of the characterisation of the haplotype diversity and occurrence of H. halys along the invasion front that covers eastern Europe, western and central Asia. To contribute towards filling this gap, the COI haplotype diversity and distribution were investigated for H. halys collected in Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan. A total of 646 specimens were analysed and five haplotypes were found (H1, H3, H8, H33 and H80). Haplotype H1 was present in all five countries investigated and was the only haplotype detected amongst > 500 specimens collected from Ukraine, Russia and Georgia. H1 (82%) was the dominant haplotype found in Kazakhstan, alongside H3 (18%). In contrast to the low or no diversity observed in these four countries, Serbia had higher haplotype diversity and was represented by five haplotypes. Although H3 was dominant (47%) in Serbia, H1 was also prevalent (40%); the remaining haplotypes (H8, H33 and H80) were minor contributors (1-11%) to the haplotype composition. The results are discussed in context with other known populations in neighbouring countries and patterns of haplotype diversity indicate the movement of successful invasive populations in Europe to generate secondary invasions along the eastern front of the invasion in Eurasia. Possible scenarios regarding the spread of particular haplotypes in these regions are discussed, along with suggestions for future research to fill existing gaps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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43. Observations of parasitoid behaviour in both no‐choice and choice tests are consistent with proposed ecological host range. [2021]

Withers, Toni M., Allen, Geoff R., Todoroki, Christine L., Pugh, Andrew R., and Gresham, Belinda A.
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Jan2021, Vol. 169 Issue 1, p97-110. 14p.

Subjects: BIOLOGICAL weed control, BIOLOGICAL pest control agents, CHRYSOMELIDAE, BEETLES, HYMENOPTERA, and EUCALYPTUS
Abstract: The solitary larval endoparasitoid Eadya daenerys Ridenbaugh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a proposed biocontrol agent of Paropsis charybdis Stål (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae), a pest of eucalypts in New Zealand. Eadya daenerys oviposition behaviour was examined in two assay types during host range testing, with the aim of improving ecological host range prediction. No‐choice sequential and two‐choice behavioural observations were undertaken against nine closely related species of New Zealand non‐target beetle larvae, including a native beetle, introduced weed biocontrol agents, and invasive paropsine beetles. No behavioural measure was significantly different between no‐choice and two‐choice tests. In sequential no‐choice assays the order of first presentation (target–non‐target) had no significant effect on the median number of attacks or the attack rate while on the plant. Beetle species was the most important factor. Parasitoids expressed significantly lower on‐plant attack rates against non‐targets compared to target P. charybdis larvae. The median number of attacks was always higher towards target larvae than towards non‐target larvae, except for the phylogenetically closest related non‐target Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae). Most non‐target larvae were disregarded upon contact, which suggests that the infrequent attack behaviour observed by two individual E. daenerys against Allocharis nr. tarsalis larvae in two‐choice tests and the frass of Chrysolina abchasica (Weise) was probably abnormal host selection behaviour. Results indicate that E. daenerys is unlikely to attack non‐target species apart from Eucalyptus‐feeding invasive paropsines (Chrysomelinae). Non‐lethal negative impacts upon less preferred non‐target larvae are possible if E. daenerys does attack them in the field; however, this is likely to be rare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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44. A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Subcutaneous Semaglutide in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. [2021]

Newsome PN, Buchholtz K, Cusi K, Linder M, Okanoue T, Ratziu V, Sanyal AJ, Sejling AS, and Harrison SA
The New England journal of medicine [N Engl J Med] 2021 Mar 25; Vol. 384 (12), pp. 1113-1124. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 13.

Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Amylases blood, Biopsy, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 complications, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 drug therapy, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Double-Blind Method, Female, Glucagon-Like Peptides adverse effects, Humans, Injections, Subcutaneous, Lipase blood, Liver pathology, Liver Cirrhosis drug therapy, Liver Cirrhosis etiology, Liver Cirrhosis pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease blood, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease complications, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease pathology, Young Adult, Glucagon-Like Peptides administration dosage, and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease drug therapy
Abstract: Background: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common disease that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, but treatment options are limited. The efficacy and safety of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist semaglutide in patients with NASH is not known.
Methods: We conducted a 72-week, double-blind phase 2 trial involving patients with biopsy-confirmed NASH and liver fibrosis of stage F1, F2, or F3. Patients were randomly assigned, in a 3:3:3:1:1:1 ratio, to receive once-daily subcutaneous semaglutide at a dose of 0.1, 0.2, or 0.4 mg or corresponding placebo. The primary end point was resolution of NASH with no worsening of fibrosis. The confirmatory secondary end point was an improvement of at least one fibrosis stage with no worsening of NASH. The analyses of these end points were performed only in patients with stage F2 or F3 fibrosis; other analyses were performed in all the patients.
Results: In total, 320 patients (of whom 230 had stage F2 or F3 fibrosis) were randomly assigned to receive semaglutide at a dose of 0.1 mg (80 patients), 0.2 mg (78 patients), or 0.4 mg (82 patients) or to receive placebo (80 patients). The percentage of patients in whom NASH resolution was achieved with no worsening of fibrosis was 40% in the 0.1-mg group, 36% in the 0.2-mg group, 59% in the 0.4-mg group, and 17% in the placebo group (P<0.001 for semaglutide 0.4 mg vs. placebo). An improvement in fibrosis stage occurred in 43% of the patients in the 0.4-mg group and in 33% of the patients in the placebo group (P = 0.48). The mean percent weight loss was 13% in the 0.4-mg group and 1% in the placebo group. The incidence of nausea, constipation, and vomiting was higher in the 0.4-mg group than in the placebo group (nausea, 42% vs. 11%; constipation, 22% vs. 12%; and vomiting, 15% vs. 2%). Malignant neoplasms were reported in 3 patients who received semaglutide (1%) and in no patients who received placebo. Overall, neoplasms (benign, malignant, or unspecified) were reported in 15% of the patients in the semaglutide groups and in 8% in the placebo group; no pattern of occurrence in specific organs was observed.
Conclusions: This phase 2 trial involving patients with NASH showed that treatment with semaglutide resulted in a significantly higher percentage of patients with NASH resolution than placebo. However, the trial did not show a significant between-group difference in the percentage of patients with an improvement in fibrosis stage. (Funded by Novo Nordisk; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02970942.).
(Copyright © 2020 Massachusetts Medical Society.)

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45. MORFOMETRÍA GEOMÉTRICA Y FILOGENIA EN RHODNIINI (HEMIPTERA, REDUVIIDAE) DE VENEZUELA. [2011]

SOTO-VIVAS, Ana, LIRIA, Jonathan, and DE LUNA, EfraÍn
Acta Zoológica Mexicana. 2011, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p87-102. 16p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph.

Subjects: RHODNIUS, CONENOSES, CLASSIFICATION of insects, and SPECIES diversity
Abstract: Tribe Rhodniini includes Rhodnius Stål and Psammolestes Bergroth. Enzymatic and molecular evidence suggest the tribe is monophyletic. Most species are wild, living in palms and bird nests. Traditionally both genera were considered related; nevertheless, molecular studies don't support the Rhodnius monophyly. The goal was to phylogenetically analyze morphometric variation in wing architecture in support of Rhodniini taxonomy and systematics. We photographed 524 wings of five representatives of Rhodniini: Psammolestes arthuri (Pinto) (n = 89), Rhodnius pictipes Stål (n = 21), R. robustus Larrousse (n = 24), R. prolixus Stål (n = 16), and R. neivai Lent (n = 22). As outgroups we studied four representatives of Triatomini: Eratyrus mucronatus Stål (n = 15), Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion) (n = 45), P. geniculatus (Latreille) (n = 183), and Triatoma maculata (Erichson) (n = 109). Landmark coordinate (x, y) configurations were registered and aligned by Generalized Procrustes Analysis. Covariance Analyses were implemented with proportions of re-classified groups and MANOVA. Then, wing shape variables (confidence intervals from relative warps) and centroid size were cladistically analysed. Statistical analyses of variance found not significant differences in wing isometric size (Kruskal-Wallis) among P. arthuri-R. neivai-R. pictipes; R. robustus-R. prolixus-T. maculata and between P. rufotuberculatus-P. geniculatus. The a posteriori re-classification was perfect in E. mucrunatus 100% and R. pictipes, followed by T. maculata 96%, R. neivai 95%, P arthuri 93.2%; R. prolixus 87.5%, P. geniculatus 87.4%, P. rufotuberculatus 84.4%, and R. robustus 76%. Cladistic analyses under parsimony selected two most parsimonious trees (L=4.461 IC=0.973 and IR=0.979), where the strict consensus showed a monophyletic group with Panstrongylus (rufotuberculatus + geniculatus) and Triatoma + Rhodniini (Rhodinus + Psammolestes), but internally it shows the paraphyly of Rhodnius regarding Psammolestes. The congruence between these results and previous molecular analyses in Rhodniini, reveal the phylogenetic information of our morphometric characters as support to systematic studies, allowing the combination of geometric morphometrics and phylogenetic methods for the first time in this group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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46. Feeding responses of Euthyrhinchus floridanus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to brown marmorated stinkbug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) adults and nymphs. [2019]

Arellano, Rubí, Medal, Julio, Arellano, Gregorio, and Pérez, Juan
Florida Entomologist. Sep2019, Vol. 102 Issue 3, p658-569. 2p.

Subjects: BROWN marmorated stink bug, STINKBUGS, HEMIPTERA, BIOLOGICAL control of insects, and BIOLOGICAL pest control
Abstract: The Florida predatory stink bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus L. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a generalist predator native to North America that feeds on a broad range of lepidopterous and heteropterous key pests in a great diversity of crops and non-crop situations. Feeding tests conducted in the laboratory to determine the most susceptible stage of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), to third nymphal instar, and male and female E. floridanus, indicated that this predator has great potential for biological control of H. halys nymphs and adult stages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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47. Salivary glands and their digestive enzymes in pod-sucking bugs (Hemiptera: Coreoidea) associated with cowpea Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata in Nigeria. [2007]

Soyelu, O. L., Akingbohungbe, A. E., and Okonji, R. E.
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. Mar2007, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p40-47. 8p. 5 Diagrams, 1 Chart.

Subjects: SALIVARY glands, DIGESTIVE enzymes, HEMIPTERA, PLANT parasites, and COWPEA
Abstract: The salivary glands of the cowpea pod-sucking bugs Anoplocnemis curvipes (Fabricius), Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stål, Clavigralla shadabi Dolling, Riptortus dentipes (Fabricius) and Mirperus jaculus (Thunberg) are described and illustrated. Extracts of the glands were assayed for the presence of proteinases, α-amylase, β-amylase and amyloglucosidase. The salivary glands consist of four-lobed principal glands and a tubular accessory gland, and they differ in shape and size among the different species except for the median lobe, which is more or less spherical. The sickle-shaped nature of the posterior lobe reported before for Riptortus linearis (Linnaeus) was also observed in R. dentipes, suggestive of a probable generic characteristic. Anoplocnemis curvipes has the biggest salivary gland, and it is followed by R. dentipes, M. jaculus, C. tomentosicollis and C. shadabi in descending order. Assays of the gland extracts revealed that the four digestive enzymes tested are present in the five coreoid species. Proteinases were preponderant (1.4-94.9 µg/ml), while amylases were detected in traces [(0.5-11.0) x 10-3 µg/ml]. Proteinases may be largely responsible for the feeding damage caused by the coreoid species and their concentration in the glands of the different species correlates well with their known capacity to inflict pod damage and yield reduction in cowpea. Fourth instar nymphs of the different species also had higher concentrations of the digestive enzymes compared with their respective adults; and this correlates with the known ability of the nymphs to cause greater pod damage and yield reduction than adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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48. OCCURRENCE OF DIAPAUSE AND THE ROLE OF ANDROPOGON BICORNIS (POACEAE) TUSSOCKS ON THE SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND MORTALITY OF TIBRACA LIMBATIVENTRIS (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE). [2012]

Klein, Joana Tartari, Redaelli, Luiza Rodrigues, and Barcellos, Aline
Florida Entomologist. Dec2012, Vol. 95 Issue 4, p813-818. 6p.

Subjects: STINKBUGS, DIAPAUSE, RICE diseases & pests, ANDROPOGON, PESTS, PLANT parasites, and REPRODUCTION
Abstract: The rice stalk stink bug, Tibraca limbativentris Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a major pest of rice crops throughout Latin America. We investigated the occurrence of diapause in T. limbativentris, as well as the role of West Indian foxtail, Andropogon bicornis L.(Poaceae), in its seasonal abundance and mortality. This plant grows spontaneously in grasslands from Mexico to Argentina, including at the edges of rice fields in southern Brazil. Tussocks of A. bicornis were collected in Eldorado do Sul, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil throughout one yr and examined to sample rice stalk stink bugs. We collected in 2,355 T. limbativentris adults from 208 tussocks, totalling 2,205 live and 150 dead individuals. Live insects were dissected to determine the reproductive stage and to assess the presence of the fat body. We describe the occurrence of imaginal diapause and the use of A. bicornis as a shelter for this rice pest. Overwintering lasted 7 mo; arrival at the refuge occurred in early autumn (late Mar); the permanence period began in Jun, and extended to the end of Sep. From Oct the population decreased gradually until total departure from the tussocks in Jan. Thus, here we highlight the role of A. bicornis as an hibernation site for T. limbativentris in southern Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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49. Potential of Biological Control Agents Against Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): Current Knowledge in Argentina. [2015]

Luna, María G., Pereyra, Patricia C., Coviella, Carlos E., Nieves, Eliana, Savino, Vivina, Gervassio, Nadia G. Salas, Luft, Erica, Virla, Eduardo, and Sánchez, Norma E.
Florida Entomologist. Jun2015, Vol. 98 Issue 2, p489-494. 6p.

