Biodegradation-inspired bioproduction of methylacetoin and 2-methyl-2,3-butanediol.

abstract：:TBX21 recode T-bet which is an important transcription factor that drives the Th1 immune response primarily by promoting expression of the interferon-gamma (IFNG) gene. Recent studies have shown that genetic variants in TBX21 and IFNG are connected with risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The aim of the presen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Leng RX,Pan HF,Liu J,Yang XK,Zhang C,Tao SS,Wang DG,Li XM,Li XP,Yang W,Ye DQ

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) feathers display periodic variations in the reflected colour from white through light blue, dark blue and black. We find the structures responsible for the colour are continuous in their size and spatially controlled by the degree of spinodal phase separation in the corresponding reg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Parnell AJ,Washington AL,Mykhaylyk OO,Hill CJ,Bianco A,Burg SL,Dennison AJ,Snape M,Cadby AJ,Smith A,Prevost S,Whittaker DM,Jones RA,Fairclough JP,Parker AR

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue prostheses such as artificial ear, eye and nose are widely used in the maxillofacial rehabilitation. In this report we demonstrate how to fabricate soft prostheses mold with a low cost desktop 3D printer. The fabrication method used is referred to as Scanning Printing Polishing Casting (SPPC). Firstly the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He Y,Xue GH,Fu JZ

更新日期：2014-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Three dimensional hierarchical nanostructures have attracted great attention for electrochemical energy storage applications. In this work, self-supported TiO2@Ni(OH)2 core-shell nanowire arrays are prepared on carbon fiber paper via the combination of hydrothermal synthesis and chemical bath deposition. In this core-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ke Q,Zheng M,Liu H,Guan C,Mao L,Wang J

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher plants, L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase (GLDH) plays important roles in ascorbic acid (AsA) biosynthesis and assembly of respiration complex I. Here we report three homoeologous genes (TaGLDH-A1, -B1 and -D1) encoding common wheat GLDH isozymes and a unique allelic variant (TaGLDH-A1b) associated with ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang J,Li B,Yang Y,Mu P,Qian W,Dong L,Zhang K,Liu X,Qin H,Ling H,Wang D

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid pumping can occur along the outer surface of an electrode under a DC electric field. For biological applications, a better understanding of the ionic solution pumping mechanism is required. Here, we fabricated CNT wire electrodes (CWEs) and tungsten wire electrodes (TWEs) of various diameters to assess an ionic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shin JH,Kim GH,Kim I,Jeon H,An T,Lim G

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The near infrared (NIR) absorption and average particle size of gold nanostars (GNSs) can be precisely controlled by varying the molar ratios of cucurbit[7]urils (CB[7]) and GNSs in aqueous solution. GNSs modified with CB[7] achieved high cargo loading with thermally activated release upon the NIR laser irradiation. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han Y,Yang X,Liu Y,Ai Q,Liu S,Sun C,Liang F

更新日期：2016-02-26 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：:Pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is increasing globally. A recent meta-analysis and merged-data analysis showed that recurrence rates in PSD depend essentially on follow-up time and specific surgical procedures. However, the global distribution of surgical approaches and respective recurrence rates have never been studie...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Doll D,Orlik A,Maier K,Kauf P,Schmid M,Diekmann M,Vogt AP,Stauffer VK,Luedi MM

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is the most effective predictor of outcomes in chronic heart failure (CHF). This study sought to determine the qualitative relationship between the BNP levels at discharge and on the day of cardiovascular events in CHF patients. We devised a mathematical probabilistic model between the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fukuda H,Suwa H,Nakano A,Sakamoto M,Imazu M,Hasegawa T,Takahama H,Amaki M,Kanzaki H,Anzai T,Mochizuki N,Ishii A,Asanuma H,Asakura M,Washio T,Kitakaze M

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue hyperplasia with increased number of adipocytes is implicated in a protective rather than deleterious effect on obesity-associated metabolic disorder. It is poorly understood how the adipose tissue cellularity is regulated. Tc1 is a gene of vertebrates that regulates diverse downstream genes. Young Tc1-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jang H,Kim M,Lee S,Kim J,Woo DC,Kim KW,Song K,Lee I

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS), which is defined by a deletion within 22q13, demonstrates significant phenotypic variation. Given that six mitochondrial genes are located within 22q13, including complex I and IV genes, we hypothesize that mitochondrial complex activity abnormalities may explain phenotypic variation in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Frye RE,Cox D,Slattery J,Tippett M,Kahler S,Granpeesheh D,Damle S,Legido A,Goldenthal MJ

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of different slip systems in hexagonal close packed (h.c.p.) metals depends primarily on the c/a ratio, which is an intrinsic property that can be altered through alloying addition. In conventional h.c.p. alloys where there is no diffusion-less phase transformation and associated transformation volume chang...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sinha S,Nene SS,Frank M,Liu K,Agrawal P,Mishra RS

更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro- and nanoscale surface textures, when optimally designed, present a unique approach to improve surface functionalities. Coupling surface texture with shape memory polymers may generate reversibly tuneable surface properties. A shape memory polyetherurethane is used to prepare various surface textures including 2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee WL,Low HY

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of non-poplar extracts, cutin, and wax layer in the wheat straw outer surface (WOS) greatly limit its application in bio-composite preparation. In this study, a dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma using water vapor as feeding gas was used to fast modify the WOS. The morphology, free radical concentrations...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen W,Xu Y,Shi S,Cao Y,Chen M,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of industrial applications need superstrength steels. It is known that refined grains and nanoscale precipitates can increase strength. The hardest martensitic steel reported to date is C0.8 steel, whose nanohardness can reach 11.9 GPa through incremental interstitial solid solution strengthening....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu H,Yan M,Lu C,Tieu AK,Li H,Zhu Q,Godbole A,Li J,Su L,Kong C

