Expansion-contraction of photoresponsive artificial muscle regulated by host-guest interactions.

abstract：:Most biochemical reactions in living cells rely on diffusive search for target molecules or regions in a heterogeneous overcrowded cytoplasmic medium. Rapid rearrangements of the medium constantly change the effective diffusivity felt locally by a diffusing particle and thus impact the distribution of the first-passag...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lanoiselée Y,Moutal N,Grebenkov DS

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:On-surface chemical reactions hold the potential for manufacturing nanoscale structures directly onto surfaces by linking carbon atoms in a single-step reaction. To fabricate more complex and functionalized structures, the control of the on-surface chemical reactions must be developed significantly. Here, we present a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kawai S,Haapasilta V,Lindner BD,Tahara K,Spijker P,Buitendijk JA,Pawlak R,Meier T,Tobe Y,Foster AS,Meyer E

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel disorders demands a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying its multifactorial aetiology. Here we demonstrate that mice deficient for REGγ, a proteasome activator, show significantly attenuated intestinal inflammation and colitis-associated cancer in dextr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xu J,Zhou L,Ji L,Chen F,Fortmann K,Zhang K,Liu Q,Li K,Wang W,Wang H,Xie W,Wang Q,Liu J,Zheng B,Zhang P,Huang S,Shi T,Zhang B,Dang Y,Chen J,O'Malley BW,Moses RE,Wang P,Li L,Xiao J,Hoffmann A,Li X

更新日期：2016-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants can produce organs throughout their entire life from pluripotent stem cells located at their growing tip, the shoot apical meristem (SAM). At the time of flowering, the SAM of Arabidopsis thaliana switches fate and starts producing flowers instead of leaves. Correct timing of flowering in part determines reprod...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： You Y,Sawikowska A,Neumann M,Posé D,Capovilla G,Langenecker T,Neher RA,Krajewski P,Schmid M

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of the folic acid biosynthesis pathway as a target for the development of antibiotics has been clinically validated. However, many pathogens have developed resistance to these antibiotics, prompting a re-evaluation of potential drug targets within the pathway. The ydaH gene of Alcanivorax borkumensis enc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bolla JR,Su CC,Delmar JA,Radhakrishnan A,Kumar N,Chou TH,Long F,Rajashankar KR,Yu EW

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic reprogramming greatly contributes to the regulation of macrophage activation. However, the mechanism of lipid accumulation and the corresponding function in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) remain unclear. With primary investigation in colon cancer and confirmation in other cancer models, here we determin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xiang W,Shi R,Kang X,Zhang X,Chen P,Zhang L,Hou A,Wang R,Zhao Y,Zhao K,Liu Y,Ma Y,Luo H,Shang S,Zhang J,He F,Yu S,Gan L,Shi C,Li Y,Yang W,Liang H,Miao H

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic regulation plays an important role in governing stem cell fate and tumorigenesis. Lost expression of a key DNA demethylation enzyme TET2 is associated with human cancers and has been linked to stem cell traits in vitro; however, whether and how TET2 regulates mammary stem cell fate and mammary tumorigenesis...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim MR,Wu MJ,Zhang Y,Yang JY,Chang CJ

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest the emerging roles of armadillo (ARM) family proteins in tumor progression. However, the functions and underlying mechanisms of ARM members in tumorigenesis and aggressiveness of neuroblastoma (NB) remain to be determined. Herein, we identify armadillo repeat containing 12 (ARMC12) as an ARM mem...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li D,Song H,Mei H,Fang E,Wang X,Yang F,Li H,Chen Y,Huang K,Zheng L,Tong Q

更新日期：2018-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-range chromosomal interactions bring distal regulatory elements and promoters together to regulate gene expression in biological processes. By performing promoter capture Hi-C (PCHi-C) on human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs), we show that such promoter interactions are a key mechanism by wh...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Choy MK,Javierre BM,Williams SG,Baross SL,Liu Y,Wingett SW,Akbarov A,Wallace C,Freire-Pritchett P,Rugg-Gunn PJ,Spivakov M,Fraser P,Keavney BD

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are attracting great attention due to their efficient and narrow emission. Quasi-two-dimensional perovskites with Ruddlesden-Popper-type layered structures can enlarge exciton binding energy and confine charge carriers and are considered good candidate materials for efficient LE...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang X,Zhang X,Deng J,Chu Z,Jiang Q,Meng J,Wang P,Zhang L,Yin Z,You J

