Among these genes, FOS and PTGS2 have been previously reported to be involved in BP-related processes; the others are novel. The top BP signature genes in aggregate explain 5%–9% of inter-individual variance in BP. Of note, rs3184504 in SH2B3, which was also reported in GWAS to be associated with BP, was found to be a trans regulator of the expression of 6 of the transcripts we found to be associated with BP . Gene set enrichment analysis suggested that the BP-related global gene expression changes include genes involved in inflammatory response and apoptosis pathways. Our study provides new insights into molecular mechanisms underlying BP regulation, and suggests novel transcriptomic markers for the treatment and prevention of hypertension.Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered numerous genetic variants (SNPs) that are associated with blood pressure (BP). Genetic variants may lead to BP changes by acting on intermediate molecular phenotypes such as coded protein sequence or gene expression, which in turn affect BP variability. Therefore, characterizing genes whose expression is associated with BP may reveal cellular processes involved in BP regulation and uncover how transcripts mediate genetic and environmental effects on BP variability. A meta-analysis of results from six studies of global gene expression profiles of BP and hypertension in whole blood was performed in 7017 individuals who were not receiving antihypertensive drug treatment. We identified 34 genes that were differentially expressed in relation to BP  GWAS has been the identification of common DNA sequence variants associated with the phenotype; this approach provides only one dimension of molecular information about BP. While it is a critical dimension, analyzing DNA variation alone is not sufficient for achieving an understanding of the multidimensional complexity of BP physiology. The top loci identified by GWAS explain only about 1 percent of inter-individual BP variability. In this study, we performed a meta-analysis of gene expression profiles in relation to BP and hypertension in 7017 individuals from six studies. We identified 34 differentially expressed genes for BP, and discovered that the top BP signature genes explain 5%–9% of BP variability. We further linked BP gene expression signature genes with BP GWAS results by integrating expression associated SNPs (eSNPs) and discovered that one of the top BP loci from GWAS, rs3184504 in  Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) are complex physiological traits that are affected by the interplay of multiple genetic and environmental factors. Hypertension (HTN) is a critical risk factor for stroke, renal failure, heart failure, and coronary heart disease . Genome-Alterations in gene expression may mediate the effects of genetic variants on phenotype variability. We hypothesized that characterizing gene expression signatures of BP would reveal cellular processes involved in BP regulation and uncover how transcripts mediate genetic and environmental effects on BP variability. We additionally hypothesized that by integrating gene expression profiling with genetic variants associated with altered gene expression (eSNPs or eQTLs) and with BP GWAS results, we would be able to characterize the genetic architecture of gene expression effects on BP regulation.Several previous studies have examined the association of global gene expression with BP ,5 or HTNTable 1. The mean age varied across the cohorts  as did the proportion of individuals with hypertension .After excluding individuals receiving anti-hypertensive treatment, the eligible sample size was 7017 . Clinical characteristics of participants from the four studies are presented in p<0.05, we identified 73, 31, and 8 genes that were differentially expressed in relation to SBP, DBP, and HTN, respectively in the FHS, which used an Affymetrix array for expression profiling, and 6, 1, and 1 genes in the meta-analysis of the 5 cohorts that used an Illumina array (Illumina cohorts): EGCUT, RS, InCHIANTI, KORA F4 and SHIP-TREND (S1 Table). For each differentially expressed BP gene in the FHS or in the Illumina cohorts, we attempted replication in the other group. At a replication p<0.05 (Bonferroni corrected), 13 unique genes that were identified in the FHS were replicated in the Illumina cohorts, including 10 for SBP , 5 for DBP , and 2 for HTN (GZMB and MYADM) (Table 2). Each of the unique BP signature genes in the Illumina cohorts, 6 for SBP , 1 for DBP (BHLHE40) and 1 for HTN (SLC31A2), replicated in the FHS. All 6 Illumina cohorts BP signature genes that replicated in the FHS were among the 13 FHS BP signature genes that replicated in the Illumina cohorts. The BP signature genes identified in the FHS showed enrichment in the Illumina cohorts at pi1 = 0.88, 0.75, and 0.99 for SBP, DBP, and HTN respectively  in aggregate explained 5.3% of DBP phenotypic variance in the Illumina cohorts. These results suggest that in contrast to common genetic variants identified by BP GWAS, which explain in aggregate only about 1% of inter-individual BP variation , EGCUT [GSE48348], RS [GSE33828], InCHIANTI [GSE48152], KORA F4 [E-MTAB-1708] and SHIP-TREND [GSE36382]). The details of sample collection, microarrays, and data processing and normalization in each cohort are provided in the S2 Text.RNA was isolated from whole blood samples that were collected in PaxGene tubes  in FHS, RS, InCHIANTI, KORA F4 and SHIP-TREND, and in Blood RNA Tubes  in EGCUT. Gene expression in the FHS samples used the Affymetrix Exon Array ST 1.0. EGCUT, RS, InCHANTI, KORA F4, and SHIP-TREND used the Illumina HT12v3  or HT12v4 (RS) array. Raw data from gene expression profiling are available online  in the FHS samples (Set 1) and attempted replication in the meta-analysis results from the Illumina cohorts . Replication was established at Bonferroni corrected p = 0.05, correcting for the number of pre-selected BP signatures genes in the discovery set. We computed the pi1 value to estimate the enrichment of significant p values in the replication set (the Illumina cohorts) for BP signatures identified in the discovery set (the FHS) by utilizing the R package Qvalue  based on the overlap of FHS and illumina cohort interrogated gene sets).We performed meta-analysis of the five Illumina cohorts (for discovery and replication purposes), and then performed meta-analysis of all six cohorts. An inverse variance weighted meta-analysis was conducted using fixed-effects or random-effects models by the ) method  was usedTo estimate the proportion of variances in SBP or DBP explained by a group of differentially expressed BP signature genes , we used the following two models:Full model:Null model:The proportion of variance in BP attributable to the group of differentially expressed BP signature genes . A cis-eQTL was defined as an eQTL within 1 megabase (MB) flanking the gene. Other eQTLs were defined as trans-eQTLs. We combined the eQTL list generated in the FHS with the eQTLs generated by meta-analysis of seven other studies (n = 5300) that were also based on whole blood expression[SNPs associated with altered gene expression (i.e. eQTLs) were identified using genome-wide genotype and gene expression data in all available FHS samples (n = 5257) at FDR<0.1 Gonçalo Abecasis, Murielle Bochud, Mark Caulfield (co-chair), Aravinda Chakravarti, Dan Chasman, Georg Ehret (co-chair), Paul Elliott, Andrew Johnson, Louise Wain, Martin Larson, Daniel Levy (co-chair), Patricia Munroe (co-chair), Christopher Newton-Cheh (co-chair), Paul O'Reilly, Walter Palmas, Bruce Psaty, Kenneth Rice, Albert Smith, Harold Snider, Martin Tobin, Cornelia Van Duijn, Germaine Verwoert.Members1,2,3, Patricia B. Munroe4, Kenneth M. Rice5, Murielle Bochud2, Andrew D. Johnson6,7, Daniel I. Chasman8,9, Albert V. Smith10,11, Martin D. Tobin12, Germaine C. 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EhretAffiliationsCenter for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USAInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, SwitzerlandCardiology, Department of Specialties of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Geneva 14, SwitzerlandClinical Pharmacology and The Genome Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UKDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAFramingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USANational Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USADivision of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, Boston MA 02215, USAHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAIcelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, IcelandUniversity of Iceland, Reykajvik, IcelandDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, University Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsNetherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Netherland Genome Initiative (NGI), The NetherlandsCenter for Population Studies, National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UKCenter for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USAInterfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University 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And finally, we cross-analyzed the BP signature genes with blood eQTLs as well as with BP GWAS results to identify the BP signature genes having BP GWAS eQTLs.At first, we identified BP differentially expressed genes in six cohorts  respectively. Second, we conducted a meta-analysis of the Illumina cohorts . Third, for discovery and replication purpose, we replicated the BP signature genes identified in the FHS cohort in the Illumina cohorts. And in turn, we replicated the BP signature genes identified in Illumina cohorts in FHS cohort. Fourth, we conducted a meta-analysis in the six cohorts and reported the BP signature genes passing Bonferroni corrected (TIF)Click here for additional data file.S2 FigA) SBP; B) DBP; C) HTN. The x-axis is the effect size  of meta-analysis and the y-axis is the −log10 transformed p values.(TIF)Click here for additional data file.S3 FigThe numbers in the Heatmap indicate Pearson correlations between pairs of genes.(TIF)Click here for additional data file.S1 Table(XLSX)Click here for additional data file.S2 Table(XLSX)Click here for additional data file.S3 Table(XLSX)Click here for additional data file.S4 Table(XLSX)Click here for additional data file.S5 Table(XLSX)Click here for additional data file.S6 Table(XLSX)Click here for additional data file.S1 Text(DOCX)Click here for additional data file.S2 Text(DOCX)Click here for additional data file.


