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Host-microbiota, pro-inflammatory immunity and physiological senescence in wild birds
Těšický, Martin
Triggered by microbial ligands, inflammation serves as a "double-edged sword" to fight infections on the one hand, but on the other hand causing tissue damage due to oxidative stress if it is dysregulated. For example, chronic inflammation can contribute to inflammaging, which is now widely regarded as one of the causes of ageing. In my interdisciplinary dissertation, my colleagues and I investigated three interrelated aspects of inflammation, using an evolutionary framework and various free-living birds as models: (1) ecological and evolutionary determinants of gut microbiota (GM) composition and diversity, a driver of wild bird immunity, (2) diversity in immune genes affecting inflammatory responses in wild birds and (3) inflammation-related physiological senescence in a free-living passerine bird, the great tit (Parus major). Firstly, using 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding, we revealed high intra- and interspecific variation in passerine gut microbiota (GM) dominated by the major phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes. Although in mammals GM depends strongly on host phylogeny and diet, in birds we found only moderate effects of phylogeny and very limited effects of host geography and ecology on GM composition. While microbiota diverged between the upper and lower...
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Host-microbiota, pro-inflammatory immunity and physiological senescence in wild birds
Těšický, Martin ; Vinkler, Michal (advisor) ; Tschirren, Barbara (referee) ; Štěpánek, Ondřej (referee)
Triggered by microbial ligands, inflammation serves as a "double-edged sword" to fight infections on the one hand, but on the other hand causing tissue damage due to oxidative stress if it is dysregulated. For example, chronic inflammation can contribute to inflammaging, which is now widely regarded as one of the causes of ageing. In my interdisciplinary dissertation, my colleagues and I investigated three interrelated aspects of inflammation, using an evolutionary framework and various free-living birds as models: (1) ecological and evolutionary determinants of gut microbiota (GM) composition and diversity, a driver of wild bird immunity, (2) diversity in immune genes affecting inflammatory responses in wild birds and (3) inflammation-related physiological senescence in a free-living passerine bird, the great tit (Parus major). Firstly, using 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding, we revealed high intra- and interspecific variation in passerine gut microbiota (GM) dominated by the major phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes. Although in mammals GM depends strongly on host phylogeny and diet, in birds we found only moderate effects of phylogeny and very limited effects of host geography and ecology on GM composition. While microbiota diverged between the upper and lower...
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Framework for retrieval and analysis of proteins apo and holo forms from PDB
Král, Adam ; Hoksza, David (advisor) ; Sanchez Rocha, Alma Carolina (referee)
We developed a software framework that allows the analysis of ligand-free (apo) and ligand-bound (holo) forms of proteins that are accessible in PDB. The software downloads the current version of the PDB, divides the structures into groups of the same molecules, and these into apo and holo forms. Finally, it is possible to analyze pairs of apo and holo structures with respect to their different structural characteristics. In addition to the software work itself, we also verify results against previous work on an equivalent dataset, and obtain results for the current version of PDB. Keywords: protein; structural bioinformatics; PDB
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Framework for retrieval and analysis of proteins apo and holo forms from PDB
Král, Adam ; Hoksza, David (advisor) ; Novotný, Marian (referee)
We developed a software framework that allows the analysis of ligand-free (apo) and ligand-bound (holo) forms of proteins that are accessible in PDB. The software downloads the current version of the PDB, divides the structures into groups of the same molecules, and these into apo and holo forms. Finally, it is possible to analyze pairs of apo and holo structures with respect to their different structural characteristics. In addition to the software work itself, we present the results of selected analyses of the current version of the data in the PDB. We also verify the results against previous work.
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