Subjects: BIOLOGICAL control of plant parasites, LEPIDOPTERA, ENTOMOPHAGOUS insects, PREDATORY insects, and HORTICULTURE
Abstract: Pest suppression through biological control seeks to maximize the action of the pest's natural enemies with the goal of reducing pesticide use. We present a summary of published studies and original findings on several entomophagous species as biocontrol agents of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a key pest of tomato crops in Argentina, with the aim to select potential candidates for its management. Spontaneously occurring T. absoluta egg parasitism was lower than that inflicted by the larval parasitoids Dineulophus phthorimaeae (De Santis, 1983) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Pseudapanteles dignus (Muesebeck, 1938) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). These parasitoids exhibit important life history traits in laboratory conditions and produce relevant amounts of T. absoluta mortality in the field. Surveys carried out in Tucumán and Buenos Aires provinces, Argentina, revealed that D. phthorimaeae and P. dignus coexist in tomato and eggplant crops; T. absoluta- P. dignus interaction is also found on other non-cultivated solanaceous species present in horticultural farms. In addition, studies are currently under way to determine the predation ability of Zelus obscuridorsis (Stål, 1860) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on both larvae and adults of the pest. Finally, we discuss the prospects for implementing experimental augmentative releases of P. dignus to control the pest, a candidate selected considering various positive biological traits and because of its simple mass production and manipulation compared with other antagonists of T. absoluta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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50. Spatial complexity and the fitness of the kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus. [2006]

Sulbaran, J. E. and Chaves, L. F.
Journal of Applied Entomology. Feb2006, Vol. 130 Issue 1, p51-55. 5p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs.

Subjects: CHAGAS' disease, RHODNIUS prolixus, RHODNIUS, CONENOSES, TRYPANOSOMIASIS, LIFE expectancy, LIFE spans, and LIFE (Biology)
Abstract: Rhodnius prolixus Stål (Reduviidae: Rhodninii) is one of the most important vectors of Chagas disease. As a result of its medical importance, several life history studies have been carried out, but in general with a restricted demographical scope, without assessing the potential tradeoffs in the life history of this insect. In this study, individuals of R. prolixus were kept in two spatially different habitats and several fitness components were measured. The results show that life expectancy in adults is negatively correlated with gross fecundity, indicating a cost of reproduction. Life expectancy is shorter for males and longer for individuals of the same sex in the more complex habitat, where the fitness is lower compared with that of the simpler habitat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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51. Consequences of Folding a Water-Soluble Polymer Around an Organocatalyst. [2013]

Huerta, Elisa, Stals, Patrick J. M., Meijer, E. W., and Palmans, Anja R. A.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Mar2013, Vol. 52 Issue 10, p2906-2910. 5p.

Abstract: Give 'em structure: The presence of structuring elements in polymers that were functionalized with catalytic units resulted in a new class of enzyme mimics, which are only active in the folded state (see picture). The conformationally adaptive hydrophobic environment that surrounds the catalytic site allows the very efficient catalysis of an aldol reaction in water with Michaelis–Menten kinetics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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52. Susceptibility of ESBL Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae to fosfomycin in the Netherlands and comparison of several testing methods including Etest, MIC test strip, Vitek2, Phoenix and disc diffusion. [2018]

van den Bijllaardt, Wouter, Schijffelen, Maarten J, Bosboom, Ron W, Stuart, James Cohen, Diederen, Bram, Kampinga, Greetje, Le, Thuy-Nga, Overdevest, Ilse, Stals, Frans, and Voorn, Paul
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC). Sep2018, Vol. 73 Issue 9, p2380-2387. 8p.

Subjects: FOSFOMYCIN, INFECTION, ESCHERICHIA coli, EPIDEMIOLOGY, and TEST methods
Abstract: Objectives Fosfomycin susceptibility testing is complicated and prone to error. Before using fosfomycin widely in patients with serious infections, acquisition of WT distribution data and reliable susceptibility testing methods are crucial. In this study, the performance of five methods for fosfomycin testing in the routine laboratory against the reference method was evaluated. Methods Ten laboratories collected up to 100 ESBL-producing isolates each (80 Escherichia coli and 20 Klebsiella pneumoniae). Isolates were tested using Etest, MIC test strip (MTS), Vitek2, Phoenix and disc diffusion. Agar dilution was performed as the reference method in a central laboratory. Epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFFs) were determined for each species and susceptibility and error rates were calculated. Results In total, 775 E. coli and 201 K. pneumoniae isolates were tested by agar dilution. The ECOFF was 2 mg/L for E. coli and 64 mg/L for K. pneumoniae. Susceptibility rates based on the EUCAST breakpoint of ≤32 mg/L were 95.9% for E. coli and 87.6% for K. pneumoniae. Despite high categorical agreement rates for all methods, notably in E. coli, none of the alternative antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods performed satisfactorily. Due to poor detection of resistant isolates, very high error rates of 23.3% (Etest), 18.5% (MTS), 18.8% (Vitek2), 12.5% (Phoenix) and 12.9% (disc diffusion) for E. coli and 22.7% (Etest and MTS), 16.0% (Vitek2) and 12% (Phoenix) for K. pneumoniae were found. None of the methods adequately differentiated between WT and non-WT populations. Conclusions Overall, it was concluded that none of the test methods is suitable as an alternative to agar dilution in the routine laboratory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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53. National surveillance pilot study unveils a multicenter, clonal outbreak of VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST111 in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017. [2021]

Pirzadian J, Persoon MC, Severin JA, Klaassen CHW, de Greeff SC, Mennen MG, Schoffelen AF, Wielders CCH, Witteveen S, van Santen-Verheuvel M, Schouls LM, and Vos MC
Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2021 Oct 25; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 21015. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 25.

Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Geography, Medical, History, 21st Century, Humans, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Multilocus Sequence Typing, Netherlands epidemiology, Phylogeny, Pilot Projects, Pseudomonas Infections history, Pseudomonas aeruginosa classification, Pseudomonas aeruginosa drug effects, Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation purification, Public Health Surveillance, beta-Lactam Resistance, beta-Lactamases biosynthesis, Disease Outbreaks, Pseudomonas Infections epidemiology, Pseudomonas Infections microbiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa genetics, and beta-Lactamases genetics
Abstract: Verona Integron-encoded Metallo-beta-lactamase (VIM) is the most frequently-encountered carbapenemase in the healthcare-related pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In the Netherlands, a low-endemic country for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, no national surveillance data on the prevalence of carbapenemase-producing P. aeruginosa (CPPA) was available. Therefore, in 2016, a national surveillance pilot study was initiated to investigate the occurrence, molecular epidemiology, genetic characterization, and resistomes of CPPA among P. aeruginosa isolates submitted by medical microbiology laboratories (MMLs) throughout the country. From 1221 isolates included in the study, 124 (10%) produced carbapenemase (CIM-positive); of these, the majority (95, 77%) were positive for the bla VIM gene using PCR. Sequencing was performed on 112 CIM-positive and 56 CIM-negative isolates (n = 168), and genetic clustering revealed that 75/168 (45%) isolates were highly similar. This genetic cluster, designated Group 1, comprised isolates that belonged to high-risk sequence type ST111/serotype O12, had similar resistomes, and all but two carried the bla VIM-2 allele on an identical class 1 integron. Additionally, Group 1 isolates originated from around the country (i.e. seven provinces) and from multiple MMLs. In conclusion, the Netherlands had experienced a nationwide, inter-institutional, clonal outbreak of VIM-2-producing P. aeruginosa for at least three years, which this pilot study was crucial in identifying. A structured, national surveillance program is strongly advised to monitor the spread of Group 1 CPPA, to identify emerging clones/carbapenemase genes, and to detect transmission in and especially between hospitals in order to control current and future outbreaks.
(© 2021. The Author(s).)

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54. Fluoxetine Administered to Juvenile Monkeys: Effects on the Serotonin Transporter and Behavior. [2014]

Shrestha, Stal Saurav, Nelson, Eric E., Jeih-San Liow, Gladding, Robert, Chul Hyoung Lyoo, Noble, Pam L., Morse, Cheryl, Henter, loline D., Kruger, Jeremy, Bo Zhang, Suomi, Stephen J., Svenningsson, Per, Pike, Victor W., Winslow, James T., Leibenluft, Ellen, Pine, Daniel S., and Innis, Robert B.
American Journal of Psychiatry. Mar2014, Vol. 171 Issue 3, p323-331. 9p.

Subjects: SEROTONIN transporters, SEROTONIN uptake inhibitors, POSITRON emission tomography, CEREBRAL cortex, SOCIAL psychology, and MEDICAL imaging systems
Abstract: Objective: This study examined the long-term effects of fluoxetine administered to juvenile rhesus monkeys who, as young adults, were imaged with positron emission tomography for two serotonergic markers: serotonin transporter (SERT) and serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) receptor. An equal number of monkeys separated from their mothers at birth-an animal model of human childhood stress-were also studied. Method: At birth, 32 male rhesus monkeys were randomly assigned to either maternal separation or normal rearing conditions. At age 2, half (N=8) of each group was randomly assigned to fluoxetine (3 mg/kg) or placebo for 1 year. To eliminate the confounding effects of residual drug in the brain, monkeys were scanned at least 1.5 years after drug discontinuation. Social interactions were assessed both during and after drug administration. Results: Fluoxetine persistently upregulated SERT, but not 5-HT1A receptors, in both the neocortex and the hippocampus. Whole-brain voxel-wise analysis revealed that fluoxetine had a significant effect in the lateral temporal and cingulate cortices. In contrast, neither maternal separation by itself nor the rearing-by-drug interaction was significant for either marker. Fluoxetine had no significant effect on the behavioral measures. Conclusions: Fluoxetine administered to juvenile monkeys upregulates SERT into young adulthood. Implications regarding the efficacy or potential adverse effects of SSRIs in patients cannot be directly drawn from this study. Its purpose was to investigate effects of SSRIs on brain development in nonhuman primates using an experimental approach that randomly assigned long-term SSRI treatment or placebo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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55. Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water striders: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting and multiple intercontinental dispersals. [2018]

YE, Z. H. E. N., ZHEN, Y. A. H. U. I., DAMGAARD, J. A. K. O. B., CHEN, P. I. N. G. P. I. N. G., ZHU, L. I. N., ZHENG, C. H. E. N. G. U. A. N. G., and BU, W. E. N. J. U. N.
Systematic Entomology. Jan2018, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p19-30. 12p.

Subjects: BIODIVERSITY, VERTEBRATES, HABITATS, GLACIATION, and PLIOCENE Epoch
Abstract: It is now rare to find a semi-aquatic organism group with which to vigorously test whether their diversification model and distribution pattern are closely related to the Cenozoic temperature variation. This hypothesis is explored for water striders of the genera Aquarius Schellenberg, Gerris Fabricius and Limnoporus Stål, which comprise a monophyletic clade with primarily Holarctic distribution. We sample almost 90% of the currently recognized Aquarius, Gerris and Limnoporus species. Five DNA fragments from 62 species are used to reconstruct a phylogram. Divergence time is estimated using Bayesian relaxed-clock method and three fossil calibrations. We investigate diversification dynamics, biogeography and ancestral state reconstruction by using maximum-likelihood, Bayesian and parsimony approaches. Our results showed that the crown of the three genera originated and underwent an initial diversification in Asia at 72 Ma (HPD: 59-86 Ma) in the Late Cretaceous, subsequently expanding into other regions via dispersal. The Bering Land Bridge was the major migration route between Eurasia and North America but was interrupted before the early Oligocene (34 Ma). Ancestors most likely used lentic habitats, and a minimum of two independent shifts to lotic habitats occurred in the initial diversification. Cenozoic temperature variation regulated the evolutionary history of Holarctic water striders of the genera Aquarius, Gerris and Limnoporus. Temperature warming during Stage I (52-66 Ma) was associated with the disappearance of shallow lentic habitats; this phenomenon forced certain lentic lineages to colonize new lotic habitats and promoted the diversification of lineages. Temperature cooling during Stage II (after 34 Ma) was associated with the fragmentation of water habitats of the 'mixed-mesophytic' belt, resulting in the extinction of historical taxa and influencing close lineages that shaped the present disjunct Eurasian-North American distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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56. Seasonal occurrence of rice yellow mottle virus in lowland rice in Cote d'Ivoire. [1997]

Heinrichs, E. A., Sy, A. A., Akator, S. K., and Oyediran, I.
International Journal of Pest Management. Oct-Dec1997, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p291-297. 7p.

