BACKGROUND: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) neutrophilia may identify patients prone to
develop bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after lung transplantation (LTx). This study …

Background Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease characterised by
progressive airflow obstruction. No effective medical treatment is available but therapy with …

Huppmann P, Neurohr C, Leuschner S, Leuchte H, Baumgartner R, Zimmermann G, Meis T,
von Wulffen W, Überfuhr P, Hatz R, Frey L, Behr J for the Munich Lung Transplant Group (…

Background: The aims of the present study were (1) to investigate global and disease specific
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in individuals with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (…

A crucial step in the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway involves the assembly of RISC, the
RNA‐induced silencing complex. RISC initially recognizes a double‐stranded short interfering …

Losses of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning due to rainforest destruction and agricultural
intensification are prime concerns for science and society alike. Potentially, ecosystems …

Background Malignant ectomesenchymoma (MEM) is a soft tissue tumor with heterologous
rhabdomyoblastic components believed to arise from pluripotent migratory neural crest cells. …

We tested ground-based high resolution laser scanning as a tool for analyzing the complex
canopy structure of temperate broad-leaved forests. The canopies of 35 groups of trees were …

Many experiments with juvenile trees require the non-destructive monitoring of plant biomass
and growth which is most often conducted with allometric relationships between easy to …

Aims Application of antibodies against cardiac troponin I (cTnI-Ab) can induce dilation and
dysfunction of the heart in mice. Recently, we demonstrated that immunization with cTnI …