TY  - JOUR
A1  - Adrián-Martínez, S.
A1  - Ageron, M.
A1  - Aharonian, F.
A1  - Aiello, S.
A1  - Albert, A.
A1  - Ameli, F.
A1  - Annasontzis, E.
A1  - Andre, M.
A1  - Androulakis, G.
A1  - Anghinolfi, M.
A1  - Anton, G.
A1  - Ardid, M.
A1  - Avgitas, T.
A1  - Barbarino, G.
A1  - Baret, B.
A1  - Barrios-Martí, J.
A1  - Belhorma, B.
A1  - Belias, A.
A1  - Berbee, A.
A1  - van den Berg, A.
A1  - Bertin, V.
A1  - Beurthey, S.
A1  - van Beeveren, V.
A1  - Beverini, N.
A1  - Biagi, S.
A1  - Biagioni, A.
A1  - Billault, M.
A1  - Bondì, M.
A1  - Bormuth, R.
A1  - Bouhadef, B.
A1  - Bourlis, G.
A1  - Bourret, S.
A1  - Boutonnet, C.
A1  - Bouwhuis, M.
A1  - Bozza, C.
A1  - Bruijn, R.
A1  - Brunner, J.
A1  - Buis, E.
A1  - Busto, J.
A1  - Cacopardo, G.
A1  - Caillat, L.
A1  - Calmai, M.
A1  - Calvo, D.
A1  - Capone, A.
A1  - Caramete, L.
A1  - Cecchini, S.
A1  - Celli, S.
A1  - Champion, C.
A1  - Cherkaoui El Moursli, R.
A1  - Cherubini, S.
A1  - Chiarusi, T.
A1  - Circella, M.
A1  - Classen, L.
A1  - Cocimano, R.
A1  - Coelho, J. A. B.
A1  - Coleiro, A.
A1  - Colonges, S.
A1  - Coniglione, R.
A1  - Cordelli, M.
A1  - Cosquer, A.
A1  - Coyle, P.
A1  - Creusot, A.
A1  - Cuttone, G.
A1  - D'Amico, A.
A1  - De Bonis, G.
A1  - De Rosa, G.
A1  - De Sio, C.
A1  - Di Capua, F.
A1  - Di Palma, I.
A1  - Díaz García, A. F.
A1  - Distefano, C.
A1  - Donzaud, C.
A1  - Dornic, D.
A1  - Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q.
A1  - Drakopoulou, E.
A1  - Drouhin, D.
A1  - Drury, L.
A1  - Durocher, M.
A1  - Eberl, T.
A1  - Eichie, S.
A1  - van Eijk, D.
A1  - El Bojaddaini, I.
A1  - El Khayati, N.
A1  - Elsaesser, D.
A1  - Enzenhöfer, A.
A1  - Fassi, F.
A1  - Favali, P.
A1  - Fermani, P.
A1  - Ferrara, G.
A1  - Filippidis, C.
A1  - Frascadore, G.
A1  - Fusco, L. A.
A1  - Gal, T.
A1  - Galatà, S.
A1  - Garufi, F.
A1  - Gay, P.
A1  - Gebyehu, M.
A1  - Giordano, V.
A1  - Gizani, N.
A1  - Gracia, R.
A1  - Graf, K.
A1  - Grégoire, T.
A1  - Grella, G.
A1  - Habel, R.
A1  - Hallmann, S.
A1  - van Haren, H.
A1  - Harissopulos, S.
A1  - Heid, T.
A1  - Heijboer, A.
A1  - Heine, E.
A1  - Henry, S.
A1  - Hernández-Rey, J. J.
A1  - Hevinga, M.
A1  - Hofestädt, J.
A1  - Hugon, C. M. F.
A1  - Illuminati, G.
A1  - James, C. W.
A1  - Jansweijer, P.
A1  - Jongen, M.
A1  - de Jong, M.
A1  - Kadler, M.
A1  - Kalekin, O.
A1  - Kappes, A.
A1  - Katz, U. F.
A1  - Keller, P.
A1  - Kieft, G.
A1  - Kießling, D.
A1  - Koffeman, E. N.
A1  - Kooijman, P.
A1  - Kouchner, A.
A1  - Kulikovskiy, V.
A1  - Lahmann, R.
A1  - Lamare, P.
A1  - Leisos, A.
A1  - Leonora, E.
A1  - Lindsey Clark, M.
A1  - Liolios, A.
