Conserved-residue mutations in Wzy affect O-antigen polymerization and Wzz-mediated chain-length regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.

abstract：:Coating of VO2-based thin film has been extensively studied for fabricating energy-saving smart windows. One of the most efficient ways for fabricating high performance films is to create multi-nanolayered structure. However, it has been highly challenge to make such layers in the VO2-based films using conventional me...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun G,Cao X,Yue Y,Gao X,Long S,Li N,Li R,Luo H,Jin P

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Terahertz pulse time-domain holography is the ultimate technique allowing the evaluating a propagation of pulse broadband terahertz wavefronts and analyze their spatial, temporal and spectral evolution. We have numerically analyzed pulsed broadband terahertz Gauss-Bessel beam's both spatio-temporal and spatio-spectral...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kulya MS,Semenova VA,Bespalov VG,Petrov NV

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Murraya koenigii (MK) leaf being a rich source of bioactive secondary metabolites has received inordinate attention in drug development research. Formation of secondary plant metabolite(s) in medicinal plants depends on several factors and in this study the cause of variation in bioavailability and content of a vital ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kandimalla R,Das M,Barge SR,Sarma PP,Koiri DJ,Devi A,Karki AK,Kumar A,Devi R,Pal BC,Talukdar NC,Samanta SK

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:MALDI-TOF spectrometry has not been used for urinary exosome analysis. We used it for determining UC biomarkers. From 2012 to 2015, we enrolled 129 consecutive patients with UC and 62 participants without UC. Exosomes from their urine were isolated, and analyzed through MALDI-TOF spectrometry. Immunohistochemical (IHC...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin SY,Chang CH,Wu HC,Lin CC,Chang KP,Yang CR,Huang CP,Hsu WH,Chang CT,Chen CJ

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In solid state science, multifunctional materials and especially multiferroics have attracted a great deal of attention, as they open the possibility for next generation spintronic and data storage devices. Interestingly, while many of them host coexisting 3d and 4f elements, the role of the coupling between these two...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chattopadhyay S,Petit S,Ressouche E,Raymond S,Balédent V,Yahia G,Peng W,Robert J,Lepetit MB,Greenblatt M,Foury-Leylekian P

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The first instar larva of a species of the Australian endemic genus Aenigmetopia Malloch is described for the first time, along with the first instar larvae of three other Australian species representing the genera Amobia Robineau-Desvoidy and Protomiltogramma Townsend. Larval morphology was analysed using a combinati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Szpila K,Walczak K,Johnston NP,Pape T,Wallman JF

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The incisive evaluation of psychological stress may be required to determine the exercise performance of stressed hosts. We investigated objective markers of psychological stress that reflect exercise performance, focusing on the neutrophil function. We used murine water-immersion restraint (WIR) stress for our assess...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kinoshita M,Nakashima H,Nakashima M,Koga M,Toda H,Koiwai K,Morimoto Y,Miyazaki H,Saitoh D,Suzuki H,Seki S

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is widely used in cancer treatments. However, non-specific distribution of chemotherapeutic agents to healthy tissues and normal cells in the human body always leads to adverse side effects and disappointing therapeutic outcomes. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to develop a targeted drug deliver...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gan BK,Rullah K,Yong CY,Ho KL,Omar AR,Alitheen NB,Tan WS

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A layered nanoreactor (zinc hydroxide gallate/nitrate nanohybrid) has been designed as a nano-vessel to confine the gallate/nitrate reaction inside zinc hydroxide layers for production of metal/nitrogen-doped carbon catalysts. Metals (Fe2+, Co2+ and Ni2+) doped and bare zinc hydroxide nitrates (ZHN) were synthesized a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yeganeh Ghotbi M,Javanmard A,Soleimani H

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in TREM2 cause Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD), a rare genetic disease characterized by early-onset dementia with leukoencephalopathy and bone cysts. An NHD-associated mutation, c.482 + 2 T > C, disrupts the splice donor site of intron 3 and causes aberrant skipping of exon 3, resulting in the los...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yanaizu M,Sakai K,Tosaki Y,Kino Y,Satoh JI

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalized vitiligo is an autoimmune disease characterized by melanocyte loss, which results in patchy depigmentation of skin and hair. Recent studies suggested the key role of CD8+T lymphocytes for mediating immune response in vitiligo through melanocyte differentiation antigens, including tyrosinase, gp100 and Mela...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cui T,Yi X,Guo S,Zhou F,Liu L,Li C,Li K,Gao T

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Photonic integrated circuits for photonic computing open up the possibility for the realization of ultrahigh-speed and ultra wide-band signal processing with compact size and low power consumption. Differential equations model and govern fundamental physical phenomena and engineering systems in virtually any field of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang T,Dong J,Lu L,Zhou L,Zheng A,Zhang X,Chen J

更新日期：2014-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a commensal bacterium in humans and other animals that can cause serious infections. The aim of this research was to estimate the frequency of S. lugdunensis in pet cats and to characterize the S. lugdunensis isolates obtained. The prevalence of S. lugdunensis was 0.77% (4/523) in healthy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bierowiec K

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal pollution has been a problem since the advent of modern transportation, which despite efforts to curb emissions, continues to play a critical role in environmental pollution. Copper ions (Cu2+), in particular, are one of the more prevalent metals that have widespread detrimental ramifications. From this pe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hwang J,Hwang MP,Choi M,Seo Y,Jo Y,Son J,Hong J,Choi J