更新日期：2016-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMP) catalyzed the formation of GDP-mannose, which serves as a donor for the biosynthesis of mannose-containing polysaccharides. In this study, three GMP genes from Dendrobium officinale (i.e., DoGMPs) were cloned and analyzed. The putative 1000 bp upstream regulatory region of these DoG...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He C,Yu Z,Teixeira da Silva JA,Zhang J,Liu X,Wang X,Zhang X,Zeng S,Wu K,Tan J,Ma G,Luo J,Duan J

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated lung perfusion (ILP) is an ideal model to study treatment effects on a variety of pathologies. As published research mostly relies on rejected donor lungs or animal organs, this study investigates the use of surgically resected human lobes as an alternative and novel model for personalized experimental resear...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Slama A,Raber C,Hedderich C,Stockhammer P,Hegedüs B,Koch A,Theegarten D,Ploenes T,Aigner C

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In resampling methods, such as bootstrapping or cross validation, a very similar computational problem (usually an optimization procedure) is solved over and over again for a set of very similar data sets. If it is computationally burdensome to solve this computational problem once, the whole resampling method can bec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mestdagh M,Verdonck S,Duisters K,Tuerlinckx F

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic alterations identified in adjacent normal appearing tissue in bladder cancer patients are indicative of a field disease. Here we assessed normal urothelium transformation and intra-tumour heterogeneity (ITH) in four patients with bladder cancer. Exome sequencing identified private acquired mutations in a lymph...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Thomsen MBH,Nordentoft I,Lamy P,Vang S,Reinert L,Mapendano CK,Høyer S,Ørntoft TF,Jensen JB,Dyrskjøt L

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been reported that uterine signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is essential for embryo implantation, the exact roles of uterine epithelial and stromal STAT3 on embryo implantation have not been elucidated. To address this issue, we generated Stat3-floxed/Ltf-iCre (Stat3-eKO), Sta...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hiraoka T,Hirota Y,Fukui Y,Gebril M,Kaku T,Aikawa S,Hirata T,Akaeda S,Matsuo M,Haraguchi H,Saito-Kanatani M,Shimizu-Hirota R,Takeda N,Yoshino O,Fujii T,Osuga Y

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability and integration are the goals for developing photonic devices. Spirooxazines have the property of photoinduced merocyanine-aggregation in polymer matrix, which can be applied to fluorescence emission and stable information storage. Although visible light coherent radiation with UV-assist has been used to ach...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ji R,Fu S,Zhang X,Han X,Liu S,Wang X,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The promising ability of a plasma wiggler based on laser wakefield acceleration to produce betatron X-rays with photon energies of a few keV to hundreds of keV and a peak brilliance of 10(22)-10(23) photons/s/mm(2)/mrad(2)/0.1%BW has been demonstrated, providing an alternative to large-scale synchrotron light sources....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma Y,Chen L,Li D,Yan W,Huang K,Chen M,Sheng Z,Nakajima K,Tajima T,Zhang J

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Competing time scales involved in rapid rising micro-droplets in comparison to substantially slower biodegradation processes at oil-water interfaces highlights a perplexing question: how do biotic processes occur and alter the fates of oil micro-droplets (<500 μm) in the 400 m thick Deepwater Horizon deep-sea plume? F...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： White AR,Jalali M,Boufadel MC,Sheng J

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by motor abnormalities. Many non-demented patients with PD have cognitive impairment especially in executive functions. Using magnetoencephalographic (MEG) recording combined with event-related desynchronisation/synchronisation (ERD/ERS) analysis, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu HM,Hsiao FJ,Chen RS,Shan DE,Hsu WY,Chiang MC,Lin YY

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A central goal of electronics based on correlated materials or 'Mottronics' is the ability to switch between distinct collective states with a control voltage. Small changes in structure and charge density near a transition can tip the balance between competing phases, leading to dramatic changes in electronic and mag...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu M,Hoffman J,Wang J,Zhang J,Nelson-Cheeseman B,Bhattacharya A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OVGP1 is the major non-serum glycoprotein in the oviduct fluid at the time of fertilization and early embryo development. Its activity differs among species. Here, we show that the C-terminal region of recombinant OVGP1 regulates its binding to the extracellular zona pellucida and affects its activity during fertiliza...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Algarra B,Han L,Soriano-Úbeda C,Avilés M,Coy P,Jovine L,Jiménez-Movilla M

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent military operations, eye-related injuries have risen in frequency due to increased use of explosive weaponry which often result in corneal puncture injuries. These have one of the poorest visual outcomes for wounded soldiers, often resulting in blindness due to the large variations in injury shape, size,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Snider EJ,Cornell LE,Acevedo JM,Gross B,Edsall PR,Lund BJ,Zamora DO

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Interspecies electron transfer is a common way to couple metabolic energy balances between different species in mixed culture consortia. Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) mechanism has been recently characterised with Geobacter species which couple the electron balance with other species through physical co...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moscoviz R,de Fouchécour F,Santa-Catalina G,Bernet N,Trably E

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs regulate the expression of over 60% of protein coding genes by targeting their mRNAs to AGO2-containing complexes in the cytoplasm and promoting their translational inhibition and/or degradation. There is little evidence so far for microRNA-mediated regulation of other classes of non-coding RNAs. Here we rep...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Leucci E,Patella F,Waage J,Holmstrøm K,Lindow M,Porse B,Kauppinen S,Lund AH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00