A1  - Llorenz Alvarez, C. D.
A1  - Lo Presti, D.
A1  - Löhner, H.
A1  - Lonardo, A.
A1  - Lotze, M.
A1  - Loucatos, S.
A1  - Maccioni, E.
A1  - Mannheim, K.
A1  - Margiotta, A.
A1  - Marinelli, A.
A1  - Mariş, O.
A1  - Markou, C.
A1  - Martínez-Mora, J. A.
A1  - Martini, A.
A1  - Mele, R.
A1  - Melis, K. W.
A1  - Michael, T.
A1  - Migliozzi, P.
A1  - Migneco, E.
A1  - Mijakowski, P.
A1  - Miraglia, A.
A1  - Mollo, C. M.
A1  - Mongelli, M.
A1  - Morganti, M.
A1  - Moussa, A.
A1  - Musico, P.
A1  - Musumeci, M.
A1  - Navas, S.
A1  - Nicoleau, C. A.
A1  - Olcina, I.
A1  - Olivetto, C.
A1  - Orlando, A.
A1  - Papaikonomou, A.
A1  - Papaleo, R.
A1  - Păvălaş, G. E.
A1  - Peek, H.
A1  - Pellegrino, C.
A1  - Perrina, C.
A1  - Pfutzner, M.
A1  - Piattelli, P.
A1  - Pikounis, K.
A1  - Poma, G. E.
A1  - Popa, V.
A1  - Pradier, T.
A1  - Pratolongo, F.
A1  - Pühlhofer, G.
A1  - Pulvirenti, S.
A1  - Quinn, L.
A1  - Racca, C.
A1  - Raffaelli, F.
A1  - Randazzo, N.
A1  - Rapidis, P.
A1  - Razis, P.
A1  - Real, D.
A1  - Resvanis, L.
A1  - Reubelt, J.
A1  - Riccobene, G.
A1  - Rossi, C.
A1  - Rovelli, A.
A1  - Saldaña, M.
A1  - Salvadori, I.
A1  - Samtleben, D. F. E.
A1  - Sánchez García, A.
A1  - Sánchez Losa, A.
A1  - Sanguineti, M.
A1  - Santangelo, A.
A1  - Santonocito, D.
A1  - Sapienza, P.
A1  - Schimmel, F.
A1  - Schmelling, J.
A1  - Sciacca, V.
A1  - Sedita, M.
A1  - Seitz, T.
A1  - Sgura, I.
A1  - Simeone, F.
A1  - Siotis, I.
A1  - Sipala, V.
A1  - Spisso, B.
A1  - Spurio, M.
A1  - Stavropoulos, G.
A1  - Steijger, J.
A1  - Stellacci, S. M.
A1  - Stransky, D.
A1  - Taiuti, M.
A1  - Tayalati, Y.
A1  - Tézier, D.
A1  - Theraube, S.
A1  - Thompson, L.
A1  - Timmer, P.
A1  - Tönnis, C.
A1  - Trasatti, L.
A1  - Trovato, A.
A1  - Tsirigotis, A.
A1  - Tzamarias, S.
A1  - Tzamariudaki, E.
A1  - Vallage, B.
A1  - Van Elewyk, V.
A1  - Vermeulen, J.
A1  - Vicini, P.
A1  - Viola, S.
A1  - Vivolo, D.
A1  - Volkert, M.
A1  - Voulgaris, G.
A1  - Wiggers, L.
A1  - Wilms, J.
A1  - de Wolf, E.
A1  - Zachariadou, K.
A1  - Zornoza, J. D.
A1  - Zúñiga, J.
T1  - Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0
JF  - Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics
N2  - The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are (i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and (ii) the determination of the mass hierarchy of neutrinos. These objectives are strongly motivated by two recent important discoveries, namely: (1) the high-energy astrophysical neutrino signal reported by IceCube and (2) the sizable contribution of electron neutrinos to the third neutrino mass eigenstate as reported by Daya Bay, Reno and others. To meet these objectives, the KM3NeT Collaboration plans to build a new Research Infrastructure consisting of a network of deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea. A phased and distributed implementation is pursued which maximises the access to regional funds, the availability of human resources and the synergistic opportunities for the Earth and sea sciences community. Three suitable deep-sea sites are selected, namely off-shore Toulon (France), Capo Passero (Sicily, Italy) and Pylos (Peloponnese, Greece). The infrastructure will consist of three so-called building blocks. A building block comprises 115 strings, each string comprises 18 optical modules and each optical module comprises 31 photo-multiplier tubes. Each building block thus constitutes a three-dimensional array of photo sensors that can be used to detect the Cherenkov light produced by relativistic particles emerging from neutrino interactions. Two building blocks will be sparsely configured to fully explore the IceCube signal with similar instrumented volume, different methodology, improved resolution and
KW  - neutrino astronomy
KW  - eutrino physics
KW  - deep sea neutrino telescope
KW  - neutrino mass hierarchy
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188050
VL  - 43
IS  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bousquet, J.
