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Yeast two-hybrid and fluorescence resonance energy transfer assays showed that ZmCOP1 interacted with ZmHY5. Our study gains insight into the conserved function and regulatory mechanism of the COP1-HY5 signaling pathway in maize and Arabidopsis. © 2020 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society.In a bioelectrochemical system (BES), microbial community of anode biofilm are crucial to BES performance. In this study, the stratified pattern of community structure and activity of an anode-respiring biofilm in a BES fueled with brewery wastewater was investigated over time. The anode biofilm exhibited a superior performance in the removal of ethanol to that of an open-circuit system. The electrical current density reached a high level of 0.55 mA/cm2 with a Coulombic efficiency of 71.4%, but decreased to 0.18 mA/cm2 in the late stage of operation. A mature biofilm developed a more active outer layer covering a less active inner core, although the activities of the outer and inner layers of biofilm were similar in the early stage. More Geobacter spp., typical exoelectrogens, were enriched in the outer layer than in the inner layer of biofilm in the early stage, while more Geobacter spp. were distributed in the outer layer than in the inner layer in the late stage. The inactive and Geobacter-occupied inner layer of biofilm might be responsible for the decreased electricity generation from wastewater in the late stage of operation. This study provides better understanding of the effect of anode biofilm structure on BES performance. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Silicon, a quasi-essential element for plants, improves vigour and resilience under stress. Recently, studies on textile hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) showed its genetic predisposition to uptake silicic acid and accumulate it as silica in epidermal leaf cells and trichomes. Here, microscopy, silicon quantification and gene expression analysis of candidate genes involved in salt stress were performed in hemp to investigate whether the metalloid protects against salinity. The results obtained with microscopy reveal that silicon treatment ameliorated the symptoms of salinity in older fan leaves, where the xylem tissue showed vessels with a wider lumen. In younger ones, it was difficult to assess any mitigation of stress symptoms after silicon application. At the gene level, salinity with and without silicon induced the expression of a putative Si efflux transporter gene 2 (low silicon 2, Lsi2). The addition of the metalloid did not result in any statistically significant changes in the expression of genes involved in stress response, although a trend towards a decrease was observed. In conclusion, our results show that hemp stress symptoms can be alleviated in older leaves by silicon application, that the metalloid is accumulated in fan leaves and highlight one putative rice Lsi2 orthologue as responsive to salinity. © 2020 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society.Malignant ascites is one of the major clinical features of ovarian cancer, which serves as a carrier for the peritoneal dissemination of tumor cells and predicts a poor prognosis in patients. In the microenvironment of ovarian cancer ascites, anti-tumor immunity is suppressed, which enables the tumor cells to escape from immune surveillance. The metabolic factors, including hypoxia, nutrient deprivation, and accumulation of metabolic products, contribute to the immunosuppressive status of malignant ascites. The malignant ascites and ovarian solid tumors exhibit differential metabolic profiles. In this review, we have summarized the most recent findings on the interaction between immune cells and metabolic factors in the ovarian cancer ascites. The effects of metabolic factors on the anti-tumor functions of T-cells in the malignant ascites were analyzed. Finally, we have discussed the potential directions for future research in this field. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Positive phototropism is the process through which plants orient their organs toward a directional light source. While the blue light receptors phototropins (phot) play a major role in phototropism toward blue (B) and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, recent research showed that the UVB light receptor UVR8 also triggers phototropism toward UVB. In addition, new details of the molecular mechanisms underlying the activity of these receptors and interaction with other environmental signals have emerged in the past years. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about hypocotyledoneous and inflorescence stem growth reorientation toward B and UVB, with a focus on the molecular mechanisms. © 2020 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society.in English, German Die Hormontherapie wurde über Jahrzehnte (zumindest in Europa) als integraler Bestandteil der Behandlung des Hodenhochstandes angesehen. Die Datenlage ist jedoch ausgesprochen kontrovers. Die Induktion des Deszensus gelang in vielen Studien und laut einer großen Metaanalyse nur in ca. 20 % der Fälle, einzelne kleinere Studien beschreiben bessere Ergebnisse. Auch die potenzielle Verbesserung der Fertilität wird in einigen Studien als erwiesen angegeben, andere beschreiben gegenteilige Ergebnisse.Inzwischen wurde die Hormontherapie aus den meisten internationalen Leitlinien vollends entfernt und wird auch in Deutschland nur noch für wenige Indikationen empfohlen. Bez. der Induktion des Deszensus hat die Hormontherapie aufgrund der vielfach dokumentierten unzureichenden Wirksamkeit keinen hohen Stellenwert mehr, lediglich mit dem Ziel der potenziellen Fertilitätsverbesserung bei bilateralem Hodenhochstand wird sie noch mit einer gewissen Zurückhaltung empfohlen.In Anbetracht der widersprüchlichen Datenlage fällt es schwer, die Hormontherapie aktuell noch zu empfehlen.in English, German Die Hydronephrose beim Kind ist zumeist bedingt durch eine (kongenitale) intrinsische Ureterabgangsstenose. Die von Anderson und Hynes etablierte „dismembered“ Nierenbeckenplastik stellt den Goldstandard in der operativen Therapie dar, sei es über einen offenen Zugang oder laparoskopisch (auch robotisch assistiert) bzw. retroperitoneoskopisch durchgeführt. Weniger häufig findet man – zumeist bei Patienten jenseits des Säuglingsalters − eine extrinsische Stenose als Ursache einer – dann zumeist – intermittierenden bzw. dynamischen Hydronephrose. Diese wird verursacht durch ein oder mehrere aberrierende Unterpolgefäße, welche den uretero-pelvinen Übergang obstruieren. selleck products Hierfür ist die operative Verlagerung des Gefäßes durch eine Tunnel-Plastik am Nierenbecken, die sog. „vascular hitch“-Operation, von Hellström beschrieben, in zunehmender Weise wieder etabliert worden. Die beiden Möglichkeiten der operativen Therapie werden nach wie vor kontrovers diskutiert. In der Literatur findet sich Evidenz dafür, dass bei Vorliegen eines Polgefäßes in bis zu 57 % zusätzlich eine intrinsische Stenose ist, in bis zu 100 % zumindest histologische Alterationen wie bei einer intrinsischen Stenose vorhanden sind.