Cryptochromes are critical for the development of coherent circadian rhythms in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus.

abstract：:The proliferative and functional heterogeneity among seemingly uniform cells is a universal phenomenon. Identifying the underlying factors requires single-cell analysis of function and proliferation. Here we show that the pancreatic beta-cells in zebrafish exhibit different growth-promoting and functional properties, ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Singh SP,Janjuha S,Hartmann T,Kayisoglu Ö,Konantz J,Birke S,Murawala P,Alfar EA,Murata K,Eugster A,Tsuji N,Morrissey ER,Brand M,Ninov N

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the Hippo pathway effector Yap underlies many liver cancers, however no germline or somatic mutations have been identified. Autophagy maintains essential metabolic functions of the liver, and autophagy-deficient murine models develop benign adenomas and hepatomegaly, which have been attributed to activat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee YA,Noon LA,Akat KM,Ybanez MD,Lee TF,Berres ML,Fujiwara N,Goossens N,Chou HI,Parvin-Nejad FP,Khambu B,Kramer EGM,Gordon R,Pfleger C,Germain D,John GR,Campbell KN,Yue Z,Yin XM,Cuervo AM,Czaja MJ,Fiel MI,Hosh

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Making decisions based on choice-outcome history is a crucial, adaptive ability in life. However, the neural circuit mechanisms underlying history-dependent decision-making are poorly understood. In particular, history-related signals have been found in many brain areas during various decision-making tasks, but the ca...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hwang EJ,Dahlen JE,Mukundan M,Komiyama T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high incidence of aneuploidy in the embryo is considered the principal cause for low human fecundity. However, the prevalence of aneuploidy dramatically declines as pregnancy progresses, with the steepest drop occurring as the embryo completes implantation. Despite the fact that the plasticity of the embryo in dea...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Singla S,Iwamoto-Stohl LK,Zhu M,Zernicka-Goetz M

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Many volcanoes erupt compositionally homogeneous magmas over timescales ranging from decades to millennia. This monotonous activity is thought to reflect a high degree of chemical homogeneity in their magmatic systems, leading to predictable eruptive behaviour. We combine petrological analyses of erupted crystals with...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Stock MJ,Geist D,Neave DA,Gleeson MLM,Bernard B,Howard KA,Buisman I,Maclennan J

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tomography--cross-sectional imaging based on measuring radiation transmitted through an object along different directions--enables non-invasive imaging of hidden stationary objects, such as internal bodily organs, from their sequentially measured projections. Here we adapt tomographic methods to visualize--in one lase...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li Z,Zgadzaj R,Wang X,Chang YY,Downer MC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of specific pathogen-free mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a widely used model to study antiviral T-cell immunity. Infections in the real world, however, are often accompanied by coinfections with unrelated pathogens. Here we show that in mice, systemic coinfection with E. coli suppress...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Straub T,Freudenberg MA,Schleicher U,Bogdan C,Gasteiger G,Pircher H

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenomic data sets provide critical information about the dynamic role of chromatin states in gene regulation, but a key question of how chromatin state segmentations vary under different conditions across the genome has remained unaddressed. Here we present ChromDiff, a group-wise chromatin state comparison method ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yen A,Kellis M

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies have reported inconsistent associations between circulating lipids and breast cancer risk. Using results from >400,000 participants in two-sample Mendelian randomization, we show that genetically raised LDL-cholesterol is associated with higher risk of breast cancer (odds ratio, OR, per standard ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nowak C,Ärnlöv J

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental puzzle of human evolution is how we evolved to cooperate with genetically unrelated strangers in transient interactions. Group-level selection on culturally differentiated populations is one proposed explanation. We evaluate a central untested prediction of Cultural Group Selection theory, by assessing w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Handley C,Mathew S

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene is considered essential if loss of function results in loss of viability, fitness or in disease. This concept is well established for coding genes; however, non-coding regions are thought less likely to be determinants of critical functions. Here we train a machine learning model using functional, mutational an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wells A,Heckerman D,Torkamani A,Yin L,Sebat J,Ren B,Telenti A,di Iulio J