Subjects: PLANTING and RICE
Abstract: Monthly plantings of the rice variety Bouake 189 were made under lowland irrigated conditions, to obtain information on the phenological and seasonal occurrence of pests and diseases on the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) research farm near Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire. Regular sampling of insect pests and observations on rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) disease infection throughout the year provided information on the occurrence of RYMV and potential insect vectors. RYMV incidence and grain yields varied depending on planting date, and for a given planting date, varied from one year to another. There was no evidence that RYMV incidence increases in successive seasons under continuous cropping. There was no significant correlation between RYMV incidence and either rainfall or wind speed. Leaf feeding damage by the beetle vector of RYMV, Trichispa sericea Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and percentage RYMV infected plants were severe in the July and August plantings in 1993, but whereas T. sericea was not observed thereafter, RYMV spread continued. The white leafhoppers Cofana spectra (Distant) and C. unimaculata (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), the green leafhoppers Nephotettix spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), the spittle bug Locris rubra F. (Hemiptera: Cercopidae), the diopsids Diopsis longicornis Macquart and D. apicalis Dalman (Diptera: Diopsidae), and the grasshopper Oxy hyla Stal (Orthoptera: Acridadae) were the most abundant of the insect pests and had distinct population peaks within a year. However, population abundances were not correlated with RYMV incidence. The variability of RYMV in time and space and the potential role of weeds as alternative hosts for RYMV are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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57. Validity of Homalodisca and of H. vitripennis as the Name fbr Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). [2006]

Takiya, Daniela M., McKamey, Stuart H., and Cavichioli, Rodney R.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Jul2006, Vol. 99 Issue 4, p648-655. 8p.

Subjects: ANIMAL classification, ANIMAL species, IDENTIFICATION of animals, HEMIPTERA, and INSECTS
Abstract: A male of Tettigonia vitripennis Germar--deposited in the recently rediscovered Germar Hemiptera collection, in the Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine)--is designated as the lectotype and assumed to be erroneously labeled as from Brazil. Homalodisca vitripennis is considered a senior synonym of Tettigonia coagulata syn. nov. and therefore should be used as the scientific name for the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a major vector of the bacterial Pierce's disease of grapes, phony peach disease, plum leaf scald, and oleander leaf scorch in southern United States and northern Mexico. The previously designated type species of Homalodisca Stål, Cicada triquetra F., was found to be mistaken by Stål for C. triangularis F., which is herein fixed as the new type species of this economically important genus. Propetes triquetra comb. nov., previously known only from an unknown locality in South America, is newly recorded from Brazil (Mato Grosso and Pará states). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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58. BOOK REVIEWS. [2016]

Russian Review. Oct2016, Vol. 75 Issue 4, p690-741. 52p.

Subjects: NONFICTION
Abstract: Books reviewed in this issue L iterature and F ine A rts Martinsen, Deborah A., and Olga Maiorova, eds. Dostoevsky in Context. Marullo, Thomas Gaiton. Heroine Abuse: Dostoevsky's Netochka Nezvanova and the Poetics of Codependency. Salmond, Wendy, Wilfried Zeisler, and Russell E. Martin. Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsar's Painter in America and Paris. Gregory, Serge. Antosha and Levitasha: The Shared Lives and Art of Anton Chekhov and Isaac Levitan. Pickford, Henry W. Thinking with Tolstoy and Wittgenstein: Expression, Emotion, and Art. Wunsche, Isabel. The Organic School of the Russian Avant-Garde: Nature's Creative Principles. Weld, Sara Pankenier. Voiceless Vanguard: The Infantilist Aesthetic of the Russian Avant-Garde. Mitchell, Rebecca. Nietzsche's Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire. Bartlett, Rosamund, and Sarah Dadswell, eds. and trans. Victory over the Sun: The World's First Futurist Opera. Kukulin, Il'ia. Mashiny zashumevshego vremeni: Kak sovetskii montazh stal metodom neofitsial'noi kul'tury. Van Buskirk, Emily. Lydia Ginzburg's Prose: Reality in Search of Literature. Garipova, Nailya, and Juan José Torres Núñez, eds. Women in Nabokov's Life and Art. Blackwell, Stephen H., and Kurt Johnson, eds. Fine Lines: Vladimir Nabokov's Scientific Art. Skomp, Elizabeth A., and Benjamin M. Sutcliffe. Ludmila Ulitskaya and the Art of Tolerance. Cederlöf, Henriette. Alien Places in Late Soviet Science Fiction: The 'Unexpected Encounters' of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky as Novels and Films. Anderson, Richard. Russia. H istory Barnes, Ian. Restless Empire: A Historical Atlas of Russia. Soroka, Marina, and Charles A. Ruud. Becoming a Romanov: Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World (1807-1873). Suny, Ronald Grigor. ' They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else': A History of the Armenian Genocide. Siegel, Jennifer. For Peace and Money: French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars. Stoff, Laurie S. Russia's Sisters of Mercy and the Great War: More than Binding Men's Wounds. Smele, Jonathan D. The 'Russian' Civil Wars, 1916-1926: Ten Years That Shook the World. Dornik, Wolfram, et al., eds. The Emergence of Ukraine: Self-Determination, Occupation, and War in Ukraine, 1917-1922. Khalid, Adeeb. Making Uzbekistan: Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR. Graham, Loren. Lysenko's Ghost: Epigenetics and Russia. Levin, Zeev. Collectivization and Social Engineering: Soviet Administration and the Jews of Uzbekistan, 1917-1939. Jordan, Pamela A. Stalin's Singing Spy: The Life and Exile of Nadezhda Plevitskaya. Whitewood, Peter. The Red Army and the Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Soviet Military. Horowitz, Brian, and Leonid Katsis, eds. Vladimir Jabotinsky's Story of My Life. Ellis, Frank. Barbarossa 1941. Harrison, Richard W. ed. and trans. Rollback: The Red Army's Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942-1943. Harrison, Richard W. ed. and trans. Prelude to Berlin: The Red Army's Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945. Fitzpatrick, Sheila. On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics. Karlsson, Klas-Göran, Johan Stenfeldt, and Ulf Zander, eds. Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism: A Comnaz Analysis. Varga-Harris, Christine. Stories of House and Home: Soviet Apartment Life during the Khrushchev Years. Friedman, Jeremy. Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World. Lesourd, Françoise, ed. Les mutations religieuses en Russie: Conversions et sécularisation. Haslam, Jonathan. Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence. Pipes, Richard. Alexander Yakovlev: The Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism. Weeks, Theodore R. Vilnius between Nations, 1795-2000. Luehrmann, Sonja. Religion in Secular Archives: Soviet Atheism and Historical Knowledge. Brumfield, William Craft. Architecture at the End of the Earth: Photographing the Russian North. S ocial S ciences, C ontemporary R ussia, and O ther Rogers, Douglas. The Depths of Russia: Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism. Hedlund, Stefan. Putin's Energy Agenda: The Contradictions of Russia's Resource Wealth. Nalbandov, Robert. Not by Bread Alone: Russian Foreign Policy under Putin. Pacer, Valerie A. Russian Foreign Policy under Dmitry Medvedev, 2008-2012. Prina, Federica. National Minorities in Putin's Russia: Diversity and Assimilation. Soldatov, Andrei, and Irina Borogan. The Red Web: The Struggle between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries. Stanislav, Markus. Property, Predation and Protection: Piranha Capitalism in Russia and Ukraine. White, Stephen, and Valentina Feklyunina. Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: The Other Europes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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59. Pest kill rate as aggregate evaluation criterion to rank biological control agents: a case study with Neotropical predators of Tuta absoluta on tomato. [2019]

van Lenteren, J.C., Bueno, V.H.P., Burgio, G., Lanzoni, A., Montes, F.C., Silva, D.B., de Jong, P.W., and Hemerik, L.
Bulletin of Entomological Research. Dec2019, Vol. 109 Issue 6, p812-820. 9p.

Subjects: BIOLOGICAL pest control agents, BIOLOGICAL pest control, PEST control, PESTS, TOMATOES, and SPECIES pools
Abstract: Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), a key pest of tomato, is quickly spreading over the world and biological control is considered as one of the control options. Worldwide more than 160 species of natural enemies are associated with this pest, and an important challenge is to quickly find an effective biocontrol agent from this pool of candidate species. Evaluation criteria for control agents are presented, with the advantages they offer for separating potentially useful natural enemies from less promising ones. Next, an aggregate parameter for ranking agents is proposed: the pest kill rate k m. We explain why the predator's intrinsic rate of increase cannot be used for comparing the control potential of predators or parasitoids, while k m can be used to compare both types of natural enemies. As an example, kill rates for males, females and both sexes combined of three Neotropical mirid species (Campyloneuropsis infumatus (Carvalho), Engytatus varians (Distant) and Macrolophus basicornis (Stål)) were determined, taking all life-history data (developmental times, survival rates, total nymphal and adult predation, sex ratios and adult lifespan) into account. Based on the value for the intrinsic rate of increase (r m) for T. absoluta and for the kill rate k m of the predators, we predict that all three predators are potentially able to control the pest, because their k m values are all higher than the r m of the pest. Using only k m values, we conclude that E. varians is the best candidate for control of T. absoluta on tomato, with C. infumatus ranking second and M. basicornis last. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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60. From lynx spiders to cotton: Behaviourally mediated predator effects over four trophic levels. [2011]

WHITEHOUSE, M. E. A., MANSFIELD, S., BARNETT, M. C., and BROUGHTON, K.
Austral Ecology. Sep2011, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p687-697. 12p. 1 Chart, 7 Graphs.

Subjects: FOOD chains, PREDATORY animals, OXYOPIDAE, COTTON, POPULATION dynamics, and HERBIVORES
Abstract: Food web studies often examine density and behaviourally mediated effects of predators on herbivores, but are less likely to assess the plant targeted by the herbivore. We conducted a study that incorporated four trophic levels examining the effect of two generalist predators (damsel bugs, Nabis kinbergii Reuter; and lynx spiders, Oxyopes molarius L. Koch) on damage to cotton bolls caused by green mirids ( Creontiades dilutus (Stål)). First we tested whether lynx spiders and damsel bugs could control mirid numbers and cotton boll damage in field cages. We found that in cages containing mirids and only lynx spiders, lynx spiders reduced both mirid numbers and boll damage. However, in cages which contained mirids and both predators (lynx spiders and damsel bugs) only mirid numbers were reduced. To explain the negative effect of damsel bugs on boll damage, we examined the interactions between lynx spiders, damsel bugs and mirids. We found that lynx spiders were better mirid predators than damsel bugs, and that lynx spiders attacked damsel bugs, but not vice versa. Behaviourally, mirids responded to increasing predator pressure regardless of whether the predators were lynx spiders or damsel bugs. However, damsel bugs seemed to alter the behaviour of lynx spiders because in their presence, a higher proportion of lynx spiders moved to the top of the plant, towards the damsel bugs but away from the bolls found lower on the plant. These results suggest that the most likely explanation for the increase in boll damage in the presence of damsel bugs was that lynx spiders moved to the top of the plant in the presence of damsel bugs, which then exposed the bolls lower down on the plant to mirid attack. This work emphasizes the importance of behaviourally mediated effects in food webs extending over four trophic levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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61. Total evidence phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of Euschistus Dallas within Carpocorini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). [2017]

BIANCHI, FILIPE M., DEPRÁ, MARÍNDIA, FERRARI, AUGUSTO, GRAZIA, JOCELIA, VALENTE, VERA L. S., and CAMPOS, LUIZ A.
Systematic Entomology. Apr2017, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p399-409. 11p.

Subjects: PHYLOGENY, MORPHOGENESIS, EVOLUTIONARY developmental biology, ORGANISMS, MICROBIAL ecology, and TAXONOMY
Abstract: Robust phylogenetic hypotheses have become key for studies addressing the evolutionary biology and ecology of various groups of organisms. In the species-rich heteropteran superfamily Pentatomoidea, phylogenies at lower taxonomic levels are still scarce and mostly employ exclusively morphological data. In this study, we conducted a total evidence phylogeny focusing on the tribe Carpocorini (Pentatomidae), using morphological data and four DNA markers ( COI, Cytb, 16S and 28S rDNA; ∼2330 bp; 32 taxa) in order to investigate the relationships within Euschistus Dallas, one of the most speciose pentatomid genera, and between Euschistus and related genera. Our hypotheses generated by maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference show that the current taxonomic composition and classification of Euschistus and allied genera are in need of revision. Euschistus was recovered as nonmonophyletic, with the subgenera forming four independent lineages: Euschistus ( Euschistus) and Euschistus ( Lycipta) Stål are sister groups; Euschistus ( Euschistomorphus) Jensen-Haarup is more closely related to Dichelops Spinola and Agroecus Dallas; and Mitripus Rolston is divided into two clades closely related to Sibaria Stål and Ladeaschistus Rolston. We chose not to change the classification of E. ( Euschistomorphus) until further data become available, and propose to split Euschistus into three genera with the exclusion of Euschistus ( Mitripus) and all of its species. Here we elevate Mitripus to genus rank to include M. acutus comb.n., M. convergens comb.n. and M. legionarius comb.n., and propose Adustonotus Bianchi gen.n. to include A. anticus comb.n., A. latus comb.n., A. tauricornis comb.n., A. grandis comb.n., A. hansi comb.n., A. paranticus comb.n., A. irroratus comb.n. and A. saramagoi comb.n. We also provide identification keys to the genera Adustonotus gen.n., Ladeaschistus, Mitripus n. rank and Sibaria, here defined as the Mitripus genus group, and to the species of Mitripus and Adustonotus gen.n. Our results provide insights into the current status of the classification of the Pentatomidae, suggesting the need for phylogenetic analyses at different taxonomic levels within stink bugs. This published work has been registered in ZooBank, . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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62. Fibre Composition of Human Intrinsic Tongue Muscles. [2003]

Stål, P., Marklund, S., Thornell, L.-E., De Paul, R., and Eriksson, P.-O.
Cells Tissues Organs. 2003, Vol. 173 Issue 3, p147-161. 15p. 4 Black and White Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 5 Charts, 5 Graphs.

