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embolism, etc ; Callitris; canopy; conifers; death; drought; drought tolerance; fluorescence; photosynthesis; water stress; xylem; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Damage to the plant water transport system through xylem cavitation is known to be a driver of plant death in drought conditions. However, a lack of techniques to continuously monitor xylem embolism in whole plants in vivo has hampered our ability to investigate both how this damage propagates and the possible mechanistic link between xylem damage and tissue death. Using optical and fluorescence s ...
embolism, etc ; drought; hydraulic conductivity; hydraulic resistance; micro-computed tomography; mortality; water stress; xylem; Show all 8 Subjects
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... KEY MESSAGE: A high-risk hydraulic strategy might be linked to embolism recovery in Eucalyptus hybrids, allowing plants to have high hydraulic conductivity regardless of safety. Plants use a variety of strategies to mitigate or reduce drought-induced hydraulic failure. Recovery of hydraulic conductivity after drought stress can be an important mechanism used to avoid drought-induced mortality; how ...
... Cross-sectional area (CSA) decreases and fat infiltration increases in epaxial muscles of Dachshunds with intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), but less is known about large breed dogs with IVDD. The aim here was to investigate thoracolumbar epaxial muscle CSA and fat infiltration in large breed dogs with compressive IVDD and acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion (ANNPE) or fibrocartilagi ...
Vinod Jacob; Brendan Choat; Amber C. Churchill; Haiyang Zhang; Craig V. M. Barton; Arjunan Krishnananthaselvan; Alison K. Post; Sally A. Power; Belinda E. Medlyn; David T. Tissue
embolism, etc ; drought; environment; hydraulic conductivity; leaves; pastures; stomatal conductance; stomatal movement; water stress; woody plants; xylem; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Determining the relationship between reductions in stomatal conductance (gₛ) and leaf water transport during dehydration is key to understanding plant drought responses. While numerous studies have analysed the hydraulic function of woody species, minimal research has been conducted on grasses. Here, we sought to characterize hydraulic vulnerability in five widely‐occurring pasture grasses (includ ...
Alice Gauthey; Jennifer M. R. Peters; Rosana Lòpez; Madeline R. Carins‐Murphy; Celia M. Rodriguez‐Dominguez; David T. Tissue; Belinda E. Medlyn; Tim J. Brodribb; Brendan Choat
embolism, etc ; Eucalyptus saligna; canopy; drought; environment; leaf area; micro-computed tomography; rain; transpiration; water potential; water stress; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The mechanisms by which woody plants recover xylem hydraulic capacity after drought stress are not well understood, particularly with regard to the role of embolism refilling. We evaluated the recovery of xylem hydraulic capacity in young Eucalyptus saligna plants exposed to cycles of drought stress and rewatering. Plants were exposed to moderate and severe drought stress treatments, with recovery ...
Behnood Bikdeli; David Jiménez; Pablo Demelo-Rodriguez; Francisco Galeano-Valle; José Antonio Porras; Raquel Barba; Cihan Ay; Radovan Malý; Andrei Braester; Egidio Imbalzano; Vladimir Rosa; Ramón Lecumberri; Carmine Siniscalchi; Ángeles Fidalgo; Salvador Ortiz; Manuel Monreal; for the RIETE Investigators
embolism, etc ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; confidence interval; mortality; odds ratio; prospective studies; thrombocytopenia; thrombosis; vaccination; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE)—including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST)—may occur early after vaccination against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We sought to describe the site, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of VTE after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. Methods: In a prospective study using t ...
embolism, etc ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; animal models; chemical reactions; chitosan; clams; curcumin; drugs; encapsulation; polymers; sodium alginate; zeta potential; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Chitosan/alginate nanoparticles (DG1-NPs and DG1/Cur-NPs) aiming to enhance the oral antithrombotic activity of clam heparinoid DG1 were prepared by ionotropic pre-gelation. The influence of parameters, such as the concentration of sodium alginate (SA), chitosan (CTS), CaCl₂, clam heparinoid DG1, and curcumin (Cur), on the characteristics of the nanoparticles, were investigated. Results indicate t ...
embolism, etc ; Fraxinus ornus; Olea europaea; bark; drought tolerance; hydraulic conductivity; micro-computed tomography; photosynthesis; water stress; water uptake; xylem; Show all 11 Subjects
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... (1) Recent studies suggested that stem photosynthesis could favor bark water uptake and embolism recovery when stem segments are soaked in water under light conditions, but evidence for this phenomenon in drought-resistant Mediterranean species with photosynthetic stems is missing. (2) Embolism recovery upon immersion in water for 2 h–4 h under light was assessed (i) via a classical hydraulic meth ...
Ayisa Rodrigues Oliveira; Daniel Oliveira dos Santos; Fabiana Pizzolato de Lucena; Sara Aquino de Mattos; Thaynara Parente de Carvalho; Fabíola Barroso Costa; Larissa Giannini Alves Moreira; Izabela Magalhães Arthuso Vasconcelos; Tatiane Alves da Paixão; Renato Lima Santos
embolism, etc ; Alouatta; Leontopithecus rosalia; Neotropics; animal pathology; bone marrow; brain; environmental education; humans; liver; lungs; monitoring; necropsy; yellow fever; Brazil; Show all 15 Subjects
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... From 2016 to 2019, Southeastern Brazil faced an outbreak of yellow fever (YF) affecting both humans and New World primates (NWP). The outbreak was associated with a marked increase in traumatic lesions in NWP in the affected regions. Non-thrombotic pulmonary embolization (NTPE) can be a consequence of massive traumatic events, and it is rarely reported in human and veterinary medicine. Here, we de ...
Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta; Louis S. Santiago; Rafael Poyatos; Llorenç Badiella; Miquel de Cáceres; Ismael Aranda; Sylvain Delzon; Alberto Vilagrosa; Maurizio Mencuccini
embolism, etc ; probability distribution; risk; sample size; water potential; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Minimum water potential (Ψₘᵢₙ) is a key variable for characterizing dehydration tolerance and hydraulic safety margins (HSMs) in plants. Ψₘᵢₙ is usually estimated as the absolute minimum tissue Ψ experienced by a species, but this is problematic because sample extremes are affected by sample size and the underlying probability distribution. We compare alternative approaches to estimate Ψₘᵢₙ and as ...
embolism, etc ; atmospheric pressure; guttation; leaves; periodicity; rehydration; sap; xylem; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Although transpiration‐driven transport of xylem sap is well known to operate under absolute negative pressure, many terrestrial, vascular plants show positive xylem pressure above atmospheric pressure on a seasonal or daily basis, or during early developmental stages. The actual location and mechanisms behind positive xylem pressure remain largely unknown, both in plants that show seasonal xylem ...
embolism, etc ; callose; overwintering; phenology; porosity; sugars; trees; winter; xylem; Alberta; Show all 10 Subjects
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... PREMISE: Phloem tissue allows for sugar transport along the entirety of a plant and, thus, is one of the most important anatomical structures related to growth. It is thought that the sugar‐conducting sieve tube may overwinter and that its cells persist multiple seasons in deciduous trees. One possible overwintering strategy is to build up callose on phloem sieve plates to temporarily cease their ...
embolism, etc ; CRISPR-Cas systems; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis; blood; enzymes; gene targeting; genes; heart; mutants; myocardial infarction; post-translational modification; protein content; streptolysin; therapeutics; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Streptokinase is an enzyme that can break down the blood clots in some cases of myocardial infarction (heart attack), pulmonary embolism, and arterial thromboembolism. Demand for streptokinase is higher globally than production due to increased incidences of various heart conditions. The main source of streptokinase is various strains of Streptococci. Expression of streptokinase in native strain S ...
embolism, etc ; Angiospermae; conifers; death; drought tolerance; environment; rehydration; water potential; xylem; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Xylem embolism resistance varies across species influencing drought tolerance, yet little is known about the determinants of the embolism resistance of an individual conduit. Here we conducted an experiment using the optical vulnerability method to test whether individual conduits have a specific water potential threshold for embolism formation and whether pre‐existing embolism in neighbouring con ...
... Intracardiac tumors in children are relatively rare, but their clinical consequences may include severe outflow tract obstruction, embolism, cardiac insufficiency, or rhythm disturbances. In some cases, the tumor may constitute part of a genetic condition and prompt additional investigations, as well as a modification of therapeutic management. Herein, we present a molecularly confirmed familial c ...
embolism, etc ; economic feasibility; ethics; hypertension; mortality; pathogenesis; prognosis; pulmonary artery; thrombosis; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most prevalent cardiovascular disease. It is associated with high in-hospital mortality and the development of acute and chronic complications. New approaches aimed at improving the prognosis of patients with PE are largely dependent on reliable animal models. Mice, rats, hamsters, and rabbits, are currently most commonly used for PE modeling because of their e ...
embolism, etc ; broadleaved trees; ecology; soil; stomatal movement; water uptake; wood density; xylem; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Xylem hydraulic safety and efficiency are key traits determining tree fitness in a warmer and drier world. While numerous plant hydraulic studies have focused on branches, our understanding of root hydraulic functioning remains limited, although roots control water uptake, influence stomatal regulation and have commonly been considered as the most vulnerable organ along the hydraulic pathway. We i ...
embolism, etc ; animal models; data collection; echocardiography; heart failure; hemodynamics; hypertension; phenotype; pulmonary artery; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The development of acute right heart failure (ARHF) in the context of chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with poor short-term outcomes. The morphological and functional phenotyping of the right ventricle is of particular importance in the context of hemodynamic compromise in patients with ARHF. Here, we describe a method to induce ARHF in a previously described large animal model of ...
... Embolism spreading in dehydrating angiosperm xylem is driven by gas movement between embolized and sap‐filled conduits. Here we examine how the proximity to pre‐existing embolism and hydraulic segmentation affect embolism propagation. Based on the optical method, we compare xylem embolism resistance between detached leaves and leaves attached to branches, and between intact leaves and leaves with ...
embolism, etc ; COVID-19 infection; angiography; biomarkers; death; medicine; neutrophils; prognosis; regression analysis; risk; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) is high during severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to identify predictive and prognostic factors of PE in non-ICU hospitalized COVID-19 patients. In the retrospective multicenter observational CLOTVID cohort, we enrolled patients with confirmed RT-PCR COVID-19 who were hospitalized in a medicine ward and also underwent a CT pulmonary angiog ...