A1  - Anto, J. M.
A1  - Akdis, M.
A1  - Auffray, C.
A1  - Keil, T.
A1  - Momas, I.
A1  - Postma, D. S.
A1  - Valenta, R.
A1  - Wickman, M.
A1  - Cambon-Thomsen, A.
A1  - Haahtela, T.
A1  - Lambrecht, B. N.
A1  - Lodrup Carlsen, K. C.
A1  - Koppelman, G. H.
A1  - Sunyer, J.
A1  - Zuberbier, T.
A1  - Annesi-Maesano, I.
A1  - Arno, A.
A1  - Bindslev-Jensen, C.
A1  - De Carlo, G.
A1  - Forastiere, F.
A1  - Heinrich, J.
A1  - Kowalski, M. L.
A1  - Maier, D.
A1  - Melen, E.
A1  - Palkonen, S.
A1  - Smit, H. A.
A1  - Standl, M.
A1  - Wright, J.
A1  - Asarnoj, A.
A1  - Benet, M.
A1  - Ballardini, N.
A1  - Garcia-Aymerich, J.
A1  - Gehring, U.
A1  - Guerra, S.
A1  - Hohman, C.
A1  - Kull, I.
A1  - Lupinek, C.
A1  - Pinart, M.
A1  - Skrindo, I.
A1  - Westman, M.
A1  - Smagghe, D.
A1  - Akdis, C.
A1  - Albang, R.
A1  - Anastasova, V.
A1  - Anderson, N.
A1  - Bachert, C.
A1  - Ballereau, S.
A1  - Ballester, F.
A1  - Basagana, X.
A1  - Bedbrook, A.
A1  - Bergstrom, A.
A1  - von Berg, A.
A1  - Brunekreef, B.
A1  - Burte, E.
A1  - Carlsen, K.H.
A1  - Chatzi, L.
A1  - Coquet, J.M.
A1  - Curin, M.
A1  - Demoly, P.
A1  - Eller, E.
A1  - Fantini, M.P.
A1  - Gerhard, B.
A1  - Hammad, H.
A1  - von Hertzen, L.
A1  - Hovland, V.
A1  - Jacquemin, B.
A1  - Just, J.
A1  - Keller, T.
A1  - Kerkhof, M.
A1  - Kiss, R.
A1  - Kogevinas, M.
A1  - Koletzko, S.
A1  - Lau, S.
A1  - Lehmann, I.
A1  - Lemonnier, N.
A1  - McEachan, R.
A1  - Makela, M.
A1  - Mestres, J.
A1  - Minina, E.
A1  - Mowinckel, P.
A1  - Nadif, R.
A1  - Nawijn, M.
A1  - Oddie, S.
A1  - Pellet, J.
A1  - Pin, I.
A1  - Porta, D.
A1  - Rancière, F.
A1  - Rial-Sebbag, A.
A1  - Schuijs, M.J.
A1  - Siroux, V.
A1  - Tischer, C.G.
A1  - Torrent, M.
A1  - Varraso, R.
A1  - De Vocht, J.
A1  - Wenger, K.
A1  - Wieser, S.
A1  - Xu, C.