Subjects: TONGUE, MORPHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE anatomy, MUSCLES, and MOUTH
Abstract: The muscle fibre composition of three human intrinsic tongue muscles, the longitudinalis, verticalis and transversus, was investigated in four anterior to posterior regions of the tongue using morphological and enzyme- and immunohistochemical techniques. All three muscles typically contained type I, IIA and IM/IIC fibres. Type I fibres expressed slow myosin heavy chain (MyHC), type II fibres fast MyHC, mainly fast A MyHC, whereas type IM/IIC coexpressed slow and fast MyHCs. Type II fibres were in the majority (60%), but regional differences in proportion and diameter of fibre types were obvious. The anterior region of the tongue contained a predominance of relatively small type II fibres (71%), in contrast to the posterior region which instead showed a majority of larger type I and type IM/IIC fibres (66%). In general, the fibre diameter was larger in the posterior region. This muscle fibre composition of the tongue differs from those of limb, orofacial and masticatory muscles, probably reflecting genotypic as well as phenotypic functional specialization in oral function. The predominance of type II fibres and the regional differences in fibre composition, together with intricate muscle structure, suggest generally fast and flexible actions in positioning and shaping the tongue, during vital tasks such as mastication, swallowing, respiration and speech.Copyright © 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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63. Outcomes of patients with myelofibrosis treated with compassionate use pacritinib: a sponsor-independent international study. [2018]

Mascarenhas J, Virtgaym E, Stal M, Blacklock H, Gerds AT, Mesa R, Ganly P, Snyder D, Tabbara I, Tremblay D, and Moshier E
Annals of hematology [Ann Hematol] 2018 Aug; Vol. 97 (8), pp. 1369-1374. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 03.

Subjects: Aged, Biomarkers, Bridged-Ring Compounds administration dosage, Bridged-Ring Compounds adverse effects, Female, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Mutation, Primary Myelofibrosis diagnosis, Primary Myelofibrosis genetics, Primary Myelofibrosis mortality, Protein Kinase Inhibitors administration dosage, Protein Kinase Inhibitors adverse effects, Pyrimidines administration dosage, Pyrimidines adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Bridged-Ring Compounds therapeutic use, Primary Myelofibrosis drug therapy, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use, and Pyrimidines therapeutic use
Abstract: Myelofibrosis (MF) is a chronic yet progressive myeloid neoplasm in which only a minority of patients undergo curative therapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ruxolitinib, a JAK1/2 inhibitor, is the lone therapy approved for MF, offering a clear symptom and spleen benefit at the expense of treatment-related cytopenias. Pacritinib (PAC), a multi-kinase inhibitor with specificity for JAK2, FLT3, and IRAK1 but sparing JAK1, has demonstrated clinical activity in MF with minimal myelosuppression. Due to an FDA-mandated full clinical hold, the randomized phase 3 PERSIST trials were abruptly stopped and PAC was immediately discontinued for all patients. Thirty-three patients benefitting from PAC on clinical trial prior to the hold were allowed to resume therapy on an individual, compassionate-use basis. This study reports the detailed outcomes of 19 of these PAC retreatment patients with a median follow-up of 8 months. Despite a median platelet count of 49 × 10 9 /L at restart of PAC, no significant change in hematologic profile was observed. Grade 3/4 adverse events of epistaxis (n = 1), asymptomatic QT prolongation (n = 1), and bradycardia (n = 1) occurred in three patients within the first 3 months of retreatment. One death due to catheter-associated sepsis occurred. The median time to discontinuation of PAC therapy on compassionate use for all 33 patients was 12.2 (95% CI 8.3-NR) months. PAC retreatment was associated with modest improvement in splenomegaly without progressive myelosuppression and supports the continued development of this agent for the treatment of MF second line to ruxolitinib or in the setting of treatment-limiting thrombocytopenia.

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64. Tumor PIK3CA Genotype and Prognosis in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data. [2018]

Zardavas D, Te Marvelde L, Milne RL, Fumagalli D, Fountzilas G, Kotoula V, Razis E, Papaxoinis G, Joensuu H, Moynahan ME, Hennessy BT, Bieche I, Saal LH, Stal O, Iacopetta B, Jensen JD, O'Toole S, Lopez-Knowles E, Barbaraeschi M, Noguchi S, Azim HA Jr, Lerma E, Bachelot T, Wang Q, Perez-Tenorio G, Can de Velde CJH, Rea DW, Sabine V, Bartlett JMS, Sotiriou C, Michiels S, and Loi S
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology [J Clin Oncol] 2018 Apr 01; Vol. 36 (10), pp. 981-990. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 22.

Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Breast Neoplasms mortality, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Breast Neoplasms therapy, Disease-Free Survival, Female, Genotype, Humans, Middle Aged, Mutation, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Receptor, ErbB-2 metabolism, Receptors, Estrogen metabolism, Survival Rate, Young Adult, Breast Neoplasms genetics, and Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases genetics
Abstract: Purpose Phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha ( PIK3CA) mutations are frequently observed in primary breast cancer. We evaluated their prognostic relevance by performing a pooled analysis of individual patient data. Patients and Methods Associations between PIK3CA status and clinicopathologic characteristics were tested by applying Cox regression models adjusted for age, tumor size, nodes, grade, estrogen receptor (ER) status, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status, treatment, and study. Invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) was the primary end point; distant disease-free survival (DDFS) and overall survival (OS) were also assessed, overall and by breast cancer subtypes. Results Data from 10,319 patients from 19 studies were included (median OS follow-up, 6.9 years); 1,787 patients (17%) received chemotherapy, 4,036 (39%) received endocrine monotherapy, 3,583 (35%) received both, and 913 (9%) received none or their treatment was unknown. PIK3CA mutations occurred in 32% of patients, with significant associations with ER positivity, increasing age, lower grade, and smaller size (all P < .001). Prevalence of PIK3CA mutations was 18%, 22%, and 37% in the ER-negative/HER2-negative, HER2-positive, and ER-positive/HER2-negative subtypes, respectively. In univariable analysis, PIK3CA mutations were associated with better IDFS (HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.84; P < .001), with evidence for a stronger effect in the first years of follow-up (0 to 5 years: HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.66 to 0.81; P < .001; 5 to 10 years: HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.99; P = .037); > 10 years: (HR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.84 to 1.58; P = .38; P heterogeneity = .02). In multivariable analysis, PIK3CA genotype remained significant for improved IDFS ( P = .043), but not for the DDFS and OS end points. Conclusion In this large pooled analysis, PIK3CA mutations were significantly associated with a better IDFS, DDFS, and OS, but had a lesser prognostic effect after adjustment for other prognostic factors.

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65. Identification and functional evaluation of GRIA1 missense and truncation variants in individuals with ID: An emerging neurodevelopmental syndrome. [2022]

Ismail, Vardha, Zachariassen, Linda G., Godwin, Annie, Sahakian, Mane, Ellard, Sian, Stals, Karen L., Baple, Emma, Brown, Kate Tatton, Foulds, Nicola, Wheway, Gabrielle, Parker, Matthew O., Lyngby, Signe M., Pedersen, Miriam G., Desir, Julie, Bayat, Allan, Musgaard, Maria, Guille, Matthew, Kristensen, Anders S., and Baralle, Diana
American Journal of Human Genetics. Jul2022, Vol. 109 Issue 7, p1217-1241. 25p.

Subjects: MISSENSE mutation, GENETIC variation, LIGAND-gated ion channels, NEUROTRANSMITTER receptors, AMPA receptors, and NEURAL development
Abstract: GRIA1 encodes the GluA1 subunit of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) receptors, which are ligand-gated ion channels that act as excitatory receptors for the neurotransmitter L -glutamate (Glu). AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are homo- or heteromeric protein complexes with four subunits, each encoded by different genes, GRIA1 to GRIA4. Although GluA1-containing AMPARs have a crucial role in brain function, the human phenotype associated with deleterious GRIA1 sequence variants has not been established. Subjects with de novo missense and nonsense GRIA1 variants were identified through international collaboration. Detailed phenotypic and genetic assessments of the subjects were carried out and the pathogenicity of the variants was evaluated in vitro to characterize changes in AMPAR function and expression. In addition, two Xenopus gria1 CRISPR-Cas9 F 0 models were established to characterize the in vivo consequences. Seven unrelated individuals with rare GRIA1 variants were identified. One individual carried a homozygous nonsense variant (p.Arg377Ter), and six had heterozygous missense variations (p.Arg345Gln, p.Ala636Thr, p.Ile627Thr, and p.Gly745Asp), of which the p.Ala636Thr variant was recurrent in three individuals. The cohort revealed subjects to have a recurrent neurodevelopmental disorder mostly affecting cognition and speech. Functional evaluation of major GluA1-containing AMPAR subtypes carrying the GRIA1 variant mutations showed that three of the four missense variants profoundly perturb receptor function. The homozygous stop-gain variant completely destroys the expression of GluA1-containing AMPARs. The Xenopus gria1 models show transient motor deficits, an intermittent seizure phenotype, and a significant impairment to working memory in mutants. These data support a developmental disorder caused by both heterozygous and homozygous variants in GRIA1 affecting AMPAR function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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66. Acceptability of Diorhabda carinulata1, an Introduced Biological Control Agent of Tamarix, as Prey for Selected Resident Native Arthropod Predators. [2017]

Berro, A. M., Evans, S., Royer, T. A., and Ferguson, E. M.
Southwestern Entomologist. Sep2017, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p665-676. 12p.

Subjects: ARTHROPODA, ARBOREAL animals, SALTCEDAR, and LARVAE
Abstract: Although biological control agents are imported without the constraints exerted by their native natural enemies, many native, generalist arthropod predators might use the new food source after release in the field. Predation by native arthropods is a potential obstacle to establishment of Diorhabda spp. as a biological control agent against saltcedar, Tamarix spp. Arboreal predaceous insects were surveyed at the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge to identify possible predators that could affect establishment of the northern tamarisk beetle, Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers), in Oklahoma. Results of the survey showed that 57% of the arthropods were represented by five insects, Zelus tetracanthus (Stål) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) (21%); several species of Chrysoperla (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) (11%); the insidious flower bug, Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) (10%); Collops quadrimaculatus (F.) Coleoptera: Melydridae) (8%); and the sevenspotted lady beetle, Coccinella septempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (6%), in saltcedar stands. No-choice feeding studies demonstrated that eggs and larvae of D. carinulata were accepted prey for larvae of Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister) and sevenspotted lady beetle adults but not larvae. Northern tamarisk beetle larvae were accepted prey for Z. tetracanthus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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67. Double strand RNA delivery system for plant-sap-feeding insects. [2017]

Ghosh, Saikat Kumar B., Hunter, Wayne B., Park, Alexis L., and Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn E.
PLoS ONE. 2/9/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p1-19. 19p.

Subjects: DOUBLE-stranded RNA, SAP (Plant), INSECT-plant relationships, INSECT pests, and GENE silencing
Abstract: Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-mediated gene silencing, also known as RNA interference (RNAi), has been a breakthrough technology for functional genomic studies and represents a potential tool for the management of insect pests. Since the inception of RNAi numerous studies documented successful introduction of exogenously synthesized dsRNA or siRNA into an organism triggering highly efficient gene silencing through the degradation of endogenous RNA homologous to the presented siRNA. Managing hemipteran insect pests, especially Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), is critical to food productivity. BMSB was recently introduced into North America where it is both an invasive agricultural pest of high value specialty, row, and staple crops, as well as an indoor nuisance pest. RNAi technology may serve as a viable tool to manage this voracious pest, but delivery of dsRNA to piercing-sucking insects has posed a tremendous challenge. Effective and practical use of RNAi as molecular biopesticides for biocontrol of insects like BMSB in the environment requires that dsRNAs be delivered in vivo through ingestion. Therefore, the key challenge for molecular biologists in developing insect-specific molecular biopesticides is to find effective and reliable methods for practical delivery of stable dsRNAs such as through oral ingestion. Here demonstrated is a reliable delivery system of effective insect-specific dsRNAs through oral feeding through a new delivery system to induce a significant decrease in expression of targeted genes such as JHAMT and Vg. This state-of-the-art delivery method overcomes environmental delivery challenges so that RNAi is induced through insect-specific dsRNAs orally delivered to hemipteran and other insect pests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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68. Plasmid diversity among genetically related Klebsiella pneumoniae bla KPC-2 and bla KPC-3 isolates collected in the Dutch national surveillance. [2020]

Hendrickx APA, Landman F, de Haan A, Borst D, Witteveen S, van Santen-Verheuvel MG, van der Heide HGJ, and Schouls LM
Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2020 Oct 08; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 16778. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 08.

