Enhancing nanoparticle-based visible detection by controlling the extent of aggregation.

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hitrec T,Luppi M,Bastianini S,Squarcio F,Berteotti C,Lo Martire V,Martelli D,Occhinegro A,Tupone D,Zoccoli G,Amici R,Cerri M

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Precision medicine is continuously demanding for novel point of care systems, potentially exploitable also for in-vivo analysis. Biosensing probes based on Lab-On-Fiber Technology have been recently developed to meet these challenges. However, devices exploiting standard label-free approaches (based on ligand/target m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aliberti A,Ricciardi A,Giaquinto M,Micco A,Bobeico E,La Ferrara V,Ruvo M,Cutolo A,Cusano A

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, by growing mono dispersed gold nanoparticles (MNPAu) on the surface of polystyrene (PS)/nanogold (Au) core-shell composites (PS@Au), we successfully synthesized a micron-sized gold cage (2.6-10.7 μm), referred to as PS@Au@MNPAu for the first time. The new micron-gold cage materials exhibit broadband absorption...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong S,Yi L,Cheng L,Li S,Yang W,Wang Z,Jiang S

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In optical experiments one-sided reflectionless (ORL) and coherent perfect absorption (CPA) are unusual scattering properties yet fascinating for their fundamental aspects and for their practical interest. Although these two concepts have so far remained separated from each other, we prove that the two phenomena are i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu JH,Artoni M,La Rocca GC

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aims at characterizing the mechanisms that allow humans to entrain the mind and body to incoming rhythmic sensory inputs in real time. We addressed this unresolved issue by examining the relationship between covert neural processes and overt behavior in the context of musical rhythm. We measured temp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nozaradan S,Peretz I,Keller PE

更新日期：2016-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorso-ventral (DV) countershading is a highly-conserved pigmentary adaptation in vertebrates. In mammals, spatially regulated expression of agouti-signaling protein (ASIP) generates the difference in shading by driving a switch between the production of chemically-distinct melanins in melanocytes in dorsal and ventral...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cal L,Suarez-Bregua P,Comesaña P,Owen J,Braasch I,Kelsh R,Cerdá-Reverter JM,Rotllant J

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The voltage-gated sodium channel subtype NaV1.8 is expressed in the peripheral nervous system in primary afferent nociceptive C-fibers and is essential for noxious cold signaling. We utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging on NaV1.8-deficient (NaV1.8-/-) compared with wildtype (WT) mice to identify brain struct...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Heindl-Erdmann C,Zimmermann K,Reeh P,Brune K,Hess A

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Various folk remedies employ certain odorous compounds with analgesic effects. In fact, linalool, a monoterpene alcohol found in lavender extracts, has been found to attenuate pain responses via subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intrathecal, and oral administration. However, the analgesic effects of odorous compounds med...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tashiro S,Yamaguchi R,Ishikawa S,Sakurai T,Kajiya K,Kanmura Y,Kuwaki T,Kashiwadani H

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis-related events play a part in most blinding diseases worldwide. However, little is known about the mechanisms driving this complex multifactorial disease. Here we have carried out the first genome-wide RNA-Sequencing study in human conjunctival fibrosis. We isolated 10 primary fibrotic and 7 non-fibrotic conj...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu-Wai-Man C,Owen N,Lees J,Tagalakis AD,Hart SL,Webster AR,Orengo CA,Khaw PT

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Three carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli were recovered from rectal swabs of different patients in a tertiary hospital and were found carrying bla NDM-4, an uncommon bla NDM variant. Genome sequences of the isolates were obtained using Illumina technology and the long-read MinION sequencer. The isolates belonged to...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang X,Feng Y,Zhou W,McNally A,Zong Z

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP is one of the most important second messengers in biological processes. Cellular dynamics of cAMP have been investigated using a series of fluorescent indicators; however, their sensitivity was sub-optimal for detecting cAMP dynamics at a low concentration range, due to a low ligand affinity and/or poor dynamic r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ohta Y,Furuta T,Nagai T,Horikawa K

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fresh produce vegetables are colonized by different bacterial species, some of which are antagonistic to microbes that cause postharvest losses. However, no comprehensive assessment of the diversity and composition of bacteria inhabiting surfaces of fresh pepper plants grown under different conditions has been conduct...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mamphogoro TP,Maboko MM,Babalola OO,Aiyegoro OA

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Spin Hall effect (SHE) has been discussed in the context of Kubo formulation, geometric physics, spin orbit force, and numerous semi-classical treatments. It can be confusing if the different pictures have partial or overlapping claims of contribution to the SHE. In this article, we present a gauge-theoretic, time-mom...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan SG,Jalil MB,Ho CS,Siu Z,Murakami S

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternatives to antibiotics for improving productivity and maintaining the health of livestock health are urgently needed. The scope of this research was conducted to investigate the effects of two alternatives (Bacillus licheniformis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to monensin on growth performance, antioxidant capacit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jia P,Cui K,Ma T,Wan F,Wang W,Yang D,Wang Y,Guo B,Zhao L,Diao Q

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:While carbon-based materials have spearheaded numerous breakthroughs in biomedicine, they also have procreated many logical concerns on their overall toxicity. Carbon dots (CDs) as a respectively new member have been extensively explored in nucleus directed delivery and bioimaging due to their intrinsic fluorescence p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Şimşek S,Şüküroğlu AA,Yetkin D,Özbek B,Battal D,Genç R

