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Unlike the native surface of the implant material (Ti6Al4V), oxidation with H2O2 leads to increased binding of the effective antimicrobial agent poly(hexamethylene) biguanide [PHMB]. However, treating with NaOH instead results in an even higher PHMB mass coverage. After oxidation with H2O2, strong differences in the PHMB adsorption capability between polished and corundum-blasted surfaces appear, indicating a roughness dependence. After NaOH treatment, no such effect was observed. The wetting properties of specimens treated with either H2O2 or NaOH prior to PHMB exposure clearly varied. To unravel the nature of this interaction, widespread in silico and in vitro experiments were performed. Methods: By X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, water contact angle measurements and MD simulations, we characterized the interplay between the polycationic antimicrobial agent and the implant surface. A theoretical model for PHMB micelles is tested for its wetting properties and compared to carbon contaminated TiO2. In addition, quantitation of anionic functional group equivalents, the binding properties of PHMB with blocked amino end-group, and the ability to bind chlorhexidine digluconate (CHG) were investigated. Ultimately, the capability of osteoblasts to build calcium apatite, and the activity of alkaline phosphatase on PHMB coated specimens, were determined. Results: Simulated water contact angles on carbon contaminated TiO2 surfaces and PHMB micelle models reveal little influence of PHMB on the wetting properties and point out the major influence of remaining and recovering contamination from ambient air. Testing PHMB adsorption beyond the critical micelle concentration and subsequent staining reveals an island-like pattern with H2O2 as compared to an evenly modified surface with NaOH. Both CHG and PHMB, with blocked amino end groups, were adsorbed on the treated surfaces, thus negating the significant influence of PHMB’s terminal groups. The ability of osteoblasts to produce calcium apatite and alkaline phosphatase is not negatively impaired for PHMB mass coverages up to 8 μg/specimen. Conclusion: Differences in PHMB adsorption are triggered by the number of anionic groups and carbon contaminants, both of which depend on the specimen pre-treatment. With more PHMB covering, the implant surface is protected against the capture of new contamination from the ambient air, thus building a robust antimicrobial and biocompatible surface coating.
Purpose: To (1) describe the prevalence of abnormal sleep quality in patients with hip abductor tears (HAT), to (2) determine whether sleep quality improves after open HAT repair, and to (3) to report clinical short-term outcomes in patients undergoing open HAT repair. Methods: The data of 28 patients (29 hips) who underwant open HAT repair were prospectively analyzed at midterm follow-up. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS), the University of California, Los Angeles activity scale (UCLA), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain were determined via questionnaire. Paired t-tests were applied to compare preoperative and post-operative Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). Logistic regression was performed to determine the association between PSQI improvement achievement and demographic variables (laterality, sex, age, body-mass-index (BMI), and preoperative mHHS). The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) was calculated for the mHHS. Results: A total of 28 patients were included. Four patients (14.3%) suffered post-operative complications after open HAT repair. The predominance of patients was female (77.4%), with a mean age of 60 ± 13 years. The average follow-up was 30.35 ± 16.62 months. Preoperatively, 27 (96.4%) patients experienced poor sleep quality (PSQI > 5); at follow-up, 7 (25%) patients experienced poor sleep quality. Univariate logistical regression analysis demonstrated no significant association between preoperative demographic data and achieving postoperative PSQI < 5. The MCID of mHHS was calculated to be 12.5. Overall, 90% of patients achieved MCID for mHHS. Conclusion: Preoperative sleep quality was impaired in 96.4% of HAT patients (PSQI > 5). However, these patients showed an improvement in sleep disturbances after open HAT repair in the early postoperative period. Ninety percent of patients showed significant improvements in mHHS and achieved the corresponding MCID. Level of Evidence: Case series; Level IV.
Background:
Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) has become a common procedure. However, meaningful long-term clinical outcomes have not been defined.