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The authors are listed out of order. Please view the correct author order, affiliations, and citation here:1☯, Hong Wang1☯, Jiangbei Cao1, Changtian Li2, Weidong Mi1*, Li Yang3, Fang Guo1, Xianwang Wang4, Tie Yang3Changsheng Zhang1 Anesthesia and Operation Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China, 2 Department of Ultrasound, The Southern Building, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China, 3 Department of Radiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China, 4 Department of Anesthesia, The 309th hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100096, China☯ These authors contributed equally to this work.plamzk@126.com* 10.1371/journal.pone.0123177Zhang C, Wang H, Cao J, Li C, Mi W, Yang L, et al. (2015) Measurement and Analysis of the Tracheobronchial Tree in Chinese Population Using Computed Tomography. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123177. doi:


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Author list for the article “Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation, copy number variation, and gene expression in monozygotic twins discordant for primary biliary cirrhosis” should be as follows:1,2*, Francesca Cavaciocchi1,3, Ana Lleo4, Cristina Cheroni5, Raffaele De Francesco5, Simone A. Lombardi1, Maria De Santis1,3, Francesca Meda1, Maria Gabriella Raimondo1, Chiara Crotti1, Marco Folci1, Luca Zammataro1, Marlyn J. Mayo6, Nancy Bach7, Shinji Shimoda8, Stuart C. Gordon9, Monica Miozzo10,11, Pietro Invernizzi4, Mauro Podda1, Rossana Scavelli5, Michelle R. Martin12, Michael F. Seldin13,14, Janine M. LaSalle12, and M. Eric Gershwin2Carlo Selmi1Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy2Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA3BIOMETRA Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy4Liver Unit and Center for Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy5National Institute of Molecular Genetics (INGM), Milan, Italy6University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA7Mt. Sinai University, New York, NY, USA8Clinical Research Center, National Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan9Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA10Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy11Division of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy12Genome Center and M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA13Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA14Department of Internal Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USAThe original article has been updated.The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.