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:For COVID-19, it is vital to understand if quarantines shorter than 14 days can be equally effective with judiciously deployed testing. Here, we develop a mathematical model that quantifies the probability of post-quarantine transmission incorporating testing into travel quarantine, quarantine of traced contacts with ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wells CR,Townsend JP,Pandey A,Moghadas SM,Krieger G,Singer B,McDonald RH,Fitzpatrick MC,Galvani AP

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) strategies with proven in vivo efficacy rely on antiretroviral drugs, creating the potential for drug resistance and complicated treatment options in individuals who become infected. Moreover, on-demand products are currently missing from the PrEP deve...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Derby N,Lal M,Aravantinou M,Kizima L,Barnable P,Rodriguez A,Lai M,Wesenberg A,Ugaonkar S,Levendosky K,Mizenina O,Kleinbeck K,Lifson JD,Peet MM,Lloyd Z,Benson M,Heneine W,O'Keefe BR,Robbiani M,Martinelli E,Grasperg

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Capturing and controlling plasmons at buried interfaces with nanometre and femtosecond resolution has yet to be achieved and is critical for next generation plasmonic devices. Here we use light to excite plasmonic interference patterns at a buried metal-dielectric interface in a nanostructured thin film. Plasmons are ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lummen TTA,Lamb RJ,Berruto G,LaGrange T,Dal Negro L,García de Abajo FJ,McGrouther D,Barwick B,Carbone F

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon coating is a simple, effective and common technique for improving the conductivity of active materials in lithium ion batteries. However, carbon coating provides a strong reducing atmosphere and many factors remain unclear concerning the interface nature and underlying interaction mechanism that occurs between ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang J,Yang J,Tang Y,Liu J,Zhang Y,Liang G,Gauthier M,Chen-Wiegart YC,Norouzi Banis M,Li X,Li R,Wang J,Sham TK,Sun X

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The large interest in chiral magnetic structures for realization of nanoscale magnetic storage or logic devices has necessitated methods which can quantify magnetic interactions at the atomic scale. To overcome the limitations of the typically used current-based sensing of atomic-scale exchange interactions, a force-b...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hauptmann N,Haldar S,Hung TC,Jolie W,Gutzeit M,Wegner D,Heinze S,Khajetoorians AA

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Drop motility at liquid surfaces is attracting growing interest because of its potential applications in microfluidics and artificial cell design. Here we report the unique highly ordered pattern that sets in when a millimeter-size drop of dichloromethane spreads on an aqueous substrate under the influence of surface ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wodlei F,Sebilleau J,Magnaudet J,Pimienta V

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-coherent transfer of optical frequencies over a long distance is required for diverse photonic applications, including optical clock dissemination and physical constants measurement. Several demonstrations were made successfully over fiber networks, but not much work has been done yet through the open air where ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kang HJ,Yang J,Chun BJ,Jang H,Kim BS,Kim YJ,Kim SW

更新日期：2019-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Greenland ice sheet has become one of the main contributors to global sea level rise, predominantly through increased meltwater runoff. The main drivers of Greenland ice sheet runoff, however, remain poorly understood. Here we show that clouds enhance meltwater runoff by about one-third relative to clear skies, us...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Van Tricht K,Lhermitte S,Lenaerts JT,Gorodetskaya IV,L'Ecuyer TS,Noël B,van den Broeke MR,Turner DD,van Lipzig NP

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosol-cloud interactions constitute the largest source of uncertainty in global radiative forcing estimates, hampering our understanding of climate evolution. Recent empirical evidence suggests surface tension depression by organic aerosol to significantly influence the formation of cloud droplets, and hence cloud o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lowe SJ,Partridge DG,Davies JF,Wilson KR,Topping D,Riipinen I

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale deep-coverage whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is now feasible and offers potential advantages for locus discovery. We perform WGS in 16,324 participants from four ancestries at mean depth >29X and analyze genotypes with four quantitative traits-plasma total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (L...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Natarajan P,Peloso GM,Zekavat SM,Montasser M,Ganna A,Chaffin M,Khera AV,Zhou W,Bloom JM,Engreitz JM,Ernst J,O'Connell JR,Ruotsalainen SE,Alver M,Manichaikul A,Johnson WC,Perry JA,Poterba T,Seed C,Surakka IL,Esko T

