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Swan GE Cuthbert R Quevedo M Green RE Pain DJ Bartels P Cunningham AA Duncan N Meharg AA Oaks JL Parry-Jones J Shultz S Taggart MA Verdoorn G Wolter K 《Biology letters》2006,2(2):279-282
Three endemic vulture species Gyps bengalensis, Gyps indicus and Gyps tenuirostris are critically endangered following dramatic declines in South Asia resulting from exposure to diclofenac, a veterinary drug present in the livestock carcasses that they scavenge. Diclofenac is widely used globally and could present a risk to Gyps species from other regions. In this study, we test the toxicity of diclofenac to a Eurasian (Gyps fulvus) and an African (Gyps africanus) species, neither of which is threatened. A dose of 0.8 mg kg(-1) of diclofenac was highly toxic to both species, indicating that they are at least as sensitive to diclofenac as G. bengalensis, for which we estimate an LD50 of 0.1-0.2 mg kg(-1). We suggest that diclofenac is likely to be toxic to all eight Gyps species, and that G. africanus, which is phylogenetically close to G. bengalensis, would be a suitable surrogate for the safety testing of alternative drugs to diclofenac. 相似文献
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Expression levels of mRNAs are among other factors regulated by microRNAs. A particular microRNA can bind specifically to several target mRNAs and lead to their degradation. Expression levels of both, mRNAs and microRNAs, can be obtained by microarray experiments. In order to increase the power of detecting microRNAs that are differentially expressed between two different groups of samples, we incorporate expression levels of their related target gene sets. Group effects are determined individually for each microRNA, and by enrichment tests and global tests for target gene sets. The resulting lists of p-values from individual and set-wise testing are combined by means of meta analysis. We propose a new approach to connect microRNA-wise and gene set-wise information by means of p-value combination as often used in meta-analysis. In this context, we evaluate the usefulness of different approaches of gene set tests. In a simulation study we reveal that our combination approach is more powerful than microRNA-wise testing alone. Furthermore, we show that combining microRNA-wise results with 'competitive' gene set tests maintains a pre-specified false discovery rate. In contrast, a combination with 'self-contained' gene set tests can harm the false discovery rate, particularly when gene sets are not disjunct. 相似文献
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Korf U Derdak S Tresch A Henjes F Schumacher S Schmidt C Hahn B Lehmann WD Poustka A Beissbarth T Klingmüller U 《Proteomics》2008,8(21):4603-4612
The quantitative analysis of signaling networks requires highly sensitive methods for the time-resolved determination of protein phosphorylation. For this reason, we developed a quantitative protein microarray that monitors the activation of multiple signaling pathways in parallel, and at high temporal resolution. A label-free sandwich approach was combined with near infrared detection, thus permitting the accurate quantification of low-level phosphoproteins in limited biological samples corresponding to less than 50,000 cells, and with a very low standard deviation of approximately 5%. The identification of suitable antibody pairs was facilitated by determining their accuracy and dynamic range using our customized software package Quantpro. Thus, we are providing an important tool to generate quantitative data for systems biology approaches, and to drive innovative diagnostic applications. 相似文献
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Erin P. Price Derek S. Sarovich Elizabeth Nosworthy Jemima Beissbarth Robyn L. Marsh Janessa Pickering Lea-Ann S. Kirkham Anthony D. Keil Anne B. Chang Heidi C. Smith-Vaughan 《BMC genomics》2015,16(1)
Background
Haemophilus influenzae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that exclusively colonises humans and is associated with both acute and chronic disease. Despite its clinical significance, accurate identification of H. influenzae is a non-trivial endeavour. H. haemolyticus can be misidentified as H. influenzae from clinical specimens using selective culturing methods, reflecting both the shared environmental niche and phenotypic similarities of these species. On the molecular level, frequent genetic exchange amongst Haemophilus spp. has confounded accurate identification of H. influenzae, leading to both false-positive and false-negative results with existing speciation assays.Results
Whole-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism data from 246 closely related global Haemophilus isolates, including 107 Australian isolate genomes generated in this study, were used to construct a whole-genome phylogeny. Based on this phylogeny, H. influenzae could be differentiated from closely related species. Next, a H. influenzae-specific locus, fucP, was identified, and a novel TaqMan real-time PCR assay targeting fucP was designed. PCR specificity screening across a panel of clinically relevant species, coupled with in silico analysis of all species within the order Pasteurellales, demonstrated that the fucP assay was 100 % specific for H. influenzae; all other examined species failed to amplify.Conclusions
This study is the first of its kind to use large-scale comparative genomic analysis of Haemophilus spp. to accurately delineate H. influenzae and to identify a species-specific molecular signature for this species. The fucP assay outperforms existing H. influenzae targets, most of which were identified prior to the next-generation genomics era and thus lack validation across a large number of Haemophilus spp. We recommend use of the fucP assay in clinical and research laboratories for the most accurate detection and diagnosis of H. influenzae infection and colonisation.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1857-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献18.
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NSAIDs and scavenging birds: potential impacts beyond Asia's critically endangered vultures 下载免费PDF全文
Veterinary treatment of livestock with diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), has caused catastrophic declines of Gyps vultures in Asia. This has highlighted a lack of knowledge on the potential impacts of NSAIDs on scavenging birds. Surveys of veterinarians and zoos document the outcomes of the treatment of over 870 scavenging birds from 79 species. As well as diclofenac, carprofen and flunixin were associated with mortality, with deaths observed in 13 and 30% of cases, respectively. Mortality was also found following treatment with ibuprofen and phenylbutazone. NSAID toxicity was reported for raptors, storks, cranes and owls, suggesting that the potential conservation impact of NSAIDs may extend beyond Gyps vultures and could be significant for New World vultures. In contrast, there were no reported mortalities for the NSAID meloxicam, which was administered to over 700 birds from 60 species. The relative safety of meloxicam supports other studies indicating the suitability of this NSAID to replace diclofenac in Asia. 相似文献
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