After publication of this work , we note1*, Vassilis Golfinopoulos1, Amelie Deleporte1, Marianne Paesmans2, Hazem El Mansy1, Camilo Garcia3, Marc Peeters4, Lieven Annemans5, Caroline Vandeputte1, Marion Maetens1, Marc Van den Eynde6, Raphaël Maréchal10, Ivan Borbath6, Damien Dresse7, Ghislain Houbiers8, Michael Fried9, Ahmad Awada1, Martine Piccart1, Jean-Luc Van Laethem10 and Patrick Flamen3Alain HendliszAH, PM, VG Contribution to protocol writing, Manuscript design, Setting-up the trial, Writing manuscript; HEM, AD, CV, MM, MVDE, RM, Writing manuscript; CG, PF, Contribution to protocol writing, Manuscript design, Setting-up the trial, Writing manuscript, Coordination of PET imaging network; PM, AA, MP, Contribution to protocol writing, Setting-up the trial; JVL, Contribution to protocol writing, Setting-up the trial, Writing manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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Nucl. Acids Res. (2014) Jan;42(Database issue):D677–84. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1203.Author Tomer Altman was accidently omitted from the list of authors of the above article. The full list of authors and affiliations is provided below.The authors apologize to the readers and publisher for any inconvenience this may have caused.1, Gavin Sherlock2, Deborah A. Siegele3, Suzanne A. Aleksander1, 4Tomer Altman, Catherine A. Ball2, Janos Demeter2, Sushanth Gouni1, Timothy A. Holland4, Peter D. Karp4, John E. Lewis1, Nathan M. Liles1, Brenley K. McIntosh1, Huaiyu Mi5, Anushya Muruganujan5, Farrell Wymore2 and Paul D. Thomas5James C. Hu1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA2Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA3Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA4Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA5Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USAPresent address: Tomer Altman, Biomedical Informatics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA


Corrigendum to: Ariga T, Toita T, Kato S, et al. Treatment outcomes of patients with FIGO Stage I/II uterine cervical cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy: a multi-institutional retrospective research study. J Radiat Res 2015 Sep; 56(5): 841–8.In the article “Treatment outcomes of patients with FIGO Stage I/II uterine cervical cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy: a multi-institutional retrospective research study.”, the affiliation of two authors, i.e. of Dr. Shingo Kato and Dr. Teruki Teshima were incomplete.The full and correct affiliations are follows:1, Takafumi Toita1*, Shingo Kato2,21, Tomoko Kazumoto3, Masaki Kubozono4, Sunao Tokumaru5, Hidehiro Eto6, Tetsuo Nishimura7, Yuzuru Niibe8, Kensei Nakata9, Yuko Kaneyasu10,22, Takeshi Nonoshita11, Takashi Uno12, Tatsuya Ohno13, Hiromitsu Iwata14, Yoko Harima15, Hitoshi Wada16, Kenji Yoshida17, Hiromichi Gomi18, Hodaka Numasaki19, Teruki Teshima19,23, Shogo Yamada4 and Takashi Nakano20Takuro Ariga1Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, 903–0215, Japan2Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan3Department of Radiation Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan4Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan5Department of Radiology, Saga University, Saga, Japan6Department of Radiology, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan7Division of Radiation Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan8Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan9Department of Radiology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan10Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan11Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan12Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan13Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan14Department of Radiation Oncology, Nagoya Proton Therapy Center, Nagoya City West Medical Center, Aichi, Japan15Department of Radiology, Takii Hospital, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan16Department of Radiation Oncology, Miyagi Cancer Center, Miyagi, Japan17Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan18Department of Radiation Oncology, St Marianna University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan19Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan20Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan21Department of Radiation Oncology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan22Department of Radiation Oncology, National Hospital Organization, Fukuyama Medical Center, Hiroshima, Japan23 Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, Osaka, Japan*Corresponding author. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-choWe sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.


In the original article  the list1,4*, Martin I Sigurdsson1, Sverrir Hardarson2, Vigdis Petursdottir2, Eirikur Jonsson1, Gudmundur V Einarsson1 and Tomas Gudbjartsson1,3Johann P Ingimarsson1Departments Urology and Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital2Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital3University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Reykjavik, Iceland4Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New HampshireWe would like to apologize for this error and for any inconvenience this may have caused.


Here by, authors declare that the corrected authors list and affiliations are:1; Mohammad Javad Hosseini 2,*; Morteza Izadi 3; Abbas Mahmoodzadeh Poornaki 1; Javid Sadraei 4; Behzad Einollahi 5; Mohammad Reza Rezaimanesh 6; Ozra Bagheri 2; Jahangir Abdi 7Babak Rezavand 1 Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, IR Iran2 Molecular Biology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran3 Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran4 Department of Parasitology, Medical School, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran5 Nephrology and Urology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran6 Department of Laboratory Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, IR Iran7 Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR IranSincerely YoursMohammad Reza Rezaimanesh


There are errors in the author affiliations. The affiliations should appear as shown here:1,2,4, Fei Pan5, Guangchao Li3, Jingjing Li2,4Enhui He1 Nankai University School of Medicine, Tianjin, China, 2 Chinese PLA General Hospital and Chinese PLA Medical School, Beijing, China, 3 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 4 Beijing Friendship Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, 5 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital and Chinese PLA Medical School, Beijing, China.