Subjects: High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Klebsiella pneumoniae isolation purification, Netherlands, DNA, Bacterial genetics, Klebsiella Infections microbiology, Klebsiella pneumoniae genetics, and beta-Lactamases genetics
Abstract: Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae emerged as a nosocomial pathogen causing morbidity and mortality in patients. For infection prevention it is important to track the spread of K. pneumoniae and its plasmids between patients. Therefore, the major aim was to recapitulate the contents and diversity of the plasmids of genetically related K. pneumoniae strains harboring the beta-lactamase gene bla KPC-2 or bla KPC-3 to determine their dissemination in the Netherlands and the former Dutch Caribbean islands from 2014 to 2019. Next-generation sequencing was combined with long-read third-generation sequencing to reconstruct 22 plasmids. wgMLST revealed five genetic clusters comprised of K. pneumoniae bla KPC-2 isolates and four clusters consisted of bla KPC-3 isolates. KpnCluster-019 bla KPC-2 isolates were found both in the Netherlands and the Caribbean islands, while bla KPC-3 cluster isolates only in the Netherlands. Each K. pneumoniae bla KPC-2 or bla KPC-3 cluster was characterized by a distinct resistome and plasmidome. However, the large and medium plasmids contained a variety of antibiotic resistance genes, conjugation machinery, cation transport systems, transposons, toxin/antitoxins, insertion sequences and prophage-related elements. The small plasmids carried genes implicated in virulence. Thus, implementing long-read plasmid sequencing analysis for K. pneumoniae surveillance provided important insights in the transmission of a KpnCluster-019 bla KPC-2 strain between the Netherlands and the Caribbean.

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69. Influence of non-crop plants on stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and natural enemy abundance in tomatoes. [2010]

Pease, C. G. and Zalom, F. G.
Journal of Applied Entomology. Sep2010, Vol. 134 Issue 8, p626-636. 11p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.

Subjects: HOSTS (Biology), STINKBUGS, TOMATOES, and VALLEYS
Abstract: We investigated the effects of weed hosts on stink bug density and damage ( Euschistus conspersus Uhler and Thyanta pallidovirens Stal), and a nectar bearing plant on natural enemies of stink bugs in the Sacramento Valley of California. Stink bug density and fruit damage were evaluated in processing tomatoes adjacent to weedy and cultivated borders. The density of E. conspersus was significantly greater in tomatoes adjacent to weedy borders in July but not during August/September. Thyanta pallidovirens was less abundant overall (19%), but was found in significantly greater densities adjacent to cultivated borders in July but not in August/September. Mean percent fruit damage by stink bugs was greater adjacent to the weedy border than the cultivated border, but this difference was not significant. Stink bug egg parasitism and generalist predator density were evaluated in fresh market tomatoes adjacent to a sweet alyssum ( Lobularia maritima L.) border and an unplanted control border at three sites. Egg parasitism was significantly greater in the alyssum treatment for the 9–12 September sampling period. Jalysus wickhami VanDuzee (Hemiptera: Berytidae) density was significantly greater in the alyssum treatment in mid-June. No other significant differences in predator populations were detected. Results of these two studies show that habitat manipulations have the potential to reduce densities of E. conspersus in tomato, the first step in developing a farmscape management plan for stink bug control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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70. Searching for new predators of the invasive Halyomorpha halys: the role of the black garden ant Lasius niger. [2021]

Bulgarini, Giacomo, Castracani, Cristina, Mori, Alessandra, Grasso, Donato A., and Maistrello, Lara
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Sep2021, Vol. 169 Issue 9, p799-806. 8p.

Subjects: BROWN marmorated stink bug, PREDATORY insects, ORCHARDS, ANTS, HYMENOPTERA, and PREDATORY animals
Abstract: In recent years, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Cappaeini) has become an invasive pest in North America and Europe, where it caused extensive damage to agriculture, resulting in great economic losses. Evaluating the potential of native predators in the invaded areas, ants might represent good candidates thanks to their biology, ecology, and behavior. In Italy, H. halys proved to be the top key pest in pear orchards, where the black garden ant, Lasius niger (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Lasiini), is the most abundant ant species. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predatory ability of L. niger on the eggs and on all the juvenile instars of H. halys under laboratory conditions. The results indicate that L. niger significantly reduces the survival of the second and third nymphal instars by 56 and 58%, respectively, but it is unable to reduce the egg hatching and the survival of the first, fourth, and fifth instars. Our preliminary results obtained in laboratory conditions suggest a possible role of the ant L. niger in controlling H. halys invasion mainly acting on the smaller and more mobile nymphal stages. The effective role of this species as potential biocontrol agents of H. halys in fruit orchards in association with other ant species as well as with other predatory insects is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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71. Life History and Laboratory Rearing of Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) With Descriptions of Immature Stages. [2013]

VESSELS, H. K., BUNDY, C. S., and McPHERSON, J. E.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Sep2013, Vol. 106 Issue 5, p575-585. 11p.

Subjects: HEMIPTERA, COREIDAE, INSECT development, OPUNTIA, and FEROCACTUS
Abstract: Narnia femorata Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) is a leaffooted bug commonly found on Opuntia and Ferocactus cacti (Cactaceae) in southern New Mexico. Although general information has been published on the biology of this species, detailed studies are limited, particularly in America north of Mexico. Therefore, we conducted a study of this bug's life history in southern New Mexico from August 2010 to May 2012, reared the bug in the laboratory, and described the immature stages. Six prickly pear cactus plants, Opuntia phaeacantlut Engelmann, and four barrel cactus plants, Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelmann) Britton & Rose, were examined weekly to record numbers of the various life stages, adult sex ratios, and behavioral activities. Adults of this apparently bivoltine species overwintered in plant debris at the bases of their host plants. They emerged in late February to deposit eggs in rows along the underside of cactus spines. Nymphs were found from late February through late December. Nymphs of the first generation were most abundant April through June on and around developing flowers of O. phaeacantha. Those of the second generation were most abundant during August and September on maturing fruit of O. phaeacantha and developing flowers and maturing fruit of F. wislizeni. The bug also was reared from egg to adult under controlled laboratory conditions on fruit and pads of O. phaeacantha at 25 ± 0.01°C under a photoperiod of 14:10 (L:D) h. The incubation period averaged 12.70 d. The five stadia averaged 3.84, 11.00, 12.12, 17.06, and 22.94 d, respectively. Instars can be distinguished readily by differences in several morphological features in addition to body size and coloration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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72. Ramucirumab versus placebo as second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma following first-line therapy with sorafenib (REACH): a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial. [2015]

Zhu AX, Park JO, Ryoo BY, Yen CJ, Poon R, Pastorelli D, Blanc JF, Chung HC, Baron AD, Pfiffer TE, Okusaka T, Kubackova K, Trojan J, Sastre J, Chau I, Chang SC, Abada PB, Yang L, Schwartz JD, and Kudo M
The Lancet. Oncology [Lancet Oncol] 2015 Jul; Vol. 16 (7), pp. 859-70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jun 18.

Subjects: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular mortality, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology, Confidence Intervals, Disease-Free Survival, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Double-Blind Method, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Liver Neoplasms mortality, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Niacinamide therapeutic use, Patient Selection, Proportional Hazards Models, Remission Induction, Sorafenib, Survival Analysis, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies, Monoclonal therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular drug therapy, Liver Neoplasms drug therapy, Niacinamide analogs derivatives, and Phenylurea Compounds therapeutic use
Abstract: Background: VEGF and VEGF receptor-2-mediated angiogenesis contribute to hepatocellular carcinoma pathogenesis. Ramucirumab is a recombinant IgG1 monoclonal antibody and VEGF receptor-2 antagonist. We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of ramucirumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma following first-line therapy with sorafenib.
Methods: In this randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial (REACH), patients were enrolled from 154 centres in 27 countries. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, had hepatocellular carcinoma with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C disease or stage B disease that was refractory or not amenable to locoregional therapy, had Child-Pugh A liver disease, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1, had previously received sorafenib (stopped because of progression or intolerance), and had adequate haematological and biochemical parameters. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive intravenous ramucirumab (8 mg/kg) or placebo every 2 weeks, plus best supportive care, until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or death. Randomisation was stratified by geographic region and cause of liver disease with a stratified permuted block method. Patients, medical staff, investigators, and the funder were masked to treatment assignment. The primary endpoint was overall survival in the intention-to-treat population. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01140347.
Findings: Between Nov 4, 2010, and April 18, 2013, 565 patients were enrolled, of whom 283 were assigned to ramucirumab and 282 were assigned to placebo. Median overall survival for the ramucirumab group was 9·2 months (95% CI 8·0-10·6) versus 7·6 months (6·0-9·3) for the placebo group (HR 0·87 [95% CI 0·72-1·05]; p=0·14). Grade 3 or greater adverse events occurring in 5% or more of patients in either treatment group were ascites (13 [5%] of 277 patients treated with ramucirumab vs 11 [4%] of 276 patients treated with placebo), hypertension (34 [12%] vs ten [4%]), asthenia (14 [5%] vs five [2%]), malignant neoplasm progression (18 [6%] vs 11 [4%]), increased aspartate aminotransferase concentration (15 [5%] vs 23 [8%]), thrombocytopenia (13 [5%] vs one [<1%]), hyperbilirubinaemia (three [1%] vs 13 [5%]), and increased blood bilirubin (five [2%] vs 14 [5%]). The most frequently reported (≥1%) treatment-emergent serious adverse event of any grade or grade 3 or more was malignant neoplasm progression.
Interpretation: Second-line treatment with ramucirumab did not significantly improve survival over placebo in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. No new safety signals were noted in eligible patients and the safety profile is manageable.
Funding: Eli Lilly and Co.
(Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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73. Behavioral Response of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to Semiochemicals Deployed Inside and Outside Anthropogenic Structures During the Overwintering Period. [2017]

Morrison WR 3rd, Acebes-Doria A, Ogburn E, Kuhar TP, Walgenbach JF, Bergh JC, Nottingham L, Dimeglio A, Hipkins P, and Leskey TC
Journal of economic entomology [J Econ Entomol] 2017 Jun 01; Vol. 110 (3), pp. 1002-1009.

Subjects: Animals, Housing, Seasons, Chemotaxis, Heteroptera physiology, Insect Control, and Pheromones pharmacology
Abstract: The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), is an invasive species from Asia capable of causing severe agricultural damage. It can also be a nuisance pest when it enters and exits anthropogenic overwintering sites. In recent years, pheromone lures and traps for H. halys have been developed and used to monitor populations in field studies. To date, no study has investigated the applicability of these monitoring tools for use indoors by building residents during the overwintering period. Herein, we 1) assessed when in late winter (diapause) and spring (postdiapause) H. halys begins to respond to its pheromone (10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolen-3-ol), 2) evaluated whether pheromone-based tools can be used reliably for monitoring H. halys adults in unheated and heated buildings, and 3) elucidated the potential for indoor management using pheromone-baited traps. A 2-yr trapping study suggested that H. halys began to respond reliably to pheromone-baited traps after a critical photoperiod of 13.5 h in the spring. Captures before that point were not correlated with visual counts of bugs in buildings despite robust populations, suggesting currently available pheromone-baited traps were ineffective for surveillance of diapausing H. halys. Finally, because baited traps captured only 8-20% of the adult H. halys known to be present per location, they were not an effective indoor management tool for overwintering H. halys. Our study contributes important knowledge about the capacity of H. halys to perceive its pheromone during overwintering, and the ramifications thereof for building residents with nuisance problems.
(Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2017. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US.)

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74. A Modular Approach to Introduce Function into Single-Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles. [2014]

Huerta, Elisa, van Genabeek, Bas, Stals, Patrick J. M., Meijer, E. W., and Palmans, Anja R. A.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Aug2014, Vol. 35 Issue 15, p1320-1325. 6p.

Subjects: ORGANOCATALYSIS, AMPHIPHILES, NAPHTHALIMIDES, STEREOSELECTIVE reactions, ALDOL condensation, and CYCLOHEXANONES
Abstract: Here, a modular approach is reported to introduce a specific function into single-chain polymeric nanoparticles (SCPNs). Hereto, an amphiphilic polymer with pendant benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) units is mixed with a 'free' BTA that contains a functional group, either a fluorescent naphthalimide or a catalytically active l-proline. Taking advantage of hydrophobic interactions and self-recognition properties of the BTA units, the 'free' BTAs are captured into the interior of the SCPN in water as evidenced by fluorescence studies. To illustrate that function can be readily introduced using a modular approach, l-proline-based BTAs are incorporated to procure a catalytically active SCPN in water. The aldol reaction between p-nitrobenzaldehyde and cyclohexanone shows good conversions at low catalyst loadings and substrate concentrations, and high stereoselectivities are obtained ( de = 91% and ee = 98%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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75. Isolation and partial characterization of a new reovirus in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H Milne Edwards. [2012]

Zhang, S and Bonami, J-R
Journal of Fish Diseases. Oct2012, Vol. 35 Issue 10, p733-739. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram.