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue injury and the healing response lead to the release of endogenous danger signals including Toll-like receptor (TLR) and interleukin-1 receptor, type 1 (IL-1R1) ligands, which modulate the immune microenvironment. Because TLRs and IL-1R1 have been shown to influence the repair process of various tissues, we expl...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Martino MM,Maruyama K,Kuhn GA,Satoh T,Takeuchi O,Müller R,Akira S

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum fluctuations give rise to van der Waals and Casimir forces that dominate the interaction between electrically neutral objects at sub-micron separations. Under the trend of miniaturization, such quantum electrodynamical effects are expected to play an important role in micro- and nano-mechanical devices. Nevert...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zou J,Marcet Z,Rodriguez AW,Reid MT,McCauley AP,Kravchenko II,Lu T,Bao Y,Johnson SG,Chan HB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planar neural networks and interfaces serve as versatile in vitro models of central nervous system physiology, but adaptations of related methods to three dimensions (3D) have met with limited success. Here, we demonstrate for the first time volumetric functional imaging in a bioengineered neural tissue growing in a t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dana H,Marom A,Paluch S,Dvorkin R,Brosh I,Shoham S

更新日期：2014-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic reconnection (MR) is a fundamental plasma process associated with conversion of the magnetic field energy into kinetic plasma energy, which is invoked to explain many non-thermal signatures in astrophysical events. Here we demonstrate that ultrafast relativistic MR in a magnetically dominated regime can be tr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yi L,Shen B,Pukhov A,Fülöp T

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, molecular assembly pathways for viruses are inferred from high resolution structures of purified stable intermediates, low resolution images of cell sections and genetic approaches. Here, we directly visualise an unsuspected 'single shelled' intermediate for a mammalian orthoreovirus in cryo-preserved i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sutton G,Sun D,Fu X,Kotecha A,Hecksel CW,Clare DK,Zhang P,Stuart DI,Boyce M

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Berry phase associated with energy bands in crystals can lead to quantised observables like quantised dipole polarizations in one-dimensional topological insulators. Recent theories have generalised the concept of quantised dipoles to multipoles, resulting in the discovery of multipole topological insulators which exh...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xue H,Ge Y,Sun HX,Wang Q,Jia D,Guan YJ,Yuan SQ,Chong Y,Zhang B

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ASXL1 mutations occur frequently in myeloid neoplasms and are associated with poor prognosis. However, the mechanisms by which mutant ASXL1 induces leukaemogenesis remain unclear. In this study, we report mutually reinforcing effects between a C-terminally truncated form of mutant ASXL1 (ASXL1-MT) and BAP1 in promotin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Asada S,Goyama S,Inoue D,Shikata S,Takeda R,Fukushima T,Yonezawa T,Fujino T,Hayashi Y,Kawabata KC,Fukuyama T,Tanaka Y,Yokoyama A,Yamazaki S,Kozuka-Hata H,Oyama M,Kojima S,Kawazu M,Mano H,Kitamura T

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Exaggerated cranial structures such as crests and horns, hereafter referred to collectively as ornaments, are pervasive across animal species. These structures perform vital roles in visual communication and physical interactions within and between species. Yet the origin and influence of ornamentation on speciation a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gates TA,Organ C,Zanno LE

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep penetrating nevus (DPN) is characterized by enlarged, pigmented melanocytes that extend through the dermis. DPN can be difficult to distinguish from melanoma but rarely displays aggressive biological behavior. Here, we identify a combination of mutations of the β-catenin and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathw...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yeh I,Lang UE,Durieux E,Tee MK,Jorapur A,Shain AH,Haddad V,Pissaloux D,Chen X,Cerroni L,Judson RL,LeBoit PE,McCalmont TH,Bastian BC,de la Fouchardière A

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone tissue, by definition, is an organic-inorganic nanocomposite, where metabolically active cells are embedded within a matrix that is heavily calcified on the nanoscale. Currently, there are no strategies that replicate these definitive characteristics of bone tissue. Here we describe a biomimetic approach where a ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Thrivikraman G,Athirasala A,Gordon R,Zhang L,Bergan R,Keene DR,Jones JM,Xie H,Chen Z,Tao J,Wingender B,Gower L,Ferracane JL,Bertassoni LE