Erratum to: Neth Heart J (2016)DOI 10.1007/s12471-015-0797-zIn the version of the article originally published online, the members of the DANARA study group were appended to the list of authors. The author line should have read:1; Yannick J.H.J. Taverne, MD2; Charlotte Houck, Msc1; Marco Götte, MD, PhD3; Bianca J.J.M. Brundel, PhD4,5; Reinder Evertz, MD6; Maarten Witsenburg, MD, PhD1; Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, MD, PhD1; Ad J.J.C. Bogers, MD, PhD2; Natasja M.S. de Groot, MD, PhD1; DANARA Study InvestigatorsChristophe P. Teuwen, MD7; Tanwier T.T.K. Ramdjan, MSc1; Wim A. Helbing, MD, PhD8; Janneke A.E. Kammeraad, MD, PhD8; H.G. Reinhart Dorman, MD9; Jurren M. van Opstal, MD, PhD10; Thelma C. Konings, MD11; Joris W.J. Vriend, MD, PhD3; Pepijn van der Voort, MD12;Collaborators: Sander G. Molhoek, MD, PhD1Dept of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2Dept of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 3Dept of Cardiology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands; 4Dept of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 5Dept of Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 6Dept of Cardiology, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 7Dept of Cardiology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands; 8Dept of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 9Dept of Cardiology, Bravis Hospital, Rosendaal, The Netherlands; 10Dept of Cardiology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; 11Dept of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 12Dept of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;


Aging (Albany NY) 2015; 7(9): 629-647.PMCID: PMC 4600622 PMID: 26363853In this Article, the additional author Aine Brigette Henley is added to this manuscript:http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v7/n9/pdf/100790.pdf. The updated authors’ list with affiliations is provided here:1, Jose Luis Venero2, Ryota Iwasawa1, Mohammed-khair Hankir3, Sunniyat Rahman1, Aine Brigette Henley4, Alan Boobis1, and Nabil Hajji1Aleksandra Dabrowska1 Imperial College London, Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, London, United Kingdom;2 Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, C/Prof. García González, Sevilla, Spain;3 Integrated Research and Treatment Centre for Adiposity Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany:4 Research Centre for Optimal Health, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom


In conjunction with the development of a bidirectional scattering metrology project, a large number of papers pertaining to the theory and measurement of bidirectional scattering from optical surfaces were collected and categorized. This collection includes papers that deal with various aspects of the bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF), its measurement, interpretation, use, and implications. Each paper is classified in one or more subject categories on the basis of its technical content. The subject categories are included just to serve as a key to the most salient characteristics of each paper cited. Because of the interest in this field, this bibliography is being published as a service to the public. The bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF) radiometrically characterizes the scatter of optical radiation from a surface as a function of the angular positions of the incident and scattered beams. By definition, it is the ratio of the scattered radiance to the incident irradiance: the unit is inverse steradian. The term bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) is used when specifically referring to reflected scatter. Likewise, bidirectional transmittance distribution function (BTDF) refers to scatter transmitted through a material.The bidirectional characterization of elastic scatter from surfaces is a property that is required for the evaluation of elements contained within larger systems that need minimal or controlled scattered light. The need for this information is readily seen in applications such as ring laser gyroscopes and telescopes. This type of information is also requisite for characterization of materials intended for use in temperature control where thermal radiation must be modelled or in imaging applications where stray light must be suppressed. It may also be used to assist the acceptance/rejection process in optical manufacturing settings.The present state of most of the facilities measuring this quantity needs to be upgraded to support new and more stringent requirements as well as recent strides in the production of high-quality optics.There is a lack of uniformity throughout the community for physical standards which can ascertain the accuracy of BSDF measurements (paper 91). The NIST Bidirectional Scattering Metrology Project is currently developing an instrument which will later serve to develop standard reference materials as well as a standard measurement technique.In conjunction with the development of this BSDF instrument, a large number of papers pertaining to the theory and measurement of bidirectional scattering from optical surfaces were collected and categorized. This collection includes papers that deal with various aspects of the BSDF, its measurement, interpretation, use, and implications.Each paper is classified in one or more subject categories on the basis of its technical content. The subject categories are included just to serve as a key to the most salient characteristics of each paper cited. In the literature, there is a bibliography (paper 117) of papers published prior to 1975 that relate to scattering from surfaces. Building upon that bibliography, this bibliography includes papers related to BSDF published since that time to the present. Neither the category classification list nor the list of papers is complete. There were two selection criteria used to determine whether a paper should be included in this bibliography: the paper was used during certain phases of the NIST project development and/or it was regarded as relevant and important to the field. However, inclusion or omission from the list does not necessarily imply endorsement or reproval, respectively. This systematized bibliography is sufficiently extensive to be of significant help to workers in the field, and particularly to those just beginning to work in it. For further breadth of information, the reader is suggested to review the conference proceedings from the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) that focus on scattering from surfaces; some papers from each of these are cited here.As an aid to identifying papers related to a certain field, each of the papers is listed under each category in which it has been classified. Due to the wide interdisciplinary nature of optical scattering metrology, some topics had to be grouped together so that the list would not become unmanageable.  The subject categories are coded and used as follows:The optical design of a system determines the aberrations that will be present – assuming accurate alignment–and their magnitudes. The calculation of these aberrations and their effect on the measurement of BSDF are addressed in the following papers: 3,96,102,159,160.Many different instruments are described in the literature. A sampling of these apparatus overviews is contained in the following papers: 4,12,31,41,51,52,63,65,66,76,77,79,83,84,87,89,90,93,94,95,103,111,112,132,113,118,120,122,128,129,136,137,138,140,145,146,151,159,160,161,166,168,169.Techniques for calibration and/or error analysis include reference methods and absolute methods. Specific details concerning calibration and the philosophy of calibration are discussed in these papers: 23,33,34,83,89,108,145,158.The use of laser sources in BSDF instruments is very common. Coherence becomes a critical property of these sources in diffuse BSDF metrology. The following papers address the property as it pertains to radiometry in general and to BSDF metrology in particular: 3,8,37,39,40,49,59,61,63,73,80,97,98,101,125,126.Design criteria and plans or layouts of components or subsystems of BSDF instruments are separated out and described in detail. These subsystems include source, sample manipulation, receiver, attenuation, apertures, etc: 3,10,11,21,22,27,28,29,31,35,41,51,52,60,66,68,69,71,76,85,86,87,89,90,93,94,95,108,112,132,118,119,124,128,130,136,141,142,156,157,159,160,162,163,166,168,170.Truncation of optical beams by apertures cause diffraction and thereby affect the instrument signature of BSDF instruments. This effect is discussed in the following papers: 3,49,69,70,72,89,96,139,159,160.These articles include experimental results in the form of tabulated data or graphs from a variety of different types of measurements. Some of these include data from actual BSDF scans on particular material samples while others give interpretive results highlighting instrument capabilities. Still other papers give profilometry data that yield topographic information. The particular type of experimental data given within each paper should be obvious from the title of the paper: 4,5,7,9,13,15,16,17,18,20,22,24,25,26,28,29,30,32,35,36,38,40,41,42,44,46,48,52,53,54,57,59,64,67,73,76,78,79,83,88,91,92,94,99,100,101,103,104,109,110,111,132,113,114,115,119,120,121,122,123,127,128,129,130,131,133,134,135,138,139,140,142,143,145,147,149,151,152,154,158,161,165,167,168,169,170.The background measurement of the noise equivalent BSDF, or the instrument signature, limits an instrument to the measurement of samples that have a BSDF larger than the NEBSDF. Specific instrument profiles or signatures are displayed in some of the following papers. The other papers address general concerns in obtaining and improving the signature of an instrument: 4,12,36,76,77,85,86,90,120,124,130,136,137,139,141,151,159,160,162,164,166,168,171.Particular optical materials and/or coatings are identified and experimental BSDF data are given for each of these in the following papers: 2,7,9,13,16,17,22,24,25,28,29,32,35,42,48,52,53,64,67,76,78,83,92,94,99,100,104,109,110,113,114,115,121,122,123,129,130,131,133,135,138,145,149158,162,165,Polarization control, theory, and associated problems are examined: 5,6,23,24,25,59,79,95,144,147,167.Various types of mechanical and optical surface profiling techniques are described and/or compared against optical scattering predictions of surface finish : 1,2,17,20,30,39,43,44,46,54,56,57,59,65,88,91,100,109,111,134,137,140,150,151.The following papers describe techniques used for, or problems in, referencing BSDF measurements, thereby assigning a level of confidence to the accuracy of the measurement: 33,53,83,91,92,108,130,145,158,164.Control, or suppression, of geometrically stray light is examined in this group of papers. Included in these are some papers which evaluate baffling materials with BRDF data: 18,22,27,28,29,42,50,58,60,69,71,78,87,90,113,123,146,149,156,157,163,170.Below is a list of papers that are outstanding in their fields and provide comprehensive coverage of a well-defined topic within BSDF metrology: 19,24,45,46,65,74,76,77,81,82,89,91,92,105,106,107,108,117,130,140,148,171.Among the theoretical questions explored throughout these papers are: basic definition of BSDF, scattering theory of surfaces, mathematical treatment of surfaces, subsurface contributions to scatter, inverse scattering problem, and scaling of BSDF with respect to angle of incidence and wave-length: 1,3,5,6,7,8,12,14,15,16,17,18,20,23,26,37,38,39,40,43,44,45,46,47,49,55,56,57,58,59,61,62,69,70,71,72,74,75,77,79,80,81,82,90,94,96,97,98,101,103,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,116,120,124,125,126,129,131,134,139,144,146,147,148,150,152,153,154,155,156,157,161,162,167,170.Surface roughness and sample isotropy, homogeneity, and cleanliness are all topographic contributions to optical scatter. These topics as well as some subsurface contributions are treated in the following papers: 1,2,4,9,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,30,38,39,40,43,44,45,46,47,54,55,56,57,62,74,75,88,100,109,110,111,116,120,121,125,127,134,135,139,142,144,147,150,152,153,154,155,161,162,167,169.Issues related to the bidirectional transmittance distribution function, BTDF, are considered in these papers: 52,103,122,126.


Author list for the article “Rag defects and thymic stroma: lessons from animal models” should be as follows:1,2, Pietro Luigi Poliani3, Luigi Daniele Notarangelo4, Fabio Grassi5, and Anna Villa1,2*Veronica Marrella1Milan Unit, Institute of Genetics and Biomedic Research, National Research Council, Milan, Italy2Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rozzano, Italy3Pathology Unit, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy4Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA5Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandThe original article has been updated.The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.