Purpose:
To define the minimal clinically important difference (MCID), substantial clinical benefit (SCB), and patient acceptable symptomatic state (PASS) for the modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS) at a minimum 10-year follow-up in patients undergoing arthroscopic treatment for FAIS and identify preoperative predictors for achievement of the MCID, SCB, and PASS.
Study Design:
Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.
Methods:
A consecutive series of patients undergoing arthroscopic treatment for FAIS between 2007 and 2009 with a minimum 10-year follow-up was analyzed. Patient data included patient characteristics, radiographic parameters, and the pre- and postoperative mHHS and visual analog scale (VAS) for pain score. Paired t tests were used to compare the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The MCID was determined by calculating half of the standard deviation, and SCB and PASS were calculated by the anchor method. Correlation and logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify predictors for the achievement of the MCID, SCB, and PASS.
Results:
A total of 44 patients (27 men, 17 women) were included. The mean age and body mass index were 42.2 years (range, 16-67 years) and 22.3 kg/m2 (range, 16.76-29.78 kg/m2), respectively. The MCID, absolute SCB, net change SCB, and PASS of the mHHS were calculated to be 19.6, 90.1, 31.5, and 84.4 points, respectively. Preoperative symptom duration was identified as an independent predictor for the achievement of meaningful clinical outcomes. The median symptom durations for patients who achieved the MCID, absolute SCB, net change SCB, and PASS were 11.7, 9.1, 9.0, and 10.8 months, respectively. The median symptom duration for patients who did not achieve the MCID, absolute SCB, net change SCB, and PASS were 15.8, 17.4, 17.3, and 18.4 months, respectively. No other statistically significant correlations were found.
Conclusion:
The preoperative duration of symptoms was identified as an independent predictor for achievement of the MCID, SCB, and PASS. These findings can be helpful in accelerating the transition to surgical treatment of FAIS.
Adaptation mechanisms within the B cell composition for successful human and murine pregnancies.
(2021)
Introduction
A well-balanced immune maternal status is essential for favourable outcome of pregnancy. Due to their complexities, not all immune adaptations that promote tolerance during pregnancy are known. To understand the adaptation of the B cell compartment, we analysed and compared B cell lymphopoiesis in different lymphoid tissues in a number of murine models.
Furthermore, we focused on the humoral immune response during pregnancy. We analysed immunoglobulin profiles in human subjects and mice during pregnancy.
These cellular alterations are subject to the influence of chemokines, among others. Therefore, we assessed serum levels of B cell activation factor to clarify its effects during pregnancy.
Methods
For analysis of the human peripheral B cell compartment, peripheral blood samples from age-matched non-pregnant and pregnant women without pregnancy complications, immunological disease or acute/chronic inflammation were collected and sub-classified into four different groups: non-pregnant, and first, second, or third trimester of pregnancy. The experiments, based on a mouse model, were performed with 8-week-old female mice: clinically healthy non-pregnant (CBA/J (H2k)), pregnant mice with normal gestation (BALB/c (H2d) x CBA/J (H2k)), and mice with pregnancy loss (DBA/2J (H2d) x CBA/J (H2k)). Subsequently, peripheral blood mononuclear cells from blood and lymphatic organs were isolated following standard protocols. The B cell analysis was performed by flow cytometry. The immunoglobulin serum levels of the human and murine subgroups were quantitated using Bio-Plex isotyping assay and analysed by a Bio-Plex reader. To quantify B cell activating factor (BAFF) in serum of pregnant and non-pregnant mice a BAFF enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used. The concentrations were determined by using a FLUOstar OPTIMA microplate reader. All statistical analyses were performed using the Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn’s post-test in GraphPad Prism software. P values of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results
We were able to demonstrate B cell lymphopenia in mice bone marrow downstream of pre-pro B cells, irrespective of pregnancy outcome. The mature bone marrow B cells did not show this adjustment mechanism during normal gestation.
