A transcriptome atlas of zygotic and somatic embryogenesis in Norway spruce.

Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a powerful model system for studying embryo development and an important method for scaling up availability of elite and climate-adapted genetic material of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst). However, there are several steps during the development of the somatic embryo (Sem) that are suboptimal compared to zygotic embryo (Zem) development.

A resource of identified and annotated lincRNAs expressed during somatic embryogenesis development in Norway spruce.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as important regulators of many biological processes, although their regulatory roles remain poorly characterized in woody plants, especially in gymnosperms. A major challenge of working with lncRNAs is to assign functional annotations, since they have a low coding potential and low cross-species conservation. We utilised an existing RNA-Sequencing resource and performed short RNA sequencing of somatic embryogenesis developmental stages in Norway spruce (Picea abies L.

An Improved Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly and Population Genetics resource for Populus tremula.

Aspen (Populus tremula L.) is a keystone species and a model system for forest tree genomics. We present an updated resource comprising a chromosome-scale assembly, population genetics and genomics data.

Decompensated chronic heart failure: increased liver stiffness measured by means of transient elastography.

Purpose: To analyze transient elastography-measured liver stiffness in patients with acute decompensated heart failure to describe variations in liver stiffness measurements and assess their relationship with the patients' clinical course and laboratory data.

Materials And Methods: This study was approved by the local institutional review board, and all of the subjects gave verbal informed consent. Twenty-seven hospitalized patients with heart failure with no signs of liver disease (mean age, 79 years ± 12 [standard deviation]; 12 men [mean age, 78 years ± 11], 15 women [mean age, 80 years ± 12]) underwent liver stiffness and N-terminal proβ brain natriuretic peptide (NTproβBNP) assessments at admission, and 24 patients underwent stiffness measurements at discharge.

[Non-hypertensive desoxycorticosterone treatment enhances the progression of atherosclerosis in WHHL rabbit].

Coexistence of hypertension and lipid disorders enhances the development of atherosclerosis. However it is still unclear whether this promoting effect of hypertension results only from hemodynamic changes or whether part of it is mediated by humoral or neurogenic factors independently of blood pressure alteration. The aim of this study is to determine whether mineralocorticoids, which are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension, can influence the atherosclerotic process in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits (WHHL) independently of pressure changes.