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Social dilemmas force players to balance between personal and collective gain. In many dilemmas, such as elected governments negotiating climate-change mitigation measures, the decisions are made not by individual players but by their representatives. However, the behaviour of representatives in social dilemmas has no...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Milinski M,Hilbe C,Semmann D,Sommerfeld R,Marotzke J

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine O-sulfation (PTS) plays a crucial role in extracellular biomolecular interactions that dictate various cellular processes. It also involves in the development of many human diseases. Regardless of recent progress, our current understanding of PTS is still in its infancy. To promote and facilitate rele...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： He X,Chen Y,Beltran DG,Kelly M,Ma B,Lawrie J,Wang F,Dodds E,Zhang L,Guo J,Niu W

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Lean body mass, consisting mostly of skeletal muscle, is important for healthy aging. We performed a genome-wide association study for whole body (20 cohorts of European ancestry with n = 38,292) and appendicular (arms and legs) lean body mass (n = 28,330) measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry or bioelectric...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zillikens MC,Demissie S,Hsu YH,Yerges-Armstrong LM,Chou WC,Stolk L,Livshits G,Broer L,Johnson T,Koller DL,Kutalik Z,Luan J,Malkin I,Ried JS,Smith AV,Thorleifsson G,Vandenput L,Hua Zhao J,Zhang W,Aghdassi A,Åkesson

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding and extracting the full functions of single-molecule characteristics are key factors in the development of future device technologies, as well as in basic research on molecular electronics. Here we report a new methodology for realizing a three-dimensional (3D) dynamic probe of single-molecule conductanc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nakamura M,Yoshida S,Katayama T,Taninaka A,Mera Y,Okada S,Takeuchi O,Shigekawa H

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the key applications of quantum information is simulating nature. Fermions are ubiquitous in nature, appearing in condensed matter systems, chemistry and high energy physics. However, universally simulating their interactions is arguably one of the largest challenges, because of the difficulties arising from an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barends R,Lamata L,Kelly J,García-Álvarez L,Fowler AG,Megrant A,Jeffrey E,White TC,Sank D,Mutus JY,Campbell B,Chen Y,Chen Z,Chiaro B,Dunsworth A,Hoi IC,Neill C,O'Malley PJ,Quintana C,Roushan P,Vainsencher A,Wenn

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimuli-responsive behaviors of flexible metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) make these materials promising in a wide variety of applications such as gas separation, drug delivery, and molecular sensing. Considerable efforts have been made over the last decade to understand the structural changes of flexible MOFs in respo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao P,Fang H,Mukhopadhyay S,Li A,Rudić S,McPherson IJ,Tang CC,Fairen-Jimenez D,Tsang SCE,Redfern SAT

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascularization and efficient perfusion are long-standing challenges in cardiac tissue engineering. Here we report engineered perfusable microvascular constructs, wherein human embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells (hESC-ECs) are seeded both into patterned microchannels and the surrounding collagen matrix. In ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Redd MA,Zeinstra N,Qin W,Wei W,Martinson A,Wang Y,Wang RK,Murry CE,Zheng Y

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bright sources of indistinguishable single photons are strongly needed for the scalability of quantum information processing. Semiconductor quantum dots are promising systems to build such sources. Several works demonstrated emission of indistinguishable photons while others proposed various approaches to efficiently ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gazzano O,Michaelis de Vasconcellos S,Arnold C,Nowak A,Galopin E,Sagnes I,Lanco L,Lemaître A,Senellart P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current trends of crop yield improvements are not expected to meet the projected rise in demand. Genomic selection uses molecular markers and machine learning to identify superior genotypes with improved traits, such as growth. Plant growth directly depends on rates of metabolic reactions which transform nutrients...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tong H,Küken A,Nikoloski Z

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00