Subjects: REOVIRUSES, CHINESE mitten crab, VIRION, and FRESHWATER crabs
Abstract: A second type of freshwater crab reovirus has been isolated from Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, in China; we named it E. sinensis reovirus ( EsRV816). The negatively stained virion is a non-enveloped icosahedral particle, 60 ± 5 nm in diameter. Its genome is composed of 10 dsRNA linear pieces exhibiting an electrophoretic pattern of 5/3/2. The largest segment (RNA-1) was cloned and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence, corresponding to the RdRp of the virus, showed 26% identity with the RdRp of Operophtera brumata (L.) cypovirus 19 in the genus Cypovirus and 24% identity with RdRp of Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) reovirus in the genus Fijivirus. On the basis of its ultrastructure and physicochemical properties, this virus is quite different from other crab reoviruses, and particularly with another freshwater crab reovirus EsRV905, recently classified in a new genus Cardoreovirus. This virus ( EsRV816) possesses all the characters of the members of the reoviridae family and could represent a new genus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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76. SEARCHING FOR NATIVE EGG-PARASITOIDS OF THE INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES HALYOMORPHA HALYS STÅL (HETEROPTERA PENTATOMIDAE) IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. [2016]

FEDERICO, ROVERSI PIO, FRANCESCO, BINAZZI, LEONARDO, MARIANELLI, ELENA, COSTI, LARA, MAISTRELLO, and GIUSEPPINO, SABBATINI PEVERIERI
Redia: Giornale di Zoologia. 2016, Vol. 99, p63-70. 8p.

Subjects: PARASITOIDS, BROWN marmorated stink bug, PLANT parasites, INTRODUCED insects, LADYBUGS, STINKBUGS, and SPECIES distribution
Abstract: Halyomorpha halys is an invasive species, originating from East Asia, which was accidentally introduced in some areas of North America and Europe, where severe damages to different vegetable crops and fruit plants were recorded. Several studies in different countries focused on the possibility to apply biological control by means of eggparasitoids. The main egg-parasitoids in the original area are unfortunately non-specific and thus the application of classical biological control is questionable. On the other hand, the possibility of using augmentative biological control by native egg-parasitoids able to exploit the new host is an interesting possibility in both Europe and the USA. In a preliminary assay, frozen egg masses of H. halys were exposed in the field in Central Italy. Results showed that some eggs were exploited by parasitoids belonging to the species Anastatus bifasciatus and Ooencyrtus telenomicida. Therefore, different native egg-parasitoids species widespread in Europe were tested in the laboratory in order to explore their ability to parasitize H. halys eggs. To this end, no-choice tests were carried out in climatic chambers (26°C, 70%RH, 16:8 L:D) in order to evaluate the parasitization potential of females collected in the wild. Conducted tests pointed out that A. bifasciatus and especially O. telenomicida may be potential candidates for the biological control of H. halys. In particular, O. telenomicida was able to parasitize the 35.56% of the exposed host eggs in the lab tests. New adults successfully emerged from the 22.92% of the eggs, and on the whole, this egg-parasitoid caused a significant hatching reduction of the H. halys eggs (more than 70%). Conversely, Telenomus chloropus and Ooencyrtus pityocampae were less promising species as biocontrol agents of this agricultural pest. Preliminary trials in pear orchards consisting of field releases of laboratory-reared specimens of O. telenomicida, one of the potential candidates for biological control, showed that this parasitoid is actually able to discover egg masses of H. halys (sentinel frozen egg masses) and to successfully parasitize them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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77. Histological grade provides significant prognostic information in addition to breast cancer subtypes defined according to St Gallen 2013. [2017]

Ehinger A, Malmström P, Bendahl PO, Elston CW, Falck AK, Forsare C, Grabau D, Rydén L, Stål O, and Fernö M
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) [Acta Oncol] 2017 Jan; Vol. 56 (1), pp. 68-74. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 20.

Subjects: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Cohort Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Lymphatic Metastasis, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Grading, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local drug therapy, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local metabolism, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Receptor, ErbB-2 metabolism, Receptors, Estrogen metabolism, Receptors, Progesterone metabolism, Survival Rate, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism, Breast Neoplasms classification, Breast Neoplasms pathology, and Neoplasm Recurrence, Local pathology
Abstract: Background: The St Gallen surrogate definition of the intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer consist of five subgroups based on estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2), and Ki-67. PgR and Ki-67 are used for discriminating between the 'Luminal A-like' and 'Luminal B-like (HER2-negative)' subtypes. Histological grade (G) has prognostic value in breast cancer; however, its relationship to the St Gallen subtypes is not clear. Based on a previous pilot study, we hypothesized that G could be a primary discriminator for ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancers that were G1 or G3, whereas Ki-67 and PgR could provide additional prognostic information specifically for patients with G2 tumors. To test this hypothesis, a larger patient cohort was examined.
Patients and Methods: Six hundred seventy-one patients (≥35 years of age, pT1-2, pN0-1) with ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer and complete data for PgR, Ki-67, G, lymph node status, tumor size, age, and distant disease-free survival (DDFS; median follow-up 9.2 years) were included.
Results: 'Luminal A-like' tumors were mostly G1 or G2 (90%) whereas 'Luminal B-like' tumors were mostly G2 or G3 (87%) and corresponded with good and poor DDFS, respectively. In 'Luminal B-like' tumors that were G1 (n = 23), no metastasis occurred, whereas 14 of 40 'Luminal A-like' tumors that were G3 metastasized. In the G2 subgroup, low PgR and high Ki-67 were associated with an increased risk of distant metastases, hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.8 (0.95-3.4) and 1.5 (0.80-2.8), respectively.
Conclusions: Patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative/G1 breast cancer have a good prognosis, similar to that of 'Luminal A-like', while those with ER-positive/HER2-negative/G3 breast cancer have a worse prognosis, similar to that of 'Luminal B-like', when assessed independently of PgR and Ki-67. Therapy decisions based on Ki-67 and PgR might thus be restricted to the subgroup G2.

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78. First Detection of the Adventive Egg Parasitoid of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Trissolcus mitsukurii (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in France. [2021]

Bout A, Tortorici F, Hamidi R, Warot S, Tavella L, and Thomas M
Insects [Insects] 2021 Aug 24; Vol. 12 (9). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 24.

Abstract: We report the first detection of Trissolcus mitsukurii in France. More than 1860 sentinel egg masses of Halyomorpha halys (BMSB) were exposed in the field during the 2018-2020 period, and 12 specimens of T. mitsukurii emerged from one egg mass. Their taxonomic identification was confirmed both by morphological and molecular analysis. Trissolcus mitsukurii , similar to T. japonicus , is an egg parasitoid of BMSB in its area of origin in Asia, and both species are considered to be candidates for a classical biological control strategy against BMSB. Trissolcus mitsukurii was previously recorded in Italy where it is well established and widespread, and this may be the source of the French population. Possible permanent establishment and dispersion of T. mitsukurii in France should be monitored with emphasis on its potential effect on BMSB populations.

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79. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Attraction to Various Light Stimuli. [2017]

Cambridge, John E., Francoeur, Laurie, and Hamilton, George C.
Florida Entomologist. Sep2017, Vol. 100 Issue 3, p583-588. 6p.

Subjects: HEMIPTERA, STINKBUGS, INSECT behavior, BROWN marmorated stink bug, and INSECT traps
Abstract: Light trapping is a common method for monitoring and capturing insects such as the invasive agricultural pest, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Efforts to develop more effective trapping methods for H. halys have led to research investigating the response of this insect to potentially exploitable stimuli. A behavioral study was conducted to examine the response of H. halys to various light stimuli. Seven intensities (0 [control: dark], 0.1, 10, 50, 75, 100, and 155 lx) of white light were tested. The most attractive intensity for H. halys was 75 lx for adult males and females. Nymphal instars 2 to 5, adult males, and adult females were also exposed to 75 lx white light. Adult males were significantly more attracted to the light than any other life stage. Adults were also exposed to green, orange, red, white, and yellow light. All colors tested were attractive to H. halys. White light was significantly more attractive than the other tested colors. The findings of this study suggest that the incorporation of a white light into H. halys traps may increase the number captured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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80. Môrewind oor die Karasberge: 'n Kultuurhistoriese Verkenning van die Karasstreek van die Laat Negentiende Eeu. [2011]

Groenewald, Gerald
Historia; Nov2011, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p203-206, 4p

Subjects: NAMIBIAN history and NONFICTION
Abstract: The article presents a book review of "Môrewind oor die Karasberge: ’n Kultuurhistoriese Verkenning van die Karasstreek van die Laat Negentiende Eeu," by E. L. P. Stals.

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81. Ethyl formate dilution in carbon dioxide for fumigation control of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys, Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). [2022]

Kawagoe, James C, Abrams, Adelaine E, Lourie, Austin P, and Walse, Spencer S
Pest Management Science; Jul2022, Vol. 78 Issue 7, p3090-3097, 8p

Subjects: STINKBUGS, BROWN marmorated stink bug, CARBON dioxide, FUMIGATION, ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide, HEMIPTERA, and DILUTION
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, has caused significant agricultural damage to numerous hosts, so agricultural producers seek to limit its spread. Where established, BMSB can also cause substantial urban and commercial disturbance, as overwintering adults may seek refuge inside dwellings, covered spaces, vehicles, and consignments. Phytosanitary authorities are most concerned with the importation of 'hitchhiking' adults in this refugia, with certain countries requiring a quarantine treatment to mitigate risk. This study explores fumigation with ethyl formate, applied as 16.7% by mass dilution in carbon dioxide, for control of adult BMSB. RESULTS: The induction of diapause, to simulate overwintering physiology, resulted in 2‐ and 3‐fold increases in the tolerance of adults toward this ethyl formate fumigation at 10 ± 0.5 °C (x¯±2s) lasting for 8 and 12 h, respectively. However, a decreased tolerance (0.7‐fold) of diapausing specimens was observed for a 4‐h duration. Diapausing and nondiapausing adult BMSB can be controlled at the probit 9 level if the headspace concentration of ethyl formate, [EF], in the carbon dioxide mixture is maintained ≥7.68 mg L−1 for 12 h at 10 ± 0.5 °C (x¯±2s). If the duration is shortened to 4 h, [EF] must be maintained ≥14.73 mg L−1 over the course of fumigation. CONCLUSION: The toxicity of ethyl formate in this mixture can be distinct for different physiological states of the same life stage, as evidenced by a ca. 3‐fold increase in the Haber's z parameter for adult BMSB when in diapause. Respective to the physiological state of adults, this study identifies how the applied dose and/or treatment duration can be modulated (i.e. tuned) to ensure adequate toxicological efficacy toward BMSB infesting hosts or refuge at temperatures ca. >10 °C. Published 2022. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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82. MCM3 upregulation confers endocrine resistance in breast cancer and is a predictive marker of diminished tamoxifen benefit. [2021]

Løkkegaard, Sanne, Elias, Daniel, Alves, Carla L., Bennetzen, Martin V., Lænkholm, Anne-Vibeke, Bak, Martin, Gjerstorff, Morten F., Johansen, Lene E., Vever, Henriette, Bjerre, Christina, Kirkegaard, Tove, Nordenskjöld, Bo, Fornander, Tommy, Stål, Olle, Lindström, Linda S., Esserman, Laura J., Lykkesfeldt, Anne E., Andersen, Jens S., Leth-Larsen, Rikke, and Ditzel, Henrik J.
NPJ Breast Cancer; 1/4/2021, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

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83. The influence of ethylene glycol chains on the thermodynamics of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular assemblies in apolar solvents. [2008]

de Greef, Tom F. A., Nieuwenhuizen, Marko M. L., Stals, Patrick J. M., Fitié, Carel F. C., Palmans, Anja R. A., Sijbesma, Rint P., and Meijer, E. W.
Chemical Communications. Sep2008, Vol. 2008 Issue 36, p4306-4308. 3p.

Subjects: ETHYLENE glycol, THERMODYNAMICS, HYDROGEN bonding, SUPRAMOLECULAR chemistry, SOLVENTS, and CHEMICAL reduction
Abstract: Substitution of hydrogen bond directed supramolecular assemblies with ethylene glycol chains leads to a reduction in the association constant in apolar solvents, where the reduction of the association constant is dependent on the length of the aliphatic spacer connecting the hydrogen bonds and the ethylene glycol chain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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84. Pathology parameters and adjuvant tamoxifen response in a randomised premenopausal breast cancer trial. [2005]

Jirström, K., Rydén, L., Anagnostaki, L., Nordenskjöld, B., Stål, O., Thorstenson, S., Chebil, G., Jönsson, P.-E., Fernö, M., and Landberg, G.
Journal of Clinical Pathology. Nov2005, Vol. 58 Issue 11, p1135-1142. 8p. 6 Charts, 3 Graphs.