In Volume 93, Issue 8, August 2015, page 541, equation (3) should read:


Aging (Albany NY) 2015; 7(3): 167-176.PMCID: PMC4394728 PMID: 25960543In this Article, the additional affiliation is added for Arie Budovsky, a co-author of this manuscript:http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v7/n3/pdf/100726.pdf. The additional affiliation 4 is provided here:1, Dimitri Toren1, Klemens Vierlinger2, Manuela Hofner2, Christa Nohammer2, Marco Chilosi3, Arie Budovsky1,4, and Vadim E. Fraifeld1Hagai Yanai1The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel2AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, ATU14703506, Vienna, Austria3Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy4Judea Regional Research and Development Center, Carmel, Israel


Unfortunately, the original version of this article  containe1, Lee, R T.2, Kingstone, T.2, Singh, S.3, Shah, P R.2, Edwards, S5., Roberts, L.4Soundy, A.1School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK2Integrated Medicine Department, Freshwinds Charity, Prospect Hall, 12 College Walk, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6LE, UK3Department of Gastroenterology, Consultant in Gastroenterology, Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, UK4Primary Care Clinical Sciences, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK5Healer Member of The Healing Trust, UK


The UK IBD Genetics Consortium is listed out of order in the author list. The correct order is:1‡ *, Benjamin Lehne1,2‡, Kristina Stone1, James C. Lee3, Kirstin Taylor1, Jo Knight1,4,5, Efterpi Papouli6, Muddassar M. Mirza6, Michael A. Simpson1, Sarah L. Spain1, Grace Lu7, Franca Fraternali7, Suzannah J. Bumpstead8, Emma Gray8, Ariella Amar1, Hannah Bye1, Peter Green1, UK IBD Genetics Consortium¶, Guy Chung-Faye9, Bu’Hussain Hayee9, Richard Pollok10, Jack Satsangi11, Miles Parkes3, Jeffrey C. Barrett8, John C. Mansfield12, Jeremy Sanderson13, Cathryn M. Lewis1, Michael E. Weale1‡, Thomas Schlitt1‡, Christopher G. Mathew1,14‡Natalie J. Prescott1 Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Kings College London, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 4 Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 5 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 6 NIHR GSTFT/KCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre Genomics Core Facility, King’s College London School of Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 7 Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, London, United Kingdom, 8 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 9 Department of Gastroenterology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom, 10 Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, Tooting, London, United Kingdom, 11 Gastrointestinal Unit, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 12 Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 13 Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas’ Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, London, United Kingdom, 14 Division of Medical Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa‡ NJP and BL contributed equally to this work. MEW, TS, and CGM also contributed equally to this work.¶ Membership of the UK IBD Genetics Consortium is listed in the Acknowledgments.natalie.prescott@kcl.ac.uk* E-mail:


There are errors in the author affiliations for Chung-Ho Chang and Chih-Pin Chuu. The correct author affiliations are shown here:1☯, Hui-Ping Lin2☯, Shih Sheng Jiang2, Ching-Yu Lin3, Junichi Fukuchi1,4, Richard A. Hiipakka1, Chi-Jung Chung5, Tzu-Min Chan6,7, Shutsung Liao1, Chung-Ho Chang3, Chih-Pin Chuu3,8,9,10*John M. Kokontis1The Ben May Department for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A. 2National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan 3Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan 4Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devises Agency, Tokyo, Japan 5Department of Health Risk Management, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan 6Department of Medical Education and Research, China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan 7Department of Medical Education and Research, Tainan Municipal An-Nan Hospital-China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan 8Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan 9Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Taichung City, Taiwan 10Ph.D. program in Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwancpchuu@nhri.org.tw* Email:  These authors contributed equally to this work.