T1  - Paving the way of systems biology and precision medicine in allergic diseases: the MeDALL success story 
Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy; EUFP7-CP-IP; Project No: 261357; 2010-2015
JF  - Allergy
N2  - MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy; EU FP7-CP-IP; Project No: 261357; 2010-2015) has proposed an innovative approach to develop early indicators for the prediction, diagnosis, prevention and targets for therapy. MeDALL has linked epidemiological, clinical and basic research using a stepwise, large-scale and integrative approach: MeDALL data of precisely phenotyped children followed in 14 birth cohorts spread across Europe were combined with systems biology (omics, IgE measurement using microarrays) and environmental data. Multimorbidity in the same child is more common than expected by chance alone, suggesting that these diseases share causal mechanisms irrespective of IgE sensitization. IgE sensitization should be considered differently in monosensitized and polysensitized individuals. Allergic multimorbidities and IgE polysensitization are often associated with the persistence or severity of allergic diseases. Environmental exposures are relevant for the development of allergy-related diseases. To complement the population-based studies in children, MeDALL included mechanistic experimental animal studies and in vitro studies in humans. The integration of multimorbidities and polysensitization has resulted in a new classification framework of allergic diseases that could help to improve the understanding of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of allergy as well as to better manage allergic diseases. Ethics and gender were considered. MeDALL has deployed translational activities within the EU agenda.
KW  - asthma
KW  - birth cohort
KW  - atopic-dermatitis
KW  - immune-responses
KW  - IgE
KW  - multimorbidity
KW  - polysensitization
KW  - rhinitis
KW  - chronic respiratory-diseases
KW  - childhood asthma
KW  - immunological reactivity
KW  - IgE sensitazion
KW  - immunoglobulin-e
KW  - integraed care
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-186858
VL  - 71
IS  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Iyengar, Sudha K.
A1  - Sedor, John R.
A1  - Freedman, Barry I.
A1  - Kao, W. H. Linda
A1  - Kretzler, Matthias
A1  - Keller, Benjamin J.
A1  - Abboud, Hanna E.
A1  - Adler, Sharon G.
A1  - Best, Lyle G.
A1  - Bowden, Donald W.
A1  - Burlock, Allison
A1  - Chen, Yii-Der Ida
A1  - Cole, Shelley A.
A1  - Comeau, Mary E.
A1  - Curtis, Jeffrey M.
A1  - Divers, Jasmin
A1  - Drechsler, Christiane
A1  - Duggirala, Ravi
A1  - Elston, Robert C.
A1  - Guo, Xiuqing
A1  - Huang, Huateng
A1  - Hoffmann, Michael Marcus
A1  - Howard, Barbara V.
A1  - Ipp, Eli
A1  - Kimmel, Paul L.
A1  - Klag, Michael J.
A1  - Knowler, William C.
A1  - Kohn, Orly F.
A1  - Leak, Tennille S.
A1  - Leehey, David J.
A1  - Li, Man
A1  - Malhotra, Alka
A1  - März, Winfried
A1  - Nair, Viji
A1  - Nelson, Robert G.
A1  - Nicholas, Susanne B.
A1  - O’Brien, Stephen J.
A1  - Pahl, Madeleine V.
A1  - Parekh, Rulan S.
A1  - Pezzolesi, Marcus G.
A1  - Rasooly, Rebekah S.
A1  - Rotimi, Charles N.
A1  - Rotter, Jerome I.
A1  - Schelling, Jeffrey R.
A1  - Seldin, Michael F.
A1  - Shah, Vallabh O.
A1  - Smiles, Adam M.
A1  - Smith, Michael W.
A1  - Taylor, Kent D.
A1  - Thameem, Farook
A1  - Thornley-Brown, Denyse P.
A1  - Truitt, Barbara J.
A1  - Wanner, Christoph
A1  - Weil, E. Jennifer
A1  - Winkler, Cheryl A.
A1  - Zager, Philip G.
A1  - Igo, Jr, Robert P.
A1  - Hanson, Robert L.
A1  - Langefeld, Carl D.
T1  - Genome-wide association and trans-ethnic meta-analysis for advanced diabetic kidney disease: Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND)
JF  - PLoS Genetics
N2  - Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the most common etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the industrialized world and accounts for much of the excess mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. Approximately 45% of U.S. patients with incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have DKD. Independent of glycemic control, DKD aggregates in families and has higher incidence rates in African, Mexican, and American Indian ancestral groups relative to European populations. The Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) contrasting 6,197 unrelated individuals with advanced DKD with healthy and diabetic individuals lacking nephropathy of European American, African American, Mexican American, or American Indian ancestry. A large-scale replication and trans-ethnic meta-analysis included 7,539 additional European American, African American and American Indian DKD cases and non-nephropathy controls. Within ethnic group meta-analysis of discovery GWAS and replication set results identified genome-wide significant evidence for association between DKD and rs12523822 on chromosome 6q25.2 in American Indians (P = 5.74x10\(^{−9}\)). The strongest signal of association in the trans-ethnic meta-analysis was with a SNP in strong linkage disequilibrium with rs12523822 (rs955333; P = 1.31x10\(^{−8}\)), with directionally consistent results across ethnic groups. These 6q25.2 SNPs are located between the SCAF8 and CNKSR3 genes, a region with DKD relevant changes in gene expression and an eQTL with IPCEF1, a gene co-translated with CNKSR3. Several other SNPs demonstrated suggestive evidence of association with DKD, within and across populations. These data identify a novel DKD susceptibility locus with consistent directions of effect across diverse ancestral groups and provide insight into the genetic architecture of DKD.
