Publications by authors named "C Meeussen"
Background & Aims: The enteric nervous system (ENS), which is composed of neurons and glia, regulates intestinal motility. Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) results from defects in ENS formation; however, although neuronal aspects have been studied extensively, enteric glia remain disregarded. This study aimed to explore enteric glia diversity in health and disease.
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- The study focused on pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who underwent bowel resection to understand the incidence of postoperative infections and associated symptoms.
- Out of 100 patients reviewed, 42 experienced postoperative infections, predominantly superficial surgical site infections; fever was a significant indicator of infection, affecting more than half of those with fever.
- Preoperative immunomodulating therapy did not result in higher complication rates, and routine lab tests, like C-reactive protein levels, did not effectively distinguish between complications in postoperative recovery.
Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services are hitherto predominantly quantified in forest interiors, well away from edges. However, these edges also represent a substantial proportion of the global forest cover. Here we quantified plant biodiversity and ecosystem service indicators in 225 plots along forest edge-to-interior transects across Europe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroclimate research gained renewed interest over the last decade and its importance for many ecological processes is increasingly being recognized. Consequently, the call for high-resolution microclimatic temperature grids across broad spatial extents is becoming more pressing to improve ecological models. Here, we provide a new set of open-access bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests at 25 × 25 m resolution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Leaves support a large diversity of fungi, which are known to cause plant diseases, induce plant defences or influence leaf senescence and decomposition. To advance our understanding of how foliar fungal communities are structured and assembled, we assessed to what extent leaf flush and latitude can explain the within- and among-tree variation in foliar fungal communities.
Location: A latitudinal gradient spanning .