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are potent regulators of gene expression that have been widely implicated in reproduction and embryo development. Recent studies have demonstrated that miR-21, a microRNA extensively studied in the context of disease, is important in multiple facets of reproductive biology including folliculogenesis, ovulati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tscherner A,Brown AC,Stalker L,Kao J,Dufort I,Sirard MA,LaMarre J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed nanoparticles containing specific repertoires of genetic material. In mammals, EVs can mediate the horizontal transfer of various cargos and signaling molecules, notably miRNA and mRNA species. Whether this form of intercellular communication prevails in other metazoa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lefebvre FA,Benoit Bouvrette LP,Perras L,Blanchet-Cohen A,Garnier D,Rak J,Lécuyer É

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are desirable for diabetes, especially in patients with overweight/obesity. We aimed to determine whether GLP-1RAs exhibit different glucose-lowering efficacies between Asian type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with and without overweight/obesity. Randomized controlled t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang F,Tang L,Zhang Y,Lü Q,Tong N

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It remains a grand challenge to achieve both high activity and durability in Pt electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Here we develop a class of Pt highly concave cubic (HCC) nanocrystals, which are enriched with high-index facets, to enable high ORR activity. The durability of HCC nanocr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang C,Ma L,Liao L,Bai S,Long R,Zuo M,Xiong Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper (Cu), an essential nutrient, promotes wound healing, however, target of Cu action and underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Cu chaperone Antioxidant-1 (Atox1) in the cytosol supplies Cu to the secretory enzymes such as lysyl oxidase (LOX), while Atox1 in the nucleus functions as a Cu-dependent transcription fac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Das A,Sudhahar V,Chen GF,Kim HW,Youn SW,Finney L,Vogt S,Yang J,Kweon J,Surenkhuu B,Ushio-Fukai M,Fukai T

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixtures of B4C, α-AlB12 and B powders were reactively spark plasma sintered at 1800 °C. Crystalline and amorphous boron powders were used. Samples were tested for their impact behavior by the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar method. When the ratio R = B4C/α-AlB12 ≥ 1.3 for a constant B-amount, the major phase in the samp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vasylkiv O,Borodianska H,Demirskyi D,Li P,Suzuki TS,Grigoroscuta MA,Pasuk I,Kuncser A,Badica P

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined how plant-pollinator interactions were affected by time since habitat restoration and landscape connectivity by comparing plant-pollinator networks in restored, abandoned and continuously grazed semi-natural pastures in south-central Sweden. We measured richness of flowering plants and pollinators, and loc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Noreika N,Bartomeus I,Winsa M,Bommarco R,Öckinger E

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A new synchrotron-based technique for elemental imaging that combines radiography and fluorescence spectroscopy has been developed and applied to study the spatial distribution of Ag, Zr and Mo in an Al alloy during heating and melting to 700, and then re-soldification. For the first time, multi-element distributions ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liotti E,Lui A,Connolley T,Dolbnya IP,Sawhney KJ,Malandain A,Wilson MD,Veale MC,Seller P,Grant PS

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiplexed or simultaneous detection of multiple analytes is a valuable tool in many analytical applications. However, complications caused by the presence of interfering compounds in a sample form a major drawback in existing molecular sensor technologies, particularly in multi-analyte systems. Although separating a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kasera S,Herrmann LO,del Barrio J,Baumberg JJ,Scherman OA

更新日期：2014-10-30 00:00:00

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： Oliveira V,Martins P,Marques B,Cleary DFR,Lillebø AI,Calado R

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) poses a huge threat to public health and the global economy. These viruses cause systemic infection in poultry and accidental human infection leads to severe pneumonia, associated with high mortality rates. The hemagglutinin (HA) of H5N1 HPAIV possesses multiple bas...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kajiwara N,Nomura N,Ukaji M,Yamamoto N,Kohara M,Yasui F,Sakoda Y,Kida H,Shibasaki F

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho GTPases are master regulators of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton. The activation of Rho GTPases is governed by Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Three RhoGEF isoforms are produced by the gene ARHGEF25; p63RhoGEF580, GEFT and a recently discovered longer isoform of 619 amino acids (p63RhoGEF619). The subc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： van Unen J,Yin T,Wu YI,Mastop M,Gadella TW Jr,Goedhart J

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:As fine particle (FP) pollution is harmful to humans, previous studies have focused on the mechanisms of FP removal by forests. The current study aims to compare the FP removal capacities of urban forests and wetlands on the leaf, canopy, and landscape scales. Water washing and scanning electron microscopy are used to...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Z,Liu J,Wu Y,Yan G,Zhu L,Yu X

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective amygdalohippocampectomy is an effective treatment for patients with therapy-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy but may cause visual field defect (VFD). Here, we aimed to describe tissue-specific pre- and postoperative imaging correlates of the VFD severity using whole-brain analyses from voxel- to network-lev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： David B,Eberle J,Delev D,Gaubatz J,Prillwitz CC,Wagner J,Schoene-Bake JC,Luechters G,Radbruch A,Wabbels B,Schramm J,Weber B,Surges R,Elger CE,Rüber T

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoelectric properties of Graphene nano-ribbons (GNRs) with nanopores (NPs) are explored for a range of pore dimensions in order to achieve a high performance two-dimensional nano-scale thermoelectric device. We reduce thermal conductivity of GNRs by introducing pores in them in order to enhance their thermoelectri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hossain MS,Al-Dirini F,Hossain FM,Skafidas E

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney is a high-energy demand organ rich in mitochondria especially renal tubular cells. Emerging evidence suggests that mitochondrial dysfunction, redox imbalance and kidney injury are interconnected. Artemether has biological effects by targeting mitochondria and exhibits potential therapeutic value for kidney ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han P,Cai Y,Wang Y,Weng W,Chen Y,Wang M,Zhan H,Yu X,Wang T,Shao M,Sun H

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00