Subjects: BREAST cancer, CANCER in women, CANCER treatment, THERAPEUTICS, TAMOXIFEN, TUMOR growth, and ESTROGEN
Abstract: Background: Subgroups of breast cancer that have an impaired response to endocrine treatment, despite hormone receptor positivily, are still poorly defined. Breast cancer can be subdivided according to standard pathological parameters including histological type, grade, and assessment of proliferation. These parameters are the net result of combinations of genetic alterations effecting tumour behaviour and could potentially reflect subtypes that respond differently to endocrine treatment. Aims: To investigate the usefulness of these parameters as predictors of the response to tamoxifen in premenopausal women with breast cancer. Materials/methods: Clinically established pathological parameters were assessed and related to the tamoxifen response in 500 available tumour specimens from 564 premenopausal patients with breast cancer randomised to either two years of tamoxifen or no treatment with 14 years of follow up. Proliferation was further evaluated by immunohistochemical Ki-67 expression. Results: Oestrogen receptor positive ductal carcinomas responded as expected to tamoxifen, whereas the difference in recurrence free survival between control and tamoxifen treated patients was less apparent in the relatively few lobular carcinomas. For histological grade, there was no obvious difference in treatment response between the groups. The relation between proliferation and tamoxifen response seemed to be more complex, with a clear response in tumours with high and low proliferation, whereas tumours with intermediate proliferation defined by Ki-67 responded more poorly. Conclusions: Clinically established pathology parameters seem to mirror the endocrine treatment response and could potentially be valuable in future treatment decisions for patients with breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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85. INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF SESAME LEAF AND STEM EXTRACTS ON Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stal (Hemiptera: Coreidae). [2020]

Negbenebor, H. E., Abdullahi, R. I., Nura, S., and Sharif, U.
Bayero Journal of Pure & Applied Sciences; Jun2020, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p145-151, 7p

Subjects: SESAME, BOTANICAL insecticides, INSECTICIDES, CARDIAC glycosides, INSECT mortality, HEMIPTERA, and EXTRACTS
Abstract: A study was conducted to investigate the insecticidal potency of leaf and stem ethanolic extracts of white sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) on the pod-sucking bug (Clavigralla tomentosicollis Stal.) under laboratory conditions. Four different concentrations of the extracts (5.00, 10.00, 15.00 and 20.00 mg/l) of ethanolic extracts were prepared from the leaf and stem parts of the Sesame plant. Water and Cypermethrin were used as negative and positive controls. Fresh cowpea pods were treated with the various concentrations of the stem and leaf ethanolic extracts and the pod-sucking bugs were introduced into the jars containing the pods. The result obtained revealed significant differences (P≤0.05) in the effect of various concentrations in inducing mortality of the insects at different instars. The extracts were more effective in the first (1st) instars against the pod-sucking bugs. The activity is concentration dependent as it increases with increase in concentration of the extract. However, leaf ethanolic extract proved to be more effective. More so, the percentages of pods infested by the bugs were found to be lower among the 20.00 mg/l treated pods in both stem and leaf ethanolic extracts. The phytochemical result indicated the presence of certain phytochemicals such as alkaloids, carbohydrates, cardiac glycosides, diterpenoids, flavonoids, proteins, saponins, steroids, tannins and triterpenoids that were proved to be vital in the insecticidal activity of the extracts. Thus, the stem and leaf ethanolic extracts of sesame are effective botanical insecticides against C. tomentosicollis especially at 20.00 mg/l of the leaf extract. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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86. Validation of a competitive ELISA assay for the quantification of human serum hepcidin. [2015]

Dahlfors G, Stål P, Hansson EC, Bàràny P, Sisowath C, Onelöv L, Nelson D, Eggertsen G, Marmur J, and Beshara S
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation [Scand J Clin Lab Invest] 2015; Vol. 75 (8), pp. 652-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 12.

Subjects: Adult, Aged, Blood Chemical Analysis, Case-Control Studies, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Hepcidins genetics, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic blood, Limit of Detection, Liver metabolism, Liver Diseases blood, Male, Middle Aged, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Young Adult, and Hepcidins blood
Abstract: Background: Hepcidin-25 is a potential marker for iron disorders with a demand for accessible assays. This study aimed to evaluate a commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) for hepcidin quantitation.
Methods: Serum samples; 95 healthy subjects (HS), six patients with iron deficiency (ID), 84 patients with liver disorders (LD) and 220 hemodialysis patients (HD), were analyzed. Controls were used for imprecision, while accuracy was evaluated by quantitating hepcidin-25 with LC-MS/MS in 149 samples. Cross-reactivity for hepcidin-20 and hepcidin-22 was tested. Hepcidin-mRNA expression in 37 liver biopsies was measured.
Results: S-hepcidin ranged from 8-76 and 2-31 μg/L in healthy men and women. Levels in ID, LD and HD significantly differed from HS. Total coefficients of variation (CV) for controls were 24% and 22%. Within-sample CV was 10%. Despite a good correlation with LC-MS/MS (r = 0.89), the cELISA showed higher values and detected hepcidin-20 and hepcidin-22. Hepcidin-mRNA correlated well with S-hepcidin using cELISA and LC-MS/MS (r = 0.69 and 0.64).
Conclusions: The correlation with LC-MS/MS is good and the examined kit can differentiate between patient groups although it is not specific for hepcidin-25. Considering ELISA's capacity to readily be set up, the investigated kit can be applied. Specific reference ranges are required.

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87. The overlooked role of weed plants affecting pest stink bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) bioecology in the Neotropics. [2022]

Panizzi, A. R. and Lucini, T. L.
Arthropod-Plant Interactions; Feb2022, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p

Abstract: Most stink bugs (Pentatomidae) are polyphagous and feed on an array of cultivated and non-cultivated plants. Among the last, weed plants play an important role in their bioecology and pest status, particularly in the Neotropics, in where stink bugs are active during most of the year. In spite of this, the weeds role is, in general, underestimated. In this review article we present and discuss the importance of weed plants present in row crops and pasture lands, affecting stink bugs pests of major commodities in the Neotropics. We surveyed the literature and other sources (unpublished records) on the presence of stink bugs on weed plants. These plants were ranked as hosts (allowing nymph development and/or adult reproduction) or as associated plants (providing some nutrients/water/shelter, but not allowing nymph and/or adult performance). The following stink bug pest species were covered: The green-bellied stink bugs, Diceraeus furcatus (F.) and D. melacanthus Dallas; the Neotropical brown sink bug, Euschistus heros (F.); the brown-winged stink bug, Edessa meditabunda (F.); the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.); the rice stink bugs, Oebalus poecilus (Dallas) and O. ypsilongriseus (De Geer); the red-banded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood); the rice stalk stink bug, Tibraca limbativentris Stål; and the red-shouldered stink bug, Thyanta perditor (F.). The survey showed plants from 16 different families interacting with the 10 species of pest pentatomids analyzed, with the greater number of species of Fabaceae (16+), Poaceae (14+), and Asteraceae (7). Data demonstrated that, in the modern landscape scenario of agricultural areas in the Neotropics, highly polyphagous species, such as N. viridula, tend to suffer greater impact, while the oligophagous species, E. heros, D. furcatus, and D. melacanthus, in contrast, tend to be favored. The management of weed plants through the increase use of herbicides, multiple cropping, and the non-tillage cultivation systems seems to be the major factors influencing the interactions of stink bugs and weeds, changing the population dynamics of pest stink bugs in the Neotropics, and, consequently their pest status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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88. Real-time PCR assay to detect brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in environmental DNA. [2016]

Valentin, Rafael E, Maslo, Brooke, Lockwood, Julie L, Pote, John, and Fonseca, Dina M
Pest Management Science; Oct2016, Vol. 72 Issue 10, p1854-1861, 8p

Subjects: POLYMERASE chain reaction, BIOLOGICAL assay, STINKBUGS, PREDATORY animals, INTRODUCED organisms, and NONINDIGENOUS pests
Abstract: BACKGROUND Early detection before establishment and identification of key predators are time-honored strategies towards effective eradication or control of invasive species. The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, is a recent exotic pest of several important crops in North America and Europe. Resulting widespread applications of insecticides have countered years of careful integrated pest management and are leading to the resurgence of other agricultural pests. Environmental DNA (eDNA) has been used effectively to detect aquatic invasives. RESULTS We developed a real-time PCR (qPCR) assay for BMSB in a conserved region of the ribosomal DNA interspacer 1 (ITS1). We validated this assay on worldwide populations of BMSB and tested its specificity and sensitivity against other US Pentatomidae species and on guano of big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, which we confirmed is a BMSB predator in New Jersey. We also detected BMSB DNA after rapid (and inexpensive) HotSHOT DNA extractions of soiled paper from cages briefly holding BMSB, as well as from discarded exuviae. CONCLUSION Given the high sensitivity of our assay to BMSB environmental DNA (eDNA) in terrestrial samples, this tool should become a cost-effective approach for using eDNA to detect terrestrial invasive species and their key predators. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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89. Greenhouse Rearing Methods for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Live Cowpea Plants. [2021]

Abrams, Adelaine E, Alvarez, Alfredo, Rodriguez, Matthew S, Kron, Cindy R, Bellamy, Dave E, and Walse, Spencer S
Journal of Economic Entomology; Dec2021, Vol. 114 Issue 6, p2297-2306, 10p

Subjects: BROWN marmorated stink bug, STINKBUGS, HEMIPTERA, GREENHOUSES, ADULTS, and COWPEA
Abstract: Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a pest of concern that must be controlled for market access of host material and regulated articles to certain countries. This work outlines a rearing system for BMSB on live cowpea plants, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Fabales: Fabaceae), including methods to induce adults to both enter and exit diapause. This scalable system affords continuous access to >600 specimens per week of each life stage and/or age group, which is particularly advantageous when developing treatment efficacy data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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90. Predicting Rice Stem Stink Bug Population Dynamics Based on GAMLSS Models. [2020]

Seidel, E J, Pazini, J B, Tomazella, V L D, Vieira, A M C, Silva, F F, Martins, J F S, and Barrigossi, J A F
Environmental Entomology; Oct2020, Vol. 49 Issue 5, p1145-1154, 10p

Subjects: STINKBUGS, POPULATION dynamics, RICE, PEST control, and PADDY fields
Abstract: The rice stem stink bug, Tibraca limbativentris Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is one of the most harmful insects for Brazilian rice fields. Aiming to define the most appropriate time and place for pest management measures in commercial paddy fields, we adjusted regression models (Poisson, Zero Inflated Poisson, reparametrized Zero Inflated Poisson, Negative Binomial and Zero Inflated Negative Binomial) for modeling the population variation of T. limbativentris along the phenological cycle of the flooded rice cultivation. We hypothesize that the rice stem stink bug population's size is influenced by the rice cycle (time) and geographical positions within the crop. It was possible to predict the occurrence of the rice stem stink bug in the commercial flooded rice crop. The population of the rice stem stink bug increased significantly with the time or phenological evolution of rice. Our results indicated that the start of T. limbativentris monitoring should occur up to 45 d After Plant Emergence (DAE), from the regions along the edges of the rice paddies, which are the points of entry and higher concentration of the insect. In addition, 45 and 60 DAE were considered the crucial times for T. limbativentris control decision making in flooded rice paddies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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91. Prospects for charged Higgs searches at the LHC. [2017]

Arhrib, A., Hernandez-Sanchez, J., Mahmoudi, F., Santos, R., Akeroyd, A., Moretti, S., Yagyu, K., Yildirim, E., Khater, W., Krawczyk, M., Najjari, S., Sokołowska, D., Osland, P., Purmohammadi, M., Pruna, G., Sharma, P., Stål, O., Aoki, M., Basso, L., and Ginzburg, I.
European Physical Journal C -- Particles & Fields; May2017, Vol. 77 Issue 5, p1-33, 33p

Subjects: HIGGS bosons, SCALAR field theory, SUPERSYMMETRY, STANDARD model (Nuclear physics), DARK matter, and MATHEMATICAL models
Abstract: The goal of this report is to summarize the current situation and discuss possible search strategies for charged scalars, in non-supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model at the LHC. Such scalars appear in Multi-Higgs-Doublet models, in particular in the popular Two-Higgs-Doublet model, allowing for charged and additional neutral Higgs bosons. These models have the attractive property that electroweak precision observables are automatically in agreement with the Standard Model at the tree level. For the most popular version of this framework, Model II, a discovery of a charged Higgs boson remains challenging, since the parameter space is becoming very constrained, and the QCD background is very high. We also briefly comment on models with dark matter which constrain the corresponding charged scalars that occur in these models. The stakes of a possible discovery of an extended scalar sector are very high, and these searches should be pursued in all conceivable channels, at the LHC and at future colliders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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92. Use of an algorithm based on routine blood laboratory tests to exclude COVID-19 in a screening-setting of healthcare workers. [2022]

Leers, Math P. G., Deneer, Ruben, Mostard, Guy J. M., Mostard, Remy L. M., Boer, Arjen-Kars, Scharnhorst, Volkher, Stals, Frans, Kleinveld, Henne A., and van Dam, Dirk W.
PLoS ONE. 6/28/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p1-12. 12p.