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) selectively kill breast and ovarian cancers with defects in homologous recombination (HR) caused by BRCA1/2 mutations. There is also clinical evidence for the utility of PARPi in breast and ovarian cancers without BRCA mutations, but the underlying mechanism is not clear...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Peng Y,Liao Q,Tan W,Peng C,Hu Z,Chen Y,Li Z,Li J,Zhen B,Zhu W,Li X,Yao Y,Song Q,Liu C,Qi X,He F,Pei H

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally heat-resistant coral populations hold significant potential for facilitating coral reef survival under rapid climate change. However, it remains poorly understood whether they can acclimatize to ocean warming when superimposed on their already thermally-extreme habitats. Furthermore, it is unknown whether th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Schoepf V,Carrion SA,Pfeifer SM,Naugle M,Dugal L,Bruyn J,McCulloch MT

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulating symmetry environments of metal ions to control functional properties is a fundamental concept of chemistry. For example, lattice strain enables control of symmetry in solids through a change in the nuclear positions surrounding a metal centre. Light-matter interactions can also induce strain but providing...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kelly C,MacLaren DA,McKay K,McFarlane A,Karimullah AS,Gadegaard N,Barron LD,Franke-Arnold S,Crimin F,Götte JB,Barnett SM,Kadodwala M

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum states induced by single-atomic impurities are at the frontier of physics and material science. While such states have been reported in high-temperature superconductors and dilute magnetic semiconductors, they are unexplored in topological magnets which can feature spin-orbit tunability. Here we use spin-polar...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yin JX,Shumiya N,Jiang Y,Zhou H,Macam G,Sura HOM,Zhang SS,Cheng ZJ,Guguchia Z,Li Y,Wang Q,Litskevich M,Belopolski I,Yang XP,Cochran TA,Chang G,Zhang Q,Huang ZQ,Chuang FC,Lin H,Lei H,Andersen BM,Wang Z,Jia S

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To balance immunity and tolerance, the endogenous pool of Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells is tightly controlled, but the underlying mechanisms of this control remain poorly understood. Here we show that the number of Treg cells is negatively regulated by the kinase Lkb1 in dendritic cells (DCs). Conditional knockout ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen S,Fang L,Guo W,Zhou Y,Yu G,Li W,Dong K,Liu J,Luo Y,Wang B,Li Z,Zhao C,Sun Z,Shen Y,Leng Q,Zhou D,Han Z,Huang H,Ren H,Xu G,Feng X

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) are clinically distinctive diseases that feature a common neuropathological hallmark of aggregated α-synuclein. Little is known about how differences in α-synuclein aggregate structure affect disease phenotype. Here, we amplified α-synuclein aggregates from PD...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Strohäker T,Jung BC,Liou SH,Fernandez CO,Riedel D,Becker S,Halliday GM,Bennati M,Kim WS,Lee SJ,Zweckstetter M

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine particles transport organic matter through the water column to the sediment where the organic matter can be buried. This pathway is one of the few natural removal mechanisms of CO2 from the atmosphere over geological time. Picophytoplankton, major primary producers in the ocean, have until recently been thought...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tang T,Kisslinger K,Lee C

更新日期：2014-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell division cycle requires tight coupling between protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. However, understanding the cell cycle roles of multimeric protein phosphatases has been limited by the lack of knowledge of how their diverse regulatory subunits target highly conserved catalytic subunits to their si...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lipinszki Z,Lefevre S,Savoian MS,Singleton MR,Glover DM,Przewloka MR

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional environment to which animals are exposed in early life can lead to epigenetic changes in the genome that influence the risk of obesity in later life. Here, we demonstrate that the fibroblast growth factor-21 gene (Fgf21) is subject to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α-dependent DNA de...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yuan X,Tsujimoto K,Hashimoto K,Kawahori K,Hanzawa N,Hamaguchi M,Seki T,Nawa M,Ehara T,Kitamura Y,Hatada I,Konishi M,Itoh N,Nakagawa Y,Shimano H,Takai-Igarashi T,Kamei Y,Ogawa Y

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferon (IFN) is a key driver of immunity to infections and cancer. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are uniquely equipped to produce large quantities of type I IFN but the mechanisms that control this process are poorly understood. Here we report on a droplet-based microfluidic platform to investigate ty...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wimmers F,Subedi N,van Buuringen N,Heister D,Vivié J,Beeren-Reinieren I,Woestenenk R,Dolstra H,Piruska A,Jacobs JFM,van Oudenaarden A,Figdor CG,Huck WTS,de Vries IJM,Tel J

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00