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Steppuhn H, Baumert J, Plaß D, Scheidt-Nave C, Heidemann C. Cross-sectional association between residential exposure to ambient particulate air pollution and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein as a marker of systemic inflammation among adults aged 18 – 79 years in Germany. Das Gesundheitswesen 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1667652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- H Steppuhn
- Robert Koch-Institut, Abt. für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Robert Koch-Institut, Abt. für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Umweltbundesamt, Abt. für Umwelthygiene, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Robert Koch-Institut, Abt. für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Robert Koch-Institut, Abt. für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Berlin, Deutschland
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Gruber MY, Xia J, Yu M, Steppuhn H, Wall K, Messer D, Sharpe AG, Acharya SN, Wishart DS, Johnson D, Miller DR, Taheri A. Transcript analysis in two alfalfa salt tolerance selected breeding populations relative to a non-tolerant population. Genome 2016; 60:104-127. [PMID: 28045337 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2016-0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
With the growing limitations on arable land, alfalfa (a widely cultivated, low-input forage) is now being selected to extend cultivation into saline lands for low-cost biofeedstock purposes. Here, minerals and transcriptome profiles were compared between two new salinity-tolerant North American alfalfa breeding populations and a more salinity-sensitive western Canadian alfalfa population grown under hydroponic saline conditions. All three populations accumulated two-fold higher sodium in roots than shoots as a function of increased electrical conductivity. At least 50% of differentially expressed genes (p < 0.05) were down-regulated in the salt-sensitive population growing under high salinity, while expression remained unchanged in the saline-tolerant populations. In particular, most reduction in transcript levels in the salt-sensitive population was observed in genes specifying cell wall structural components, lipids, secondary metabolism, auxin and ethylene hormones, development, transport, signalling, heat shock, proteolysis, pathogenesis-response, abiotic stress, RNA processing, and protein metabolism. Transcript diversity for transcription factors, protein modification, and protein degradation genes was also more strongly affected in salt-tolerant CW064027 than in salt-tolerant Bridgeview and salt-sensitive Rangelander, while both saline-tolerant populations showed more substantial up-regulation in redox-related genes and B-ZIP transcripts. The report highlights the first use of bulked genotypes as replicated samples to compare the transcriptomes of obligate out-cross breeding populations in alfalfa.
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- M Y Gruber
- a Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7J 0X2, Canada.,b Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, 2-21 Athabasca Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- b Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, 2-21 Athabasca Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- a Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7J 0X2, Canada
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- c Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada
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- c Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada
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- c Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada
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- d National Research Council, 110 Gymnasium Pl., Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- e AAFC Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 - 1st Avenue S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- b Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, 2-21 Athabasca Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada.,f Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 11455 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- g Alforex Seeds, an affiliate of Dow AgroSciences, N4505 CTH M, West Salem, WI 54669, USA
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- g Alforex Seeds, an affiliate of Dow AgroSciences, N4505 CTH M, West Salem, WI 54669, USA
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- a Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7J 0X2, Canada
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Langen U, Schmitz R, Steppuhn H. [Prevalence of allergic diseases in Germany: results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1)]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2013; 56:698-706. [PMID: 23703488 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1652-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the first wave of the "German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults" (DEGS1), up-to-date and representative data regarding allergic diseases of 7988 18- to 79-year-old subjects living in Germany were collected using computer-assisted medical interviews. The study identified a lifetime prevalence of 8.6% for asthma, 14.8% for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, 3.5% each for atopic dermatitis and urticaria, 8.1% for contact eczema, 4.7% for food allergies and 2.8% for insect venom allergies. Overall, nearly one third of adults in Germany have been diagnosed with at least one of the above mentioned allergies during their lifetime by a physician. Currently, nearly 20% suffer from at least one allergic disease. Generally, women reported an allergic disease more frequently than men and younger subjects more frequently than older ones. Additionally, allergies are more common in the former federal states of West Germany than in the former East German federal states. A high socioeconomic status and living in large cities both increase allergy risk. During the last 10 years, asthma prevalence increased about 3%, whereas the prevalence of urticaria and contact eczema declined. The lifetime prevalence of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis and food allergies appeared unchanged. In total, allergy prevalence has declined from 32.7-28.7% over the past decade. An English full-text version of this article is available at SpringerLink as supplemental.
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- U Langen
- Abteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Robert Koch-Institut, General Pape Str. 62-66, 12101 Berlin, Deutschland.
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Canam T, Li X, Holowachuk J, Yu M, Xia J, Mandal R, Krishnamurthy R, Bouatra S, Sinelnikov I, Yu B, Grenkow L, Wishart DS, Steppuhn H, Falk KC, Dumonceaux TJ, Gruber MY. Differential metabolite profiles and salinity tolerance between two genetically related brown-seeded and yellow-seeded Brassica carinata lines. Plant Sci 2013; 198:17-26. [PMID: 23199683 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2012] [Revised: 08/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard) has previously been identified as a potential crop species suitable for marginal land in the North American prairies due to its relatively high salt tolerance. Two genetically related B. carinata lines with brown-seeded (BS) and yellow-seeded (YS) phenotypes were assessed for their tolerance to sodium sulfate. Specifically, each line was greenhouse-grown under 0, 50 and 100mM of salt, and analyzed after four weeks and eight weeks of treatment. Generally, the height of the BS line was greater than the YS line under both salt treatments, indicating enhanced salt tolerance of the BS line. NMR-based metabolite profiling and PCA analyses indicated a more pronounced shift in key stem metabolites after four weeks of treatment with the YS line compared to the BS line. For example, tryptophan and formate levels increased in the YS line after four weeks of 100mM salt treatment, while proline and threonine levels varied uniquely compared to other metabolites of the lines. Together, the data indicate that the brown-seeded line has greater sodium tolerance than the yellow-seed line, provide clues to the biochemical underpinnings for the phenotypic variation, and highlight the utility of B. carinata as a biorefinery crop for saline land.
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- Thomas Canam
- Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920, USA.
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