Subjects: MEDICAL personnel, BLOOD testing, COVID-19 testing, SICK leave, and HOSPITALS
Abstract: Background: COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic leading to exhaustion of the hospital care system. Our health care system has to deal with a high level of sick leave of health care workers (HCWs) with COVID-19 related complaints, in whom an infection with SARS-CoV-2 has to be ruled out before they can return back to work. The aim of the present study is to investigate if the recently described CoLab-algorithm can be used to exclude COVID-19 in a screening setting of HCWs. Methods: In the period from January 2021 till March 2021, HCWs with COVID-19-related complaints were prospectively collected and included in this study. Next to the routinely performed SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR, using a set of naso- and oropharyngeal swab samples, two blood tubes (one EDTA- and one heparin-tube) were drawn for analysing the 10 laboratory parameters required for running the CoLab-algorithm. Results: In total, 726 HCWs with a complete CoLab-laboratory panel were included in this study. In this group, 684 HCWs were tested SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR negative and 42 cases RT-PCR positive. ROC curve analysis showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.853 (95% CI: 0.801–0.904). At a safe cut-off value for excluding COVID-19 of -6.525, the sensitivity was 100% with a specificity of 34% (95% CI: 21 to 49%). No SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR cases were missed with this cut-off and COVID-19 could be safely ruled out in more than one third of HCWs. Conclusion: The CoLab-score is an easy and reliable algorithm that can be used for screening HCWs with COVID-19 related complaints. A major advantage of this approach is that the results of the score are available within 1 hour after collecting the samples. This results in a faster return to labour process of a large part of the COVID-19 negative HCWs (34%), next to a reduction in RT-PCR tests (reagents and labour costs) that can be saved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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93. A comprehensive overview of urogenital, anorectal and oropharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing and diagnoses among different STI care providers: a cross-sectional study. [2017]

den Heijer, Casper D. J., Hoebe, Christian J. P. A., van Liere, Geneviève A. F. S., van Bergen, Jan E. A. M., Cals, Jochen W. L., Stals, Frans S., and Dukers-Muijrers, Nicole H. T. M.
BMC Infectious Diseases; 4/20/2017, Vol. 17, p1-10, 10p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph

Subjects: NEISSERIA gonorrhoeae, SEXUALLY transmitted diseases, ANTIBIOTICS, CHLAMYDIA trachomatis, GYNECOLOGISTS, DIAGNOSIS, CHLAMYDIA infection diagnosis, GENITOURINARY disease diagnosis, GONORRHEA diagnosis, CLINICS, GENITOURINARY diseases, GONORRHEA, DISEASES in men, NEISSERIA, PHARYNGEAL diseases, PHYSICIANS, GENERAL practitioners, CROSS-sectional method, and RECTAL diseases
Abstract: Background: Gonorrhoea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), can cause reproductive morbidity, is increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics and is frequently asymptomatic, which shows the essential role of NG test practice. In this study we wanted to compare NG diagnostic testing procedures between different STI care providers serving a defined geographic Dutch region (280,000 inhabitants).Methods: Data on laboratory testing and diagnosis of urogenital and extragenital (i.e. anorectal and oropharyngeal) NG were retrieved from general practitioners (GPs), an STI clinic, and gynaecologists (2006-2010). Per provider, we assessed their contribution regarding the total number of tests performed and type of populations tested, the proportion of NG positives re-tested (3-12 months after treatment) and test-of-cure (TOC, within 3 months post treatment).Results: Overall, 17,702 NG tests (48.7% STI clinic, 38.2% GPs, 13.1% gynaecologists) were performed during 15,458 patient visits. From this total number of tests, 2257 (12.7%) were extragenital, of which 99.4% were performed by the STI clinic. Men were mostly tested at the STI clinic (71%) and women by their GP (43%). NG positivity per visit was 1.6%; GP 1.9% (n = 111), STI clinic 1.7% (n = 131) and gynaecology 0.2% (n = 5). NG positivity was associated with Chlamydia trachomatis positivity (OR: 2.06, 95% confidence interval: 1.46-2.92). Per anatomical location, the proportion of NG positives re-tested were: urogenital 20.3% (n = 36), anorectal 43.6% (n = 17) and oropharyngeal 57.1% (n = 20). NG positivity among re-tests was 16.9%. Proportions of NG positives with TOC by anatomical location were: urogenital 10.2% (n = 18), anorectal 17.9% (n = 7) and oropharyngeal 17.1% (n = 6).Conclusions: To achieve best practice in relation to NG testing, we recommend that: 1) GPs test at extragenital sites, especially men who have sex with men (MSM), 2) all care providers consider re-testing 3 to 12 months after NG diagnosis and 3) TOC is performed following oropharyngeal NG diagnosis in settings which provide services to higher-risk men and women (such as STI clinics). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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94. Biological control of invasive stink bugs: review of global state and future prospects. [2021]

Conti, Eric, Avila, Gonzalo, Barratt, Barbara, Cingolani, Fernanda, Colazza, Stefano, Guarino, Salvatore, Hoelmer, Kim, Laumann, Raul Alberto, Maistrello, Lara, Martel, Guillaume, Peri, Ezio, Rodriguez‐Saona, Cesar, Rondoni, Gabriele, Rostás, Michael, Roversi, Pio Federico, Sforza, René F.H., Tavella, Luciana, and Wajnberg, Eric
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Jan2021, Vol. 169 Issue 1, p28-51. 24p.

Subjects: STINKBUGS, BROWN marmorated stink bug, BIOLOGICAL control of insects, HEMIPTERA, BIOLOGICAL pest control agents, BIOLOGICAL pest control, and INTEGRATED pest control
Abstract: Invasive stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are responsible for high economic losses to agriculture on a global scale. The most important species, dating from recent to old invasions, include Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister), Halyomorpha halys (Stål), Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood), Nezara viridula (L.), and Murgantia histrionica (Hahn). Bagrada hilaris, H. halys, and N. viridula are now almost globally distributed. Biological control of these pests faces a complex set of challenges that must be addressed to maintain pest populations below the economic injury level. Several case studies of classical and conservation biological control of invasive stink bugs are reported here. The most common parasitoids in their geographical area of origin are egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae, Encyrtidae, and Eupelmidae). Additionally, native parasitoids of adult stink bugs (Diptera: Tachinidae) have in some cases adapted to the novel hosts in the invaded area and native predators are known to prey on the various instars. Improving the efficacy of biocontrol agents is possible through conservation biological control techniques and exploitation of their chemical ecology. Moreover, integration of biological control with other techniques, such as behavioural manipulation of adult stink bugs and plant resistance, may be a sustainable pest control method within organic farming and integrated pest management programs. However, additional field studies are needed to verify the efficacy of these novel methods and transfer them from research to application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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95. Parasitism and Predation on Sentinel Egg Masses of Three Stink Bug Species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Native and Exotic Ornamental Landscapes. [2021]

Cornelius, Mary L, Herlihy, Megan V, Vinyard, Bryan T, Weber, Donald C, and Greenstone, Matthew H
Journal of Economic Entomology; Apr2021, Vol. 114 Issue 2, p590-596, 7p

Subjects: STINKBUGS, BROWN marmorated stink bug, PREDATION, HEMIPTERA, SPECIES, and LANDSCAPES
Abstract: This study evaluated parasitism and predation on sentinel egg masses of three stink bug species, the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say), the brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), and the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in ornamental landscapes composed of either native or exotic plants. This study also compared the species composition of parasitoids attacking two native stink bug species (P. maculiventris and E. servus) with those attacking the invasive BMSB on the same tree species in the same habitat. Overall, egg parasitism and predation were much higher on the two native stink bug species compared with BMSB, with an average parasitism rate of 20.6% for E. servus , 12.7% for P. maculiventris , and only 4.2% for H. halys and an average predation rate of 8.2% for E. servus, 17.7% for P. maculiventris, and 2.3% for H. halys. Egg predation was also significantly higher on P. maculiventris than on E. servus eggs. Eight parasitoid species attacked sentinel stink bug eggs in the ornamental landscaped plots. Trissolcus euschisti (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) was the predominant parasitoid for all three stink bug species. There were no significant differences in parasitism and predation rates on any of the stink bug species between native and exotic plots. Therefore, there is no evidence that ornamental landscapes composed of native plants increased parasitism or predation rates of sentinel egg masses of two native stink bug species or the invasive BMSB, compared with those composed entirely of exotic plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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96. Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2011-31 January 2012. [2012]

Arias MC, Arnoux E, Bell JJ, Bernadou A, Bino G, Blatrix R, Bourguet D, Carrea C, Clamens AL, Cunha HA, d'Alençon E, Ding Y, Djieto-Lordon C, Dubois MP, Dumas P, Eraud C, Faivre B, Francisco FO, Françoso E, Garcia M, Gardner JP, Garnier S, Gimenez S, Gold JR, Harris DJ, He G, Hellemans B, Hollenbeck CM, Jing S, Kergoat GJ, Liu B, McDowell JR, McKey D, Miller TL, Newton E, Pagenkopp Lohan KM, Papetti C, Paterson I, Peccoud J, Peng X, Piatscheck F, Ponsard S, Reece KS, Reisser CM, Renshaw MA, Ruzzante DE, Sauve M, Shields JD, Solé-Cava A, Souche EL, Van Houdt JK, Vasconcellos A, Volckaert FA, Wang S, Xiao J, Yu H, Zane L, Zannato B, Zemlak TS, Zhang C, Zhao Y, Zhou X, and Zhu L
Molecular ecology resources [Mol Ecol Resour] 2012 May; Vol. 12 (3), pp. 570-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 26.

Subjects: Biota, DNA Primers genetics, Databases, Genetic, Ecology methods, Microsatellite Repeats, and Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Abstract: This article documents the addition of 473 microsatellite marker loci and 71 pairs of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sequencing primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Barteria fistulosa, Bombus morio, Galaxias platei, Hematodinium perezi, Macrocentrus cingulum Brischke (a.k.a. M. abdominalis Fab., M. grandii Goidanich or M. gifuensis Ashmead), Micropogonias furnieri, Nerita melanotragus, Nilaparvata lugens Stål, Sciaenops ocellatus, Scomber scombrus, Spodoptera frugiperda and Turdus lherminieri. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Barteria dewevrei, Barteria nigritana, Barteria solida, Cynoscion acoupa, Cynoscion jamaicensis, Cynoscion leiarchus, Cynoscion nebulosus, Cynoscion striatus, Cynoscion virescens, Macrodon ancylodon, Menticirrhus americanus, Nilaparvata muiri and Umbrina canosai. This article also documents the addition of 116 sequencing primer pairs for Dicentrarchus labrax.
(© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

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97. ACCELERATED AGEING WITH IN SITU ELECTRICAL TESTING: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR THE BUILDING-IN APPROACH TO QUALITY AND RELIABILITY IN ELECTRONICS. [1994]

Schepper, L. De, Ceuninck, W. De, Lekens, G., Stals, L., Vanhecke, B., Roggen, J., Beyne, E., and Tielemans, L.
Quality & Reliability Engineering International. Jan/Feb94, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p15-26. 12p.

Subjects: TESTING, QUALITY, ELECTRONICS, RELIABILITY in engineering, MATHEMATICAL optimization, and MAINTAINABILITY (Engineering)
Abstract: A new technique for reliability and quality optimization of electronic components and assemblies, the so called in situ accelerated ageing technique with electrical testing, is presented. This technique is extremely useful for the building-in approach to quality and reliability. First, it can be used to optimize an electronic component or assembly with respect to its quality and reliability performance at a very early stage, i.e. at the design level, at the level of materials selection, and at the level of identifying production techniques and defining production parameters. The typical test time is of the order of 24 hours, which is sufficiently short to allow a design of experiments type approach to quality and reliability optimization. Furthermore, the technique is also very useful for obtaining a deeper understanding of the physico-chemical processes which lead to failure. A number of practical examples where the technique has been successfully applied are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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98. Community Composition, Abundance, and Phenology of Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Soybean in the North Central Region of the United States. [2019]

Pezzini, Daniela T, DiFonzo, Christina D, Finke, Deborah L, Hunt, Thomas E, Knodel, Janet J, Krupke, Christian H, McCornack, Brian, Michel, Andrew P, Philips, Christopher R, Varenhorst, Adam J, Wright, Robert J, and Koch, Robert L
Journal of Economic Entomology; Aug2019, Vol. 112 Issue 4, p1722-1731, 10p

Subjects: PLANT phenology, STINKBUGS, SOYBEAN farming, SOYBEAN diseases & pests, and HEMIPTERA
Abstract: Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are an increasing threat to soybean (Fabales: Fabaceae) production in the North Central Region of the United States, which accounts for 80% of the country's total soybean production. Characterization of the stink bug community is essential for development of management programs for these pests. However, the composition of the stink bug community in the region is not well defined. This study aimed to address this gap with a 2-yr, 9-state survey. Specifically, we characterized the relative abundance, richness, and diversity of taxa in this community, and assessed phenological differences in abundance of herbivorous and predatory stink bugs. Overall, the stink bug community was dominated by Euschistus spp. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Chinavia hilaris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Euschistus variolarius (Palisot de Beauvois) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), C. hilaris and Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) were more abundant in the northwestern, southeastern and eastern parts, respectively, of the North Central Region of the United States. Economically significant infestations of herbivorous species occurred in fields in southern parts of the region. Species richness differed across states, while diversity was the same across the region. Herbivorous and predatory species were more abundant during later soybean growth stages. Our results represent the first regional characterization of the stink bug community in soybean fields and will be fundamental for the development of state- and region-specific management programs for these pests in the North Central Region of the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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99. A Revision of Myrocheine Genus Ennius St l With Special Reference to Redescription of E. monteironis Distant (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Pentatominae) and Their Phylogenetic Relationships. [2011]

Zahid, Muhammad and Ahmad, Imtiaz
Pakistan Journal of Zoology; 2011, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p549-554, 6p

Abstract: The article highlights a study which examined the characteristics and phylogenetic relationships of the myrocheine stink bug genus Ennius Stål, with special reference to its species Ennius monteironis Distant. The bug's metathoracic scent auricle, female genitalia and male genitalia including inflated aedeagus were investigated. The Ennius species belonged to the Myrochea Stål subclade, under the Myrocheini Stål genus and Kyrtalus genera. The Ennius was found to be predominantly Ethiopian in distribution.

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100. P14.01 Incidence and impact of venous thromboembolism and major bleeding in patients with glioblastoma. [2021]

Kaptein, F H J, Stals, M A M, Klaase, E, Kapteijn, M Y, Cannegieter, S C, Taphoorn, M J B, Dirven, L, Huisman, M V, Koekkoek, J A F, and Klok, F A
Neuro-Oncology; 2021 Supplement, Vol. 23, pii38-ii38, 1p

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