KW  - diabetic kidney disease
KW  - genome-wide association study
KW  - Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-180545
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bening, C.
A1  - Genser, B.
A1  - Keller, D.
A1  - Müller-Altrock, S.
A1  - Radakovic, D.
A1  - Penov, K.
A1  - Hassan, M.
A1  - Aleksic, I.
A1  - Leyh, R.
A1  - Madrahimov, N.
T1  - Impact of estradiol, testosterone and their ratio on left and right auricular myofilament function in male and female patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
JF  - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
N2  - Background
The impact of sex hormones on right and left auricular contractile apparatus function is largely unknown. We evaluated the impact of sex hormones on left and right heart contractility at the level of myocardial filaments harvested from left and right auricles during elective coronary artery bypass surgery.

Methods
150 patients (132 male; 18 female) were enrolled. Preoperative testosterone and estradiol levels were measured with Immunoassay. Calcium induced force measurements were performed with left- and right auricular myofilaments in a skinned fiber model. Correlation analysis was used for comparison of force values and levels of sex hormones and their ratio.

Results
Low testosterone was associated with higher top force values in right-sided myofilaments but not in left-sided myofilaments for both sexes (p = 0.000 in males, p = 0.001 in females). Low estradiol levels were associated with higher top force values in right-sided myofilaments (p 0.000) in females and only borderline significantly associated with higher top force values in males (p 0.056). In females, low estradiol levels correlated with higher top force values in left sided myofilaments (p 0.000). In males, higher Estradiol/Testosterone ratio (E/T ratio) was only associated with higher top force values from right auricular myofilaments (p 0.04) In contrast, in females higher E/T ratio was associated with lower right auricular myofilament top force values (p 0.03) and higher top force values in left-sided myofilaments (p 0.000).

Conclusions
This study shows that patients’ comorbidities influence left and right sided contractility and may blur results concerning influence of sex hormones if not eliminated. A sex hormone dependent influence is obvious with different effects on the left and right ventricle. The E/T ratio and its impact on myofilament top force showed divergent results between genders, and may partially explain gender differences in patients with cardiovascular disease.
KW  - sex differences
KW  - E/T ratio
KW  - 17ßEstradiol
KW  - testosterone
KW  - skinned fiber
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357368
VL  - 23
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kaluza, Benjamin F.
A1  - Wallace, Helen
A1  - Keller, Alexander
A1  - Heard, Tim A.
A1  - Jeffers, Bradley
A1  - Drescher, Nora
A1  - Blüthgen, Nico
A1  - Leonhardt, Sara D.
T1  - Generalist social bees maximize diversity intake in plant species-rich and resource-abundant environments
JF  - Ecosphere
N2  - Numerous studies revealed a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, suggesting that biodiverse environments may not only enhance ecosystem processes, but also benefit individual ecosystem members by, for example, providing a higher diversity of resources. Whether and how the number of available resources affects resource collection and subsequently consumers (e.g., through impacting functions associated with resources) have, however, been little investigated, although a better understanding of this relationship may help explain why the abundance and richness of many animal species typically decline with decreasing plant (resource) diversity. Using a social bee species as model (Tetragonula carbonaria), we investigated how plant species richness—recorded for study sites located in different habitats—and associated resource abundance affected the diversity and functionality (here defined as nutritional content and antimicrobial activity) of resources (i.e., pollen, nectar, and resin) collected by a generalist herbivorous consumer. The diversity of both pollen and resin collected strongly increased with increasing plant/tree species richness, while resource abundance was only positively correlated with resin diversity. These findings suggest that bees maximize resource diversity intake in (resource) diverse habitats. Collecting more diverse resources did, however, not increase their functionality, which appeared to be primarily driven by the surrounding (plant) source community in our study. In generalist herbivores, maximizing resource diversity intake may therefore primarily secure collection of sufficient amounts of resources across the entire foraging season, but it also ensures that the allocated resources meet all functional needs. Decreasing available resource diversity may thus impact consumers primarily by reduced resource abundance, but also by reduced resource functionality, particularly when resources of high functionality (e.g., from specific plant species) become scarce.