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AbstractBaetiscf.nubecularis Eaton, 1898 and Rhithrogena from the diaphana group were recorded. Ephemeracf.parnassiana Demoulin, 1958, the species previously recorded only from Greece, was also recorded.Knowledge of the mayfly biodiversity in the Balkan Peninsula is still far from complete. Compared to the neighbouring countries, the mayfly fauna in Croatia is very poorly known. Situated at the crossroads of central and Mediterranean Europe and the Balkan Peninsula, Croatia is divided into two ecoregions: Dinaric western Balkan and Pannonian lowland. Mayflies were sampled between 2003 and 2013 at 171 sites, and a total of 66 species was recorded. Combined with the literature data, the Croatian mayfly fauna reached a total of 79 taxa. Of these, 29 species were recorded for the first time in Croatia while 15 species were not previously recorded in Dinaric western Balkan ecoregion. Based on the mayfly assemblage, sampling sites were first structured by ecoregion and then by habitat type. In comparison with the surrounding countries, the Croatian mayfly fauna is the most similar to the Hungarian and Bosnian fauna. Some morphologically interesting taxa such as  Ephemeroptera) have a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Arctic region, Antarctica and some remote oceanic islands . The results of field studies were then combined with the literature data given in PageBreakCroatia is a relatively small country situated at the crossroads of Central and Mediterranean Europe and Balkan Peninsula, and is divided into two ecoregions: Dinaric western Balkan (ER5) and Pannonian lowland ER11) . Specime1 . SpeciThe list of the 171 sampling site names with number codes (site ID), altitude, latitude and longitude is presented in Table PageBreakPageBreakPageBreakPageBreakPageBreakBaetidae and cerci, necessary for the species identification, were fixed in Euparal and examined under a microscope. Adult specimens were mostly identified by the imaginal male genitalia. The collected material (larvae and adult specimens) was identified using Mayflies were sampled in every season at 34 sites, while at the remainder of sites, sampling was usually performed only once between April and September. Specimens were stored in 80% ethanol and identified in the lab using a stereomicroscope and microscope. A reference collection was made by preparing permanent slide mounts of identified species. Larvae were treated with 10% KOH and 99% acetic acid to remove all muscle parts. Mouth parts, legs, gills, thorax, abdomen, paraproct plate in All recorded specimens were included in the Croatian mayfly species list. Data for the sites with the same sampling effort were statistically analysed using the PRIMER 6 software package . As suchBaetis Leach, 1815 and Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868 both with 11 species. Baetisrhodani  and Serratellaignita  were the most widely distributed species, present in 83 and 76 sampling sites, respectively. Fourteen species were recorded at only one sampling site: Cloeonsimile Eaton, 1870, Procloeonnana , Caenispusilla Navàs, 1913, Ephemeracf.parnassiana Demoulin, 1958, Leptophlebiavespertina , Ecdyonurusvitoshensis Jacob & Braasch, 1984, Ecdyonuruszelleri , Electrogenamazedonica , Heptageniacoerulans Rostock, 1878, Heptageniaflava Rostock, 1878, Heptagenialongicauda , Rhithrogenairidina , Rhithrogenagr.diaphana and Rhithrogenasemicolorata .In total, 79 mayfly taxa Table  were recPageBreakPageBreakPageBreakwere recorded in both the Black and Adriatic Sea Basins, while 25 species were recorded only for Black Sea basin and 11 species only for Adriatic Sea basin  were present in both ecoregions. A total of 50 species was recorded as present only in the Dinaric western Balkan ecoregion (ER5) and 48 only in the Pannonian lowland ecoregion (ER11) Table . Nearly The Sørensen Index of Similarity indicated the Croatian mayfly fauna had the greatest similarity with the Hungarian assemblage Table .For the distribution data, the following format was used: “Literature data” were mainly taken from ● New records for the Croatian mayfly fauna■ Only adults recordedPageBreakI. Ametropodidae Bengtsson, 1913Ametropusfragilis Albarda, 18781. Literature data: Drava River, Donji Miholjac Metreletusbalcanicus 3. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Baetidae Leach, 1815III. Alainitesmuticus 4. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 79, 80■, 82, 84, 85, 86 5. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 13, 15, 57, 63Baetisbuceratus Eaton, 1870 ●6. New records: 2, 36Baetisfuscatus 7. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 5, 7, 8, 10, 18, 19, 26, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 40, 56, 60, 61, 62Baetisliebenauae Keffermüller, 1974 ●8. New records: 1, 2, 9, 10, 35, 36, 37, 62, 98, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 122, 128, 131, 134, 139, 140, 141, 143, 151, 152, 153, 162, 171Baetislutheri Müller-Liebenau, 19679. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 7, 18, 19, 35, 61, 62, 103, 116, 141, 142, 146, 147, 150, 157Baetismelanonyx  ●10. New records: 115, 117, 120, 146, 147, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163Baetiscf.nubecularis Eaton, 1898 ●11. Literature data with new records: 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 12. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88 New records: 7, 26Baetistricolor Tshernova, 1928 ●14. New records: 20, 43, 44Baetisvernus Curtis, 1834 ●15. New records: 7, 9, 10, 36, 38, 53, 54, 76Baetopustenellus  ●16. New records: 19, 64, 94Nigrobaetisniger  ●17. Literature data with new records: 138New records: 15, 36, 38, 93, 103, 109, 110, 128, 131Centroptilumluteolum 18. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 19. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 1, 5, 20, 24, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 60, 67, 78, 101, 103, 104, 105, 121, 125, 127, 128, 129, 152Cloeonsimile Eaton, 187020. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 125Procloeonbifidum 21. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 6, 19, 20, 28, 29, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 44, 47, 62, 68, 69, 71, 115, 121, 141PageBreakProcloeonnana  ●22. New records: 68Procloeonpennulatum 23. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 84, 85, 86 26. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92 New records: 8, 9, 10, 18, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 40, 41, 54, 61, 68, 71, 115, 140, 141, 142, 143Caenispusilla Navàs, 1913 ●28. New records: 62Caenisrivulorum Eaton, 1884 ●29. New records: 40, 41Caenisrobusta Eaton, 1884 ●30. New records: 1, 24, 39, 47Ephemerellidae Klapálek, 1909V. Ephemerellamucronata  ●31. New records: 14, 134, 139, 163Serratellaignita 32. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 83, 84, 85, 86, 88 PageBreakNew records: 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 53, 46, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 76, 98, 99, 100, 103, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 129, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 150, 153, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 171Torleyamajor 33. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 84, 86 Literature data with new records: 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 Ephemeralineata Eaton, 187036. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 118, 119, 122, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147Ephemeracf.parnassiana Demoulin, 1958 ●37. New records: 98Ephemeravulgata Linnaeus, 175838. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 11, 54, 55, 59, 100, 125, 128, 154, 164Ephemerazettana Kimmins, 1937 ● ■39. New records: 102, 118, 134, 136, 138, 141, 142, 154, 155Heptageniidae Needham, 1901VII. Ecdyonurusaurantiacus 40. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Ecdyonurusdispar 41. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 61, 63, 66, 68, 69PageBreakEcdyonurusinsignis 42. Literature data: Cetina River, between Podgrade and Slime Ecdyonurusstarmachi Sowa, 1971 ●45. New records: 13, 14, 26, 53, 103, 120Ecdyonurussubmontanus Landa, 1969 ●46. Literature data with new records: 82, 83 New records: 95, 99, 118, 119, 120Ecdyonurusvenosus 48. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 97■, 99, 100, 109, 110, 112, 118, 119, 120, 137, 138, 139, 141, 148, 150, 162Ecdyonurusvitoshensis Jacob & Braasch, 198449. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 12Ecdyonuruszelleri  ●50. New records: 53Electrogenaaffinis  ●51. New records: 68, 69, 70Electrogenalateralis 52. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 86  ●53. New records: 128PageBreakElectrogenaujhelyii  ●54. New records: 11, 13, 16, 24, 50, 93Epeorusassimilis Eaton, 188555. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 4, 13, 94, 97■, 98, 99, 115, 116, 117, 120, 135■, 137, 138, 141, 142, 146, 147, 156Heptageniacoerulans Rostock, 187856. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 18Heptageniaflava Rostock, 187857. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 167Heptagenialongicauda  ●58. New records: 63Heptageniasulphurea 59. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 7, 8, 18, 21, 40, 42Kageroniafuscogrisea 60. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Rhithrogenabraaschi Jacob, 1974 ●61. Literature data with new records: 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85 Rhithrogenairidina  ●64. New records: 27Rhithrogenasemicolorata 65. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 53PageBreakLeptophlebiidae Banks, 1900VIII. Choroterpespicteti 66. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Habroleptoidesconfusa Sartori and Jacob, 198667. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 22, 120, 158Habrophlebiafusca 68. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 27, 28, 30, 35, 38, 48, 59, 69, 70, 131, 168, 169Habrophlebialauta Eaton, 188469. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 82, 83, 85, 90  ●70. Literature data with new records: 90, 91 71. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 73. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 26, 27, 32Palingeniidae Albarda, 1888X. Palingenialongicauda 74. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Polymitarcyidae Banks, 1900XI. Ephoronvirgo 75. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)PageBreakPotamanthidae Albarda, 1888XII. Potamanthusluteus 76. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 35, 36, 37, 40Siphlonuridae Ulmer, 1920 (1888)XIII. Siphlonurusarmatus 77. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Siphlonuruscroaticus Ulmer, 192078. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)Literature data with new records: 82, 83, 85, 87 79. Literature data: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012)New records: 26, 27, 30, 73, 76PageBreakmayfly assemblage, sampling sites were mainly structured first by ecoregion and then by habitat type. Species richness at the sampling sites and diversity indices are presented in Table The majority of the Croatian mayfly species were found to be associated with rivers and streams Table . Among tThe SIMPER analysis between sites within the same habitat type showed an average similarity ranging from 35.1% for the Pannonian lowland rivers to 57.3% for the springs , patchy  central European  as well as southern (e.g. Ephemerazettana) and Balkan  distribution were recorded in Croatia. Additionally, 15 taxa were found that were not previously recorded in the Dinaric western Balkan ecoregion: Baetiscf.nubecularis, Procloeonnana, Caenisbeskidensis, Ephemeracf.parnassiana, Ecdyonurusmacani, Ecdyonurussubmontanus, Ecdyonurustorrentis, Electrogenaaffinis, Electrogenamazedonica, Electrogenaujhelyii, Heptagenialongicauda, Rhithrogenabraaschi, Habroleptiodesconfusa, Leptophlebiavespertina and Paraleptophlebiawerneri . Thus, reliable identification cannot be distinguished at this time. Comparison with other Balkan Rhithrogenadiaphana group species and further detailed studied are required. A similar case is recorded for the Baetisalpinus group , which presents the morphological characteristics that are intermediate between Baetisalpinus and Baetisnubecularis. Interestingly, the species is only recorded in high numbers , as well as to determine the presence of the thirteen species listed in the literature which were not confirmed in this study . The rare or unconfirmed presence of most of these species is likely due to the lack of seasonal sampling. It is possible that they were present at some sampling sites included in this study, but at a very young instar or even egg stage, and as such were overlooked. Additionally, some species might have PageBreakbecome extinct from the Croatian rivers, such as Palingenialongicauda, which at present likely only inhabits the Danube River and Tisza River in Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine  or a wide range of habitat type preferences  grouped together with the tufa-barriers   . Howeveron (ER5) . This ison (ER5) . It had on (ER5) . This ison, 1881 .Baetisvardarensis Ikonomov, 1962, Rhithrogenapicteti Sowa, 1971, Leptophlebiamarginata , Ephemerellanotata Eaton, 1887, Caenisluctuosa ) but were not yet recorded, due to the lack of systematic sampling in all seasons, future studies should include seasonal sampling PageBreakof a higher number of sites and habitat types. Additionally, the main focus should be on the eastern lowland part of the country, where a lower number of sites was visited during this study.As expected, this study revealed a higher number of mayfly taxa inhabiting Croatian freshwater habitats than known from the previous literature. As two of the most similar mayfly assemblages of the neighbouring countries have several taxa that could also inhabit Croatian habitats . Considering these species were recorded from a small number of sites in this study, they could be considered rare. Future studies on the taxonomic status, ecological features and detailed distribution of these species is necessary.In the present study, some interesting taxa with restricted European and local distributions were recorded (e.g. Baetisliebenauae was recorded on larger karstic rivers, a different habitat type than previously known, more detailed information on its preferences at the microhabitat scale and water physico-chemical properties should be investigated.Additionally, as


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