Closer inspection of the splenic tissue revealed expansion and activation of marginal zone B cells in mice with a normal pregnancy. However, this was not observed in mice suffering from pregnancy disturbances. Natural antibodies secreted from marginal zone B cells were also present at higher concentrations in serum of pregnant mice, compared to non-pregnant animals.
We also found significantly higher levels of natural antibodies in serum of pregnant women compared to non-pregnant age-matched controls. Analysis showed significantly lower levels of BAFF in mice with normal pregnancy as compared to non-pregnant mice.
Conclusions
We are able to show mechanisms within the B cell compartment as well as the change within the natural antibodies that might be crucial for successful pregnancy in both humans and mice. Furthermore, BAFF seems to play a central role as a mediator of peripheral B cell compartment and B cell lymphopoiesis in the bone marrow for successful pregnancy.
Endothelial dysfunction (ED) comes with age, even without overt vessel damage such as that which occurs in atherosclerosis and diabetic vasculopathy. We hypothesized that aging would affect the downstream signalling of the endothelial nitric oxide (NO) system in the vascular smooth muscle (VSM). With this in mind, resistance mesenteric arteries were isolated from 13-week (juvenile) and 40-week-old (aged) mice and tested under isometric conditions using wire myography. Acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation was reduced in aged as compared to juvenile vessels. Pretreatment with L-NAME, which inhibits nitrix oxide synthases (NOS), decreased ACh-mediated vasorelaxation, whereby differences in vasorelaxation between groups disappeared. Endothelium-independent vasorelaxation by the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) was similar in both groups; however, SNP bolus application (10−6 mol L−1) as well as soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) activation by runcaciguat (10−6 mol L−1) caused faster responses in juvenile vessels. This was accompanied by higher cGMP concentrations and a stronger response to the PDE5 inhibitor sildenafil in juvenile vessels. Mesenteric arteries and aortas did not reveal apparent histological differences between groups (van Gieson staining). The mRNA expression of the α1 and α2 subunits of sGC was lower in aged animals, as was PDE5 mRNA expression. In conclusion, vasorelaxation is compromised at an early age in mice even in the absence of histopathological alterations. Vascular smooth muscle sGC is a key element in aged vessel dysfunction.
Die vorliegende Studie basiert auf der Untersuchung von 89 verschiedenen Säugetierschädeln und 14 menschlichen Schädeln aus dem Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie der Universität Greifswald.
Die Arbeit vergleicht die Morphologie der knöchernen Schädel der Säugetiere mit denen des Menschen. Dabei wird von kieferorthopädischen Messpunkten, wie sie beim Menschen bereits seit längerer Zeit angewendet werden, ausgegangen. Sämtliche Messpunkte, die in der Kieferorthopädie herangezogen werden, finden sich auch an den Säugetierschädeln, sodass von einem gemeinsamen Schädelbauplan ausgegangen werden kann. Systematische Untersuchungen an einer größeren Gruppe von Säugetieren mit kieferorthopädischem Ansatz wurden, soweit ersichtlich, bisher noch nicht durchgeführt. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es damit auch, eine dementsprechende Datengrundlage zu schaffen. Die dreidimensionale Vermessung erfolgte mit dem MicroScribe 3DX Digitalisierer (Immersion Corp., San Jose, CA) sowie einem digitalen Messschieber. Die Schädel wurden entsprechend der in der Literatur angewandten Taxonomie in Gruppen eingeteilt. Aus der Ordnung der Primaten wurden die Hominoidea, Platyrrhini, Cercopithecoidea und Lemuriformes untersucht, bei den Carnivora die Feliformia, Canidae, Ursidae und Pinnipedia. Bei den Cetartiodactyla wurden Ruminantia und Suidae vermessen, bei den Mesaxonia die Equidae.