KW  - functional complementarity
KW  - functional redundancy
KW  - Meliponini
KW  - nutritional ecology
KW  - plant–insect interactions
KW  - pollinator decline
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-171155
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fröhlich, M.
A1  - Pinart, M.
A1  - Keller, T.
A1  - Reich, A.
A1  - Cabieses, B.
A1  - Hohmann, C.
A1  - Postma, D. S.
A1  - Bousquet, J.
A1  - Antó, J. M.
A1  - Keil, T.
A1  - Roll, S.
T1  - Is there a sex-shift in prevalence of allergic rhinitis and comorbid asthma from childhood to adulthood? A meta-analysis
JF  - Clinical and Translational Allergy
N2  - Background: Allergic rhinitis and asthma as single entities affect more boys than girls in childhood but more females in adulthood. However, it is unclear if this prevalence sex-shift also occurs in allergic rhinitis and concurrent asthma. Thus, our aim was to compare sex-specifc differences in the prevalence of coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma in childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

Methods: Post-hoc analysis of systematic review with meta-analysis concerning sex-specific prevalence of allergic rhinitis. Using random-effects meta-analysis, we assessed male–female ratios for coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma in children (0–10 years), adolescents (11–17) and adults (> 17). Electronic searches were performed using MEDLINE and EMBASE for the time period 2000–2014. We included population-based observational studies, reporting coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma as outcome stratifed by sex. We excluded non-original or non-population-based studies, studies with only male or female participants or selective patient collectives.

Results: From a total of 6539 citations, 10 studies with a total of 93,483 participants met the inclusion criteria. The male–female ratios (95% CI) for coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma were 1.65 (1.52; 1.78) in children (N = 6 studies), 0.61 (0.51; 0.72) in adolescents (N = 2) and 1.03 (0.79; 1.35) in adults (N = 2). Male–female ratios for allergic rhinitis only were 1.25 (1.19; 1.32, N = 5) in children, 0.80 (0.71; 0.89, N = 2) in adolescents and 0.98 (0.74; 1.30, N = 2) in adults, respectively.

Conclusions: The prevalence of coexisting allergic rhinitis and asthma shows a clear male predominance in childhood and seems to switch to a female predominance in adolescents. This switch was less pronounced for allergic rhinitis only.
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Allergic rhinitis
KW  - Asthma
KW  - Multimorbidity
KW  - Prevalence
KW  - Systematic review
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172508
VL  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Trinkl, Moritz
A1  - Kaluza, Benjamin F.
A1  - Wallace, Helen
A1  - Heard, Tim A.
A1  - Keller, Alexander
A1  - Leonhardt, Sara D.
T1  - Floral Species Richness Correlates with Changes in the Nutritional Quality of Larval Diets in a Stingless Bee
JF  - Insects
N2  - Bees need food of appropriate nutritional quality to maintain their metabolic functions. They largely obtain all required nutrients from floral resources, i.e., pollen and nectar. However, the diversity, composition and nutritional quality of floral resources varies with the surrounding environment and can be strongly altered in human-impacted habitats. We investigated whether differences in plant species richness as found in the surrounding environment correlated with variation in the floral diversity and nutritional quality of larval provisions (i.e., mixtures of pollen, nectar and salivary secretions) composed by the mass-provisioning stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria (Apidae: Meliponini). We found that the floral diversity of larval provisions increased with increasing plant species richness. The sucrose and fat (total fatty acid) content and the proportion and concentration of the omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid decreased, whereas the proportion of the omega-3 fatty acid linolenic acid increased with increasing plant species richness. Protein (total amino acid) content and amino acid composition did not change. The protein to fat (P:F) ratio, known to affect bee foraging, increased on average by more than 40% from plantations to forests and gardens, while the omega-6:3 ratio, known to negatively affect cognitive performance, decreased with increasing plant species richness. Our results suggest that plant species richness may support T. carbonaria colonies by providing not only a continuous resource supply (as shown in a previous study), but also floral resources of high nutritional quality.
KW  - floral resources
KW  - plant-insect interactions
KW  - nutrition
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - bee decline
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200605
SN  - 2075-4450
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
ER  -