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:There is lack of consensus regarding the prognostic significance of primary tumor location of upper tract urothelial carcinoma(UTUC). We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the impact of primary tumor location on prognosis in patients with UTUC who had undergone radical nephroureterectomy(RNU). We included eligible ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu Y,Dong Q,Liu L,Han P,Wei Q

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multishelled NiO hollow microspheres for high-performance supercapacitors have been prepared and the formation mechanism has been investigated. By using resin microspheres to absorb Ni(2+) and subsequent proper calcinations, the shell numbers, shell spacing and exterior shell structure were facilely controlled via var...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Qi X,Zheng W,Li X,He G

更新日期：2016-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical models of metabolism from bacterial systems biology have proven their utility across multiple fields, for example metabolic engineering, growth phenotype simulation, and biological discovery. The usefulness of the models stems from their ability to compute a link between genotype and phenotype, but their ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aziz RK,Monk JM,Lewis RM,In Loh S,Mishra A,Abhay Nagle A,Satyanarayana C,Dhakshinamoorthy S,Luche M,Kitchen DB,Andrews KA,Fong NL,Li HJ,Palsson BO,Charusanti P

更新日期：2015-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a highly malignant tumor with poorly understood etiology. An insight into phenotypic features of this malignancy may add to the knowledge of its carcinogenesis and pave the way to new therapeutic approaches. We assessed the expression of female sex hormone receptors (ERα, ERβ, PR), connecti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hryciuk B,Pęksa R,Bieńkowski M,Szymanowski B,Radecka B,Winnik K,Żok J,Cichowska N,Iliszko M,Duchnowska R

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Truffles (Tuber spp.) are the fruiting bodies of symbiotic fungi, which are prized food delicacies. The marked aroma variability observed among truffles of the same species has been attributed to a series of factors that are still debated. This is because factors (i.e. genetics, maturation, geographical location and t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vahdatzadeh M,Splivallo R

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:During skin healing, periostin facilitates myofibroblast differentiation through a β1 integrin/FAK dependent mechanism and continued expression is associated with scarring. In contrast to skin, gingival tissue does not typically scar upon injury, but the role of periostin in gingival healing has never been investigate...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim SS,Nikoloudaki GE,Michelsons S,Creber K,Hamilton DW

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation (EP), the increase of cell membrane permeability due to the application of electric pulses, is a universal phenomenon with a broad range of applications. In medicine, some of the foremost EP-based tumor treatments are electrochemotherapy (ECT), irreversible electroporation, and gene electrotransfer (GE...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Marino M,Luján E,Mocskos E,Marshall G

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut bacteria influence the development of different pathologies caused by bacteria, fungi and parasitoids in insects. Wax moth larvae became more susceptible to fungal infections after envenomation by the ectoparasitoid Habrobracon hebetor. In addition, spontaneous bacterioses occurred more often in envenomated larvae...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Polenogova OV,Kabilov MR,Tyurin MV,Rotskaya UN,Krivopalov AV,Morozova VV,Mozhaitseva K,Kryukova NA,Alikina T,Kryukov VY,Glupov VV

更新日期：2019-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of patients on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is increasing worldwide and may be guided by clinical characteristics, financial issues and patient option. Whether socioeconomic factors at the patient level may influence the decision for the initial peritoneal dialysis (PD) modality is unknown. This ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pecoits-Filho R,Ribeiro SC,Kirk A,da Silva HS,Pille A,Falavinha RS Jr,Filho SS,Figueiredo AE,Barretti P,de Moraes TP

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the most aggressive and lethal malignancies. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a novel class of non-protein-coding transcripts that have been implicated in cancer biogenesis and prognosis. By repurposing microarray probes, we herein analysed the lncRNA expression...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fu XL,Liu DJ,Yan TT,Yang JY,Yang MW,Li J,Huo YM,Liu W,Zhang JF,Hong J,Hua R,Chen HY,Sun YW

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC-CMs) is a promising approach for increasing functional CMs during end-stage heart failure. Although major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I matching between donor cells and recipient could reduce acquired immune rejection, innate...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nakamura Y,Miyagawa S,Yoshida S,Sasawatari S,Toyofuku T,Toda K,Sawa Y

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Fire ants are widely studied, invasive and venomous arthropod pests. There is significant biomedical interest in immunotherapy against fire ant stings. However, mainly due to practical reasons, the physiological effects of envenomation has remained poorly characterized. The present study takes advantage of a recently-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zamith-Miranda D,Fox EGP,Monteiro AP,Gama D,Poublan LE,de Araujo AF,Araujo MFC,Atella GC,Machado EA,Diaz BL

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among 1,096 primary care type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients in northern Thailand between October 2016 and September 2017. CKD was defined as estimated glomerular rate filtration values of <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jitraknatee J,Ruengorn C,Nochaiwong S

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Camouflage has been a textbook example of natural selection and adaptation since the time of the earliest evolutionists. However, aside from correlational evidence and studies using artificial dummy prey, experiments directly showing that better camouflaged prey to predator vision are at reduced risk of attack are lac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duarte RC,Stevens M,Flores AAV

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We collected Solidago altissima clones to explore their leaf damage resistance, and as a result identified five accessions that exhibited variable defense abilities against the generalist herbivore Spodoptera litura. In order to characterize molecules involved in such natural variation, we focused on ethylene response...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takafuji K,Rim H,Kawauchi K,Mujiono K,Shimokawa S,Ando Y,Shiojiri K,Galis I,Arimura GI

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00