In einem ersten Teil der Arbeit kommt die klassische Morphometrie zu Anwendung. Dabei werden klassische KFO- Messpunkte wie Nasion, Menton, Gonion, Pogonion, Zygion, Spina nasialis antetior, etc. verwendet, ebenso klassische Indizes wie Bolton-Analyse, Pont- Index und Izard- Index. In einem zweiten Teil kommt die geometrische Morphometrie zur Anwendung. Diese in der Biologie und Anthropologie bereits häufiger angewandte Methode wird jetzt auch vermehrt in der Kieferorthopädie angewandt. Durch die sogenannte Procrustes Transformation können dabei die vermessenen Schädel in Form und Gestalt unabhängig von der Größe verglichen werden. Bei sämtlichen Messungen werden die Unterschiede bzw. Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Mensch und den einzelnen Säugetierarten herausgearbeitet und tabellarisch und graphisch dargestellt.
So können die beim Menschen nachgewiesenen kieferorthopädischen Indizes auch teilweise bei den Säugetieren gefunden werden. Sowohl beim Izard- Index als auch bei der Bolton- Analyse und der Tonn- Relation können Gemeinsamkeiten festgestellt werden. Größere Abweichungen gibt es dagegen beim Pont- Index, dem Gaumenhöhen- Index und dem Gaumen- Index. Auch der Jugomandibularindex zeigt wenig Übereinstimmung mit dem Menschen.
Dass die Primaten und hier insbesondere die Hominoidea und Cercopithecoidea dem Menschen schädelbezüglich am ähnlichsten sind, war zu erwarten und kann durch die hier vorliegenden Ergebnisse auch bestätigt werden. Allerdings weichen die Primaten bei der Gaumenform stärker vom Menschen ab, während bei der Gesichts- und Kieferform eine weniger zu erwartende Übereinstimmung mit Feliformia und Canidae festgestellt werden kann.
Das evolutionsbedingt stärkste Unterscheidungsmerkmal zu den Säugetieren ist der beim Menschen im Vergleich zur Schädellänge relativ kurze Gesichtsschädel.
Die in der Literatur beschriebene Taxonomie der Säugetiere, die durch eine Vielzahl verschiedener Untersuchungen hervorgegangen ist, kann hier sowohl mit Hilfe der klassischen Morphometrie als auch insbesondere durch die geometrische Morphometrie bestätigt werden. Bei der letzteren wird nach der Procrustes Transformation durch Clusterbildung sowohl nach deutlich voneinander abweichenden, als auch nach in sich homogenen Gruppen differenziert.
Durch die in dieser Studie differenziert herausgearbeiteten anatomische Strukturen in verschiedenen Schädelbereichen würde sich zusätzlich die Möglichkeit ergeben, bei kieferorthopädischen Tierversuchen in kraniofazialen Schädelregionen das anatomisch geeignete Tiermodell zu bestimmen, d.h. nicht eine einzelne Tierart ist für alle Versuche geeignet, sondern je nach Fragestellung müssen in unterschiedlichen Schädelbereichen verschiedene Tierarten herangezogen werden.
ABSTRACT
The Upper Pleistocene geoarchives in the south‐eastern Carpathian Basin are represented predominantly by loess–palaeosol records. In 2015, a 10 m sediment core composed of clay‐rich lacustrine sediments was recovered by vibracoring a dry lake basin located between the Vršac Mountains (Serbia) and the Banat Sands in the south‐eastern Carpathian Basin; a location relevant for placing regional archaeological results in a palaeoenvironmental context. Here, we present results from geoelectrical prospection and a lithostratigraphic interpretation of this sequence supported by a detailed granulometric study supplemented by ostracod analysis. An age model based on luminescence dating is discussed against sedimentological proxy data and its implication for palaeoenvironmental change. The cores show a stratigraphy of lighter ochre‐coloured and darker greyish sediment, related to the deposition of clay and silt trapped in an aquatic environment. Geophysical measurements show ~20 m thick lacustrine sediments. The grain‐size distributions including the variability in fine clay are indicative of a lacustrine environment. Fine particles were brought into the depositional environments by aquatic input and settled from suspension; also, direct dust input is constrained by grain‐size results. Riverine input and aeolian dust input interplayed at the locality.
Technological advances in light microscopy have always gone hand in hand with unprecedented biological insight. For microbiology, light microscopy even played a founding role in the conception of the entire discipline. The ability to observe pathogens that would otherwise evade human observation makes it a critical necessity and an indispensable tool to infectious disease research. Thus, the aim of this thesis was to optimize, extend, and functionally apply advanced light microscopy techniques to elucidate spatio-temporal and spatio-morphological components of bacterial and viral infection in vitro and in vivo.
Pathogens are in a constant arms race with the host’s immune system. By finding ways to circumvent host-mediated immune responses, they try to evade elimination and facilitate their own propagation. The first study (publication I) demonstrated that the obligate intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii is not just able to infect natural killer (NK) cells, but is actually capable of surviving the harsh degradative conditions in the cytotoxic lymphocyte’s granules. Using live-cell imaging of reporter-expressing Coxiella burnetii, the transient NK cell passage was closely monitored to provide detailed spatio-temporal information on this dynamic process in support of a range of static analyses. Bacterial release from NK cells was pinpointed to a time frame between 24 to 48 hours post-infection and the duration of release to about 15 minutes.
The second approach (publications II-V) aimed at shedding light on the greater spatio-morphological context of virus infection. Thus far, most studies investigating the distribution or tropism of viruses in vivo have used conventional immunohistochemistry in thin sections. Omitting the native spatial context of the infection site in vivo inherently bears the risk of incomplete description. While the microscopic tools and sample preparation protocols needed for volumetric 3D immunofluorescence imaging have recently been made available, they had not gained a foothold in virus research yet. An integral part of this thesis was concerned with the assessment and optimization of available tissue optical clearing protocols to develop an immunofluorescence-compatible 3D imaging pipeline for the investigation of virus infection inside its intact spatio-morphological environment (publication II). This formed the basis for all subsequent volumetric analyses of virus infection in vivo presented here. Consequently, this thesis provided a valuable proof of concept and blueprints for future virus research on the mesoscopic scale of host-pathogen interactions in vivo (publications II-V), using rabies virus (RABV; publications II-IV) and the newly-emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; publication V) as infection models for the nervous system and the respiratory tract, respectively.
Applying and further improving this volumetric 3D imaging workflow enabled unprecedented insights into the comprehensive in vivo cell tropism of RABV in the central (CNS) (publication III) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) (publication IV). Accordingly, differential infection of CNS-resident astrocytes by pathogenic and lab-attenuated RABV was demonstrated (publication III). While either virus variant showed equal capacity to infect neurons, as demonstrated by quantitative image analysis, only pathogenic field RABVs were able to establish non-abortive infection of astrocytes via the natural intramuscular inoculation route. A combined 3D LSFM-CLSM workflow further identified peripheral Schwann cells as a relevant target cell population of pathogenic RABV in the PNS (publication IV). This suggested that non-abortive infection of central and peripheral neuroglia by pathogenic RABV impairs their immunomodulatory function and thus represents a key step in RABV pathogenesis, which may contribute significantly to the establishment of lethal rabies disease.
Finally, utilizing the full volumetric acquisition power of LSFM, a further refined version of the established 3D imaging pipeline facilitated a detailed mesoscopic investigation of the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in the respiratory tract of the ferret animal model (publication V). Particularly for this newly-emerged pathogen of global concern, in-depth knowledge of host-pathogen interactions is critical. By preserving the complete spatio-morphological context of virus infection in the ferret respiratory tract, this thesis provided the first specific 3D reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the first report of 3D visualization of respiratory virus infection in nasal turbinates altogether. 3D object segmentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in large tissue volumes identified and emphasized a distinct oligofocal infection pattern in the upper respiratory tract (URT) of ferrets. Furthermore, it corroborated a preferential replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the ferret URT, as only debris-associated virus antigen was detected in the lower respiratory tract of ferrets, thus providing crucial information on the spatial distribution of SARS-CoV-2.